2013–14 AJIHL season

The 2013–14 AJIHL season is the second season of the Australian Junior Ice Hockey League. It ran from 5 October 2013 until 1 March 2014, with the finals running from 8 March 2014 until 9 March 2014. The AJIHL is the highest Australian national junior ice hockey competition.
==League business==
On August 22, 2013 it was announced that the Melbourne Red Wings would change their name to the Melbourne Glaciers and the Melbourne Blackhawks would be renamed the Melbourne Whalers, which avoided the close resemblance with the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks of the NHL after the NHL had concerns over breaches of copyright and this allowed the team to develop its own brand identity.
In September 2013 the Sydney Maple Leafs and Sydney Lightning would follow suit with the Melbourne teams and also rename and rebrand their teams to the Sydney Wolf Pack and Sydney Sabres
In October 2013, two additional teams were added to the AJIHL from Perth, Western Australia. The new teams would be called the Perth Pelicans and the Perth Sharks. The season increased from 14 games to 15 games per season. Tryouts for the Perth teams began 2 September 2014
==Regular season==
The regular season began on 5 October 2013 and ran through to 1 March 2014 before the teams competed in the playoff series.
===October===
Game	Date 	Time 	Away 	Score 	Home 	Location 	Attendance	Recap
1 	5 October 2013 	18:30	Sydney Wolf Pack 	1 – 2 	Sydney Sabres 	Canterbury	- 	
2 	6 October 2013 	18:00	Sydney Sabres 	3 – 4 (SO)	Sydney Wolf Pack 	Canterbury	- 	
3 	21 October 2013	19:45	Perth Pelicans 	4 – 6 	Perth Sharks 	Mirrabooka	- 	
4 	26 October 2013	18:15	Melbourne Glaciers	1 – 3 	Melbourne Whalers 	Melbourne 	- 	
5 	27 October 2013	8:00 	Perth Sharks 	6 – 5 (SO)	Perth Pelicans 	Perth 	- 	
6 	27 October 2013	18:15	Melbourne Whalers 	1 – 4 	Melbourne Glaciers	Melbourne 	- 	
===November===
Game	Date 	Time 	Away 	Score	Home 	Location 	Attendance	Recap
7 	2 November 2013 	19:00	Sydney Wolf Pack 	4 – 3	Sydney Sabres 	Penrith 	- 	
8 	3 November 2013 	17:00	Sydney Sabres 	8 – 3	Sydney Wolf Pack 	Penrith 	- 	
9 	9 November 2013 	17:00	Sydney Sabres 	4 – 0	Melbourne Glaciers	Melbourne	- 	
10 	9 November 2013 	19:00	Sydney Wolf Pack 	3 – 1	Melbourne Whalers 	Melbourne	- 	
11 	10 November 2013	08:00	Perth Sharks 	3 – 2	Perth Pelicans 	Perth 	- 	
12 	10 November 2013	13:15	Sydney Sabres 	5 – 1	Melbourne Whalers 	Melbourne	- 	
13 	10 November 2013	15:00	Sydney Wolf Pack 	0 – 2	Melbourne Glaciers	Melbourne	- 	
14 	16 November 2013	19:30	Melbourne Glaciers	0 – 3	Melbourne Whalers 	Melbourne	- 	
15 	23 November 2013	17:00	Melbourne Whalers 	1 – 4	Melbourne Glaciers	Melbourne	- 	
16 	24 November 2013	15:45	Melbourne Glaciers	5 – 4	Melbourne Whalers 	Melbourne	- 	
===December===
Game	Date 	Time 	Away 	Score 	Home 	Location 	Attendance	Recap
17 	1 December 2013 	08:00	Perth Pelicans 	2 – 1 	Perth Sharks 	Perth 	- 	
18 	2 December 2013 	19:45	Perth Sharks 	2 – 8 	Perth Pelicans 	Mirrabooka	- 	
19 	7 December 2013 	16:30	Melbourne Whalers 	5 – 1 	Perth Sharks 	Mirrabooka	- 	
20 	7 December 2013 	18:15	Melbourne Glaciers	2 – 1 (SO)	Perth Pelicans 	Mirrabooka	- 	
21 	7 December 2013 	19:30	Sydney Sabres 	5 – 4 	Sydney Wolf Pack 	Penrith 	- 	
22 	8 December 2013 	17:15	Melbourne Whalers 	5 – 2 	Perth Pelicans 	Perth 	- 	
23 	8 December 2013 	08:55	Melbourne Glaciers	1 – 2 	Perth Sharks 	Perth 	- 	
24 	8 December 2013 	17:00	Sydney Wolf Pack 	2 – 3 (SO)	Sydney Sabres 	Penrith 	- 	
25 	14 December 2013	17:00	Perth Pelicans 	2 – 9 	Sydney Sabres 	Penrith 	- 	
26 	14 December 2013	19:30	Perth Sharks 	1 – 5 	Melbourne Whalers 	Melbourne 	- 	
27 	15 December 2013	08:00	Perth Pelicans 	1 – 5 	Sydney Wolf Pack 	Penrith 	- 	
28 	15 December 2013	15:45	Perth Sharks 	3 – 4 	Melbourne Glaciers	Melbourne 	- 	
===February===
Game	Date 	Time 	Away 	Score	Home 	Location 	Attendance	Recap
29 	1 February 2014 	16:30	Sydney Wolf Pack 	2 – 8	Perth Pelicans 	Mirrabooka	- 	
30 	1 February 2014 	18:15	Sydney Sabres 	6 – 2	Perth Sharks 	Mirrabooka	- 	
31 	2 February 2014 	07:15	Sydney Wolf Pack 	5 – 2	Perth Sharks 	Perth 	- 	
32 	2 February 2014 	08:55	Sydney Sabres 	5 – 1	Perth Pelicans 	Perth 	- 	
33 	8 February 2014 	17:00	Melbourne Glaciers	1 – 2	Sydney Wolf Pack 	Penrith 	- 	
34 	8 February 2014 	18:45	Melbourne Whalers 	0 – 2	Sydney Sabres 	Penrith 	- 	
35 	8 February 2014 	17:45	Perth Sharks 	2 – 4	Perth Pelicans 	Mirrabooka	- 	
36 	9 February 2014 	08:30	Melbourne Glaciers	4 – 2	Sydney Sabres 	Penrith 	- 	
37 	9 February 2014 	17:00	Melbourne Whalers 	2 – 1	Sydney Wolf Pack 	Penrith 	- 	
38 	9 February 2014 	17:45	Perth Pelicans 	4 – 2	Perth Sharks 	Mirrabooka	- 	
39 	15 February 2014	18:15	Melbourne Whalers 	3 – 1	Melbourne Glaciers	Melbourne 	- 	
40 	15 February 2014	17:45	Perth Pelicans 	7 – 2	Perth Sharks 	Mirrabooka	- 	
41 	15 February 2014	18:15	Melbourne Glaciers	0 – 2	Melbourne Whalers 	Melbourne 	- 	
42 	22 February 2014	17:00	Sydney Sabres 	4 – 7	Sydney Wolf Pack 	Penrith 	- 	
43 	22 February 2014	17:00	Melbourne Glaciers	3 – 5	Melbourne Whalers 	Melbourne 	- 	
44 	22 February 2014	17:30	Perth Sharks 	4 – 7	Perth Pelicans 	Mirrabooka	- 	
===March===
Game	Date 	Time 	Away 	Score	Home 	Location	Attendance	Recap
45 	1 March 2014	17:00	Sydney Wolf Pack	2 – 4	Sydney Sabres	Penrith 	- 	
==Standings==
At the end of the regular season, the league standings were as follows:
Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Sydney Sabres 	15	10	0	0	3 	65	37	+28	33
Melbourne Whalers 	15	9 	0	0	6 	41	33	+11	27
Perth Pelicans 	15	7 	0	0	6 	58	56	-2 	23
Sydney Wolf Pack 	15	6 	0	0	7 	45	49	–4 	21
Melbourne Glaciers	15	6 	0	0	8 	32	36	-4 	20
Perth Sharks 	15	3 	0	0	11	39	69	–30	11
Source
==Playoffs==
===State Finals===
;New South Wales Final
*Sydney Sabres - Sydney Wolf Pack 4:2 
;Victorian Final
*Melbourne Whalers - Melbourne Glaciers 5:3
;Western Australian Final
*Perth Pelicans - Perth Sharks 7:4 
===Preliminary Final===
*Melbourne Whalers - Perth Pelicans 5:3 
===Final===
==References==
==External links==
*Ice Hockey Australia
*AJIHL Coverage - Hewitt Sports
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