2003 AIHL season
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The 2002 AIHL season is the 4th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League
(AIHL).
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Australian Ice Hockey League
The Australian Ice Hockey League is Australia's top-level ice hockey league. It is sanctioned by Ice Hockey Australia and is run by its own Board of Directors....
(AIHL).
Regular season
| Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle Northstars | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 17 | 30 | 12 |
| Adelaide Avalanche Adelaide Avalanche The Adelaide Adrenaline are a semi-professional ice hockey team based in Thebarton, South Australia that play in the Australian Ice Hockey League .-History:... 1 |
7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 16 | 27 | 14 |
| West Sydney Ice Dogs1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 24 | 8 | 8 |
| Melbourne Ice Melbourne Ice The Melbourne Ice are a semi-professional ice hockey team in the Australian Ice Hockey League. The team plays its home games at the National Ice Sports Centre in Melbourne, which was completed in 2010. It formerly played at the Olympic Ice Skating Centre in Oakleigh South, a suburb of Monash... |
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 32 | –12 | 4 |
| Sydney Bears Sydney Bears The Sydney Bears are a semi-professional ice hockey team based in Penrith, New South Wales, who are members of the Australian Ice Hockey League . They have won two Goodall Cup championships since their founding in 2000, most recently in 2007. The Bears are one of the original three teams that... |
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 34 | –11 | 2 |
| Canberra Knights Canberra Knights The Canberra Knights are a semi-professional ice hockey team in the Australian Ice Hockey League. The team plays its home games at the Phillip Swimming & Ice Skating Centre in Phillip, a suburb of Australia's capital city, Canberra.... |
8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 64 | –48 | 0 |
- 1 Both teams played a double points game, won by Adelaide, which resulted their games played being recorded as seven.
Playoffs
The playoffs were held at Sydney's Glaciarium. Newcastle defeated the West Sydney 4–1 in the final to win their first championship and the Goodall CupGoodall Cup
The Goodall Cup is the championship trophy of the Australian Ice Hockey League ice hockey in Australia. The Goodall Cup has been contested as the national senior men's ice hockey trophy in Australia since 1909, making it the fifth oldest known ice hockey trophy still being awarded, after the...
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Scoring leaders
List shows the ten top skaters sorted by points, then goals.| Player | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pavel Shtefan | Newcastle North Stars Newcastle North Stars The Newcastle North Stars are a semi-professional ice hockey team in the Australian Ice Hockey League. The team plays its home games at the Hunter Ice Skating Stadium in Warners Bay, a suburb of Lake Macquarie located about 15 kilometres south-west of Newcastle, New South Wales.The North Stars... |
6 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 2 | |
| Daryl Bat | Newcastle North Stars Newcastle North Stars The Newcastle North Stars are a semi-professional ice hockey team in the Australian Ice Hockey League. The team plays its home games at the Hunter Ice Skating Stadium in Warners Bay, a suburb of Lake Macquarie located about 15 kilometres south-west of Newcastle, New South Wales.The North Stars... |
6 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 8 | |
| Greg Oddy Greg Oddy Greg Oddy is an Australian ice hockey player currently playing for the Adelaide Adrenaline in the Australian Ice Hockey League.-Playing career:... |
Adelaide Avalanche Adelaide Avalanche The Adelaide Adrenaline are a semi-professional ice hockey team based in Thebarton, South Australia that play in the Australian Ice Hockey League .-History:... |
6 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 10 | F Forward (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a forward is a player position on the ice whose primary responsibility is to score goals. Generally, the forwards try to stay in three different lanes, also known as thirds, of the ice going from goal to goal. It is not mandatory however, to stay in a lane. Staying in a lane aids in... |
| Jake Ludvig | Newcastle North Stars Newcastle North Stars The Newcastle North Stars are a semi-professional ice hockey team in the Australian Ice Hockey League. The team plays its home games at the Hunter Ice Skating Stadium in Warners Bay, a suburb of Lake Macquarie located about 15 kilometres south-west of Newcastle, New South Wales.The North Stars... |
6 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 2 | |
| Vladimir Rubes Vladimir Rubes Vladimir Rubes is an Australian ice hockey player and coach. He is currently plays for and coaches the Sydney Bears of the Australian Ice Hockey League and is the current head coach of the Australian men's national ice hockey team.... |
Sydney Bears Sydney Bears The Sydney Bears are a semi-professional ice hockey team based in Penrith, New South Wales, who are members of the Australian Ice Hockey League . They have won two Goodall Cup championships since their founding in 2000, most recently in 2007. The Bears are one of the original three teams that... |
4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 0 | F Forward (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a forward is a player position on the ice whose primary responsibility is to score goals. Generally, the forwards try to stay in three different lanes, also known as thirds, of the ice going from goal to goal. It is not mandatory however, to stay in a lane. Staying in a lane aids in... |
| Chris Sekura | West Sydney Ice Dogs | 6 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 31 | F Forward (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a forward is a player position on the ice whose primary responsibility is to score goals. Generally, the forwards try to stay in three different lanes, also known as thirds, of the ice going from goal to goal. It is not mandatory however, to stay in a lane. Staying in a lane aids in... |
| Dylan Martini | Adelaide Avalanche Adelaide Avalanche The Adelaide Adrenaline are a semi-professional ice hockey team based in Thebarton, South Australia that play in the Australian Ice Hockey League .-History:... |
6 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 12 | D Defenceman (ice hockey) Defence in ice hockey is a player position whose primary responsibility is to prevent the opposing team from scoring... |
| Phillipe Roussell | West Sydney Ice Dogs | 6 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 22 | F Forward (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a forward is a player position on the ice whose primary responsibility is to score goals. Generally, the forwards try to stay in three different lanes, also known as thirds, of the ice going from goal to goal. It is not mandatory however, to stay in a lane. Staying in a lane aids in... |
| Murray Wand | Sydney Bears Sydney Bears The Sydney Bears are a semi-professional ice hockey team based in Penrith, New South Wales, who are members of the Australian Ice Hockey League . They have won two Goodall Cup championships since their founding in 2000, most recently in 2007. The Bears are one of the original three teams that... |
6 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | F Forward (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a forward is a player position on the ice whose primary responsibility is to score goals. Generally, the forwards try to stay in three different lanes, also known as thirds, of the ice going from goal to goal. It is not mandatory however, to stay in a lane. Staying in a lane aids in... |
| Trevor Walsh | Adelaide Avalanche Adelaide Avalanche The Adelaide Adrenaline are a semi-professional ice hockey team based in Thebarton, South Australia that play in the Australian Ice Hockey League .-History:... |
5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 31 | F Forward (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a forward is a player position on the ice whose primary responsibility is to score goals. Generally, the forwards try to stay in three different lanes, also known as thirds, of the ice going from goal to goal. It is not mandatory however, to stay in a lane. Staying in a lane aids in... |
Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage.| Player | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Benedictson | Adelaide Avalanche Adelaide Avalanche The Adelaide Adrenaline are a semi-professional ice hockey team based in Thebarton, South Australia that play in the Australian Ice Hockey League .-History:... |
135:00 | 70 | 6 | 2.00 | 91.43 | 0 |
| Eric Lein | Adelaide Avalanche Adelaide Avalanche The Adelaide Adrenaline are a semi-professional ice hockey team based in Thebarton, South Australia that play in the Australian Ice Hockey League .-History:... |
135:00 | 70 | 7 | 2.33 | 90.00 | 0 |
| Trevor Battaglia | Newcastle North Stars Newcastle North Stars The Newcastle North Stars are a semi-professional ice hockey team in the Australian Ice Hockey League. The team plays its home games at the Hunter Ice Skating Stadium in Warners Bay, a suburb of Lake Macquarie located about 15 kilometres south-west of Newcastle, New South Wales.The North Stars... |
270:00 | 166 | 17 | 2.83 | 89.76 | 0 |
| Alan Becken | West Sydney Ice Dogs | 224:10 | 132 | 16 | 3.21 | 87.88 | 1 |
| Stuart Denman Stuart Denman (ice hockey) Stuart Denman is an Australian ice hockey player currently playing for the Melbourne Ice in the Australian Ice Hockey League.-Playing career:... |
Melbourne Ice Melbourne Ice The Melbourne Ice are a semi-professional ice hockey team in the Australian Ice Hockey League. The team plays its home games at the National Ice Sports Centre in Melbourne, which was completed in 2010. It formerly played at the Olympic Ice Skating Centre in Oakleigh South, a suburb of Monash... |
135:00 | 89 | 15 | 5.00 | 83.15 | 0 |