Gordon Goodenough
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Bears Announce New Additions
As the 2024 AIHL season approaches, the Sydney Bears announced several new additions to the lineup to aid in the quest for the Goodall Cup. Included in the additions is the team’s first import signing of the season. Earlier this month, the team announced it had secured the services of six new local players. Defensemen Tyrone…
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Tyrone Bronte Proudly Representing Australia as Michigan Tech Battles Boston College
Australian and Michigan Tech Huskies forward Tyrone Bronte is set to battle the number one ranked NCAA hockey team, Boston College, in the NCAA Regional tournament. Bronte spoke to Hockey Hype Australia about his college career, his start in hockey, and what’s next in his hockey journey. The two teams will battle at 2 pm…
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Lightning GM Ivan Rapchuk on Landmark Mike Sirant Appointment
The Brisbane Lightning franchise made a splash last month, announcing the hiring of Mike Sirant as Associate Coach for season 2024. Sirant brings as impressive a resume as any coach in the Australian Ice Hockey League’s history. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Sirant was the Head Coach at the University of Manitoba for over 30 years,…
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AWIHL Medals Recap: Melbourne Ice lift Joan McKowen Memorial Trophy
The Melbourne Ice saved its best weekend for last, entering the weekend as the third seed and exiting as champions. Perth recorded its best season with silver, and the Adelaide Rush overcame a powerful Brisbane Lightning squad to earn bronze. Adelaide Rush v Brisbane Lightning The afternoon’s first game had the intensity of a gold…
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AWIHL Finals: Perth and Melbourne emerge victorious
Perth vs Brisbane The Perth Inferno and Melbourne Ice will face off tonight for the Gold Medal and Joan McKowen Memorial Trophy. Meanwhile, the Brisbane Lightning and Adelaide Rush will shake off disappointing semi-final results and play for Bronze. Both semi-final winners will be grateful to their respective goaltenders. The Brisbane Lightning bolted out of…
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Field hockey and ice hockey collaboration benefits Sydney Sirens
On January 27, 2024, the Sydney Sirens went for a walk as a team after losing to the Perth Inferno in Western Australia. The Sirens, defending champions of the Australian Women’s Ice Hockey League, had played nine games, and lost every match. The Sirens came across the Hockeyroos, Australia’s national women’s field hockey team, playing…
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AIHL Import Signings Tracker
As the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL) season approaches, Hockey Hype Australia will keep you up-to-date on import signings across the league. Add this article to your bookmarks tab as we’ll update the article as soon as signings are announced. Arvid Ljung – Sydney Ice Dogs April 3, 2024 – The Sydney Ice Dogs made…
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Adelaide Rush into First, Sydney Quells Lightning
It was a wild weekend of Australian Women’s Ice Hockey League (AWIHL) action as a player safety situation took centre stage. Hockey Hype Australia brings you a quick wrap of the weekend’s action and implications heading towards Finals. First, we must address the situation at the Adelaide IceArenA, as it brought national media attention. After…
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AIHL and AWIHL Teams make Australasia’s Top-25 Best Performing Sports Teams
Platinum and GAIN LINE released their analysis of Australasia’s Best Sporting Teams (ABST) 2023, and two ice hockey teams made the list, with the AIHL’s CBR Brave climbing up five spots from last year to rank 15 this year, and the AWIHL’s Sydney Sirens appearing at 25 after not making last year’s list. According to…
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Getting the Ducks in a row – Melbourne’s bid for an AWIHL team
The Melbourne Ducks are making a bid to join the Australian Women’s Ice Hockey League (AWIHL) as an expansion franchise. With two exhibition games having already been played and another four left this season, Hockey Hype Australia checked in with Ducks Head Coach Jeremy Muir about the process, and expectations for the remaining four exhibition…
