2019 CBR Brave season

2019 CBR Brave
2019 CBR Brave
League	1st AIHL
2019 record	26–0–1–1
Home record	13–0–0–1
Road record	13–0–1–0
Goals for	161
Goals against	67
Team information
Coach	Robert Starke
Assistant coach	Max Ross
Captain	Matthew Harvey
Alternate captains	Wehebe Darge ; Kai Miettinen
Arena	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
Team leaders
Goals	Jesse Gabrielle (39)
Assists	Wehebe Darge (34)
Points	Jesse Gabrielle (67)
Penalty minutes	Hayden Dawes (69)
Goals against average	Matt Climie (2.15)
	← 2018 season 2022 season →

The 2019 CBR Brave season was the Brave's 6th season in the Australian Ice Hockey League since being founded and entering the league in 2014. The season ran from 20 April 2019 to 31 August 2019 for the Brave. CBR finished first in the regular season to clinch the H Newman Reid Trophy for the second time in franchise history. However, the Brave lost their semi-final match to the Sydney Bears during the Goodall Cup Finals series in Newcastle. The team set a number of new league records including: most wins (26), most points (79), largest winning streak (17 matches), most goals scored (161), fewest goals conceded in a 28 match season (67) and least losses in a 28 match season (2).^[1]

Roster

Team roster for the 2019 AIHL season^[2]

2019 AIHL CBR Brave Roster ^[a]
#	Name	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
25	Spencer Austin	D	L	32	2019	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
71	Jordan Brunt	F	L	25	2015	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
27	Andreas Camenzind	C	L	42	2019	Wettingen, Aargau, Switzerland
91	Nick Christensen	F			2019	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
33	Matt Climie	G	L	41	2019	Leduc, Alberta, Canada
9	Wehebe Darge (A)	LW/RW	L	32	2017	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
20	Hayden Dawes	RW	R	30	2018	Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada
31	Jakob Doornbos	G	L	23	2018	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
22	Nicholas Doornbos	D	R	21	2019	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
28	Jordan Draper	LW/RW	R	35	2019	Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada
63	Jesse Gabrielle	LW	L	27	2019	Moosomin, Saskatchewan, Canada
80	Jackson Gallagher	D		23	2019	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
22	Mike Giorgi	D	L	37	2019	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
81	Matthew Harvey (C)	D	R	39	2014	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
3	Mitchell Henning	F	R	27	2016	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
21	Joseph Hughes	RW	R	40	2018	Springvale, Victoria, Australia
23	Adam Kambeitz	C/LW	L	32	2019	Coaldale, Alberta, Canada
7	Bayley Kubara	D	R	26	2017	Wombarra, New South Wales, Australia
15	Casey Kubara	RW	R	28	2016	Wombarra, New South Wales, Australia
16	Tyler Kubara	F	R	29	2015	Wombarra, New South Wales, Australia
11	David Lewis	F	L	46	2018	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
14	Jayden Lewis	F	R	26	2018	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
91	Brayden Low	C	L	30	2019	Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
61	Joseph Maatouk	F/D		24	2019	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
10	Tyler Mayea	D	L	31	2019	Burlington, Ontario, Canada
64	Kai Miettinen (A)	F	L	28	2014	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
51	Hamish Murray	F	R	22	2019	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
41	Matthew Price	D	R	36	2019	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
44	Conor Riley	F/D	L	32	2019	Massena, New York, United States
42	Lachlan Seary	F	R	23	2019	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
29	Alexandre Tetreault	G	L	25–26	2015	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
61	Chris Williamson	C	R	32	2019	Okotoks, Alberta, Canada

Notes:

^ Omitted from the roster list is Matt Buskas, Nick Eckhardt and Mark Rummukainen, who were all selected in the original 2019 roster but were never dressed for a match.

Transfers

In

Pos	Player	Transferred From	Local / Import	Source
D	Spencer Austin	Sydney Bears	Local	^[3]
C	Andreas Camenzind	No team	Local	^[4]
F	Nick Christensen	Canberra Blades	Local	^[5]
G	Matt Climie	HDD Jesenice	Import	^[6]
D	Nicholas Doornbos	No team	Local	^[2]^[7]
W	Jordan Draper	Scorpions de Mulhouse	Import	^[2]^[7]
W	Jesse Gabrielle	Wichita Thunder	Import	^[2]^[7]
D	Jackson Gallagher	Sydney Sabres	Local	^[2]^[7]
D	Mike Giorgi	No team	Import	^[2]^[7]
W	Adam Kambeitz	Rapaces de Gap	Import	^[2]^[7]
C	Brayden Low	Reading Royals	Import	^[2]^[7]
F	Joseph Maatouk	Canberra Rebels	Local	^[2]^[8]
D	Tyler Mayea	Newfoundland Growlers	Import	^[2]^[7]
F	Hamish Murray	No team	Local	^[2]^[7]
D	Matthew Price	Newcastle Northstars	Local	^[9]
D	Conor Riley	Adirondack Thunder	Import	^[2]^[7]
F	Lachlan Seary	No team	Local	^[2]^[7]
C	Chris Williamson	Watertown Wolves	Import	^[2]^[7]

Out

Pos	Player	Transferred To	Local / Import	Source
D	Channing Bresciani	HC Fassa	Import	^[2]^[7]
D	James Byers	No team	Local	^[2]^[7]
D	Darcy Flanagan	Melbourne Ice	Local	^[10]
F	Jordan Gavin	Retired	Local	^[11]
F	Trevor Gerling	Huntsville Havoc	Import	^[2]^[7]
D	Per Daniel Göransson	No team	Local	^[2]^[7]
G	Matt Hewitt	HC Fassa	Import	^[2]^[7]
F	Chris Leveille	Brampton Beast	Import	^[2]^[7]
F	Christopher McPhail	No team	Local	^[2]^[7]
F	Ainars Podzins	LHC Les Lions	Import	^[2]^[7]
G	Tynan Theobald	No team	Local	^[2]^[7]

Staff

Staff Roster for 2019 AIHL season^[12]^[13]

**2019 AIHL CBR Brave Staff**
Role	Staff
Head coach	Robert Starke
Assistant coach	Max Ross
Team Manager	Andrew Deans
Equipment Manager	Darryl Day
Chiropractor	Saara Stevenson
Sports Trainer	Cameron Mohr
Personal Trainer	Alex Zeitlhofer
Personal Trainer	Dylan Swan
Bench official	Darren Sault
Bench official	Kelly Sault

Standings

Regular season

Summary

Season	Overall										Home								Away
Season	P	W	L	OW	OL	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Finish	P	W	L	OW	OL	GF	GA	GD	P	W	L	OW	OL	GF	GA	GD
2019	28	26	1	0	1	161	67	+94	79	1st	14	13	1	0	0	89	38	+51	14	13	0	0	1	72	29	+43

Position by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Position	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on Completed. Source: www.icehockeynewsaustralia.com

League table

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GDF	PTS
CBR Brave	28	26	0	1	1	161	67	+94	79
Newcastle Northstars	28	16	3	0	9	127	89	+38	54
Perth Thunder	28	16	1	1	10	116	103	+13	51
Sydney Bears	28	15	2	0	11	121	102	+19	49
Melbourne Mustangs	28	12	1	4	11	108	99	+9	42
Sydney Ice Dogs	28	10	1	3	14	122	128	–6	35
Melbourne Ice	28	6	3	0	19	90	140	–50	24
Adelaide Adrenaline	28	0	0	2	26	71	188	–117	2

Qualified for the Goodall Cup playoffs	H Newman Reid Trophy winners

Source

Finals

Summary

Season	Finals weekend
Season	P	W	L	GF	GA	Result	Semi-final	Goodall Cup final
2019	1	–	1	4	6	Semi-finalist	Lost 4-6 (Bears)	–

Bracket

Semi-finals			Final

1	CBR Brave	4

4	Sydney Bears	6
			Sydney Bears	5

			Perth Thunder	2
3	Perth Thunder	3

2	Newcastle Northstars	2

Schedule & results

Regular season

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Arena	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	H	H
Result	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W

Updated to match(es) played on Completed. Source: AIHL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; L = Loss

2019 fixtures and results
Date	Time	Away	Score	Home	Location	Recap
21 April	17:00	CBR Brave	4–1	Sydney Bears	Macquarie Ice Rink	[1]
27 April	16:30	CBR Brave	6–3	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide Ice Arena	[2]
28 April	16:30	CBR Brave	6–2	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide Ice Arena	[3]
4 May	17:30	Sydney Bears	4–3	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	[4]
11 May	16:30	CBR Brave	5–1	Perth Thunder	Perth Ice Arena	[5]
12 May	16:30	CBR Brave	5–1	Perth Thunder	Perth Ice Arena	[6]
18 May	17:30	Sydney Ice Dogs	3–4	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	[7]
25 May	17:00	CBR Brave	6–4	Sydney Ice Dogs	Macquarie Ice Rink	[8]
1 June	17:30	Perth Thunder	0–7	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	[9]
2 June	16:30	Perth Thunder	2–6	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	[10]
8 June	17:30	Sydney Bears	2–5	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	[11]
9 June	16:30	Melbourne Mustangs	4–11	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	[12]
22 June	17:00	CBR Brave	6–2	Newcastle Northstars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium	[13]
23 June	17:00	CBR Brave	6–3	Sydney Bears	Macquarie Ice Rink	[14]
29 June	17:00	CBR Brave	4–2	Melbourne Mustangs	O'Brien Icehouse	[15]
30 June	14:00	CBR Brave	4–2	Melbourne Mustangs	O'Brien Icehouse	[16]
7 July	16:45	CBR Brave	7–1	Sydney Ice Dogs	Macquarie Ice Rink	[17]
13 July	17:30	Melbourne Ice	4–8	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	[18]
14 July	16:30	Melbourne Ice	1–5	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	[19]
20 July	17:30	Newcastle Northstars	2–3	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	[20]
21 July	16:00	CBR Brave	4–2	Newcastle Northstars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium	[21]
27 July	17:00	CBR Brave	2–3 (SO)	Melbourne Ice	O'Brien Icehouse	[22]
28 July	14:00	CBR Brave	7–2	Melbourne Ice	O'Brien Icehouse	[23]
3 August	17:30	Adelaide Adrenaline	2–7	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	[24]
4 August	16:30	Adelaide Adrenaline	4–5	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	[25]
10 August	17:30	Sydney Ice Dogs	5–12	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	[26]
11 August	16:30	Melbourne Mustangs	4–7	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	[27]
17 August	17:30	Newcastle Northstars	1–6	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	[28]

Finals

Goodall Cup semi-final

31 August 2019
15:00

Sydney Bears

6–4
(0–1, 2–3, 4–0)

CBR Brave

Hunter Ice Skating Stadium

Game reference

Anthony Kimlin

Goalies

Matthew Climie

Referees:
Kent Unwin
Cory Ross
Linesmen:
Dan Boyd
Casper Russelhuber

	0 – 1	6:58 – Hughes (Gabrielle, Riley)
15:30 – Gauthier (Annesley)	1 – 1
	1 – 2	17:31 – Gabrielle (Camenzind, Hughes)
	1 – 3	27:24 – Darge (C.Kubara, Kambeitz)
28:33 – Dauda (Annesley, Ratcliffe)	2 – 3
	2 – 4	29:57 – B.Kubara (Dawes)
31:22 – Brücker (Newmark, Schlamp)	3 – 4
36:01 – Annesley (Gauthier)	4 – 4
46:57 – Gauthier (Schlamp, Clare)	5 – 4
49:57 – Ratcliffe (Rubes)	6 – 4

10 min

Penalties

14 min

40

Shots

30

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season
Nat	Player	Pos	M	G	A	P	PIM
	Spencer Austin	D	2	0	1	1	0
	Jordan Brunt	F	26	0	2	2	2
	Andreas Camenzind	C	14	10	20	30	12
	Nick Christensen	F	20	0	4	4	2
	Wehebe Darge	W	28	19	34	53	20
	Hayden Dawes	W	25	10	20	30	69
	Nicholas Doornbos	D	11	2	1	3	0
	Jordan Draper	W	15	17	28	45	20
	Jesse Gabrielle	W	20	39	28	67	54
	Jackson Gallagher	D	13	0	0	0	2
	Mike Giorgi	D	1	0	0	0	0
	Matthew Harvey	D	18	3	16	19	24
	Mitchell Henning	F	28	3	6	9	29
	Joseph Hughes	W	16	9	19	28	45
	Adam Kambeitz	C/W	25	13	21	34	57
	Bayley Kubara	D	27	1	16	17	53
	Casey Kubara	W	24	11	15	26	20
	Tyler Kubara	F	22	1	13	14	26
	David Lewis	F	8	0	3	3	2
	Jayden Lewis	F	2	0	0	0	0
	Brayden Low	C	7	8	9	17	35
	Joseph Maatouk	F/D	12	1	0	1	0
	Tyler Mayea	D	7	0	9	9	6
	Kai Miettinen	F	22	5	4	9	18
	Hamish Murray	F	15	0	0	0	0
	Matthew Price	D	21	1	4	5	10
	Conor Riley	F/D	14	8	21	29	55
	Lachlan Seary	F	8	0	0	0	0
	Chris Williamson	C	1	0	0	0	0

Finals
Nat	Player	Pos	M	G	A	P	PIM
	Spencer Austin	D	–
	Jordan Brunt	F	1	0	0	0	0
	Andreas Camenzind	C	1	0	1	1	4
	Nick Christensen	F	1	0	0	0	0
	Wehebe Darge	W	1	1	0	1	2
	Hayden Dawes	W	1	0	1	1	0
	Nicholas Doornbos	D	1	0	0	0	0
	Jordan Draper	W	–
	Jesse Gabrielle	W	1	1	2	3	0
	Jackson Gallagher	D	1	0	0	0	0
	Mike Giorgi	D	–
	Matthew Harvey	D	1	0	0	0	0
	Mitchell Henning	F	1	0	0	0	0
	Joseph Hughes	W	1	2	1	3	0
	Adam Kambeitz	C/W	1	0	1	1	0
	Bayley Kubara	D	1	1	0	1	2
	Casey Kubara	W	1	0	1	1	0
	Tyler Kubara	F	1	0	0	0	0
	David Lewis	F	–
	Jayden Lewis	F	–
	Brayden Low	C	–
	Joseph Maatouk	F/D	1	0	0	0	0
	Tyler Mayea	D	–
	Kai Miettinen	F	1	0	0	0	0
	Hamish Murray	F	1	0	0	0	0
	Matthew Price	D	1	0	0	0	0
	Conor Riley	F/D	1	0	2	2	0
	Lachlan Seary	F	–
	Chris Williamson	C	–

Goaltenders

Regular season
Nat	Player	Pos	M	G	A	PIM	SO	MP	GA	GAA	SH	SA	SV%
	Matt Climie	G	20	0	4	4	1	953	42	2.20	480	438	0.913
	Jakob Doornbos	G	–
	Alexandre Tetreault	G	10	0	0	2	0	400	23	2.88	208	185	0.889

Finals
Nat	Player	Pos	M	G	A	PIM	SO	MP	GA	GAA	SH	SA	SV%
	Matt Climie	G	1	0	0	0	0	50	6	6.00	40	34	0.850
	Jakob Doornbos	G	–
	Alexandre Tetreault	G	–

Awards

Team awards for 2019 season^[14]

**2019 Brave awards**
Award	Recipient
Bravest of the Brave	Matt Climie
Best Forward	Wehebe Darge
Best Defenceman	Matt Harvey
Fans Choice	Jesse Gabrielle
Player’s Choice	Adam Kambeitz
Coach’s Award	Bayley Kubara
Emerging Brave	Nick Christensen
John Lewis Memorial Award	Murray Barton Mandi Webb
Deans Award	Robyn Kemp David Kemp

AIHL awards for 2019 season^[15]

**2019 AIHL awards**
Award	Recipient
Goaltender of the Year	Matt Climie

References

^ White, Stephen (August 26, 2019). "Brave cap off record-setting season". AIHL. Archived from the original on March 13, 2023. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
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[fn1-3] Omitted from the roster list is Matt Buskas, Nick Eckhardt and Mark Rummukainen, who were all selected in the original 2019 roster but were never dressed for a match.

[PREMIERSHIP19-1] White, Stephen (August 26, 2019). "Brave cap off record-setting season". AIHL. Archived from the original on March 13, 2023. Retrieved October 9, 2019.

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[CAMENZINDA-5] "Andreas Camenzind". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on March 30, 2019. Retrieved March 30, 2019.

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[MAATOUKJ-9] "Joseph Maatouk". Ice Hockey ACT. Retrieved June 1, 2019.

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[FLANAGAND-11] "Darcy Flanagan". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on April 7, 2019. Retrieved April 7, 2019.

[GAVINJ-12] "Jordan Gavin". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on March 29, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2019.

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