Fall Season - Week Eight - November 8th

Arif Khan and the I-Slam Media Crew try to make sense of all the madness that went down at the Trade Deadline, have a listen here.

There is only  three games left all against teams within your division. These are teams you are chasing in the standings. These are the three hardest games of the regular season as we teams look to clinch their spot for the playoffs.

8:00 PM Ikhlas (3-3-1) vs Taqwa (1-6-0)

	Ikhlas	Taqwa
Overall Rank	4th	8th
Division Rank	2nd in Mecca	4th in Mecca
Week 5 Results	8-3 loss to Ridha	2-0 loss to Ihsan
Week 1 Results: Score	1	0
Week 1 Results: PIMs	4	4
Week 1 DNPS	Ibrahim Khan Adnan Hashmi Emran Singh Adam Moftah	Ihtisham Qureshi
Week 1 Three Stars	1st: Adil Chohan 2nd: Yasir Hussain	3rd: Jawad Majeed
Trade-Deadline Activity	None	Acquired: Fuzail Thakur, Dawud Abdus-Samad, Zaid Toorawa, Khizer Lakhanpal, Humza Chaudhry Out: Dawud Habib, Taha Azhar, Naveed Mohammed, Sahil Mohammed, Zafir Rashid
Context	Lost three straight games in a row. They can end Taqwa’s dreams of making the playoffs with either a tie or a win.	It is all or nothing now! Taqwa was very active at the trade-deadline trying to shake things up. Taqwa must win this game to keep their playoff hopes alive.

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

	Ridha	Yaqeen
Overall Rank	7th	2nd
Division Rank	4th in Medina	1st in Medina
Week 5 Results	8-3 victory  over to Ikhlas	5-2 win versus Emaan
Week 1 Results: Score	1	1
Week 1 Results: PIMs	0	0
Week 1 DNPS	Fahad Mohammad Talib Contractor Farooq Sani	Umair Ashraf Fuzail Thakur
Week 1 Three Stars	1st: Naeem Akhtar	2nd: Arssal Shahbuddin 3rd: Omar Husain
Trade-Deadline Activity	Acquired: Mehmed Rizvanovic Out: Talib Contractor	Acquired: Zafir Rashid, Naveed Mohammed, Sahil Mohammed Out: Fuzail Thakur, Dawud Abdus-Samad, Zafir Rashid
Context	Looking to build off last week’s dominant performance and head in to their must win game against Ihsan even in points and with some momentum.	They are the new kings of the Medina division and are enjoying the views from the top!

10:00 PM Ihsan (2-4-1) vs Sabr (3-1-3)

	Ihsan	Sabr
Overall Rank	6th	3rd
Division Rank	3rd in Medina	2nd in Medina
Week 5 Results	2-0 shutout vs Taqwa	4-1 defeat to Haya
Week 1 Results: Score	2	3
Week 1 Results: PIMs	6	0
Week 1 DNPS	Wesam Issawi	Mohammed Khandwala
Week 1 Three Stars	2nd: Ammal Esmatyar	1st: Emad Hussain 3rd: Fahad Panchbhaya
Trade-Deadline Activity	Acquired: Emad Mahmood, Aliudin Mohamed, Dawud Habib Out: Wesam Isaawi, Taha Azhar	Acquired: Talib Contractor Out: Ali Murtaza
Context	Ihsan hold on to the last playoff spot in the Medina Division. They are hoping to get at least one point so they can have some buffer between themselves and Ridha before next week’s big showdown	Sabr has been trending downwards with the most recent example of being thoroughly outplayed by Haya last week. A few veterans showed up late for their game last week suggesting maybe Sabr is becoming too complacent. They are no longer on top of the Medina Division and need to win this game to get their “mojo” back.

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

	Emaan	Haya
Overall Rank	5th	1st
Division Rank	3rd in Mecca	1st in Mecca
Week 5 Results	5-2 loss to Yaqeen	4-1 win over Sabr
Week 1 Results: Score	2	4
Week 1 Results: PIMs	14	2
Week 1 DNPS	Azim Siddique Salman Khalid Muhammed Abdus-Samad Kadir Motiwala	None
Week 1 Three Stars	2nd: Yusuf Ingar	1st: Akib Malik 3rd: Sadat Malik
Trade-Deadline Activity	Acquired: None Out: Aliudin Mohamed	None
Context	With Taqwa making big moves at the trade-deadline it is in Emaan’s best interest to clinch a playoff spot sooner rather than later.	Coming off an impressive victory over Sabr last week Haya looks to continue their winning ways against a vastly different Emaan team from Week 1.

Fall Season - Week Seven - November 1st

We continue with last of the cross-divisional games, with teams from the Mecca Division will square off against teams from the Medina Division. 

The Media Team looks back at Week Six results and previews this Friday’s games which you can listen to here.

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

	Sabr	Haya
Overall Rank	2nd	1st
Division Rank	1st in Mecca	1st in Medina
Week 6 Results	Tied Emaan 3-3	Tied Ihsan 3-3
GF	16	21
GA	12	9
Notes	Sabr was dominant to start, but let the game get away from them as Emaan came back to secure the tie. A win over Haya will have Sabr sitting alone at the top of the league.	Haya tied a game they deserved to lose. They will need to match other teams’ hustle and intensity to stay at the top of the leagues. A win this week helps them pull away from Sabr for 1st overall

9:00 PM Ridha (0-4-2) vs Ikhlas (3-2-1)

	Ridha	Ikhlas
Overall Rank	8th	4th
Division Rank	4th in Mecca	2nd in Medina
Week 5 Results	Loss to Taqwa 4-2	Loss 4-3 against Yaqeen
GF	8	17
GA	16	12
Notes	Ridha missed a golden opportunity to secure a valuable 2 points with a surprising loss to Taqwa. Trades may be coming.	Could not contain the speed of Yaqeen, exposing the footspeed of their key players. Can they regain their form against a last place Ridha?

10:00 PM Ihsan (1-4-1) vs Taqwa (1-5-0)

	Ihsan	Taqwa
Overall Rank	6th	7th
Division Rank	3rd in Mecca	4th in Medina
Week 5 Results	Tied Haya 3-3	Beat Ridha 4-2
GF	8	8
GA	15	19
Notes	Finally able to get on the scoreboard, and production from their top line. Production and continued energy from their second line will be key in beating Taqwa	Secured their first victory again Ridha last week, playing a complete team game. Maintaining a defensive system will be key to trying to catch teams ahead of them

11:00 PM Yaqeen (3-1-2) vs Emaan (3-2-1)

	Yaqeen	Emaan
Overall Rank	2nd	5th
Division Rank	2nd in Mecca	3rd in Medina
Week 5 Results	Won 3-4 against Ikhlas	Tied 3-3 against Sabr
GF	11	17
GA	10	13
Notes	Played their best game of the season last week, all without Defensive stud Arssal. Continued production from Abdul Manjra and EBP will take this teams far	Great comeback to secure the tie, and to be in conversation for top team in the league. Matching Yaqeen’s speed and skill will be the key to winning and trying to catch Haya for first in the division

Fall Season - Week Six - October 25th

We continue with more cross-divisional play with teams from the Mecca Division will square off against teams from the Medina Division. 

The Media Team looks back at Week 5 results and previews this Friday’s games which you can listen to here.

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

	Emaan	Sabr
Overall Rank	4th	2nd
Division Rank	3rd in Mecca	1st in Medina
Week 5 Results	Shutout Ihsan 3-0	5 to 4 win over Ikhlas
GF	14	13
GA	8	9
Notes	Over the last three weeks Emaan has been the league’s hottest team. However their wins have come against the bottom three teams in the standings. Let’s see how they fare against the top team in Medina.	Last week was involved in a ‘janky’ game against Ikhlas where neither team deserved to win. Victory went to the team with the one fewer mistake. Can Sabr maintain consistency from start to finish against a streaking Emaan team?

9:00 PM Taqwa (0-5-0) vs Ridha (0-3-2)

	Taqwa	Ridha
Overall Rank	8th	7th
Division Rank	4th in Mecca	4th in Medina
Week 5 Results	Loss to Yaqeen 2-3	Loss to Haya 4-1
GF	4	6
GA	17	12
Notes	This is their playoff game! 6 points out of the playoffs, Taqwa needs to go on a massive winning streak	Although tied with Ihsan for the last playoff spot in the Medina division, Ridha needs to play with a sense of desperation this week and grab a huge 2 points.

10:00 PM Haya (4-0-1) vs Ihsan (1-4-0)

	Haya	Ihsan
Overall Rank	1st	6th
Division Rank	1st in Mecca	3rd in Medina
Week 5 Results	Defeated Ridha 4-1	Loss to Emaan 3-0
GF	18	5
GA	6	12
Notes	Looking to make it three straight victories over The Medina Division with the opportunity to sweep that division the following week.	Have been shutout in three consecutive games. If the trend continues this Friday then Ihsan would go goal-less for the month of October

11:00 PM Ikhlas (3-1-1) vs Yaqeen (2-1-2)

	Ikhlas	Yaqeen
Overall Rank	3rd	5th
Division Rank	2nd in Mecca	2nd in Medina
Week 5 Results	Loss 5-4 against Sabr	Defeated Taqwa 3-2
GF	14	7
GA	8	7
Notes	Played their worse game of the season last week. We will see how resilient Ikhlas is Friday night.	Yaqeen has their eyes on the top spot in The Medina division. A victory on Friday (and some help from Emaan) can see them rise to the top of the division.