CFHL Cherry Cup Champion

 Congratulations to the Greek Empire!!  This year's Cherry Cup Champions!  They led the league from the beginning, came in as the number one seed, was super confident they would bring the Cup home as the playoffs started...And they were right on all accounts.

They would play the 2nd best team in the league the Space Monkey Mafia, so this year's finals went chalk.  This is how they got there...

In the second round of the playoffs the Greek Empire had their hands full with the Assassins.  Assassins beat them in assists 26-14 and was able to edge them in PPP by one.  Stamkos had a huge week for the Assassins with 3 goals and 2 assists plus Kucherov had 5 assists.  But unfortunately that would be the only categories they would win.  Forsberg had 4 goals for the Greek Empire and both Tavares and Lucas Raymond both had 3 goals.  Hellebuyck was huge for the Empire getting 2 wins and a SV% of .962.

It was even closer with the Space Monkey Mafia and the Krampus Carols as they tied 3-3.  Mitch Marner had 6 assists for the Monkey Mafia helping them win assists 16-13.  For the Krampus, Brady Tkachuk had 14 hits helping the Krampus dominate the boards 47-29, but they couldn't get just one more goalie win from Stuart Skinner that would have gave them the win.  Instead the Mafia moved onto the Cherry Cup Final.

Cherry Cup Final

Greek Empire vs. Space Monkey Mafia 4-2

This was a shorter week than normal, but didn't matter to the Greek Empire as they won easily to capture their first Cup!  They beat the Mafia by 7 goals, getting 2 from Tavares and 2 from Lucas Raymond, their playoff MVP.  

Raymond and Seider were big in the Finals for the Greek Empire

They absolutely dominated hits getting 34 in the sort week to only 10 by the Mafia.  Defenseman Moritz Seider (another Red Wing) led the team with 10 hits and John Tavares had 7 and was the Cherry Cup MVP.

Tavares earns Cherry Cup MVP honors

Connor Hellebuyck did get a win in his only game, but gave up 3 goals with a .870 SV%, but Binnington would come through with a SV% of .973 to give the Greek Empire the win in SV%.

It was an impressive run by the Greek Empire that pretty much dominated the entire season.  While they only led the league in hits, they had a well rounded lineup that just seemed to win week to week.  Congratulations Greek Empire on winning the Cherry Cup.  (Which will remain in the CFHL headquarters...I'll send you a picture).

Greek Empire fans celebrate their first ever Cherry Cup: