2010 AIHL season

The 2010 AIHL season is the 11th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). It ran from April 24, 2010 until August 22, 2010, with the Goodall Cup finals following on August 28 and 29.
==League business==
For the 2010 season Melbourne Ice relocated to a new stadium in Melbourne. The new ice rink known as the Icehouse is the home of the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia. It features two olympic size rinks and is one of three in Australia to be fully-glassed. The Gold Coast Blue Tongues signed an agreement with the Southern Stars Ice Hockey Club to play two of their home games in Brisbane at Acacia Ridge, which is a full sized olympic sized-rink.
==Regular season==
===April===
===May===
===June===
===July===
===August===
 I Double points game.
===Standings===
	Qualified for the playoffs
Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Newcastle North Stars 	24	14	7	1	2 	131	74 	57 	57
Melbourne Ice 	24	15	3	1	5 	122	65 	57 	52
Sydney Bears 	24	12	1	3	8 	82 	90 	-8 	41
Adelaide Adrenaline 	24	8 	5	5	6 	107	92 	15 	39
Gold Coast Blue Tongues	24	9 	1	1	13	84 	107	-23	30
Canberra Knights 	24	5 	0	3	16	79 	131	-52	18
Sydney Ice Dogs 	24	4 	0	3	17	74 	120	-46	15
==Playoffs==
The playoffs were held between August 28 and August 29 with all three games being played at the Icehouse in Melbourne. Melbourne Ice won the final and the Goodall Cup after defeating the Adelaide Adrenaline 6 to 4.
===Semi-finals===
===Final===
==Statistics==
===Scoring leaders===
List shows the ten top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Newcastle North Stars 	25	41	47	88	24	F
 	Newcastle North Stars 	25	33	54	87	28	F
 	Newcastle North Stars 	25	22	40	62	82	F
 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	26	19	29	48	18	F
 	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	23	17	19	46	87	F
 	Melbourne Ice 	26	24	22	46	95	F
 	Melbourne Ice 	23	25	20	45	10	F
 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	24	20	24	44	67	F
 	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	23	18	26	44	63	F
 	Melbourne Ice 	24	16	28	44	66	D
===Leading goaltenders===
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage.
Player	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Newcastle North Stars 	1023:00	763	69	3.04	91.0	2
 	Sydney Bears 	793:10 	534	49	2.78	90.8	2
 	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	393:15 	336	36	4.12	89.3	0
 	Melbourne Ice 	1020:00	518	60	2.65	88.4	2
 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	921:00 	566	73	3.57	87.1	0
==Team Photos==
2010SydBea.jpg|Sydney Bears
2010GCBT.jpg|Gold Coast Blue Tongues
2010MelIce.png|Melbourne Ice
2010NewNS.jpg|Newcastle North Stars
==References==
==External links==
*The Australian Ice Hockey League
Category:Ice hockey in Australia
Category:2010 in hockey
Category:AIHL seasons