2012–13 AJIHL season

The 2012–13 AJIHL season is the first season of the Australian Junior Ice Hockey League. It ran from 20 October 2012 until 17 February 2013, with the finals running from 3 March 2013 until 10 March 2013. The AJIHL is the highest Australian national junior ice hockey competition.
==League business==
On 18 September 2012 Ice Hockey Australia announced the formation of the Australian Junior Ice Hockey League with the league starting its inaugural season on 20 October 2012. On 22 September 2012 they announced that the league would consist of four teams for the first season – Melbourne Blackhawks, Melbourne Red Wings, Sydney Lightning and the Sydney Maple Leafs, with teams being operated by their respective state governing body, the Victorian Ice Hockey Association and the New South Wales Ice Hockey Association respectively. Games are set to be held in the Melbourne, Penrith and Sydney.
Following the games on 9 December 2012 there is an eight-week stoppage to allow for the festive period and for the 2013 IIHF World U20 Championships program which runs from December until the end of January.
==Regular season==
The regular season began on 20 October 2012 and ran through to 17 February 2013 before the teams compete in the playoff series.
===October===
Game	Date 	Time 	Away 	Score	Home 	Location 	Attendance	Recap
1 	20 October 2012	18:45	Sydney Lightning 	3–5 	Melbourne Blackhawks	Melbourne	150 	
2 	20 October 2012	20:30	Sydney Maple Leafs	2–7 	Melbourne Red Wings 	Melbourne	150 	
3 	21 October 2012	15:23	Sydney Maple Leafs	0–4 	Melbourne Blackhawks	Melbourne	60 	
4 	21 October 2012	17:00	Sydney Lightning 	5–3 	Melbourne Red Wings 	Melbourne	60 	
===November===
Game	Date 	Time 	Away 	Score 	Home 	Location 	Attendance	Recap
6 	9 November 2012 	20:00	Melbourne Red Wings 	1–2 	Melbourne Blackhawks	Melbourne	75 	
5 	10 November 2012	19:00	Sydney Maple Leafs 	0–4 	Sydney Lightning 	Penrith 	 	
7 	11 November 2012	17:00	Sydney Lightning 	5–4 	Sydney Maple Leafs 	Penrith 	 	
8 	11 November 2012	14:30	Melbourne Blackhawks	3–4 	Melbourne Red Wings 	Melbourne	94 	
10 	23 November 2012	20:00	Melbourne Blackhawks	2–4 	Melbourne Red Wings 	Melbourne	52 	
9 	24 November 2012	19:00	Sydney Lightning 	4–3 (SO)	Sydney Maple Leafs 	Penrith 	 	
11 	25 November 2012	19:30	Sydney Maple Leafs 	1–4 	Sydney Lightning 	Penrith 	 	
12 	25 November 2012	13:15	Melbourne Red Wings 	3–1 	Melbourne Blackhawks	Melbourne	75 	
===December===
Game	Date 	Time 	Away 	Score 	Home 	Location 	Attendance	Recap
13 	1 December 2012	17:00	Melbourne Blackhawks	4–3 	Sydney Lightning 	Penrith 	 	
14 	1 December 2012	18:45	Melbourne Red Wings 	2–1 	Sydney Maple Leafs 	Penrith 	 	
15 	2 December 2012	08:30	Melbourne Blackhawks	6–3 	Sydney Maple Leafs 	Penrith 	 	
16 	2 December 2012	17:00	Melbourne Red Wings 	2–3 (SO)	Sydney Lightning 	Penrith 	 	
18 	7 December 2012	20:00	Melbourne Red Wings 	2–4 	Melbourne Blackhawks	Melbourne	 	
17 	8 December 2012	17:00	Sydney Maple Leafs 	2–1 	Sydney Lightning 	Penrith 	 	
19 	9 December 2012	17:00	Sydney Lightning 	4–5 	Sydney Maple Leafs 	Penrith 	 	
20 	9 December 2012	13:15	Melbourne Blackhawks	5–2 	Melbourne Red Wings 	Melbourne	 	
===February===
Game	Date 	Time 	Away 	Score 	Home 	Location 	Attendance	Recap
21 	2 February 2013 	17:00	Sydney Lightning 	2–1 	Sydney Maple Leafs 	Penrith 	 	
22 	2 February 2013 	20:02	Melbourne Blackhawks	3–5 	Melbourne Red Wings 	Melbourne	84 	
23 	3 February 2013 	17:00	Sydney Maple Leafs 	3–4 (SO)	Sydney Lightning 	Penrith 	 	
24 	3 February 2013 	13:15	Melbourne Red Wings 	3–1 	Melbourne Blackhawks	Melbourne	59 	
25 	16 February 2013	17:00	Melbourne Blackhawks	4–0 	Sydney Lightning 	Penrith 	 	
26 	16 February 2013	18:45	Melbourne Red Wings 	5–6 	Sydney Maple Leafs 	Penrith 	 	
27 	17 February 2013	08:30	Melbourne Red Wings 	4–3 	Sydney Lightning 	Penrith 	 	
28 	17 February 2013	17:00	Melbourne Blackhawks	0–3 	Sydney Maple Leafs 	Penrith 	 	
==Standings==
Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Melbourne Red Wings 	14	8	0	1	5	47	41	+6 	25
Melbourne Blackhawks	14	8	0	0	6	44	36	+8 	24
Sydney Lightning 	14	5	3	0	6	45	41	+4 	21
Sydney Maple Leafs 	14	4	0	2	8	34	52	−18	14
Source
==Player statistics==
===Scoring leaders===
The following players led the league in regular season points.
Player	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Melbourne Red Wings 	14	26	7 	33	+24	14
 	Melbourne Blackhawks	14	20	11	31	+26	48
 	Melbourne Red Wings 	12	10	12	22	+19	8
 	Sydney Maple Leafs 	14	10	7 	17	+14	18
 	Sydney Maple Leafs 	9 	7 	12	19	+16	2
 	Melbourne Blackhawks	14	11	7 	18	+15	0
 	Melbourne Blackhawks	14	5 	11	16	+14	46
 	Sydney Lightning 	11	7 	8 	15	+11	38
 	Sydney Maple Leafs 	12	6 	4 	10	+8 	24
 	Melbourne Red Wings 	8 	0 	10	10	+6 	39
===Leading goaltenders===
The following goaltenders led the league in regular season goals against average.
Player	Team 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Melbourne Blackhawks	12		7	5	0	29	2	.836	2.77
 	Melbourne Red Wings 	13		6	6	0	35	0	.844	3.00
 	Sydney Lightning 	9 		4	3	0	24	1	.847	3.08
 	Sydney Maple Leafs 	8 		4	2	1	26	1	.845	3.24
 	Sydney Lightning 	9 		4	4	0	24	0	.793	3.33
==Playoffs==
The 2013 playoffs started on 3 March 2013 with the final being held on 9 and 10 March 2013. Following the end of the regular season the teams will play their opposing state team in the semi-finals. The winners move on to play each other in a best-of-two final being held at the Medibank Icehouse in Melbourne. Melbourne Red Wings and Sydney Maple Leafs both progressed to the finals after winning their semi-final game. The Maple Leafs won the first game of the finals while the Red Wings won the second game tying the two game series. As a result, the two teams entered a sudden death overtime period. Scott Clemie scored the game-winning goal in the 13th minute of the period, with the Maple Leafs winning the first AJIHL season. Clemie was named the AJIHL Finals MVP.
===Semi-finals===
===Final===
==References==
==External links==
*Ice Hockey Australia
*AJIHL Coverage – Hewitt Sports
AJIHL
Category:Australian Junior Ice Hockey League