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{{Infobox International Ice Hockey Competition
| tourney_name   = Trans-Tasman Champions League
| year           = 2012
| image          = 
| size           = 
| caption        = 
| country        = Australia
| dates          = 7 – 8 July 2012
| num_teams      = 4
| winners_other  = [[Melbourne Ice]]
| count          = 1
| games          = 4
| goals          = 50
| attendance     = 
| scoring_leader = Jeremy Boyer
| points         = 10
| mvp            = 
| prevseason     =
| nextseason     = [[2013 Trans-Tasman Champions League|2013]]
}}

The '''2012 [[Trans-Tasman Champions League]]''' was the inaugural tournament between the [[Australian Ice Hockey League]] and the [[New Zealand Ice Hockey League]] played on July 7 and 8, 2012. It was held at the [[Medibank Icehouse]] in [[Melbourne, Victoria, Australia|Melbourne]]. Each league fielded their best two teams from the 2011 season, and in a single field game round robin, played against the teams of the other league. The [[Southern Stampede]] finished fourth after losing both games and finishing with a minus 18 goal differential, [[Botany Swarm]] finished third after losing both games but finishing with a goal differential of minus six, and the [[Newcastle North Stars]] finished second after winning both games and finishing with a plus 11 goal differential. The [[Melbourne Ice]] finished in first place with a 2-0 record and a +13 goal differential.

==Background==
The Trans-Tasman Champions League was first announced in August 2011 by the [[Australian Ice Hockey League]] and the [[New Zealand Ice Hockey League]]. The 2012 Trans-Tasman Champions League was held on 7 and 8 July at the [[Medibank Icehouse]] in [[Melbourne, Victoria]], Australia. The tournament consisted of four teams, two from each of the represented leagues. The Australian Ice Hockey League was represented by the [[Melbourne Ice]], the [[2011 AIHL season|2011 regular season]] and [[Goodall Cup]] winner, and the [[Newcastle North Stars]], the runner-up of the 2011 Goodall Cup. The New Zealand Ice Hockey League was represented by the [[Botany Swarm]], the 2011 regular season and Birgel Cup winner, and the [[Southern Stampede]], the runner-up of the 2011 Birgel Cup.<ref name="AIHL 2012TTCL">{{cite web | url=http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/custom_page.cfm?clientid=3856&leagueid=11464&pageid=12694 | title=Australia vs New Zealand in all new Ice Hockey Showdown | publisher=[[Australian Ice Hockey League]] | date= | accessdate=2012-07-15 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/69AJTssvh |archivedate=2012-07-15 |deadurl=no}}</ref> Teams played two games during the tournament with both games being played against the opposing league teams.<ref name="AIHL 2012TTCL"/> Prior to the start of the tournament it was announced that the City of Melbourne had signed as the official sponsors for the tournament.<ref name="CITYOFMELBOURNE">{{cite web | url=http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/newsletter.cfm?clientid=3856&leagueid=11464&page=62464 | title=City of Melbourne - Official TTCL Supporter | publisher=[[Australian Ice Hockey League]] | date=2012-06-07 | accessdate=2012-07-15 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/69ATeUzI3 |archivedate=2012-07-15 |deadurl=no}}</ref> The Melbourne Ice won the tournament after winning both of their games and finishing with the best goal difference in the tournament.<ref name="AIHL ICEWIN">{{cite web | url=http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/newsletter.cfm?clientid=3856&leagueid=11464&page=62506 | title=Melbourne Ice win innaugural Trans Tasman Champions League | publisher=[[Australian Ice Hockey League]] | date=2012-07-08 | accessdate=2012-07-15 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/69AJlwvRv |archivedate=2012-07-15 |deadurl=no}}</ref> Newcastle finished second after winning both of their games against the New Zealand teams but fell short of first place based on goal difference. Both New Zealand teams failed to win either of their games however the Botany Swarm finished ahead of the Southern Stampede with a better goal difference.<ref name="STANDINGS">{{cite web | url=http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/standingsTotals.cfm?leagueID=11464&clientID=3856 | title=Standings | publisher=[[Australian Ice Hockey League]] | date= | accessdate=2012-07-15 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref>

==Standings==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=40|{{Tooltip|Rk|Ranking}}
!width=165|Team
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|W|Wins}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|OTW|Overtime wins}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|OTL|Overtime losses}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|L|Losses}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GDF|Goal difference}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|PTS|Points}}
|-style="background:#ffd700;"
|1 ||style="text-align:left;"| [[Melbourne Ice]] || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 20 || 7 || +13 || '''6'''
|-
|2 ||style="text-align:left;"| [[Newcastle North Stars]] || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 17 || 6 || +11 || '''6'''
|-
|3 ||style="text-align:left;"| [[Botany Swarm]] || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 8 || 14 || –6 || '''0'''
|-
|4 ||style="text-align:left;"| [[Southern Stampede]] || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 5 || 23 || –18 || '''0'''
|}

==Fixtures==
<small>All times local.</small>
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| time        = 16:00
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| score       = 2 – 12
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| date        = 7 July 2012
| time        = 19:30
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| score       = 3 – 6
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| date        = 8 July 2012
| time        = 16:00
| team1       = [[Southern Stampede]]
| team2       = [[Newcastle North Stars]]
| score       = 3 – 11
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| date        = 8 July 2012
| time        = 19:30
| team1       = [[Botany Swarm]]
| team2       = [[Melbourne Ice]]
| score       = 5 – 8
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==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Wikipedia}}
[[Category:2012 in ice hockey|Trans-Tasman Champions League]]