WEEK 24 (thru Monday)

Andrei Vasilevskiy has his team pointed in the direction of the 2018-19 FHL H2H Championship match, the Ice Hogs goaltender posting a 28 save win and a 3.0 point assist, the Hogs drawing first blood in their semifinal pairing with the Boulder Flyers.

Semifinals, Playoffs

Boulder Flyers: 1.0
Ice Hogs: 5.8­
The Boulder Flyers had four players dressed on Monday but only skated away with a single point, the manic-depressive squad already concerned they may be in one of their funks; the Ice Hogs leading their schizy Probert division rival by 4.8 points with six fidgety days remaining in the week.
TUESDAY LINEUP (Boulder Flyers: 8 players; Ice Hogs: 8 players)
Boulder Flyers: Claude Giroux, Sean Monahan, Dylan Larkin, James van Riemsdyk, William Nylander / John Klingberg, Zach Werenski / Matt Murray*.
Ice Hogs: Elias Lindholm, Anders Lee, Ryan O'Reilly, Kyle Palmieri / Shea Weber, Rasmus Dahlin, Morgan Rielly / Devan Dubnyk.
*Start unconfirmed at press time.

Misconducts: 5.0
Wild Ducks: 6.0­
Defender Erik Gustafsson potted a late goal and Patrick Kane collected two assists, the heavily-favored Wild Ducks departing opening day with 6.0 points. The Misconducts however weren’t far behind, GM Smalley and his underdogs trailing by just 1.0 heading into a stormy 10-game Tuesday.
TUESDAY LINEUP (Wild Ducks: 8 players; Misconducts: 7 players)
Wild Ducks: Jonathan Drouin, Evgeny Kuznetzov, Auston Matthews, Mitchell Marner, Artemi Panarin / Roman Josi / Curtis McElhinney*, Mikko Koskinen*.
Misconducts: Alexander Ovechkin, Justin Williams, Evgeni Dadonov, Mikko Rantanen, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins / Shayne Gostisbehere, Oscar Klefbom.
*Start unconfirmed at press time.

The Battle for the FHL Cup
The Boulder Flyers were on the verge on making some headway before Erik Gustafsson’s late game goal and Corey Crawford’s late game defeat, the Wild Ducks padding their lead sightly; GM Collard’s 1st place squad now 77.2 points better than the Flyers and 87.2 points in front of the 3rd place Polar Bears.

The Bout for the Money
Both the Boulder Flyers and Polar Bears were held to 1.0 point - which allowed the Ice Hogs and their 5.8 point offering to shuffle closer; GM Henry and his pigs seated just 5.7 rows behind $175.00; 15.7 points in back of $325.00.

The Scrap for the Laughing Bag
Badger Bob potted 5.0 points on Monday while Concussion Junction were held to just 3.0. As a result the Bobs deficit was reduced to 47.0 points; a distance than surely can be navigated over the final 19 days of the season.

LINK: Standings