2009 AIHL season

The 2009 AIHL season is the 10th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League, the 8th in which the Goodall Cup will be awarded to the league champions. The season opens on April 25, 2009 with games in Liverpool and Canberra. Newcastle North Stars won the V.I.P. Cup after finishing atop the ladder in the regular season.

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. 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 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 Liverpool's Catholic Club’s ice rink after their former home at Baulkham Hills rink withdrew from the league.

On the 25-26 of July there is a weeks break for the Junior Men’s national tournament, known as the Brown Tournament.

Regular season
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 * colspan="50" bgcolor="#0022CC" | AIHL.jpg 2009 AIHL game log
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 * Game No.||Home team||Score||Away team||Location||Date||Report
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 * 1||Sydney||6—1||Gold Coast||Liverpool||Saturday, April 25||
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 * 2||Canberra||5—2||Bears||Canberra||Saturday, April 25||
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 * 3||Newcastle||5—3||Sydney||Newcastle||Sunday, April 26||
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 * 4||Bears||0—7||Gold Coast||Penrith||Sunday, April 26||
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 * Game No.||Home team||Score||Away team||Location||Date||Report
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 * 5||Melbourne Ice||3—4||Newcastle||Melbourne||Saturday, May 2||
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 * 6||Bears||1—5||Sydney||Penrith||Saturday, May 2||
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 * 7||Adelaide||7—3||Newcastle||Adelaide||Sunday, May 3||
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 * 8||Sydney||2—3 SO||Canberra||Liverpool||Sunday, May 3||
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 * Game No.||Home team||Score||Away team||Location||Date||Report
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 * 9||Canberra||1—5||Melbourne||Canberra||Saturday, May 9||
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 * 11||Newcastle||5—1||Gold Coast||Newcastle||Saturday, May 9||
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 * 12||Sydney||6—1||Bears||Liverpool||Saturday, May 9||
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 * 13||Newcastle||8—5||Gold Coast||Newcastle||Sunday, May 10||
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 * 14||Bears||4—3 SO||Melbourne||Penrith||Sunday, May 10||
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 * Game No.||Home team||Score||Away team||Location||Date||Report
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 * 39||Gold Coast||2—3 SO||Newcastle||Gold Coast||Saturday, May 16||
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 * 16||Adelaide||8—1||Canberra||Adelaide||Saturday, May 16||
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 * 42||Gold Coast||4—5 SO||Newcastle||Gold Coast||Sunday, May 17||
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 * 18||Melbourne||5—2||Canberra||Melbourne||Sunday, May 17||
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 * 41||Bears||1—5||Sydney||Penrith||Sunday, May 17||
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 * Game No.||Home team||Score||Away team||Location||Date||Report
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 * 20||Gold Coast||8—4||Bears||Gold Coast||Saturday, May 23||
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 * 21||Canberra||5—8||Newcastle||Canberra||Saturday, May 23||
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 * 22||Melbourne||2—5||Adelaide||Melbourne||Saturday, May 23||
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 * 23||Gold Coast||9—5||Bears||Gold Coast||Sunday, May 24||
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 * 24||Melbourne||2—4||Adelaide||Melbourne||Sunday, May 24||
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 * 25||Sydney||1—3||Canberra||Liverpool||Sunday, May 24||
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 * Game No.||Home team||Score||Away team||Location||Date||Report
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 * 26||Canberra||2—5||Newcastle||Canberra||Saturday, May 30||
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 * 27||Melbourne||4—5 SO||Sydney||Melbourne||Saturday, May 30||
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 * 28||Adelaide||8—3||Sydney||Adelaide||Sunday, May 31||
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 * Game No.||Home team||Score||Away team||Location||Date||Report
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 * 30||Gold Coast||4—2||Adelaide||Gold Coast||Saturday, June 6||
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 * 31||Newcastle||7—3||Bears||Newcastle||Saturday, June 6||
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 * 10||Canberra||2—5||Melbourne||Canberra||Saturday, June 6||
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 * 33||Gold Coast||5—2||Adelaide||Gold Coast||Sunday, June 7||
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 * 34||Bears||3—5||Melbourne||Penrith||Sunday, June 7||
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 * Game No.||Home team||Score||Away team||Location||Date||Report
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 * 35||Adelaide||4—2||Bears||Adelaide||Saturday, June 13||
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 * 36||Canberra||6—3||Sydney||Canberra||Saturday, June 13||
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 * 37||Melbourne||6—0||Bears||Melbourne||Sunday, June 14||
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 * 38||Sydney||4—6||Newcastle||Liverpool||Sunday, June 14||
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 * Game No.||Home team||Score||Away team||Location||Date||Report
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 * 15||Gold Coast||9—2||Sydney||Gold Coast||Saturday, June 20||
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 * 40||Adelaide||5—1||Canberra||Adelaide||Saturday, June 20||
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 * 19||Bears||2—6||Newcastle||Penrith||Saturday, June 20||
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 * 17||Gold Coast||8—4||Sydney||Gold Coast||Sunday, June 21||
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 * 43||Melbourne||8—3||Canberra||Melbourne||Sunday, June 21||
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 * Game No.||Home team||Score||Away team||Location||Date||Report
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 * 44||Adelaide||5—2||Melbourne||Adelaide||Saturday, June 27||
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 * 45||Newcastle||9—4||Canberra||Newcastle||Saturday, June 27||
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 * 46||Sydney||4—1||Gold Coast||Liverpool||Saturday, June 27||
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 * 47||Adelaide||1—4||Melbourne||Adelaide||Sunday, June 28||
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 * 48||Bears||3—2 SO||Gold Coast||Penrith||Sunday, June 28||
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 * 49||Newcastle||3—2||Sydney||Newcastle||Sunday, June 28||
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 * Game No.||Home team||Score||Away team||Location||Date||Report
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 * 50||Newcastle||3—4||Adelaide||Newcastle||Saturday, July 4||
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 * 51||Canberra||1—4||Sydney||Canberra||Saturday, July 4||
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 * 52||Melbourne||3—4 SO||Gold Coast||Melbourne||Saturday, July 4||
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 * 53||Melbourne||5—4||Gold Coast||Melbourne||Sunday, July 5||
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 * 54||Sydney||5—3||Adelaide||Liverpool||Sunday, July 5||
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 * 29||Bears||2—7||Newcastle||Penrith||Sunday, July 5||
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 * Game No.||Home team||Score||Away team||Location||Date||Report
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 * 55||Melbourne||2—5||Newcastle||Melbourne||Saturday, July 11||
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 * 56||Canberra||1—5||Gold Coast||Canberra||Saturday, July 11||
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 * 57||Sydney||5—3||Bears||Liverpool||Saturday, July 11||
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 * 58||Adelaide||5—7||Newcastle||Adelaide||Sunday, July 12||
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 * 59||Canberra||1—3||Gold Coast||Canberra||Sunday, July 12||
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 * Game No.||Home team||Score||Away team||Location||Date||Report
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 * 60||Adelaide||9—3||Gold Coast||Adelaide||Saturday, July 18||
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 * 61 & 62||Newcastle||3—7||Melbourne||Newcastle||Saturday, July 18||
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 * 63||Adelaide||2—4||Gold Coast||Adelaide||Sunday, July 19||
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 * 64||Bears||5—4 SO||Canberra||Penrith||Sunday, July 19||
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 * 65 & 32||Sydney||3—5||Melbourne||Liverpool||Sunday, July 19||
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 * Game No.||Home team||Score||Away team||Location||Date||Report
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 * 66||Gold Coast||3—6||Canberra||Gold Coast||Saturday, August 1||
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 * 67||Adelaide||7—3||Bears||Adelaide||Saturday, August 1||
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 * 68||Gold Coast||5—1||Canberra||Gold Coast||Sunday, August 2||
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 * 69||Melbourne||10—3||Bears||Melbourne||Sunday, August 2||
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 * 70||Sydney||3—2||Newcastle||Liverpool||Sunday, August 2||
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 * Game No.||Home team||Score||Away team||Location||Date||Report
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 * 71||Newcastle||5—3||Adelaide||Newcastle||Saturday, August 8||
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 * 72||Canberra||6—4||Bears||Canberra||Saturday, August 8||
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 * 73 & 74||Bears||3—7||Adelaide||Penrith||Sunday, August 9||
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 * Game No.||Home team||Score||Away team||Location||Date||Report
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 * 75||Gold Coast||5—2||Melbourne||Gold Coast||Saturday, August 15||
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 * 76 & 77||Canberra||1—6||Adelaide||Canberra||Saturday, August 15||
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 * 84||Newcastle||5—3||Bears||Newcastle||Sunday, August 23||
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 * 78||Gold Coast||4—9||Melbourne||Gold Coast||Sunday, August 16||
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 * 79||Sydney||5—6 OT||Adelaide||Liverpool||Sunday, August 16||
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 * 80||Newcastle||5—2||Canberra||Newcastle||Sunday, August 16||
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 * Game No.||Home team||Score||Away team||Location||Date||Report
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 * 81||Adelaide||1-3||Sydney||Adelaide||Saturday, August 22||
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 * 82||Bears||6-4||Canberra||Penrith||Saturday, August 22||
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 * 83||Melbourne||4-1||Sydney||Melbourne||Sunday, August 23||

Note: "SO" indicates that a game was won through a shootout. Games schedule sourced from the AIHL.

Standings
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTW = Overtime Wins, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PTS = Points

Playoffs
The playoffs began on August 29, with the final to be held on August 30. They will be held at the Hunter Ice Skating Stadium in Warners Bay, New South Wales.