The 2019 CBR Brave season was the Brave's 6th season in the Australian Ice Hockey League since being founded and entering the league in 2014. The season ran from 20 April 2019 to 31 August 2019 for the Brave. CBR finished first in the regular season to clinch the H Newman Reid Trophy for the second time in franchise history. However, the Brave lost their semi-final match to the Sydney Bears during the Goodall Cup Finals series in Newcastle. The team set a number of new league records including: most wins (26), most points (79), largest winning streak (17 matches), most goals scored (161), fewest goals conceded in a 28 match season (67) and least losses in a 28 match season (2).[1]

2019 CBR Brave
League1st AIHL
2019 record26–0–1–1
Home record13–0–0–1
Road record13–0–1–0
Goals for161
Goals against67
Team information
CoachAustralia Robert Starke
Assistant coachAustralia Max Ross
CaptainNew Zealand Matthew Harvey
Alternate captainsAustralia Wehebe Darge
Australia Kai Miettinen
ArenaPhillip Ice Skating Centre
Team leaders
GoalsCanada Jesse Gabrielle (39)
AssistsAustralia Wehebe Darge (34)
PointsCanada Jesse Gabrielle (67)
Penalty minutesAustralia Hayden Dawes (69)
Goals against averageCanada Matt Climie (2.15)

Roster edit

Team roster for the 2019 AIHL season[2]

2019 AIHL CBR Brave Roster [a]
# Nat Name Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
25   Spencer Austin D L 32 2019 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
71   Jordan Brunt F L 24 2015 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
27   Andreas Camenzind C L 42 2019 Wettingen, Aargau, Switzerland
91   Nick Christensen F 2019 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
33   Matt Climie G L 41 2019 Leduc, Alberta, Canada
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
22   Nicholas Doornbos D R 21 2019 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
28   Jordan Draper LW/RW R 35 2019 Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada
63   Jesse Gabrielle LW L 26 2019 Moosomin, Saskatchewan, Canada
80   Jackson Gallagher D 23 2019 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
22   Mike Giorgi D L 36 2019 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
81   Matthew Harvey (C) D R 38 2014 Calgary, Alberta, Canada
3   Mitchell Henning F R 26 2016 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
21   Joseph Hughes RW R 39 2018 Springvale, Victoria, Australia
23   Adam Kambeitz C/LW L 31 2019 Coaldale, Alberta, Canada
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
11   David Lewis F L 45 2018 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
14   Jayden Lewis F R 25 2018 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
91   Brayden Low C L 30 2019 Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
61   Joseph Maatouk F/D 24 2019 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
10   Tyler Mayea D L 30 2019 Burlington, Ontario, Canada
64   Kai Miettinen (A) F L 28 2014 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
51   Hamish Murray F R 21 2019 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
41   Matthew Price D R 35 2019 Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
44   Conor Riley F/D L 31 2019 Massena, New York, United States
42   Lachlan Seary F R 23 2019 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
29   Alexandre Tetreault G L 25–26 2015 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
61   Chris Williamson C R 32 2019 Okotoks, Alberta, Canada

Notes:

  1. ^ Omitted from the roster list is Matt Buskas, Nick Eckhardt and Mark Rummukainen, who were all selected in the original 2019 roster but were never dressed for a match.

Transfers edit

In edit

Pos Player Transferred From Local / Import Source
D   Spencer Austin   Sydney Bears Local [3]
C   Andreas Camenzind No team Local [4]
F   Nick Christensen   Canberra Blades Local [5]
G   Matt Climie   HDD Jesenice Import [6]
D   Nicholas Doornbos No team Local [2][7]
W   Jordan Draper   Scorpions de Mulhouse Import [2][7]
W   Jesse Gabrielle   Wichita Thunder Import [2][7]
D   Jackson Gallagher   Sydney Sabres Local [2][7]
D   Mike Giorgi No team Import [2][7]
W   Adam Kambeitz   Rapaces de Gap Import [2][7]
C   Brayden Low   Reading Royals Import [2][7]
F   Joseph Maatouk   Canberra Rebels Local [2][8]
D   Tyler Mayea   Newfoundland Growlers Import [2][7]
F   Hamish Murray No team Local [2][7]
D   Matthew Price   Newcastle Northstars Local [9]
D   Conor Riley   Adirondack Thunder Import [2][7]
F   Lachlan Seary No team Local [2][7]
C   Chris Williamson   Watertown Wolves Import [2][7]

Out edit

Pos Player Transferred To Local / Import Source
D   Channing Bresciani   HC Fassa Import [2][7]
D   James Byers No team Local [2][7]
D   Darcy Flanagan   Melbourne Ice Local [10]
F   Jordan Gavin Retired Local [11]
F   Trevor Gerling   Huntsville Havoc Import [2][7]
D   Per Daniel Göransson No team Local [2][7]
G   Matt Hewitt   HC Fassa Import [2][7]
F   Chris Leveille   Brampton Beast Import [2][7]
F   Christopher McPhail No team Local [2][7]
F   Ainars Podzins   LHC Les Lions Import [2][7]
G   Tynan Theobald No team Local [2][7]

Staff edit

Staff Roster for 2019 AIHL season[12][13]

2019 AIHL CBR Brave Staff
Role Staff
Head coach   Robert Starke
Assistant coach   Max Ross
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
2019 28 26 1 0 1 161 67 +94 79 1st 14 13 1 0 0 89 38 +51 14 13 0 0 1 72 29 +43

Position by round

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

League table

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GDF PTS
CBR Brave 28 26 0 1 1 161 67 +94 79
Newcastle Northstars 28 16 3 0 9 127 89 +38 54
Perth Thunder 28 16 1 1 10 116 103 +13 51
Sydney Bears 28 15 2 0 11 121 102 +19 49
Melbourne Mustangs 28 12 1 4 11 108 99 +9 42
Sydney Ice Dogs 28 10 1 3 14 122 128 –6 35
Melbourne Ice 28 6 3 0 19 90 140 –50 24
Adelaide Adrenaline 28 0 0 2 26 71 188 –117 2
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
2019 1 1 4 6 Semi-finalist Lost 4-6 (Bears)

Bracket

Semi-finals Final
      
1 CBR Brave 4
4 Sydney Bears 6
Sydney Bears 5
Perth Thunder 2
3 Perth Thunder 3
2 Newcastle Northstars 2

Schedule & results edit

Regular season edit

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ArenaAAAHAAHAHHHHAAAAAHHHAAAHHHHH
ResultWWWLWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWLWWWWWW
Updated to match(es) played on Completed. Source: AIHL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; L = Loss
2019 fixtures and results
Date Time Away Score Home Location Recap
21 April 17:00 CBR Brave 4–1 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink [1]
27 April 16:30 CBR Brave 6–3 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena [2]
28 April 16:30 CBR Brave 6–2 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena [3]
4 May 17:30 Sydney Bears 4–3 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [4]
11 May 16:30 CBR Brave 5–1 Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena [5]
12 May 16:30 CBR Brave 5–1 Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena [6]
18 May 17:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 3–4 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [7]
25 May 17:00 CBR Brave 6–4 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink [8]
1 June 17:30 Perth Thunder 0–7 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [9]
2 June 16:30 Perth Thunder 2–6 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [10]
8 June 17:30 Sydney Bears 2–5 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [11]
9 June 16:30 Melbourne Mustangs 4–11 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [12]
22 June 17:00 CBR Brave 6–2 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium [13]
23 June 17:00 CBR Brave 6–3 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink [14]
29 June 17:00 CBR Brave 4–2 Melbourne Mustangs O'Brien Icehouse [15]
30 June 14:00 CBR Brave 4–2 Melbourne Mustangs O'Brien Icehouse [16]
7 July 16:45 CBR Brave 7–1 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink [17]
13 July 17:30 Melbourne Ice 4–8 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [18]
14 July 16:30 Melbourne Ice 1–5 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [19]
20 July 17:30 Newcastle Northstars 2–3 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [20]
21 July 16:00 CBR Brave 4–2 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium [21]
27 July 17:00 CBR Brave 2–3 (SO) Melbourne Ice O'Brien Icehouse [22]
28 July 14:00 CBR Brave 7–2 Melbourne Ice O'Brien Icehouse [23]
3 August 17:30 Adelaide Adrenaline 2–7 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [24]
4 August 16:30 Adelaide Adrenaline 4–5 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [25]
10 August 17:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 5–12 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [26]
11 August 16:30 Melbourne Mustangs 4–7 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [27]
17 August 17:30 Newcastle Northstars 1–6 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [28]

Finals edit

Goodall Cup semi-final

31 August 2019
15:00
Sydney Bears6–4
(0–1, 2–3, 4–0)
CBR BraveHunter Ice Skating Stadium
Game reference
Anthony KimlinGoaliesMatthew ClimieReferees:
Kent Unwin
Cory Ross
Linesmen:
Dan Boyd
Casper Russelhuber
0 – 16:58 – Hughes (Gabrielle, Riley)
15:30 – Gauthier (Annesley)1 – 1
1 – 217:31 – Gabrielle (Camenzind, Hughes)
1 – 327:24 – Darge (C.Kubara, Kambeitz)
28:33 – Dauda (Annesley, Ratcliffe)2 – 3
2 – 429:57 – B.Kubara (Dawes)
31:22 – Brücker (Newmark, Schlamp)3 – 4
36:01 – Annesley (Gauthier)4 – 4
46:57 – Gauthier (Schlamp, Clare)5 – 4
49:57 – Ratcliffe (Rubes)6 – 4
10 minPenalties14 min
40Shots30

Player statistics edit

Skaters edit

Regular season
Nat Player Pos M G A P PIM
  Spencer Austin D 2 0 1 1 0
  Jordan Brunt F 26 0 2 2 2
  Andreas Camenzind C 14 10 20 30 12
  Nick Christensen F 20 0 4 4 2
  Wehebe Darge W 28 19 34 53 20
  Hayden Dawes W 25 10 20 30 69
  Nicholas Doornbos D 11 2 1 3 0
  Jordan Draper W 15 17 28 45 20
  Jesse Gabrielle W 20 39 28 67 54
  Jackson Gallagher D 13 0 0 0 2
  Mike Giorgi D 1 0 0 0 0
  Matthew Harvey D 18 3 16 19 24
  Mitchell Henning F 28 3 6 9 29
  Joseph Hughes W 16 9 19 28 45
  Adam Kambeitz C/W 25 13 21 34 57
  Bayley Kubara D 27 1 16 17 53
  Casey Kubara W 24 11 15 26 20
  Tyler Kubara F 22 1 13 14 26
  David Lewis F 8 0 3 3 2
  Jayden Lewis F 2 0 0 0 0
  Brayden Low C 7 8 9 17 35
  Joseph Maatouk F/D 12 1 0 1 0
  Tyler Mayea D 7 0 9 9 6
  Kai Miettinen F 22 5 4 9 18
  Hamish Murray F 15 0 0 0 0
  Matthew Price D 21 1 4 5 10
  Conor Riley F/D 14 8 21 29 55
  Lachlan Seary F 8 0 0 0 0
  Chris Williamson C 1 0 0 0 0
Finals
Nat Player Pos M G A P PIM
  Spencer Austin D
  Jordan Brunt F 1 0 0 0 0
  Andreas Camenzind C 1 0 1 1 4
  Nick Christensen F 1 0 0 0 0
  Wehebe Darge W 1 1 0 1 2
  Hayden Dawes W 1 0 1 1 0
  Nicholas Doornbos D 1 0 0 0 0
  Jordan Draper W
  Jesse Gabrielle W 1 1 2 3 0
  Jackson Gallagher D 1 0 0 0 0
  Mike Giorgi D
  Matthew Harvey D 1 0 0 0 0
  Mitchell Henning F 1 0 0 0 0
  Joseph Hughes W 1 2 1 3 0
  Adam Kambeitz C/W 1 0 1 1 0
  Bayley Kubara D 1 1 0 1 2
  Casey Kubara W 1 0 1 1 0
  Tyler Kubara F 1 0 0 0 0
  David Lewis F
  Jayden Lewis F
  Brayden Low C
  Joseph Maatouk F/D 1 0 0 0 0
  Tyler Mayea D
  Kai Miettinen F 1 0 0 0 0
  Hamish Murray F 1 0 0 0 0
  Matthew Price D 1 0 0 0 0
  Conor Riley F/D 1 0 2 2 0
  Lachlan Seary F
  Chris Williamson C

Goaltenders edit

Regular season
Nat Player Pos M G A PIM SO MP GA GAA SH SA SV%
  Matt Climie G 20 0 4 4 1 953 42 2.20 480 438 0.913
  Jakob Doornbos G
  Alexandre Tetreault G 10 0 0 2 0 400 23 2.88 208 185 0.889
Finals
Nat Player Pos M G A PIM SO MP GA GAA SH SA SV%
  Matt Climie G 1 0 0 0 0 50 6 6.00 40 34 0.850
  Jakob Doornbos G
  Alexandre Tetreault G

Awards edit

Team awards for 2019 season[14]

2019 Brave awards
Award Recipient
Bravest of the Brave   Matt Climie
Best Forward   Wehebe Darge
Best Defenceman   Matt Harvey
Fans Choice   Jesse Gabrielle
Player’s Choice   Adam Kambeitz
Coach’s Award   Bayley Kubara
Emerging Brave   Nick Christensen
John Lewis Memorial Award   Murray Barton
  Mandi Webb
Deans Award   Robyn Kemp
  David Kemp

AIHL awards for 2019 season[15]

2019 AIHL awards
Award Recipient
Goaltender of the Year   Matt Climie

References edit

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