Fall Season - Week Five - October 20th

- Week Four started with Sabr laying a beating on Yaqeen by a 6-0 score, Haya dominated the Battle of Cambridge for a 6-2 and Emaan made a late comeback to tie Shukr 2-2.

Three Stars of the Week for Week Five:
1st Star - Furqan Salam (Haya) - Two Goals, One Assist
2nd Star - Maaz Haq (Sabr) - Three Assists
3rd Star - Idrees Deen (Emaan) - One Goal

- Sabr is hoping that with the Max Gala over, and congratulations to their team for a successful event, that Aazar Zafar is able to attend more games. Other teams must be wondering what this team will be like when they have their full roster as in addition to Zafar, Ozair Naveed has missed games. With these two speedsters in the line-up...well things don't look promising for opponents.

- Samad Hamidi is predicting a Haya vs Sabr final; this does not bode well for the other four teams as Hamidi is never wrong in his predictions.

- Everyone expected fireworks in the Battle of Cambridge but the game actually saw tension between some unusual suspects - well one unusual suspect.  Rayhan Malik of Ikhlas saw an opening to make body contact with longtime friend and Haya player Imran Chaudhry and gave him a bump before chasing the ball into the Haya zone and trying to poke it out from under goalie Kaunain Saiyed.  Now Malik is known to play an edgy style of play and one Haya player took exception to the contact on Chaudhry (not knowing they were friends) as Salman Khalid stepped in.  The result was an Ikhlas powerplay and Malik in the box for the rest of the game.  In an ironic twist, Malik and Chaudhry were reportedly seen at Tim Horton's later that evening - no matter what happens in a game it is always good to see it left on the floor.

- Speaking of Max Gala Ahmad Mobin and Umair Ashraf embraced each other at the event the past Weekend, similar to Kyrie Irving and LBJ at the end of the Cavs vs Celtics game.  Their collision in Week Two left Ashraf with a bruise to his face while Mobin...well he just had hurt feelings.

- After Sabr's pummeling of Yaqeen, Faisal Mehboob was seen entering the Yaqeen changeroom with a helmet leaving an observer to comment that it wasn't enough for Sabr to have dominated the scoreboard but seemed to be taking equipment as well as a trophy.  It was later clarified that for whatever reason he had taken Sulmaan Azmat's helmet from the week before and was returning it.

- Haya is trying to figure out how to manage Salman Khalid as after his altercation against Ikhlas and ensuing penalty seemed to enjoy his taste of the dark arts of ball hockey.  If he decides he needs to start taking penalties...well Haya may be in trouble.

- Sabr’s Fahad Mohammad is Mr.Flawless after four games.  He has faced the fewest shots 45 of all goalies and during his interview with Samad Hamidi said he wanted to face more shots.  He may regret that ask after this week's game against Haya.

- Sabr GM Abdul-Wahab Mohammad says the shutout streak is becoming a burden on the team and is hoping that his players aren’t focusing too much on this in lieu of hoisting the I-Slam Cup at the end of the playoffs.

- Rumours are out there that Firasath Ali might be missing games in December, bad news for Ikhlas who are already thin on the blue line. if this is true.

- The league is planning to record the 9pm game between Haya and Sabr so look for some media to be shared about this clash of the titans if you aren't able to watch it live.