Perth Thunder
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Finals Preview – Perth Thunder
The Thunder are coming to Finals with arguably their deepest team yet, and looking to break their Finals duck against teams other than the Northstars. Though they have been regular post-season attendees, the only wins they have against Newcastle in 2019 and 2023. The Finals Preview looks at how they can lift a maiden Goodall…
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Tale of the Tape – Thunder @ Adrenaline
Following the lead of AIHL TV, in offering the free game of the week as the Thunder versus the Adrenaline this weekend, we take a look at this game, which has real Finals implications. For the Adrenaline, they need to win to keep the season alive, and for Perth, they have an eye on second…
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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 – Brave @ Thunder
A big clash this weekend awaits over in Perth, with the second-placed Thunder hosting the fast-rising Brave in a game with important Finals implications. Having been one of the teams to beat from the start of the season, Perth have had some player availability challenges recently, and the Brave have started to get on a…
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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 – Thunder @ Northstars
This week on Tale of the Tape, the Northstars are on a three-game winning streak, and come up against the team in second position on the ladder for the second time in two weekends, this time against the in-form Perth Thunder. Perth are heading east and looking to secure a top-two spot, after taking all…
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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 – Adrenaline @ Thunder
This weekend, tale of the tape focuses on the improving Adelaide Adrenaline making their way across the nullabor to take on the high-flying Perth Thunder in a double-header at the Perth Ice Arena, and because I’ve been the slackest contributor around here I’ve decided to pull a finger out and have a look at how…
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Canberra Brave Advance in Tense Battle
The second game of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL) Finals presented by Hungry Jack’s was played on Friday night between the Canberra Brave and Perth Thunder at O’Brien Icehouse, Melbourne. In a replay of last year’s semi-final, the Brave took the win in a tight 2-1 contest. Canberra finished second in the Rurak Conference…
