Adelaide Avalanche

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The Adelaide Avalanche was a semi-professional ice hockey club based in the Adelaide suburb of Thebarton, South Australia. The Avalanche, founded in 1999, was a founding member of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). The team's home venue was the Snowdome Adelaide (now known as IceArenA). The Avalanche competed in the AIHL for eight years, from its inaugural season in 2000 until 17 June 2008, when the club was replaced with the Snowdome's own team, Adelaide A's (later rebranded Adelaide Adrenaline), after its AIHL licence was revoked due to financial issues. During the club's lifetime, the Avalanche won four AIHL premierships and two AIHL championships.

History

Foundation and ECSL (1999–00)

The Adelaide Avalanche was founded in May 1999 by the Oddy and Thilthorpe families to secure national ice hockey competition for South Australia and their sons. Steve Oddy and James Thilthorpe headed the fledgling club as owners and directors, Steve Oddy taking on the role of club chairman.[1]

The Avalanche appointed John Botterill as inaugural head coach. He would be assisted by Neil Boyle.[2] Australian international defenceman, Pavel Bohacik, was appointed the club's maiden captain.[3]

Adelaide quickly joined the de facto national league, East Coast Super League (ECSL) in 1999, in what would prove to be the NSW administered ECSL's last season.[4] The Avalanche's first ever competitive game was on the road in Sydney against the Canterbury Eagles. Adelaide defeated the Eagles 7-5 to register the club's inaugural victory. Steve's son Greg Oddy led the South Australian outfit's opening performance, registering two goals. Oddy and Thilthorpe personally arranged and paid for the travel of east coast teams to Adelaide in 1999. On 15 May 1999, Adelaide hosted its first competitive home game at the Snowdome in Thebarton.[1]

AIHL era (2000–08)

Along with the Sydney Bears and Canberra Knights, the Avalanche were one of the founding members of the AIHL in 2000. They finished first out of the three teams that year and claimed the inaugural AIHL championship. In 2001, the club enjoyed the same success in winning their second consecutive title.

In 2002, the Melbourne Ice, Western Sydney Ice Dogs, and Newcastle North Stars joined the AIHL, expanding it to six teams. The Goodall Cup, Australia's top prize in ice hockey, also became part of the AIHL that year. Adelaide again finished second in the overall standings and lost to the Bears in the Goodall Cup final.

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Adelaide Avalanche's original logo used between 1999–06.

The Avalanche finished the 2003 season with their fourth straight minor premiership but lost to the Ice Dogs in the first round of a newly introduced four-team playoff system. They would lose in the semifinals again in 2004 to the North Stars in double overtime.

As two more teams—the Brisbane Blue Tongues and Central Coast Rhinos—entered the league in 2005, the Avalanche returned to dominance by finishing first overall in the regular season standings. The "curse of the minor premiers" again haunted the team. Despite winning through to the Goodall Cup final for the first time in three years, they were defeated 3–1 by the North Stars in that game.

The Avalanche have retooled for 2006 in the quest for their first-ever Goodall Cup, with their current roster boasting Mighty Roos players Greg Oddy and brothers Ben & Luke Thilthorpe. They finished second after the regular season and hosted the finals series, beating the Ice Dogs 5–2 to reach the final but losing the final 0-4 to the North Stars.

Members of the Adelaide Avalanche were featured on episode 11 of Network Ten's Cyber Shack TV on 10 October 2006. Both David Huxley and Brad Wanchulak played and reviewed the new NHL 2K6 on Xbox 360.

The Avalanche came into financial difficulties in 2008, and after being able to host several game at the start of the season, could not meet its road commitments, forcing the team to withdraw from the remainder of the season on 17 June. The team's players were transferred to the newly formed Adelaide A's, who in a deal with the AIHL was allowed to play the remainder of the Avalanche's season.

In 2022 the name of the Adelaide Avalanche was revived by a new team competing in the Pacific Hockey League.[5]

Season-by-season record

Champions Runners-up Third Place
Adelaide Avalanche all-time record
Season Regular season Finals weekend Top points scorer
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2001 16 15 1 0 – – 120 60 +60 31 1st 1 1 0 10 7 Champions – Won 10-7 (Bears) Template:Flagicon Paul Lawson 38
2002 20 13 0 7 – – 120 67 +53 26 2nd 1 0 1 4 7 Runners-up – Lost 4-7 (Bears) Template:Flagicon Greg Oddy 39
2003Template:Efn 18 15 0 3 – – 98 52 +46 30 1stTemplate:Efn 2 0 2 5 14 FourthTemplate:Efn Lost 1-4 (Ice Dogs) – Template:Flagicon Greg Oddy 47
2004 20 7 1 9 1 1 64 68 -4 29 4th 1 0 1 2 3 Semi-finalist Lost 2-3 (2OT) (North Stars) – Template:Flagicon Greg Oddy 30
2005 26 19 1 4 0 2 133 77 +56 60 1st 2 1 1 7 6 Runners-up Won 6-3 (Bears) Lost 1-3 (North Stars) Template:Flagicon Darcy Corcoran 47
2006 28 19 – 9 0 0 134 84 +50 57 2nd 2 1 1 5 6 Runners-up Won 5-2 (Ice Dogs) Lost 0-4 (North Stars) Template:Flagicon Brad Wanchulak 53
2007 28 17 – 7 1 3 124 99 +25 56 1st 1 0 1 1 4 Semi-finalist Lost 1-4 (Bears) – Template:Flagicon Greg Oddy 43
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Honours

Championships

  • AIHL Championships (2000–01)1
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Template:Gold1 Premiers (4): 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007
Template:Silver2 Runners-Up (2): 2002, 2006
1 The first two season's of the AIHL did not have the Goodall Cup as the Championship prize. The Adelaide Avalanche is the only AIHL team to win the AIHL and not be crowned Goodall Cup Champions.
2 This list also includes Premierships won prior to the first trophy (VIP Cup) for Premiers came into existence in 2004.

Franchise Awards

Each season, between 1999 and 2007, the Avalanche held an annual awards night where the team awarded a number of player awards.[9]

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2004 Template:Flagicon Trevor Walsh Template:Flagicon Cass Delsar Template:Flagicon Greg Oddy Template:Flagicon Chris Chant Template:Flagicon Greg Oddy Template:Flagicon Luke Thilthorpe –
2005 Template:Flagicon Greg Oddy Template:Flagicon Olivier Martin Template:Flagicon Steve McKenna Template:Flagicon Steve McKenna Template:Flagicon Darcy Corcoran Template:Flagicon Tanner Shultz –
2006 Template:Flagicon Greg Oddy Template:Flagicon David Huxley Template:Flagicon Brad Wanchulak Template:Flagicon Kevin Clauson Template:Flagicon Brad Wanchulak Template:Flagicon Chris Brlecic Template:Flagicon Nigel Ward
2007 Template:Flagicon Olivier Martin Template:Flagicon Sean Greer Template:Flagicon David Huxley Template:Flagicon Josh Harding Template:Flagicon Greg Oddy Template:Flagicon Mike Van Den Bosch Template:Flagicon Ryan Remillard

Players

Last roster

Team roster for the 2008 AIHL season [10][11] Template:Adelaide Avalanche roster

NHL players

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

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Template:Flagicon Steve McKenna 2005 Los Angeles Kings; Minnesota Wild; Pittsburgh Penguins; New York Rangers
Template:Flagicon Mel Angelstad 2007 Washington Capitals

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International players

A list of players that have played at least one game for the Avalanche and who have also played at least one game for an international team at the World Championships organised by the IIHF.

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Template:Flagicon Glen Foll 80 72 32 1 Template:Silver2 4 Template:Bronze3 Australian captain for 15 tournaments (1990 to 2006)
Template:Flagicon Greg Oddy 72 118 131 2 Template:Gold1 3 Template:Silver2 3 Template:Bronze3 Australian captain for 4 tournaments (2010 to 2014)
Template:Flagicon Ben Thilthorpe 32 20 51 1 Template:Gold1 1 Template:Silver2 3 Template:Bronze3
Template:Flagicon Joshua Harding 31 8 16 1 Template:Gold1 1 Template:Silver2 1 Template:Bronze3 Australian alternate captain for 1 tournament (2014–15)
Template:Flagicon David Huxley 28 10 8 2 Template:Gold1 1 Template:Silver2 Australian alternate captain for 1 tournament (2015–16)
Template:Flagicon Luke Thilthorpe 24 17 10 1 Template:Gold1 1 Template:Silver2 2 Template:Bronze3
Template:Flagicon Pavel Bohacik 24 3 8
Template:Flagicon Daniel George 20 2 6 1 Template:Silver2 1 Template:Bronze3
Template:Flagicon Andrew Brunt 16 6 8
Template:Flagicon Trevor Walsh 15 26 93 1 Template:Silver2 2 Template:Bronze3
Template:Flagicon Chris Brlecic 14 10 20 2 Template:Silver2 1 Template:Bronze3
Template:Flagicon John Oddy 14 28 36
Template:Flagicon Mitchell Villani 10 5 8 1 Template:Silver2
Template:Flagicon Ross Howell 10 5 2 1 Template:Bronze3
Template:Flagicon Sean Greer 10 0 4
Template:Flagicon James Keane 9 4 2 1 Template:Silver2 1 Template:Bronze3
Template:Flagicon Cass Delsar 9 4 8 2 Template:Silver2
Template:Flagicon Matthew Wegener 5 0 4
Template:Flagicon Ari Pullinen 5 0 2
Template:Flagicon Dusan Ocenas 4 2 2
Template:Flagicon Olivier Martin 1 0 0
Template:Flagicon Paul Cracknell 1 0 0

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Player records

Avalanche all-time, season and game player records.[36]

All-time

No. Appearances Points Penalty Minutes
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1 Template:Flagicon Greg Oddy 133 Template:Flagicon Greg Oddy 280 Template:Flagicon Trevor Walsh 505
2 Template:Flagicon Ben Thilthorpe 126 Template:Flagicon Trevor Walsh 201 Template:Flagicon Greg Oddy 426
3 Template:Flagicon Luke Thilthorpe 122 Template:Flagicon Ben Thilthorpe 153 Template:Flagicon John Oddy 350
4 Template:Flagicon Chris Brlecic 119 Template:Flagicon Chris Brlecic 115 Template:Flagicon Ben Thilthorpe 346
5 Template:Flagicon Trevor Walsh 100 Template:Flagicon Luke Thilthorpe 113 Template:Flagicon Chris Brlecic 341
6 Template:Flagicon Eric Lien 84 Template:Flagicon John Oddy 111 Template:Flagicon Luke Thilthorpe 231
7 Template:Flagicon Josh Harding 77 Template:Flagicon Dylan Martini 86 Template:Flagicon Tanner Shultz 154
8 Template:Flagicon Glen Foll 68 Template:Flagicon Glen Foll 73 Template:Flagicon Cass Delsar 133
9 Template:Flagicon Daniel George 68 Template:Flagicon Brad Wanchulak 53 Template:Flagicon Ryan Clauson 107
10 Template:Flagicon James Keane 65 Template:Flagicon Darcy Corcoran 47 Template:Flagicon Dylan Martini 104

Season

Category Record Season Held by
Most Points 53 2006 Template:Flagicon Brad Wanchulak
Most Goals 26 2006 Template:Flagicon Brad Wanchulak
Most Assists 33 2006 Template:Flagicon Greg Oddy
Most Points (Defenceman) 36 2003 Template:Flagicon Dylan Martini
Most Penalty Minutes 154 2005 Template:Flagicon Tanner Shultz
Best Goaltender Save % 91.8% 2005 Template:Flagicon Olivier Martin
Best Goaltender G.A.A 2.24 2005 Template:Flagicon Olivier Martin
Most Goaltender Wins 15 2006 Template:Flagicon Nigel Ward
Most Goaltender Shutouts 1 1999 / 2006 Template:Flagicon Eric Lien / Template:Flagicon Nigel Ward
Most Game Winning Goals 6 2003 / 2006 Template:Flagicon Greg Oddy / Template:Flagicon Brad Wanchulak
Most Power Play Goals 7 2006 Template:Flagicon Greg Oddy
Most Shorthanded Goals 4 2001 Template:Flagicon Trevor Walsh
Most Hatricks 4 2002 Template:Flagicon Greg Oddy
Most Consecutive GP with a point 17 2006 Template:Flagicon Greg Oddy

Single game

Category Record Date Held by Opponent
Most Points 9 19 Aug 2006 Template:Flagicon Greg Oddy Canberra Knights
Most Goals 5 19 Aug 2006 Template:Flagicon Brad Wanchulak Canberra Knights
Most Assists 6 19 Aug 2006 Template:Flagicon Greg Oddy Canberra Knights
Most Penalty Minutes 52 22 Jul 2006 Template:Flagicon Ryan Clauson Newcastle North Stars
Most Goaltender Saves 58 28 May 2000 Template:Flagicon Eric Lien Sydney Bears
Fastest Goal (Start of Game) 14 secs 7 Jan 2000 Template:Flagicon Luke Thilthorpe Penrith Phantoms
Fastest Two Goals 6 secs 7 Aug 2000 Template:Flagicon Greg Oddy Canberra Knights
Fastest Hatrick 5.01 mins 22 Jun 2003 Template:Flagicon Trevor Walsh Western Sydney Ice Dogs

Leaders

Team captains

The Avalanche had three captains in the team's known history.[37] The captain in 1999 and between 2002-03 are currently unknown.

No. Name Term
1 Template:Flagicon Pavel Bohacik 1999–01
2 Template:Flagicon Chris Brlecic 2004–05
3 Template:Flagicon Greg Oddy 2006–08

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Head coaches

The Avalanche had four head coaches in the team's history.[42]

No. Name Term
1 Template:Flagicon John Botterill 1999–06
2 Template:Flagicon Brandon Williams 2007
3 Template:Flagicon Steve McKenna 2008
4 Template:Flagicon Corey Smith 2008

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General managers

The Avalanche had two general manager groups (GMs) in the team's history.[42]

No. Name Term
1 Template:Flagicon Steve Oddy
Template:Flagicon James Thilthorpe		 1999–06
2 Template:Flagicon Alan Yarrow 2007–08

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