2008–09 AWIHL season explained

2008–09 AWIHL season
League:	Australian Women's Ice Hockey League
Sport:	Ice hockey
Duration:	11 October 2008 – 1 February 2009
Pixels:	220px
No Of Games:	12
No Of Teams:	4
Season:	Regular season
Season Champ Name:	Premiers
Season Champs:	Sydney Sirens
Top Scorer:	Rachel White (Sydney Sirens)
Finals:	Joan McKowen Memorial Trophy
Finals Champ:	Adelaide Assassins
Finals Runner-Up:	Sydney Sirens
Nextseason Year:	2009–10
Prevseason Year:	2007–08
Seasonslistnames:	AWIHL

The 2008–09 AWIHL season was the second season of the Australian Women's Ice Hockey League. It ran from 11 October 2008 until 1 February 2009.

Regular season

The regular season begins on 11 October 2008 and will run through to 1 February 2009

Game	Date	Time	Score	Home	Location	Recap
1	11 October 2008	12:00	5 - 5		Olympic Ice Skating Centre	http://awihl.hockeysyte.com/xsyte/game/280
2	12 October 2008	12:00	4 - 4		Olympic Ice Skating Centre	http://awihl.hockeysyte.com/xsyte/game/281
3	18 October 2008	17:00	1 - 4	Sydney Sirens		http://awihl.hockeysyte.com/xsyte/game/282
4	19 October 2008	08:30	3 - 3			http://awihl.hockeysyte.com/xsyte/game/283

Game	Date	Time	Away	Score	Home	Location	Recap
5	8 November 2008	16:00	Sydney Sirens	5 - 0		Brisbane	http://awihl.hockeysyte.com/xsyte/game/284
6	8 November 2008	16:30		0 - 6	Adelaide Assassins		http://awihl.hockeysyte.com/xsyte/game/286
7	9 November 2008	08:30	Sydney Sirens	3 - 2		Brisbane	http://awihl.hockeysyte.com/xsyte/game/285
8	9 November 2008	09:30		2 - 9	Adelaide Assassins		http://awihl.hockeysyte.com/xsyte/game/287
9	22 November 2008	16:00		0 - 5	Sydney Sirens		http://awihl.hockeysyte.com/xsyte/game/288
10	22 November 2008	16:30	Brisbane Goannas	7 - 4			http://awihl.hockeysyte.com/xsyte/game/291
11	23 November 2008	08:00		0 - 4	Sydney Sirens		http://awihl.hockeysyte.com/xsyte/game/289
12	23 November 2008	09:30		2 - 9	Adelaide Assassins		http://awihl.hockeysyte.com/xsyte/game/290

Game	Date	Time	Away	Score	Location	Recap
13	6 December 2008	16:15	Sydney Sirens	13 - 3	Olympic Ice Skating Centre	http://awihl.hockeysyte.com/xsyte/game/292
14	6 December 2008	16:00	Adelaide Assassins	5 - 3	Brisbane	http://awihl.hockeysyte.com/xsyte/game/293
15	7 December 2008	12:00	Sydney Sirens	6 - 0	Olympic Ice Skating Centre	http://awihl.hockeysyte.com/xsyte/game/294
16	7 December 2008	08:30	Adelaide Assassins	5 - 3	Brisbane	http://awihl.hockeysyte.com/xsyte/game/295

Game	Date	Time	Away	Score	Home	Location	Recap
17	17 January 2009	16:30		1 - 2	Adelaide Assassins		http://awihl.hockeysyte.com/xsyte/game/296
18	17 January 2009	16:00		0 - 4	Brisbane Goannas	Brisbane	http://awihl.hockeysyte.com/xsyte/game/297
19	18 January 2009	09:30		2 - 2			http://awihl.hockeysyte.com/xsyte/game/298
20	18 January 2009	08:30		4 - 4		Brisbane	http://awihl.hockeysyte.com/xsyte/game/299
21	31 January 2009	16:00		2 - 5	Sydney Sirens		http://awihl.hockeysyte.com/xsyte/game/300
22	31 January 2009	16:15	Adelaide Assassins	9 - 3		Olympic Ice Skating Centre	http://awihl.hockeysyte.com/xsyte/game/301

Game	Date	Time	Away	Score	Home	Location	Recap
23	1 February 2009	08:00		0 - 3	Sydney Sirens		http://awihl.hockeysyte.com/xsyte/game/302
24	1 February 2009	12:00	Adelaide Assassins	6 - 1		Olympic Ice Skating Centre	http://awihl.hockeysyte.com/xsyte/game/303

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GDF = Goal differential; PTS = Points

Win = 2 pts
Tie = 1 pt
Loss = 0 pts

The regular season league standings are as follows:^[1]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes^[2]

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Rachel White	Sydney Sirens	12	14	7	21	12
Natasha Farrier	Adelaide Assassins	7	13	5	18	16
K Miyachi	Adelaide Assassins	7	7	11	18	6
Kath McOnie	Sydney Sirens	12	8	10	18	2
Andrea Steranko	Brisbane Goannas	6	8	7	15	16
Lisa McMahon	Brisbane Goannas	11	8	7	15	0
Kaylee White	Sydney Sirens	12	6	5	11	12
Amelia Matheson	Sydney Sirens	12	5	6	11	4
Heidi Coe	Sydney Sirens	8	7	3	10	4
Sharna Godfrey	Brisbane Goannas	9	7	2	9	16

Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses: T = Ties; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average^[3]

Player	Team	GP	Mins	W	L	T	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Alex Stefan	Sydney Sirens	7	330	5	0	2	7	3	0.950	1.08
Ashleigh Brown	Sydney Sirens	7	330	4	1	0	8	2	0.927	1.24
Belinda James	Adelaide Assassins	6	330	3	1	2	15	0	0.915	2.32
Jodie Walker	Melbourne Dragons	4	165	0	1	3	11	0	0.889	3.40
Sheryn Gillin	Brisbane Goannas	11	542	1	6	3	37	0	0.842	3.48

The finals series was hosted in Newcastle, New South Wales at Hunter Ice Skating Stadium over the weekend of 14–15 February 2015.^[4] ^[5]

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Web site: Australian Womens Ice Hockey League 2008-2009 Statistics: Goaltending Statistics . National Women's Program . 15 February 2009 . 26 January 2016 . 1 February 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160201080129/http://awihl.hockeysyte.com/xsyte/goalie_stats/28 . dead .
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