Men's Club Semi-Finals Recap

Multnomah vs Coopers
            Coopers got on the board first, but played a lot of defense. After Multnomah tied it up at 1-1 Coopers took over, scoring 3 unanswered goals, one of which was a man-up ending the 1st quarter 4-1, in favor of Coopers.
            Coopers scored first in the second, and continued to control the tempo with great defense and hard working middies. All that hard work paid off with one more goal before the end of the half leaving Coopers’ 5 unanswered goals on the board 6-1
            Coopers came out firing in the 3rd quarter scoring first, but Multnomah didn’t roll over getting a fastbreak goal with eight minutes left. After riding hard and leaning on good goaltending, Coopers extended the lead with two late goals to extend their lead to  9-2 in the third.
            The Coopers attack didn’t give up all game riding the ball back and peppering the  the Multnomah goalie with shots. The work paid off getting 2 goals, stretching the lead to 9. Multnomah got a late man-up goal, but it was too little to late.
            The real story of the game was good goaltending by Coopers and poor clearing by Multnomah. Final score 11-3 Coopers.
 
Portland vs Seattle    
            Portland entered the game going undefeated all season long and they opened up the game with early goals from Pattison and Lake. Seattle answered back with 8 min left in the first. The end of the half would be all Portland though. They went on a 3-0 run to close out the half with a 5-1 lead. 
            Portland picked up right where they left off and capitalized on a man up opportunity 25 seconds into the half. Seattle never really got anything going. They brought the score within 3 with back to back goals at the start of the 4th making the score 7-4 but that’s the closest Seattle would get. Portland answered back with the next 2 goals and sealed up another victory with the final score being 9-5. 
 
Huron vs Crease Monkeys B
            Huron jumped on top fast then fought off a strong attack by the Crease Monkeys, only giving up one goal late in the first Quarter. The Monkeys continued to challenge Huron and got 2 goals in the first 5 min of the half. Huron couldn’t get on the board in the 2nd leaving the score 3-1 going into half.
            Huron came out firing in the 3rd, starting it with a 3 unanswered goals giving them the lead 4-3. The Monkeys put away there first real scoring opportunity to tie the game just before the end of the quarter. Huron scored to start the quarter and never looked back. They stretch the lead out to 3 and the Monkeys add one late, only for Huron to add one more to put the nail in the coffin. 8-5. Huron vs Coopers in the Championship game
 
Crease Monkeys vs Vancouver
            The Crease Monkeys opened up the game with a nice fast break goal early in the first and that’s the closest the score would be would be for the rest of the afternoon. The Monkeys opened an early 5-0 lead until Vancouver put one in with 8 minutes left in the half to make it 5-1. The monkeys answered back with 2 more goals before the end of the half.
            The second half belonged to the crease monkeys as well. They seemed to have fresh legs every shift and it showed with their transition game. They kept getting fast break after fast break and it they opened their lead to 9 with the score being 10-1 after the 3rd. Vancouver would get 2 more before the end of the game but the monkeys answered with another 5 to the final score of 13-3. Defense seemed to be the biggest key of the game. Vancouver’s defense allowed the Monkeys to take shot after shot with little or no pressure all day. The Monkeys were able to dance and score on the crease unabated as well as work the outside. The Monkeys defense were clearing the ball well and eating up the majority of the ground balls which lead to a lot of fast break opportunities.
 
Finals will be Huron vs. Coopers for the B Championship and Portland vs. Crease Monkeys for the A Championship  Should be a great one. Stay tuned for photos and write-ups!!