2010–11 C2 Post-Season Recap

The Spiders made their third consecutive appearance in the AHA Winter playoffs. Unlike last season, where they made it all the way to the C2 Championship only to get knocked off by the surging Royals, this season a lack of scoring sealed their fate with a three-and-out pool play record.

In the first game, the Spiders clawed their way back from a 5–1 hole to put up a five-goal third period and skated away with a 6–6 tie. In the second game, the Spiders dominated the Bulls in a 4–0 shutout. And in the final game of the round-robin segment, though the Spiders controlled their own destiny for advancement if they could win or tie the Thunder Chickens Saturday. Despite an early lead, a the Thunder Chickens were able to get momentum and come back to take the game and the invite to the Saturday evening semi-final.

There, they got caught in an early April snowstorm, losing 6–3 to the Blizzard. In the other C2 semi-final, the M’s beat the Rack Attack 4–2. And in the C2 final, the M’s beat the Blizzard in a 4–3 OT shootout.

Full C2 post-season scoreboard and results

2010–11 C2 Post-Season Scoreboard
Date Day Time Arena Pool Home Away
4/2/2011 Sat. 6:15 p.m. SLP E C Fighting Piranhas C2 8 Jets 5
4/2/2011 Sat. 8:00 p.m. SLP E C Blizzard 3 Sting 3
4/2/2011 Sat. 9:45 p.m. SLP E A Zephyrs 1 Sled Dogs C2 3
4/3/2011 Sun. 5:00 p.m. Richfield 2 A M’s 5 Rack Attack C2 3
4/3/2011 Sun. 6:45 p.m. Richfield 2 B Thunder Chickens 3 Bulls 4
4/3/2011 Sun. 8:30 p.m. Richfield 2 B Spiders C2 6 Royals C2 6
4/7/2011 Thu. 6:15 p.m. BIG 3 B Spiders C2 4 Bulls 0
4/7/2011 Thu. 7:15 p.m. BIG 2 A M’s 2 Sled Dogs C2 2
4/7/2011 Thu. 8:00 p.m. BIG 3 C Fighting Piranhas C2 5 Sting 5
4/7/2011 Thu. 9:00 p.m. BIG 2 A Zephyrs 1 Rack Attack C2 2
4/7/2011 Thu. 9:30 p.m. Breck B Thunder Chickens 4 Royals C2 3
4/7/2011 Thu 9:45 p.m. BIG 3 C Blizzard 3 Jets 4
4/9/2011 Sat. 8:45 a.m. BIG 2 A Sled Dogs C2 0 Rack Attack C2 2
4/9/2011 Sat. 9:00 a.m. BIG 1 B Royals C2 4 Bulls 1
4/9/2011 Sat. 9:45 a.m. BIG 3 C Sting 1 Jets 1
4/9/2011 Sat. 10:30 a.m. BIG 2 A M’s 4 Zephyrs 1
4/9/2011 Sat. 10:45 a.m. BIG 1 B Thunder Chickens 3 Spiders C2 2
4/9/2011 Sat. 11:30 a.m. BIG 3 C Fighting Piranhas C2 1 Blizzard 4
4/9/2011 Sat. 6:30 p.m. BIG 3 SF Thunder Chickens 3 Blizzard 6
4/9/2011 Sat. 7:15 p.m. BIG 2 SF M’s 4 Rack Attack C2 2
4/10/2011 Sun. 10:45 a.m. BIG 2 F M’s 4 Blizzard 3 OT

Post-season standings

2010–11 Playoffs C2 Pool A Standings
Team GP W L T OTL P GF GA PIM
M’s 5 4 0 1 0 9 19 11 64
Rack Attack C2 4 2 2 0 0 4 9 10 22
Sled Dogs C2 3 1 1 1 0 3 5 5 28
Zephyrs 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 9 22
2010–11 Playoffs C2 Pool B Standings
Team GP W L T OTL P GF GA PIM
Thunder Chickens 4 2 2 0 0 4 13 15 38
Royals C2 3 1 1 1 0 3 13 11 18
Spiders C2 3 1 1 1 0 3 12 9 30
Bulls 3 1 2 0 0 2 5 11 26
2010–11 Playoffs C2 Pool C Standings
Team GP W L T OTL P GF GA PIM
Blizzard 5 2 1 1 1 6 19 15 46
Jets 3 1 1 1 0 3 10 12 24
Fighting Piranhas C2 3 1 1 1 0 3 14 14 30
Sting 3 0 0 3 0 3 9 9 24

Post-season standings

2010–11 Playoffs C2 Full Standings
Team Pool GP W L T OTL P GF GA PIM Diff
M’s A 5 4 0 1 0 9 19 11 64 +8
Blizzard C 5 2 1 1 1 6 19 15 46 +4
Thunder Chickens B 4 2 2 0 0 4 13 15 38 -2
Rack Attack C2 A 4 2 2 0 0 4 9 10 22 -1
Jets C 3 1 1 1 0 3 10 12 24 -2
Sled Dogs C2 A 3 1 1 1 0 3 5 5 28 0
Fighting Piranhas C2 C 3 1 1 1 0 3 14 14 30 0
Sting C 3 0 0 3 0 3 9 9 24 0
Spiders C2 B 3 1 1 1 0 3 12 9 30 +3
Royals C2 B 3 1 1 1 0 3 13 11 18 +2
Bulls B 3 1 2 0 0 2 5 11 26 -6
Zephyrs A 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 9 22 -6

Initial pools:

C2 Pool A
Team Division Place Record
M’s East 1st 13–3–4–0
Zephyrs North 2nd 13–3–3–1
Sled Dogs West 3rd 11–6–1–2
Rack Attack East 4th 10–7–3–0
C2 Pool B
Team Division Place Record
Thunder Chickens North 1st 15–4–1–0
Spiders West 2nd 15–3–1–1
Royals East 3rd 13–5–2–0
Bulls North 4th 11–7–2–0
C2 Pool C
Team Division Place Record
Fighting Piranhas West 1st 15–3–2–0
Blizzard East 2nd 13–4–3–0
Sting North 3rd 12–5–2–1
Jets West 4th 11–8–0–1

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