MCHL EOS Semi Cyclones (Black) 14U AA vs EDP Spiders 14U AA

Описание: 🏒 MCHL End of Season Tournament Semi-Final

Cincinnati Jr Cyclones (Black) 14U AA vs Columbus EDP Spiders (Premier) 14U AA

Location: Lou Gibbs Ice Arena, Newark, Ohio
Round: Semi-Final (Cyclones earned the 1-seed bye)
Winner plays: Dayton Stealth vs Miami Jr Redhawks winner (Miami is the “paper favorite”, which is always adorable until the puck drops)

The Setup

The Cyclones roll into the MCHL playoffs as the regular season champs and top seed. We are coming off the Tri-State Showcase in Toledo, which was basically five games of “welcome to the thunderdome” hockey. The good news is, after that weekend, this game should feel slightly less like being chased through the woods by an angry bear with skates.

Cyclones MHR: 83.68
EDP Spiders MHR: 81.44
That edge is nice on paper, but the playoffs don’t care about paper. The playoffs care about legs, discipline, and whether your goalie ate something besides a gas station donut.

EDP earned their way here after beating Findlay 3-1, which means they are showing up confident, organized, and fully prepared to ruin everyone’s happy little “top seed” narrative.

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🎙️ Two Minutes For Chirping Broadcast Crew

This is the “full band reunion” game. The whole crew is back together for one last ride.
• Todd is back and running play-by-play, where he belongs, in the captain’s chair, driving the bus.
• Hopp is on color commentary, which means Todd will talk hockey while Hopp attempts to turn the broadcast into a documentary about emotional damage, questionable icings, and why someone’s kid “definitely got tripped” (spoiler: the ref was “looking directly at it” while “hands in pockets”).
• Andrew is on mic too, which is important because without Andrew there is nobody legally qualified to cut Hopp off mid-sentence when he starts describing a breakout like it’s a crime scene investigation.

Important Note: If the Cyclones make the Championship, Andrew is planning on shooting photos, so this might be the final time the whole crew is on the headset together this season. The true playoffs storyline.

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🕷️ Scouting the EDP Spiders

EDP is one of those teams that always shows up structured. They play like they have a plan, and worse, they stick to it.

What to expect from EDP:
• They do not beat themselves.
• They’ll capitalize if you get sloppy.
• They have that “we’ve been waiting to play the 1 seed” energy, which is annoying but respectable.

The Cyclones have seen EDP before this season, and yes, those games count, and yes, everyone remembers them, and yes, nobody is pretending they don’t.

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🔑 Keys to the Game (a.k.a. How to Not Make This Weird)

1) Start on time.
No “first period warmup period.” It’s playoffs. The puck drops, and the excuses are supposed to stop.

2) Stay out of the penalty box.
Not because the refs are unfair. Mostly because the penalty box is basically a freezing cold time-out chair where your team stares at you like you just spilled chili in the minivan.

3) Play the simple game.
Pucks deep, bodies moving, and no cute stuff at the blue line. The only thing that should be fancy today is the postgame handshake.

4) Ride the energy.
This group is healthiest and most dangerous when the bench is loud, shifts are short, and everyone’s playing for the guy next to them.

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🎭 The Parent and Bench Soap Opera (Playoff Edition)
• Coach Danny will be doing coach things, which includes “quietly intense” and “suddenly loud” with absolutely no transition between the two.
• Jesse’s mustache is still undefeated and continues to be visible from at least three counties away. It is basically its own assistant coach.
• The parents will attempt to be calm, supportive, and mature… right up until the first borderline icing. After that it’s open season on polite behavior.

If the broadcast audio randomly includes a synchronized gasp from the stands, don’t worry, that’s not a medical event. That’s just playoff hockey moms reacting to a puck that came within six feet of the glass.

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🧊 What’s On The Line

Win this and you’re playing for hardware. Lose this and you’re playing for “well, we learned a lot” and nobody wants that.

Also, rumor has it there may be a bourbon tasting at the hotel if things go well. Because nothing says “responsible hockey weekend” like adults celebrating wins by carefully analyzing notes of oak, caramel, and “why did we schedule this many games.”

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🙌 Final Word

This team has been through a lot this season. Big wins, tough weekends, growth, grit, and the kind of chemistry you can’t fake. Tryouts are coming, everyone’s thinking about the future, but for this game, none of that matters.

It’s simple.

Win your shifts. Win your battles. Win the game.
And maybe, just maybe, let Todd finish at least one sentence before Hopp interrupts him.

Thanks for watching all season. Let’s make this one count.

GO CYCLONES. 🌀🏒