West Auckland Admirals

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 team's best result has come in the 2018 season where they won the NZIHL championships.

West Auckland Admirals
CityAuckland
LeagueNew Zealand Ice Hockey League
Founded2005
Operated2005–present
Home arenaParadice Avondale
Colours       
General manager Tim Ellis
Head coach Csaba Kercso Magos Snr.
Captain Justin Daigle
Websitewestaucklandadmirals.co.nz
Championships
Regular season titles0
NZIHL Champion1

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.[13] In 2018 the Admirals won the championships against the 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)
2018 16 12 1 – 1 2 77 48 39 1st Won finals (Skycity Stampede) [13]

Players and personnel
The Admirals secondary logo.

Current roster

Team roster for the 2017 season

#NatNamePosS/GAgeAcquiredBirthplace
3Nick CraigFR302010New Plymouth, New Zealand
47Justin Daigle (C)DR322014Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1Greg DavisGL402009Auckland, New Zealand
16Dylan DicksonFR272009Auckland, New Zealand
6Frazer EllisFR242011Auckland, New Zealand
13Andrew HartFR332014Auckland, New Zealand
27Nicholas HendersonFR302010New Plymouth, New Zealand
7Steven HuishFR342005Auckland, New Zealand
5Blake JacksonDR302015
30Csaba Kercso Magos Jnr.GL262015Jászberény, Hungary
14Gareth McLeish (A)DR322005Auckland, New Zealand
53Rick ParryGL332014Kauri, New Zealand
18Samuel PillidgeFR302013
28Mak RawiriFR212015
35Taylor RooneyFR232015
22Matthew RoxboroughDL312010Auckland, New Zealand
24Remy SandoyDR282015Auckland, New Zealand
11 Ollie Curtis F R 17 2016 Auckland, New Zealand
8 Jake Ratcliffe F R 20 2016 Christchurch, New Zealand
2 AJ Spiller (A) D L 29 2016 Canada
17 Dale Harrop F R 27 2017 Christchurch, New Zealand
30 Henric Andersen F R 25 2017 Sweden
29 Adrian Toth F R 26 2017 Hungary
25 Ryan Ruddle F R 29 2017 Christchurch, New Zealand
9 TJ Battani F R 27 2017 Detroit, USA

Team captains
Further information on team captains in ice hockey: Captain (ice hockey)


  • Robert Chamberlain, 2008-2015[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., 2015–2019[21]

General managers
  • Shawn Henry, 2013–2016[22]
  • Tim Ellis, 2017–Present[23]

References
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  12. "NZIHL Team Standings 2014 - 2015". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  13. "NZIHL Team Standings 2017-2018". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
  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. "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.
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  21. "Csaba Kercso Magos". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
  22. "Shawn Henry". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  23. "Tim Ellis". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
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