This isn't New Zealand, there's no Eden Park in Orange and you can bet your life you won't see a haka from his Orange CYMS girls any time soon.

They're not the All Blacks but, Shea says, the premise is the same.

The vastly experienced hockey coach says his side, in just its second year back in the women's Premier League Hockey competition, is determined to build a legacy and after qualifying for the club's first grand final in 17 years now's the chance to really drive that ambition home.

Looking at the almost unparalleled success of the New Zealand rugby union outfit, Shea says CYMS' goal this year is to build a foundation that'll ensure future green and golds sides sit on top of the women's PLH competition regularly.

He said aiming for the sort of consistency and level of performance the All Blacks are renowned for should be the goal of all sides, so why not his too?

"We see the past as being important," Shea said following CYMS' 3-1 major semi-final win over Bathurst St Pat's on Saturday.

"But it's not so much what happened in the past, for us, it's respecting that and where we've come from but we're going forward and we're trying to create a legacy, our own legacy.

"To take a leaf out of the All Blacks book, we're trying to create our own legacy."

You have to go back as far as 2002 to find the last time an Orange side made the women's PLH decider - that was, too, a CYMS team and the game was also in Orange.

This year's grand final will also be in Orange.

Continuing the eerie similarities between 2002 and 2019, Shea's wife Beth was in charge of that title-winning side 17 years ago.

So aside from the obvious drive to win a crown, there's an extra bit of motivation there for Pete as well.

"I've got to go out there and try and equal her, don't I," Shea smiled, before quickly returning to his main aim.

"We're trying to draw on that culture CYMS had in 2002 and trying to regain it and add to it.

"That's where we are at the moment and we've got a chance to build on that Saturday week."

Shea said he's not concerned with which side progresses out of this weekend's preliminary final between defending premiers St Pat's and PLH juggernaut Lithgow Panthers.

St Pat's coach Jaden Ekert says his side will "start again" in its endeavour to earn another crack at CYMS in the decider.

"It's really disappointing, we had ample opportunities, as did they, the game was so close," Ekert said.