2017 Men's Australian Hockey League

2017 Men'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 Vikings (4th title)
Runner-up	QLD Blades
Third place	NSW Waratahs
Tournament statistics
Matches played	35
Goals scored	168 (4.8 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kieron Arthur ; Chris Ciriello (9 goals)
Best player	Mark Knowles
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Last updated February 16, 2024

The 2017 Men's Australian Hockey League was 27th edition of the men's Australian Hockey League. The tournament was held between 28 September and 8 October 2017, in Perth, Western Australia. A total of 10 teams competed for the title.

The VIC Vikings won the tournament for the fourth time and the second year in a row, following a 3–0 penalty shoot-out win over the QLD Blades after the final finished a 1–1 draw.^[2]^[3] The NSW Waratahs won the bronze medal after defeating the India Development side 3–2 in the third place match.^[4]

Competition format

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

In Pool D, 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 Thundersticks
29 September – 8 October 2016	2016 Men's AHL	Perth, WA	Canberra Lakers NSW Waratahs NT Stingers QLD Blades SA Hotshots Tassie Tigers VIC Vikings
Invitational Teams			IND Development NZLDevelopment

Results

First round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	VIC Vikings	4	3	1	0	16	5	+11	10	Medal Round
2	QLD Blades	4	3	0	1	21	8	+13	9	Medal Round
3	Tassie Tigers	4	2	1	1	15	8	+7	7
4	SA Hotshots	4	1	0	3	7	23	−16	3
5	NZL Development	4	0	0	4	4	19	−15	0

Source: hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com

28 September 2017
10:30

VIC Vikings	8–2	SA Hotshots
Ciriello 30' Kleinschmidt 33', 47', 50' Arunasalam 41', 51' Pollard 42' Scanlon 57'	Report	Larwood 12' Willson 14'

Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1
Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Ben de Young (AUS)

28 September 2017
12:30

Tassie Tigers	3–4	QLD Blades
Arthur 12', 45+', 48'	Report	Wotherspoon 19' Rintala 27', 39' Bell 50'

Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1
Umpires:
James Unkles (AUS)
Matthew Claxton (AUS)

29 September 2017
13:00

VIC Vikings	4–0	NZL Development
Ford 23', 29', 31' Hendry 50'	Report

Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1
Umpires:
Zeke Newman (AUS)
Aaron Gotting (AUS)

29 September 2017
17:00

Tassie Tigers	6–0	SA Hotshots
McHugh 10' Arthur 20', 31' McCambridge 28', 48' Mackey 50'	Report

Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 2
Umpires:
Tim Pullman (AUS)
Ben Hocking (AUS)

30 September 2017
15:00

QLD Blades	6–1	NZL Development
Boyde 8', 57' Swann 16' Beale 30', 36' Elder 33'	Report	Thomas 16'

Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1
Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Matthew Claxton (AUS)

1 October 2017
17:00

Tassie Tigers	1–1	VIC Vikings
McCambridge 20'	Report	Ciriello 22'

Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1
Umpires:
Daniel Johnston (AUS)
Gurbaj Singh (IND)

2 October 2017
17:00

SA Hotshots	4–0	NZL Development
Mitchell 5', 59' Brown 20' Bowden 44'	Report

Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 2
Umpires:
James Unkles (AUS)
Ben Hocking (AUS)

2 October 2017
19:00

QLD Blades	2–3	VIC Vikings
Anderson 26' Bell 57'	Report	Arunasalam 9' Ciriello 54' Kleinschmidt 55'

Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 2
Umpires:
Matthew Claxton (AUS)
Gurbaj Singh (IND)

3 October 2017
17:30

NZL Development	3–5	Tassie Tigers
Lett 53' Hyde 56' Andrews 60+'	Report	Dick 21' Arthur 36', 47', 50' Ockenden 54'

Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1
Umpires:
Ben de Young (AUS)
Stephen Rogers (AUS)

3 October 2017
19:30

QLD Blades	9–1	SA Hotshots
Weyer 6', 59' Beale 12' Elder 19', 29', 56' Rintala 26', 43', 44'	Report	Willson 48'

Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1
Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
James Unkles (AUS)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	NSW Waratahs	4	4	0	0	8	1	+7	12	Medal Round
2	IND Development	4	2	1	1	7	3	+4	7	Medal Round
3	WA Thundersticks	4	2	0	2	8	9	−1	6
4	NT Stingers	4	1	1	2	5	8	−3	4
5	Canberra Lakers	4	0	0	4	4	11	−7	0

Source: hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com

28 September 2017
14:30

Canberra Lakers	0–3	NSW Waratahs
	Report	Sharp 48' McEwen 56' T. Craig 59'

Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1
Umpires:
Stephen Rogers (AUS)
Gurbaj Singh (IND)

28 September 2017
16:30

WA Thundersticks	3–1	NT Stingers
Mitton 10' Wickham 11' Flynn 51'	Report	Taylor 56'

Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1
Umpires:
Zeke Newman (AUS)
Tim Pullman (AUS)

29 September 2017
19:00

WA Thundersticks	1–4	IND Development
Flynn 56'	Report	Qureshi 6' Yousuf 30' Rohidas 45' Talwinder 50'

Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1
Umpires:
Stephen Rogers (AUS)
Daniel Johnston (AUS)

30 September 2017
17:00

Canberra Lakers	2–3	NT Stingers
Gupte 33' Sutherland 35'	Report	Wookey 24' Farmilo 36', 52'

Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1
Umpires:
Ben Hocking (AUS)
Ben de Young (AUS)

30 September 2017
19:00

NSW Waratahs	1–0	IND Development
B. Govers 37'	Report

Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1
Umpires:
Aaron Gotting (AUS)
James Unkles (AUS)

1 October 2017
19:00

Canberra Lakers	2–3	WA Thundersticks
Turner 30' J. Staines 53'	Report	Main 14' Mitton 16' Wickham 59'

Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1
Umpires:
Zeke Newman (AUS)
Ben de Young (AUS)

2 October 2017
13:00

NT Stingers	1–1	IND Development
Lockley 34'	Report	Umar 6'

Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 2
Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Daniel Johnston (AUS)

2 October 2017
15:00

NSW Waratahs	2–1	WA Thundersticks
B. Govers 50' T. Craig 53'	Report	Mitton 12'

Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 2
Umpires:
Tim Pullman (AUS)
Stephen Rogers (AUS)

3 October 2017
13:30

IND Development	2–0	Canberra Lakers
Yousuf 5' Qureshi 46'	Report

Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1
Umpires:
Daniel Johnston (AUS)
Ben Hocking (AUS)

3 October 2017
15:30

NSW Waratahs	2–0	NT Stingers
B. Govers 43' K. Govers 45+'	Report

Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1
Umpires:
Aaron Gotting (AUS)
Tim Pullman (AUS)

Second round

Fifth to tenth place classification

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	WA Thundersticks	5	5	0	16	7	+9	15
2	NT Stingers	5	4	1	12	9	+3	12
3	Tassie Tigers	5	3	2	16	8	+8	9
4	Canberra Lakers	5	1	4	11	14	−3	3
5	NZL Development	5	1	4	11	18	−7	3
6	SA Hotshots	5	1	4	7	17	−10	3

Source: hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com

5 October 2017
10:00

NZL Development	2–3	WA Thundersticks
Hanks 9' Thomas 25'	Report	Mitton 11' Wickham 18', 23'

Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 2
Umpires:
Gurbaj Singh (IND)
Aaron Gotting (AUS)

5 October 2017
10:00

Tassie Tigers	1–2	NT Stingers
McCambridge 3'	Report	Duguid 39' Farmilo 49'

Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1
Umpires:
Ben Hocking (AUS)
Matthew Claxton (AUS)

5 October 2017
12:00

SA Hotshots	1–4	Canberra Lakers
Johns 53'	Report	Sutherland 5', 19' B. Staines 35' Turner 50'

Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 2
Umpires:
James Unkles(AUS)
Daniel Johnston (AUS)

6 October 2017
10:00

NZL Development	2–4	NT Stingers
Thomas 20' Andrews 23'	Report	Hayward 15', 17', 35' Farmilo 44'

Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 2
Umpires:
Ben de Young (AUS)
Daniel Johnston (AUS)

6 October 2017
10:00

Tassie Tigers	3–1	Canberra Lakers
Edwards 14' McCambridge 43' Welch 49'	Report	B. Staines 21'

Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1
Umpires:
Gurbaj Singh (IND)
Matthew Claxton (AUS)

6 October 2017
12:00

SA Hotshots	1–5	WA Thundersticks
Willson 25'	Report	Flynn 12', 13' Mitton 20', 57', 58'

Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 2
Umpires:
Ben Hocking (AUS)
Aaron Gotting (AUS)

7 October 2017
10:00

NZL Development	4–2	Canberra Lakers
Hyde 10' Harris 14' Andrews 48' Lett 59'	Report	Day 18', 49'

Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1
Umpires:
Matthew Claxton (AUS)
Aaron Gotting (AUS)

7 October 2017
14:00

SA Hotshots	1–2	NT Stingers
Willson 58'	Report	Hayward 2' Wookey 5'

Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1
Umpires:
Daniel Johnston (AUS)
Gurbaj Singh (AUS)

7 October 2017
18:00

Tassie Tigers	1–2	WA Thundersticks
Arthur 44'	Report	Mitton 20' Flynn 32'

Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1
Umpires:
James Unkles (AUS)
Ben Hocking (AUS)

First to fourth place classification

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	VIC Vikings	3	2	1	0	12	8	+4	7	Final
2	QLD Blades	3	2	0	1	10	5	+5	6	Final
3	NSW Waratahs	3	1	1	1	7	8	−1	4
4	IND Development	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0

Source: hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com

5 October 2017
16:00

QLD Blades	4–2	NSW Waratahs
Elder 2' Rintala 8' Anderson 42', 47'	Report	T. Craig 6' K. Govers 30'

Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1
Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Tim Pullman (AUS)

5 October 2017
18:00

VIC Vikings	5–2	IND Development
Webster 1' Ciriello 18', 34', 49' Kleinschmidt 32'	Report	Rohidas 40', 45'

Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1
Umpires:
Ben de Young (AUS)
Stephen Rogers (AUS)

6 October 2017
16:00

QLD Blades	4–0	IND Development
M. Pembroke 5' H. Pembroke 20' Rintala 42' Anderson 54'	Report

Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1
Umpires:
Tim Pullman (AUS)
James Unkles (AUS)

6 October 2017
18:00

VIC Vikings	4–4	NSW Waratahs
Ciriello 28', 31' Hammond 35' Gilmour 52'	Report	K. Govers 9' Dawson 25' Orchard 42' B. Govers 45'

Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1
Umpires:
Ben de Young (AUS)
Stephen Rogers (AUS)

Third and fourth place

8 October 2017
13:15

NSW Waratahs	3–2	IND Development
T. Craig 39' Orchard 55' Sharp 56'	Report	Simranjeet 3' Yousuf 9'

Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1
Umpires:
Stephen Rogers (AUS)
Ben de Young (AUS)

Final

8 October 2017
17:45

VIC Vikings	1–1	QLD Blades
Ciriello 51'	Report	Beale 36'
Penalties
Webster Pollard Ford Kleinschmidt	3–0	Beale Weyer Wotherspoon

Perth Hockey Stadium: Pitch 1
Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Tim Pullman (AUS)

Awards

Player of the Tournament	Topscorer(s)	Player of the Final	GK of the Tournament	Play the Whistle
Mark Knowles	Kieron Arthur Chris Ciriello	Robert Bell	Johan Durst	QLD Blades

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final Result
	VIC Vikings	7	4	3	0	26	12	+14	15	Gold Medal
	QLD Blades	7	5	1	1	30	11	+19	16	Silver Medal
	NSW Waratahs	7	5	1	1	17	11	+6	16	Bronze Medal
4	IND Development	7	2	1	4	11	15	−4	7
5	WA Thundersticks	7	5	0	2	18	13	+5	15
6	NT Stingers	7	4	1	2	13	12	+1	13
7	Tassie Tigers	7	3	1	3	20	13	+7	10
8	Canberra Lakers	7	1	0	6	11	19	−8	3
9	NZL Development	7	1	0	6	12	28	−16	3
10	SA Hotshots	7	1	0	6	10	34	−24	3

Source: hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com

Goalscorers

There were 168 goals scored in 35 matches, for an average of 4.8 goals per match.

9 goals

8 goals

Trent Mitton

7 goals

Joel Rintala

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: Hockey Australia

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References

↑ "Australian Hockey League returns to Perth". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia . Retrieved 31 July 2017.
↑ "Vipers & Vikings bring Gold home". doncasterhockeyclub.com.au. Doncaster Hockey Club . Retrieved 9 October 2019.
↑ "Victoria Go Back-To-Back In Men's AHL". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia . Retrieved 9 October 2019.
↑ "Hockey: Victoria on top down under". theroar.com.au. The Roar . Retrieved 9 October 2019.

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[1] "Australian Hockey League returns to Perth". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia . Retrieved 31 July 2017.

[2] "Vipers & Vikings bring Gold home". doncasterhockeyclub.com.au. Doncaster Hockey Club . Retrieved 9 October 2019.

[3] "Victoria Go Back-To-Back In Men's AHL". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia . Retrieved 9 October 2019.

[4] "Hockey: Victoria on top down under". theroar.com.au. The Roar . Retrieved 9 October 2019.

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Men's	Melbourne 2004 Brisbane 2005 Hobart 2006 Perth 2007 Canberra 2008 Hobart 2009 Brisbane 2010 Sydney 2011 Canberra 2012 Melbourne 2013 Adelaide 2014 Darwin 2015 Perth 2016 Perth 2017 Gold Coast 2018
Women's	Brisbane 1998 Canberra 1999 Sydney 2000 Brisbane 2001 Adelaide 2002 Hobart 2003 Perth 2004 Canberra 2005 Adelaide 2006 Brisbane 2007 Perth 2008 Melbourne 2009 Adelaide 2010 Darwin 2011 Perth 2012 Hobart 2013 Brisbane 2014 Sydney 2015 Perth 2016 Perth 2017 Gold Coast 2018

2017 Men's Australian Hockey League

Contents

Competition format

Participating teams

Results

First round

Pool A

Pool B

Second round

Fifth to tenth place classification

Pool D

First to fourth place classification

Pool C

Third and fourth place

Final

Awards

Statistics

Final standings

Goalscorers

Related Research Articles

References

External links