- The big story of last week was likely Ikhlas getting their first win of the season after being dominated in their first two games. A bigger feat considering that Ibad Khan was missing again. Attendance has been a challenge for Ikhlas this season as Hammad Khan has yet to play a game and he was expected to help anchor the teams defense core.
- Haya came away with another win over Emaan but this one was more convincing than the first. Ali Malik potted the game winner with some hard work and using his speed to his advantage. Haya picked up Malik in a trade which has more than worked out for them as his game continues to grow.
- Sabr got a boost last week with the return of Yousuf Sowdagar from an ankle injury. While he looked a bit rusty in his first action back, when he gets going it will be a big boost for Sabr who are already looking solid so far this season despite their loss to Ikhlas last week.
- Shukr continues to have penalty problems this season which has disrupted their flow with the constant penalty kills so better discipline is required if they plan on creating any type of consistent offensive pressure
- It's early in the season but already Furqan Salam has more points (4 points in 3 games) than he did in the entire Fall season (2 points in 11 games). Good to see him back on track but if he starts to struggle, expect to see various meme's analyzing his struggles
- Shukr has had an anemic offensive showing thus far, with just 4 goals scored in their first three games, a combination of players not clicking along with trying to do make too pretty a play have hurt their goal-scoring but its only a matter of time before they start to put everything together - or at least that's what they keep telling themselves
- Umair Ashraf is either the most interesting man in the world or just enjoys seeing his name in this column (I am not complaining - I have a page to fill). He recently talked of his enjoyment of listening to Backstreet Boys (with Facebook posts to support his devotion) and how he likes to sing their songs while playing to throw off opponents. No word if this strategy works or not...its definitely different...it's not really hurting anyone...just annoying which is the point.
- Speaking of music, during the Spring Season draft Haya considered drafting Zayn Malik of One Direction in their transparent attempt to grab as many Malik's as possible but decided against it worrying that they had already filled their pretty boy quota when they selected Rizwan Malik
- The standings are pretty tight thus far with just one point separating 2nd from 6th place, only Haya has come out of the starting gate flying
- Big game this week with Ikhlas vs Cambridge Two (AKA Emaan) as Ikhlas tries to avenge their humbling 5-2 defeat to open the season which was kind to how badly they were dominated as they were outshot 43-13 and were overwhelmed
- Haya had a surprise guest last week as Naiem Malik showed up to support his family, he reportedly gave a riveting pre-game speech about taking the body and playing a tight conservative game. Haya listened to what he said and went out and did the exact opposite resulting in a 5-2 win...
- Speaking of Rizwan Malik, there was some controversy as the I-Slam Hockey twitter account noted that Naiem Malik was attempting to pull Rizwan Malik to another team, which Saleem Malik took exception too and released the following statement, "I'm fed up with how the media treats Riz. It's not his fault he hurt his knee. Rizwan is a heart and soul player and doesn't deserve to be treated this way. You guys should be ashamed, you owe him an apology." No word is a lawsuit is pending so stay tuned
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