2016–17 AWIHL season

The 2016–17 AWIHL season is the tenth season of the Australian Women's Ice Hockey League. It ran from 29 October 2016 until 26 February 2017.

2016–17 AWIHL season
League	Australian Women's Ice Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	29 October 2016 – 26 February 2017
Number of games	12
Number of teams	4
Regular season
Premiers	Sydney Sirens
Top scorer	Christina Julien
Joan McKowen Memorial Trophy
Champions	Sydney Sirens
Runners-up	Brisbane Goannas

Regular season

The regular season began on 29 October 2016 and finished on 26 February 2017

October

Game	Date	Time	Away	Score	Home	Location	Recap
1	29 October 2016	17:00	Adelaide Rush	0 - 6	Sydney Sirens	Canterbury Olympic Ice Rink
2	29 October 2016	17:00	Brisbane Goannas	7 - 4	Melbourne Ice	O'Brien Group Arena
3	30 October 2016	10:15	Adelaide Rush	1 - 8	Sydney Sirens	Canterbury Olympic Ice Rink
4	30 October 2016	13:15	Brisbane Goannas	1 - 3	Melbourne Ice	O'Brien Group Arena

November

Game	Date	Time	Away	Score	Home	Location	Recap
5	12 November 2016	16:30	Melbourne Ice	7 - 1	Adelaide Rush	Adelaide Ice Arena
6	13 November 2016	10:00	Melbourne Ice	13 - 0	Adelaide Rush	Adelaide Ice Arena
7	26 November 2016	16:00	Sydney Sirens	2 - 1 (SO)	Brisbane Goannas	Ice World Boondall
8	27 November 2016	7:30	Sydney Sirens	3 - 2 (SO)	Brisbane Goannas	Ice World Boondall

December

Game	Date	Time	Away	Score	Home	Location	Recap
9	3 December 2016	17:00	Melbourne Ice	1 - 7	Sydney Sirens	Canterbury Olympic Ice Rink
10	4 December 2016	10:15	Melbourne Ice	3 - 8	Sydney Sirens	Canterbury Olympic Ice Rink
11	11 December 2016	16:00	Adelaide Rush	0 - 2	Brisbane Goannas	Ice World Boondall
12	12 December 2016	7:30	Adelaide Rush	1 - 8	Brisbane Goannas	Ice World Boondall

January

Game	Date	Time	Away	Score	Home	Location	Recap
13	14 January 2017	16:30	Brisbane Goannas	8 – 1	Adelaide Rush	Adelaide Ice Arena
14	14 January 2017	17:00	Sydney Sirens	5 – 2	Melbourne Ice	O'Brien Group Arena
15	15 January 2017	10:00	Brisbane Goannas	7 – 2	Adelaide Rush	Adelaide Ice Arena
16	15 January 2017	14:15	Sydney Sirens	4 – 3 (SO)	Melbourne Ice	O'Brien Group Arena

February

Game	Date	Time	Away	Score	Home	Location	Recap
17	4 February 2017	17:00	Brisbane Goannas	2 - 6	Sydney Sirens	Canterbury Olympic Ice Rink
18	4 February 2017	17:00	Adelaide Rush	3 - 17	Melbourne Ice	O'Brien Group Arena
19	5 February 2017	10:15	Brisbane Goannas	2 - 4	Sydney Sirens	Canterbury Olympic Ice Rink
20	5 February 2017	13:15	Adelaide Rush	1 - 10	Melbourne Ice	O'Brien Group Arena
21	18 February 2017	16:00	Melbourne Ice	5 – 4 (SO)	Brisbane Goannas	Ice World Boondall
22	19 February 2017	7:30	Melbourne Ice	2 - 3	Brisbane Goannas	Ice World Boondall
23	25 February 2017	16:30	Sydney Sirens	12 - 0	Adelaide Rush	Adelaide Ice Arena
24	26 February 2017	10:00	Sydney Sirens	11 - 1	Adelaide Rush	Adelaide Ice Arena

Standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; SW = Shootout Wins; SL = Shootout losses; L = Losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GDF = Goal Differential; PTS = Points

The regular season league standings are as follows:

Team	GP	W	SW	SL	L	GF	GA	GDF	PTS
Sydney Sirens	10	7	3	0	0	53	17	+36	27
Brisbane Goannas	10	5	0	2	3	46	22	+22	17
Melbourne Ice	10	5	0	1	4	63	37	+26	16
Adelaide Rush	10	0	0	0	10	10	86	-76	0

Source

Playoffs

Semi Final 1

11 March 2017 5:00pm

Sydney Sirens 10

v

0 Adelaide Rush

Canterbury Olympic Ice Rink

Semi Final 2

11 March 2017 7:30pm

Melbourne Ice 0

v

3 Brisbane Goannas

Canterbury Olympic Ice Rink

Bronze-medal game

12 March 2017 4:00pm

Melbourne Ice 14

v

1 Adelaide Rush

Canterbury Olympic Ice Rink

Gold-medal game

12 March 2017 7:30pm

Sydney Sirens 4 (S/O)

v

3 Brisbane Goannas

Canterbury Olympic Ice Rink

See also

• Ice Hockey Australia
• Joan McKowen Memorial Trophy

External links

• Australian Women's Hockey League official site
• Adelaide Adrenaline official site
• Brisbane Goannas official site Archived 3 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine
• Melbourne Ice official Site
• Sydney Sirens