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HELLYER LADDER

Team	GP	W	L	PTS
Ice	4	4	0	12
Thunder	6	4	2	12
Bears	4	3	1	9
Mustangs	2	1	1	3
Ice Dogs	5	1	4	3

RURAK LADDER

Team	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	PTS
Northstars	4	3	0	1	0	11
Lightning	6	3	3	0	0	9
Adrenaline	3	1	1	0	1	4
Brave	6	1	5	0	0	3
Rhinos	4	0	4	0	0	0

SCORING LEADERS

Jeremiah
Addison (PER)

Player	Points
Aiden Wagner (NNS)	18
Wehebe Darge (NNS)	15
francis Drolet (NNS)	15
Zane Jones (PER)	13

GOALIE LEADERS

N Novysedlak (BRE)

1.000

Goalie	SV%
Rhys Pelliccione (PER)	.950
Tatsunoshin Ishida (MIC)	.933
Leo Bertein (PER)	.905
Charles Smart (NNS)	.903

If the Goodall Cup could talk: Robert Malloy

Monday, September 21, 2015 - Submitted by Robert Malloy

At 106 years old, the Goodall Cup has more then just names inscribed into the base. After a long and hard season there’s relief, passion and joy when you first get the chance to raise it. I know it looks heavy but I’ll always swear it weighs nothing compared to the battles we faced to get here. It’s the ultimate status symbol in Australian hockey and the Goodall Cup only parties with champions.

It’s there when we’re at our highest, thrumming with the thrill of victory and burning to celebrate. As you can imagine, we players sometimes get creative when caught up in the exuberance of victory. If the Goodall could talk, what stories would he share?

He’s spent a bit of time in Melbourne so it’s a given he’s seen the casino. I could tell you who slept with him on the plane or how close he came to tasting the Sydney Harbour but that one wasn’t us; instead, I’ll give you a glimpse into what my day with the Cup was like.

I don’t think anyone has ever really taken it out individually so it’s a bit of a unique situation. He just kind of came into my possession and I made the most of it. When Geordie [Wudrick] and Scott [Swiston] were flying out I was working close to the airport the next day and able to drop them off. The boys hadn’t really had an opportunity to take it to the beach so Gary offered to let us take the Cup for the night.

We drove back down to the Central Coast, about an hour south of Newcastle to Terrigal, one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. One of the first things imports usually want to see is the beach so it was almost coming full circle for us all to end their time here too. We’ve spent a lot of time on the beach and I’d even used this very spot at the Skillion for preseason training, so it was nice to be there as the sun was setting with the boys and my son; that perfect photo opportunity.

Afterwards we went out for a steak dinner and came back home with the guys. Having the Cup at home after that was a bit odd, you kind of want it near you but where do you put it? Kitchen seems the smart place it being a cup and all but I didn’t want to chance my son eating from it. The kid’s eighteen months old now and to him it’s pretty, shiny and best of all a cup means food. It might seem silly but I’d like to think that in twenty years he’ll be bringing this back here when he wins it so I kept it out of reach to be safe side.

Now funnily enough Seven-11 had this bring your own cup day promotion going and there I am, sitting next to this rather big cup with some of the guys and we thought we’d give it a try. You had your people with helmets, you even had someone with a bucket but we upped the game with our offering. Now Goodall here is a bit on the hefty side so after some maneuvering, we had three straws, some weird flavor combinations and one ridiculously huge Slurpee. Brain freeze has never tasted so sweet!

When the season ends, we don’t suddenly stop playing hockey. We all revert back to our off-season regime and for the Central Coast guys that means Erina Ice Arena. There are a few of us that live on the Coast; Andrew Petrie, Dayne Davis, Jayson Chalker, Shane Southwood, Stuart Cole-Clarke and I have spent a lot of time on that ice so the chance for a few of us to take the Cup there on a drop-in night was something special.

I remember in 1994 when Brian Leetch won the Stanley Cup for the New York Rangers he brought it home to my hometown in the U.S and I wanted to emulate that as much as possible. Obviously this was on a different scale but still it was pretty cool and a chance for us to pay it forward into the community.

There’s this Friday night group called Stiffy’s there, the Stiff Breeze of the Central Coast. These guys are the ones who coach kids in peewees; teach teens how to deke in development and the ones we all play with for in-house. Surprising them was amazing to say the least; they were pumped. You had guys looking for old names on the Cup from way back, kids looking from afar not quite ready to touch it in case it marred a future chance of them earning it and some just plain old wanting to try drink out of it! Being there for a game and getting chirped while celebrating over wings with the guys is what I like to think hockey is all about.

Looking back I took the Cup to the three places that helped mould me into a champion this season. I’d taken the Cup home with me to the beautiful wife and son that supported me; it visited the very beach I used for training and bonding with the guys; and finally, was able to share it with teammates, coaches and fellow players who challenged me to be my best on the ice.

Everyone wants to have this day, that’s why we play and what motivates us to win; we want to lift that trophy over our head. I’ve had my day with the Cup but seeing all the love and support kind of makes me want to win it all over again.

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