2020 Men's Premier Hockey League
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| Tournament details | |||
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| Host country |  New Zealand | ||
| City | Hamilton | ||
| Dates | 19 November – 6 December | ||
| Teams | 4 | ||
| Venue | Gallagher Hockey Centre | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions | –– Central Falcons (1st title) | ||
| Runner-up | –– Southern Alpiners | ||
| Third place | –– Hauraki Mavericks | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 14 | ||
| Goals scored | 61 (4.36 per match) | ||
| Top scorer | –– Nic Woods (9 goals) | ||
| Best player | –– Jacob Smith | ||
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The 2020 Men's Sentinel Homes Premier Hockey League was the inaugural men's edition of Hockey New Zealand's national league. The tournament was held in Hamilton at the Gallagher Hockey Centre. Competition commenced on 19 November, culminating with finals matches on 6 December.[1]
The Central Falcons won the tournament after defeating the Southern Alpiners 1–0 on penalties after the final finished as a 1–1 draw.[2][3] The Hauraki Mavericks finished in bronze position, defeating the Northern Tridents 4–1.[4]
Format
The 2020 Premier Hockey League saw a new format than that of the former, National Hockey League. Teams played in a double round-robin format during the Pool Stage, which was followed by two Classification Matches.
Following the results of the Pool Stage, the top two ranked teams contested the final, with the bottom two ranked teams playing off for third place.[4]
Point allocation
Match points will be distributed as follows:
- 4 points: win
- 2 points: shoot-out win
- 1 points: shoot-out loss
- 0 points: loss
Participating teams
The four teams competing in the league come from the various regions of New Zealand.[5]
Head Coach: Dean Couzins
- Leon Hayward (GK)
- Taylor Craigie (GK)
- Jared Panchia
- Aidan Sarikaya
- Jacob Soo Choon
- Maks Wyndham-Smith
- Matt Rees-Gibbs
- Tim Neild
- Malcolm Curley
- Marcus Child
- Arun Panchia
- Cam Hayde
- Garrick Du Toit
- Jonty Keaney
- Nic Woods
- Zander Fraser
- Simon Child
- Shae Iswar
- Campbell Maclean
- Daniel Panchia
- Oliver Macintyre
- Dwayne Rowsell
Head Coach: Bryce Collins
- Richard Joyce (GK)
- Angus Griffin (GK)
- Ruan Bezuidenhout (C)
- Richmond Lum
- Charl Ulrich
- Netesh Sukha
- Robbie Capizzi
- Xavier Guy
- Sam Houston
- Mitch Hayde
- George Muir (C)
- Isaac Houlbrooke
- Maxwell Rasmussen
- Liam Mortimer
- Sanjay Lala
- Cory Bennett
- Benji Edwards
- Steven Edwards
- Connor Greentree
- Kim Kingstone
- Kieren O'Connor
- Matt Symonds
Head Coach: Grant Edwards
Results
All times are local (New Zealand Daylight Time).
Preliminary round
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WD | LD | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | –– Central Falcons | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 16 | Advanced to Final |
| 2 | –– Southern Alpiners | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 14 | |
| 3 | –– Hauraki Mavericks | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 14 | |
| 4 | –– Northern Tridents | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 18 | −11 | 2 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
Fixtures
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Classification round
Third and fourth place
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Final
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Awards
| Player of the Tournament | Top Goalscorer |
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| –– Jacob Smith | –– Nic Woods |
