Melbourne Ice is an Australian semi-professional ice hockey team from Melbourne, Victoria, based at the Icehouse in the Docklands precinct of central Melbourne.
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37 Facts About Melbourne Ice
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Melbourne Ice was established in 2000 by Mark Weber after the initial three AIHL teams asked Weber to start a team in Melbourne.
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The Melbourne Ice spent two years playing exhibition matches and researching prospects at the Olympic Melbourne Ice Skating Centre in Oakleigh South, Victoria.
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The Melbourne Ice appointed long time Demons IHC Victorian coach Rod Johns as inaugural head coach.
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The Melbourne Ice played Adelaide Avalanche at home at Olympic Melbourne Ice Rink, Oakleigh.
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The Melbourne Ice finished their first AIHL season in last place in the league standings with two wins and fourteen losses.
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In 2003, the Melbourne Ice appointed Sandy Gardner has head coach, replacing Rod Johns.
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In 2004, the Melbourne Ice stopped scheduling matches in Bendigo and exclusively played out of the Olympic Centre in Oakleigh and Canadian Mike Mazzuca became the captain of the team.
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The Melbourne Ice failed to reach the AIHL finals in their first four seasons, consistently finishing fifth or sixth in the standings at the end of the regular season.
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On Saturday 2 September 2006, the Melbourne Ice took on the Newcastle North Stars in the AIHL semi-finals.
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Between 2007 and 2009 the Melbourne Ice consistently finished in the top three positions in the league standings.
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The Melbourne Ice consistently lost their semi-final match-ups in the finals.
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The Melbourne Ice had to adjust from having the smallest ice surface at Oakleigh to the largest ice surface in Docklands .
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The Melbourne Ice dogs took an early lead through DeCristoforo but Brad Vigon levelled the match in the first period and the Melbourne Ice went on to dominate the contest.
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The Melbourne Ice finished top of the league standings at the end of the regular season with an equal record points haul of 65 .
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The Melbourne Ice then faced the Newcastle North Stars in the Goodall Cup final on 4 September 2011.
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The Melbourne Ice was grouped in the Easton Conference along with all the other non-NSW teams.
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The Melbourne Ice topped their conference by eight points ahead of Adelaide to qualify for finals.
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In 2014, the Melbourne Ice finished second behind the Mustangs by three points and Jeremy Brown was named rookie of the season.
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In 2015, the Melbourne Ice again finished second in the league standings, this time behind Newcastle.
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In overtime, the Melbourne Ice gave away a penalty shot to the North Stars and Brian Bales calmly converted to defeat the Melbourne Ice on golden goal.
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The Melbourne Ice only lost three regulation matches all season and ended with a goal difference of +56.
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Melbourne Ice started a new chapter in 2017 with the appointment of their first Swedish head coach, Charles Franzen.
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The Melbourne Ice donned a one-time kit in the Swedish yellow and blue colours.
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The Melbourne Ice lifted the Goodall Cup for the fourth time and their first since their three-peat.
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Ahead of the 2018 season the Melbourne Ice announced a backroom shuffle and a new head coach appointment.
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The Melbourne Ice started the season slowly and after five rounds, four wins and three losses, Ekroth departed the team.
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The Melbourne Ice finished the season seventh, failing to qualify for finals for the first time in thirteen seasons.
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The Melbourne Ice finished the season seventh with nine wins from 28 matches for a total of 24 points, their lowest point tally from an eight team season.
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On 31 January 2020, Melbourne Ice announced their new head coach for 2020 would be Canadian Michael Marshall.
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Melbourne Ice have had a total of eleven captains in the team's history.
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The foundation captaincy for the Melbourne Ice was shared between American born Jon Moses and Canadian Glenn Grandy in 2002.
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Melbourne Ice have had a total of thirteen head coaches in the team's history.
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Melbourne Ice have kept the same colours since foundation in 2002.
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In 2017, the Melbourne Ice held a Swedish Day event to celebrate their Swedish ties, including five Swedish players, coaches Charles Franzen and Johan Steenberg, and a relationship with the Tranas AIF ice hockey club in Sweden.
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The Melbourne Ice donned a one-off yellow and blue jersey for the occasion.
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ATC Productions – Since 2017 the Melbourne Ice have live streamed home matches in Melbourne on the YouTube platform through ATC Productions.
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