Tristan Metcalfe

  • Is the best player in the AIHL making his team worse?

    Melbourne Ice winger Austin Albrecht is undoubtedly one of the very best players in the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). Recently he set the record for the least games…

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  • Clickin’ Tenders

    One of the hot topics in any AIHL season is always goaltending. In the first half of the 2024 AIHL season, we have seen some incredible goaltending – from…

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  • Perth Thunder mid-season Report Card

    Perth Thunder mid-season Report Card

    Perth Thunder mid-season report card – Current rating: A real contender, the litmus test awaits. The Thunder have made no secret that they are chasing a cup in 2024,…

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  • Canberra Brave Mid-Season Report Card

    Canberra Brave Mid-Season Report Card

    Canberra Brave mid-season report card – C- (Getting by, but not by much) After coming within a goal of back-to-back Cups in 2023, it is fair to say that…

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  • Casey Kubara by the numbers

    The weekend before last, in Adelaide against the Adrenaline, Casey Kubara scored his 231st Australian Ice Hockey League point and became the all-time leading scorer for the Canberra Brave….

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  • Wish or Wishart You?

    On Sunday, against the Central Coast Rhinos, the Melbourne Mustangs managed something they hadn’t done in the Australian Ice Hockey League since August 25, 2019 – win without Ty…

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  • AIHL Teams and Mental Health

    This Saturday night in Perth is the Mental Health Awareness game hosted by the Thunder, so this article is going to take a different path to the usual stats-based…

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  • PIM Reapers

    Over the weekend past, the Melbourne Ice and Canberra Brave played out a tightly-contested pair of games in the Brave Cave, which attracted a combined 40 penalties in minutes…

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  • AIHL: Nemeses between the pipes

    AIHL: Nemeses between the pipes

    After a weekend with some stellar goaltending performances across the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL), let’s take a look at whether your team has a David Ayers to your…

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  • The AIHL’s most hard-fought rivalry?

    The Melbourne Mustangs joining the AIHL in 2011 (at the time as the “Mustangs IHC”) kicked off a series of some of the spiciest games in the league –…

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