2017 CBR Brave season

The 2017 CBR Brave season was the Brave's 4th season in the Australian Ice Hockey League since being founded and entering the league in 2014. The season ran from 22 April 2017 to 3 September 2017 for the Brave. CBR finished third in the regular season behind the Melbourne Ice and Perth Thunder. The Brave qualified for the AIHL Finals in Melbourne and played in semi-final two. Canberra defeated the Thunder 6–2 to qualify for the Goodall Cup Final for the second time in franchise history. The Brave were defeated in the final by the Ice 1–4, Canberra's second championship final loss in a row.

News

Canberra appointed a new head coach, Rob Starke, in January 2017 ahead of the 2017 AIHL season. The appointment was the Starke's first coaching role since his retirement from playing in 2016.

The day after the end of the season, Brave all-time leading point scorer, Stephen Blunden, announced his departure from the team and return to Canada.

Roster

Team roster for the 2017 AIHL season

2017 AIHL CBR Brave Roster# Nat Name Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace42 C L 2017 Anchorage, Alaska, United States F L 2017 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia73 LW L 2014 Gloucester, Ontario, Canada21 F L 2015 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia25 D R 2017 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada17 D R 2014 Perth, Western Australia, Australia9 LW/RW L 2017 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia38 G L 2014 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia19 (A) F R 2014 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia81 D R 2014 Calgary, Alberta, Canada18 F R 2016 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia71 D L 2017 Hull, Québec, Canada7 D R 2017 Wombarra, New South Wales, Australia15 RW R 2016 Wombarra, New South Wales, Australia85 F L 2017 Wombarra, New South Wales, Australia16 F R 2015 Wombarra, New South Wales, Australia77 F R 2014 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia13 F R 2016 Helsinki, Finland14 D/F L 2017 New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada64 F L 2014 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia13 F R 2016 Australia12 (C) D R 2014 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia24 (A) D R 2016 Praha, Czech Republic35 G L 2015 Montreal, Quebec, Canada20 G L 2015 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia88 LW L 2016 Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada

Transfers

All the player transfers in and out by the CBR Brave for the 2017 AIHL season.

In

PlayerTransferred From Local / Import C No team Local F No team Local D No team Import W Adelaide Adrenaline Local D Pionniers De Chamonix-Morzine Import D Sydney Ice Dogs Local F No team Local F No team Local

Out

PlayerTransferred To Local / Import D No team Import D Adelaide Adrenaline Local W SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers Import C No team Local D No team Local F No team Local W Trois-Rivières Blizzard Import F Retired Local D No team Local C No team Import

Staff

Staff Roster for 2017 AIHL season 2017 AIHL CBR Brave StaffRole Staff Head coach Robert Starke Assistant coach David Rogina Strength and conditioning coach Stuart Philps Physiotherapist Sportstec Equipment manager Adrian Miller Bench official Darren Sault Bench official Kelly Sault

Standings

Regular season

Summary SeasonOverall HomeAway2017 28 13 11 3 1 130 101 +29 46 3rd 14 6 6 1 1 71 57 +14 14 7 5 2 0 59 44 +15

Position by round

League table Team Melbourne Ice 28 22 2 1 3 132 75 +57 71 Perth Thunder 28 16 3 3 6 110 75 +35 57 CBR Brave 28 13 3 1 11 130 101 +29 46 Melbourne Mustangs 28 11 2 3 12 104 113 −9 40 Sydney Ice Dogs 28 12 0 0 16 73 81 −8 36 Sydney Bears 28 8 3 3 14 101 121 −20 33 Newcastle Northstars 28 7 3 3 15 97 124 −27 30 Adelaide Adrenaline 28 6 1 3 18 85 142 −57 23 Qualified for the Goodall Cup playoffsH Newman Reid Trophy winners Source

Finals

Summary SeasonFinals weekend2017 2 1 1 7 6 Runners-up Won 6-2 (Thunder) Lost 1-4 (Ice)

Bracket

Schedule & results

Regular season

2017 fixtures and results Date Time Away Score Home Location Recap 22 April 17:00 CBR Brave 4–2 Melbourne Mustangs O'Brien Group Arena 23 April 16:00 CBR Brave 4–3 (SO) Melbourne Mustangs O'Brien Group Arena 30 April 17:00 CBR Brave 5–4 (SO) Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium 6 May 17:00 CBR Brave 1–3 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink 7 May 17:00 Newcastle Northstars 6–5 (SO) CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 13 May 17:30 Newcastle Northstars 3–4 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 27 May 17:00 CBR Brave 4–1 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink 28 May 17:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 2–4 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 10 June 17:30 Adelaide Adrenaline 3–8 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 11 June 17:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 8–5 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 17 June 17:30 Sydney Bears 3–13 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 24 June 17:30 Sydney Bears 1–7 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 1 July 17:30 Melbourne Mustangs 5–3 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 2 July 17:00 Melbourne Mustangs 5–6 (SO) CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 8 July 16:30 CBR Brave 2–4 Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena 9 July 16:30 CBR Brave 0–5 Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena 15 July 17:30 Perth Thunder 3–2 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 16 July 17:00 Perth Thunder 3–1 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 22 July 16:30 CBR Brave 10–5 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena 23 July 16:30 CBR Brave 4–1 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena 29 July 17:00 CBR Brave 7–4 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink 5 August 17:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 4–2 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 12 August 17:00 Melbourne Ice 5–8 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 13 August 17:00 Melbourne Ice 6–3 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 19 August 17:00 CBR Brave 8–1 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium 20 August 17:00 CBR Brave 6–1 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink 26 August 17:00 CBR Brave 2–5 Melbourne Ice O'Brien Group Arena 27 August 16:00 CBR Brave 2–5 Melbourne Ice O'Brien Group Arena

Finals Goodall Cup semi-final

Goodall Cup final

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season Player F 21 10 30 40 8 F 1 0 0 0 2 F 16 24 22 46 16 F 23 0 1 1 0 D 22 1 3 4 90 D 27 0 4 4 24 F 18 12 15 27 28 F 16 0 2 2 10 D 27 9 9 18 51 F 16 1 0 1 2 D 28 16 37 53 72 D 25 0 1 1 16 F 26 8 16 24 12 F 17 0 0 0 4 F 20 8 2 10 14 F 1 0 0 0 0 F 3 1 1 2 0 D 25 4 3 7 0 F 28 2 9 11 38 F 3 1 0 1 2 D 24 2 4 6 10 D 27 8 34 42 63 F 25 20 34 54 28 Finals Player F 2 1 1 2 2 F 0 0 0 0 0 F 2 3 1 4 4 F 0 0 0 0 0 D 1 0 0 0 0 D 2 0 0 0 0 F 2 0 4 4 0 F 1 0 0 0 2 D 2 0 0 0 0 F 0 0 0 0 0 D 2 1 4 5 0 D 2 0 0 0 0 F 0 0 0 0 0 F 1 0 0 0 0 F 0 0 0 0 0 F 0 0 0 0 0 F 0 0 0 0 0 D 2 0 0 0 0 F 2 0 0 0 0 F 0 0 0 0 0 D 0 0 0 0 0 D 2 1 1 2 6 F 2 1 2 3 6

Goaltenders

Regular season Player G – G 6 0 0 2 0 235 19 4.85 125 106 0.848 G 24 0 1 0 0 1128 77 4.10 611 534 0.874 Finals Player G – G – G 2 0 0 0 0 100 6 3.60 50 44 0.880

Awards

Team awards for 2017 season 2017 Brave awardsAward Recipient Stephen Blunden Best Forward Stephen Blunden Best Defenceman Dominic Jalbert Fans Choice Jan Safar Player’s Choice Dominic Jalbert Coach’s Award Matt Harvey Bayley Kubara Krisy Maricic Bede RileyAIHL awards for 2017 season 2017 AIHL awardsAward Recipient Rookie of the Year Bayley Kubara

References