2019 CBR Brave season

The 2019 CBR Brave season was the Brave's 6th season in the Australian Ice Hockey League since being founded and entering the league in 2014. The season ran from 20 April 2019 to 31 August 2019 for the Brave. CBR finished first in the regular season to clinch the H Newman Reid Trophy for the second time in franchise history. However, the Brave lost their semi-final match to the Sydney Bears during the Goodall Cup Finals series in Newcastle. The team set a number of new league records including: most wins (26), most points (79), largest winning streak (17 matches), most goals scored (161), fewest goals conceded in a 28 match season (67) and least losses in a 28 match season (2).^[1]

2019 CBR Brave
League	1st AIHL
2019 record	26–0–1–1
Home record	13–0–0–1
Road record	13–0–1–0
Goals for	161
Goals against	67
Team information
Coach	Robert Starke
Assistant coach	Max Ross
Captain	Matthew Harvey
Alternate captains	Wehebe Darge Kai Miettinen
Arena	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
Team leaders
Goals	Jesse Gabrielle (39)
Assists	Wehebe Darge (34)
Points	Jesse Gabrielle (67)
Penalty minutes	Hayden Dawes (69)
Goals against average	Matt Climie (2.15)
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Roster

Team roster for the 2019 AIHL season^[2]

2019 AIHL CBR Brave Roster ^[a]

#	Nat	Name	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
25		Spencer Austin	D	L	33	2019	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
71		Jordan Brunt	F	L	26	2015	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
27		Andreas Camenzind	C	L	43	2019	Wettingen, Aargau, Switzerland
91		Nick Christensen	F			2019	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
33		Matt Climie	G	L	42	2019	Leduc, Alberta, Canada
9		Wehebe Darge (A)	LW/RW	L	33	2017	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
20		Hayden Dawes	RW	R	31	2018	Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada
31		Jakob Doornbos	G	L	24	2018	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
22		Nicholas Doornbos	D	R	22	2019	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
28		Jordan Draper	LW/RW	R	36	2019	Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada
63		Jesse Gabrielle	LW	L	28	2019	Moosomin, Saskatchewan, Canada
80		Jackson Gallagher	D		24	2019	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
22		Mike Giorgi	D	L	37	2019	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
81		Matthew Harvey (C)	D	R	39	2014	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
3		Mitchell Henning	F	R	27	2016	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
21		Joseph Hughes	RW	R	41	2018	Springvale, Victoria, Australia
23		Adam Kambeitz	C/LW	L	33	2019	Coaldale, Alberta, Canada
7		Bayley Kubara	D	R	27	2017	Wombarra, New South Wales, Australia
15		Casey Kubara	RW	R	29	2016	Wombarra, New South Wales, Australia
16		Tyler Kubara	F	R	30	2015	Wombarra, New South Wales, Australia
11		David Lewis	F	L	47	2018	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
14		Jayden Lewis	F	R	27	2018	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
91		Brayden Low	C	L	31	2019	Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
61		Joseph Maatouk	F/D		25	2019	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
10		Tyler Mayea	D	L	32	2019	Burlington, Ontario, Canada
64		Kai Miettinen (A)	F	L	29	2014	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
51		Hamish Murray	F	R	23	2019	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
41		Matthew Price	D	R	37	2019	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
44		Conor Riley	F/D	L	33	2019	Massena, New York, United States
42		Lachlan Seary	F	R	24	2019	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
29		Alexandre Tetreault	G	L	26–27	2015	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
61		Chris Williamson	C	R	33	2019	Okotoks, Alberta, Canada

Notes:

1. Omitted from the roster list is Matt Buskas, Nick Eckhardt and Mark Rummukainen, who were all selected in the original 2019 roster but were never dressed for a match.

Transfers

In

Pos	Player	Transferred From	Local / Import	Source
D	Spencer Austin	Sydney Bears	Local	[3]
C	Andreas Camenzind	No team	Local	[4]
F	Nick Christensen	Canberra Blades	Local	[5]
G	Matt Climie	HDD Jesenice	Import	[6]
D	Nicholas Doornbos	No team	Local	[2][7]
W	Jordan Draper	Scorpions de Mulhouse	Import	[2][7]
W	Jesse Gabrielle	Wichita Thunder	Import	[2][7]
D	Jackson Gallagher	Sydney Sabres	Local	[2][7]
D	Mike Giorgi	No team	Import	[2][7]
W	Adam Kambeitz	Rapaces de Gap	Import	[2][7]
C	Brayden Low	Reading Royals	Import	[2][7]
F	Joseph Maatouk	Canberra Rebels	Local	[2][8]
D	Tyler Mayea	Newfoundland Growlers	Import	[2][7]
F	Hamish Murray	No team	Local	[2][7]
D	Matthew Price	Newcastle Northstars	Local	[9]
D	Conor Riley	Adirondack Thunder	Import	[2][7]
F	Lachlan Seary	No team	Local	[2][7]
C	Chris Williamson	Watertown Wolves	Import	[2][7]

Out

Pos	Player	Transferred To	Local / Import	Source
D	Channing Bresciani	HC Fassa	Import	[2][7]
D	James Byers	No team	Local	[2][7]
D	Darcy Flanagan	Melbourne Ice	Local	[10]
F	Jordan Gavin	Retired	Local	[11]
F	Trevor Gerling	Huntsville Havoc	Import	[2][7]
D	Per Daniel Göransson	No team	Local	[2][7]
G	Matt Hewitt	HC Fassa	Import	[2][7]
F	Chris Leveille	Brampton Beast	Import	[2][7]
F	Christopher McPhail	No team	Local	[2][7]
F	Ainars Podzins	LHC Les Lions	Import	[2][7]
G	Tynan Theobald	No team	Local	[2][7]

Staff

Staff Roster for 2019 AIHL season^[12][13]

2019 AIHL CBR Brave Staff

Role	Staff
Head coach	Robert Starke
Assistant coach	Max Ross
Team Manager	Andrew Deans
Equipment Manager	Darryl Day
Chiropractor	Saara Stevenson
Sports Trainer	Cameron Mohr
Personal Trainer	Alex Zeitlhofer
Personal Trainer	Dylan Swan
Bench official	Darren Sault
Bench official	Kelly Sault

Standings

Regular season

Summary

Season	Overall										Home								Away
	P	W	L	OW	OL	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Finish	P	W	L	OW	OL	GF	GA	GD	P	W	L	OW	OL	GF	GA	GD
2019	28	26	1	0	1	161	67	+94	79	1st	14	13	1	0	0	89	38	+51	14	13	0	0	1	72	29	+43

Position by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Position	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on Completed. Source: www.icehockeynewsaustralia.com

League table

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

Finals

Summary

Season	Finals weekend
	P	W	L	GF	GA	Result	Semi-final	Goodall Cup final
2019	1	–	1	4	6	Semi-finalist	Lost 4-6 (Bears)	–

Bracket

	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

Schedule & results

Regular season

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Arena	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	H	H
Result	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W

Updated to match(es) played on Completed. Source: AIHL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; L = Loss

2019 fixtures and results
Date	Time	Away	Score	Home	Location	Recap
21 April	17:00	CBR Brave	4–1	Sydney Bears	Macquarie Ice Rink
27 April	16:30	CBR Brave	6–3	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide Ice Arena
28 April	16:30	CBR Brave	6–2	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide Ice Arena
4 May	17:30	Sydney Bears	4–3	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
11 May	16:30	CBR Brave	5–1	Perth Thunder	Perth Ice Arena
12 May	16:30	CBR Brave	5–1	Perth Thunder	Perth Ice Arena
18 May	17:30	Sydney Ice Dogs	3–4	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
25 May	17:00	CBR Brave	6–4	Sydney Ice Dogs	Macquarie Ice Rink
1 June	17:30	Perth Thunder	0–7	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
2 June	16:30	Perth Thunder	2–6	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
8 June	17:30	Sydney Bears	2–5	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
9 June	16:30	Melbourne Mustangs	4–11	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
22 June	17:00	CBR Brave	6–2	Newcastle Northstars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
23 June	17:00	CBR Brave	6–3	Sydney Bears	Macquarie Ice Rink
29 June	17:00	CBR Brave	4–2	Melbourne Mustangs	O'Brien Icehouse
30 June	14:00	CBR Brave	4–2	Melbourne Mustangs	O'Brien Icehouse
7 July	16:45	CBR Brave	7–1	Sydney Ice Dogs	Macquarie Ice Rink
13 July	17:30	Melbourne Ice	4–8	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
14 July	16:30	Melbourne Ice	1–5	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
20 July	17:30	Newcastle Northstars	2–3	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
21 July	16:00	CBR Brave	4–2	Newcastle Northstars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
27 July	17:00	CBR Brave	2–3 (SO)	Melbourne Ice	O'Brien Icehouse
28 July	14:00	CBR Brave	7–2	Melbourne Ice	O'Brien Icehouse
3 August	17:30	Adelaide Adrenaline	2–7	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
4 August	16:30	Adelaide Adrenaline	4–5	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
10 August	17:30	Sydney Ice Dogs	5–12	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
11 August	16:30	Melbourne Mustangs	4–7	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
17 August	17:30	Newcastle Northstars	1–6	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre

Finals

Goodall Cup semi-final

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

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season Nat Player Pos M G A P PIM Spencer Austin D 2 0 1 1 0 Jordan Brunt F 26 0 2 2 2 Andreas Camenzind C 14 10 20 30 12 Nick Christensen F 20 0 4 4 2 Wehebe Darge W 28 19 34 53 20 Hayden Dawes W 25 10 20 30 69 Nicholas Doornbos D 11 2 1 3 0 Jordan Draper W 15 17 28 45 20 Jesse Gabrielle W 20 39 28 67 54 Jackson Gallagher D 13 0 0 0 2 Mike Giorgi D 1 0 0 0 0 Matthew Harvey D 18 3 16 19 24 Mitchell Henning F 28 3 6 9 29 Joseph Hughes W 16 9 19 28 45 Adam Kambeitz C/W 25 13 21 34 57 Bayley Kubara D 27 1 16 17 53 Casey Kubara W 24 11 15 26 20 Tyler Kubara F 22 1 13 14 26 David Lewis F 8 0 3 3 2 Jayden Lewis F 2 0 0 0 0 Brayden Low C 7 8 9 17 35 Joseph Maatouk F/D 12 1 0 1 0 Tyler Mayea D 7 0 9 9 6 Kai Miettinen F 22 5 4 9 18 Hamish Murray F 15 0 0 0 0 Matthew Price D 21 1 4 5 10 Conor Riley F/D 14 8 21 29 55 Lachlan Seary F 8 0 0 0 0 Chris Williamson C 1 0 0 0 0

Finals Nat Player Pos M G A P PIM Spencer Austin D – Jordan Brunt F 1 0 0 0 0 Andreas Camenzind C 1 0 1 1 4 Nick Christensen F 1 0 0 0 0 Wehebe Darge W 1 1 0 1 2 Hayden Dawes W 1 0 1 1 0 Nicholas Doornbos D 1 0 0 0 0 Jordan Draper W – Jesse Gabrielle W 1 1 2 3 0 Jackson Gallagher D 1 0 0 0 0 Mike Giorgi D – Matthew Harvey D 1 0 0 0 0 Mitchell Henning F 1 0 0 0 0 Joseph Hughes W 1 2 1 3 0 Adam Kambeitz C/W 1 0 1 1 0 Bayley Kubara D 1 1 0 1 2 Casey Kubara W 1 0 1 1 0 Tyler Kubara F 1 0 0 0 0 David Lewis F – Jayden Lewis F – Brayden Low C – Joseph Maatouk F/D 1 0 0 0 0 Tyler Mayea D – Kai Miettinen F 1 0 0 0 0 Hamish Murray F 1 0 0 0 0 Matthew Price D 1 0 0 0 0 Conor Riley F/D 1 0 2 2 0 Lachlan Seary F – Chris Williamson C –

Goaltenders

Regular season Nat Player Pos M G A PIM SO MP GA GAA SH SA SV% Matt Climie G 20 0 4 4 1 953 42 2.20 480 438 0.913 Jakob Doornbos G – Alexandre Tetreault G 10 0 0 2 0 400 23 2.88 208 185 0.889

Finals Nat Player Pos M G A PIM SO MP GA GAA SH SA SV% Matt Climie G 1 0 0 0 0 50 6 6.00 40 34 0.850 Jakob Doornbos G – Alexandre Tetreault G –

Awards

Team awards for 2019 season[14] 2019 Brave awards Award Recipient Bravest of the Brave Matt Climie Best Forward Wehebe Darge Best Defenceman Matt Harvey Fans Choice Jesse Gabrielle Player’s Choice Adam Kambeitz Coach’s Award Bayley Kubara Emerging Brave Nick Christensen John Lewis Memorial Award Murray Barton Mandi Webb Deans Award Robyn Kemp David Kemp

AIHL awards for 2019 season[15] 2019 AIHL awards Award Recipient Goaltender of the Year Matt Climie