Three Stars of the Week for November 23rd:
1st Star: Mudasser Hussain (Emaan) - Two Goals
2nd Star: Tayyib Khan (Ihsan) - Two Goals
3rd Star: Yasin Admani (Haya) - Two Goals and One Assist
- With the Regular Season over we can announce some of the Award Winners as the following are based only upon Regular Season statistics:
Scoring Champion (most points): Maaz Haq (Yaqeen) 20 Points
Goal-Scoring Champion (most goals): A Three-Way tie between Yusuf Ingar (Ridha) 7 Goals
Lowest GAA: current leader: Yusuf Kapoor 1.33
- The playoff picture finally firmed up but it went right down to the final game between Ridha and Ihsan to figure it out. With Emaan defeating Shukr they were temporarily in the final playoff spot and needed a tie between Ridha and Ihsan in order to qualify. To that effect many of their players hung around with the awkward role of cheering each team to end their game in a draw. Ihsan built a lead and the turning point was a shorthanded breakaway for Ridha where Abdul Manjra and Yusuf Ingar screamed in on net but Ihsan keeper Mohammad Kasuji was up to the task with a brilliant save and saw his team score less than a minute later to lock up the game.
- Highly unusual to have three teams in play on the final night but that's what makes the game fun - anything is possible!
- Some quick reflections on the now departed teams as we move to the playoffs:
Emaan - Look no further than the five ties to see why they missed the playoffs. The team was talented with a number of decorated veterans and had a top player in Zuhair Waheed lining up for them on D and he made an impact despite missing games with a hamstring injury
Ridha - A terrible start to the season did them in as they lost their first four games of the season and only managed a tie in four divisional games. The team had chemistry on their top line and Yusuf Ingar was a scoring threat all season but the bounces didn't go their way.
Ikhlas - A tough season for sure where they set a dubious record for ending the season with no wins. That said their record of seven ties and three losses is a bit misleading as the team was competitive for almost every game. Of the seven losses, three were by a goal, three were by two goals and one was by three goals. They also managed to turn wins or ties into losses with late breakdowns so the team had the pieces to compete but just couldn't put it together for a full 30 minutes each week.
- Now looking to the first round of the playoffs, the night opens with Taqwa facing Shukr with the winner advancing to play Haya. The Hamidi report is picking Taqwa to advance despite their struggles of late. The other bracket sees Ihsan face Sabr with the winner meeting Yaqeen. Hamidi report favours Sabr to pull off the upset here in a game that should be filled with end to end offense.
- The winner of the quarterfinal games will have a tough night facing a rested opponent in game one of the Semis but being a top-two seed has its privileges.
Goal-Scoring Champion (most goals): A Three-Way tie between Yusuf Ingar (Ridha) 7 Goals
Lowest GAA: current leader: Yusuf Kapoor 1.33
- The playoff picture finally firmed up but it went right down to the final game between Ridha and Ihsan to figure it out. With Emaan defeating Shukr they were temporarily in the final playoff spot and needed a tie between Ridha and Ihsan in order to qualify. To that effect many of their players hung around with the awkward role of cheering each team to end their game in a draw. Ihsan built a lead and the turning point was a shorthanded breakaway for Ridha where Abdul Manjra and Yusuf Ingar screamed in on net but Ihsan keeper Mohammad Kasuji was up to the task with a brilliant save and saw his team score less than a minute later to lock up the game.
- Highly unusual to have three teams in play on the final night but that's what makes the game fun - anything is possible!
- Some quick reflections on the now departed teams as we move to the playoffs:
Emaan - Look no further than the five ties to see why they missed the playoffs. The team was talented with a number of decorated veterans and had a top player in Zuhair Waheed lining up for them on D and he made an impact despite missing games with a hamstring injury
Ridha - A terrible start to the season did them in as they lost their first four games of the season and only managed a tie in four divisional games. The team had chemistry on their top line and Yusuf Ingar was a scoring threat all season but the bounces didn't go their way.
Ikhlas - A tough season for sure where they set a dubious record for ending the season with no wins. That said their record of seven ties and three losses is a bit misleading as the team was competitive for almost every game. Of the seven losses, three were by a goal, three were by two goals and one was by three goals. They also managed to turn wins or ties into losses with late breakdowns so the team had the pieces to compete but just couldn't put it together for a full 30 minutes each week.
- Now looking to the first round of the playoffs, the night opens with Taqwa facing Shukr with the winner advancing to play Haya. The Hamidi report is picking Taqwa to advance despite their struggles of late. The other bracket sees Ihsan face Sabr with the winner meeting Yaqeen. Hamidi report favours Sabr to pull off the upset here in a game that should be filled with end to end offense.
- The winner of the quarterfinal games will have a tough night facing a rested opponent in game one of the Semis but being a top-two seed has its privileges.
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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:
- 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
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