Moving to Round 2

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The Helsinki Titans defeated the London United on the weekend by a series count of 4 games to 2. Helsinki took the lead early in the series by winning games 1 and 2. London came back to win game 3, Helsinki won game 4, London won game 5 then Helsinki closed the series in the 2nd overtime of game 6. The series winning goal was scored by Magnus Verlander assisted from James Rose and Emi Rune. Both goalies were very good in the game. Jacob Tonn saved 43 of 47 shots and Zamboni Driver stopped 39 of 42 shots. Helsinki has played two games of round 2 where they face the Warsaw Predators who were the conference leaders at the end of the season. Helsinki is looking great in the series as they won the first game 2-0 and lost a hard fought game 2 by a score of 5-4. There is a lot of excitement ahead for the Titans and Warsaw in round 2 to see who wins the conference title and heads to the final against Seattle or L.A. Seattle has a 2-0 series lead on L.A.