Championship: Fred's Market @ Workdaze 4:5

Result: Fred's Market @ Workdaze 4:5
Players: Armin, Attila, Frank, Geoff, Jon, Kevin, Mark, Paul, Ralf, Saul, Seamus, Steve, Thomas
Goals: Armin(2), Saul(2), Mark
Assists: Thomas(2), Frank, Saul
Penalties: Geoff (4 min)
Mercy Rule Violation: None
Record: 10-0-0 (30 points)

Recap:
Workdaze held on for a 5:4 victory to capture their 3rd Championship, and their first ever undefeated session.

After outscoring opponents by more than 5 goals a game in the regular seasion, Workdaze squeaked out a one goal victory for the second time this evening. Early on Workdaze got out to a 2:0 lead on two controversial goals. However, they couldn't keep the advantage as Fred's stormed back in to the game.

The game then took a strange turn. Jon, playing in his first two games back from a broken toe went down. The team thought he had broken his toe again, but it was just a leg cramp. Then 5 other players on the team went down with cramps. Apparently the back to back games and the energy spent in the D4 game was taking it's toll.

First Frank went down with a leg cramp. Kevin who played excellently in goal, was next. Ralf replaced him in goal and made some brilliant saves. Seamus and Steve both went down as well. Workdaze was running out of players, and luckily had a very deep bench for the game. Finally, Ralf went down with a cramp and had to be replaced by Thomas. Thomas made the final great save as time expired.

Workdaze was thrilled to have pulled out a close game. It was a team effort to the end with everyone stepping up to do their part.

Semi-final D4@Workdaze (3:4) OT

Result: D4 @ Workdaze 3:4 OT
Players: Armin, Attila, Frank, Geoff, Jon, Kevin, Mark, Paul, Ralf, Saul, Seamus, Steve, Thomas
Goals: Ralf(2), Attila, Mark
Assists: Thomas(2), Steve
Penalties: None
Mercy Rule Violation: None
Record: 9-0-0 (27 points)

Recap:
Workdaze narrowly advanced to the finals with a 4:3 victory over rivals D4 in the semi-final.

The game started out with each team unable to score early on. Workdaze clearly had some nerves as a factor, and D4 was unable to mount an attack. Attila opened the scoring with a steal and solo effort in the D4 zone.

The combination of the D4 goalie, and the goal posts kept D4 in the game, as Workdaze could not catch a break on offense. Workdaze had opportunity after opportunity but could not get the ball in the net. Kevin was able to hold D4's offense off and keep the game within reach.

D4 scored the 3:2 late in the second half. This looked to be the nail in the coffin on Workdaze's perfect season and championship hopes. However Workdaze sent it's best team on the attack. With 1 minute remaining, Thomas calmly lead the final effort to tie the game. With 20 seconds remaining, Ralf scored from an impossible angle as the defense wasn't expecting a left foot. The Workdaze bench and fans erupted as they knew they had a shot again.

In overtime Mark scored the 4:3. Workdaze appeared to kill the final effort from D4 as time expired. However, Guillermo decided that there was a penalty on Workdaze and gave D4 a free kick and added more time on the clock. Kevin came through with the final save as Guillermo tried to add even more time.

The game took a lot out of the entire Workdaze team. Fred's Market easily advanced in the other semi-final, so Workdaze will face a tough, and more rested opponent.