Mayhem on Ice vs. Goon Crew 3-2-1
The Goon Crew lost their 3rd week in a row and now in 2nd in the league as the Mayhem have moved to first place. The biggest issue for the Crew has been their once potent Stars attack of Benn and Seguin. They combined for no goals, only 2 assist and a terrible -13 rating. If it wasn't for Spezza's 3 goals this would have been a lot worse. Mayhem got great production from their rookie Connor McDavid who had 3 goals, 2 assist and a +2.
 |
| Maybe this is why Benn and Seguin have been sucking... too much of this |
Checkers vs. USSR 5-1
The Checkers made a strong statement that they want to make it back into he playoffs. With a 5-1 victory this week they are within striking distance of making that final playoff spot with 3 weeks to go. Malkin was a beast scoring 4 goals and getting 3 assists. Amazingly they did it with 3 of their Kings on the Bench! Can they continue to make a playoff push with out their Kings? They have so many even if three are on the bench, 4 are still in the starting lineup.
 |
| Malkin had big game for the Checkers |
Krampus Carols vs. Who Gives a Puck 5-1
The Krampus Carols have pretty much ended the Puck's chance at a repeat. And if the Checkers don't make the playoffs, we will be finally have a different team on the Cherry Cup. The Krampus hopes its them. An impressive performance in net for the Krampus with Bishop and Rask as they both had 2 wins and save % of .934 and .939 respectively. Sid the Kid had a great week earning Number One Star of the Game netting 3 goals, 6 assists and a +7 ratting!! That performance overshadowed an other wise outstanding performance by Brent Burns of the Puck who had 3 goals, 3 assist and a +6.
 |
| Another Penguin has a big week, this one for the Krampus |
AshBusters vs. Assassins 3-2-1
AshBusters hanging on to the final playoff spot held off the Assassin who will need some pretty big weeks coming up to make a run. Story of this game was the Goon of the Week for the AshBusters as the pickle Vlasic had 20 PIM. That was all in one game! Ouch. It was a goalie battle between these two teams as they tied in goalie wins with 4. Assassins had 2 each from Fleury and Rinne while AshBusters got 3 wins from Dubnyk and one from Holtby.
 |
| The Pickle Vlasic |
With just 3 weeks to go and the Goon Crew and Mayhem with 121 and Krampus with 120, it may just take one more week to lock down the playoff spots for them. But the Checkers making a strong showing already this week up 5-0. They will need weeks like that to make the run. Long way to go this week yet.
No comments:
Post a Comment