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Gold Coast Blue Tongues
CityBundall, Gold Coast, Queensland
LeagueAustralian Ice Hockey League
Founded2005 (19 years ago) (2005)
Operated2005–2015
Dissolved2015 (9 years ago) (2015)
Home arenaIceland Bundall
ColoursGreen, blue and white
     
General managerAustralia Dave Emblem
Head coachAustralia Peter Nixon
CaptainAustralia Adam Geric
WebsiteBluetongues.com.au
Franchise history
2005–2007Brisbane Blue Tongues
2008–2015Gold Coast Blue Tongues
Championships
Conference titles0
H Newman Reid Trophies0
Goodall Cups0

The Gold Coast Blue Tongues (formerly the Brisbane Blue Tongues) was a semi-professional ice hockey team based in Bundall, Queensland, Australia. The team was a member of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). The Blue Tongues were founded in 2005 as an expansion AIHL team and played in the league for eight seasons between 2005 and 2012. The team’s home venue was Iceland Bundall, located on the Gold Coast, Queensland. The Blue Tongues never won any major titles and ceased operations in 2015.

History

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Establishment

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The Gold Coast Blue Tongues were founded in 2005 as the Brisbane Blue Tongues.[1][2] The Blue Tongues were announced as an Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL) expansion team along with the Central Coast Rhinos, increasing the league membership from six to eight teams.[3] Originally located in Brisbane, the team’s first home venue was Iceworld Boondall. The team’s chosen name and logo was a nod to the native blue tongue lizard, commonly found in Brisbane and South-East Queensland.[4] Garnet Radford was appointed the team's first general manager.[5]

AIHL era

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Future Australian international forward, Michael Gough, playing for the Brisbane Blue Tongues in 2007

The Blue Tongues marked their inaugural AIHL game with a win on 23 April 2005. On the road in Canberra, Brisbane defeated the Canberra Knights 10-4 at the Phillip Ice Skating Centre. A goalless first period proved a poor indication for the goal rush that would follow in the second and third periods. Mark Barnsdale scored the Blue Tongues first ever goal, assisted by Kirk Raven and Chris Staneke. From that point the visiting Brisbane team scored four more unanswered goals before Matt Lehoczky gave the home fans something to cheer. The Blue Tongues continued their good second period showing in the third and once again out scored their more experienced opponents. Mikko Skinnari scored the tenth and final goal of the game for Brisbane with just over one minute remaining on the clock. Bryan Randall was the first Blue Tongues player to be sent to the penalty box, with a two-minute minor penalty for high sticking in the first period.[6]

Mark Rummukainen, as stand in captain, leading the Blue Tongues team onto the ice in 2007

Brisbane finished their inaugural season in sixth position in the league standings with thirty-three points. They were five points off a finals qualification position and had a win percentage of 42%, having won twelve of twenty-six games. The Blue Tongues finished ahead of the Melbourne Ice and Central Coast Rhinos.[7]

The following two years in Brisbane saw the Blue Tongues improve each season, finishing sixth and fifth in the standings, failing to qualify for the AIHL finals weekend on both occasions.[8] The team was very close to qualifying in 2007 but fell three points short of finishing fourth after the team, along with two others, was handed a three-point penalty by the league for icing an illegible player.[9] The Blue Tongues did sign two ex-NHL players during this time. First, in 2006, on 6 June, the team announced the signing of Rob Zamuner. Zamnuner had spent thirteen seasons playing in the NHL with teams such as Boston Bruins and Tampa Bay Lightning.[10] Second, in 2007, the Blue Tongues secured the services of goaltender Tyrone Garner. Garner was a New York Islanders draft pick from 1998 and later played three games in the NHL for the Calgary Flames before a hockey career that took him around the globe.[11]

In 2008, the Blue Tongues appointed David Emblem as president and general manager. Emblem, originally from Montreal, Canada, stepped into the new role with the team possessing a vast hockey experience, having won two Goodall Cups and representing Australia at the World championships in the 1980’s.[12] Emblem oversaw a period of great change for the team as they relocated to the Gold Coast, Queensland. The Blue Tongues new home venue would be Iceland Bundall, located in the Gold Coast suburb of Bundall.[13] The reasons for the move were attributed to the team’s new sponsorship deal with Bartercard, who are headquartered on the Gold Coast, and for improving team integration between the Australian and import players.[14] The Blue Tongues were also renamed the Gold Coast Blue Tongues (Bartercard Gold Coast Blue Tongues for sponsorship reasons). The move did present facility difficulties for the team and the AIHL. The small ice sheet at the rink, according to the rink owners, was never intended for senior ice hockey and there were consistent concerns raised about the suitability and safety of the venue by the league and traveling teams. Emblem did continue one Blue Tongues tradition of signing import players with NHL experience when he secured the services of one time Tampa Bay Lightining player Gaétan Royer for the 2008 AIHL season.[15]

Despite the issues, in 2009, the Blue Tongues enjoyed their best season in the AIHL. They won fourteen of twenty-four regular season games and had a +22 goal difference that led them to finishing fourth in the league standings and qualifying for finals for the first time.[16] For their maiden, and only, finals weekend, Gold Coast traveled to the Hunter Ice Skating Stadium in Newcastle.[17] Playing in the second semi-final, the Blue Tongues faced the Newcastle North Stars, who had finished third in the regular season. In front of a 1,000 strong home crowd, the semi-final was a close game for the first two periods with both teams posting three goals each. However, Newcastle’s Canadian forward, Steven Kaye, proved the difference between the two teams and scored two unanswered goals in the third period to clinch his personal hat-trick and the win for the home team. The Blue Tongues were eliminated and missed out on advancing to the grand final to compete for the historic Goodall Cup. The three finals goal scorers for the Blue Tongues were Henrik Ivarsson, André Selander and Brad Smulders.[18]

The Blue Tongues remained a consistent performer for the remainder of their time in the league, finishing fifth in 2010 and 2011 before finishing third in the Easton conference in 2012. Each time missing out on a return to finals.[8] The Blue Tongues' Matt Amado did however set an AIHL goal scoring record in 2011.[19] The duel Canadian/Portuguese import forward scored 42 goals in the regular season, beating the previous record of 39 set in 2007 by himself when the team was located in Brisbane.[20]

Suspension and eventual demise

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The issues raised with the Iceland rink when the team moved to the new location in 2008 had never been resolved. The situation led to tensions between the league, traveling teams, the Blue Tongues and the rink ownership. In 2011 and 2012, these issues came to a head when the Blue Tongues had to cancel two home games, against the Sydney Ice Dogs in 2011 and Melbourne Ice in 2012, due to the unsafe and unplayable ice surface at Iceland.[21][22][23] These cancellations, led to the rink owner evicting the Blue Tongues from the venue and forcing them, at short notice, to seek alternative arrangements for the final seven AIHL home games in the 2012 season.[24] The Blue Tongues managed to secure Iceworld Acacia Ridge in Brisbane for the final seven fixtures of the season, however, due to the limited ice time availability, the games would be scheduled for 10:30pm, despite the best negotiating efforts by the Blue Tongues to secure more appropriate ice time.[25] The team confirmed this was only a temporary arrangement and that they intended to return to the Gold Coast when possible. The game that was abruptly halted on the Gold Coast vs the Melbourne Ice was rescheduled to be replayed in Melbourne at the Melbourne Icehouse, despite the Ice being within their rights to claim a forfeit victory.[26]

Following the conclusion of the AIHL season, In October 2012, the league along with the Blue Tongues jointly announced, through Deputy Commissioner Ben Kieley, the suspension of the Blue Tongues AIHL license for 2013.[27] The team had explored different options for a home venue for 2013, including building a temporary professional rink on the Gold Coast or temporarily relocating to Brisbane, Erina or Perth, but had ultimately been unsuccessful in securing a financially viable and workable solution.[28] The two parties committed to working together to explore all options to returning the Blue Tongues to competition in 2014, including building a new proposed $15 million twin-sheet ice sports facility on the Gold Coast.[29]

In November 2013, it was revealed the situation to find a workable home venue for the Blue Tongues had not shifted and that the team’s license would remain suspended for the 2014 season.[30] The team had continued its search for a new home and progressed the proposal for building a new ice sports stadium, with a business plan and architectural designs complete.[12] The new aim is for the team to get back on the ice for the 2015 season. Dave Emblem had reportedly joined the Mayor’s Trade Mission to China and Taiwan to continue discussions with potential investors in building a new ice sports facility on the Gold Coast.[31]

In 2015, the AIHL released its 2015 season game schedule, and the Gold Coast Blue Tongues did not feature.[32] The Blue Tongues General Manager, Dave Emblem, had unsuccessfully continued to try and find a sponsor to build a new twin-sheet facility on the Gold Coast. He had also unsuccessfully taken the proposal to the local Council, who, despite some member interest, were unwilling to commit Government funding to the proposal.[33] With no solution found in two years, the Gold Coast Blue Tongues’ AIHL license expired in 2015, ended the team’s involvement in top level ice hockey in Australia.[34] The team then ceased operations.

Following the demise of the Blue Tongues, the AIHL canvased the Brisbane ice hockey community to gauge if there was any interest from another ownership group for a new team in the state’s capital.[34]

Season-by-season record

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Champions Runners-up Third Place
Gold Coast Blue Tongues all-time AIHL record
Season Regular season Finals weekend Top points scorer
P W T1 L OW OL GF GA GD Pts Finish P W L GF GA Result Semi-final Goodall Cup final Name Points
2005 26 8 1 13 4 – 112 112 +0 33 6th – Canada Bryan Randall 32
2006 28 10 – 17 1 – 129 138 -9 32 6th – Canada Jean-Philippe Brière 55
2007 28 15 – 9 – 4 126 111 +15 462 5th – Canada Matt Amado 62
2008 28 8 – 17 – 3 104 154 -50 27 7th – Canada Gaétan Royer 33
2009 24 13 – 7 1 3 108 86 +22 44 4th 1 – 1 3 5 Semi-finalist Lost 3–5 (North Stars) – Netherlands Brad Smulders 76
2010 24 9 – 13 1 1 84 107 -23 30 5th – United States Mike McRae 47
2011 28 13 – 12 1 2 120 115 +5 43 5th – Canada Matt Amado 69
2012 24 10 – 11 – 3 81 85 -4 33 3rd, Easton – United States Mike McRae 50
Total 210 86 1 99 8 16 864 908 -44 288 1 – 1 3 5 United States Mike McRae 151
1 As of the 2006 AIHL season, all games will have a winner.
2 The AIHL imposed the penalty of deducting 3 competition points to the Blue Tongues for playing unregistered player Jani Pekkarinen.

Honours

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Franchise Awards

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Each season the Blue Tongues held an annual awards night where the team awarded a number of players and members of the Blue Tongue hockey community.

Season MVP Local Most improved Rookie Fan
2006 Canada Jean-Philippe Brière Australia David Upton Australia Kirk Raven – –
2008 Canada Gaétan Royer Australia Ross Howell Australia Cameron Trew Australia Jack Connor Australia Craig Duncan & Ashley Hodson
2009 Netherlands Brad Smulders Australia Jon Bale & Ross Howell Australia Cameron Trew – Australia Craig Duncan
2010 Canada Dallas Costanzo Australia Ross Howell Australia Cameron Trew – Australia Craig Duncan
2011 Sweden Tobias Falk Australia Luke Fiveash Australia Brad Young & Jack Connor Australia Alexander Hall –

References:[35][36][37][38][39]

Players

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Last roster

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Team roster for the 2012 AIHL season [40]

Gold Coast Blue Tongues roster - 2012 AIHL season
Active Roster Coaching staff
Goaltenders
  • 30 Switzerland Alain Giauque (I)
  •  1 Australia Anthony Kimlin
  •  1 Australia Nicholas Novysedlak
  •  1 Australia Kane Easterbrook

Defencemen

  •  4 Australia Greg Bay
  • 22 Australia Marco Bertossa
  • 44 United States Adam Blanchette (I)
  • 27 Australia Ross Howell
  • 12 Canada Matt Maycock (I)
  • 88 Australia Jordan Millen
  • 66 Australia Casey Minson
  • 55 United States Tom Pesce (I)
  • 22 Canada James Sanford (I)
  •  5 Australia Ben Spillane
  •  8 Australia Cameron Trew (A)
 Forwards
  • 10 Australia Jon Bale
  • 21 Australia Anthony Barnes
  •  7 Switzerland Jeremy Brücker
  • 11 Switzerland Andreas Camenzind
  •  6 Australia Jack Connor
  • 14 Australia Matt Courtney
  • 16 Canada Etienne Du Toit (I)
  •  9 Australia Adam Geric (C)
  • 14 Australia Alexander Hall
  • 15 Australia Matthew Johnson
  • 55 Australia Carter Lawrence
  • 13 United States Mike McRae (I) (A)
  • 10 Australia Ben O'Driscoll
  • 19 Canada Matt Papineau (I)
 Head Coach
  • Australia Peter Nixon

Coaches

  • Canada Matt Maycock
  • Australia Craig Duncan
  • Australia Sean Garvan
  • Australia Ian Sung
  • Australia Brad Cassidy


Legend
(C) Captain
(A) Alternate Captain
(I) Import player

Statistics
Average age: 25.1
Average height: 182.4 cm
Average weight: 88.3 kg
Win%: 46%

Last updated on: 19 April 2022
Elite Prospects

Notable former players

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A list of players that have played at least one game for the Blue Tongues and who have also played at least one game in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Name Year(s) NHL team(s)
Canada Rob Zamuner 2006 Rangers; Lightning; Senators; Bruins
Canada Tyrone Garner 2007 Calgary Flames
Canada Gaétan Royer 2008 Tampa Bay Lightning

References:[10][11][15]

Franchise all-time player records

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These are the top-five all-time player records in franchise history in the following categories: Appearance, points, penalty minutes and points per game.[41]

Appearances
No. Name Pos Games
1 Australia Jon Bale Forward 155
2 Australia Ross Howell Defenceman 154
3 Australia Ben Spillane Defenceman 131
4 Australia David Upton Forward 116
5 Australia Marco Bertossa Defenceman 114
Penalty minutes
No. Name Pos PIM
1 Canada Don Burke Defenceman 472
2 United States Mike McRae Forward 250
3 Australia Jon Bale Forward 249
4 Australia David Upton Forward 234
5 Australia Ben Spillane Defenceman 193
Save percentage
No. Name Pos SV%
1 Australia Anthony Kimlin Goaltender 0.935
2 Australia Luke Fiveash Goaltender 0.883
3 Switzerland Alain Giauque Goaltender 0.879
4 Canada Tyrone Garner Goaltender 0.877
5 Finland Simo Mustonen Goaltender 0.852
Points
No. Name Pos Points
1 United States Mike McRae Forward 150
2 Canada Matt Amado Forward 131
3 Australia David Upton Forward 123
4 Netherlands Brad Smulders Forward 76
5 Australia Jon Bale Forward 72
Points per game
No. Name Pos PPG
1 Netherlands Brad Smulders Forward 3.45
2 Canada Matt Amado Forward 2.79
3 Canada Martin Paquet Forward 2.54
4 Canada Jean-Philippe Brière Forward 2.50
5 Sweden Tobias Falk Forward 2.32
Points per season
No. Name Pos Points
1 Netherlands Brad Smulders Forward 76
2 Canada Matt Amado Forward 69
3 Sweden Tobias Falk Forward 65
4 Canada Matt Amado Forward 62
5 Canada Jean-Philippe Brière Forward 55

Team staff

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Current as of 2012 AIHL season.[42]

Blue Tongues staff
Back office staff
Role Name
Head coach Australia Peter Nixon
Assistant coach Canada Matt Maycock
Team manager Australia Craig Duncan
Equipment manager Australia Brad Cassidy
Physio Australia Ian Sung
Front office staff
Role Name
General manager Australia Dave Emblem
Assistant manager Australia Sean Garvan
Marketing manager Australia Matt Haddad
Media & PR manager Australia Kanchan Khanna
Website designer Australia Sam Hansen
Graphic designer Australia Isaac Morisson
Game day staff
Role Name
Operations manager Australia Steven Montour
Ops team member Australia Daniel Jansson
Ops team member Australia Kyle West
Ops team member Australia Chris Rainesford
Ops team member Australia Erik Bitmanis
Announcer Australia Brendan Boyle
Announcer Australia Raff Himing
Scorer Australia Corrine Conner
Committee
Role Name
Committee chair Australia Dave Emblem
Committee member Australia Kevin Sands
Committee member Australia Don Burke
Committee member Australia Paul Rayner
Committee member Australia Glen Kercher
Committee member Australia Brian Quartarolo

Leaders

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Team captains

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Don Burke as captain for the Blue Tongues in 2007. Don was the team's maiden captain and continued in the leadership role for 3 seasons.

The Blue Tongues had four captains in the team's history.[43]

No. Name Term
1 Australia Don Burke 2005–07
2 United States Billy Crumm 2008
3 Australia Ross Howell 2009–11
4 Australia Adam Geric 2012

References:[44][45][46][47][48][49]

Further information on team captains in ice hockey: Captain (ice hockey)

Head coaches

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The Blue Tongues had three head coaches in the team's known history.[50] Head coaches for the years when the team was based in Brisbane (2006–07) are unknown.

No. Name Term
1 Australia Dave Byer 2005
2 Australia Kevin Sands 2008–10
3 Australia Peter Nixon 2011–12

References: [51][52][53][54][42]

Further information on head coaches in ice hockey: Coach (ice hockey)

General managers

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The Blue Tongues had two general managers (GMs) in the team's history.[50]

No. Name Term
1 Australia Garnet Radford 2005–07
2 Australia David Emblem 2008–12

References:[5][12]

Further information on general managers in ice hockey: General manager (ice hockey)

Team records

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Record Details
Firsts
First AIHL game 23 April 2005 (10-4 win over the Knights in Canberra)
First AIHL win 23 April 2005 (10-4 win over the Knights in Canberra)
First AIHL loss 30 April 2004 (4-8 loss to the Ice Dogs in Brisbane)
First AIHL finals appearance 29 August 2009 (3-5 loss to the North Stars in Newcastle)
Lasts
Last AIHL game 26 August 2012 (4-5 (SO) loss to the Adrenaline in Adelaide)
Last AIHL win 25 August 2012 (5-1 win over the Adrenaline in Adelaide)
Last AIHL loss 26 August 2012 (4-5 (SO) loss to the Adrenaline in Adelaide)
Last AIHL finals appearance 29 August 2009 (3-5 loss to the North Stars in Newcastle)
Single matches
Record goal scoring game 18 goals (20 August 2006 10-8 win over the Rhinos in Erina)
Record win 10-2 (against the Ice Dogs on 1 May 2005)
Record loss 3-11 (against the North Stars on 21 August 2010)
Wins/losses
Most season wins 15 wins (2007 season)
Fewest season wins 8 wins (2008 season)
Most season losses 20 losses (2008 season)
Fewest season losses 10 losses (2009 season)
Record winning streak 6 matches (2007 & 2009 seasons)
Record losing streak 11 matches (2005/06 & 2010/11 seasons)
Points
Most season points 46 points (2007 season)
Fewest season points 30 points (2010 season)

Broadcasting

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TV and Streaming:
Briz 31 (UHF Channel 31) (2007–08) – Domestic television broadcasting on the Brisbane community television station of all home games for the Blue Tongues in 2007 and 2008. The channel also broadcast the 2009 AIHL Finals weekend when the Blue Tongues qualified.[55]
Self-broadcast (2008–09) – Domestic and international internet streaming broadcast of all Blue Tongues home games. The very first AIHL team to stream games via the internet. Produced by Blue Tongues supporter Mike Crowhurst from Cunning Crow Productions and commentated by Blue Tongues Team Assistant Adrian Barclay, games were available on www.slapshot.com.au.

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