Twist Of Fate

Week Four playoff action saw a determined Tie Dye blank Black, 4-0. London Peters hung a hat on the opponent, while Brian Sheptycki continued to crush teams’ dreams with 1 and 3 in the elimination domination. Melissa Busby was gifted another assist on the game-winner…she’s special…let her have the point. Chris Tran stopped 19/19 as a stand in for the east bound and down Mark Boulanger, while Don Tran (13/16) suffered from a lack of support in the loss. Captain Siemer’s team was one step closer to the top with the win, but Lime was waiting at the top of the Loser’s Bracket stairs…

Malkis, Malkis, everywhere! The family affair prove too much to bear for Tie Dye, who fell 2-0 in their second game of the night to a rested and ready Lime. Joe Malki notched the game-winner early in the first, and Papa Chris Malki sealed it late to punch Lime’s ticket to the finals. Alex Theis was perfect in nets, stopping 12/12, while Chris Tran’s mojo took a dip in the nightcap, with 10/12 not enough to psave the psychedelic pside. It was on to the finals for Captain Wendy Enright, and her band of Malkis and misfits…

The scene was set for a final dance off in the disco themed 54th season. In one corner, ‘Wissco Brinferno’…Captain Salt’s second straight entry to the final fight, having entered as the fourth seed, and scrapped their way past some tough challengers. In the other, ‘Stayin’ A-Lime’, the scrappiest of challengers, with more swagger per square inch than a seventh seed has ever shown. The evening began with a scoreless chess match, stretching past regulation and OT, and into a shoot out. The shoot out was just as scoreless as the previous stages of the game, until Captain Wendy Enright herself converted on her team’s final attempt of the first round. Alex Theis iced his 10/10 cake with a 5/5 shoot out gem to propel his team to a game two, winner-take all rematch with a wild 1-0 win. Cory Brin was the hard luck loser in this one, having stopped 27/27 before the last of five shoot out attempts found a way past his pads.

Patrick Fusco got Purple on the board early in the second game, converting on the power play to give the favorites their first lead…their first goal of the night. Joe Malki would equalize minutes later, and Emily Lincoln would reverse the lead minutes after that. Lime’s 2-1 edge held through two more periods, and Alex Theis (11/12) battened down the hatches and raised the victory flag for Lime. Lime also raised the Cup with the win, capping an improbable (seemingly impossible) run from dead last in Week Seven to champions two months later. Purple certainly deserves a round of applause for their run, as well, particularly Cory Brin, who battled back from a concussion early in the season to lead his team from the back every game. This last game was no exception, with Brin stopping 19/21 in a valiant losing effort.