Week Three Recap:
Not
Again! Team Mahoney gets destroyed for the second time in three
weeks!
A valiant effort from Team
Mahoney gets absolutely destroyed
by a record week from Red Light Mosquito. RLM put up a ridiculous 146
shots and
put up 2 shutouts and by about the third day, it seemed like the
writing was on
the wall for BM. Scott Hartnell had a ridiculous 9 points on the week
and was
plus five for RLM. Teemu Selanne had a six point week and Alex Edler
had four
points of his own.
Kimmo Timonen’s seven assists with a plus eight
rating was a
solid attempt to get back into things for BM but in the end, it was too
much to
overcome. Throw in a shutout from Marc-Andre Fleury and a random Dwayne
Roloson
shutout and you’ve got a matchup that one could only call “an unlucky
draw”.
As a result, Team Mahoney is
the only team that still
remains in the ‘teens’ when it comes to the standings, and RLM vaulted
himself
up to the top of what looks like so far the vastly superior division.
Speaking of embarrassing
blowouts, in the battle of
co-commissioners, one team rose above and dominated the other team.
Unfortunately, this wasn’t a matchup for sole control of the league
(which
would’ve been awesome) but instead just another matchup, one that saw
CCF23
lose the lead in the division that he had gained just one week prior,
as he was
smashed 8-2-0. CRD managed to pull out two shutouts, one from Cam Ward
and one
from Johan Hedberg. Ryan Miller dropped a bad couple games and finished
the
week a smidge under a GAA of 4. Jacob Markstrom was the lone bright
spot for
CCF, putting up a strong start in his only appearance on the week, and
helping
CCF steal one goalie category, the save percentage.
On offense, Claude “Don’t Call
Me Jesus” Giroux dominated
the week, putting up a giant seven point total, and Patrick Marleau
provided
enough backup with a five point week of his own. Danny Briere attempted
to
counteract those totals with his own five point week, but it wasn’t
enough as
CCF’s big guns like Jonathan Toews didn’t show up at all.
***
Luc Bourdon faced off against
SelKesler in week three, and
after a stat correction changed the matchups final tally, LB continued
to
complain as if the stat correction is what cost him the week. He was
quoted as
stating, “Unreal, a stat correction, I lost 6-3.” What he failed to
realize is
that a stat correction is not a mistake, it is rectifying a mistake so
really,
nothing cost him. Anyway, SelKesler’s goaltenders dominated LB’s, which
was
surprising considering LB’s killer week last week. It made sense
because he
wasted all his shutouts on the week prior, so SK took three of four
with ease.
The assists and power play points were incredibly close and could’ve
made the
difference, but alas a strong Sheldon Souray effort was not enough to
catch SK.
***
In a matchup between Empire
League members, parabola and
ubiquitous squared off. Again, parabola’s goaltending let him down and
allowed
ubiquitous the ability to sweep goaltending categories, despite only
putting up
2 wins on the week. Pekka Rinne once again came through with a shutout
while
both Henrik Lundqvist and Roberto Luongo put up horrific numbers on the
week.
Jaromir Jagr led the way for ubiquitous’ offense, putting up five goals
and two
assists. Steven Stamkos finally broke through with a hat trick to match
up with
Joe Pavelski’s five points on the week, parabola’s leader on offense.
The end
result was the former champion’s ubiquitous’ first win of the season, a
6-3-1
victory.
Carey Price had a dominating
week for EV, putting up three
wins with a sparkling .950 save percentage to go along with it. EV
managed to
take three of four goaltending categories from Tiranis, setting himself
up nicely
for the win. Offensively, Thomas Vanek and Max Pacioretty led the way
for him,
with five points and four points respectively. Tiranis’ team as a whole
didn’t
do a lot offensively, but rookie Luke Adam did put up a three assist
week to
lead his team. Considering the dominance that Philadelphia put forth
this week,
Matt Carle’s minus seven (I almost typed sieven, which may have been
the worst
pun I’ve ever written) is absolutely inexcusable, and could’ve been one
of the
things that cost Tiranis.
Finally, Liquid Snake and Brock
met up, with Liquid Snake
trying to recover from his brutal error from last week. He managed to
get four
different goalies on the ice throughout the week, making sure that he
passed
the three start threshold. He also managed to take two of four
categories,
tying the other two thanks to a solid week from Dubnyk and Cory
Schneider.
Those would be the only categories that LS would take though, as Brock
swept
the board stealing all six offensive categories thanks in large part to
a great
effort from Jason Pominville (4 points) and Erik Karlsson (4 points,
+3).
Although LS’ main producers were respectable, they were unable to put
up the
big numbers that his team had become accustomed to. Another tough week
for LS, losing
6-2-2 to Brock’s team.
Premier
League:
CCF23
18-11-1
37 Points
Red
Light Mosquito
18-11-1
37 Points
CRDragon
18-12-0
36 Points
SelKesler
16-13-1
33 Points
Tiranis
14-15-1
29 Points
Liquid
Snake
12-16-2
26 Points
Empire
League:
Luc
Bourdon
17-11-2
36 Points
BrockH
15-9-6
36 Points
ubiquitous
14-15-1
29 Points
EV’s
Allstars
12-16-2
26 Points
parabola
10-18-2
22 Points