Bayley Kubara (born September 12, 1998 in Sydney ) is an Australian ice hockey player who has been playing for CBR Brave in the Australian
| Bayley Kubara | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
12/09/1998 Australia | ||
| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Weight | 90 kg (198 lb; 14 st 2 lb) | ||
| Position | Defenceman | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
Ice Hockey League since 2017. In addition to being a captain and star/cult player for the CBR Brave, Kubara is a current member of the Australian national team and plays professionally in Germany for the ECW Sande hockey club.
Career
Bayley Kubara began his professional career as an ice hockey player in the Sydney Ice Dogs system, for whom he only 7 games in the 2015-16 season before going to the United States and beginning his American Junior hockey career with the Utah Outliers in the WSHL. From 2016 to 2022 he has played for one of the Australian leagues top contenders in the CBR Brave from Canberra , with whom he won 2016 AIHL Rookie of the Year and his first Australian championship title (Goodall cup) in 2018 and 2022, and the H. Newman Reid Trophy in the same year and also again in 2019, 2020, 2022 and 2023.
After spending the Australian summers of 2016/17 with the Utah Outlier, he played with the Philadelphia Junior Flyers in the Eastern Hockey League in 2017/18 and then captained the North Carolina Golden Bears in 2018/19 for their inargural season before committing to Albertus Magnus College (GNAC) in the 2019-2020 season. His first year of professional hockey began in Poland with Naprzod Janow, where he led his team in scoring from a defencman (3rd total) with 18 points in 16 games. He returned to the CBR Brave in 2021/22 and was named assistant captain for the club who went on to win the championship for a second time in four years. Following his championship, he went back to Europe for a second professional season in Pori, Finland with Karhu HT in the Suomi-Sarja division. Kubara had another successful season with the CBR Brave in 2022, winning the H. Newman Reid Trophy once again.
Internationally
At the junior level, Kubara played for Australia at the 2014-15 U18 World Championships in Division II and, after relegation there in 2014, in Division III, when he contributed to direct promotion as one of the teams captains. For the U20 World Championships, Kubara represented the country three more times (2015, 2016, 2017) in which he was named assistant captain of the 2016 Division II side, and captain of the 2017 Division III side.
Kubara was most recently on the ice for the men's national team at the Division II World Championships 2023 .
Achievements and awards
- 2015 Winning the East Coast Super League with the Reach Rebels
- 2015 U18 WJC (D3A) Gold Medal
- 2015 U18 WJC (D3A) Most Assists by Defenseman (6)
- 2016 AIHL Rookie of the Year
- 2017 U20 WJC (D3) Most Goals by Defenceman
- 2018 Goodall Cup and H. Newman Reid Trophy winner with CBR Brave
- 2019 H. Newman Reid Trophy winner with CBR Brave
- 2020 H. Newman Reid Trophy winner with CBR Brave
- 2022 Goodall Cup winner with CBR Brave
Web links
- Bayley Kubara at eliteprospects.com (English)