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2014 CBR Brave season

The 2014 CBR Brave season was the Brave's 1st season in the Australian Ice Hockey League since being founded in pre-season before the 2014 AIHL season. The season ran from 12 April 2014 to 30 August 2014 for the Brave. CBR finished third in their inaugural regular season behind the Melbourne Mustangs and Melbourne Ice.[1] The Brave qualified for the AIHL Finals in Melbourne and played in semi-final two. Canberra were defeated by the Melbourne Ice, 1–6 in their semi-final match and were knocked out of the finals weekend, ending their season.[2][3]

2014 CBR Brave
League3rd AIHL
2014 record14–2–2–9
Home record7–1–1–4
Road record7–2–1–5
Goals for106
Goals against89
Team information
CoachFinland Matti Luoma
Assistant coachUnited States David Rogina
CaptainAustralia Mark Rummukainen
Alternate captainsAustralia Aaron Clayworth
New Zealand Matthew Harvey
ArenaPhillip Ice Skating Centre
Team leaders
GoalsCanada Stephen Blunden(36)
AssistsFinland Anton Kokkonen (42)
PointsCanada Stephen Blunden(68)
Penalty minutesAustralia Harrison Byers (111)
Goals against averageFinland Petri Pitkänen (3.52)

News edit

The CBR Brave was established in March 2014 following the collapse of the Canberra Knights in late February.[4] The Brave appointed former player Matti Luoma as their inaugural head coach.[5] The team filled their playing roster quickly with a mix of local and international players. The first visa player to join the team was Finnish goaltender Petri Pitkänen.[6] The Brave filled their visa quota with the signings of Anton Kokkonen, Stephen Blunden and Mathieu Ouellett.[7][8]

12 April 2014, The Brave played their maiden AIHL match at home in front of around 1,000 fans against the Newcastle North Stars. The visiting North Stars won the match 2–0.[9] The Brave won their second match to record their first victory. The defeated the defending champions, the Sydney Ice Dogs, with a dominant third period display.[10]

In July, one home match at Phillip had to be cancelled due to the travelling Adelaide Adrenaline team suffering a bus crash. A number of the Adelaide players were taken to hospital as a precaution but no one was seriously injured.[11] The match was originally postponed but the league commission eventually cancelled the fixture and gave both teams one competition point each.[12]

In August the Brave finished the regular season third in the table, qualifying for the AIHL finals weekend in Melbourne. It was the first time since the AIHL was founded in 2000 that a Canberra-based team had qualified for finals.[13]

Roster edit

Team roster for the 2014 AIHL season[14]

2014 AIHL CBR Brave Roster
# Nat Name Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
44   David Bell D 20 2014 Cairns, Queensland, Australia
8   Stephen Blunden LW L 26 2014 Gloucester, Ontario, Canada
18   Harrison Byers C R 22 2014 Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
17   James Byers D R 21 2014 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
6   Aaron Clayworth D R 30 2014 Perth, Western Australia, Australia
7   Darren Cope F R 30–31 2014 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
35   Nickolas Eckhardt G L 25 2014 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
19   Jordan Gavin F R 32–33 2014 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
27   Mike Giorgi D L 27 2014 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
25   Jeff Harvey F 21 2014 Okotoks, Alberta, Canada
65   Matthew Harvey D R 29 2014 Calgary, Alberta, Canada
3   Ryan Johnson F R 40–41 2014 Amesbury, Massachusetts, United States
20   Brad Hunt G L 45 2014 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
56   Anton Kokkonen C L 26 2014 Turku, Finland
10   Matt Lehoczky F R 38 2014 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
77   Tom Letki F R 26 2014 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
11   David Lewis F L 37 2014 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
21   Matti Luoma RW R 35 2014 Helsinki, Finland
14   Christopher McPhail D L 24 2014 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
64   Kai Miettinen F L 19 2014 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
5   Mathieu Ouellette LW L 26 2014 Clarence Creek, Ontario, Canada
54   Petri Pitkänen G L 23–24 2014 Jyväskylä, Finland
66   Shai Rabinowitz F R 27 2014 Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
32   Alain Riesen F L 24–25 2014 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
12   Mark Rummukainen D R 33 2014 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
88   Darren Taylor D 2014 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
91   Peter Taylor F R 27 2014 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
13   Derek Walker F 21 2014 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Transfers edit

All the player transfers in and out by the CBR Brave for the 2014 AIHL season.

In edit

Pos Player Transferred From Local / Import
D   David Bell   Canberra Knights Local
W   Stephen Blunden   University of Ottawa Import
C   Harrison Byers   Canberra Knights Local
D   James Byers   Canberra Knights Local
D   Aaron Clayworth No team Local
F   Darren Cope No team Local
G   Nickolas Eckhardt   Canberra Knights Local
F   Jordan Gavin   Canberra Knights Local
D   Mike Giorgi No team Import
F   Jeff Harvey   University of Victoria Local
D   Matthew Harvey   Okotoks Drillers Local
F   Ryan Johnson No team Local
G   Brad Hunt   Canberra Knights Local
C   Anton Kokkonen   TuTo Import
F   Matt Lehoczky No team Local
F   Tom Letki   Canberra Knights Local
F   David Lewis   Canberra Knights Local
W   Matti Luoma   Canberra Knights Local
D   Christopher McPhail No team Local
F   Kai Miettinen   Canberra Knights Local
W   Mathieu Ouellette   University of Ottawa Import
G   Petri Pitkänen   KeuPa HT Import
F   Shai Rabinowitz   Newcastle North Stars Local
F   Alain Riesen   Canberra Knights Local
D   Mark Rummukainen   Canberra Knights Local
D   Darren Taylor No team Local
F   Peter Taylor   Canberra Knights Local
F   Derek Walker   St. James Canucks Import
F   Corey Wilkie   St. James Canucks Import
G   Stuart Woodall   Canberra Knights Local

Out edit

  • N/A - first season

Staff edit

Staff Roster for 2014 AIHL season[15]

2014 AIHL CBR Brave Staff
Role Staff
Head coach   Matti Luoma
Assistant coach   David Rogina
Physiotherapist   Ben Pagett
Equipment manager   Adrian Miller
Bench official   Darren Sault
Bench official   Kelly Sault

Standings edit

Regular season edit

Summary

Season Overall Home Away
P W L OW OL GF GA GD Pts Finish P W L OW OL GF GA GD P W L OW OL GF GA GD
2014 27 14 9 2 2 106 89 +17 49 3rd 13 7 4 1 1 45 37 +8 14 7 5 1 1 61 52 +9

Position by round

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Position56565433323324432233
Updated to match(es) played on Completed. Source: www.icehockeynewsaustralia.com

League table

Team GP W OTW T OTL L GF GA GDF PTS
Melbourne Mustangs 28 17 0 0 3 8 108 88 +20 54
Melbourne Ice 28 14 3 0 3 8 104 88 +16 51
CBR Brave 28 14 2 1 2 9 106 89 +17 49
Sydney Ice Dogs 28 14 2 0 1 11 116 97 +19 47
Adelaide Adrenaline 28 10 5 2 1 10 94 90 +4 43
Newcastle North Stars 28 11 0 0 2 15 87 106 −19 35
Perth Thunder 28 9 2 0 2 15 94 94 0 33
Sydney Bears 28 6 1 1 1 19 68 125 −57 22
Qualified for the Goodall Cup playoffs H Newman Reid Trophy winners

Source

Finals edit

Summary

Season Finals weekend
P W L GF GA Result Semi-final Goodall Cup final
2014 1 0 1 1 6 Semi-finalists Lost 1-6 (Ice)

Bracket

Semifinals Final
      
1 Melbourne Mustangs 6
4 Sydney Ice Dogs 4
Melbourne Mustangs 6
Melbourne Ice 1
3 CBR Brave 1
2 Melbourne Ice 6

Schedule & results edit

Regular season edit

Results per match day

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ArenaHHHAHHAHHHHAAAHAAAHAAHAHHAAA
ResultLWLWWWWLWWWLLWLWLLTWWWWLWLLW
Updated to match(es) played on Completed. Source: AIHL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; L = Loss; T = Tie
2014 fixtures and results
Date Time Away Score Home Location Recap
12 April 17:30 Newcastle North Stars 2–0 CBR Brave Canberra [1]
26 April 17:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 2–6 CBR Brave Canberra [2]
10 May 17:30 Adelaide Adrenaline 5–2 CBR Brave Canberra [3]
11 May 17:00 CBR Brave 4–2 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle [4]
17 May 17:30 Perth Thunder 1–5 CBR Brave Canberra [5]
18 May 17:00 Perth Thunder 4 – 5 (SO) CBR Brave Canberra [6]
24 May 17:00 CBR Brave 5–2 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle [7]
31 May 17:30 Melbourne Ice 2 – 1 (SO) CBR Brave Canberra [8]
1 June 17:00 Melbourne Ice 2–4 CBR Brave Canberra [9]
7 June 17:30 Sydney Bears 1–4 CBR Brave Canberra [10]
14 June 17:30 Sydney Bears 6–8 CBR Brave Canberra [11]
15 June 17:00 CBR Brave 3–6 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool [12]
21 June 17:00 CBR Brave 2 – 3 (SO) Melbourne Ice Melbourne [13]
22 June 16:00 CBR Brave 6 – 5 (SO) Melbourne Ice Melbourne [14]
28 June 17:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 4–1 CBR Brave Canberra [15]
5 July 17:00 CBR Brave 7–4 Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne [16]
6 July 16:00 CBR Brave 3–4 Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne [17]
12 July 17:00 CBR Brave 4–5 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool [18]
19 July 17:30 Adelaide Adrenaline Cancelled CBR Brave Canberra
26 July 16:30 CBR Brave 3–1 Perth Thunder Perth [19]
27 July 16:30 CBR Brave 5–3 Perth Thunder Perth [20]
2 August 17:30 Newcastle North Stars 2–3 CBR Brave Canberra [21]
3 August 15:30 CBR Brave 12–4 Sydney Bears Baulkham Hills [22]
9 August 17:30 Melbourne Mustangs 4–2 CBR Brave Canberra [23]
10 August 17:00 Melbourne Mustangs 2–4 CBR Brave Canberra [24]
16 August 16:30 CBR Brave 2–5 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide [25]
17 August 15:30 CBR Brave 2–6 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide [26]
23 August 18:00 CBR Brave 3–2 Sydney Bears Baulkham Hills [27]

Finals edit

Goodall Cup semi-final

30 August 2014
18:30		CBR Brave1–6
(0–2, 1–2, 0–2)		Melbourne IceMedibank Icehouse
Attendance: 1500
Game reference
Petri PitkanenGoaliesJaden Pine-MurphyReferee:
Rick West
Linesmen:
Matthew Taylor
Casper Russell-Huber
0 – 16:45 – Powell (Hamilton)
0 – 28:58 – Graham (PP) (Powell, Humphries)
0 – 318:27 – Armstrong (Johansson)
Blunden (Kokkonen) – 19:101 – 3
1 – 421:54 – J. Smith (PP) (Powell, Brown)
1 – 546:43 – Johansson (Brown, Webster)
1 – 648:24 – Powell (PP) (Brown)
24 minPenalties14 min
23Shots40

Player statistics edit

Skaters edit

Regular season
Nat Player Pos M G A P PIM
  David Bell D 17 0 0 0 0
  Stephen Blunden F 24 36 32 68 59
  Harrison Byers F 21 1 3 4 111
  James Byers D 26 3 5 8 14
  Aaron Clayworth D 27 1 8 9 30
  Darren Cope F 1 0 0 0 0
  Jordan Gavin F 19 6 4 10 26
  Mike Giorgi D 6 1 6 7 8
  Jeff Harvey F 12 1 1 2 2
  Matthew Harvey D 27 7 17 24 30
  Ryan Johnson F 11 1 0 1 70
  Anton Kokkonen F 25 17 42 59 18
  Matt Lehoczky F 20 2 1 3 16
  Tom Letki F 13 0 1 1 4
  David Lewis F 21 0 2 2 4
  Matti Luoma F 5 0 1 1 0
  Christopher McPhail D 26 4 3 7 10
  Kai Miettinen F 27 3 4 7 14
  Mathieu Ouellette F 22 17 40 57 16
  Shai Rabinowitz F 19 0 2 2 4
  Alain Riesen F 1 0 0 0 0
  Mark Rummukainen D 26 0 9 9 43
  Darren Taylor D 1 0 0 0 0
  Peter Taylor F 20 0 3 3 8
  Derek Walker F 1 0 0 0 12
  Corey Wilkie F 5 4 0 4 10
Finals
Nat Player Pos M G A P PIM
  David Bell D 1 0 0 0 0
  Stephen Blunden F 1 1 0 1 6
  Harrison Byers F 1 0 0 0 2
  James Byers D 1 0 0 0 0
  Blake Cameron F 0 0 0 0 0
  Aaron Clayworth D 1 0 0 0 0
  Darren Cope F 0 0 0 0 0
  Jordan Gavin F 1 0 0 0 0
  Mike Giorgi D 0 0 0 0 0
  Jeff Harvey F 0 0 0 0 0
  Matthew Harvey D 1 0 0 0 4
  Ryan Johnson F 1 0 0 0 0
  Anton Kokkonen F 1 0 1 1 10
  Matt Lehoczky F 1 0 0 0 0
  Tom Letki F 1 0 0 0 0
  David Lewis F 1 0 0 0 0
  Matti Luoma F 1 0 0 0 0
  Christopher McPhail D 1 0 0 0 0
  Kai Miettinen F 1 0 0 0 0
  Mathieu Ouellette F 1 0 0 0 2
  Shai Rabinowitz F 1 0 0 0 0
  Alain Riesen F 1 0 0 0 0
  Mark Rummukainen D 1 0 0 0 0
  Darren Taylor D 0 0 0 0 0
  Peter Taylor F 1 0 0 0 0
  Derek Walker F 0 0 0 0 0
  Corey Wilkie F 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders edit

Regular season
Nat Player Pos M SO MP GA GAA SA SV SV% G A PIM
  Brad Hunt G 4 0 100 13 7.83 67 54 0.806 0 0 0
  Petri Pitkänen G 25 0 1227 72 3.52 764 692 0.906 0 1 4
  Stuart Woodall G 1 0 20 2 6 13 11 0.846 0 0 0
Finals
Nat Player Pos M SO MP GA GAA SA SV SV% G A PIM
  Brad Hunt G 0 - - - - - - - - - -
  Petri Pitkänen G 1 0 50 6 7.20 40 34 0.850 0 0 0
  Stuart Woodall G 0 - - - - - - - - - -

Awards edit

Team awards for 2014 season[16]

2014 Brave awards
Award Recipient
Bravest of the Brave   Petri Pitkanen
Best Forward   Stephen Blunden
Best Defenceman   Matt Harvey
Fans Choice   Anton Kokkonen
Player's Choice   Aaron Clayworth
Coach's Award   Aaron Clayworth
Emerging Brave   Kai Miettinen
John Lewis Memorial Award   Mark Rummukainen

AIHL awards for 2014 season[17]

2014 AIHL awards
Award Recipient
Goaltender of the year   Petri Pitkanen

References edit

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  10. ^ Gaskin, Lee (April 26, 2014). "CBR Brave hammer Sydney Ice Dogs for inaugural victory in Australian Ice Hockey League". The Canberra Times. Retrieved April 14, 2015.
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  15. ^ "CBR Brave Coaching Staff". www.theaihl.com. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
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  17. ^ McMurtry, Andrew; Pavlovich, Ellanor (September 2, 2014). "Barg MVP as season awards announced". Australian Ice Hockey League. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
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