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06/09/2011 - www.iihf.com
Melbourne's icing on the cake.
Australia, New Zealand celebrate
champs, join together for TTCL.
MELBOURNE/AUCKLAND – Melbourne
Ice in Australia and the Botany
Swarm in New Zealand defended
their titles as the hockey
season in the southern
hemisphere came to an end.
More...
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03/09/2011
The North
Island maintained their unbeaten
record in the Skate of Origin
with an 8-6 win over the
South Island at Avondale
on Saturday night.
Game report here.
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31/08/2011 -
www.times.co.nz
Swarm secure fourth title
The skilful and stylish Botany
Swarm have maintained their
national dominance by collecting
their fourth New Zealand Ice
Hockey League championship title
in seven years.
More .....
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29/08/2011 -
www.odt.co.nz
Stampede beaten but proud
Southern Stampede coach Stephen
Reid is still a proud and
pleased man. He saw no reason to be too
despondent after seeing his side
beaten by the Botany Swarm in
the national ice hockey league
final in Auckland on Saturday
night. More ...
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28/08/2011
As expected
the Botany Swarm dispatched the
Southern Stampede 5-3 to take out
the 2011 New Zealand National Ice
League title.

The
victorious Botany Swarm.
(More photos of the NZIHL finals
here)
League prizewinners were;
MVP Red Devils - Kyle Papai
MVP Dunedin Thunder - Cameron Frear
MVP West Auckland Admirals - Blake Jackson
MVP
Southern Stampede - Simon Glass
MVP
Botany Swarm - KC Ball
MVP League
- Gino Heyd - Dunedin Thunder
MVP Finals
- Alexandr Polozov - Botany
Swarm
Top Points Scorer
- Chris Eaden - Canterbury Red Devils
Best Defenseman
- Daniel Nicholls - Canterbury Red Devils
Top Goalkeeper - Zak Nothling - Botany Swarm
Top Rookie - Jerreau Hohaia - Canterbury Red Devils
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24/08/2011 -
www.times.co.nz
Swarm chase fourth title
THE Botany Swarm have all the
motivation to succeed when
skating for their fourth
national ice hockey league title
in five years in this Saturday’s
grand final at home.
It’s all about pride. The
Swarm are looking to build on an
impressive league record over
the past half-decade, and Botany
produces more players than any
of the other four league clubs
that go on to represent New
Zealand at international level
for the Ice Blacks.
More ....
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23/08/2011 -
www.odt.co.nz
Time spent in NZ everything
expected - and more
Dunedin Thunder import player J
Bertrand comments on his season
in the NZIHL league.
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08/08/2011 -
www.times.co.nz
Swarm
abuzz about final.
Swarm
captain Andrew Hay says the
competition and standard of play
in the league has increased and
improved this year, because of
the “higher level of imports
[foreign-born players] spread
through the teams, and local
players are all wiser, older,
bigger and stronger”.
More...
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07/08/2011
The Southern Stampede booked
their place in the 2011 NZIHF
finals with two wins over
Dunedin Thunder over the weekend
7-3 and 8-4. the Red
Devils also won their two games
over the West Auckland Admirals
7-2 and 9-5 and finished third
in the league. |
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06/08/2011
The weekend has started well for
the Stampede with a 7-3 win over
Dunedin Thunder in the first of
their two games while the Red
Devils won over the Admirals 7-2
in their first game of the
weekend. |
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03/08/2011 -
www.odt.co.nz
Paris lured to team in France
Dunedin Thunder player Paris
Heyd has signed a one year deal
with a division 1 team in
France.
More....
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01/08/2011 -
www.odt.co.nz
Swarm completes double over
Thunder
With import forward Yvan
Kernis having returned to France
to trial for a Magnes team, the
side missing two of its three
goalies through injury, and
having to face the top team in
the national league, the odds
were stacked against the Thunder
at the Dunedin Ice Stadium on
Saturday.
More....
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31/07/2011
In the NZIHL Botany Swarm
defeated the Dunedin Thunder
twice over the weekend 6-5 and
12-2 and the Southern Stampede
downed the West Auckland
Admirals 6-1, and 6-3. |
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17/07/2011
In the NZIHL Swarm downed the Admirals 5-1
on home ice at Botany and thus
extended their overall lead in
the NZIHL. |
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24/07/2011
Two winnwins apeaice to the Swam
and Stampeded over the weekend |
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17/07/2011
In the NZIHL Swarm downed the Admirals 5-1
on home ice at Botany and thus
extended their overall lead in
the NZIHL. |
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16/07/2011
Swarm held
out the Admirals 5-3 on home ice
at Botany and thus regained
their overall lead in the NZIHL
while in Queenstown Stampede
rounded out their weekend with a
second win against the the Red
Devils 5-2..
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15/07/2011 -
www.stuff.co.nz
Admirals look to get one over
the Swarm
It has been a rough season
for ice hockey's West Auckland
Admirals but the squad is hoping
to change its fortunes against
rivals Botany Swarm this
weekend. The Admirals will face the
Swarm in a double-header at
Botany Paradice on Saturday and
Sunday. Both matches start at
5pm.
More...
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15/07/2011
The Southern Stampede defeated
the NZIHL leaders Red Devils 5-3
in front of a Queenstown home
crowd, while in Alexandra the
Alexandra Flames trashed the
Gore Grizzlies 19-0 in the
opening game of the SNC
Nationals. |
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10/07/2011
The Red
Devils have taken the lead in
the NZIHL after coming from
behind to defeat Swarm 4-2 in
Auckland. In Dunedin the
Admirals improved to lose 7-6 in
overtime to Thunder.

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09/07/2011
The Red Devils were on fire with
their goalie saving 51 shots to
achieve a 1-0 win over Swarm in
Auckland while Thunder trashed
the Admirals 10-0 in Dunedin.
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03/07/2011
The Red
Devils rounded of the weekend
with a second win defeating
Thunder 7 - 4 in Christchurch
and consolidated their second
place to Swarm in the NZIHL.
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02/07/2011
Botany Swarm
continue to dominate the NZIHL
with a second win over Stampede
7-4 in Queenstown whilst in
Christchurch Red Devils moved to
second in the league standings
with an 8 - 4 win over Thunder.
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01/07/2011
Southern
Stampede was no match for Swarm
going down 1 - 4 in a
Friday game at the winter
festival in Queenstown.
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26/06/2011
Southern
Stampede defeated Thunder 8-4 in
what was a close game until Thunder
fell apart in the second period. At Avondale the
Devils toasted the Admirals 8 -
2.
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25/06/2011
It was home
team disaster Saturday today
with Dunedin Thunder storming
over Southern Stampede 7 -4 in
front of a packed house in no
snow Queenstown, while at
Avondale the Red Devils scorched
the Admirals 7-3. Two more games
tomorrow,
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12/06/2011
Swarm
consolidated their lead in the
League with a 7 - 1 sinking of
the Admirals at Avondale tonight
while in Christchurch the Red
Devils fizzled out against a
rampaging Stampede 1-6.
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11/06/2011
In contrast
to last weekend the game and
results were much closer today.
The Red Devils defeated the
Stampede 3 -1 and the Swarm came
from behind to triumph over
the Admirals 4 - 2.
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9/06/2011 -
www.times.co.nz
Swarm
take an early lead
THE Botany
Swarm have a commanding lead in
the New Zealand Ice Hockey
League (NZIHL) after three
weekends of double-header
clashes.
The 2010
league champions have pushed
their record for this season to
four wins and two losses,
following their 9-3 and 12-3
defeats of the Dunedin Thunder
last Saturday and Sunday, June 4
and 5, at Paradice Arena,
Botany. This weekend, June 11
and 12, the Swarm have a tricky
two-match programme away at
Avondale against West Auckland
Admirals, the side they defeated
in last year’s championship
final.
More ......
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05/06/2011
In the NZIHL Swarm defeated
Thunder with a crushing 13-3 win
and positioned themselves as
clear leaders in their league
while in Queenstown the Admirals
staked out a clear claim to the
bottom of the league losing to
Stampede in a close game 9-8.
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04/06/2011
In the NZJEL the Auckland
U16 team opened its 2011 season
with a 9-1 thumping of Southern
in Queenstown this afternoon,
while in Auckland the Botany
Swarm dominated the Dunedin
Thunder 9-3 in the NZIHL. In the
Admirals vs Stampede game in
Queenstown Stampede downed the
Admirals 9 - 4.
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29/05/2011
In Dunedin the Southern success
continued with their U16 team
defeating Canterbury 8-5 in the
second NZJEL game of the 2011
Season while the Dunedin Thunder
toughed it out thru overtime and
11 shots to take their NZIHL
game 7-6. In Auckland the
weekend Southern gold rush ended
with a hard fought loss to Swarm
4-5.
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28/05/2011
The Dunedin the Southern U16
team defeated Canterbury 7-4 in
the first NZJEL game of the 2011
Season. Meanwhile in Auckland
the Southern Stampede came from
behind to down the Swarm 6-4 in
a closely fought game and in
Dunedin the Red Devils beat the
Dunedin Thunder 7-4.
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25/05/2011 -
www.times.co.nz
Swarm blow away Devils.
REIGNING
national club ice hockey
champions the Botany Swarm are
off to a flying start in the
defence of their crown. The Swarm
opened this year’s NZ Ice Hockey
League (NZIHL) with a
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23/05/2011 -
www.press.co.nz
Canterbury
Red Devils Stalled.
The Canterbury Red Devils ice
hockey team went from hero to
zero in the space of 24 hours in
the opening rounds of the
national league at the Alpine
Arena at the weekend.....more.
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22/5/2011
The Swarm
got busy in their second game
dealing out a 9-0 trashing of
the Red Devils in Christchurch.
At Avondale the Admirals
battened down the hatches and
treated the Thunder to a 5-8
defeat.
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21/5/2011
The puck
dropped on the 2011 NZIHL season
with the Red Devils toughing out
and overtime win over Swarm
4*-3 in Christchurch while the
Dunedin Thunder thrashed the
Admirals 6-1 at Avondale.
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04/09/2010
On Saturday evening the Grand
Final took place at the Botany Down’s
Paradice Ice Rink between the local
Botany Swarm team and the West Auckland
Admirals. The across town rivalry has
been immense and the round robin games
produced some outstanding games.
With the Admirals
winning their last 6 games there was an
expectation that possibly this time they
could do it. In front of a capacity
crowd , the largest ever for an ice
hockey game in Auckland and haveng to
turn away a lot more people at the
doors, the battle was on.
In period 1 it was
obvious that the players had to settle
their nerves in front of the very loud
and rowdy crowd. This period did not
produce a goal despite 12 shots on goal
each for both teams.
The scoring was opened
in period 2, just after ½ minute. The
Swarm took advantage of a power play and
Ian Wannamaker scored with an assist to
Corey Down. The puck did not find its
way into the net again despite the
Admirals having a lot of opportunities.
Shots on for Admirals 13, Swarm 7
Period 3 was clearly
dominated by the Swarm. The Admirals
drew a lot of penalties and eventually
this had to back fire on them. Corey
Down, with a shot from the Blue Line
catapulted the puck past the Admirals
goalie putting the Swarm into a 2:1
lead. This goal was assisted by Jordan
Challis and Ian Wannamaker again. In the
last minute the Admirals threw everyone
into attack and despite=a penalty for a
Swarm player, the Admirals pulling their
goalie and replac=ng him with an
attacker they were unable to score. With
1 second to go Ian Wannamaker secured
the puck to push it into an empty goal
ensuring the 3rd NZIHL
Champions title for the Botany Swarm
again with a 3:1 win.
Total shots on
goal, Admirals 33, Swarm 42. Penalty
minutes Admirals 67, Swarm 18.
MVP (Most Valuable
Player) for the Finals – Ian Wannamaker.
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26/8/2010
The
Botany Swarm and West Auckland Admirals
will do battle for the 2010 NZIHL title
on the 4 September at Botany in
Auckland. The puck drops at 5.00pm and
tickets can be
purchased here.
Be
quick it will be a sell out!
The games will be filmed by Sky Sports
and broadcast on Sky Sport 2 on 14
September 5:00pm, Sky Sport 2 on 16
September 9:00am and Sky Sport 3 - 16th
September at 10:30pm.

For a full A3 size poster click here.
22/8/2010
The Red Devils closed out the regular
season with a 13-7 win over Dunedin
Thunder tonight in Christchurch.
21/8/2010
Southern Stampede went out on a high
note defeating Swarm 2-1 in overtime in
Queenstown while the Red Devils secured
third place overall winning 9-1 over
Thunder.
20/8/2010
9:00pm
Top of the table Swarm had to work hard
in Queenstown tonight to defeat the
Southern Stampede 4-2.
15/8/2010
7:30pm
West Auckland Admirals downed the
Canterbury Red Devils 6-5 in regular
time to secure their place in an all
Auckland final.
In Queenstown Dunedin Thunder edged out Southern Stampede
4-3 in overtime.
14/8/2010
9:30pm
West Auckland Admirals downed the
Canterbury Red Devils 8-7 in overtime
after a tight game
(photos) where both teams lead
for a time. In Queenstown Dunedin
Thunder thrashed Southern Stampede 13 2.
14/8/2010
The NZIHL gets going again this weekend
with West Auckland Admirals and
Canterbury Red Devils facing off for two
games at Avondale with a place in the
finals at stake while the Dunedin
Thunder and the Southern Stampede do
battle in Queenstown both attempting to
avoid the bottom of the table. Swarm who
have a finals berth secure have a bye
this weekend.
2/8/2008
Howick and
Pakuranga Times - The Botany Swarm
are still on course for a tilt at the
national ice hockey league championship
crown with three rounds left in the
regular season
......more.....
1/8/2010
In Dunedin the Botany Swarm downed
Dunedin Thunder 4-1 and
in Avondale the West Auckland Admirals beat
Southern Stampede 4-3.
31/7/2010
The Admirals defeated
Stampede 5-4 in overtime at Avondale while
in Dunedin Thunder defeated Swarm 5-4 also
in overtime.
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2011
Team Standings |
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P |
W |
OW |
OL |
L |
GD |
Pts |
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Swarm |
16 |
12 |
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1 |
3 |
50 |
37 |
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Stampede |
16 |
11 |
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5 |
27 |
33 |
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Red Devils |
16 |
10 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
14 |
33 |
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Thunder |
16 |
3 |
2 |
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10 |
-32 |
13 |
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Admirals |
16 |
1 |
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1 |
13 |
-59 |
4 |
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2011 NZIHL Game Schedule (Draft) |
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Date |
Rink |
Home |
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Away |
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21/05/11 |
Christchurch |
Red Devils |
4* |
Swarm |
3 |
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22/05/11 |
Christchurch |
Red Devils |
0 |
Swarm |
9 |
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21/05/11 |
Avondale |
Admirals |
1 |
Thunder |
6 |
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22/05/11 |
Avondale |
Admirals |
8 |
Thunder |
5 |
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28/05/11 |
Botany |
Swarm |
4 |
Stampede |
6 |
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29/05/11 |
Botany |
Swarm |
5 |
Stampede |
4 |
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28/05/11 |
Dunedin |
Thunder |
4 |
Red Devils |
7 |
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29/05/11 |
Dunedin |
Thunder |
7* |
Red Devils |
6 |
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4/06/11 |
Botany |
Swarm |
9 |
Thunder |
1 |
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5/06/11 |
Botany |
Swarm |
12 |
Thunder |
3 |
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4/06/11 |
Queenstown |
Stampede |
9 |
Admirals |
4 |
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5/06/11 |
Queenstown |
Stampede |
9 |
Admirals |
8 |
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11/06/11 |
Christchurch |
Red Devils |
3 |
Stampede |
1 |
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12/06/11 |
Christchurch |
Red Devils |
1 |
Stampede |
6 |
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11/06/11 |
Avondale |
Admirals |
2 |
Swarm |
4 |
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12/06/11 |
Avondale |
Admirals |
1 |
Swarm |
7 |
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25/06/11 |
Queenstown |
Stampede |
7 |
Thunder |
4 |
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26/06/11 |
Queenstown |
Stampede |
8 |
Thunder |
4 |
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25/06/11 |
Avondale |
Admirals |
3 |
Red Devils |
7 |
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26/06/11 |
Avondale |
Admirals |
2 |
Red Devils |
8 |
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1/07/11 |
Queenstown |
Stampede |
1 |
Swarm |
4 |
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2/07/11 |
Queenstown |
Stampede |
4 |
Swarm |
7 |
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2/07/11 |
Christchurch |
Red Devils |
8 |
Thunder |
4 |
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3/07/11 |
Christchurch |
Red Devils |
7 |
Thunder |
4 |
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9/07/11 |
Botany |
Swarm |
0 |
Red Devils |
1 |
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10/07/11 |
Botany |
Swarm |
2 |
Red Devils |
4 |
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9/07/11 |
Dunedin |
Thunder |
10 |
Admirals |
0 |
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10/07/11 |
Dunedin |
Thunder |
7* |
Admirals |
6 |
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15/07/11 |
Queenstown |
Stampede |
5 |
Red Devils |
3 |
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16/07/11 |
Queenstown |
Stampede |
5 |
Red Devils |
2 |
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16/07/11 |
Botany |
Swarm |
5 |
Admirals |
3 |
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17/07/11 |
Botany |
Swarm |
5 |
Admirals |
1 |
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30/07/11 |
Dunedin |
Thunder |
5 |
Swarm |
6 |
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31/07/11 |
Dunedin |
Thunder |
2 |
Swarm |
12 |
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30/07/11 |
Avondale |
Admirals |
1 |
Stampede |
6 |
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31/07/11 |
Avondale |
Admirals |
3 |
Stampede |
6 |
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6/08/11 |
Dunedin |
Thunder |
3 |
Stampede |
7 |
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7/08/11 |
Dunedin |
Thunder |
4 |
Stampede |
8 |
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6/08/11 |
Christchurch |
Red Devils |
7 |
Admirals |
2 |
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7/08/11 |
Christchurch |
Red Devils |
9 |
Admirals |
5 |
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2010
Team Standings |
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Final |
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P |
W |
OW |
L |
OL |
GD |
Pts |
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Swarm |
16 |
10 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
26 |
34 |
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Admirals |
15 |
6 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
-4 |
23 |
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Red Devils |
16 |
8 |
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5 |
2 |
18 |
26 |
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Thunder |
16 |
3 |
4 |
8 |
1 |
-13 |
18 |
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Stampede |
16 |
4 |
1 |
9 |
2 |
-27 |
16 |
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2010 NZIHL Game Results |
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Date
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Rink |
Home |
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Away |
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5/06/10 |
Christchurch |
Red Devils |
8 |
Admirals |
10 |
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5/06/10 |
Dunedin |
Thunder |
4 |
Stampede |
7 |
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6/06/10 |
Christchurch |
Red Devils |
3 |
Admirals |
4 |
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6/06/10 |
Dunedin |
Thunder |
2 |
Stampede |
6 |
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12/06/10 |
Botany |
Swarm |
4 |
Stampede |
2 |
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12/06/10 |
Dunedin |
Thunder |
4* |
Red Devils |
3 |
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13/06/10 |
Botany |
Swarm |
4 |
Stampede |
1 |
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13/06/10 |
Dunedin |
Thunder |
5 |
Red Devils |
6 |
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19/06/10 |
Avondale |
Admirals |
2 |
Thunder |
5 |
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19/06/10 |
Christchurch |
Red Devils |
5 |
Swarm |
4 |
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20/06/10 |
Avondale |
Admirals |
3 |
Thunder |
4* |
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20/06/10 |
Christchurch |
Red Devils |
8 |
Swarm |
4 |
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22/06/10 |
Botany |
Swarm |
8 |
Admirals |
1 |
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26/06/10 |
Queenstown |
Stampede |
0 |
Red Devils |
5 |
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27/06/10 |
Botany |
Swarm |
7 |
Admirals |
0 |
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27/06/10 |
Queenstown |
Stampede |
2 |
Red Devils |
3 |
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2/07/10 |
Queenstown |
Stampede |
1 |
Admirals |
7 |
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3/07/10 |
Botany |
Swarm |
8* |
Thunder |
7 |
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3/07/10 |
Queenstown |
Stampede |
5 |
Admirals |
3 |
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4/07/10 |
Botany |
Swarm |
1 |
Thunder |
4 |
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6/07/10 |
Avondale |
Admirals |
3 |
Swarm |
5 |
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10/07/10 |
Christchurch |
Red Devils |
10 |
Stampede |
3 |
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11/07/10 |
Avondale |
Admirals |
6 |
Swarm |
8 |
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11/07/10 |
Christchurch |
Red Devils |
4 |
Stampede |
7 |
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24/07/10 |
Dunedin |
Thunder |
2 |
Admirals |
8 |
|
|
|
24/07/10 |
Botany |
Swarm |
6 |
Red Devils |
3 |
|
|
|
25/07/10 |
Dunedin |
Thunder |
4 |
Admirals |
2 |
|
|
|
25/07/10 |
Botany |
Swarm |
4 |
Red Devils |
0 |
|
|
|
31/07/10 |
Avondale |
Admirals |
5* |
Stampede |
4 |
|
|
|
31/07/10 |
Dunedin |
Thunder |
5* |
Swarm |
4 |
|
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1/08/10 |
Avondale |
Admirals |
4 |
Stampede |
3 |
|
|
|
1/08/10 |
Dunedin |
Thunder |
1 |
Swarm |
4 |
|
|
|
14/08/10 |
Queenstown |
Stampede |
2 |
Thunder |
13 |
|
|
|
14/08/10 |
Avondale |
Admirals |
8* |
Red Devils |
7 |
|
|
|
15/08/10 |
Queenstown |
Stampede |
4 |
Thunder |
5* |
|
|
|
15/08/10 |
Avondale |
Admirals |
6 |
Red Devils |
5 |
|
|
|
20/08/10 |
Queenstown |
Stampede |
2 |
Swarm |
4 |
|
|
|
21/08/10 |
Queenstown |
Stampede |
2* |
Swarm |
1 |
|
|
|
21/08/10 |
Christchurch |
Red Devils |
9 |
Thunder |
1 |
|
|
|
22/08/10 |
Christchurch |
Red Devils |
13 |
Thunder |
7 |
|
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