Tim Vick scored twice for Gold, but his second strike came in the final minute of play, and only served as window dressing in a 4-2 elimination loss to Tie Dye. London called twice for the winners, with the younger Peters scoring just :34 into the first, and adding an empty netter late in the third. Alan Razoky contributed 1 and 1, and Brian Sheptycki collected a helper on Peters’ first goal to compliment his power play game-winner in the second. Melissa Busby was credited with an assist, which was a sweet score keeping gesture for a ‘special’ player (thanks, Noceti). Elliot Hicks stood tall in nets for Tie Dye, who have been without a regular goalie since Mark Boulanger blew town. His 15/17 line was a winner to Matthew Henderson’s hard luck elimination string of 18/21. Gold’s glass slipper days have ended, while Tie Dye march on to face Black in the first of two elimination games tonight!
Captain Mark Ennsmann took matters (and his opponent’s playoffs neck) into his own hands, and squeezed tightly to the tune of two goals. That would be just enough offense to do the trick, as Black ousted Orange, 2-1. Jet Javelet put Orange on the board early in the third, but a beast mode Don Tran (26/27) was not about to let Orange come back for seconds. Andrew Jacobsen found himself in a rare supporting role in the win, assisting on both of his captain’s conversions. Orange join color cousins, Gold, on the playoff funeral pyre, while Black live on to face Tie Dye in what is sure to be an epic elimination match.
Cory Brin and Andy Strathman…the alpha and omega in Purple’s 1-0 shootout slide past Lime. Brin had 20/20 vision through regulation and OT, and his perfection persisted into the shootout phase. Alex Theis deflected all fifteen he faced through three and half periods of play, but Andy Strathman’s stick struck midnight for the seventh seeded Cinderellas, sending Purple to the promised land and Lime to limbo. Captain Enright’s team is still ‘Stayin’ A Lime’, but they will need to knock off the winner of Black v Tie Dye to earn a chance at revenge and redemption in the Final.