CFHL Week 11 2022-2023

 

Week 11 Action...

Goon Crew            5

White Mambas      1

An easy week for the Goon Crew taking on the White Mambas.  Mambas surprisingly got 12 assists from the blue line alone.  Dylan Larkin had a huge week with 4 goals, 4 assists and 4 PPP for the Crew and their goalies again combined for 4 wins, including a .938 SV% from Vanecek.

Vanecek makes a save for the Crew

Assassins              4

Krampus Carols  1

Tie                         1

Assassins came away with the win against the struggling Krampus.  They were led by Nathan MacKinnon who had 3 goals and 6 assists.  Panarin "Bread" had a good week too for the Assassins netting 2 goals and 4 assists.  Don't sleep on the Krampus Carols though, looking at his lineup and if they can stay healthy they could play spoiler roles toward end of season.

MacKinnon for the Assassins

Slapshots                3

Greek Empire         3

Both teams skated to a 3-3 tie with the Greek Empire bringing the offense and the Slapshots winning the goaltending battle and then beating the empire by just one hit!  Empire got 3 goals from Draisaitl and 5 assists from Pettersson.  Unfortunately they got ZERO wins from their goalies.  UPL and Vasilevskiy at least combined for 2 wins.  

UPL! 

Raisins                4

Checkers             2

Raisins dominated this game on the offensive categories beating the best team in the league in all and hits!  They doubled up the Checkers in goals, beat them 7-1 in PPP and beat them by 10 hits.  Tim Stutzle led the Raisins with a huge week!  He had 4 goals, 6 assists and 7 hits!  Didn't help the Checkers were without their Captain Ovechkin who took week off with the passing of his father.  

Stutzle big week for the Raisins

Space Monkey Mafia    1

Who Gives a Puck         4

Tie                                  1

This game was closer than the score indicated.  Puck beat the Mafia by only 2 assists and one PPP, while the Mafia beat Puck by only 2 hits and they tied in Goalie Wins at 2.  Kaprizov had 4 goals for the Puck and Brady Tkachuk had big week getting 4 goals, 4 assists and 16 hits!

Kaprizov playing big again for the Puck

CFHL Stars of the Week

Number 1 Star of the Week: Tim Stutzle, F, Raisins 4 goals, 6 assists, 2 PPP, 7 hits

Number 2 Star of the Week: Frederik Andersen, G, Assassins, 2 wins .951 SV%

Number 3 Star of the Week: Dylan Larkin, F, Goon Crew, 4 goals, 4 assists, 4 PPP, 1 hit

Goon of the Week:  Brady Tkachuck, F, Puck - 16 hits

CFHL Week 10 2022-2023

 Checkers stumble but continue to have big lead in division.  Raisins continue to climb and are gaining on the Crew.  Huge week for Who Gives a Puck as they leap frog the Space Monkey Mafia!

Greek Empire             3

Goon Crew                 2

Tie                              1

Without the help of the Goon Crew Bruin players, it was tough sledding.  The Bruins only had one game, thus the best players for the Crew were not on the ice.  The Empire took advantage of this getting the win, while it was still tight.  Elias Pettersson led the Empire with 4 goals, 2 assists and 5 hits.

Pettersson shooting it for the Greek Empire

Slapshots                 1

Raisins                    4

Tie                           1

The California Raisins continue to gain on the Crew and are only 3 points back in the Cherry Division.  This week they defeated the usually tough Slapshots.  Maybe some  of the favorite team magic is wearing off for them.  They only had 13 hits to the Raisins 55 led by defenseman K'Andre Miller's 14 checks!

They heard it through the grape vine...

Checkers                 2

Space Monkey        4

The Checkers got tripped up this week by the Space Monkey Mafia 4-2.  The SMM were able to defeat them in hits 40-37!  This might have been the first time the Checkers lost in this category.  Connor McDavid led with 12 hits!  Now come on.  Is he going to start hitting everyone, AND score goals and assists and PPP??  

McDavid playing tough for the Space Monkey

Krampus Carols         0

Who Gives a Puck      6

I think it was the Krampus Carols who didn't give a puck as the Puck swept all the categories!  Zibanejad led them in goals with 5 while Bo Horvat (now playing with the NYI) had 3 goals, 2 PPP and 4 hits.  Puck was tough in the net too as both goalies, Husso and Oettinger had 2 wins and combined for a SV% of .941.  A great week all around for the Puck.

Horvat enjoying his new sweater

White Mambas            1

Assassins                     5

The Assassins got a bye week playing the White Mambas this week as he has several players out and a goalie playing in the minors... Panarin was the highlight of the Assassins netting 4 goals and 5 assists.  

Three Stars of the Week:

Number 1 Star:  Artemi Panarin, F, Assassins, 4goals, 5 assists, 2 PPP and 1 hit

Number 2 Star:  Jake Oettinger, G, Puck, 2 wins and .959 SV%

Number 3 Star:  Mika Zibanejad, C, Puck, 5 goals, 1 assist, 3 PPP and 4 hits

Goon of the Week:  K'Andre Miller, D, Raisins 14 hits. 

CFHL Week 8/9 2022-2023

Trying to get caught back up here after missing that past couple weeks.  Here is what we have after the past two weeks in the standings....

In the Cherry Division the Checkers now have a commanding 16 point lead over the Goon Crew.  The Crew were at one time right up there with the Checkers.  It didn't hurt the Checkers going 4-1-1 for two consecutive weeks, including the short All-Star week.  The Crew were the opposite in the short week going 1-4-1. The Raisins were able to beat the crew last week 4-1-1 after getting thumped by the Assassins 5-1 the week prior. It will be a battle for second place in the Cherry Division between Crew and Raisins.

The Smythe Division is real tight with only 5 points separating the top 3 teams.  Space Monkey Mafia has pulled into the lead over Who Gives a Puck after 2 consecutive winning weeks and the Puck going 1-4-1 and 1-5 the past two weeks.  Right behind them is the Slapshots with their merry band of Sabers and Lightnings.  They actually only have 5 of them starting, but always seems like more.

Its no surprise that at this point in the season, Connor McDavid, center for the Space Monkeys is the Number 1 skater in the league.  He leads in goals (41), second in assists (51) and leads in PPP (46).

First in assists however is Nikita Kucherov from the Slapshots with 53.

Luck Schenn leads all players in hits for the Checkers with 237!!  The closest person on an active roster is Arber Xhekaj (who?) with 154 hits, a Checker as well of course.

Leading he way in Wins and SV% is another Checker, Linus "Van Pelt" Ullmark with 26 wins and a SV% of .937.  No wonder the Checkers are the top team in the league thus far.  

We are passed the halfway mark of our 16 game regular season.  Still plenty of time to make a push for the playoffs.  Two Divisional Winners are the two tops seeds and get first round bye with the next 4 teams regardless of division get in the first round of the playoffs.