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.
The Central Falcons won the tournament after defeating the Southern Alpiners 1–0 on penalties after the final finished as a 1–1 draw. The Hauraki Mavericks finished in bronze position, defeating the Northern Tridents 4–1.
Competition format 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.
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.
Head Coach: Michael Delaney
Dom Dixon (GK) Matthew Van Aardt (GK) Mackenzie Wilcox Benedict van Woerkom Jordan Cohen Sean Findlay Shea McAleese Stephen Jenness Joe Hanks Nick Wilson Sam Hiha Patrick Madder Dane Lett Brad Read Jacob Smith Harry Miskimmin Dylan Thomas Callum Olsen Trent Lett
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
Louis Beckert (GK) George Enersen (GK) Joseph Morrison George Connell Hugo Inglis Nick Elder Kane Russell Nicholas Lidstone Nick Ross Maxwell Rasmussen Dominic Newman Gus Wakeling Finn Ward Dylan Thomas Jordan Ward Malachi Buschl Sam Lane David Brydon Blair Tarrant Simon Yorston Moss Jackson
Results All times are local (New Zealand Daylight Time).
Preliminary round
Fixtures
Classification round Third and fourth place
Final
Awards Player of the TournamentTop Goalscorer Jacob Smith Nic Woods
Statistics Final standings
Goalscorers
References
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