# 2014 CBR Brave season

The 2014 CBR Brave season was the Brave's 1st season in the Australian Ice Hockey League since being founded in pre-season before the 2014 AIHL season. The season ran from 12 April 2014 to 30 August 2014 for the Brave. CBR finished third in their inaugural regular season behind the Melbourne Mustangs and Melbourne Ice. The Brave qualified for the AIHL Finals in Melbourne and played in semi-final two. Canberra were defeated by the Melbourne Ice, 1–6 in their semi-final match and were knocked out of the finals weekend, ending their season.

## News

The CBR Brave was established in March 2014 following the collapse of the Canberra Knights in late February. The Brave appointed former player Matti Luoma as their inaugural head coach. The team filled their playing roster quickly with a mix of local and international players. The first visa player to join the team was Finnish goaltender Petri Pitkänen. The Brave filled their visa quota with the signings of Anton Kokkonen, Stephen Blunden and Mathieu Ouellett.
12 April 2014, The Brave played their maiden AIHL match at home in front of around 1,000 fans against the Newcastle North Stars. The visiting North Stars won the match 2–0. The Brave won their second match to record their first victory. The defeated the defending champions, the Sydney Ice Dogs, with a dominant third period display.
In July, one home match at Phillip had to be cancelled due to the travelling Adelaide Adrenaline team suffering a bus crash. A number of the Adelaide players were taken to hospital as a precaution but no one was seriously injured. The match was originally postponed but the league commission eventually cancelled the fixture and gave both teams one competition point each.
In August the Brave finished the regular season third in the table, qualifying for the AIHL finals weekend in Melbourne. It was the first time since the AIHL was founded in 2000 that a Canberra-based team had qualified for finals.

## Roster

Team roster for the 2014 AIHL season
2014 AIHL CBR Brave Roster :
| # | Name | Pos | S/G | Age | Acquired | Birthplace |
| 44 | David Bell | D | | 20 | 2014 | Cairns, Queensland, Australia |
| 8 | Stephen Blunden | LW | L | 26 | 2014 | Gloucester, Ontario, Canada |
| 18 | Harrison Byers | C | R | 22 | 2014 | Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| 17 | James Byers | D | R | 21 | 2014 | Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia |
| 6 | Aaron Clayworth | D | R | 30 | 2014 | Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
| 7 | Darren Cope | F | R | 30–31 | 2014 | Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia |
| 35 | Nickolas Eckhardt | G | L | 25 | 2014 | Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia |
| 19 | Jordan Gavin | F | R | 32–33 | 2014 | Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia |
| 27 | Mike Giorgi | D | L | 27 | 2014 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| 25 | Jeff Harvey | F | | 21 | 2014 | Okotoks, Alberta, Canada |
| 65 | Matthew Harvey | D | R | 29 | 2014 | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| 3 | Ryan Johnson | F | R | 40–41 | 2014 | Amesbury, Massachusetts, United States |
| 20 | Brad Hunt | G | L | 45 | 2014 | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
| 56 | Anton Kokkonen | C | L | 26 | 2014 | Turku, Finland |
| 10 | Matt Lehoczky | F | R | 38 | 2014 | Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia |
| 77 | Tom Letki | F | R | 26 | 2014 | Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia |
| 11 | David Lewis | F | L | 37 | 2014 | Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia |
| 21 | Matti Luoma | RW | R | 35 | 2014 | Helsinki, Finland |
| 14 | Christopher McPhail | D | L | 24 | 2014 | Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia |
| 64 | Kai Miettinen | F | L | 19 | 2014 | Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia |
| 5 | Mathieu Ouellette | LW | L | 26 | 2014 | Clarence Creek, Ontario, Canada |
| 54 | Petri Pitkänen | G | L | 23–24 | 2014 | Jyväskylä, Finland |
| 66 | Shai Rabinowitz | F | R | 27 | 2014 | Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia |
| 32 | Alain Riesen | F | L | 24–25 | 2014 | Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia |
| 12 | Mark Rummukainen | D | R | 33 | 2014 | Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia |
| 88 | Darren Taylor | D | | | 2014 | Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia |
| 91 | Peter Taylor | F | R | 27 | 2014 | Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia |
| 13 | Derek Walker | F | | 21 | 2014 | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |

## Transfers

All the player transfers in and out by the CBR Brave for the 2014 AIHL season.

### In

| Pos | Player | Transferred From | Local / Import |
| D | David Bell | Canberra Knights | Local |
| W | Stephen Blunden | University of Ottawa | Import |
| C | Harrison Byers | Canberra Knights | Local |
| D | James Byers | Canberra Knights | Local |
| D | Aaron Clayworth | No team | Local |
| F | Darren Cope | No team | Local |
| G | Nickolas Eckhardt | Canberra Knights | Local |
| F | Jordan Gavin | Canberra Knights | Local |
| D | Mike Giorgi | No team | Import |
| F | Jeff Harvey | University of Victoria | Local |
| D | Matthew Harvey | Okotoks Drillers | Local |
| F | Ryan Johnson | No team | Local |
| G | Brad Hunt | Canberra Knights | Local |
| C | Anton Kokkonen | TuTo | Import |
| F | Matt Lehoczky | No team | Local |
| F | Tom Letki | Canberra Knights | Local |
| F | David Lewis | Canberra Knights | Local |
| W | Matti Luoma | Canberra Knights | Local |
| D | Christopher McPhail | No team | Local |
| F | Kai Miettinen | Canberra Knights | Local |
| W | Mathieu Ouellette | University of Ottawa | Import |
| G | Petri Pitkänen | KeuPa HT | Import |
| F | Shai Rabinowitz | Newcastle North Stars | Local |
| F | Alain Riesen | Canberra Knights | Local |
| D | Mark Rummukainen | Canberra Knights | Local |
| D | Darren Taylor | No team | Local |
| F | Peter Taylor | Canberra Knights | Local |
| F | Derek Walker | St. James Canucks | Import |
| F | Corey Wilkie | St. James Canucks | Import |
| G | Stuart Woodall | Canberra Knights | Local |

### Out

* N/A - first season

## Staff

Staff Roster for 2014 AIHL season

## Standings
### Regular season

Summary
| Season | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Season | P | W | L | OW | OL | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Finish | P | W | L | OW | OL | GF | GA | GD | P | W | L | OW | OL | GF | GA | GD |
| 2014 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 106 | 89 | +17 | 49 | 3rd | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 37 | +8 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 61 | 52 | +9 |
Position by round
| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| Position | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
League table
| Team | GP | W | OTW | T | OTL | L | GF | GA | GDF | PTS |
| Melbourne Mustangs | 28 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 108 | 88 | +20 | 54 |
| Melbourne Ice | 28 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 104 | 88 | +16 | 51 |
| CBR Brave | 28 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 106 | 89 | +17 | 49 |
| Sydney Ice Dogs | 28 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 116 | 97 | +19 | 47 |
| Adelaide Adrenaline | 28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 94 | 90 | +4 | 43 |
| Newcastle North Stars | 28 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 87 | 106 | −19 | 35 |
| Perth Thunder | 28 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 94 | 94 | 0 | 33 |
| Sydney Bears | 28 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 68 | 125 | −57 | 22 |
| Qualified for the Goodall Cup playoffs | H Newman Reid Trophy winners |
Source

### Finals

Summary
| Season | Finals weekend | Finals weekend | Finals weekend | Finals weekend | Finals weekend | Finals weekend | Finals weekend | Finals weekend |
| Season | P | W | L | GF | GA | Result | Semi-final | Goodall Cup final |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Semi-finalists | Lost 1-6 (Ice) |
Bracket
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Melbourne Mustangs | 6 | | | |
| 4 | Sydney Ice Dogs | 4 | | | |
| 4 | Sydney Ice Dogs | 4 | Melbourne Mustangs | Melbourne Mustangs | 6 |
| | | | Melbourne Ice | Melbourne Ice | 1 |
| 3 | CBR Brave | 1 | Melbourne Ice | Melbourne Ice | 1 |
| 2 | Melbourne Ice | 6 | | | |

## Schedule & results
### Regular season

Results per match day
| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| Arena | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A |
| Result | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | T | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | W |
2014 fixtures and results :
| Date | Time | Away | Score | Home | Location |
| 12 April | 17:30 | Newcastle North Stars | 2–0 | CBR Brave | Canberra |
| 26 April | 17:30 | Sydney Ice Dogs | 2–6 | CBR Brave | Canberra |
| 10 May | 17:30 | Adelaide Adrenaline | 5–2 | CBR Brave | Canberra |
| 11 May | 17:00 | CBR Brave | 4–2 | Newcastle North Stars | Newcastle |
| 17 May | 17:30 | Perth Thunder | 1–5 | CBR Brave | Canberra |
| 18 May | 17:00 | Perth Thunder | 4 – 5 (SO) | CBR Brave | Canberra |
| 24 May | 17:00 | CBR Brave | 5–2 | Newcastle North Stars | Newcastle |
| 31 May | 17:30 | Melbourne Ice | 2 – 1 (SO) | CBR Brave | Canberra |
| 1 June | 17:00 | Melbourne Ice | 2–4 | CBR Brave | Canberra |
| 7 June | 17:30 | Sydney Bears | 1–4 | CBR Brave | Canberra |
| 14 June | 17:30 | Sydney Bears | 6–8 | CBR Brave | Canberra |
| 15 June | 17:00 | CBR Brave | 3–6 | Sydney Ice Dogs | Liverpool |
| 21 June | 17:00 | CBR Brave | 2 – 3 (SO) | Melbourne Ice | Melbourne |
| 22 June | 16:00 | CBR Brave | 6 – 5 (SO) | Melbourne Ice | Melbourne |
| 28 June | 17:30 | Sydney Ice Dogs | 4–1 | CBR Brave | Canberra |
| 5 July | 17:00 | CBR Brave | 7–4 | Melbourne Mustangs | Melbourne |
| 6 July | 16:00 | CBR Brave | 3–4 | Melbourne Mustangs | Melbourne |
| 12 July | 17:00 | CBR Brave | 4–5 | Sydney Ice Dogs | Liverpool |
| 19 July | 17:30 | Adelaide Adrenaline | Cancelled | CBR Brave | Canberra |
| 26 July | 16:30 | CBR Brave | 3–1 | Perth Thunder | Perth |
| 27 July | 16:30 | CBR Brave | 5–3 | Perth Thunder | Perth |
| 2 August | 17:30 | Newcastle North Stars | 2–3 | CBR Brave | Canberra |
| 3 August | 15:30 | CBR Brave | 12–4 | Sydney Bears | Baulkham Hills |
| 9 August | 17:30 | Melbourne Mustangs | 4–2 | CBR Brave | Canberra |
| 10 August | 17:00 | Melbourne Mustangs | 2–4 | CBR Brave | Canberra |
| 16 August | 16:30 | CBR Brave | 2–5 | Adelaide Adrenaline | Adelaide |
| 17 August | 15:30 | CBR Brave | 2–6 | Adelaide Adrenaline | Adelaide |
| 23 August | 18:00 | CBR Brave | 3–2 | Sydney Bears | Baulkham Hills |

### Finals

Goodall Cup semi-final

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular season :
| Player | Pos | M | G | A | P | PIM |
| David Bell | D | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Blunden | F | 24 | 36 | 32 | 68 | 59 |
| Harrison Byers | F | 21 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 111 |
| James Byers | D | 26 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 |
| Aaron Clayworth | D | 27 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 30 |
| Darren Cope | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Gavin | F | 19 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 26 |
| Mike Giorgi | D | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Jeff Harvey | F | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Matthew Harvey | D | 27 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 30 |
| Ryan Johnson | F | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 70 |
| Anton Kokkonen | F | 25 | 17 | 42 | 59 | 18 |
| Matt Lehoczky | F | 20 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| Tom Letki | F | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| David Lewis | F | 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Matti Luoma | F | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Christopher McPhail | D | 26 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Kai Miettinen | F | 27 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| Mathieu Ouellette | F | 22 | 17 | 40 | 57 | 16 |
| Shai Rabinowitz | F | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Alain Riesen | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Rummukainen | D | 26 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 43 |
| Darren Taylor | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Taylor | F | 20 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Derek Walker | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Corey Wilkie | F | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
Finals :
| Player | Pos | M | G | A | P | PIM |
| David Bell | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Blunden | F | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Harrison Byers | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| James Byers | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blake Cameron | F | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Clayworth | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Cope | F | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Gavin | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Giorgi | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Harvey | F | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Harvey | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Ryan Johnson | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anton Kokkonen | F | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Matt Lehoczky | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Letki | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Lewis | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matti Luoma | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christopher McPhail | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kai Miettinen | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mathieu Ouellette | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Shai Rabinowitz | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alain Riesen | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Rummukainen | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Taylor | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Taylor | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Walker | F | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Wilkie | F | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Regular season :
| Player | Pos | M | SO | MP | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | G | A | PIM |
| Brad Hunt | G | 4 | 0 | 100 | 13 | 7.83 | 67 | 54 | 0.806 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Petri Pitkänen | G | 25 | 0 | 1227 | 72 | 3.52 | 764 | 692 | 0.906 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Stuart Woodall | G | 1 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 0.846 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Finals :
| Player | Pos | M | SO | MP | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | G | A | PIM |
| Brad Hunt | G | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Petri Pitkänen | G | 1 | 0 | 50 | 6 | 7.20 | 40 | 34 | 0.850 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stuart Woodall | G | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

## Awards

2014 Brave awards :
| Team awards for 2014 season 2014 Brave awards AwardRecipient Bravest of the Brave Petri Pitkanen Best Forward Stephen Blunden Best Defenceman Matt Harvey Fans Choice Anton Kokkonen Player's Choice Aaron Clayworth Coach's Award Aaron Clayworth Emerging Brave Kai Miettinen John Lewis Memorial Award Mark Rummukainen | AIHL awards for 2014 season 2014 AIHL awards AwardRecipient Goaltender of the year Petri Pitkanen |