# 2023 Men's Hockey One

The 2023 Men's JDH Hockey One was the third season of Hockey Australia's national league, Hockey One. The tournament was held across 7 states and territories of Australia. Competition commenced on 6 October, and culminated with a finals weekend on 25 and 26 November in Canberra.

## Competition format
### Format

The 2023 Hockey One season followed the same format as previous season. Teams will play a series of home and away matches during the pool stage, which will be followed by a classification round.
During the pool stage, teams play each other once in either a home or a way fixture. The top four ranked teams will qualify for the classification round, playing in two semi-finals with the winners contesting the final and losers the third place match. Like the previous season, the finals will be held over a single weekend at a central location.

### Rules

In addition to FIH sanctioned rules, Hockey Australia is implementing the following rules for Hockey One:
* When a field goal or penalty stroke is scored the same athlete will have an automatic one-on-one shootout with the goalkeeper for an extra goal.
* Outright winner: There will be no drawn games. In the event of a draw, teams will contest a penalty shoot-out to determine a winner.

### Point allocation

Match points will be distributed as follows:
* 5 points: win
* 3 points: shoot-out win
* 2 points: shoot-out loss
* 0 points: loss

## Participating teams

The seven teams competing in the league come from Australia's states and territories, with the Northern Territory being the only team absent.
Head Coach: Roel van Maastright
* Kieran Govers
* Connor Richmond-Spouse
* Lucas Toonen
* Jack Holland
* Matthew Magann
* Peter Scott
* Brodie Gleeson
* Fred Gray
* Lachlan Arniel
* Kyton Rayner
* Mitchell Dell
* Alastair Oliver
* Fraser Heigh
* Paxton Silby
* Hugh Snowden
* Charl Ulrich
* Richard Hancock
* Chris Wells
* Jed Snowden (GK)
* Edward Chittleborough (GK)
* Hassan Singh
* Jethro Eustice
Head Coach: Matthew Wells
* William Mathison
* Shane Kenny
* Corey Weyer
* Noah Fahy
* Lucas Brown
* Joshua Mynott
* Liam Hart
* Jacob Anderson
* Cale Cramer
* Michael Francis
* Jacob Whetton
* David Hubbard
* Jayden Atkinson
* Timothy Howard
* Scott Boyde
* Aaron Weiss
* Luke Randle (GK)
* Max Harding
* Daniel Beale
* Diarmid Chapple
* Joel Rintala
* Mitchell Nicholson (GK)
Head Coach: Seyi Onitiri
* Benjamin Staines
* Anand Gupte
* Jaume Torras
* Jesse Absolom
* Connor Tuddenham
* Sean Baker
* Jamie Hawke
* Owen Chivers
* Garry Backhus
* Jake Staines
* Koby Johnstone
* Hayden Dillon
* Oscar Smart
* Aiden Dooley
* Jeremy Hopkins
* Jay MacDonald
* Davis Atkin
* James Jewell
* Max Robson
* Fletcher Norris
* Brendan Hill (GK)
* Rupinder Pal Singh
Head Coach: Andrew Smith
* Craig Marais
* Frazer Gerrard
* George McGeogh (GK)
* Liam Henderson
* Douglas Buckley
* Damon Steffens
* Nathan Ephraums
* Lachlan Steinfort
* Nathan Copey
* Bradley Marais
* Cooper Burns
* Connar Ottarbach
* Jayshaan Randhawa
* James Knee
* Joshua Simmonds
* Luke Noblett
* Kiran Arunasalam
* Johan Durst (GK)
* Jordan Rees
* Nye Roberts
* Carlin Walker
* Benjamin White
Head Coach: Brent Livermore
* Lachlan Sharp
* Thomas Craig
* Nathan Ackroyd (GK)
* Ashleigh Thomas (GK)
* Matthew Dawson
* Daine Richards
* Nathaniel Stewart
* Nathan Czinner
* Blake Govers
* Dylan Martin
* Miles Davis
* Jack Hayes
* Ky Willott
* Flynn Ogilvie
* Ryan Woolnough
* Samuel Gray
* Timothy Brand
* Callum Mackay
* Samuel Mudford
* Thomas Miotto
* Rory Walker
* Michael Taylor
Head Coach: Craig Wilson
* Matthew Bird
* William Battistessa
* Timothy Geers
* Jake Harvie
* Thomas Wickham
* Bryn de Bes
* Tyler Lovell (GK)
* Marshall Puzey
* James Day
* Joshua Bowen
* Thomas Harvie
* Alistair Murray
* Brayden King
* Matthew Willis
* Liam Flynn
* Brodee Foster
* Aran Zalewski (C)
* Benjamin Rennie (GK)
* Frank Main
* Cambell Geddes
* Trent Mitton
* James Collins
Head Coach: Stephen McMullen
* Magnus McCausland (GK)
* Tyler McDonald
* Alexander Shaw
* Hayden Beltz
* Ewan Vickery
* Joshua Brooks
* Joshua Mardell
* Joseph Murphy
* Jeremy Edwards
* Ruben Hoey
* Edward Ockenden
* Samuel McCulloch
* Joshua Beltz
* Jack Welch
* Timothy Deavin
* Ehren Hazell
* Henry Chambers (GK)
* Max Larkin (GK)
* Gobindraj Gill
* Lachlan Rogers
* Alistair White
* Jeremy Hayward

## Venues

| Sydney | Melbourne | Perth |
| Sydney Olympic Park | Melbourne Sports Centre | Perth Hockey Stadium |
| Capacity: 8,000 | Capacity: 8,000 | Capacity: 6,000 |
| Adelaide | BrisbaneAdelaideSydneyCanberraMelbournePerthHobart | BrisbaneAdelaideSydneyCanberraMelbournePerthHobart |
| MATE Stadium | BrisbaneAdelaideSydneyCanberraMelbournePerthHobart | BrisbaneAdelaideSydneyCanberraMelbournePerthHobart |
| Capacity: 4,000 | BrisbaneAdelaideSydneyCanberraMelbournePerthHobart | BrisbaneAdelaideSydneyCanberraMelbournePerthHobart |
| Brisbane | BrisbaneAdelaideSydneyCanberraMelbournePerthHobart | BrisbaneAdelaideSydneyCanberraMelbournePerthHobart |
| State Hockey Centre | BrisbaneAdelaideSydneyCanberraMelbournePerthHobart | BrisbaneAdelaideSydneyCanberraMelbournePerthHobart |
| Capacity: 1,000 | BrisbaneAdelaideSydneyCanberraMelbournePerthHobart | BrisbaneAdelaideSydneyCanberraMelbournePerthHobart |
| Canberra | BrisbaneAdelaideSydneyCanberraMelbournePerthHobart | BrisbaneAdelaideSydneyCanberraMelbournePerthHobart |
| National Hockey Centre | BrisbaneAdelaideSydneyCanberraMelbournePerthHobart | BrisbaneAdelaideSydneyCanberraMelbournePerthHobart |
| Hobart | BrisbaneAdelaideSydneyCanberraMelbournePerthHobart | BrisbaneAdelaideSydneyCanberraMelbournePerthHobart |
| Tasmanian Hockey Centre | BrisbaneAdelaideSydneyCanberraMelbournePerthHobart | BrisbaneAdelaideSydneyCanberraMelbournePerthHobart |

## Results
### Preliminary round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WD | LD | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | NSW Pride | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 12 | +20 | 28 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Brisbane Blaze | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 15 | +17 | 25 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | HC Melbourne | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 22 | −3 | 15 | Semi-finals |
| 4 | Tassie Tigers | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 12 | Semi-finals |
| 5 | Adelaide Fire | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 25 | −12 | 12 | |
| 6 | Perth Thundersticks | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 17 | −5 | 10 | |
| 7 | Canberra Chill | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 26 | −15 | 3 | |

#### Fixtures

* 6 October 2023 20:00 (AEDT)
| Tassie Tigers | 1–4 | HC Melbourne |
| Hayward 55' | Report | Burns 15' Steffens 30+', 41' Ephraums 57' |
* Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart Umpires: Jayden Pearson (AUS) Aaron Kitchener (AUS)
* 7 October 2023 15:30 (AWST)
| Perth Thundersticks | 4–1 | Canberra Chill |
| Day 14', 30', 33' Wickham 17' | Report | B. Staines 19' |
* Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Umpires: Daniel Johnston (AUS) Jordan Moore (AUS)
* 8 October 2023 14:30 (ACDT)
| Adelaide Fire | 2–10 | Brisbane Blaze |
| Heigh 6', 14' | Report | Cramer 3', 3', 19' Anderson 20', 20', 28', 28' Chappell 32', 32', 45' |
* MATE Stadium, Adelaide Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Timothy Sheahan (AUS)
* 13 October 2023 20:00 (AEDT)
| HC Melbourne | 2–3 | Adelaide Fire |
| Burns 5' Simmonds 36' | Report | Rayner 45+' Holland 57', 60' |
* Melbourne Sports Centre, Melbourne Umpires: James Unkles (AUS) Timothy Sheahan (AUS)
* 14 October 2023 20:00 (AEST)
| Brisbane Blaze | 3–7 | NSW Pride |
| Anderson 53', 53' Weyer 58' | Report | Brand 1', 1' Craig 19' Willott 28' Hayes 31', 31' Govers 34' |
* State Hockey Centre, Brisbane Umpires: Aaron Gotting (AUS) Stephen Rogers (AUS)
* 15 October 2023 14:00 (AEDT)
| Canberra Chill | 0–7 | Tassie Tigers |
| | Report | Edwards 1' McCulloch 3', 3', 26', 26' Welch 21' Hazell 56' |
* National Hockey Centre, Canberra Umpires: Stirling Sharpe (AUS) Zeke Newman (AUS)
* 20 October 2023 20:00 (AEDT)
| Tassie Tigers | 2–1 | Perth Thundersticks |
| Hayward 12', 25' | Report | Wickham 30' |
* Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart Umpires: Jayden Pearson (AUS) Aaron Kitchener (AUS)
* 21 October 2023 19:30 (ACDT)
| Adelaide Fire | 2–2 | Canberra Chill |
| Heigh 50', 50' | Report | Rupinder Pal 13', 45' |
| Penalties |||
| Scott Heigh Gray Ulrich | 1–3 | Hawke Tuddenham Atkin Rupinder Pal |
* MATE Stadium, Adelaide Umpires: Aaron Gotting (AUS) James Unkles (AUS)
* 22 October 2023 15:00 (AEDT)
| NSW Pride | 11–2 | HC Melbourne |
| Ogilvie 4', 4' Govers 12', 12', 39', 42' Brand 42' Hayes 45+' Willott 55', 55' Richards 55' | Report | Ephraums 38', 38' |
* Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney Umpires: Neke Newman (AUS) Benjamin de Young (AUS)
* 27 October 2023 20:00 (AEST)
| Brisbane Blaze | 5–0 | Tassie Tigers |
| Boyde 35', 35' Randle 43' Anderson 58', 58' | Report | |
* State Hockey Centre, Brisbane Umpires: Benjamin de Young (AUS) Aaron Gotting (AUS)
* 28 October 2023 16:30 (AEDT)
| Canberra Chill | 2–3 | NSW Pride |
| B. Staines 56', 56' | Report | Miotto 45' Craig 49' Davis 54' |
* National Hockey Centre, Canberra Umpires: Zeke Newman (AUS) Benjamin Hocking (AUS)
* 29 October 2023 15:00 (AWST)
| Perth Thundersticks | 2–6 | HC Melbourne |
| Zalewski 25' Day 29' | Report | Ephraums 14', 44' Otterbach 18', 18' Rees 30+' Steffens 53' |
* Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Umpires: Daniel Johnston (AUS) Jordan Moore (AUS)
* 3 November 2023 20:00 (AEDT)
| HC Melbourne | 1–3 | Brisbane Blaze |
| White 33' | Report | Cramer 9' Boyde 41', 41' |
* Melbourne Sports Centre, Melbourne Umpires: James Unkles (AUS) Benjamin de Young (AUS)
* 4 November 2023 18:30 (AEDT)
| NSW Pride | 1–1 | Tassie Tigers |
| Willott 24' | Report | H. Beltz 60+' |
| Penalties |||
| Willott Ogilvie Hayes Craig Richards Willott | 5–4 | McCulloch Welch Hayward H. Beltz Edwards Welch |
* Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney Umpires: Zeke Newman (AUS) Stephen Rogers (AUS)
* 5 November 2023 15:00 (ACDT)
| Adelaide Fire | 0–3 | Perth Thundersticks |
| | Report | Willis 19', 19' Day 60' |
* MATE Stadium, Adelaide Umpires: Aleisha Neumann (AUS) Benjamin Hocking (AUS)
* 10 November 2023 20:00 (AEDT)
| Canberra Chill | 4–6 | Brisbane Blaze |
| B. Staines 38', 38', 48', 48' | Report | Weyer 49' Chappell 49' Hart 59', 59' Francis 59', 59' |
* National Hockey Centre, Canberra Umpires: Stephen Rogers (AUS) Timothy Sheahan (AUS)
* 11 November 2023 18:30 (AEDT)
| Tassie Tigers | 1–3 | Adelaide Fire |
| Hayward 7' | Report | H. Snowden 22' Heigh 23', 41' |
* Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart Umpires: Jayden Pearson (AUS) Aaron Kitchener (AUS)
* 12 November 2023 13:30 (AWST)
| Perth Thundersticks | 1–3 | NSW Pride |
| Wickham 57' | Report | Ogilvie 35', 35' Govers 44' |
* Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Umpires: Daniel Johnston (AUS) Jordan Moore (AUS)
* 17 November 2023 18:30 (AEDT)
| HC Melbourne | 4–2 | Canberra Chill |
| Knee 27' Henderson 32', 32' Simmonds 35' | Report | Tuddenham 49', 49' |
* Melbourne Sports Centre, Melbourne Umpires: Benjamin Hocking (AUS) James Unkles (AUS)
* 18 November 2023 20:00 (AEDT)
| NSW Pride | 7–3 | Adelaide Fire |
| Govers 2' Brand 20' Craig 20', 50', 50' Richards 34', 34' | Report | Rayner 25' Heigh 40', 60' |
* Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney Umpires: Zeke Newman (AUS) Daniel Johnston (AUS)
* 19 November 2023 14:00 (AEST)
| Brisbane Blaze | 5–1 | Perth Thundersticks |
| Weyer 4' Rintala 13', 30', 30' Chappell 56' | Report | Day 43' |
* State Hockey Centre, Brisbane Umpires: Aaron Gotting (AUS) Stephen Rogers (AUS)

### Classification round

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 25 November | 25 November |
| NSW Pride | 6 |
| NSW Pride | 6 | 26 November | 26 November |
| Tassie Tigers | 2 | 26 November | 26 November |
| Tassie Tigers | 2 | NSW Pride | 3 (3) |
| 25 November | 25 November | | NSW Pride | 3 (3) |
| 25 November | 25 November | Brisbane Blaze (pen.) | 3 (5) |
| Brisbane Blaze (pen.) | 3 (10) | Brisbane Blaze (pen.) | 3 (5) |
| HC Melbourne | 3 (9) | | |
| HC Melbourne | 3 (9) | Third place | Third place |
| | | 26 November | 26 November |
| | | Tassie Tigers | 1 |
| | | HC Melbourne | 2 |

#### Semi-finals

* 25 November 2023 12:30
| NSW Pride | 6–2 | Tassie Tigers |
| Govers 8', 9', 23', 52' Brand 59', 59' | Report | Hayward 13' Gill 34' |
* National Hockey Centre, Canberra Umpires: Stephen Rogers (AUS) James Unkles (AUS)
* 25 November 2023 16:00
| Brisbane Blaze | 3–3 | HC Melbourne |
| Cramer 13' Boyde 37', 37' | Report | Davis 8', 40', 40' |
| Penalties |||
| Boyde Beale Rintala Whetton Weyer Boyde Weyer Beale Whetton Rintala Weyer Boyde Beale | 10–9 | Simmonds Simmonds Ephraums Ottarbach Arunasalam Ephraums White Simmonds Simmonds B. Marais Ephraums White Ottarbach |
* National Hockey Centre, Canberra Umpires: Zeke Newman (AUS) Aaron Gotting (AUS)

#### Third and fourth place

* 26 November 2023 13:00
| Tassie Tigers | 1–2 | HC Melbourne |
| Hayward 15+' | Report | Simmonds 17' White 45' |
* National Hockey Centre, Canberra Umpires: James Unkles (AUS) Aaron Gotting (AUS)

#### Final

* 26 November 2023 17:30
| NSW Pride | 3–3 | Brisbane Blaze |
| Govers 20', 52', 60' | Report | Cramer 17', 17' Weyer 24' |
| Penalties |||
| Brand Ogilvie Willott Govers | 3–5 | Boyde Weyer Rintala Beale Whetton |
* National Hockey Centre, Canberra Umpires: Stephen Rogers (AUS) Zeke Newman (AUS)

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WD | LD | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final standing |
| | Brisbane Blaze | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 21 | +17 | 31 | Gold Medal |
| | NSW Pride | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 17 | +24 | 35 | Silver Medal |
| | HC Melbourne | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 26 | −2 | 22 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | Tassie Tigers | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 22 | −7 | 12 | Fourth Place |
| 5 | Adelaide Fire | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 25 | −12 | 12 | Eliminated in Group Stage |
| 6 | Perth Thundersticks | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 17 | −5 | 10 | Eliminated in Group Stage |
| 7 | Canberra Chill | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 26 | −15 | 3 | Eliminated in Group Stage |

## Goalscorers

There were 154 goals scored in 25 matches, for an average of 6.16 goals per match.
14 goals
* Blake Govers
8 goals
* Jacob Anderson
* Fraser Heigh
7 goals
* Benjamin Staines
* Cale Cramer
6 goals
* Timothy Brand
* Scott Boyde
* Jeremy Hayward
* James Day
5 goals
* Thomas Craig
* Diarmid Chappell
* Nathan Ephraums
4 goals
* Flynn Ogilvie
* Ky Willott
* Corey Weyer
* Samuel McCulloch
3 goals
* Jack Hayes
* Daine Richards
* Joel Rintala
* Eden Davis
* Joshua Simmonds
* Damon Steffens
* Thomas Wickham
2 goals
* Rupinder Pal Singh
* Connor Tuddenham
* Michael Francis
* Liam Hart
* Cooper Burns
* Liam Henderson
* Connar Otterbach
* Benjamin White
* Jack Holland
* Kyton Rayner
* Matthew Willis
1 goal
* Miles Davis
* Thomas Miotto
* Luke Randle
* Hugh Snowden
* Hayden Beltz
* Jeremy Edwards
* Gobindraj Gill
* Ehren Hazell
* Jack Welch
* James Knee
* Jordan Rees
* Aran Zalewski
Source: Hockey Australia