The Sydney Ice Dogs have released their roster for the 2023 Australian Ice Hockey League season. Comparing to the Ice Dogs’ 2022 roster it includes 15 returning players and 17 new signings while 19 players are released.
The new players include Mackenzie Bolger (from The Coast), Braden Costa (from The Coast), Nicholas Doornbos (from CBR Brave), James Douchkov, Brandon Egli (from Bouquetins de Courchevel-Méribel-Pralognan), Sean Ellison (from Central Coast Rhinos), Stefan Fournier (from Allen Americans), Brady Heppner (from Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs), Kyle Hunter, Samuel Ivanic (from Linden Hockey), Dmitri Kuleshov (from The Coast), Ivan Kuleshov (from The Coast), Mika Laajunen (from Sydney Bears), Matt Musumeci (from Central Coast Rhinos), Jack Ransome (from The Coast), Lachlan Shumak and Jerry Zhou (from Sydney Bombers). In addition, Alexander Dvinyaninov re-signed with the club after initially signing with the Brisbane Lightning before the season started.
While the dropped players are Thomas Blackwell, Ondrej Cervenka, Hayden Dawes (to Sydney Bears), Luka Dimopoulos (to Central Coast Rhinos), Kevin Dow, Lachlan Fahmy (to CBR Brave), Liam Jones, Eugene Ju, Nicholas Kabiotis, Joshua Kleipas, Jason Kvisle, Timothy McGrath, Brandon Reid, Fredrik Rozenberg, Marcus Rozenberg, Aiden Sillato, Christian Turner, Lukas Vaic (to Sydney Bears) and Franki Vlasek.
Last updated: 12 August 2023. Note: A = Alternate captain, C = Captain, I = Import
Defence
- 5. Daniel Pataky (C)
- 6. Nicholas Doornbos
- 7. Shannon McGregor
- 23. Jack Ransome
- 26. Samuel Ivanic (I)
- 44. Marcus Hosen
- 71. Matt Musumeci
- 81. James Douchkov
- 88. Brandon Egli (I)
- 93. Mika Laajunen
Forwards
- 9. Kyle Hunter (I)
- 12. Braden Costa
- 13. Jerry Zhou
- 15. Jeremy Vasquez
- 16. Ivan Kuleshov
- 17. Brady Heppner (I)
- 18. Lachlan Shumak
- 19. Strat Allen
- 22. Max Miller
- 34. Connor Lee
- 36. Mackenzie Bolger
- 42. Dmitri Kuleshov
- 53. Tom Voller
- 55. Alexander Dvinyaninov
- 66. Grant Toulmin (I)
- 67. Alec Stephenson
- 94. Cameron Todd
Goaltenders
- 1. Connor Dowell
- 31. Jakob Doornbos
- 39. Sean Ellison
Inactive
- Patrik Dittrich – Played five games between April and May before transferring to the Central Coast Rhinos
- Stefan Fournier (I) – Announced at the start of the season but left the club before playing a game due to injury
Staff
- Head coach: Jason Kvisle
- Associate coach: Jimmy Dufour
- Assistant coach/Strength and conditioning coach: Nicholas Kabiotis
- Assistant coach/Defence coach: Tomas Manco
- Assistant coach/Statistics and coaching director: Jeffrey Todd
- Team manager: Kylie Boyd
- Equipment manager: John Lavery
- Assistant equipment manager: Richard Stevens
- Medic: Annelie Kvisle
- President: Paul Kelly
- Operations manager: Angela Brown
- Head of sponsorships and marketing: Liam Watson
- Marketing and content assistant: Evan Fitzpatrick
Updates
- 22 April 2023: Kylie Boyd and Richard Stevens added to the team staff
- 29 April 2023: Sean Ellison no longer classed as an import after receiving permanent residency
- 3 May 2023: Alexander Dvinyaninov added from TheAIHL.com roster
- 31 May 2023: Brady Heppner added from TheAIHL.com roster
- 11 August 2023: Jerry Zhou added from TheAIHL.com roster
Hi Lee, there are six players with the same number, is this correct?
I use these team roster numbers for metadata recognition for the photographs.
Cheers, Paul
Oh, you’re right, I completely missed that. I wouldn’t fully trust the numbers until the season gets underway. I might blank out the duplicates for now just to be safe. If last year is anything to go by the numbers for some players constantly changed throughout the season. Or you get the one numbered jersey the team uses for player fill-ins. The plan is to keep the team roster posts updated throughout the season. Thanks