Cherry Cup Finals 2013

Cherry's Checkers vs. Mayhem on Ice (3-2-1)

The Cherry's Checkers completed yet another championship season, winning back to back Cherry Cups and remain the only team to win the Cup.  The game once again came down to the final game of the year, however this time the Checkers were in the lead attempting to hang on for the victory over the Mayhem. 

Kopitar was a Zombie in the Finals

The Checker's deadly Kings combination of Carter, Kopitar the Zombie, Voynov, and Quick were hardly deadly.  The skaters combined for only 2 goals, 1 assist and a -2.  Quick only could manage 1 win.  However they did what they needed to do in the final game. 

With time winding down, and all of the Checker's Kings going up against just one Mayhem Dan Boyle it seemed like the Checker's had this game tied 3-3.  Surely the Checkers would get what they needed or if it stayed tied, they had the game won on tie breaker.  A Slap shot from Boyle rang off the post with both Kopitar and Voynov on the ice. If that shot was just a few inches toward the goal the Cup could have been the Mayhem for the +/- would have went in the Mayhem's favor giving them 4-2 victory.  Whew..yet another close one and the Checker/Chisler luck prevails.



Zetterberg with MVP performance

Henrik Zetterberg was truly the Cup MVP and playoff MVP.  For the Cup he had 2 goals.  8 ASSISTS and a +6.  He won their first series with a last second assist versus the Goon Crew and now hoists the Cherry Cup for the Checkers second title.

The Mayhem did all they could to try to prevent the Checkers from repeating.  Phil Kessel had 4 goals, Fleischmann had 3, while Wheeler and Tavares both had 2.  It just wasn't enough.  But not a bad year for the expansion team Mayhem.

Congratulations to the Checkers, capturing their second cup in as many years...ya stiff!

Checker's Carter hoists the Cherry Cup!

CFHL All Star Team:

C - Steven Stamkos (29-28, -4, 32)
C - Sidney Crosby (15-41, +26, 16)
W - Martin St. Louis (17-43, +0, 14)
W - Alex Ovechkin - Krampus (32-24, +2, 36)
W - Patrick Kane (23-32, +11, 8)
W - Chris Kunitz (22-30, +30, 39)
D - P.K. Subban (11-27, +12, 57)
D - Kris Letang (5+33, +16, 8)
D - Keith Yandle (10-20,+4, 54)
D - Andrei Markov (10-20, -9, 14)
G - Henrik Lundqvist (24 wins, .926)
G - Sergei Bobrovsky (21 wins, .932)

CFHL Leading Goal Scorer, Alex Ovechkin 32 goals - Krampus Carols

Handsome man isn't he

CFHL Leading Assists, Martin St. Louis 43 assists - Krampus Carols

CFHL +/- Leader, Pascal Dupuis +31, - Alex Assassins

Quite the monkey boy

CFHL Goon of the Year, Brandon Prust 110 PIM - USSR

Prust...certainly an eye gouging goon

CFHL Leading Goalie Wins, Lundqvist and Backstrom, 24 wins each - Enforcers

CFHL Leading Save %, Craig Anderson .941 - Krampus Carols

 

(Interesting that the Carols have three of the leaders and failed to make the playoffs)