2008 AIHL season
Date Time Away Score Home Location Recap
5 July 16:45 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 5-6 ( SO ) ( DP ) Adelaide A 's IceArenA [ 58 ]
5 July 17:45 Newcastle North Stars 2-5 Melbourne Ice Olympic Ice Skating Centre [ 59 ]
5 July 18:00 The Bears 2-1 Central Coast Rhinos Erina Ice Arena [ 60 ]
6 July 16:30 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 3-6 ( DP ) Melbourne Ice Olympic Ice Skating Centre [ 61 ]
6 July 16:30 Newcastle North Stars 9-10 ( SO ) Adelaide A 's IceArenA [ 62 ]
6 July 18:00 Canberra Knights 2-3 Western Sydney Ice Dogs Sydney Ice Arena [ 63 ]
12 July 15:30 Western Sydney Ice Dogs 7-4 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Gold Coast Iceland [ 64 ]
12 July 18:00 Newcastle North Stars 6-3 Central Coast Rhinos Erina Ice Arena [ 65 ]
13 July 15:30 Western Sydney Ice Dogs 2-5 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Gold Coast Iceland [ 66 ]
13 July 16:30 The Bears 7-8 Melbourne Ice Olympic Ice Skating Centre [ 67 ]
19 July 15:30 Canberra Knights 2-5 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Gold Coast Iceland [ 68 ]
19 July 17:30 Newcastle North Stars 4-6 The Bears Penrith Ice Palace [ 69 ]
19 July 18:00 Melbourne Ice 3-2 ( DP ) Central Coast Rhinos Erina Ice Arena [ 70 ]
20 July 15:30 Canberra Knights 7-3 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Gold Coast Iceland [ 71 ]
20 July 15:30 The Bears 5-3 Adelaide A 's IceArenA [ 72 ]
20 July 17:00 Central Coast Rhinos 0-8 Newcastle North Stars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium [ 73 ]
20 July 17:00 Melbourne Ice 2-8 Western Sydney Ice Dogs Sydney Ice Arena [ 74 ]
Regular season -- July
The 2008 AIHL season was the ninth season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). It ran from 19 April 2008 until 24 August 2008, with the Goodall Cup finals following on 30 and 31 August 2008. The Bears won the H Newman Reid Trophy (backdated) after finishing the regular season first in the league standings. The Newcastle North Stars won the Goodall Cup for the fourth time by defeating the Western Sydney Ice Dogs in the final.