Week 2 saw a short-handed Haya hand Yaqeen their second straight loss (score: 4-2). In the double header Ihsan used a dominant second half to run Sabr out of the building (score: 4-1).
Week 2 Three Stars:
Week 2 Three Stars:
1st Star: Dawood Ciombar (Haya) - 2 Goals
2nd Star: Yusuf Ingar (Ihsan) - 2 Assists
3rd Star: Ajmal Esmatyar (Ihsan) - 1 Goal + 1 Assist
- Omar Essawi (Haya) is on a nice 2 game goal scoring streak, with goals against Ihsan and Yaqeen
- Suleman Bhatti (Haya) has is on 2 game goal streak going as well
- Rumour has it that Ihsan’s goaltender, Imran Alvi will not be in the lineup today as he is getting married this weekend. All the best brother!
- Getting married and missing Friday Night Lights is a borderline acceptable but what is not an acceptable reason to miss hockey is this. When Sabr gm Arslan Mian became aware of this, he had the following to say, “Saqib Khokhar, is the face of our franchise. By placing this tag on him I was hoping that he accepted this challenge and rise to the occasion. Right now we need him to start producing as Sabr can only go as far as he can take us. Hopefully this is the first and last time he will miss games this season. My team is putting this situation behind us and are now moving on… Our focus is having a strong bounce back game against Haya.”
- In the Haya vs Sabr matchup, Sabr will start off on the power-play as Haya has been assessed a 2-minute penalty for failing to submit their Week 2 recap on time. Deadlines matter people!
- No word if there will be a Hamidi Report for this week as Samad has been closely following the NHL Free-Agency updates hoping that his beloved Ottawa Senators can return to competitiveness by signing some big names.
2nd Star: Yusuf Ingar (Ihsan) - 2 Assists
3rd Star: Ajmal Esmatyar (Ihsan) - 1 Goal + 1 Assist
- Omar Essawi (Haya) is on a nice 2 game goal scoring streak, with goals against Ihsan and Yaqeen
- Suleman Bhatti (Haya) has is on 2 game goal streak going as well
- Rumour has it that Ihsan’s goaltender, Imran Alvi will not be in the lineup today as he is getting married this weekend. All the best brother!
- Getting married and missing Friday Night Lights is a borderline acceptable but what is not an acceptable reason to miss hockey is this. When Sabr gm Arslan Mian became aware of this, he had the following to say, “Saqib Khokhar, is the face of our franchise. By placing this tag on him I was hoping that he accepted this challenge and rise to the occasion. Right now we need him to start producing as Sabr can only go as far as he can take us. Hopefully this is the first and last time he will miss games this season. My team is putting this situation behind us and are now moving on… Our focus is having a strong bounce back game against Haya.”
- In the Haya vs Sabr matchup, Sabr will start off on the power-play as Haya has been assessed a 2-minute penalty for failing to submit their Week 2 recap on time. Deadlines matter people!
- No word if there will be a Hamidi Report for this week as Samad has been closely following the NHL Free-Agency updates hoping that his beloved Ottawa Senators can return to competitiveness by signing some big names.
- For this season, your team plays the other teams three times. As Week Three marks the end of the first circuit, Yaqeen is hoping to avoid the season starting 0-3. Yaqeen’s GM Mohammed Hamoud, has put pressure on Ahmad Ibrahim (the All-Star formerly known as the Black Panther) in hopes to light a fire under his pyramid.
“Ahmad Ibrahim is family and will always be family but when he forced my hand to trade for him I was hoping to get some production from him. He seems to be gripping his stick too hard and over-thinking things. He needs to let the game come to home and just relax and play. We know he is disappointed on how his season has started but we need him to fight through this rough patch. It is just a matter of time until he turns things around.”
- Brotherhood Moment: Yaqeen’s Samad Hamidi forgot his helmet and gloves. (Former) Ihsan player Syed Iftikhar lent him his helmet and gloves so Hamidi can play his game. Great brotherhood spirit but Yaqeen’s GM, Mohammed Hamoudi was not too pleased with Hamidi and released this statement, “I expect all my guys to prepare themselves throughout the week and be ready to play each and every Friday. Not having your equipment with you shows lack of preparation. We all know Hamidi is a veteran of this league and this is highly uncharacteristic of him. I expect this to be a non-issue moving forward.”
- On the topic of helmets: All players registered in the Summer (and future) seasons must wear some form of protective eyewear. Protective eyewear includes a visor, cage or goggles. As this rule is new for the Summer season, players have up until Week Five to have this equipment in place - players who do not have protective eyewear for their Week Five game are not eligible to play until they have this equipment in place.
- On the topic of gloves: only ice hockey or lacrosse gloves are permitted with proper wrist protection during sanctioned CBHA and OBHF games for the protection of all players
- We had some player movements during the past week. For those unfamiliar with the waiver system here is a brief over-view:
If a player has dropped out of the league, a team can bring in a new player. That player must first clear waivers where the other 3 remaining teams have the opportunity to put in a claim (with the team with the poorest record having priority). If all teams pass on the new player then he can join the team in which brought him in. However if a team makes a claim they must give up a player from their roster who was drafted in the same round or better as the player who dropped out. The team who originally brought in the new player can either accept this or select a player from the other team’s roster who was drafted lower than the round they are replacing. It is not as confusing as you think. Perhaps the following two examples will clear things up!
Here are the replacements that happened after Week Two:
Replacement One: Sabr’s Zahid Hussain (12th round pick) dropped out of the league due to personal reasons. Sabr nominated a ghost from the past, Shan Malik as a replacement. Yaqeen passed and so did Haya. However Ihsan put in a claim for Malik and offered their 8th round pick Abdul-Jalil Shaikh as compensation. Sabr had the choice to accept this or claim or claim Ihsan’s 12th round pick- Hamza Gaya or 13th round pick Syed Talha Iftikhar. Sabr selected Iftikhar and Malik now joins Ihsan.
Replacement Two: Yaqeen’s Abdu Sharkawy has dropped out due to injuries. Yaqeen nominated Mudassir Hussain as a replacement. Any team wishing to claim him would have had to give up their 6th round pick (where Sharkawy was selected) or higher as compensation to Yaqeen. The three other teams passed and Hussain is now on Yaqeen
Replacement Two: Yaqeen’s Abdu Sharkawy has dropped out due to injuries. Yaqeen nominated Mudassir Hussain as a replacement. Any team wishing to claim him would have had to give up their 6th round pick (where Sharkawy was selected) or higher as compensation to Yaqeen. The three other teams passed and Hussain is now on Yaqeen
Syed Iftikhar is now on Sabr after scoring his first career goal against Sabr (as a member of Ihsan) last week! Sabr is hoping that Iftikhar brings more of that scoring touch for them.
- Latest reports on Shan Malik was that he is a bit out of shape. Perhaps that partially explains why two teams passed on him when he went through waivers.
The latest we are hearing is that the following players have been rumoured to be on the trading block:
Emad Hussain (Sabr): the belief is that he does not fit into Sabr’s lineup as a forward
Samad Hamidi (Yaqeen): teams are looking for a right-handed d-man
Ibrahim Hindy (Haya): attendance issues
Naiem Malik (Haya): attendance issues
Saajid Bhayat (Ihsan): would like to re-join Yaqeen and play with his friends
Arif Khan (Sabr): he gets traded every season!
The latest we are hearing is that the following players have been rumoured to be on the trading block:
Emad Hussain (Sabr): the belief is that he does not fit into Sabr’s lineup as a forward
Samad Hamidi (Yaqeen): teams are looking for a right-handed d-man
Ibrahim Hindy (Haya): attendance issues
Naiem Malik (Haya): attendance issues
Saajid Bhayat (Ihsan): would like to re-join Yaqeen and play with his friends
Arif Khan (Sabr): he gets traded every season!
The following seven players are tied for the points lead:
2019 SUMMER LEAGUE POINTS LEADERS
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RANK
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PLAYER
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TEAM
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GP
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PTS
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1
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1
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3
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2
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2
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3
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3
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2
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3
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4
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2
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3
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5
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2
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3
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6
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2
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3
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7
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2
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3
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The following 5 players are tops in goal-scoring:
2019 SUMMER LEAGUE GOALS LEADERS
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RANK
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PLAYER
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TEAM
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GP
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G
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1
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2
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2
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2
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2
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2
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3
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2
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2
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4
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2
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2
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5
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2
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2
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