Mighty Sharks GK: Eddie Morris D: HJ Bots D: DG Dafter LW: Simon Laing C: C Laing RW: S Bakkum Falcons GK: Michael Chung D: Bobby Blunder D: Jack Dempsey LW: Ben Manera C: Ben Herd RW: Andrew James The Grand Final finally gets underway tonight with this first game of a 5 game series to determine the Season 1 IHS Premiers. The Sharks have dominated the regular season, but the falcons have shown us they can defend as good as anyone and at times have looked the best team in the comp. Both teams will want to get the head start, but a loss here is far from the end of the world for either, with 4 more games to come.
End of 1st Period: Mighty Sharks 0, Falcons 0 Poor start from both teams, they both look a little nervous, especially in attack. A lot of misdirected passes and a few crazy shots from both. They'll be looking to calm down and get into their game plans much better in the 2nd period.
End of 2nd Period: Mighty Sharks 0, Falcons 0 Still no goal here as both teams begin to find their feet a little more and settle into their natural game. Both teams are known more for their defence than attack, and it's really showing in this second period. Most of the shots that are being hit aren't genuine chances, or are under a lot of pressure from defence.
End of 3rd Period: Mighty Sharks 0, Falcons 0 The teams managed to string more passing and attack together but nothing could come from the few half chances created by either side. Not even the brilliance of Laing could get the puck in the back of the net A combo of top defence and awesome keeping is stopping this game from ending at the moment. We'll have to go into overtime to sort this one out.