Founder's Cup Finals: Game 6

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Mississauga Hounds vs. Miami Marauders

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GAME 6 - Founder's Cup Finals - Mississauga Hounds vs Miami Marauders

 

It was the battle of the "M" cities as Mississauga needed a win in order to keep their cup hopes live while Miami had the chance to end those same hopes. Miami would just need to lock down another win in order to win it all. This is the Founder's Cup Finals. Everything is on the line for both teams. Right from the get go, it was clear that Mississauga was not looking to go down without a fight. Just before the 4:30 mark, Med's seventh goal of the playoff campaign kicked off the scoring and got the Hounds on the board. Then, more time passed until about 9 minutes later, Med would score again to get the Hounds ahead by a pair. Both goals were assisted by Howdy Doody, giving Howdy assists number 16 and 17 in the post-season. Those would prove to be the only goals in the frame as the Hounds tenacity had them leading the shot total 12-3. During the first intermission, a Hounds fan and a Marauders fan would play a game of chess. Somehow, they ended up in a stalemate. Neither person had ever played chess before, having learned the rules as the game went on and made moves based on what they knew and what the audience shouted at them. Puck drop for the second period and the Mississauga Hounds would continue to be unrelenting with 18 shots on goal compared to Miami's 2. Still, shots on goal do not matter unless pucks go in the net; thankfully for the Hounds, pucks did go in the net. Joseph Dubois scored exactly 5 minutes into the period on the power play and then about 6 minutes later, Gremlis Lielais scored to give the Hounds a four goal lead. The period ended and the third period began. The Marauders were not planning on sitting back. They wanted to fight and win the championship definitively. The deficit did not weaken that resolve. Logan Ninefinger scored on the power play 6 minutes and 18 seconds into the third. Oden Bell's tenth goal of the playoffs cut the lead to a pair. The Marauders outshot the Hounds 16-8 in the final frame but those two goals were all they got and their fantastic last period was not enough to win them the championship.