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Canterbury Red Devils

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Canterbury Red Devils
CityChristchurch
LeagueNew Zealand Ice Hockey League
Founded2005
Operated2005–present
Home arenaAlpine Ice Sports Centre
ColoursRed, white, black
     
General managerGraham Tappin
Head coachAnatoly Khorozov
CaptainChris Eaden
Websitereddevils.co.nz
Championships
Regular season titles4 (2007, 2008, 2009, 2014)
NZIHL Champion4 (2009, 2012, 2013, 2014)

The Canterbury Red Devils is an ice hockey team based in Christchurch, New Zealand, and are members of the New Zealand Ice Hockey League. The club plays their home games at the Alpine Ice Centre. Since their foundation in 2005 the team have won both the regular season title and the playoffs on four occasions with their most recent coming in the 2014 NZIHL season.

History

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The Canterbury Red Devils were founded in 2005 and joined the New Zealand Ice Hockey League (NZIHL) for its inaugural season.[1] In their debut season the Red Devils finished the regular season in last place and failed to qualify for the playoffs.[2] They again missed the playoffs in 2006 after finishing third in the standings.[3] In 2007 the Red Devils won their first regular season title, edging out the Botany Swarm on goal difference.[4] The team advanced to their first finals appearance however lost to the Swarm.[4] The Red Devils won their second regular season title in 2008 however, went on to lose to the Swarm in the final.[5] In 2009 the team won their third straight regular season title and advanced to the final against the Southern Stampede.[6] The Red Devils defeated the Stampede to claim their first playoffs title.[6] The 2010 and 2011 seasons saw the Red Devils finish the regular season in third place, losing out to the second placed team only on head-to-head win ratio.[7][8] The team returned to the playoffs in 2012, winning their second playoffs title after defeating the Stampede in the final.[9] The Red Devils went on to win the 2013 and 2014 playoffs, defeating the Dunedin Thunder in both finals and also claiming their fourth regular season title in 2014.[10][11] Following their 2014 playoffs win the Red Devils became the first NZIHL club to claim three titles in a row. The 2015 season saw the Red Devils finish the regular season in second place and lose to the Stampede in the finals.[12]

Season by season results

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Season GP W OTW T OTL L GF GA PTS Regular Season Finish Playoff Result Ref
2005 6 0 – 0 – 6 17 38 2 4th Did not qualify [2]
2006 6 1 – 1 – 4 22 26 9 3rd Did not qualify [3]
2007 10 7 – 1 – 2 63 37 26 1st Lost final (Botany Swarm) [4]
2008 12 9 – 2 – 1 93 48 32 1st Lost final (Botany Swarm) [5]
2009 16 14 – 0 – 2 133 35 28 1st Won final (Southern Stampede) [6]
2010 16 8 0 – 2 6 92 75 26 3rd Did not qualify [7]
2011 16 10 1 – 1 4 77 62 33 3rd Did not qualify [8]
2012 16 7 3 – 2 4 80 68 29 2nd Won final (Southern Stampede) [9]
2013 16 9 2 – 1 4 93 63 32 2nd Won final (Dunedin Thunder) [10]
2014 16 12 0 – 1 3 79 58 37 1st Won final (Dunedin Thunder) [11]
2015 16 9 1 – 2 4 96 64 31 2nd Lost final (Southern Stampede) [12]
2016 16 9 1 – 1 5 85 79 30 2nd Lost final (Southern Stampede) [13]
2017 16 2 1 – 1 12 51 127 9 5th Did not qualify [14]
2018 16 1 1 – 0 14 58 125 5 5th Did not qualify [15]
2019 16 2 0 – 1 13 33 96 7 5th Did not qualify [16]
2020 8 1 0 – 0 7 26 68 3 3rd Playoffs not held [17]
2021 16 2 1 – 1 12 56 109 9 5th Playoffs cancelled [18]
2022 16 7 2 – 0 7 62 60 25 3rd Lost semifinal (West Auckland Admirals) [19]
2023 16 3 1 – 3 9 60 82 14 4th Did not qualify [20]

NZIHL Awards

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  • NZIHL champions 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014
  • NZIHL Minor Premiership: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2014
  • Toa Kauhunga Riri Tio: New Zealand Ice Hockey League#Toa Kauhanga Riri Tio
  • NZIHL Finals MVP: Justin Findlay (2009), Valeri Konev (2012), Takumi Ledbetter (2013), Dale Harrop (2014)
  • NZIHL League MVP: Janos Kaszala (2007), Chris Eaden (2009, 2012, 2022)
  • NZIHL Rookie of the year: Dale Harrop (2007), Dan Nicholls (2008), Ryan Ruddle (2009), Jerreau Hohaia (2011), Jake Ratcliffe (2013), Jacob Carey (2021), Lachlan Hodge (2023)
  • NZIHL Top Scorer: Janos Kaszala (2007, 2008), Chris Eaden (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2022)
  • NZIHL Best Goaltender: Justin Findlay (2009), Michael Coleman (2014)
  • NZIHL Best Defenceman: Hayden Argyle (2007), Mitchell Oak (2010), Dan Nicholls (2011), Terry Watt (2013)
  • Team MVP - Canterbury Red Devils: Troy Crittenden (2005), Andreas Ericcson (2006), Janos Kaszala (2007, 2008), Paris Heyd (2009), Justin Findlay (2010), Kyle Papai (2011), James Kirkwood (2012), Brett Spiers (2013), Chris Eaden (2014, 2017), Dean Tonks (2015), James Archer (2016), Jaxson Lane (2018), Adam Goss (2019), Petr Pospisil (2021), Joe Orr (2022), Dan Nicholls (2023)

Players and personnel

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Current roster

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Team roster for the 2021 NZIHL season[21]

# Nat Name Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
91 New Zealand Timothy Carey G L 18 2020
52 New Zealand Niall Fanning G L 24 2018
37 New Zealand Lilly Forbes G L 18 2020 Rangiora, New Zealand
30 Canada Kyle Koke G L 2020
16 United States Robert Banks D R 34 2017 Erie, United States of America
66 Australia Kalven Crockford D L 29 2020
11 New Zealand George Hopkins D L 24 2019
10 New Zealand Taehun Kang D R 20 2021
24 New Zealand Josh Louw D R 25 2014
58 New Zealand Brendan Lund D R 25 2021
77 New Zealand Daniel Monk D L 26 2019
95 Canada Brandon Muller D L 29 2021
7 New Zealand Daniel Nicholls D R 31 2008 Christchurch, New Zealand
27 New Zealand Mason Rees D R 21 2016 Christchurch, New Zealand
25 New Zealand Harry Tappin D R 21 2019
86 New Zealand Logan Willis D R 19 2021
21 New Zealand Bradley Apps F R 26 2011 Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom
26 New Zealand Michael Atkinson F R 28 2021
93 New Zealand Haydn Boul F R 20 2021
9 New Zealand Shaun Brown F L 24 2015
94 New Zealand Jacob Carey F R 17 2021 Christchurch, New Zealand
14 New Zealand Liam Dallimore F R 25 2013 Oxford, United Kingdom
69 New Zealand Alex Damm F R 25 2016 Christchurch, New Zealand
43 New Zealand Chris Eaden F R 31 2007 Christchurch, New Zealand
10 United States Jackson Fontaine F R 17 2020
55 Czech Republic Vaclav Gelner F L 37 2021
12 New Zealand Matheson Graham F L 21 2018
75 New Zealand Kieran Higgins F R 19 2019
74 New Zealand Harry Louw F R 18 2020
40 Czech Republic Petr Pospisil F L 33 2020
61 New Zealand Anton Purver F R 34 2008 Christchurch, New Zealand
87 Canada Justin Saisho F R 27 2021
20 New Zealand Nik Stefanissin F L 35 2010
66 New Zealand Jack Swift F L 20 2019
22 New Zealand Luke Tappin F R 18 2019
13 New Zealand Timothy Thomas F R 18 2019
4 England Dean Tonks F L 32 2015 Birmingham, United Kingdom

Team captains

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Further information on team captains in ice hockey: Captain (ice hockey)
  • Hayden Argyle, 2012–2015[22]
  • James Archer, 2016
  • Chris Eaden, 2017

Head coaches

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  • Jonathon Whitehead, 2010[23]
  • János Kaszala, 2011[24]
  • Anatoli Khorozov, 2012–2013[25]
  • Stacey Rout, 2014[26]
  • Anatoli Khorozov, 2015[25]
  • Matthew Sandford, 2016–2017[27]
  • Anatoli Khorozov, 2018[25]

General managers

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  • Jake Lane, 2012–2015[28]
  • Martin Jeffreys, 2016[29]
  • Sherry Peck, 2017[30]
  • Jake Lane, 2018[28]

References

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