Adelaide Adrenaline | |
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2017 AIHL season | |
City | Adelaide, South Australia |
League | Australian Ice Hockey League |
Founded | 2008 |
Home arena | Ice Arena |
Colours | |
General manager | Eric Balnar |
Head coach | Sami Mantere |
Captain | David Huxley |
Website | Adelaideadrenaline.com.au |
Franchise history | |
2008 | Adelaide A's |
2009–present | Adelaide Adrenaline |
Championships | |
Regular season titles | 0 |
Conference Championships | 0 |
Goodall Cups | 1 (2009) |
The Adelaide Adrenaline are a semi-professional ice hockey team based Adelaide, South Australia. They are members of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). The team plays its home games at the Ice Arena, located in the suburb of Thebarton. The team were founded in 2008 as the Adelaide A's to replace the Adelaide Avalanche who had folded mid-season. They changed their to the Adrenaline the following season. The Adrenaline's best result in the regular season was in the 2012 season where they finished second in their conference and second overall. The team have qualified for the playoffs on four occasions, winning the Goodall Cup in 2009 and finishing runners-up in 2010.
The club was formed at the start of July 2008 to replace the Adelaide Avalanche after they folded in June. In a deal with the AIHL the A's picked up the Avalanche's team list and fulfilled the existing game schedule for the remainder of the 2008 season. After the 2008 season the A's were renamed the Adelaide Adrenaline for the upcoming 2009 season.
Team roster for the 2017 AIHL season