Sydney Wolf Pack

Sydney Wolf Pack
2015–16 AJIHL season
City Sydney, New South Wales
League Australian Junior Ice Hockey League
Founded 18 September 2012
Home arena Penrith Ice Palace
Colours          
Owner(s) New South Wales Ice Hockey Association
General manager Australia Paul Kelly
Australia John Lavery
Head coach Australia Amelia Matheson
Australia Michelle Cox
Franchise history
2012–2013 Sydney Maple Leafs
2013–present Sydney Wolf Pack
Championships
Regular season titles 0
AJIHL Championships 2 (2013), (2015)

The Sydney Wolf Pack are an Australian junior ice hockey team based in Sydney, New South Wales playing in the Australian Junior Ice Hockey League. They represent one of the two junior ice hockey teams from Victoria currently playing in the AJIHL, which is the most elite level for ice hockey at a national level for ages between 16-20 years old.

Team history

AJIHL

The Sydney Maple Leafs were founded September 18 2012 following the announcement by Ice Hockey Australia of the formation of the Australian Junior Ice Hockey League.[1] The team is controlled by the New South Wales Ice Hockey Association.[1] On 14 October 2012 it was announced that Sydney Bears player Steven Adams and Paul Kelly had signed on as coaches for the 2012–13 AJIHL season.[2]

The first team in club history: For the 2012–13 AJIHL season[2][3]

# Nat Name Pos Date of Birth Acquired Birthplace
19 Australia Saxon Air F 25 March 1995 2012 Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia
17 Canada Spencer Austin D 5 March 1992 2012 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
18 Australia Nolan Barlow F 16 September 1994 2012
6 Australia Adrian Braun F 3 June 1994 2012
20 Australia Dylan Burgess G 8 March 1994 2012
1 Australia Jake Burgess G 26 June 1994 2012
13 United Kingdom Scott Clemie F 16 December 1994 2012 Scunthorpe, England, United Kingdom
9 Australia Sam Cook D 26 July 1993 2012 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
12 Australia Dexter Crowe F 3 June 1996 2012 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
25 Australia Jonathan Hughes G 7 June 1995 2012
5 Australia Chris Johnson F 2012
11 Australia James Keating F 2 March 1992 2012
16 Australia Kubara, TylerTyler Kubara F 28 November 1994 2012 Wombarra, New South Wales, Australia
15 Australia Samuel Lammert F 26 July 1994 2012 Gosford, New South Wales, Australia
3 Australia Ilman Lee D 3 March 1994 2012
7 Australia Riley Major D 9 January 1996 2012
2 Australia Kieran Poole F 20 February 1996 2012
8 Australia Cameron Rose D 28 January 1994 2012
10 Australia Jayden Ryan F 21 October 1992 2012

AJIHL expansion

The follow up season in the Australian Junior Ice Hockey League saw a lot of change via expansion and renaming of its existing teams. The Sydney Maple Leafs were renamed the Sydney Wolf Pack in September 2013.[4][5] The changes were made in response to the National Hockey Leagues concern about the AJIHL using their team names and logos but also recognised the opportunity to create a new history for the teams through creating their own identity.In October 2013 the league expanded to six teams with two teams from Perth, the Sharks and the Pelicans, joining for the start of the 2013–14 season.[6]

Logo and uniform

2012-2013 Sydney Maple Leafs

Sydney Maple Leafs used this logo between 2012-2013

In their first year, and the inaugural AJIHL season, the Sydney Maple Leafs wore a uniform that resembled the NHL namesake Toronto Maple Leafs. The key difference with the logo design was the exclusion of the word Toronto within the leaf emblem. The jersey design and uniform otherwise bore close resemblance to the Toronto Maple Leaf design, with the AJIHL logo used for shoulder crests.[7]

2013-present Sydney Wolf Pack

Sydney Wolf Pack uniform 1 March 2015

Season by season results

2012 - 2013

In the inaugural season of the Australian Junior Ice Hockey League, the Sydney Wolf Pack began as the Sydney Maple Leafs. The beginning of the regular season saw the team not winning a game with the closest contest being an overtime loss to the Sydney Lightning. The Sydney Maple Leafs would record their first win as a club on 8 December 2012 against the Sydney Lightning in a 2-1 victory. Both goals scored in this historic win were scored by forward Dexter Crowe in the 2nd period about 5 minutes apart.[8]

After starting off without a win, the Sydney Maple Leafs would go on to win 4 out of their last 6 games, one of which was in overtime.

In the post season finals, the Sydney Maple Leafs would continue their improved from by defeating the Sydney Lightning by a convincing 7-2 scoreline in the semi-finals. The finals series would be against the Melbourne Red Wings in a best of 3 format. The Sydney Maple Leafs won the series 2-1 after winning the final game of the series 1-0 from a first period goal by forward Scott Clemie.[9]

Season GP W OTW SOW OTL SOL L PTS GF GA Finish
2012–13 14 4 0 0 2 0 8 24 34 52 3rd
Finals GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Finish
2013 Finals 4 3 1 0 1 24 9 AJIHL Champions

2013 - 2014

The follow up season in the Australian Junior Ice Hockey League saw a lot of change via expansion and renaming of its existing teams. The Sydney Maple Leafs were renamed the Sydney Wolf Pack in September 2013.[4][5] The changes were made in response to the National Hockey Leagues concern about the AJIHL using their team names and logos but also recognised the opportunity to create a new history for the teams through creating their own identity.In October 2013 the league expanded to six teams with two teams from Perth, the Sharks and the Pelicans, joining for the start of the 2013–14 season.[6] The finals format of a best of 3 was discontinued and the league adopted a gold-silver-bronze format which saw the 4th place Sydney Wolf Pack miss out on post season competition.

Season GP W OTW SOW OTL SOL L PTS GF GA Finish
2013–14 15 6 0 1 0 1 7 21 45 49 4th
Finals GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Finish
2014 Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Did not play

2014 - 2015

Season GP W OTW SOW OTL SOL L PTS GF GA Finish
2014–15 15 7 0 2 0 0 8 24 30 34 4th
Finals GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Finish
2015 Finals 2 2 1 0 0 8 7 AJIHL Champions

Players

Current roster

For the 2015–16 AJIHL season[10]

# Nat Name Pos Date of Birth Acquired
4 Australia Bayley Kubara D 12 September 1998 2014
13 Australia Jackson Knight D 5 October 1996 2014
8 Australia Charles Frazer D 22 August 1995 2013
17 Australia Brendan Kong F 14 April 1994 2014
10 Australia Patrick Nadin F 21 August 1995 2013
16 Australia Nick Air F 13 March 1998 2014
37 Australia Jake Knott F 21 June 1996 2013
77 Australia Morgan Leck D 27 May 1998 2014
15 Australia Danny Blazevic D 2015
14 Australia Alex Elias D 2015
7 Australia Harry Good F 2015
6 Australia Dylan Lavery F 2015
12 Australia Ben Pullen D 2015
18 Australia Marcus Richter F 2015
11 Australia Tom Roberts D 2015
5 Australia Luke Zvonicek F 30 August 1996 2015
30 Australia Jonathan Hughes G 7 June 1995 2014

Captains

Head Coaches

The first Head Coach for the Sydney Maple Leafs in the inaugural year for the AJIHL was Steven Adams.[11]

Awards and trophies

Sydney Wolf Pack AJIHL Championship Team 1 March 2015.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Hewitt, Andrew (2012-09-20). "AJIHL Teams Announced". Hewitt Sports Network. Archived from the original on 2012-09-22. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
  2. 1 2 Hewitt, Andrew (2012-10-14). "AJIHL rosters finalised". Hewitt Sports Network. Archived from the original on 2012-10-20. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
  3. ↑ "Sydney Maple Leafs". Pointstreak Sports Technologies. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
  4. 1 2 "Formerly the Sydney Maple Leafs". Sydney Wolf Pack. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  5. 1 2 "Coaches Welcome the Sydney Sabres". Sydney Sabres. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  6. 1 2 "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.
  7. ↑ Hewitt, Andrew. "Maple Leafs Break Through As Lightning Crack". Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "Official Game Sheet". Pointstreak Sports Technologies. 2012-08-12. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
  9. ↑ "Official Game Sheet". Pointstreak Sports Technologies. 2013-03-10. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
  10. ↑ Hewitt, Andrew (2012-10-14). "AJIHL rosters finalised". Hewitt Sports Network. Archived from the original on 2012-10-20. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
  11. ↑ Hewitt, Andrew. "AJIHL Rosters Finalised". Retrieved 17 September 2015.
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