2012 Trans-Tasman Champions League

Trans-Tasman Champions League 2012 Australia 7 – 8 July 2012 4 other Melbourne Ice 1 4 50 Jeremy Boyer 10 2013 The 2012 Trans-Tasman Champions League was the inaugural tournament between the Australian Ice Hockey League and the New Zealand Ice Hockey League played on July 7 and 8, 2012. It was held at the Medibank Icehouse in Melbourne. Each league fielded their best two teams from the 2011 season, and in a single field game round robin, played against the teams of the other league. The Southern Stampede finished fourth after losing both games and finishing with a minus 18 goal differential, Botany Swarm finished third after losing both games but finishing with a goal differential of minus six, and the Newcastle Northstars finished second after winning both games and finishing with a plus 11 goal differential. The Melbourne Ice finished in first place with a 2–0 record and a +13 goal differential. Background The Trans-Tasman Champions League was first announced in August 2011 by the Australian Ice Hockey League and the New Zealand Ice Hockey League. The 2012 Trans-Tasman Champions League was held on 7 and 8 July at the Medibank Icehouse in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The tournament consisted of four teams, two from each of the represented leagues. The Australian Ice Hockey League was represented by the Melbourne Ice, the 2011 regular season and Goodall Cup winner, and the Newcastle North Stars, the runner-up of the 2011 Goodall Cup. The New Zealand Ice Hockey League was represented by the Botany Swarm, the 2011 regular season and Birgel Cup winner, and the Southern Stampede, the runner-up of the 2011 Birgel Cup.http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/custom_page.cfm?clientid=3856&leagueid=11464&pageid=12694 Australia vs New Zealand in all new Ice Hockey Showdown Australian Ice Hockey League 2012-07-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20120724115650/http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/custom_page.cfm?clientid=3856&leagueid=11464&pageid=12694 2012-07-24 live Teams played two games during the tournament with both games being played against the opposing league teams. Prior to the start of the tournament it was announced that the City of Melbourne had signed as the official sponsors for the tournament.http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/newsletter.cfm?clientid=3856&leagueid=11464&page=62464 City of Melbourne - Official TTCL Supporter Australian Ice Hockey League 2012-06-07 2012-07-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072720/http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/newsletter.cfm?clientid=3856&leagueid=11464&page=62464 2016-03-04 live The Melbourne Ice won the tournament after winning both of their games and finishing with the best goal difference in the tournament.http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/newsletter.cfm?clientid=3856&leagueid=11464&page=62506 Melbourne Ice win in naugural y Trans Tasman Champions League Australian Ice Hockey League 2012-07-08 2012-07-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20150223085119/http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/newsletter.cfm?clientid=3856&leagueid=11464&page=62506 2015-02-23 live Newcastle finished second after winning both of their games against the New Zealand teams but fell short of first place based on goal difference. Both New Zealand teams failed to win either of their games however the Botany Swarm finished ahead of the Southern Stampede with a better goal difference.http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/standingsTotals.cfm?leagueID=11464&clientID=3856 Standings Australian Ice Hockey League 2012-07-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20140613002558/http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/standingsTotals.cfm?leagueID=11464&clientID=3856 2014-06-13 dead Standings main WL OT MLB Melbourne Ice NEW Newcastle North Stars BOT Botany Swarm SOU Southern Stampede 2 0 0 0 20 7 2 0 0 0 17 6 0 0 0 2 8 14 0 0 0 2 5 23 #ffd700 C complete Fixtures All times local. 7 July 2012 16:00 Southern Stampede Melbourne Ice 2 – 12 (0–5, 1–3, 1–4) http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=1101200 Medibank Icehouse 720 7 July 2012 19:30 Botany Swarm Newcastle North Stars 3 – 6 (0–1, 2–2, 1–3) http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=1101201 Medibank Icehouse 280 #eeffff 8 July 2012 16:00 Southern Stampede Newcastle North Stars 3 – 11 (2–3, 1–5, 0–3) http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=1101202 Medibank Icehouse 8 July 2012 19:30 Botany Swarm Melbourne Ice 5 – 8 (4–3, 1–2, 0–3) http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=1101203 Medibank Icehouse 750 #eeffff Scoring leaders List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals, assists, and the lower penalties in minutes.http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/stats_hockey.cfm?clientid=3856&leagueid=11464 Leading Players Australian Ice Hockey League 2012-07-15 Player Team GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points PIM Penalties in minutes POS PositionCAN Boyer Jeremy Boyer Newcastle North Stars 2 4 6 10 0 FUSA Bales Brian Bales Newcastle North Stars 2 3 7 10 2 FUSA Wilson Doug Wilson Melbourne Ice 2 1 7 8 6 DCAN Baclig Jason Baclig Melbourne Ice 2 3 4 7 0 FAUS Joseph Hughes Joseph Hughes (ice hockey) Melbourne Ice 2 3 4 7 8 FCAN Armstrong Matt Armstrong Melbourne Ice 2 3 4 7 25 FAUS Taylor Beau Taylor Newcastle North Stars 2 5 1 6 2 FAUS Lliam Webster Melbourne Ice 2 2 4 6 6 FCAN Lawrance Robbie Lawrance Newcastle North Stars 2 0 6 6 2 DNZL Charlie Huber Botany Swarm 2 1 4 5 0 F Goaltenders Goaltenders are sorted based on save percentage.http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/stats_hockey.cfm?leagueID=11464&clientID=3856&sortby=SVP1&order=DESC&statType=Goalie&showGameType=2&selectedDivID=0 Leading Goalies Australian Ice Hockey League 2012-07-15 Player Team MIP Minutes and seconds played SOG Shots on goal GA Goals against GAA Goals against average per 60 minutes SVS% Save percentageAUS Olivier Martin Newcastle North Stars 120 64 6 2.25 0.906AUS Stuart Denman Stuart Denman (ice hockey) Melbourne Ice 60 18 2 1.50 0.889NZL Zak Nothling Botany Swarm 120 87 14 5.25 0.839AUS Phillips Dahlen Phillips Melbourne Ice 60 24 5 3.75 0.792NZL Brookes Aston Brookes Southern Stampede 120 85 23 8.63 0.729 References Trans-Tasman Champions League 2012 Category:Trans-Tasman Champions League Category:2012 in Australian sport