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2010 Season Auckland Teams - Botany Swarm and West Auckland Admirals
 

Team: Botany Swarm

Founded: 2005

Home Arena: Paradice Ice Arena, Botany Downs

2009 Game record: 6 wins, 2 ties, 7 losses

2009 Finish: 3rd

Highest Finish: Champions 2007 and 2008

Captain: Andrew Hay (2009)

Assistan Captains: KC Ball and Charlie Huber (2009)

NZ Ice Black players: Andrew Hay, Charlie Huber, Corey Down, Ian Wannamaker, Jordan Challis, Joshua Hay, Lukas Birgel, Richard Idoine, Sam Boniface, Zak Nothling

NZ U20 players: Andre Dowman, Dion Guest, Michael Attwell, Sam Boniface, Sam Moses

NZ U18 players: Jamie Lawrence, Ryan Currid

Additions for 2010: Alex Slyshkov, Corey Down, Jamie Lawrence, Richard Idoine, Ryan Currid

Departures from last season: Andrew Bourne, Antony Nathan, Colin Henderson, Jesse Trepanier, Michael Hopkinson, Rene Aish, Ryan Nielson, Waide de Encarnacao

2010 details to follow .............

2009 NZIHL Awards

The 2009 NZIHL Awards are as follows:

MVP Canterbury Red Devils - Paris Heyd
MVP Botany Swarm - Joshua Hay
MVP West Auckland Admirals - Jeff Bonazzo
MVP Southern Stampede - Braden Lee
MVP Dunedin Thunder - Jordane Fazende

NZIHL MVP - Chris Eadin (Canterbury Red Devils)
NZIHL Leading Points Scorer - Chris Eaden (Canterbury Red Devils)
NZIHL MVP Defenseman - Hayden Argyle (Southern Stampede)
NZIHL MVP Goalie - Justin Findlay (Canterbury Red Devils)
NZIHL MVP Rookie - Ryan Ruddle (Canterbury Red Devils)
NZIHL MVP of the Final - Justin Findlay (Canterbury Red Devils)

For further details regarding the 2009 Season, game results and reports plus team information please see the www.nzihl.com website

Foreign players interested in more information for the 2010 season please contact:

Donna Currid

AIHA Director of Marketing

marketing@aiha.org.nz

2009 Season Auckland Teams - Botany Swarm and West Auckland Admirals

Team: Botany Swarm

Founded: 2005

Home Arena: Paradice Botany

2008 finish: Champions

Championships: 2 (2007 and 2008)

Highest finish: 1^st (2007 and 2008)

Captain: Andrew Hay

NZ Ice Black players: Zak Nothling, Josh Hay, Andrew Hay, KC Ball, Charlie Huber, Lyle Idoine, Jordan Challis

Additions this season: Michael Atwell, Sam Moses, Dion Guest and Colin Henderson





Team: West Auckland Admirals

Founded: 2005

Home Arena: Paradice Avondale

2008 finish: 4^th

Championships: 0

Highest finish: 2^nd (2005)

Captain: Robert Champerlain 

NZ Ice Black players: Rick Parry, Corey Down, Blake Jackson

Additions this season: Andrew Gouldstone, Dylan Dickson, Franz Vogel, Jeremy Chai, Matthew Roxborough, Morgam Pugh, Remy Sandoy