With Captain Salt awaiting his opportunity for a second straight Cup, Captain Ennsmann’s crew backslashed through Pink and Royal to earn a spot in the final. Ennsmann’s White bested Salt’s Light Blue 3-2 back on March 31st. Which feat will repeat, and which team will be left out in the code…
Josh Wirt is a bad man. The lanky and laconic leading scorer for Captain Ennsmann’s (still nameless) side is known for letting his game do the talking, and his Week Four playoff game was chattier than a daytime female talk show host. Wirt provided a primary assist on Eric Caligiuri’s goal to open the scoring in the first, put his team back in front with his first of the night in the second, and willed home the game-winner in OT to keep White moving on up, 3-2 over Pink. Alyce Perry collected an assist on all three goals for White, and Ryan Owen went 1 & 1 in vain for Pink. Stopping Andrew Jacobsen cold (zero points) is never an easy feat. White’s defense allowed just eleven shots, and Steve Testen made the nine saves he needed to make to push his team on to the late game…
Wirt picked up the hammer he forged in the Pink fires and smashed Royal to rags in the nightcap. The pummeling was perfectly paced, with one goal for each period, and an assist for good measure. Elliot Hicks, Captain Mark Ennsmann, and Evan Melcher accounted for the other half of the goal count, as White rolled past Royal, 6-0. Steve Testen was a perfect 15/15, while Jerry Russell’s sparkling rookie campaign fizzled to a finish with an 18/24 line. The win has White marching past Memorial Day and into a June 2nd showdown with Light Blue for all the glory.