CFHL 2017 Week 3

This week we saw two of the three undefeated teams face off.  We also saw +/- be a key factor in which, of course, will be a source of controversy. 

Game of the Week:  Goon Crew 3  AshBusters 2

Scheifele scored the eventual game winner

This was a battle of the undefeated.  A heavy weight battle that went on all week.  The AshBusters led many of the categories all week, but never by much.  And it came down to the last day of the week.  With the Crew behind or tied in Goals, PPP and +/- they needed a big game after a flurry of offense from the AshBusters on Saturday that included 6 assists and 11 hits to put those categories out of reach.  But with a power play goal by Scheifele, the Crew tied the game by taking the lead in goals and PPP.  This game was heading for a tie, however the dreaded +/- came back to haunt the AshBusters as they had a -5  Sunday night compared to the +2 from the Crew and that stat was tied, giving the Crew the victory and a 2 game lead in the Norris Division.

Around the league...Assassins and La Femme Nikita skated to a 3-3 tie.  Nikita had 16 assists led by 3 players with 3 each (Barkov, Gaudreau, and Spurgeon)...Checkers pull out the win vs the Puck using their new strategy.  They had 61 hits to completely out hit the Puck, won both goalie categories and stole +/-.  Quick was impressive in net with 2 wins  and .961 SV%.  "Just need to win hits and goalie categories then steal one more category..." Owner of the Checkers explained in his post game conference...Mayhem on Ice remain undefeated after beating the White Mamabas 5-2.  Both goalies (Allen and Gibson) had 2 wins each and combined for a .917 SV% ...The USSR still haven't found the win column and this week lost to the Krampus 4-3.  Krampus were able to pull of the victory despite getting only 1 win and a .900 from just one goalie, Anderson. 

La Femme Nikita not happy with the tie.

Number One Star of the Week:  John Tavares, White Mambas; 6 goals, 1 assist, +3, 1 PPP

Number Two Star of the Week:  Sean Couturier, AshBusters; 3 goals, 3 assists, +1, 3 hits

Number Three Star of the Week:  Sergi Bobrovsky, Assassins; 2 wins in 2 games, .969 SV%.

Number One Goon of the Week:  Leo Komarov, Checkers, 16 Hits