The Madness Continues

The playoffs continue today, so this will be another place-holder where hockey normally resides. As an update from yesterday, we got crushed by the "veritable all-star team" in the afternoon as their best players seemed to turn it up a notch after knowing that we had upset a former champion on Friday night. They left little room for errors as they put their best softball forward, and we paid the price. It happens, I'm not going to complain, and we may still get a shot at redemption as our chances of making the final aren't dead yet thanks to a couple of other upsets! Could the impossible happen?

There are two games left in the round-robin, and we sit at 1-2. We play a 3-0 team this morning in what is a must-win game for us or the dream is over. If we beat them, the game this afternoon is still a must-win as well, but a win this morning would throw the standings into complete chaos as we'd be one of two 2-2 teams. Advanced math classes may be necessary, but we could be looking at a run differential finish between three teams if all of us finish at 3-2. Whoever finishes with the best diffential goes to the final!

There will be no putting the cart before the horse here, though. We have to win this morning, so we have to take that game seriously. We can refocus for the afternoon game, but winning this morning is paramount to creating that chaos. We need some help to make the final so we're hoping for specific outcomes, but a head-to-head win this morning against a team we have to leapfrog would be a good start. There will surely be chatter if we upset another team!

I'm off for more softball madness today, so no hockey chatter for the second-straight day. How on earth can this be a hockey blog if the guy writing it never talks about hockey, right? In saying that, we'll get back to regular programming tomorrow!

Until next time, keep your sticks on the ice!