2007 AIHL season

2007 AIHL season
LeagueAustralian Ice Hockey League
SportIce hockey
Duration14 April 2007 – 2 September 2007
Regular season
V.I.P. CupAdelaide Avalanche (4th title)
Season MVPTommy Powell (Ice)
Top scorerBrad Wanchulak (69 points)
(North Stars)
Goodall Cup
ChampionsThe Bears
  Runners-upNewcastle North Stars
Finals MVPPekka Kankaanranta (The Bears)
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The 2007 AIHL season was the eighth season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). It ran from 14 April 2007 until 26 August 2007, with the Goodall Cup finals following on 1 and 2 September 2007. The Adelaide Avalanche won the V.I.P. Cup after finishing the regular season first in the league standings. The Bears won the Goodall Cup for the second time by defeating the Newcastle North Stars in the final.

Regular season

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The regular season began on 14 April 2007 and ran through to 26 August 2007 before the top four teams advanced to compete in the Goodall Cup playoff series.[1]

Standings

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Team GP W SOW SOL L GF GA GDF PTS
Adelaide Avalanche 28 17 1 3 7 124 99 +25 56
Melbourne Ice 28 14 4 3 7 111 84 +27 53
Newcastle North Stars 28 13 5 4 6 117 96 +21 53
The Bears 28 14 4 2 7 113 87 +26 49 [a]
Brisbane Blue Tongues 28 15 0 4 8 126 111 +15 46 [a]
Western Sydney Ice Dogs 28 10 7 1 9 113 99 +14 42 [a]
Canberra Knights 28 6 0 2 20 87 132 -45 20
Central Coast Rhinos 28 2 0 2 24 80 163 -83 8
Qualified for the Goodall Cup playoffs V.I.P. Cup winners

Notes:

  1. ^ a b c The Bears, Western Sydney Ice Dogs and Brisbane Blue Tongues were each penalised 3 competition points. The three teams all iced players that had not been officially cleared to play by the IIHF and IHA.

Source

Statistics

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Scoring leaders

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List shows the ten top skaters sorted by points, then goals. Current as of 2 September 2007[2]

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM POS
Brad Wanchulak Newcastle North Stars 23 31 38 69 26 F
Matt Amado Brisbane Blue Tongues 20 39 23 62 56 F
Tomas Landa The Bears 25 20 42 62 49 F
Greg Oddy Adelaide Avalanche 20 24 19 43 109 F
Ryan Remillard Adelaide Avalanche 23 22 20 42 24 F
Vladimir Rubes The Bears 24 15 26 41 34 F
Håkan Olsson Central Coast Rhinos 22 11 27 38 28 C
Brian Ballman Adelaide Avalanche 21 17 20 37 40 LW
Robert Starke Newcastle North Stars 26 7 28 35 67 D
Thomas Powell Melbourne Ice 23 16 18 34 4 F

Leading goaltenders

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Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage with a minimum 40% of the team's ice time. Current as of 2 September 2007[3]

Player Team MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Matthew Ezzy Newcastle North Stars 992 674 69 3.48 0.898 3
Lanny Ramage Western Sydney Ice Dogs 681 431 46 3.38 0.893 0
Pekka Kankaanranta The Bears 1103 584 69 3.13 0.882 2
Olivier Martin Adelaide Avalanche 994 594 70 3.52 0.882 1
Stuart Denman Melbourne Ice 1039 536 66 3.18 0.877 1

Notes

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  • The Newcastle North Stars vs Canberra Knights game scheduled for 10 June was postponed by six weeks, due to power cuts caused by wild storms.
  • The Adelaide Avalanche set an impressive record on 1 July against West Sydney, scoring four goals (all even-strength) in just thirty-four seconds; the comparable record in the NHL is eighty seconds, and is over sixty years old.
  • The inaugural MVP award was presented to Tommy Powell of the Melbourne Ice. While Powell ranked only tenth amongst scorers (23 games, 16 goals, 18 assists), he dominated Melbourne's attack during the first half of the season, when they were at their most successful.

Goodall Cup playoffs

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The 2007 playoffs was scheduled for 1 September with the Goodall Cup final held on 2 September 2007.[1] Following the end of the regular season the top four teams advanced to the playoff series which was held at the Penrith Ice Palace in Penrith, 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 The Bears (2nd title) who defeated the Newcastle North Stars 3–2 in overtime after the two teams finished regulation time locked at 2–2. Bear's goaltender, Pekka Kankaanranta, was named the finals most valuable player (MVP).[4]

All times are UTC+10:00

Semi-finals

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1 September 2007
16:00		The Bears4–1
(2–0, 0–0, 2–1)		Adelaide AvalanchePenrith Ice Palace
Game reference
Pekka KankaanrantaGoaliesOlivier MartinReferee:
Rob Duchemin
Linesmen:
Tim Bell
Gordon Young
Schlamp (Lovering, Rubes)1 – 0
Jayawardene (unassisted)2 – 0
2 – 1Ballman (SH) (Ryan Remillard)
Jayawardene (PP) (unassisted)3 – 1
Rubes (Schlamp)4 – 1
26 minPenalties37 min
25Shots29
1 September 2007
19:00		Newcastle North Stars6–3
(2–0, 2–1, 2–2)		Melbourne IcePenrith Ice Palace
Game reference
Matthew EzzyGoaliesStuart DenmanReferee:
David Ast
Linesmen:
Ivan Manco
Tomas Zavisky
Corcoran (Wanchulak, Starke)1 – 0
Corcoran (SH) (Wanchulak, Starke)2 – 0
Corcoran (Smith, Hawkins)3 – 0
Corcoran (SH) (Wanchulak, Ezzy)4 – 0
4 – 1Webster (PP) (Abrams, Matus)
Wanchulak (PP) (Corcoran, McKenna)5 – 1
5 – 2V.Hughes (Hardy, Street)
Corcoran (PP) (McKenna, Hawkins)6 – 2
6 – 3Webster (unassisted)
10 minPenalties33 min
23Shots32

Final

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2 September 2007
16:00		The Bears3–2 (OT)
(0–0, 1–0, 1–2, 1–0)		Newcastle North StarsPenrith Ice Palace
Game reference
Pekka KankaanrantaGoaliesMatthew EzzyReferee:
David Ast
Linesmen:
Ivan Manco
Tomas Zavisky
Rubes (Schlamp)1 – 0
Jayawardene (Sonter, Nelson-Bond)2 – 0
2 – 1Wanchulak (Starke, Smith)
2 – 2Corcoran (PP) (Starke, Wanchulak)
Pasminka (PP) (Rubes, Schlamp)3 – 2
14 minPenalties16 min
27Shots17

References

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  1. ^ a b "2007 AIHL Schedule". theaihl.com. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  2. ^ "2007 AIHL season: League leading players". theaihl.com. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  3. ^ "2007 AIHL season: League leading goalies". theaihl.com. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  4. ^ "2007 AIHL Grand Final Boxscore". theaihl.com. 2 September 2007. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
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