However, despite being heavily favored to win their semifinals series against the New York Rangers, the Islanders lost in six games.
In a rematch of the 2007-08 semifinals series, the Aces won two consecutive game to lead the series 2-0.
The Liberty had the tougher semifinals series.
The winners will compete in a best-of-five semifinals series.
He would be infamously remembered as scoring the goal in double overtime in the fifth game of the Panthers' semifinals series against the Flyers in 1996.
The Rhum Masters, who won Games 2 and 3 of the semifinals series against Purefoods, were eliminated from the series after its games won with Alvarado on the team were forfeited.
The winners of the quarterfinals will challenge the top two teams in a best-of-five semifinals series.
Eventually in the semifinals series, the Warriors lost to the Far Eastern University Tamaraws.
In the 2005-06 Fiesta Conference, Yap was 4th in the statistical race, behind at the end of the semifinals series, while the Giants finished 4-2 at the series conclusion.
David, himself, struggled during the semifinals series in which he even scored 0 in game 4, his first ever zero point performance since his rookie season.