The 2001 AIHL season is the second season of the Australian Ice Hockey League

Australian Ice Hockey League

The Australian Ice Hockey League is Australia's top-level ice hockey league. It is sanctioned by Ice Hockey Australia and is run by its own Board of Directors....

 (AIHL). The Adelaide Avalanche

Adelaide Avalanche

The Adelaide Adrenaline are a semi-professional ice hockey team based in Thebarton, South Australia that play in the Australian Ice Hockey League .-History:...

 finished first after the regular season and also won the championship final, defeating the Sydney Bears

Sydney Bears

The Sydney Bears are a semi-professional ice hockey team based in Penrith, New South Wales, who are members of the Australian Ice Hockey League . They have won two Goodall Cup championships since their founding in 2000, most recently in 2007. The Bears are one of the original three teams that...

 10–7. Paul Lawson of the Adelaide Avalanche top scored for the regular season with 38 points.

Regular season

The regular season featured the three teams in the league playing 16 games each. At the end of the season Adelaide Avalanche

Adelaide Avalanche

The Adelaide Adrenaline are a semi-professional ice hockey team based in Thebarton, South Australia that play in the Australian Ice Hockey League .-History:...

 finished on top of the regular season standings with 31 points and the Sydney Bears finishing second with 15 points. Both teams advanced to the championship final to compete in a single game playoff. Paul Lawson of the Adelaide Avalanche was the leagues top scorer, scoring 16 goals and 22 assists for a total of 38 points.

Team
Adelaide Avalanche Adelaide Avalanche The Adelaide Adrenaline are a semi-professional ice hockey team based in Thebarton, South Australia that play in the Australian Ice Hockey League .-History:...	16	15	1	0	120	60	+60	31
Sydney Bears Sydney Bears The Sydney Bears are a semi-professional ice hockey team based in Penrith, New South Wales, who are members of the Australian Ice Hockey League . They have won two Goodall Cup championships since their founding in 2000, most recently in 2007. The Bears are one of the original three teams that...	16	7	1	8	70	74	–4	15
Canberra Knights Canberra Knights The Canberra Knights are a semi-professional ice hockey team in the Australian Ice Hockey League. The team plays its home games at the Phillip Swimming & Ice Skating Centre in Phillip, a suburb of Australia's capital city, Canberra....	16	1	0	15	53	109	–56	2

Final

Following the regular season the Avalanche and the Bears competed in the single game final. Adelaide won the game 10–7.