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#7 Sky Fighters (17-7) vs. What The Puck/Fresh Kills
Location: Tompkins West, 3:30 PM
All-Time Series: Sky Fighters lead What The Puck 6-2; Sky Fighters and Fresh Kills tied 7-7
2009 Result: Week 3 – What The Puck 4, Sky Fighters 1; Week 11 – Sky Fighters 4, Fresh Kills 3 (OT-SO)
Game Notes: Although they are flying high right now, the Sky Fighters’ road to the championship has been long and arduous.  After taking a sabbatical during the 2006 season, the team resurrected itself in 2007 but could only manage to win one of its 17 games that year.  Undeterred, captains Dan Hopper and Amy Lott built on what they believed was a solid base for a competitive team and improved the Sky Fighters to an 11-6 record in 2008.  This earned them the 7th seed in the playoffs, where they were eliminated in the first round by the eventual champion Fresh Kills.  With even more talent on the squad this season, the Sky Fighters once again entered the playoffs as the 7th seed, but were able to build on last season’s disappointment.  In the first round, an undermanned Sky Fighters squad frustrated the Unicorns in a defensive battle and ultimately prevailed 1-0 in overtime.  In the quarterfinals, they took Schloeder Division champion LBS, Inc. to a shootout, where Hopper converted the final goal in the fifth round.  Spurred on by the euphoria of this win, they stunned the Corlears Hookers later that afternoon in the semifinals, with Robert Kucera notching the game-winning goal on a shot from his own defensive zone.  Regardless of which team they face on Sunday, this year’s final should be another instant classic.
Keys To The Game For The Sky Fighters:
1. Goaltender James Stein is undefeated since unveiling his new Canada-centric jersey.  Donning the colors of the Vancouver Canucks, but a logo similar to that of the Winnipeg Jets, Stein has been the backbone of his team’s amazing end of the year run.  His stellar play is even more impressive considering the team’s massive goalie controversy earlier in the season between him and Robert Kucera.
2. While the Sky Fighters boast a deep scoring attack, their offense still runs through superstar defender Martin “Ocho Cinco” Cejka.  Despite opponents frequently double and triple teaming him, Cejka still led the team by a wide margin with 20 goals in the regular season.  Although he has only one goal in three playoff games, he has generated several scoring opportunities, including a shot that was tipped in for the overtime winner against the Unicorns.
3. With the BTSH championship game as the final stop on the Big Sexy Tour 2009, the Sky Fighters expect a large and rambunctious group of female supporters.  However, Chris “Big Sexy” Shumaker will not be the only player in the final with a following of this stature, as Corey “Chongo”  Winters of What The Puck and Jaclyn Lee of Fresh Kills have two of the top five fans clubs in BTSH.
Watchability: 5 Infantis.  It’s the championship, did you expect anything less?