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West Auckland Admirals

City	Auckland
League	New Zealand Ice Hockey League
Founded	2005
Operated	2005–present
Home arena	Paradice Avondale
Colours	Blue, navy blue, yellow, black
General manager	Kelly Schultz
Head coach	Cameron Stephen
Captain	Justin Daigle
Website	www.westaucklandadmirals.co.nz
Championships
Regular season titles	1
NZIHL Champion	1

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 Team has always been based out of the Paradice Ice in Avondale, Auckland which in itself has a proud 41-year operating history. In 2011 the rink completed a massive renovation which brought it to international standards and allowed the Admirals team to install their very own changing room (something not that common among NZ ice hockey clubs).

History

The West Auckland Admirals were founded in 2005 and joined the New Zealand Ice Hockey League (NZIHL) for its inaugural season. 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. 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. In 2010 the Admirals returned to the finals after finishing the regular season in second place. The team however went on to lose to the Botany Swarm in the finals. The following season the Admirals finished the regular season in last place, recording only two wins in their sixteen game season. The team slightly improved in the 2012 season with a fourth place finish, nine points ahead of the last placed Botany Swarm. From 2013 to 2015 the Admirals finished the regular season in last place. 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. In 2018 the Admirals won the championships against the SkyCity Stampede.

After two disrupted seasons due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, the Admirals returned to the Ice in 2022 where they went onto finish first place in the regular season. This would be the first time the Admirals would host a home finals series in Avondale, where they eventually lost to defending champions the SkyCity Stampede.

Players and personnel

Current roster

2022 Team Roster


GOALTENDERS
#	Nat	Name	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
1		Gavin Croft	G	L	18	2022	Auckland, New Zealand
34		Csaba Kercso Magos Jnr.	G	L	30	2015	Jászberény, Hungary
54		Jaiden Pert	G	L	21	2020	Auckland, New Zealand
55		Barr Barr	G	L	19	2023	Haifa, ISR
DEFENSEMEN
#	Nat	Name	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
7		Sebastian Chamberlin	D	R	17	2022
8		Mason Kennedy	D	R	25	2021
9		Flynn Hayward-Jones (A)	D	R	20	2019
14		Gareth McLeish	D	R	36	2005	Auckland, New Zealand
18		Alex Regan	D	L	21	2017
23		Benjamin Stephen	D	L	18	2020
26		Oliver Hay	D	R	25	2023	Auckland, New Zealand
29		Riley Smith	D	L	23	2023	Chilliwack, BC, CAN
37		Nash Hayward-Jones	D	R	18	2021
40		Zachary Stephen	D	L	20	2020
47		Justin Daigle (C)	D	R	36	2014	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
FORWARDS
#	Nat	Name	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
2		Tayler Kennedy	F	R	28	2021
4		Sebastian Stephen	F	L	17	2022
6		Frazer Ellis (A)	F	R	28	2011	Auckland, New Zealand
10		Andrei Serikov	F	L	18	2020
13		Andrew Hart	F	R	37	2014	Auckland, New Zealand
15		Vincenco Cistrone	F	R	31	2013
17		Dale Harrop (A)	F	R	27	2017	Christchurch, New Zealand
18		Dylan Dickson	F	R	30	2008
20		Ben Taylor	F	R	19	2023
21		Sam Moses	F	R	32	2012	Nelson, New Zealand
22		Jordan Challis	F	R	31	2021
24		Caleb Chamberlin	F	R	19	2020
27		Nicholas Henderson	F	R	34	2010	New Plymouth, New Zealand
28		Scott Henry	F	R	28	2021	Auckland, New Zealand
30		Leon Quigley	F	L	19	2020
33		Max Vesper	F	R	21	2017
35		Taylor Rooney	F	R	25	2015
2022 TEAM STAFF
#	Nat	Name	Position				Birthplace
		Kelly Schultz	General Manager				Auckland, New Zealand
		Alex Schultz	Team Manager				Auckland, New Zealand
		Natalie de Vere	Team Staff				Auckland, New Zealand
		Cameron Stephen	Head Coach				Canada
		Matthew Roxborough	Asst. Coach				Auckland, New Zealand

Season by season results


Season	GP	W	OTW	T	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS	Regular Season Finish	Playoff - Birgel Cup
2005	6	2	–	4	–	0	31	22	14	2nd	Lost final (Southern Stampede)
2006	6	1	–	1	–	4	17	27	7	4th	Did not qualify
2007	10	0	–	0	–	10	29	60	0	4th	Did not qualify
2008	12	3	–	2	–	7	48	64	15	4th	Did not qualify
2009	16	3	–	2	–	11	40	99	8	4th	Did not qualify
2010	16	7	2	–	1	6	74	22	26	2nd	Lost final (Botany Swarm)
2011	16	1	0	–	1	14	51	110	4	5th	Did not qualify
2012	16	5	2	–	1	8	74	81	20	4th	Did not qualify
2013	16	1	0	–	0	15	48	131	3	5th	Did not qualify
2014	16	1	3	–	0	12	62	86	9	5th	Did not qualify
2015	16	4	1	–	0	11	65	94	14	5th	Did not qualify
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	17	13	1	–	1	4	83	51	39	2nd	Won final (Skycity Stampede)
2019	16	5	2	–	3	6	59	52	22	3rd	Lost final (Skycity Stampede)
2020	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	–	Playoffs not held
2021	16	9	0	–	0	7	57	56	25	3rd	Playoffs cancelled
2022	18	12	1	–	2	3	66	38	34	1st	Lost final (Skycity Stampede)

Franchise Scoring Leaders

Top 10 - Including Playoffs

Stats are updated after each completed NZIHL regular season

#	PLAYER	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	PERIOD	YEARS
1.	Nicholas Henderson (D/RW)	189	86	97	183	0.97	164	2009-2023	14
2.	Justin Daigle (D)	126	54	113	167	1.33	120	2013-2023	10
3.	Frazer Ellis (F)	165	68	71	139	0.84	212	2010-2023	13
4.	Gareth McLeish (D/F)	242	26	64	90	0.37	256	2004-2023	19
5.	Robert Chamberlain (F)	142	40	36	76	0.54	262	2004-2017	13
6.	Travis McMaster (C)	71	28	48	76	1.07	60	2008-2015	6
7.	Andrew Spiller (D)	69	22	52	74	1.07	54	2015-2019	4
8.	Andrew Hart (F)	170	39	34	73	0.43	373	2004-2023	17
9.	Dale Harrop (C)	84	22	43	65	0.77	78	2016-2022	6
10.	Blake Jackson (D/F)	147	19	40	59	0.40	172	2007-2021	12

Franchise all-time most appearances

Top 10 - Including Playoffs

Stats are updated after each completed NZIHL regular season

#	PLAYER	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	PERIOD	YEARS
1.	Gareth McLeish (D/F)	242	26	64	90	0.37	256	2004-2023	19
2.	Nicholas Henderson (D/RW)	189	86	97	183	0.97	164	2009-2023	14
3.	Andrew Hart (F)	170	39	34	73	0.43	373	2004-2023	17
4.	Frazer Ellis (F)	165	68	71	139	0.84	212	2010-2023	13
5.	Nick Craig (D)	158	14	27	41	0.26	87	2009-2021	12
6.	Blake Jackson (D/F)	147	19	40	59	0.40	172	2007-2021	12
7.	Steven Huish (F)	145	22	35	57	0.39	62	2004-2017	11
8.	Dylan Dickson (RW)	145	25	25	50	0.34	58	2008-2023	14
9.	Robert Chamberlain (F)	142	40	36	76	0.54	262	2004-2017	13
10.	Justin Daigle (D)	126	54	113	167	1.33	120	2013-2023	10

Team Staff History

SEASON	LEAGUE	HEAD COACH	ASST COACH	GM/SM
2022-2023	NZIHL	Cameron Stephen	Matthew Roxborough	Kelly Schultz
2021-2022	NZIHL	Cameron Stephen	Matthew Roxborough	Kelly Schultz
2020-2021	NZIHL	Cameron Stephen	Matthew Roxborough	Tim Ellis
2019-2020	NZIHL
2018-2019	NZIHL	Csaba Kercso-Magos	Rodney McMillin	Tim Ellis
2017-2018	NZIHL	Csaba Kercso-Magos	Rodney McMillin	Tim Ellis
2016-2017	NZIHL
2015-2016	NZIHL	Csaba Kercso-Magos	Justin Daigle Rodney McMillin	Shawn Henry
2014-2015	NZIHL	Csaba Kercso-Magos	Justin Daigle Chris Jefferies	Shawn Henry
2013-2014	NZIHL	Chris Belanger	Darren Woodacre	Shawn Henry
2012-2013	NZIHL	Karl Peni	Alex Luggen	Shawn Henry
2011-2012	NZIHL	Rodney McMillin	Jonathan Albright Karl Peni
2010-2011	NZIHL	Jonathan Albright	Rodney McMillin
2009-2010	NZIHL	Rodney McMillin	Jonathan Albright
2008-2009	NZIHL		Mike Parsons
2007-2008	NZIHL
2006-2007	NZIHL
2005-2006	NZIHL
2004-2005	NZIHL	Anatoli Khorozov

Team Captaincy History

SEASON	“C” CAPTAIN(S)	“A1” ALTERNATE CAPTAIN	“A2” ALTERNATE CAPTAIN	“A3” ALTERNATE CAPTAIN
2022-2023	Justin Daigle	Frazer Ellis	Garthe McLeish	Flynn Hayward- Jones
2021-2022	Justin Daigle	Frazer Ellis	Dale Harrop
2020-2021	Justin Daigle	Nick Craig	Frazer Ellis
2019-2020	Justin Daigle
2018-2019	Justin Daigle	Andrew Spiller	Blake Jackson
2017-2018	Justin Daigle
2016-2017	Nick Craig	Blake Jackson	Andrew Spiller
2015-2016	NZIHL
2014-2015	Justin Daigle	Garthe McLeish	Nicholas Henderson
2013-2014	Robert Chamberlain	Travis McMaster	Nick Craig
2012-2013	Gareth McLeish	James Herbert	Robert Chamberlain

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External links

West Auckland Admirals

v t e New Zealand Ice Hockey League
Founded in 2005 (19 years ago) (2005) Country: New Zealand (top tier) Website: NZIHL.com
Seasons	2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Teams	Auckland Mako Botany Swarm Canterbury Red Devils Dunedin Thunder Southern Stampede West Auckland Admirals
Arenas	Alpine Ice Centre Dunedin Ice Stadium Paradice Avondale Paradice Botany Downs Queenstown Ice Arena
Related articles: IIHF NZIHF New Zealand Ice Blacks NZWIHL Trans-Tasman Champions League

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Auckland Ice Hockey Association (AIHA)
Canterbury Ice Hockey Association (CIHA)
Southern Ice Hockey Association (SIHA)
Wellington Ice Hockey Association (WIHA)

Awards and trophies

Current	Birgel Cup Toa Kauhanga Riri Tio Erewhon Cup
Former	NZIHL Trophy Glass Family Shield

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