The Good Life Blog: CFHL 2017 Week 1

Hockey is back and the long Week one of the 2017 CFHL is in the books! And suddenly there is a team that after one week appears to be the team to beat. Is that possible? Well anything can happen in the CFHL...

AshBusters 5 USSR 1
In the opening night of the CFHL it pitted the two powerhouse Russian teams...Well one proved they are still a powerhouse and that was the AshBusters who defended their cup vs the USSR led by an incredible 9 goals from Ovechkin. They lead all teams in Goals (21), Power Play Points (PPP) with 19 and Hits with 83 not to mention they were only 1 assist from leading the league with 30.

Ovie was big for the AshBusters last week

Mayhem on Ice 5 Assassins 1
Assassins must still have the hangover of losing last years Cherry Cup because the Mayhem handled them pretty good. Bobrovsky carried the goalie stats with 4 wins and .952 SV% for the Assassins as Carey Price stunk it up. Mayhem had a balance attack with everyone getting in the act for scoring except one skater.

Checkers 3 Mambas 3
The Checkers came from behind to get at least a tie out of the game down 2 assist going into Sunday. Doughty and O'Reilly both tallied an assist to tie the game and helped them get a point for the week. This despite Mambas' B.Saad who had 6 goals and a +6.

B Saad celebrating one of his 6 goals with his Mamba Teammates

Krampus Carols 4 La Femme Nikita 2
And now we have a third team from Russia, La Femme Nikita who took over the folding Slow Icin'. They didn't fair well in the inaugural game as the Krampus Carols defeated them 4-2. Forsberg had 5 goals for the Carols and Kane had 6 assists to go along with his 2 goals. Neither team hit too much and are the Leading candidates along with the Mayhem in the Lady Bing standings.

I'm liking the La Femme Nikita mascot!

Goon Crew 4 Who Gives a Puck 3
This game wasn't as close as the score indicated as the Crew controlled the game most of the week. Matthews started out with a great week for the Crew scoring 5 goals, 3 assists, +7, and two PPP. Goon Borowiecki didn't disappoint racking up 19 hits for the Crew. The Puck who were too inebriated to draft his own team didn't do too bad with Crosby and Eichel combining for 10 assists.