The 2005 AIHL season was the sixth

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of the

Australian Ice Hockey League The Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL) is Australia's top-level men's ice hockey league. Established in 2000, the AIHL is sanctioned by Ice Hockey Australia (a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation). The AIHL is a Semi-professional ...

(AIHL). It ran from 16 April 2005 until 28 August 2005, with the

Goodall Cup The Goodall Cup is a perpetual trophy that is, currently, annually awarded to the playoff champions of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). The trophy is named after Australian born player John Edwin Goodall who originally donated the cup. ...

finals following on 3 and 4 September 2005. The

Adelaide Avalanche The Adelaide Avalanche was a semi-professional ice hockey club based in the Adelaide, South Australia, Adelaide suburb of Thebarton, South Australia. The Avalanche, founded in 1999, was a founding member of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL ...

won the V.I.P. Cup after finishing the regular season first in the league standings. The

Newcastle North Stars The Newcastle Northstars (formally ''Newcastle North Stars'') is an Australian semi-professional ice hockey team from Newcastle, New South Wales. The Northstars are a member of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL), joining as an expansion tea ...

won the Goodall Cup for the second time by defeating the

in the final.

Regular season

The regular season began on 16 April 2005 and ran through to 28 August 2005 before the top four teams advanced to compete in the Goodall Cup playoff series.

Standings

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Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the ten top skaters sorted by points, then goals. ''Current as of 4 September 2005''

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage with a minimum 40% of the team's ice time. ''Current as of 4 September 2005''

Goodall Cup playoffs

The 2005 playoffs was scheduled for 3 September with the

final held on 4 September 2005. Following the end of the regular season the top four teams advanced to the playoff series which was held at the

Hunter Ice Skating Stadium The Hunter Ice Skating Stadium is an ice sports and public skate centre, opened in 2000 and located in Warners Bay, a suburb of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia. The stadium serves as the home ice rink of the Newcastle Northstars w ...

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. The series was a single game elimination with the two winning semi-finalists advancing to the Goodall Cup final. The Goodall Cup was won by

(2nd title) who defeated the

3–1 in the final. Newcastle's goaltender Matt Ezzy was awarded the grand final game puck post-game by coaching director Rob Barnes for his display in the final and throughout the season despite having a shoulder injury that would require surgery post-season. In a first for the league and ice hockey in Australia, the 2005 Finals was broadcast live on the internet via webcam with live instant text play-by-play provided by Peter Lambert. Over 110,000 hits were registered over the Finals weekend with supports watching from as far away as North America.

All times are UTC+10:00

Semi-finals

Final

References

External links

Official AIHL website
{{AIHL AIHL 2005 season AIHL Australian Ice Hockey League seasons