West Auckland Admirals

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West Auckland Admirals
West Auckland Admirals logo.png
CityAuckland
LeagueNew Zealand Ice Hockey League
Founded2005
Operated2005–present
Home arena
Colours       
General managerNew Zealand Tim Ellis
Head coachCanada Cameron Stephen
CaptainCanada Justin Daigle
Websitewestaucklandadmirals.co.nz
Championships
Regular season titles0
NZIHL Champion1

The West Auckland Admirals is an ice hockey team based in Auckland, New Zealand and are members of the New Zealand Ice Hockey League. The club plays their home games at Paradice Avondale. Since their foundation in 2005 the team's best result has come in the where they won the NZIHL championships.

History[]

The Admirals (blue) in a match against the Dunedin Thunder (green), July 2021

The West Auckland Admirals were founded in 2005 and joined the New Zealand Ice Hockey League (NZIHL) for its inaugural season.[1] In their debut season the Admirals finished the regular season in second place and advanced to the finals where they went on to lose to the Southern Stampede.[2] From 2006 to 2009 the Admirals failed to qualify for the finals, finishing in last place in 2006 and 2007 and in fourth in 2008 and 2009 ahead of the newest club in the league, the Dunedin Thunder.[3][4][5][6] In 2010 the Admirals returned to the finals after finishing the regular season in second place.[7] The team however went on to lose to the Botany Swarm in the finals.[7] The following season the Admirals finished the regular season in last place, recording only two wins in their sixteen game season.[8] The team slightly improved in the 2012 season with a fourth place finish, nine points ahead of the last placed Botany Swarm.[9] From 2013 to 2015 the Admirals finished the regular season in last place.[10][11][12] In 2016 the Admirals narrowly missed out on making the finals finishing in 3rd place and in 2017 the team made the finals again eventually losing to defending champions Skycity Stampede.[13] In 2018 the Admirals won the championships against the Skycity Stampede.

Season by season results[]

Season GP W OTW T OTL L GF GA PTS Finish Playoff Ref
2005 6 2 – 4 – 0 31 22 14 2nd Lost final (Southern Stampede) [2]
2006 6 1 – 1 – 4 17 27 7 4th Did not qualify [3]
2007 10 0 – 0 – 10 29 60 0 4th Did not qualify [4]
2008 12 3 – 2 – 7 48 64 15 4th Did not qualify [5]
2009 16 3 – 2 – 11 40 99 8 4th Did not qualify [6]
2010 16 7 2 – 1 6 74 22 26 2nd Lost final (Botany Swarm) [7]
2011 16 1 0 – 1 14 51 110 4 5th Did not qualify [8]
2012 16 5 2 – 1 8 74 81 20 4th Did not qualify [9]
16 1 0 – 0 15 48 131 3 5th Did not qualify [10]
2014 16 1 3 – 0 12 62 86 9 5th Did not qualify [11]
16 4 1 – 0 11 65 94 14 5th Did not qualify [12]
2016 16 8 1 – 1 6 79 66 27 3rd Did not qualify
2017 16 10 0 – 2 4 107 48 32 2nd Lost final (Skycity Stampede)
16 12 1 – 1 2 77 48 39 1st Won finals (Skycity Stampede) [13]

Players and personnel[]

The Admirals secondary logo.

Current roster[]

Team roster for the 2017 season

# Nat Name Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
3 New Zealand Nick Craig F R 31 2010 New Plymouth, New Zealand
47 Canada Justin Daigle (C) D R 33 2014 Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1 New Zealand Greg Davis G L 41 2009 Auckland, New Zealand
16 New Zealand Dylan Dickson F R 28 2009 Auckland, New Zealand
6 New Zealand Frazer Ellis F R 25 2011 Auckland, New Zealand
13 New Zealand Andrew Hart F R 34 2014 Auckland, New Zealand
27 New Zealand Nicholas Henderson F R 31 2010 New Plymouth, New Zealand
7 New Zealand Steven Huish F R 35 2005 Auckland, New Zealand
5 New Zealand Blake Jackson D R 31 2015
30 Hungary Csaba Kercso Magos Jnr. G L 27 2015 Jászberény, Hungary
14 New Zealand Gareth McLeish (A) D R 33 2005 Auckland, New Zealand
53 New Zealand Rick Parry G L 34 2014 Kauri, New Zealand
18 New Zealand Samuel Pillidge F R 31 2013
28 New Zealand Mak Rawiri F R 22 2015
35 New Zealand Taylor Rooney F R 24 2015
22 New Zealand Matthew Roxborough D L 32 2010 Auckland, New Zealand
24 New Zealand Remy Sandoy D R 29 2015 Auckland, New Zealand
11 New Zealand Ollie Curtis F R 17 2016 Auckland, New Zealand
8 New Zealand Jake Ratcliffe F R 20 2016 Christchurch, New Zealand
2 Canada AJ Spiller (A) D L 29 2016 Canada
17 New Zealand Dale Harrop F R 27 2017 Christchurch, New Zealand
30 Sweden Henric Andersen F R 25 2017 Sweden
29 Hungary Adrian Toth F R 26 2017 Hungary
25 New Zealand Ryan Ruddle F R 29 2017 Christchurch, New Zealand
9 United States TJ Battani F R 27 2017 Detroit, USA

Team captains[]

Further information on team captains in ice hockey: Captain (ice hockey)
  • Robert Chamberlain, 2008-2015[14]
  • Justin Daigle, 2015–present[15]

Head coaches[]

  • Anatoli Khorozov, 2005[16]
  • Rodney McMillin, 2010[17]
  • Jonathan Albright, 2011[18]
  • Rodney McMillin, 2012[17]
  • Karl Peni, 2013[19]
  • Chris Belanger, 2014[20]
  • Csaba Kercso Magos Jnr., 2015–2019[21]

General managers[]

  • Shawn Henry, 2013–2016[22]
  • Tim Ellis, 2017–Present[23]

References[]

  1. ^ "About us". West Auckland Admirals. Archived from the original on 2016-05-07. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
  2. ^ a b "NZIHL Team Standings 2004 - 2005". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  3. ^ a b "NZIHL Team Standings 2005 - 2006". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  4. ^ a b "NZIHL Team Standings 2006 - 2007". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  5. ^ a b "NZIHL Team Standings 2007 - 2008". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  6. ^ a b "NZIHL Team Standings 2008 - 2009". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  7. ^ a b c "NZIHL Team Standings 2009 - 2010". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  8. ^ a b "NZIHL Team Standings 2010 - 2011". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  9. ^ a b "NZIHL Team Standings 2011 - 2012". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  10. ^ a b "2013 New Zealand Ice Hockey League". New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  11. ^ a b "NZIHL Team Standings 2013 - 2014". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  12. ^ a b "NZIHL Team Standings 2014 - 2015". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  13. ^ a b "NZIHL Team Standings 2017-2018". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
  14. ^ "Robert Chamberlain". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
  15. ^ "Justin Daigle". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
  16. ^ "Anatoli Khorozov". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
  17. ^ a b "Rodney McMillin". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
  18. ^ "Jonathan Albright". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
  19. ^ "Karl Peni". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
  20. ^ "Chris Belanger". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
  21. ^ "Csaba Kercso Magos". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
  22. ^ "Shawn Henry". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  23. ^ "Tim Ellis". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2016-04-25.

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