Spring Season - Week Six - February 22nd

8:00 PM: Emaan (0-3-2) vs Sabr (0-1-4) 

	Emaan	Sabr
League Rank	8th	7th
Division	4th in Medina	4th in Mecca
PIM Leader	10 PIM- Naeem Akhter	6 PIM- Samad Hamidi
Goals For/Goals Against:	9:16 -7	10:11 -1
Defeated By	Yaqeen Ihsan Ridha	Shukr
Wins Against	N/A	N/A
Note’s From Week 5	Showed a lot of grit by coming back from a 3-0 deficit in the second half to come away with a tie vs Ikhlas	Idrees Deen added to the offense but it was not enough to get Sabr their first win
Context For Tonight	Let’s go! Sabr does not have a win this season so the opportunity is there to get your first win.	Come on man, it’s time to get your first win of the season. You are facing off against the worse team in the league
Prediction		Sabr Win

9:00 PM: Ihsan (2-2-1) vs Haya (2-0-3) 

	Ihsan	Haya
League Rank	4th	2nd
Division	2nd in Medina	2nd in Mecca
PIM Leader	4 PIM- Farooq Khan; Razi Ahmed; Mohammad Bilal; Umaar Panchbhaya	8 PIM- Dawood Ciombar
Goals For/Goals Against:	12:11 +1	13:10 +3
Defeated By	Shukr Ikhlas	N/A
Wins Against	Emaan Yaqeen	Ridha Ikhlas
Note’s From Week 5	Grinded out a 1-1 draw versus Sabr which is a step in the right direction after being steamrolled by Ikhlas the week before	Without Fahad Mohammad (their goaltender), Maaz Haq and Arssal Shahbuddin they showed resiliency with a 3-3 tie against Shukr
Context For Tonight	Trails Shukr by 1 point for top spot in the Media Division	Looking to regain top spot in the Mecca Division from Ridha
Prediction		Haya Win

10:00 PM: Shukr (2-1-2) vs Ridha (3-1-1) 

	Shukr	Ridha
League Rank	3rd	1st
Division	1st in Medina	1st in Mecca
PIM Leader	8 PIM- Zain Ali	10 PIM- Sufyan Kazi
Goals For/Goals Against:	12:14 -2	15:8 +7
Defeated By	Yaqeen	Haya
Wins Against	Ihsan Sabr	Ikhlas Emaan Yaqeen
Note’s From Week 5	Showed great sportsmanship by allowing Ahmad Mobin (Emaan goalie) to fill in for Fahad Mohammad (see News and Rumours). Week 5 against a short-benched Haya was a game they should have won rather than tying 3-3	Dominated Yaqeen with Sufyan Kazi notching 4 points and Omar Husain adding 3 points
Context For Tonight	Trying to stay on top of the Medina Division with both Ihsan and Yaqeen only one point behind	Trying to stay on top of the Mecca Division with only a 1 point lead over Haya
Prediction		Ridha Win

11:00 PM: Yaqeen (2-2-1) vs Ikhlas (1-2-2) 

	Yaqeen	Ikhlas
League Rank	5th	6th
Division	3rd in Medina	3rd in Mecca
PIM Leader	4 PIM- Azhar Hussain	18 PIM- Tahir Maarouf
Goals For/Goals Against:	16:17 -1	13:13 0
Defeated By	Ihsan Ridha	Ridha Haya
Wins Against	Emaan Shukr	Ihsan
Note’s From Week 5	In Week 5 they were missing Adil Patel and got obliterated by Ridha.	Blew a commanding 3 goal lead against the worst team in the league (Emaan) and in the process lost out on a valuable point
Context For Tonight	Trying to reverse a downwards spiral. 4 weeks ago 1-4 losers vs Ihsan. 3 weeks ago blew a lead and settled for a 4-4 tie vs Haya. 2 weeks ago lost 5-2 against Ridha	Currently tied in points with Sabr for the last Mecca playoff spot.
Prediction	Tie	Tie

Spring Season - Week Five - February 8th

8:00 PM: Emaan (0-3-1) vs Ikhlas (1-2-1) 

	Emaan	Ikhlas
League Rank	8th	6th
Division	4th in Medina	3rd in Mecca
Week 4’s Goal Scorers:	--	Adil Malik (1) Zubair Wahid (1) Akib Malik (1) Luqman Arshad (1) Rizwan Malik (1)
Goals For/Goals Against:	6:13 -7	10:10 0
Momentum	↓ With a 3-0 shutout loss at the hands of Ridha, Emaan has only 1 point in 4 games.	↑ a dominant 5-1 victory over Ihsan for their first victory of the season saw Ikhlas leap-frog Sabr in the standings for the last playoff spot  in the Mecca Division
Note’s From Last Week	Thoroughly out-classed and did not generate much offensive chances	Great team win but a little bit reckless in piling up the PIMs.
Context For Tonight	Their playoff hopes is slowly fading away. They must show some urgency to turn things around. A loss tonight most likely means this team needs to win 4 out of the 5 remaining games to have a chance to make the playoffs.	After getting their first win of the season, they are looking to build some momentum.
Prediction		Ikhlas Win

9:00 PM: Ihsan (2-2-0) vs Sabr (0-1-3) 

	Ihsan	Sabr
League Rank	5th	7th
Division	3rd in Medina	4th  in Mecca
Week 4’s Goal Scorers:	Mohammad Bilal (1)	Gehad Al-Hundi (1) Yousuf Sowdagar (1)
Goals For/Goals Against:	11:10 +1	9:10 -1
Momentum	↔ After coming off impressive wins against Emaan (5-2) and Yaqeen (4-1) two weeks prior they put up little resistance in their 5-1 lost to Ikhlas	↓ one of the two win-less teams in the league (the other team is Emaan)
Note’s From Last Week	Their power play was abysmal last week.	Can anyone else beside their gms score a goal?
Context For Tonight	Looking to gain some consistency	Their playoff hopes is slowly fading away. They must show some urgency to turn things around. Like I said a few weeks back getting ties while other teams in your Division get wins is a one-way ticket to destination No Playoffs.
Prediction	Tie	Tie

10:00 PM: Shukr (2-1-1) vs Haya (2-0-2) 

	Shukr	Haya
League Rank	4th	1th
Division	2nd in Medina	1st  in Mecca
Week 4’s Goal Scorers:	Ali Wadee (1) Faraaz Alvi (1) Zaid Toorawa (1)	Maaz Haq (2) Dawood Ciombar (1) Suleman Bhatti (1)
Goals For/Goals Against:	9:11 -2	10:7 +3
Momentum	↑ After get thrashed by Yaqeen  6 to 2, Shukr has bounced back to collect 3 out of a possible 4 points in their last 2 games;  2-2 vs Emaan & 3-2 vs Sabr	↑ Haya continues to find ways to collect points. After falling behind 3-0, they battle back to tie Yaqeen 4-4, to remain the league’s lone undefeated team.
Note’s From Last Week	If Shukr gets a lead they are really good in coming away with the win on at minimum a tie	Maaz Haq factored in on all 4 goals last week.
Context For Tonight	In a tight race with Yaqeen to be the kings of Medina	They better not let their foot off of the pedal as Ridha can overtake them for the Divison Crown.
Prediction	Tie	Tie

11:00 PM: Yaqeen (2-1-1) vs Ridha (2-1-1) 

	Yaqeen	Ridha
League Rank	3rd	2nd
Division	1st in Medina	2nd  in Mecca
Week 4’s Goal Scorers:	Emmad Khawaja (2) Ihtisham Qureshi (1) Mohammed Kazi (1)	Rahman Rana (2) Huzaifa Panchbhaya (1)
Goals For/Goals Against:	14:12 +2	10:6 +4
Momentum	↓ After letting a 3-0 turn into a 4-4 tie versus Haya the team is demoralized	↑ a dominant 3-0 win over Emaan has seen Ridha pick up 5 points in their last 3 games: 3-1 win vs Ikhlas, 3-3 vs  Sabr  and 3-0 vs Emaan.
Note’s From Last Week	Last week they had 8 minutes worth of PIM while their opponents did not take a penalty	Their speed was on full display last week.
Context For Tonight	In a tight race with Shukr to be the kings of Medina	Ridha trying to take the Divison Crown from Haya
Prediction		Ridha Win