WEEK 1 (thru Wednesday)

Those who believe Leon Draisaitl won't be able to duplicate his 50 goal, 105 point season are scratching their chin and thinking “hmm” this morning, the Central Red Army winger bolting out of the 2019-20 blocks with a league-best 5.0 point performance (1g, 2a).

Central Red Army: 5.0
Boulder Flyers: 6.0
Despite the heroics of Draisaitl, defenseman Tyson Barrie (2a, 3pts) and his Boulder Flyers team were able to repel the advances of the Central Red Army, GM Morgan heading into a heavier eight-game Thursday carrying a 1.0 point lead.

Rocky Rocks: 1.0
Wild Ducks: 6.0­
Rocky Rocks was bit by his Sharks on opening day as the (supposedly) again-healthy Erik Karlsson didn’t dress due to “personal reasons” and Kevin Labanc was carted to the shelf, departing last night’s game with an undisclosed injury. As such, Rocky’s road to victory is now significantly steeper, Auston Matthews (2g, 4pts) and his Wild Ducks team already sitting on a 5.0 point cushion.

Bluliners: 0.0
Ice Hogs: 6.0­
Evgeni Kuznetsov - suspended for three games - was left in his team’s starting lineup, the white-nosed winger unable to help the now-shorthanded Bluliners. The Ice Hogs meanwhile rode an Alex Pietrangelo 3.0 point goal to an early 6.0 point lead.

Polar Bears: 7.0
Badger Bob: 0.0­
With points from four different players - including a two assist game from Ryan O’Reilly - the Polar Bears nickel-and-dimed their way to an already healthy lead, GM’s Elya’s cruising squad leading the did-nothing Bobs by 7.0.

Cherry Pickers: 4.3
Misconducts: 7.0­
John Carlson took his first steps toward the FHL Norris, the late first round draft pick netting 3.0 points (2a), his Misconducts squad currently sitting on top of the FHL with 7.0 points - their advantage over the Cherry Pickers currently 2.7 points with four days remaining in the short week.

Vegas Vipers: 3.0
SC Cobras: 3.1
A relatively quiet five-game opener did nothing to decide this battle of FHL snakes, only 0.1 point separating the Vipers and Cobras. Marc-Andre Fleury (20 save win) doing most of the damage for the SC Cobras while the Vegas Vipers were able to squeeze 3.0 points out of Mark Stone (1g, 1a).

LINK: Standings