2019 AIHL season

The 2019 AIHL season is the 20th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). It ran from 20 April 2019 until 25 August 2019, with the Goodall Cup finals following on 31 August and 1 September 2019. The CBR Brave won the H Newman Reid Trophy after finishing the regular season with the most points in league history for the second time. The Sydney Bears won the Goodall Cup for the third time by defeating the Perth Thunder in the final.

2019 AIHL season
League	Australian Ice Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	20 April 2019 – 25 August 2019
Regular season
H Newman Reid Trophy	CBR Brave (2nd title)
Season MVP	Dylan Quaile (Northstars)
Top scorer	Tim Crowder (77 points) (Ice Dogs)
Goodall Cup
Champions	Sydney Bears
Runners-up	Perth Thunder
Finals MVP	Danick Gaultier (Bears)

Teams

In 2019 the AIHL had 8 teams competing in the league.^[1]

2019 AIHL teams

Team	City	Arena	Head Coach	Captain
Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide	IceArenA	Jim Fuyarchuk	Josef Rezek
CBR Brave	Canberra	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	Robert Starke	Matthew Harvey
Melbourne Ice	Melbourne	O'Brien Icehouse	Brad Vigon	Lliam Webster
Melbourne Mustangs	Melbourne	O'Brien Icehouse	Maxime Langelier-Parent	Michael McMahon
Newcastle Northstars	Newcastle	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium	John Kennedy	Robert Malloy
Perth Thunder	Perth	Perth Ice Arena	Dave Ruck	Jamie Woodman
Sydney Bears	Sydney	Macquarie Ice Rink	Ron Kuprowsky	Michael Schlamp
Sydney Ice Dogs	Sydney	Macquarie Ice Rink	Andrew Petrie	Tomas Manco

League business

In January the Newcastle Northstars signed a three-year naming rights deal with Newcastle Rescue and Consultancy.^[2] Proski, the former naming rights holder, will continue to sponsor the club at a lower level.^[2] In March the Newcastle Northstars unveiled a new red-coloured third jersey design featuring an alternative logo.^[3] The logo is made up an upper-case letter N on top of a five pointed star.^[3] On 19 March the Adelaide Adrenaline signed a naming rights deal with Agile Group.^[4] The deal starts in the 2019 season and runs through to the end of the 2021 season.^[4] On 28 March it was announced that the CBR Brave had been acquired by the Canberra Cavalry, a baseball team that plays in the Australian Baseball League.^[5] Cavalry management took over operations of the Brave immediately while full ownership is expected to be transferred later in the year.^[5] 3 April 2019, O’Brien Group announced the completion of upgrades to their Melbourne stadium including 1,361 solar panels, two water tanks and an environmentally-friendly heating system.^[6] The new facilities would generate 400kW of power, providing a 25% saving on the stadium's power bill.^[6] To mark the completion of the new upgrades the stadium was renamed O’Brien Icehouse, invoking and recognising the stadium's original name.^[6] On 19 April the CBR Brave signed a naming rights deal with the Signal Co. Wireless for the 2019 season.^[7] The deal increases The Signal Co. Wireless' level of sponsorship having been a major sponsor in 2018.^[7] On 31 May it was announced that the Melbourne Mustangs had signed an affiliation with the Melbourne Chargers of the Australian Women's Tier 2 Show Case Series, Australia's second highest women's ice hockey league.^[8]

Exhibition games

On 30 and 31 March the Melbourne Ice hosted Hockey X 2019 at the O'Brien Icehouse.^[9] Hockey X, previously known as the Hockey Festival, included the CBR Brave, Melbourne Ice, Melbourne Mustangs and an All-Star team from Queensland.^[9] Day one of the festival saw each team compete in a round-robin competition to determine the playoff spots on day two.^[9] The Melbourne Mustangs finished the round-robin at the top of the standings, three points ahead of the Melbourne Ice.^[9] The CBR Brave finished in third and the Queensland All-Stars in last place.^[9] Day two included two games, a final between first and second and a placement game for third place.^[9] The Melbourne Mustangs defeated the Melbourne Ice 3–1 in the final to claim the Warrior Cup, while the CBR Brave beat the Queensland All-Stars 3–0 to finish third.^[9] On 13 April the Melbourne Ice and Melbourne Mustangs held their annual exhibition match at the O'Brien Icehouse.^[10] The Mustangs defeated the Ice 4–2.^[10] On the same day the Adelaide Adrenaline held an exhibition game against a South Australian All Stars team which the Adrenaline won 4–3.^[11] The following day the Newcastle Northstars held a practice match against their affiliate club, the Newcastle North Stars ECSL at the Hunter Ice Skating Stadium. The Northstars won the match 10–2.^[12]

Personnel changes

On 23 November the Melbourne Ice announced the signing of Johan Steenberg to the position of Director of Operations.^[13] Steenberg returns to the Ice after a year with the CBR Brave where he acted as their Director of Player Development and Player Personnel.^[13] Steenberg was previously the Ice's goaltender coach from 2014 to 2017.^[13] The following month the Melbourne Ice appointed Australian men's national team head coach Brad Vigon to the position of head coach.^[14] Vigon replaces interim head coach Sandy Gardner who had been in the role since June 2018.^[14] Gardner was subsequently appointed an assistant coach role along with Brent Laver and Glen Mayer^[15] Laver moves into the role having been the development coach for the last two seasons and Mayer was previously an assistant coach at the Ice from 2014 to 2016.^[15] On 7 December the AIHL announced that Rob Bannerman had stepped down as commissioner due to a career move in the United States. Bannerman had been in the position for the past six years.^[16] In March the Melbourne Ice appointed Mark Smith to the position of general manager.^[17] Smith is currently head coach of the Melbourne Ice Women's team.^[17] On 28 February the Newcastle Northstars announced the signing of John Kennedy as head coach following his retirement as a player.^[18] Kennedy will be assisted by associated coaches Joe Theriault and Ray Sheffield.^[18] On 10 April the CBR Brave announced the signing of former Ligue Magnus player Max Ross to the position of assistant coach.^[19]

Player transfers

Interclub transfers Nat Player Previous team New team Ref Sebastian Andersson Adelaide Adrenaline Melbourne Ice [20] Spencer Austin Sydney Bears CBR Brave [21] Michael Breedveld Melbourne Ice Melbourne Mustangs [22] Jonathon Bremner Perth Thunder Melbourne Ice [23] Lachlan Fahmy* Sydney Bears Sydney Ice Dogs [24] Kayne Fedor Sydney Bears Adelaide Adrenaline [25] Darcy Flanagan CBR Brave Melbourne Ice [26] Robert Haselhurst Newcastle Northstars Perth Thunder [27] Jermaine Joyce Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne Ice [28] Paul Lazzarotto Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne Ice [29] Thomas Munro Perth Thunder Melbourne Ice [30] Nicholas Novysedlak Melbourne Mustangs Sydney Ice Dogs [31] Jaden Pine-Murphy Melbourne Ice Melbourne Mustangs [32] Matthew Price Newcastle Northstars CBR Brave [33] Jeremy Vasquez* Sydney Bears Sydney Ice Dogs [34] * Mid-season transfer.

Retirements Nat Player Team New role Ref Nathan Chiarlitti Sydney Ice Dogs — [35] Scott Corbett Melbourne Ice — [36] Cass Delsar Melbourne Ice — [37] Jordan Gavin CBR Brave — [38]

New signings Nat Player Previous team New team Ref Henrik Ahlin Reach Rebels Sydney Ice Dogs [39][40] Garrett Bartus Greenville Swamp Rabbits Sydney Ice Dogs [41] Connor Bolger Sydney Wolf Pack Sydney Ice Dogs [39][40] Andreas Camenzind No team CBR Brave [42] Andrew Chen Adelaide Generals Adelaide Adrenaline [43] Nick Christensen Canberra Blades CBR Brave [44][45] Matt Climie HDD Jesenice CBR Brave [46] Paul Crowder Fife Flyers Sydney Ice Dogs [47] Tim Crowder Coventry Blaze Sydney Ice Dogs [48] Tristan Darling Dunedin Thunder Melbourne Mustangs [49][50] Adam Dauda Colgate University Sydney Bears [51][52] Nicholas Doornbos No team CBR Brave [44][53] Jordan Draper Scorpions de Mulhouse CBR Brave [44][53] Francis Drolet Diables Rouges de Briançon Newcastle Northstars [54][55] Lachlan Fahmy South Shore Kings Sydney Bears [51][52] Thomas Flack Saint Michael's College Melbourne Mustangs [49][50] Dominik Gabaj Bisons de Neuilly-sur-Marne Newcastle Northstars [54][55] Jesse Gabrielle Wichita Thunder CBR Brave [44][53] Jackson Gallagher Sydney Sabres CBR Brave [44][53] Alexandre Gauthier Nicolet Condors Adelaide Adrenaline [56] Danick Gauthier Fife Flyers Sydney Bears [51][52] Benjamin Gavoille Dunedin Thunder Adelaide Adrenaline [57][58] Jake Gilmour No team Perth Thunder [59][60] Mike Giorgi No team CBR Brave [44][53] Jesse Gordichuk University of Nevada, Las Vegas Adelaide Adrenaline [61] Kyllian Guyenet HC Sierre-Anniviers Sydney Bears [51][52] Sean Hamilton Northern Vikings Perth Thunder [59][60] Marcus Hosen No team Sydney Ice Dogs [39][40] Jeff Hu Melbourne Glaciers Melbourne Ice [62][63] Christian Isackson No team Melbourne Mustangs [64] Adam Kambeitz Rapaces de Gap CBR Brave [44][53] Thomas Kiliwnik Brisbane Blitz Newcastle Northstars [54][55] Jake Knott Nudo Bombers Sydney Ice Dogs [39][40] Jan Koubek Sydney Sting Sydney Bears [51][52] Kasey Kulczycki Birmingham Bulls Melbourne Ice [62][63] Lee Lambert Blackhawks IHC Melbourne Mustangs [49][50] William Lameroux Reach Rebels Sydney Bears [51][52] Jaxson Lane Canterbury Red Devils Melbourne Mustangs [49][50] Maxime Langelier-Parent No team Melbourne Mustangs [49][50] Dylan Lavery Penrith Raptors Sydney Ice Dogs [39][40] Connor Lee Steele County Blades Sydney Ice Dogs [39][40] Yannic Lodge Tranås AIF J20 Perth Thunder [59][60] Brayden Low Reading Royals CBR Brave [44][53] Taylor Luck Blackhawks IHC Melbourne Ice [62][63] Jacob Lundgren Halmstad Hammers HC J20 Melbourne Ice [65] Joseph Maatouk Canberra Rebels CBR Brave [44][66] Joey MacDougall Adelaide Tigers Adelaide Adrenaline [57][58] Louick Marcotte Rivière-du-Loup 3L Perth Thunder [59][60] Tyler Mayea Newfoundland Growlers CBR Brave [44][53] Marcel McGuiness Adelaide Red Wings Adelaide Adrenaline [67] Austin McKenzie No team Melbourne Ice [68] Cooper Metcalf No team Melbourne Mustangs [49][50] Matt Monaghan No team Sydney Ice Dogs [69] Chris Moquin Southern New Hampshire University Sydney Bears [51][52] Hamish Murray No team CBR Brave [44][53] Kevin Nastiuk Stony Plain Eagles Melbourne Mustangs [49][50] Kyle Neuber No team Adelaide Adrenaline [70] Tim Newmark Français Volants Sydney Bears [51][52] Jordan Owens Sheffield Steelers Melbourne Mustangs [49][50] Nathan Pedretti Saints Monarchs Melbourne Ice [62][63] Trey Phillips Fort Wayne Komets Newcastle Northstars [54][55] J.M. Piotrowski Yale University Melbourne Ice [62][63] Dylan Quaile Rapid City Rush Sydney Ice Dogs [71] Jack Ransome Reach Rebels Sydney Ice Dogs [39][40] Jacob Ratcliffe Westfield State University Sydney Bears [72] Conor Riley Adirondack Thunder CBR Brave [44][53] Taegan Rippon Reach Rebels Sydney Bears [73] Jayden Ryan Penrith Raptors Newcastle Northstars [54][55] Alistair Rye Newcastle North Stars ECSL Newcastle Northstars [54][55] Connor Schultz Sydney Sabres Newcastle Northstars [54][55] Jesse Schwartz Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs Melbourne Ice [74] Lachlan Seary No team CBR Brave [44][53] Luke Simpson Lacombe Generals Newcastle Northstars [54][55] Ondrej Smach Gothiques d'Amiens Newcastle Northstars [54][55] Thomas Stahlhuth Colby College Melbourne Ice [62][63] Samuel Sweatman Melbourne Glaciers Melbourne Ice [62][63] Daniel Taylor No team Sydney Bears [75] Parker Thomas University of Saskatchewan Melbourne Mustangs [49][50] Shaun Tobin No team Perth Thunder [59][60] Keven Veilleux Rivière-du-Loup 3L Perth Thunder [59][60] Gabriel Veyt The Hill Academy U18 Prep Melbourne Ice [62][63] Justin Vienneau Aigles de La Roche sur Yon Sydney Bears [51][52] Nico Vikstén SaPKo Perth Thunder [76] Darren Wade Newcastle North Stars ECSL Newcastle Northstars [54][55] Chris Williamson Watertown Wolves CBR Brave [44][53] Adam Wise Adelaide Falcons Adelaide Adrenaline [57][58] Sebastian Woodlands A21 Academy Adelaide Adrenaline [57][58] Andrew Zolotarev Adelaide Falcons Adelaide Adrenaline [77]

Players lost Nat Player Previous team New team Ref Alex Adams Adelaide Adrenaline Knoxville Ice Bears [78] Charlie Adams Sydney Bears No team [51][52] Dylan Anderson Melbourne Ice Manchester Storm [79] Caleb Apperson Adelaide Adrenaline Birmingham Bulls [80] Anthony Barnes Sydney Bears No team [51][52] Ignacy Benjamin Sydney Ice Dogs No team [39][40] Robert Bird Perth Thunder No team [59][60] Mitchell Bonollo Melbourne Ice Saints Monarchs [62][63] Channing Bresciani CBR Brave HC Fassa [44][53] Russel Brewer Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Tigers [81] Declan Bronte Melbourne Ice New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs 18U [62][63] Michael Burns Sydney Bears No team [51][52] Matt Buskas CBR Brave No team [44][53] James Byers CBR Brave No team [44][53] Brad Chenoweth Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Jokers [82] Billy Cliff Sydney Ice Dogs No team [39][40] Darren Corstens Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Blackhawks [83] Ben Davies Melbourne Mustangs Guildford Flames [49][50] Peter Di Salvo Perth Thunder Quad City Storm [59][60] Etienne Du Toit Sydney Bears No team [51][52] Nickolas Eckhardt CBR Brave No team [44][53] Brett Ferguson Melbourne Mustangs Guildford Flames [49][50] Luke Fisher Melbourne Mustangs No team [49][50] Nate Fleming Melbourne Ice No team [84] Pascal Gemperli Perth Thunder EHC Frauenfeld [59][60] Trevor Gerling CBR Brave Huntsville Havoc [44][53] Jordan Geyer Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Jokers [85] Per Daniel Göransson CBR Brave No team [44][53] Kaden Goulds Perth Thunder No team [59][60] Pier-Olivier Grandmaison Perth Thunder Rapid City Rush [59][60] Jacob Haley Melbourne Ice Braves IHC [86] Joe Harcharik Newcastle Northstars No team [54][55] Joshua Healey Perth Thunder No team [59][60] Matt Hewitt CBR Brave HC Fassa [44][53] Michael James Melbourne Ice No team [87] Zane Jones Newcastle Northstars Visby/Roma HK [54][55] Adam Kimbley Sydney Bears Penrith Raptors [51][52] Nikita Kolesnikovs Melbourne Mustangs Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs [49][50] Bryan Kolodziejczyk Sydney Ice Dogs Scorpions de Mulhouse [39][40] Simon Kudla Perth Thunder No team [59][60] Devon Krogh Melbourne Ice No team [88] Dillon Lawrence Melbourne Ice Coventry Blaze [89] Sam Lawson Newcastle Northstars Briercrest College [54][55] Ilman Lee Sydney Ice Dogs No team [39][40] Tyler Leeming Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Red Wings [90] Chris Leveille CBR Brave Brampton Beast [44][53] Sami Mantere Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Jokers [91] Reggie Mattschoss Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Red Wings [92] Mark McCann Perth Thunder No team [59][60] Christopher McPhail CBR Brave No team [44][53] Nicholas Mizen Sydney Ice Dogs Kent State University [39][40] Jesse Moore Melbourne Ice No team [93] Joseph Nyamuka Melbourne Ice No team [94] Landon Oslanski Perth Thunder Lacombe Generals [59][60] Adam Piett Adelaide Adrenaline No team [95] Petri Pitkänen Melbourne Mustangs Liikunnan Riemu [49][50] Ainars Podzins CBR Brave LHC Les Lions [44][53] Dylan Pope Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Falcons [96] Harley Quinton-Jones Newcastle Northstars Newcastle North Stars ECSL [54][55] Shai Rabinowitz Sydney Bears Marieville Red Knights [51][52] Nick Rivait Newcastle Northstars Bulldogs Liège [54][55] Fredrik Rozenberg Sydney Bears No team [51][52] Mark Rummukainen CBR Brave No team [44][53] Jonatan Ruth Sydney Ice Dogs No team [39][40] Tim Rye Sydney Bears Seahawks Hockey [51][52] Hayden Sheard Newcastle Northstars No team [54][55] Maxim Shneider Melbourne Ice No team [97] Lachlan Shumak Sydney Ice Dogs No team [39][40] Curtis Skip Sydney Ice Dogs University of Alberta-Augustana [39][40] Cameron Smith Sydney Bears Penrith Raptors [51][52] Chad Smith Sydney Bears Fife Flyers [51][52] Ethan Spelde Newcastle Northstars Newcastle North Stars ECSL [54][55] Scott Stephenson Sydney Ice Dogs No team [39][40] Todd Stephenson Sydney Ice Dogs No team [39][40] Corey Stringer Adelaide Adrenaline No team [98] Graeme Strukoff Sydney Bears No team [51][52] Tynan Theobald CBR Brave No team [44][53] Aleksi Toivonen Melbourne Mustangs No team [49][50] Josh Velez Melbourne Ice Blackhawks IHC [62][63] Levon Wilson Perth Thunder No team [59][60] Marcus Wong Melbourne Ice No team [99] Geordie Wudrick Sydney Ice Dogs EC Harzer Falken [39][40]

Regular season

The regular season began on 20 April 2019 and will run through to 25 August 2019 before the top four teams advance to compete in the Goodall Cup playoff series.^[100]

Results

Home \ Away	AA	CB	MI	MM	NN	PT	SB	SI	AA	CB	MI	MM	NN	PT	SB	SI
Adelaide Adrenaline		3–6	1–3	3–8	3–10	2–4	3–4[a]	1–4		2–6	6–7[a]	3–5	2–8	1–7	3–8	3–6
CBR Brave	7–2		8–4	11–4	3–2	7–0	3–4	4–3	5–4		5–1	7–4	6–1	6–2	5–2	12–5
Melbourne Ice	6–5	3–2[b]		3–4	4–6	1–8	4–5	6–7	4–2	2–7		3–2	4–3	3–7	3–6	4–6
Melbourne Mustangs	6–2	2–4	4–5[b]		3–4	6–3	4–8	1–6	10–2	2–4	5–1		1–4	3–4	6–2	3–4[b]
Newcastle Northstars	6–2	2–6	6–0	2–3		5–3	4–3	5–4	14–3	2–4	4–1	3–2[a]		6–1	0–5	5–4[a]
Perth Thunder	7–3	1–5	5–2	0–5	5–3		5–4	7–5	5–2	1–5	9–3	1–0[b]	3–7		5–1	5–0
Sydney Bears	6–4	1–4	4–1	5–4	2–3	5–4[a]		6–3	8–3	3–6	6–4	1–4	1–3	3–4		6–4
Sydney Ice Dogs	8–0	4–6	3–2	1–3	7–4	3–5	3–8		10–1	1–7	4–6	3–4[a]	4–5[b]	7–5	3–4

Updated to match(es) played on Completed. Source: AIHL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

1. Overtime
2. Shootout

Fixtures

April

Date	Time	Away	Score	Home	Location	Recap
20 April	16:45	Sydney Bears	8–3	Sydney Ice Dogs	Macquarie Ice Rink	[101]
20 April	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	2–6	Melbourne Mustangs	O'Brien Icehouse	[102]
21 April	16:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	5–6	Melbourne Ice	O'Brien Icehouse	[103]
21 April	17:00	CBR Brave	4–1	Sydney Bears	Macquarie Ice Rink	[104]
27 April	16:30	CBR Brave	6–3	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide Ice Arena	[105]
27 April	16:30	Melbourne Mustangs	5–0	Perth Thunder	Perth Ice Arena	[106]
27 April	16:45	Melbourne Ice	2–3	Sydney Ice Dogs	Macquarie Ice Rink	[107]
27 April	17:00	Sydney Bears	3–4	Newcastle Northstars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium	[108]
28 April	16:00	Melbourne Ice	0–6	Newcastle Northstars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium	[109]
28 April	16:30	CBR Brave	6–2	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide Ice Arena	[110]
28 April	16:30	Melbourne Mustangs	0–1 (SO)	Perth Thunder	Perth Ice Arena	[111]

May

Date	Time	Away	Score	Home	Location	Recap
4 May	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	0–8	Sydney Ice Dogs	Macquarie Ice Rink	[112]
4 May	17:00	Perth Thunder	3–5	Newcastle Northstars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium	[113]
4 May	17:30	Sydney Bears	4–3	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	[114]
5 May	16:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	2–6	Newcastle Northstars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium	[115]
5 May	17:00	Perth Thunder	5–3	Sydney Ice Dogs	Macquarie Ice Rink	[116]
10 May	17:30	Melbourne Mustangs	4–3	Melbourne Ice	O'Brien Icehouse	[117]
11 May	16:30	Newcastle Northstars	10–3	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide Ice Arena	[118]
11 May	16:30	CBR Brave	5–1	Perth Thunder	Perth Ice Arena	[119]
11 May	17:00	Sydney Ice Dogs	4–3 (SO)	Melbourne Mustangs	O'Brien Icehouse	[120]
12 May	14:00	Sydney Ice Dogs	7–6	Melbourne Ice	O'Brien Icehouse	[121]
12 May	16:30	Newcastle Northstars	8–2	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide Ice Arena	[122]
12 May	16:30	CBR Brave	5–1	Perth Thunder	Perth Ice Arena	[123]
18 May	17:00	Melbourne Mustangs	4–5	Sydney Bears	Macquarie Ice Rink	[124]
18 May	17:00	Melbourne Ice	1–4	Newcastle Northstars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium	[125]
18 May	17:30	Sydney Ice Dogs	3–4	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	[126]
19 May	16:00	Melbourne Mustangs	3–2	Newcastle Northstars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium	[127]
19 May	17:00	Melbourne Ice	1–4	Sydney Bears	Macquarie Ice Rink	[128]
25 May	16:30	Sydney Bears	4–3 (OT)	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide Ice Arena	[129]
25 May	17:00	CBR Brave	6–4	Sydney Ice Dogs	Macquarie Ice Rink	[130]
25 May	17:00	Newcastle Northstars	4–3	Melbourne Mustangs	O'Brien Icehouse	[131]
26 May	14:00	Newcastle Northstars	6–4	Melbourne Ice	O'Brien Icehouse	[132]
26 May	16:30	Sydney Bears	4–5	Perth Thunder	Perth Ice Arena	[133]
31 May	17:30	Melbourne Ice	5–4 (SO)	Melbourne Mustangs	O'Brien Icehouse	[134]

June

Date	Time	Away	Score	Home	Location	Recap
1 June	17:00	Sydney Ice Dogs	3–6	Sydney Bears	Macquarie Ice Rink	[135]
1 June	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	2–4	Melbourne Ice	O'Brien Icehouse	[136]
1 June	17:30	Perth Thunder	0–7	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	[137]
2 June	14:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	2–10	Melbourne Mustangs	O'Brien Icehouse	[138]
2 June	16:30	Perth Thunder	2–6	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	[139]
2 June	17:00	Newcastle Northstars	3–2	Sydney Bears	Macquarie Ice Rink	[140]
8 June	16:30	Melbourne Ice	2–5	Perth Thunder	Perth Ice Arena	[141]
8 June	17:30	Sydney Bears	2–5	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	[142]
9 June	16:00	Sydney Ice Dogs	4–5	Newcastle Northstars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium	[143]
9 June	16:30	Melbourne Mustangs	4–11	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	[144]
9 June	16:30	Melbourne Ice	3–1	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide Ice Arena	[145]
22 June	16:30	Sydney Ice Dogs	4–1	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide Ice Arena	[146]
22 June	17:00	Perth Thunder	4–5 (OT)	Sydney Bears	Macquarie Ice Rink	[147]
22 June	17:00	Melbourne Mustangs	2–3	Melbourne Ice	O'Brien Icehouse	[148]
22 June	17:00	CBR Brave	6–2	Newcastle Northstars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium	[149]
23 June	16:00	Perth Thunder	1–6	Newcastle Northstars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium	[150]
23 June	16:30	Sydney Ice Dogs	6–3	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide Ice Arena	[151]
23 June	17:00	CBR Brave	6–3	Sydney Bears	Macquarie Ice Rink	[152]
29 June	16:30	Adelaide Adrenaline	3–7	Perth Thunder	Perth Ice Arena	[153]
29 June	17:00	Melbourne Ice	4–6	Sydney Bears	Macquarie Ice Rink	[154]
29 June	17:00	CBR Brave	4–2	Melbourne Mustangs	O'Brien Icehouse	[155]
29 June	17:00	Sydney Ice Dogs	4–5 (OT)	Newcastle Northstars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium	[156]
30 June	14:00	CBR Brave	4–2	Melbourne Mustangs	O'Brien Icehouse	[157]
30 June	16:30	Adelaide Adrenaline	2–5	Perth Thunder	Perth Ice Arena	[158]
30 June	16:45	Melbourne Ice	6–4	Sydney Ice Dogs	Macquarie Ice Rink	[159]

July

Date	Time	Away	Score	Home	Location	Recap
6 July	16:30	Perth Thunder	4–2	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide Ice Arena	[160]
6 July	17:00	Sydney Ice Dogs	4–6	Sydney Bears	Macquarie Ice Rink	[161]
6 July	17:00	Newcastle Northstars	3–4	Melbourne Ice	O'Brien Icehouse	[162]
7 July	14:00	Newcastle Northstars	4–1	Melbourne Mustangs	O'Brien Icehouse	[163]
7 July	16:30	Perth Thunder	7–1	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide Ice Arena	[164]
7 July	16:45	CBR Brave	7–1	Sydney Ice Dogs	Macquarie Ice Rink	[165]
12 July	19:30	Newcastle Northstars	3–1	Sydney Bears	Macquarie Ice Rink	[166]
13 July	17:00	Perth Thunder	3–6	Melbourne Mustangs	O'Brien Icehouse	[167]
13 July	17:30	Melbourne Ice	4–8	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	[168]
13 July	17:30	Adelaide Adrenaline	1–10	Sydney Ice Dogs	Macquarie Ice Rink	[169]
14 July	14:00	Perth Thunder	4–3	Melbourne Mustangs	O'Brien Icehouse	[170]
14 July	16:30	Melbourne Ice	1–5	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	[171]
14 July	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	4–6	Sydney Bears	Macquarie Ice Rink	[172]
19 July	19:30	Melbourne Ice	1–5	Melbourne Mustangs	O'Brien Icehouse	[173]
20 July	16:30	Sydney Ice Dogs	5–7	Perth Thunder	Perth Ice Arena	[174]
20 July	17:00	Sydney Bears	5–4	Melbourne Ice	O'Brien Icehouse	[175]
20 July	17:30	Newcastle Northstars	2–3	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	[176]
21 July	14:00	Sydney Bears	8–4	Melbourne Mustangs	O'Brien Icehouse	[177]
21 July	16:00	CBR Brave	4–2	Newcastle Northstars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium	[178]
21 July	16:30	Sydney Ice Dogs	0–5	Perth Thunder	Perth Ice Arena	[179]
26 July	19:30	Newcastle Northstars	4–7	Sydney Ice Dogs	Macquarie Ice Rink	[180]
27 July	16:30	Melbourne Mustangs	8–3	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide Ice Arena	[181]
27 July	17:00	CBR Brave	2–3 (SO)	Melbourne Ice	O'Brien Icehouse	[182]
27 July	17:00	Perth Thunder	5–7	Sydney Ice Dogs	Macquarie Ice Rink	[183]
27 July	17:00	Sydney Bears	5–0	Newcastle Northstars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium	[184]
28 July	14:00	CBR Brave	7–2	Melbourne Ice	O'Brien Icehouse	[185]
28 July	16:30	Melbourne Mustangs	5–3	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide Ice Arena	[186]
28 July	17:00	Perth Thunder	4–3	Sydney Bears	Macquarie Ice Rink	[187]

August

Date	Time	Away	Score	Home	Location	Recap
3 August	16:30	Newcastle Northstars	3–5	Perth Thunder	Perth Ice Arena	[188]
3 August	17:00	Sydney Bears	6–3	Melbourne Ice	O'Brien Icehouse	[189]
3 August	17:00	Melbourne Mustangs	3–1	Sydney Ice Dogs	Macquarie Ice Rink	[190]
3 August	17:30	Adelaide Adrenaline	2–7	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	[191]
4 August	14:00	Sydney Bears	2–6	Melbourne Mustangs	O'Brien Icehouse	[192]
4 August	16:30	Adelaide Adrenaline	4–5	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	[193]
4 August	16:30	Newcastle Northstars	7–3	Perth Thunder	Perth Ice Arena	[194]
10 August	16:30	Melbourne Ice	7–6 (OT)	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide Ice Arena	[195]
10 August	17:00	Melbourne Mustangs	4–1	Sydney Bears	Macquarie Ice Rink	[196]
10 August	17:30	Sydney Ice Dogs	5–12	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	[197]
11 August	16:30	Melbourne Ice	3–9	Perth Thunder	Perth Ice Arena	[198]
11 August	16:30	Melbourne Mustangs	4–7	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	[199]
11 August	16:45	Newcastle Northstars	5–4 (SO)	Sydney Ice Dogs	Macquarie Ice Rink	[200]
17 August	16:30	Sydney Bears	1–5	Perth Thunder	Perth Ice Arena	[201]
17 August	17:00	Sydney Ice Dogs	6–4	Melbourne Ice	O'Brien Icehouse	[202]
17 August	17:30	Newcastle Northstars	1–6	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	[203]
18 August	14:00	Sydney Ice Dogs	6–1	Melbourne Mustangs	O'Brien Icehouse	[204]
18 August	16:30	Sydney Bears	8–3	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide Ice Arena	[205]
23 August	19:30	Sydney Bears	4–3	Sydney Ice Dogs	Macquarie Ice Rink	[206]
24 August	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	3–8	Sydney Bears	Macquarie Ice Rink	[207]
24 August	17:00	Perth Thunder	8–1	Melbourne Ice	O'Brien Icehouse	[208]
24 August	17:00	Melbourne Mustangs	2–3 (OT)	Newcastle Northstars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium	[209]
25 August	14:00	Perth Thunder	7–3	Melbourne Ice	O'Brien Icehouse	[210]
25 August	16:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	3–14	Newcastle Northstars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium	[211]
25 August	16:45	Melbourne Mustangs	4–3 (OT)	Sydney Ice Dogs	Macquarie Ice Rink	[212]

Standings

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GDF	PTS
CBR Brave	28	26	0	1	1	161	67	+94	79
Newcastle Northstars	28	16	3	0	9	127	89	+38	54
Perth Thunder	28	16	1	1	10	116	103	+13	51
Sydney Bears	28	15	2	0	11	121	102	+19	49
Melbourne Mustangs	28	12	1	4	11	108	99	+9	42
Sydney Ice Dogs	28	10	1	3	14	122	128	–6	35
Melbourne Ice	28	6	3	0	19	90	140	–50	24
Adelaide Adrenaline	28	0	0	2	26	71	188	–117	2

Qualified for the Goodall Cup playoffs

H Newman Reid Trophy winners

Source

Skater statistics

2019 AIHL season top-ten lists for the following four skater statistical categories: Points,^[213] Goals,^[214] Assists^[215] and Penalty minutes.^[216]

Points # Name Team Pos Pts 1 Tim Crowder SD F 77 2 Jesse Gabrielle CB F 67 3 Sammy Banga NN F 66 4 Dylan Quaile SD D 63 5 Louick Marcotte PT F 62 6 Francis Drolet NN F 54 7 Wehebe Darge CB F 54 8 Danick Gauthier SB F 53 9 Keven Veilleux PT F 52 10 Paul Crowder SD F 52

Goals # Name Team Pos G 1 Jesse Gabrielle CB F 39 2 Tim Crowder SD F 36 3 Sammy Banga NN F 25 4 Dylan Quaile SD D 23 5 Louick Marcotte PT F 22 6 Danick Gauthier SB F 22 7 Keven Veilleux PT F 22 8 Kieran Webster PT F 21 9 Francis Drolet NN F 20 10 Jacob Ratcliffe SB F 20

Assists # Name Team Pos A 1 Tim Crowder SD F 41 2 Sammy Banga NN F 41 3 Dylan Quaile SD D 40 4 Louick Marcotte PT F 40 5 Paul Crowder SD F 36 6 Wehebe Darge CB F 35 7 Francis Drolet NN F 34 8 Danick Gauthier SB F 31 9 Keven Veilleux PT F 30 10 Grant Toulmin SD F 30

Penalty minutes # Name Team Pos PIM 1 Kyle Neuber AA F 146 2 Keven Veilleux PT F 112 3 Tyerell Clare SB D 95 4 Alex Gauthier AA D 94 5 Louick Marcotte PT F 91 6 Jermaine Joyce MI D 74 7 Hayden Dawes CB D 69 8 Darcy Flanagan MI D 69 9 Parker Thomas MM F 68 10 Alec Stephenson SD F 68

Goaltender statistics

2019 AIHL season top-ten lists for the following two goaltender statistical categories: Goals against average^[217] and Save percentage^[218]

Goals against average # Name Team Pos GAA 1 Matt Climie CB G 2.14 2 Alex Tetreault CB G 2.87 3 Jaden Pine-Murphy MM G 2.92 4 Dayne Davis NN G 3.04 5 Kevin Nastiuk MM G 3.24 6 Anthony Kimlin SB G 3.60 7 Nico Vikstén PT G 3.62 8 Seb Andersson MI G 3.87 9 Garrett Bartus SD G 4.33 10 Jesse Gordichuk AA G 6.06

Save percentage # Name Team Pos SVS% 1 Matt Climie CB G .914% 2 Dayne Davis NN G .900% 3 Nico Vikstén PT G .894% 4 Anthony Kimlin SB G .893% 5 Alex Tetreault CB G .889% 6 Seb Andersson MI G .887% 7 Jaden Pine-Murphy MM G .886% 8 Garrett Bartus SD G .869% 9 Jesse Gordichuk AA G .869% 10 Kevin Nastiuk MM G .860%

Season awards

Below lists the 2019 AIHL regular season award winners.

Award	Name	Team
MVP	Dylan Quaile	Sydney Ice Dogs
Goaltender	Matt Climie	CBR Brave
Defenceman	Dylan Quaile	Sydney Ice Dogs
Rookie	Jake Ratcliffe	Sydney Bears
Local player	Kieran Webster	Perth Thunder
Coach	John Kennedy	Newcastle Northstars

Source

Goodall Cup playoffs

The 2019 playoffs are scheduled to begin on 31 August with the Goodall Cup final held on 1 September.^[100] Following the end of the regular season the top four teams advance to the playoff series which is to be held at the Hunter Ice Skating Stadium in Newcastle, New South Wales.^[219] The series is a single game elimination with the two winning semi-finalists advancing to the Goodall Cup final.^[100]

	Semi-finals					Final
	1	CBR Brave	4
	4	Sydney Bears	6
						Sydney Bears		5
						Perth Thunder		2
	3	Perth Thunder	3
	2	Newcastle Northstars	2

All times are UTC+10:00

Semi-finals

31 August 2019 15:00

Sydney Bears

6–4 (0–1, 2–3, 4–0)

CBR Brave

Hunter Ice Skating Stadium

Game reference
	Anthony Kimlin	Goalies	Matthew Climie	Referees: Kent Unwin Cory Ross Linesmen: Dan Boyd Casper Russelhuber
	0 – 1 6:58 – Hughes (Gabrielle, Riley) 15:30 – Gauthier (Annesley) 1 – 1 1 – 2 17:31 – Gabrielle (Camenzind, Hughes) 1 – 3 27:24 – Darge (C.Kubara, Kambeitz) 28:33 – Dauda (Annesley, Ratcliffe) 2 – 3 2 – 4 29:57 – B. Kubara (Dawes) 31:22 – Brücker (Newmark, Schlamp) 3 – 4 36:01 – Annesley (Gauthier) 4 – 4 46:57 – Gauthier (Schlamp, Clare) 5 – 4 49:57 – Ratcliffe (Rubes) 6 – 4
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	40	Shots	30

31 August 2019 19:00

Perth Thunder

3–2 (1–1, 1–0, 1–1)

Newcastle Northstars

Hunter Ice Skating Stadium

Game reference
	Nico Viksten	Goalies	Dayne Davis	Referees: Jeff Scott Chris Parks Linesmen: Mark Peruzzo David Rehak
	0 – 1 00:57 – Tesarik (Banga, Drolet) 03:21 – Breault (SH) (Haselhurst, Marcotte) 1 – 1 20:20 – Tobin (Cox) 2 – 1 45:19 – Breault (Viksten) 3 – 1 3 – 2 47:08 – Tesarik (Banga, Malloy)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	34	Shots	27

Final

1 September 2019 15:30

Sydney Bears

5–2 (2–2, 2–0, 1–0)

Perth Thunder

Hunter Ice Skating Stadium

Game reference
	Anthony Kimlin	Goalies	Nico Viksten	Referees: Jeff Scott Chris Parks Linesmen: Dan Boyd David Rehak
	0 – 1 5:02 – Marcotte (Kudla, Webster) 0 – 2 7:16 – Webster (Veilleux, Marcotte) 14:42 – Dauda (PP) (Gauthier, Annesley) 1 – 2 14:54 – Ratcliffe (PP) (Dauda, Schlamp) 2 – 2 20:22 – Dauda (Unassisted) 3 – 2 21:09 – Brücker (Schlamp, Clare) 4 – 2 49:46 – Dauda (Annesley) 5 – 2
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	27	Shots	28

All-Star weekend

The 2019 AIHL All-Star Weekend was held at the International Convention Centre Sydney on 14 and 15 June 2019.^[220] The format of the weekend is unchanged from 2018 with a skills competition on 14 June and an all-stars game on 15 June.^[220] The teams however were re-aligned on a north–south basis.^[221] Team North included players from the CBR Brave, Newcastle Northstars, Sydney Bears and Sydney Ice Dogs.^[221] Team South included players from the Adelaide Adrenaline, Melbourne Ice, Melbourne Mustangs and Perth Thunder.^[221] Sydney Bears' Michael Schlamp and Perth Thunder's Jamie Woodman were initially announced as the team captains for Team North and Team South respectively.^[221] Schlamp was later replaced by Brian Funes of the Sydney Bears due to injury.^[222] The Sydney Bears' Ron Kuprowsky was named as Team North coach and Perth Thunder's David Ruck as coach of Team South.^[221] The weekend ran alongside the 2019 Ice Hockey Classic, an exhibition series featuring players from Canada and the United States.^[220]

The skills competition, originally organised for Friday 14 June was cancelled along with the Ice Hockey Classic match between the United States and Canada.^[223] As such, a cut down version of the skills competition involving just two of the originally planned events was contested on Saturday 15 June before the start of the 2019 All-Stars match. Jesse Gabrielle of the CBR Brave won the fastest skater competition. Danick Gauthier of the Sydney Bears won the hardest shot competition. Team North defeated Team South 11–9 in the All-Stars match and Perth Thunder's Keven Veilleux claimed the Mick McCormack Cup after being named the most valuable player.^[224]

Skills competition

• Fastest Skater: Jesse Gabrielle (CBR Brave) - 12.97 seconds^[225]
• Hardest Shot: Danick Gauthier (Sydney Bears)

All-star game

15 June 2019 15:30

Team North

11–9 (6–1, 0–4, 5–4)

Team South

International Convention Centre Sydney

Game reference
	Anthony Kimlin Alex Tetreault	Goalies	Nico Viksten Jessie Gordichuck
	4:23 – Gabrielle (Dawes, Draper) 1 – 0 5:25 – A. Gauthier (OG) 2 – 0 5:45 – Banga (Funes, Steven) 3 – 0 3 – 1 5:52 – Isackson (Rezek, Kulczycki) 9:00 – Steven (Drolet, Banga) 4 – 1 10:43 – Dawes (Draper) 5 – 1 12:09 – P. Crowder (D.Gauthier, T.Crowder) 6 – 1 6 – 2 19:18 – Veilleux (Boyle) 6 – 3 22:36 – Rezek (A.Gauthier, Boyle) 6 – 4 23:54 – Virjassov (Isackson) 6 – 5 28:24 – Veilleux (Rezek) 6 – 6 33:05 – Kulczycki (Schwartz, Haselhurst) 35:24 – D. Gauthier (T.Crowder) 7 – 6 35:55 – Marino (Banga, Drolet) 8 – 6 37:50 – Gabrielle (Carini) 9 – 6 9 – 7 39:01 – Isackson (Virjassov) 9 – 8 41:21 – Rezek (Veilleux, Webster) 41:48 – Draper (Dawes) 10 – 8 48:47 – Quaile (ON) (unassisted) 11 – 8 11 – 9 49:20 – Lazzarotto (Kulczycki, Schwartz)
	0 min	Penalties	0 min