The End Is Here

This is it! The Final Week - the week the champion is crowned! It all comes down to this... after months of preparation, months of toiling, months of bringing excitement to the league, my team has failed miserably. And that's ok - I am not bitter or disappointed, I do not bear my brother ill will nor do I wish to see him crushed mercilessly. Equally, I do not wish my opponent Nick, manager of the Ice Kinkajous, ill in this upcoming battle for third place. Not at all. This is the excitement I had hoped for in our league. I am glad to see such an interesting ending. It will be so thrilling. Yay.

Oh - and don't mind that man behind the curtain. His bouts of swearing, hysteria, and weeping in no way relate to the outcome of the semi-finals.

Moving on.

Last week featured dazzling upsets in both the consolation (a.k.a. The NIT) and championship brackets! Lowly Windy City Matrix bested DaZ in a resounding 8-2 win to move into the final round. The Matrices will meeting Wicked Pissahs, who also posted a quality win over the chiefs 8-3. That will leave DaZ and the chiefs battling it out to remain off of the bottom of the heap.

In championship play, Mighty Taco's goalies put in a remarkable performance on their way to securing their 5th place ranking in the league. In related play, Nocturne's Killers pulled off a second upset in a row by narrowly defeating AmIGone 5-4. In review of the week's stats, the only way AmIGone would have been able to pull off a win was to drop Teemu Selane and add in Darcy Tucker. Such a move would have seemed extremely stupid and would probably have cost AmIGone the championship anyways. Such is the game. The result here puts Baby (a.k.a. The Unwanted Third) Bowman on top of the Bowman division, followed by the sagacious elder brother, the black sheep actor, and the Aged (see: Great Expectations). Nocturne's Killers face an uphill battle as they take on Thunder Bay, who have dominated the league for over three months. Thunder Bay came out victorious against the Ice Kinkajous, who couldn't muster enough goaltending to compete. The 7-4 win means that Thunder Bay, unlike AmIGone, did not suffer from a week off and will be tough to beat!

This sets the stage for the final matchups of the year! Details of the next season will be finalized only after a champion has been crowned. As DaZ and the chiefs battle to stay off bottom and Wicked Pissahs and Windy City Matrix have one more go at each other, eyes will probably move elsewhere. No, not to the lowly battle for third place, where Ice Kinkajous look to take their frustrations out on AmIGone. All eyes will be on the championship between Thunder Bay and Nocturne's Killers. The field is set, the "week's" (actually until Apr. 8th) games have been plotted, the players chosen (for now). The only question now is: Who will be the Zamboni and who will be the ice?

This message has been approved by the Ultimate Ruler (and editor) Emmaline.