Boston vs. Austin | Man Matching Final | 2026 Goaltimate Nationals
The 2026 Goaltimate Nationals men's championship game between Boston DANIELS and Austin scrubs is on the line in a thrilling matchup at Round Rock, Texas. Analyst Stefan Kirk joins host Edward Stevens to break down what to expect from these two familiar foes, who have already clashed once before in this tournament. With last year's final serving as a harbinger of an explosive game, fans can anticipate some new and exciting plays. The Austin side will look to newcomers like George Gust to make their mark alongside veteran players like Trevor Elam and Joey Wiley. Meanwhile, the Boston team will rely on skilled playmakers like Simon Carapella and Ned Dick to outmaneuver their opponents. With a comfortable run through the semi-finals under their belts, both teams are raring to go for all the marbles in the Gold Medal world, where Kansas City was given a scare by DANIELS in the quarterfinals.
Watch the thrilling man-matching final between top Boston & Austin players at 2026 Goaltimate Nationals: incredible shots & strategy on display.
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Welcome back for one last time in [music] 2026 to Round Rock, Texas for the USA Gold Medal National Championships. Edward Stevens alongside analyst Stefan Kirk bringing [music] you the men's championship game between two familiar foes, Boston DANIELS runs on dumping and Austin scrubs. They played at the end of the day in a pre-bracket match up yesterday and more importantly, it's a rematch from last year's final. Stefan, what can we expect from these two teams? If it's anything like last year's final, it is going to be explosive. There's going to be some plays that we maybe have not seen before in Gold Medal. So, I'm looking forward to that. Yeah, looking for Joey Wiley, Trevor Elam and newcomer George Gust to make their presence felt on the Austin side as well as Simon Carapella, Ned Dick, Peter Priel maybe some of the few playmakers on the Boston side. Either way, there's no shortage of playmakers, there's no shortage of familiarity, and there's no shortage of stakes for this one. No, this is for all the marbles within the Gold Medal world. As we see both teams having an easy run through, not easy necessarily, but a comfortable run through in their semi-final matches. I do want to point out that Kansas City Sockeye City gave DANIELS a pretty good scare in quarterfinals there. As DANIELS runs on dumping only had a 6-5 win over them. However, they took care of business against PDX as we saw on the stream and Madison Main Branch fell to the well-practiced Austin scrubs side of things as well. Yes, and Austin scrubs I would assume has the wind advantage here probably playing in these conditions somewhat regularly. They have the wind advantage from a throwing perspective, but Boston's coordinated defense might also be its own sort of wind advantage. Boston about to kick things off here on offense. Davis Whitehead at the apex of the goal area. He's got Simon Carapella, Ned Dick, and Alex Kapinos. And we see a no mark setup here to start off with. Trevor Elam working on Carapella, running well with him. They have to get an unfavorable reset to Dick. Still behind the goal area. Austin came out ready to run. They want this first turnover. Boston not flinching at all though. No, they've played hard Gold Medal before and they played the scrubs...
