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Razyors all the way, baby!
Incredible win in debut Cherry Cup for Starblaydia
Purists will tell you that this year's championship was a flop, that the big boys barely sent squads worthy of their heritage. They'll tell you about host broadcasters devoting more time to ferret racing than Hockey. They'll tell you about a poor standard of refereeing, or any other one of a dozen excuses for low audiences and poor performances.
A Starblaydi, on the other hand, will tell you "Rayzors World Champions!", assuming they're not still drunk, elated, or otherwise incapacitated. Whatever excuse any other team can produce, whatever they say about themselves or Starblaydia, we are the Cherry Cup champions, and top of the World.
Here's a brief rundown on the seaon just past, if your memories needed any renewal.
Debutant Starblaydia started the Championship in great style with a prefect 2 wins from 2 games in the NorthWest, along with North-East's Walmington-on-Sea and South's Liverpool England, each of the three nations sitting proudly atop their Region. Two games later and Starblaydia were still a perfect 4 from 4, the only 100% team after four matches, though the Walmingtons were also undefeated.
The 100% streak laster for an amazing nine games, backed up by the best defence and the hottest offence, scoring 41 and conceding just 13 in the nine games played. Then, in game number 10, tragedy struck as Starblaydia drew, putting them on just 28 points from a possbile 30. They were still ahead of the rest, outpacing the much-improved Daistallia 2104 and Regional Rivals NEWI Cefn Druids by three and five points respectively. As the first set of rankings came out, Starblaydia were at the top while eventual finalists Tanah Burung were a lowly 17th out of 18.
With the next two matches the top teams bunched up, with Starblaydia picked up two losses in a row, meaning Starblaydia, Daistallia and NEWI Cefn were separated but just a single point.Twice more Starblaydia lost as they slipped to third in the rankings, overtaken by the Druids and the Abysmals, who were putting in an awful performance as they failed to not-win ever increasing amounts of games.Starblaydia were rocked by internal divisions as Defenceman Jordy McCliff created a serious furore within the squad. After being assulted on and off-rink by his fellow Rayzors, the Starblaydi Team Camp was restored to winning ways, minus one beaten-up, jackass of a player.
Five wins from eight put the Rayzors back at the helm, however as the Walmingtons came back into it, with The Belmore Family hot on their heels. Fifteen games later and the debutant Razyors were still on top, with The Gulf States gaining ground in the Northwest and the Druids and Belmores snapping at Starblaydia's heels in the race for the top rank.
As the final day of the Regular season dawned, Starblaydia were already guaranteed a first-round bye in the playoffs as their three-point lead over The Belmore Family was unassailable. Starblaydia would be ranked 1st for the knockout-series, and would gain a bye in the first week along with the Belmores.
For the Semi-Finals, Starblaydia played North-West rivals and Hosts The Gulf States, defeating them in a close-run four-game series 3-1, though the outcome of each match was only decided by a single goal in each case. Starblaydia would go to the finals and meet 3rd-seed Tanah Burung, surprise giant-killers of The Top-Scoring Belmore Family.
It took all seven games to see off the Burungians (Burungers? Burungovans?) but finally Starblaydia were crowned Cherry Cup 5 Champions!
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