2024 Men's Premier Hockey League Explained

The 2024 Men's Premier Hockey League is the upcoming second season of New Zealand's national league. The tournament will be held across nine cities of New Zealand, culminating with finals at the North Harbour Hockey Centre in Auckland. Competition will commence on 2 November, culminating with finals matches on 7 December.^{[1] [2]}

Following a four-year hiatus, the league will return under new private ownership.^[3]

Competition format

Format

The 2024 Premier Hockey League will follow the same format of the inaugural season. Teams will play in a double round-robin format during the Pool Stage, followed by two Classification Matches. Following the results of the Pool Stage, the top two ranked teams will contest the final, while the bottom two ranked teams will play 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.^[4]

Head Coach: James Birkefield and Graeme Findlay

1. Stephen Atkinson
2. Dean Clarkson
3. Jordan Cohen
4. Dominic Dixon (GK)
5. Jonty Elmes
6. Sean Findlay (C)
7. Samuel Hiha
8. Javahn Jones
9. Patrick Madder
10. Graeme Murrell
11. Oscar Nation
12. Finlay Neale
13. Sajan Patel
14. Lochie Paton
15. Maxwell Rasmussen
16. Dylan Thomas
17. Mackenzie Wilcox
18. Matthew Wilson
19. William Zhou (GK)

Head Coach: Brent Livermore

1. Luke Aldred
2. Aiden Bax
3. Marcus Child
4. Brad Coxon
5. Paul Dösch
6. Timothy Greenwood
7. Vance Harvey
8. Samuel Lowndes
9. Thomas Marchant
10. Joshua McCaul
11. Bradley Rothwell
12. Matthew Rütsch (GK)
13. Aidan Sarikaya
14. Dylan Steveson
15. Jordan Whittleston
16. Nicholas Woods (C)
17. Owen Brown
18. Denym Clarke
19. Timothy Neild
20. Matthew van Aardt (GK)

Head Coach: Bryce Collins

1. Robert Capizzi
2. Luka Clark
3. Scott Cosslett
4. James Coughlan
5. Aiden Fraser
6. Zander Fraser
7. Hayden Ganley (GK)
8. Angus Griffin (GK)
9. James Hickson
10. Luke Holmes
11. Isaac Houlbrooke
12. Rocco Ludolph
13. Liam Mortimer
14. Jared Panchia (C)
15. Ryan Parr
16. Jayshan Randhawa
17. Netesh Sukha
18. Charl Ulrich
19. Maks Wyndham-Smith

Head Coach: Aaron Ford

1. George Baker
2. Louis Beckert (GK)
3. Malachi Buschl
4. Benjamin Culhane
5. Nicholas Findlay
6. Joshua Irwin
7. Samuel Lane (C)
8. Nicholas Lidstone
9. Samuel Lints
10. Felix McIntosh (GK)
11. Charlie Morrison
12. Joseph Morrison
13. Angus Nelson
14. James Nicolson
15. Blair Tarrant
16. Daniel Torr
17. Finn Ward
18. Jordan Ward
19. Patrick Ward
20. Simon Yorston

Venues

	Auckland
	Lloyd Elsmore Park North Harbour Hockey Centre
	Christchurch
	Ngā Puna Wei Sports Hub
	Dunedin
	Alexander McMillan Hockey Centre
	Hamilton
	St Paul's Collegiate School
	Mount Maunganui
	Tauranga Hockey Association
	Napier
	Park Island Recreation Ground
	Palmerston North
	Massey University Hockey Turf
	Wellington
	National Hockey Centre

Results

All times are local (New Zealand Daylight Time).

Preliminary round

Fixtures

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Classification round

Final

External links

• Hockey New Zealand

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fixtures . . premierhockeyleague.co.nz . 21 October 2024.
2. Web site: National league hockey coming to Hawke’s Bay . . nzherald.co.nz . 1 October 2024 . 21 October 2024.
3. Web site: Hockey: Privately owned league answers Black Sticks' wishes . . rnz.co.nz . 16 April 2024 . 21 October 2024.
4. Web site: Premier Hockey League announces Coaching Staff . . hockeynz.co.nz . 13 September 2024 . 21 October 2024.