Do You Believe in Miracles?: YES! CIMO'S Wins CCHL Title

 Forget "The Miracle on Ice" of 1980. Even forget the "Amazing Mets" of 1964. To be a true believer, you only need to turn to the 2014 CCHL Championship; " Divine Intervention at The Doug".  When they write the storied history of hockey at "The Doug", right at the top it will read; CIMO'S. A rag-tag bunch of lovable losers faced insurmountable odds to go down in hockey history as "The Most Unlikely Team to Win the CCHL Championship". It's David vs. Goliath.  It's Rocky Balboa vs. Apollo Creed.  It's the 1973 Bishop Brady Green Giants vs. The Berlin Mountianeers. It's like as if Magenta were to win the NAHL. It's against all odds that Cimos is now the reigning champions of the CCHL.
It started in the semi finals when Cimo's took on the No. 1 seed BWW. Cimos was down 2-1 late in the third when Mike Russell banged in a rebound to tie the game. The Cimo's trap had kept it a low scoring affair which was not what BWW wanted. Then in OT, it was Captain Mick Mounsey who rifled a shot past Mike "X" Spillane to send the hometown BWW fans back across the street to cry in their beer.
In the other semi-final match up; it too took OT to decide a winner. This time it was Cheers who advanced to the CCHL finals. It was a back-and-forth battle, each team trading leads. Cam "Bam" Heath scored the hat trick for Cheers. It was "The Cockroach", Corey Laroche who scored the game winner in OT to set up the unlikely finals match up.

2014 CCHL Champs

On sunday night, the most famous arena in hockey was packed to the rafters to see if Cimo's had one more miracle in them. Cheers jumped out to an early 2-0 lead on goals from Tim "The Timinator" Walsh and Matt "Boots" Boudrias. It was "The Rain Man", Nate Raimo who scored at the 25 minute mark to pull Cimo's to within one.  The Doug was now abuzz with anticipation. Then, Matt "Nads" Nadeau, the emotional leader of Cimos, tied the game at two. Chris "The Hobbit" Robert gave Cimo's their first lead of the game with eight minutes left in regulation. The Cimo's Trap went into high gear and goalie Ryan "Homer" Simpson stood tall in net as Cimo's hung on to become the CCHL Champions of 2014. Congratulations to Cimos and all their adoring fans. "Free hot chocolate at next year's Black Ice Pond Hockey Championship" courtesy of Johnny "Cimo" Cimmokoski.