Hockey New Zealand's national league, inaugural season
The 2020 Men's Sentinel Homes Premier Hockey League was the inaugural men's edition of Hockey New Zealand 's national league. The tournament was held in Hamilton at the Gallagher Hockey Centre . Competition commenced on 19 November, culminating with finals matches on 6 December.[ 1]
The Central Falcons won the tournament after defeating the Southern Alpiners 1–0 in penalties after the final finished as a 1–1 draw.[ 2] [ 3] The Hauraki Mavericks finished in bronze position, defeating the Northern Tridents 4–1.[ 4]
The 2020 Premier Hockey League saw a new format than that of the former, National Hockey League . Teams played in a double round-robin format during the Pool Stage , which was followed by two Classification Matches .
Following the results of the Pool Stage, the top two ranked teams contested the final, with the bottom two ranked teams playing off for third place.[ 4]
Match points will be distributed as follows:
4 points: win 2 points: shoot-out win 1 points: shoot-out loss 0 points: loss Participating teams [ edit ] The four teams competing in the league come from the various regions of New Zealand .[ 5]
All times are local (New Zealand Daylight Time ).
Source:
Hockey New Zealand Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
Umpires: Lee Erskine (NZL) Bevan Nichol (NZL)
Umpires: Bruce Brownsey (NZL) Bren Duckworth (NZL)
Umpires: Benjamin Grant (NZL) Bevan Nichol (NZL)
Umpires: Bren Duckworth (NZL) Lee Erskine (NZL)
Umpires: Bevan Nichol (NZL) Lee Erskine (NZL)
Umpires: Benjamin Grant (NZL) Bren Duckworth (NZL)
Umpires: Timothy Bond (NZL) Nicholas Saunders (NZL)
Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Simon Taylor (NZL)
Umpires: Nicholas Saunders (NZL) David Tomlinson (NZL)
Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) Timothy Bond (NZL)
Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Gareth Greenfield (NZL)
Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Timothy Bond (NZL)
Classification round [ edit ] Third and fourth place [ edit ] Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Nicholas Saunders (NZL)
Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) David Tomlinson (NZL)
There were 61 goals scored in 14 matches, for an average of 4.36 goals per match.
9 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Source: Hockey New Zealand