2019–20 AWIHL season

The 2019–20 AWIHL season is the thirteenth season of the Australian Women's Ice Hockey League (AWIHL). It ran from 26 October 2019 until 2 February 2020. Five teams competed in 30 regular season games followed by 4 playoff games, making up the AWIHL Finals weekend. The Sydney Sirens claimed the double by winning both the premiership title for finishing top of the regular season standings and the Joan McKowen Memorial Trophy championship title by winning the grand final. Adelaide Rush finished runner-up to both titles and the Brisbane Goannas claimed the wooden spoon.

2019–20 AWIHL season
LeagueAustralian Women's Ice Hockey League
SportIce hockey
Duration26 October 2019 – 2 February 2020
Regular season
PremiersSydney Sirens
Season MVPTash Farrier
(Adelaide Rush)
Top scorerKayla Nielsen (31 points)
(Sydney Sirens)
Joan McKowen Memorial Trophy
ChampionsSydney Sirens
(2nd title)
  Runners-upAdelaide Rush

Teams

In 2019–20 the AWIHL had five teams from five Australian state capital cities competing, stretching east to west of the continent.[1]

2019–20 AWIHL teams
TeamCityArenaHead CoachCaptain
Adelaide RushSouth Australia AdelaideIceArenAAustralia Hayden CrafterAustralia Kirsty Venus
Brisbane GoannasQueensland BrisbaneBoondall IceworldAustralia Darryl DunsfordAustralia Jess Wytrykusz
Melbourne IceVictoria (state) MelbourneO'Brien IcehouseAustralia Marcus WongCanada Christina Julien
Perth InfernoWestern Australia PerthCockburn Ice ArenaAustralia Paul GrahamUnited States Courtney Moulton
Sydney SirensNew South Wales SydneyLiverpool Catholic Club Ice RinkAustralia Jayden RyanAustralia Stephenie Cochrane

League Business

The official AWIHL gameday schedule was released at the end of September 2019. The season structure remained unchanged from 2018-19, with each team playing two of the four opponents in a four game series with the other two teams being played twice during the season.[2] The AWIHL announced on 4 October a new travel partnership with SportsLink Travel, that would provide the five teams in the league a cost equalisation program for airfares and bus transfers.[3] In November 2019, the league struck an agreement with Kayo Sports to stream a 'game of the week' and 20 minutes of highlights and player interviews for the 2019–20 season on Kayo's nationally available streaming service.[4]

Regular season

Fixtures & results

Running between 26 October 2019 and 19 January 2020, the AWIHL regular season consisted of 30 games in total.[5] On 17 January 2020, the AWIHL commission made the decision to treat the 12 January 2020 game between Melbourne Ice and Perth Inferno as a draw and award both teams 1 point each. Initially the Inferno were awarded 2 points for winning in overtime, however the game did not progress to a shootout and a 3v3 overtime period was played instead, against league regulations.[6]

October
October
Game # Date Time Away Score Home Location Recap
126 October 201916:00Perth Inferno4–7Adelaide RushIceArenA
227 October 201909:30Perth Inferno5–6Adelaide RushIceArenA

November
November
Game # Date Time Away Score Home Location Recap
32 November 201916:00Melbourne Ice3–1Brisbane GoannasBoondall Iceworld
42 November 201917:00Perth Inferno9–10Sydney SirensLiverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink
53 November 201909:30Perth Inferno3–7Sydney SirensLiverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink
63 November 201915:15Melbourne Ice1–3Brisbane GoannasBoondall Iceworld
79 November 201917:30Adelaide Rush7–5Perth InfernoCockburn Ice Arena
810 November 201908:15Adelaide Rush4–3Perth InfernoCockburn Ice Arena
916 November 201917:00Brisbane Goannas1–12Sydney SirensLiverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink
1017 November 201909:30Brisbane Goannas1–10Sydney SirensLiverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink
1123 November 201916:00Brisbane Goannas1–7Adelaide RushIceArenA
1223 November 201916:00Sydney Sirens3–2Melbourne IceO'Brien Icehouse
1324 November 201909:30Brisbane Goannas0–7Adelaide RushIceArenA
1424 November 201913:15Sydney Sirens3–1Melbourne IceO'Brien Icehouse
1530 November 201916:00Adelaide Rush2–0Brisbane GoannasBoondall Iceworld

December
December
Game # Date Time Away Score Home Location Recap
161 December 201915:15Adelaide Rush6–2Brisbane GoannasBoondall Iceworld
177 December 201916:00Perth Inferno4–6Melbourne IceO'Brien Icehouse
187 December 201916:00Sydney Sirens3–4 (SO)Adelaide RushIceArenA
198 December 201909:30Sydney Sirens6–5 (SO)Adelaide RushIceArenA
208 December 201913:15Perth Inferno4–7Melbourne IceO'Brien Icehouse
2114 December 201920:30Melbourne Ice3–4 (SO)Sydney SirensPenrith Ice Palace
2215 December 201909:30Melbourne Ice7–5Sydney SirensLiverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink

January
January
Game # Date Time Away Score Home Location Recap
2311 January 202016:00Sydney Sirens5–1Brisbane GoannasBoondall Iceworld
2411 January 202018:00Melbourne Ice7–2Perth InfernoCockburn Ice Arena
2512 January 202012:30Melbourne Ice6–7 (OT)Perth InfernoCockburn Ice Arena
2612 January 202015:15Sydney Sirens7–4Brisbane GoannasBoondall Iceworld
2718 January 202016:00Adelaide Rush2–4Melbourne IceO'Brien Icehouse
2818 January 202018:00Brisbane Goannas1–4Perth InfernoCockburn Ice Arena
2919 January 202012:30Brisbane Goannas1–9Perth InfernoCockburn Ice Arena
3019 January 202013:15Adelaide Rush2–3Melbourne IceO'Brien Icehouse

Key:

WinnerDraw

Standings
Pos Team Pld W OTW D OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sydney Sirens (C) 12 8 2 0 1 1 75 41 +34 29 2020 Joan McKowen Finals
2 Adelaide Rush 12 8 1 0 1 2 59 36 +23 27
3 Melbourne Ice 12 7 0 1 1 3 50 39 +11 23
4 Perth Inferno 12 2 0 1 0 9 58 69 −11 7
5 Brisbane Goannas 12 1 0 0 0 11 16 73 −57 3
Source: AWIHL 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

Player stats

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

Goals
No.NamePosG
1United States Kayla NielsenForward17
2Canada Nadine EdneyForward17
3Australia Natasha FarrierForward16
4United States Nora MaclaineForward13
5Canada Christina JulienForward12
Assists
No.NamePosA
1United States Kayla NielsenForward14
2Canada Nadine EdneyForward13
3Australia Natasha FarrierForward12
4Australia Sharna GodfreyForward12
5Australia Michelle Clark-CrumptonForward11
Points
No.NamePosP
1United States Kayla NielsenForward31
2Canada Nadine EdneyForward30
3Australia Natasha FarrierForward28
4United States Nora MaclaineForward23
5Australia Sharna GodfreyForward22
Penalty minutes
No.NamePosPIM
1Australia Tracy HocuttForward40
2Canada Sarah DashDefender37
3Australia Nicole JonesForward36
4Australia Rylie EllisDefender34
5United States Courtney MoultonForward30
Save percentage
No.NamePosSV%
1Australia Tina GirdlerGoaltender0.915
2Australia Makayla PeersGoaltender0.911
3Australia Jenelle CarsonGoaltender0.893
4Australia Sasha KingGoaltender0.882
5Australia Michelle CoonanGoaltender0.881
Goals against average
No.NamePosGAA
1Australia Tina GirdlerGoaltender2.20
2Australia Makayla PeersGoaltender2.33
3Australia Joanne PhillisGoaltender2.57
4Australia Michelle CoonanGoaltender3.05
5Australia Jenelle CarsonGoaltender3.13

Season awards

Below lists the 2019–20 AWIHL regular season award winners.[9]

Award Name Team
Skaters Network Most Valuable PlayerAustralia Natasha FarrierAdelaide Rush
Best ForwardUnited States Kayla NielsenSydney Sirens
Best DefenceCanada Sarah EdneySydney Sirens
Best GoaltenderAustralia Michelle CoonanAdelaide Rush
Nellie Gee Rookie of the YearAustralia Courtney MahoneyBrisbane Goannas

Joan McKowen playoffs

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 and grand final is played on the Sunday.[10] The prize for being crowned AWIHL Champions for winning the grand final is the Joan McKowen Memorial Trophy.[11]

In 2019–20, the Sirens, Rush, Ice and Inferno qualified for the finals weekend. In late January 2020, the AWIHL released an annual finals promo video to promote the event as well as naming the officials for the weekend.[12][13] The event was held on 1 and 2 February 2020 in host city Melbourne at O’Brien Icehouse.[14] Sydney and Adelaide won on Saturday to advance to the Joan McKowen Final, with Perth and Melbourne heading to the third place playoff. Melbourne Ice won playoff on Sunday to secure third place for the season, Perth finishing fourth. In the grand final, Sydney Sirens produced a strong display to shutout the Rush and secure the Championship title and the Joan McKowen Memorial Trophy.[15] It is the second championship title in Sirens history.[16][17]


 
Semi-finalsJoan McKowen Final
 
      
 
1 February - Melbourne
 
 
Perth Inferno8
 
2 February - Melbourne
 
Sydney Sirens14
 
Adelaide Rush0
 
1 February - Melbourne
 
Sydney Sirens3
 
Melbourne Ice2
 
 
Adelaide Rush4
 
Third place
 
 

2 February - Melbourne
 
 
Perth Inferno3
 
 
Melbourne Ice4

Semi-finals
1 February 2020
15:00		Perth Inferno8–14
(3–6, 3–6, 2–2)		Sydney SirensO’Brien Icehouse
Game reference
Sydney FrickerGoaliesTina GirdlerReferees:
Grainge Phillips
Casper Russelhuber
Linesmen:
Cien Pereira
Rob Lowery
0 – 1S.Edney (N.Edney)
(Moulton) Maclaine1 – 1
1 – 2Nielsen (N.Edney)
1 – 3Nielsen (Matheson, N.Edney)
(Clark-Crumpton, Sharp) Scala2 – 3
2 – 4Brunt (Matheson, Godfrey)
2 – 5Godfrey (Unassisted)
(Unassisted) Moulton3 – 5
3 – 6S.Edney (N.Edney)
(Moulton, Malcolm) Maclaine4 – 6
4 – 7Godfrey (Matheson)
4 – 8N.Edney (S.Edney, Chia)
4 – 9Godfrey (S.Edney)
4 – 10Badaoui (Calabria)
(Maclaine) Moulton5 – 10
5 – 11Nielsen (Chia)
5 – 12S.Edney (Godfrey)
(Maclaine, Moulton) Malcolm6 – 12
(Maclaine) Clark-Crumpton7 – 12
(Maclaine) Scala8 – 12
8 – 13N.Edney (Godfrey, Matheson)
8 – 14Badaoui (Unassisted)
14 minPenalties12 min
39Shots55
1 February 2020
17:30		Melbourne Ice2–4
(1–0, 1–1, 0–3)		Adelaide RushO’Brien Icehouse
Game reference
Jenelle CarsonGoaliesMichelle CoonanReferees:
Gabby Aston
Nick Air
Linesmen:
Beth Bowshall
Hamish Young
(Unassisted) Ellis1 – 0
(Aparicio, Moore) Julien2 – 0
2 – 1Lutz (Farrier)
2 – 2Farrier (Lutz)
2 – 3Lutz (Farrier, Ayris)
2 – 4Farrier (Lutz)
16 minPenalties18 min
28Shots28

Third place playoff
2 February 2020
15:00		Perth Inferno3–4
(1–0, 1–3, 1–1)		Melbourne IceO’Brien Icehouse
Game reference
Sasha KingGoaliesMakayla PeersReferees:
Grainge Phillips
Nick Air
Linesmen:
Rob Lowery
Hamish Young
(Unassisted) Maclaine1 – 0
1 – 1Julien (Aparicio)
1 – 2Gallacher (Green, Pullin)
(Unassisted) Sharp2 – 2
2 – 3Pullin (Unassisted)
2 – 4Aparicio (Julien)
(Scala, Moulton) Maclaine3 – 4
8 minPenalties20 min
28Shots43

Final
2 February 2020
17:30		Adelaide Rush0–3
(0–2, 0–0, 0–1)		Sydney SirensO’Brien Icehouse
Game reference
Michelle CoonanGoaliesTina GirdlerReferees:
Gabby Aston
Casper Russelhuber
Linesmen:
Beth Bowshall
Cien Pereira
0 – 1Cochrane (Godfrey, S.Edney)
0 – 2Matheson (Calabria, Walker)
0 – 3S.Edney (Godfrey)
16 minPenalties12 min
23Shots32


Gold Silver Bronze
New South Wales Sydney SirensSouth Australia Adelaide RushVictoria (state) Melbourne Ice

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