2018–19 AWIHL season

2018–19 AWIHL season
LeagueAustralian Women's Ice Hockey League
SportIce hockey
Duration27 October 2018 – 10 March 2019
Regular season
PremiersMelbourne Ice
Season MVPSharna Godfrey
(Sydney Sirens)
Top scorerChristina Julien (37 points)
(Melbourne Ice)
Joan McKowen Memorial Trophy
ChampionsMelbourne Ice
(7th title)
  Runners-upSydney Sirens
AWIHL seasons

The 2018–19 AWIHL season is the 12th season of the Australian Women's Ice Hockey League (AWIHL). It ran from 27 October 2018 until 10 March 2019. Five teams competed in 30 regular season games followed by 4 playoff games, making up the AWIHL Finals weekend. The Melbourne Ice 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. Sydney Sirens finished runner-up to both titles and the Adelaide Rush claimed the wooden spoon.

Teams

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In 2018–19 the AWIHL had five teams from five Australian state capital cities competing, stretching east to west of the continent.[1]

2018–19 AWIHL teams
Team City Arena Head Coach Captain
Adelaide Rush South Australia Adelaide IceArenA United Kingdom Jamie Holland Australia Candice Mitchell
Brisbane Goannas Queensland Brisbane Boondall Iceworld Australia Matthew Gilpin Australia Tracy Hocutt
Melbourne Ice Victoria (state) Melbourne O'Brien Group Arena Australia Marcus Wong
Perth Inferno Western Australia Perth Cockburn Ice Arena Australia Paul Graham
Sydney Sirens New South Wales Sydney Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink Australia Jeff Helbren

League Business

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The AWIHL officially expanded for the first time on 9 August 2018, with the admission of expansion team Perth Inferno from Perth, Western Australia.[2] The official AWIHL gameday schedule was released at the end of August 2018. The season structure had changed from 2017–18 thanks to the addition of a fifth team, with each team now playing two of the four opponents in a four-game series with the other two teams being played twice during the season.[3]

Regular season

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Fixtures & results

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Running between 27 October 2018 and 24 February 2019, the AWIHL regular season consisted of 30 games in total, with teams playing 12 games each.[3]

October

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October
Game # Date Time Away Score Home Location Recap
1 27 October 2018 17:00 Brisbane Goannas 1–12 Melbourne Ice O'Brien Group Arena [1]
2 28 October 2018 13:15 Brisbane Goannas 0–7 Melbourne Ice O'Brien Group Arena [2]

November

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November
Game # Date Time Away Score Home Location Recap
3 3 November 2018 17:00 Melbourne Ice 4–3 Sydney Sirens Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink [3]
4 4 November 2018 09:15 Melbourne Ice 3–1 Sydney Sirens Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink [4]
5 10 November 2018 16:00 Perth Inferno 11–4 Adelaide Rush IceArenA [5]
6 11 November 2018 09:30 Perth Inferno 6–0 Adelaide Rush IceArenA [6]
7 24 November 2018 16:00 Brisbane Goannas 3–5 Adelaide Rush IceArenA [7]
8 24 November 2018 18:00 Sydney Sirens 9–2 Perth Inferno Cockburn Ice Arena [8]
9 25 November 2018 07:00 Sydney Sirens 8–1 Perth Inferno Cockburn Ice Arena [9]
10 25 November 2018 09:30 Brisbane Goannas 1–2 Adelaide Rush IceArenA [10]

December

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December
Game # Date Time Away Score Home Location Recap
11 1 December 2018 16:00 Sydney Sirens 4–3 (SO) Brisbane Goannas Boondall Iceworld [11]
12 2 December 2018 07:00 Sydney Sirens 6–1 Brisbane Goannas Boondall Iceworld [12]
13 8 December 2018 17:00 Perth Inferno 3–9 Melbourne Ice O'Brien Group Arena [13]
14 9 December 2018 13:15 Perth Inferno 1–5 Melbourne Ice O'Brien Group Arena [14]
15 15 December 2018 17:00 Adelaide Rush 1–6 Sydney Sirens Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink [15]
16 16 December 2018 09:15 Adelaide Rush 0–8 Sydney Sirens Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink [16]

January

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January
Game # Date Time Away Score Home Location Recap
17 12 January 2019 16:00 Adelaide Rush 0–3 Brisbane Goannas Boondall Iceworld [17]
18 13 January 2019 07:00 Adelaide Rush 5–6 Brisbane Goannas Boondall Iceworld [18]
19 19 January 2019 18:00 Melbourne Ice 4–8 Perth Inferno Cockburn Ice Arena [19]
20 20 January 2019 09:30 Melbourne Ice 7–2 Perth Inferno Cockburn Ice Arena [20]

February

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February
Game # Date Time Away Score Home Location Recap
21 2 February 2019 17:00 Sydney Sirens 6–7 Melbourne Ice O'Brien Group Arena [21]
22 2 February 2019 18:00 Adelaide Rush 2–10 Perth Inferno Cockburn Ice Arena [22]
23 3 February 2019 09:30 Adelaide Rush 3–10 Perth Inferno Cockburn Ice Arena [23]
24 3 February 2019 13:15 Sydney Sirens 4–3 (SO) Melbourne Ice O'Brien Group Arena [24]
25 16 February 2019 17:00 Brisbane Goannas 1–10 Sydney Sirens Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink [25]
26 17 February 2019 09:15 Brisbane Goannas 0–8 Sydney Sirens Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink [26]
27 23 February 2019 16:00 Perth Inferno 4–3 Brisbane Goannas Boondall Iceworld [27]
28 23 February 2019 16:00 Melbourne Ice 10–3 Adelaide Rush IceArenA [28]
29 24 February 2019 07:00 Perth Inferno 4–2 Brisbane Goannas Boondall Iceworld [29]
30 24 February 2019 09:30 Melbourne Ice 6–3 Adelaide Rush IceArenA [30]

Key:

Winner Draw

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Melbourne Ice (C) 12 10 0 1 1 77 35 +42 31 2019 Joan McKowen Finals
2 Sydney Sirens 12 7 2 0 3 73 26 +47 25
3 Perth Inferno 12 7 0 0 5 62 56 +6 21
4 Brisbane Goannas 12 2 0 1 9 24 67 −43 7
5 Adelaide Rush 12 2 0 0 10 28 80 −52 6
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

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The season's league leader statistics for skaters and goaltenders.[4][5]

Goals
No. Name Pos G
1 Canada Christina Julien Forward 24
2 Australia Sharna Godfrey Forward 16
3 Australia Bettina Meyers Forward 11
4 United States Ashlie Aparicio Forward 10
5 United States Courtney Moulton Forward 8
Assists
No. Name Pos A
1 United States Elizabeth Scala Forward 20
2 Australia Sharna Godfrey Forward 18
3 Australia Bettina Meyers Forward 15
4 Canada Christina Julien Forward 13
5 Australia Michelle Clark-Crumpton Forward 13
Points
No. Name Pos P
1 Canada Christina Julien Forward 37
2 Australia Sharna Godfrey Forward 34
3 United States Elizabeth Scala Forward 32
4 Australia Michelle Clark-Crumpton Forward 29
5 Australia Bettina Meyers Forward 26
Penalty minutes
No. Name Pos PIM
1 United Kingdom Kirsty Venus Defender 30
2 Australia Isla Malcolm Defender 22
3 Canada Christina Julien Forward 18
4 Australia Bettina Meyers Forward 18
5 United States Courtney Moulton Forward 18
Save percentage
No. Name Pos SV%
1 Turkey Sera Dogramaci Goaltender 0.913
2 Australia Ruth Brophy Goaltender 0.904
3 Australia Paula Morris Goaltender 0.900
4 Australia Olivia Last Goaltender 0.900
5 Australia Ella Licari Goaltender 0.892
Goals against average
No. Name Pos GAA
1 Australia Paula Morris Goaltender 1.33
2 Turkey Sera Dogramaci Goaltender 2.20
3 Australia Jenelle Carson Goaltender 2.71
4 Australia Olivia Last Goaltender 2.84
5 Australia Ruth Brophy Goaltender 3.00

Season awards

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Below lists the 2018–19 AWIHL regular season award winners.[6]

Award Name Team
Skaters Network Most Valuable Player Australia Sharna Godfrey Sydney Sirens
Best Forward Canada Christina Julien Melbourne Ice
Best Defence Australia Amelia Matheson Sydney Sirens
Best Goaltender Turkey Sera Dogramaci Sydney Sirens
Nellie Gee Rookie of the Year Australia Olivia Last Sydney Sirens

Joan McKowen playoffs

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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 playoff and grand final is played on the Sunday.[7] The prize for being crowned AWIHL Champions for winning the grand final is the Joan McKowen Memorial Trophy.[8]

In 2018–19, the Inferno, Sirens, Goannas and Ice qualified for the finals weekend.[9] The event was held on 9 March to 10 March 2019 in host city Adelaide at the IceArenA.[10] Sydney and Melbourne won the semi-finals on Saturday by comfortable margins to advance to the Joan McKowen grand final. On Sunday Perth defeated Brisbane in the third place playoff to finish their maiden season third with bronze medals. Melbourne beat Sydney to claim the championship title and lift the Joan McKowen Memorial Trophy for a record seventh time.[11]

 
Semi-finalsJoan McKowen Final
 
      
 
9 March - Adelaide
 
 
Perth Inferno3
 
10 March - Adelaide
 
Sydney Sirens6
 
Sydney Sirens3
 
9 March - Adelaide
 
Melbourne Ice4
 
Brisbane Goannas2
 
 
Melbourne Ice9
 
Third place
 
 

10 March - Adelaide
 
 
Brisbane Goannas3
 
 
Perth Inferno6

Semi-finals

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9 March 2019
10:00		Perth Inferno3–6
(1–2, 1–1, 1–3)		Sydney SirensIceArenA
Game reference
Keesha AtkinsGoaliesSera DogramaciReferee:
Gabby Aston
Linesmen:
Mitch Brown
Sam Ellis
0 – 1McOnie (Unassisted)
0 – 2McOnie (Cochrane)
(Sharp) Scala1 – 2
1 – 3Beaver (Chia, Embrey)
(C.Poole) M.Poole2 – 3
2 – 4McOnie (Unassisted)
2 – 5Walker (Unassisted)
(Unassisted) Scala3 – 5
3 – 6Godfrey (Matheson)
12 minPenalties8 min
40Shots43
9 March 2019
16:00		Brisbane Goannas2–9
(0–2, 2–5, 0–2)		Melbourne IceIceArenA
Attendance: 150
Game reference
Tina GirdlerGoaliesRuth BrophyReferee:
Dave Gal
Linesmen:
Ian Hunter
Josef Rezek
0 – 1Aparicio (Meyers)
0 – 2Aparicio (Meyers)
0 – 3Lo (Pullin)
0 – 4Julien (Unassisted)
0 – 5Pullin (Moore)
0 – 6van der Wolf (Diduszko)
(Hocutt) Roberts1 – 6
(MacDonald) Roberts2 – 6
2 – 7Julien (van der Wolf)
2 – 8Julien (Ellis)
2 – 9Carson (Ellis, Jones)
6 minPenalties12 min
15Shots40

Third place playoff

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10 March 2019
13:30		Brisbane Goannas3–6
(0–2, 1–2, 2–2)		Perth InfernoIceArenA
Game reference
Taylah PearsonGoaliesElla LicariReferee:
Dave Gal
Linesmen:
Ian Hunter
Sam Ellis
0 – 1Cookson (Malcolm)
0 – 2Nottle (Minney-Smith)
0 – 3Clark-Crumpton (Moulton)
(Carbone) Roberts1 – 3
1 – 4Clark-Crumpton (Moulton, Sharp)
1 – 5Clark-Crumpton (Moulton)
(Wytrykusz, Roberts) Carbone2 – 5
(Haley) Brown3 – 5
3 – 6McMahon (Clark-Crumpton)
6 minPenalties24 min
32Shots37

Final

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10 March 2019
18:00		Sydney Sirens3–4
(1–2, 2–0, 0–2)		Melbourne IceIceArenA
Game reference
Sera DogramaciGoaliesJenelle CarsonReferee:
Gabby Aston
Linesmen:
Josef Rezek
Mitch Brown
0 – 1Ellis (Meyers, Julien)
0 – 2Julien (Unassisted)
(Unassisted) Godfrey1 – 2
(Unassisted) McOnie2 – 2
(Matheson) Beaver3 – 2
3 – 3Scheuerlein (Aparicio)
3 – 4Meyers (Unassisted)
16 minPenalties24 min
41Shots34


Gold Silver Bronze
Victoria (state) Melbourne Ice New South Wales Sydney Sirens Western Australia Perth Inferno

References

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  1. ^ "AWIHL (W) - 2018-2019". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  2. ^ Montroy, Liz (9 August 2018). "Perth Inferno Becomes the AWIHL's First Expansion Team". womenshockeylife.com. Archived from the original on 13 July 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
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  4. ^ "Scoring Leaders". Australian Women's Ice Hockey League. Archived from the original on 16 October 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Goalie Leaders". Australian Women's Ice Hockey League. Archived from the original on 16 October 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  6. ^ Collins, Lee (13 March 2019). "2018-19 AWIHL awards". icehockeynewsaustralia.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Australian Women's Ice Hockey League (AWIHL) Regulations" (PDF). Ice Hockey Australia. 1 January 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 October 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Joan Mckowen Memorial Cup". Ice Hockey Australia. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  9. ^ Collins, Lee (22 February 2019). "2018-19 AWIHL season: Round 12". icehockeynewsaustralia.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  10. ^ Collins, Lee (9 March 2019). "2019 AWIHL playoffs". icehockeynewsaustralia.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  11. ^ "Melbourne win record-breaking seventh AWIHL title". Ice Hockey Australia. Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
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