Spring Season - Week Twelve - May 12th

Championship Night:

8:00pm: Pick-up

8:50pm: Awards Presentation

9:00pm: Emaan vs Sabr - Game Two

Well last week was an unexpected result as Emaan blew Sabr right of the rink - this was the third straight Emaan win against Sabr.  Emaan looked solid throughout the night and might have ripped the soul out of Sabr who had no answer for them, causing frustration to boil over and fighting amongst themselves.  It was a disaster all over as Emaan seemingly scored at will, putting up 6 goals on 11 shots.  Looked at another way, Ahmad Mobin had more goals go into his net than he saved.  It seemed like everyone on Emaan lit the lamp last week with Firasath Ali capping off the offense.  For three straight games Emaan has won on the scoreboard and might have very well broken Sabr mentally.  

For Emaan all they need is a tie and the I-Slam Cup will spend the summer in Cambridge.  Look for Emaan to try to put the final nail in the coffin early in Game Two and not let Sabr develop any sense of hope.  As for Sabr, they have a number of issues they need to correct.  The most important issue they need to address is that they must put their egos aside and deal with their internal team conflict.  If they can figure that out, then Sabr just needs to relax, breathe, take a step backwards and realize what happened in the past is done with.  All they need to do is be better than Emaan in Game Two and the championship will be in their hands.  

Going into Game One the prevailing opinion was that Sabr was the much better team, the polls that were done game Sabr the edge in every category, Better Offense, Better Defense, Better Goaltender and Better Team.  Their team is so deep that there were five different suggestions on which Sabr player would win Playoff MVP.  No doubt they had a bad night in Game One but that result does not matter now as they have every opportunity to win this.  With an unscientific poll when observers were asked they felt Sabr was still the better team and would show it in Game Two.

At the end of the night one team will rise, and one team fill fall… Does Emaan close it out today and bring back the championship to Cambridge?  How much fight does Sabr have left in them and will it be enough?  They have guaranteed the win and go into this game with their confidence seemingly intact so get ready for a great game!