After the round of three Playoff games, the four semi finalists have been established. Neon from the 6thplace regular season finish, and Red from the 7thplace regular season finish, were able to win against higher seeded teams and join 3rdseed Teal and 2ndseed Green in the next round. Here are the standings after this round.
Place | Team | Points | Seed |
1 | Teal | 6 | 3 |
2 | Green | 5 | 2 |
3 | Neon | 5 | 6 |
4 | Red | 4 | 7 |
5 | Black | 3 | 1 |
6 | Gold | 3 | 8 |
7 | Yellow | 2 | 4 |
8 | Orange | 2 | 5 |
9 | Purple | 0 | 9 |
10 | Silver | 0 | 10 |
The semi-final games will begin at 6:00 PM, when Green takes on Neon. Green has the 2-0-0 advantage over Neon. In the second matchup at 7:00 PM, Teal will take on Red. Teal and Red split their regular season matchups 1-1-0. Seeding no longer matters as the winners will face off the following week for the AOTHA championship!
Reminder that formats for the semi final and final game vary from the regular season and round of three, as ties are not allowed. In the semi final games, if tied at the end of 3 periods, there will be one sudden death overtime period, followed by a 3 player shootout round, followed by individual shootout rounds with different shooters, until a winner emerges. The finals, if tied at the end of 3 periods, there will be sudden death overtime periods until a winner emerges. As with the rest of the playoffs, one timeout per team is permitted.
Following the semi final matchups, at 8:00 PM Yellow will face Orange, where Orange owns a slight 1-0-1 advantage. At 9:00 PM, Black will face Gold, where Gold holds the 2-0-0 advantage, in a battle of the two teams who finished just outside of the final four. The final matchup of the evening will be at 10:00 PM between Purple and Silver, where the teams couldn’t decide a regular season winner with 2 attempts ending in ties.