The season concluded with a mad dash for the final 4 spots in the playoffs. The Crew who were in playoff contention 4 weeks ago vomited on themselves down the stretched and finished 2nd to last in the standings. Who Gives a Puck who was out of playoff contention 4 weeks ago, fought their way back and were as high as 3rd place, and almost blew it but managed to snag the last playoff spot.
Week 16 action:
Assassins vs. Goon Crew 4-1-1 - What appeared to be a promising start to the week for the Crew ended in disappointment as the Assassins came back and put the Crew out of their misery. It was a disappointing week for the Crew's Bruins trio of Coyle, Marchand and McAvoy. They combined for only 1 goal, 2 assists and 1 PPP. Frederik Andersen of the Assassins had a shutout in the win.
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| Andersen notched a shutout for the Assassins |
Checkers vs. White Mambas 4-2 - The Mambas were sitting in playoff position for a good portion of the year, but he big loss to the Checkers in the final week was the nail in their coffin. The Checkers on the other hand, at one point during the week were in the playoffs, but by weeks end they would fall short. Jamie Benn led the Checkers with 2 goals, 3 assists 2 PPP and 4 hits.
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| Benn finished strong for Checkers |
Greek Empire vs. Slapshots 2-2-2 - Greek Empire were just playing out the season, with the number one seed wrapped up. Slapshots got a great game from Tage Thompson who scored 4 goals and Leon Draisaitl who had 5 assists. Slapshots would finish with 16 goals!
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| Tage Thompson with hattrick for the Slapshots |
Krampus Carols vs Space Monkey Mafia 5-1 - Krampus made a statement finishing the season with a dominating performance against the Number 2 team in the league as they enter the playoffs. Connor McDavid had a typical Connor McDavid week scoring 3 goals, 5 assists 3 PPP and 6 hits. Brady Tkachuk had 16 hits. Watch this team in the playoffs...
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| McDavid hoping to have more big weeks to come |
California Raisins vs. Who Gives a Puck 3-2-1 - The Pucks quest to win back to back cups continues despite their loss to the Raisins Panarin had 7 helpers for the Raisins and Trocheck had 5 as the Raisins racked up 23 assists.
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| Panarin had 7 assists for Raisins |
Playoffs Round 1:
With the two division winners (Greek Empire and Space Monkey Mafia) getting byes, here are the Round 1 matchups for this week:
California Raisins at Assassins - Its a Cherry Cousin matchup. Assassins have been strong all year. They have a lot of fire power on their team between Kucherov and Zach Hyman. With Stamkos, Kucherov and Vasilevskiy, Assassins may go as the Lighting go. Raisins seem a little week in net, with Talbot of the Kings and Lyon of the Redwings but their skaters are well rounded and strong on the blue line with Weegar banging the boards. I give the edge to the Assassins in this one 3-2-1
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| Stamkos and Kucherov are a pair of Assassins |
Who Gives a Puck vs. Krampus Carols - The Puck's quest to win back to back cups begins against the Krampus Carols this week. This could come down to Auston Matthews of the Puck vs. McDavid of the Krampus. Who will out play who? Puck also has Rantanen, but the Krampus has Crosby and Brady Tkachuk. I'll give the edge to the Krampus Carols with Skaters and close to a draw with the netminders. Should be a close one but Krampus ends the Pucks' dream of a repeat. 4-2
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| Crosby and McDavid vs. Matthews |
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