The 2006 AIHL season was the seventh season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). It ran from 8 April 2006 until 27 August 2006, with the Goodall Cup finals following on 2 and 3 September 2006. The Melbourne Ice won the V.I.P. Cup after finishing the regular season first in the league standings. The Newcastle North Stars won the Goodall Cup for the third time by defeating the Adelaide Avalanche in the final.
Regular season The regular season began on 8 April 2006 and ran through to 27 August 2006 before the top four teams advanced to compete in the Goodall Cup playoff series.
Standings
Team Melbourne Ice 28 21 0 2 5 138 87 +51 65 Adelaide Avalanche 28 19 0 0 9 134 84 +50 57 Western Sydney Ice Dogs 28 18 1 0 9 101 84 +17 56 Newcastle North Stars 28 16 0 1 11 143 95 +48 49 Sydney Bears 28 15 1 1 11 145 112 +33 48 Brisbane Blue Tongues 28 10 1 0 17 129 138 -9 32 Central Coast Rhinos 28 6 0 0 22 97 169 -72 18 Canberra Knights 28 3 1 0 24 79 197 -118 11 Qualified for the Goodall Cup playoffsV.I.P. Cup winners Source
Statistics Scoring leaders List shows the ten top skaters sorted by points, then goals. Current as of 3 September 2006 Player Team Newcastle North Stars 20 29 37 66 40 C Newcastle North Stars 21 32 31 63 34 C Sydney Bears 24 27 30 57 50 F Brisbane Blue Tongues 22 28 26 54 36 C Sydney Bears 25 20 34 54 48 F Adelaide Avalanche 23 26 27 53 12 F Adelaide Avalanche 23 17 33 50 68 C Central Coast Rhinos 25 22 22 44 56 LW Newcastle North Stars 25 11 31 42 95 D Sydney Bears 22 14 23 37 48 F
Leading goaltenders Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage with a minimum 40% of the team's ice time. Current as of 3 September 2006 Player Team Newcastle North Stars 989 722 69 3.49 0.904 1 Western Sydney Ice Dogs 1035 621 66 3.19 0.894 2 Sydney Bears 487 320 35 3.59 0.891 0 Melbourne Ice 989 526 65 3.29 0.876 1 Adelaide Avalanche 988 504 64 3.24 0.873 1
Goodall Cup playoffs
The 2006 playoffs was scheduled for 2 September with the Goodall Cup final held on 3 September 2006. Following the end of the regular season the top four teams advanced to the playoff series which was held at the IceArenA in Adelaide, South Australia. The series was a single game elimination with the two winning semi-finalists advancing to the Goodall Cup final. The Goodall Cup was won by Newcastle North Stars (3rd title) who defeated host team the Adelaide Avalanche 4–0 in the final.
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Semi-finals
Final
References
External links Official AIHL website