The 2022 CBR Brave season was the Brave's 7th season in the Australian Ice Hockey League since being founded and entering the league in 2014. Canberra completed the double by finishing first in the regular season and winning the grand final in the AIHL Finals, lifting the H Newman Reid Trophy for the third time and Goodall Cup for the second time in franchise history.

Season notes

In February 2022, there was unconfirmed reports the CBR Brave were looking to leave the AIHL and join the newly formed Pacific Hockey League. In late February 2022, Brave CEO, Sunny Singh, publicly committed the team to the AIHL for the 2022 season. Singh said the AIHL had taken profound action in addressing key issues the Brave organisation had leading into the new season.

In April, the team announced the 2022 team roster, team staff and new on-ice leadership team. The Brave's most capped player, Kai Miettinen, was appointed team captain, replacing the departed Matt Harvey. Bayley and Casey Kubara were promoted to alternate captains to assist Kai.

In July 2022, two regular season games involving the Brave and Melbourne Mustangs were first postponed and then cancelled due to flight cancellations. The Brave team were left stranded at Canberra Airport on Saturday morning and despite attempts to rebook were unable to secure a flight to Melbourne on the weekend of 2 and 3 July 2022. The Brave and Mustangs were subsequently unable to come to an agreement to re-arrange the two games before the end of the regular season and by early August the games were officially cancelled. Both teams were awarded three points each for the two cancelled games, sharing in the six points that would have been contested for.

On 31 July 2022, the CBR Brave announced the change in ownership of the team from Sunny Singh to Steve Moeller, with Moeller taking over the General Manager (GM) role within the organisation.

For the final three games of the regular season and the exhibition game against the Central Coast Rhinos, the Brave released gameday programmes for the first time since 2016. Unlike previously, the new programmes were released digitally only and not printed.

In 2022, the Brave setup two charity rounds during the AIHL regular season to raise money for Hockey Fights Cancer and Menslink. The team raised money during the games against the Newcastle Northstars and Sydney Ice Dogs and issued special one-off sweaters that were then auctioned off after the games.

The Brave set two new team records in 2022, securing the team's largest regular season and finals victories.

In recognition of the CBR Brave's achievements in the 2022 season, the team was named Canberra team of the year in the 2022 CBR Sports Awards. The Brave were selected from a field of finalists including ACT Griffins, Canberra Gunners and Tuggeranong Vikings Masters Swimming Club. In addition to team of the year, the Brave were also ranked 20th in the top 25 Australasian Sporting Teams for 2022, produced by Platinum Asset Management and GAIN LINE Analytics.

Roster

Team roster for the 2022 AIHL season

Transfers

All transfers in and out of the team since the last AIHL season.

In

PlayerTransferred From Local / Import D Connecticut Chiefs Local D Reading Royals Import G No team Local G No team Local F No team Local F Perth Thunder Local D No team Local W Cardiff Devils Import D Perth Thunder Local G Melbourne Mustangs Local C Hannover Scorpions Import D Perth Thunder Local F No team Local C No team Local

Out

PlayerTransferred To Local / Import D No team Local G Bratislava Capitals Import W Lindenwood Lions Local G Sydney Ice Dogs Local W Hamburg Crocodiles Import G No team Local W HK Nitra Import D No team Local W No team Import F No team Local C Reading Royals Import D Birmingham Bulls Import D Adirondack Thunder Import D No team Local F — Local C Nanton Palominos Import

Staff

Staff Roster for 2022 AIHL season CBR Brave StaffRole Staff Head coach Stuart Philps Assistant coach Andrew Brunt Team manager Andrew Deans Equipment manager Darryl Day Team doctor Rob Reid Physiotherapist Jono Carey Strength / conditioning coach Jake Sbroja Bench official Darren Sault Bench official Kelly Sault

Standings

Regular season

Summary SeasonOverall HomeAway2022 18 15 2 0 1 141 56 +85 49 1st 10 9 0 0 1 83 35 +48 8 6 2 0 0 58 21 +37

Position by round

League table

Finals

Summary SeasonFinals weekend2022 2 2 – 9 3 Champion Won 6-1 (Northstars) – Won 3-2 (Northstars)

Bracket

Schedule & results

Exhibition games

2022 exhibition fixtures and results Date Time Away Score Home Location Recap 7 AUG 15:30 Central Coast Rhinos 2–12 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre Ref 27 AUG 17:00 CBR Brave Cancelled Brisbane Lightning Iceworld Boondall Ref

Regular season

2022 fixtures and results Date Time Away Score Home Location Recap 30 APR 17:00 CBR Brave 10–3 Melbourne Ice O’Brien Icehouse 1 MAY 14:00 CBR Brave 6–4 Melbourne Ice O’Brien Icehouse 7 MAY 17:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 5–9 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 8 MAY 16:30 CBR Brave 14–1 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink 14 MAY 17:30 Melbourne Ice 1–9 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 15 MAY 17:00 Melbourne Ice 3–7 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 29 MAY 17:00 Sydney Bears 8–7 (SO) CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 4 JUN 16:30 CBR Brave 7–3 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink 5 JUN 16:30 CBR Brave 4–5 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink 11 JUN 17:30 Sydney Bears 4–11 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 18 JUN 16:30 CBR Brave 6–1 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium 19 JUN 16:00 CBR Brave 2–3 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium 2 JUL 17:00 CBR Brave Cancelled Melbourne Mustangs O’Brien Icehouse 3 JUL 14:00 CBR Brave Cancelled Melbourne Mustangs O’Brien Icehouse 10 JUL 16:30 CBR Brave 9–1 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink 16 JUL 17:30 Melbourne Mustangs 4–9 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 17 JUL 17:00 Melbourne Mustangs 4–6 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 23 JUL 17:30 Newcastle Northstars 3–9 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 24 JUL 17:00 Newcastle Northstars 2–8 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 13 AUG 17:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 1–8 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre

Finals Goodall Cup semi-final

Goodall Cup final

Player statistics Stats for 2022 AIHL season

Skaters

Regular season Player D 16 3 8 11 8 F 18 4 9 13 4 C 15 14 24 38 12 F 15 2 4 6 6 D 6 6 6 12 12 W 17 17 33 50 20 F 11 0 0 0 6 W 14 3 1 4 0 D 18 3 11 14 18 F 18 9 7 16 6 W 10 11 9 20 51 D 7 3 8 11 12 W 18 25 27 52 8 F 16 0 1 1 8 F 16 8 22 30 10 F 6 2 3 5 4 D 8 0 0 0 4 D 9 1 0 1 16 W 0 0 0 0 0 F 18 8 13 21 10 F 0 0 0 0 0 D 15 1 7 8 2 D 6 0 7 7 10 C 15 20 26 46 22 D 2 1 3 4 2 F 10 0 1 1 4 C 0 0 0 0 0 Finals Player D 2 0 1 1 0 F 2 0 1 1 0 C 2 0 1 1 4 F 2 0 0 0 0 D 2 0 2 2 4 W 2 2 2 4 2 F – W 1 0 0 0 0 D 2 0 1 1 0 F 2 1 1 2 0 W 2 3 1 4 0 D 2 0 0 0 4 W 2 1 0 1 0 F 1 0 0 0 0 F 2 1 0 1 0 F 2 0 2 2 2 D – D 1 0 0 0 0 W – F 2 1 0 1 0 F – D 2 0 0 0 0 D – C 2 0 2 2 4 D – F – C –

Goaltenders

Regular season Player G – G – G 14 0 0 0 0 789 36 2.74 336 300 0.893 G 5 0 0 0 0 296 19 3.85 144 125 0.868 Finals Player G – G – G 2 0 0 0 0 120 3 1.50 50 47 0.940 G –

Awards

Team awards for 2022 season 2022 Brave awardsAward Recipient Mario Valery-Trabucco Best Forward Casey Kubara Best Defenceman Garret Cockerill Fans Choice Mike Giorgi Player's Choice Mario Valery-Trabucco Coach's Award Bayley Kubara Declan Bronte Jordie Gavin Scott StevensonAIHL awards for 2022 season 2022 AIHL awardsAward Recipient Most Valuable Player Casey Kubara Casey Kubara

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