Series 3 of the 2016 Australian Women’s Tier 2 Ice Hockey League season has finished with the Western Australian Hawkettes claiming first place after winning all six of their games. The win gives the Hawkettes their second series win for 2016 after they won Series 2 in July. The New South Wales Bombers claim first place in the 2016 Combined Series standings, seven points clear of the second placed Canberra Pirates.
Series 3 saw the league shrink back to a four team competition with the withdrawal of the South Australian Valkyries and the Melbourne White Dragons. The Valkyries competed in Series 2 while the White Dragons competed in both Series 1 and Series 2.
For more information see the tournament website.
Schedule:
- Game 1: Western Australian Hawkettes 6 – 0 Melbourne Black Dragons (18:30, 30 September 2016)
- Game 2: Melbourne Black Dragons 1 – 4 Canberra Pirates (07:00, 1 October 2016)
- Game 3: New South Wales Bombers 0 – 3 Western Australian Hawkettes (08:15, 1 October 2016)
- Game 4: New South Wales Bombers 1 – 0 Melbourne Black Dragons (09:30, 1 October 2016)
- Game 5: Western Australian Hawkettes 3 – 0 Canberra Pirates (15:45, 1 October 2016)
- Game 6: New South Wales Bombers 1 – 1 Canberra Pirates (17:00, 1 October 2016)
- Game 7: Western Australian Hawkettes 4 – 0 Melbourne Black Dragons (08:30, 2 October 2016)
- Game 8: New South Wales Bombers 3 – 1 Melbourne Black Dragons (09:45, 2 October 2016)
- Game 9: Canberra Pirates 3 – 1 Melbourne Black Dragons (15:00, 2 October 2016)
- Game 10: New South Wales Bombers 0 – 4 Western Australian Hawkettes (16:15, 2 October 2016)
- Game 11: Canberra Pirates 0 – 7 Western Australian Hawkettes (17:30, 2 October 2016)
- Game 12: New South Wales Bombers 2 – 2 Canberra Pirates (10:00, 3 October 2016)
Preliminary round standings:
| Team | GP | W | T | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Australian Hawkettes | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| New South Wales Bombers | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Canberra Pirates | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Melbourne Black Dragons | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
2016 Combined Series standings (after Game 11 of Series 3):
| Team | GP | W | T | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New South Wales Bombers | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 40 |
| Canberra Pirates | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 33 |
| Western Australian Hawkettes | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 31 |
| Melbourne Black Dragons | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 20 |
| 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
Last updated 3 October 2016
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