2009 AIHL season#Playoffs
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2011}}
{{Infobox sports season
| title = 2009 AIHL season
| league = Australian Ice Hockey League
| sport = Ice hockey
| color = black
| color_text = white
| duration = 25 April 2009 – 30 August 2009
| season = Regular season
| season_champ_name = H Newman Reid Trophy
| season_champs = Newcastle North Stars
(2nd title)
| MVP = Brad Smulders
(Blue Tongues)
| MVP_link =
| top_scorer = Brad Smulders (76 points)
(Blue Tongues)
| top_scorer_link =
| finals = Goodall Cup
| finals_link = Goodall Cup
| finals_champ = Adelaide Adrenaline
| finals_runner-up = Newcastle North Stars
| finals_MVP = Cass Delsar (Adrenaline)
| finals_MVP_link =
| nextseason_year = 2010
| prevseason_year = 2008
| seasonslistnames = AIHL
}}
The 2009 AIHL season was the tenth season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). It ran from 25 April 2009 until 23 August 2009, with the AIHL finals following on 29 and 30 August 2009. The Newcastle North Stars won the H Newman Reid Trophy (backdated) after finishing the regular season first in the league standings. Adelaide Adrenaline won the Goodall Cup (backdated) for the first time by defeating the Newcastle North Stars in the final.
League business
The 2009 season will be reduced to seven teams after the Central Coast Rhinos dropped out due to changes made in the licensing model.{{cite web | url = http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/newsletter.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&page=32049 | title = AIHL releases 2009 schedule | publisher = AIHL | accessdate = 22 January 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110706112452/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/newsletter.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&page=32049 | archive-date = 6 July 2011 | url-status = dead }} Two teams were renamed for the start of the season, Western Sydney Ice Dogs, dropped the Western part of the title to become the Sydney Ice Dogs{{cite web | url = http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/newsletter.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&page=34983 | title = Same teams new identity | publisher = AIHL | accessdate = 27 April 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110706112509/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/newsletter.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&page=34983 | archive-date = 6 July 2011 | url-status = dead }} and the Adelaide A's have been renamed for the start of the season, playing under the new name of Adelaide Adrenaline. The Sydney Ice Dogs have also been forced to relocate to {{NSWcity|Liverpool}}'s Catholic Club's ice rink after their former home at {{NSWcity|Baulkham Hills}} rink withdrew from the league.
On 25–26 July there was a week's break for the Junior Men's national tournament, known as the Brown Tournament.
Regular season
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|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
|Game No.||Home team||Score||Away team||Location||Date||Report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|1||Sydney||6–1||Gold Coast||Liverpool||Saturday, 25 April|| [https://web.archive.org/web/20091004112525/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677534]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|2||Canberra||5–2||Bears||Canberra||Saturday, 25 April||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004105129/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677535]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|3||Newcastle||5–3||Sydney||Newcastle||Sunday, 26 April||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004112246/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677536]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|4||Bears||0–7||Gold Coast||Penrith||Sunday, 26 April||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091003151703/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677537]
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
|Game No.||Home team||Score||Away team||Location||Date||Report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|5||Melbourne Ice||3–4||Newcastle||Melbourne||Saturday, 2 May||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004104637/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677538]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|6||Bears||1–5||Sydney||Penrith||Saturday, 2 May||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004112614/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677539]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|7||Adelaide||7–3||Newcastle||Adelaide||Sunday, 3 May||[https://web.archive.org/web/20090804121422/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677540]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|8||Sydney||2–3 SO||Canberra||Liverpool||Sunday, 3 May||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004105906/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677541]
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
|Game No.||Home team||Score||Away team||Location||Date||Report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|9||Canberra||1–5||Melbourne||Canberra||Saturday, 9 May||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004114630/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677542]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|11||Newcastle||5–1||Gold Coast||Newcastle||Saturday, 9 May||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091003151600/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677543]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|12||Sydney||6–1||Bears||Liverpool||Saturday, 9 May||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004112414/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677544]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|13||Newcastle||8–5||Gold Coast||Newcastle||Sunday, 10 May||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091003152619/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677545]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|14||Bears||4–3 SO||Melbourne||Penrith||Sunday, 10 May||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004114817/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677546]
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
|Game No.||Home team||Score||Away team||Location||Date||Report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|39||Gold Coast||2–3 SO||Newcastle||Gold Coast||Saturday, 16 May||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091003152643/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677547]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|16||Adelaide||8–1||Canberra||Adelaide||Saturday, 16 May||[https://web.archive.org/web/20090719101403/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677548]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|42||Gold Coast||4–5 SO||Newcastle||Gold Coast||Sunday, 17 May||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091003151950/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677549]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|18||Melbourne||5–2||Canberra||Melbourne||Sunday, 17 May||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004105635/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677550]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|41||Bears||1–5||Sydney||Penrith||Sunday, 17 May||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004112916/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677551]
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
|Game No.||Home team||Score||Away team||Location||Date||Report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|20||Gold Coast||8–4||Bears||Gold Coast||Saturday, 23 May||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091003152344/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677552]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|21||Canberra||5–8||Newcastle||Canberra||Saturday, 23 May||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004104316/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677553]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|22||Melbourne||2–5||Adelaide||Melbourne||Saturday, 23 May||[https://web.archive.org/web/20090721044132/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677554]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|23||Gold Coast||9–5||Bears||Gold Coast||Sunday, 24 May||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091003152706/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677555]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|24||Melbourne||2–4||Adelaide||Melbourne||Sunday, 24 May||[https://web.archive.org/web/20090722095710/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677556]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|25||Sydney||1–3||Canberra||Liverpool||Sunday, 24 May||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004112701/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677557]
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
|Game No.||Home team||Score||Away team||Location||Date||Report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|26||Canberra||2–5||Newcastle||Canberra||Saturday, 30 May||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004104432/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677558]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|27||Melbourne||4–5 SO||Sydney||Melbourne||Saturday, 30 May||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004113043/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677559]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|28||Adelaide||8–3||Sydney||Adelaide||Sunday, 31 May||[https://web.archive.org/web/20090721044330/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677560]
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
|Game No.||Home team||Score||Away team||Location||Date||Report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|30||Gold Coast||4–2||Adelaide||Gold Coast||Saturday, 6 June||[https://web.archive.org/web/20090723135037/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677561]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|31||Newcastle||7–3||Bears||Newcastle||Saturday, 6 June||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004104726/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677562]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|10||Canberra||2–5||Melbourne||Canberra||Saturday, 6 June||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004114654/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677563]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|33||Gold Coast||5–2||Adelaide||Gold Coast||Sunday, 7 June||[https://web.archive.org/web/20090719101733/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677564]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|34||Bears||3–5||Melbourne||Penrith||Sunday, 7 June||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004114608/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677565]
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
|Game No.||Home team||Score||Away team||Location||Date||Report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|35||Adelaide||4–2||Bears||Adelaide||Saturday, 13 June||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004102306/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677566]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|36||Canberra||6–3||Sydney||Canberra||Saturday, 13 June||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004105214/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677567]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|37||Melbourne||6–0||Bears||Melbourne||Sunday, 14 June||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004114512/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677568]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|38||Sydney||4–6||Newcastle||Liverpool||Sunday, 14 June||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004104501/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677569]
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
|Game No.||Home team||Score||Away team||Location||Date||Report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|15||Gold Coast||9–2||Sydney||Gold Coast||Saturday, 20 June||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091003152731/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677570]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|40||Adelaide||5–1||Canberra||Adelaide||Saturday, 20 June||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004102435/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677571]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|19||Bears||2–6||Newcastle||Penrith||Saturday, 20 June||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004104018/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677572]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|17||Gold Coast||8–4||Sydney||Gold Coast||Sunday, 21 June||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091003151441/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677573]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|43||Melbourne||8–3||Canberra||Melbourne||Sunday, 21 June||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004105054/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677574]
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
|Game No.||Home team||Score||Away team||Location||Date||Report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|44||Adelaide||5–2||Melbourne||Adelaide||Saturday, 27 June||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004102414/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677575]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|45||Newcastle||9–4||Canberra||Newcastle||Saturday, 27 June||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004104253/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677576]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|46||Sydney||4–1||Gold Coast||Liverpool||Saturday, 27 June||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091003152428/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677577]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|47||Adelaide||1–4||Melbourne||Adelaide||Sunday, 28 June||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004101406/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677578]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|48||Bears||3–2 SO||Gold Coast||Penrith||Sunday, 28 June||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091003152848/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677579]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|49||Newcastle||3–2||Sydney||Newcastle||Sunday, 28 June||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004104754/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677580]
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
|Game No.||Home team||Score||Away team||Location||Date||Report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|50||Newcastle||3–4||Adelaide||Newcastle||Saturday, 4 July||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004102651/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677581]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|51||Canberra||1–4||Sydney||Canberra||Saturday, 4 July||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004105554/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677582]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|52||Melbourne||3–4 SO||Gold Coast||Melbourne||Saturday, 4 July||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091003152406/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677583]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|53||Melbourne||5–4||Gold Coast||Melbourne||Sunday, 5 July||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091003152129/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677584]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|54||Sydney||5–3||Adelaide||Liverpool||Sunday, 5 July||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004102742/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677585]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|29||Bears||2–7||Newcastle||Penrith||Sunday, 5 July||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004104658/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677586]
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
|Game No.||Home team||Score||Away team||Location||Date||Report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|55||Melbourne||2–5||Newcastle||Melbourne||Saturday, 11 July||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004104053/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677587]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|56||Canberra||1–5||Gold Coast||Canberra||Saturday, 11 July||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091003152300/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677588]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|57||Sydney||5–3||Bears||Liverpool||Saturday, 11 July||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004112448/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677589]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|58||Adelaide||5–7||Newcastle||Adelaide||Sunday, 12 July||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004101316/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677590]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|59||Canberra||1–3||Gold Coast||Canberra||Sunday, 12 July||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091003152911/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677591]
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
|Game No.||Home team||Score||Away team||Location||Date||Report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|60||Adelaide||9–3||Gold Coast||Adelaide||Saturday, 18 July||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091003152558/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677592]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|61 & 62||Newcastle||3–7||Melbourne||Newcastle||Saturday, 18 July||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004104227/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677593]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|63||Adelaide||2–4||Gold Coast||Adelaide||Sunday, 19 July||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091003151852/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677595]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|64||Bears||5–4 SO||Canberra||Penrith||Sunday, 19 July||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004122423/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677596]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|65 & 32||Sydney||3–5||Melbourne||Liverpool||Sunday, 19 July||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004112555/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677597]
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
|Game No.||Home team||Score||Away team||Location||Date||Report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|66||Gold Coast||3–6||Canberra||Gold Coast||Saturday, 1 August||
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|67||Adelaide||7–3||Bears||Adelaide||Saturday, 1 August||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004102805/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677600]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|68||Gold Coast||5–1||Canberra||Gold Coast||Sunday, 2 August||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091003152506/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677601]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|69||Melbourne||10–3||Bears||Melbourne||Sunday, 2 August||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004115005/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677602]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|70||Sydney||3–2||Newcastle||Liverpool||Sunday, 2 August||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004103929/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677603]
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
|Game No.||Home team||Score||Away team||Location||Date||Report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|71||Newcastle||5–3||Adelaide||Newcastle||Saturday, 8 August||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004102457/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677604]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|72||Canberra||6–4||Bears||Canberra||Saturday, 8 August||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004105614/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677605]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|73 & 74||Bears||3–7||Adelaide||Penrith||Sunday, 9 August||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004101559/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677606]
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
|Game No.||Home team||Score||Away team||Location||Date||Report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|75||Gold Coast||5–2||Melbourne||Gold Coast||Saturday, 15 August||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091003153104/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677608]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|76 & 77||Canberra||1–6||Adelaide||Canberra||Saturday, 15 August||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004101635/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677609]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|84||Newcastle||5–3||Bears||Newcastle||Sunday, 23 August||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004104821/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677617]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|78||Gold Coast||4–9||Melbourne||Gold Coast||Sunday, 16 August||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091003152815/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677611]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|79||Sydney||5–6 OT||Adelaide||Liverpool||Sunday, 16 August||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004102715/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677612]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|80||Newcastle||5–2||Canberra||Newcastle||Sunday, 16 August||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004103959/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677613]
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
|Game No.||Home team||Score||Away team||Location||Date||Report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|81||Adelaide||1–3||Sydney||Adelaide||Saturday, 22 August||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004101822/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677614]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|82||Bears||6–4||Canberra||Penrith||Saturday, 22 August||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004105530/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677615]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|83||Melbourne||4–1||Sydney||Melbourne||Sunday, 23 August||[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004112636/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/hockey_boxScores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=677616]
{{s-end}}
Note: "SO" indicates that a game was won through a shootout. Games schedule sourced from the AIHL.{{cite web | url = http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/3856/graphics/2009AIHL.pdf | title = 2009AIHL | publisher = AIHL | accessdate = 22 January 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091009100234/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/3856/graphics/2009AIHL%2Epdf | archive-date = 9 October 2009 | url-status = dead }}
= Standings =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | |||||||||
| width=165|Team
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GP|Games played}} !width=40|{{Tooltip|W|Wins}} !width=40|{{Tooltip|SOW|Shootout wins}} !width=40|{{Tooltip|SOL|Shootout losses}} !width=40|{{Tooltip|L|Losses}} !width=40|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}} !width=40|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}} !width=40|{{Tooltip|GDF|Goal difference}} !width=40|{{Tooltip|PTS|Points}} | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:#90EE90;"
|style="text-align:left;"| Newcastle North Stars | 24 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 122 | 85 | +37 | 55 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"| Melbourne Ice | 24 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 113 | 77 | +36 | 48 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"| Adelaide Adrenaline | 24 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 117 | 75 | +42 | 47 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"| Gold Coast Blue Tongues | 24 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 108 | 86 | +22 | 44 |
| style="text-align:left;"| Sydney Ice Dogs | 24 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 87 | 90 | −3 | 34 |
| style="text-align:left;"| Canberra Knights | 24 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 60 | 120 | −60 | 15 |
| style="text-align:left;"| The Bears | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 66 | 140 | −74 | 9 |
| class="wikitable" |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"|Qualified for the AIHL playoffs
|style="background:#90EE90;"|H Newman Reid Trophy winners |
[https://web.archive.org/web/20140613002558/http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/standingsTotals.cfm?leagueID=11464&clientID=3856 Source]
= Statistics =
== Scoring leaders ==
List shows the ten top skaters sorted by points, then goals.{{cite web | url = https://theaihl.com/leagues/stats_hockey.cfm?leagueID=11464&clientID=3856 | title = Scoring Leaders | publisher = Australian Ice Hockey League | accessdate = 23 September 2018 }}
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" | |||||||
| width="175px"| Player
!width="175px"| Team !width="50px" | {{Tooltip|GP|Games played}} !width="50px" | {{Tooltip|G|Goals}} !width="50px" | {{Tooltip|A|Assists}} !width="60px" | {{Tooltip|Pts|Points}} !width="50px" | {{Tooltip|PIM|Penalties in minutes}} !width="60px" | {{Tooltip|POS|Position}} | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="left"| {{sort|Smulders|Brad Smulders}} | align="left"| Gold Coast Blue Tongues | 22 | 33 | 43 | 76 | 8 | F |
| align="left"| {{sort|Lafrenière|Éric Lafrenière}} | align="left"| Newcastle North Stars | 22 | 27 | 30 | 57 | 6 | F |
| align="left"| {{sort|Watkins|Matthew Watkins}} | align="left"| Melbourne Ice | 22 | 25 | 29 | 54 | 8 | C |
| align="left"| {{sort|Saul|Adrian Saul}} | align="left"| Newcastle North Stars | 22 | 14 | 37 | 51 | 28 | F |
| align="left"| {{sort|Halverson|John Halverson}} | align="left"| Newcastle North Stars | 23 | 31 | 17 | 48 | 106 | D |
| align="left"| {{sort|Webster|Lliam Webster}} | align="left"| Melbourne Ice | 22 | 18 | 28 | 46 | 79 | F |
| align="left"| {{sort|Kaye|Steven Kaye}} | align="left"| Newcastle North Stars | 17 | 18 | 27 | 45 | 30 | F |
| align="left"| {{sort|Selander|André Selander}} | align="left"| Gold Coast Blue Tongues | 20 | 22 | 18 | 40 | 93 | LW |
| align="left"| {{sort|Sangha|Jassi Sangha}} | align="left"| Sydney Ice Dogs | 20 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 87 | LW |
| align="left"| {{sort|Rubes|Vladimir Rubes}} | align="left"| The Bears | 19 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 35 | F |
== Leading goaltenders ==
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage.{{cite web | url = https://theaihl.com/leagues/stats_hockey.cfm?leagueID=11464&clientID=3856 | title = Goalie Leaders | publisher = Australian Ice Hockey League | accessdate = 23 September 2018 }}
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" | |||||||
| width="170px" | Player
!width="175px"| Team !width="60px" | {{Tooltip|MIP|Minutes and seconds played}} !width="50px" | {{Tooltip|SOG|Shots on goal}} !width="50px" | {{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}} !width="60px" | {{Tooltip|GAA|Goals against average per 60 minutes}} !width="60px" | {{Tooltip|SVS%|Save percentage}} !width="50px" | {{Tooltip|SO|Shutouts}} | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:left;"| {{sort|Ezzy|Matthew Ezzy}} | style="text-align:left;"| Newcastle North Stars | 928 | 645 | 71 | 3.68 | 0.890 | 0 |
| style="text-align:left;"| {{sort|Martin|Olivier Martin}} | style="text-align:left;"| Adelaide Adrenaline | 989 | 604 | 69 | 3.49 | 0.886 | 0 |
| style="text-align:left;"| {{sort|Fiveash|Luke Fiveash}} | style="text-align:left;"| Gold Coast Blue Tongues | 607 | 356 | 42 | 3.46 | 0.882 | 1 |
| style="text-align:left;"| {{sort|Denman|Stuart Denman}} | style="text-align:left;"| Melbourne Ice | 965 | 496 | 65 | 3.37 | 0.869 | 1 |
| style="text-align:left;"| {{sort|Herbert|James Herbert}} | style="text-align:left;"| Sydney Ice Dogs | 871 | 430 | 63 | 3.62 | 0.853 | 0 |
Playoffs
In 2009, the Goodall Cup, celebrating 100 years of existence, had been taken back from Ice Hockey Australia (IHA) for an amateur interstate tournament and was replaced by the AIHL with the newly commissioned AIHL Champions Trophy.{{cite web | url = https://theaihl.com/leagues/newsletter.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&page=43763 | title = AIHL Welcomes Back Goodall Cup | publisher = Australian Ice Hockey League | first=Peter | last=Lambert | date =31 March 2010 | accessdate = 23 September 2018}}
The 2009 playoffs was scheduled for 29 August 2009 with Championship final held on 30 August 2009. Following the end of the regular season the top four teams advanced to the playoff series which was held at Hunter Ice Skating Stadium in Warners Bay, Newcastle, New South Wales.{{cite web | url = http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/custom_page.cfm?leagueID=11464&clientID=3856&pageID=3570 | title = Australian Ice Hockey League: VIP 2009 AIHL Finals | publisher = Australian Ice Hockey League | accessdate = 17 August 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091002193148/http://www.theaihl.com.au/leagues/custom_page.cfm?leagueID=11464&clientID=3856&pageID=3570 | archive-date = 2 October 2009 | url-status = dead }} The series was a single game elimination with the two winning semi-finalists advancing to the Championship final. The inaugural AIHL Champions Trophy was won by the Adelaide Adrenaline who defeated the Newcastle North Stars 3–2 in overtime after the two sides finished regulation time locked at 2–2. Adelaide's Cass Delsar, was named the finals most valuable player (MVP) after scoring the overtime winner.{{cite web | url = https://theaihl.com/leagues/newsletterarchive.cfm?leagueID=11464&clientID=3856 | title = Adelaide Adrenaline are Australian Champions | publisher = Australian Ice Hockey League | first=Peter | last=Lambert | date =30 August 2009 | accessdate = 23 September 2018}}
In March 2010, the AIHL and IHA agreed to reinstate the Goodall Cup as the ultimate prize of the AIHL and backdated Adelaide Adrenaline's 2009 championship to the Goodall Cup (first title), etching the South Australian team's name on the cup and officially calling them the 2009 Goodall Cup champions.
| RD1=Semifinals
| RD2=Final
| RD1-team1= Melbourne Ice
| RD1-score1=1
| RD1-team2= Adelaide Adrenaline
| RD1-score2=6
| RD1-team3= Newcastle North Stars
| RD1-score3=5
| RD1-team4= Gold Coast Blue Tongues
| RD1-score4=3
| RD2-team1=Adelaide Adrenaline
| RD2-score1=3
| RD2-team2=Newcastle North Stars
| RD2-score2=2
}}
All times are UTC+10:00
= Semi-finals =
{{IceHockeybox
| date = 29 August 2009
| time = 16:30
| team1 = Adelaide Adrenaline
| team2 = Melbourne Ice
| score = 6–1
| periods = (2–0, 3–1, 1–0)
| reference = https://theaihl.com/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=728515
| goalie1 = Olivier Martin
| goalie2 = Stuart Denman
| progression = 1 – 0
2 – 0
3 – 0
4 – 0
4 – 1
5 – 1
6 – 1
| goals1 = Mantere (Oddy)
Beirnes (PP) (Keane, Thilthorpe)
Beirnes (Delsar)
Mantere (Oddy, Greer)
Werner (PP) (Morgan, Mantere)
Werner (Darge, Keane)
| goals2 = Webster (PP) (Watkins, Seckington)
| official = Gordon Young
| linesman = Jason Forbes
| linesman2 = Jim McIntosh
| stadium = Hunter Ice Skating Stadium, Newcastle
| attendance =
| penalties1 = 14
| penalties2 = 26
| shots1 = 34
| shots2 = 25
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date = 29 August 2009
| time = 20:00
| bg = #eeffff
| team1 = Gold Coast Blue Tongues
| team2 = Newcastle North Stars
| score = 3–5
| periods = (2–2, 1–1, 0–2)
| reference = https://theaihl.com/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=728516
| goalie1 = Milan Novysedlak
| goalie2 = Matthew Ezzy
| progression = 0 – 1
0 – 2
1 – 2
2 – 2
3 – 2
3 – 3
3 – 4
3 – 5
| goals1 = Ivarsson (PP) (Smulders, Selander)
Selander (PP) (Smulders, Upton)
Smulders (SH) (Ivarsson)
| goals2 = Kaye (PP) (Lafrenière, Saul)
Halverson (SH) (Saul, Starke)
Morrisson (Murrell)
Kaye (Price, Saul)
Kaye (Saul, Lafrenière)
| official = Jeff Scott
| linesman = Darren Hardy-Hawken
| linesman2 = Rick West
| stadium = Hunter Ice Skating Stadium, Newcastle
| attendance = 1000
| penalties1 = 18
| penalties2 = 14
| shots1 = 29
| shots2 = 39
}}
= Final =
{{IceHockeybox
| date = 30 August 2009
| time = 16:00
| team1 = Adelaide Adrenaline
| team2 = Newcastle North Stars
| score = 3 – 2 (OT)
| periods = (2–1, 0–1, 0–0, 1–0)
| reference = https://theaihl.com/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=728517
| goalie1 = Olivier Martin
| goalie2 = Matthew Ezzy
| progression = 0 – 1
1 – 1
2 – 1
2 – 2
3 – 2
| goals1 = Morgan (PP) (Harding, Werner)
Oddy (PP) (Werner)
Delsar (Beirnes, Harding)
| goals2 = Halverson (Sheffield)
Halverson (PP) (Kaye, Saul)
| official = Jeff Scott
| linesman = Rick West
| linesman2 = Jason Forbes
| stadium = Hunter Ice Skating Stadium, Newcastle
| attendance = 950
| penalties1 = 16
| penalties2 = 18
| shots1 = 34
| shots2 = 17
}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [https://theaihl.com/leagues/front_pageAIHL.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464 Official website of the AIHL]
{{AIHL}}
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{{2009–10 in men's ice hockey}}
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