2017 Women's Australian Hockey League

The 2017 Women's Australian Hockey League was the 25th edition of women's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held in Perth, Western Australia between 28 September – 8 October.

2017 Women's Australian
Hockey League

Tournament details
Host country	Australia
City	Perth
Dates	28 September – 8 October
Teams	10
Venue(s)	Perth Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions	VIC Vipers (3rd title)
Runner-up	QLD Scorchers
Third place	NSW Arrows
Tournament statistics
Matches played	35
Goals scored	124 (3.54 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Emily Smith Emily Hurtz Penny Squibb (7 goals)
Best player	Stephanie Kershaw
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In the 2017 edition, invitational teams from New Zealand and India competed in the tournament alongside the Australian states and territories.

VIC Vipers won the tournament for the third time, by defeating defending champions QLD Scorchers 2–1 in a penalty shoot-out, after the final finished a 2–2 draw. NSW Arrows won the bronze medal after defeating the NZL Development team 3–1 in the third and fourth playoff.

Competition format

Teams are split evenly into pools A and B where they compete in a single round-robin format.

At the conclusion of the initial pool stage, the top two teams in each pool progress to the medal playoffs in Pool C, while the remaining six teams progress to the classification matches in Pool D.

In Pool D, teams carry over points earned in previous matches and contest the teams they are yet to play. Final ranking in Pool D determines the final tournament standing from fifth to tenth place.

In Pool C, teams carry over points earned in previous matches and contest the teams they are yet to play. The top two teams then progress to the final, while the bottom two teams contest the third and fourth place playoff.

Participating teams

Dates	Event	Location	Qualifier(s)
Host state			WA Diamonds
29 September – 8 October 2016	2016 Women's AHL	Perth, WA	Canberra Strikers NSW Arrows NT Pearls QLD Scorchers SA Suns Tassie Van Demons VIC Vipers
Invitational Teams			India New Zealand

Results

All times are in AWST: (UTC+08:00)

First round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	QLD Scorchers	4	3	1	0	13	3	+10	10	Medal Round
2	NZL Development	4	3	0	1	5	3	+2	9
3	WA Diamonds	4	2	0	2	11	7	+4	6
4	Canberra Strikers	4	0	2	2	5	9	−4	2
5	NT Pearls	4	0	1	3	2	14	−12	1

Source: hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com

28 September 2017 14:00 WA Diamonds 4–2 Canberra Strikers Clarke  31' Squibb  33', 38', 49' Report Gray  19' Deacon  24' Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 2 Umpires: Melissa Trivic (AUS) Michelle Farnill (AUS)

28 September 2017 16:00 QLD Scorchers 5–0 NT Pearls Dwyer  2' Taylor  36', 52' Fey  53' Lammon  57' Report Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 2 Umpires: Kylie Seymour (AUS) Kristy Robertson (AUS)

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29 September 2017 17:00 QLD Scorchers 3–0 NZL Development Fey  13' S. Fitzpatrick  16' Kershaw  27' Report Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1 Umpires: Kylie Seymour (AUS) Nicola Brown (AUS)

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30 September 2017 17:30 WA Diamonds 5–0 NT Pearls Slattery  12', 32' Frusher  27' Squibb  33' Broek  37' Report Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1 Umpires: Tamara Leonard (AUS) Bernadette Pangrazio (AUS)

30 September 2017 19:30 Canberra Strikers 0–2 NZL Development Report Hull  36' Ritchie  58' Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1 Umpires: Aleisha Neumann (AUS) Kylie Seymour (AUS)

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1 October 2017 15:00 WA Diamonds 2–4 QLD Scorchers Squibb  6' Slattery  60' Report Fey  8' Greiner  23' Kershaw  29' S. Fitzpatrick  51' Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1 Umpires: Kylie Seymour (AUS) Emily Carroll (AUS)

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2 October 2017 13:30 NT Pearls 0–2 NZL Development Report Steele  6' Curtis  36' Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1 Umpires: Shweta Patil (IND) Janelle Bond (AUS)

2 October 2017 15:30 Canberra Strikers 1–1 QLD Scorchers Gray  9' Report M. Fitzpatrick  17' Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1 Umpires: Kristy Robertson (AUS) Kerryl Chandler (AUS)

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3 October 2017 13:00 Canberra Strikers 2–2 NT Pearls Evans  24' Commerford  49' Report Johansen  50', 56' Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 2 Umpires: Nicola Brown (AUS) Kerryl Chandler (AUS)

3 October 2017 15:00 NZL Development 1–0 WA Diamonds Ivory  57' Report Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 2 Umpires: Janelle Bond (AUS) Michelle Farnill (AUS)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	VIC Vipers	4	4	0	0	15	4	+11	12	Medal Round
2	NSW Arrows	4	2	1	1	12	5	+7	7
3	SA Suns	4	2	1	1	10	6	+4	7
4	IND Development	4	1	0	3	3	13	−10	3
5	Tassie Van Demons	4	0	0	4	0	12	−12	0

Source: hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com

28 September 2017 10:00 Tassie Van Demons 0–2 NSW Arrows Report E. Smith  25' Wilson  52' Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 2 Umpires: Kerryl Chandler (AUS) Tamara Leonard (AUS)

28 September 2017 12:00 VIC Vipers 4–1 SA Suns Breen  29' Gravenall  39' Hurtz  42' Ratcliffe  43' Report Spano  49' Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 2 Umpires: Bernadette Pangrazio (AUS) Aleisha Neumann (AUS)

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29 September 2017 15:00 VIC Vipers 3–1 IND Development Hurtz  22' Utri  41' Ratcliffe  55' Report Dubey  47' Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1 Umpires: Aleisha Neumann (AUS) Emily Carroll (AUS)

29 September 2017 19:00 Tassie Van Demons 0–5 SA Suns Report Spano  6' McMahon  30', 34' Shand  50' Penington  53' Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 2 Umpires: Melissa Trivic (AUS) Shweta Patil (IND)

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30 September 2017 15:30 NSW Arrows 7–0 IND Development E. Smith  2', 48' Schonell  6' Hemmingway  12' Watterson  18' Nobbs  46' Wilson  52' Report Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1 Umpires: Melissa Trivic (AUS) Kerryl Chandler (AUS)

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1 October 2017 13:00 Tassie Van Demons 0–4 VIC Vipers Report Breen  5' Ratcliffe  23' Hurtz  35', 55' Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1 Umpires: Kristy Robertson (AUS) Nicola Brown (AUS)

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2 October 2017 17:30 SA Suns 3–1 IND Development McMahon  26', 44' Blatchford  28' Report Thoudam  22' Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1 Umpires: Bernadette Pangrazio (AUS) Michelle Farnill (AUS)

2 October 2017 19:30 NSW Arrows 2–4 VIC Vipers Watterson  28', 59' Report Ratcliffe  2', 19' Brazel  34' Hammond  57' Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1 Umpires: Kylie Seymour (AUS) Tamara Leonard (AUS)

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3 October 2017 17:00 IND Development 1–0 Tassie Van Demons Sangita  19' Report Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 2 Umpires: Melissa Trivic (AUS) Tamara Leonard (AUS)

3 October 2017 19:00 NSW Arrows 1–1 SA Suns Wilson  59' Report K. Holland-Smith  43' Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 2 Umpires: Emily Carroll (AUS) Kristy Robertson (AUS)

Second round

Fifth to tenth place classification

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	WA Diamonds	5	5	0	0	18	5	+13	15
2	Canberra Strikers	5	3	1	1	10	6	+4	10
3	SA Suns	5	3	0	2	11	8	+3	9
4	NT Pearls	5	1	2	2	5	11	−6	5
5	IND Development	5	1	1	3	4	8	−4	4
6	Tassie Van Demons	5	0	0	5	2	12	−10	0

Source: hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com

5 October 2017 14:00 NT Pearls 0–2 SA Suns Report MacLachlan  33' Penington  39' Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 2 Umpires: Shweta Patil (IND) Bernadette Pangrazio (AUS)

5 October 2017 16:00 Canberra Strikers 1–0 Tassie Van Demons Gray  58' Report Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 2 Umpires: Nicola Brown (AUS) Tamara Leonard (AUS)

5 October 2017 18:00 WA Diamonds 2–1 IND Development Tonkin  13' Frusher  19' Report Dubey  56' Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 2 Umpires: Janelle Bond (AUS) Kristy Robertson (AUS)

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6 October 2017 14:00 WA Diamonds 3–1 Tassie Van Demons Tonkin  27' Broek  27' Squibb  48' Report McCambridge  33' Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 2 Umpires: Tamara Leonard (AUS) Bernadette Pangrazio (AUS)

6 October 2017 16:00 NT Pearls 1–1 IND Development Peris  15' Report Gagandeep  22' Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 2 Umpires: Emily Carroll (AUS) Shweta Patil (AUS)

6 October 2017 18:00 Canberra Strikers 3–0 SA Suns Gray  30' Bone  41' Economos  56' Report Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 2 Umpires: Kerryl Chandler (AUS) Nicola Brown (AUS)

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7 October 2017 12:00 NT Pearls 2–1 Tassie Van Demons Collard  36' Capewell  40' Report King  17' Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1 Umpires: Nicola Brown (AUS) Emily Carroll (AUS)

7 October 2017 16:00 Canberra Strikers 2–0 IND Development Smith  18', 53' Report Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1 Umpires: Janelle Bond (AUS) Tamara Leonard (AUS)

7 October 2017 20:00 WA Diamonds 4–1 SA Suns Slattery  7', 55' Squibb  22' Clarke  34' Report Hunt  60' Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1 Umpires: Michelle Farnill (AUS) Kristy Robertson (AUS)

First to fourth place classification

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	QLD Scorchers	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9	Final
2	VIC Vipers	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
3	NSW Arrows	3	1	0	2	6	7	−1	3
4	NZL Development	3	0	1	2	3	9	−6	1

Source: hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com

5 October 2017 12:00 NZL Development 2–2 VIC Vipers Ritchie  11' Ivory  40' Report Nanscawen  29' Hurtz  49' Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1 Umpires: Kylie Seymour (AUS) Emily Carroll (AUS)

5 October 2017 14:00 QLD Scorchers 2–0 NSW Arrows M. Fitzpatrick  4' Kershaw  52' Report Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1 Umpires: Melissa Trivic (AUS) Michelle Farnill (AUS)

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6 October 2017 12:00 NZL Development 1–4 NSW Arrows Ivory  52' Report Wilson  28' E. Smith  51', 54' Schonell  57' Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1 Umpires: Kristy Robertson (AUS) Michelle Farnill (AUS)

6 October 2017 14:00 QLD Scorchers 3–1 VIC Vipers Wilkinson  11' M. Fitzpatrick  31', 46' Report Hurtz  59' Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1 Umpires: Melissa Trivic (AUS) Janelle Bond (AUS)

Third and fourth place

8 October 2017 11:00 NSW Arrows 3–1 NZL Development E. Smith  12', 59' Watterson  18' Report Tuilotolava  7' Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1 Umpires: Bernadette Pangrazio (AUS) Emily Carroll (AUS)

Final

8 October 2017 15:30 QLD Scorchers 2–2 VIC Vipers Taylor  51' M. Fitzpatrick  53' Report Hurtz  15' Nanscawen  60' Penalties Taylor S. Fitzpatrick Malone Kershaw Fey 1–2 van den Assem Nanscawen Bates Hurtz Hammond Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1 Umpires: Kerryl Chandler (AUS) Melissa Trivic (AUS)

Awards

Best Player	Topscorer(s)	Player of the Final	Best Goalkeeper	Play the Whistle
Stephanie Kershaw	Emily Smith Emily Hurtz Penny Squibb	Rachael Lynch	Rachael Lynch	VIC Vipers

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final Result
	VIC Vipers	7	4	2	1	20	11	+9	14	Gold Medal
	QLD Scorchers	7	5	2	0	20	6	+14	17	Silver Medal
	NSW Arrows	7	4	1	2	19	9	+10	13	Bronze Medal
4	NZL Futures	7	3	1	3	9	12	−3	10	Fourth Place
5	WA Diamonds	7	5	0	2	20	10	+10	15	Fifth Place
6	Canberra Strikers	7	3	2	2	11	9	+2	11	Sixth Place
7	SA Suns	7	3	1	3	13	13	0	10	Seventh Place
8	NT Pearls	7	1	2	4	5	18	−13	5	Eighth Place
9	IND Development	7	1	1	5	5	18	−13	4	Ninth Place
10	Tassie Van Demons	7	0	0	7	2	18	−16	0	Tenth Place

Source: hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com

Goalscorers

There were 124 goals scored in 35 matches, for an average of 3.54 goals per match.

7 goals

• Emily Smith
• Emily Hurtz
• Penny Squibb

5 goals

• Madison Fitzpatrick
• Madi Ratcliffe
• Kathryn Slattery

4 goals

• Laura Gray
• Jessica Watterson
• Abigail Wilson
• Karri McMahon

3 goals

• Kate Ivory
• Ashlea Fey
• Stephanie Kershaw
• Renee Taylor

2 goals

• Jessica Smith
• Preeti Dubey
• Courtney Schonell
• Deanna Ritchie
• Karli Johansen
• Savannah Fitzpatrick
• Alison Penington
• Miki Spano
• Sarah Breen
• Georgia Nanscawen
• Roos Broek
• Katy Clarke
• Rachel Frusher
• Shanea Tonkin

1 goal

• Meredith Bone
• Kalindi Commerford
• Ashleigh Deacon
• Samantha Economos
• Naomi Evans
• Gagandeep Kaur
• Sangita Kumari
• Suman Thoudam
• Jaime Hemmingway
• Kaitlin Nobbs
• Michaela Curtis
• Megan Hull
• Phoebe Steele
• Louisa Tuilotolava
• Brooke Capewell
• Taylor Collard
• Brooke Peris
• Kirstin Dwyer
• Rebecca Greiner
• Kazzia Lammon
• Britt Wilkinson
• Kim Blatchford
• Kate Holland-Smith
• Amy Hunt
• Euleena MacLachlan
• Hattie Shand
• Sarah McCambridge
• Lily Brazel
• Hannah Gravenall
• Nicola Hammond
• Aisling Utri

Source: Hockey Australia