Power Rankings - Spring Season - Week Five

2017 SPRING SEASON POWER RANKINGS
RANK	TEAM	RECORD	UP/DOWN	COMMENTS
1	Sabr	4-1-0		Sabr is just on a roll right now as they were in a tight game with Ikhlas but scored late to take the lead and despite being on the wrong end of a 5-on-3 powerplay in the final minute clinched the game with an empty netter.  They now move onto to face Emaan in a battle of division leaders.  The team has made a series of surprising trades so it will be interesting to see if their chemistry is impacted going into this game.
2	Emaan	3-2-0		Emaan has won back to back games and if you take away their opening game blowout loss and a divisional loss where they had two subs the team has been performing well.  Their biggest challenge is attendance as you need a magic 8-Ball to guess if they will have their star players at the game but when they do - this team will make opponents work hard to earn anything.
3	Shukr	2-1-2		Shukr has now been shutout in back to back games, they may have taken a point in the 0-0 tie with Haya last week but they cannot escape the reality that they are not scoring goals.  Good news is that their team defense has been strong and Fahad Mohammad has bailed them out with big saves.  A big test against Ridha is up next where Shukr will want to show that they can score goals in what may be a wide open game.
4	Haya	2-1-2		Haya has tied their past two games but are unbeaten in four.  Missing some players last week, GM Abdul Wahab Mohammad came up with a gameplan to neutralize Shukr's offense and try to hit them on the counter.  His plan worked to perfection in shutting down Shukr but getting a goal in transition did not materialize.  With his teams offense struggling a bit of late, Mohammad made some big moves this week to give his team a boost which if it works out gives them a great chance to make a deep playoff run.
5	Yaqeen	2-2-1		Yaqeen was almost run out of the building last week as Ridha hammered them to a tune of a 6-1 score.  Their offense has been struggling of late as after breaking out for six in their first game and has just four goals in the four games since.  Yaqeen has made some big moves since hoping to shake things up and time will tell if that makes a difference.  A game against struggling Ihsan is up next
6	Ihsan	2-3-0		Ihsan has been nothing but inconsistent this season, flipping between a win and a loss week after week.  They have struggled with injuries but some good news on the horizon as Ahmad Mobin is expected to return within the next week or two which will be a big help for them.  A game against new-look Yaqeen is up next and a chance to get back in the win column.
7	Ridha	2-3-0		Ridha hammered Yaqeen last week, blowing them out by a 6-1 score which showed what this team can do if they have all their players in the lineup - and that's been the catch as they have not been getting good attendance on a consistent basis this season which has hurt them.  A game against struggling Shukr is up next where their high flying offense will face off against the top defense this season.
8	Ikhlas	0-4-1		Another week and another surprising loss from Ikhlas.  They made a big trade to try and shake things up and one would expect them to look to make more moves to try and tweak the lineup to find a way to get more out of their talented roster.