Unheralded, undrafted and virtually unknown, MacKenzie Weegar was a bright light for the Polar Bears on Saturday, the 27-year-old defensemen (1g, 1a) providing 6.0 of his team’s 12.0 points; the barreling Bears speedskating toward an upset win and what would be their second $10.00 best-week bonus.Polar Bears: 52.3
Ice Hogs: 31.9
Even though the Fat Lady is unavailable (reportedly in a Food Coma after consuming 27 full-size chocolate Easter bunnies), the chunky one is here in spirit, the Polar Bears bringing a smile and a gargantuan 20.4 point lead to the final day of the week.
LAST DAY LINEUP (Polar Bears: 7 players; Ice Hogs: 5 players)
Polar Bears: Ondrej Palat, Joe Pavelski, Carter Verhaeghe, Elias Lindholm, Matthew Tkachuk, MacKenzie Weegar, James Reimer*
Ice Hogs: Martin Necas, Sean Monahan, Oliver Bjorkstrand, Jakob Chychrun, Morgan Rielly, Andrei Vasilevskiy*
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At press time, start not confirmed.
Cherry Pickers: 47.6
Baba Booey: 32.0Baba Booey was good on Saturday as David Pastrnak (2g, 1a) guided the team to a 12.0 point showing. The number however wasn’t enough to draw the Booey’s back into this match, the Cherry Pickers and their 11.8 point Saturday still leading this Canuck division clash by too many points.
LAST DAY LINEUP (Cherry Pickers: 7 players; Baba Booey: 4 players)
Cherry Pickers: Nicklas Backstrom, Jack Roslovic, Brayden Point, Mitch Marner, Alex Galchenyuk, Victor Hedman, Seth Jones
Baba Booey: Dylan Larkin, Miro Heiskanen, Ilya Samsonov*, Jacob Markstrom*
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At press time, start not confirmed.Misconducts: 36.3
Central Red Army: 43.7
The Central Red Army let down their guard on Saturday and were pelted with 9.4 points, Jake Guentzel (1g, 2a) providing his Misconducts team with hope for a huge come-from-behind win, the Army’s once formidable lead reduced to 7.4 points.
LAST DAY LINEUP (Misconducts: 4 players; Central Red Army: 6 players)
Misconducts: Zach Hyman, Jakub Vrana, Keith Yandle, Sergei Bobrovsky*
Central Red Army: Sebastian Aho, John Tavares, Kyle Palmieri, Tom Wilson, John Carlson, Adin Hill*
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At press time, start not confirmed.Lumberjacks: 46.2
Boulder Flyers: 30.1Not unlike God, the Lumberjacks don’t like doing a lot of work on the seventh day. After dressing no one last Sunday, the Jacks are bringing just Jason Robertson to the final day of the week. Unlike last week however, the Lumberjacks really don’t need anyone to play - GM Recoskie’s 2nd place team leading the hapless Boulder Flyers by 16.1.
LAST DAY LINEUP (Lumberjacks: 1 player; Boulder Flyers: 6 players)
Lumberjacks: Jason Robertson
Boulder Flyers: Aleksander Barkov, Patrick Laine, Andrei Svechnikov, John Klingberg, Alex Nedeljkovic*, Mackenzie Blackwood*
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At press time, start not confirmed.Wild Ducks: 38.2
SC Cobras: 28.3
GM Collard is hoping his forwards are forward as no fewer than six Wild Duck forwards will be bringing their game to Sunday. If the forwards aren’t forward, the Ducks have a safety net - that being a nearly-double-digit 9.9 point lead.
LAST DAY LINEUP (Wild Ducks: 7 players; SC Cobras: 2 players)
Wild Ducks: Roope Hintz, Alexander Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov, William Nylander, TJ Oshie, Phil Kessel, Jake Ottinger*
SC Cobras: Jonathan Huberdeau, Mikhail Sergachev
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At press time, start not confirmed.Rocky Rocks: 42.3
Bluliners: 26.1
Defenseman Dougie Hamilton (1g) netted 3.0 of his team’s Saturday-best 14.7 points, Rocky Rocks now leading the Bluliners and their week-worst score by 16.2 points ahead of a
five-game Week 12 finale.LAST DAY LINEUP (Rocky Rocks: 5 players; Bluliners: 3 players)
Rocky Rocks: Alex Killorn, Johnny Gaudreau, Steven Stamkos, Dougie Hamilton, Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Bluliners: Auston Matthews, Yanni Gourde, Mark Giordano
BONUS LEADERBOARD1. Polar Bears, 52.3
2. Cherry Pickers, 47.6
3. Lumberjacks, 46.2
4. Central Red Army, 43.7
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