Brisbane Lightning
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Finals Preview – Brisbane Lightning
Since joining the AIHL in 2023, the Brisbane Lightning have yet to get a postseason win on the board – but this year they may be the strongest unit we have seen from them. Led by a high-scoring top line, Brisbane will be looking to upset Newcastle on Friday to get their weekend going. Our…
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Tale of the Tape – Northstars @ Lightning
With the final weekend of the regular season upon us, Newcastle head north to Brisbane for a double-header against the Lightning. While the Northstars are safely ensconced in the top six, but outside the top two, Brisbane still need to punch their ticket. Two points this weekend, or an Adelaide loss, will do it. The…
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The Run Home
With only two weekends remaining in the 2025 AIHL regular season, we take a look at how the season will finish for each team, and how they can make Finals, have a day off on the Friday at Finals, or secure the best tee time once the weather gets better. This is the 2025 Run…
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Tale of the Tape – Adrenaline @ Lightning
This week on tale of the tape, picking up an upset win last weekend against the Mustangs breathed a bit of life into the Adelaide Adrenaline’s unlikely push for Finals – and now they make the trip to Brisbane to take on the Lightning. These games make up the second-last homestand for the Lightning, and…
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How much does your team rely on imports?
With geopolitical manoeuvres meaning that tariffs and trade barriers are coming back in vogue, despite the advice of any coherent economist, has that had an impact on imports here in the AIHL? Local production versus import production has long been a discussion point for fans of the league, so how big an impact are they…
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Tale of the Tape – Lightning @ Northstars
After collecting all six points on a trip to Adelaide last weekend, this weekend the Brisbane Lightning take a short trip south to take on the Newcastle Northstars in a double-header that looks likely to shape the Finals race. This is the first time the teams meet this year, and will the high-flying Lightning continue…
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How will the 2025 Season play out?
We are now 68 games into a 112 game AIHL season, one team is a chance to clinch a playoff spot this weekend. Our AIHL Ladder Predictor allows you to pick the results of each game and see how that impacts the final ladder. How will 2025 play out? you tell us! Firstly, if the…
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2025 AIHL Mid Season Review
Welcome to the 2025 AIHL Mid Season Review. It’s, roughly, half way through the season for all teams now. So how is everyone going? Let’s briefly delve into all eight teams and find out. Adelaide Adrenaline Games played: 14Current position: 7th In truth it has taken time for the Adrenaline to get going. Initially it…
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Tale of the Tape – Ice @ Lightning
This weekend on tale of the tape, we have a top-of-the-table double header in Brisbane, with the second-placed Lightning playing host to the ladder-leading Melbourne Ice. With the Ice having engaged the SES in search-and-rescue missions to find all the fans who had disappeared between 2018 and 2023, they are flying through the first half…
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Brisbane Lightning Hire Christer Lundkvist
Brisbane Lightning hire Christer Lundkvist to lead them into the 2025 Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL) season. A signing that will hopefully propel the Queenslanders onto the next stage of the team’s development. After announcing the departure of inaugural head coach, Terry Kiliwnik, in October 2024, Brisbane has wasted no time in the search for…
