2000 AIHL season

April 2019 April 2019 2000 AIHL season Australian Ice Hockey League Ice hockey black white Regular season Premiers Sydney Bears (1st title) Paul Lawson (Avalanche) Championship final Adelaide Avalanche Sydney Bears 2001 AIHL The 2000 AIHL season was the inaugural season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL), the first semi-pro national ice hockey league in Australian history. The Sydney Bears finished first after the regular season but lost the championship final to the Adelaide Avalanche 5–6 in a shootout. Paul Lawson of the Adelaide Avalanche top scored in the regular season. Regular season The maiden regular season featured all three founding teams, Adelaide Avalanche, Canberra Knights and the Sydney Bears, playing in a round-robin format. The top two teams at the conclusion of the regular season would qualify to play a single head-to-head final.https://theaihl.com/leagues/custom_page.cfm?clientid=3856&leagueid=11464&pageid=10074 History/Trophies/Awards Australian Ice Hockey League 2019-04-23 TeamGP Games playedW WinsT TiesL LossesGF Goals forGA Goals againstGDF Goal differencePTS PointsSydney Bears Statistical information unavailable Adelaide Avalanche Statistical information unavailable Canberra Knights Statistical information unavailable Qualified for championship finalPremiership winners Final Following the regular season the Avalanche and the Bears competed in the single game final held at Macquarie Ice Rink. Adelaide won the game 6–5 in a shootout after coming from two goals behind late in the third period to level the match in regulation time. The Bears controlled the match in the first two periods before a controversial five minute major penalty late in the game to the Bears saw Adelaide pull goaltender Eric Lien and score two power play goals.http://adrenaline.theaihl.com/leagues/newsletterarchive.cfm?clientid=6063&leagueid=25106&page=100834 Adelaide Avalanche: The Franchise that changed Australian hockey forever Adelaide Adrenaline 2017-08-03 2019-04-23 2 September 2000 Adelaide Avalanche Sydney Bears 6 – 5 (SO) http://adrenaline.theaihl.com/leagues/newsletterarchive.cfm?clientid=6063&leagueid=25106&page=100834 Macquarie Ice Rink References 2000 Category:2000 in Australian men's sport Category:2000 in ice hockey