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WEEKLY UPDATE

Week #13 – This is it: the final night of the season is upon us and we’re about to crown a new champ. How did the night play out? Read below to get in on the action…

*** 3 STARS OF THE NIGHT ***

M – Mark Haulena (7G/2A + 2G/2A)

F – Ashley Clow (2G/2A + 2A)

G – Dylan Cundell (21 + 19 saves)

RECAPS

All About the D vs Murphy’s Law

As Expected… The first semi-final game had All About the D taking on Murphy’s Law who were coming back from a huge upset last week. Would they be able to do it again? First on the board was AAD in Shawn Blais who would tuck the ball in from behind the net. A minute or so later, Doug Tattrie would follow suit with a backhand shot while the goalie was out of his net. Soon after, Matt Dufton would get in on the action as he poked the ball in. Later on, Ashley Clow would make it 4-0 as she went up high in tight. A minute later, Brett McAteer would bury a backdoor pass to put ML on the board. Soon after, Dufton would score his 2nd as he went backhand on a backwall rebound and Yann Koci would tap in the pass across to make it 6-1 for AAD. Before the end of the period, ML would score one more in Jeff Murphy who would blast it in from his own end. At half, AAD was leading 6-2, shots 14-10 in their favour. Early in the 2nd, Blais would score his 2nd of the game going inside post on a rebound. That was followed by Elian Al-Kadri who scored five-hole on a turnover in the slot. Then, Dufton would score 2 back-to-back within a couple of minutes. With 6 minutes or so left in the game, ML would score 2 in spare Jeff Levey going far side and the other in McAteer through a scramble in front. That would make it 10-4 with a little over 4 minutes to go. In the end, Clow would bang in her own rebound, as AAD runs away with this one at 11-4. They move on for a chance to win it all in the finals.

AAD – Dylan Cundell – 25 shots

ML – Carlo De Marinis – 22 shots

The Royal Assets vs Noble Squires

A Squires is Going to the Finals… The next semi-finals game saw The Royal Assets taking on Noble Squires as one Squires was shooting on the other. First to strike was Mark Haulena from NS with a shot on the run from half. Then, Tim Squires would fool the goalie with a one-timer, sending it low glove. Halfway through the period, Haulena would score his 2nd, going glove side. Squires would answer that with his own glove side shot. A couple of minutes later, Haulena would score again, this time as we saw him deke the goalie on a breakaway and you know it, Squires was right behind him with a backhand chip in. Down to the last 2 minutes of the game, Haulena would tap it in from the side of the net but Rachel Bolzon was on his tail with a rebound 30 seconds later. With seconds left, Lynn Fournelle would score from the side of the net on a rebound. At half, it was 5-4 for NS, shots 15-11 for TRA. Kiyomi Takahara would keep things going for NS early in the 2nd with a chip in, but Squires would send it top cheese in tight as he ran all the way in. In the next minute, Haulena would score 2 more, and Jon Witmer would outwait the goalie and finish backhand to make it 9-5 for NS. Later, it was Dave Ash’s turn as he went up high from the top of the slot. A minute later, Witmer would score again on his backhand from the slot this time. Then TRA would rally the troops as they made great efforts to tie it up. Squires would score at 6 minutes, on a backwall rebound. NS would take a penalty and TRA would also pull their goalie as Squires would score his 6th of the game with 3 minutes left as he shot it in from the top of the slot. A minute later, Ash’s shot would go up and over the goalie’s pads, putting them within 1. On another power play, TRA would pull their goalie to make it a 4-2 and Ash would bury a one-timer. We were tied at 10-apiece. Just as we thought we would need OT, Haulena would intercept a pass and sent it top shelf with 6 seconds left to go. This nail bitter ends 11-10 in favour of NS as they would get their shot to play in the finals in the next game.

NS – Jeff Squires – 34 shots

TRA – Colin Jackson – 21 shots

All About the D vs Noble Squires

For All the Marbles… The last game of the season would see All About the D squaring off against Noble Squires. Just like in the last game, Mark Haulena would get the first goal of the game with a quick shot from the slot. He would score again soon after, this time as he crashed the net off the draw. Shawn Blais would then score for AAD on a power play with a one-timer. But John Witmer would answer that with a backhand shot, followed by Alex Rogozynski with his own backhand shot. As AAD was playing short-handed, Blais would blast it in from his own end and a couple of minutes later, Matt Dufton would bury a pass across. Before the end of the period, Witmer would go five-hole off the face-off. After 20, NS was in the lead at 5-3, shots 19-16 for AAD. Blais would get the first goal of the 2nd period, a cross-crease tap in a few minutes in. Then, Corey Mathieson would clear the ball from his end, catching the goalie sleeping making it a 2-goal lead. Halfway through the period, Blais would go far side on the run. He would score again a minute later, with a tip in front as the game was tied at 6. Blais would score again, this time a rebound to take the 1-goal lead. Eventually, NS would pull their goalie but AAD would find the empty net twice as they win the game and the season with a 9-6 victory. Congratulations!

AAD – Dylan Cundell – 25 shots

NS – Jeff Squires – 32 shots