SEASON 5Lisanderian Hockey isn't living its golden days. After losing the WCoH 33 qualifiers to Lorenthia, and didn't even participate in WCoH 34, the crisis was brought to the surface when LNH revealed Season 5 format. The northern teams denounced that the chosen format would weaken the north teams, and in long-term, also weaken the league and the National Team. The President of HC Dalena stated, on a polemic interview:
"For me it is very clear what the board is doing. The northern conference is much better than the southern conference. Keeping the games inside the conferences is a way to ensure that the weakest teams get to the postseason, and the one who harms is the North, who truly supports Hockey in this country! They have football and rugby. They should stop this trick."
The fact is: The chosen format wasn't nice to Northern Conference. The solution for the northern teams would be an expansion, which unfortunately is unlikely, after all there is little interest in new teams in the south. What was defined:
THE FORMAT: The eight teams play inside the conferences twice in a total of six games on Thursdays and Sundays with a break for Christmas and New Years. Exceptionally, on the first day of the year, the All-Star Game was held at Vermillion Arena, the largest stadium in North Lisander, specially prepared to receive the match.
Regular SeasonFINAL STANDINGS
- Code: Select all
▶NORTHERN CONFERENCE
Round 1
Beaumont Athletic (N) 3–2 HC Universitário (N)
Grandeville Royals (N) 2–0 HC Dalena (N)
Round 2
HC Universitário (N) 1–0 HC Dalena (N)
Beaumont Athletic (N) 0–2 Grandeville Royals (N)
Round 3
Grandeville Royals (N) 1–0 HC Universitário (N)
HC Dalena (N) 0–1 Beaumont Athletic (N)
Round 4
HC Universitário (N) 0–1 Beaumont Athletic (N)
HC Dalena (N) 1–0 Grandeville Royals (N)
Rodada 5
HC Dalena (N) 3–0 HC Universitário (N)
Grandeville Royals (N) 0–1 Beaumont Athletic (N)
Round 6
HC Universitário (N) 3–2 Grandeville Royals (N)
Beaumont Athletic (N) 0–1 HC Dalena (N)
▶SOUTHERN CONFERENCE
Round 1
AS Virtus Hockey 1–0 Kasandora Blues
HC Sparta 1–0 Soria Bats
Round 2
Kasandora Blues (S) 0–0 Soria Bats (S)
AS Virtus Hockey (S) 0–2 HC Sparta (S)
Round 3
HC Sparta (S) 1–0 Kasandora Blues (S)
Soria Bats (S) 1–2 AS Virtus Hockey (S)
Round 4
Kasandora Blues (S) 2–1 AS Virtus Hockey (S)
Soria Bats (S) 1–1 HC Sparta (S)
Round 5
Soria Bats (S) 0–3 Kasandora Blues (S)
HC Sparta (S) 2–1 AS Virtus Hockey (S)
Round 6
Kasandora Blues (S) 0–1 HC Sparta (S)
AS Virtus Hockey (S) 1–3 Soria Bats (S)
LNH All-Star GameLNH's First All-Star Game was marked by tensions between the Northern teams and the league board. The second-placed in the South Conference, Kasandora Blues, qualified with only two wins. One less than the third-placed of the North Conference. This, of course, further enraged the northerners. There was only one small incident for the war to be declared. And it turned out to be the choice of the arena where the ASG would happen. We cannot tell if it's all true or just conspiracy theory, but some say the game was set for the Vermillion Arena just because the stadium has red seats, the colour chosen for the southern uniforms.
If it was a marketing move, the shot backfired. Fifty thousand Northern fans turned the Vermillion Arena into a blue inferno. And they celebrated an absolute overpower. The Northern team played the first two periods in the water bath. In the third, with the southerners tired, they came as a steamroller, making five goals in twenty minutes. Tiago Durand resisted a lot, but Mark Horsfall and Eric Montells were in a great day. The Southerners were completely humiliated. It is worth remembering that 5 of the 6 starters of the national team played in blue, and only one (Tim Bloxham) was from the south.
LNH ALL-STAR Game - Vermillion Arena, Salinas
NNORTH 7-2 SOUTH S
Mark Horsfall 9'
Ricardo Winfield 22'
Fernando Simoniti 43'
Mark Horsfall 47'
Eric Montells 52'
Eric Montells 55'
Mark Horsfall 58'Tim Bloxham 16'
Kasper Holgersen 38'
PlayoffsSEMIFINAL 1After a regular mid-season season, marked by many defeats for northern teams, and in two very truncated games, Kasandora Blues took the place to the final. Empa's goal by Kasper Holgersen made the Blues reach the Harmin Cup match "without a shred of merit," according to local media.
Beaumont Wolves 0-1 Kasandora Blues
Kasandora Blues 2-1 Beaumont Wolves
SEMIFINAL 2If the Blues went by leaps and bounds, the same can not be said of the Grandeville Royals. The Royals won and convinced. The goals of Bruno Ferreira and Ricardo Winfield (3) made the underdog of the season the most qualified to win the Harmin Cup that time.
HC Sparta 0-2 Grandeville Royals
Grandeville Royals 2-1 HC Sparta
Harmin CupIn a series of games between the promising underdog and the criticized team, Kasandora Blues asserted his prestige and the best cast of the South (to the rage of the Northerners), and reached Harmin Cup once again!
After losing the first game, away from home, they won the second (in Sirenia, because they started the works of the new Arena that the Blues and AC Kasandora will divide from next seasons) and were to win the third, again in the north, and in overtime!
GAME 1: Ice Palace, GrandevilleGrandeville Royals 2-1 Kasandora Blues
GAME 2: Palaestra, SireniaKasandora Blues 4-2 Grandeville Royals
GAME 3: Ice Palace, GrandevilleGrandeville Royals 1-1 Kasandora Blues (1-2 OT)
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2017 11:41 pm
