2009 NZIHL season

The 2009 NZIHL season is a season of the New Zealand Ice Hockey League. The finals was played in Christchurch on September 6th 2009 and saw the Canterbury Red Devils defeat the Southern Stampede by the score of 5-4.

Regular season

2009 NZIHL game log
Game No.	Home team	Score	Away team	Location	Date
1	Southern Stampede	6 - 0	West Auckland Admirals	Queenstown	June 12
2	Southern Stampede	6 - 2	West Auckland Admirals	Queenstown	June 13
3	Botany Swarm	7 - 3	Dunedin Thunder	Botany	June 13
4	Botany Swarm	3 - 2	Dunedin Thunder	Botany	June 14
5	Botany Swarm	1 - 7	Southern Stampede	Botany	June 10
6	Botany Swarm	3 - 7	Southern Stampede	Botany	June 21
7	Dunedin Thunder	0 - 11	Canterbury Red Devils	Dunedin	June 20
8	Dunedin Thunder	2 - 15	Canterbury Red Devils	Dunedin	June 21
9	Southern Stampede	10 - 0	Dunedin Thunder	Queenstown	June 27
10	Southern Stampede	11 - 0	Dunedin Thunder	Queenstown	June 28
11	West Auckland Admirals	1 - 10	Canterbury Red Devils	Avondale	June 27
12	West Auckland Admirals	0 - 11	Canterbury Red Devils	Avondale	June 28
13	Southern Stampede	4 - 4	Botany Swarm	Queenstown	July 3
14	Southern Stampede	3 - 1	Botany Swarm	Queenstown	July 4
15	West Auckland Admirals	0 - 11	Dunedin Thunder	Dunedin	July 4
16	West Auckland Admirals	2 - 15	Dunedin Thunder	Dunedin	July 5
17	Dunedin Thunder	7 - 4	West Auckland Admirals	Dunedin	July 11
18	Dunedin Thunder	5 - 6	West Auckland Admirals	Dunedin	July 12
19	Canterbury Red Devils	8 - 4	Botany Swarm	Christchurch	July 11
20	Canterbury Red Devils	6 - 4	Botany Swarm	Christchurch	July 12
21	Botany Swarm	4 - 4	West Auckland Admirals	Botany	July 25
22	Botany Swarm	3 - 2	West Auckland Admirals	Botany	July 26
23	Canterbury Red Devils	2 - 3	Southern Stampede	Christchurch	July 25
24	Canterbury Red Devils	7 - 4	Southern Stampede	Christchurch	July 26
25	Dunedin Thunder	2 - 4	Southern Stampede	Dunedin	August 1
26	Dunedin Thunder	4 - 12	Southern Stampede	Dunedin	August 2
27	Botany Swarm	2 - 7	Canterbury Red Devils	Botany	August 1
28	Botany Swarm	2 - 6	Canterbury Red Devils	Botany	August 2
29	West Auckland Admirals	3 - 3	Southern Stampede	Avondale	August 8
30	West Auckland Admirals	1 - 9	Southern Stampede	Avondale	August 9
31	Canterbury Red Devils	16 - 1	Dunedin Thunder	Christchurch	August 8
32	Canterbury Red Devils	16 - 3	Dunedin Thunder	Christchurch	August 9
33	Canterbury Red Devils	7 - 1	West Auckland Admirals	Christchurch	August 15
34	Canterbury Red Devils	4 - 0	West Auckland Admirals	Christchurch	August 16
35	Dunedin Thunder	1 - 9	Botany Swarm	Dunedin	August 15
36	Dunedin Thunder	4 - 7	Botany Swarm	Dunedin	August 16
37	Southern Stampede	3 - 5	Canterbury Red Devils	Queenstown	August 28
38	Southern Stampede	5 - 2	Canterbury Red Devils	Queenstown	August 29
39	West Auckland Admirals	2 - 7	Botany Swarm	Avondale	August 28
40	West Auckland Admirals	3 - 10	Botany Swarm	Avondale	August 29

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

Qualified for the playoffs

2009 NZIHL standings
Rk	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1	Canterbury Red Devils	16	14	0	2	133	35	+98	28
2	Southern Stampede	16	12	2	2	97	37	+60	26
3	Botany Swarm	16	7	2	2	71	70	+1	16
4	West Auckland Admirals	16	3	2	11	40	99	-59	8
5	Dunedin Thunder	16	1	0	15	42	142	-100	1

Top scorers

2009 NZIHL scoring leaders
Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
Christopher Eaden	Canterbury Red Devils	14	30	27	57
Paris Heyd	Canterbury Red Devils	13	18	26	44
Ryan Ruddle	Canterbury Red Devils	14	13	20	33
Brett Speirs	Southern Stampede	14	19	11	30
Brett Bjorkman	Southern Stampede	14	14	15	29
Jorane Fazende	Dunedin Thunder	16	14	13	27
Simon Glass	Southern Stampede	14	13	14	27
Kyle Papai	Canterbury Red Devils	11	18	8	26
Braden Lee	Southern Stampede	14	14	8	22

Playoffs

The league's playoffs consisted of a single match played between the top two teams of the regular season. The game was held on September 6th in Christchurch on the home ice of the best team of the regular season, the Canterbury Red Devils. The Red Devils defeated the Southern Stampede 5-4.

References

• http://www.nzicehockey.co.nz/nzihl.html; retrieved on April 24th 2010

External links

• Official website of the New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation

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