Gotta go with Buffalo and Ottawa here. Should be two fun games

1957 Division Finals

East Division Final
Providence Gold Stars VS. Ottawa Royals - New Providence Stadium - September 28, 1957 - 6 PM ET 

1st Q
The Gold Stars looking to prevent the Royals from making their 4th straight McCallister Cup got off to a super hot start. The defence put the pressure on immediately. DB Lee Wolfe would intercept QB Jean Matieau’s 2nd pass of the game, which the offence quickly turned into a field goal. To make matters worse for the Royals, WR Chester Bennett was injured on the interception and would be done for the game. A couple drives later, the Gold Stars would get their second interception with DB Victor Bean reeling in a pass intended for WR Ben Roland. This time the Gold Stars would get to the house with a WR Peter Brooks touchdown to make it 10-0 after the first quarter.
10-0 PRO

2nd Q
Ottawa would begin the second quarter with a better drive heavily focused around RB Alexei Volkov. They only could get down to the 41, but with the wind, K Maurice Lafayette would nail the long kick. Despite the Royals finally getting on the board, QB Connor O’Rourke kept the Gold Stars rolling. He would march the offence back to the redzone where he found breakout WR, Sammy Moss for his second TD pass of the day and extending the lead to 17-3. The defence would continue to do their job and kept the Royals to 3 points in the first half.
17-3 PRO

3rd Q
Without WR Chester Bennett, the Royals seemed like they couldn’t get anything going. A change of gameplan was a sure thing coming out of the break. They went to work fairly quickly grabbing a field goal on their first drive. However, Providence was still well in control. Well, until RB Alexei Volkov broke free for a 43-yard scramble. He was only stopped by Lee Wolfe after getting the Royals into striking range. Matieau would inch the ball closer to the endzone before Volkov would punch it in for the touchdown. Looking to make it a 3-point game, they would go for 2. Matieau would drop back and DB Lee Wolfe would knock away the pass attempt to Mackenzie Jones leaving the score at 17-12 heading into the final quarter.
17-12 PRO

4th Q
The Providence defence was still standing strong, but they started to show cracks, and Royals HC Joseph Curry exploited them. Mixing things up on offence again threw the Gold Stars for a curveball and the Royals pulled the WRs back for a few runs, they even pulled off the flea-flicker from last year’s McCallister Cup to get the Royals back into scoring range. After RB Alexei Volkov ran an attempt at the endzone, the Royals would toss a quick shovel pass to WR Toni Radovanovic running in front of Matieau. Radovanovic would take it in for his first career touchdown after missing most of the season with injuries. The royals would take their second attempt at a 2-point convert. Matieau once again dropped back but he surprised everyone by taking off towards the endzone. Providence was caught off guard and the Royals were now up by 3. The fans were not pleased with Providence blowing a 17-3 and were booing their own team. QB Connor O’Rourke tried to use that as fuel for his team. He would take the field and execute. He marched the Gold Stars back down the field. As they approached the endzone O’Rourke would take a shot at WR Peter Brooks, but DB Uzzia Hayes would deny the connection. With a surprise on the following down, the Gold Stars turned to RB Élisée Marchal who would take it in for the go-ahead touchdown. Providence was back on top 24-20 with 3 minutes to go. The 3 minutes was plenty of time for Ottawa. Matieau would be able to get the Royals back down the field and would be in the redzone again. They would end up on the 18-yard line with a 3rd down. Matieau would drop back for the pass and he would toss the ball quickly to RB Alexei Volkov. The RB turned up the field to run and would make a quick move on LB Gerald Lamb. Lamb lost his footing but still went for the tackle and his hand would end up in Volkov’s face. Volkov would be brought down short, but a 5-yard facemask penalty was called, giving the Royals a fresh set of downs. Moments later Matieau would toss it to Volkov for the game-winning touchdown to send the Royals to their 4th straight McCallister Cup. 

West Semi-Final
Buffalo Blue Wings VS. Long Island Raiders - Buffalo Civic Stadium - September 29, 1957 - 6 PM ET 

1st Q
The crowd at Buffalo Civic Stadium was loud from the moment the doors opened. Everyone was excited for another playoff game. However, it was the Raiders who got off to a good start. QB Lyle Painter was able to get the offence into field goal range on their opening drive to take a quick 0-3 lead. Buffalo would take the field for their first drive and it would go wrong. RB Arthur Conner took a handoff up the middle, but DL Tyrone Affalo was able to get his hand into the arm of Conner. Affalo would strip the ball and it would roll right to LB Elijah Goldwater. The Raiders took over with great field position. Painter would take the field and on second down they would run a quick pass to WR John Osborn over the middle. Osborn would catch it and turn upfield into LB Claude Adams and LB Ben McCray. McCray would have a good position and would take the ball right back for the Blue Wings. That play would shift momentum back into Buffalo’s hands. They would tie the game up at 3 before the end of the quarter
3-3

2nd Q
Buffalo would keep riding the momentum to their second field goal of the game to make it 6-3. The Raiders felt they were in a good position after holding the Blue Wings to only a field goal. The offence was moving down the field quite well until Painter threw the ball into the hands of S Frazier Brooks who would take it back into Raider territory. The Blue Wings would drive the rest of the way to score the first touchdown of the game with RB Arthur Conner. They would take the 10-point lead into the half.
13-3 BUF

3rd Q
The momentum was still heavily tilted into Buffalo’s favour out of the break. QB Angelo Medina would lead the offence back to the endzone. This time he would take it in himself from 6 yards out to make it 19-3 after a missed convert. The Raiders were able to recover a bit with a strong drive to counter the touchdown. Painter would just miss out on a touchdown pass to WR Robert Lang, as the play was broken up by S Frazier Brooks. They would settle for the field goal to make it 19-6. However, Lang was hurt on the previous play and would leave the game. 
19-6 BUF

4th Q
The Raiders would grab some momentum with the field goal drive and would find themselves in scoring range again after DL Vernon Spears knocked the ball loose from Medina for a turnover. Painter would capitalize this time on a shot to WR Travis Gallagher to cut the lead to 6. Buffalo was not going to let the Raiders back into the game. Rallying behind the crowd, the Blue Wings would score again to make the score 26-13. RB Arthur Conner would be the scoring player on his second of the game. Buffalo had control once again and the Raiders were losing hope. They would make a push but as they got to their own 40, Painter would throw a pick to DB Louie White. White, who was playing in his first-ever playoff game, would take it all the way back for a score giving Buffalo a 20-point lead. Buffalo would shut down the Raiders for the rest of the game to send themselves to their 2nd McCallister Cup.

Injury Report
WR Robert Lang LI - Day-to-Day
DB Amyre Rouleau LI - 1 Week
WR Chester Bennett OTT - Day-to-Day
OL Vernon Baxter PRO - 1 Week 

Players of the Week

OFF: RB Alexei Volkov OTT - 1 Receiving Touchdown, 1 Rushing Touchdown, 114 Rushing Yards, 57 Receiving Yards

DEF: DB Louie White BUF - 1 Interception, 1 Touchdown, 3 Knockdowns, 4 Tackles

39th McCallister Cup
Buffalo Blue Wings VS. Ottawa Royals - Richardson Stadium - October 6, 1957 - 6 PM ET
Head-to-Head: W9 BUF 20-19 OTT
The Buffalo Blue Wings continued on their path of destruction in the West Final in the 33-13 win over the Raiders, and they don’t look like they’ll slow down. QB Angelo Medina and RB Arthur Conner have been keeping the offence moving this whole season. Going up against a weaker run defence, they will likely have lots of opportunities to break free. The defence was great in the West final causing 4 turnovers in total and will be hoping to knock Jean Matieau off his game. However, both Worcester and Providence had their success with Matiaeu, but the QB has managed to pull through in both situations. The offence despite losing their top receiver was able to come back and win last week, which just shows the force they will be with him back in the lineup. The defence isn’t the best against the run, but they’ve been doing well in the playoffs so far. This is going to be quite the game between two teams that have played now 3 times in the playoffs. Ottawa has won 2 of the 3 and Buffalo will be hungry to get the series tied up in an intense final game.
​My Pick: Blue Wings 

Pain that’s all I have to say. Also OTT over BUF.

Rugrat wrote:

Can someone just end the Royals? Please Buffalo be the ones to do it.

That's a real 180 from the last 3 years lmao.

Captain Mort 3D wrote:

Pain that’s all I have to say. Also OTT over BUF.

Honestly, it pains me too. Playoff success does not compute in Providence.

Section30 wrote:

LETS F***ING GO BUFFALO

Well, at least one person is happy from the results.

What a game. Congrats to the Blue Wings and their fans on a terrific season and beating the Evil Empire.