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2005 AIHL season

FieldValue
title2005 AIHL season
leagueAustralian Ice Hockey League
sportIce hockey
colorblack
color_textwhite
duration16 April 2005 – 4 September 2005
seasonRegular season
season_champ_nameV.I.P. Cup
season_champsAdelaide Avalanche (3rd title)
top_scorerFrancis Walker (54 points)
(North Stars)
finalsGoodall Cup
finals_linkGoodall Cup
finals_champNewcastle North Stars
finals_runner-upAdelaide Avalanche
nextseason_year2006
prevseason_year2004
seasonslistnamesAIHL

(North Stars) | finals_runner-up = Adelaide Avalanche

The 2005 AIHL season was the sixth season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). It ran from 16 April 2005 until 28 August 2005, with the Goodall Cup finals following on 3 and 4 September 2005. The Adelaide Avalanche won the V.I.P. Cup after finishing the regular season first in the league standings. The Newcastle North Stars won the Goodall Cup for the second time by defeating the Adelaide Avalanche in the final.

Regular season

The regular season began on 16 April 2005 and ran through to 28 August 2005 before the top four teams advanced to compete in the Goodall Cup playoff series.

Standings

TeamGPWTOTWOTLLGFGAGDFPTS
Adelaide Avalanche2619102413377+5660
Newcastle North Stars2614214511377+3650
Western Sydney Ice Dogs261112210102106-440
Sydney Bears2611021129394-138
Canberra Knights26112001396102-635
Brisbane Blue Tongues26814013112112033
Melbourne Ice26902213112116-433
Central Coast Rhinos2641221769146-7719
Qualified for the Goodall Cup playoffsV.I.P. Cup winners

Source

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the ten top skaters sorted by points, then goals. Current as of 4 September 2005

PlayerTeamGPGAPtsPIMPOS
Newcastle North Stars2428265460F
Newcastle North Stars2513364965D
Adelaide Avalanche2323244750F
Canberra Knights2123234622F
Newcastle North Stars24212142160RW
Canberra Knights2610314150F
Adelaide Avalanche2316233950F
Newcastle North Stars1522223716LW
Melbourne Ice2114223632F
Newcastle North Stars269273686D

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage with a minimum 40% of the team's ice time. Current as of 4 September 2005

PlayerTeamMIPSOGGAGAASVS%SO
Newcastle North Stars1128747713.150.9252
Adelaide Avalanche777449553.540.8781
Central Coast Rhinos10848911205.540.8650
Canberra Knights1035603844.060.8610
Adelaide Avalanche425212303.530.8580

Goodall Cup playoffs

The 2005 playoffs was scheduled for 3 September with the Goodall Cup final held on 4 September 2005. Following the end of the regular season the top four teams advanced to the playoff series which was held at the Hunter Ice Skating Stadium in Newcastle, New South Wales. The series was a single game elimination with the two winning semi-finalists advancing to the Goodall Cup final. The Goodall Cup was won by Newcastle North Stars (2nd title) who defeated the Adelaide Avalanche 3–1 in the final. Newcastle's goaltender Matt Ezzy was awarded the grand final game puck post-game by coaching director Rob Barnes for his display in the final and throughout the season despite having a shoulder injury that would require surgery post-season. In a first for the league and ice hockey in Australia, the 2005 Finals was broadcast live on the internet via webcam with live instant text play-by-play provided by Peter Lambert. Over 110,000 hits were registered over the Finals weekend with supports watching from as far away as North America.

| RD1-team1=Sydney Bears | RD1-score1=3 | RD1-team2=Adelaide Avalanche | RD1-score2=6 | RD1-team3=Western Sydney Ice Dogs | RD1-score3=2 | RD1-team4=Newcastle North Stars | RD1-score4=5 | RD2-team1=Newcastle North Stars | RD2-score1=3 | RD2-team2=Adelaide Avalanche | RD2-score2=1

All times are UTC+10:00

Semi-finals

1 – 1 2 – 1 2 – 2 2 – 3 2 – 4 3 – 4 3 – 5 3 – 6 Jayawardene (Di Piazza, Petr)
Stransky (Nelson-Bond, Kinateder) Keane (Delsar, Martini) Oddy (PP) (Corcoran, Lien) Thilthorpe (Oddy, McKenna) Corcoran (SH)(Oddy) Oddy (Walsh) 1 – 1 1 – 2 2 – 2 2 – 3 2 – 4 2 – 5 Gailloux (unassisted) Ogilvie (Sheffield, Walker) Sheffield (LaJeunesse, Starke) Nichols (PP) (Starke, Landry) Walker (Nichols, Starke)

Final

1 – 1 2 – 1 3 – 1 Ogilvie (Sheffield, Nichols) Landry (Walker, Starke)

References

References

  1. "2005 AIHL Schedule". theaihl.com.
  2. "2005 AIHL season: League leading players". theaihl.com.
  3. "2006 AIHL season: League leading goalies". theaihl.com.
  4. Krein, Michael. (17 June 2014). "AIHL ALMANAC 2014". Lulu.
  5. Lambert, Peter. "Newcastle North Stars 2005 AIHL Champions!". Ice Hockey Australia.
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