The East Coast Super League is a senior ice hockey league in New South Wales, Australia. The league played its first season in 2002 with four teams and has recently finished its fifteenth season with five teams. The most recent champion is the Reach Rebels who won the 2016 regular season and playoffs.
Seasons SeasonNumber of teamsNotes20024Raptors win the 2002 playoffs20034Sydney Heat win the 2003 playoffs20044Raptors win the 2004 playoffs, claiming their second title20056Newcastle North Stars enters a farm team and another team joins as the league expands to sixNewcastle North Stars win the 2005 playoffs20066Ice Breakers win the 2006 playoffs20074Raptors and the 2005 expansion team cease operationsNewcastle North Stars win the 2007 playoffs, claiming their second titleThe Sting's Scott Townsend is the league's top scorer with 39 points, which includes 23 goals20084Ice Breakers win the 2008 playoffs, claiming their second titleThe North Stars Nicholas Quirk-Orford is the league's top scorer with 48 points, which includes 24 goals20095The Penrith Raptors join as an expansion teamThe Sting win the 2009 playoffsThe Sting's Scott Townsend is the league's top scorer for the second time in three years with 41 points, which includes 24 goals20106The Central Coast Rhinos join as an expansion teamPenrith Raptors win the 2010 playoffsThe Rhinos' Shane Southwood is the league's top scorer with 40 points, which includes 20 goals20116The Central Coast Rhinos leave the league and are replaced by the VipersThe Ice Breakers cease operationsThe Reach Rebels join the league as an expansion team and win the 2011 playoffs in their debut seasonThe Raptors' Jason Gibson is the league's top scorer with 40 points, which includes 21 goals20126The Reach Rebels win the regular season and the Newcastle North Stars win the 2012 playoffs, claiming their third titleThe Vipers Jayson Chalker is the league's top scorer with 32 points and Tim Kane of the Sting is the leading goaltender with a save percentage of 0.92620136The Sting win the regular season and the 2013 playoffs, claiming their second titleThe Sting's Martin Snajdr is the league's top scorer with 58 points and Francisco Sevilla is the leading goaltender with a save percentage of 0.87420146The Vipers cease operationsThe Blueline Bombers join as an expansion teamThe Reach Rebels win the regular season and the 2014 playoffs, claiming their second titleThe Sting's Jaroslav Murgaš is the league's top scorer with 46 pointsFrancisco Sevilla of the Sting and the Sydney Heats Alan Becken are the leading goaltenders with a save percentage of 0.87220156The Reach Rebels win the regular season, their second in a rowThe Sting defeat the Rebels in the grand final series, claiming their third titleLukas Vaic of the Sting and the Rebels Alex Witts finish the regular season as the league's top scorers with 43 points eachTyrone Mendoza-Kehlet of the Rebels is the leading goaltender of the regular season with a save percentage of 0.91320165The Sydney Heat cease operations after Ice Hockey NSW instructs the league to drop one team from the competitionThe Reach Rebels win the regular season and the 2016 playoffs, claiming their third playoff titleHayden Sheard of the Newcastle North Stars finishes the regular season as the leading scorer with 37 pointsRhett Kelly of the Rebels is the leading goaltender of the regular season with a save percentage of 0.903
See also
Australian Ice Hockey League
References
External links ECSL Official Website