# 2005 Men's Australian Hockey League

The 2005 Men's Australian Hockey League was the 15th edition women's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held in various cities across Australia, and was contested from 25 February through to 3 April 2005.
The NSW Waratahs won the tournament for the third time after defeating the QLD Blades 4–3 in the final. WA Thundersticks finished in third place after defeating the Azuma Vikings 6–2 in the third and fourth place playoff.

## Participating teams

* Canberra Lakers
* NSW Waratahs
* Territory Stingers
* QLD Blades
* Adelaide Hotshots
* Tassie Tigers
* Azuma Vikings
* WA Thundersticks

## Competition format

The 2005 Men's Australian Hockey League consisted of a single round robin format, followed by classification matches.
Teams from all 8 states and territories competed against one another throughout the pool stage. At the conclusion of the pool stage, the top four ranked teams progressed to the semi-finals, while the bottom four teams continued to the classification stage.
The first four rounds of the pool stage comprised two-legged fixtures between states. As a result, matches in rounds five to seven of the pool stage were worth double points, due to the single-leg format.

### Point allocation

Points :
| W | WD | LD | L |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Every match in the 2005 AHL needed an outright result. In the event of a draw, golden goal extra time was played out, and if the result was still a draw a penalty shoot-out was contested, with the winner receiving a bonus point.

## Results
### Preliminary round
#### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WD | LD | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | QLD Blades | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 19 | +21 | 32 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | NSW Waratahs | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 23 | +19 | 29 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | WA Thundersticks | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 26 | +4 | 28 | Semi-finals |
| 4 | Azuma Vikings | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 24 | Semi-finals |
| 5 | Tassie Tigers | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 34 | −9 | 18 | |
| 6 | Adelaide Hotshots | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 15 | |
| 7 | Canberra Lakers | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 40 | −16 | 14 | |
| 8 | Territory Stingers | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 37 | −24 | 8 | |

#### Fixtures

* 25 February 2005 20:00 (AEDT)
| Tassie Tigers | 2–3 | QLD Blades |
| Guest 12' Tremayne 22' | Report | Butler 15', 61' Clutton 39' |
* Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
* 25 February 2005 20:00 (AWST)
| Perth Thundersticks | 0–1 | Adelaide Hotshots |
| | Report | Wishart 44' |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
* 26 February 2005 19:00 (AEDT)
| Azuma Vikings | 2–3 | NSW Waratahs |
| Monte 9' Hawes 25' | Report | Paterson 43' Taekema 68' Harris 70' |
* Stadium: Victorian Hockey Centre, Melbourne
* 26 February 2005 19:00 (AEDT)
| Tassie Tigers | 4–5 (a.e.t.) | QLD Blades |
| Ancher 12' Deavin 24' McAleese 54' Wells 70' | Report | Brennan 13', 71' Eglington 28' Butler 32' Hammond 42' |
* Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
* 26 February 2005 19:00 (AWST)
| Perth Thundersticks | 3–3 | Adelaide Hotshots |
| Trigwell 8' McIntyre 29' Bishop 48' | Report | Victory 23', 43' Reece 28' |
| Penalties |||
| | 4–2 | |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
* 25 February 2005 20:00 (ACST)
| Territory Stingers | 1–2 | Canberra Lakers |
| Hewitt 2' | Report | P. MacKinnon 22' D. Hotchkis 52' |
* Stadium: Vodafone Hockey Centre, Darwin
* 27 February 2005 16:00 (AEDT)
| Azuma Vikings | 3–2 | NSW Waratahs |
| Geraghty 11', 19' McLennan 41' | Report | Booth 16' Mulcair 58' |
* Stadium: Victorian Hockey Centre, Melbourne
* 27 February 2005 20:00 (ACST)
| Territory Stingers | 2–0 | Canberra Lakers |
| Hennessy 9', 61' | Report | |
* Stadium: Vodafone Hockey Centre, Darwin
* 5 March 2005 12:30 (ACDT)
| Adelaide Hotshots | 3–2 | Tassie Tigers |
| Kahlon 11' Stephen 37' Kelly 67' | Report | Richardson 48', 58' |
* Stadium: Distinctive Homes Hockey Arena, Adelaide
* 5 March 2005 14:00 (AEDT)
| NSW Waratahs | 7–4 | Perth Thundersticks |
| Harris 2', 7' Naylor 4', 43' Taekema 50', 53' Matheson 64' | Report | Trigwell 23' Bishop 25' M. Boyce 64' Galvin 70' |
* Stadium: Illawarra Hockey Stadium, Wollongong
* 5 March 2005 14:00 (AEST)
| QLD Blades | 5–0 | Territory Stingers |
| Brennan 2', 64' B. Brown 18' Hammond 38' Barry 68' | Report | |
* Stadium: Queensland Hockey Centre, Brisbane
* 5 March 2005 18:00 (AEDT)
| Canberra Lakers | 4–3 | Azuma Vikings |
| M. Hotchkis 27' P. MacKinnon 29', 61' Stebbings 32' | Report | Monte 5' Geraghty 38', 68' |
* Stadium: The Homes Centre, Canberra
* 6 March 2005 12:30 (ACDT)
| Adelaide Hotshots | 5–2 | Tassie Tigers |
| Victory 21', 54' Stephen 56' Crawford 59' Kahlon 61' | Report | Cock 19' Richardson 70' |
* Stadium: Distinctive Homes Hockey Arena, Adelaide
* 6 March 2005 14:00 (AEDT)
| NSW Waratahs | 3–1 | Perth Thundersticks |
| Taekema 20' Matheson 43' McCann 66' | Report | Trigwell 13' |
* Stadium: Illawarra Hockey Stadium, Wollongong
* 6 March 2005 16:00 (AEDT)
| Canberra Lakers | 2–5 | Azuma Vikings |
| Davidson 45' Henwood 68' | Report | Monte 3' Ford 18' Mirecki 29' J. Brooks 40' Simpson 58' |
* Stadium: The Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 6 March 2005 16:00 (AEST)
| QLD Blades | 2–0 | Territory Stingers |
| Clutton 25' B. Brown 66' | Report | |
* Stadium: Queensland Homes Centre, Brisbane
* 12 March 2005 18:00 (AEST)
| Azuma Vikings | 3–0 | Tassie Tigers |
| Ciriello 30' Ford 48' Geraghty 63' | Report | |
* Stadium: Victorian Hockey Centre, Melbourne
* 12 March 2005 18:00 (AEST)
| Canberra Lakers | 0–3 | NSW Waratahs |
| | Report | Hogan 35' B. Booth 39' Taekema 42' |
* Stadium: The Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 12 March 2005 19:00 (AWST)
| Perth Thundersticks | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | QLD Blades |
| | Report | K. Brown 77' |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
* 12 March 2005 20:00 (ACST)
| Territory Stingers | 2–4 | Adelaide Hotshots |
| McGregor 2' A. Lockley 70' | Report | Kahlon 6', 14' Stephen 12', 24' |
* Stadium: Vodafone Hockey Centre, Darwin
* 13 March 2005 15:00 (AEST)
| Azuma Vikings | 1–3 | Tassie Tigers |
| T. Brooks 7' | Report | Ancher 4' Guest 41' Richardson 57' |
* Stadium: Victorian Hockey Centre, Melbourne
* 13 March 2005 16:00 (AEST)
| Canberra Lakers | 3–4 | NSW Waratahs |
| P. MacKinnon 9', 47' Onitiri 23' | Report | Matheson 13', 17', 45' Harris 32' |
* Stadium: The Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 13 March 2005 18:00 (AWST)
| Perth Thundersticks | 4–3 | QLD Blades |
| Trigwell 12' Bishop 28' Bolton 33' Gibson 52' | Report | Figura 21' Eglington 30', 67' |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
* 13 March 2005 20:00 (ACST)
| Territory Stingers | 4–2 | Adelaide Hotshots |
| Skippings 11' Hewett 24' McCormick 26' T. Carroll 37' | Report | Victory 7', 51' |
* Stadium: Vodafone Hockey Centre, Darwin
* 19 March 2005 13:00 (ACDT)
| Adelaide Hotshots | 6–5 (a.e.t.) | Canberra Lakers |
| Victory 18', 41' Boland 25', 52' Kelly 55' Dry 78' | Report | Stebbings 2' Davidson 14', 70' L. MacKinnon 28', 37' |
* Stadium: Distinctive Homes Hockey Arena, Adelaide
* 19 March 2005 15:00 (AEDT)
| NSW Waratahs | 5–0 | Territory Stingers |
| Mulcair 1' Taekema 18', 53', 54', 64' | Report | |
* Stadium: Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney
* 19 March 2005 16:00 (AEDT)
| Tassie Tigers | 1–2 | WA Thundersticks |
| Ancher 6' | Report | Tobita 7' M. Boyce 50' |
* Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
* 19 March 2005 16:00 (AEST)
| QLD Blades | 0–3 | Azuma Vikings |
| | Report | McLennan 17', 50' Smyth 66' |
* Stadium: Queensland Homes Centre, Brisbane
* 20 March 2005 12:00 (AEDT)
| NSW Waratahs | 7–1 | Territory Stingers |
| McCann 7', 58' Hogan 19' Taekema 28', 45' Naylor 63', 68' | Report | Hennessy 38' |
* Stadium: Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney
* 20 March 2005 13:00 (AEDT)
| Tassie Tigers | 1–5 | WA Thundersticks |
| Wells 70' | Report | Trigwell 20', 22', 46' Gibson 21' McIntyre 56' |
* Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
* 20 March 2005 13:00 (AEST)
| QLD Blades | 3–0 | Azuma Vikings |
| Clutton 24', 29' Eglington 47' | Report | |
* Stadium: Queensland Homes Centre, Brisbane
* 20 March 2005 13:00 (ACDT)
| Adelaide Hotshots | 2–3 | Canberra Lakers |
| Boland 36' Crawford 43' | Report | P. MacKinnon 30' Davidson 35', 50' |
* Stadium: Distinctive Homes Hockey Arena, Adelaide
* 28 March 2005 13:00 (AEST)
| QLD Blades | 7–3 | Adelaide Hotshots |
| Dwyer 10', 66' Eglington 34' Clutton 39' B. Brown 46' Elder 50' Barry 68' | Report | Dry 26' Kahlon 30' Schubert 48' |
* Stadium: Queensland Homes Centre, Brisbane
* 28 March 2005 15:00 (AEST)
| Territory Stingers | 0–3 | Azuma Vikings |
| | Report | Doerner 7', 22' Simpson 60' |
* Stadium: Queensland Homes Centre, Brisbane
* 28 March 2005 17:00 (AEST)
| Canberra Lakers | 3–4 (a.e.t.) | WA Thundersticks |
| D. Hotchkis 19', 53' P. MacKinnon 49' | Report | Hopkins 14' Tobita 57' Bishop 70' M. Boyce 71' |
* Stadium: Queensland Homes Centre, Brisbane
* 28 March 2005 19:00 (AEST)
| NSW Waratahs | 2–3 | Tassie Tigers |
| B. Booth 42' McCann 44' | Report | Wells 5' McAleese 62' Richardson 63' |
* Stadium: Queensland Homes Centre, Brisbane
* 29 March 2005 13:00 (AEST)
| Azuma Vikings | 6–4 | Adelaide Hotshots |
| Ford 9' Doerner 26', 29', 40' Mirecki 41' J. Brooks 42' | Report | Pannell 8', 11' Schubert 28', 56' |
* Stadium: Queensland Homes Centre, Brisbane
* 29 March 2005 15:00 (AEST)
| WA Thundersticks | 3–0 | Territory Stingers |
| Tobita 28' M. Boyce 45' Gibson 56' | Report | |
* Stadium: Queensland Homes Centre, Brisbane
* 29 March 2005 17:00 (AEST)
| Tassie Tigers | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | Canberra Lakers |
| Guest 32', 79' Richardson 66' | Report | Hawes 41' Davidson 43' |
* Stadium: Queensland Homes Centre, Brisbane
* 29 March 2005 19:00 (AEST)
| NSW Waratahs | 3–4 (a.e.t.) | QLD Blades |
| Naylor 2' McCann 44', 68' | Report | Eglington 7', 75' Clutton 18' Dwyer 51' |
* Stadium: Queensland Homes Centre, Brisbane
* 31 March 2005 13:00 (AEST)
| Territory Stingers | 3–4 (a.e.t.) | Tassie Tigers |
| Hennessy 31', 58' A. Lockley 33' | Report | Richardson 30', 40', 75' Tremayne 67' |
* Stadium: Queensland Homes Centre, Brisbane
* 31 March 2005 15:00 (AEST)
| Adelaide Hotshots | 2–3 | NSW Waratahs |
| Crawford 18' Telfer 70' | Report | Harris 20' Naylor 34' Taekema 67' |
* Stadium: Queensland Homes Centre, Brisbane
* 31 March 2005 17:00 (AEST)
| QLD Blades | 7–0 | Canberra Lakers |
| Dwyer 5' B. Brown 23', 30', 64', 70' Barry 25' Butler 27' | Report | |
* Stadium: Queensland Homes Centre, Brisbane
* 31 March 2005 19:00 (AEST)
| Azuma Vikings | 3–4 | WA Thundersticks |
| Mirecki 23' Doerner 33', 41' | Report | McIntyre 24' Galvin 34' Gibson 46' Bishop 51' |
* Stadium: Queensland Homes Centre, Brisbane

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

| Crossover | Crossover | Fifth Place | Fifth Place |
| 2 April 2005 | 2 April 2005 |
| Tassie Tigers | 4 |
| Tassie Tigers | 4 | 3 April 2005 | 3 April 2005 |
| Territory Stingers | 3 | 3 April 2005 | 3 April 2005 |
| Territory Stingers | 3 | Tassie Tigers | 1 |
| 2 April 2005 | 2 April 2005 | | Tassie Tigers | 1 |
| 2 April 2005 | 2 April 2005 | Adelaide Hotshots | 4 |
| Adelaide Hotshots | 4 | Adelaide Hotshots | 4 |
| Canberra Lakers | 1 | | |
| Canberra Lakers | 1 | Seventh Place | Seventh Place |
| | | 3 April 2005 | 3 April 2005 |
| | | Territory Stingers | 1 |
| | | Canberra Lakers | 5 |

##### Crossover

* 2 April 2005 08:30 (AEST)
| Tassie Tigers | 4–3 | Territory Stingers |
| Richardson 28' Marshall 37' Wells 61' Close 63' | Report | Hennessy 30', 69' McGregor 66' |
* Stadium: State Hockey Centre, Brisbane
* 2 April 2005 10:30 (AEST)
| Adelaide Hotshots | 4–1 | Canberra Lakers |
| Stephen 40' Victory 43', 54' Schubert 51' | Report | Taylor 49' |
* Stadium: State Hockey Centre, Brisbane

##### Seventh and eighth place

* 3 April 2005 08:30 (AEST)
| Territory Stingers | 1–5 | Canberra Lakers |
| Hennessy 64' | Report | Davidson 28' Hawes 33' Taylor 62' Cummins 62' L. MacKinnon 69' |
* Stadium: State Hockey Centre, Brisbane

##### Fifth and sixth place

* 3 April 2005 10:30 (AEST)
| Tassie Tigers | 1–4 | Adelaide Hotshots |
| Clifford 3' | Report | Boland 9' Schubert 9', 21' Dry 24' |
* Stadium: State Hockey Centre, Brisbane

#### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 2 April 2005 | 2 April 2005 |
| QLD Blades | 4 |
| QLD Blades | 4 | 3 April 2005 | 3 April 2005 |
| Azuma Vikings | 3 | 3 April 2005 | 3 April 2005 |
| Azuma Vikings | 3 | QLD Blades | 3 |
| 2 April 2005 | 2 April 2005 | | QLD Blades | 3 |
| 2 April 2005 | 2 April 2005 | NSW Waratahs | 4 |
| NSW Waratahs | 4 | NSW Waratahs | 4 |
| WA Thundersticks | 3 | | |
| WA Thundersticks | 3 | Third Place | Third Place |
| | | 3 April 2005 | 3 April 2005 |
| | | Azuma Vikings | 2 |
| | | WA Thundersticks | 6 |

##### Semi-finals

* 2 April 2005 12:30 (AEST)
| QLD Blades | 4–3 | Azuma Vikings |
| Dwyer 3' Butler 17' Eglington 49' Elder 70' | Report | Doerner 5', 58' Simpson 64' |
* Stadium: State Hockey Centre, Brisbane
* 2 April 2005 14:30 (AEST)
| NSW Waratahs | 4–3 | WA Thundersticks |
| Mulcair 5' Taekema 8', 12' Matheson 46' | Report | McIntyre 4' Tobita 35' Bolton 62' |
* Stadium: State Hockey Centre, Brisbane

##### Third and fourth place

* 3 April 2005 12:30 (AEST)
| Azuma Vikings | 2–6 | WA Thundersticks |
| Ford 6' McLennan 27' | Report | Hopkins 15' Tobita 21' M. Boyce 33', 54' Galvin 40' McIntyre 48' |
* Stadium: State Hockey Centre, Brisbane

##### Final

* 3 April 2005 14:30 (AEST)
| QLD Blades | 3–4 | NSW Waratahs |
| Eglington 20' B. Brown 21' Dwyer 34' | Report | McCann 6', 48' Matheson 7' Harris 69' |
* Stadium: State Hockey Centre, Brisbane

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WD | LD | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| | NSW Waratahs | 13 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50 | 29 | +21 | 35 | Gold Medal |
| | QLD Blades | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 26 | +21 | 35 | Silver Medal |
| | WA Thundersticks | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 31 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | Azuma Vikings | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 37 | 35 | +2 | 24 | |
| 5 | Adelaide Hotshots | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 43 | 39 | +4 | 21 | |
| 6 | Tassie Tigers | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 41 | −11 | 21 | |
| 7 | Canberra Lakers | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 45 | −15 | 17 | |
| 8 | Territory Stingers | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 46 | −29 | 8 | |

### Goalscorers

There were 293 goals scored in 52 matches, for an average of 5.63 goals per match.
14 goals
* Taeke Taekema
10 goals
* Craig Victory
* Marcus Richardson
9 goals
* Nathan Eglington
* Luke Doerner
8 goals
* Michael McCann
* Colin Hennessy
* Blair Brown
7 goals
* Iain Davidson
* Paul MacKinnon
* Eli Matheson
6 goals
* Mark Harris
* Matthew Naylor
* George Clutton
* Jamie Dwyer
* Grant Schubert
5 goals
* Dean Butler
* Ravi Kahlon
* Dale Stephen
* Declan Geraghty
4 goals
* Scott Brennan
* Evan Boland
* David Guest
* Matthew Wells
* Russell Ford
* Alistair McLennan
3 goals
* Daniel Hotchkis
* Luke MacKinnon
* Brendan Booth
* James Mulcair
* Wayne Barry
* Damon Crawford
* Joel Dry
* Paul Ancher
* Jason Brooks
* Andrew Monte
* Glenn Simpson
2 goals
* Joshua Hawes
* Jonathon Stebbings
* Benjamin Taylor
* Michael Hogan
* Dash Hewett
* Adrian Lockley
* Ian McGregor
* Troy Elder
* Robert Hammond
* Daniel Kelly
* Nicholas Pannell
* Shea McAleese
* Nicholas Tremayne
* Daniel Mirecki
1 goal
* Jamie Cummins
* Casey Henwood
* Matthew Hotchkis
* Seyi Onitiri
* Mark Paterson
* Travis Carroll
* Darryl McCormick
* David Skippings
* Kiel Brown
* Tobias Figura
* Gregory Reece
* William Telfer
* Ian Wishart
* Adam Clifford
* Oliver Close
* Geoffrey Cock
* Timothy Deavin
* Phillip Marshall
* Travis Brooks
* Christopher Ciriello
* Zak Hawes
* Ian Smyth