Sydney Ice Dogs

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Sydney Ice Dogs
2020 AIHL season
Sydney Ice Dogs Logo.png
CitySydney, NSW
LeagueAustralian Ice Hockey League
Founded2002 (20 years ago) (2002)
Operated2002-present
ColoursNavy, burgandy and white
     
General managerAustralia Scott Stephenson
Head coachAustralia Andrew Petrie
CaptainAustralia Tomas Manco
Websitehttp://www.icedogs.com.au/
Franchise history
2002–2008Western Sydney Ice Dogs
2009–presentSydney Ice Dogs
Championships
H Newman Reid Trophies1 (2013)
Goodall Cups2 (2004, 2013)

The Sydney Ice Dogs (formally Western Sydney Ice Dogs) is an Australian semi-professional ice hockey team from Sydney, New South Wales. Formed in 2002, the Ice Dogs are a member of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). The Ice Dogs are two time Goodall Cup champions.

History[]

Foundation blocks[]

Top level ice hockey in Western Sydney dates back to 1981. The Blacktown Flyers were a foundation member of the New South Wales Superleague (NSWSL), playing out of Blacktown Ice Arena. Following the closure of the Warringah Ice Skating Rink in the '90s, NSWSL powerhouse, Warringah Bombers relocated to Blacktown. Blacktown in-turn withdrew support for the Flyers and a semi-private owned team, the Blacktown Bullets, were founded and joined the league in place of the Flyers. In 1993 the NSWSL's collapsed and Blacktown joined the newly formed East Coast Super League (ECSL) in 1994 and competed in the ECSL until its own demise in 1999.[1] The Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL) started in 2000. The Bullets did not join the new league, so for the first time in nineteen years, Western Sydney did not have a representative team in the top level of Australian hockey. Western Sydney's next chance came in 2002 when the AIHL decided to expand the league from three to six teams.[2]

Western Sydney era[]

The Sydney Ice Dogs was established in 2002 as the Western Sydney Ice Dogs and entered the AIHL for the 2002 season. The Ice Dogs joined the league along with fellow expansion teams, Melbourne Ice and Newcastle North Stars.[2] The Ice Dogs were the second Sydney based franchise to join the league, following foundation team, the Sydney Bears. The team was assembled and funded by John Wilson, owner of the Blacktown Ice Arena, and his son Anthony Wilson.[3] The geneses of the Ice Dogs team came from the former .[4] Chris Sekura was named inaugural Ice Dogs captain.[3]

The Ice Dog's first AIHL season saw the team finish mid-table in third place, just missing out on the championship final match for the top two teams. Slovakian, Branislav Kronika, top scored for the Ice Dogs with twenty five points.[5]

In 2003, the league introduced a new finals format that included the top four teams from the final league table, facing off in semi-finals and then the Goodall Cup final. The Ice Dogs reached the finals weekend in 2003 after finishing fourth in the regular season. They won their semi-final, defeating the league premiers, Adelaide Avalanche, 4–1. In the team's first appearance in the Goodall Cup final, the Ice Dogs were defeated by the Newcastle North Stars 1–4.[6]

In 2004, the Ice Dogs went one better and claimed the AIHL championship and the Goodall Cup for the first time in the team's history. They matched-up against the dominant North Stars, who won all but one match in the regular season, in the final for the second season in a row but this time they defeated them 3–1.[7]

October 2007, the Blacktown Ice Arena closed down leaving the Ice Dogs without a rink for the 2008 season.[8] The Ice Dogs moved to Baulkham Hills and played out of the Sydney Ice Arena for one season as they looked for a new home. During 2008, the Ice Dogs finished the regular season runner-up and qualified for finals after missing out the year before. Western Sydney defeated the Melbourne Ice in the semi-finals in overtime before coming up against Newcastle for the third time in a Goodall Cup (championship) final. In a score line replicating the 2003 final, the North Stars ran out a 1–4 victory over the Ice Dogs thanks in large part to the individual exploits of Mickey Gilchrist.[9][10]

Sydney era[]

In 2009, the Ice Dogs underwent a team re-brand, changing their name to the Sydney Ice Dogs, changing colours to teal, orange and white and updating their digital platforms.[11] The Ice Dogs also moved to their new home in Liverpool at the Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink.[12]

In 2010, Australia's first ever National Hockey League player, Nathan Walker, made his debut for the Sydney Ice Dogs. Walker's debut came in a 6–2 loss at Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink against Ice Dog's rivals Newcastle North Stars. Walker got an assist in the match for a total of one point.[13] Nathan Walker played a total of seven matches for the Ice Dogs during the 2010 and 2011 seasons.[14] He broke up his calendar year between playing U18 hockey in the Czech Republic and senior hockey for the Ice Dogs in the AIHL.[15] His time with the Ice Dogs culminated with his selection for the Australian national team (the Mightyroos) for the World Championships Division 2 in 2011, which was hosted in Melbourne at the Icehouse. The Mightyroos, along with Walker, went on to top their group and win gold and promotion to Division 1 for the following year. Walker was selected by Australia's head coach, former Ice Dog Vlad Rubes, as the team's MVP for the tournament.[16]

The Ice Dogs next success came in the 2013 season. The Ice Dogs won the H Newman Reid Trophy for the first time by finishing top of the regular season table. The team reached the Goodall Cup final and met Newcastle for the fourth time in the team's history. The Ice Dogs defeated the North Stars 6–3 to claim the team's second Goodall Cup. Australian national team goaltender, Anthony Kimlin led the team to the title and was named finals MVP.[17]

Following their 2013 success, the Ice Dogs won their first Wilson Cup in the pre-season NSW cup for 2014. A 4–2 victory in the cup final over the Newcastle North Stars at Sydney Ice Arena secured the cup.[18] The Ice Dogs were then shocked in April ahead of the new season. On 14 April, Ron Kuprowsky and his two assistants, Colin Downie and Brad Andrlon, all abruptly tendered their resignations with the Ice Dogs.[19] In May 2014, experienced head coach, Andrew Petrie, was announced the new Ice Dogs head coach.[20] Under Petrie the Ice Dogs finished fourth in the league and reached the finals for the fourth season in a row. The Ice Dogs were defeated by eventual winner, the Melbourne Mustangs in the semi-finals held at Melbourne Icehouse, Melbourne.[21] At the conclusion of the season Petrie left the team with one season remaining on his contract to take up the vacant position at AIHL and NSW rival, Newcastle North Stars.[22]

In 2015, the Ice Dogs went through a season of upheaval. For undisclosed reasons the team moved two home matches against the CBR Brave away from Liverpool to Phillip Ice Skating Centre, Canberra.[23] There was a mass shakeup of the player roster with a number of veteran team stalwarts leaving.[24] The Ice Dogs iced a lot of junior players in 2015 under the guidance of former Oman national team head coach, Anders Jespersen,[25] and from the middle of June, Mario Passarelli[26] and Tim Flynn.[27] On the ice, the Ice Dogs suffered, losing 27 out of 28 matches. This included six matches where the opposition scored more than ten goals.[28] The ice Dogs did defeat the Sydney Bears in a shootout on 13 June 2015 to claim their only win and points of the season,[29] however, due to multiple breaches in the number of players travelled with, the Ice Dogs were penalised by the AIHL and had three competition points taken away, leaving the Ice Dogs on 0 points at the end of the season.[30]

In 2016 the Ice Dogs began to form a new direction for the team. Interim head coach, Tim Flynn took over as general manager in the offseason before a permanent new general manager was announced on 3 March 2016. Former Ice Dogs player, Jason Juba became the new GM and he was keen to re-connect the team to its roots and its early years form.[31] The Ice Dogs then appointed former player, Vlad Rubes as new head coach.[32] While a number of former players re-joined the Ice Dogs including, Tomas Manco, David Dunwoodie, Andrew White and Scott and Todd Stephenson.[33] New team president, Chris Blagg, resurrected the Matt Clark Shield Match. The Matt Clark Shield was formally hosted by Blaggs former club, the Warringah Bombers and contested between 1995 and 2001 to fundraise for leukaemia research.[34] Matt Clark was a former Bombers and national youth team player who died in 1995 from leukaemia. The Ice Dogs won the 2016 Matt Clark Shield match, nine goals to eight, against the Adelaide Adrenaline.[35]

In 2017, the Ice Dogs celebrated their fifteen-year anniversary. To mark the milestone the team produced a special edition logo and a retro style playing kit that was modelled on the Warringah Bombers. The Ice Dogs also brought back their original colour scheme of blue, burgundy and white.[36][37] Negotiations had occurred between team president, Chris Blagg, and general manager, Jason Juba, and the newly renovated Macquarie Ice Rink in the off season that resulted in a deal that ended the Ice Dogs time in Liverpool and Western Sydney and moved the team to Sydney's Northern Suburbs in Macquarie. For the first time the Ice Dogs would share a home with Sydney rivals the Bears.[38] Ice Dogs president, Chris Blagg was then appointed as head coach and he steered the team to their best finish since 2014, fifth place, one spot outside of qualification for finals.[39]

In 2018, the Ice Dogs once again had a new head coach. Andrew Petrie was appointed for the second time, having last coached the team in 2014.[40] The Ice Dogs lost their GM with Jason Juba stepping down from his role at the team to focus on family and business ventures. Juba was credited with rebuilding the team over the previous two seasons.[41] The Ice Dogs also secured the services of 2015 AIHL MVP, Geordie Wudrick to bolster the scoring power of the team. Wudrick had previously spent one season with the North Stars and two seasons with the Brave.[42] The Ice Dogs pushed for a finals birth but they lost to the Mustangs in the final match of the regular season and missed out on qualification by one point.[43] The Dogs did find success in the Wilson Cup, claiming the trophy for the second time and the first time in the new configuration of the Battle for Sydney (whoever wins the head-to-head in the regular season between the Ice Dogs and Bears.[44]

In 2019, the team again challenged for finals but came up just short, finishing the season in sixth place.[45] Ice Dogs' British forward, Tim Crowder, finished the season as the top point scorer in the league with 77 points while Canadian defenceman, Dylan Quaile, was named AIHL MVP and Defenceman of the Year after posting 63 points from 26 matches.[46][47]

Season by season results[]

Champions Runners-up Third Place
Sydney Ice Dogs all-time record
Season Regular season Finals weekend Wilson Cup Top points scorer
P W T1 L SW SL GF GA GD Pts Finish P W L GF GA Result Semi-final Goodall Cup final Name Points
2002 20 12 1 7 – – 93 81 +12 25 3rd – – Slovakia Branislav Kronika 25
2003 7 4 – 22 – – 38 24 +14 8 4th 2 1 1 5 5 Runner-up Won 4-1 (Avalanche) Lost 1-4 (North Stars) – Australia Christopher Sekura 12
2004 20 11 – 7 – 2 92 71 +21 35 2nd 2 2 – 8 5 Champions Won 5-4 (Bears) Won 3-1 (North Stars) – Slovakia Martin Jesko 40
2005 26 11 1 10 2 2 105 110 -5 40 3rd 1 – 1 2 5 Semi-finalist Lost 2-5 (North Stars) – – Australia Alex Djamirze 34
2006 28 18 – 9 1 – 95 82 +13 56 3rd 1 – 1 2 5 Semi-finalist Lost 2-5 (Avalanche) – – Canada Cameron Kuzyk 36
2007 28 10 – 10 7 1 105 93 +12 42 6th – Group Canada Jimmy Gagnon 31
2008 28 15 – 8 4 1 126 91 +35 54 2nd 2 1 1 3 5 Runner-up Won 2-1 (Ice) Lost 1-4 (North Stars) Runner-up Canada Tyler Sheddon 38
2009 24 10 – 11 1 2 87 90 -3 34 5th – Runner-up Canada Jassi Sangha 37
2010 24 4 – 17 – 3 74 120 -46 15 7th – – Canada Derek Campbell 21
2011 28 17 – 9 2 – 124 90 +34 55 3rd 1 – 1 2 5 Semi-finalist Lost 2-5 (North Stars) – – United States Matt Monaghan 34
2012 24 12 – 9 1 2 96 99 -3 40 2nd, Bauer 1 – 1 2 6 Semi-finalist Lost 2-6 (Ice) – – United States Casey Mignone 46
2013 28 18 – 6 3 1 117 80 +37 61 1st 2 2 – 10 5 Champions Won 4-2 (Ice) Won 6-3 (North Stars) – Canada Simon Barg 55
2014 28 14 – 11 2 1 116 97 +19 47 4th 1 – 1 4 6 Semi-finalist Lost 4-6 (Mustangs) – Winner Canada Simon Barg 69
2015 28 0 – 27 1 – 39 209 -170 03 8th – Group Canada Strat Allen 12
2016 28 7 – 19 1 1 92 139 -47 24 7th – Runner-up Canada Strat Allen 43
2017 28 12 – 16 – – 73 81 -8 36 5th – Runner-up Canada Grant Toulmin 42
2018 28 10 – 13 3 2 96 97 -1 38 6th – Winner Canada Geordie Wudrick 56
2019 28 10 – 14 1 3 122 128 –6 35 6th – Runner-up Canada Tim Crowder 77
1 As of the 2006 AIHL season, all games will have a winner.
2 One of these losses was a double points game which would give the total of seven games played.[48]
3 The Ice Dogs were fined three competition points for multiple breaches by-law 4 which requires teams to travel with at least 15 players unless an exemption has been granted.[30]

Championships[]

Champions (2): 2004, 2013
Runners-Up (2): 2003, 2008
Premiers (1): 2013
Runners-Up (2): 2008, 2012
Premiers (0):
Runners-Up (1): 2004

Players[]

Current roster[]

Team roster for the 2019 AIHL season[49][50]

# Nat Name Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
55 Sweden Henrik Ahlin D L 33 2019 Sundsvall, Sweden
19 Australia Strat Allen C L 34 2015 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
97 United States Garrett Bartus G L 32 2019 St. Charles, Illinois, United States
29 Australia Connor Bolger F L 20 2019
31 Australia Jake Burgess G L 27 2015 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
22 Australia Ellesse Carini F L 23 2016 Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
12 Australia Kale Costa F L 19 2017
80 Canada Paul Crowder F R 36 2019 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
90 Canada Tim Crowder F R 35 2019 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
14 Australia David Dunwoodie F R 36 2016 Hamilton, New Zealand
5 Australia Lachlan Fahmy D L 22 2019 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
44 Australia Marcus Hosen F L 18 2019
44 Australia Jake Knott F L 25 2019 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Australia Dylan Lavery F L 22 2019
15 Australia Connor Lee F R 20 2019 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
8 Australia Tomas Manco D L 34 2016 Brezno, Czechoslovakia
6 Australia James Marino D R 24 2017 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
7 Australia Shannon McGregor D R 30 2017 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
17 Australia Matt Monaghan F R 38 2019 Chicago, Illinois, United States
30 Australia Nicholas Novysedlak G L 26 2019 Queensland, Australia
5 Australia Daniel Pataky D L 26 2015 Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
73 Canada Dylan Quaile D L 33 2019 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
55 Australia Jack Ransome F L 21 2019
25 Australia Aiden Sillato F R 22 2018 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
67 Australia Alec Stephenson F R 28 2015 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
94 Australia Cameron Todd C R 27 2018 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
66 Canada Grant Toulmin RW R 32 2016 Langley, British Columbia, Canada
23 Australia Lee Turner F R 31 2018 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
15 Australia Jeremy Vasquez F L 21 2019 Kings Langley, New South Wales, Australia

Retired numbers[]

Throughout the history of the Sydney Ice Dogs, one jersey number has been retired in honour of a former club legend.[51]

  • Australia Anthony Wilson - # 3
    (2002-2013, Defenseman)
Anthony was a founding player of the Ice Dogs in 2002. He assisted his father, John, along with the other Blacktown Bullets players, set up the team. Wilson, who played as a defenceman, spent over ten years playing for the Ice Dogs. He captained the team as well as Australia during his time with the Ice Dogs. Anthony was an instrumental part of the 2004 season Goodall Cup champions Ice Dogs team. Following his playing retirement he has held different roles at the Ice Dogs including General Manager and Defensive coach. On 23 August 2019, The Ice Dogs officially retired Wilson's number three jersey in a ceremony prior to an AIHL match against Sydney Bears at Macquarie Ice Rink.

Player records[]

These are the top-ten all-time player records in franchise history for the following categories: Appearances,[52] Goals,[53] Assists,[54] Points,[55] Penalty minutes[56]
(Figures are updated after each completed AIHL regular season)

As of February 2020
All-time Apperiences
# Name Pos MP
1 Australia David Dunwoodie D 309
2 Australia Todd Stephenson D 297
3 Australia Tomas Manco D 268
4 Australia Shannon McGregor D 262
5 Australia Scott Stephenson F 257
6 Australia Andrew White D 234
7 Australia Anthony Wilson D 195
8 Australia Billy Cliff F 171
9 Australia Chris Sekura F 164
10 Australia Scott Herbert F 136
All-time Goals
# Name Pos G
1 Australia David Dunwoodie D 79
2 Australia Scott Stephenson F 71
3 Australia Todd Stephenson F 70
4 Canada Grant Toulmin F 64
5 Australia Andrew White D 57
6 United States Matt Monaghan F 55
7 Australia Alex D'Jamirze F 53
8 Canada Simon Barg F 49
9 Australia Chris Sekura F 46
10 Australia Billy Cliff F 43
All-time Assists
# Name Pos A
1 Australia David Dunwoodie D 141
2 Australia Todd Stephenson F 131
3 Canada Grant Toulmin F 99
4 Australia Scott Stephenson F 89
5 Australia Andrew White D 85
6 Australia Chris Sekura F 79
7 Australia Anthony Wilson D 79
8 Canada Simon Barg F 75
9 Australia Tomas Manco D 68
10 Australia Brett Thomas F 65
All-time Points
# Name Pos Pts
1 Australia David Dunwoodie F 220
2 Australia Todd Stephenson D 201
3 Canada Grant Toulmin F 163
4 Australia Scott Stephenson F 160
5 Australia Andrew White D 142
6 Australia Chris Sekura F 125
7 Canada Simon Barg F 124
8 Australia Anthony Wilson D 107
9 Australia Alex D'Jamirze F 104
10 Australia Brett Thomas F 102
All-time PIM
# Name Pos PIM
1 Australia David Dunwoodie D 1324
2 Australia Andrew White D 1147
3 Australia Todd Stephenson F 703
4 Australia Chris Sekura F 553
5 Australia Anthony Wilson D 462
6 Australia Shannon McGregor D 446
7 Australia Tomas Manco D 445
8 Australia Scott Stephenson F 384
9 Australia Billy Cliff F 325
10 Australia Brian Funes D 282

Club staff[]

Current as of 2019 AIHL season[57]

Ice Dogs Staff
Position Name
Head coach Australia Andrew Petrie
Assistant coach Australia Anthony Wilson
Associate coach Australia Dave Costa
General manager Australia Scott Stephenson

Team identity[]

Name and colours[]

The Ice Dogs have gone through one change in name since inception in 2002. The team was originally known as the Western Sydney Ice Dogs but dropped the 'Western' part of their name in 2009 and became the Sydney Ice Dogs.[11] The team at the time remained located in Western Sydney but local rivals, the Bears, had moved further west in 2007 to Penrith and had dropped Sydney from their name.[58] The Ice Dogs were the only team in the AIHL in 2009 known as Sydney.

Team name changes
# Name From To
1 Western Sydney Ice Dogs 2002 2008
2 Sydney Ice Dogs 2009 Current

     
Sydney Ice Dogs currently identify with a navy, burgundy and white colour scheme.

The ice Dogs came into the AIHL with the colour scheme of navy, burgundy and white. When the team re-branded in 2009, the Ice Dogs changed colours to teal, orange and white. The Ice Dogs kept this colour scheme till the end of 2016. With the move to Macquarie, and the fifteenth anniversary of the team, the Ice Dogs re-branded for the second time and reverted their colour scheme back to the original navy, burgundy and white.

Facilities[]

Macquarie Ice Rink, ice Dog's home since 2017

The Ice Dogs are currently based at Macquarie Ice Rink, inside the Macquarie Centre in Sydney's Northern Suburbs. The Macquarie facility consists of an Olympic sized rink (60m x 30m) with seating for approximately 2,000 people.[59] The Ice Dogs have been in Macquarie since 2017.[60] Prior to moving to Macquarie the Ice Dogs had been based in three different locations around Western Sydney. The Ice Dogs began life at Blacktown Ice Arena, Blacktown. They called Blacktown home until the family run and owned ice rink closed in October 2007.[61] In 2008 the Ice Dogs moved to Baulkham Hills and played out of the Sydney Ice Arena. The team's stay in Baulkham Hills was short lived however, as they again moved in 2009 to Liverpool and the Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink. The Ice Dogs remained in Liverpool for eight years, playing their last season at the rink in 2016, prior to agreeing to move to Macquarie in 2017.

Stadium history
Rink Location First Last
Blacktown Ice Arena Blacktown 2002 2007
Sydney Ice Arena Baulkham Hills 2008 2008
Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink Liverpool 2009 2016
Macquarie Ice Rink Macquarie 2017 Current

Charitable work[]

Since 2016, the Ice Dogs have been raising money annually for leukaemia research through the Matt Clark Shield match. Each season the Ice Dogs pick a match during the AIHL regular season to contest for the shield and raise money for the Leukaemia Foundation of Australia. Team president, Chris Blagg, resurrected the Matt Clark Shield Match in 2016. The Shield was formally contested between 1995 and 2001 by Blagg's former club, the Warringah Bombers.[34] Matt Clark was a former Bombers and national youth team player who died in 1995 from leukaemia at the age of 17.[62]

Matt Clark Shield Match History (2016–Present)
Date Venue Away Res. Home Money raised Ref.
6 August 2016 Liverpool Ice Rink Adelaide Adrenaline 8–9 Sydney Ice Dogs $5,000 Ref
1 July 2017 Macquarie Ice Rink Perth Thunder 3–5 Sydney Ice Dogs $10,000 Ref
4 August 2018 Macquarie Ice Rink CBR Brave 6–3 Sydney Ice Dogs $11,170 Ref
13 July 2019 Macquarie Ice Rink Adelaide Adrenaline 1–10 Sydney Ice Dogs $1,856 Ref

Broadcasting[]

TV:
Fox Sports (2013–present) - Part of the entire AIHL TV deal with Fox Sports to show one game a round, normally on Thursday's at 4:30 pm or after NHL games during NHL season.[63]
DGB Media Group (2015) - 9 January 2015 the Ice Dogs announced that DGB will produce a half-hour highlights program for all Ice Dogs home games for the 2015 AIHL season that will be televised free-to-air on TVS (Television Sydney) Channel 44.[64]
Online audio streaming:
Self-broadcast (2017 - Current) - Since 2017 the Sydney Ice Dogs have self-broadcast all home matches with an online audio stream utilising the platform.[65]

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