2017–18 AWIHL season
2017–18 AWIHL season | |
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League | Australian Women's Ice Hockey League |
Sport | Ice hockey |
Duration | 28 October 2017 – 18 March 2018 |
Regular season | |
Premiers | Sydney Sirens |
Season MVP | Stephanie Cochrane (Sydney Sirens) |
Top scorer | Jessica Pinkerton (26 points) (Melbourne Ice) |
Joan McKowen Memorial Trophy | |
Champions | Melbourne Ice (6th title) |
Runners-up | Sydney Sirens |
The 2017–18 AWIHL season is the 11th season of the Australian Women's Ice Hockey League (AWIHL). It ran from 28 October 2017 until 18 March 2018. Four teams competed in 24 regular season games followed by 4 playoff games, making up the AWIHL Finals weekend. The Sydney Sirens claimed the premiership title for finishing top of the regular season standings, while the Melbourne Ice claimed the Joan McKowen Memorial Trophy championship title by winning the grand final. Melbourne finished runner-up in the season standings while Sydney lost the grand final. Adelaide Rush came last in the regular season and claimed the wooden spoon.
Teams
[edit]In 2017–18 the AWIHL had four teams from four Australian state capital cities competing, stretching across the east coast and southern Australian mainland.[1] Perth Inferno was added as an exhibition team only for the 2017–18 season, as they looked to meet criteria set down by the AWIHL Commission to be granted a full licence for 2018–19.[2]
Team | City | Arena | Head Coach | Captain |
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Adelaide Rush | ![]() |
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Brisbane Goannas | ![]() |
Boondall Iceworld | ![]() |
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Melbourne Ice | ![]() |
O'Brien Icehouse | ![]() |
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Sydney Sirens | ![]() |
Macquarie Ice Rink | ![]() |
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Exhibition teams | ||||
Perth Inferno | ![]() |
Cockburn Ice Arena | ![]() |
League Business
[edit]The official AWIHL gameday schedule was released at the start of September 2017. The season structure remained unchanged from 2016-17, each team competing in a four game series against each other team, playing two games at home and two games away.[3] Looking to become the first AWIHL expansion team, Perth Inferno, was admitted to the league on a provisional licence to play two exhibition games against the Sydney Sirens.[4] The first of these two exhibition games, at Canterbury Olympic Ice Rink, was to be live streamed by Thought Fox Media Group with commentary by Eric Brookes.[5] Ahead of the season, the AWIHL announced the continuation of their sponsorship agreement with Skaters Network in November 2017. The agreement would continue the company’s status as preferred equipment supplier to the AWIHL and the naming rights holder for the player of the month award.[6] Ice Hockey Australia also announced the establishment and go-live of the league's new website, hosted on the Ice Hockey Australia's website, it contains separate pages for each team, news, history and is linked to the eSportsdesk website that contains all information on games, players, scores and stats.[7] Every AWIHL game of the 2017-18 season would be live streamed on the new website.[8] In December 2017, AWIHL commissioner, Melissa Rulli, announced the league had secured a event assistance grant under the Victorian Government's Significant Sporting Events Program, to host the AWIHL Finals weekend in Melbourne at O'Brien Group Arena.[9]
Regular season
[edit]Fixtures and results
[edit]Running between 28 October 2017 and 4 March 2018, the AWIHL regular season consisted of 24 games in total, with teams playing 12 games each, 4 games (2 home and 2 away) against each opponent.[3] There additionally was two exhibition games scheduled for Sydney in February 2018 between the Sydney Sirens and prospective expansion side Perth Inferno.[4] The Sirens won both games comfortably against the exhibition Perth team, scoring sixteen goals and conceding five.[10]
October
[edit]October | |||||||
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Game # | Date | Time | Away | Score | Home | Location | Recap |
1 | 28 October 2017 | 17:00 | Adelaide Rush | 2–6 | Sydney Sirens | Canterbury Olympic Ice Rink | [1] |
2 | 28 October 2017 | 17:00 | Brisbane Goannas | 0–2 | Melbourne Ice | O'Brien Group Arena | [2] |
3 | 29 October 2017 | 10:00 | Adelaide Rush | 4–9 | Sydney Sirens | Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink | [3] |
4 | 29 October 2017 | 13:15 | Brisbane Goannas | 1–6 | Melbourne Ice | O'Brien Group Arena | [4] |
November
[edit]November | |||||||
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Game # | Date | Time | Away | Score | Home | Location | Recap |
5 | 11 November 2017 | 16:30 | Brisbane Goannas | 3–2 (SO) | Adelaide Rush | IceArenA | [5] |
6 | 12 November 2017 | 10:00 | Brisbane Goannas | 2–4 | Adelaide Rush | IceArenA | [6] |
7 | 18 November 2017 | 17:00 | Sydney Sirens | 3–0 | Melbourne Ice | O'Brien Group Arena | [7] |
8 | 19 November 2017 | 11:15 | Sydney Sirens | 4–2 | Melbourne Ice | O'Brien Group Arena | [8] |
December
[edit]December | |||||||
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Game # | Date | Time | Away | Score | Home | Location | Recap |
9 | 2 December 2017 | 16:30 | Melbourne Ice | 3–2 | Adelaide Rush | IceArenA | [9] |
10 | 3 December 2017 | 10:00 | Melbourne Ice | 7–4 | Adelaide Rush | IceArenA | [10] |
11 | 9 December 2017 | 17:00 | Brisbane Goannas | 1–2 | Sydney Sirens | Canterbury Olympic Ice Rink | [11] |
12 | 10 December 2017 | 10:00 | Brisbane Goannas | 0–4 | Sydney Sirens | Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink | [12] |
January
[edit]January | |||||||
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Game # | Date | Time | Away | Score | Home | Location | Recap |
13 | 13 January 2018 | 16:00 | Sydney Sirens | 10–4 | Brisbane Goannas | Boondall Iceworld | [13] |
14 | 13 January 2018 | 17:00 | Adelaide Rush | 1–9 | Melbourne Ice | O'Brien Group Arena | [14] |
15 | 14 January 2018 | 07:30 | Sydney Sirens | 4–0 | Brisbane Goannas | Boondall Iceworld | [15] |
16 | 14 January 2018 | 15:15 | Adelaide Rush | 1–8 | Melbourne Ice | O'Brien Group Arena | [16] |
February
[edit]February | |||||||
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Game # | Date | Time | Away | Score | Home | Location | Recap |
17 | 3 February 2018 | 16:00 | Adelaide Rush | 2–1 (SO) | Brisbane Goannas | Boondall Iceworld | [17] |
18 | 4 February 2018 | 07:30 | Adelaide Rush | 3–7 | Brisbane Goannas | Boondall Iceworld | [18] |
19 | 10 February 2018 | 17:00 | Melbourne Ice | 4–0 | Sydney Sirens | Canterbury Olympic Ice Rink | [19] |
20 | 11 February 2018 | 10:00 | Melbourne Ice | 0–6 | Sydney Sirens | Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink | [20] |
EX | 17 February 2018 | 17:00 | Perth Inferno | 4–8 | Sydney Sirens | Canterbury Olympic Ice Rink | [21] |
EX | 18 February 2018 | 10:00 | Perth Inferno | 1–8 | Sydney Sirens | Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink | [22] |
21 | 24 February 2018 | 16:30 | Sydney Sirens | 2–4 | Adelaide Rush | IceArenA | [23] |
22 | 25 February 2018 | 10:00 | Sydney Sirens | 7–0 | Adelaide Rush | IceArenA | [24] |
March
[edit]March | |||||||
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Game # | Date | Time | Away | Score | Home | Location | Recap |
23 | 3 March 2018 | 16:00 | Melbourne Ice | 0–1 | Brisbane Goannas | Boondall Iceworld | [25] |
24 | 4 March 2018 | 07:30 | Melbourne Ice | 6–2 | Brisbane Goannas | Boondall Iceworld | [26] |
Winner | Exhibition game |
Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Sydney Sirens | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 21 | +36 | 30 | 2018 Joan McKowen Finals |
2 | Melbourne Ice (C) | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 47 | 25 | +22 | 24 | |
3 | Brisbane Goannas | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 45 | −23 | 9 | |
4 | Adelaide Rush | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 29 | 64 | −35 | 9 |
Rules for classification:
Tie-break: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Points: 3 points for regulation win; 2 points for OT or SO win; 1 point for OT or SO loss or tie/draw; 0 points for regulation loss
(C) Champion
Player stats
[edit]The season's league leader statistics for skaters and goaltenders.[11][12]
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Season awards
[edit]Below lists the 2017–18 AWIHL regular season award winners.[13]
Award | Name | Team |
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Skaters Network Most Valuable Player | ![]() |
Sydney Sirens |
Best Forward | ![]() |
Adelaide Rush |
Best Defence | ![]() |
Sydney Sirens |
Best Goaltender | ![]() |
Adelaide Rush |
Nellie Gee Rookie of the Year | ![]() |
Melbourne Ice |
Joan McKowen playoffs
[edit]The top four teams in the AWIHL regular season qualify for the Joan McKowen Memorial Trophy playoffs. The playoffs is held on a single weekend and uses Australian conventions of being called Finals. The playoff system used by the AWIHL is a four team single game semi-finals and grand final system where the semi-final winners progress to the grand final and the losers playoff for third place. Semi-finals are played on the Saturday and the third place playoff and grand final is played on the Sunday.[14] The prize for being crowned AWIHL Champions for winning the grand final is the Joan McKowen Memorial Trophy.[15]
In 2017–18, the Adelaide Rush, Sydney Sirens, Brisbane Goannas and Melbourne Ice qualified for the finals weekend.[16] The event was held on 17 and 18 March 2018 in host city Melbourne at O’Brien Group Arena.[17] On Saturday, Sydney won the first semi final in a high scoring affair against Adelaide. In the second semi-final, the Melbourne Ice made light work of Brisbane to advance to the grand final. On Sunday, first up, the Goannas won a close contest against the Rush to secure bronze medals for the Queenslanders.[13] In the grand final, Melbourne Ice secured their record equaling sixth championship title and lifted the Joan McKowen Memorial Trophy, after defeating the Sydney Sirens 4–2, with Jessica Pinkerton scoring all four goals for the winners.[18]
Semi-finals | Joan McKowen Final | |||||
17 March - Melbourne | ||||||
Adelaide Rush | 4 | |||||
18 March - Melbourne | ||||||
Sydney Sirens | 7 | |||||
Melbourne Ice | 4 | |||||
17 March - Melbourne | ||||||
Sydney Sirens | 2 | |||||
Brisbane Goannas | 1 | |||||
Melbourne Ice | 5 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
18 March - Melbourne | ||||||
Brisbane Goannas | 2 | |||||
Adelaide Rush | 1 |
Semi-finals
[edit]17 March 2018 15:00 | Adelaide Rush | 4–7 (0–0, 3–4, 1–3) | Sydney Sirens | O’Brien Group Arena |
Game reference | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Keesha Atkins | Goalies | Ella Licari | Referee: Gabby Aston Linesmen: Beth Bowshall Kj Kim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Shots | 37 |
17 March 2018 17:30 | Brisbane Goannas | 1–5 (0–0, 1–5, 0–0) | Melbourne Ice | O’Brien Group Arena |
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Ashleigh Brown | Goalies | Jenelle Carson | Referee: Ainslie Gardner Linesmen: Peta Goulden Cien Pereira | |||||||||||||||||
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16 min | Penalties | 16 min | ||||||||||||||||||
11 | Shots | 26 |
Third place playoff
[edit]18 March 2018 14:30 | Adelaide Rush | 1–2 (0–1, 0–1, 1–0) | Brisbane Goannas | O’Brien Group Arena |
Game reference | |||||||||||
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Keesha Atkins | Goalies | Imogen Perry | Referee: Gabby Aston Linesmen: Kj Kim Peta Goulden | ||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||
20 | Shots | 25 |
Final
[edit]18 March 2018 17:00 | Melbourne Ice | 4–2 (1–0, 2–2, 1–0) | Sydney Sirens | O’Brien Group Arena |
Game reference | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Jenelle Carson | Goalies | Ella Licari | Referee: Ainslie Gardner Linesmen: Beth Bowshall Cien Pereira | |||||||||||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 0 min | ||||||||||||||||||
30 | Shots | 25 |
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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External links
[edit]- Australian Women's Hockey League Archived 4 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- Ice Hockey Australia