Fall Season - Week Eleven - November 29th PLAYOFFS

Arif Khan and the I-slam Media Crew cover the Road To The I-slam Cup in this weeks podcast, listen to it here.

8:00 PM Emaan Vs Ikhlas (single-game elimination)

	Emaan	Ikhlas
Regular Season Rank	3rd	6th
Season Series	1W , 1L	1W, 1L
Week 2 Results: Score	1	3
Week 2 Results: PIMs	6	4
Week 2 DNPS	Azim Siddique Dawub Habib Kadir Motiwala	Ibrahim Khan Abraar Gangat
Week 2 Three Stars see here	2nd: Yusuf Ingar	1st: Adil Chohan 3rd: Adam Moftah
Week 9 Results: Score	4	0
Week 9 Results: PIMs	6	8
Week 9 DNPS	Azim Siddique Mohamed Kazi	Adnan Hashmi Mudasser Hussain Ibrahim Khan Imran Lakhanpal
Week 9 Three Stars	1st: Arif Khan 2nd : Salman Khalid 3rd: Muhammad Abdu-Samad

9:00 PM Ridha (3-4-2) vs Sabr (3-2-4) (single-game elimination)

	Ridha	Sabr
Regular Season Rank	5th	4th
Season Series	1T, 1L	1T, 1W
Week 3 Results: Score	2	2
Week 3 Results: PIMs	4	2
Week 3 DNPS	Talib Contractor	Firasath Ali
Week 3 Three Stars see here	2nd: Ahmad Mobin 3rd: Fahad Mohammed	1st: Zubair Wahid
Week 10 Results: Score	1	3
Week 10 Results: PIMs	0	4
Week 10 DNPS	Mesbah Siddiqui	Emad Hussain Usamah Rao Mohammed Hamoud Riaz Lisani
Week 10 Three Stars	2nd: Mohsin Mehboob	1st: Fahad Panchbhaya 3rd: Zubair Wahid

Following the 2nd vs 3rd Seed Games for each division, the winner will advance to play the 1st seed in a two-game SemiFinal series that has game one being played this week.

10:00 PM - Winner of Emaan/Ikhlas vs Haya (first game of best of two):

Emaan vs Haya: season series tied 1-1
Ikhlas vs Haya: season series tied, both games ended in a tie

11:00 PM - Winner of Ridha/Sabr vs Yaqeen (first game of best of two):
Ridha vs Yaqeen: Ridha won season series 1T and 1 W
Sabr vs Yaqeen: Yaqeen won season series 1T and 1 W

Fall Season - Week Ten - November 22nd

Arif Khan and the I-slam Media Crew take a look back at Week 9 and the implications for the playoff race, listen here.

8:00 PM Yaqeen (5-2-2) vs Ihsan (2-5-2)

	Yaqeen	Ihsan
Overall Rank	2nd	7th
Division Rank	1st in Medina	4th in Medina
Week 9 Results	3-0 shutout over Sabr	3-1 loss to Ridha
Week 3 Results: Score	1	0
Week 3 Results: PIMs	0	8
Week 3 DNPS	Saajid Bhayat Samad Hamidi	Weesam Issawi Ammal Esmatyar
Week 3 Three Stars see here	1st: Abdur-Rahim Manjra 3rd: Zak Bandisha	2nd: Dawood Ciombar
Context	Yaqeen is coming off a huge win last week by clinching 1st in the Medina Division. Now this week the team can help Manjra claim the scoring title and Bandisha the GAA award. Also Yaqeen can finish 1st overall in the league helping boost Mian’s case for the GM award.	Last week’s lost to Ridha was a huge blow to Ihsan’s playoff chances. However they are still in it mathematically and now is not the time to be hanging your head and waiving the white flag.

9:00 PM Ridha (3-4-2) vs Sabr (3-2-4)

	Ridha	Sabr
Overall Rank	5th	4th
Division Rank	3rd in Medina	2nd in Medina
Week 9 Results	Huge 3-1 win over Ihsan	Shutout 3-0 vs Yaqeen
Week 3 Results: Score	2	2
Week 3 Results: PIMs	4	2
Week 3 DNPS	Talib Contractor	Firasath Ali
Week 3 Three Stars see here	2nd: Ahmad Mobin 3rd: Fahad Mohammed	1st: Zubair Wahid
Context	Ridha has turned their season around. Baring a colossal collapse they will be heading into the post-season and matching up against Sabr. Ridha easily the hottest team heading into the playoffs need to use this game to continue to generate momentum and send a message to Sabr on how difficult their lives will be next week.	Sabr was supposed to be the chosen one to win the Medina Division. They have been on a downward spiral and the numbers reflect that. In fact if they lose this week Ridha will leap-frog them in the standings and Sabr will finish 5th overall in the standings. This is not where we had them projected, so they would be best to use this game to try to rediscover their form from earlier this season

10:00 PM Ikhlas (3-5-1) vs Haya (6-1-2)

	Ikhlas	Haya
Overall Rank	6th	1st
Division Rank	3rd in Mecca	1st in Mecca
Week 9 Results	Shutout by Emaan 4-0	Shutout Taqwa 1-0
Week 3 Results: Score	2	2
Week 3 Results: PIMs	8	6
Week 3 DNPS	Zulqarnain Imtiaz Ibrahim Khan	None
Week 3 Three Stars see here	2nd: Mazhar Hussain	1st: Luqman Arshad 3rd: Mohammed Qureshi
Context	Ikhlas is trending in the wrong way heading into the playoffs. Loser of 5 straight games, Ikhlas needs a good showing this week to build confidence for next week’s playoff matchup versus Emaan	Haya has locked up first in their division and now are looking to help team-mates achieve individual awards. Imran Alvi is currently slated to win the Lowest GAA award and Haya can help strengthen Arshad’s case for GM of the season by finishing first overall.

11:00 PM Taqwa (2-7-0) vs Emaan (5-3-1)

	Taqwa	Emaan
Overall Rank	8th	3rd
Division Rank	4th in Mecca	2nd in Mecca
Week 9 Results	Loss to Haya in 1-0 in a heartbreaker	Impressive 4-0 win over Ikhlas
Week 3 Results: Score	2	6
Week 3 Results: PIMs	2	6
Week 3 DNPS	Sahil Mohammad	Azim Siddique Ibrahim Hindy
Week 3 Three Stars see here		1st: Mohamed Kazi 2nd: Yusuf Ingar 3rd: Arif Khan
Context	Taqwa will not be heading into the playoffs. Those that are not planning to show up are missing an opportunity to showcase their skills going into next season.  Also the team has represented themselves well down the stretch with their effort and should want to see it through to the end.	Emaan will be looking to help Yusuf Ingar or ArifKhan win the Points Title. As well Emaan will try to Arif Khan bring home the goal-scoring crown. Lastly, their goaltender Samad has a chance at winning the Lowest GAA award.

Fall Season - Week Nine - November 15th

Arif Khan and the I-slam Media Crew are joined by Ibrahim Hindy as the playoff races in both division heat up, have a listen here.

8:00 PM Taqwa (2-6-0) vs Haya (5-1-2)

	Taqwa	Haya
Overall Rank	8th	1st
Division Rank	4th in Mecca	1st in Mecca
Week 8 Results	6-0 domination over Ikhlas	2-1 loss to Emaan
Week 2 Results: Score	0	5
Week 2 Results: PIMs	0	2
Week 2 DNPS	Zafir Rashid Sahil Mohammad	Abdur Nafea Zuberi
Week 2 Three Stars see here		1st: Ali Haroon 2nd: Sufyan Sheikh 3rd: Saleem Malik
Context	Taqwa still has life! They will need some help later on in the night from Emaan. However the best advice is for Taqwa to only concentrate on taking care of their own business as they are squaring off against the league’s top team	After coming off their first defeat of the season we get a chance to see Haya’s resiliency this Friday against a Taqwa team that is fighting for their playoff live.

9:00 PM Yaqeen (4-2-2) vs Sabr (3-1-4)

	Yaqeen	Sabr
Overall Rank	2nd	3rd
Division Rank	1st in Medina	2nd in Medina
Week 8 Results	4-2 loss to Ridha	2-2 to Ihsan
Week 2 Results: Score	1	1
Week 2 Results: PIMs	4	2
Week 2 DNPS	Omar Sadat	Ali Murtaza Firasath Ali Mohammed Khandwala
Week 2 Three Stars see here	1st: Arslan Mian	2nd: Rahil Ahmed 3rd: Emad Hussain
Context	Last week they took unexpected ‘L’ at the hands of Ridha. Despite this they are still in the lead for the Medina Division. A win on Friday will put Yaqeen straight into the semi-finals	Sabr started off the season red-hot and many expected them to be the top team in the Medina Division. In recent weeks they have been labouring. Despite this Sabr can reclaim the top spot in the division with a win on Friday.

10:00 PM Emaan (4-3-1) vs Ikhlas (3-4-1)

	Emaan	Ikhlas
Overall Rank	4th	5th
Division Rank	2nd in Mecca	3rd in Mecca
Week 8 Results	2-1 victory over Haya	Shutout 6-0 by Taqwa
Week 2 Results: Score	1	3
Week 2 Results: PIMs	6	4
Week 2 DNPS	Azim Siddique Dawub Habib Kadir Motiwala	Ibrahim Khan Abraar Gangat
Week 2 Three Stars see here	2nd: Yusuf Ingar	1st: Adil Chohan 3rd: Adam Moftah
Context	What an impressive grind out win they had against Haya last week! If things line up their way in the 8pm game Emaan can make a serious challenge for the top seed in the division.	Ikhlas is currently on a four game losing streak. Having yet to secure a playoff spot, if Taqwa wins their game at 8pm the pressure goes to Ikhlas to win this game.

11:00 PM Ihsan (2-4-2) vs Ridha (2-4-2)

	Ihsan	Ridha
Overall Rank	6th	7th
Division Rank	3rd in Medina	4th in Medina
Week 8 Results	2-2 draw with Sabr	4-2 win over Yaqeen
Week 2 Results: Score	3	1
Week 2 Results: PIMs	4	2
Week 2 DNPS	Wesam Issawi Umer Buksh	Arif Bijabhai
Week 2 Three Stars see here	1st: Ajmal Esmatyar 3rd: Ammal Esmatyar	2nd: Emmad Khawaja
Context	Can lock up a playoff spot with a win over Ridha	Their playoff lives are in their own hands. They come into this matchup having won two straight and are hoping to ride that momentum for this Friday.