{"id":848296,"date":"2026-08-08T19:22:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/848296\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:22:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:22:14","slug":"2026-aihl-season-8-august-results-and-standings-ice-hockey-news-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/848296\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 AIHL season: 8 August results and standings \u2013 Ice Hockey News Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786216933_205_Thumbnail-AIHL-003.png\" alt=\"Ice Hockey News Australia Australian Ice Hockey League featured image thumbnail\" title=\"Thumbnail - AIHL-003\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Day 42 of the 2026 Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL) regular season has finished with wins for Brisbane Lightning, Canberra Brave, Melbourne Mustangs, and the Newcastle Northstars. Following today\u2019s results, Canberra Brave become the third team to qualify for the 2026 Goodall Cup playoffs, joining the Melbourne Mustangs and Newcastle Northstars. The Newcastle Northstars continue to lead the standings, edging out the second-placed Melbourne Mustangs on win percentage. Competition resumes on 9 August with games in Adelaide, Canberra, Newcastle, Perth, and Sydney.<\/p>\n<p>ResultsMelbourne Mustangs4\u20133Perth ThunderSOG: 40(2\u20130, 1\u20133, 1\u20130)SOG: 26\u2013 Game details: 16:00, 8 August 2026, Perth Ice Arena. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theaihl.com\/leagues\/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=3856&amp;leagueID=11464&amp;gameID=2473530\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Game card<\/a>.Brisbane Lightning7\u20136 OTAdelaide AdrenalineSOG: 39(2\u20132, 2\u20132, 2\u20132, 1\u20130)SOG: 42\u2013 Game details: 16:45, 8 August 2026, Ice Arena Adelaide. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theaihl.com\/leagues\/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=3856&amp;leagueID=11464&amp;gameID=2473531\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Game card<\/a>.Melbourne Ice2\u20135Canberra BraveSOG: 38(1\u20133, 0\u20131, 1\u20131)SOG: 35\u2013 Game details: 17:00, 8 August 2026, AIS Arena. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theaihl.com\/leagues\/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=3856&amp;leagueID=11464&amp;gameID=2473533\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Game card<\/a>.Newcastle Northstars4\u20135Sydney Ice DogsSOG: 44(1\u20130, 3\u20132, 0\u20133)SOG: 40\u2013 Game details: 17:00, 8 August 2026, Macquarie Ice Rink. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theaihl.com\/leagues\/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=3856&amp;leagueID=11464&amp;gameID=2473532\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Game card<\/a>.StandingsPos+\/\u2013TeamGP\u00a0W\u00a0OTWOTL\u00a0\u00a0Ta\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0L\u00a0\u00a0PTS1\u2013Newcastle Northstars\u00a0\u2013 q2517100753.02\u2013Melbourne Mustangs\u00a0\u2013 q2717100953.03\u2013Canberra Brave\u00a0\u2013 q2515210750.04\u2013Perth Thunder2512321745.55+2Sydney Ice Dogs26131101142.06\u20131Melbourne Ice27121301141.07\u20131Sydney Bears27112211140.58\u2013Central Coast Rhinos2791101630.09\u2013Brisbane Lightning2671101724.010\u2013Adelaide Adrenaline2521301911.0\u2013 q = Clinched playoff spot. aThe ties are the result of the <a href=\"https:\/\/icehockeynewsaustralia.com\/2026\/08\/08\/postponed-perth-thunder-and-sydney-bears-game-now-cancelled\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cancelled game<\/a> from 1 August.Further informationArticlesPodcasts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Day 42 of the 2026 Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL) regular season has finished with wins for Brisbane&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":751225,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-848296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=848296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/751225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=848296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=848296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=848296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}