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2001 Men's National Hockey League
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2001 Men'sNational Hockey League Australia 8 8 8 23 February – 1 April New South Wales NSW Panthers 2 Western Australia Perth Thundersticks Queensland QLD Blades 52 330 Victoria Lachlan Vivian-TaylorNew South Wales Michael McCann 13 Tasmania Matthew Wells 2000 2000 Men's National Hockey League 2002 2002 Men's Australian Hockey League
The 2001 Men's National Hockey League was the 10th edition of the men's National Hockey League, a field hockey tournament hosted by the Australian Hockey Association. The tournament was held across various cities in Australia, from 23 February to 1 April 2001.https://ascwrstorageprod001.ausport.gov.au/assets/852786-hdqfjLNGh5lxTjmLTC3JCA.pdf?sv=2025-11-05&st=2026-03-28T06%3A09%3A28Z&se=2026-03-28T14%3A09%3A28Z&sr=b&sp=r&sig=LzcnkewoMtxWs%2Bi7d700GrnpCGi2DNegf5G2q%2B4QOes%3D Hockey Australia – Annual Report 2001/2002 Government of Australia ascwrstorageprod001.ausport.gov.au 28 March 2026
The NSW Panthers won their second title, defeating the Perth Thundersticks 3–2 in the final.2001 National Hockey League (NHL) http://www.hockey.org.au/tournaments/results.asp?CompetitionID=48 https://web.archive.org/web/20010820054957/http://www.hockey.org.au/tournaments/results.asp?CompetitionID=48 dead 20 August 2001 Hockey Australia hockey.org.au 28 March 2026 dmy-all
Participating teams
Teams from each of Australia's eight states and territories competed in the league.
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South Australia Adelaide Hotshots
Australian Capital Territory Canberra Lakers
Victoria Melbourne Redbacks
New South Wales NSW Panthers
Western Australia Perth Thundersticks
Queensland QLD Blades
Tasmania Tassie Tigers
Northern Territory Territory Stingers
Venues
Sydney Melbourne Perth NSW State Hockey Centre Victorian Netball and Hockey Centre Perth Hockey Stadium Capacity: 8,000 Capacity: 8,000 Capacity: 6,000 200px 200px 200px Adelaidemiddle Australia 450 Australia -27.28 153.01 Brisbane top 1
Australia -28.02 153.40 Gold Coast left
Australia -34.93 138.60 Adelaide top
Australia -33.51 151.12 Sydney left
Australia -35.18 149.07 Canberra bottom
Australia -37.48 144.57 Melbourne left
Australia -31.95 115.86 Perth bottom
Australia -12.46 130.85 Darwin bottom
Australia -42.88 147.33 Hobart right Pines Hockey Stadium Capacity: 4,000200px Brisbane Queensland State Hockey Centre Capacity: 1,000 200px Canberra Hobart Darwin National Hockey Centre Tasmanian Hockey Centre Marrara Hockey Centre
Preliminary round
Pool
main WL OT goals WD LD complete Hockey Australia NSW QLD PER TAS MEL CAN ADL TER MR MR MR MR CR CR CR CR 2 0 0 9 28 55 4 0 1 6 25 41 3 5 0 2 4 49 37 7 7 2 1 1 54 28 5 6 1 2 2 43 31 7 6 2 1 2 36 20 8 6 2 0 3 38 31 6 1 0 0 10 14 44 South Australia Adelaide Hotshots Australian Capital Territory Canberra Lakers Victoria Melbourne Redbacks New South Wales NSW Panthers Western Australia Perth Thundersticks Queensland QLD Blades Tasmania Tassie Tigers Northern Territory Territory Stingers Q green1 Medal round Classification round
Fixtures
23 February 2001 19:00 (AEDT) Tassie Tigers Tasmania 6–3 South Australia Adelaide Hotshots Report Sproule FG 3Richardson FG 8Guest PC 25Marshall PC 51Burrows FG 52Wells PC 58 Schubert FG 35Victory PC 60Telfer FG 70 Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
24 February 2001 14:30 (AEDT) NSW Panthers New South Wales 3–2 Queensland QLD Blades Report Nilan FG 13McCann FG 15Sutherland FG 66 Eglington FG 2Bodimeade FG 13 NSW State Hockey Centre, Sydney
24 February 2001 15:00 (AEDT) Melbourne Redbacks Victoria 2–4 Western Australia Perth Thundersticks Report McLennan FG 48Dawson PC 53 Woodhouse FG 14Kirkaldy FG 62Webster FG 66Davison PC 69 Victorian Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne
24 February 2001 18:00 (AEDT) Tassie Tigers Tasmania 2–0 South Australia Adelaide Hotshots Report Canny PC 37Wright FG 41 Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
24 February 2001 19:00 (ACST) Territory Stingers Northern Territory 2–1 Australian Capital Territory Canberra Lakers Report Keirs FG 48Regan PC 53 Taylor FG 69 Marrara Hockey Centre, Darwin
25 February 2001 13:30 (AEDT) NSW Panthers New South Wales 3–3 yes Queensland QLD Blades Report McCann FG 10Sutherland FG 26Commens PS 37 O'Shea FG 2 PC 63Bisley FG 59 NSW State Hockey Centre, Sydney 2–1
25 February 2001 15:00 (AEDT) Melbourne Redbacks Victoria 2–4 Western Australia Perth Thundersticks Report Davis FG 15Vivian-Taylor FG 35 Woodhouse FG 5 FG 22 FG 36Bolton PC 55 Victorian Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne
25 February 2001 19:00 (ACST) Territory Stingers Northern Territory 1–3 Australian Capital Territory Canberra Lakers Report King PC 6 Dawson PC 39Taylor FG 40 FG 60 Marrara Hockey Centre, Darwin
2 March 2001 17:30 (AEDT) Canberra Lakers Australian Capital Territory 6–5 Tasmania Tassie Tigers Report Z. Hawes PC 12 PC 53Gilson FG 19 FG 25J. Hawes FG 35Taylor FG 62 Burrows FG 9Guest PS 29 PC 40Richardson FG 34Wells FG 68 National Hockey Centre, Canberra
3 March 2001 13:00 (ACDT) Adelaide Hotshots South Australia 3–2 Northern Territory Territory Stingers Report Edwards FG 34Schubert FG 57Abbott FG 63 Keirs FG 3Regan PS 59 Pines Hockey Stadium, Adelaide
3 March 2001 15:00 (AEST) QLD Blades Queensland 3–2 Victoria Melbourne Redbacks Report Dwyer PS 29 FG 36 FG 60 D. Duff FG 58Vivian-Taylor PC 67 Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane
3 March 2001 18:00 (AWST) Perth Thundersticks Western Australia 3–2 yes New South Wales NSW Panthers Report Carruthers PC 30Kirkaldy PC 65Woodhouse FG 74 Sutherland FG 25Nilan FG 33 Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
3 March 2001 19:00 (AEDT) Canberra Lakers Australian Capital Territory 1–2 yes Tasmania Tassie Tigers Report Bissett PC 64 Guest PC 13 PC 76 National Hockey Centre, Canberra
4 March 2001 13:00 (ACDT) Adelaide Hotshots South Australia 5–2 Northern Territory Territory Stingers Report Abbott FG 23Schmarr PS 33Pannell FG 36Schubert PS 44 FG 52 Sharp FG 56O'Brien PC 62 Pines Hockey Stadium, Adelaide
4 March 2001 15:00 (AEST) QLD Blades Queensland 4–3 yes Victoria Melbourne Redbacks Report Eglington PC 20 FG 55Dwyer PC 23 FG 72 Thompson PC 27Trounce FG 38Doerner PC 65 Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane
4 March 2001 16:00 (AWST) Perth Thundersticks Western Australia 2–6 New South Wales NSW Panthers Report Carruthers PC 53Gaudoin PC 53 McCann FG 2 FG 12 FG 39 FG 63Oman FG 21Harris FG 70 Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
9 March 2001 19:00 (AEDT) Tassie Tigers Tasmania 4–1 Queensland QLD Blades Report Guest PS 19Burrows PC 22Canny FG 31Corney FG 42 Eglington FG 1 Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
10 March 2001 14:30 (AEDT) NSW Panthers New South Wales 10–3 South Australia Adelaide Hotshots Report Commens PC 6 PS 39 PC 43Nilan FG 24 FG 33 PC 52Charlton FG 27Hogan FG 28Oman FG 58Dalrymple FG 61 Kelly PC 10 PC 45Stephen FG 36 Western Sydney International Hockey Centre, Sydney
10 March 2001 15:00 (AEDT) Melbourne Redbacks Victoria 3–4 Australian Capital Territory Canberra Lakers Report Vivian-Taylor FG 8 FG 17 FG 34 J. Hawes PC 24 FG 36 PC 39 PC 55 Victorian Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne
10 March 2001 17:30 (AEDT) Tassie Tigers Tasmania 1–4 Queensland QLD Blades Report Burrows FG 22 Dwyer PC 6 PC 35O'Shea PC 11Mangan PC 61 Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
10 March 2001 19:00 (ACST) Territory Stingers Northern Territory 1–4 Western Australia Perth Thundersticks Report Regan FG 58 Gaudoin FG 2Davison PC 16 FG 53McIntyre FG 62 Marrara Hockey Centre, Darwin
11 March 2001 13:30 (AEDT) NSW Panthers New South Wales 6–2 South Australia Adelaide Hotshots Report Hogan FG 10 FG 42Nilan FG 16Gilbert PC 16Commens FG 21McCann FG 48 Victory FG 24Kelly PC 29 Western Sydney International Hockey Centre, Sydney
11 March 2001 15:00 (AEDT) Melbourne Redbacks Victoria 8–1 Australian Capital Territory Canberra Lakers Report D. Duff FG 4 FG 59Hiskins FG 8 PS 46Vivian-Taylor PC 31 FG 35Smith FG 38Trounce PC 68 Gilson FG 19 Victorian Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne
11 March 2001 19:00 (ACST) Territory Stingers Northern Territory 0–6 Western Australia Perth Thundersticks Report McIntyre FG 10 FG 18Choppy FG 11Carruthers PC 32 PC 68Gaudoin PS 63 Marrara Hockey Centre, Darwin
16 March 2001 18:00 (AEDT) Canberra Lakers Australian Capital Territory 1–3 New South Wales NSW Panthers Report Spokes PC 10 Commens FG 26Oman FG 32Gilbert PC 48 National Hockey Centre, Canberra
16 March 2001 20:00 (AWST) Perth Thundersticks Western Australia 3–4 Tasmania Tassie Tigers Report McIntyre PC 33Kirkaldy FG 45Gaudoin PC 52 Marshall FG 22Canny FG 39 FG 40 FG 42 Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
17 March 2001 15:00 (ACDT) Adelaide Hotshots South Australia 4–8 Victoria Melbourne Redbacks Report Edwards FG 18Victory FG 43Schubert FG 47Stephen PC 51 Smith PC 3 FG 53 PC 59Vivian-Taylor FG 9 FG 21Hiskins FG 19 FG 68McLennan FG 55 Pines Hockey Stadium, Adelaide
17 March 2001 17:00 (AEST) QLD Blades Queensland 2–0 Northern Territory Territory Stingers Report Dancer PC 41 PC 58 Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane
17 March 2001 18:00 (AEDT) Canberra Lakers Australian Capital Territory 1–5 New South Wales NSW Panthers Report L. MacKinnon FG 52 Charlton FG 23Commens PC 29Harris FG 38McCann FG 52Hogan FG 69 National Hockey Centre, Canberra
17 March 2001 20:00 (AWST) Perth Thundersticks Western Australia 3–4 yes Tasmania Tassie Tigers Report Carruthers PC 3Hopkins FG 20Davison FG 68 Marshall PC 9 FG 22Burrows PC 15 FG 77 Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
18 March 2001 15:00 (ACDT) Adelaide Hotshots South Australia 1–3 Victoria Melbourne Redbacks Report Kelly FG 44 Smith PC 14Thompson FG 15Vivian-Taylor PC 41 Pines Hockey Stadium, Adelaide
18 March 2001 17:00 (AEST) QLD Blades Queensland 3–0 Northern Territory Territory Stingers Report O'Shea PC 19Dwyer PC 30Brown PC 70 Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane
27 March 2001 10:15 (AEST) Tassie Tigers Tasmania 3–1 Northern Territory Territory Stingers Report Richardson PC 19 FG 41Park PC 39 Keirs FG 8 National Hockey Centre, Canberra
27 March 2001 12:30 (AEST) Melbourne Redbacks Victoria 5–6 yes New South Wales NSW Panthers Report Smith FG 34Doerner PC 41Trounce FG 55Hiskins FG 55McLennan FG 67 Gilbert FG 23 FG 45Livermore PC 31 PS 53Oman FG 64Smith PC 81 National Hockey Centre, Canberra
27 March 2001 15:45 (AEST) Perth Thundersticks Western Australia 3–4 yes Queensland QLD Blades Report Carruthers PC 7 PC 48Choppy PC 54 Elder PC 15 FG 59O'Shea FG 23M. Brennan FG 81 National Hockey Centre, Canberra
27 March 2001 18:00 (AEST) Adelaide Hotshots South Australia 3–4 Australian Capital Territory Canberra Lakers Report Kelly PC 10Abbott FG 37Schubert PS 48 Z. Hawes PC 10 PC 66Dawson PC 22Gilson PC 30 National Hockey Centre, Canberra
28 March 2001 10:15 (AEST) Melbourne Redbacks Victoria 6–2 Tasmania Tassie Tigers Report McLennan FG 2Thompson PC 22 PC 61Doerner PC 36Vivian-Taylor FG 37Trounce FG 65 Wells PC 20Richardson PC 70 National Hockey Centre, Canberra
28 March 2001 12:30 (AEST) NSW Panthers New South Wales 7–1 Northern Territory Territory Stingers Report McCann FG 6 FG 20 FG 45 FG 53King FG 15Garard PC 34Sutherland FG 68 Sharp FG 35 National Hockey Centre, Canberra
28 March 2001 15:15 (AEST) Perth Thundersticks Western Australia 8–4 South Australia Adelaide Hotshots Report Choppy FG 6Davison PC 12 FG 41 FG 57Carruthers PC 34 PC 56Webster FG 46McIntyre FG 61 Schubert PS 5 FG 68Kelly FG 29Davy FG 49 National Hockey Centre, Canberra
28 March 2001 17:30 (AEST) QLD Blades Queensland 6–1 Australian Capital Territory Canberra Lakers Report Elder FG 23M. Brennan FG 25Dwyer FG 37 FG 42 FG 52O'Shea FG 70 Z. Hawes FG 56 National Hockey Centre, Canberra
29 March 2001 09:45 (AEST) Territory Stingers Northern Territory 4–7 Victoria Melbourne Redbacks Report Regan FG 21 PC 47O'Brien FG 48Keirs FG 63 D. Duff FG 10Hiskins FG 16 FG 26 FG 34 FG 44Vivian-Taylor FG 45Smith PC 61 National Hockey Centre, Canberra
29 March 2001 12:00 (AEST) NSW Panthers New South Wales 3–5 Tasmania Tassie Tigers Report Commens FG 7Oman FG 19Vimpani FG 31 Wells PC 23Burrows PC 34 PC 46 FG 53Guest FG 49 National Hockey Centre, Canberra
29 March 2001 14:15 (AEST) Canberra Lakers Australian Capital Territory 2–3 Western Australia Perth Thundersticks Report Gilson PC 31Dawson PC 45 Davison PC 31 FG 64 FG 65 National Hockey Centre, Canberra
29 March 2001 16:30 (AEST) QLD Blades Queensland 4–0 South Australia Adelaide Hotshots Report Eglington FG 6 FG 25Elder PC 37Bodimeade FG 48 National Hockey Centre, Canberra
Classification round
Bracket
Crossovers Fifth place Seventh place 180 55 high 31 March 2001 Victoria Melbourne Redbacks 2 Northern Territory Territory Stingers 1 31 March 2001 Australian Capital Territory Canberra Lakers 6 South Australia Adelaide Hotshots 2 1 April 2001 Victoria Melbourne Redbacks 6 Australian Capital Territory Canberra Lakers 1 1 April 2001 Northern Territory Territory Stingers 3 South Australia Adelaide Hotshots 2
Crossovers
31 March 2001 08:30 (AEST) Canberra Lakers Australian Capital Territory 6–2 South Australia Adelaide Hotshots Report Judge FG 8 FG 41 FG 45 FG 60 FG 70Spokes FG 38 Kelly PC 3Stephen FG 45 National Hockey Centre, Canberra
31 March 2001 10:30 (AEST) Melbourne Redbacks Victoria 2–1 Northern Territory Territory Stingers Report Smith PC 3Vivian-Taylor FG 64 Holt PC 4 National Hockey Centre, Canberra
Seventh and eighth place
1 April 2001 08:30 (AEST) Territory Stingers Northern Territory 3–2 South Australia Adelaide Hotshots Report Sharp FG 32Keirs FG 50Black PC 56 Schubert FG 59Kelly PC 67 National Hockey Centre, Canberra
Fifth and sixth place
1 April 2001 10:30 (AEST) Melbourne Redbacks Victoria 6–1 Australian Capital Territory Canberra Lakers Report Hiskins PS 4 FG 51D. Duff FG 18 FG 20Thompson PC 21Smith FG 59 J. Hawes PC 68 National Hockey Centre, Canberra
Medal round
Bracket
Semi-finals Final Third place 180 55 high 31 March 2001 New South Wales NSW Panthers 4 Tasmania Tassie Tigers 3 31 March 2001 Queensland QLD Blades 0 Western Australia Perth Thundersticks 1 1 April 2001 New South Wales NSW Panthers 3 Western Australia Perth Thundersticks 2 1 April 2001 Tasmania Tassie Tigers 2 Queensland QLD Blades 5
Semi-finals
31 March 2001 12:30 (AEST) NSW Panthers New South Wales 4–3 Tasmania Tassie Tigers Report Smith FG 3 FG 46King FG 45Gilbert PC 60 Burrows FG 22Marshall FG 29Guest PC 55 National Hockey Centre, Canberra
31 March 2001 14:30 (AEST) QLD Blades Queensland 0–1 Western Australia Perth Thundersticks Report Choppy PC 62 National Hockey Centre, Canberra
Third and fourth place
1 April 2001 12:30 (AEST) Tassie Tigers Tasmania 2–5 Queensland QLD Blades Report Richardson FG 1Wells PC 9 M. Brennan FG 17Eglington FG 18 FG 31 FG 33Bodimeade FG 52 National Hockey Centre, Canberra
Final
1 April 2001 14:30 (AEST) NSW Panthers New South Wales 3–2 Western Australia Perth Thundersticks Report Livermore PS 27McCann FG 47Oman PC 58 Carruthers PC 28Kirkaldy FG 63 National Hockey Centre, Canberra
Final standings
main WL OT goals WD LD complete Clearing House NSW PER QLD TAS MEL CAN TER ADL G S B 2 0 0 11 32 64 5 0 1 7 32 49 3 7 0 2 4 57 39 7 9 2 1 1 61 33 5 7 1 2 3 46 34 7 7 2 1 3 41 23 8 6 2 0 5 43 40 6 2 0 0 11 18 48 South Australia Adelaide Hotshots Australian Capital Territory Canberra Lakers Victoria Melbourne Redbacks New South Wales NSW Panthers Western Australia Perth Thundersticks Queensland QLD Blades Tasmania Tassie Tigers Northern Territory Territory Stingers 3 2 1 0 Q gold Gold Medal silver Silver Medal #cc9966 Bronze Medal
Goalscorers
52 330 Victoria Lachlan Vivian-Taylor
New South Wales Michael McCann Victoria Jeremy Hiskins
Queensland Jamie Dwyer Western Australia Stuart Carruthers
Western Australia Daniel Davison
Tasmania Phillip Burrows South Australia Grant Schubert
Victoria Andrew Smith
Queensland Nathan Eglington South Australia Daniel Kelly
New South Wales Adam Commens
Tasmania David Guest Australian Capital Territory Joshua Hawes
Victoria Darren Duff
New South Wales Nathan Gilbert
New South Wales Aaron Nilan
Queensland Justin O'Shea
Tasmania Marcus Richardson Australian Capital Territory Evan Gilson
Australian Capital Territory Zachary Hawes
Australian Capital Territory Lucas Judge
Victoria Brett Thompson
New South Wales Aaron Oman
Western Australia Murray McIntyre
Western Australia Tristram Woodhouse
Tasmania Scott Canny
Tasmania Phillip Marshall
Tasmania Matthew Wells
Northern Territory Matthew Regan
Northern Territory Daniel Keirs Australian Capital Territory Benjamin Taylor
Victoria Alistair McLennan
Victoria Michael Trounce
New South Wales Michael Hogan
New South Wales Troy Sutherland
Western Australia Baeden Choppy
Western Australia Paul Gaudoin
Western Australia Iain Kirkaldy
Queensland Troy Elder South Australia Gregory Abbott
South Australia Dale Stephen
South Australia Craig Victory
Australian Capital Territory Dean Dawson
Victoria Luke Doerner
New South Wales Brent Livermore
New South Wales Matthew Smith
Queensland Lee Bodimeade
Queensland Michael Brennan
Northern Territory Baden Sharp South Australia Benjamin Edwards
Australian Capital Territory Luke Spokes
New South Wales Ronald Charlton
New South Wales Mark Harris
New South Wales Benjamin King
Western Australia Scott Webster
Queensland Sean Dancer
Northern Territory Edward O'Brien South Australia Jeremy Davy
South Australia Nicholas Pannell
South Australia David Schmarr
South Australia William Telfer
Australian Capital Territory Martin Bissett
Australian Capital Territory Luke MacKinnon
Victoria Gavin Davis
Victoria Daniel Dawson
New South Wales Shane Dalrymple
New South Wales Brendan Garard
New South Wales Simon Vimpani
Western Australia Guy Bolton
Western Australia Aaron Hopkins
Queensland Darren Bisley
Queensland Blair Brown
Queensland Jason Mangan
Tasmania Joshua Corney
Tasmania Michael Park
Tasmania Daniel Sproule
Tasmania Zain Wright
Northern Territory Jason Black
Northern Territory Stephen Holt
Northern Territory Wayne King
References
External links
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