2013–14 AJIHL season


The 2013–14 AJIHL season is the second season of the Australian Junior Ice Hockey League. It ran from 5 October 2013 until 1 March 2014, with the finals running from 8 March 2014 until 9 March 2014. The AJIHL is the highest Australian national junior ice hockey competition.

League business

On August 22, 2013 it was announced that the Melbourne Red Wings would change their name to the Melbourne Glaciers and the Melbourne Blackhawks would be renamed the Melbourne Whalers, which avoided the close resemblance with the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks of the NHL after the NHL had concerns over breaches of copyright and this allowed the team to develop its own brand identity.
In September 2013 the Sydney Maple Leafs and Sydney Lightning would follow suit with the Melbourne teams and also rename and rebrand their teams to the Sydney Wolf Pack and Sydney Sabres
In October 2013, two additional teams were added to the AJIHL from Perth, Western Australia. The new teams would be called the Perth Pelicans and the Perth Sharks. The season increased from 14 games to 15 games per season. Tryouts for the Perth teams began 2 September 2014

Regular season

The regular season began on 5 October 2013 and ran through to 1 March 2014 before the teams competed in the playoff series.

October

GameDateTimeAwayScoreHomeLocationAttendanceRecap
15 October 201318:30Sydney Wolf Pack1 – 2Sydney SabresCanterbury-
26 October 201318:00Sydney Sabres3 – 4 Sydney Wolf PackCanterbury-
321 October 201319:45Perth Pelicans4 – 6Perth SharksMirrabooka-
426 October 201318:15Melbourne Glaciers1 – 3Melbourne WhalersMelbourne-
527 October 20138:00Perth Sharks6 – 5 Perth PelicansPerth-
627 October 201318:15Melbourne Whalers1 – 4Melbourne GlaciersMelbourne-

November

December

February

March

GameDateTimeAwayScoreHomeLocationAttendanceRecap
451 March 201417:00Sydney Wolf Pack2 – 4Sydney SabresPenrith-

Standings

At the end of the regular season, the league standings were as follows:
Team
Sydney Sabres15100036537+2833
Melbourne Whalers1590064133+1127
Perth Pelicans1570065856-223
Sydney Wolf Pack1560074549–421
Melbourne Glaciers1560083236-420
Perth Sharks15300113969–3011

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in regular season points.
PlayerTeam
Sydney Sabres15271744+384
Sydney Sabres11112233+2918
Melbourne Whalers1517623+134
Perth Pelicans1591120+174
Sydney Sabres1514519+1516
Sydney Wolf Pack158917+1226
Perth Pelicans1510515+1318
Melbourne Glaciers1510616+138
Perth Sharks1510616+134
Perth Pelicans119615+144

Leading goaltenders

Playoffs

Final