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?)

CFHL Week 20

We have made it to 20 weeks!  Hard to believe after the long grind we only have 3 weeks to go in the regular season.  Just a little reminder that the division winners get top seed and the two best get a bye, then the best next 3 make playoffs. 

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Here's a look at the Playoff Picture.  The Assassins still leading the league, while the Mambas downward trend continues.

Division Leader:
1. Assassins (132) - Bye
2. Mayhem on Ice (129) - Bye
3. La Femme Nikita (126)

Wild Card:
4. Goon Crew (130)
5. Checkers (128)
6. USSR (125)

In the Hunt:
White Mambas (123)

What happened last week?

Goon Crew vs. USSR 4-2 - What a game! A much closer battle than the final indicated.  No one came close to the combined offensive totals in this game: 30 goals scored, 39 assists, 21 PPP!  In the end the Crew hung on for the win. Their goal tending came up big with 5 wins and .932 SV%.  Fleury had 3 wins while Blackwood had a SV% of .958. 

Blackwood has been a nice surprise

California Raisins vs. White Mambas 5-0-1 - The Raisins hammered the sliding Mambas as they look to make a huge run to try to get into the playoffs.  Malkin lead the team with 3 goals and Kreider had 12 hits for the Raisins.

Malkin for the Raisins

Checkers vs. AshBusters 3-3 - The Checkers managed only to tie the AshBusters as their goal tending woes continue.  They had 0 wins between Rinne and Samsonov.  A bright spot however for the Checkers was the "Zombie" Kopitar had a nice week that included 4 assists along with 2 PPP.

The Zombie Kopitar

Assassins vs. Krampus Carols 4-2 - The Assassins held onto the top spot with the win.  Carey Price was strong in net with 2 wins and a SV% of .920.  Mike "Hassel" Hoffman played well too for the Assassins getting 3 goals, 2 assists a PPP and 2 hits.

Who Gives a Puck vs. La Femme Nikita 3-1-2 - The Puck managed to beat La Femme Nikita, who only scored 2 goals.  Plus the Puck won goalie wins by getting just one win.  Brady Tkachuk for La Femme Nikita almost beat the Puck in hits on his own 18-19.

Mayhem on Ice vs. Greek Empire 6-0 - The Mayhem took full advantage of a depleted Greek Empire team.  Goal Tending for the Mayhem was on showcase as Bobrovsky and Binnington combined for 5 wins and a SV% of .942

Good ole Bob back to his antics..

Three Stars of the Week:

First Star: Jordan Binnington, G, Mayhem on Ice - 3 wins, .984 SV% plus 2 shutouts!

Second Star:  Mark Scheifele, C, Goon Crew - 3 goals, 5 assists, 3 PPP

Third Star:  Patrik Laine, F, Goon Crew - 2 goals, 3 assists, 3 PPP and 6 hits

Goon of the Week:  None other than Brady Tkachuk, F, La Femme Nikita - 18 hits (make it 8 Goon of the weeks.  would have been 9 if there was a newsletter last week.  He had 22 last week!)

CFHL Week 18

The marathon continues.  Week 18 and the standings continue to change week to week.  Here is the latest playoff picture:

Division Leaders:
1. Assassins (121) - Bye
2. USSR (115) - Bye
3. Mayhem on Ice (111)

Wild Cards:
4. Goon Crew (117)
5. Checkers (116)
6.  White Mambas (115)

In the Hunt:
La Feme Nikita (113)

With only 5 weeks in the regular season left, this is not the time to have a bad week...

Here is what happened last week:

Goon Crew  vs. California Raisins 5-1 - For a while it looked like this could be an upset in the making.  Nah.  Crew came on toward end of week to put the game away getting 5 goals from Laine and finally getting some good goal tending from Grubauer (3 wins and .963 SV%)

Laine's 5 goals included a hat trick!

Checkers vs. White Mambas 4-1-1 - Checkers took down the division leading Mambas, jumbling up the standings.  Tavares had 5 goals for the Checkers as well!  They got nothing out of their goalies except a relief duty that posted 1.000 SV%.

Krampus Carols vs. La Femme Nikita 5-1 - Krampus knocked Nikita out of the playoffs, currently, but a lot can happen in 5 weeks.  Krampus have an interesting goalie strategy going right now, starting BOTH Bruins goalies Rask and Halak.  Its working so far as they combined for 3 wins and a .948 SV%

This combo has been working for the Krampus Carols

Who Gives a Puck vs. AshBusters 5-0-1 - The injuries are catching up with the AshBusters with 4 players out.  Auston Matthews had a great week with 4 goals and 3 assists.  His teammate Marner had 6 assists.  Too bad they appear to be out of the playoff hunt...

might be the best porn-stache in the CFHL 

Mayhem on Ice vs. USSR 3-3 - Mayhem had the offense winning G, A, and PPP while the Soviets had the hits and goal tending.  And that would be 54 hits, with 13 coming from Kulikov.  Elvis has been great in goal as well getting 2 wins and .971 SV% for the USSR.

Assassins vs. Greek Empire 6-0 - The sweep of the Greek Empire has moved the Assassins to the top of the league and the number 1 seed currently.  With Frederik Andersen out, Carey Price had to carry the load for the Assassins and he did getting 2 wins and a .950 SV%.

Price helping the Assassins to top of the league

Three Stars of the Week:

First Star:  Philipp Grubauer, G, Goon Crew - 3 wins, .963 SV%

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

Third Star:  Elvis Merzlikins, G, USSR - 2 wins, .971 SV%

Goon of the Week:  Brady Tkachuk, F, La Femme Nikita, 14 hits (7th time as Goon of the Week)

I'll be heading back to SWFL so no blog next week.  :)