West Auckland Admirals

West Auckland Admirals
City Auckland
League New Zealand Ice Hockey League
Founded 2005
Operated 2005–present
Home arena Paradice Avondale
Colours                    
General manager Canada Shawn Henry
Head coach Hungary Csaba Kercso Magos Snr.
Captain Canada Justin Daigle
Website Westaucklandadmirals.co.nz
Championships
Regular season titles 0
NZIHL Champion 0

The West Auckland Admirals is an ice hockey team based in Auckland, New Zealand and are members of the New Zealand Ice Hockey League. The club plays their home games at Paradice Avondale. Since their foundation in 2005 the teams best result has come in the 2005 season, 2010 season and 2017 where they finished as runners-up in both the regular season and playoffs.

History

The West Auckland Admirals were founded in 2005 and joined the New Zealand Ice Hockey League (NZIHL) for its inaugural season.[1] In their debut season the Admirals finished the regular season in second place and advanced to the finals where they went on to lose to the Southern Stampede.[2] From 2006 to 2009 the Admirals failed to qualify for the finals, finishing in last place in 2006 and 2007 and in fourth in 2008 and 2009 ahead of the newest club in the league, the Dunedin Thunder.[3][4][5][6] In 2010 the Admirals returned to the finals after finishing the regular season in second place.[7] The team however went on to lose to the Botany Swarm in the finals.[7] The following season the Admirals finished the regular season in last place, recording only two wins in their sixteen game season.[8] The team slightly improved in the 2012 season with a fourth place finish, nine points ahead of the last placed Botany Swarm.[9] From 2013 to 2015 the Admirals finished the regular season in last place.[10][11][12]. In 2016 the Admirals narrowly missed out on making the finals finishing in 3rd place and in 2017 the team made the finals again eventually losing to defending champions Skycity Stampede.

Season by season results

Season GP W OTW T OTL L GF GA PTS Finish Playoff Ref
200562–4–03122142ndLost final (Southern Stampede)[2]
200661–1–4172774thDid not qualify[3]
2007100–0–10296004thDid not qualify[4]
2008123–2–74864154thDid not qualify[5]
2009163–2–11409984thDid not qualify[6]
20101672–167422262ndLost final (Botany Swarm)[7]
20111610–1145111045thDid not qualify[8]
20121652–187481204thDid not qualify[9]
20131610–0154813135thDid not qualify[10]
20141613–012628695thDid not qualify[11]
20151641–0116594145thDid not qualify[12]
2016 16 8 1 1 6 79 66 27 3rd Did not qualify
2017 16 10 0 2 4 107 48 32 2nd Lost final (Skycity Stampede)

Players and personnel

The Admirals secondary logo.

Current roster

Team roster for the 2017 season

#NatNamePosS/GAgeAcquiredBirthplace
3New ZealandNick CraigFR272010New Plymouth, New Zealand
47CanadaJustin Daigle (C)DR302014Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1New ZealandGreg DavisGL382009Auckland, New Zealand
16New ZealandDylan DicksonFR252009Auckland, New Zealand
6New ZealandFrazer EllisFR222011Auckland, New Zealand
13New ZealandAndrew HartFR302014Auckland, New Zealand
27New ZealandNicholas HendersonFR282010New Plymouth, New Zealand
7New ZealandSteven HuishFR322005Auckland, New Zealand
5New ZealandBlake JacksonDR272015
30HungaryCsaba Kercso Magos Jnr.GL242015Jászberény, Hungary
14New ZealandGareth McLeish (A)DR302005Auckland, New Zealand
53New ZealandRick ParryGL302014Kauri, New Zealand
18New ZealandSamuel PillidgeFR282013
28New ZealandMak RawiriFR192015
35New ZealandTaylor RooneyFR202015
22New ZealandMatthew RoxboroughDL282010Auckland, New Zealand
24New ZealandRemy SandoyDR252015Auckland, New Zealand
11 New Zealand Ollie Curtis F R 17 2016 Auckland, New Zealand
8 New Zealand Jake Ratcliffe F R 20 2016 Christchurch, New Zealand
2 Canada AJ Spiller (A) D L 29 2016 Canada
17 New Zealand Dale Harrop F R 27 2017 Christchurch, New Zealand
30 Sweden Henric Andersen F R 25 2017 Sweden
29 Hungary Adrian Toth F R 26 2017 Hungary
25 New Zealand Ryan Ruddle F R 29 2017 Christchurch, New Zealand
9 United States TJ Battani F R 27 2017 Detroit, USA

Team captains

  • Gareth McLeish, 2013[13]
  • Robert Chamberlain, 2014[14]
  • Justin Daigle, 2015–present[15]

Head coaches

  • Anatoli Khorozov, 2005[16]
  • Rodney McMillin, 2010[17]
  • Jonathan Albright, 2011[18]
  • Rodney McMillin, 2012[17]
  • Karl Peni, 2013[19]
  • Chris Belanger, 2014[20]
  • Csaba Kercso Magos Jnr., 2015–present[21]

General managers

  • Shawn Henry, 2013–present[22]

References

  1. ↑ "About us". West Auckland Admirals. Archived from the original on 2016-05-07. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
  2. 1 2 "NZIHL Team Standings 2004 - 2005". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  3. 1 2 "NZIHL Team Standings 2005 - 2006". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  4. 1 2 "NZIHL Team Standings 2006 - 2007". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  5. 1 2 "NZIHL Team Standings 2007 - 2008". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  6. 1 2 "NZIHL Team Standings 2008 - 2009". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  7. 1 2 3 "NZIHL Team Standings 2009 - 2010". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  8. 1 2 "NZIHL Team Standings 2010 - 2011". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  9. 1 2 "NZIHL Team Standings 2011 - 2012". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  10. 1 2 "2013 New Zealand Ice Hockey League". New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  11. 1 2 "NZIHL Team Standings 2013 - 2014". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  12. 1 2 "NZIHL Team Standings 2014 - 2015". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  13. ↑ "Gareth McLeish". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
  14. ↑ "Robert Chamberlain". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
  15. ↑ "Justin Daigle". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
  16. ↑ "Anatoli Khorozov". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
  17. 1 2 "Rodney McMillin". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
  18. ↑ "Jonathan Albright". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
  19. ↑ "Karl Peni". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
  20. ↑ "Chris Belanger". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
  21. ↑ "Csaba Kercso Magos". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
  22. ↑ "Jake Lane". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
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