Gold Coast Blue Tongues

The Bartercard Gold Coast Blue Tongues, formerly known as the Brisbane Blue Tongues are a semi-professional ice hockey team in the Australian Ice Hockey League. The team plays its home games at the Iceland in Brisbane,Queensland.
The name Blue Tongues is a reference to the blue-tongued lizard which is found in large numbers in the Brisbane suburbs. The lizard is featured in the team's logo.
The Blue Tongues, along with the Central Coast Rhinos, were part of the AIHL's expansion for the 2005 season.
On June 6, 2006, the Blue Tongues announced that former NHL forward Rob Zamuner would join the team for at least the remainder of the 2006 season. Zamuner is a veteran of 13 NHL seasons and has played for such teams as the Boston Bruins and Tampa Bay Lightning.
At the start of the 2007 season the Blue Tongues signed former New York Islanders draft pick Tyrone Garner to replace leaving veteran goaltender Milan Novysedlak. Garner made his NHL debut in the 1998/99 season, playing 3 games for the Calgary Flames. In the time since Garner has played in the AHL, ECHL and in Germany.
In 2008, the Blue Tongues announced their relocation from the Ice World in Boondall, Queensland to Bundall, Queensland, for sponsorship reasons and to bring the players closer together, due to many of the import players already living on the Gold Coast.
From April 1, 2008, Bartercard came on board as the naming sponsor for the Blue Tongues.
==Team Information==
===Management===
Position 	Name
General Manager	David Emblem
Head Coach 	Kevin Sands
Assistant Coach	Milan Novysedlak
Team Manager 	Brad Cassidy
Captain 	Don Burke
===Current squad===
Goaltenders	Goaltenders	Goaltenders 	Goaltenders	Goaltenders	Goaltenders
Number 	 	Player 	Catches 	Acquired 	Place of Birth
 	 	Luke Fiveash 	 	2009 	Australia
 	 	Mark Paulsen 	 	2009 	Finland
 	 	Milan Novysedlak	 	2005 	Slovakia
Defensemen	Defensemen	Defensemen 	Defensemen	Defensemen	Defensemen 	Defensemen
Number 	 	Player 	Shoots 	Acquired 	Place of Birth	
27 	 	Ross Howell - Captain	Left 	2005 	Australia 	
44 	 	Don Burke 	Left 	2005 	Canada 	
 	 	Chris Martin 	 	2007 	Canada 	
 	 	Cameron Trew 	 	2008 	New Zealand 	
 	 	Henrik Ivarsson 	 	2009 	Sweden 	
Forwards	Forwards	Forwards 	Forwards	Forwards	Forwards	Forwards
Number 	 	Player 	Shoots 	Position	Acquired	Place of Birth
 	 	Andre Selander	Left 	Wing 	2009 	Sweden
 	 	Tino Sandhu 	Left 	Wing 	2009 	Finland
 	 	Trevor Walsh 	 	Wing 	2009 	Canada
 	 	Jon Bale 	 	Wing 	2006 	Australia
 	 	Matt Stubbert 	 	Wing 	2009 	Canada
 	 	Ben Maher 	 	 	2006 	Australia
 	 	Jack Conner 	 	 	2008 	Australia
 	 	Marco Bertossa	 	 	2008 	Switzerland
55 	 	Ben Spillane 	Right 	LW 	2007 	Australia
88 	 	David Upton 	Right 	RW 	2005 	Australia
==Media coverage==
===Television===
During the 2007 AIHL season Brisbane Blue Tongues home games were broadcast on the Brisbane community television station 31 Brisbane (UHF Channel 31). 
During the 2008 AIHL season, the Gold Coast Blue Tongues games were broadcast live over the internet and also on the Brisbane community television station 31 Brisbane (UHF Channel 31). 
All the games were filmed by Blue Tongues supporter Mike Crowhurst from Cunning Crow Productions and commentated by Blue Tongues Team Assistant Adrian Barclay.
In 2009 there are no broadcast games.
==Club history==
===Season by Season Record===
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTW = Overtime Win, OTL = Overtime losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes, also note some games count as double points
Season	GP	W 	L 	T 	OTW	OTL	Pts	GF 	GA 	PIM	Finish 	Playoffs
2005 	26	8 	13	1 	4 	0 	33 	104	104	760	7th Overall 	Out of Playoffs
2006 	28	10	17	--	1 	0 	32 	117	114	675	6th Overall 	Out of Playoffs
2007 	28	15	9 	--	0 	4 	461	107	101	631	5th Overall 	Out of Playoffs
2008 	28	8 	17	--	0 	3 	27 	104	152	977	7th Overall 	Out of Playoffs
2009 	12	7 	4 	--	0 	2 	23 	63 	46 	350	Season In Progress	Season In Progress
1 - The AIHL imposed the loss of 3 competition points to the Blue Tongues as a result of the playing unregistered player Jani Pekkarinen.
===Previous Players===
Number 		Player 	Position	Years Played	Place of Birth
11/55 		Billy Crumm 	RW 	2005 - 2006 	United States
14 		Mark Barnsdale 	C 	2005 - 2006 	Canada
21 		Jean Philippe Briere	C 	2005 - 2006 	Canada
27 		Samuel Gibbons 	D 	2005 - 2006 	Canada
21 		Jean Philippe Briere	C 	2005 - 2006 	Canada
22 		Chris Staneke 	LW 	2005 - 2006 	Australia
24 		Rob Avey 	D 	2005 - 2006 	Canada
2/11/55		Rob Zamuner 	LW 	2006 	Oakville, Ontario, Canada
5 		Blake Naka 	D 	2006 	Canada
8 		Veli-Pekka Koskinen 	D 	2006 	Finland
9 		Jesse Moore 	LW 	2006 	Canada
23 		Chris Quinn 	D 	2006 	Canada
23 		Liam Cedro 	RW 	2006 	Australia
66 		Rob Vos 	C 	2006 	Canada
30 		Simo Mustonen 	G 	2008 	Australia
1 		Brenton Cooney 	G 	2005-2008 	Australia
14 		Rob Avey 	D 	2005 - 2008 	Canada
# 		Chris Kerr 	D 	2008 	Canada
# 		Bryan Lechance 	F/D 	2008 	Canada
# 		Reg Thomas 	D 	2008 	Canada
# 		Jordan Ross 	F 	2008 	Canada
# 		Kristian Sullivan 	F 	2008 	Australia
# 		Eric Sewell 	F 	2008 	Australia
# 		Gaetan Royer 	C 	2008 	Canada
# 		Robert Orosz 	F 	2008 	Czechoslovakia
# 		Paul Rayner 	F 	2007 - 2008 	Australia
# 		Nick Jones 	F 	2007 	Australia
# 		Matt Lehoczky 	F 	2008 	Australia
# 		Mark Smith 	F 	2006 - 2007 	Australia
# 		Chris Bell 	F 	2005 - 2008 	Australia
# 		Michael Blackwell 	F 	2008 	Australia
# 		Michael Gough 	D / F 	2005 - 2007 	Australia
==External links==
*Bartercard Gold Coast Blue Tongues Official Site
*Lizard Insider - Bartercard Gold Coast Blue Tongues Supporters Club
*Hockeypulse - Australian Ice Hockey News and Discussion Forums
*Australian Ice Hockey League
*Ice Hockey Australia
*Blue Tongues game highlights
Category:Australian Ice Hockey League team
Category:Australian ice hockey teams
Category:Established in 2005