UNIKL Young Guns kept their hopes alove of finishing second in Division One of the MHC-Milo-NSC Junior Hockey League when they edged SSTMI Juniors 2-1 in Johor Baru.
Hafif Elkan (23rd) and Nur Faiz Rosli (32nd) made sure for UniKL while SSTMI Juniors skipper Nurasyraf Rosli narrowed the gap in the 41st minute but the University side held on for full points.
UniKL are now second on the standings behind Petaling Jaya City Council (PJCC) and both the teams square off next week to decide the second spot.
Defending champions Thunderbolts are clear favourites for the title as they meet their juniors in the final league fixture.
Meanwhile, six teams from Division Two have qualified for the play-off and they are Nurinsafi-PHA, 1Mas TBSS Tampin, MSNT-THT, 1 MAS Perlis, BJSS Juniors, SMKDBL Johor HA.
And interestingly all six are from different states, while powerhouse Perak failed to get any of their five Division Two teams inoto the play-offs.
Teams from Perlis (Y), Penang (X), Terengganu (Y), Kuala Lumpur (X), Johor (Y) and Negri Sembilan (X) have been placed in two groups of X and Y and they will play all their matches in Kuala Lumpur.
The top two teams from Group X and Y will then join the top 4 teams of Division One for the overall Milo Cup knockout stage which will be played on a home and away basis. The final is on March 15.
RESULTS -- Division One: KLHC 0 BJSS 1, SSP-MSP-Thunderbolts 2 Politeknik Malaysia 0, SSTMI Juniors 1 UniKL Young Guns 2.
Division Two Group C: 1Mas Johor 0 SMK Tun Hussien Onn 2.
DIVISION ONE
P W D L F A Pts
THUNDERBOLTS 7 6 1 0 29 9 19
UNIKL 7 6 0 1 29 10 18
PJCC 7 5 2 0 22 7 17
PSS T'DERBOLTS 7 4 0 3 16 13 12
KLSS-KLHC 7 2 2 3 9 11 8
OLAK 8 2 0 6 10 27 6
POLITEKNIK 7 1 1 5 6 17 4
BJSS 6 2 0 4 6 16 6
SSTMI JNR 6 0 0 6 3 20 0