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Well — the NZ Ice Hockey League season is underway — and I havent been very active on news. Apologies.

The league website is here http://nzihl.com/ — and looks like is going to have a revamp shortly — so isnt quite up to date.

Again this season we have the same 5 teams —
Dunedin Thunder,
Southern Stampede (Queenstown)
Canterbury Devils (Christchurch)
West Auckland Admirals (Avondale, West Auckland)
Botany Swarm (Botany, East Auckland)
Photos for the 2011 Season will be published by Game number at http://www.flickr.com/photos/nzihf/c...7626659908935/

Teams: (click on name to see websites)
Newcastle North Stars
Adelaide Adrenaline
Sydney Ice Dogs
Canberra Knights
Gold Coast Blue Tongues
Melbourne Ice(champions)
Sydney Bears
Mustangs Ice Hockey Club — new!
Goodall Cup & AIHL Playoffs winners:

2000: Adelaide Avalanche
2001: Adelaide Avalanche
2001: Goodall Cup: Sydney Bears
2002: Sydney Bears (first year Goodall Cup awarded for AIHL Championship)
2003: Newcastle North Stars
2004: Western Sydney Ice dogs
2005: Newcastle North Stars
2006: Newcastle North Stars
2007: The Bears
2008: Newcastle North Stars
2009: Adelaide Adrenaline
2010: Melbourne Ice

Official site: http://www.theaihl.com/

Schedule

В Австралии проходит 3 розыграш Australian International Ice Hockey Cup .
В турнире участвуют:
*Montreal Maples — formally named the Canadian Maples, first played in the 2009 tournament
*Toronto Moose — first year in the tournament
*USA Eagles — first played in the 2009 tournament
*Sydney Giants — first played in the 2010 tournament. Came into the tournament after the Euro Stars disappeared after the 2009 tournament
*Central Coast Rhinos — first played in the 2009 tournament. Formally a team in the AIHL
Первые результаты:
Central Coast Rhinos 9 — 5 Toronto Moose
Sydney Giants 0 — 12 Montreal Maples
Central Coast Rhinos 6 — 3 USA Eagles
Montreal Maples 6 — 3 USA Eagles
Toronto Moose 7 — 2 Sydney Giants
Montreal Maples 5 — 4 SO Central Coast Rhinos
USA Eagles 10 — 1 Sydney Giants
USA Eagles 6 — 4 Toronto Moose

Team        GP        W        L        GF:GA        PTS
1. Montreal Maples        3        3        0        23:7        9
2. Central Coast Rhinos        3        2        1        19:13        6
3. USA Eagles        4        2        2        22:17        6
4. Toronto Moose        3        1        2        16:17        3
5. Sydney Giants        3        0        3        3:29        0

Montreal Maples 5 — 3 Toronto Moose
Central Coast Rhinos 10 — 2 Sydney Giants
Toronto Moose 9 — 7 Central Coast Rhinos
Sydney Giants 8 — 1 Montreal Maples
USA Eagles 2 — 0 Toronto Moose

Standings as of July 24 are:
Team        GP        W        OTW        OTL        L        GF:GA        PTS
1. Montreal Maples        5        3        1        0        1        29:18        11
2. Central Coast Rhinos        5        3        0        1        1        36:24        10
3. USA Eagles        5        3        0        0        2        24:17        9
4. Toronto Moose        6        2        0        0        4        28:31        6
5. Sydney Giants        5        1        0        0        4        13:40        3

Central Coast Rhinos 5 — 4 Montreal Maples
USA Eagles 8 — 1 Sydney Giants
USA Eagles 4 — 3 Central Coast Rhinos
Toronto Moose 9 — 4 Montreal Maples
Central Coast Rhinos 6 — 4 Sydney Giants

Standings as of July 31 are:
Team        GP        W        OTW        OTL        L        GF:GA        PTS
1. Central Coast Rhinos        8        5        0        1        2        50:36        16
2. USA Eagles        7        5        0        0        2        36:21        15
3. Montreal Maples        7        3        1        0        3        37:32        11
4. Toronto Moose        7        3        0        0        4        37:35        9
5. Sydney Giants        7        1        0        0        6        18:54        3

USA Eagles 4 — 3 Montreal Maples
Toronto Moose 8 — 4 Sydney Giants

Team        GP        W        OTW        OTL        L        GF:GA        PTS
1. USA Eagles        8        6        0        0        2        40:24        18
2. Central Coast Rhinos        8        5        0        1        2        50:36        16
3. Toronto Moose        8        4        0        0        4        45:39        12
4. Montreal Maples        8        3        1        0        4        40:36        11
5. Sydney Giants        8        1        0        0        7        22:62        3

Grand final playoff

USA Eagles win their first title, while the Central Coast Rhinos finish runners up for the third time.
August 6, 2011, 17:45 at Erina Ice Arena: USA Eagles 5 — 0 Central Coast Rhinos

2011 Australian National Championships
So the 2011 Australian National Championships are being held around this time of year involving the countries state teams in four different age group competitions.

The first is the Brown Tournament which was first held in 1964 and is open to players 17 & over for non-AIHL players and 20 years & under for AIHL players.

Western Australia won the tournament this year by defeating New South Wales White (aka New South Wales City) in the grand final game following a round robin. The tournament was held from 28 July to 31 July 2011 and was held at the Ice ArenA in Adelaide, South Australia.

Round robin:
Game 1, July 28: New South Wales Blue 1 — 2 South Australia
Game 2, July 28: Queensland 1 — 0 Victoria
Game 3, July 28: Western Australia 5 — 0 New South Wales White
Game 4, July 28: South Australia 6 — 2 Queensland
Game 5, July 28: New South Wales White 4 — 0 New South Wales Blue
Game 6, July 28: Victoria 0 — 11 Western Australia
Game 7, July 29: New South Wales White 4 — 1 South Australia
Game 8, July 29: Queensland 2 — 12 Western Australia
Game 9, July 29: Victoria 5 — 0 New South Wales Blue
Game 10, July 29: New South Wales White 11 — 0 Queensland
Game 11, July 29: South Australia 8 — 5 Victoria
Game 12, July 29: Western Australia 3 — 2 New South Wales Blue
Game 13, July 30: Victoria 3 — 9 New South Wales White
Game 14:, July 30 South Australia 3 — 1 Western Australia
Game 15, July 30: New South Wales Blue 3 — 2 SO Queensland
Grand final, July 30:
New South Wales White 1 — 2 Western Australia

Melbourne Ice again!!
Reigning champion confirmed title defeating Newcastle North Stars in AIHL final
In front of a packed and vocal home crowd in The Icehouse, Melbourne Ice defeated 3-2 rival Newcastle North Stars keeping AIHL title in Melbourne. As in last year final versus Adelaide, forward Joey Hughes was decisive in Ice victory and was awarded as playoffs MVP (3 goals and 3 assists in playoffs weekend) after the game. North Stars missed the chance to grab its 5th title, honouring coach Don Champagne, at his last game before to quit coaching career.
North Stars top scorer Peter Cartwright, another North Stars already announced his retirement, opened the score at 06:44, but Melbourne equalized already in the first period with Canadian Matthew Armstrong, before to go ahead with goals by Joey Hughes and captain Liam Webster. A late powerplay goal by American Justin Chwedoruk wasn't enough to give Newcastle new hope
AIHL will return next season with a new team from Perth and the newly created Trans-Tasman Champions League, a series played between Australian and New Zealand champions

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Таблица регулярного чемпионата

#        Club        G        W        W-OT        L-OT        L        Score        P
1        Melbourne Ice        28        18        3        5        2        146:93        65
2        Newcastle North Stars        28        18        2        2        6        133:105        60
3        Sydney Ice Dogs        28        16        1        1        9        123:91        54 (+3)
4        Adelaide Adrenaline        28        12        5        2        9        117:94        48
5        Gold Coast Blue Tongues        28        13        1        2        11        120:115        43
6        Mustangs IHC (Melbourne)        28        8        2        1        17        107:132        29
7        Canberra Knights        28        8        0        0        20        119:167        24
8        Sydney Bears        28        2        2        3        21        83:151        13

Botany Swarm champion again
The 2011 New Zealand championship was won by the Botany Swarm, who defeated the Southern Stampede 5-3 in the final.
The Botany Swarm won the regular season of the New Zealand Ice Hockey League (NZIHL) with 12 wins in 16 games. In the final, which was just a single game, the Swarm faced the Southern Stampede, who finished the league on 33 points, the same as the third-place Canterbury Red Devils, but with a better goal difference. The Dunedin Thunder and West Auckland Admirals were far from the final.
Thanks to the better placement in the regular season, Botany played the final game on home ice. The game was a close story. It was tied at 1 after two periods and the Stampede even took the lead when their captain Simon Glass scored early in the third period. But the Swarm’s Estonian import Alex Polozov tied the game with 14 minutes to go and then the Swarm ran off to a 5-3 win.
This was the Swarm’s fourth championship. They were also successful in 2007, 2008 and 2010.
2011 NZIHL League awards
MVP Red Devils — Kyle Papai
MVP Dunedin Thunder — Cameron Frear
MVP West Auckland Admirals — Blake Jackson
MVP Southern Stampede — Simon Glass
MVP Botany Swarm — KC Ball
MVP League — Gino Heyd — Dunedin Thunder
MVP Finals — Alexandr Polozov — Botany Swarm
Top Points Scorer — Chris Eaden — Canterbury Red Devils
Best Defenseman — Daniel Nicholls — Canterbury Red Devils
Top Goalkeeper — Zak Nothling — Botany Swarm
Top Rookie — Jerreau Hohaia — Canterbury Red Devils

Таблица регулярного чемпионата

#        Club        G        W        W-OT        L-OT        L        Score        P
1        Botany Swarm        16        12        0        1        3        94:44        37
2        Southern Stampede        16        11        0        0        5        85:63        33
3        Canterbury Red Devils        16        10        1        1        4        77:60        33
4        Dunedin Thunder        16        3        2        0        11        78:108        13
5        West Auckland Admirals        16        1        0        1        14        51:110        4

http://www.eurohockey.com/article/791-australian-ice-hockey-league-welcomes-perth-for-2012.html

http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/newsletter.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&page=56728