Sean O’Connor
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CIHC Eagles crowned 2024 NSW Champions
CIHC Eagles crowned 2024 NSW champions, defeating a defiant Canberra Pirates 3-2 in overtime at the NSW Women’s League grand final in Liverpool last weekend. Two of the best teams this season went head-to-head at Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink (LCC) on 22 September 2024. The table topping Canterbury Ice Hockey Club Eagles faced-off against…
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Rising Star Daniel Koudelka
Rising Star Daniel Koudelka is a player to watch out for as he continues his hockey development in the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL) and overseas in years to come. Position:Defenceman AIHL Team:Adelaide Adrenaline Hometown:Adelaide, SA, AUS Bio For most AIHL fans, 2024 was the first season people will have heard of Daniel Koudelka. The…
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Rising Star Mackenzie Bolger
Rising Star Mackenzie Bolger is a player to watch out for as he continues his hockey development in the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL) and overseas in years to come. Position:Forward AIHL Team:Central Coast Rhinos Hometown:Sydney, NSW, AUS Bio Sydney born Bolger started his hockey career in the East Coast Super League (ECSL) and Australian…
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The Best of the Best: 2024 AIHL Awards
The League announced the 2024 AIHL season awards on the weekend at Finals. These announcements followed the nominations released a month ago. Six players and one coach were selected as winners in seven award categories. The award winners list consisted of personnel from five teams. This included three people from the Hellyer conference and four…
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The Burgers are Always Better at the AIHL Finals
Why are the burgers always better at the AIHL Finals? Because Hungry Jack’s has become the official major sponsor of the 2024 AIHL Finals series held at Melbourne’s O’Brien Icehouse. It was exciting to hear the announcement by the AIHL last month of Hungry Jack’s coming on board as major sponsor of the Finals weekend…
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It’s Good News Week…Have You Heard the News?
Plenty has been said and explored regarding the bad news from the last couple of weeks. However, there has also a been a lot of good news stories to come out over this period. I thought it would be great to share some of these to lift people’s spirits and moods. Annelie Kvisle to the…
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Ukrainian Alexander Voronin signs for Adelaide Adrenaline
Ukrainian Alexander Voronin signs for Adelaide Adrenaline for the remainder of the 2024 AIHL season. Voronin, who plays as a defenceman, will arrive in Australia today and be on the ice for the Adrenaline this weekend for the Rurak crunch games against the Brisbane Lightning. Adelaide Adrenaline General Manager, Glen Foll, was excited to make…
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Danick Bouchard Departs the Central Coast Rhinos
Danick Bouchard departs the Central Coast Rhinos mid-season after a successful stint with the AIHL team from Erina. In a surprising announcement the Central Coast Rhinos confirmed last weekend’s big win over the Sydney Bears would be Danick Bouchard’s last for the team in 2024. The Canadian veteran winger will return to France to link…
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Hayden Dawes’ big move to the Mustangs
Hayden Dawes moves to the Melbourne Mustangs after leaving the Central Coast Rhinos for remainder of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL) season. Last week news broke, then was retracted, then broke again of a big mid-season transfer in the AIHL. Hayden Dawes was heading South to Melbourne from Erina to link up with the…
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The Kaden Elder Effect: Adelaide Adrenaline’s new head coach
The Adelaide Adrenaline have made the tough decision to replace Stu Henly with Kaden Elder as head coach. The decision was announced last week by the team, but in truth it has been in effect for three weeks. Elder has been charged with turning around the immediate fortunes of the South Australian outfit. Turning competitive…
