2015 AIHL season

The 2015 AIHL season was the 16th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). It ran from 25 April 2015 until 23 August 2015, with the Goodall Cup finals following on 29 and 30 August. The Newcastle North Stars won both the H Newman Reid Trophy for finishing first in the regular season, and the Goodall Cup after defeating the Melbourne Ice in the final.
==League business==
The Gold Coast Blue Tongues licence expired two years after they were suspended from the AIHL due to their inability to organise a new ice rink. In response the league has started making enquiries in Brisbane to gauge interest in placing a team back in the city. The Central Coast Rhinos who played in the AIHL between 2005 and 2008 applied to re-enter the league at the 2014 Annual General Meeting. Their application however was rejected for undisclosed reasons. The Sydney Bears announced that they were moving from the Sydney Ice Arena to the Penrith Ice Palace. The Bears previously played at the Ice Palace from 2007 to 2011 before relocating to the Ice Arena. The teams move comes after the Ice Arena's land was approved for redevelopment. In January 2015 the Sydney Ice Dogs announced a deal with DGB Media Group to produce a highlights program for their home games which will be aired on the Television Sydney station. On 4 February the Canberra Institute of Technology announced that they had signed on with the CBR Brave as a major sponsor with a deal that would include the Institutes logo on the team jerseys and their students working with the players as part of their training. The Brave also signed Anytime Fitness as a sleeve sponsor, Benchmarc Financial Group as a pants sponsor and Smoque restaurant as the club's official post match partner. In April 2015 the Sydney Ice Dogs signed Southern Cross Group Services as a new sponsor for the club. In March the league revealed new branding which included a new logo and slogan “Fast, Fierce, Full-on”. The new logo which is designed to represent the Australian Commonwealth star and a blade of an ice hockey stick was developed by Coordinate. The CBR Brave announced that they had established a junior affiliate club, known as the Junior Brave, in conjunction with Ice Hockey ACT to compete in the NSW Midget Ice Hockey League. On 17 March Hards Transport signed a deal with the Adelaide Adrenaline to become the clubs naming rights sponsor. In April the Sydney Bears signed a deal with TGI Fridays Macquarie Centre restaurant to sponsor the bar located at the Penrith Ice Palace. They also announced a partnership with apparel company Ryzer for 2015 with the company supplying the home and away uniforms. The league changed one rule for the 2015 season, adopting the hybrid icing rule to allow players to better prepare for International Ice Hockey Federation competitions and mitigate risks associated with end wall collisions.
In May watchmakers Haigh & Hastings signed a deal with the AIHL to become a sponsor for the 2015 season, expanding their activity in the league with the company already a major sponsor of the Perth Thunder. Also in May the Perth Thunder announced Ryan Laurel Resourcing, Sandalford Wines and Smartclub as a new sponsors of the club and the CBR Brave changed their official post match partner from Smoque restaurant to the Hellenic Club’s Trattoria restaurant in order to accommodate the number of fans. In June Sydney Ice Dogs head coach Anders Jespersen due to unknown reasons and was replaced by Sydney Bears player Mario Passarelli. The head coach position was then handed to Tim Flynn after Passarelli opted to play for the Ice Dogs as a skater. In July the league signed a deal with TGI Fridays Australia which saw them named as the official restaurant of the AIHL. The deal includes TGI Fridays showing the Fox AIHL Games of the Week and the Melbourne Central restaurant hosting the official after part of the 2015 playoffs. Also in July the Perth Thunder announced that Zarraffa’s Coffee and Nova 93.7 had signed on with the club as sponsors.
===Exhibition games===
The first exhibition game was held on 21 March between the Adelaide Adrenaline and an Ice Hockey South Australia A-Grade All Stars team at the Adelaide Ice Arena. The Adrenaline defeated the All Stars 5–1. In April 2015 the Perth Thunder competed in a three-game exhibition series against the New Zealand national team at the Perth Ice Arena. The three games were held as part of the New Zealand teams preparation for the 2015 IIHF World Championship Division II Group B tournament. The Thunder won the series two games to one, winning the opening two games before being beaten in the third. The Wilson Cup tournament was held for the second year in a row and again featured all three New South Wales based clubs. The number of games was increased from four to seven with a double round-robin being held before a final between the two top ranked teams. The Sydney Bears finished first in the round robin, winning three of their four games, and were drawn against the Newcastle North Stars in the final. The North Stars won the final 4–3, claiming their first Wilson Cup title. On 18 April the Melbourne Ice and Melbourne Mustangs competed in an preseason game at the Medibank Icehouse with the Mustangs winning the game 9–1.
===Personnel changes===
In September 2014 the Sydney Ice Dogs announced that Andrew Petrie had resigned as head coach. A week later the Newcastle North Stars announced that they had signed Petrie as head coach for the 2015 season. Petrie replaced Garry Doré who stepped down from the position to focus on his role as general manager. In December 2014 the Melbourne Ice announced their new committee for 2015. Bernie O'Brien was elected president, replacing Emma Poynton, former Ice goaltender Stuart Denman was elected vice president, Erin Tempest elected secretary and Virginia Fitzwater was elected treasurer. Chris Caveny, Nigel Sherwin, Shan Humphries and Alexandra McKnight were also added to the committee, while Candace Smith and Jo Luciania stepped down from their positions. The Melbourne Mustangs announced that assistant coach Mark Connolly had stepped down from his position. He was replaced by current head coach of the Melbourne Whalers and Saints-Monarchs Premier A team, Michael Flaherty. In January 2015 the Adelaide Adrenaline announced that general manager Ross Noga had resigned from his position due to time constraints following a change in career. Also in January the CBR Brave announced that they had signed former player Brad Hunt as head coach, replacing Matti Luoma who relocated to Perth, Western Australia. In March 2015 both the Sydney Ice Dogs and the Perth Thunder announced the appointment of new head coaches. The Sydney Ice Dogs signed Oman national team head coach Anders Jespersen to replace Andrew Petrie who resigned in September 2014 to join the North Stars. The Thunder promoted assistant coach Dave Kenway to the head coach position, replacing Stan Scott who returns to his general manager position. Also in March it was revealed that the Sydney Bears had hired former Sydney Ice Dogs head coach Ron Kuprowsky as an assistant to head coach Vladimir Rubes. In July the CBR Brave announced that Brad Hunt had been replaced as head coach by goaltender Josh Unice on an interim basis. The club also announced that defenceman Aaron Clayworth would join the coaching panel as an assistant.
===Player transfers===
Interclub transfers
	Player	Previous team 	New team 	
	 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Melbourne Ice 	
	 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Newcastle North Stars	
	 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	CBR Brave 	
	 	Melbourne Ice 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	
	 	Sydney Bears 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	
	 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	CBR Brave 	
	 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Newcastle North Stars	
	 	Sydney Bears 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	
	 	Melbourne Mustangs	Melbourne Ice 	
	 	Sydney Bears 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	
	 	Sydney Bears 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	
	 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Newcastle North Stars	
	 	Sydney Bears 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	
	 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Sydney Bears 	
	 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Sydney Bears 	
Retirements
	Player	Team 	New role 	
	 	Melbourne Ice 	— 	
	 	CBR Brave 	Head coach of CBR Brave 	
	 	Newcastle North Stars	Assistant coach at Newcastle North Stars	
New signings
	Player	Previous team 	New team 	
	 	Huntsville Havoc 	Melbourne Mustangs 	
	 	No team 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	
	 	Pensacola Ice Flyers 	Melbourne Mustangs 	
	 	Sydney Heat 	Sydney Bears 	
	 	Adelaide Redwings 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	
	 	Nottingham Panthers 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	
	 	Adelaide Blackhawks 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	
	 	No team 	CBR Brave 	
	 	Penrith Raptors 	Sydney Bears 	
	 	Sydney Wolf Pack 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	
	 	West Coast Lightning 	Perth Thunder 	
	 	Reach Rebels 	Sydney Bears 	
	 	Melbourne Whalers 	Melbourne Ice 	
	 	No team 	Sydney Bears 	
	 	West Auckland Admirals 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	
	 	Arizona State University 	Sydney Bears 	
	 	No team 	Perth Thunder 	
	 	No team 	Newcastle North Stars	
	 	Adelaide Tigers 	Melbourne Ice 	
	 	Mississippi Riverkings 	Perth Thunder 	
	 	CIHA Voyageurs Bantam AAA 	Sydney Bears 	
	 	No team 	Melbourne Ice 	
	 	Melbourne Whalers 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	
	 	Melbourne Glaciers 	Melbourne Ice 	
	 	Newcastle North Stars ECSL 	Sydney Bears 	
	 	Melbourne Whalers 	Melbourne Ice 	
	 	No team 	CBR Brave 	
	 	No team 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	
	 	No team 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	
	 	Fort Wayne Komets 	Perth Thunder 	
	 	Orlik Opole 	Sydney Bears 	
	 	No team 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	
	 	Adelaide Blackhawks 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	
	 	Rapid City Rush 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	
	 	Melbourne Glaciers 	Melbourne Mustangs 	
	 	Osby IK 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	
	 	Melbourne Whalers 	Melbourne Ice 	
	 	Peoria Rivermen 	Perth Thunder 	
	 	No team 	Sydney Bears 	
	 	Bakersfield Condors 	Perth Thunder 	
	 	Corsaires de Dunkerque 	Perth Thunder 	
	 	Blueline Bombers 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	
	 	Blueline Bombers 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	
	 	Okotoks Drillers 	Melbourne Ice 	
	 	HC Risuty 	Sydney Bears 	
	 	Sherbrooke Cougars 	Melbourne Ice 	
	 	Blueline Bombers 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	
	 	Melbourne Glaciers 	Melbourne Ice 	
	 	No team 	Perth Thunder 	
	 	Meaford Knights 	CBR Brave 	
	 	West Coast Lightning 	Perth Thunder 	
	 	ECSL Sting 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	
	 	No team 	CBR Brave 	
	 	Laval Prédateurs 	CBR Brave 	
	 	Melbourne Glaciers 	Melbourne Ice 	
	 	Cockburn Blackhawks 	Perth Thunder 	
	 	No team 	Melbourne Mustangs 	
	 	Penrith Raptors 	Sydney Bears 	
	 	Storhamar Dragons 	Newcastle North Stars	
	 	No team 	Melbourne Ice 	
	 	HC Rebel Havlíčkův Brod 	Sydney Bears 	
	 	No team 	CBR Brave 	
	 	No team 	Sydney Bears 	
	 	Reach Rebels 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	
	 	Adelaide Redwings 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	
	 	No team 	CBR Brave 	
	 	Braehead Clan 	CBR Brave 	
	 	West Coast Lightning 	Perth Thunder 	
	 	Melbourne Whalers 	Melbourne Mustangs 	
	 	Adelaide Falcons 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	
	 	Penrith Raptors 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	
	 	Fayetteville FireAntz 	Newcastle North Stars	
	 	Cockburn Blackhawks 	Perth Thunder 	
	 	West Coast Lightning 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	
	 	Sydney Heat 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	
	 	ECSL Sting 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	
	 	Southern Stampede 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	
	 	Melbourne Glaciers 	Melbourne Mustangs 	
	 	University of Alberta Augustana	Newcastle North Stars	
	 	No team 	CBR Brave 	
	 	HCIK 	CBR Brave 	
	 	Sheffield Steelers 	CBR Brave 	
	 	No team 	Melbourne Mustangs 	
	 	No team 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	
	 	West Coast Lightning 	Perth Thunder 	
	 	Louisiana IceGators 	Newcastle North Stars	
	 	Blueline Bombers 	Sydney Bears 	
Players lost
	Player	Previous team 	New team 	
	 	Melbourne Mustangs 	No team 	
	 	Sydney Bears 	No team 	
	 	Sydney Bears 	No team 	
	 	Melbourne Ice 	No team 	
	 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	No team 	
	 	CBR Brave 	No team 	
	 	Sydney Bears 	No team 	
	 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	No team 	
	 	CBR Brave 	No team 	
	 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	No team 	
	 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	No team 	
	 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Fayetteville FireAntz 	
	 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	No team 	
	 	CBR Brave 	No team 	
	 	Melbourne Ice 	No team 	
	 	Newcastle North Stars	No team 	
	 	Sydney Bears 	Skautafélag Akureyrar 	
	 	Perth Thunder 	Sorel-Tracy Éperviers 	
	 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Melbourne Whalers 	
	 	Perth Thunder 	Quad City Mallards 	
	 	Newcastle North Stars	No team 	
	 	Perth Thunder 	No team 	
	 	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle North Stars ECSL 	
	 	CBR Brave 	No team 	
	 	Melbourne Mustangs 	No team 	
	 	Perth Thunder 	No team 	
	 	Melbourne Ice 	No team 	
	 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	No team 	
	 	Melbourne Ice 	Hammarby Hockey 	
	 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	No team 	
	 	CBR Brave 	TuTo 	
	 	Perth Thunder 	No team 	
	 	Melbourne Mustangs 	No team 	
	 	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle North Stars ECSL 	
	 	Melbourne Ice 	Melbourne Whalers 	
	 	CBR Brave 	No team 	
	 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Piteå HC J20 	
	 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Danbury Whalers 	
	 	Sydney Bears 	No team 	
	 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	IFK Ore 	
	 	Newcastle North Stars	No team 	
	 	Sydney Bears 	Sydney Heat 	
	 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Kowloon Warriors 	
	 	CBR Brave 	No team 	
	 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	No team 	
	 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	No team 	
	 	Melbourne Mustangs 	No team 	
	 	Sydney Bears 	No team 	
	 	Perth Thunder 	HC Giants 	
	 	Sydney Bears 	Framingham State University	
	 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	IFK Österåker 	
	 	CBR Brave 	No team 	
	 	Sydney Bears 	Berkshire Battalion 	
	 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	No team 	
	 	CBR Brave 	KeuPa HT 	
	 	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle North Stars ECSL 	
	 	CBR Brave 	No team 	
	 	Perth Thunder 	HC Giants 	
	 	Melbourne Mustangs 	No team 	
	 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	No team 	
	 	Melbourne Ice 	Braehead Clan 	
	 	Melbourne Ice 	No team 	
	 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Blueline Bombers 	
	 	Sydney Bears 	Swan Lake Cougars 	
	 	Perth Thunder 	Huntsville Havoc 	
	 	Sydney Bears 	Sydney Heat 	
	 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Orlik Opole 	
	 	Melbourne Ice 	No team 	
	 	CBR Brave 	No team 	
	 	Newcastle North Stars	No team 	
	 	Perth Thunder 	College of St. Scholastica 	
	 	Perth Thunder 	Fayetteville FireAntz 	
	 	CBR Brave 	No team 	
	 	CBR Brave 	Ste. Anne Aces 	
	 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Cardiff Devils 	
	 	Sydney Bears 	No team 	
	 	Newcastle North Stars	Louisiana IceGators 	
	 	Melbourne Mustangs 	No team 	
==Regular season==
The regular season started on 25 April 2015 and ran through to 23 August 2015 before the top four teams compete in the Goodall Cup playoff series. In February 2015 it was announced that the Sydney Bears and Sydney Ice Dogs had moved some of their home games to Canberra. The Sydney Bears home game against the CBR Brave on 20 June had to be moved due to the Penrith Ice Palace being unavailable for the game. The Sydney Ice Dogs moved both their 1 and 22 August home games against the Brave to Canberra for undisclosed reasons. The Ice Dogs also moved their 23 May home game in Liverpool against the Newcastle North Stars to 14 June at the Hunter Ice Skating Stadium in Newcastle. On 23 May the Brave hosted the Adelaide Adrenaline in the inaugural beyondblue cup at the Phillip Ice Skating Centre. The regular season game was held to rais awareness for the beyondblue charity and was won by the Brave 8–2. On 20 June the Perth Thunder's regular season match against the Melbourne Mustangs was held at the Perth Arena as a pre-game event to the Canada v USA Ice Hockey Classic match. The Thunder defeated the Mustangs 4–3 in front of a crowd of 2,000. On 28 July 2015 the league fined the Sydney Ice Dogs $500 and three competition points for multiple breaches of the AIHL by-law 4. The by-law requires a team to travel with at least 15 players unless an exemption has been granted. The Ice Dogs first breached the by-law on 4 July and received a written warning and then again breached it on 25 and 26 July, attracting the monetary fine and loss of competition points. The Ice Dogs, who at the time of the fine only had two competition points, revert to zero points and can not gain any further points until they have accumulated the points they have forfeited.
The Newcastle North Stars won the H Newman Reid Trophy after finishing first in the regular season with 63 points. Following the playoffs the AIHL announced the winners of the 2015 awards. Newcastle North Stars Geordie Wudrick and Jan Safar won the Most Valuable Player and Defenceman of the Year respectively, Kamil Jarina of the Sydney Bears won the Goaltender of the Year, Perth Thunder's Kieran Webster was named Rookie of the Year and Dave Kenway Coach of the Year, and the Skater's Network Local Player of the Year was won by Wehebe Darge of the Adelaide Adrenaline.
===April===
Game	Date 	Time 	Away 	Score	Home 	Location 	Attendance	Recap
1 	25 April	17:00	Sydney Ice Dogs 	1–7 	Melbourne Ice 	Melbourne	 	
2 	25 April	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	4–6 	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle	 	
3 	25 April	17:30	Sydney Bears 	2–4 	CBR Brave 	Canberra 	 	
4 	26 April	16:00	Sydney Ice Dogs 	0–13 	Melbourne Mustangs 	Melbourne	 	
5 	26 April	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	5–3 	Sydney Bears 	Penrith 	300 	
6 	26 April	17:00	CBR Brave 	4–7 	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle	 	
7 	30 April	20:00	Melbourne Ice 	2–1 	Melbourne Mustangs 	Melbourne	1400 	
===May===
Game	Date 	Time 	Away 	Score 	Home 	Location 	Attendance	Recap
8 	2 May 	17:00	Newcastle North Stars	4–3 	Melbourne Mustangs 	Melbourne	500 	
9 	2 May 	17:00	Perth Thunder 	4–2 	Sydney Bears 	Penrith 	 	
10 	2 May 	17:30	Adelaide Adrenaline 	3–5 	CBR Brave 	Canberra 	 	
11 	3 May 	16:00	Newcastle North Stars	4–2 	Melbourne Ice 	Melbourne	 	
12 	3 May 	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline 	3–1 	Sydney Bears 	Penrith 	 	
13 	3 May 	17:00	Perth Thunder 	4–0 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Liverpool	 	
14 	9 May 	16:30	CBR Brave 	3–4 	Perth Thunder 	Perth 	 	
15 	9 May 	16:30	Sydney Bears 	0–2 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Adelaide 	 	
16 	9 May 	17:00	Melbourne Ice 	4 – 3 (SO)	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle	 	
17 	10 May	15:30	Sydney Bears 	3–1 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Adelaide 	 	
18 	10 May	16:30	CBR Brave 	1–4 	Perth Thunder 	Perth 	 	
19 	10 May	17:00	Melbourne Ice 	5–1 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Liverpool	 	
20 	16 May	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline 	4–2 	Melbourne Ice 	Melbourne	 	
21 	16 May	17:00	Perth Thunder 	3–2 	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle	 	
22 	16 May	17:00	Sydney Ice Dogs 	2–7 	Sydney Bears 	Penrith 	 	
23 	16 May	17:30	Melbourne Mustangs 	4–5 	CBR Brave 	Canberra 	 	
24 	17 May	16:00	Adelaide Adrenaline 	4 – 5 (SO)	Melbourne Ice 	Melbourne	 	
25 	17 May	17:00	Melbourne Mustangs 	4 – 3 (SO)	CBR Brave 	Canberra 	 	
26 	17 May	17:00	Sydney Bears 	3–8 	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle	 	
27 	17 May	17:00	Perth Thunder 	5–0 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Liverpool	 	
28 	23 May	16:30	Sydney Bears 	5–0 	Perth Thunder 	Perth 	 	
29 	23 May	17:00	Melbourne Ice 	5–4 	Melbourne Mustangs 	Melbourne	 	
31 	23 May	17:30	Adelaide Adrenaline 	2–8 	CBR Brave 	Canberra 	 	
32 	24 May	16:30	Sydney Bears 	5 – 4 (SO)	Perth Thunder 	Perth 	 	
33 	24 May	17:00	CBR Brave 	5 – 4 (SO)	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle	 	
34 	24 May	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline 	6–2 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Liverpool	 	
35 	30 May	16:30	Sydney Ice Dogs 	2–3 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Adelaide 	 	
36 	30 May	17:00	Perth Thunder 	2–6 	Melbourne Mustangs 	Melbourne	 	
37 	30 May	17:00	Newcastle North Stars	2–6 	Sydney Bears 	Penrith 	 	
38 	30 May	17:30	Melbourne Ice 	1–3 	CBR Brave 	Canberra 	 	
39 	31 May	15:30	Sydney Ice Dogs 	2–4 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Adelaide 	 	
40 	31 May	16:00	Perth Thunder 	6–2 	Melbourne Mustangs 	Melbourne	 	
41 	31 May	17:00	Melbourne Ice 	4–2 	CBR Brave 	Canberra 	 	
===June===
Game	Date 	Time 	Away 	Score 	Home 	Location 	Attendance	Recap
42 	6 June 	16:30	Adelaide Adrenaline 	1–4 	Perth Thunder 	Perth 	 	
43 	6 June 	17:00	Melbourne Mustangs 	2–4 	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle	 	
44 	6 June 	17:30	Sydney Ice Dogs 	1–4 	CBR Brave 	Canberra 	 	
45 	7 June 	16:30	Adelaide Adrenaline 	4–1 	Perth Thunder 	Perth 	 	
46 	7 June 	17:00	Melbourne Mustangs 	6–7 	Sydney Bears 	Penrith 	 	
47 	13 June	17:00	Perth Thunder 	6 – 5 (SO)	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle	 	
48 	13 June	17:00	CBR Brave 	1–3 	Melbourne Ice 	Melbourne	 	
49 	13 June	17:00	Sydney Bears 	3 – 4 (SO)	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Liverpool	300 	
50 	14 June	16:00	CBR Brave 	2–3 	Melbourne Ice 	Melbourne	 	
51 	14 June	17:00	Perth Thunder 	4–2 	Sydney Bears 	Penrith 	 	
30 	14 June	17:00	Newcastle North Stars	9–2 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Newcastle	 	
52 	20 June	16:30	Melbourne Mustangs 	3–4 	Perth Thunder 	Perth 	 	
53 	20 June	17:00	Melbourne Ice 	4–8 	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle	 	
54 	20 June	17:00	CBR Brave 	3–4 	Sydney Bears 	Canberra 	 	
55 	21 June	15:30	Melbourne Mustangs 	6–2 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Adelaide 	 	
56 	21 June	17:00	Melbourne Ice 	4–6 	Sydney Bears 	Penrith 	 	
57 	21 June	17:00	Newcastle North Stars	5–2 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Liverpool	 	
58 	25 June	20:00	Melbourne Mustangs 	2–5 	Melbourne Ice 	Melbourne	 	
59 	27 June	17:00	Sydney Bears 	6–4 	Melbourne Ice 	Melbourne	 	
60 	27 June	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline 	3–6 	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle	 	
61 	27 June	17:30	Sydney Ice Dogs 	4–6 	CBR Brave 	Canberra 	 	
62 	28 June	16:00	Sydney Bears 	2–4 	Melbourne Mustangs 	Melbourne	 	
63 	28 June	16:00	Adelaide Adrenaline 	6–0 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Liverpool	 	
64 	28 June	17:30	Newcastle North Stars	5–1 	CBR Brave 	Canberra 	 	
===July===
Game	Date 	Time 	Away 	Score 	Home 	Location 	Attendance	Recap
65 	4 July 	16:30	Newcastle North Stars	4–2 	Perth Thunder 	Perth 	 	
66 	4 July 	16:30	Melbourne Ice 	4–3 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Adelaide 	 	
67 	4 July 	17:00	CBR Brave 	2 – 3 (SO)	Melbourne Mustangs 	Melbourne	 	
68 	4 July 	17:00	Sydney Ice Dogs 	3–10 	Sydney Bears 	Penrith 	 	
69 	5 July 	15:30	Melbourne Ice 	3–1 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Adelaide 	 	
70 	5 July 	16:00	CBR Brave 	5–4 	Melbourne Mustangs 	Melbourne	 	
71 	5 July 	16:30	Newcastle North Stars	3–4 	Perth Thunder 	Perth 	 	
72 	11 July	16:30	CBR Brave 	7–11 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Adelaide 	 	
76 	11 July	17:00	Perth Thunder 	3–5 	Melbourne Ice 	Melbourne	 	
77 	11 July	17:00	Melbourne Mustangs 	3–11 	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle	 	
74 	12 July	15:30	CBR Brave 	6 – 5 (SO)	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Adelaide 	 	
79 	12 July	16:00	Perth Thunder 	2 – 3 (SO)	Melbourne Ice 	Melbourne	 	
80 	12 July	17:00	Melbourne Mustangs 	10–1 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Liverpool	 	
73 	18 July	17:00	Sydney Ice Dogs 	2–8 	Melbourne Mustangs 	Melbourne	 	
78 	18 July	17:00	Sydney Bears 	3–6 	CBR Brave 	Canberra 	 	
75 	19 July	16:00	Sydney Ice Dogs 	0–9 	Melbourne Ice 	Melbourne	 	
81 	23 July	20:00	Melbourne Mustangs 	6 – 5 (SO)	Melbourne Ice 	Melbourne	 	
82 	25 July	16:30	Sydney Ice Dogs 	0–8 	Perth Thunder 	Perth 	 	
83 	25 July	17:00	Newcastle North Stars	1–2 	Melbourne Mustangs 	Melbourne	 	
84 	25 July	17:30	CBR Brave 	7–3 	Sydney Bears 	Penrith 	 	
85 	26 July	16:00	Newcastle North Stars	4–2 	Melbourne Ice 	Melbourne	 	
86 	26 July	16:30	Sydney Ice Dogs 	2–8 	Perth Thunder 	Perth 	 	
===August===
Game	Date 	Time 	Away 	Score 	Home 	Location 	Attendance	Recap
87 	1 August 	16:30	Melbourne Mustangs 	5–0 	Perth Thunder 	Perth 	 	
88 	1 August 	17:00	Newcastle North Stars	3–2 	Sydney Bears 	Penrith 	 	
89 	1 August 	17:00	CBR Brave 	10–2 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Canberra 	 	
90 	2 August 	15:30	Melbourne Mustangs 	7 – 8 (SO)	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Adelaide 	 	
91 	2 August 	17:00	Sydney Ice Dogs 	1–9 	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle	 	
92 	8 August 	16:30	Newcastle North Stars	5–3 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Adelaide 	 	
93 	8 August 	17:00	Melbourne Ice 	11–1 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Liverpool	 	
94 	8 August 	17:00	Melbourne Mustangs 	6–8 	Sydney Bears 	Penrith 	 	
95 	8 August 	17:30	Perth Thunder 	4–3 	CBR Brave 	Canberra 	 	
96 	9 August 	15:30	Newcastle North Stars	3 – 2 (SO)	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Adelaide 	 	
97 	9 August 	17:00	Melbourne Ice 	3 – 2 (SO)	Sydney Bears 	Penrith 	 	
98 	9 August 	17:00	Melbourne Mustangs 	9–1 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Liverpool	 	
99 	9 August 	17:00	Perth Thunder 	3–6 	CBR Brave 	Canberra 	 	
100 	15 August	16:30	Melbourne Ice 	5 – 4 (SO)	Perth Thunder 	Perth 	 	
101 	15 August	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline 	5–9 	Melbourne Mustangs 	Melbourne	 	
102 	15 August	17:00	Sydney Bears 	9–1 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Liverpool	 	
103 	15 August	17:30	Newcastle North Stars	5 – 6 (SO)	CBR Brave 	Canberra 	 	
104 	16 August	16:00	Adelaide Adrenaline 	4 – 3 (SO)	Melbourne Mustangs 	Melbourne	 	
105 	16 August	16:30	Melbourne Ice 	6–2 	Perth Thunder 	Perth 	 	
106 	16 August	17:00	Sydney Bears 	2–8 	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle	 	
107 	22 August	16:30	Perth Thunder 	4–5 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Adelaide 	 	
108 	22 August	17:00	Sydney Bears 	1–4 	Melbourne Mustangs 	Melbourne	 	
109 	22 August	17:00	CBR Brave 	7–2 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Canberra 	 	
110 	23 August	15:30	Perth Thunder 	4 – 5 (SO)	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Adelaide 	 	
111 	23 August	16:00	Sydney Bears 	3–5 	Melbourne Ice 	Melbourne	 	
112 	23 August	17:00	Sydney Ice Dogs 	0–14 	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle	 	
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===Standings===
Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Newcastle North Stars	28	19	1	4	4 	152	83 	+69 	63
Melbourne Ice 	28	15	5	1	7 	121	83 	+38 	56
Perth Thunder 	28	14	1	4	9 	103	93 	+10 	48
CBR Brave 	28	13	3	2	10	125	104	+21 	47
Adelaide Adrenaline 	28	11	3	3	11	109	111	−2 	42
Melbourne Mustangs 	28	11	3	2	12	139	105	+34 	41
Sydney Bears 	28	11	1	2	14	110	110	0 	37
Sydney Ice Dogs 	28	0 	1	0	27	39 	209	−170	01
Qualified for the Goodall Cup playoffs	H Newman Reid Trophy winners
1The Ice Dogs were fined three competition points for multiple breaches by-law 4 which requires teams to travel with at least 15 players unless an exemption has been granted. 
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===Statistics===
====Scoring leaders====
List shows the ten top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Newcastle North Stars	28	44	47	91	40	F
 	CBR Brave 	24	28	51	79	46	F
 	Newcastle North Stars	21	33	32	65	32	F
 	CBR Brave 	21	28	33	61	40	F
 	Newcastle North Stars	28	11	45	56	44	F
 	Sydney Bears 	28	27	25	52	26	F
 	Melbourne Ice 	28	21	31	52	12	F
 	Melbourne Ice 	26	19	32	51	28	F
 	Melbourne Mustangs 	28	22	26	48	8 	F
 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	26	23	21	44	65	F
====Leading goaltenders====
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage with a minimum 40% of the team's ice time.
Player	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	CBR Brave 	679 	533	42	3.09	0.921	0
 	Newcastle North Stars	1074	684	60	2.79	0.912	0
 	Perth Thunder 	747 	494	46	3.08	0.907	0
 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	1031	687	73	3.54	0.894	2
 	Melbourne Ice 	857 	534	57	3.33	0.893	1
===Season awards===
Below lists the 2015 AIHL regular season award winners.
Award	Name 	Team
 	Geordie Wudrick	Newcastle North Stars
 	Kamil Jarina 	Sydney Bears
 	Jan Safar 	Newcastle North Stars
 	Kieran Webster 	Perth Thunder
 	Wehebe Darge 	Adelaide Adrenaline
 	Dave Kenway 	Perth Thunder
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==Goodall Cup playoffs==
The 2015 playoffs started on 29 August 2015, with the Goodall Cup final being held on 30 August. Following the end of the regular season the top four teams advanced to the playoff series. All three games were held at the Medibank Icehouse in Docklands, Victoria, the home of the Melbourne Ice and Melbourne Mustangs. The series was a single game elimination with the two winning semi-finalists advancing to the Goodall Cup final. The finals were again sponsored by Air Canada, their third year in a row. The Goodall Cup was won by the Newcastle Northstars who defeated the Melbourne Ice 3–2, from a penalty shot in first overtime. Geordie Wudrick of the Newcastle North Stars was named the finals Most Valuable Player. Following a fundraising campaign the three playoff games were streamed live for free by ATC Productions with the grand final being watched in 771 cities across 89 countries. In addition Fox Sports broadcast a 90-minute special of each game on successive days from 8 to 10 September.
===Semi-finals===
All times are UTC+10:00
===Final===
==All-Star weekend==
On 19 August the league announced that they will hold the inaugural All-Star Weekend at the Hunter Ice Skating Stadium in Newcastle on 12 and 13 September. The event featured a skills competition on 12 September and an All-Star game on 13 September. APA Group was announced as the sponsor of the weekend while Fox Sports broadcast a 90-minute special on 17 September. The skills competition involved all 34 players competing in at least one of the six skill-based contests. The six events to be featured included a breakaway challenge, fastest skater, elimination shootout, hardest shot, shooting accuracy and puck control. The All-Star game consisted of two teams named Team Bales and Team Schlamp, named after their respective captains Brian Bales and Michael Schlamp and features players from different teams.
The Skills competition saw players from the Melbourne Ice and Newcastle North Stars take out two of the six events each, while the Adelaide Adrenaline and Perth Thunder picked up one each. On 13 September Team Schlamp defeated Team Bales 7–3 at the Hunter Ice Skating Stadium to win the 2015 All-Star Game. Patrick O’Kane of the Melbourne Mustangs was named the most valuable player of the match.
===Skills competition===
*Breakaway Challenge: Brian Bales (Newcastle North Stars)
*Fastest Skater: Robert Haselhurst (Perth Thunder)
*Elimination Shootout: Matt Wetini (Newcastle North Stars)
*Hardest Shot: Matt Armstrong – 96mph (Melbourne Ice)
*Shooting Accuracy: Josef Rezek (Adelaide Adrenaline)
*Stick Handling: Thomas Powell (Melbourne Ice)
===All-star game===
==References==
==External links==
*The Australian Ice Hockey League
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