2020 Women's Premier Hockey League

The 2020 Women's Sentinel Homes Premier Hockey League was the inaugural women's edition of Hockey New Zealand's national league. The tournament was held in Hamilton at the Gallagher Hockey Centre. Competition commenced on 12 November, culminating with finals matches on 29 November.

2020 Women's
Premier Hockey League

Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
City	Hamilton
Dates	12–29 November
Teams	4
Venue(s)	Gallagher Hockey Centre
Final positions
Champions	––  Central Falcons (1st title)
Runner-up	––  Northern Tridents
Third place	––  Hauraki Mavericks
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	48 (3.43 per match)
Top scorer(s)	––  Stacey Michelsen (5 goals)
Best player	––  Stacey Michelsen
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The Central Falcons won the tournament after defeating the Northern Tridents 3–1 in the final. The Hauraki Mavericks finished in bronze position, defeating the Southern Alpiners 1–0.

Competition format

Format

The 2020 Premier Hockey League saw a new format than that of the former, National Hockey League. Teams played in a double round-robin format during the Pool Stage, which was followed by two Classification Matches.

Following the results of the Pool Stage, the top two ranked teams contested the final, with the bottom two ranked teams playing off for third place.

Point allocation

Match points will be distributed as follows:

• 4 points: win
• 2 points: shoot-out win
• 1 points: shoot-out loss
• 0 points: loss

Participating teams

The four teams competing in the league come from the various regions of New Zealand.

•  ––  Central Falcons
•  ––  Hauraki Mavericks
•  ––  Northern Tridents
•  ––  Southern Alpiners

Results

All times are local (New Zealand Daylight Time).

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WD	LD	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	––  Central Falcons	6	4	0	2	0	13	7	+6	18	Advanced to Final
2	––  Northern Tridents	6	3	1	0	2	15	9	+6	14
3	––  Hauraki Mavericks	6	2	1	0	3	7	12	−5	10
4	––  Southern Alpiners	6	1	0	0	5	8	15	−7	4

Source: Hockey New Zealand
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.

Fixtures

12 November 2020 17:00 Northern Tridents  ––  5–0  ––  Hauraki Mavericks Michelsen  14', 44' Ivory  37' Hildesley  45' Tynan  59' Report Umpires: Mallory Barnett (NZL) Kirsten Stuckey (NZL)

12 November 2020 19:00 Central Falcons  ––  4–1  ––  Southern Alpiners Shannon  5' Ralph  9', 26' Hull  10' Report Merry  22' Umpires: Lani Jackman (NZL) Kelly-Anne Foskin (NZL)

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14 November 2020 12:00 Northern Tridents  ––  2–2  ––  Central Falcons Dickins  17' Tynan  20' Report Kelly  40' Curtis  56' Penalties Doar Dickins Tynan —— Tynan 2–1 Shannon Baker Ralph —— Ralph Umpires: Kelly-Anne Foskin (NZL) Kirsten Stuckey (NZL)

14 November 2020 14:00 Southern Alpiners  ––  2–3  ––  Hauraki Mavericks Ambrosius  24' Merry  27' Report King  33' Hunt  37' Jaques  55' Umpires: Lani Jackman (NZL) Mallory Barnett (NZL)

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15 November 2020 12:00 Southern Alpiners  ––  1–4  ––  Northern Tridents Merry  15' Report Ivory  17' Pearce  30', 36' Tynan  55' Umpires: Kelly-Anne Foskin (NZL) Mallory Barnett (NZL)

15 November 2020 14:00 Hauraki Mavericks  ––  1–1  ––  Central Falcons Jaques  34' Report Ralph  56' Penalties Thompson King Jaques —— Thompson 3–2 Shannon Whitelock Hull —— Whitelock Umpires: Kirsten Stuckey (NZL) Lani Jackman (NZL)

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25 November 2020 17:00 Central Falcons  ––  2–1  ––  Northern Tridents Shannon  30' Cotter  59' Report Michelsen  37' Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Kelly-Anne Foskin (NZL)

25 November 2020 19:00 Hauraki Mavericks  ––  1–0  ––  Southern Alpiners Thompson  31' Report Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Rachel Murphy (NZL)

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26 November 2020 17:00 Southern Alpiners  ––  1–2  ––  Central Falcons Willis  23' Report Ralph  43' Shannon  47' Umpires: Rachel Murphy (NZL) Amber Church (NZL)

26 November 2020 19:00 Hauraki Mavericks  ––  1–2  ––  Northern Tridents T. Robinson  26' Report Michelsen  6', 57' Umpires: Lani Jackman (NZL) Kelly Hudson (NZL)

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28 November 2020 12:00 Northern Tridents  ––  1–3  ––  Southern Alpiners Lench  21' Report Merry  7' Ambrosius  27' Wium  57' Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Lani Jackman (NZL)

28 November 2020 14:00 Central Falcons  ––  2–1  ––  Hauraki Mavericks Shannon  48' Reidy  53' Report A. Robinson  20' Umpires: Kelly-Anne Foskin (NZL) Rachel Murphy (NZL)

Classification round

Third and fourth place

29 November 2020 12:00 Hauraki Mavericks  ––  1–0  ––  Southern Alpiners Tuilotolava  58' Report Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Kelly-Anne Foskin (NZL)

Final

29 November 2020 14:00 Central Falcons  ––  3–1  ––  Northern Tridents McIntyre  7' Whitelock  24' Curtis  27' Report Pearce  18' Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Lani Jackman (NZL)

Awards

Player of the Tournament	Top Goalscorer
––  Stacey Michelsen	––  Stacey Michelsen

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WD	LD	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final standing
	––  Central Falcons	7	5	0	2	0	16	8	+8	22	Gold Medal
	––  Northern Tridents	7	3	1	0	3	16	12	+4	14	Silver Medal
	––  Hauraki Mavericks	7	3	1	0	3	8	12	−4	14	Bronze Medal
4	––  Southern Alpiners	7	1	0	0	6	8	16	−8	4	Fourth Place

Source: Hockey New Zealand

Goalscorers

There were 48 goals scored in 14 matches, for an average of 3.43 goals per match.

5 goals

•  ––  Stacey Michelsen

4 goals

•  ––  Hope Ralph
•  ––  Olivia Shannon
•  ––  Olivia Merry

3 goals

•  ––  Kirsten Pearce
•  ––  Rose Tynan

2 goals

•  ––  Michaela Curtis
•  ––  Alia Jaques
•  ––  Kate Ivory
•  ––  Isabella Ambrosius

1 goal

•  ––  Kaitlin Cotter
•  ––  Megan Hull
•  ––  Jessica Kelly
•  ––  Jenna-Rae McIntyre
•  ––  Felicity Reidy
•  ––  Kayla Whitelock
•  ––  Alison Hunt
•  ––  Julia King
•  ––  Amy Robinson
•  ––  Tori Robinson
•  ––  Elizabeth Thompson
•  ––  Louisa Tuilotolava
•  ––  Stephanie Dickins
•  ––  Sophie Hildesley
•  ––  Tyler Lench
•  ––  Margot Willis
•  ––  Emily Wium

Source: Hockey New Zealand