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The Sydney Ice Dogs are proud to announce the 10th Head coach in the club’s history Jason Kvisle.   Kvisle brings over 16 years of coaching experience, leading 29 different teams over this timespan coaching Club, State and National levels and winning IHA Coach of the Year in 2013. “We have approached Jason at various times over the past decade about coaching the Ice Dogs but the timing never seemed to quite align” explains founder and former Captain Anthony Wilson. Today, the Dogs officially got their man. “It seems a long time ago that my association with the Sydney Ice Dogs...

The Ice Dogs suffered a heartbreaking 12-round shootout loss to the CBR Brave last Saturday night at the Philip Ice Rink in Canberra. With scores locked 1-1 after regulation, the teams remained tied after a frenetic three-on-three overtime with both teams exchanging quality chances. The game was finally decided in an epic shootout battle between two of Australia’s best young goalies. Jackob Doornbos (Ice Dogs) and Aleksi Toivonen (CBR) turned away a combined 23 shooters before CBR iced the victory on the 24th shot to secure the 2-1 win. After the match, Ice Dogs Head Coach Andrew Petrie was one...

The Ice Dogs recorded their first win in the 2021 McCormack Cup, with a 5-2 victory over the CBR Brave at the Erina Ice Arena on Sunday night. After losing the first three games to open the 2021 season, Ice Dogs head Coach Andrew Petrie applauded his sides effort in the come from behind win. “We (Ice Dogs) had to make a statement tonight that we’re a legitimate contender. We shuffled the lines and adjusted our strategy to be more aggressive on the puck and to made sure we got more pucks on the net.”  Despite trailing 2-1 in the...

The Sydney Dogs are proud to be part of the 2021 Mick McCormack Cup! We can’t wait to see all our fans at the newly renovated Erina Ice Arena on the beautiful Central Coast, for our first home game on Saturday 8th May, Hockey’s Back!! Its been a tireless effort to get AIHL calibre hockey up and running, we want to thank the CBR Brave and Newcastle Northstars Management teams for all their hard work behind the scenes to make this “Super Series” a reality. We really missed our fans last year and the boys can’t wait to hear you...

The Sydney Ice Dogs are proud to announce the signing of import Goalie, Joel Rumpel, for the 2020 AIHL Season. Originally from Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Rumpel is currently playing in the Norwegian League for Stjernen Hockey. A collegiate standout, Rumpel played with the University of Wisconsin Badgers where he started in goal for four full seasons, including 26 starts as a freshman in 2011/2012. In 2014, Rumpel was shortlisted for both the coveted Hobey Baker award in 2014, given to the Nation’s best NCAA Div1 Men’s Hockey Player, and the prestigious Mike Richter award, bestowed upon the league’s top goalie....