Glide takes 3rd at Comedy!

Glad to have Mark (and beard) back...

Glide traveled to Montreal's annual tournament, Comedy of Errors, for the second year in a row, looking to improve upon our 6th-place finish there in 2012. Our first game was against the 2012 National champions: Odyssee. Despite storming out to a 5-3 lead, Odyssee picked up their game and cruised to a 15-8 win.

We then brought on a key game against Wreckhouse (from Newfoundland) with the winner being guaranteed a top-4 re-seed on Sunday. After falling behind 4-1 early, Glide closed the gap. Unfortunately, we ran out of time and ended up losing by one point at hard cap. After losing a relatively meaningless game (in terms of reseeding) to Yarrr, Glide refocused and took down Bieber Power to secure a spot in the Championship bracket on Sunday.

The quarter-finals pitched Glide up against Wreckhouse once again. Deja vu hit, and Glide dug themselves the same 4-1 hole that they had on Saturday. However, Glide was not to be denied on this day! After quickly tying the game up 5-5, both teams traded points the rest of the way. Finally, Glide pulled out the 11-10 win on universe point. This propelled Glide into their second rematch of the weekend against Odyssee in the semi-finals. Unfortunately, there was no revenge to be had there as the Canadian champs once again took us down. That loss meant that Glide would be playing for 3rd-place against their in-town rival: BFC. 

As the rain started coming down harder and harder, Glide players dug deep and came out firing with huge intensity. This intensity led Glide to an early lead that they would not relinquish throughout the game, eventually resulting in a 13-10 win.

Overall, this was one of the most successful tournaments ever for Glide as we had our highest finish ever at a major tournament: 3rd! Furthermore, we came away with our first victories ever against both Wreckhouse and BFC. Great job everyone!

And Yarrr, don't expect that easy a game at Regionals friends... ; )