Coming off a final regular season game win vs the American Eagles (last season’s H2-A Champs), the Blackwolves solidified a top-tier second place finish, and had a bye and two weeks off before their first playoff game — the H2-A semi-final.
Again, the Blackwolves faced the American Eagles — ending the Eagles’ season with a 4-2 loss, and giving the Blackwolves a chance to play in a Championship game for the second season in a row.
The Eagles — playing a very dirty, physical, poor-sport brand of hockey (one of their players took a 5-minute major and a four-game suspension for intentional intent-to-injure with a stick to Kennedy’s face) — scored a short-handed goal in the third, and came within a goal of tying the game, but Mazzone scored on a breakaway and put the game out of reach.
Kennedy’s goal stands as the game-winner. Sikes started the scoring off with the first two goals of the game. Halverson was awarded the game puck.
| Semi |
FINAL |
1 |
2 |
3 |
OT |
SO |
T |
| H |
Blackwolves |
1 |
2 |
1 |
— |
— |
4 |
| V |
Amer. Eagles |
0 |
1 |
1 |
— |
— |
2 |
| GOALS (Period) |
| Sikes 2 (1,2) |
| Kennedy 1 (2) |
| Mazzone 1 (3) |
| PENALTIES * (Period) |
| Kennedy |
2:00 (*) |
Misconduct |
| Kennedy |
2:00 (*) |
* |
| Jackson |
2:00 (*) |
* |
| Sikes |
2:00 (*) |
* |
| Sikes |
2:00 (*) |
* |
| Jacobson |
2:00 (*) |
* |
|
| ROSTER |
| G–Halverson |
| Ko |
| Rogers |
| Sikes |
| Merlot |
| Economou |
| Jacobson |
| Ruskin |
| Arundel |
| Ness |
| Mazzone |
| Kennedy |
| Jackson |