2010 AIHL season

The 2010 AIHL season is the 11th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). It ran from 24 April 2010 until 22 August 2010, with the Goodall Cup finals following on 28 and 29 August.
==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===
Game	Date 	Time 	Away 	Score 	Home 	Location 	Attendance	Recap
1 	24 April	17:00	Melbourne Ice	4 – 5 (SO)	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle	900 	
2 	24 April	17:30	Sydney Bears 	5 – 3 	Canberra Knights 	Canberra 	 	
3 	25 April	17:00	Melbourne Ice	3 – 4 	Sydney Bears 	Penrith 	 	
===May===
Game	Date 	Time 	Away 	Score 	Home 	Location 	Attendance	Recap
4 	1 May 	16:00	Canberra Knights 	5 – 6 	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	Gold Coast	 	
5 	1 May 	17:00	Newcastle North Stars 	7 – 6 (SO)	Sydney Bears 	Penrith 	60 	
6 	1 May 	17:45	Sydney Ice Dogs 	1 – 4 	Melbourne Ice 	Melbourne 	1100 	
7 	2 May 	15:30	Sydney Ice Dogs 	2 – 3 (SO)	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Adelaide 	 	
8 	2 May 	16:00	Canberra Knights 	6 – 4 	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	Brisbane 	 	
9 	8 May 	17:30	Sydney Ice Dogs 	3 – 8 	Canberra Knights 	Canberra 	 	
10 	8 May 	17:45	Sydney Bears 	2 – 9 	Melbourne Ice 	Melbourne 	 	
11 	9 May 	15:30	Sydney Bears 	1 – 14 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Adelaide 	 	
12 	9 May 	17:00	Sydney Ice Dogs 	6 – 7 (SO)	Newcastle North Stars 	Newcastle 	700 	
13 	15 May	16:00	Adelaide Adrenaline 	1 – 5 	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	Gold Coast	 	
14 	15 May	17:00	Sydney Bears 	2 – 1 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Liverpool 	 	
15 	15 May	17:30	Melbourne Ice 	5 – 1 	Canberra Knights 	Canberra 	 	
16 	16 May	16:00	Adelaide Adrenaline 	3 – 6 	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	Gold Coast	 	
17 	16 May	17:00	Melbourne Ice 	9 – 2 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Liverpool 	 	
18 	16 May	17:00	Newcastle North Stars 	2 – 3 	Sydney Bears 	Penrith 	 	
19 	22 May	16:30	Sydney Ice Dogs 	5 – 7 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Adelaide 	 	
20 	22 May	17:00	Canberra Knights 	2 – 4 	Sydney Bears 	Penrith 	 	
21 	23 May	16:15	Sydney Ice Dogs 	0 – 7 	Melbourne Ice 	Melbourne 	1000 	
22 	23 May	17:00	Sydney Bears 	0 – 1 (SO)	Newcastle North Stars 	Newcastle 	800 	
23 	29 May	16:30	Canberra Knights 	2 – 3 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Adelaide 	 	
24 	29 May	17:00	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	1 – 4 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Liverpool 	 	
25 	30 May	16:15	Canberra Knights 	1 – 6 	Melbourne Ice 	Melbourne 	 	
26 	30 May	17:00	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	1 – 7 	Sydney Bears 	Penrith 	 	
===June===
Game	Date 	Time 	Away 	Score 	Home 	Location 	Attendance	Recap
27 	5 June 	16:00	Sydney Ice Dogs 	2 – 5 	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	Gold Coast	 	
28 	5 June 	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline 	3 – 4 (SO)	Newcastle North Stars 	Newcastle 	 	
29 	5 June 	17:30	Sydney Bears 	4 – 3 	Canberra Knights 	Canberra 	 	
30 	6 June 	16:00	Sydney Ice Dogs 	0 – 3 	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	Gold Coast	 	
31 	6 June 	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline 	1 – 2 	Sydney Bears 	Penrith 	 	
32 	12 June	17:00	Newcastle North Stars 	6 – 2 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Liverpool 	 	
33 	19 June	16:30	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	7 – 8 (SO)	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Adelaide 	 	
34 	19 June	17:00	Melbourne Ice 	5 – 6 	Newcastle North Stars 	Newcastle 	700 	
35 	19 June	17:30	Sydney Ice Dogs 	1 – 3 	Canberra Knights 	Canberra 	 	
36 	20 June	16:30	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	2 – 5 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Adelaide 	 	
37 	20 June	17:00	Melbourne Ice 	1 – 4 	Sydney Bears 	Penrith 	 	
38 	26 June	17:00	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	5 – 3 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Liverpool 	 	
39 	26 June	17:30	Newcastle North Stars 	6 – 2 	Canberra Knights 	Canberra 	 	
40 	26 June	17:45	Adelaide Adrenaline 	6 – 4 	Melbourne Ice 	Melbourne 	 	
41 	27 June	16:15	Adelaide Adrenaline 	0 – 2 	Melbourne Ice 	Melbourne 	 	
42 	27 June	17:00	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	4 – 2 	Sydney Bears 	Penrith 	 	
===July===
Game	Date 	Time 	Away 	Score 	Home 	Location 	Attendance	Recap
43 	3 July 	16:00	Melbourne Ice 	5 – 4 	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	Gold Coast	 	
44 	3 July 	17:00	Newcastle North Stars 	7 – 3 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Liverpool 	 	
45 	3 July 	17:30	Adelaide Adrenaline 	5 – 4 (SO)	Canberra Knights 	Canberra 	 	
46 	4 July 	16:00	Melbourne Ice 	4 – 2 	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	Brisbane 	 	
47 	4 July 	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline 	3 – 2 (SO)	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Liverpool 	 	
48 	4 July 	17:00	Canberra Knights 	5 – 7 	Newcastle North Stars 	Newcastle 	700 	
49 	10 July	16:00	Sydney Bears 	2 – 4 	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	Gold Coast	 	
50 	10 July	17:45	Newcastle North Stars 	2 – 9 	Melbourne Ice 	Melbourne 	 	
51 	10 July	17:00	Canberra Knights 	7 – 8 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Liverpool 	 	
52 	11 July	16:30	Newcastle North Stars 	3 – 1 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Adelaide 	 	
53 	11 July	16:00	Sydney Bears 	2 – 3 (SO)	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	Gold Coast	 	
54 	17 July	16:30	Melbourne Ice 	8 – 7 (SO)	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Adelaide 	 	
55 	17 July	17:00	Sydney Bears 	2 – 8 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Liverpool 	 	
56 	17 July	17:30	Newcastle North Stars 	6 – 3 	Canberra Knights 	Canberra 	 	
57 	18 July	16:30	Melbourne Ice 	3 – 4 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Adelaide 	 	
58 	18 July	17:00	Sydney Bears 	1 – 6 	Newcastle North Stars 	Newcastle 	 	
59 	24 July	16:30	Newcastle North Stars 	5 – 4 (SO)	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Adelaide 	 	
60 	24 July	17:30	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	3 – 2 	Canberra Knights 	Canberra 	 	
61 	25 July	16:15	Newcastle North Stars 	1 – 2 (SO)	Melbourne Ice 	Melbourne 	 	
62 	25 July	17:00	Sydney Ice Dogs 	2 – 4 	Sydney Bears 	Penrith 	 	
63 	25 July	17:30	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	4 – 5 	Canberra Knights 	Canberra 	 	
64 	31 July	16:00	Newcastle North Stars 	3 – 1 	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	Gold Coast	 	
65 	31 July	17:45	Canberra Knights 	0 – 5 	Melbourne Ice 	Melbourne 	 	
===August===
Game	Date 	Time 	Away 	Score 	Home 	Location 	Attendance	Recap
66 	1 August 	16:00	Newcastle North Stars 	8 – 3 	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	Gold Coast	 	
67 	1 August 	16:30	Canberra Knights 	5 – 7 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Adelaide 	 	
68 	1 August 	17:00	Sydney Ice Dogs 	2 – 5 	Sydney Bears 	Penrith 	 	
69 	7 August 	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline 	4 – 10 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Liverpool 	 	
70 	7 August 	17:00	Canberra Knights 	2 – 12 	Newcastle North Stars 	Newcastle 	 	
71 	7 August 	17:45	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	2 – 5 	Melbourne Ice 	Melbourne 	 	
72 	8 August 	16:15	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	3 – 6 	Melbourne Ice 	Melbourne 	 	
73 	8 August 	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline 	0 – 3 	Sydney Bears 	Penrith 	 	
74 	14 August	17:00	Sydney Ice Dogs 	0 – 4 	Newcastle North Stars 	Newcastle 	850 	
75 	14 August	17:30	Melbourne Ice 	3 – 2 (SO)	Canberra Knights 	Canberra 	 	
76 	15 August	17:00	Melbourne Ice 	6 – 3 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Liverpool 	 	
77 	15 August	17:00	Canberra Knights 	0 – 11 	Sydney Bears 	Penrith 	 	
78 	21 August	16:30	Sydney Bears 	5 – 4 (SO)	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Adelaide 	 	
79 	21 August	17:00	Canberra Knights 	2 – 10 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Liverpool 	 	
80 	21 August	17:00	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	3 – 11 	Newcastle North Stars 	Newcastle 	850 	
81 	22 August	16:15	Sydney Bears 	3 – 7 	Melbourne Ice 	Melbourne 	 	
82 	22 August	17:00	Gold Coast Blue Tongues	3 – 8 	Newcastle North Stars 	Newcastle 	800 	
 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 28 August and 29 August 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===
==References==
==External links==
*The Australian Ice Hockey League
AIHL season 
Category:Australian Ice Hockey League seasons