2008 Men's Australian Hockey League

2008 Men'sAustralian Hockey League Australia Canberra National Hockey Centre 8 Western Australia WA Thundersticks 7 Queensland QLD Blades Victoria VIC Vikings 36 178 Victoria Luke Doerner 9 Western Australia Bevan George 2007 2007 Men's Australian Hockey League 2009 2009 Men's Australian Hockey League The 2008 Men's Australian Hockey League was the 18th edition of the men's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held in Australia's capital city, Canberra. The WA Thundersticks won the gold medal for the seventh time by defeating the QLD Blades 4–2 in the final.http://fih.ch/news/wa-thundersticks-wins-ahl-championship/ WA Thundersticks wins AHL championship International Hockey Federation fih.ch 27 March 2020 Competition format The tournament comprised a single round-robin format in the preliminary round. At the conclusion of the preliminary round, teams ranked first to fourth progressed to the medal round, while teams ranked fifth to eighth progressed to the classification round. Teams 18em Australian Capital Territory Canberra Lakers South Australia Southern Hotshots 18em New South Wales NSW Waratahs Tasmania Tassie Tigers 18em Northern Territory NT Stingers Victoria VIC Vikings 18em Queensland QLD Blades Western Australia WA Thundersticks Results Preliminary round main WL OT goals WD LD complete Clearing House QLD VIC WA TAS SA ACT NSW NT SF SF SF SF 3 0 0 4 17 18 1 0 0 6 13 17 0 0 0 7 5 35 6 0 0 1 28 14 4 0 0 3 17 20 4 0 0 3 19 18 5 1 0 1 22 8 4 0 1 2 17 8 Australian Capital Territory Canberra Lakers New South Wales NSW Waratahs Northern Territory NT Stingers Queensland QLD Blades South Australia Southern Hotshots Tasmania Tassie Tigers Victoria VIC Vikings Western Australia WA Thundersticks 3 2 1 0 Q #ccffcc Semi-finals 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.Regulations Fixtures 25 February 2008 11:00 VIC Vikings Victoria 6–0 Northern Territory NT Stingers Doerner PC 6 PC 19T. Brooks FG 29 FG 52J. Brooks FG 59McLennan FG 64 Report Stadium:National Hockey Centre, Canberra 25 February 2008 13:00 QLD Blades Queensland 2–1 South Australia Southern Hotshots Elder PC 28Dwyer PS 30 Report Schubert PC 54 Stadium:National Hockey Centre, Canberra 25 February 2008 15:00 WA Thundersticks Western Australia 5–0 New South Wales NSW Waratahs Hopkins PC 4Smith FG 30Kavanagh FG 44Dancer FG 67Blakeney FG 69 Report Stadium:National Hockey Centre, Canberra 25 February 2008 17:00 Canberra Lakers Australian Capital Territory 0–2 Tasmania Tassie Tigers Report Cock PC 27Guest PC 61 Stadium:National Hockey Centre, Canberra 26 February 2008 11:00 NSW Waratahs New South Wales 2–3 Queensland QLD Blades Livermore PS 29Sutherland FG 32 Report Dwyer FG 45De Young PC 61Elder PC 66 Stadium:National Hockey Centre, Canberra 26 February 2008 13:00 Tassie Tigers Tasmania 2–5 Victoria VIC Vikings Ancher FG 24 FG 41 Report Doerner PC 21 PC 22McLennan FG 25Mirecki FG 37Kleinschmidt FG 68 Stadium:National Hockey Centre, Canberra 26 February 2008 15:00 Southern Hotshots South Australia 3–6 Australian Capital Territory Canberra Lakers Cleghorn FG 13Reece PC 31Porter FG 63 Report Onitiri PC 2Davidson FG 12Turner FG 34 FG 39 FG 41D. Hotchkis FG 43 Stadium:National Hockey Centre, Canberra 26 February 2008 17:00 NT Stingers Northern Territory 0–3 Western Australia WA Thundersticks Report Smith FG 11Kavanagh FG 14Blakeney PC 27 Stadium:National Hockey Centre, Canberra 28 February 2008 11:00 Southern Hotshots South Australia 3–2 Western Australia WA Thundersticks Dry FG 37Reece PC 70Cleghorn PC 81 Report Kavanagh FG 35Brown PS 55 Stadium:National Hockey Centre, Canberra 28 February 2008 13:00 NSW Waratahs New South Wales 0–1 Tasmania Tassie Tigers Report Richardson FG 49 Stadium:National Hockey Centre, Canberra 28 February 2008 15:00 QLD Blades Queensland 8–0 Northern Territory NT Stingers Eglington FG 3Dwyer PC 4Burns FG 30Elder FG 37 PC 53Butler FG 37M. Bates FG 63 FG 68 Report Stadium:National Hockey Centre, Canberra 28 February 2008 17:00 Canberra Lakers Australian Capital Territory 1–4 Victoria VIC Vikings Bishop FG 4 Report Geraghty FG 8T. Brooks FG 33Doerner PC 44 PC 47 Stadium:National Hockey Centre, Canberra 1 March 2008 11:00 QLD Blades Queensland 3–2 Australian Capital Territory Canberra Lakers Elder PC 18 PC 60Burns FG 45 Report Davidson FG 38Jorgensen FG 49 Stadium:National Hockey Centre, Canberra 1 March 2008 13:00 VIC Vikings Victoria 0–0 5–4 Western Australia WA Thundersticks Report Stadium:National Hockey Centre, Canberra 1 March 2008 15:00 Tassie Tigers Tasmania 4–1 Northern Territory NT Stingers Ockenden FG 1 FG 46Guest PC 23 PC 26 Report Robertson FG 16 Stadium:National Hockey Centre, Canberra 1 March 2008 17:00 NSW Waratahs New South Wales 1–3 South Australia Southern Hotshots Sutherland FG 54 Report Schubert PC 31 FG 43Reece PC 45 Stadium:National Hockey Centre, Canberra 2 March 2008 11:00 WA Thundersticks Western Australia 4–2 Tasmania Tassie Tigers Blakeney FG 11Bausor FG 29 FG 32Smith FG 62 Report Richardson PC 18Ockenden FG 44 Stadium:National Hockey Centre, Canberra 2 March 2008 13:00 Canberra Lakers Australian Capital Territory 4–3 New South Wales NSW Waratahs Turner FG 12Backhus FG 47 FG 79Davidson FG 48 Report Sutherland PC 8M. Paterson PC 15Livermore PS 18 Stadium:National Hockey Centre, Canberra 2 March 2008 15:00 VIC Vikings Victoria 2–5 Queensland QLD Blades Pollard FG 15 FG 28 Report Eglington FG 5 FG 48Dwyer PC 35T. Bates FG 52Elder PC 58 Stadium:National Hockey Centre, Canberra 2 March 2008 17:00 NT Stingers Northern Territory 2–3 South Australia Southern Hotshots Abbott FG 29 FG 69 Report Schubert FG 7Hughes FG 12Magee PC 46 Stadium:National Hockey Centre, Canberra 4 March 2008 11:00 Canberra Lakers Australian Capital Territory 4–2 Northern Territory NT Stingers Hinde FG 2MacKinnon PC 17 PS 59Davidson FG 40 Report Lockley FG 3Robertson PC 23 Stadium:National Hockey Centre, Canberra 4 March 2008 13:00 Southern Hotshots South Australia 4–3 Tasmania Tassie Tigers Magee FG 22Hughes FG 46Reece PC 65Schubert FG 78 Report Guest PC 20 PC 31Cock FG 34 Stadium:National Hockey Centre, Canberra 4 March 2008 15:00 NSW Waratahs New South Wales 0–1 Victoria VIC Vikings Report Doerner PC 70 Stadium:National Hockey Centre, Canberra 4 March 2008 17:00 WA Thundersticks Western Australia 2–3 Queensland QLD Blades Kavanagh FG 4 FG 43 Report Dwyer PS 43De Young FG 54Eglington FG 80 Stadium:National Hockey Centre, Canberra 5 March 2008 11:00 Southern Hotshots South Australia 0–4 Victoria VIC Vikings Report Kleinschmidt 4T. Brooks FG 38Pollard FG 55Mirecki FG 70 Stadium:National Hockey Centre, Canberra 5 March 2008 13:00 NT Stingers Northern Territory 0–7 New South Wales NSW Waratahs Report Poulton PC 5I. Paterson FG 25Orchard FG 27 PC 61Naylor PC 30Matheson PC 42Butturini FG 44 Stadium:National Hockey Centre, Canberra 5 March 2008 15:00 WA Thundersticks Western Australia 1–0 Australian Capital Territory Canberra Lakers Blakeney PC 13 Report Stadium:National Hockey Centre, Canberra 5 March 2008 17:00 QLD Blades Queensland 4–5 Tasmania Tassie Tigers Burns FG 6De Young FG 9T. Bates FG 15 FG 47 Report Cock FG 13 PC 35 FG 44Richardson FG 58Guest PC 78 Stadium:National Hockey Centre, Canberra Classification round Fifth to eighth place classification Crossover Fifth Place Seventh Place high 170 55 7 March 2008 South Australia Southern Hotshots 3 Northern Territory NT Stingers 2 7 March 2008 Australian Capital Territory Canberra Lakers 2 New South Wales NSW Waratahs 4 8 March 2008 South Australia Southern Hotshots 1 New South Wales NSW Waratahs 5 8 March 2008 Northern Territory NT Stingers 0 Australian Capital Territory Canberra Lakers 4 Crossover 7 March 2008 11:00 Southern Hotshots South Australia 3–2 Northern Territory NT Stingers Cleghorn FG 23 FG 50Magee FG 66 Report Brown PS 61Bransgrove FG 70 Stadium:National Hockey Centre, Canberra 7 March 2008 13:00 Canberra Lakers Australian Capital Territory 2–4 New South Wales NSW Waratahs Backhus PC 26Hinde FG 70 Report Livermore PS 38Sutherland FG 44Naylor PC 65Butturini FG 70 Stadium:National Hockey Centre, Canberra Seventh and eighth place 8 March 2008 11:00 NT Stingers Northern Territory 0–4 Australian Capital Territory Canberra Lakers Report Backhus PC 45Dent PC 50Hinde FG 57M. Hotchkis FG 61 Stadium:National Hockey Centre, Canberra Fifth and sixth place 8 March 2008 13:00 Southern Hotshots South Australia 1–5 New South Wales NSW Waratahs Kelly FG 31 Report M. Paterson PC 14 PC 23 FG 39Sutherland FG 58Booth PS 70 Stadium:National Hockey Centre, Canberra First to fourth place classification Semi-finals Final Third Place high 170 55 7 March 2008 Queensland QLD Blades 3 Tasmania Tassie Tigers 1 7 March 2008 Victoria VIC Vikings 1 Western Australia WA Thundersticks 2 8 March 2008 Queensland QLD Blades 2 Western Australia WA Thundersticks 4 8 March 2008 Tasmania Tassie Tigers 1 Victoria VIC Vikings 3 Semi-finals 7 March 2008 15:00 QLD Blades Queensland 3–1 Tasmania Tassie Tigers Wilson FG 46Eglington FG 46 FG 54 Report Tremayne FG 64 Stadium:National Hockey Centre, Canberra 7 March 2008 17:00 VIC Vikings Victoria 1–2 Western Australia WA Thundersticks Doerner PC 53 Report Hulbert FG 22Blakeney FG 30 Stadium:National Hockey Centre, Canberra Third and fourth place 8 March 2008 15:00 Tassie Tigers Tasmania 1–3 Victoria VIC Vikings Guest FG 8 Report J. Brooks FG 1Doerner PC 56Geraghty FG 67 Stadium:National Hockey Centre, Canberra Final 8 March 2008 17:00 QLD Blades Queensland 2–4 Western Australia WA Thundersticks Elder PC 2Eglington PC 69 Report Dancer FG 22Charlesworth FG 54Smith FG 59Hopkins PC 63 Stadium:National Hockey Centre, Canberra Awards Player of the TournamentTop GoalscorerPlayer of the FinalWestern Australia Bevan GeorgeVictoria Luke DoernerWestern Australia Aaron Hopkins Statistics Final standings main WL OT goals WD LD complete Clearing House WA QLD VIC TAS NSW SA ACT NT G S B 4 0 0 5 23 22 3 0 0 6 22 20 0 0 0 9 7 42 7 0 0 2 33 19 5 0 0 4 21 27 4 0 0 5 21 24 6 1 0 2 26 11 6 0 1 2 23 11 Australian Capital Territory Canberra Lakers New South Wales NSW Waratahs Northern Territory NT Stingers Queensland QLD Blades South Australia Southern Hotshots Tasmania Tassie Tigers Victoria VIC Vikings Western Australia WA Thundersticks yes 3 2 1 0 Q gold Gold Medal silver Silver Medal #cc9966 Bronze Medal Goalscorers 176 36 Clearing House Victoria Luke Doerner Queensland Troy Elder Queensland Nathan Eglington Tasmania David Guest New South Wales Troy Sutherland Queensland Jamie Dwyer South Australia Grant Schubert Tasmania Geoffrey Cock Western Australia Peter Blakeney Western Australia Fergus Kavanagh Australian Capital Territory Garry Backhus Australian Capital Territory Iain Davidson Australian Capital Territory Glenn Turner New South Wales Mark Paterson South Australia Thomas Cleghorn South Australia Gregory Reece Victoria Travis Brooks Western Australia Andrew Smith Australian Capital Territory Kenji Hinde New South Wales Brent Livermore Queensland Timothy Bates Queensland Jacob Burns Queensland Liam de Young South Australia Eugene Magee Tasmania Edward Ockenden Tasmania Marcus Richardson Victoria Joshua Pollard Australian Capital Territory Paul MacKinnon New South Wales Matthew Butturini New South Wales Matthew Naylor New South Wales Simon Orchard Northern Territory Desmond Abbott Northern Territory Gary Robertson Queensland Michael Bates South Australia Scott Hughes Tasmania Paul Ancher Victoria Jason Brooks Victoria Declan Geraghty Victoria Aaron Kleinschmidt Victoria Alistair McLennan Victoria Daniel Mirecki Western Australia Christopher Bausor Western Australia Brent Dancer Western Australia Aaron Hopkins Australian Capital Territory Benjamin Bishop Australian Capital Territory Craig Dent Australian Capital Territory Daniel Hotchkis Australian Capital Territory Matthew Hotchkis Australian Capital Territory Christopher Jorgensen Australian Capital Territory Seyi Onitiri New South Wales Darryn Booth New South Wales Eli Matheson New South Wales Ian Paterson New South Wales Benjamin Poulton Northern Territory Douglas Bransgrove Northern Territory Liam Brown Northern Territory Adrian Lockley Queensland Dean Butler Queensland Jason Wilson South Australia Joel Dry South Australia Peter Kelly South Australia Robert Porter Tasmania Nicholas Tremayne Western Australia Kiel Brown Western Australia Jonathon Charlesworth Western Australia Phillip Hulbert References External links 2008 Category:2008 in Australian men's field hockey Category:Sports competitions in Canberra