# 2012 Men's Australian Hockey League

The 2012 Men's Australian Hockey League was the 22nd edition of the men's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held in Australia's capital city, Canberra.
The QLD Blades won the gold medal for the seventh time by defeating the WA Thundersticks 3–2 in the final. VIC Vikings won the bronze medal after defeating the NSW Waratahs 3–1 in the third place match.

## Teams

* Canberra Lakers
* Southern Hotshots
* NSW Waratahs
* Tassie Tigers
* NT Stingers
* VIC Vikings
* QLD Blades
* WA Thundersticks

## Results
### Preliminary round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | QLD Blades | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 11 | +19 | 16 | Advance to Semi-Finals |
| 2 | WA Thundersticks | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 15 | +14 | 15 | Advance to Semi-Finals |
| 3 | NSW Waratahs | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 16 | +11 | 15 | Advance to Semi-Finals |
| 4 | VIC Vikings | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 14 | +12 | 13 | Advance to Semi-Finals |
| 5 | Tassie Tigers | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 20 | +5 | 11 | |
| 6 | Southern Hotshots | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 9 | |
| 7 | Canberra Lakers | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 34 | −23 | 3 | |
| 8 | NT Stingers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 35 | −32 | 0 | |

#### Matches

* 16 October 2012 09:00
| Tassie Tigers | 5–3 | Canberra Lakers |
| Doerner 9' Lawler 31' Budgeon 44' Boulton 51', 68' | Report | Hotchkis 18' Lobsey 26' Baxter 40' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 16 October 2012 11:00
| Southern Hotshots | 1–5 | NSW Waratahs |
| Webber 15' | Report | T. White 3' Miller 4', 33', 38' Butturini 25' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 16 October 2012 13:00
| QLD Blades | 6–0 | WA Thundersticks |
| Whetton 5' Dwyer 19', 33', 46' Wotherspoon 49' Gohdes 69' | Report | |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 16 October 2012 15:00
| VIC Vikings | 4–0 | NT Stingers |
| Pollard 9' Ford 34' Ciriello 40', 66' | Report | |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 17 October 2012 09:00
| NSW Waratahs | 5–3 | QLD Blades |
| Miller 2' F. Ogilvie 27' Walters 44' Govers 60' Butturini 64' | Report | Dwyer 11' Beale 40' Elder 50' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 17 October 2012 11:00
| Tassie Tigers | 3–5 | WA Thundersticks |
| Doerner 28' Budgeon 30', 70' | Report | Boyne 13', 52' Schubert 41', 57' Burcher 44' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 17 October 2012 13:00
| NT Stingers | 0–3 | Canberra Lakers |
| | Report | Davidson 18' Pike 35' Wallace 59' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 17 October 2012 15:00
| VIC Vikings | 5–2 | Southern Hotshots |
| Simpson 18' Ciriello 25', 38', 50', 64' | Report | Joyce 34' Webber 68' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 18 October 2012 09:00
| WA Thundersticks | 6–0 | NT Stingers |
| Boyne 20', 35' Bates 26', 44' Schubert 39' Kavanagh 52' | Report | |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 18 October 2012 11:00
| NSW Waratahs | 4–2 | Tassie Tigers |
| Buttutini 4' Pearce 33' Miller 53', 70' | Report | Doerner 12' Boulton 56' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 18 October 2012 13:00
| VIC Vikings | 2–4 | QLD Blades |
| Mirecki 11' Philpott 32' | Report | Wotherspoon 17' Elder 39', 57' De Young 55' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 18 October 2012 15:00
| Southern Hotshots | 4–1 | Canberra Lakers |
| Cleghorn 27' Hughes 38' Joyce 48', 66' | Report | Hawes 14' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 20 October 2012 09:00
| NT Stingers | 0–3 | Southern Hotshots |
| | Report | Joyce 43' 68' Bowden 70' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 20 October 2012 11:00
| QLD Blades | 2–2 | Tassie Tigers |
| Swann 34' Beale 41' | Report | Lawler 17' Deavin 36' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 20 October 2012 13:00
| VIC Vikings | 6–1 | Canberra Lakers |
| 2' Webster 17' Kleinschmidt 29' Pollard 34' Ciriello 45', 50' | Report | Jewell 13' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 20 October 2012 15:00
| WA Thundersticks | 4–1 | NSW Waratahs |
| Bates 17' Mitton 28' Boyne 42' Jacobs 70' | Report | Willis 57' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 21 October 2012 09:00
| Tassie Tigers | 5–1 | Southern Hotshots |
| Doerner 7', 30' Boulton 17' Budgeon 29' Cock 55' | Report | Cleghorn 4' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 21 October 2012 11:00
| QLD Blades | 6–0 | NT Stingers |
| Wotherspoon 6' Hammond 17' Dwyer 28', 59' Beale 42' Elder 52' | Report | |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 21 October 2012 13:00
| Canberra Lakers | 1–4 | NSW Waratahs |
| Pike 35' | Report | Miller 3' Pearce 26' Tribe 64' F. Ogilvie 65' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 21 October 2012 15:00
| WA Thundersticks | 4–2 | VIC Vikings |
| Mitton 30', 43' Boyne 42' Jacobs 52' | Report | 28' Pollard 38' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 23 October 2012 09:00
| NSW Waratahs | 1–5 | VIC Vikings |
| Butturini 31' | Report | Fraser 9' Ciriello 40' Kleinschmidt 44' Pollard 50' Guest 54' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 23 October 2012 11:00
| Canberra Lakers | 1–9 | WA Thundersticks |
| Hinde 37' | Report | Bausor 4', 46' Mitton 5' Bates 11', 51' Dancer 34' Park 36' Boyne 43', 70' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 23 October 2012 13:00
| Southern Hotshots | 1–3 | QLD Blades |
| Cleghorn 70' | Report | 8' Knowles 19' Whetton 40' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 23 October 2012 15:00
| NT Stingers | 3–6 | Tassie Tigers |
| Crooks 19' Hayward 50' Haami-Jones 53' | Report | Ockenden 8' Doerner 13', 26', 44' Budgeon 30' Deavin 63' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 24 October 2012 09:00
| Canberra Lakers | 1–6 | QLD Blades |
| Pike 24' | Report | Wotherspoon 6', 70' Swyer 44', 53' Posselt 63' Gohdes 68' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 24 October 2012 11:00
| Southern Hotshots | 2–1 | WA Thundersticks |
| Oliver 51' Wickham 65' | Report | Jacobs 19' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 24 October 2012 13:00
| Tassie Tigers | 2–2 | VIC Vikings |
| Doerner 13' Ockenden 70' | Report | MacKinnon 46' Ciriello 57' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 24 October 2012 15:00
| NSW Waratahs | 7–0 | NT Stingers |
| 10', 43' Pearce 14', 18' Miller 27' Orchard 60' K. Ogilvie 69' | Report | |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra

### Classification round
#### Fifth to eighth place classification

| Crossover | Crossover | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 26 October 2012 | 26 October 2012 |
| Tassie Tigers | 1 |
| Tassie Tigers | 1 | 27 October 2012 | 27 October 2012 |
| NT Stingers | 2 | 27 October 2012 | 27 October 2012 |
| NT Stingers | 2 | NT Stingers | 2 |
| 26 October 2012 | 26 October 2012 | | NT Stingers | 2 |
| 26 October 2012 | 26 October 2012 | Canberra Lakers | 1 |
| Southern Hotshots | 2 | Canberra Lakers | 1 |
| Canberra Lakers | 3 | | |
| Canberra Lakers | 3 | Seventh Place | Seventh Place |
| | | 27 October 2012 | 27 October 2012 |
| | | Tassie Tigers | 4 |
| | | Southern Hotshots | 1 |

##### Crossover

* 26 October 2012 09:00
| Southern Hotshots | 2–3 | Canberra Lakers |
| Claxton 16' Wickham 67' | Report | Hawes 48' Jorgensen 63' Jewell 70' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 26 October 2012 11:00
| Tassie Tigers | 1–2 | NT Stingers |
| Doerner 33' | Report | Gabriel 8' Hayward 66' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra

##### Seventh and eighth place

* 27 October 2012 09:00
| Tassie Tigers | 4–1 | Southern Hotshots |
| Clifford 16' Doerner 35' Budgeon 56' Ockenden 70' | Report | Joyce 67' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra

##### Fifth and sixth place

* 27 October 2012 11:00
| NT Stingers | 2–1 | Canberra Lakers |
| Crooks 6' A. Lockley 36' | Report | Pike 19' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra

#### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 26 October 2012 | 26 October 2012 |
| QLD Blades | 3 |
| QLD Blades | 3 | 27 October 2012 | 27 October 2012 |
| VIC Vikings | 0 | 27 October 2012 | 27 October 2012 |
| VIC Vikings | 0 | QLD Blades | 3 |
| 26 October 2012 | 26 October 2012 | | QLD Blades | 3 |
| 26 October 2012 | 26 October 2012 | WA Thundersticks | 2 |
| WA Thundersticks | 3 | WA Thundersticks | 2 |
| NSW Waratahs | 1 | | |
| NSW Waratahs | 1 | Third Place | Third Place |
| | | 27 October 2012 | 27 October 2012 |
| | | VIC Vikings | 3 |
| | | NSW Waratahs | 1 |

##### Semi-finals

* 26 October 2012 13:00
| WA Thundersticks | 3–1 | NSW Waratahs |
| Bates 8', 35', 40' | Report | Orchard 5' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 26 October 2012 15:00
| QLD Blades | 3–0 | VIC Vikings |
| Whetton 32' 40' Dwyer 70' | Report | |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra

##### Third and fourth place

* 27 October 2012 13:00
| VIC Vikings | 3–1 | NSW Waratahs |
| Ford 62' Ciriello 66', 70' | Report | Ogilvie 19' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra

##### Final

* 27 October 2012 15:00
| QLD Blades | 3–2 | WA Thundersticks |
| Wotherspoon 12' Dwyer 26' Posselt 50' | Report | Boyne 32' Bausor 56' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final Result |
| | QLD Blades | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 13 | +23 | 22 | Gold Medal |
| | WA Thundersticks | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 19 | +15 | 18 | Silver Medal |
| | VIC Vikings | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 18 | +11 | 16 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | NSW Waratahs | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 22 | +7 | 15 | |
| 5 | NT Stingers | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 37 | −30 | 6 | |
| 6 | Canberra Lakers | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 38 | −23 | 6 | |
| 7 | Tassie Tigers | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 23 | +7 | 14 | |
| 8 | Southern Hotshots | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 27 | −10 | 9 | |