Canterbury Red Devils

The Canterbury Red Devils is an ice hockey team based in Christchurch, New Zealand and are members of the New Zealand Ice Hockey League. The club plays their home games at the Alpine Ice Centre. Since their foundation in 2005 the team have won both the regular season title and the playoffs on four occasions with their most recent coming in the 2014 NZIHL season.

Canterbury Red Devils
City	Christchurch
League	New Zealand Ice Hockey League
Founded	2005
Operated	2005–present
Home arena	Alpine Ice Sports Centre
Colours
General manager	Jake Lane
Head coach	Anatoli Khorozov
Captain	Chris Eaden
Website	Reddevils.co.nz
Championships
Regular season titles	4 (2007, 2008, 2009, 2014)
NZIHL Champion	4 (2009, 2012, 2013, 2014)

History

The Canterbury Red Devils were founded in 2005 and joined the New Zealand Ice Hockey League (NZIHL) for its inaugural season.[1] In their debut season the Red Devils finished the regular season in last place and failed to qualify for the playoffs.[2] They again missed the playoffs in 2006 after finishing third in the standings.[3] In 2007 the Red Devils won their first regular season title, edging out the Botany Swarm on goal difference.[4] The team advanced to their first finals appearance however lost to the Swarm.[4] The Red Devils won their second regular season title in 2008 however, went on to lose to the Swarm in the final.[5] In 2009 the team won their third straight regular season title and advanced to the final against the Southern Stampede.[6] The Red Devils defeated the Stampede to claim their first playoffs title.[6] The 2010 and 2011 seasons saw the Red Devils finish the regular season in third place, losing out to the second placed team only on head-to-head win ratio.[7][8] The team returned to the playoffs in 2012, winning their second playoffs title after defeating the Stampede in the final.[9] The Red Devils went on to win the 2013 and 2014 playoffs, defeating the Dunedin Thunder in both finals and also claiming their fourth regular season title in 2014.[10][11] Following their 2014 playoffs win the Red Devils became the first NZIHL club to claim three titles in a row. The 2015 season saw the Red Devils finish the regular season in second place and lose to the Stampede in the finals.[12]

Season by season results

Season	GP	W	OTW	T	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS	Finish	Playoff	Ref
2005	6	0	–	0	–	6	17	38	2	4th	Did not qualify	[2]
2006	6	1	–	1	–	4	22	26	9	3rd	Did not qualify	[3]
2007	10	7	–	1	–	2	63	37	26	1st	Lost final (Botany Swarm)	[4]
2008	12	9	–	2	–	1	93	48	32	1st	Lost final (Botany Swarm)	[5]
2009	16	14	–	0	–	2	133	35	28	1st	Won final (Southern Stampede)	[6]
2010	16	8	0	–	2	6	92	75	26	3rd	Did not qualify	[7]
2011	16	10	1	–	1	4	77	62	33	3rd	Did not qualify	[8]
2012	16	7	3	–	2	4	80	68	29	2nd	Won final (Southern Stampede)	[9]
2013	16	9	2	–	1	4	93	63	32	2nd	Won final (Dunedin Thunder)	[10]
2014	16	12	0	–	1	3	79	58	37	1st	Won final (Dunedin Thunder)	[11]
2015	16	9	1	–	2	4	96	64	31	2nd	Lost final (Southern Stampede)	[12]
2016	16	9	1	–	1	5	85	79	30	2nd	Lost final (Southern Stampede)	[13]
2017	16	2	1	–	1	12	51	127	9	5th	Did not qualify	[14]

NZIHL Awards

• NZIHL champions 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014
• NZIHL Minor Premiership: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2014
• Toa Kauhunga Riri Tio: New Zealand Ice Hockey League#Toa Kauhanga Riri Tio
• NZIHL Finals MVP: Dale Harrop (2014), Takumi Ledbetter (2013), Valeri Konev (2012), Justin Findlay (2009)
• Best Defencemen: Terry Watt (2013), Dan Nicholls (2011), Mitchell Oak (2010), Hayden Argyle (2007)
• Top Points NZIHL: Chris Eaden (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012), Janos Kaszala (2007, 2008)
• NZIHL Top Goaltender: Michael Coleman (2014), Justin Findlay (2009)
• NZIHL Rookie of the year: Dale Harrop (2007), Dan Nicholls (2008), Ryan Ruddle (2009), Jerreau Hohaia (2011), Jake Ratcliffe (2013)

Players and personnel

Current roster

Team roster for the 2016 NZIHL season[15]

#	Nat	Name	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
2		James Archer	F	R	31	2016	Sheffield, England
35		Steve Coull	G	L	36	2016	Fife, Scotland
19		Shaun Brown	F	L	22	2015	Christchurch, New Zealand
1		Michael Coleman	G	L	29	2012	Christchurch, New Zealand
89		Ciaran Long	F	R	28	2016	Birmingham, United Kingdom
14		Liam Dallimore	F	R	24	2013	Christchurch, New Zealand
43		Chris Eaden	F	R	29	2007	Christchurch, New Zealand
42		Mackenzie Hill	G	L	23	2016	Melbourne, Australia
17		Justin Fuller	F	R	27	2015	Christchurch, New Zealand
11		Taylor Kennedy	D	R	25	2016	Christchurch, New Zealand
23		Joshua Greenwood	D	R	27	2010	Christchurch, New Zealand
59		George Coslett	D	R	26	2016	Christchurch, New Zealand
79		Kyle Nash	D	R	37	2016	Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
8		Mason Kennedy	D	R	23	2014	Christchurch, New Zealand
91		James Carr	F	L	29	2015	Christchurch, New Zealand
44		Matthew Puntureri	F	L	35	2015	Wampum, Pennsylvania, United States
10		Jaxson Lane	F	R	26	2014	Christchurch, New Zealand
21		Bradley Apps	F	R	24	2016	Christchurch, New Zealand
12		Eddie Commons	D	R	27	2016	Christchurch, New Zealand
18		Luke Hill	F	R	20	2016	Christchurch, New Zealand
24		Moses Bygate-Smith	D	R	21	2016	Christchurch, New Zealand
61		Anton Purver	F	R	32	2008	Christchurch, New Zealand
27		Mason Rees	D	R	19	2016	Christchurch, New Zealand
93		Alex Damm	F	R	23	2016	Christchurch, New Zealand
22		Tomas Tappin	D	R	26	2011	Christchurch, New Zealand
4		Dean Tonks	F	L	31	2014	Birmingham, United Kingdom

Team captains

Further information on team captains in ice hockey: Captain (ice hockey)

• Hayden Argyle, 2012–2015[16]
• James Archer, 2016
• Chris Eaden, 2017

Head coaches

• Jonathon Whitehead, 2010[17]
• János Kaszala, 2011[18]
• Anatoli Khorozov, 2012–2013[19]
• Stacey Rout, 2014[20]
• Anatoli Khorozov, 2015[19]
• Matthew Sandford, 2016 - 2017[21]
• Anatoli Khorozov, 2018 [19]

General managers

• Jake Lane, 2012 - 2015[22]
• Martin Jeffreys, 2016[23]
• Sherry Peck, 2017[24]
• Jake Lane, 2018[22]

References

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External links

• Canterbury Red Devils