2013–14 AJIHL season

2013–14 AJIHL season
League Australian Junior Ice Hockey League
Sport Ice hockey
Duration 5 October 2013 – 9 March 2014
Number of games 15
Number of teams 6
Regular season
Premiers Sydney Sabres
Top scorer Casey Kubara
AJIHL Champions Trophy
Champions Sydney Sabres
  Runners-up Melbourne Whalers

The 2013–14 AJIHL season is the second season of the Australian Junior Ice Hockey League. It ran from 5 October 2013 until 1 March 2014, with the finals running from 8 March 2014 until 9 March 2014. The AJIHL is the highest Australian national junior ice hockey competition.

League business

On August 22, 2013 it was announced that the Melbourne Red Wings would change their name to the Melbourne Glaciers and the Melbourne Blackhawks would be renamed the Melbourne Whalers, which avoided the close resemblance with the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks of the NHL after the NHL had concerns over breaches of copyright and this allowed the team to develop its own brand identity.[1]

In September 2013 the Sydney Maple Leafs and Sydney Lightning would follow suit with the Melbourne teams and also rename and rebrand their teams to the Sydney Wolf Pack and Sydney Sabres[2][3]

In October 2013, two additional teams were added to the AJIHL from Perth, Western Australia. The new teams would be called the Perth Pelicans and the Perth Sharks. The season increased from 14 games to 15 games per season.[4] Tryouts for the Perth teams began 2 September 2014[5]

Regular season

The regular season began on 5 October 2013 and ran through to 1 March 2014 before the teams competed in the playoff series.[6]

October

Game Date Time Away Score Home Location Attendance Recap
1 5 October 2013 18:30 Sydney Wolf Pack 1 – 2 Sydney Sabres Canterbury -
2 6 October 2013 18:00 Sydney Sabres 3 – 4 (SO) Sydney Wolf Pack Canterbury -
3 21 October 2013 19:45 Perth Pelicans 4 – 6 Perth Sharks Mirrabooka -
4 26 October 2013 18:15 Melbourne Glaciers 1 – 3 Melbourne Whalers Melbourne -
5 27 October 2013 8:00 Perth Sharks 6 – 5 (SO) Perth Pelicans Perth -
6 27 October 2013 18:15 Melbourne Whalers 1 – 4 Melbourne Glaciers Melbourne -

November

Game Date Time Away Score Home Location Attendance Recap
7 2 November 2013 19:00 Sydney Wolf Pack 4 – 3 Sydney Sabres Penrith -
8 3 November 2013 17:00 Sydney Sabres 8 – 3 Sydney Wolf Pack Penrith -
9 9 November 2013 17:00 Sydney Sabres 4 – 0 Melbourne Glaciers Melbourne -
10 9 November 2013 19:00 Sydney Wolf Pack 3 – 1 Melbourne Whalers Melbourne -
11 10 November 2013 08:00 Perth Sharks 3 – 2 Perth Pelicans Perth -
12 10 November 2013 13:15 Sydney Sabres 5 – 1 Melbourne Whalers Melbourne -
13 10 November 2013 15:00 Sydney Wolf Pack 0 – 2 Melbourne Glaciers Melbourne -
14 16 November 2013 19:30 Melbourne Glaciers 0 – 3 Melbourne Whalers Melbourne -
15 23 November 2013 17:00 Melbourne Whalers 1 – 4 Melbourne Glaciers Melbourne -
16 24 November 2013 15:45 Melbourne Glaciers 5 – 4 Melbourne Whalers Melbourne -

December

Game Date Time Away Score Home Location Attendance Recap
17 1 December 2013 08:00 Perth Pelicans 2 – 1 Perth Sharks Perth -
18 2 December 2013 19:45 Perth Sharks 2 – 8 Perth Pelicans Mirrabooka -
19 7 December 2013 16:30 Melbourne Whalers 5 – 1 Perth Sharks Mirrabooka -
20 7 December 2013 18:15 Melbourne Glaciers 2 – 1 (SO) Perth Pelicans Mirrabooka -
21 7 December 2013 19:30 Sydney Sabres 5 – 4 Sydney Wolf Pack Penrith -
22 8 December 2013 17:15 Melbourne Whalers 5 – 2 Perth Pelicans Perth -
23 8 December 2013 08:55 Melbourne Glaciers 1 – 2 Perth Sharks Perth -
24 8 December 2013 17:00 Sydney Wolf Pack 2 – 3 (SO) Sydney Sabres Penrith -
25 14 December 2013 17:00 Perth Pelicans 2 – 9 Sydney Sabres Penrith -
26 14 December 2013 19:30 Perth Sharks 1 – 5 Melbourne Whalers Melbourne -
27 15 December 2013 08:00 Perth Pelicans 1 – 5 Sydney Wolf Pack Penrith -
28 15 December 2013 15:45 Perth Sharks 3 – 4 Melbourne Glaciers Melbourne -

February

Game Date Time Away Score Home Location Attendance Recap
29 1 February 2014 16:30 Sydney Wolf Pack 2 – 8 Perth Pelicans Mirrabooka -
30 1 February 2014 18:15 Sydney Sabres 6 – 2 Perth Sharks Mirrabooka -
31 2 February 2014 07:15 Sydney Wolf Pack 5 – 2 Perth Sharks Perth -
32 2 February 2014 08:55 Sydney Sabres 5 – 1 Perth Pelicans Perth -
33 8 February 2014 17:00 Melbourne Glaciers 1 – 2 Sydney Wolf Pack Penrith -
34 8 February 2014 18:45 Melbourne Whalers 0 – 2 Sydney Sabres Penrith -
35 8 February 2014 17:45 Perth Sharks 2 – 4 Perth Pelicans Mirrabooka -
36 9 February 2014 08:30 Melbourne Glaciers 4 – 2 Sydney Sabres Penrith -
37 9 February 2014 17:00 Melbourne Whalers 2 – 1 Sydney Wolf Pack Penrith -
38 9 February 2014 17:45 Perth Pelicans 4 – 2 Perth Sharks Mirrabooka -
39 15 February 2014 18:15 Melbourne Whalers 3 – 1 Melbourne Glaciers Melbourne -
40 15 February 2014 17:45 Perth Pelicans 7 – 2 Perth Sharks Mirrabooka -
41 15 February 2014 18:15 Melbourne Glaciers 0 – 2 Melbourne Whalers Melbourne -
42 22 February 2014 17:00 Sydney Sabres 4 – 7 Sydney Wolf Pack Penrith -
43 22 February 2014 17:00 Melbourne Glaciers 3 – 5 Melbourne Whalers Melbourne -
44 22 February 2014 17:30 Perth Sharks 4 – 7 Perth Pelicans Mirrabooka -

March

Game Date Time Away Score Home Location Attendance Recap
45 1 March 2014 17:00 Sydney Wolf Pack 2 – 4 Sydney Sabres Penrith -

Standings

At the end of the regular season, the league standings were as follows:[7]

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GDF PTS
Sydney Sabres 15 10 0 0 3 65 37 +28 33
Melbourne Whalers 15 9 0 0 6 41 33 +11 27
Perth Pelicans 15 7 0 0 6 58 56 -2 23
Sydney Wolf Pack 15 6 0 0 7 45 49 –4 21
Melbourne Glaciers 15 6 0 0 8 32 36 -4 20
Perth Sharks 15 3 0 0 11 39 69 –30 11

Source

Player Statistics

Scoring Leaders

The following players led the league in regular season points.[8]

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Australia Kubara, CaseyCasey Kubara Sydney Sabres 15 27 17 44 +38 4
Australia Cameron, ToddTodd Cameron Sydney Sabres 11 11 22 33 +29 18
Australia McKenzie, AustinAustin McKenzie Melbourne Whalers 15 17 6 23 +13 4
Australia Webster, KierenKieren Webster Perth Pelicans 15 9 11 20 +17 4
Australia Sheard, HaydenHayden Sheard Sydney Sabres 15 14 5 19 +15 16
Australia Stephenson, AlecAlec Stephenson Sydney Wolf Pack 15 8 9 17 +12 26
Australia Cunliff, ZaneZane Cunliff Perth Pelicans 15 10 5 15 +13 18
Australia Hodic, SamSam Hodic Melbourne Glaciers 15 10 6 16 +13 8
Australia Tobin, ShaunShaun Tobin Perth Sharks 15 10 6 16 +13 4
Australia Hall, LiamLiam Hall Perth Pelicans 11 9 6 15 +14 4

Playoffs

Final

9 March 2014
15:45
Sydney Sabres 4 – 3
(0-2, 3-0, 1-1)
Melbourne Whalers Medibank Icehouse

References

  1. Macdougall, Andrew (22 August 2013). "New look for Melbourne and the AJIHL". On the Fly Hockey. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  2. "Formerly the Sydney Maple Leafs". Sydney Wolf Pack. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  3. "Coaches Welcome the Sydney Sabres". Sydney Sabres. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  4. "AJIHL National Junior League Kicks Off in Perth". Ice Hockey WA. 21 October 2013. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  5. "AJIHL Update". Ice Hockey WA. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  6. "AJIHL National Junior League Kicks Off in Perth". Pointstreak. 9 March 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  7. "AUS - IHA Standings". Pointstreak. 9 March 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  8. "Scoring Leaders". Pointstreak.

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