Of all the steamy stories and hot combinations that could have rolled out of the playoff bed and onto the final floor, we ended up with the most predictable pairing of positions. The big finish is still fap-worthy, but I (for one) was hoping for, say, Burgundy to finish what they started, and come from behind in a spectacular fashion. Or, maybe Navy brings that hot father-son tag team into the mix? Listen, I realize that sort of thing is not for everyone, and Green and Black have earned the right to engage in one last (routine, vanilla) romp. May the best team finish first, and leave the other lying there, frustrated and unsatisfied.
Nothing much happened for the first 2.9 periods of the first elimination game on Sunday, then the wildest, most exciting game ever broke out. Param Gill broke the scoreless tie on the power play with just 0:36 to play, surely sealing Navy’s fate…or not. Joe Malki responded 0:23 seconds later, rescuing his team from an ugly late game fate. Unfortunately for Captain Vance Morra & Company, Makli’s goal was the last they’d score this season, as Glenn Pinto netted the game-winner in OT to keep Burgundy’s ridonkulous Cup run on track with an insane 2-1 win. At this point in the playoff procedings, it would be hard to argue that Burgundy was anything but a team of destiny. Still, Burgundy had one more hill to climb to set up a 1 v 8 final…
That hill came in the form of Green, who apparently have their own concept of ‘destiny’. Tim Helmbrecht staked the number two seed to a 2-0 lead through two periods and change, which likely did not faze Captain Cohen’s cardiac kids all that much. Param Gill provided the first answer for Burgundy, but Nick Adkins rebuilt the cushion for Green on the power play just minutes later. Alan Razoky sliced the margin back to one with just under two minutes to play, but Burgundy’s bag o’ magic tricks had nothing left in it, and Green held on to take it, 3-2. As noted in the headline, Green will move on to face Black in a battle of the top two seeds. The teams battled to a 1-1 draw in their regular season match, and Black bested Green 2-0 in their first playoff meeting. Come out and cheer on the team that you hate/envy the least…game(s) start this Sunday at 6:00pm.