HITMEN Defeat FREE AGENTS For Title

The HITMEN disposed of the Free Agents in the final game of the best of three Summer Playoff finals to take the AIAHL Summer 10 B-league Championship. The game was a high scoring affair that saw the Hitemen win by a 10-5 score.


Strong offensive playmaking by both squads left the goalies with a lot of work to do on the night and the amount of goals was not a relfection on their play. "The goalies were peppered all night long" noted the league commissioner. "And what I also found refreshing was that the Free Agent's and the Hitmen were very complimentary of the officiating and often times even pointed out when the refs perhaps were in error. And sometimes they didn't even yell. Obviously an attempt to provide some creative criticism. How nice!"

The Hitmen's #44 Dave Vogel had a hatrick to go along with 2 assists on the evening to lead the squad. The Hitmen had built up a 7-5 lead going into the third, but momentum seemed to be in the Free Agent's favor after Nick Andrechuck scored with 9 seconds remaining in the second. That would be short lived though when Scott Palfreyman scored for the Hitmen just 18 seconds into the period. The Free Agents never recovered and were not able to scoreafter that and allowed two more against in the third.

So congrats to the HITMEN Champions of the Summer 2010 B-league season. A well deserved honor.

Thanks for all the fine play and comeraderie by the HITMEN, FREE AGENTS, AND BUFFALOES. The AIAHL looks forward to building upon this season's successess as we head into the Fall season.

See you next season!!

Free Agents Draw Even in AIAHL Finals

The Free Agents relied on 3 early goals and 1 late goal-the last coming with 34 seconds remaining in the game to score a 4-3 victory and even up the series at 1-1. The championship will come down to a deciding rubber match game on Wednesday August 11 @9:45pm.

Free Agents open Playoffs Against Buffs

Free Agents to play Buffaloes in first round of Summer 2010 AIAHL playoffs on Monday July 26 @9:30.

Plenty of tickets still available.

FINAL STANDINGS

The Hitmen earn the top spot and a bye in the first round of the playoffs based on tiebreaker rules which went to the 4th tiebreaking option.

First Tiebreak was Head to Head and both Hitmen and Free Agents were 2-2 against each other.

2nd Tiebreak was Goal Differential which was even at plus 14. (with Free Agents getting the plus 14 all in the final game)

3rd Tiebreak was record against common opponent and both lost 1 game vs Buffaloes.

4th Tiebreak was a coin toss won by the Hitmen.

So, the Free Agents will play the Buffaloes in the 2 v 3 matchup on Monday July 26th at 9:30.

Standings as of 7/20

Stat Leaders

POINTS:

16-ALVIN-Hitmen
14-PALFREYMAN-Hitmen
13-FERRIS-Buffaloes
11-BAST-Hitmen
11-MAZZA-Free Agents
11-MELCHIONE- Buffaloes

GOALS:

10- FERRIS-Buffaloes
9- BAST- Hitmen
7- MAZZA-Free Agents
7- SIMONE- Hitmen
6- ALVIN-Hitmen
6-ANDRECHUCK-Free Agents
6- MCCLANE-Hitmen

ASSISTS:

10- ALVIN-Hitmen
9- PALFREYMAN-Hitmen
7- BARON-Buffaloes
5- MELCHIONE-Buffaloes
4- MAZZA-Free Agents
4- PODLASKI-Free Agents

STAT LEADERS thru 7/15

POINTS:

15- ALVIN-HITMEN 6G 9A
14-PALFREYMAN-HITMEN 5G 9A
13-FERRIS- BUFFS 10G 3A
11- MAZZA-FREE AGENTS 7G 4A
10- MELCHIONE- BUFFS 5G 5A
10- NICHOL-FREE AGENTS 5G 5A


GOALS:

10- FERRIS-BUFFS
7- MAZZA -FREE AGENTS
6- ALVIN-HITMEN
6-ANDRECHUCK, N-FREE AGENTS
6-MCCLANE-HITMEN
5 tied with 5

ASSISTS:

9-ALVIN-HITMEN
9-PALFREYMAN-HITMEN
5- BARON-BUFFALOES
5-MELCHIONE-BUFFALOES
5-NICHOL-FREE AGENTS