The 2013–14 AJIHL season is the second

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of the

Australian Junior Ice Hockey League The Australian Junior Ice Hockey League (AJIHL) is an elite amateur national ice hockey league in Australia, open to players 20 years of age or younger. History The Australian Junior Ice Hockey League was first announced on 18 September 2012 by ...

. It ran from 5 October 2013 until 1 March 2014, with the finals running from 8 March 2014 until 9 March 2014. The AJIHL is the highest Australian national junior ice hockey competition.

League business

On August 22, 2013, it was announced that the Melbourne Red Wings would change their name to the Melbourne Glaciers and the Melbourne Blackhawks would be renamed the Melbourne Whalers, which avoided the close resemblance with the

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after the NHL had concerns over breaches of copyright and this allowed the team to develop its own brand identity. In September 2013 the Sydney Maple Leafs and Sydney Lightning would follow suit with the Melbourne teams and also rename and rebrand their teams to the

Sydney Wolf Pack The Sydney Wolf Pack are an Australian junior ice hockey team based in Sydney playing in the Australian Junior Ice Hockey League. They represent one of the two junior ice hockey teams from New South Wales currently playing in the AJIHL, which is ...

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In October 2013, two additional teams were added to the

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from

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. The new teams would be called the

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and the

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. The season increased from 14 games to 15 games per season. Tryouts for the Perth teams began 2 September 2014

Regular season

The regular season began on 5 October 2013 and ran through to 1 March 2014 before the teams competed in the playoff series.

October

November

December

February

March

Standings

At the end of the regular season, the league standings were as follows: Source
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Player statistics

Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in regular season points.

Leading goaltenders

Playoffs

Final

References

External links

Ice Hockey AustraliaAJIHL Coverage - Hewitt Sports
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Australian Junior Ice Hockey League