The finals saw another very close match with
the Toulouse TonTons holding off London
winners Edmonton Impact for the 5-4 win
and a first place finish at the Millennium
Series World Championships.
Expendables Feilding is easily the best pro
team playing in the CPL, but not for long
as they will be promoted to the pro CPL
division in 2018. The Expendables win each
of the first three SPL events in 2017 and were
once again the clear favorites to win the
World Championships. And as expected
the boys from New Zealand ran though the
preliminary rounds, although they did face
a couple of tough opponents. In the ocho
rounds they went on to beat GI London
Retribution. But for the first time all season
the Expendables lost a Sunday game. RMG
Symphony Bratislava did what no team could
do all season—send Expendables Feilding
home without a first place trophy.
And RMG Symphony Bratislava would make
it all the way to the finals where they would
meet Germany’s Cologne Hurricanes. The
Hurricanes have been one of the most
consistent teams in the SPL this season, with
two final-round showings and a 6th place
finish in their three events. In another one-
point game the Cologne Hurricanes bested
RMG Symphony Bratislava in the finals to
take first place, 3-2.
Division One has seen some very strange
finishes this season. One example would
be Consilium Dei Zurich taking first place in
Bitburg while in their other 2017 events they
have not finished higher than 19th place.
Add to that almost every top SPL team has
one or more poor showings.
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