2022 AIHL season

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2022 AIHL season
League Australian Ice Hockey League
Sport Ice hockey
Duration 30 April 2022 – 28 August 2022
Regular season
H Newman Reid Trophy CBR Brave
(3rd title)
Season MVP Casey Kubara
(CBR Brave)
Top scorer Casey Kubara (52 points)
(CBR Brave)
Goodall Cup
Goodall Cup champions CBR Brave
(2nd title)
  Runners-up Newcastle Northstars
Goodall Cup MVP Joey Hughes
(CBR Brave)
AIHL seasons
← 2021
2023 →

The 2022 AIHL season is the delayed 21st season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL), following the cancellation of the 2020 and 2021 seasons. The season will consist of 60 regular season games and is scheduled to run from 30 April to 28 August 2022, with the Goodall Cup finals, consisting of 2 semi-finals, a preliminary final and a grand final, following the regular season on 2–4 September 2022. The CBR Brave won the double and claimed the H Newman Reid Trophy for a third time and Goodall Cup for a second time in 2022 by finishing top of the regular season standings and winning the AIHL grand final. The Newcastle Northstars were runner's up to both titles and the Sydney Ice Dogs claimed the wooden spoon.

Exhibition games

The Brisbane Lightning, Central Coast Rhinos and Perth Thunder all announced in pre-season that they would be perusing to play exhibition games during the AIHL 2022 regular season. In total 29 exhibition games were scheduled in 2022, consisting of pre-season warm-ups, games with new teams and games with the Thunder during the regular season. Most games were announced with the release of the revised AIHL 2022 season schedule on 8 April 2022, however, the first exhibition series between the Sydney Bears and Newcastle Northstars was made public on 17 March 2022 and consisted of two pre-season match ups at Hunter Ice Skating Stadium in Newcastle and Macquarie Ice Rink in North Sydney. The team breakup of exhibition games for 2022 see the Lightning scheduled for 16 games, Bears 9 games, Rhinos 8 games, Northstars 6 games, Thunder, Mustangs and Ice Dogs 4 games, Ice 3 games and Brave 2 games. On 24 July 2022, the exhibition game between the Brisbane Lightning and Sydney Bears held as Iceworld Boondall in Brisbane was abandoned near the end of the second period follow an ugly high sticking incident. Subsequently, the AIHL Player Safety Committee concluded its investigation into the incident that led to the abandoned game and made the following ruling. The Brisbane Lightning player involved was suspended for 2+5 AIHL games (7 in total) and suspended from all Ice Hockey Australia national events until the suspension is completed in 2023. The Sydney Bears organisation was fined $3,500 for intentionally forfeiting the game.

Regular season

Fixtures

The 2022 regular season of 60 games, is scheduled to run from 30 April 2022 through to 28 August 2022, with each team playing 20 games. The top four teams qualify and advance to compete in the Goodall Cup finals weekend. The original schedule for 2022, consisting of 112 games had to be amended following the withdrawal of the Adrenaline and Thunder from the 2022 season, resulting in a reduction in the total number regular season games.

April

April fixtures
Date Time Away Score Home Location Recap
30 APR 17:00 CBR Brave 10–3 Melbourne Ice O’Brien Icehouse [1]
30 APR 17:30 Melbourne Mustangs 4–7 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium [2]

May

May fixtures
Date Time Away Score Home Location Recap
1 MAY 14:00 CBR Brave 6–4 Melbourne Ice O’Brien Icehouse [3]
1 MAY 16:30 Melbourne Mustangs 9–4 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink [4]
7 MAY 17:00 Newcastle Northstars 3–1 Melbourne Mustangs O’Brien Icehouse [5]
7 MAY 17:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 5–9 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [6]
8 MAY 14:00 Newcastle Northstars 9–2 Melbourne Ice O’Brien Icehouse [7]
8 MAY 16:30 CBR Brave 14–1 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink [8]
14 MAY 17:30 Sydney Bears 1–7 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium [9]
14 MAY 17:30 Melbourne Ice 1–9 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [10]
15 MAY 17:00 Melbourne Ice 3–7 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [11]
20 MAY 19:30 Melbourne Mustangs 7–2 Melbourne Ice O’Brien Icehouse [12]
21 MAY 16:30 Newcastle Northstars 8–2 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink [13]
21 MAY 17:00 Sydney Bears 7–4 Melbourne Mustangs O’Brien Icehouse [14]
22 MAY 14:00 Sydney Bears 2–5 Melbourne Ice O’Brien Icehouse [15]
22 MAY 16:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 4–5 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium [16]
28 MAY 16:30 Melbourne Ice 0–4 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink [17]
29 MAY 16:30 Melbourne Ice 1–6 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink [18]
29 MAY 17:00 Sydney Bears 8–7 (SO) CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [19]

June

June fixtures
Date Time Away Score Home Location Recap
3 JUN 19:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 2–12 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink [20]
4 JUN 16:30 CBR Brave 7–3 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink [21]
4 JUN 17:00 Melbourne Mustangs 6–4 Melbourne Ice O’Brien Icehouse [22]
5 JUN 16:30 CBR Brave 4–5 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink [23]
11 JUN 16:30 Melbourne Ice 5–4 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink [24]
11 JUN 17:30 Melbourne Mustangs 3–6 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium [25]
11 JUN 17:30 Sydney Bears 4–11 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [26]
12 JUN 15:30 Melbourne Ice 2–8 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium [27]
12 JUN 16:30 Melbourne Mustangs 3–6 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink [28]
17 JUN 19:30 Melbourne Ice 0–4 Melbourne Mustangs O’Brien Icehouse [29]
18 JUN 16:30 Sydney Bears 3–2 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink [30]
18 JUN 16:30 CBR Brave 6–1 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium [31]
19 JUN 16:00 CBR Brave 2–3 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium [32]
25 JUN 17:00 Sydney Bears 6–3 Melbourne Ice O’Brien Icehouse [33]
26 JUN 14:00 Sydney Bears 4–3 Melbourne Mustangs O’Brien Icehouse [34]

July

July fixtures
Date Time Away Score Home Location Recap
2 JUL 16:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 3–10 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink [35]
2 JUL 17:00 CBR Brave Cancelled Melbourne Mustangs O’Brien Icehouse [36]
2 JUL 17:30 Melbourne Ice 3–9 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium [37]
3 JUL 14:00 CBR Brave Cancelled Melbourne Mustangs O’Brien Icehouse [38]
3 JUL 16:30 Melbourne Ice 2–7 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink [39]
9 JUL 16:30 Newcastle Northstars 6–3 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink [40]
10 JUL 16:30 CBR Brave 9–1 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink [41]
16 JUL 17:30 Sydney Bears 4–7 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium [42]
16 JUL 17:30 Melbourne Mustangs 4–9 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [43]
17 JUL 17:00 Melbourne Mustangs 4–6 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [44]
23 JUL 17:00 Melbourne Ice 4–3 (OT) Melbourne Mustangs O’Brien Icehouse [45]
23 JUL 17:30 Newcastle Northstars 3–9 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [46]
24 JUL 17:00 Newcastle Northstars 2–8 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [47]
30 JUL 17:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 4–8 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium [48]

August

August fixtures
Date Time Away Score Home Location Recap
6 AUG 16:30 Newcastle Northstars 8–5 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink [49]
6 AUG 17:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 5–3 Melbourne Ice O’Brien Icehouse [50]
7 AUG 14:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 4–6 Melbourne Mustangs O’Brien Icehouse [51]
13 AUG 16:30 Melbourne Mustangs 3–2 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink [52]
13 AUG 17:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 1–8 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [53]
14 AUG 16:30 Melbourne Mustangs 9–6 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink [54]
19 AUG 19:30 Sydney Bears 12–1 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink [55]
20 AUG 17:00 Newcastle Northstars 2–3 (OT) Melbourne Ice O’Brien Icehouse [56]
21 AUG 14:00 Newcastle Northstars 7–4 Melbourne Mustangs O’Brien Icehouse [57]
27 AUG 16:30 Newcastle Northstars 3–4 (OT) Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink [58]
27 AUG 17:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 2–12 Melbourne Mustangs O’Brien Icehouse [59]
28 AUG 14:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 2–4 Melbourne Ice O’Brien Icehouse [60]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
1 CBR Brave 18 15 0 1 2 141 56 +85 49
2 Newcastle Northstars 20 15 0 2 3 112 74 +38 47
3 Sydney Bears 20 10 2 0 8 105 93 +12 34
4 Melbourne Mustangs 18 8 0 1 9 89 83 +6 28
5 Melbourne Ice 20 3 2 0 15 54 116 −62 13
6 Sydney Ice Dogs 20 3 0 0 17 66 145 −79 9

Goodall Cup playoffs

The 2022 finals weekend will see the implementation of the new finals format, announced by AIHL in March 2022, for the first time. It is scheduled to begin on Friday 2 September with the major and minor semi-finals. On Saturday 3 September, the first ever AIHL preliminary final will take place, while the Goodall Cup final will be held on Sunday 4 September. Following the end of the regular season the top four teams advance to the finals weekend, which is to be held at O’Brien Icehouse in Docklands, Melbourne. This will be the ninth time the Icehouse has hosted the AIHL Finals. The series involves single game match-ups at all stages. The top two teams from the AIHL regular season play-off in the major semi-final for an automatic spot in the Goodall Cup final. The teams who finished third and fourth in the regular season play-off in an elimination game in the minor semi-final. The winner of the minor semi-final advances to the preliminary final to play the loser of the major semi-final. The winner of the preliminary final progresses to the Goodall Cup final and the loser is eliminated. The winner of the grand final is named AIHL Champion and lifts the historic Goodall Cup.

The Brave, Northstars, Bears and Mustangs qualified for the 2022 finals weekend. The Mustangs were the first team eliminated with the Brave progressing straight from the semi-finals to the Goodall Cup Final. The Northstars defeated the Bears with a golden goal in overtime in the first ever preliminary final to reach the Goodall Cup Final. The Brave won the grand final, defeating the Northstars, to lift the Goodall Cup for the second time in the team's history. Joey Hughes was named Finals MVP after the grand final. Hughes continued to extend his record as the most decorated player in AIHL history, winning his seventh Goodall Cup.

Semi-finals

2 September 2022
17:00 		Sydney Bears 7–3
(2–3, 2–0, 3–0) 		Melbourne Mustangs O’Brien Icehouse
2 September 2022
20:30 		CBR Brave 6–1
(1–1, 2–0, 3–0) 		Newcastle Northstars O’Brien Icehouse

Preliminary final

3 September 2022
17:00 		Newcastle Northstars 4–3 (OT)
(2–2, 0–0, 1–1, 1–0) 		Sydney Bears O’Brien Icehouse

Final

4 September 2022
14:00 		CBR Brave 3–2
(2–0, 0–1, 1–1) 		Newcastle Northstars O’Brien Icehouse

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