CFHL Week 9

Almost the New Year.  It all begins with the Winter Classic between the Goon Crew and Krampus Carols, the two top teams in the CFHL.  However, I digress.  Here is what happen this past week in the CFHL.

Goon Crew vs. AshBusters 3-2-1
The Goon Crew kept up with their winning ways but it wasn't easy.  The AshBusters gave them a fight and nearly came away with the tie but a 5 goal performance on Sunday kept that from happening.    The Crew continue to ride their Stars line of Spezza, Benn and Seguin.  (4 goals, 6 assists, +8 and 6 PIM combined).  Throw in the AshBusters' center Sharp and that would add 2 more goals, 4 assists and a +2 to all the Stars that played in this match up.  Goalies were a disappointment on both sides as they could only manage a win a piece.

Stars have been red hot!

USSR vs. Assassins 3-2-1
Another close match up had the Soviets taking out the Assassins and pushing them to last place in the CFHL.  It wasn't pretty as the USSR could only manage 4 goals to the Assassins 6 and both teams tied with only 6 assists.   Mark Stone lead all players with 3 goals for the Assassins.  Oh and the +/- battle was won by the USSR -7 to -8...brutal.  At least the goalies played better as the USSR edged the Assassins in SV% .939 to .932, while the Assassins got 3 wins between Allen and Rinne.

Rinne making save for Assassins

Checkers vs. Who Gives a Puck 3-2-1
As if the USSR's goal total of 4 wasn't bad enough, the Puck scored only 3 times, 2 from Brent Burns.  Malkin and Kessel teamed up for 4 goals for the Checkers as they basically have players from just 3 teams (Kings, Predators, and Penguins).  Muzzin for the Checkers was the Goon of the game racking up a 10 minute misconduct penalty.  Antti Niemi was the Number One Star of the game getting 2 wins and a SV% of .966 including a shut out.  The Puck could be suffering from the Cherry Cup hangover.  This week they  had only one player on the plus side of the +/-.

Niemi came up big for Checkers

Mayhem on Ice vs. Krampus Carols 3-3
In what is becoming one of the most storied rivalries (Mayhem vs. Krampus and Dragons), the two hockey clubs skated to a 3-3 tie.  Even though it was Christmas time, someone didn't tell Scott Hartnell of the Mayhem as he tallied 21 PIM by getting a charging major against Krampus goalie Ben Bishop that ultimately lead to a game misconduct.  Corey Perry's 2 goals on Sunday Night helped the Krampus pass the Mayhem in Goals to force the tie.  This all while apparently the two owners were seen together sliding down water slides at some random water park...bitter rivals?  Apparently not.

Hartnell plowing over Bishop