One of the premier Floorball tournaments in the US was played this past weekend, and it was as usual a very competitive and close final that determined the winner, Menlo Park FC.
Menlo Park demonstrated earlier in the year that they are a force to be reckoned with by winning the US National championship in Texas. Now, after vying for it every year since the start of Golden Gate Cup in 2010, this year they clenched the top spot! Menlo Park only gave up only two goals, scored by San Francisco, during the entire tournament. Clearly, this is still a very strong team.
Menlo Park and San Francisco both dominated the group stage with impressive victories, and it soon became obvious that this was going to be a Bay Area championship battle.
The only team outside of California to participate was Colorado, who played well and placed 4th. Colorado had a very skilled team, but lost in the end 1-3 to a hard working San Jose team. San Jose, with several street hockey players, showed a lot of Floorball progress. Gobinder Kamboj scored two impressive goals in the game for 3rd place, leading the way for San Jose to win. Other noticeable plays came from Kijan Balakrishna who showed great individual progress during the tournament, earning him the Most Inspirational Player Award.
The final score for the GGC Championship was 4-1 in favor of Menlo Park, but the score does not reflect the very close and intense game that determined the Golden Gate Cup 2015 championship. Appropriately, the MVP player who scored the most goals in the tournament, Andreas Sievert made the game winning goal at 3:10 in the second period. The score stood at 2-1 with three minutes left on the clock when veteran player Henrik Eriksson scored making it 3-1 for Menlo Park in what became a controversial goal. San Francisco's captain, Klas Berghede received a misconduct penalty in conjunction with this goal, but Menlo Park finalized the score, 4-1, in an open net after San Francisco pulled the goalie in a last attempt to even up the score.
We would like to thank the following people for volunteering and making Golden Gate Cup another successful tournament:
Referee:
Vince Faso
Statistics and secretariat:
Martin Janecek
Caitlin Kenney
Yuriy Dmyterko
Announcer:
Ace Landucci
Menlo Park won the tournament by great teamwork but they also showed great sportsmanship and individual skills by cleaning up in the awards categories:
Most Valuable Player: Andreas Sivert, Menlo Park
Most Goals Scored: Andreas Sivert, Menlo Park
Best Goalie: Bobby Pakzad-Hurson, Menlo Park
Most Inspirational Award: Kijan Balakrishna, San Jose
Penalty shootout winner: Andreas Sivert, Menlo Park
Statistics @ Golden Gate Cup 2015:
Points:
1. Andreas Sivert, Menlo Park. 18
2. Axel Palmstrom, Menlo Park. 12
3. Fredrik Solscher, Menlo Park. 10
3. Klas Berghede, San Francisco. 10
5. Jirka Krouzil, San Francisco. 8
Goals:
1. Andreas Sivert, Menlo Park. 13
2. Klas Berghede, San Francisco. 9
2. Axel Palmstrom, Menlo Park. 9
4. Fredrik Solscher, Menlo Park. 6
5. Johan Södergen, San Francisco 5
Assist:
1. Joonas Paakonen, Menlo Park. 5
1. Andreas Sivert, Menlo Park. 5
1. Jirka Krouzil, San Francisco. 5
5. Fredrik Solscher, Menlo Park. 4
5. Johan Södergen, San Francisco 4
Save percent:
1. Bobby Pakzad-Hurson, Menlo Park. 0.946
2. Daniel Vik, San Francisco. 0.824
3. Senon Chavez, San Jose. 0.776
4. Lars Bjerndell, Colorado 0.740
5. Ryan Davis, San Jose. 0.714
6. Andre Boik, Sacramento. 0.638
7. Goalie 2, Sacramento 0.633
8. Katariina Alongi, Colorado 0.375
Shots saved: Shots. GP
1. Senon Chavez, San Jose. 77 3.5
2. Daniel Vik, San Francisco. 74 6
3. Andre Boik, Sacramento. 47 2
4. Bobby Pakzad-Hurson, Menlo Park. 37 6
5. Ryan Davis, San Jose 33 3.5
6. Goalie 2, Sacramento. 30 2
7. Katariina Alongi, Colorado 7 1
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