What does AIHL stand for?

AIHL stands for Australian Ice Hockey League.

How many teams play in the AIHL?

The AIHL currently consists of 10 teams.

Which country is the AIHL based in?

The AIHL is based in Australia.

Who won the most recent AIHL championship?

Newcastle Northstars won the most recent AIHL championship in 2026.

Australian Ice Hockey League AIHL 2002-2003

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2002-2003

2002-2003 Season

Sydney Bears finished first in the 2002-03 AIHL standings with 22 points. Western Sydney Ice Dogs (21 points) and Adelaide Avalanche (14 points) followed.

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2002-2003 AIHL Standings

2002-2003 AIHL — Standings
#	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/-	TP	PPG	Postseason
1.	Adelaide Avalanche	7	7	0	0	-	-	43	16	27	14	2.00	Semifinal loss
2.	Newcastle North Stars	6	6	0	0	-	-	47	17	30	12	2.00	Champion
3.	Sydney Bears	18	11	0	7	-	-	74	64	10	22	1.22	Bronze game win
4.	Western Sydney Ice Dogs	18	10	1	7	-	-	90	64	26	21	1.17	Final loss
5.	Melbourne Ice	6	2	0	4	-	-	20	32	-12	4	0.67	Semifinal loss
6.	Canberra Knights	8	0	0	8	-	-	16	64	-48	0	0.00	Did not make playoffs

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2002-2003 AIHL Player Stats

2002-2003 AIHL — Player Stats
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Vladimir Rubes (F)	17	21	27	48	-
2.	Greg Oddy (F)	17	20	27	47	20
3.	Trevor Walsh (F)	14	23	22	45	70
4.	Dylan Martini (D)	17	5	31	36	22
5.	Derek DeCosty (F)	14	20	15	35	12

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2002-2003 AIHL Goalie Stats

2002-2003 AIHL — Goalie Stats
#	Player	GP	GAA	SVP
1.	Trevor Battaglia (G)	5	2.83	.898
2.	Bill Benedicston (G)	10	2.90	.878
3.	Eric Lien (G)	7	2.71	.874
4.	Joel Gibson (G)	19	4.97	.829

2002-2003 AIHL Demographics

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AIHL Transactions

AIHL — Transactions
Date	Status	Player	From	To	Source
10/12/2026	Confirmed	Kabore Dunn (D)	Sydney Ice Dogs	Epinal	Details
09/27/2026	Confirmed	Philippe Caron (D)	Melbourne Mustangs	Macon Mayhem	Details
09/23/2026	Confirmed	Kevin Sadovski (D)	Sydney Bears	Birmingham Bulls	Details
09/18/2026	Confirmed	Jed Lake (F)	Melbourne Ice	Vernon Vipers	Details
09/16/2026	Confirmed	Brett Bamber (D)	Sydney Bears	Feltre	Details

2026-2027 AIHL Free Agents

2026-2027 AIHL — Free Agents
Team	Player
Central Coast Rhinos	Danick Bouchard (F)
Brisbane Lightning	Zach Shankar (D)
Canberra Brave	Dominic Canic (F)
Melbourne Ice	David Booth (F)
Perth Thunder	Ville Tenosalmi (F)

2027-2028 AIHL Free Agents

2027-2028 AIHL — Free Agents
Team	Player
Canberra Brave	Carson Miller (F)

AIHL Team Comparison (Averages)

2002-2003 AIHL — Team Comparison
#	Team	Players	Experience	Height	Weight	Age
1.	Adelaide Adrenaline	23	691	5'11"	185 lbs	23.62
2.	Canberra Brave	8	65	5'10"	185 lbs	23.00
3.	Melbourne Ice	6	24	5'10"	196 lbs	24.00
4.	Melbourne Jets	1	0	5'9"	172 lbs	24.00
5.	Newcastle Northstars	10	57	5'11"	179 lbs	25.70
6.	Sydney Bears	24	339	5'10"	181 lbs	25.62
7.	Sydney Ice Dogs	26	48	5'11"	190 lbs	24.16

Team Comparison History

Where Are They Now?

Played in the league during season

AIHL — Where Are They Now
#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Bryan Kolodziejczyk (F)	2026-2027	Liege Bulldogs	Belgium	5	11	27	38	2
2.	Artem Astafiev (F)	2026-2027	Wolves Hockey Club 18U	JPHL 18U	10	10	10	20	12
3.	Santeri Haarala (F)	2026-2027	Füchse Duisburg	Oberliga	12	12	6	18	8
4.	Calvin Bright (D)	2026-2027	Cloverdale HC	PIJHL	14	7	10	17	10
5.	Ales Padelek (F)	2026-2027	Nottingham Lions	NIHL 1	6	7	9	16	0
6.	Dominik Gabaj (F)	2026-2027	Peterborough Phantoms	NIHL	11	5	11	16	6
7.	Tanner Hamilton (F)	2026-2027	NY Dynamo	USPHL Premier	10	9	6	15	19
8.	Lachie Hodge (D)	2026-2027	Iron County Yeti	USPHL Premier	11	8	7	15	37
9.	Alexei Rayzman (F)	2026-2027	Iron County Yeti	USPHL Premier	11	8	6	14	2
10.	Dillon Lawrence (F)	2026-2027	Peterborough Phantoms	NIHL	12	8	6	14	2

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AIHL All-Time Points

AIHL — All-Time Points
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Greg Oddy (F)	383	268	347	615
2.	Wehebe Darge (F)	319	236	304	540
3.	Joey Hughes (F)	309	230	291	521
4.	Lliam Webster (F)	407	214	272	486
5.	Tommy Powell (F)	384	175	301	476

AIHL All-Time Goals

AIHL — All-Time Goals
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Greg Oddy (F)	383	268	347	615
2.	Wehebe Darge (F)	319	236	304	540
3.	Joey Hughes (F)	309	230	291	521
4.	Lliam Webster (F)	407	214	272	486
5.	Jamie Bourke (F)	320	188	234	422

AIHL All-Time Assists

AIHL — All-Time Assists
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Greg Oddy (F)	383	268	347	615
2.	Wehebe Darge (F)	319	236	304	540
3.	Tommy Powell (F)	384	175	301	476
4.	Joey Hughes (F)	309	230	291	521
5.	Lliam Webster (F)	407	214	272	486

AIHL All-Time Penalty Min.

AIHL — All-Time Penalty Min.
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	David Dunwoodie (F)	372	92	269	1652
2.	Andrew White (F)	260	57	147	1248
3.	Lliam Webster (F)	407	214	486	1149
4.	Jamie Bourke (F)	320	188	422	1137
5.	Joey Hughes (F)	309	230	521	1020

AIHL All-Time Games Played

AIHL — All-Time Games Played
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Lliam Webster (F)	407	214	272	486
2.	Tommy Powell (F)	384	175	301	476
3.	Greg Oddy (F)	383	268	347	615
4.	David Dunwoodie (F)	372	92	177	269
5.	Sean Jones (F)	366	90	117	207

AIHL All-Time Points Per Game

AIHL — All-Time Points Per Game
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Mickey Gilchrist (F)	15	30	67	4.47
2.	David Booth (F)	23	48	91	3.96
3.	Chris Schutz (F)	14	28	53	3.79
4.	Austin Albrecht (F)	40	65	144	3.60
5.	Mark Wires (F)	6	9	21	3.50

AIHL All-Time Points Per Season

AIHL — All-Time Points Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Geordie Wudrick (F)	2014-2015	AIHL	28	44	47	91	3.25	40
2.	Addison DeBoer (F)	2010-2011	AIHL	28	32	53	85	3.04	50
3.	Yevgeni Skachkov (F)	2025-2026	AIHL	24	40	44	84	3.50	28
4.	Santeri Haarala (F)	2025-2026	AIHL	28	32	52	84	3.00	65
5.	Tanner Hopps (F)	2025-2026	AIHL	28	34	49	83	2.96	4

AIHL All-Time Goals Per Season

AIHL — All-Time Goals Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Geordie Wudrick (F)	2014-2015	AIHL	28	44	47	91	3.25	40
2.	Matt Amado (F)	2010-2011	AIHL	27	42	27	69	2.56	67
3.	Yevgeni Skachkov (F)	2025-2026	AIHL	24	40	44	84	3.50	28
4.	Austin Albrecht (F)	2022-2023	AIHL	19	39	37	76	4.00	14
5.	Jesse Gabrielle (F)	2018-2019	AIHL	20	39	28	67	3.35	54

AIHL All-Time Assists Per Season

AIHL — All-Time Assists Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Addison DeBoer (F)	2010-2011	AIHL	28	32	53	85	3.04	50
2.	Santeri Haarala (F)	2025-2026	AIHL	28	32	52	84	3.00	65
3.	Brian Bales (F)	2009-2010	AIHL	23	30	51	81	3.52	24
4.	Stephen Blunden (F)	2014-2015	AIHL	24	28	51	79	3.29	46
5.	Félix Plouffe (F)	2025-2026	AIHL	29	11	50	61	2.10	0

AIHL All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

AIHL — All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Blair Collins (F)	2005-2006	AIHL	22	0	3	3	0.14	208
2.	Ryan O'Keefe (D)	2005-2006	AIHL	21	4	10	14	0.67	192
3.	Bryan Lachance (D)	2007-2008	AIHL	20	11	22	33	1.65	191
4.	Trevor Ross (D)	2004-2005	AIHL	24	9	16	25	1.04	189
5.	Jamie Bourke (F)	2010-2011	AIHL	20	14	16	30	1.50	180

List of AIHL Champions

AIHL — Champions
Year	Team
2026	Newcastle Northstars
2025	Melbourne Ice
2024	Canberra Brave
2023	Melbourne Mustangs
2022	CBR Brave
2019	Sydney Bears
2018	CBR Brave
2017	Melbourne Ice
2016	Newcastle North Stars
2015	Newcastle North Stars
2014	Melbourne Mustangs
2013	Sydney Ice Dogs
2012	Melbourne Ice
2011	Melbourne Ice
2010	Melbourne Ice
2009	Adelaide Adrenaline
2008	Newcastle North Stars
2007	Sydney Bears
2006	Newcastle North Stars
2005	Newcastle North Stars
2004	Western Sydney Ice Dogs
2003	Newcastle North Stars
2002	Sydney Bears
2001	Adelaide Avalanche
2000	Adelaide Avalanche