2006 AIHL season

February 2020 May 2011 2006 AIHL season Australian Ice Hockey League Ice hockey black white 8 April 2006 – 3 September 2006 Regular season V.I.P. Cup Melbourne Ice (1st title) Marcel Kars (66 points) (North Stars) Goodall Cup Goodall Cup Newcastle North Stars Adelaide Avalanche 2007 2005 AIHL The 2006 AIHL season was the seventh season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). It ran from 8 April 2006 until 27 August 2006, with the Goodall Cup finals following on 2 and 3 September 2006. The Melbourne Ice won the V.I.P. Cup after finishing the regular season first in the league standings. The Newcastle North Stars won the Goodall Cup for the third time by defeating the Adelaide Avalanche in the final. Regular season The regular season began on 8 April 2006 and ran through to 27 August 2006 before the top four teams advanced to compete in the Goodall Cup playoff series.2006 AIHL Schedule https://theaihl.com/leagues/print_schedule.cfm?leagueID=11464&clientID=3856&teamID=0&mixed=1 25 September 2018 theaihl.com Standings TeamGP Games playedW WinsSOW Shootout winsSOL Shootout lossesL LossesGF Goals forGA Goals againstGDF Goal differencePTS Points Melbourne Ice 28 21 0 2 5 138 87 +51 65 Adelaide Avalanche 28 19 0 0 9 134 84 +50 57 Western Sydney Ice Dogs 28 18 1 0 9 101 84 +17 56 Newcastle North Stars 28 16 0 1 11 143 95 +48 49 Sydney Bears 28 15 1 1 11 145 112 +33 48 Brisbane Blue Tongues 28 10 1 0 17 129 138 -9 32 Central Coast Rhinos 28 6 0 0 22 97 169 -72 18 Canberra Knights 28 3 1 0 24 79 197 -118 11 Qualified for the Goodall Cup playoffsV.I.P. Cup winners Source Statistics Scoring leaders List shows the ten top skaters sorted by points, then goals. Current as of 3 September 20062006 AIHL season: League leading players https://theaihl.com/leagues/stats_hockey.cfm?leagueID=11464&clientID=3856 25 September 2018 theaihl.com Player Team GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points PIM Penalties in minutes POS Position Kars Marcel Kars Newcastle North Stars 20 29 37 66 40 C Pyatt Jesse Pyatt Newcastle North Stars 21 32 31 63 34 C Stransky Vladan Stransky Sydney Bears 24 27 30 57 50 F Brière Jean-Philippe Brière Brisbane Blue Tongues 22 28 26 54 36 C Rubes Vladimir Rubes Sydney Bears 25 20 34 54 48 F Wanchulak Brad Wanchulak Adelaide Avalanche 23 26 27 53 12 F Oddy Greg Oddy Adelaide Avalanche 23 17 33 50 68 C Strang Mitch Strang Central Coast Rhinos 25 22 22 44 56 LW Sherban Trevor Sherban Newcastle North Stars 25 11 31 42 95 D Luhovy Andy Luhovy Sydney Bears 22 14 23 37 48 F Leading goaltenders Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage with a minimum 40% of the team's ice time. Current as of 3 September 20062006 AIHL season: League leading goalies https://theaihl.com/leagues/stats_hockey.cfm?leagueID=11464&clientID=3856 25 September 2018 theaihl.com Player Team MIP Minutes played SOG Shots on goal GA Goals against GAA Goals against average per 60 minutes SVS% Save percentage SO Shutouts Ezzy Matthew Ezzy Newcastle North Stars 989 722 69 3.49 0.904 1 Munro D'arcy Munro Western Sydney Ice Dogs 1035 621 66 3.19 0.894 2 Martin Michael Clements Sydney Bears 487 320 35 3.59 0.891 0 Ramage Stuart Denman Melbourne Ice 989 526 65 3.29 0.876 1 Denman Nigel Ward Adelaide Avalanche 988 504 64 3.24 0.873 1 Goodall Cup playoffs The 2006 playoffs was scheduled for 2 September with the Goodall Cup final held on 3 September 2006. Following the end of the regular season the top four teams advanced to the playoff series which was held at the IceArenA in Adelaide, South Australia. The series was a single game elimination with the two winning semi-finalists advancing to the Goodall Cup final. The Goodall Cup was won by Newcastle North Stars (3rd title) who defeated host team the Adelaide Avalanche 4–0 in the final. Semifinals Final Newcastle North Stars 6 Melbourne Ice 1 Western Sydney Ice Dogs 2 Adelaide Avalanche 5 Newcastle North Stars 4 Adelaide Avalanche 0 All times are UTC+10:00 Semi-finals 2 September 2006 16:30 Newcastle North Stars Melbourne Ice 6–1 (2–0, 2–1, 2–0) https://theaihl.com/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=1426304 Matthew Ezzy Stuart Denman 1 – 02 – 02 – 13 – 14 – 15 – 16 – 1 Kars (PP) (Zinck Spencer) Kars (PP) (Zinck) Starke (PP) (unassisted) Sheffield (PP) (Sherban, Zinck) Sheffield (PP) (Zinck, Kars) Kars (PP) (Sherban, Zinck) Webster (Pitre) Jamie Miller David Ast Mike Gainer IceArenA 22 20 24 28 2 September 2006 17:30 Western Sydney Ice Dogs Adelaide Avalanche 2–5 (2–0, 2–1, 2–2) https://theaihl.com/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=1426305 D'arcy Munro Nigel Ward 1 – 01 – 11 – 22 – 22 – 32 – 42 – 5 Tobin (Symonds, Jasicki) Kuzyk (PP) (unassisted) Wanchulak (PP) (Nieminen, Walsh) Oddy (Walsh) Nieminen (unassisted) Wanchulak (Oddy, Walsh) Walsh (EN) (unassisted) Jeff Scott Chris Mason Daryl Hamilton IceArenA 22 12 19 34 #eeffff Final 3 September 2006 17:00 Newcastle North Stars Adelaide Avalanche 4–0 (0–0, 1–0, 3–0) https://theaihl.com/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=1426306 Matthew Ezzy Nigel Ward 1 – 02 – 03 – 04 – 0 Sherban (Kars, Crane) Zinck (PP) (Kars) Sheffield (Minson) Sherban (PP) (Zinck, Kars) Jamie Miller Chris Mason Daryl Hamilton IceArenA 16 18 25 23 References External links Official AIHL website 2006 Category:2006 in Australian men's sport Category:2006 in ice hockey