WEEK 25 (thru Wednesday)

The Misconducts outright pummeling of the Boulder Flyers continued on Wednesday as David Pastrnak was at his career-best, the 22 year-old sniper ripping three goals and dishing out two assists, his 15.0 point performance providing the Misconducts with an absurd 40.5 point H2H Championship match lead.

Championship Match

Boulder Flyers: 10.7
Misconducts: 51.2­
The best score of the week versus the worst score of the week does not make for a riveting FHL H2H Final, but that’s where we stand after three days, the Misconducts absolutely burying the submissive Boulder Flyers. Understanding the gravity of the situation - and hoping to save face - FHL officials have postponed the summoning of the Fat Lady with the hope that the Boulder Flyers will somehow get their shit together over the remaining four days of the week.
THURSDAY LINEUP (Boulder Flyers: 7 players; Misconducts: 7 players)
Boulder Flyers: Mark Scheifele, Dylan Larkin, Brock Boeser, Andreas Athanasiou / John Klingberg, Zach Werenski / Corey Crawford.*
Misconducts: Alexander Ovechkin, Evgeni Dadonov, Jeff Skinner, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins / Rasmus Ristolainen, Brett Pesce / Martin Jones.*
* Start not confirmed at press time.

Consolation Match

Wid Ducks: 19.4
Ice Hogs: 15.2­
“Hey, hey, hey, how's about that Consolation Match,” is what FHL officials were spouting at the Thursday morning press conference, the league hoping to turn everyone's attention to what is a very competitive match for the $30.00 booby prize; a match the Wild Ducks currently lead by 4.2 points after netting 4.0 on Wednesday.
THURSDAY DAY LINEUP (Wild Ducks: 7 players; Ice Hogs: 6 players)
Wild Ducks: Patrick Kane, Jack Eichel, Artemi Panarin / Brent Burns, Erik Gustafsson / Linus Ullmark, Mikko Koskinen.*
Ice Hogs: Patrik Laine, Anders Lee, Anze Kopitar, Alex DeBrincat / Shea Weber, Rasmus Dahlin.
* Start not confirmed at press time.



Given the significance and timeliness of his performance, it’s only fitting that David Pastrank be featured twice in the “WEEK 25 (thru Wednesday)” recap, the “Great 88” and his 36 goals - in just 61 games - sure to be very high on everyone’s 2019-20 draft list.

The Bout for the Money
While the Misconducts would be happy to win $110.00 for being crowned H2H champion, GM Smalley now has his eyes on a much bigger prize, the unexpected outburst leaving the Misconducts just 21.4 points in back of 2nd place and it’s $325.00 haul. While the Polar Bears and Vegas Vipers successfully protected their 2nd and 3rd place positions, the Central Red Army were making noise on the outskirts of Moneyland, another strong performance keeping GM Buker and his troops a doable 49.6 points from a season-ending payday.  

The Battle for the FHL Cup
After none of the Cup-chasers made any headway on Wednesday, the FHL Parade Committee has given GM Collard the green light to shop for confetti, streamers and oversized balloon replicas of up to three of his players, the Wild Ducks now nursing a 65.5 point lead with a mere 11 days remaining in the season.

The Scrap for the Laughing Bag
Both Badger Bob and Concussion Junction collected 3.0 points on Wednesday - which isn’t gonna cut it if the defending FHL Cup champion want to extract themselves from the cellar, the Bobs now with one less day to erase their 38.6 point deficit.

LINK: Standings