Fall Season - Week Twelve - December 6th PLAYOFFS

- The playoffs opened with Ikhlas defeating Emaan 5-1 and Sabr defeating Ridha 2-0 with both teams advancing to the Semi-Finals where Haya defeated Ikhlas 6-2 and Yaqeen vs Sabr ended in a 2-2 tie.

- Check out the Media Teams review of the first week of the playoffs here.

- The first game of the night was seen as a bit of an upset with Ikhlas demolishing Emaan by a 5-1 score, it is not that people did not think Ikhlas had a chance to win but to dominate Emaan in the way that they did was more the shock.

- Sabr played a complete game in their 2-0 defeat of Ridha, the latter made a great run towards the end of the regular season to make it to the playoffs but the dream ended tonight as Sabr controlled the game throughout.

- Haya came out strong against Ikhlas, catching the latter off-guard and Sufyan Shaikh did all the damage with a natural hat-trick to open the game and potted four goals by the time the final buzzer sounded.  Ikhlas needs to adjust to cut down on the odd man and breakaway chances they give up or this series will be over quickly.

- Sabr came out flying in their Semi-Final game as they took an early 2-0 lead but Yaqeen fought back as Erfan Bhanapatel scored and created the equalizer to have this game end up in a draw.

Congratulations to the following winners for capturing our Statistics Based Awards:

Points Scoring Champion- Yusuf Ingar (Emaan): 20 points
Most Goals- Arif Khan (Emaan): 11 Goals
Lowest GAA-Imran Alvi (Haya): 1.40 

The following players were recognized by their own gms as being The Unsung Heroes of their respective teams:
Sabr: Fahad Panchbhaya
Yaqeen: Umair Ashraf
Ridha: Suleman Bhatti
Ihsan: Abdu Sharkawy
Haya: Ali Haroon
Emaan: Abas Amarshi
Ikhlas: Jakir Chowdhury
Taqwa: Khizer Lakhanpal

The following awards were determined by the OC: 

Naseem Buttar GM Award: Arslan Mian (Yaqeen)

Brotherhood Honour: Arif Khan (Emaan)

- If you have not had a chance to watch it yet, check out the new Player Profile Video of Aadil Chohan here which has been getting rave reviews. Some players in the East end who watched it were impressed and have indicated that they may want to participate in the next season so look for some new faces in the new year.

- The playoffs continue!  December 6th will table up Game Two of each Divisions Semi-Final while December 13th and 20th will feature Game One and Game Two of the finals with the champion crowned on December 20th.

- Reminder that while Eye Protection is not mandatory this season it is strongly urged that all players ensure to protect themselves.  There were some injuries last season where deflected balls hit players in the face and could have resulted in a serious injury to the eye.  Please take the time to consider your own personal safety and wear the appropriate eye protection.

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