Houston Bulls are Founder's Cup Finals Bound

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For the past 16 seasons, since S82, Houston has never made it to the Founder's Cup Finals. With only 3 prior Final's appearances, this marks the 4th in Houston's history. Many people assumed Houston would be good this season, and they were correct. Many thought we would make it to the Finals, and they were also correct. But you can never count out anyone in the playoffs. We swept Ottawa in quick fashion notching 2 SOs in the Quarterfinals. We then went on to battle against our rivals the Mexico City Kings. We went up 2-0, then we had the hardest loss of this entire season, losing 3-2 in Quintuple OT after putting up 75 shots to Mexico's 52. A game between two Defensive Juggernauts, we combined for an astonishing 0 for 23 on powerplays. No team was going to budge. Players left everything out on the ice, some playing 60-80 minutes. And with 6 seconds left in the 5th OT, Bobby More, a First Gen Waiver signing, nets the OT Game winner against Lorequavius. We were shocked, absolutely dumbfounded. The playoff win streak was over. But that didn't break our spirits. We came back the next game and fought hard, winning Game 4 in Double OT with a goal from Hunter s  @Hunter S. 

 

Game 5 we head back to Houston. The fans are rowdy, the stadium is electric, you would think we were playing at Citizens Bank Park during the postseason. The game is about to start. Gingy @MexicanCow123 and John Cowgill @FlyingWV take their spot in the circle, waiting for the puck to drop. Time begins to slow. The puck hits the ice and Gingy with lightning fast reflexes wins the faceoff. He passes it to Jagr @koty_k, who skates it into the zone. He passes it to Ohi Kau @Hacob, who passes it right back. Jagr passes it up the wing to Hunter, who then gets the puck over to Gingy. Gingy passes it back to the blue line to cycle the puck. Ohi Kau sends it to Jagr again, who dishes it up to Hunter again. HE SHOOTS... but misses the net. Ohi Kau gets the puck and the Bulls cycle the puck around again. They get it to Hunter a second time and he rips one... but misses again. Ohi Kau retrieves it a second time. He fires one on net... and this time Houston scores. Only 46 seconds in and Houston is up 1-0. The rest of the period is silent. The 2nd period is the same, neither team can get a goal. The 3rd period starts the same, until Nick Abbott of Mexico gets a 2 minute minor for elbowing. The trade deadline pickup in Cardinal Copia @Beketov, shows the world why Houston brought him here. He rips one past Silvia on the powerplay to put Houston up 2-0. With the worst lead in hockey, Houston has to really play to their strength, lockdown defense. Houston keeps the pressure up and Silvia doesn't have a chance to get off the ice for a last minute man-advantage. The final seconds tick down, the stadium gets quiet, fans are on the edge of their seat. THE FINAL HORN BLOWS AND HOUSTON HAVE DONE IT. They beat Mexico in 5 games with another shutout, the 4th of the playoffs. Lorequavius @jaypc8237 has been a stalwart for this team in net, shutting down the opposing offenses all season.

 

This team has put everything they have into this season. And I couldn't be prouder of what they have accomplished. Only one more series awaits for Houston to have a shot at lifting up the Cup for the second time in franchise history. Whoever it is, Philadelphia or Halifax, should be scared, because there is not much that can stop this raging bull.