Men’s Hockey Japan League 2013 – Semifinal (Playoff)

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Men’s Hockey Japan League 2013 – Semifinal (Playoff)

We announce the semifinal result of the playoff in Men’s Hockey Japan League 2013.

In the final, Tenri University Bears challenges for the 2nd championship in 5 years, and Nagoya Frater Hockey Team aims for the 4th championship in 8 years.

Men’s Japan League – Game Results

Game No.69　11:00 at Gifu A Tenri University Bears – Ritumeikan University Hollys
	1	1　(1st)　0 0　(2nd)　0	0

Official Game Record

10th min: Tenri got a PC, but could not make a goal.
12nd min: Tenri #19 Takizawa passed towards the goal and which led to a Ritumeikan DF’s receiving mistake. Then, #23 Ishikawa slot the rebound into the goal.
Just before the end of the 1st half: Ritumeikan got a PS, but Tenri GK #1 Igawa saved it finely.
In the beginning of the 2nd half: Ritumeikan attacked into Tenri University position aggressively, but they were blocked by Tenri’s hard DFs.
62nd min: Tenri got a PC, but could not make an additional goal.
After that, both team showed hard offense and defense, but could not make a goal.
The game ended by 1-0 with Tenri’s win.

Game No.70　13:00 at Gifu A Nagoya Frater Hockey Team – Gifu Asahi Club (BLUE DEVILS)
	7	5　(1st)　0 2　(2nd)　1	1

Official Game Record

5th min: Nagoya #11 Kawakami passed to #17 Tachibana, and he shot directly to open the score.
8th min: Nagoya #4 Ono who intercepted a ball in the middle, passed to #6 Kawauchi. Then, he touched a pass into the goal.
17th min: Nagoya #16 Hatakeyama scored by his flick shot from a PC.
20th&25th min: Nagoya #10 Yamabe and #5 Nakayama scored and pull Asahi away.
Asahi also showed their hard offense, but could not make a goal.
In the 2nd half, Asahi gradually got the pace of the game.
50th min: Asahi #27 Mori slot a loose ball into a goal and cut the lead by 4 goals.
61st&62nd min: Asahi wanted more goals, but Nagoya #12 Yoshiwara and Fujimoto scored and extended the lead by 6 goals.
After that, the game went on with Nagoya’s pace and finally, they got a ticket to the final.