CFHL Week 15

In the CFFL the regular season would be over and we would be talking about playoffs.  Not here in the CFHL.  Still 8 more weeks in the regular season.  Not like there has been a flurry of trades, but trade deadline is February 18 for those that are wondering.  So about a month away.

The Smythe still looks to be a two horse race between the Mayhem (99) and Empire (97), but with 8 weeks to go, don't count out the California Raisins (83).

Checkers are slipping some in the Norris, now down 10 points to the division leading Mambas (101).  Adams division leading USSR trying to keep a team that makes no changes to line up entire season winning the division, up only 3 points.

Mayhem vs. Goon Crew 5-1 - Crew, after gaining first place in the league, got hammered despite 4 goals from David "Pasta" Pastrnak, including a hat trick.

Pasta been on fire lately

White Mambas vs. Assassins 3-1-2 - Mambas overthrow the Crew as top team in the league.  They tallied 21 assists against the Assassins.  Only one person didn't get an assist for the Mambas.

California Raisins vs. Who Gives a Puck 2-2-2 - This game ended in a complete dead lock.  Players of this game were Panarin "Bread" for the Raisins with 2 goal sand 5 assists, and "Fat" Tony DeAngelo for the Puck, who had 3 goals, 4 assists, 3PPP and 5 hits!

Panarin "Bread" celebrates

Krampus Carols vs. Checkers 5-1 - The Krampus finally showed up and put the Checkers in their sack and beat them.  Ryan "Ted" Nugent-"Anthony" Hopkins had 3 goals for the Krampus.

"Ted" Nugent Hopkins for Krampus

USSR vs. La Femme Nikita 4-2 - USSR held off the Nikita to keep in first place in the Adams.  It was a slug fest as the Soviets had 63 hits.  James "Vince" Neal and Jeff Petry "Dish" both had double digit hits.

Greek Empire vs. AshBusters 2-2-2 - Another game deadlocked. Brock "Lesnar" Boeser had 3 goals for the Empire. 

Three Stars of the Week:

First Star:  "Fat" Tony DeAngelo, F, Puck 3 goals, 4 assists, 3 PPP and 5 hits.

Second Star:  Jordan Binnington, G, Mayhem - 3 wins .930 SV%

Third Star:  Connor McDavid, C, Mambas - 2 goals, 4 assists, 2 PPP and 3 hits.

Goon of the Week:  James Neal, F, USSR - 17 hits (10 in one game!)

Note:  There will be no article next week as I will be attending a FHL commissioners conference in Florida....

CFHL Week 14

Things change fast in the CFHL with possibilities of getting up to 6 wins a week!  Greek Empire now first place in the Smythe.  The Goon Crew now top in the league and have 2 point lead in Norris and USSR are tied with La Femme Nikita in the Adams....

Week 14 action:

Goon Crew vs. Who Gives a Puck 5-1 - The Goon crew took care of the defending champ Puck to regain top honors.  Crew finally got a good week out of their goalies getting 5 wins between Fleury and Grubauer.

Fleury came up big for the Crew

Assassins vs. California Raisins 3-2-1 - Assassins squeak by the Raisins behind 3 goals from Vrana and 10 hits each from Niskanen and Trouba.  Raisins got 4 goals from Patrick Kane and 5 big goals from Werenski in the loss.

Assassins Vrana sniping a goal

Checkers mascot with a young Checker fan

AshBusters vs. Krampus Carols 4-2 - AshBusters' hands off policy gets back on winning track against the Krampus.  Both teams were weak...Only 1 goalie win between the two of them and 13 goals.

Mayhem on Ice vs. Cherry's Checkers 2-2-2 - Checkers lived up to their name getting 48 hits, including double digit hits from Pageau and Pionk.

The White Mambas vs. La Femme Nikita 4-2 - Mambas trying to keep pace with Crew this week defeating Nikita.  Injuries starting to pile up for Nikita with 3 players on IR...

The Greek Empire vs. USSR 5-1 - One week they are number one, the next they are number 8.  The Soviets not only lost the World Junior Cup Sunday, but their CFHL team got hammered by the Greeks.

Team Canada defeats Team Russia in IIHF WJC 2020

Three Stars of the Week:

First Star:  Mark Scheifele, F, Goon Crew - 3 goals, 5 assists, 4 PPP, 3 hits

Second Star:  Nathan MacKinnon, C, Mayhem - 3 goals, 5 assists, 3 PPP and 1 hit

Third Star:  Zach Werenski, D, Raisins - 5 goals and 3 hits.

Goon of the Week:  Brady Tkachuk, F, La Femme Nikita - 17 hits (6th of the year)

Kept avoiding putting this in because of Habs,
but finally gave in...

CFFL 2019 Season Awards

With the conclusion of the 35th CFFL season here are is your 2019 MVP and All CFFL team, plus of course the All-nickname team!

2019 CFFL MVP: Lamar Jackson, QB, Ferrets - 186 Points

All CFFL Team:

QB - Lamar Jackson, Ferrets - 186 points
RB - Christian McCaffrey, Wrecking Crew - 116 points
RB - Aaron Jones, Roulette - 114 points
WR - Kenny Golladay, Sinistars - 66 points
TE - Mark Andrews, Cocktails - 60 points
WR - Cooper Kupp, Chislers - 60 points
K - Harrison Butker, Bees - 147 points
DEF - Patriots, Krauts - 56 points

All Nickname Team:

QB - Sam "Block Head" Darnold, Titans
RB - Raheem "Colonel" Mostert, Dragons
RB - Kenyan "Hate the" Drake, Sinistars
WR - D.J. Chark "Not sure if he's a Cherry or a Clark"
WR - Marquies "Hollywood Downtown Julie" Brown, Killers
WR - Deebo "Dabo Sweeney" Samuel, Crew
K - Matt Gay "GAY!", Cocktails

Number One Pick of the Draft Bust:  Davante Adams, Krauts - 32 points

Biggest Bust of the First Round:  Antonio Brown, Bees - 6 points

Biggest Bust of the First Round that actually played: JuJu Smith-Schuster, Titans - 18 points

Biggest Sleeper of the Draft:  Lamar Jackson, Ferrets - 186 points drafted in the 8th round!

FANTASY BOWL XXXV

FANTASY BOWL XXXV

Stamm's Sinistars 34  Molotov Cocktails 18

The 35th edition of the Cherry Fantasy Football League Fantasy Bowl pitted two high powered offenses and had the making of another classic Fantasy Bowl.  It ended up relatively lack luster and just not that exciting.  While the Cocktails and the Sinistars traded scores for a bit, the fact that the Sinistars had a lot of players Sunday Night meant the Cocktails would need a huge lead to survive.

The Cocktails took the field and had their Chief connections at 1:00 that included Mahomes, McCoy, Hill, Kelce and the Chief D/ST.  They were poised to have a big game.  It started out slow, but Mahomes finally hit on a TD pass, but wasn't to any starter of the Cocktails, but rather one of his back ups, Robinson.  With a GAY! extra point it was 5-0.

Mahomes only had 4 points

The Cocktail Chiefs would be one story line, but Gay would be another.  Gay had one FG blocked by the Sinistars and then missed 2 more, leaving 9 points on the field.  Perriman, who was the Sinistars Playoff MVP would catch a TD to make the score 6-6. But on the ensuing kick off the Chiefs/Cocktails special teams would return the kick 104 yards for a TD making the score 12-6.

GAY! had a rough day for the Cocktails

Unfortunately for the Cocktails, the Chiefs would turn to the ground game, getting two more scores on the ground but not McCoy.  McCoy wouldn't even see the ball.  Kelce and Hill wouldn't even see the endzone, and Mahomes would end the game with just that one TD pass.  And to make matters worse, the Sinistars would get a TD from Hunter Henry at the end of the half to tie the score 12-12.

Henry scores for Sinistars to tie the game!

The second half would have both teams fielding 2 players each.  Cocktails would have Goedert and Higbee, while the Sinistars had Drake and Gurley.  Certainly the advantage was with the Sinistars, but the Cocktails were first to strike in the second half getting a TD catch from Higbee to make the score 18-12! 

Higbee regains the lead for the Cocktails!

They were hoping that the score would hold at 18-12 to give them a chance late in the game in Sunday Night Football, for the Sinistars had 3 guys playing.   But the Sinistars wouldn't stand for that and gave the ball to Kenyan "Hate the" Drake that powered into the endzone for a TD tying the score once again at 18-18.

Hate the Drake scores to tie game for Sinistars

With the game basically over, the Sinistars would get 8 points from their kicker Robbie Gould (would have been nice to get that in 2006 when I needed 6 points from him on New Years Eve to beat the Crush in FB XXII...but noooooo...I digress).  They would also get 8 from Russell Wilson to wrap up the Fantasy Bowl XXXV 34-18 and bring home their first ever Fantasy Bowl Trophy.

Mahomes congratulates Wilson on his Fantasy Bowl win!

Congratulations to Nate Stamm and the Sinistars on their first championship!  The Sinistars have been in the league for 14 years, entering in 2005.  They have not had great results in the playoffs, only having one win in the post season before this year. 

Sinistar QB Russell Wilson with the Fantasy Bowl Trophy

Owner Nate Stamm this year seemed to have the pulse on the league making all the right moves. While Russell Wilson certainly had an MVP type year, it was the intangibles that made his season.  Playing guys like McLaurin, Coleman, Robert Woods after the Chislers gave up on him, and then the most recent Perriman who scored 3 TDs in Round one and a TD in the Fantasy Bowl.

Perriman was critical to the Sinistars playoff run

That's a wrap on the 2019 season.  Season 35 of the CFFL.  This year began with tragedy and ended with a first time Champion.  There will likely be a shake up in the CFFL next season as we enter our 36th year.  Until then, have a Happy New Year and see everyone in August!

CFHL Week 13

Hey we only have 10 weeks to go in the regular season!...In a season that is nearly twice as long as the CFFL...

In the standings...The Smythe division is looking like a 2 team race currently with the Mayhem on Ice in first by 2 points over the Greek Empire...Norris division is anyone's division right now.  The White Mambas and Goon Crew lead but Assassins and Checkers are only 2 points behind...And the Adams has the La Femme Nikita gaining on the USSR trailing them by 2 points...

Last weeks action:

Goon Crew vs. Assassins 3-3 - Goon Crew had a 4-2 lead going into Sunday night, but the Assassins were able to get enough hits on Sunday to win hits 29-27 and tie the game.

Who Gives a Puck vs. Checkers  2-1-3 - Lots of ties in this game.  Assists, PPP and Goalie wins were all ties.  Patrice Bergeron had a big week for the Puck netting 4 goals, an assists and 2 PPP.

Bergy with 4 goals!

California Raisins vs. La Femme Nikita 4-2 - The Raisins were able to stop the Nikita behind 20 assists for the week.  Panarin "Bread" had 5 assists while Malkin and Gallagher had 4 each.

Panarin celebrating his 5 helpers

USSR vs. AshBusters 4-1-1 - Battle for Mother Russia went to the USSR behind big performances by Ryan Strome (3-2-0-2) and Mark Stone (2-3-1-3).

and his teammate Strome celebrates one of his 3 goals

And Nylander celebrating for the Greeks

Mayhem on Ice vs. Krampus Carols 4-2 - This has not been the year for the Krampus.  They lose again to the Mayhem but it was a goalie battle.  Both teams combined for 7 wins, with the Mayhem getting 4 total, 3 from Binnington.

Greek Empire vs. White Mambas 6-0 - The White Mambas get shut out allowing the Crew to catch them in the Norris Division.  Nylander had 3 goals, 3 assists and 3 PPP for the Empire.  Marchand had 6 assists! And Victor Hedman had 2 goals and 6 assists!

Three Stars of the Week:

First Star: Victor Hedman, F, Greek Empire - 2 goals, 6 assists, 2 PPP and 5 hits

Second Star:  Jordan Binnington, G, Mayhem on Ice - 3 wins and .929 SV%

Third Star:  John Tavares, F, Checkers - 2 goals, 5 assists, 4 PPP and 0 hits

Goon of the Week:  Alex Ovechkin, 14 hits