Men’s Hockey Japan League 2013 – Final & 3rd place match(Playoff) – Nagoya Frater Hockey Team won the Championship

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We announce the final and 3rd place match result of the playoff in Men’s Hockey Japan League 2013.

In the final, Nagoya Frater Hockey Team beat Tenri University Bears by 2-1 to take the 8th championship in 4 years.

In the 3rd place match, Ritumeikan University Hollys won Gifu Asahi Club (BLUE DEVILS).

Game No.71　11:00 at Gifu A Gifu Asahi Club (BLUE DEVILS) – Ritumeikan University Hollys
	1	0　(1st)　2 1　(2nd)　3	5

4th min: Asahi got a PC, but could not get a goal.
10th min: Ritumeikan #1 Horitani slot a ball into a goal in the scramble of the goal front.
27th min: Asahi got their 2nd PC, but it was saved by Ritumei fineldy.
35th min: Ritumeikan #8 Tanaka who received a pass around the circle top, made an additional goal by his sweeping shot.
From the beginning of the 2nd half, the game went on with Asahi’s pace.
44th min: Asahi #8 Yokoyama slot the rebound from Ritumeikan GK into a goal to cut the lead by 1 goal.
After that, Asahi tried to get more goal,but could not score. On the contrary, Ritumeikan was getting a pace of the game.
57th min: Ritumeikan #9 Ohashi scored by his touched shot in the right side.
62nd min: Ritumeikan #11 Mori touched a pass from #8 Tanaka into a goal to extend the lead by 3 goals.
69th min: Ritumeikan #11 Mori was keeping possession of a ball and finally made his reversed shot into a goal.
Asahi attacked aggressively till the end of the game, but Ritumeikan won the game by 1-5 to secure the 3rd place of Japan League.

Game No.72　13:00 at Gifu A Nagoya Frater Hockey Team – Tenri University Bears
	2	0　(1st)　1 2　(2nd)　0	1

13rd min: Tenri #6 Ochiai dribbled from the left side and scored from almost zero degree by his pushed shot.
15th min: Nagoya got a PC, but it was saved by Tenri GK#1 Igawa’s fine save.
27th&32nd min: Tenri and Naogya got PCs, but both team blocked them physically not to let a goal any more.
In the beginning of the 2nd half, Nagoya showed their fierce attack.
49th min: Nagoya #14 Nagasawa made his touched shot, but Tenri GK #1 Igawa showed his 2nd fine save.
56th min: Nagoya #4 Ono scored by his reversed shot to tie the score by 1-1.
70th min: As it seemed that the game went into the second stanza, Nagoya #9 Fujimoto touched the pass from #22 Daimon into the left upper of the goal.
This was the final goal to make Nagoya win the championship. This is their 4 championship in 8 years.

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