2013 AIHL season

The 2013 AIHL season was the 14th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). It ran from 20 April 2013 until 1 September 2013, with the Goodall Cup finals following on the 7 and 8 September. The Sydney Ice Dogs won both the H Newman Ried Trophy for finishing first in the regular season, and the Goodall Cup after defeating the Newcastle North Stars in the final.

2013 AIHL season
League	Australian Ice Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	20 April 2013 – 8 September 2013
Regular season
H Newman Reid Trophy	Sydney Ice Dogs (1st title)
Season MVP	Jeff Martens (North Stars)
Top scorer	Jeff Martens (67 points) (North Stars)
Goodall Cup
Champions	Sydney Ice Dogs
Runners-up	Newcastle North Stars
Finals MVP	Anthony Kimlin (Ice Dogs)

League business

In October 2012 it was announced that the 2013 season would be played with eight teams as the Gold Coast Blue Tongues' licence was suspended due to the team being unable to secure a home venue for 2013.[1] The Blue Tongues were forced out of their arena during the 2012 season when the AIHL deemed it to not be up to specifications for the league forcing the team to temporarily relocate to Brisbane for the remainder of the season.[2] It was also announced that the suspension on the Sydney Ice Dogs had been lifted allowing the team to ice four imports again. The Ice Dogs were restricted to three for the 2012 season by the league due to breaches of the league's code of conduct.[2] Following the Annual General Meeting (AGM) it was announced that the third period of play has been increased from 15 minutes to 20 minutes, while the first two remain 15 minutes in length. The change was in response to fans calling for the league to align itself with international hockey which plays three 20 minute periods.[3] The Melbourne Mustangs revealed their new logo and jerseys for the start of the season featuring a redesigned mustang horse, holding an ice hockey stick.[4] The new jerseys include a white home jersey, a black away jersey and an orange third jersey which is being released as off-ice apparel only.[5] The Sydney Ice Dogs also revealed their new jerseys with an aqua green away jersey and a white home jersey. The change in colours was made as part of a deal with corporate naming sponsor Reach Crane Trucks and will be in place for three years, the duration of their deal with Reach Crane Trucks. Their previous colours of maroon, yellow, blue, black and white will remain as the team's corporate colours.[6]

On 17 February the AIHL announced that it had entered into a partnership with Fox Sports in which a game of the week will be aired on the network as part of a 60-minute program which also includes league and state federation news and AIHL highlights.[7] The Canberra Knights held an exhibition game on 23 March 2013 with the team competing against a team of former Knights' players for the Soldier On charity.[8] The Knights won the game 6–5.[9]

Personnel changes

Following the AGM the AIHL announced that Tyler Lovering had been re-elected to the commission as Assistant Commissioner until 2014. Ben Kiely and Alexandra Lata had both received a one-year extension to their terms on the commission, with Lata being appointed Deputy Commissioner. The AIHL have also elected Robert Bannerman and Joshua Chye to the commission to serve as Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner respectively.[3][10] In December 2012 the Melbourne Mustangs announced that they had appointed Brad Vigon as head coach, replacing Steve Laforet who had been fired at the end of the 2012 season.[11][12] Following the end of the 2012 season the Melbourne Ice announced that both president Andy Lamrock and head coach Paul Watson had stepped down from their positions.[13] In November 2012 the Ice announced that former Ice Hockey Victoria president Emma Poynton as successor to Lamrock as the club's president.[14] In February 2013 the Ice appointed assistant coach Sandy Gardner to the head coach position.[15]

Player transfers

Players signed Player Previous team New team Ref Travis Alabaster No team Melbourne Mustangs [16] Jonathan Bale Gold Coast Blue Tongues Sydney Bears [17] Alistair Band Cardiff Devils NL Canberra Knights [18] Simon Barg No team Sydney Ice Dogs [19] Jan Bejcek ECSL Sting Sydney Bears [17] Brian Berger Marian University Perth Thunder [20] Luc-Olivier Blain University of Ottawa Adelaide Adrenaline [21] Paul Bond ECSL Raptors Sydney Bears [17] Jamie Bourke No team Melbourne Mustangs [16] Tyson Boyd Adelaide Blackhawks Adelaide Adrenaline [21][22] Jordan Braid Columbus Cottonmouths Canberra Knights [18] Russel Brewer No team Adelaide Adrenaline [21] Dale Burgess No team Sydney Ice Dogs [19] Dylan Burgess Sydney Maple Leafs Sydney Ice Dogs [19][23] Jack Carpenter Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne Ice [24] Jayson Chalker ECSL Vipers Newcastle North Stars [25] Robert Clark No team Melbourne Mustangs [16] Stuart Cole-Clark ECSL Vipers Newcastle North Stars [25] Dan Clarke Tulsa Oilers Perth Thunder [20] Pier-Olivier Cotnoir Norwich University Newcastle North Stars [25] Fred Coutts West Coast Lightning Perth Thunder [20] Todd Cutter No team Melbourne Mustangs [16] Kevin Darcy Marian University Perth Thunder [20] James David Adelaide Falcons Adelaide Adrenaline [21][26] Michael Fairlamb Adelaide Blackhawks Canberra Knights [18] Kayne Fedor Adelaide Tigers B2 Perth Thunder [21][27] Michael Forney Colorado Eagles Perth Thunder [20] Robin Forsythe No team Melbourne Mustangs [16] Chris Frank Sheffield Steelers Melbourne Ice [24] Ian Fulion No team Canberra Knights [18] Tim Fulton No team Canberra Knights [18] Adam Geric Gold Coast Blue Tongues Newcastle North Stars [25] Kevin Glanzman No team Melbourne Mustangs [16] John Gordon EV Füssen Melbourne Ice [24] Alexander Hall Gold Coast Blue Tongues Melbourne Mustangs [16] Robert Haselhurst No team Perth Thunder [20] Matthew Haywood Braehead Clan Adelaide Adrenaline [21] Stuart Higgins No team Melbourne Mustangs [16] Aaron Hoffman No team Perth Thunder [20] Stephen Huish Northern Vikings Perth Thunder [20] Brad Hunt No team Canberra Knights [18] Lyle Idoine Botany Swarm Sydney Bears [17] Jayson James Adelaide Falcons B Adelaide Adrenaline [21][28] David Jeremy ECSL Vipers Newcastle North Stars [25] Mikko Jortikka HC Keski-Uusimaa Canberra Knights [18] Renars Kazanovs SMScredit.lv Sydney Bears [17] John Kennedy Canberra Knights Newcastle North Stars [25] Anthony Kimlin Gold Coast Blue Tongues Sydney Ice Dogs [19] Martin Kolos ECSL Sting Sydney Bears [17] Jan Koubek HC Kobra Praha Sydney Bears [17] Justin Levac Orlando Solar Bears Canberra Knights [18] David Lewis No team Canberra Knights [18] Ryan Lowe No team Sydney Bears [17] Silvan Maedev No team Sydney Bears [17] Jeff Martens Friesland Flyers Newcastle North Stars [25] Glen Mayer No team Melbourne Ice [24] Michael McDowell No team Melbourne Mustangs [16] Eric McKenna No team Sydney Ice Dogs [19] Dan Mohle Wilfrid Laurier University Perth Thunder [20] Alan Moss No team Melbourne Mustangs [16] Steven Naidovski Sydney Bears Sydney Ice Dogs [29][30] Ben O'Driscoll Gold Coast Blue Tongues Sydney Bears [17] Patrick O'Kane Mälarö HF Melbourne Mustangs [16] Joshua O'Neil ECSL Raptors Sydney Bears [17] Jon Olthuis Idaho Steelheads Melbourne Mustangs [16] Dominic Osman Hull Stingrays Newcastle North Stars [25] Brit Ouellette ECDC Memmingen Adelaide Adrenaline [21] Travis Ouellette Ferris State University Adelaide Adrenaline [21] Rick Parry Jokers de Cergy Adelaide Adrenaline [21] Robert Pasminka No team Sydney Bears [17] Kevin Phillips Braehead Clan Adelaide Adrenaline [21] Jaden Pine-Murphy New Plymouth Melbourne Ice [24][31] Matt Puntureri Danbury Whalers Sydney Ice Dogs [19] Shai Rabinowitz No team Newcastle North Stars [25] Luke Read ECSL Sting Sydney Bears [17] Denis Ristic Adelaide Redwings Adelaide Adrenaline [21][32] Ollie Rozdarz No team Canberra Knights [18] Christopher Sekura No team Sydney Ice Dogs [19] Francisco Sevilla No team Sydney Bears [17] Luke Shafren No team Newcastle North Stars [25] Hayden Sheard ECSL North Stars Newcastle North Stars [25] Chris Slauenwhite Sydney Bears Canberra Knights [18] Michael Smart Sydney Bears Perth Thunder [20] Shane Southwood Orangeville Americans Sydney Ice Dogs [19] Matt Strueby Colorado Eagles Perth Thunder [20] Maxime Suzzarini Brûleurs de Loups Canberra Knights [18] Matt Taylor No team Canberra Knights [18] Joe Tolles Wheeling Nailers Perth Thunder [20] Tom Voller No team Melbourne Mustangs [16] Dillan Wallace Adelaide Redwings Adelaide Adrenaline [21][33] Cameron Walsh No team Perth Thunder [20] Patrick Ward No team Sydney Ice Dogs [19] Jack Wolgemuth No team Melbourne Mustangs [16]

Players lost Player Previous team New team Ref Matthew Anderson Melbourne Mustangs No team [34] Sam Austin Newcastle North Stars ECSL North Stars [35] Brian Bales Newcastle North Stars No team [35] Aaron Barton Adelaide Adrenaline Knoxville Ice Bears [36] Sam Bavin Perth Thunder No team [37] Alan Becken Sydney Bears ECSL Heat [29] Dana Bennett Canberra Knights No team [38] Ryan Bennett Melbourne Mustangs No team [34] Sam Bennett Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Redwings [36][39] Enrico Bergamin Melbourne Mustangs No team [34] Robert Bird Perth Thunder No team [37] Jeremy Boyer Newcastle North Stars Quad City Mallards [35] Jayden Braden Sydney Bears No team [29] Mike Brown Canberra Knights Danbury Whalers [38] Jack Carpenter Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne Ice [34] Matt Cernec Canberra Knights No team [38] Aaron Clayworth Canberra Knights No team [38] Scott Clemie Sydney Bears No team [29] Stuart Clemie Sydney Bears ECSL Vipers [29] Scott Connelly Sydney Bears ECSL Sting [29] Kevin Day Newcastle North Stars No team [35] Cassian Delsar Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Tigers [36][40] Stuart Denman Melbourne Ice Retired [41] Colin Downie Sydney Ice Dogs No team [42] Dean Dunstan Melbourne Mustangs No team [34] Jack Ebner Melbourne Mustangs No team [34] Nickolas Eckhardt Canberra Knights No team [38] Craig Gallo Sydney Bears Osby IK [29] Phil Ginand Perth Thunder Bloomington Blaze [37] Kirk Golden Sydney Ice Dogs Cape Cod Bluefins [42] Paul Graham Perth Thunder No team [37] Lucien Hackett Sydney Bears ECSL Sting [29] James Herbert Sydney Ice Dogs No team [42] Christopher James Melbourne Mustangs No team [34] Brady Johnston Sydney Bears Hedemora SK [29] Mike Johnston Canberra Knights No team [38] John Kennedy Canberra Knights Newcastle North Stars [38] Matt Korthuis Melbourne Ice No team [41] Robbie Lawrance Newcastle North Stars Louisiana IceGators [35] Scott Levitt Melbourne Mustangs No team [34] Brett Liscomb Adelaide Adrenaline Louisiana IceGators [36] Shane Hardy Melbourne Mustangs No team [34] Martin Kutek Melbourne Ice No team [41] Sami Mantere Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Redwings [36][43] Joel McFadden Sydney Bears No team [29] Christopher McPhail Canberra Knights No team [38] Casey Mignone Sydney Ice Dogs Cape Cod Bluefins [42] Laurie Mock Sydney Bears No team [29] Matt Monaghan Sydney Ice Dogs No team [42] Dean Moore Melbourne Mustangs IF Sundsvall Hockey [34] Mitch Morgan Adelaide Adrenaline HYC Herentals [36] Steven Naidovski Sydney Bears Sydney Ice Dogs [29][30] Dan Nicholls Adelaide Adrenaline No team [36] Gicu Oprea Newcastle North Stars No team [35] Dean Peterson Adelaide Adrenaline No team [36] Nic Polaski Canberra Knights No team [38] Troy Robertson Melbourne Mustangs No team [34] Gabriel Robledo Sydney Ice Dogs No team [42] Jayden Ryan Sydney Bears ECSL Raptors [29] Lucas Schott Canberra Knights Dayton Demonz [38] Paul Shumak Sydney Bears No team [29] Chris Slauenwhite Sydney Bears Canberra Knights [29] Michael Smart Sydney Bears Perth Thunder [29] Kiefer Smiley Perth Thunder Mississippi Surge [37] Jaroslav Spurny Sydney Bears No team [29] Andrew Stapleton Adelaide Adrenaline No team [36] John Sullivan Melbourne Mustangs Columbus Cottonmouths [34] Tuomas Takkula Newcastle North Stars No team [35] Michael Thornburn Melbourne Mustangs No team [34] Tallen Voelkel Newcastle North Stars No team [35] Mike Werner Adelaide Adrenaline No team [36] Andrew White Sydney Ice Dogs No team [42] Aaron Wilson Perth Thunder No team [37] Doug Wilson Melbourne Ice No team [41] Oliver Wren Melbourne Mustangs No team [34]

Regular season

The regular season started on 20 April 2013 and ran through to 1 September 2013 before the top four teams compete in the Goodall Cup playoff series.

The Sydney Ice Dogs won the H Newman Reid Trophy after finishing the regular season with the most points, 61. Newcastle North Stars' Jeff Martens won the Most Valuable Player award, after finishing as the league's top scorer with 67 points. Anthony Kimlin of the Sydney Ice Dogs was named the Australian Player of the Year and Best Goaltender, finishing with a save percentage 0.919.[44] The Sydney Bears' Cameron Todd won the award for Best Rookie and John Gordon of the Melbourne Ice was named Best Defenceman.[44]

April

Game	Date	Time	Away	Score	Home	Location	Attendance	Recap
1	20 April	17:45	Newcastle North Stars	6–2	Sydney Ice Dogs	Baulkham Hills	500
2	20 April	17:00	Melbourne Ice	7–2	Melbourne Mustangs	Melbourne	1300
3	20 April	17:30	Adelaide Adrenaline	2–3	Canberra Knights	Canberra	750
4	21 April	15:30	Adelaide Adrenaline	9–2	Sydney Bears	Baulkham Hills
5	27 April	16:30	Melbourne Ice	5–2	Perth Thunder	Perth
6	27 April	17:30	Melbourne Mustangs	6–4	Canberra Knights	Canberra	750
7	27 April	18:00	Sydney Ice Dogs	5–4	Sydney Bears	Baulkham Hills
8	28 April	16:30	Melbourne Ice	9–3	Perth Thunder	Perth
9	28 April	17:00	Melbourne Mustangs	4–5	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool	300
10	28 April	17:00	Sydney Bears	1–2	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle

May

Game	Date	Time	Away	Score	Home	Location	Attendance	Recap
11	4 May	17:00	Perth Thunder	2–13	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle
12	4 May	17:00	Sydney Ice Dogs	3 – 4 (SO)	Melbourne Mustangs	Melbourne	575
13	4 May	18:00	Canberra Knights	1–6	Sydney Bears	Baulkham Hills
14	5 May	15:30	Sydney Ice Dogs	4 – 3 (SO)	Melbourne Ice	Melbourne	1100
15	5 May	15:30	Perth Thunder	5–2	Sydney Bears	Baulkham Hills
16	11 May	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	6–4	Melbourne Ice	Melbourne	1100
17	11 May	17:30	Melbourne Mustangs	5–1	Canberra Knights	Canberra
18	11 May	18:00	Newcastle North Stars	1–2	Sydney Bears	Baulkham Hills
19	12 May	15:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	3–9	Melbourne Ice	Melbourne
20	12 May	17:00	Canberra Knights	4–3	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle
21	12 May	17:00	Melbourne Mustangs	2–4	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool	200
22	18 May	17:00	Perth Thunder	0–3	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool	200
23	18 May	17:00	Newcastle North Stars	4–2	Melbourne Mustangs	Melbourne	600
24	18 May	17:30	Sydney Bears	6–1	Canberra Knights	Canberra
25	19 May	15:30	Newcastle North Stars	2–0	Melbourne Ice	Melbourne	1000
26	19 May	15:30	Perth Thunder	4–3	Sydney Bears	Baulkham Hills
27	25 May	16:30	Sydney Ice Dogs	5–3	Perth Thunder	Perth
28	25 May	17:00	Canberra Knights	1–9	Melbourne Ice	Melbourne	780
29	25 May	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	4–7	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle
30	26 May	15:30	Adelaide Adrenaline	2–6	Sydney Bears	Baulkham Hills
31	26 May	15:30	Canberra Knights	3–5	Melbourne Mustangs	Melbourne	400
32	26 May	16:30	Sydney Ice Dogs	5–6	Perth Thunder	Perth

June

Game	Date	Time	Away	Score	Home	Location	Attendance	Recap
33	1 June	16:30	Sydney Bears	3–6	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide	425
34	1 June	17:00	Perth Thunder	5–6	Melbourne Mustangs	Melbourne	350
35	1 June	17:00	Melbourne Ice	3–4	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle
36	1 June	17:30	Sydney Ice Dogs	5–3	Canberra Knights	Canberra
37	2 June	15:30	Perth Thunder	9–3	Melbourne Mustangs	Melbourne	290
38	2 June	16:30	Sydney Bears	4–2	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide	390
39	2 June	17:00	Melbourne Ice	3 – 4 (SO)	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool	300
40	6 June	20:00	Melbourne Mustangs	1–2	Melbourne Ice	Melbourne	1150
41	8 June	16:30	Adelaide Adrenaline	6–7	Perth Thunder	Perth
42	8 June	17:00	Sydney Bears	1 – 2 (SO)	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool	300
43	8 June	17:30	Newcastle North Stars	9–1	Canberra Knights	Canberra
44	9 June	16:30	Adelaide Adrenaline	6–8	Perth Thunder	Perth
45	9 June	17:00	Sydney Bears	2–4	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle
46	9 June	17:00	Canberra Knights	1–6	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool	250
47	15 June	16:30	Melbourne Mustangs	2 – 3 (SO)	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide	350
48	15 June	17:00	Newcastle North Stars	3–4	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool	300
49	15 June	17:30	Melbourne Ice	12–1	Canberra Knights	Canberra
50	16 June	15:30	Melbourne Ice	4–3	Sydney Bears	Baulkham Hills
51	16 June	16:30	Melbourne Mustangs	6 – 5 (SO)	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide	362
52	16 June	17:00	Sydney Ice Dogs	0–1	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle
53	22 June	17:00	Canberra Knights	1–10	Melbourne Mustangs	Melbourne	400
54	22 June	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	5–3	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle	600
55	23 June	15:30	Canberra Knights	0–16	Melbourne Ice	Melbourne	1100
56	23 June	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	4–1	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool	400
57	29 June	16:30	Canberra Knights	1–3	Perth Thunder	Perth
58	29 June	16:30	Newcastle North Stars	3 – 2 (SO)	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide	350
59	29 June	17:00	Sydney Bears	3–7	Melbourne Ice	Melbourne	1000
60	30 June	15:30	Sydney Bears	2–6	Melbourne Mustangs	Melbourne	500
61	30 June	16:30	Canberra Knights	2–3	Perth Thunder	Perth
62	30 June	16:30	Newcastle North Stars	5 – 4 (SO)	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide	300

July

Game	Date	Time	Away	Score	Home	Location	Attendance	Recap
63	6 July	16:30	Melbourne Mustangs	2–5	Perth Thunder	Perth
64	6 July	17:30	Adelaide Adrenaline	5 – 4 (SO)	Canberra Knights	Canberra
65	7 July	16:30	Melbourne Mustangs	4–2	Perth Thunder	Perth
66	7 July	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	3–6	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool	250
67	13 July	16:30	Canberra Knights	0–6	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide	378
68	13 July	17:00	Perth Thunder	5 – 6 (SO)	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle
69	13 July	17:00	Sydney Bears	2–5	Melbourne Mustangs	Melbourne	400
70	14 July	15:30	Sydney Bears	3–7	Melbourne Ice	Melbourne	900
71	14 July	16:30	Canberra Knights	2–8	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide	342
72	14 July	17:00	Perth Thunder	6–4	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool	350
73	20 July	16:30	Newcastle North Stars	2–6	Perth Thunder	Perth
74	20 July	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	5 – 4 (SO)	Melbourne Mustangs	Melbourne	320
75	20 July	17:30	Melbourne Ice	4–2	Canberra Knights	Canberra
76	20 July	18:00	Sydney Ice Dogs	3–0	Sydney Bears	Baulkham Hills	400
77	21 July	15:30	Adelaide Adrenaline	6 – 7 (SO)	Melbourne Mustangs	Melbourne	330
78	21 July	16:30	Newcastle North Stars	3–2	Perth Thunder	Perth
79	21 July	17:00	Melbourne Ice	3–6	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool	300
80	27 July	16:30	Sydney Ice Dogs	6–4	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide	213
81	27 July	17:00	Perth Thunder	3–5	Melbourne Ice	Melbourne	1100
82	27 July	17:00	Melbourne Mustangs	2–1	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle
83	28 July	15:30	Melbourne Mustangs	10–3	Sydney Bears	Baulkham Hills	180
84	28 July	15:30	Perth Thunder	6 – 5 (SO)	Melbourne Ice	Melbourne	900
85	28 July	16:30	Sydney Ice Dogs	1–5	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide	216
86	28 July	17:00	Canberra Knights	5–9	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle

August & September

Game	Date	Time	Away	Score	Home	Location	Attendance	Recap
87	3 August	17:00	Sydney Ice Dogs	5–3	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle	800
88	3 August	17:00	Melbourne Mustangs	4–2	Melbourne Ice	Melbourne	1200
89	3 August	17:30	Sydney Bears	3–2	Canberra Knights	Canberra
90	4 August	15:30	Newcastle North Stars	7–1	Sydney Bears	Baulkham Hills	300
91	4 August	17:00	Canberra Knights	1–8	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool	250
92	10 August	16:30	Perth Thunder	6–4	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide	368
93	10 August	17:00	Melbourne Ice	4–8	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle
94	10 August	18:00	Canberra Knights	1–3	Sydney Bears	Baulkham Hills
95	11 August	15:30	Melbourne Ice	5–2	Sydney Bears	Baulkham Hills	200
96	11 August	16:30	Perth Thunder	4–3	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide	289
97	15 August	20:00	Melbourne Ice	4–3	Melbourne Mustangs	Melbourne	1000
98	17 August	16:30	Sydney Bears	0–4	Perth Thunder	Perth
99	17 August	17:00	Sydney Ice Dogs	5–3	Melbourne Ice	Melbourne	900
100	17 August	17:30	Newcastle North Stars	8–0	Canberra Knights	Canberra
101	18 August	15:30	Sydney Ice Dogs	3–1	Melbourne Mustangs	Melbourne	600
102	18 August	16:30	Sydney Bears	3–5	Perth Thunder	Perth
103	24 August	16:30	Melbourne Ice	6 – 5 (SO)	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide	352
104	24 August	17:00	Sydney Bears	1–4	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool	400
105	24 August	17:00	Melbourne Mustangs	1–6	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle
106	24 August	17:30	Perth Thunder	7–2	Canberra Knights	Canberra
107	25 August	15:30	Melbourne Mustangs	6–2	Sydney Bears	Baulkham Hills	200
108	25 August	16:30	Melbourne Ice	5–2	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide	329
109	25 August	17:30	Perth Thunder	6–2	Canberra Knights	Canberra
110	31 August	17:00	Newcastle North Stars	5–1	Melbourne Ice	Melbourne	1100
111	31 August	17:30	Sydney Ice Dogs	8–2	Canberra Knights	Canberra
112	1 September	15:30	Newcastle North Stars	4 – 5 (SO)	Melbourne Mustangs	Melbourne	800

Standings

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GDF	PTS
Sydney Ice Dogs	28	18	3	1	6	117	80	+37	61
Newcastle North Stars	28	17	3	1	7	132	75	+57	58
Perth Thunder	28	17	1	1	9	127	114	+13	54
Melbourne Ice	28	16	1	3	8	147	93	+54	53
Melbourne Mustangs	28	12	4	2	10	118	103	+15	46
Adelaide Adrenaline	28	8	3	5	12	125	124	+1	35
Sydney Bears	28	7	0	1	20	73	120	−47	22
Canberra Knights	28	2	0	1	25	51	181	−130	7

Qualified for the Goodall Cup playoffs

H Newman Reid Trophy winners

Source

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the ten top skaters sorted by points, then goals.[45]

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	POS
Jeff Martens	Newcastle North Stars	28	31	36	67	52	F
Jason Baclig	Melbourne Ice	28	23	39	62	12	F
Pier-Olivier Cotnoir	Newcastle North Stars	26	28	29	57	44	F
Simon Barg	Sydney Ice Dogs	28	26	29	55	10	F
Matt Armstrong	Melbourne Ice	24	26	28	54	50	F
Matt Puntereri	Sydney Ice Dogs	27	28	24	52	12	F
Patrick O'Kane	Melbourne Mustangs	28	30	21	51	26	F
Dominic Osman	Newcastle North Stars	28	18	33	51	42	F
Jamie Bourke	Melbourne Mustangs	21	22	25	47	80	F
Michael Forney	Perth Thunder	16	11	36	47	12	F

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage with a minimum 40% of the teams ice time.[46]

Player	Team	MIP	SOG	GA	GAA	SVS%	SO
Anthony Kimlin	Sydney Ice Dogs	1222	744	60	2.46	0.919	2
Olivier Martin	Newcastle North Stars	1206	694	59	2.45	0.915	3
Daniel Clarke	Perth Thunder	646	435	41	3.17	0.906	1
Renars Kazanovs	Sydney Bears	747	505	50	3.35	0.901	0
Jon Olthuis	Melbourne Mustangs	1150	823	84	3.65	0.898	0

Season awards

Below lists the 2013 AIHL regular season award winners.

Award	Name	Team
MVP	Jeff Martens	Newcastle North Stars
Goaltender	Anthony Kimlin	Sydney Ice Dogs
Defenceman	John Gordon	Melbourne Ice
Rookie	Cameron Todd	Sydney Bears
Local player	Anthony Kimlin	Sydney Ice Dogs

Source

Goodall Cup playoffs

The 2013 playoffs started on 7 September 2013, with the Goodall Cup final held on 8 September. Following the end of the regular season the top four teams advanced to the playoff series. All three games were held at the Medibank Icehouse in Docklands, Victoria, the home of the Melbourne Ice and Melbourne Mustangs. The series was a single game elimination with the two winning semi-finalists advancing to the Goodall Cup final.[47] The Sydney Ice Dogs won the Goodall Cup (2nd title) with a 6-2 victory over the Newcastle North Stars.[48] Anthony Kimlin’s defensive efforts for the Ice Dogs earned him the award of Most Valuable Player (MVP) for the finals series.[49]

	Semifinals					Final
	1	Melbourne Ice	2
	4	Sydney Ice Dogs	4
						Sydney Ice Dogs		6
						Newcastle North Stars		3
	3	Perth Thunder	1
	2	Newcastle North Stars	6

Semi-finals

All times are UTC+10:00

7 September 2013 16:00

Melbourne Ice

2–4 (0–0, 1–4, 1–0)

Sydney Ice Dogs

Medibank Icehouse Attendance: 1100

Game reference
	Dahlen Phillips	Goalies	Anthony Kimlin	Referee: Jeff Scott Linesmen: Tristan Reese Kent Unwin
	0 – 1 Malloy (McGregor, Ward) 0 – 2 Barg (PP) (Puntureri, Dunwoodie) 0 – 3 Puntureri (PP) (T.Stephenson, Ward) 0 – 4 Malloy (PP) (unassisted) Baclig (PP) (Armstrong) 1 – 4 Powell (PP) (Webster, Baclig) 2 – 4
	33 min	Penalties	24 min
	27	Shots	34

7 September 2013 19:30

Perth Thunder

1–6 (0–2, 1–2, 0–2)

Newcastle North Stars

Medibank Icehouse Attendance: 850

Game reference
	Dan Clarke	Goalies	Olivier Martin	Referee: Cory Ross Linesmen: Stephen De Witt Daryl Hamilton
	0 – 1 Cotnoir (PP) (unassisted) 0 – 2 Martens (SH) (unassisted) 0 – 3 Cotnoir (PP) (Martens, Taylor) 0 – 4 Osman (Upton, Starke) Unknown (Kyros) 1 – 4 1 – 5 Taylor (Osman, Upton) 1 – 6 Cotnoir (Martens, Kennedy)
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	28	Shots	33

Final

8 September 2013 16:00

Newcastle North Stars

3–6 (1–2, 0–1, 2–3)

Sydney Ice Dogs

Medibank Icehouse Attendance: 900

Game reference
	Olivier Martin	Goalies	Anthony Kimlin	Referee: Jeff Scott Linesmen: Stephen De Witt Daryl Hamilton
	0 – 1 Cliff (PP) (S.Stephenson, McGregor) 0 – 2 T.Stephenson (SH) (Barg) Osman (PP) (Taylor, Kennedy) 1 – 2 1 – 3 T.Stephenson (PP) (Puntureri, Barg) 1 – 4 T.Stephenson (PP) (Barg, Manco) 1 – 5 Barg (Dunwoodie) 1 – 6 Barg (Dunwoodie, Ward) Osman (PP) (Kennedy, Taylor) 2 – 6 Osman (PP) (Cotnoir, Martens) 3 – 6
	14 min	Penalties	22 min
	32	Shots	30

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External links

• The Australian Ice Hockey League