WEEK 18 (thru Thursday)

Knowing his distressed team needed a win, Mark Stone donned his cape and saved the day, the 27 year-old winger collecting 13.0 (2g, 3a) of his team’s Thursday-best 26.0 points, the Vegas Vipers busting open their once-close Grimson division match.

Vegas Vipers: 40.3
Polar Bears: 21.8­
It’s tough to play the role of “spoiler” when you’re buried in points, but that’s where the Polar Bears find themselves after Thursday’s onslaught, the need-a-shovel Bears trailing the Vegas Vipers by 18.5.

Badger Bob: 11.5
Wild Ducks: 42.2
Speaking of “donning a cape and saving the day,” MacKenzie Blackwood broke Sean Burke’s 19 year-old FHL record for “Most Points Game" by a goaltender, the unheralded backstop posting a 46 save shutout and a 3.0 point assist (12.2 points), the "phew" Wild Ducks escaping Thursday with 18.2 and a 30.7 point H2H lead.

Central Red Army: 25.5
Cherry Pickers: 12.2­
The Central Red Army weren’t great on Thursday, but the 10.5 points they uncovered did pad their already well-padded lead, the slow-skating Cherry Pickers (7.0 points) now trailing the faster-skating Army by 13.3.

Ice Hogs: 37.6
Misconducts: 20.0­
“And like that, poof, they were gone,” the Ice Hogs (24.9 points) turning a 5.3 point deficit into a double-digit lead - Sebastian Aho (2g, 1a, 7.0 pts) wielding his team’s biggest hammer - the hardy Hogs now leading the jaw-displaced Misconducts by 17.6.

Boulder Flyers: 37.1
Bluliners: 25.2
Fueled by the play of Andrei Svechnikov (2g, 1a, 7pts), the Boulder Flyers uncorked 19.5 points on Thursday, this once-close match now leaning heavily in the direction of GM Morgan, the win-needy Flyers leading the win-needy Bluliners by 11.9.

SC Cobras: 27.3
Rocky Rocks: 27.4­
After seeing “WTF, get your lame asses in gear!” carved into the wall of their locker room - a note left by GM Murphy - the SC Cobras exploded for 19.3 points, the previously-quiet Cobras drawing to within 0.1 points of the moss-covered Rocks.

LINK: Standings