Sunday May 1

M.Braun puts on a clinic bagging an impressive 5 goals

(10)Team Black vs Team Red(6)

M.Braun put together a dominant performance throughout the entire match netting half of Team Blacks goals en route to a 10-6 victory. It almost seemed like M.Braun was three steps ahead of everyone else on the court, making the Team Red’s defense wonder how they were unable to stop him. His strong start to the game enabled Team Black to build a sufficient lead forcing Team Red to play catch up. They did fight back getting some offense going by C.Arnoldo’s hat trick and M.Estrela’s four helpers, but it just wasn’t nearly enough to catch Team  Black. R.Potenza and D.Mansour chipped in with a pair for the win while J.Teresi was behind setting up three teammates.

The SalumiVino player of the game goes to Mikael Braun of Team Black. Scoring that many goals in one game isn’t easy, but M.Braun was there to hit his targets on five occasions to help lead his club over Team Red.

Team Green gelling on the support of everyone buying in

(10)Team Green vs Team Yellow(6)

It was Team Green’s depth, skill and offensive balance that took over in their 10-6 decision over Team Yellow. M.Saia did lead the way riding a hat trick, but many others were there to contribute in the offensive onslaught such as C.Stamadianos, E.Nardelli and D.Agourias as each player netted a pair. No doubt it helps when you support each other in all three zones, winning loose ball battles while passing it to the first and best available teammate. When teams do that, they are hard to play against. Team Yellow didn’t rely on anyone as well with six different players finding the back of the net, but could have improved in some areas of their game. For the first portion of the game, this contest didn’t seem to take much of a direction with both sides evened up at two goals apiece. Eventually Team Green would find their momentum, and ride it to the finish line on a barrage of goals.

The SalumiVino player of the game goes to Mathew Saia of Team Green. After setting up his teams first two goals, M.Saia was just getting warmed up adding three tallies to earn a hat trick.

Flood gates open for Team White with the help of S.Pistone making some key saves

(4)Team Blue vs Team White(10)

It wasn’t until about the 20 minute mark that this game started to shift in favor of Team White. Prior to that moment, both sides kept it close, trading a bunch of chances that saw both goaltenders shine. Then, it slowly started to fall apart for Team Blue as the gap continued to widen as the game went on. Players tend to lose some motivation when its spiraling out of reach. You tend to take more chances to fight back into the game by cheating offensively while leaving the defense high to dry. Unable to battle back for Team Blue, Team White would capitalize on many of their chances. Goals came-from many different players that tallied twice each. C.Roberts, R.Ricaurte, P.Desforges and E.Colella all put two behind P.Kassaris, who did all he could to keep the game respectable for Team Blue.

The SalumiVino player of the game goes to Eddy Colella of Team White. By controlling the back end, the veteran always made room for himself in order to launch a pair of cannons that had eyes while setting up two early key goals.