on the league premiers, Newcastle North Stars, in game one (semi-final one) of the 2015 AIHL Finals. The Brave controlled the first two periods of the match that produced two shorthanded goals to Kelly Geoffrey and Stephen Blunden before Blunden got his second of the match in the second period to put the Brave up 3–0. The North Stars finally got on the score sheet in the second period on the power play as the Brave continued to get into penalty strife. The third period saw a complete change in the match with Newcastle dominating and league MVP Geordie Wudrick coming out and scoring a hat trick to send the premiers through to the grand final and knock the Brave out of the Finals at the same stage as the season before. Aleksi Toivonen and Stephen Blunden were selected as 2nd and 3rd Stars of the game. 2016 season On 9 March 2016, Josh Unice was named as the permanent 2016 CBR Brave head coach for the 2016 AIHL season. Josh was once again joined by experienced assistant coach Dave Rogina and strength and conditioning trainer Stuart Philps. On 12 April 2016, CBR Brave management released the full 2016 AIHL CBR Brave team roster with six imports confirmed. The core group of players from 2015 returned with a few new faces added. The biggest addition to the roster was the 2015 AIHL MVP and former Newcastle North Stars import, Geordie Wudrick. During the 2015 season Wudrick broke multiple AIHL records including most points and most goals in a season on his way to claiming the Goodall Cup. The biggest exclusion from the roster list for 2016 was the loss of fan favourite Matt Harvey. On 18 April 2016, Just days out from the first round of the 2016 AIHL season, the CBR Brave announced a new partnership with Canberra's national baseball team, Canberra Cavalry. The partnership would extend to joint marketing opportunities and member's benefits including ticketing and merchandise discounts. On 23 April 2016, during the pre-game announcements at the CBR Brave's first match of the 2016 season, the Brave announced they had reached a mutually beneficial partnership with the Australian Defence Force hockey team the Navy Tigersharks. The partnership looks to tap into the large Defence presence in Canberra by providing a platform for promoting ice hockey within the Defence community and assist in development and pathways for emerging