2007 Founders Cup Playoffs (PIHA)

The 2007 Founders Cup Playoffs of the Professional Inline Hockey Association began on April 24, 2007. The sixteen teams that qualified, four from each division, played best-of-3 series for the division semifinals and division finals, best-of-5 series for the conference championships, and then the conference champions played a best-of-7 series for the Founders Cup. The series end on June 27, 2007 with the Boston Roller Rats defeating the Southside Snipers four games to three. For the first time since PIHA's inaugural season (2002), neither of the two Founders Cup finalists (the Boston Roller Rats and the Southside Snipers) has previously won the Cup. Both teams were also expansion teams for the 2006-07 season.

Playoff seeds

After the 2006-07 PIHA season, the new playoff format allowed 16 teams to qualify for the playoffs (four from each division). The Pittsburgh Bandits were the Eastern Conference regular season champions and were also the Best Overall Record Trophy winners with the best record at 60 points (30 wins, 2 losses, 0 overtime/shootout losses). The Midwest Tornados earned the Western Conference regular season crown with 47 points (23 wins, 8 losses, 1 overtime/shootout loss).

Eastern Conference

Northeast Division

1. Philadelphia Growl - Northeast Division champions, 54 points
2. Boston Roller Rats - 42 points
3. Massachusetts Bombers - 39 points
4. Connecticut Blaze - 36 points

Mason Dixon Division

1. Pittsburgh Bandits - Mason Dixon Division and Eastern Conference regular season champions; Best Overall Record Trophy winners, 60 points
2. Harrisburg Lunatics - 48 points
3. Marple Gladiators - 35 points
4. Pottstown eXpress - 32 points

Western Conference

Gateway Division

1. Midwest Tornados - Gateway Division and Western Conference regular season champions, 47 points
2. Southside Snipers - 45 points
3. River City Whalers - 37 points
4. St. Louis Pythons - 34 points

Rocky Mountain Division

1. Westminster Blizzard - Rocky Mountain Division champions, 43 points
2. Pikes Peak Prowlers - 42 points
3. Fort Collins Catz - 35 points
4. Littleton Fire - 34 points

Bracket

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In the division finals, the two winners from each division seminfinal is matched against each other. The two division winners from each conference are then matched up in the conference finals. The two conference champions then face each other in the Founders Cup Final.

In the division semifinals and finals, the higher seeded team based on points is awarded home court advantage, which gives them home court during the series. The conference finals and Founders Cup Final are then played at neutral sites. The Eastern Conference Final was played at Sportsplex in Feasterville, Pennsylvania. The Western Conference Final was played at All American Sports Mall in St. Louis, Missouri. The Founders Cup Final was played at Tour Hockey Arena in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Scoring leaders

Points

Note: GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	PTS
Rodney Millette	Boston Roller Rats	17	16	16	32
Jeff Goulet	Boston Roller Rats	16	12	16	28
Chris Loness	Southside Snipers	15	8	17	25
Tommy Bruce	Southside Snipers	8	13	9	22
Greg Thompson	Southside Snipers	9	8	12	20
Phil Maroon	Southside Snipers	15	9	10	19
Darrell Interbartolo	Boston Roller Rats	11	7	11	18
Zack Reis	Southside Snipers	13	12	4	16
Steve Yingling	Harrisburg Lunatics	6	7	5	12
Adam Clark	Southside Snipers	15	2	10	12
Jay McGeown	Boston Roller Rats	17	6	4	10
John Pinheiro	Connecticut Blaze	6	6	4	10
Gerrard Cioffi	Boston Roller Rats	14	3	7	10
Dan Liberty	Boston Roller Rats	15	2	8	10
Jay Mazer	Harrisburg Lunatics	6	5	4	9

Division Semifinals

Note: game-winning goal scorer indicated in italics

Eastern Conference

(NE1) Philadelphia Growl vs. (NE4) Connecticut Blaze

Game-by-Game		Location	Score	Philadelphia goals	Connecticut goals	Winning goalie
1	April 28	Voorhees, NJ	Connecticut 3, Philadelphia 2 (OT)	Catalano, Beauchamp	Pinheiro 2, Guisto	Wolfe
2	April 28	Voorhees, NJ	Philadelphia 5, Connecticut 3	Beauchamp 2, Catalano, Sullivan, Keating	Pinheiro, Kull, Morris	D'Aloisio
3	April 28	Voorhees, NJ	Connecticut 1, Philadelphia 0			Wolfe
Blaze win series 2-1				Beauchamp 3, Catalano 2, Sullivan, Keating	Pinheiro 3, Guisto, Kull, Morris	Wolfe 2

(NE2) Boston Roller Rats vs. (NE3) Massachusetts Bombers

Game-by-Game		Location	Score	Boston goals	Massachusetts goals	Winning goalie
1	April 28	Holbrook, MA	Boston 4, Massachusetts 2	Interbartolo 2, Millette 2	Vinneau 2	Pennecke
2	April 28	Holbrook, MA	Massahcusetts 4, Boston 2	Interbartolo, King	Gambale 2, Giordano 2	Berian
3	April 28	Holbrook, MA	Boston 2, Massachusetts 1	King, Goulet	Ingram	Pennecke
Roller Rats win series 2-1				Interbartolo 3, Millette 2, King 2, Goulet	Vinneau 2, Gambale 2, Giordano 2 Ingram	Pennecke 2

(MD1) Pittsburgh Bandits vs. (MD4) Pottstown eXpress

Game-by-Game		Location	Score	Pittsburgh goals	Pottstown goals	Winning goalie
1	April 28	Canonsburg, PA	Pittsburgh 1, Pottstown 0
2	April 28	Canonsburg, PA	Pittsburgh 1, Pottstown 0
Bandits win series 2-0

(MD2) Harrisburg Lunatics vs. (MD3) Marple Gladiators

Game-by-Game		Location	Score	Harrisburg goals	Marple goals	Winning goalie
1	April 28	Lemoyne, PA	Harrisburg 9, Marple 0	Pappas 3, Miller 2, Yingling, Allen, Powell, Mazer		Rohrbach
2	April 28	Lemoyne, PA	Harrisburg 4, Marple 3	Yingling, Allen, Bartlett 2	Casey, Jastrzemski, Roman	Rohrbach
Harrisburg win series 2-0				Pappas 3, Miller 2, Yingling 2, Allen 2, Bartlett 2, Powell, Mazer	Casey, Jastrzemski, Roman	Rohrbach 2

Western Conference

(G1) Midwest Tornados vs. (G4) St. Louis Pythons

Game-by-Game		Location	Score	Midwest goals	St. Louis goals	Winning goalie
1	April 24	Ballwin, MO	St. Louis 4, Midwest 3	Moeser 2, Fudge	Mobley, Propp 2, Marchand	Coleman
2	April 24	Ballwin, MO	Midwest 6, St. Louis 2	Hewkin, Fudge 2, O'Leary, Warren, Barnette	Maloney, Marchand	Cash
3	April 24	Ballwin, MO	Midwest 2, St. Louis 0	Barnette 2		Cash
Tornados win series 2-1				Fudge 3, Burnette 3, Moeser 2, Hewkin, O'Leary, Warren	Propp 2, Marchand 2, Mobley, Maloney	Cash 2

(G2) Southside Snipers vs. (G3) River City Whalers

Game-by-Game		Location	Score	Southside goals	River City goals	Winning goalie
1	April 25	St. Louis, MO	Southside 6, River City 3	Carroll 2, Loness, Thompson 2, Bruce	Beilsten 2, K.Daleo	Brown
2	April 25	St. Louis, MO	Southside 5, River City 2	Bruce 3, Thompson, Reis	Beilsten, D.Daleo	Brown
Snipers win series 2-0				Bruce 4, Thompson 3, Carroll 2, Loness, Reis	Beilsten 3, K.Daleo, D.Daleo	Brown 2

(RM1) Westminster Blizzard vs. (RM4) Littleton Fire

Game-by-Game		Location	Score	Westminster goals	Littleton goals	Winning goalie
1	April 28	Denver, CO	Westminster 4, Littleton 3
2	April 28	Denver, CO	Westminster 8, Littleton 7
Blizzard win series 2-0

(RM2) Pikes Peak Prowlers vs. (RM3) Fort Collins Catz

Game-by-Game		Location	Score	Pikes Peak goals	Fort Collins goals	Winning goalie
1	April 26	Colorado Springs, CO	Fort Collins 3, Pikes Peak 2	Bogenrief 2	Vickerman 2, Thede	Mikel
2	April 26	Colorado Springs, CO	Pikes Peak 3, Fort Collins 1	Hayden, Ingrum, Pearson	Dreux	Lamb
3	April 26	Colorado Springs, CO	Pikes Peak 2, Fort Collins 0	Hayden, Harrison		Lamb
Prowlers win series 2-1				Bogenrief 2, Hayden 2, Ingrum, Pearson, Harrison	Vickerman 2, Thede, Dreux	Lamb 2

Division Finals

Eastern Conference

(NE2) Boston Roller Rats vs. (NE4) Connecticut Blaze

Game-by-Game		Location	Score	Boston goals	Connecticut goals	Winning goalie
1	April 29	Holbrook, MA	Boston 7, Connecticut 4	Millette 4, McGeown, Goulet, Interbartolo	Dehm, Pinheiro, English, Russo	Lee
2	April 29	Holbrook, MA	Connecticut 4, Boston 2	Goulet 2	Pinheiro 2, Lucibello, Kull	Perry
3	April 29	Holbrook, MA	Boston 1, Connecticut 0	Interbartolo		Pennecke
Roller Rats win series 2-1				Millette 4, Goulet 3, Interbartolo 2, McGeown	Pinheiro 3, Dehm, English, Russo, Lucibello, Kull	Lee, Perry, Pennecke

(MD1) Pittsburgh Bandits vs. (MD2) Harrisburg Lunatics

Game-by-Game		Location	Score	Pittsburgh goals	Harrisburg goals	Winning goalie
1	April 29	Canonsburg, PA	Harrisburg 4, Pittsburgh 0
2	April 29	Canonsburg, PA	Harrisburg 5, Pittsburgh 4
Lunatics win series 2-0

Western Conference

(G1) Midwest Tornados vs. (G2) Southside Snipers

Game-by-Game		Location	Score	Midwest goals	Southside goals	Winning goalie
1	April 28	Ballwin, MO	Southside 4, Midwest 3	Fudge, Barnette, McCann	Thompson, Reis 2, Bruce	Brown
2	April 28	Ballwin, MO	Southside 4, Midwest 1	McCann	Bruce 2, Loness, Altnether	Brown
Snipers win series 2-0				McCann 2, Fudge, Barnette	Bruce 3, Reis 2, Thompson, Loness, Altnether	Brown 2

(RM1) Westminster Blizzard vs. (RM2) Pikes Peak Prowlers

Game-by-Game		Location	Score	Westminster goals	Prowlers goals	Winning goalie
1	April 29	Denver, CO	Pikes Peak 7, Westminster 2
2	April 29	Denver, CO	Pikes Peak 6, Westminster 5
Prowlers win series 2-0

Conference finals

Eastern Conference

(NE2) Boston Roller Rats vs. (MD2) Harrisburg Lunatics

Game-by-Game		Location	Score	Boston goals	Harrisburg goals	Winning goalie
1	May 5	Feasterville, PA	Boston 4, Harrisburg 2	Goulet 3, McGeown	Mazer 2	Lee
2	May 5	Feasterville, PA	Boston 8, Harrisburg 7	Squillacioti, Brennan, Millette 3, Interbartolo, Cioffi, Liberty	Hollenbush, Yingling 3, Allen, Mazer	Lee
3	May 6	Feasterville, PA	Harrisburg 5, Boston 0		Yingling, Mazer, Allen, Spain, Powell	Rohrbach
4	May 6	Feasterville, PA	Boston 7, Harrisburg 0	Goulet 3, Millette 2, King 2		Lee
Roller Rats win series 3-1				Goulet 6, Millette 5, King 2, McGeown, Squillacioti, Brennan, Interbartolo, Cioffi, Liberty	Mazer 4, Yingling 4, Allen 2, Hollenbush, Spain, Powell	Lee 3

Western Conference

(G2) Southside Snipers vs. (RM2) Pikes Peak Prowlers

Game-by-Game		Location	Score	Southside goals	Pikes Peak goals	Winning goalie
1	May 5	St. Louis, MO	Southside 6, Pikes Peak 3	Bruce 3, Thompson, Shields, Loness	Ingrum, Yogi, Carroll	Brown
2	May 5	St. Louis, MO	Pikes Peak 2, Southside 1	Bruce	Bogenreif, Harrison	Risenhoover
3	May 6	St. Louis, MO	Southside 8, Pikes Peak 0	Thompson 3, Althnether, Bruce 2, Jost, Loness		Brown
4	May 6	St. Louis, MO	Southside 5, Pikes Peak 1	Reis 2, Maroon 2, Petrov	Harrison	Brown
Snipers win series 3-1				Bruce 6, Thompson 4, Loness 2, Reis 2, Maroon 2, Shields, Althnether, Jost, Petrov	Harrison 2, Ingrum, Yogi, Carroll, Bogenreif	Brown 3

Founders Cup Finals

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(G2) Southside Snipers vs. (NE2) Boston Roller Rats

Game-by-Game		Location	Score	Southside goals	Boston goals	Winning goalie
1	May 25	Colorado Springs, CO	Boston 6, Southside 3	Altnether, Jost, Maroon	McGeown, Brennan, Millette 2, Squillacioti, Liberty	Lee
2	May 25	Colorado Springs, CO	Boston 3, Southside 2	Loness, Jost	King, McGeown, St. Cyr	Lee
3	May 26	Colorado Springs, CO	Southside 5, Boston 3	Loness, Jost, Reis 2, Maroon	Millette, Squillacioti, Goulet	Brown
4	May 26	Colorado Springs, CO	Southside 7, Boston 3	Loness 2, Clarke, Reis 3, Maroon	Millette, Squillacioti, Brennan	Brown
5	May 27	Colorado Springs, CO	Southside 4, Boston 3	Maroon 2, Reis, Clarke	Brennan, King, Cioffi	Brown
6	May 27	Colorado Springs, CO	Boston 6, Southside 3	Carroll, Reis, Maroon	Brennan, Interbartolo, Goulet, Millette, King, McGeown	Lee
7	May 27	Colorado Springs, CO	Boston 2, Southside 1	Maroon	Cioffi, McGeown	Lee
Roller Rats win series 4-3				Reis 7, Maroon 7, Loness 4, Jost 3, Clarke 2, Altnether, Carroll	Millette 5, McGeown 4, Brennan 4, Squillacioti 3, King 3, Goulet 2, Cioffi 2, Liberty, St. Cyr, Interbartolo	Lee 4

See also

• 2006-07 PIHA season
• 2007 Founders Cup Final (PIHA)
• List of PIHA seasons

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