The Melbourne Ice have released their roster for the 2023 Australian Ice Hockey League season. Comparing to the Ice’s 2022 roster it includes 13 returning players and 20 new signings while 20 players are released.
The new players include Jamie Bourke (from Melbourne Ducks), Declan Bronte (from CBR Brave), Jack Carpenter (from Melbourne Ducks), Justin Dixon (from Melbourne Ducks), Darcy Flanagan, Thomas Forrest (from Melbourne Ducks), Logan Gallacher (from Melbourne Ducks), Yuga Kikuchi, Patrick Klöpper (from Hannover Scorpions), Artem Klein (from HEC Eisbären Heilbronn), Roman Kraemer (from Robert Morris University), Austin Lefkowicz, Brody Lindal (from Melbourne Ducks), Jake Riley (from Adelaide Avalanche), Chris Schutz (from Lippe-Hockey-Hamm), Corey Stringer (from Melbourne Ducks), Zoltan-Laszlo Toke (from CSM Corona Brasov), Byron Tschuma (from Melbourne Ducks), Hector Vrielynck (from Melbourne Ducks) and Lliam Webster (from Melbourne Ducks).
While the dropped players are Samuel Bartlett, Sebastian Bergstrom, Zachary Boyle (to Adelaide Adrenaline), Robert Clark, Greg Davis (to Perth Thunder), Charlie Davis-Tope, Andrew Erzen, Ryan Foll (to Adelaide Adrenaline), Jeff Hu, Bobby Huang, Chris Leetham, Daniel Machin, Bryan Mackenzie (to Melbourne Mustangs), Nicholas Munro, Matt Nikitin (to Melbourne Mustangs), Tim Nikitin, Cooper Porter, Josef Rezek, Samuel Sweatman and Joshua Van Douwen.
For the women’s team roster, see Melbourne Ice Women 2023–24 roster.
Last updated: 5 August 2023. Note: A = Alternate captain, C = Captain, I = Import
Defence
- 4. Lachlan Cincotta
- 6. Nathan Cachia (A)
- 26. Darcy Flanagan
- 27. Declan Bronte
- 51. Kevin Peng (aka Haoxuan Peng)
- 93. Jacob Laver
Forwards
- 2. Lliam Webster
- 3. Roman Kraemer (I)
- 8. Hector Vrielynck (I)
- 9. Mackenzie Caruana (C)
- 13. Christian Pansino
- 15. Kahu Joyce
- 18. Josh Walt (I)
- 21. Brody Lindal
- 22. Justin Dixon
- 24. Sam Hodic
- 44. Yuga Kikuchi (I)
- 64. Sai Lake
- 77. Paul Lazzarotto
- 81. Austin McKenzie (A)
- 90. Jamie Bourke
- 92. Logan Gallacher
- 94. Patrick Klöpper (I)
- 98. Artem Klein (I)
Goaltenders
- 35. Austin Lefkowicz
- 36. Michael James
- 74. Thomas Forrest
- —. Zoltan-Laszlo Toke (I)*
Inactive
- Jack Carpenter – Played ten games between April and May before transferring to the Melbourne Mustangs
- Jake Riley – Played 13 games between April and June before transferring to the CBR Brave
- Chris Schutz – Played 14 games between May and July before leaving the club
- Corey Stringer – Played nine games between April and May before being delisted
- Byron Tschuma – Played two games in June before being delisted
Staff
- Head coach: Kerry Goulet
- Assistant coach: Michael Flaherty
- Assistant coach: Sandy Gardner
- Assistant coach: Brent Laver
- Strength and conditioning coach: Keira Dunwoody
- Team manager: Tom Harward
- Equipment manager: Cameron Charter
- Junior development manager: Greg Davis
- Medical lead/physiotherapist: Andrew Erzen
- Team doctor: Bao Nguyen
- Director of hockey operations: Trevor Dickson
- Director Secretariate: Erin Tempest
- Member services manager: Dominic Russo
- Retail director: Cheokio Lou
Updates
- 10 May 2022: Patrick Klöpper added
- 11 May 2022: Roman Kraemer added
- 24 May 2022: Artem Klein added and Chris Schutz added
- 17 June 2023: Declan Bronte added from TheAIHL.com roster
- 30 June 2023: Zoltan-Laszlo Toke added
- 1 July 2023: Sai Lake added from TheAIHL.com roster
Notes
- *Zoltan-Laszlo Tok is #35 on TheAIHL.com though this was worn by Austin Lefkowicz
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