Fall Season - Week Ten - November 16th

- Week Ten was filled with ties, Ridha and Yaqeen opened the night with a 2-2 tie, Sabr and Emaan followed with a 3-3 tie, Haya and Shukr ended in a 1-1 tie and Taqwa versus Ihsan finished in a scoreless tie.

Three Stars of The Week for November 9th:
1st Star: Ahmad Ibrahim - Sabr (2 Goals and 1 Assist)
2nd Star: Mazhar Hussain – Emaan (3 Assists)
3rd Star: Ahmad Mobin – Taqwa (Shutout)

- With a rare 0-0 shutout between Taqwa and Ihsan, here is an update to the Shutout Table:

Goaltenders	Shutouts
Ali Khawja (Sabr)	2
Mohammad Kasuji (Ihsan)	2
Fahad Mohammad (Yaqeen)	1
Zak Bandisha (Shukr)	1
Yusuf Kapoor (Haya)	1
Ahmad Mobin (Taqwa)	1

- The Ihsan and Emaan game might be without a few stars. Last week against Taqwa, Idrees Deen did not finish the game after drawing a holding penalty but in the processed rolling his ankle.  Emaan might not have their top pick, Zubair Wahid as he is listed as probable.

- With the regular season coming to an end it is time to start thinking about awards. The following awards is solely based on regular season statistics:
> Scoring Champion (most points): current leader - Maaz Haq (Yaqeen) 16 points
> Goal-Scoring Champion (most goals): current leaders- Amir Multani (Yaqeen) & Yusuf Ingar (Ridha) Six Goals each
> Lowest GAA: current leader: Yusuf Kapoor 1.33

- The following awards are voted on by the GMs:
> Regular Season MVP
> Best-Defensive Forward
> Best-Defenseman
> Rookie of the Year
> Brotherhood Award
> Naseem Buttar General Manager of the Year
> Top Goaltender
> Playoff MVP

- Haya dominated their game against Shukr only to end up in a 1-1 tie, the week before Samad Hamidi was seen scouting Shukr and his analysis paid off as his team controlled the flow of play and were unfortunate to only get a tie from the game.

- Shukr continues to send out the leagues worst offense, their only goal last week was from a fortunate seeing-eye shot off the stick of Saqib Sheikh who snapped a shot from the blue line that hit a Haya defender and sailed over Yusuf Kapoor who lost it in the crowd and had it sail over him and into the net.

- Emaan goes into Week Ten with a playoff type game against Ihsan where a win would vault them into fifth place

- Haya is on a bye for this week as they wait for Taqwa in their season finale, what was once billed as a battle of undefeated teams will now only feature Haya without a blemish on their record as Taqwa has stumbled the past two weeks.

- Sabr plays their final regular season game this week and with a win can book their tickets to the playoffs whereas anything else means they need some teams chasing them to drop points to make it.

- Shukr has a new celebrity in their line-up as after scoring a goal for his teams struggling offense, Saqib Sheikh put on a suit and tie and had a role in a new commercial for Rogers seen here, look for his contribution at the 40 second mark.

> With the race to the playoffs intensifying, no team is officially eliminated. Here is a look at the overall standings (top 6 of 9 teams qualify)

RANK	TEAM	GP	WINS	LOSSES	TIES	POINTS	GF	GA	GD
x-Me	Haya	9	5	0	4	14	21	12	9
x-M	Yaqeen	8	5	1	2	12	28	15	13
x	Taqwa	8	4	1	3	11	19	14	5
	Sabr	9	3	3	3	9	17	19	-2
	Shukr	8	2	3	3	7	11	13	-2
	Ihsan	8	2	3	3	7	20	25	-5
	Emaan	8	1	3	4	6	20	26	-6
	Ridha	8	1	4	3	5	18	23	-5
	Ikhlas	8	0	5	3	3	16	23	-7

x-clinched a playoff spot

Me- clinched Mecca Division
M-clinched Medina Division
J-clinched Jerusalem Division
b- clinched bye to the semi-finals
e-eliminated

Here are the tie-breaker rules:
1. Points
2. Number of Wins
3. Head to Head match-ups
4. Goal Differential
5. Fewest Goals allowed

- Registration Details for the next season will be published soon so keep an eye out for the email and make
sure to sign up early to guarantee a spot and take advantage of the early-bird rate.

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- If you somehow missed it, here are some of the Video clips the league has put up to start the season:

- Live Draft

- Post-Draft Analysis
- Draft Behind the Scenes

- Listen in on our First League Podcast! Belal Hafeez of Shukr drops in with some health and fitness tips.

- Listen in on Podcast Two featuring Abdu Sharkawy and Ahmad "Black Panther" Ibrahim who weigh in on a number of topics

- On the subject of Goaltending, we caught up with Ikhlas keeper Kaunain Saiyed here.
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