UNIKL Young Guns and Tengku Mahkota Ismail Sports School (SSTMI) have virtually sealed a date in the final of the Junior Hockey League Milo Cup after convincing wins in the first leg semi-finals yesterday.
UniKL hammered SSTMI Juniors 6-0 at the National Hockey Stadium, while SSTMI whitewashed Anderson 8-0 at the Taman Daya Stadium in Johor Baru.
The return leg semi-finals will be held on Friday, but it would be purely academic as both UniKL and SSTMI are poised to meet in their fourth consecutive Milo Cup final.
UniKL got their goals off Hafif Elkan (14th, 28th, 59th), Syafiq Zulzairin (17th, 61st) and Syafiq Sumantri (43rd).
As for SSTMI, their goals were scored by Mohamed Amiruddin (13th), Amirul Aidid (17th, 41st), Shaaril Saabah (27th), Zizie Azwan (35th), Hafiz Seleman (45th, 50th) and Najib Abu Hassan (68th).
"Im very happy with the big win and it is surely a boost for us as my players pick up the pace in the knock-out stages.
"There was good team effort in both the quarter-finals as well as today (yesterday) and that is what I am looking from my players," said UniKL coach K. Embaraj.
RESULTS: Semi-finals (First Leg): Tengku Mahkota Ismail Sports School 8 Andersons 0; UniKL 6 SSTMI Juniors 0.
FRIDAY: Semi-finals (Second Leg): Andersons v Tengku Mahkota Ismail Sports School (Azlan Shah Stadium, 5pm); SSTMI Juniors v UniKL (Taman Daya, 5pm).