2012 AIHL season

The 2012 AIHL season is the 13th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). It ran from 28 April 2012 until 26 August 2012, with the Goodall Cup finals following on the 1 and 2 September. The Newcastle North Stars won the H Newman Ried Trophy after finishing the regular season with the most points. The Melbourne Ice won the Goodall Cup for the third year in a row after defeating the North Stars in the final.

2012 AIHL season
League	Australian Ice Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	28 April 2012 – 2 September 2012
Regular season
H Newman Reid Trophy	Newcastle North Stars (4th title)
Season MVP	Jeremy Boyer (North Stars) Tomas Landa (Bears)
Top scorer	Jeremy Boyer (North Stars) Tomas Landa (Bears) (58 points)
Goodall Cup
Champions	Melbourne Ice
Runners-up	Newcastle North Stars
Finals MVP	Todd Graham (Ice)

League business

During the off-season the Australian Ice Hockey League announced that Perth Thunder had been accepted as a full member of the league expanding the competition to nine teams. The Mustangs IHC changed their name to the Melbourne Mustangs after the AIHL lifted a condition that prohibited the use of "Melbourne" in their team name. The restriction was originally put in place to protect the brand of the Melbourne Ice.[1] It was also announced that from 2012 the league would be split into two conferences in order to manage costs and length of the season.[2] The two conferences where named the Bauer Conference and Easton Conference after the AIHL signed a three-year deal with the Skaters Network who is the distributor of the ice hockey brands Bauer Hockey and Easton Hockey. The Bauer Conference will consist of the Canberra Knights, Newcastle North Stars, Sydney Bears, and the Sydney Ice Dogs, while the Easton Conference includes the Adelaide Adrenaline, Gold Coast Blue Tongues, Melbourne Ice, Melbourne Mustangs and the Perth Thunder.[3] Following the announcement of the conference system a change in the finals playoff structure was also announced. The winners of each conference at the end of the regular season would play in a semi-final against the runner-up of the opposing conference with the winners of the semi-finals progressing to the Goodall Cup final.[3] It was also announced a one-year partnership with Virgin Australia in which the airline would become the leagues preferred supplier for the 2012 season.[4] In February 2012 the Sydney Bears announced that they were leaving the Penrith Ice Palace as their home arena and were returning to play their games at the Sydney Ice Arena in Baulkham Hills where they had previously played from 2003 to 2006.[5] In April 2012 the AIHL announced that the Sydney Ice Dogs would be restricted to the dress of only three import players per game, as opposed to the normal four. The restriction is part of the penalties imposed on the club after it breached the AIHL code of conduct during the 2011 Goodall Cup final series in which a player and two team officials were involved in an assault of a Medibank Icehouse security guard.[6][7]

Prior to the start of the regular season, three exhibition games were held. The first game was held between the Mustangs and the Melbourne Ice at the Medibank Icehouse with the Mustangs winning the game 5–2.[8][9] The second and third games were played between the Sydney Bears and the Sydney Ice Dogs, with the Sydney Bears winning the first game 5–2 and the Sydney Ice Dogs winning the second game 5–4 in a shootout.[10][11]

On 3 June, Gold Coast Blue Tongues' home game against the Melbourne Ice at Bundall Iceland was called off after a shortened first period due to an unplayable surface; it was the second such cancellation in less than a year at Bundall Iceland, with 10 July 2011 match between the Blue Tongues and Sydney Ice Dogs cancelled without play for the same reason.[12] After the cancelled game, Gold Coast was evicted from the rink by its owners,[13] and on 8 June, it was announced that its remaining seven home games for the season would be played at Iceworld in Acacia Ridge, Brisbane; the matches will begin at 10:30pm, with a better time unable to be negotiated with the rink due to the short notice of the relocation.[14] Although Melbourne was offered a win by forfeit for the cancelled match, the club agreed instead to reschedule the match to Thursday 23 August, to be played in Melbourne (although technically a Gold Coast home game).[15]

During July there will be a weeks break for the first Trans-Tasman Champions League. The formation of the Trans-Tasman Champions League was announced back in August 2011 between the AIHL and the New Zealand Ice Hockey League (NZIHL).[16] The series will feature two teams from each the AIHL and the NZIHL each playing the others once with the winner being the team who finishes first in the round-robin standings. The two teams chosen from each league will be the 2011 regular season champions and the winner of the 2011 playoffs. In a situation where the winning of both events is the same the runner up of the playoff final will be selected to represent their respective league.[16]

Player transfers

Date	Player	Previous team	New team	Ref
15 February 2012	Matthew Ezzy	Newcastle North Stars	Retired	[17]
29 February 2012	Olivier Martin	Adelaide Adrenaline	Newcastle North Stars	[18]
9 March 2012	Dan Nicholls	Texas Brahmas	Adelaide Adrenaline	[19]
14 March 2012	Brett Liscomb	New Jersey Outlaws	Adelaide Adrenaline	[20]
14 March 2012	Wehebe Darge	Alaska Avalanche	Adelaide Adrenaline	[21]
14 March 2012	David Manning	SUNY-Potsdam	Adelaide Adrenaline	[22]
14 March 2012	Darren Corstens	Viikingit	Adelaide Adrenaline	[23]
14 March 2012	Tomas Landa	HC Risuty	Sydney Bears	[24]
19 March 2012	Aaron Barton	University of Ottawa	Adelaide Adrenaline	[25]
20 March 2012	Kirk Golden	Toulouse-Blagnac	Sydney Ice Dogs	[26]
20 March 2012	Casey Mignone	Pensacola Ice Flyers	Sydney Ice Dogs	[27]
27 March 2012	Andrew Crowther	Bobcaygeon Bucks	Melbourne Ice	[28]
27 March 2012	Mitchell Humphries	Banff Academy Bears	Melbourne Ice	[29]
27 March 2012	Todd Graham	Connecticut Jr. Wolfpack	Melbourne Ice	[30]
27 March 2012	Marcus Wong	EVU U20	Melbourne Ice	[31]
30 March 2012	Doug Wilson	No team	Melbourne Ice	[32]
30 March 2012	Matt Korthuis	HYS The Hague	Melbourne Ice	[33]
4 April 2012	Jeremy Boyer	Quad City Mallards	Newcastle North Stars	[34]
8 April 2012	Beau Taylor	Swan Valley Stampeders	Newcastle North Stars	[35]
17 April 2012	Robbie Lawrance	HYC Herentals	Newcastle North Stars	[36]
23 April 2012	Shannon McGregor	Bobcaygeon Bucks	Sydney Ice Dogs	[37]
23 April 2012	Gabriel Robledo	Sydney Bears	Sydney Ice Dogs	[38]
24 April 2012	John Kennedy	Dayton Gems	Canberra Knights	[39]
24 April 2012	Nic Polaski	Dayton Gems	Canberra Knights	[40]
24 April 2012	Lucas Schott	Brooklyn Aviators	Canberra Knights	[41]
29 April 2012	Andreas Camenzind	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	[42]
30 April 2012	George Huber	Botany Swarm	Adelaide Adrenaline	[43]
29 June 2012	Mitch Morgan	HYC Herentals	Adelaide Adrenaline	[44]
8 July 2012	Carter Lawrence	Notre Dame Argos HR Midget Tier2	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	[45]
2012	Michael Smart	Toronto Canada Moose	Sydney Bears	[46]
2012	Kiefer Smiley	Mississippi Surge	Perth Thunder	[47]
2012	Anthony Nottle	EHC/2 U20	Perth Thunder	[48]
2012	Aaron Wilson	Friesland Flyers	Perth Thunder	[49]
2012	Andrew Cox	Karhu-Kissat	Perth Thunder	[50]
2012	Phil Ginand	Kalamazoo Wings	Perth Thunder	[51]
2012	Jordan Kyros	EHC/2 U20	Perth Thunder	[52]
2012	Bradley Young	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	Perth Thunder	[53]
2012	Andrey Zolotarev	Viikingit	Adelaide Adrenaline	[54]
2012	Mike Brown	Fayetteville FireAntz	Canberra Knights	[55]
2012	Harrison Byers	Ochapowace Thunder	Canberra Knights	[56]
2012	Tom Letki	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	Canberra Knights	[57]
2012	Kai Miettinen	UJK	Canberra Knights	[58]
2012	Anthony Kimlin	Whitby Dunlops	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	[59]
2012	Adam Blanchette	Danbury Whalers	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	[60]
2012	Casey Minson	ESC Darmstadt	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	[61]
2012	Tom Pesce	Middlebury College	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	[62]
2012	James Sanford	Melbourne Mustangs	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	[63]
2012	Christopher Wong	EPS U17	Melbourne Ice	[64]
2012	Dean Moore	Kramfors-Alliansen	Melbourne Mustangs	[65]
2012	John Sullivan	Columbus Cottonmouths	Melbourne Mustangs	[66]
2012	Kevin Day	Solna SK	Newcastle North Stars	[67]
2012	David Upton	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	Newcastle North Stars	[68]
2012	Chris Slauenwhite	Adelaide Adrenaline	Sydney Bears	[69]
2012	Slavomir Boris	Canberra Knights	Sydney Bears	[70]
2012	Daniel Spina	Toronto Canada Moose	Sydney Ice Dogs	[71]
2012	Oliver Wren	SUNY Brockport	Melbourne Mustangs	[72]
2012	Carter Lawrence	Notre Dame Argos HR Midget Tier2	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	[45]
2012	Etienne Du Toit	No team	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	[73]

Regular season

The regular season will start on 28 April 2012 and will run through to 26 August 2012 before the teams compete in the playoff series.[74] The Gold Coast Blue Tongues' final seven home games were relocated from Bundall, Gold Coast to Acacia Ridge, Brisbane after the cancelled match on 3 June. All relocated matches were scheduled to commence at 10:30pm, and the dates of some of the matches were adjusted to accommodate the away teams' travel plans.[75]

The Newcastle North Stars won the H Newman Reid Trophy after finishing the regular season with the most points, 52.[76] On 29 August the AIHL released the list of finalists for the 2012 awards. Matt Armstrong of the Melbourne Ice, Jeremy Boyer of the Newcastle North Stars, Perth Thunder's Kenny Rolph and Sydney Bears' Tomas Landa were nominated for the Most Valuable Player award, with Boyer and Landa both winning the award. Aaron Barton of Adelaide Adrenaline, Anthony Kimlin of the Gold Coast Blue Tongues and Perth Thunder's Kiefer Smiley were nominated for the Top Goaltender award with Anthony Kimlin being named the winner. Adam Blanchette of the Blue Tongues, Scott Levitt of the Melbourne Mustangs and Newcastle's Rob Lawrance were nominated for the Top Defenceman award with Rob Lawrance being announced as the winner. George Huber of the Adrenaline, Greg Bay of the Blue Tongues, the Mustangs' Brendan McDowell and Perth's David Kudla were all nominated for the Rookie of the Year award with George Huber and Greg Bay tying for the win.[77][78]

April

Game	Date	Time	Away	Score	Home	Location	Attendance	Recap
1	28 April	16:30	Canberra Knights	3 – 2 (SO)	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide	400
2	28 April	17:00	Melbourne Mustangs	5 – 6 (SO)	Melbourne Ice	Melbourne	1700
3	28 April	18:00	Sydney Ice Dogs	2–5	Sydney Bears	Baulkham Hills
4	28 April	17:00	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	3–4	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle	1000
5	29 April	15:30	Canberra Knights	2–5	Melbourne Ice	Melbourne
6	29 April	17:00	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	7–2	Sydney Bears	Baulkham Hills
7	29 April	17:00	Newcastle North Stars	4–6	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool

May

Game	Date	Time	Away	Score	Home	Location	Attendance	Recap
8	5 May	16:30	Canberra Knights	4 – 3 (SO)	Perth Thunder	Perth
9	5 May	16:30	Melbourne Ice	5–6	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide
10	5 May	16:00	Newcastle North Stars	2–3	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	Gold Coast
11	5 May	17:00	Sydney Bears	2–5	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool
12	6 May	16:30	Melbourne Ice	3 – 2 (SO)	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide
13	6 May	15:30	Canberra Knights	4 – 3 (SO)	Melbourne Mustangs	Melbourne
14	6 May	17:00	Sydney Ice Dogs	7–6	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle	800
15	12 May	16:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	2–1	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	Gold Coast	200
16	12 May	17:00	Perth Thunder	2–4	Melbourne Ice	Melbourne
17	12 May	17:00	Newcastle North Stars	8–5	Sydney Bears	Newcastle
18	12 May	17:30	Sydney Ice Dogs	4–1	Canberra Knights	Canberra	750
19	13 May	16:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	8–4	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	Gold Coast	200
20	13 May	15:30	Perth Thunder	5–2	Melbourne Mustangs	Melbourne
21	13 May	17:00	Canberra Knights	1–6	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle
22	17 May	19:15	Melbourne Ice	5–1	Melbourne Mustangs	Melbourne
23	19 May	16:30	Perth Thunder	2–5	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide	470
24	19 May	17:00	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	4 – 5 (SO)	Melbourne Mustangs	Melbourne	260
25	19 May	17:00	Newcastle North Stars	6–3	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool	250
26	19 May	17:30	Sydney Bears	4–1	Canberra Knights	Canberra	1000
27	20 May	16:30	Perth Thunder	2–6	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide
28	20 May	15:30	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	4–0	Melbourne Ice	Melbourne	1000
29	20 May	17:00	Sydney Bears	4–7	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle
30	26 May	16:30	Melbourne Mustangs	3–2	Perth Thunder	Perth
31	26 May	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	4–7	Melbourne Ice	Melbourne	1000
32	26 May	17:30	Newcastle North Stars	9–5	Canberra Knights	Canberra
33	27 May	16:30	Melbourne Mustangs	4–2	Perth Thunder	Perth
34	27 May	15:30	Adelaide Adrenaline	2–5	Melbourne Ice	Melbourne	970
35	27 May	17:00	Canberra Knights	2–7	Sydney Bears	Baulkham Hills	175

June

Game	Date	Time	Away	Score	Home	Location	Attendance	Recap
36	2 June	16:00	Melbourne Ice	5–2	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	Gold Coast	250
37	2 June	16:30	Sydney Ice Dogs	4–7	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide	450
38	2 June	17:30	Sydney Bears	3–4	Canberra Knights	Canberra
39	3 June	16:00	Melbourne Ice	Cancelled	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	Gold Coast
40	3 June	15:30	Sydney Ice Dogs	5–1	Melbourne Mustangs	Melbourne	950
41	16 June	16:30	Adelaide Adrenaline	2–3	Perth Thunder	Perth
42	16 June	17:00	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	6–1	Melbourne Mustangs	Melbourne	1000
43	16 June	17:30	Sydney Ice Dogs	5 – 4 (SO)	Canberra Knights	Canberra	1000
44	17 June	16:30	Adelaide Adrenaline	2–5	Perth Thunder	Perth
45	17 June	15:30	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	0–6	Melbourne Ice	Melbourne	1100
46	17 June	17:00	Newcastle North Stars	3–1	Sydney Bears	Newcastle
47	22 June	22:30	Perth Thunder	6–3	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	Acacia Ridge	100
48	23 June	17:00	Melbourne Mustangs	2–7	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle
49	23 June	18:00	Sydney Ice Dogs	6–4	Sydney Bears	Baulkham Hills
50	23 June	17:30	Melbourne Ice	8–3	Canberra Knights	Canberra
51	23 June	22:30	Perth Thunder	6–3	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	Acacia Ridge
52	24 June	17:00	Melbourne Mustangs	0–2	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool	200
53	24 June	17:00	Melbourne Ice	6–2	Sydney Bears	Baulkham Hills
54	30 June	22:30	Sydney Bears	6 – 5 (SO)	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	Acacia Ridge	130
55	30 June	16:30	Melbourne Mustangs	0–10	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide	650
56	30 June	16:30	Sydney Ice Dogs	3–2	Perth Thunder	Perth	700
57	30 June	17:00	Canberra Knights	2–6	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle

July

Game	Date	Time	Away	Score	Home	Location	Attendance	Recap
58	1 July	16:30	Melbourne Mustangs	3–1	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide	650
59	1 July	15:30	Sydney Ice Dogs	1–9	Melbourne Ice	Melbourne	1200
60	1 July	17:00	Newcastle North Stars	4–3	Sydney Bears	Baulkham Hills
61	14 July	22:30	Canberra Knights	1–5	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	Acacia Ridge	160
62	14 July	16:30	Sydney Bears	6–4	Perth Thunder	Perth
63	14 July	17:00	Melbourne Ice	1–5	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle	800
64	15 July	15:30	Sydney Bears	2–1	Melbourne Mustangs	Melbourne
65	15 July	17:00	Melbourne Ice	4–3	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool	300
66	21 July	16:30	Newcastle North Stars	2–0	Perth Thunder	Perth
67	21 July	17:00	Melbourne Mustangs	1–4	Melbourne Ice	Melbourne	1450
68	21 July	17:00	Sydney Bears	4–6	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool	300
69	21 July	17:30	Adelaide Adrenaline	6–2	Canberra Knights	Canberra
70	22 July	15:30	Newcastle North Stars	3–5	Melbourne Mustangs	Melbourne	750
71	22 July	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	4–1	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool	250
72	22 July	17:00	Canberra Knights	2–4	Sydney Bears	Baulkham Hills
73	28 July	17:00	Perth Thunder	7–2	Melbourne Mustangs	Melbourne	390
74	28 July	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	2–5	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle
75	28 July	17:00	Sydney Bears	5 – 4 (SO)	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool
76	28 July	17:30	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	1–4	Canberra Knights	Canberra
77	29 July	15:30	Perth Thunder	6–3	Melbourne Ice	Melbourne	1000
78	29 July	17:00	Canberra Knights	1–9	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle
79	29 July	17:00	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	4–0	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool	250
80	29 July	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	2–5	Sydney Bears	Baulkham Hills

August

Game	Date	Time	Away	Score	Home	Location	Attendance	Recap
81	3 August	22:30	Melbourne Mustangs	3–5	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	Acacia Ridge	110
82	4 August	17:00	Sydney Ice Dogs	3 – 4 (SO)	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle
83	4 August	17:30	Perth Thunder	1 – 2 (SO)	Canberra Knights	Canberra
84	4 August	22:30	Melbourne Mustangs	3–1	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	Acacia Ridge	120
85	5 August	17:00	Perth Thunder	4–3	Sydney Bears	Baulkham Hills
86	5 August	17:00	Canberra Knights	5–3	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool
87	9 August	19:15	Melbourne Ice	6–1	Melbourne Mustangs	Melbourne	1150
88	11 August	16:30	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	3–2	Perth Thunder	Perth
89	11 August	16:30	Sydney Bears	1–5	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide	470
90	11 August	17:00	Newcastle North Stars	5–3	Melbourne Ice	Melbourne	1150
91	11 August	17:30	Sydney Ice Dogs	3–2	Canberra Knights	Canberra
92	12 August	16:30	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	0–4	Perth Thunder	Perth
93	12 August	16:30	Newcastle North Stars	2–4	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide	440
94	12 August	15:30	Sydney Bears	3 – 4 (SO)	Melbourne Ice	Melbourne	900
95	18 August	22:30	Sydney Ice Dogs	4–5	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	Acacia Ridge	120
96	18 August	16:30	Melbourne Ice	1–3	Perth Thunder	Perth
97	18 August	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	1–0	Melbourne Mustangs	Melbourne	420
98	18 August	17:30	Newcastle North Stars	7 – 6 (SO)	Canberra Knights	Canberra
99	19 August	16:30	Melbourne Ice	4–2	Perth Thunder	Perth
100	19 August	15:30	Adelaide Adrenaline	6–4	Melbourne Mustangs	Melbourne	385
101	19 August	17:00	Sydney Bears	4–0	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle
102	19 August	17:00	Canberra Knights	7–9	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool	250
39	23 August	19:00	Melbourne Ice	5–3	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	Melbourne	450
103	25 August	16:30	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	5–1	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide	410
104	25 August	17:00	Perth Thunder	4–6	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle	600
105	25 August	17:30	Melbourne Mustangs	3–5	Canberra Knights	Canberra
106	26 August	16:30	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	4 – 5 (SO)	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide	450
107	26 August	17:00	Perth Thunder	4–7	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool	350
108	26 August	17:00	Melbourne Mustangs	1–7	Sydney Bears	Baulkham Hills

Standings

Bauer Conference

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GDF	PTS
Newcastle North Stars	24	16	2	0	6	120	78	+42	52
Sydney Ice Dogs	24	12	1	2	9	96	99	−3	40
Sydney Bears	24	9	2	1	12	92	93	−1	32
Canberra Knights	24	4	4	2	14	73	116	−43	22

Easton Conference

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GDF	PTS
Melbourne Ice	24	15	3	0	6	109	68	+41	51
Adelaide Adrenaline	24	13	1	2	8	96	76	+20	43
Gold Coast Blue Tongues	24	10	0	3	11	81	85	−4	33
Perth Thunder	24	10	0	2	12	81	80	+1	32
Melbourne Mustangs	24	5	1	2	16	54	107	−53	19

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.[79]

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	POS
Jeremy Boyer	Newcastle North Stars	24	25	33	58	22	F
Tomas Landa	Sydney Bears	24	19	39	58	6	F
Matt Armstrong	Melbourne Ice	24	23	28	51	46	F
Phil Ginand	Perth Thunder	23	26	24	50	100	F
Mike McRae	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	22	21	29	50	66	F
Ken Rolph	Perth Thunder	24	21	26	47	26	F
Greg Oddy	Adelaide Adrenaline	22	27	19	46	26	F
Casey Mignone	Sydney Ice Dogs	24	24	22	46	66	F
Beau Taylor	Newcastle North Stars	24	25	20	45	10	F
Brian Bales	Newcastle North Stars	21	21	24	45	14	F

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage with a minimum of ten games played.[80]

Player	Team	MIP	SOG	GA	GAA	SVS%	SO
Anthony Kimlin	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	519	399	26	2.25	0.935	1
Mike Brown	Canberra Knights	718	636	58	3.64	0.909	0
Aaron Barton	Adelaide Adrenaline	871	582	55	2.84	0.905	2
Kiefer Smiley	Perth Thunder	1026	655	70	3.07	0.893	1
Olivier Martin	Newcastle North Stars	944	589	64	3.05	0.891	1

Season awards

Below lists the 2012 AIHL regular season award winners.

Award	Name	Team
MVP	Tomas Landa Jeremy Boyer	Sydney Bears Newcastle North Stars
Goaltender	Anthony Kimlin	Gold Coast Blue Tongues
Defenceman	Robbie Lawrance	Newcastle North Stars
Rookie	Greg Bay Charlie Huber	Gold Coast Blue Tongues Adelaide Adrenaline

Source

Goodall Cup playoffs

The 2012 playoffs started on 1 September 2012, with the Goodall Cup final being held on 2 September.[74] Following the end of the regular season the top two teams from each conference advanced to the playoff series with the winner of each conference playing in the semi-final round against the runner-up of the other conference.[3] All three games were held at the Hunter Ice Skating Stadium in Warners Bay, New South Wales, the home of the Newcastle North Stars. The series was a single game elimination with the two winning semi-finalists advancing to the Goodall Cup final.[81] The Melbourne Ice completed the three-peat and won the Goodall Cup for the third year in a row after defeating the Newcastle North Stars in the final.[82] Todd Graham of the Melbourne Ice was named the finals MVP.[78]

	Semifinals					Final
	1	Adelaide Adrenaline	4
	4	Newcastle North Stars	5
						Newcastle North Stars		3
						Melbourne Ice		4
	3	Sydney Ice Dogs	2
	2	Melbourne Ice	6

All times are UTC+10:00

Semi-finals

1 September 2012 15:30

Adelaide Adrenaline

4–5 (1–2, 2–1, 1–2)

Newcastle North Stars

Hunter Ice Skating Stadium

Game reference
	Aaron Barton	Goalies	Olivier Martin	Referee: Jeff Scott Linesmen: Cory Ross Matthew Taylor
	0 – 1 1:35 – Boyer (Bales, Day) 2:35 – Greer (Oddy, Darge) 1 – 1 1 – 2 10:21 – Stranger (Starke) 1 – 3 21:13 – Boyer (Bales, Taylor) 23:44 – Werner 2 – 3 29:27 – Oddy (Greer, Liscomb) 3 – 3 3 – 4 31:00 – Bales (Upton, Quirk-Orford) 32:21 – Darge 4 – 4 4 – 5 33:47 – Taylor (Bales, Day)
	8 min	Penalties	13 min
	27	Shots	22

1 September 2012 19:00

Sydney Ice Dogs

2–6 (0–3, 1–2, 1–1)

Melbourne Ice

Hunter Ice Skating Stadium

Game reference
	Gabriel Robledo	Goalies	Stuart Denman	Referee: Rick West Linesmen: Darren Lampard Greg Madsen
	0 – 1 0:14 – Armstrong (J. Hughes, Baclig) 0 – 2 2:56 – J. Hughes (Armstrong, Baclig) 0 – 3 4:06 – Baclig (Wilson, Powell) 0 – 4 16:20 – Powell (Webster) (PP) 18:50 – White 1 – 4 1 – 5 25:40 – Korthuis (J. Hughes) 38:13 – Tesarik (Monaghan) 2 – 5 2 – 6 39:29 – Baclig (Armstrong, Graham)
	26 min	Penalties	10 min
	27	Shots	27

Final

2 September 2012 16:00

Melbourne Ice

4–3 (1–2, 2–0, 1–1)

Newcastle North Stars

Hunter Ice Skating Stadium Attendance: 1000

Game reference
	Stuart Denman	Goalies	Olivier Martin	Referee: Jeff Scott Linesmen: Cory Ross Matthew Taylor
	0 – 1 3:01 – Day (Lawrance) 0 – 2 12:59 – Quirk-Orford (Lawrance, Bales) 13:16 – Armstrong 1 – 2 20:00 – Webster 2 – 2 29:09 – Baclig (Sturrock) 3 – 2 Webster (Korthuis) 4 – 2 4 – 3 39:16 – Day (Boyer) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	25	Shots	32

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• The Australian Ice Hockey League