2022 NZWIHL season

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2022 NZWIHL season
League New Zealand Women's Ice Hockey League
Sport Ice hockey
Duration12 August 2022 – 25 September 2022
Regular season
Premiers Wakatipu Wild
Season MVPLova Holmqvist
(Wakatipu Wild)
Top scorerKellye Nelson (19 points)
(Wakatipu Wild)
NZWIHL Finals
Champions Wakatipu Wild
(1st title)
  Runners-up Canterbury Inferno
NZWIHL seasons
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The 2023 NZWIHL season is the ninth season of the New Zealand Women's Ice Hockey League (NZWIHL). It ran from 12 August 2022 until 25 September 2022. Four teams competed in 12 regular season games followed by 4 playoff games, making up the NZWIHL Finals weekend. The Wakatipu Wild claimed the double by winning both the premiership title for finishing top of the regular season standings and the championship title by winning the grand final. Canterbury Inferno finished runner-up to both titles and the Dunedin Thunder claimed the wooden spoon.

Contents

Teams

In 2022 the NZWIHL had four teams, consisting of one from the North Island and three from the South Island. [1] [2]

2022 NZWIHL teams
TeamCityArenaHead coachCaptain
Auckland Steel Auckland Paradice Avondale Flag of France.svg Jeff Boehme Flag of New Zealand.svg Helen Murray
Canterbury Inferno Flag placeholder.svg Christchurch Alpine Ice Centre Flag of New Zealand.svg Matthew Sandford Flag of New Zealand.svg Bridie Gibbings
Dunedin Thunder Dunedin City flag.png Dunedin Dunedin Ice Stadium Flag of the United States.svg Barrett Wilson Flag of New Zealand.svg Abbey Heale
Wakatipu Wild Flag of Otago.svg Queenstown Queenstown Ice Arena Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Colin McIntosh Flag of the United States.svg Kellye Nelson

League Business

The league was on the agenda at the New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation (NZIHF) annual general meeting (AGM) in February and November 2022. The NZIHF confirmed they had underwritten team travel expenses in 2022 in order to ensure the 2022 season could be played, given the disruption and early end to the 2021 season. [3] The league had been focusing on improving social media delivery for 2022. The updated league events manual was released in July 2022, ahead of the season commencing. [4]

Regular season

Running between 12 August 2022 until 18 September 2022, the NZWIHL regular season consisted of 12 games in total, with each team playing six games. [5]

Fixtures & results

2022 regular season
Game #DateTimeHomeScoreAwayLocationRecap
112 August 202218:45Wakatipu Wild5–0Canterbury InfernoQueenstown Ice Arena
213 August 202215:30Dunedin Thunder5–7Auckland SteelDunedin Ice Stadium
313 August 202218:45Wakatipu Wild1–2 (OT)Canterbury InfernoQueenstown Ice Arena
414 August 202210:00Dunedin Thunder4–7Auckland SteelDunedin Ice Stadium
53 September 202216:30Canterbury Inferno4–0Dunedin ThunderAlpine Ice Centre
63 September 202216:30Auckland Steel0–3Wakatipu WildParadice Avondale
74 September 202216:30Canterbury Inferno2–0Dunedin ThunderAlpine Ice Centre
84 September 202216:30Auckland Steel3–6Wakatipu WildParadice Avondale
916 September 202218:45Wakatipu Wild15–1Dunedin ThunderQueenstown Ice Arena
1017 September 202216:30Canterbury Inferno7–5Auckland SteelAlpine Ice Centre
1117 September 202218:45Wakatipu Wild3–1Dunedin ThunderQueenstown Ice Arena
1218 September 202216:30Canterbury Inferno1–5Auckland SteelAlpine Ice Centre

Key:

WinnerDraw

Standings

PosTeamPldWOTWDOTLLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Wakatipu Wild (P, C)650010337+2616 2023 NZWIHL Finals
2 Canterbury Inferno 6310021616011
3 Auckland Steel 6300032726+19
4 Dunedin Thunder 6000061138−270
Source: NZWIHL Elite Prospects
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; (P) Premiers

Player stats

The season's league leader statistics for skaters and goaltenders. [6] [7] [8]

Points
No.NamePosPTS
1 Flag of the United States.svg Kellye NelsonFwd19
2 Flag of New Zealand.svg Jasmine Horner-PascoeFwd18
3 Flag of Sweden.svg Lova HolmqvistFwd16
4 Flag of New Zealand.svg Anjali MulariFwd11
5 Flag of New Zealand.svg Gina DavisFwd9
Penalty minutes
No.NamePosPIM
1 Flag of New Zealand.svg Jamieson TauteDef16
2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Emma AhvennieFwd14
3 Flag of New Zealand.svg Rosie HarrisFwd12
4 Flag of New Zealand.svg Bridie GibbingsFwd12
5 Flag of New Zealand.svg Gabrielle MillsFwd12
Save percentage
No.NamePosSV%
1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sierra MorgulisGk.938
2 Flag of New Zealand.svg Jordan WichmanGk.916
3 Flag of New Zealand.svg Lochlyn HydeGk.888
4 Flag of New Zealand.svg Justine BerryGk.887
5 Flag of New Zealand.svg Maddy FoxGk.864

Season awards

Below lists the 2022 NZWIHL season award winners. [9]

AwardNameTeam
Most Valuable Player Flag of Sweden.svg Lova Holmqvist Wakatipu Wild
U18 Most Valuable Player Flag of New Zealand.svg Caitlin Hollyer Wakatipu Wild
Best Forward Flag of New Zealand.svg Jasmine Horner-Pascoe Auckland Steel
Best Defence Flag of New Zealand.svg Jaime Jones Auckland Steel
Best Goaltender Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sierra Morgulis Canterbury Inferno
Sports Person of the Year Flag of New Zealand.svg Abbey Heale Dunedin Thunder

NZWIHL playoffs

The top four teams in the NZWIHL regular season qualify for the NZWIHL playoffs. The playoffs is held on a single weekend and uses New Zealand conventions of being called Finals. The playoff system used by the NZWIHL 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. Th winner of the grand final is awarded a trophy and the top three teams are awarded gold, silver and bronze medals at the conclusion of the grand final. The NZWIHL also uses this time to announce team and league season awards. [4]

In 2022, all four teams in the league qualified for the finals weekend. The event was held on the weekend of 24 and 25 September 2022 in host city Dunedin at Dunedin Ice Stadium. [5] On day one, first placed Wakatipu Wild played fourth placed Dunedin Thunder in the first semi-final game and won comfortably. [10] Second placed Canterbury Inferno ensured the top two seeds progressed to the grand final with a five goals to two victory over the Auckland Steel in semi-final two. [11] On Day two of the Finals weekend, Auckland played hosts Dunedin for the bronze medal. Both teams made a number of changes including goaltenders and it was the Steel who defeated the Thunder and claimed bronze. [12] In the grand final, the Wild successfully shutout the Inferno to claim their first ever NZWIHL championship title in their second full season since their formation in 2020. [13] [14]

 
Semi-finalsGrand Final
 
      
 
24 September - Dunedin
 
 
Wakatipu Wild7
 
25 September - Dunedin
 
Dunedin Thunder2
 
Wakatipu Wild2
 
24 September - Dunedin
 
Canterbury Inferno0
 
Canterbury Inferno5
 
 
Auckland Steel2
 
Third place
 
 

25 September - Dunedin
 
 
Auckland Steel5
 
 
Dunedin Thunder4

Semi-finals

24 September 2022
15:30		 Wakatipu Wild 7–2
(3–1, 4–0, 0–1)		 Dunedin Thunder Dunedin Ice Stadium
Game reference
Flag of New Zealand.svg Lilly ForbesGoalies Flag of New Zealand.svg Maddy FoxReferee:
Ashleigh Davidson
Linesmen:
Aaron Chisholm
Sonya Texley
2 minPenalties4 min
32Shots19
24 September 2022
18:15		 Canterbury Inferno 5–2
(2–0, 0–2, 3–0)		 Auckland Steel Dunedin Ice Stadium
Game reference
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sierra MorgulisGoalies Flag of New Zealand.svg Lochlyn HydeReferee:
Tania Bermudez
Linesmen:
Ashleigh Davidson
Gigi Hollyer
8 minPenalties8 min
36Shots18

Third place playoff

25 September 2022
07:15		 Auckland Steel 5–4
(0–1, 3–1, 2–2)		 Dunedin Thunder Dunedin Ice Stadium
Game reference
Flag of New Zealand.svg Zadia PaulseGoalies Flag of New Zealand.svg Ashley DickinsonReferee:
Tania Bermudez
Linesmen:
Gigi Hollyer
Kyle Matthews
0–1Heale.C – (Linton)
0–2Cross – (Keenan)
(unassisted) – Neville-Lamb1–2
(Hansen) – Murray2–2
(Taute) – Mulari3–2
(Neville-Lamb) – Murray4–2
4–3Heale.C – (Cross)
(unassisted) – Mulari5–3
5–4Heale.A – (Heale.C)
6 minPenalties6 min
39Shots21

Final

25 September 2022
10:00		 Wakatipu Wild 2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)		 Canterbury Inferno Dunedin Ice Stadium
Game reference
Flag of New Zealand.svg Lilly ForbesGoalies Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sierra MorgulisReferee:
Ashleigh Davidson
Linesmen:
Aaron Chisholm
Sonya Texley
(unassisted) – Davis1–0
(Nelson, Davis) – Holmqvist2–0
6 minPenalties6 min
27Shots22


GoldSilverBronze
Flag of Otago.svg Wakatipu Wild Flag placeholder.svg Canterbury Inferno Flag of Auckland.svg Auckland Steel

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