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2024 AIHL Season preview – Adelaide Adrenaline
2023 in review In their first season since 2019, the Adrenaline found the going tough again – but managed to complete a few key milestones. Probably the most significant of these was their first win since July 2018, over the Rhinos in Erina early in the season. The season did end on a high note…
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AWIHL Medals Recap: Melbourne Ice lift Joan McKowen Memorial Trophy
The Melbourne Ice saved its best weekend for last, entering the weekend as the third seed and exiting as champions. Perth recorded its best season with silver, and the Adelaide Rush overcame a powerful Brisbane Lightning squad to earn bronze. Adelaide Rush v Brisbane Lightning The afternoon’s first game had the intensity of a gold…
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AWIHL Finals: Perth and Melbourne emerge victorious
Perth vs Brisbane The Perth Inferno and Melbourne Ice will face off tonight for the Gold Medal and Joan McKowen Memorial Trophy. Meanwhile, the Brisbane Lightning and Adelaide Rush will shake off disappointing semi-final results and play for Bronze. Both semi-final winners will be grateful to their respective goaltenders. The Brisbane Lightning bolted out of…
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In the Slot: Let’s talk AIHL Finals
The AIHL recently announced further details regarding the AIHL Finals for 2024. Let’s talk about what’s in store for us at the AIHL FInals in late August. The AIHL Finals format change this year has unsurprisingly caught the attention of AIHL fans and sparked debate. This change is the latest in a line of alterations…
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Field hockey and ice hockey collaboration benefits Sydney Sirens
On January 27, 2024, the Sydney Sirens went for a walk as a team after losing to the Perth Inferno in Western Australia. The Sirens, defending champions of the Australian Women’s Ice Hockey League, had played nine games, and lost every match. The Sirens came across the Hockeyroos, Australia’s national women’s field hockey team, playing…
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How much is a point worth?
So now that you’ve had a look at where the top scorers in the AIHL come from, and been bored by the technical details – how do different leagues compare to each other? As we saw in the piece on AIHL scoring, the “value” of a point differs across different hockey leagues. So how do…
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How to compare one hockey league to another
Warning Before we dig into this one, fair warning – this piece is technical and all about methodology, and is mostly concerned with how to get somewhere – rather than what that somewhere actually is. If you want to skip it and wait for the results, they will follow in the next piece. But, if…
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AIHL Import Hunting Grounds
Over the past decade, imports have scored almost half of AIHL goals, and we all know they are key to the performance of teams. With teams slowly starting to announce a new suite of imports for the 2024 AIHL season, this raises the question – which other leagues do the most productive players in the…
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Adelaide Rush into First, Sydney Quells Lightning
It was a wild weekend of Australian Women’s Ice Hockey League (AWIHL) action as a player safety situation took centre stage. Hockey Hype Australia brings you a quick wrap of the weekend’s action and implications heading towards Finals. First, we must address the situation at the Adelaide IceArenA, as it brought national media attention. After…
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New Australian ice sports infrastructure coming soon
I know what it’s like being a hockey fan in Australia, aging facilities not up to scratch for growing the sport we love and endless pie in the sky talk of new rinks and Australian ice sports infrastructure coming soon to a town near you. It’s easy to become cynical and dismissive of any talk…
