Week Fourteen - End of Season Review

- The finals pitted 2nd Seed Ikhlas against 6th Seed Sabr with Sabr having already taken out the 3rd Seed in Shukr and 1st Seed in Haya.  The game began with an Ikhlas mistake resulting in a shorthanded goal and then another mistake creating the second goal for Sabr to make it 2-1.  A Powerplay goal from Hanif Kasuji midway through the second period gave Sabr a 3-1 lead and after Ikhlas made it 3-2.  With Ikhlas pressing and Sabr on the verge of breaking, Saqib Khokhar took over and scored twice within 23 seconds to make it 5-2 and lock up the game.

- Ikhlas seemed to dominate stretches of the game but were unable to finish, many shots were blocked, went wide or the final pass was poor and eliminated a scoring chance.  The mistakes they made often resulted in goals against with turnovers in front of the net and poor defensive coverage.

- Sabr completes the almost impossible dream, they defeated the top three seeds in the playoffs and won more playoff games (three) than regular season games (two) which is an incredible feat.

- In the post-game celebrations, Sabr captain Huzaifa Manjra took time to speak about his style of leadership, describing it as tough love modeled after Iron Mike Keenan.  He also noted that his team had attendance issues during the regular season but as soon as they had their full roster his team was able to defeat teams that outsiders believed to be far superior.

- Sabr players could be heard singing, "Started from the bottom now we're here!" as they accepted the Championship Trophy.

- Here is your Fall 2016 Season Champions, Sabr:

- The Video Recap of the Finals is posted and can be viewed here.

Congratulations again to Sabr and thank-you to all who participated in this season.