CFHL Week 22

The final week of the CFHL regular season if finally upon us.  With only one more week to go the playoff teams are pretty much set.  Seeding could change across the board.  Two teams have a slim chance to break into the playoffs with a 6-0 week and with a 0-6 week by the USSR in week 23.  Very slim..

Here is a look at the current playoff pictures:

Division Leaders:
1. Goon Crew (147) - Bye
2. Mayhem on Ice (142) - Bye
3. La Femme Nikita (140)

Wild Card:
4. Checkers (144)
5. Assassins (141)
6. USSR (139)

In the Hunt:
White Mambas (129)
California Raisins (128)

Week 22 games from last week.

Greek Empire vs. Goon Crew 3-2-1 - The Goon Crew failed to beat an injured riddled team, but still held onto the top spot in the CFHL playoff standings.  They were completely let down by their goalies of Fleury and Blackwood who manged only 1 win and a .879 SV%

Fleury was not good last week...

Mayhem on Ice vs. Assassins 0-3-3 - Mayhem kept the the Assassins from winning any categories and most likely any hopes of catching the Crew now for first place.  Nathan MacKinnon for the Mayhem led the team with 2 goals 6 assists and 2 PPP.

Mayhem on Ice's MacKinnon

California Raisins vs. AshBusters 3-2-1 - The Raisins kept their slim playoff hopes alive beating the AshBusters.  Malkin had a great week for the Raisins scoring 2 goals, 6 assists 4 PPP and 4 hits.

Krampus Carols vs. Who Gives a Puck 5-1 - With both teams out of the playoff race, the Krampus easily defeated the once proud and defending champion Who Gives a Puck.  Ryan "Ted" Nugent-"Anthony" Hopkins had 2 goals, 5 assists, 2 PPP and 3 hits or the Krampus.  Alex Ovechkin had 13 hits!

"Ted" Nugent-Hopkins..

La Femme Nikita vs. Checkers  2-2-2 - These two teams skated to a complete deadlock.  Kucherov had 2 goals and 2 assists for the Nikita and Rickard Rakell had 4 assists.  Leon Draisaitl for the Checkers earned Number One Star honors with a 4-4-2 week.  4 goals came in one game.  (on a side note Zibanejad for the Nikita has been on the bench all year.  He would have been top star scoring 7 goals, 5 in one game!)

Kucherov lighting it up for the Nikita

USSR vs. White Mambas 3-2-1 - Man, for a good part of the season it looked like the White Mambas were the team to beat.  However over the past several weeks they have fallen apart and are out of the playoffs.  Connor McDavid did what he could for the Mamba scoring 2 goals, 5 assists, 2 PPP and 2 hits.

McDavid is a bit of a mouth breather...

Three Stars of the Week:

First Star:  Leon Draisaitl, F, Checkers - 4 goals, 4 assists, 2 PPP

Second Star:  Evgeni Malkin, C, Raisins - 2 goals, 6 assists, 4 PPP and 4 hits

Third Star:  Evander Kane, F, USSR - 3 goals, 1 assists, 3 PPP and 7 hits

Goons of the Week: 

Ovechkin with a big hit!

Weber not messing around...

Meier about took this dudes head off...

 Alex Ovechkin, F, Krampus, Shea Weber, D, Ashbusters, Timo Meier, F, Greek Empire - 13 hits each!

CFHL Week 21

Two weeks to go and the playoff teams appear to be taking shape as there is 8 points separating the 6th spot to the next team.

Here is a look at the current playoff picture with just 2 weeks left to go in the regular season:

Division Leaders:
1. Goon Crew (142) - Bye
2. La Femme Nikita (134) - Bye
3. Mayhem on Ice (133)

Wild Card:
4. Assassins (138)
5. Checkers (138)
6. USSR (132)

In the hunt?
White Mambas (124)
California Raisins (121)

Last weeks action:

Goon Crew vs. AshBusters 6-0 - The Goon Crew had little trouble with the AshBusters shutting them out.  Newly acquired Kevin Hayes had 3 goals for the Crew and J. T. Miller finished with 2 goals, 4 assists and 3 PPP.

Hayes fit right in for the Crew

Checkers vs. Greek Empire  5-1 - And likewise the Checkers had little trouble with the Greeks.  The Checkers finally got some help in net with new pick up Pavel Francouz who had 3 wins!

La Femme Nikita vs. Mayhem on Ice - 4-2 - The Nikita victory has propelled them to the second seed currently in the playoff picture. (Who needs to make line up changes anyway?)  Plus they did it with no goalie wins.  Kucherov finally showed up going 2-3-2-2 on the week.

La Femme Nikita Kucherov

Krampus Carols vs. White Mambas 5-0-1 - The White Mambas, who were in first in the league for several weeks earlier in the year, are playing themselves right our of playoff contention.  Someone woke up the Krampus too as his dual Bruins goalies of Rask and Halak continue to work.

USSR vs. California Raisins 3-2-1 - The USSR hung on to beat the Raisins and keep hold of their playoff spot.  Their big pick up last week was grabbing Kevin Fiala who was the First Star of the week netting 4 goals, 5 assists and 3 PPP.

Big pick up by the Soviets..Fiala

Who Gives a Puck vs. Assassins  2-2-2 - The Assassins lost their grip on first place in the league as the Puck gave them everything they could handle.  The game ended with goals and assists tied.  "Hassel" Hoffman for the Assassins led them again in goals with 3, while Monahan led the Puck with 3 goals.

Monahan for the Puck

Three Stars of the Week:

First Star:  Kevin Fiala, F, USSR - 4 goals, 5 assists, 3 PPP

Second Star:  Pavel Francouz, G, Checkers - 3 wins .946 SV%

Third Star:  J.T. Miller, F, Goon Crew - 2 goals, 4 assists, 3 PPP and 6 hits

Goon of the Week: Brady Tkachuk, F, La Femme Nikita, 20 hits (I mean who else?)