Original Four Ball Hockey League

Playoff Pandemonium hits the OFBHL in the Quarter-Final round

2025-12-14

The A-Pool quarter-finals were defined by a historic "Day of the Underdog," as three of the four lower-seeded teams punched their tickets to the semifinals. The highlight of the day was the monumental upset of the #1 seed The X-Factor by #8 To Ben-finity and Beyond, fueled by a legendary 51-save clinic from MC Chartrand. Other lower seeds followed suit, with JP Donnelly's five-goal outburst leading #5 Net Sticks And Chill past Just the Tip In, while Bradley McCarter's natural hat-trick propelled #6 Give’em Helene over Polly Paquette. Only the #2 seed Hotel California managed to hold firm, cruising to a dominant 8-1 victory behind Nicholas Perron’s four goals and a historic milestone as Cindy Bertrand played her 750th career game.

The B-Pool (Mini-Bubba Cup) play-ins delivered high-scoring drama and a bracket-shaking upset by the league's lowest seed. The biggest story was #15 Black Hawk Down’s stunning 11-8 victory over Les facettes du jeu, powered by an incredible six-goal masterpiece from Jeff Murphy that silenced the #10 seed. Meanwhile, the #13 The Little Dippers exacted revenge for their regular-season finale by edging out the #12 The Droufins in a 7-6 thriller, and the #11 Goon Squad leaned on veteran scoring from Ashley Clow and Brock Murray to secure a steady 5-3 win over Hannah Montana. These results set the stage for a wide-open semifinal round where the momentum clearly favors the resurgent lower seeds heading into Championship Sunday.