The Sydney Bears are an amateur ice hockey team in the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). The team plays out of Macquarie Ice Rink in Sydney, New South Wales. They have won three Goodall Cup championships since their founding in 2000, most recently in 2019. The Bears are the last remaining original team in the AIHL, after the Canberra Knights and Adelaide Avalanche folded and were reformed under different names. The team has previously played out of Penrith Ice Palace and Sydney Ice Arena. TEAM HISTORY The Bears were founded in 1982 and were originally known as the Macquarie Bears. With the impending formation of a national league the team decided to change their name to the Sydney Bears in 1997. The Bears are three-time winners of the Goodall Cup and won the AIHL championship in 2002, 2007 and 2019.