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2018 CBR Brave season

The 2018 CBR Brave season was the Brave's 5th season in the Australian Ice Hockey League since being founded and entering the league in 2014. The season ran from 21 April 2018 to 2 September 2018 for the Brave. CBR finished first in the regular season to clinch their maiden H Newman Reid Trophy.[1] The team set then AIHL records for most wins and points in a season.[2] The Brave completed the double and claimed their first Goodall Cup trophy and the AIHL Championship in Melbourne in September. CBR defeated the Melbourne Mustangs in the first semi-final 5–1 before overcoming the Sydney Bears in the final 4–3 with an overtime winner scored by Trevor Gerling.[3] The Brave became the first Canberra based ice hockey franchise to lift the Goodall Cup and the second Canberra based team overall, following the ACT representative team's victory in 1998.[4] Canberra Brave's Dave and Jayden Lewis became the first father-son duo in Australian Ice Hockey League history to lift the Goodall Cup.[5] American import forward, Trevor Gerling, finished equal top points scorer in the league.[6] Canadian import goaltender, Matt Hewitt, finished top in the league goaltender standings and Australian international, Wahebe Darge, won the AIHL best local player award for 2018.[7][8] Foundation player, Jordie Gavin who was instrumental in building the CBR Brave following the collapse of the Canberra Knights, retired after the 2018 AIHL final.[9]

2018 CBR Brave
Goodall Cup champions
League1st AIHL
2018 record24–0–0–4
Home record12–0–0–2
Road record12–0–0–2
Goals for152
Goals against74
Team information
CoachAustralia Robert Starke
Assistant coachAustralia Mike Sargeant
Canada Gordon Cocknell
CaptainNew Zealand Matthew Harvey
Alternate captainsAustralia Wehebe Darge
Australia Kai Miettinen
Australia Jordan Gavin
ArenaPhillip Ice Skating Centre
Team leaders
GoalsUnited States Trevor Gerling (24)
AssistsUnited States Trevor Gerling (43)
PointsUnited States Trevor Gerling (67)
Penalty minutesAustralia Per Daniel Göransson (65)
Goals against averageCanada Matt Hewitt (1.95)

Roster edit

Team roster for the 2018 AIHL season[10]

2018 AIHL CBR Brave Roster
# Nat Name Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
4   Channing Bresciani D L 31 2018 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
71   Jordan Brunt F L 24 2015 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
25   Matt Buskas D R 39–40 2017 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
17   James Byers D R 30 2014 Perth, Western Australia, Australia
9   Wehebe Darge (A) LW/RW L 32 2017 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
20   Hayden Dawes RW R 30 2018 Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada
31   Jakob Doornbos G L 23 2018 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
31   Nickolas Eckhardt G L 34 2014 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
26   Darcy Flanagan D R 25 2018 Melbourne, Australia
19   Jordan Gavin (A) F R 41 2014 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
78   Trevor Gerling RW R 33 2018 Seattle, Washington, United States
59   Per Daniel Göransson D L 38 2018 Stockholm, Sweden
81   Matthew Harvey (C) D R 38 2014 Calgary, Alberta, Canada
3   Mitchell Henning F R 26 2016 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
92   Mat Hewitt G L 31 2018 Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
24   Joseph Hughes RW R 39 2018 Springvale, Victoria, Australia
7   Bayley Kubara D R 25 2017 Wombarra, New South Wales, Australia
15   Casey Kubara RW R 28 2016 Wombarra, New South Wales, Australia
16   Tyler Kubara F R 29 2015 Wombarra, New South Wales, Australia
48   Chris Leveille RW L 36 2018 Guelph, Ontario, Canada
11   David Lewis F L 45 2018 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
14   Jayden Lewis F R 25 2018 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
6   Christopher McPhail D/F L 32 2017 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
64   Kai Miettinen (A) F L 28 2014 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
66   Ainars Podzins LW/C R 32 2018 Jūrmala, Latvia
12   Mark Rummukainen D R 42 2014 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
35   Alexandre Tetreault G L 25–26 2015 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
29   Tynan Theobald G L 28 2018 Melbourne, Australia

Transfers edit

All the player transfers in and out by the CBR Brave for the 2018 AIHL season.

In edit

Pos Player Transferred From Local / Import
D   Channing Bresciani   University of Manitoba Import
W   Hayden Dawes   Lindenwood University Local
G   Jakob Doornbos   Sydney Wolf Pack Local
D   Darcy Flanagan   Melbourne Ice Local
W   Trevor Gerling   LHC Les Lions Import
D   Per Daniel Göransson   Perth Thunder Local
G   Mat Hewitt   University of British Columbia Import
F   Joseph Hughes   Melbourne Ice Local
W   Chris Leveille   Brampton Beast Import
F   David Lewis No team Local
F   Jayden Lewis   KaKiPo U20 Local
W   Ainars Podzins   Edinburgh Capitals Import
G   Tynan Theobald   London Lakers Local

Out edit

Pos Player Transferred To Local / Import
C   Brian Bales No team Local
F   Corey Banks No team Local
W   Stephen Blunden   Northern Federals Import
D   Dominic Jalbert   Anglet Hormadi Élite Import
F   Toby Kubara No team Local
F   Tom Letki No team Local
F   Matti Luoma No team Local
D   Luke Philps No team Local
D   Jan Safar   Remparts de Tours Import
G   Aleksi Toivonen   Melbourne Mustangs Local
F   Geordie Wudrick   Sydney Ice Dogs Import

Staff edit

Staff Roster for 2018 AIHL season[11]

2018 AIHL CBR Brave Staff
Role Staff
Head coach   Robert Starke
Assistant coach   Mike Sargeant
Assistant coach   Gordon Cocknell
Director of Player Development and Personnel   Johan Steenberg
Team Manager   Andrew Deans
Equipment Manager   Darryl Day
Chiropractor   Saara Stevenson
Sports Trainer   Cameron Mohr
Personal Trainer   Alex Zeitlhofer
Personal Trainer   Dylan Swan
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
2018 28 24 4 0 0 152 74 +78 72 1st 14 12 2 0 0 76 35 +41 14 12 2 0 0 76 39 +37

Position by round

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

League table

Team GP W SOW SOL L GF GA GDF PTS
CBR Brave 28 24 0 0 4 152 74 +78 72
Sydney Bears 28 15 3 3 7 104 72 +32 54
Perth Thunder 28 12 4 2 10 111 100 +11 46
Melbourne Mustangs 28 12 2 2 12 106 97 +9 42
Newcastle Northstars 28 9 4 4 11 106 119 –13 39
Sydney Ice Dogs 28 10 3 2 13 96 97 –1 38
Melbourne Ice 28 7 2 4 15 87 114 –27 29
Adelaide Adrenaline 28 3 2 3 20 62 151 –89 16
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
2018 2 2 – 9 4 Champion Won 5-1 (Mustangs) Won 4-3 (OT) (Bears)

Bracket

Semi-finals Final
      
1 CBR Brave 5
4 Melbourne Mustangs 1
CBR Brave 4
Sydney Bears 3
3 Perth Thunder 0
2 Sydney Bears 3

Schedule & results edit

Regular season edit

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ResultWWWLWWLWWWWLWWWWLWWWWWWWWWWW
Updated to match(es) played on Completed. Source: AIHL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; L = Loss
2018 fixtures and results
Date Time Away Score Home Location Recap
21 April 17:30 Sydney Bears 2–4 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [1]
28 April 17:00 CBR Brave 4–2 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium [2]
5 May 17:30 Newcastle Northstars 3–8 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [3]
6 May 17:00 CBR Brave 3–5 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink [4]
12 May 17:00 CBR Brave 3–1 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink [5]
19 May 17:30 Perth Thunder 2–6 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [6]
20 May 17:00 Perth Thunder 4–3 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [7]
26 May 17:00 Melbourne Ice 0–5 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [8]
27 May 17:00 Melbourne Ice 1–4 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [9]
16 June 16:30 CBR Brave 11–4 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena [10]
17 June 16:30 CBR Brave 5–2 Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena [11]
23 June 17:30 Melbourne Mustangs 4–1 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [12]
24 June 17:00 Melbourne Mustangs 4–8 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [13]
30 June 16:30 CBR Brave 6–2 Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena [14]
1 July 16:30 CBR Brave 6–2 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena [15]
7 July 17:00 CBR Brave 7–5 Melbourne Mustangs O'Brien Group Arena [16]
8 July 16:00 CBR Brave 3–6 Melbourne Mustangs O'Brien Group Arena [17]
14 July 17:30 Newcastle Northstars 1–3 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [18]
21 July 17:30 Sydney Bears 2–7 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [19]
28 July 17:30 Adelaide Adrenaline 2–5 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [20]
29 July 14:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 0–6 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [21]
4 August 17:00 CBR Brave 6–3 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink [22]
5 August 16:00 CBR Brave 6–4 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium [23]
11 August 17:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 8–11 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [24]
18 August 17:00 CBR Brave 3–1 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink [25]
19 August 17:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 2–5 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [26]
25 August 17:00 CBR Brave 7–0 Melbourne Ice O'Brien Group Arena [27]
26 August 16:30 CBR Brave 6–2 Melbourne Ice O'Brien Group Arena [28]

Finals edit

Goodall Cup semi-final

1 September 2018
15:00		Melbourne Mustangs1–5
(0–2, 1–3, 0–0)		CBR BraveO'Brien Group Arena
Attendance: 1500
Game reference
Aleksi ToivonenGoaliesMatt HewittReferees:
Jeff Scott
Kent Unwin
Linesmen:
Casper Russelhuber
Grainge Phillips
0 – 13:16 – Gerling (PP) (Bresciani, Leveille)
0 – 28:08 – C.Kubara (unassisted)
0 – 319.48 – Gerling (SH) (Leveille)
20:44 – Ferguson (Davies, McMahon)1 – 3
1 – 428.09 – C.Kubara (Dawes)
1 – 529:00 – Harvey (Gerling, Darge)
8 minPenalties28 min
24Shots17

Goodall Cup final

2 September 2018
15:00		Sydney Bears3–4 (OT)
(0–2, 3–0, 0–1, 0–1)		CBR BraveO'Brien Group Arena
Attendance: 1500
Game reference
Anthony KimlinGoaliesMatt HewittReferees:
Jeff Scott
Kent Unwin
Linesmen:
Casper Russelhuber
Fraser Ohlson
0 – 15:08 – T.Kubara (Henning, Miettinen)
0 – 29:57 – Hughes (PP) (Darge)
20:01 – Schlamp (PP) (Strukoff, Lough)1 – 2
23:50 – Clare (du Toit, Lough)2 – 2
28:48 – Lough (Adams, Funes)3 – 2
3 – 335:09 – Leveille (Darge, Bresciani)
3 – 461:39 – Gerling (Darge)
2 minPenalties4 min
37Shots37

Player statistics edit

Skaters edit

Regular season
Nat Player Pos M G A P PIM
  Channing Bresciani D 24 3 42 45 48
  Jordan Brunt F 19 0 3 3 2
  Matt Buskas D 10 1 0 1 27
  James Byers D 19 1 5 6 14
  Wehebe Darge W 26 22 34 56 34
  Hayden Dawes W 19 13 15 28 24
  Darcy Flanagan D 15 0 1 1 8
  Jordan Gavin F 18 3 1 4 10
  Trevor Gerling W 24 24 43 67 12
  Per Daniel Göransson D 21 4 10 14 65
  Matthew Harvey D 26 6 15 21 38
  Mitchell Henning F 24 2 10 12 10
  Joseph Hughes W 20 15 16 31 34
  Bayley Kubara D 24 0 6 6 36
  Casey Kubara W 13 7 8 15 4
  Tyler Kubara F 24 3 3 6 18
  Chris Leveille W 15 20 27 47 47
  David Lewis F 20 0 1 1 4
  Jayden Lewis F 20 0 4 4 10
  Christopher McPhail D/F 17 3 1 4 2
  Kai Miettinen F 26 9 12 21 32
  Ainars Podzins W/C 17 16 19 35 22
  Mark Rummukainen D 9 0 0 0 2
Finals
Nat Player Pos M G A P PIM
  Channing Bresciani D 2 0 2 2 0
  Jordan Brunt F 1 0 0 0 0
  Matt Buskas D –
  James Byers D 2 0 0 0 0
  Wehebe Darge W 2 0 4 4 4
  Hayden Dawes W 2 0 1 1 6
  Darcy Flanagan D –
  Jordan Gavin F 1 0 0 0 0
  Trevor Gerling W 2 3 1 4 10
  Per Daniel Göransson D 2 0 0 0 0
  Matthew Harvey D 2 1 0 1 0
  Mitchell Henning F 2 0 1 1 0
  Joseph Hughes W 2 1 0 1 2
  Bayley Kubara D 2 0 0 0 2
  Casey Kubara W 2 2 0 2 0
  Tyler Kubara F 2 1 0 1 0
  Chris Leveille W 2 1 2 3 0
  David Lewis F 1 0 0 0 2
  Jayden Lewis F 1 0 0 0 0
  Christopher McPhail D/F 1 0 0 0 0
  Kai Miettinen F 2 0 1 1 2
  Ainars Podzins W/C –
  Mark Rummukainen D 1 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders edit

Regular season
Nat Player Pos M G A PIM SO MP GA GAA SH SA SV%
  Jakob Doornbos G 1 0 0 0 0 20 2 5.00 12 10 0.833
  Nickolas Eckhardt G –
  Mat Hewitt G 26 0 3 2 2 1182 46 1.95 614 568 0.925
  Alexandre Tetreault G 7 0 0 0 0 189 22 5.82 117 95 0.812
  Tynan Theobald G 1 0 0 0 0 4 3 37.50 5 2 0.400
Finals
Nat Player Pos M G A PIM SO MP GA GAA SH SA SV%
  Nickolas Eckhardt G –
  Jakob Doornbos G –
  Mat Hewitt G 2 0 0 0 0 108 5 2.31 66 61 0.924
  Alexandre Tetreault G –
  Tynan Theobald G –

Awards edit

Team awards for 2018 season[12]

2018 Brave awards
Award Recipient
Bravest of the Brave   Trevor Gerling
  Matt Hewitt
Best Forward   Chris Leveille
Best Defenceman   Channing Bresciani
Fans Choice   Matt Hewitt
Player’s Choice   Wehebe Darge
Coach’s Award   Kai Miettinen
Emerging Brave   Mitchell Henning
John Lewis Memorial Award   Darryl Day
Deans Award   Tristan Metcalfe

AIHL awards for 2018 season[13][14]

2018 AIHL awards
Award Recipient
Local Player of the Year   Wehebe Darge

References edit

  1. ^ Tiernan, Eamonn (August 5, 2018). "Canberra Brave secure AIHL minor premiership with five games to spare". The Canberra Times. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
  2. ^ Helmers, Caden (August 26, 2018). "Canberra Brave set their sights on AIHL Goodall Cup". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
  3. ^ Tiernan, Eamonn (September 2, 2018). "Canberra Brave win first Goodall Cup in overtime epic". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
  4. ^ Tiernan, Eamonn (August 31, 2018). "Canberra Brave skipper ready for championship 20 years in the making". The Canberra Times. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
  5. ^ Tiernan, Eamonn (August 10, 2018). "Canberra Brave father-son duo keen to lift Goodall Cup together". The Canberra Times. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
  6. ^ "2018 AIHL League Leading Players". theaihl.com. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
  7. ^ "2018 AIHL League Leading Goalies". theaihl.com. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
  8. ^ "2018 AIHL awards: Part 2". icehockeynewsaustralia.com. August 28, 2018. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
  9. ^ Helmers, Caden (August 19, 2018). "Canberra Brave's Jordie Gavin exits Brave Cave in style". The Canberra Times. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
  10. ^ "2018 CBR Brave Team Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  11. ^ "CBR Brave Personnel". www.brave.theaihl.com. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
  12. ^ "CBR Brave 2018 awards night". www.icehockeynewsaustralia.com. August 21, 2018. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  13. ^ "2018 AIHL awards: Part 1". www.icehockeynewsaustralia.com. August 27, 2018. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  14. ^ "2018 AIHL awards: Part 2". www.icehockeynewsaustralia.com. August 28, 2018. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
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