Selected with the fourth overall pick, Erik Karlsson is already skating toward the label "draft day heist" - the high scoring defender flexing his muscles in just his second game back - pocketing three assists and 6.0 points for his now-smiling SC Cobras team.Central Red Army: 30.6
SC Cobras: 22.3With Karlsson in the fold, all is now right with the SC Cobras, the 10th place team netting 11.0 points on Thursday - GM Murphy's squad just 8.3 points in back of the Central Red Army; a manageable 37.7 points behind the first place Wild Ducks.
Mooses: 45.7
Boulder Flyers: 32.5Boulder Flyer Andrei Vasilevskiy posted a 43 save, 8.6 point shutout but it wasn't enough to diffuse the Mooses, GM McCormick's team erupting for a league-best 16.2 points, the Mooses now 13.2 points better than the hardluck Flyers.
Badger Bob: 14.0
Polar Bears: 43.8
It's still early but the Badger Bob faithful already have their palms pressed firmly to their face, the last place team now trailing the first place team by 62.6 points. GM Chester's squad isn't getting any sympathy from GM Elya, his Polar Bears feasting on the Bobs, leading this Grimson division mismatch by 29.8 points.
Bluliners: 18.4
Vegas Vipers: 30.0
The Bluliners enjoyed a 13.4 point Thursday but failed to make up much ground on the Vegas Vipers, GM Miller's squad collecting 7.0 points of their own, the ninth place Vipers now leading the third place Bluliners by 11.6.
Wild Ducks: 16.0
Ice Cats: 17.8The first place Wild Ducks could soon have a losing H2H record - the seventh place Ice Cats jumping in front on Day 4 of the seven day week - a 9.0 point outing providing GM Cutshall with a slim 1.8 point advantage.
Misconducts: 16.0
Ice Hogs: 14.4The Misconducts were the lowest scoring team on Thursday, a paltry 1.0 point effort allowing the Ice Hogs back into this non-divisional bout, the fifth place Hogs now sitting 1.6 rows behind GM Smalley's second place team.
LINK: Standings