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

Team roster for the 2018 AIHL season[10]

2018 AIHL CBR Brave Roster
#NatNamePosS/GAgeAcquiredBirthplace
4CanadaChanning BrescianiDL302018Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
71AustraliaJordan BruntFL242015Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
25AustraliaMatt BuskasDR38–392017Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
17AustraliaJames ByersDR292014Perth, Western Australia, Australia
9AustraliaWehebe Darge (A)LW/RWL312017Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
20AustraliaHayden DawesRWR292018Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada
31AustraliaJakob DoornbosGL222018Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
31AustraliaNickolas EckhardtGL332014Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
26AustraliaDarcy FlanaganDR242018Melbourne, Australia
19AustraliaJordan Gavin (A)FR412014Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
78United StatesTrevor GerlingRWR332018Seattle, Washington, United States
59AustraliaPer Daniel GöranssonDL372018Stockholm, Sweden
81New ZealandMatthew Harvey (C)DR382014Calgary, Alberta, Canada
3AustraliaMitchell HenningFR252016Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
92CanadaMat HewittGL302018Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
24AustraliaJoseph HughesRWR392018Springvale, Victoria, Australia
7AustraliaBayley KubaraDR252017Wombarra, New South Wales, Australia
15AustraliaCasey KubaraRWR272016Wombarra, New South Wales, Australia
16AustraliaTyler KubaraFR282015Wombarra, New South Wales, Australia
48CanadaChris LeveilleRWL362018Guelph, Ontario, Canada
11AustraliaDavid LewisFL452018Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
14AustraliaJayden LewisFR252018Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
6AustraliaChristopher McPhailD/FL322017Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
64AustraliaKai Miettinen (A)FL272014Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
66LatviaAinars PodzinsLW/CR312018Jūrmala, Latvia
12AustraliaMark RummukainenDR412014Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
35AustraliaAlexandre TetreaultGL24–252015Montreal, Quebec, Canada
29AustraliaTynan TheobaldGL272018Melbourne, Australia

Transfers

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

In
Pos Player Transferred From Local / Import
DCanada Channing BrescianiCanada University of ManitobaImport
WAustralia Hayden DawesUnited States Lindenwood UniversityLocal
GAustralia Jakob DoornbosAustralia Sydney Wolf PackLocal
DAustralia Darcy FlanaganAustralia Melbourne IceLocal
WUnited States Trevor GerlingFrance LHC Les LionsImport
DAustralia Per Daniel GöranssonAustralia Perth ThunderLocal
GCanada Mat HewittCanada University of British ColumbiaImport
FAustralia Joseph HughesAustralia Melbourne IceLocal
WCanada Chris LeveilleCanada Brampton BeastImport
FAustralia David LewisNo teamLocal
FAustralia Jayden LewisFinland KaKiPo U20Local
WLatvia Ainars PodzinsUnited Kingdom Edinburgh CapitalsImport
GAustralia Tynan TheobaldCanada London LakersLocal

Out
Pos Player Transferred To Local / Import
CAustralia Brian BalesNo teamLocal
FAustralia Corey BanksNo teamLocal
WCanada Stephen BlundenUnited States Northern FederalsImport
DCanada Dominic JalbertFrance Anglet Hormadi ÉliteImport
FAustralia Toby KubaraNo teamLocal
FAustralia Tom LetkiNo teamLocal
FAustralia Matti LuomaNo teamLocal
DAustralia Luke PhilpsNo teamLocal
DCzech Republic Jan SafarFrance Remparts de ToursImport
GAustralia Aleksi ToivonenAustralia Melbourne MustangsLocal
FCanada Geordie WudrickAustralia Sydney Ice DogsImport

Staff

Staff Roster for 2018 AIHL season[11]

2018 AIHL CBR Brave Staff
RoleStaff
Head coachAustralia Robert Starke
Assistant coachAustralia Mike Sargeant
Assistant coachCanada Gordon Cocknell
Director of Player Development and PersonnelSweden Johan Steenberg
Team ManagerAustralia Andrew Deans
Equipment ManagerAustralia Darryl Day
ChiropractorAustralia Saara Stevenson
Sports TrainerAustralia Cameron Mohr
Personal TrainerAustralia Alex Zeitlhofer
Personal TrainerAustralia Dylan Swan
Bench officialAustralia Darren Sault
Bench officialAustralia Kelly Sault

Standings

Regular season

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
2018282440015274+78721st14122007635+4114122007639+37

Position by round

Round123456789101112131415161718
Position212111111111111111
Updated to match(es) played on Completed. Source: www.icehockeynewsaustralia.com

League table

Team GP W SOW SOL L GF GA GDF PTS
CBR Brave282400415274+7872
Sydney Bears281533710472+3254
Perth Thunder28124210111100+1146
Melbourne Mustangs2812221210697+942
Newcastle Northstars2894411106119–1339
Sydney Ice Dogs281032139697–138
Melbourne Ice287241587114–2729
Adelaide Adrenaline283232062151–8916
Qualified for the Goodall Cup playoffs H Newman Reid Trophy winners

Source

Finals

Summary

Season Finals weekend
P W L GF GA Result Semi-final Goodall Cup final
201822–94ChampionWon 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

Regular season
Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728
ArenaHAHAAHHHHAAHHAAAAHHHHAAHAHAA
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 April17:30Sydney Bears2–4CBR BravePhillip Ice Skating Centre
28 April17:00CBR Brave4–2Newcastle NorthstarsHunter Ice Skating Stadium
5 May17:30Newcastle Northstars3–8CBR BravePhillip Ice Skating Centre
6 May17:00CBR Brave3–5Sydney BearsMacquarie Ice Rink
12 May17:00CBR Brave3–1Sydney BearsMacquarie Ice Rink
19 May17:30Perth Thunder2–6CBR BravePhillip Ice Skating Centre
20 May17:00Perth Thunder4–3CBR BravePhillip Ice Skating Centre
26 May17:00Melbourne Ice0–5CBR BravePhillip Ice Skating Centre
27 May17:00Melbourne Ice1–4CBR BravePhillip Ice Skating Centre
16 June16:30CBR Brave11–4Adelaide AdrenalineAdelaide Ice Arena
17 June16:30CBR Brave5–2Perth ThunderPerth Ice Arena
23 June17:30Melbourne Mustangs4–1CBR BravePhillip Ice Skating Centre
24 June17:00Melbourne Mustangs4–8CBR BravePhillip Ice Skating Centre
30 June16:30CBR Brave6–2Perth ThunderPerth Ice Arena
1 July16:30CBR Brave6–2Adelaide AdrenalineAdelaide Ice Arena
7 July17:00CBR Brave7–5Melbourne MustangsO'Brien Group Arena
8 July16:00CBR Brave3–6Melbourne MustangsO'Brien Group Arena
14 July17:30Newcastle Northstars1–3CBR BravePhillip Ice Skating Centre
21 July17:30Sydney Bears2–7CBR BravePhillip Ice Skating Centre
28 July17:30Adelaide Adrenaline2–5CBR BravePhillip Ice Skating Centre
29 July14:00Adelaide Adrenaline0–6CBR BravePhillip Ice Skating Centre
4 August17:00CBR Brave6–3Sydney Ice DogsMacquarie Ice Rink
5 August16:00CBR Brave6–4Newcastle NorthstarsHunter Ice Skating Stadium
11 August17:30Sydney Ice Dogs8–11CBR BravePhillip Ice Skating Centre
18 August17:00CBR Brave3–1Sydney Ice DogsMacquarie Ice Rink
19 August17:00Sydney Ice Dogs2–5CBR BravePhillip Ice Skating Centre
25 August17:00CBR Brave7–0Melbourne IceO'Brien Group Arena
26 August16:30CBR Brave6–2Melbourne IceO'Brien Group Arena

Finals

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

Skaters
Regular season
Nat Player Pos M G A P PIM
CanadaChanning BrescianiD243424548
AustraliaJordan BruntF190332
AustraliaMatt BuskasD1010127
AustraliaJames ByersD1915614
AustraliaWehebe DargeW2622345634
AustraliaHayden DawesW1913152824
AustraliaDarcy FlanaganD150118
AustraliaJordan GavinF1831410
United StatesTrevor GerlingW2424436712
AustraliaPer Daniel GöranssonD214101465
New ZealandMatthew HarveyD266152138
AustraliaMitchell HenningF242101210
AustraliaJoseph HughesW2015163134
AustraliaBayley KubaraD2406636
AustraliaCasey KubaraW1378154
AustraliaTyler KubaraF2433618
CanadaChris LeveilleW1520274747
AustraliaDavid LewisF200114
AustraliaJayden LewisF2004410
AustraliaChristopher McPhailD/F173142
AustraliaKai MiettinenF269122132
LatviaAinars PodzinsW/C1716193522
AustraliaMark RummukainenD90002
Finals
Nat Player Pos M G A P PIM
CanadaChanning BrescianiD20220
AustraliaJordan BruntF10000
AustraliaMatt BuskasD–
AustraliaJames ByersD20000
AustraliaWehebe DargeW20444
AustraliaHayden DawesW20116
AustraliaDarcy FlanaganD–
AustraliaJordan GavinF10000
United StatesTrevor GerlingW231410
AustraliaPer Daniel GöranssonD20000
New ZealandMatthew HarveyD21010
AustraliaMitchell HenningF20110
AustraliaJoseph HughesW21012
AustraliaBayley KubaraD20002
AustraliaCasey KubaraW22020
AustraliaTyler KubaraF21010
CanadaChris LeveilleW21230
AustraliaDavid LewisF10002
AustraliaJayden LewisF10000
AustraliaChristopher McPhailD/F10000
AustraliaKai MiettinenF20112
LatviaAinars PodzinsW/C–
AustraliaMark RummukainenD10000

Goaltenders
Regular season
Nat Player Pos M G A PIM SO MP GA GAA SH SA SV%
AustraliaJakob DoornbosG100002025.0012100.833
AustraliaNickolas EckhardtG–
CanadaMat HewittG2603221182461.956145680.925
AustraliaAlexandre TetreaultG70000189225.82117950.812
AustraliaTynan TheobaldG100004337.50520.400
Finals
Nat Player Pos M G A PIM SO MP GA GAA SH SA SV%
AustraliaNickolas EckhardtG–
AustraliaJakob DoornbosG–
CanadaMat HewittG2000010852.3166610.924
AustraliaAlexandre TetreaultG–
AustraliaTynan TheobaldG–

Awards

Team awards for 2018 season[12]

2018 Brave awards
AwardRecipient
Bravest of the BraveUnited States Trevor Gerling
Canada Matt Hewitt
Best ForwardCanada Chris Leveille
Best DefencemanCanada Channing Bresciani
Fans ChoiceCanada Matt Hewitt
Player’s ChoiceAustralia Wehebe Darge
Coach’s AwardAustralia Kai Miettinen
Emerging BraveAustralia Mitchell Henning
John Lewis Memorial AwardAustralia Darryl Day
Deans AwardAustralia Tristan Metcalfe

AIHL awards for 2018 season[13][14]

2018 AIHL awards
AwardRecipient
Local Player of the YearAustralia Wehebe Darge

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  5. Tiernan, Eamonn (August 10, 2018). "Canberra Brave father-son duo keen to lift Goodall Cup together". The Canberra Times. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
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  7. "2018 AIHL League Leading Goalies". theaihl.com. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
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