Series 2 of the Australian Women’s Tier 2 Ice Hockey League has finished with the Western Australian Hawkettes defeating the New South Wales Bombers 6-0 in the final. The league expanded to six teams for Series 2 with the South Australian Valkyries and Western Australian Hawkettes joining the competition. The New South Wales Bombers who won Series 1 back in March currently lead the 2016 Combined Series standings with 28 points.
Series 3 of the AW2IHL is scheduled for 1 October and 2 October 2016 at the Hunter Ice Skating Stadium.
On a very minor note, since Series 1 the league name has been slightly re-organised from the “Australian Tier 2 Women’s Ice Hockey League” to the current format of “Australian Women’s Tier 2 Ice Hockey League”. Basically just “Tier 2” being shifted one place to the right. As a result, I have adjusted the acronym to be AW2IHL.
For more information see the tournament website.
Preliminary round:
- Game 1: Melbourne Black Dragons 4 – 2 Melbourne White Dragons (08:30, 9 July 2016)
- Game 2: New South Wales Bombers 3 – 0 Canberra Pirates (09:45, 9 July 2016)
- Game 3: South Australian Valkyries 1 – 3 Melbourne Black Dragons (15:15, 9 July 2016)
- Game 4: Melbourne Black Dragons 0 – 6 New South Wales Bombers (19:15, 9 July 2016)
- Game 5: Western Australian Hawkettes 11 – 0 South Australian Valkyries (20:30, 9 July 2016)
- Game 6: Canberra Pirates 7 – 0 Melbourne White Dragons (21:45, 9 July 2016)
- Game 7: New South Wales Bombers 5 – 3 Western Australian Hawkettes (23:00, 9 July 2016)
- Game 8: South Australian Valkyries 4 – 3 Melbourne White Dragons (08:30, 10 July 2016)
- Game 9: Canberra Pirates 0 – 5 Western Australian Hawkettes (09:45, 10 July 2016)
- Game 10: Western Australian Hawkettes 8 – 0 Melbourne White Dragons (18:15, 10 July 2016)
- Game 11: New South Wales Bombers 10 – 2 South Australian Valkyries (19:30, 10 July 2016)
- Game 12: Melbourne Black Dragons 0 – 2 Canberra Pirates (20:45, 10 July 2016)
Preliminary round standings:
| Team | GP | W | T | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New South Wales Bombers | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Western Australian Hawkettes | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Canberra Pirates | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Melbourne Black Dragons | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| South Australian Valkyries | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Melbourne White Dragons | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Playoff round:
- Grand Final: New South Wales Bombers 0 – 6 Western Australia Hawkettes (22:00, 10 July 2016)
- 3rd/5th Game: South Australian Valkyries 1 – 6 Canberra Pirates (23:15, 10 July 2016)
Note: Playoff round games count towards the 2016 Combined Series standings. The 3rd/5th Game was held simply as an additional game to maximise games played.
2016 Combined Series standings (at the end of Series 2):
| Team | GP | W | T | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New South Wales Bombers | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 28 |
| Canberra Pirates | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 21 |
| Melbourne Black Dragons | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| Western Australian Hawkettes | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| Melbourne White Dragons | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| South Australian Valkyries | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
Note: For the combined standings points are allocated as follows
- 3 points for a win, 2 points for a tie, 1 point for a loss
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