The Central Coast Rhinos is a semi-professional ice hockey team based in Erina, New South Wales, Australia.

[3][4] Team governance for 2005 saw Bob Roberts elected the first Chairman of the Board for the Rhinos and Rick Williams appointed as a Director.

Blue Haven won in overtime with a power play goal by Bryce Conrad sealing the game for the Rhinos 5–4.

[8] The Rhinos finished their maiden AIHL season last in the league ladder, 14 points adrift of the Melbourne Ice in seventh.

However, the Rhinos final league position had improved from the previous season and Blue Haven had managed to avoid the wooden spoon by finishing seventh above the Canberra Knights.

[16] In 2008 Swedish pair Simon Kummu and Markus Claesson topped the team's scoring and goaltending charts with thirty points and 0.807 save percentage respectfully.

The cup was played in the AIHL pre-season and acted as a warm-up event to the regular season to promote youth development.

[22] It featured the Rhinos along with selection teams representing Canada (Maples), the United States (Eagles) and Europe (Stars).

[26] Just Like in 2009, Central Coast would come away runners-up on both occasions, losing the grand finals to the Canadian Maples and USA Eagles respectfully.

[32] In addition to the AIIHC, during this period, in 2010, the Rhinos entered and competed in the NSW East Coast Super League (ECSL) for one season.

[33] In 2011, the Rhinos welcomed the New Zealand National Ice hockey Team to Erina in a two game exhibition series held on 27 March and 1 April 2011.

[35] Two days later the AIHL revealed they had rejected the re-entry application by the Central Coast Rhinos but did not publicly disclose any reasons for their decision.

[38] In February 2022, Erina Ice Arena management announced they had been successful in obtaining a NSW Government regional sports facility fund grant of almost $600,000 for upgrade improvements to the rink.

The money would be spent primarily on bathroom, lighting and ice hockey netting upgrades as well as safety and accessibility improvements to the foyer and grandstand.

[40] The news came on the back of the rival Pacific Hockey League announcing a new team, The Coast, to play at Erina Ice Arena in 2022.

[43] In mid-April, an additional pre-season exhibition game was added to the Rhinos 2022 schedule against the Bears to be held at Erina on 24 April.

[44] After completing the 2022 exhibition game schedule, in September 2022, the AIHL admitted the Rhinos into the league by granting them a full licence.

[48] Robert ‘Bert’ Malloy was named captain and would be assisted by veterans Stuart Cole-Clark, Jayson Chalker and David-James ‘DJ’ Jeremy.

[48] The Rhinos lost their opening game back in the AIHL after fourteen years, going down to fellow newcomers, Brisbane Lightning, 17–0.