2016 AIHL season

2016 AIHL season
League	Australian Ice Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	23 April 2016 – 28 August 2016
Regular season
H Newman Reid Trophy	Melbourne Ice
Season MVP	Wehebe Darge (Adrenaline)
Top scorer	Connor McLaughlin (North Stars)
Goodall Cup
Champions	Newcastle North Stars
Runners-up	CBR Brave
Finals MVP	Dayne Davis (North Stars)

The 2016 AIHL season was the 16th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). It ran from 23 April 2016 until 21 August 2016, with the Goodall Cup finals following on 27 and 28 August. The Melbourne Ice won the H Newman Reid Trophy after finishing the regular season with the most points. The Newcastle North Stars won the Goodall Cup for the second year in a row after defeating the CBR Brave in the final.

League business

In September 2015 it was announced that the Medibank Icehouse had been renamed the O'Brien Group Arena following a lease takeover by the O'Brien Catering Group.^[1] The league announced that the Sydney Bears will host two games against the Melbourne Ice in Queensland during the 2016 season.^[2] The games, promoted under the title of the Brisbane Battle, will be held at Iceworld Boondall and Iceworld Acacia Ridge on 14 and 15 May respectively.^[2] The AIHL have not held a game in Queensland since the suspension of the Gold Coast Blue Tongues in 2012.^[3] In February 2016 the Sydney Ice Dogs announced that Reach Crane Trucks had renewed their sponsorship for 2016, extending the original three-year deal that was signed in 2013.^[4] The Ice Dogs later signed TAFE SWSi Aboriginal Learning Circle as a new sponsor for the season.^[5] Also in February Hards Transport renewed their naming rights sponsorship of the Adelaide Adrenaline.^[6] The Adrenaline also signed new sponsors Reading Cinemas, Paxton Wines and Mortgage Choice Malvern and extended their deal with the Hilton Hotel's MyBar as their official post-game venue.^{[7][8][9][10]} In March 2016 the CBR Brave signed Casino Canberra and McDonald's ACT as major sponsors and Canberra Toyota as their vehicle sponsor.^[11][12] The CBR Brave also extended their deal with Anytime Fitness as the club's official gym partner and the Hellenic Club of Canberra as their post-game partner and renewed their sponsorship deal with Jordo’s Chop Shop.^[13][14][15] On 21 March 2016 the Bears announced that they had formed a partnership with the Australian Defence Force Ice Hockey Association’s Army Knights for 2016.^[16] This was followed by the CBR Brave forming a partnership with the Navy Tigersharks.^[17] Both partnerships aim to help promote ice hockey within the Defence Force and develop emerging talent.^[16][17] The Bears partnership deal also includes discounted tickets for Defence Force members during the season.^[16] The Sydney Bears have reached a deal with Hawkesbury Radio to broadcast at least two of their home games for the 2016 season while also continuing to broadcast via their normal Mixlr stream.^[18] The Perth Thunder will also start live broadcasting their home games via Mixlr for the 2016 season.^[18] In April the Brave announced a partnership with the Canberra Cavalry of the Australian Baseball League to help increase promotion between the two teams.^[19] On 22 April the Perth Thunder announced that they had signed Smooth Financial Services as a platinum sponsor for the 2016 season.^[20] In May 2016 Hi-Tec Oils renewed their major sponsorship with the Sydney Bears for the season.^[21] Also in May The James Hotel signed a deal with the Melbourne Mustangs to become a major sponsor and host the club's pre and post-game functions.^[22]

Exhibition games

On 31 March 2016 the Melbourne Ice and Melbourne Mustangs competed in an exhibition game at the O’Brien Group Arena with the Ice winning 5-1.^[23] The 2016 edition of the Wilson Cup was held in March and April 2016.^[24] The tournament featured the three New South Wales based clubs competing in a double round-robin before a final between the two top ranked teams.^[24] The Sydney Bears finished first in the round robin stage, winning three of their four games, and were drawn against the Sydney Ice Dogs in the final.^[25] The Bears won the final 3-1, claiming their third Wilson Cup title.^[26]

Personnel changes

In October 2015 it was announced that Vladimir Rubes had stepped down as head coach of the Sydney Bears due to family commitments.^[27] Rubes was replaced by assistant Ron Kuprowsky to the position of head coach. Kuprowsky was previously coach of the Sydney Ice Dogs before joining the Bears in 2015.^[28] Also in October the Sydney Ice Dogs announced their 2016 committee with Tim Flynn moving from the head coach position to the role of general manager, taking over the position from Anthony Wilson.^[29] Flynn's role as general manager for the Sydney Ice Dogs lasted until March 2016 with the club replacing him with former player Jason Juba.^[30] In November 2015 the Melbourne Mustangs announced that Brad Vigon had resigned from the position of head coach due to family commitments.^[31] Vigon was replaced by assistant coach Michael Flaherty with the Mustangs also adding former Australian national team players Damian Holland and Jon Moses as Flaherty's new assistant coaches.^[32] The Mustangs also announced that Andrew McDowell had stepped down from the position of Vice President in order to focus on his role of Director of Hockey Operations.^[32] He was replaced by Myles Harris.^[32]

In December 2015 the Adelaide Adrenaline announced that head coach Ryan O'Handley had stepped down from the position of head coach due to family commitments.^[33] O'Handley however moved into the positions of Vice President and Director of Hockey Operations at the club.^[33] A couple of weeks later the Adrenaline signed former AIHL and Australian national team player Trevor Walsh as O'Handley's replacement.^[34] Following the appointment of Walsh as head coach the Adrenaline also announced that Gordon Cochrane and Sami Mantere had been signed as assistant coaches for 2016.^[35] In March 2016 the Sydney Ice Dogs announced that they had signed former Sydney Bears head coach Vladimir Rubes to the position of head coach.^[36] Rubes stepped down from his position of head coach of the Sydney Bears in October 2015 citing family commitments.^[36] Also in March the CBR Brave re-signed head coach Josh Unice along with assistant coaches David Rogina and Stuart Philps for the 2016 season.^[36]

In June 2016 the Adrenaline relieved Trevor Walsh of his duties as head coach.^[37] He was replaced by former Australian national team assistant coach Eric Lien.^[38] On August 17, three days before the final round of the regular season, the Brave announced that Josh Unice had resigned from his position of head coach due to a number of personal issues outside of hockey.^[39] He was replaced by the clubs assistant coaches for the remainder of the season.^[39]

Player transfers

Interclub transfers Nat Player Previous team New team Ref Zachary Boyle Adelaide Adrenaline CBR Brave [40] Ellesse Carini Sydney Bears Sydney Ice Dogs [41] Dunwoodie, DavidDavid Dunwoodie CBR Brave Sydney Ice Dogs [42] Funes, BrianBrian Funes Sydney Ice Dogs Sydney Bears [43] Sean Hamilton Sydney Ice Dogs Perth Thunder [44] Hughes, JosephJoseph Hughes Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne Ice [45] Manco, TomasTomas Manco CBR Brave Sydney Ice Dogs [42] Joel Rhodes Sydney Ice Dogs Sydney Bears [43] Jan Safar Newcastle North Stars CBR Brave [46] Charlie Smart Adelaide Adrenaline Sydney Ice Dogs [42] White, AndrewAndrew White Adelaide Adrenaline Sydney Ice Dogs [42] Wudrick, GeordieGeordie Wudrick Newcastle North Stars CBR Brave [47]

Retirements Nat Player Team New role Ref Hughes, VincentVincent Hughes Melbourne Mustangs — [48] Sekura, ChristopherChristopher Sekura Sydney Ice Dogs Assistant Coach at Sydney Ice Dogs [49] Starke, RobertRobert Starke Newcastle North Stars — [50]

New signings Nat Player Previous team New team Ref Annesley, RyanRyan Annesley No team Sydney Bears [43] Antoine Aubin Newcastle North Stars ECSL Newcastle North Stars [51] Brentin Azzopardi Banff Academy Bears Sydney Ice Dogs [42] Phil Bakatsoulas No team Melbourne Mustangs [52] T.J. Battani No team Adelaide Adrenaline [53] Jessyko Bernard Concordia University Perth Thunder [44] Art Bidlevskii Kallinge-Ronneby IF CBR Brave [40] Nicola Brandi SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers CBR Brave [40] Benjamin Breault LHC Les Lions Perth Thunder [44] Russel Brewer Adelaide Tigers Adelaide Adrenaline [53][54] Cliff, BillyBilly Cliff No team Sydney Bears [43] Timothy Cox No team CBR Brave [40] Zane Cunliffe No team Perth Thunder [44] Todd Cutter No team Melbourne Ice [45] Troy Davenport No team Melbourne Ice [45] Michael Dorr Fife Flyers Perth Thunder [44] Ted Fabijan Adelaide Blackhawks Adelaide Adrenaline [53][55] Lachlan Fahmy Banff Academy Bears Sydney Bears [43] Zack Firlotte Elsipogtog Hawks Adelaide Adrenaline [53] Luke Fisher No team Melbourne Mustangs [52] Darcy Flanagan Melbourne Glaciers Melbourne Mustangs [52] David Foster Melbourne Glaciers Melbourne Mustangs [52] Jordan Geyer Adelaide Falcons Adelaide Adrenaline [53][56] Matt Gilpin No team CBR Brave [40] Per Daniel Göransson Northern Vikings Perth Thunder [44] Brandon Greenside Peoria Rivermen Newcastle North Stars [51] Mathieu Guertin Trois-Rivières Blizzard CBR Brave [40] Josh Harris Peoria Rivermen Newcastle North Stars [51] Dale Harrop Canterbury Red Devils Perth Thunder [44] Thomas Heemsherk Bentley Generals Perth Thunder [44] Alex Henderson Penrith Raptors Sydney Bears [43] Mitchell Henning No team CBR Brave [40] Mark Higgins No team Melbourne Mustangs [57] Jamie Holland No team Adelaide Adrenaline [53] Geoff Irwin No team Sydney Bears [43] James Isaacs Coventry Blaze Melbourne Mustangs [58] Nic Kawasaki Penrith Raptors Sydney Bears [43] Kimlin, AnthonyAnthony Kimlin Whitby Dunlops Sydney Bears [43] Joshua Kleipas Sydney Sting Sydney Ice Dogs [42] Bayley Kubara Reach Rebels Sydney Ice Dogs [42] Kubara, CaseyCasey Kubara Atlanta Jr. Knights CBR Brave [59] Samuel Lammert Newcastle North Stars ECSL Newcastle North Stars [51] Lassen, LasseLasse Lassen No team Melbourne Ice [45] Bobby Lipsett No team Melbourne Ice [45] Éric Louis-Seize Royal Military College of Canada Melbourne Mustangs [60] Matti Luoma No team CBR Brave [61] Cole MacMillan University of Prince Edward Island Adelaide Adrenaline [53] David Mahood Perth Pelicans Perth Thunder [44] Liam Manwarring Sydney Sabres Newcastle North Stars [51] Zachary McCoy No team Sydney Ice Dogs [42] Marcel McGuiness Adelaide Redwings Adelaide Adrenaline [53][62] Connor McLaughlin University of Alberta Augustana Newcastle North Stars [51] Mike McMahon No team Melbourne Mustangs [52] Ian Merwin No team Sydney Bears [43] Nicholas Mizen Las Vegas Storm Newcastle North Stars [51] Charlie Moore No team Melbourne Mustangs [52] Luke Moore No team CBR Brave [40] Joseph Nyamuka No team Melbourne Ice [45] Gabriel O'Connor Corsaires de Nantes Adelaide Adrenaline [53] Sam O'Neill-Hodges No team Adelaide Adrenaline [53] Cian O'Reilly Blueline Bombers Sydney Ice Dogs [42] Dion Palmer Adelaide Redwings Adelaide Adrenaline [53][63] Dathan Pleiter Perth Pelicans Perth Thunder [44] Luke Philps No team CBR Brave [40] Neal Prokop No team CBR Brave [40] Jake Riley Adelaide Penguins Adelaide Adrenaline [53][64] Gabriel Roblebo Sydney Sting Sydney Bears [43] Ryan Ruddle No team Melbourne Mustangs [52] Jonatan Ruth No team Newcastle North Stars [51] Remy Sandoy West Auckland Admirals Sydney Ice Dogs [42] David Sefic SKHL Crvena Zvezda Melbourne Mustangs [52] Eric Sewell Cockburn Blackhawks Perth Thunder [44] Chris Slauenwhite Hamilton Steelhawks Melbourne Mustangs [52] Michael Slee Newcastle North Stars ECSL Newcastle North Stars [51] Cam Smith Army Knights Sydney Bears [43][65] Tim Stanger Newcastle North Stars ECSL Newcastle North Stars [51] Petr Stepanek HC Zdar nad Sazavou Sydney Ice Dogs [42] Stephenson, ScottScott Stephenson No team Sydney Ice Dogs [42] Stephenson, ToddTodd Stephenson No team Sydney Ice Dogs [42] Thomas Steven Green Bay Jr. Gamblers U18 Melbourne Mustangs [52] Sam Stewart Melbourne Whalers Melbourne Mustangs [52] Swindlehurst, PaulPaul Swindlehurst Manchester Storm Sydney Ice Dogs [42] Matt Taylor Newcastle North Stars ECSL Newcastle North Stars [51] Grant Toulmin Manchester Storm Sydney Ice Dogs [42] Byron Tschuma Melbourne Whalers Melbourne Mustangs [52] Brent Vandenberg Dundas Real McCoys Sydney Bears [43] Jeremy Vasquez CIHA White Midget AAA Sydney Bears [43] Nicholas Weiland Bridgton Academy 18U Sydney Ice Dogs [42] Wong, BrandonBrandon Wong Indy Fuel Newcastle North Stars [51] Yule, ChrisChris Yule No team Melbourne Ice [45] Andrey Zolotarev Adelaide Falcons Adelaide Adrenaline [53][66]

Players lost Nat Player Previous team New team Ref Drew Akins Melbourne Mustangs No team [67] Corey Banfield Melbourne Mustangs Pensacola Ice Flyers [67] Alan Becken Sydney Bears Blueline Bombers [41][68] Jan Bejcek Sydney Bears No team [41] Jamie Blazevic Sydney Ice Dogs No team [69] Paul Bond Sydney Bears No team [41] Jonathan Boxill Adelaide Adrenaline Belfast Giants [70] Joshua Broekman Newcastle North Stars No team [71] Jeremy Brown Melbourne Ice Chambly Forts [72] Dale Burgess Sydney Bears Penrith Raptors [41][73] Clayworth, AaronAaron Clayworth CBR Brave No team [40] Ethan Cornford Melbourne Mustangs Tottenham Steam [67] Luc Daigneault Perth Thunder No team [44] Del Basso, RiccardoRiccardo Del Basso Perth Thunder No team [44] Andrew Fitzgerald Melbourne Mustangs No team [67] Ben Gebert Adelaide Adrenaline No team [70] Geoffrey, KellyKelly Geoffrey CBR Brave Aigles de La Roche sur Yon [40] Viktor Gibbs Sjödin Melbourne Mustangs No team [67] Giorgi, MikeMike Giorgi CBR Brave No team [40] Andrew Glass Adelaide Adrenaline No team [70] Kaden Goulds Perth Thunder Cockburn Whitehawks [44][74] Jeff Grant Melbourne Mustangs No team [67] Matt Grogan Sydney Ice Dogs Mississippi RiverKings [69] Tyler Grove Adelaide Adrenaline No team [70] Guggenberger, MarkMark Guggenberger Perth Thunder DVTK Jegesmedvék [44] Joseph Harcharik Sydney Bears Sollentuna HC [41] Luke Harding Adelaide Adrenaline No team [70] Kory Helowka Adelaide Adrenaline Danbury Titans [70] Mackenzie Hill Melbourne Ice No team [72] Alex Hudson Perth Thunder Louisiana IceGators [44] Greg Hyde Perth Thunder No team [44] Michael James Melbourne Mustangs No team [67] Kamil Jarina Sydney Bears No team [41] Tim Johansson Melbourne Ice Sölvesborgs IK [72] Toni Kluuskeri Perth Thunder Narvik IK [44] Jackson Knott Sydney Ice Dogs Parry Sound Islanders [69] Jake Knott Sydney Ice Dogs Parry Sound Islanders [69] Paul Kurceba Melbourne Ice No team [72] Alex Leclerc Melbourne Ice Lloydminster Bobcats [72] Mitchell Levitt Perth Thunder No team [44] David Lewis CBR Brave No team [40] Jayden Lewis CBR Brave No team [40] Kyle Mariani CBR Brave Bouquetins de Val Vanoise [40] James Marino Sydney Ice Dogs Bridgton Academy 18U [69] McGregor, ShannonShannon McGregor Sydney Ice Dogs No team [69] Moffatt, LukeLuke Moffatt Newcastle North Stars HC Gherdëina [71] Alan Moss Melbourne Mustangs No team [67] Padělek, AlešAleš Padělek Sydney Bears Peterborough Phantoms [41] Ben Pagett CBR Brave No team [40] Thomas Papps Adelaide Adrenaline No team [70] Mario Passarelli Sydney Ice Dogs No team [69] Peddle, JordanJordan Peddle CBR Brave Terrace River Kings [40] Pitt, ScottScott Pitt CBR Brave Braehead Clan [40] Ryan Remillard Adelaide Adrenaline No team [70] Riesen, AlainAlain Riesen CBR Brave No team [40] David Ruck Perth Thunder No team [44] Hayden Sheard Newcastle North Stars Newcastle North Stars ECSL [71][75] Ryan Strayer Sydney Ice Dogs Southern Stampede [69] Taylor, PeterPeter Taylor CBR Brave No team [40] Marco Tomasello Sydney Ice Dogs No team [69] Unice, JoshJosh Unice CBR Brave No team [40] Aaron Widger Adelaide Adrenaline No team [70] Stuart Woodall CBR Brave No team [40] Bradley Young Perth Thunder No team [44]

Regular season

The regular season is set to start on 23 April 2016 and run through to 21 August 2016 before the top four teams advance to compete in the Goodall Cup playoff series.^[76] A weeks break will be held in June to accommodate the All-Star Weekend which is scheduled for 11 June and 12 June 2016 in Penrith, New South Wales.^[76] The AIHL will hold their first games in Queensland since 2012 after they announced that the Sydney Bears and Melbourne Ice will compete in a double header in Brisbane.^[2][3] The games, promoted under the title of the Brisbane Battle, will be held at Iceworld Boondall and Iceworld Acacia Ridge on 14 and 15 May respectively.^[2]

In March 2016 it was reported that the Adelaide Ice Arena had to close their large ice surface for repairs following failed pressure tests.^[77] The repairs resulted in the league pushing back the start Adrenaline's home season from 23 April to 15 May and rescheduling of four games.^[78] Game 1 between the North Stars and Adrenaline at the Adelaide Ice Arena was pushed back to 17 July from its original date of 23 April.^[79] Game 81 between the Thunder and the North Stars at the Perth Ice Arena was moved forward into the vacant 23 April slot after originally being scheduled for 17 July.^[79] The double header between the Adrenaline and the Thunder at the Adelaide Ice Arena was also pushed back from its original date of 30 April and 1 May to 21 and 22 May.^[79] On 5 June Game 48 between the Sydney Ice Dogs and Melbourne Mustangs was postponed due to flooding at the Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink.^[80] The match was later rescheduled for 7 August at the same venue.^[81]

The 25 June game between the Melbourne Ice and Sydney Bears served as the third annual Canada Day Classic match.^[82] The Bears won the game 4–3 following a shootout to claim the title for the third straight year.^[82] On 6 August the Sydney Ice Dogs hosted the Adelaide Adrenaline in the Matt Clark Memorial Game, part of the clubs Leukaemia fundraising night.^[83] The Ice Dogs wore the old Warringah Bombers jersey, dedicated to former Bombers player Matt Clark who passed away due to Leukaemia in 1995.^[83] The Ice Dogs won the game 9–8.^[83] The 13 August match between the Adelaide Adrenaline and CBR Brave served as the second annual beyondblue Cup, setup to help raise awareness for the charity.^[84] The Brave won the Cup for the second year in a row, defeating the Adrenaline 5–4 following a shootout.^[84]

The Melbourne Ice won the H Newman Reid Trophy after finishing first in the regular season with 66 points.^[85][86] Following the end of the season the AIHL announced the winners of the 2016 awards.^[87] Adelaide Adrenaline's Wehebe Darge won the Most Valuable Player and Anthony Kimlin of the Sydney Bears won the Goaltender of the Year.^[87] The CBR Brave's Jan Safar won the Defenceman of the Year and Casey Kubara was awarded both the Rookie of the Year and Local Player of the Year.^[87] The Melbourne Ice's Brent Laver was named Coach of the Year.^[87]

April

Game	Date	Time	Away	Score	Home	Location	Attendance	Recap
81	23 April	16:30	Newcastle North Stars	3 – 2 (SO)	Perth Thunder	Perth Ice Arena
2	23 April	19:00	Melbourne Mustangs	0 – 3	Melbourne Ice	O'Brien Group Arena
3	23 April	17:00	Sydney Ice Dogs	2 – 5	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
4	24 April	16:30	Newcastle North Stars	2 – 1	Perth Thunder	Perth Ice Arena
5	24 April	17:00	CBR Brave	6 – 3	Sydney Bears	Penrith Ice Palace
7	30 April	17:00	CBR Brave	4 – 2	Melbourne Mustangs	O'Brien Group Arena
8	30 April	17:00	Melbourne Ice	7 – 1	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink	500

May

Game	Date	Time	Away	Score	Home	Location	Attendance	Recap
10	1 May	16:00	CBR Brave	1 – 7	Melbourne Mustangs	O'Brien Group Arena
11	1 May	16:00	Melbourne Ice	3 – 2 (SO)	Newcastle North Stars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
12	1 May	17:00	Sydney Ice Dogs	6 – 2	Sydney Bears	Penrith Ice Palace
13	7 May	16:30	Melbourne Mustangs	0 – 1	Perth Thunder	Perth Ice Arena
14	7 May	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	4 – 5 (SO)	Melbourne Ice	O'Brien Group Arena
15	7 May	17:00	Newcastle North Stars	9 – 1	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink
16	7 May	17:00	Sydney Bears	3 – 2 (SO)	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
17	8 May	16:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	2 – 6	Melbourne Ice	O'Brien Group Arena
18	8 May	16:30	Melbourne Mustangs	1 – 5	Perth Thunder	Perth Ice Arena
19	8 May	17:00	Sydney Bears	3 – 4 (SO)	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink
20	8 May	17:00	CBR Brave	4 – 3 (SO)	Newcastle North Stars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
21	14 May	16:00	Melbourne Ice	3 – 2 (SO)	Sydney Bears	Ice World Boondall	600
22	14 May	16:30	Sydney Ice Dogs	2 – 3	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide Ice Arena
23	14 May	17:00	Newcastle North Stars	8 – 2	Melbourne Mustangs	O'Brien Group Arena
24	14 May	17:30	Perth Thunder	6 – 2	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
25	15 May	15:30	Melbourne Ice	3 – 1	Sydney Bears	Ice World Acacia Ridge
26	15 May	16:00	Sydney Ice Dogs	3 – 6	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide Ice Arena
27	15 May	16:00	Newcastle North Stars	2 – 5	Melbourne Mustangs	O'Brien Group Arena
28	15 May	17:00	Perth Thunder	7 – 6	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
29	19 May	20:00	Melbourne Mustangs	2 – 7	Melbourne Ice	O'Brien Group Arena
6	21 April	16:30	Perth Thunder	3 – 2	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide Ice Arena
30	21 May	17:00	Sydney Ice Dogs	1 – 3	Melbourne Ice	O'Brien Group Arena
31	21 May	17:00	Newcastle North Stars	6 – 4	Sydney Bears	Penrith Ice Palace
32	22 May	16:00	Sydney Ice Dogs	6 – 4	Melbourne Mustangs	O'Brien Group Arena
9	22 May	16:30	Perth Thunder	4 – 3	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide Ice Arena
33	22 May	17:00	CBR Brave	2 – 7	Newcastle North Stars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
34	28 May	16:30	Melbourne Ice	4 – 5 (SO)	Perth Thunder	Perth Ice Arena
35	28 May	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	2 – 4	Melbourne Mustangs	O'Brien Group Arena
36	28 May	17:00	Sydney Bears	4 – 3 (SO)	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink
37	28 May	17:30	Newcastle North Stars	3 – 5	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
38	29 May	16:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	3 – 4 (SO)	Melbourne Mustangs	O'Brien Group Arena
39	29 May	16:30	Melbourne Ice	4 – 5 (SO)	Perth Thunder	Perth Ice Arena
40	29 May	17:00	Sydney Ice Dogs	6 – 4	Newcastle North Stars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
41	29 May	17:00	Sydney Bears	4 – 6	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre

June

Game	Date	Time	Away	Score	Home	Location	Attendance	Recap
42	4 June	16:30	Sydney Bears	6 – 2	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide Ice Arena
43	4 June	17:00	CBR Brave	5 – 7	Melbourne Ice	O'Brien Group Arena
44	4 June	17:00	Melbourne Mustangs	5 – 4	Newcastle North Stars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
45	4 June	17:00	Perth Thunder	3 – 2	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink
46	5 June	16:00	CBR Brave	3 – 6	Melbourne Ice	O'Brien Group Arena
47	5 June	16:00	Sydney Bears	4 – 3 (SO)	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide Ice Arena
49	5 June	17:00	Perth Thunder	2 – 3	Newcastle North Stars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
50	18 June	16:30	Adelaide Adrenaline	3 – 1	Perth Thunder	Perth Ice Arena
51	18 June	17:00	Melbourne Ice	3 – 2	Newcastle North Stars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
52	18 June	17:30	Melbourne Mustangs	2 – 5	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
53	19 June	16:30	Adelaide Adrenaline	3 – 6	Perth Thunder	Perth Ice Arena
54	19 June	17:00	Melbourne Mustangs	1 – 4	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
55	19 June	17:00	Newcastle North Stars	1 – 2 (SO)	Sydney Bears	Penrith Ice Palace
56	19 June	17:00	Melbourne Ice	8 – 1	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink
57	25 June	17:00	Sydney Bears	4 – 3 (SO)	Melbourne Ice	O'Brien Group Arena
58	25 June	17:00	Sydney Ice Dogs	1 – 5	Newcastle North Stars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
59	26 June	16:00	Sydney Bears	2 – 4	Melbourne Mustangs	O'Brien Group Arena
60	26 June	17:00	Newcastle North Stars	5 – 2	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink

July

Game	Date	Time	Away	Score	Home	Location	Attendance	Recap
61	2 July	16:30	Melbourne Ice	9 – 1	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide Ice Arena
62	2 July	17:00	Perth Thunder	1 – 2	Melbourne Mustangs	O'Brien Group Arena
63	2 July	17:00	Sydney Ice Dogs	4 – 5	Sydney Bears	Penrith Ice Palace
64	2 July	17:30	Newcastle North Stars	3 – 1	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
65	3 July	16:00	Perth Thunder	6 – 3	Melbourne Mustangs	O'Brien Group Arena
66	3 July	16:00	Melbourne Ice	3 – 2	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide Ice Arena
67	3 July	17:00	CBR Brave	6 – 1	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink
68	3 July	17:00	Sydney Bears	3 – 0	Newcastle North Stars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
69	9 July	16:30	CBR Brave	3 – 4 (SO)	Perth Thunder	Perth Ice Arena
70	9 July	17:00	Newcastle North Stars	3 – 2	Melbourne Ice	O'Brien Group Arena
71	9 July	17:00	Melbourne Mustangs	4 – 3	Sydney Bears	Penrith Ice Palace
72	9 July	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	5 – 4	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink
73	10 July	16:00	Newcastle North Stars	2 – 3	Melbourne Ice	O'Brien Group Arena
74	10 July	16:30	CBR Brave	4 – 2	Perth Thunder	Perth Ice Arena
75	10 July	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	3 – 2 (SO)	Sydney Bears	Penrith Ice Palace
76	10 July	17:00	Melbourne Mustangs	8 – 3	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink
77	16 July	16:30	Newcastle North Stars	3 – 2	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide Ice Arena
78	16 July	17:00	Sydney Bears	3 – 1	Melbourne Mustangs	O'Brien Group Arena
79	16 July	17:30	Sydney Ice Dogs	5 – 6	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
80	17 July	16:00	Sydney Bears	1 – 4	Melbourne Ice	O'Brien Group Arena
1	17 July	16:30	Newcastle North Stars	2 – 1	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide Ice Arena
82	23 July	19:00	Melbourne Ice	3 – 1	Melbourne Mustangs	O'Brien Group Arena
83	23 July	17:00	Perth Thunder	4 – 2	Sydney Bears	Penrith Ice Palace
84	23 July	17:30	Adelaide Adrenaline	2 – 7	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
85	24 July	17:00	Perth Thunder	1 – 3	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink
86	24 July	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	5 – 8	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
87	30 July	16:30	Melbourne Mustangs	5 – 3	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide Ice Arena
88	30 July	16:30	Sydney Ice Dogs	2 – 3	Perth Thunder	Perth Ice Arena
89	30 July	17:00	Sydney Bears	2 – 5	Newcastle North Stars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
90	31 July	16:00	Melbourne Mustangs	3 – 2	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide Ice Arena
91	31 July	16:30	Sydney Ice Dogs	2 – 6	Perth Thunder	Perth Ice Arena
92	31 July	17:00	CBR Brave	6 – 4	Sydney Bears	Penrith Ice Palace

August

Game	Date	Time	Away	Score	Home	Location	Attendance	Recap
93	6 August	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	8 – 9	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink
94	6 August	17:00	Perth Thunder	4 – 3 (SO)	Newcastle North Stars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
95	6 August	17:30	Melbourne Ice	10 – 9	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
48	7 August	17:00	Melbourne Mustangs	2 – 4	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink
96	7 August	17:00	Perth Thunder	4 – 3	Sydney Bears	Penrith Ice Palace
97	7 August	17:00	Melbourne Ice	3 – 4	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
98	7 August	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	1 – 4	Newcastle North Stars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
99	11 August	20:00	Melbourne Ice	4 – 1	Melbourne Mustangs	O'Brien Group Arena
100	13 August	16:30	Sydney Bears	0 – 2	Perth Thunder	Perth Ice Arena
101	13 August	16:30	CBR Brave	5 – 4 (SO)	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide Ice Arena
102	13 August	17:00	Sydney Ice Dogs	7 – 10	Melbourne Mustangs	O'Brien Group Arena
103	14 August	16:00	CBR Brave	6 – 5	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide Ice Arena
104	14 August	16:00	Sydney Ice Dogs	1 – 4	Melbourne Ice	O'Brien Group Arena
105	14 August	16:30	Sydney Bears	1 – 2	Perth Thunder	Perth Ice Arena
106	20 August	17:00	Perth Thunder	4 – 2	Melbourne Ice	O'Brien Group Arena
107	20 August	17:00	Melbourne Mustangs	1 – 2	Sydney Bears	Penrith Ice Palace
108	20 August	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	0 – 7	Newcastle North Stars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
109	20 August	17:00	CBR Brave	4 – 6	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink
110	21 August	16:00	Perth Thunder	2 – 5	Melbourne Ice	O'Brien Group Arena
111	21 August	16:00	Melbourne Mustangs	5 – 4 (SO)	Newcastle North Stars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
112	21 August	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	3 – 2	Sydney Bears	Penrith Ice Palace

Standings

Team	GP	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	GDF	PTS
Melbourne Ice	28	19	3	3	3	127	71	+56	66
Perth Thunder	28	16	4	1	7	96	73	+23	57
Newcastle North Stars	28	15	1	5	7	105	74	+31	52
CBR Brave	28	15	2	2	9	129	117	+12	51
Melbourne Mustangs	28	11	2	0	15	89	102	–13	37
Sydney Bears	28	5	5	3	15	77	95	–18	28
Sydney Ice Dogs	28	7	1	1	19	92	139	–47	24
Adelaide Adrenaline	28	5	1	4	18	83	127	–44	21

Qualified for the Goodall Cup playoffs

Source

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the ten top skaters sorted by points, then goals.^[88]

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	POS
Connor McLaughlin	Newcastle North Stars	28	35	26	61	34	F
Benjamin Breault	Perth Thunder	28	26	26	52	20	F
Darge, WehebeWehebe Darge	Adelaide Adrenaline	28	20	32	52	22	F
Michael Dorr	Perth Thunder	28	20	31	51	16	F
Wudrick, GeordieGeordie Wudrick	CBR Brave	20	20	30	50	34	F
Mathieu Guertin	CBR Brave	20	18	31	49	86	F
Casey Kubara	CBR Brave	27	16	33	49	24	F
Jason Baclig	Melbourne Ice	28	24	24	48	39	F
Jessyko Bernard	Perth Thunder	26	17	27	44	61	F
Strat Allen	Sydney Ice Dogs	25	16	27	43	30	F

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage with a minimum 40% of the team's ice time.^[89]

Player	Team	MIP	SOG	GA	GAA	SVS%	SO
Thomas Heemskerk	Perth Thunder	1347	905	66	2.45	0.927	2
Troy Davenport	Melbourne Ice	1084	543	45	2.08	0.917	1
Kimlin, AnthonyAnthony Kimlin	Sydney Bears	1138	766	70	3.08	0.909	1
Dayne Davis	Newcastle North Stars	1218	632	60	2.46	0.905	0
Fraser Carson	Melbourne Mustangs	781	438	49	3.14	0.888	0

Goodall Cup playoffs

The 2016 playoffs started on 27 August 2016 with the Goodall Cup final being held on 28 August. Following the end of the regular season the top four teams advanced to the playoff series. All three games were held at the O'Brien Group Arena in Docklands, Victoria, the home of the Melbourne Ice and Melbourne Mustangs.^[90] The series was a single game elimination with the two winning semi-finalists advancing to the Goodall Cup final. The finals were again sponsored by Air Canada, their fourth year in a row.^[91] The Goodall Cup was won by the Newcastle North Stars who defeated the CBR Brave 2–1 in regular time.^[91] North Stars' goaltender Dayne Davis was named the finals Most Valuable Player.^[87]

	Semifinals					Final
	1	Melbourne Ice	3
	4	CBR Brave	4*
						CBR Brave		1
						Newcastle North Stars		2
	3	Newcastle North Stars	3*
	2	Perth Thunder	2

* denotes number of overtime periods

Semi-finals

All times are UTC+10:00

27 August 2016 15:00

CBR Brave

4 – 3 OT (1–1, 1–1, 1–1, 1–0)

Melbourne Ice

O'Brien Group Arena

Game reference
	Aleksi Toivonen	Goalies	Troy Davenport	Referee: Jeff Scott Linesmen: Fraser Ohlson Casper Russell-Huber
	2:43 – Safar (PP) (T. Kubara, Miettinen) 1 – 0 1 – 1 13:27 – Lassen (PP) (Graham, Armstrong) 1 – 2 26:01 – Hughes (Baclig, Yule) 29:47 – Wudrick (PP) (Safar, Brandi) 2 – 2 44:31 – Wudrick (PP) (Prokop, Kubara) 3 – 2 3 – 3 48:35 – Lassen 58:47 – Safar (Wudrick and Rummukainen) 4 – 3
	12 min	Penalties	35 min
	34	Shots	35

27 August 2016 18:00

Newcastle North Stars

3 – 2 OT (1–1, 0–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Perth Thunder

O'Brien Group Arena

Game reference
	Dayne Davis	Goalies	Thomas Heemskerk	Referee: Cory Ross Linesmen: Kent Unwin Christopher Parks
	0 – 1 6:09 – Cox (Dorr) 12:41 – Swiston (SH) (McLaughlin) 1 – 1 1 – 2 26:12 – Breault (Bernard, Dorr) 42:25 – Swiston (Harris) 2 – 2 60:01 – Powell (Greenside) 3 – 2
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	45	Shots	27

Final

28 August 2016 15:00

CBR Brave

1 – 2 (0–1, 0–1, 1–0)

Newcastle North Stars

O'Brien Group Arena

Game reference
	Aleksi Toivonen	Goalies	Dayne Davis	Referee: Cory Ross Linesmen: Fraser Ohlson Casper Russell-Huber
	0 – 1 13:02 – McLaughlin (Nadin) 0 – 2 19:44 – Harris (Taylor) 32.51 – Wudrick (Safar, Blunden) 1 – 2
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	31

All-Star weekend

The 2016 AIHL All-Star Weekend was held at the Penrith Ice Palace on 11 June and 12 June 2016.^[92] The format of the weekend remained unchanged from 2015 with a skills competition on 11 June and an all-stars game on 12 June.^[93] Sydney Bears' Michael Schlamp was announced as captain of one of the two teams for the second year in a row.^[92] Matt Armstrong of the Melbourne Ice was announced as the second teams captain, replacing Brian Bales from 2015.^[92] APA Group re-signed as sponsor of the weekend after sponsoring the 2015 inaugural event.^[92] Fox Sports also broadcast a 90-minute special from the weekend.^[93]

The Skills competition saw CBR Brave players take out three of the seven events, while both the Melbourne Mustangs and Sydney Bears picked up two each.^[94] On 12 June Team Schlamp defeated Team Armstrong 10–9 at the Penrith Ice Palace to win the 2016 All-Star Game.^[94] Michael Dorr of the Perth Thunder was named the most valuable player of the match and the best forward. The Sydney Bears' Ryan Annesley and Anthony Kimlin were named best defenceman and best goaltender respectively, and the Perth Thunder's Rob Haselhurst was named the best Australian player.^[94]

Skills competition

• Fastest Skater: Patrick O’Kane (Melbourne Mustangs)^[95]
• Breakaway Challenge: Geordie Wudrick (CBR Brave)^[96]
• Shooting Accuracy: Stephen Blunden (CBR Brave)^[97]
• Stickhandling: Casey Kubara (CBR Brave)^[98]
• Hardest Shot: James Isaacs (Melbourne Mustangs)^[99]
• Elimination Shootout: Brian Funes (Sydney Bears)^[100]
• Goaltender Race: Anthony Kimlin (Sydney Bears)

All-star game

12 June 2016 15:00

Team Schlamp

10 – 9 (3–1, 2–4, 5–4)

Team Armstrong

Penrith Ice Palace

Game reference
	0 min	Penalties	4 min
	39	Shots	34

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External links

• The Australian Ice Hockey League