- Week Seven saw Haya overcome adversity to beat Yaqeen 4-1, Emaan send shock waves throughout the I-Slam universe and give Sabr a taste of their own shutout-medicine and Shukr pick up a huge win against Ikhlas in their bid to qualify for the big dance.
Three Stars of Week Seven:
1st Star: Humza Ali (Shukr) - 1 Goal & 3 Assist
2nd Star: Furqan Salam (Haya) - 2 Goals
3rd Star: Dawood Ciombar (Shukr) - 2 Goals
- Give Emaan credit! Back to back weeks they handled their business against Haya and Sabr. Now they are the talk of the league. Samad Hamidi isn’t quite ready to buy into the Emaan stock quite yet. He still affirms that Emaan doesn’t have “it” to put it together for the playoffs. Shahid Ibrahim responded “let the haters hate, we will just watch the wins pile up.” It should be noted that S.Ibrahim has difficulties remembering his team’s name and just refers to his squad as ”the flying Dutchmen” (probably because of both teams having orange jerseys).
- Last week Ahmad Ibrahim (Emaan) and Faisal Mehboob (Sabr) had a friendly wagering where the loser would have to pay for the winners shisha. Those who attend these after game outings can attest to how painfully funny it is to see Mehboob pay for his order from an envelope full of toonies. So it was even more hilarious when he had to pay for two orders last week. Rumour has it that Ibrahim and Amir Hanif (Yaqeen) have a similar bet going for when Emaan-Yaqeen meet at 9 pm tonight
- Haya will be without rookie Imran Choudhry who took a knock after colliding with Shoaib Bhatti of Yaqeen last week.
- When pressed for a comment on his team’s recent struggles, Basit Sheikh (Sabr) told reporters, “it is better to lose now than in the playoffs. Losing builds character, and character nourishes the soul and in the end the only thing that will remain is our souls. It is better to take these experiences as learning opportunities to help better oneself and help develop into a better human being… But next week we face Ikhlas… off the boards and not up the middle”
-Sabr’s GM, Abdul-Wahab Mohammad, has suggested there seems to be 3 tiers this season.
Tier 1: Sabr, Emaan & Haya (interesting way he listed the teams)
Tier 2: Shukr
Tier 3: the rest of the league.
- It looks like the final playoff spot will come down to Yaqeen or Ikhlas (although Shukr is not out of the woods yet, see the next point below). Here is a breakdown of their remaining games.
Ikhlas:
> Week 8 vs Sabr (lost 5-0 in first meeting), Week 9 vs Haya (lost 6-2 first meeting), Week 10 vs Emaan (lost 7-0 first meeting)
Yaqeen:
Week 8 vs Emaan (tied 0-0 in first meeting), Week 9 vs Sabr (lost 6-0 in first meeting), Week 10 vs Shukr (tied 1-1 first meeting)
- Huge loss for Shukr: rumour has it that Dawood Ciombar & Wesam Issawi will be out for the next few games. Just to remind the readers they are also going to be without the service of Ibrahim Hindy and Mohammed Hamoud for some time. So their playoff lives are looking precarious, especially if Yaqeen and Ikhlas can get some points in their last remaining games.
Here is how the battle for first overall is shaping out:
Sabr:
Week 8 vs Ikhlas (won 5-0 in first meeting), Week 9 vs Yaqeen (won 6-0 in first meeting), Week 10 vs Haya (lost 2-1 in first meeting)
Emaan:
Week 8 vs Yaqeen (tied 0-0 in first meeting), Week 9 vs Shukr (tied 2-2 in first meeting), Week 10 vs Ikhlas (won 7-0 in first meeting)
Haya:
Week 8 vs Shukr (won 2-1 in their first meeting), Week 9 vs Ikhlas (won 6-2 in their first meeting), Week 10 vs Sabr (won 2-1 in their first meeting)
- I-Slam at RIS! We are pleased to announce in our efforts to grow the league that we will have a booth at the upcoming RIS conference. This league is a grassroots movement that aims to bring the Muslim community together from all across the GTA. If you would like to help out with this initiative please we would love to hear from you! In the next few weeks there will be a professional photographer taking pictures (most likely player profile pictures) to be displayed at our booth. He is a non-muslim brother who whole-heartedly supports community initiatives, so we encourage you all to have a chat with him when you have some free time at the rink.
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