ArenaCup VII was the 2006 edition of the af2

Af2

AF2 was the name of the Arena Football League's developmental league; it was founded in 1999 and played its first season in 2000. Like parent AFL, the AF2 played using the same arena football rules and style of play. League seasons ran from April through July with the postseason and ArenaCup...

's championship game, pairing the Green Bay Blizzard

Green Bay Blizzard

The Green Bay Blizzard is a professional indoor football team, which was founded in 2003. The Blizzard began play in the Indoor Football League in 2010, after having played the previous seven seasons in af2, in the now defunct the minor league of the Arena Football League. The Blizzard play in...

 of the American Conference with the Spokane Shock

Spokane Shock

The Spokane Shock is a professional arena football team of the Arena Football League from Spokane, Washington, USA. They play their home games at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena...

 of the National Conference. The Shock rode the arm of Offensive Player of the Game Kyle Rowley

Kyle Rowley

Kyle Rowley is an American quarterback from Brown University who has played in the af2 and the AFL. He is currently a quarterback for the Pittsburgh Power.-College:...

 and a stout defense to a decisive victory over the Blizzard 57-34. The win by the Shock capped a wildly successful inaugural season that saw them go 14-2 in the regular season and become the first-ever af2 expansion team to advance to and win the ArenaCup

ArenaCup

The ArenaCup is the af2's championship game. For the league's first five years, it was held at the arena of the higher seeded team. However, the 2005 ArenaCup was the first to be played at a neutral site in Bossier City, Louisiana. The 2006 ArenaCup was played in Coliseo de Puerto Rico in San...

 in their first year of existence.

Game stats/notes

• Rowley completed 29-of-36 passes for 264 yards and six touchdowns, all of which were game-highs.
• Shock DS Rob Keefe
  Rob Keefe
  Robert Keefe was born on November 5, 1980, and is the former head coach for the Spokane Shock of the Arena Football League. Keefe attended Mercyhurst College and has won championships as a player and coach in the af2, and the Arena Football League.-College:...
  
   was awarded the Cutters Catch of the Game as a result of his one-handed interception off a James MacPherson
  James Macpherson
  James Macpherson was a Scottish writer, poet, literary collector and politician, known as the "translator" of the Ossian cycle of poems.-Early life:...
  
   pass attempt deep in Spokane territory.
• Shock WR/DB Kevin Beard
  Kevin Beard
  Kevin Donald Warren Beard is an American Football player formerly of the University of Miami.-High school years:...
  
   set game-highs in receiving with 13 receptions for 122 yards and two touchdowns.
• Shock head coach Chris Siegfried
  Chris Siegfried
  Chris Siegfried is the former head coach of the Arkansas Twisters, while that team was a member of the defunct arenafootball2. He was previously the offensive coordinator of the Kansas City Brigade, a team in the Arena Football League and the Jacksonville Sharks, the head coach of the Spokane...
  
   earned his 57th win as an af2 head coach with the ArenaCup victory, the most in league history at the time. His record was eventually tied in week 17 of the 2007 season, and broken in the first round of the 2007 playoffs by Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers
  Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers
  The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers were a minor league arena football team that played in the AF2. The team was part of the East Division in the American conference. The Pioneers were an expansion team for the league's 2002 season, and were the runner-ups in ArenaCup VIII and ArenaCup X.-2001:The...
  
   coach Rich Ingold
  Rich Ingold
  Richard Ingold is a former Arena Football League quarterback who played with the Washington Commandos, and the Detroit Drive. He holds the all-time record for most career head coaching wins in af2 history, coaching the Quad City Steamwheelers and, more recently, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton...
  
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• The Shock capped off their inaugural season with a 17-2 overall record.
• Green Bay finished the 2006 season with a 12-7 overall record and the team's first-ever American Conference Championship.