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Sydney Bears
CityMacquarie Park, New South Wales
LeagueAustralian Ice Hockey League
ConferenceHellyer
Founded1 July 1982 (42 years ago) (1982-07-01)
Home arenaMacquarie Ice Rink
ColoursRed, black, white
     
General managerNathan Graham
Head coachVladimir Rubes
CaptainRyan Annesley
AffiliatesSydney Bears IHC (IHNSW)
Penrith Raptors (ECSL)
Sydney Sting (ECSL)
Sydney Bombers (ECSL)
Reach Rebels (ECSL)
Websitebearsden.com.au
Franchise history
1982–1997Macquarie Bears
1997–2007Sydney Bears
2007–2009AIHL Bears
2010–presentSydney Bears
Championships
Conference titles2 (2023, 2024)
H Newman Reid Trophies4 (2000, 2002, 2008, 2024)
Goodall Cups3 (2002, 2007, 2019)
Current season

The Sydney Bears (formerly Macquarie Bears) is an Australian semi-professional ice hockey team from Sydney, New South Wales. Established in 1982, the Bears are the only remaining founding member of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL) still operating. The Bears are based at Macquarie Ice Rink, within the Macquarie Centre, in the northern suburbs of Sydney. The Sydney Bears are three time Goodall Cup champions and four time H Newman Reid Trophy premiers.

History

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Prior to AIHL

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The Sydney Bears was founded on 1 July 1982 as the Macquarie Bears Ice Hockey Club Incorporated. The team was formed concurrently to the non-incorporated local ice hockey club sharing the same name.[1] The Bears were based out of the Macquarie Ice Rink. The club competed in the NSW Super League (NSWSL) and then the East Coast Super League (ECSL).[2] In 1989 the Bears claimed the NSWSL championship with star defenceman Glen Foll claiming top points scorer for the season.[3] In 1997 the club decided to change its name to the Sydney Bears Ice Hockey Club in preparation for a new national competition.[4] In September 1999, the Bears won the East Coast Super League after defeating the Canberra Knights in a two match grand final series held at Phillip Ice Skating Centre, Canberra. In game one, on 18 September, the Bears fought their way to a close a 6–5 victory over the hosts. In game two, on 19 September, Sydney's goalkeeper Alan Becken claimed a shutout as the Bears won 5–0.[5]

AIHL era

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2000–10

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Logo used from 2000 to 2007. Changed when the Bears moved to Penrith

In 2000, the Australian Ice Hockey league (AIHL) was established.[6] The league adopted a franchise arrangement for competing teams so the Sydney Bears set up their incorporation as The Bears AIHL Inc. and were granted an AIHL licence.[7]

The Sydney Bears claimed the inaugural AIHL season premiership by finishing top of the round-robin season involving the Bears, Adelaide Avalanche and Canberra Knights. The Bears were defeated by the Avalanche, 6–5 in a shootout in the single match championship final.[8]

The Sydney Bears backed up this performance and made the championship final in 2001. They were again defeated by the Adelaide Avalanche, 10–7.[9] The Bears did find success in the Goodall Cup tournament in 2001. Held in Newcastle, it was the last Goodall Cup tournament held independently to the AIHL.[7]

In 2002, the Bears had a breakout AIHL season. The team left Macquarie and moved to the new Sydney Ice Arena in Baulkham Hills. The league doubled in size to six teams and the Bears finished the season first in the table to claim their second premiership. They faced a familiar foe, Adelaide Avalanche, in the first Goodall Cup Final for the AIHL.[6] In Blacktown Ice Arena, the Bears defeated Adelaide 5–4 in a shootout to clinch the Goodall Cup and claim their first AIHL Championship.[10]

In 2003, the AIHL adopted a new finals format that involved the top four teams from the regular season.[6] The Sydney Bears were involved in and won the one and only third place play-off in an AIHL finals weekend. The Bears continued their rivalry with Adelaide and defeated them 10–5 in the match to claim third. From 2004 the AIHL tweaked the finals format to remove this match.[11]

The Bears next found success in 2007 and 2008. In 2007, the Sydney Bears changed their name to the AIHL Bears (or simply the Bears) as the team left Sydney for Penrith.[12] The team played out of the Penrith Ice Palace. The Bears won their second championship and Goodall Cup by defeating the Newcastle North Stars 3–2 in overtime in the final.[13] The Bears also won the inaugural Wilson Cup in 2007.[14] In 2008, the Bears claimed the H Newman Reid Trophy for the first time by finishing top of the league table ahead of the Western Sydney Ice Dogs.[15] The Bears also claimed back-to-back Wilson Cups after defeating the Ice Dogs in the pre-season tournament's final 6–4.[14]

2010–20

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To start the new decade, in 2010, the team rebranded and changed their name back to the Sydney Bears.[12] The team switched between Penrith and Sydney Ice Arena over the course of seven seasons.[16][17] In 2017, Macquarie Ice Rink, at a cost of $3 million, had been upgraded to AIHL standards providing the Bears the opportunity to return to their spiritual home.[1] The Bears, along with the Ice Dogs, moved into the newly renovated arena located within the Macquarie Centre.[18] The upgrade of Macquarie Ice Rink also brought back the Sydney Bears (IHNSW) club to Macquarie. Since the move in 2017, the AIHL team and the IHNSW club have increased cooperation and support between the two clubs. Ex AIHL Bear's players have been taking up coaching roles within the IHNSW club while the IHNSW Bears provides the AIHL team a pathway for local players.[19] In 2018, prior to the season starting, the Bears unveiled a new team logo to signify their return home to Macquarie.[20]

On the ice, the Bears struggled to find form. The team spent seven consecutive seasons failing to reach the AIHL finals weekend between 2011 and 2017. In 2018 the team's fortunes began to improve. The Bears finished second in the league and made their first appearance in the Goodall Cup final in eleven years.[21] They were defeated 4–3 in overtime by the CBR Brave but their display and spirit was praised.[22] In 2019, the Sydney Bears surprised many and went one better and clinched their third Goodall Cup. It was their second Cup success after finishing the regular season in fourth place. The Bears defeated the Perth Thunder, 5–2 in the final.[23]

Season-by-season results

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Sydney Bears all-time record
Season Regular season Finals Wilson Cup Top points scorer
P W T L OW OL GF GA GD Pts Finish P W L GF GA Result Preliminary Final Semi Final Goodall Cup Final Name Points
2000 Information not available 1st 1 0 1 5 6 Runner-up – – Lost 5–6 (SO) (Avalanche) – Information not available
2001 16 7 1 8 – – 70 74 −4 15 2nd 1 1 – 10 7 Runner-up – – Lost 7–10 (Avalanche) – Information not available
2002 20 16 1 3 – – 126 69 +57 33 1st 1 1 – 1 0 Champion – – Won 5–4 (SO) (Avalanche) – Australia Murray Wand 27
2003[a] 20 12 – 8 – – 84 72 +12 26 3rd 2 1 1 14 12 Third[b] – Lost 4–7 (North Stars) – – Czech Republic Vladimir Rubes 14
2004 20 8 1 6 1 4 68 71 −3 31 3rd 1 – 1 4 5 Semi-finalist – Lost 4–5 (Ice Dogs) – – Canada Trent Ulmer 24
2005 26 11 – 12 2 1 96 100 −4 38 4th 1 – 1 3 6 Semi-finalist – Lost 3–6 (Avalanche) – – United States Andy Luhovy 33
2006 28 15 – 11 1 1 133 101 +32 48 5th – – Czech Republic Vladan Stransky 57
2007 28 14 – 8 4 2 112 84 +28 49[c] 4th 2 2 – 7 3 Champion – Won 4–1 (Avalanche) Won 3–2 (OT) (North Stars) Winner Czech Republic Tomas Landa 62
2008 28 20 – 7 – 1 134 118 +16 61 1st 1 – 1 5 7 Semi-finalist – Lost 5–7 (North Stars) – Winner Czech Republic Vladan Stransky 63
2009 24 1 – 20 3 – 66 140 −74 9 7th – Group Czech Republic Vladimir Rubes 36
2010 24 12 – 8 1 3 82 90 −8 41 3rd 1 – 1 1 2 Semi-finalist – Lost 1–2 (Ice) – – Czech Republic Vladimir Rubes 34
2011 28 2 – 21 2 3 83 151 −68 13 8th – – Canada Michael Schlamp 45
2012 24 9 – 12 2 1 92 93 −1 32 6th – – Czech Republic Tomas Landa 58
2013 28 7 – 20 – 1 73 120 −47 22 7th – – Czech Republic Tomas Landa 33
2014 28 6 1[d] 19 1 1 88 125 −57 22 8th – Group Canada Hamilton Steen 31
2015 28 11 – 14 1 2 110 110 +0 37 7th – Runner-up United States Joe Harcharik 52
2016 28 5 – 15 5 3 77 95 −18 28 6th – Winner Czech Republic Tomas Landa 33
2017 28 6 – 14 3 3 101 121 −20 33 6th – Winner United States Jackson Brewer 45
2018 28 15 – 7 3 3 104 72 +32 54 2nd 2 1 1 6 4 Runner-up – Won 3–0 (Thunder) Lost 3–4 (OT) (Brave) Runner-up United States Charlie Adams 54
2019 28 15 – 11 2 – 121 102 +19 49 4th 2 2 0 11 6 Champion – Won 6–4 (Brave) Won 5–2) (Thunder) Winner Canada Danick Gauthier 53
2020 2020 and 2021 AIHL seasons were cancelled and not contested
2021
2022 20 10 – 8 2 – 105 93 +12 34 3rd 2 1 1 10 7 Prelim-finalist Won 7–3 (Mustangs) Lost 3–4 (OT) (Northstars)[e] – Winner Australia Tomas Landa 38
2023 26 21 – 5 – – 132 81 +51 60[f] 2nd 1 0 1 0 4 Semi-finalist – Lost 0–4 (Mustangs) – Winner United States Ace Cowans 33
2024 30 23 – 5 1 1 166 103 +63 72 1st 1 0 1 2 5 Semi-finalist – Lost 2–5 (Brave) – Winner United States Adam Kadlec 70
2025 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Totals 558 246 4 242 34 30 2223 2185 +38 19 9 10 79 74

Notes:

  1. ^ 2003 AIHL season statistics are unofficial. The AIHL has not published official statistics on www.theaihl.com. Data has been collected from web archives of the Newcastle Northstars and Ice Hockey Australia game reports.
  2. ^ 2003 was the one and only season where a third place play-off was contested as part of the finals format for the AIHL. The Sydney Bears defeated the Adelaide Avalanche 10–5 in the third place play-off to clinch third.
  3. ^ The Bears were penalised 3 competition points for icing players that had not been officially cleared to play by the IIHF and IHA.
  4. ^ As of the 2006 AIHL season, all games have a winner, which eliminated the tie from the league. In 2014 due to the cancellation of a game against Adelaide Adrenaline, the AIHL declared the result a tie.
  5. ^ In 2022, the preliminary Final was the second game of the Finals format rather than the first, as it was in following seasons. The Bears qualified for the preliminary-final after winning the minor semi-final and played the loser of the major semi-final for a spot in the grand final.
  6. ^ The Bears were penalised 3 competition points on 26 July 2023 for breaching import player rules under the AIHL's player points policy. The Bears accidentally had more than the allowed import players on their active roster at a single time.

Notes References: [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29]

Champions Runners-up Third place

Championships

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1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions (3): 2002, 2007, 2019
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-Up (3): 2000, 2001, 2018
1st place, gold medalist(s) Premiers (2): 2008, 2024
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-Up (2): 2018, 2023
  • Hellyer Conference
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners (2): 2023, 2024
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners (8): 2007, 2008, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-Up (2): 2015, 2018
1st place, gold medalist(s) Premiers (2): 2000, 2002
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-Up (1): 2001
  • East Coast Super League
1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions (1): 1999
  • NSW Super League
1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions (1): 1989
1 This list includes Premierships prior to the first trophy for Premiers in 2004.

Players

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Current roster

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Team roster for the 2024 AIHL season.[30][31]

Sydney Bears roster - 2024 AIHL season
Active Roster Inactive Roster Coaching staff
Goaltenders
  • 33 Canada Dane Brumm (I)
  • 31 Australia James Downie
  • 28 Australia Anthony Kimlin
  • 55 Australia Gabriel Robledo

Defencemen

  • 16 Australia Ryan Annesley (C)
  • 97 Australia Tyerell Clare
  • 95 United Kingdom Richard Crowe (I)
  •  2 Australia Brian Funes (A)
  • 13 Australia Joey Gunner
  • 18 Australia Kenshin Hayashi
  • 52 Japan Kenta Matsukane (I)
  • 44 Australia Nathan Moncrieff
  • 25 Australia Geoff O'Hara
  • 88 Australia Tyrone Oxlade
  • 41 Australia Mac Tutton
 Forwards
  • 91 Australia Jeremy Brücker
  • 96 Australia Scott Clemie
  • 43 New Zealand Chris Eaden
  • 84 Australia Adrian Esposito
  • 23 Australia Jeremy Granger
  • 54 United States Lucas Herrmann (I)
  •  6 Australia Eugene Ju
  • 80 United States Adam Kadlec (I)
  •  7 Canada Chris Kushneriuk (I)
  • 24 Australia Tomas Landa
  • 21 Australia Brody Lindal
  • 37 Canada Carson Miller (I)
  • 19 Australia Noah Moncrieff
  •  8 Australia Thomas Moncrieff
  • 77 Australia Tim Newmark
  • 10 Australia Taegan Rippon
  • 11 Australia Michael Schlamp (A)
  • 93 Australia Colby Shumak
  • -- Australia Greg Davis (G) (EBUG)
  • -- Australia Samuel Poole (G) (EBUG)
  • -- Australia Max Portnov (F) (DNP)
  • -- Australia Jake Riley (F) (DL)
  • -- Canada Shawn Rooke (F) (I) (DL)
  • -- Finland Samuli Vainionpää (F) (I) (DL)
 Head Coach
  • Australia Vladimir Rubes (Jul-Aug)
  • United States Tyler Huberty (Apr-Jun)

Coaches

  • Australia Ryan Annesley (AC)
  • Australia Gabriel Robledo (AC)
  • Australia Logan Russell (AC)
  • Australia Rhye Kolodynski (TM)
  • Australia Lee Moncrieff (EM)


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

Statistics
Average age: 28.9
Average height: 181.8 cm
Average weight: 85.2 kg
Locals: 26
Imports: 7

Last updated on: 25 June 2022
Elite Prospects

Player records

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These are the top-ten all-time player records in franchise history for the following categories: Appearances,[32] Goals,[33] Assists,[34] Points,[35] Penalty minutes[36]
(Figures are updated after each completed AIHL regular season)

As of 2024 AIHL Season
All-time Appearances
# Name Pos GP
1 Australia Adrian Esposito F 327
2 Australia Vladimir Rubes F 299
3 Australia Michael Schlamp D 291
4 Australia Brett Nelson-Bond F 270
5 Australia Tomas Landa F 194
6 Australia Tyerell Clare D 194
7 Australia Paul Shumak F 187
8 Australia Murray Wand D 180
9 Australia Brian Funes D 178
10 Australia Steven Adams D 151
All-time Goals
# Name Pos G
1 Australia Vladimir Rubes F 176
2 Australia Tomas Landa F 142
3 Australia Michael Schlamp D 128
4 Australia Vladan Stransky F 101
5 Australia Murray Wand D 77
6 Australia Brett Nelson-Bond F 54
7 Australia Roberto Franchini F 43
8 Australia Thomas Steven F 37
9 Australia Cameron Todd F 36
10 Australia Paul Shumak F 34
All-time Assists
# Name Pos A
1 Australia Vladimir Rubes F 270
2 Australia Tomas Landa F 212
3 Australia Michael Schlamp D 196
4 Australia Vladan Stransky F 154
5 Australia Ryan Annesley F 122
6 Australia Murray Wand D 84
7 Australia Brett Nelson-Bond F 63
8 Australia Tyerell Clare D 60
9 Australia Jeremy Brücker F 55
10 Australia Roberto Franchini F 53
All-time Points
# Name Pos Pts
1 Australia Vladimir Rubes F 446
2 Australia Tomas Landa F 354
3 Australia Michael Schlamp D 324
4 Australia Vladan Stransky F 255
5 Australia Murray Wand D 161
6 Australia Ryan Annesley D 153
7 Australia Brett Nelson-Bond F 117
8 Australia Roberto Franchini F 96
9 Australia Jeremy Brücker F 83
10 Australia Cameron Todd F 82
All-time Penalties
# Name Pos PIM
1 Australia Spencer Austin D 578
2 Australia Michael Schlamp D 527
3 Australia Brett Nelson-Bond F 469
4 Australia Tyerell Clare D 418
5 Australia Vladimir Rubes F 351
6 Australia Vladan Stransky F 304
7 Australia Brian Funes D 273
8 Australia Murray Wand D 263
9 Australia Paul Shumak F 235
10 Australia Jeremy Brücker F 232

Legend:

Current Bears player

Staff

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Current as of 2024 AIHL season.[37][31][38][39]

Bears staff
Role Name
Head coach Australia Vladimir Rubes (Jul-Aug)
Head coach United States Tyler Huberty (Apr-Jun)
Assistant coach Australia Ryan Annesley
Assistant coach Australia Gabriel Robledo
Assistant coach Australia Logan Russell
Analytics coach Canada Shawn Rooke
Team manager Australia Rhye Kolodynski
Equipment manager Australia Lee Moncrieff
Medic Australia Kasey Arkinstall
Trainer Australia Hayley Rawson
Governor Australia Nathan Graham
President Australia Andrew Bourne
Secretary Australia Marlon Dionisio
Treasurer Australia Scott Graham

Team facilities

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Macquarie Ice Rink, The Bears spiritual home and current home barn since 2017

The Sydney Bears' current home venue is the Macquarie Ice Rink, located within the Macquarie Shopping Centre in Macquarie, Sydney. The Macquarie facility consists of an Olympic sized rink (60m x 30m) with seating for approximately 2,000 people.[40]

Macquarie is the spiritual home of the Bears, as the team called Macquarie home from foundation in 1982 till 2002. In 2002 the team moved to the recently constructed Sydney Ice Arena in Baulkham Hills, Sydney. After five years the team moved out of Sydney and into the Penrith Ice Palace, Penrith, New South Wales, out west of the city.[41] In 2012 the Bears returned to Sydney and to the Sydney Ice Arena. In late 2013 / early 2014 it was announced that the ownership of the Sydney Ice Arena, Hillsong, had lodged a development application with the NSW Government to re-develop the site into a residential complex, removing the twelve year old ice rink.[42][43] The Bears moved back to Penrith for the 2015 and 2016 AIHL seasons.[44] In 2017 it was announced that the Bears would return home to Macquarie to play out of the newly upgraded Macquarie Ice Rink, which now met AIHL standards.[45][46]

Stadium history
Rink Location Term
Macquarie Ice Rink Macquarie 1982–01
Sydney Ice Arena Baulkham Hills 2002–06
Penrith Ice Palace Penrith 2007–11
Sydney Ice Arena Baulkham Hills 2012–14
Penrith Ice Palace Penrith 2015–16
Macquarie Ice Rink Macquarie 2017–Present

Leaders

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Team captains

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The Bears have had seven captains in the team's known history.[47]

No. Name Term
1 Australia Tyler Lovering 2001
2 Australia Don Burke 2002
3 Australia Tyler Lovering 2003–04
4 Australia Murray Wand 2005–08
5 Australia Vladimir Rubes 2009–10
6 Australia Michael Schlamp 2010–19
7 Australia Brian Funes 2022
8 Australia Ryan Annesley 2023–Present

References:[48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55]

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

Head coaches

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The Bears have had four head coaches in the team's known history, with Vladimir Rubes taking the position in three stints.[56]

No. Name Term
1 Australia Vladimir Rubes 2001–05
2 Canada Kelly Lovering 2006
3 Australia Vladimir Rubes 2007–15
4 Australia Ron Kuprowsky 2016–23
5 United States Tyler Huberty 2024
6 Australia Vladimir Rubes 2024–Present

References:[57][58][59][60][61][62]

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

General managers

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The Bears have had three general managers in the team's known history.[56]

No. Name Term
1 Australia Wayne Hellyer 2000–19
2 Australia Matthew Burrell 2020–21
3 Australia Nathan Graham 2022–Present

References: [63][64][65]

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

Broadcasting

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Current:

  • AIHL.TV (2023–present) – Worldwide paid subscription-based online video broadcasting published by the AIHL in partnership with the Swedish company StayLive AB platform using local production companies at each team’s rink.[66] In Sydney, Thought Fox Media Group is the local production company. The service went live in April 2023 in partnership with Clutch.TV, and would cover every AIHL regular season and finals games live and on demand.[67] In 2024, the service expanded to offer Apple iOS and Andriod Play apps.[68]
  • Sportradar (2022 - present) – International online video broadcasting in North America and Europe as part of a league-wide 3-year deal signed in March 2022 in the lead up to the 2022 AIHL season.[69]

Former:

  • Kayo Sports (2022) – Domestic online video broadcasting in Australia as part of the league wide deal struck in the lead up to the 2022 AIHL season to show every AIHL game live.[70]
  • Fox Sports (2013 – 2019) – Part of the entire AIHL domestic TV broadcasting deal with Fox Sports to show one game a round, normally on Thursday's at 4:30 pm or after NHL games during NHL season.[71]
  • Self-broadcast (2015 – 2019) – Between 2015 and 2019 the Sydney Bears self-broadcast all home matches with an online audio stream utilising the Mixlr platform. Eric Brook and Nicholas Kutnjak called the play by play with various co commentators joining the team during the season.[72]

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