-- 12/19/1998 -- 3pm: Team C @ Rebels --
The Rebels were not scheduled to play their game until 3:00pm but the 2:00pm game began under controversy. It would appear many of the players were either not prepared to play in a playoff format or aware of the schedule. More specifically, game 3, the "Winners" game scheduled for 4:00pm, was not acceptable to the players. (Ed. note: Hockey WorkOut does their playoff brackets differently than most leagues. First and second round, winners and losers game versus the more traditional first and second round, losers THEN winners game.)

All teams were requested to submit a playoff lineup with no more than two identified subs. It would appear a forfeit was in the works for the first round game between the first place Team B and the fourth place Team C. In an effort to put a game on the ice, Mitch, of Hockey WorkOut, elected to "balance" both teams with players. Team B easily beat Team C to a final score of 8-2.

The second place Rebels, wearing home whites, were ready to take on the fourth place Team A who were loaded with four subs to complete their roster. Rebels began the scoring first with Lina skating in and shooting on net. This seemed to have angered the subs on Team A as they created three penalties enroute to a Rebels 1-0 end of first period lead.

The game continued after the break with Team A jumping out with a pair of quick goals to take a 2-1 lead. However, Mary tied the score on her third (first playoff) goal of the season. Next, mental lapses by Coach Richard and the Rebels allowed three goals to go in to give Team A a 5-2 lead. With pride on the line, the Rebels began to prod their way back from the deficit with a pair of goals by Kristine and great team defense to end the second period with a 5-4 trailing score.

Wendy improved her penalty shot success by stopping Team A's Eva from scoring. Meanwhile, the Rebels had three chances to try and tie the score. Jeanne took the first penalty shot and scored to tie the game at 5-5. Kristine and Lina followed but were stopped by strong saves.

With the game all knotted up, the season's first shootout was now to be played out. When asked by the ref, Richard elected to shoot last to see what the Rebels had to shoot for. Wendy, again, came up big in goal by stopping 2 of the three shots. The third shot hit the back of the net based on an awesome deek from Team A's Eva. The Rebels felt they were still in the game and went with Kristine, Jeanne and Lina in the shootout. The bench held its collective breathe while each shooter took their turn. In the end, the Rebels walked away with a 6-5 loss to Team A.

Team A  0-5+0-1=6  (SO)
Rebels  1-3+1-0=5

1st Period:
 Scoring: 
  1 - Rebels: Arsenealt
 Penalties: 
 Team A: crosschecking
 Team A: tripping
 Team A: tripping
 - Rebels: none

2nd Period:
 Scoring: 
  2 - Team A
  3 - Team A
  4 - Rebels: Collins
  5 - Team A
  6 - Team A
  7 - Team A
  8 - Rebels: Kopp
  9 - Rebels: Kopp
 Penalties: 
 - Rebels: holding (Case)
 - Team C: none

Penalty Shots:
 Team C: miss
 1 - Rebels: DiPaola - goal
 2 - Rebels: Kopp - miss
 3 - Rebels: Arseneault - miss

Shootout Period:
 1 - Team C: miss
 2 - Team C: miss
 3 - Team C: goal
 1 - Rebels: Kopp - miss
 2 - Rebels: DiPaola - miss
 3 - Rebels: Arseneault - miss

Goaltender: Rebels, Wendy (5-2-1)

The Rebels ended their Fall 1998 league debut as 9-4 game winners and a league record of 7-3-1.

Team A  2-2+0=4
Rebels  6-3+0=9

1st Period:
 Scoring: 
  1 - Rebels: Arsenealt
  2 - Rebels: DiPaola
  3 - Rebels: Deguchi
  4 - Rebels: Deguchi (2)
  5 - Rebels: Collins
  6 - Rebels: Arseneault (2)
  7 - Team A
  8 - Team A
 Penalties: 
 Team A: roughing
 Rebels: tripping (Deguchi)
 Rebels: roughing (Case)

2nd Period:
 Scoring: 
  9 - Team A
 10 - Team A
 11 - Rebels: Swink
 12 - Rebels: K.Kopp
 13 - Rebels: Deguchi (3)
 Penalties: 
 - Team A: tripping
 - Team A: tripping
 Rebels: none

Penalty Shots:
 Team A: miss
 Team A: miss
 1 - Rebels: Deguchi - miss
 2 - Rebels: Case - miss
 3 - Rebels: Collins - miss

Goaltender: Rebels, Wendy (6-2-1)