L to R-Faraway’s Mariano Gonzalez and Santiago Chavanne chasing Joao Ganon.
(Photo by Alex Pacheco)
Faraway (Hutton Goodman, Martin Pepa, Santiago Chavanne and Mariano Gonzalez) rallied for a 13-12 win over CT Energia (Alessandro Bazzoni, Kris Kampsen, Joao Ganon and Nick Manifold), earning them the right to face Audi in Sunday’s finals of the Haas Cup, the subsidiary of the Ylvisaker Cup.
CT Energia received one goal by handicap from the 20-goal Faraway foursome. Brazilian 7-goaler Joao Gannon ran the score up to 2-0 on a 40-yard penalty conversion, with Faraway’s Mariano Gonzalez answering back with a penalty goal of his own, 2-1. Ganon closed out the chukker with another 40-yard penalty goal giving CT Energia an early 3-1 advantage.
The Faraway defense stepped it up in the second chukker, shutting out the CT Energia attack. Santiago Chavanne scored twice from the field and tied it up at 3-3.
Gonzalez put Faraway ahead, 4-3, with a penalty conversion to open the third period, but CT Energia charged right back. Kris Kampsen leveled the score at 4-4 with his first goal of the game. Gonzalez scored from the field for a 5-4 Faraway lead, but a penalty conversion from Ganon had it all even again at 5-5. Gonzalez scored the final goal of the chukker from the field in the closing seconds for a 6-5 halftime lead.
Martin Pepa extended the Faraway lead to two goals, 7-5, with the opening goal of the second half. Consecutive goals from Ganon (one from the field and the other on a 60-yard penalty conversion) ended the chukker with the teams deadlocked at 7-7.
Ganon put CT Energia back on top, 8-7, with the opening goal of the fifth chukker. Gonzalez tied it up, 8-8, on a penalty shot. Ganon converted consecutive 60-yard penalty shots, 10-8. Pepa scored the final goal of the period to cut the CT Energia lead back to a single goal, 10-9.
Ganon stretched the lead back to two goals, 11-9, as he converted another penalty shot for a goal. Consecutive goals from Chavanne knotted it up again at 11-11. Ganon and Gonzalez exchanged penalty goals to end regulation play at 12-12, and forcing a sudden-death overtime.
Both teams returned to the field after a brief intermission. CT Energia took control of the ball early and drove toward the Faraway goal, but didn’t connect on the scoring shot. Faraway turned the tables on CT Energia, and carried the play to their end of the field. A penalty on CT Energia sent Gonzalez to the penalty lien where he converted a 60-yard penalty shot for the winning goal, 13-12.
Ganon led all scoring with 10 goals (eight on penalty shots). Kampsen added a goal and the team received a goal by handicap. Gonzalez scored five of his team high seven goals on penalty conversions. Chavanne added four goals and Pepa scored twice for the victory.
The win boosts Faraway into the final of the George Haas Cup at noon on Sunday against Audi.