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| 2 | PHANTOMS | ||||||||||||
| B1 | PHANTOMS | ||||||||||||
| (12-0) | |||||||||||||
| 3 | RED WINGS | B3 | |||||||||||
| PHANTOMS | |||||||||||||
| 4 | BLADERUNNERS | (10-9) | |||||||||||
| B2 | ICE DOGS | ||||||||||||
| (5-2) | |||||||||||||
| 1 | ICE DOGS | ||||||||||||
| GAME B3 - CHAMPIONSHIP GAME | |||||||||||||
| In a duel fitting of the two most prolific HLI offenses the Phantoms outgunned the Ice Dogs 10-9. Greg Bedard's fifth goal w/ 3:13 remaining deflected off Ice Dog defensemen Joe Vaddachino and somehow found its way into the net. In a game of runs, the Ice Dogs ambushed the Phantoms with five goals in the first five minutes of the second period to seize a 6-2 lead. The Phantoms stormed right back exploding for six unanswered goals of their own to recapture the lead at 8-6. The Dogs refused to lay down and battled back to tie at 8-8. The teams traded goals before Bedard's decisive tally sealed the championship. The Phantoms attack was led by Bedard's 5 goals and Mike Messina's 2 goals and 4 assists. The Dogs' Dan Meyer and Adam Lagnese each tallied a hat trick in a losing effort. | |||||||||||||
| PHANTOMS-B | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | - | 10 | |||||||
| ICE DOGS | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | - | 9 | |||||||
| shots | PHANTOMS-B | 11 | 20 | 17 | 0 | - | 48 | ||||||
| ICE DOGS | 7 | 12 | 11 | 0 | - | 30 | |||||||
| GAME B1 | |||||||||||||
| Mike Messina's 5 goals led a relentless Phantoms' attack in a convincing 12-0 win over an undermanned Red Wings team. The Phantoms fired 53 shots on Red Wing goalie Mike Anderson during their non-stop barrage. Tony Columbo and Jason Lagnese each added two goals as the Phantoms reached their first championship game in 5 HLI seasons. | |||||||||||||
| PHANTOMS-B | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | - | 12 | |||||||
| RED WINGS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | |||||||
| shots | PHANTOMS-B | 14 | 20 | 19 | 0 | - | 53 | ||||||
| RED WINGS | 6 | 6 | 8 | 0 | - | 20 | |||||||
| GAME B2 | |||||||||||||
| Adam Lagense notched two goals including the game winner as the Ice Dogs held off a determined Bladerunners squad. With each team missing their top guns the Bladerunners took their only lead of the game on a nifty Pete Wong top-shelf goal. The Ice Dogs finally seized control of the game with a late second period goal by Anthony Lioacono. The Ice Dogs now advance to their first championship game in 5 HLI seasons. | |||||||||||||
| ICE DOGS | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | 5 | |||||||
| BLADERUNNERS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | |||||||
| shots | ICE DOGS | 15 | 13 | 7 | 0 | - | 35 | ||||||
| BLADERUNNERS | 6 | 6 | 10 | 0 | - | 22 | |||||||