Weekend Wrap-up Challenge Cup Aug 20 - 21 /16

Mount Pearl : 1  vs  Holy Cross : 0

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Mount Pearl Clinches 2nd in Standings  

After Challenge Cup weekend action the final placings are in order. Again, to no one's surprise Holy Cross clinched  first. Maybe the biggest surprise of the season is Mount Pearl placing 2nd. But you have to hand it to them. On Saturday Mount Pearl beat the "Big Red Machine" by a score of 1 -0. This was a stunning victory for Mount Pearl. Holy Cross  were huge favorites going into the game. They had 1st place sewed up and they were riding a 19 game undefeated record.  However, despite all of this, Mount Pearl managed to pull off the biggest upset of the season. The large number of fans, whom I spoke with at the field, chatted to me about what they were witnessing.

Mount Pearl's victory secured them  2nd place. Holy Cross will have a rematch against Mount Pearl in the leagues final regular scheduled game which is to be played on Wednesday night. Despite the final game, the final seeding are now set in stone. This sets the stage for the Play-offs on Labor Day Weekend. Holy Cross will again be forced to tangle with Mount Pearl in the 1v2 play-offs in St. Lawrence. The Laurentians will battle it out against the 4th place Feildians. What drama will this further create?

St. Lawrence places 3rd 

In St. Lawrence this weekend the  Laurentians defeated Corner Brook twice. It was 3-0 on Saturday and 4-3 on Sunday. The biggest happening here was Stefan Slaney scored a total of three more goals  putting him at 22 on the season, 4 ahead of Tyler Forsey. However, Forsey has one more game remaining, MP at HC,  and one may never know what could happen.

2016 Challenge Cup Standings
 

Team	Games Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals For	Goals Against	+/-	Points
Holy Cross Kirby Group	21	15	2	4	58	18	+40	49
Mount Pearl First Choice Haircutters	21	14	4	3	45	19	+26	45
St. Lawrence Labatt Laurentians	22	13	5	4	53	18	+35	43
Feildians	22	12	7	3	46	30	+16	39
Steers Insurance Corner Brook United	22	2	16	4	21	58	-37	10
CBS That Pro Look Strikers FC	22	0	19	3	7	75	-68	3
NL Canada Games Gerry O'Brien Financial	12	3	6	3	15	27	-12	12*

* Canada Games Team playing on exhibition basis only

Challenge Cup Scoring Leaders

Player	Team	Goals
Stefan Slaney	St. Lawrence	22
Tyler Forsey	Mount Pearl	18
Zach Hynes	Feildians	11
Zach Wade	Holy Cross	9
Aaron Buckingham	Feildians	8
Jake Warren	Holy Cross	8
Mitchell Barry	NL Canada Games/Mount Pearl	8
Logan McIsaac	Corner Brook	7
Tyler Kirby	Holy Cross	7