{"id":1945,"date":"2009-10-14T10:26:27","date_gmt":"2009-10-14T15:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/?p=1945"},"modified":"2009-10-22T09:09:44","modified_gmt":"2009-10-22T14:09:44","slug":"playoff-preview-quarterfinals-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/playoff-preview-quarterfinals-part-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Playoff Preview: Quarterfinals (Part I)"},"content":{"rendered":"

SCOTT!!!<\/h4>\n

\"Denim<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

#1 Denim Demons (15-2-2-3) vs. #11 Fresh Kills (10-10-1-1)<\/strong>
\nLocation:<\/strong> Tompkins East, 1:00 PM
\nAll-Time Series:<\/strong> Tied 5-5
\n2009 Result:<\/strong> Week 10 \u2013 Denim Demons 4, Fresh Kills 1; Week 22 – Denim Demons 4, Fresh Kills 2
\nGame Notes:<\/strong> Although the Demons swept the regular season series against their Rubens Division rival Fresh Kills and entered the playoffs as the number one seed, they are not a heavy favorite in this matchup.\u00a0 The Demons advanced to the second round with a solid 5-2 victory over the Mathematics, led by team scoring leader Jeff Kamen’s hat trick.\u00a0 However, they will be without\u00a0Kamen’s services for the remainder of the playoffs as he pursues a Master’s degree in Israel.\u00a0 Thus, the team will need to look to other sources for their offense.\u00a0 Mike Pereira and Zack Tinkelman are the team’s next leading scorers with 10 and 9 goals, respectively.\u00a0 Micael Holmstr\u00f6m also had six goals on the season, but, like Kamen,\u00a0he too is abroad.\u00a0 Much like last year, Fresh Kills entered the playoffs with a double-digit seed and a huge chip on its shoulder.\u00a0 However,\u00a0the defending champions continued their playoff run as they\u00a0pulled off the biggest upset of the first round by defeating the 2007 champion Dark Rainbows.\u00a0 The Fresh Kills defense and goalie Dave Gil de Rubio kept the high-powered Rainbows offense off the board until late in the game when the team was already leading by three.\u00a0 If Fresh Kills can take advantage of the Demons’ absences, the league may see another major upset.
\nEli\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> Denim Demons.\u00a0 After bowing out in the quarterfinals the past three seasons, the Demons finally break through.
\nDerek\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> No pick.\u00a0 Derek will be reffing this game.
\nWatchability:<\/strong> 4.5 Curries<\/p>\n

Brace Yourselves For A Hale<\/span> Stark Storm<\/h4>\n

\"What<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

#2 What The Puck (17-5) vs. #8 Rehabs (12-6-1-3)<\/strong>
\nLocation:<\/strong> Tompkins East, 4:30 PM
\nAll-Time Series:<\/strong> What The Puck leads 9-5
\n2009 Result:<\/strong> Week 10 \u2013 What The Puck 5, Rehabs 4
\nGame Notes:<\/strong> As expected, Larry’s Orange Juggernaut marched into the second round with a convincing 6-1 win over the Mighty Squirrels.\u00a0 With new acquisitions Adriano “Muscles Marinara” Bratta and Salvatore Malguarnera, Jr. refusing to play on their countryman’s holiday weekend,\u00a0other\u00a0Pucks were finally allowed to step into the spotlight.\u00a0 Five different players tallied goals, including rookie Ollie Hartman who led the team with two.\u00a0 The Rehabs earned the respect and adulation of BTSH by eliminating the Happy Little Elves\u00a0from the playoffs with a 3-1 first round victory last week.\u00a0 First half goals\u00a0by Adam Skuse and Bryan “Stork” Welch gave the Rehabs a 2-0 lead, which was enough to stave off a late Elves charge.\u00a0 Late-arriving Dave Fraser salted away the win with an empty netter in the closing minute.\u00a0 Impressively, this victory against their Rubens Division rival came with just two females in attendance.\u00a0 However, if the Rehabs wish to be successful against What The Puck, they will a need a better showing from their stellar all-female defense corps.
\nEli\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> What The Puck.\u00a0 Mad Dog won’t let his team get upset in the quarterfinals for the second straight season.
\nDerek\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> What The Puck.\u00a0 Experience is doubly important in the playoffs, so it’s\u00a0finally Ant’s time to shine!
\nWatchability:<\/strong> 4 Cupcakes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT!!! #1 Denim Demons (15-2-2-3) vs. #11 Fresh Kills (10-10-1-1) Location: Tompkins East, 1:00 PM All-Time Series: Tied 5-5 2009 Result: Week 10 \u2013 Denim Demons 4, Fresh Kills 1; Week 22 – Denim Demons 4, Fresh Kills 2 Game Notes: Although the Demons swept the regular season series against their Rubens Division rival Fresh […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[123,115],"class_list":["post-1945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly-previews","tag-2009-season","tag-playoff-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1945"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1945"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2002,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1945\/revisions\/2002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}