Newcastle Northstars Newcastle Northstars The Newcastle Northstars are an amateur ice hockey team in the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). The team plays its home games at the Hunter Ice Skating Stadium (nicknamed 'HISS') in Warners Bay, a suburb of Lake Macquarie located about 15 kilometres south-west of Newcastle, New South Wales. The Northstars are six times winners of the AIHL and with it, the historic Goodall Cup in 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2015, and 2016. The team is affiliated with the Newcastle Northstars Ice Hockey Club, Ice Hockey New South Wales and Ice Hockey Australia. Ice hockey started in the city
Newcastle City Centre west and north east respectively. It is the location of Newcastle Civic Centre, Newcastle University, Northumbria University, Haymarket bus station and the City Pool, and is mainly a business area. The Church of St Thomas the Martyr is a prominent landmark in the area opposite the Metro station at the northern end of Northumberland Street, the city's main shopping street. The Quayside is a more modern part of Newcastle city centre known for its bars and restaurants. Four bridges cross the River Tyne at the Quayside: The High Level Bridge, the Swing Bridge, the Tyne Bridge and the Gateshead Millennium