Did Xavier Booberry intentionally lose Game 5 against London?

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After losing Game 1 of the Continental Cup Finals to the United, the Seattle Bears answered back with three straight victories. A Bears win in Game 5 would have given the franchise their league-leading 14th championship. Seattle out-shot London 50-28, but a superb game by United netminder Jesse Teno, and a poor game from his Bears counterpart Xavier Booberry, extended the series for at least one more game. The final score wasn't even close, as the United won it 5-2. It was an uncharacteristically bad performance from Booberry, and it has some people questioning whether or not he lost the game on purpose. But what's the motivation?

 

Having set the all-time TPE record, Booberry for a while has been working to set the bar until he is forced to retire at the end of this season. A win for the Bears would have ended the season, putting an end to Booberry's TPE earnings on a Sunday. With the Bears' loss, the season will extend into another week, giving Booberry the opportunity to earn another week's worth of TPE even if they go ahead and end the season tomorrow. The Bears are most likely just going to end the series in Game 6, so it is not too farfetched of a theory. Had Game 5 taken place on any other day of the week, it could have been the end to the series.

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Great minds, etc.

 

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8 minutes ago, CowboyinAmerica said:

Great minds, etc.

 

Ha, I hadn't even seen that.