# 2009 Men's Australian Hockey League

The 2009 Men's Australian Hockey League was the 19th edition of the men's field hockey tournament. The finals week of the tournament was held in the Tasmanian city of Hobart.
The WA Thundersticks won the gold medal for the eighth time by defeating the QLD Blades 2–1 in the final.

## Competition format

The 2009 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 in home and away matches. 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.

### Point Allocation

All matches had an outright result, meaning drawn matches were decided in either golden goal extra time, or a penalty shoot-out. Match points were as follows:
· 3 points for a win · 1 points to each team in the event of a draw · 0 points to the loser of the 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 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 13 | +29 | 21 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | VIC Vikings | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 21 | +14 | 15 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | WA Thundersticks | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 19 | +9 | 15 | Semi-finals |
| 4 | NSW Waratahs | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 18 | +14 | 13 | Semi-finals |
| 5 | Tassie Tigers | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 24 | −2 | 9 | |
| 6 | Canberra Lakers | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 28 | −7 | 7 | |
| 7 | Southern Hotshots | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 42 | −20 | 3 | |
| 8 | NT Stingers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 51 | −37 | 0 | |

#### Fixtures

* 6 March 2009
| WA Thundersticks | 3–2 | QLD Blades |
| Hearn 29' Pike 58' Dancer 62' | Report | Wilson 29' M. Bates 60' |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
* 6 March 2009
| Southern Hotshots | 4–1 | NT Stingers |
| Boland 26' Peris 36' McGregor 41' Hughes 52' | Report | Edwards 23' |
* Stadium: State Hockey Centre, Adelaide
* 6 March 2009
| NSW Waratahs | 1–3 | Canberra Lakers |
| Orchard 43' | Report | Wallace 27' Turner 31' Davidson 32' |
* Stadium: Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney
* 6 March 2009
| VIC Vikings | 5–2 | Tassie Tigers |
| McLennan 17', 31' Pollard 34', 54' Ciriello 45' | Report | Guest 5' Stephenson 52' |
* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne
* 8 March 2009
| WA Thundersticks | 3–5 | QLD Blades |
| Dancer 38', 70' Pike 65' | Report | De Young 11', 46' T. Bates 47', 60' Burns 62' |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
* 8 March 2009
| Southern Hotshots | 5–2 | NT Stingers |
| Hughes 15' Petherick 20', 29' Porter 60' Wyld 63' | Report | Brown 25', 66' |
* Stadium: State Hockey Centre, Adelaide
* 8 March 2009
| NSW Waratahs | 3–1 | Canberra Lakers |
| Miller 29' Govers 66' Orchard 68' | Report | Wallace 10' |
* Stadium: Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney
* 8 March 2009
| VIC Vikings | 1–0 | Tassie Tigers |
| Ford 13' | Report | |
* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne
* 13 March 2009
| Tassie Tigers | 2–4 | QLD Blades |
| Cock 47' Deavin 67' | Report | M. Bates 58', 69' Wilson 63', 64' |
* Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
* 13 March 2009
| VIC Vikings | 7–3 | Southern Hotshots |
| Simpson 14' Pollard 16', 25' Geraghty 19' Ciriello 38', 48', 55' | Report | Bowden 26' Telfer 43' Reece 65' |
* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne
* 13 March 2009
| WA Thundersticks | 2–1 | Canberra Lakers |
| Kavanagh 10' Burcher 20' | Report | Backhus 37' |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
* 13 March 2009
| NT Stingers | 1–5 | NSW Waratahs |
| J. Lockley 52' | Report | M. Paterson 3', 65' Butturini 12', 23' I. Paterson 55' |
* Stadium: Marrara Hockey Centre, Darwin
* 15 March 2009
| Tassie Tigers | 0–4 | QLD Blades |
| | Report | Cramer 10' Gohdes 12' T. Bates 17', 64' |
* Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
* 15 March 2009
| VIC Vikings | 6–2 | Southern Hotshots |
| Ford 3' Smyth 45' Ciriello 48', 68' MacKinnon 55' Pollard 58' | Report | Petherick 29' Peris 29' |
* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne
* 15 March 2009
| WA Thundersticks | 3–0 | Canberra Lakers |
| Charlesworth 8' Smith 30', 56' | Report | |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
* 15 March 2009
| NT Stingers | 0–5 | NSW Waratahs |
| | Report | Kelly 12', 64' Wark 26' Miller 56' Butturini 69' |
* Stadium: Marrara Hockey Centre, Darwin
* 21 March 2009
| NSW Waratahs | 2–0 | VIC Vikings |
| Govers 58' I. Paterson 64' | Report | |
* Stadium: Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney
* 21 March 2009
| Southern Hotshots | 1–2 | WA Thundersticks |
| McGregor 20' | Report | Burcher 62' Taylor 72' |
* Stadium: State Hockey Centre, Adelaide
* 21 March 2009
| Canberra Lakers | 2–1 | Tassie Tigers |
| Turner 21' Backhus 60' | Report | Clifford 1' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 21 March 2009
| QLD Blades | 5–1 | NT Stingers |
| Wilson 2', 8', 67' De Young 6' Gohdes 35' | Report | Robertson 17' |
* Stadium: Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane
* 22 March 2009
| NSW Waratahs | 5–1 | VIC Vikings |
| Butturini 31', 44' Miller 33' I. Paterson 61' Orchard 66' | Report | Allan 64' |
* Stadium: Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney
* 22 March 2009
| Southern Hotshots | 1–2 | WA Thundersticks |
| Claxton 47' | Report | Charlesworth 58' Dancer 61' |
* Stadium: State Hockey Centre, Adelaide
* 22 March 2009
| Canberra Lakers | 1–4 | Tassie Tigers |
| Hinde 54' | Report | Cock 13' Clifford 21' West 58' Richardson 67' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 22 March 2009
| QLD Blades | 5–1 | NT Stingers |
| Wilson 10' M. Bates 15' De Young 24', 39', 58' | Report | Brown 63' |
* Stadium: Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane
* 27 March 2009
| Canberra Lakers | 0–2 | VIC Vikings |
| | Report | Ciriello 13', 41' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 27 March 2009
| NT Stingers | 2–3 | WA Thundersticks |
| A. Lockley 32' T. Carroll 51' | Report | Hearn 23', 57' Charlesworth 42' |
* Stadium: Marrara Hockey Centre, Darwin
* 27 March 2009
| QLD Blades | 2–1 | NSW Waratahs |
| Butler 15' Gibbs 54' | Report | Govers 19' |
* Stadium: Toowoomba Hockey Club, Toowoomba
* 27 March 2009
| Tassie Tigers | 5–1 | Southern Hotshots |
| Cock 7', 19', 47', 54' Richardson 65' | Report | Wickham 39' |
* Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
* 29 March 2009
| Canberra Lakers | 2–3 | VIC Vikings |
| Turner 4' Wallace 52' | Report | Ford 14' Smyth 29' Ciriello 38' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 29 March 2009
| NT Stingers | 0–3 | WA Thundersticks |
| | Report | Taylor 6', 19' Boyne 41' |
* Stadium: Marrara Hockey Centre, Darwin
* 29 March 2009
| QLD Blades | 4–1 | NSW Waratahs |
| Wilson 24', 47' Gibbs 53' T. Bates 70' | Report | Orchard 16' |
* Stadium: Toowoomba Hockey Club, Toowoomba
* 29 March 2009
| Tassie Tigers | 1–0 | Southern Hotshots |
| Marshall 28' | Report | |
* Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
* 6 April 2009
| Canberra Lakers | 5–3 | NT Stingers |
| Davidson 22' Backhus 27' Wallace 53' Bishop 57' D. Hotchkis 59' | Report | Brown 24' Edwards 32', 35' |
* Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
* 6 April 2009
| Southern Hotshots | 1–5 | QLD Blades |
| Cleghorn 42' | Report | M. Bates 2' Wilson 8', 26' Whetton 13' Gohdes 22' |
* Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
* 6 April 2009
| VIC Vikings | 3–0 | WA Thundersticks |
| Ciriello 28', 68' Pollard 57' | Report | |
* Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
* 6 April 2009
| NSW Waratahs | 2–1 | Tassie Tigers |
| Matheson 8', 52' | Report | Marshall 18' |
* Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
* 7 April 2009
| Canberra Lakers | 6–2 | Southern Hotshots |
| Hinde 20' Davidson 33' Turner 45', 68' Ellis 48' Dawson 62' | Report | McGregor 2' Schubert 6' |
* Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
* 7 April 2009
| WA Thundersticks | 3–2 | NSW Waratahs |
| Dancer 2' Mitton 9' Taylor 70' | Report | Kelly 54' Poulton 61' |
* Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
* 7 April 2009
| NT Stingers | 0–4 | Tassie Tigers |
| | Report | Ockenden 5' Marshall 61' Deavin 65' Carey 70' |
* Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
* 7 April 2009
| QLD Blades | 2–0 | VIC Vikings |
| Hammond 15' Whetton 46' | Report | |
* Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
* 9 April 2009
| Southern Hotshots | 2–5 | NSW Waratahs |
| Peris 1' Cleghorn 44' | Report | Govers 4' Livermore 12' Matheson 21', 34' Miller 32' |
* Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
* 9 April 2009
| NT Stingers | 3–7 | VIC Vikings |
| Spry 7' T. Carroll 35', 64' | Report | Allan 10' McLennan 20', 50' Ford 51', 58' MacKinnon 57' Kleinschmidt 60' |
* Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
* 9 April 2009
| QLD Blades | 4–0 | Canberra Lakers |
| T. Bates 10' Swann 40' De Young 61', 68' | Report | |
* Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
* 9 April 2009
| Tassie Tigers | 2–4 | WA Thundersticks |
| Tremayne 67' Cock 70' | Report | Mitton 2' Hulbert 9' Smith 35' Pike 37' |
* Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart

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

| Crossover | Crossover | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 11 April 2009 | 11 April 2009 |
| Tassie Tigers | 3 |
| Tassie Tigers | 3 | 12 April 2009 | 12 April 2009 |
| Southern Hotshots | 1 | 12 April 2009 | 12 April 2009 |
| Southern Hotshots | 1 | Tassie Tigers | 6 |
| 11 April 2009 | 11 April 2009 | | Tassie Tigers | 6 |
| 11 April 2009 | 11 April 2009 | NT Stingers | 2 |
| Canberra Lakers | 2 | NT Stingers | 2 |
| NT Stingers (a.e.t) | 3 | | |
| NT Stingers (a.e.t) | 3 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 12 April 2009 | 12 April 2009 |
| | | Southern Hotshots | 3 |
| | | Canberra Lakers | 2 |

##### Crossover

* 11 April 2009 12:00
| Canberra Lakers | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | NT Stingers |
| Turner 49', 55' | Report | Edwards 16', 21' Abbott 80' |
* Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
* 11 April 2009 14:00
| Tassie Tigers | 3–1 | Southern Hotshots |
| Browne 15', 29' Ockenden 65' | Report | McGregor 3' |
* Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart

##### Seventh and eighth place

* 12 April 2009 12:00
| Southern Hotshots | 3–2 | Canberra Lakers |
| Porter 13' Peris 19' Cleghorn 29' | Report | Bishop 52' D. Hotchkis 62' |
* Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart

##### Fifth and sixth place

* 12 April 2009 14:00
| Tassie Tigers | 6–2 | NT Stingers |
| Cock 12', 45', 55' Richardson 32', 56', 60' | Report | Carroll 21' A. Lockley 66' |
* Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart

#### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 11 April 2009 | 11 April 2009 |
| QLD Blades | 4 |
| QLD Blades | 4 | 12 April 2009 | 12 April 2009 |
| NSW Waratahs | 2 | 12 April 2009 | 12 April 2009 |
| NSW Waratahs | 2 | QLD Blades | 1 |
| 11 April 2009 | 11 April 2009 | | QLD Blades | 1 |
| 11 April 2009 | 11 April 2009 | WA Thundersticks | 2 |
| VIC Vikings | 1 | WA Thundersticks | 2 |
| WA Thundersticks | 4 | | |
| WA Thundersticks | 4 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 12 April 2009 | 12 April 2009 |
| | | NSW Waratahs | 4 |
| | | VIC Vikings | 2 |

##### Semi-finals

* 11 April 2009 16:00
| VIC Vikings | 1–4 | WA Thundersticks |
| Ford 22' | Report | Dancer 13' Hulbert 37' Hearn 47', 48' |
* Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
* 11 April 2009 18:00
| QLD Blades | 4–2 | NSW Waratahs |
| Whetton 15', 59' Butler 17' M. Bates 60' | Report | Govers 35' M. Paterson 40' |
* Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart

##### Third and fourth place

* 12 April 2009 16:00
| NSW Waratahs | 4–2 | VIC Vikings |
| Govers 4', 10', 48' Kelly 14' | Report | Ford 14' Pollard 21' |
* Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart

##### Final

* 12 April 2009 18:00
| QLD Blades | 1–2 | WA Thundersticks |
| Wilson 17' | Report | Dancer 11' Mitton 22' |
* Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart

## Awards

| Player of the Tournament | Top Goalscorer | Player of the Final |
| Brent Livermore | Jason Wilson | Graeme Begbie |

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| | WA Thundersticks | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 21 | +13 | 21 | Gold Medal |
| | QLD Blades | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 17 | +30 | 24 | Silver Medal |
| | NSW Waratahs | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 24 | +14 | 16 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | VIC Vikings | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 15 | |
| 5 | Tassie Tigers | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 27 | +4 | 15 | |
| 6 | NT Stingers | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 59 | −40 | 3 | |
| 7 | Southern Hotshots | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 26 | 47 | −21 | 6 | |
| 8 | Canberra Lakers | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 34 | −9 | 7 | |

### Goalscorers

There were 258 goals scored in 52 matches, for an average of 4.96 goals per match.
12 goals
* Jason Wilson
11 goals
* Christopher Ciriello
10 goals
* Geoffrey Cock
8 goals
* Kieran Govers
* Liam de Young
7 goals
* Glenn Turner
* Russell Ford
* Joshua Pollard
* Brent Dancer
6 goals
* Michael Bates
* Timothy Bates
5 goals
* Matthew Butturini
* Nathan Edwards
* Marcus Richardson
* Gregory Hearn
4 goals
* Jack Wallace
* Peter Kelly
* Eli Matheson
* Joshua Miller
* Simon Orchard
* Liam Brown
* Travis Carroll
* Jacob Whetton
* Matthew McGregor
* Jonathon Peris
* Alistair McLennan
* Travis Taylor
3 goals
* Garry Backhus
* Iain Davidson
* Ian Paterson
* Mark Paterson
* Matthew Gohdes
* Thomas Cleghorn
* Richard Petherick
* Phillip Marshall
* Jonathon Charlesworth
* Trent Mitton
* Samuel Pike
* Andrew Smith
2 goals
* Benjamin Bishop
* Kenji Hinde
* Daniel Hotchkis
* Adrian Lockley
* Dean Butler
* Ryan Gibbs
* Scott Hughes
* Robert Porter
* Kwandwane Browne
* Adam Clifford
* Timothy Deavin
* Edward Ockenden
* Angus Allan
* Paul MacKinnon
* Ian Smyth
* Ian Burcher
* Phillip Hulbert
1 goal
* Dean Dawson
* Justin Ellis
* Brent Livermore
* Benjamin Poulton
* Matthew Wark
* Desmond Abbott
* Jarrod Lockley
* Angus Robertson
* Adam Spry
* Jacob Burns
* Cale Cramer
* Robert Hammond
* Matthew Swann
* Evan Boland
* Fraser Bowden
* Matthew Claxton
* Gregory Reece
* Grant Schubert
* William Telfer
* Thomas Wickham
* Ruben Wyld
* Sean Carey
* David Guest
* Lloyd Stephenson
* Nicholas Tremayne
* Toby West
* Declan Geraghty
* Aaron Kleinschmidt
* Glenn Simpson
* Craig Boyne
* Fergus Kavanagh
Source: Clearing House