Tickets for the 2023 Australian Women’s Ice Hockey League playoffs are now available via Trybooking.com. The playoffs start on 18 March with the semifinals and finish on 19 March with a third-place game the grand final. All four games will be held at the O’Brien Icehouse. The Melbourne Ice, Perth Inferno and Sydney Sirens have all qualified for the playoffs with the fourth team to be determined following the results of this week’s final round of the regular season.
Schedule
- Semifinal: 4th – 1st (14:30, 18 March 2023, O’Brien Icehouse)
- Semifinal: 3rd – 2nd (17:00, 18 March 2023, O’Brien Icehouse)
- Third place game: Loser SF2 – Loser SF1 (14:00, 19 March 2023, O’Brien Icehouse)
- Grand final: Winner SF2 – Winner SF1 (17:00, 19 March 2023, O’Brien Icehouse)
Press release from the AWIHL
Ice Hockey Australia (IHA) and the Australian Women’s Ice Hockey League (AWIHL) are pleased to announce the AWIHL Finals weekend, March 18th and 19th at O’Brien Icehouse at Docklands, Victoria, for the supremacy of women’s ice hockey in Australia.
The AWIHL Finals series is supported by the Victorian Government. Sponsors include O’Brien Icehouse, Sports Link Travel and Cluch TV and Ice Hockey Victoria.
AWIHL Commissioner, Michaela Fellowes, said “We are back after missing the past two seasons; the teams are ready to contest for the Joan McKowen Memorial Trophy, it’s an exciting time for women’s ice hockey here in Australia”.
IHA’s General Manager, Adam Woolnough, said “Our women’s game is going from strength to strength, evidenced by the recent result of our World Women U18 National Team that won Gold in Division II at World Championship in the UK, and the National Women Team that won Silver in Division II at their World Championships in South Africa.
The women’s game has an opportunity to inspire the next generation of players and future stars as we target the Winter Olympics.
The journey starts domestically in Australia, we have a great competition to nurture the women’s game. We can’t wait to see the finals series play out to a full stadium of supporters at O’Brien Icehouse”.
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