2012 Men's Australian Hockey League

2012 Men's
Australian Hockey League

Tournament details
Host country	Australia
City	Canberra
Dates	16–27 October
Teams	8
Venue	National Hockey Centre
Final positions
Champions	QLD Blades (7th title)
Runner-up	WA Thundersticks
Third place	VIC Vikings
Tournament statistics
Matches played	36
Goals scored	197 (5.47 per match)
Top scorer	Chris Ciriello (12 goals)
Best player	Simon Orchard
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The 2012 Men's Australian Hockey League was the 22nd edition of the men's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held in Australia's capital city, Canberra.

The QLD Blades won the gold medal for the seventh time by defeating the WA Thundersticks 3–2 in the final. VIC Vikings won the bronze medal after defeating the NSW Waratahs 3–1 in the third place match.

Teams

• Canberra Lakers
• Southern Hotshots

• NSW Waratahs
• Tassie Tigers

• NT Stingers
• VIC Vikings

• QLD Blades
• WA Thundersticks

Results

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	QLD Blades	7	5	1	1	30	11	+19	16	Advance to Semi-Finals
2	WA Thundersticks	7	5	0	2	29	15	+14	15
3	NSW Waratahs	7	5	0	2	27	16	+11	15
4	VIC Vikings	7	4	1	2	26	14	+12	13
5	Tassie Tigers	7	3	2	2	25	20	+5	11
6	Southern Hotshots	7	3	0	4	14	20	−6	9
7	Canberra Lakers	7	1	0	6	11	34	−23	3
8	NT Stingers	7	0	0	7	3	35	−32	0

Source: Clearing House

Matches

16 October 2012
09:00

Tassie Tigers 5–3 Canberra Lakers Doerner  9'
Lawler  31'
Budgeon  44'
Boulton  51', 68' Report Hotchkis  18'
Lobsey  26'
Baxter  40'

Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

16 October 2012
11:00

Southern Hotshots 1–5 NSW Waratahs Webber  15' Report T. White  3'
Miller  4', 33', 38'
Butturini  25'

Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

16 October 2012
13:00

QLD Blades 6–0 WA Thundersticks Whetton  5'
Dwyer  19', 33', 46'
Wotherspoon  49'
Gohdes  69' Report

Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

16 October 2012
15:00

VIC Vikings 4–0 NT Stingers Pollard  9'
Ford  34'
Ciriello  40', 66' Report

Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

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17 October 2012
09:00

NSW Waratahs 5–3 QLD Blades Miller  2'
F. Ogilvie  27'
Walters  44'
Govers  60'
Butturini  64' Report Dwyer  11'
Beale  40'
Elder  50'

Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

17 October 2012
11:00

Tassie Tigers 3–5 WA Thundersticks Doerner  28'
Budgeon  30', 70' Report Boyne  13', 52'
Schubert  41', 57'
Burcher  44'

Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

17 October 2012
13:00

NT Stingers 0–3 Canberra Lakers Report Davidson  18'
Pike  35'
Wallace  59'

Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

17 October 2012
15:00

VIC Vikings 5–2 Southern Hotshots Simpson  18'
Ciriello  25', 38', 50', 64' Report Joyce  34'
Webber  68'

Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

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18 October 2012
09:00

WA Thundersticks 6–0 NT Stingers Boyne  20', 35'
Bates  26', 44'
Schubert  39'
Kavanagh  52' Report

Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

18 October 2012
11:00

NSW Waratahs 4–2 Tassie Tigers Buttutini  4'
Pearce  33'
Miller  53', 70' Report Doerner  12'
Boulton  56'

Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

18 October 2012
13:00

VIC Vikings 2–4 QLD Blades Mirecki  11'
Philpott  32' Report Wotherspoon  17'
Elder  39', 57'
De Young  55'

Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

18 October 2012
15:00

Southern Hotshots 4–1 Canberra Lakers Cleghorn  27'
Hughes  38'
Joyce  48', 66' Report Hawes  14'

Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

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20 October 2012
09:00

NT Stingers 0–3 Southern Hotshots Report Joyce  43'
 68'
Bowden  70'

Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

20 October 2012
11:00

QLD Blades 2–2 Tassie Tigers Swann  34'
Beale  41' Report Lawler  17'
Deavin  36'

Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

20 October 2012
13:00

VIC Vikings 6–1 Canberra Lakers  2'
Webster  17'
Kleinschmidt  29'
Pollard  34'
Ciriello  45', 50' Report Jewell  13'

Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

20 October 2012
15:00

WA Thundersticks 4–1 NSW Waratahs Bates  17'
Mitton  28'
Boyne  42'
Jacobs  70' Report Willis  57'

Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

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21 October 2012
09:00

Tassie Tigers 5–1 Southern Hotshots Doerner  7', 30'
Boulton  17'
Budgeon  29'
Cock  55' Report Cleghorn  4'

Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

21 October 2012
11:00

QLD Blades 6–0 NT Stingers Wotherspoon  6'
Hammond  17'
Dwyer  28', 59'
Beale  42'
Elder  52' Report

Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

21 October 2012
13:00

Canberra Lakers 1–4 NSW Waratahs Pike  35' Report Miller  3'
Pearce  26'
Tribe  64'
F. Ogilvie  65'

Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

21 October 2012
15:00

WA Thundersticks 4–2 VIC Vikings Mitton  30', 43'
Boyne  42'
Jacobs  52' Report  28'
Pollard  38'

Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

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23 October 2012
09:00

NSW Waratahs 1–5 VIC Vikings Butturini  31' Report Fraser  9'
Ciriello  40'
Kleinschmidt  44'
Pollard  50'
Guest  54'

Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

23 October 2012
11:00

Canberra Lakers 1–9 WA Thundersticks Hinde  37' Report Bausor  4', 46'
Mitton  5'
Bates  11', 51'
Dancer  34'
Park  36'
Boyne  43', 70'

Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

23 October 2012
13:00

Southern Hotshots 1–3 QLD Blades Cleghorn  70' Report  8'
Knowles  19'
Whetton  40'

Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

23 October 2012
15:00

NT Stingers 3–6 Tassie Tigers Crooks  19'
Hayward  50'
Haami-Jones  53' Report Ockenden  8'
Doerner  13', 26', 44'
Budgeon  30'
Deavin  63'

Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

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24 October 2012
09:00

Canberra Lakers 1–6 QLD Blades Pike  24' Report Wotherspoon  6', 70'
Swyer  44', 53'
Posselt  63'
Gohdes  68'

Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

24 October 2012
11:00

Southern Hotshots 2–1 WA Thundersticks Oliver  51'
Wickham  65' Report Jacobs  19'

Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

24 October 2012
13:00

Tassie Tigers 2–2 VIC Vikings Doerner  13'
Ockenden  70' Report MacKinnon  46'
Ciriello  57'

Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

24 October 2012
15:00

NSW Waratahs 7–0 NT Stingers  10', 43'
Pearce  14', 18'
Miller  27'
Orchard  60'
K. Ogilvie  69' Report

Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

Classification round

Fifth to eighth place classification

	Crossover				Fifth place
	26 October 2012
	Tassie Tigers	1
					27 October 2012
	NT Stingers	2
					NT Stingers	2
	26 October 2012
					Canberra Lakers	1
	Southern Hotshots	2
	Canberra Lakers	3
					Seventh Place
					27 October 2012
					Tassie Tigers	4
					Southern Hotshots	1

Crossover

26 October 2012
09:00

Southern Hotshots 2–3 Canberra Lakers Claxton  16'
Wickham  67' Report Hawes  48'
Jorgensen  63'
Jewell  70'

Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

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26 October 2012
11:00

Tassie Tigers 1–2 NT Stingers Doerner  33' Report Gabriel  8'
Hayward  66'

Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

Seventh and eighth place

27 October 2012
09:00

Tassie Tigers 4–1 Southern Hotshots Clifford  16'
Doerner  35'
Budgeon  56'
Ockenden  70' Report Joyce  67'

Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

Fifth and sixth place

27 October 2012
11:00

NT Stingers 2–1 Canberra Lakers Crooks  6'
A. Lockley  36' Report Pike  19'

Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	26 October 2012
	QLD Blades	3
					27 October 2012
	VIC Vikings	0
					QLD Blades	3
	26 October 2012
					WA Thundersticks	2
	WA Thundersticks	3
	NSW Waratahs	1
					Third Place
					27 October 2012
					VIC Vikings	3
					NSW Waratahs	1

Semi-finals

26 October 2012
13:00

WA Thundersticks 3–1 NSW Waratahs Bates  8', 35', 40' Report Orchard  5'

Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

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26 October 2012
15:00

QLD Blades 3–0 VIC Vikings Whetton  32'
 40'
Dwyer  70' Report

Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

Third and fourth place

27 October 2012
13:00

VIC Vikings 3–1 NSW Waratahs Ford  62'
Ciriello  66', 70' Report Ogilvie  19'

Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

Final

27 October 2012
15:00

QLD Blades 3–2 WA Thundersticks Wotherspoon  12'
Dwyer  26'
Posselt  50' Report Boyne  32'
Bausor  56'

Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final Result
	QLD Blades	9	7	1	1	36	13	+23	22	Gold Medal
	WA Thundersticks	9	6	0	3	34	19	+15	18	Silver Medal
	VIC Vikings	9	5	1	3	29	18	+11	16	Bronze Medal
4	NSW Waratahs	9	5	0	4	29	22	+7	15
5	NT Stingers	9	2	0	7	7	37	−30	6
6	Canberra Lakers	9	2	0	7	15	38	−23	6
7	Tassie Tigers	9	4	2	3	30	23	+7	14
8	Southern Hotshots	9	3	0	6	17	27	−10	9

Source: Clearing House