5/19 Playoff Schuedule Posted along with all playoff stats and box scores. 5/18 The Playoff Push has begun! Bird Seeders Hold on, Mariners Blitz, Comic Book Men come on through and the Kings no Surprise! The Bird Seeders flew into the second season with early and late first period goals with Mike the Gouch making it 3-0 in the second. Then it would be Black N Blues turn to make it a playoff hockey game. A second period James Monello lamp flicker and an early third period Naggy mesh mover the game would soon be a lone goal advantage. Fast forward to the final minutes of the session Black N Blue would see themselves on a 5 on 3 advantage with the score the same. After a furious BNB attack the Seeders would hold tight kill the penalty's and soon the period for a ticket into the Strong B Semifinals! The Mariners showed strength in numbers storming out the fronts with six unanswered goals with the league's leading scorer Nick Merfindini shoving in the first three as Jamie Celifarco would follow with the next two. Mariners cruise into the Semi's with a 7-3 winner also receiving and invitation to the final four. Comic Book hero Ian Stachel would sling three into the back of the webbing netting his second career hat-trick in The Bay while leading the charge to his teams victory. The Comic Book Men would be up 5-1 at on point in this match as their villains would get within two twice making things interesting but they eventually moved on with a 7-4 win. Up next Comic Book Men vs Bay Brewery for the right to move onto the Draft League Finals. They say in football it's hard to beat a team three times in a season so I guess in hockey it's hard to beat the same team four times in a season. After going 0-3 in the regular season to their opponents the Kings would go 1-0 in the playoffs moving into the BIG B Finals for a second straight season! After a scoreless first Rich McGrath's stick would come into play in the second swatting a puck out of mid air under the shoulder into the twine for a 1-0 Kings lead. And then the guy folks who used to be a main stay in the write-ups but not at all anymore, mulling retirement before the season started would net two in two minutes for a 3-0 Kings lead. His name .... (long pause) "The Quad Father". Kings a kept the clock moving in the final session winning the period 2-1 taking a 5-1 victory into the BIG B Finals once again. Next week's playoff schedule will be posted shortly as so will all playoff stats and the tree. Playoff Hockey... It's so Exciting!!! Feel the energy, scream it shout it. It's hockey.