WEEK 9 (thru Saturday)

“I’m not sure how that happened, but I’ll take it,” said Alexander Ovechkin after scoring two empty net goals to cap a three goal, one assist, 12.0 point performance; the Wild Ducks taking full control of their match with the Central Red Army by netting 18.0 points on Saturday - the beefy number also returning the Ducks to the more refined digs of 2nd place overall.

Wild Ducks: 47.8
Central Red Army: 30.3­
The Central Red Army are trailing by 17.5 points but don’t put a lid on this match just yet - the Army dressing no less than five players (Draisaitl, Suter, Hughes, Price, Rask) on the final day of the week; the Wild Ducks dragging just Joe Pavelski to the three-game Sunday table.

Polar Bears: 50.7
SC Cobras: 64.2­
The Polar Bears (13.0 points) out-performed the SC Cobras (6.0 points) on Saturday, but the hole in which they sit remains slippery deep, the Bears needing recording-breaking performances from Connor McDavid and Torey Krug to have any shot at a don’t-bet-on-it come-from-behind win.

Badger Bob: 50.1
Rocky Rocks: 66.2­
There is a storm Bruin but Rocky Rocks appears to have successfully battened down their hatches, the Rocks “thru Saturday” 16.1 point lead seemingly strong enough to survive the dual assault of Hurricane Pastrnak and Hurricane Marchand - the cyclonic storm set to hit land at 7:00 pm on Sunday.

Misconducts: 53.2
Bluliners: 49.4­
This pairing of FHL veterans is coming down to the wire as the Misconducts lead remains narrow after outscoring the Bluliners by 2.5 points on Saturday. While the Misconducts advantage is slim, no one is betting on the Bluliners as they’re dressing only Jamie Benn on Day 7. The Misconducts will have nearly half their team in skates; Horvat, Krejci, Hintz, Domi and Bishop all taking to the Sunday ice.

Ice Hogs: 44.2
Vegas Vipers: 44.8
The Ice Hogs carded only 9.0 points on Saturday but their opponent mostly swung-and-missed, the Vegas Vipers lead reduced to 0.6 points. The future for the Hogs however doesn’t appear bright, the team dressing just J.T. Miller and Jeff Petry on the final day of the week. The smirking Vipers will counter with four players - Seguin, Radulov, Gallagher and Klingberg all slinging pucks on Sunday.

Boulder Flyers: 52.0
Cherry Pickers: 56.7
“I’m out, that’s all I got” said GM Morgan as he raised both hands to the sky, his Boulder Flyers team dressing no one on Day 7 of the 7-day week. As such, the Cherry Pickers and their Saturday-best 19.9 performance are safe, GM Recoskie and his Pickers just a Sunday shy of being officially handed their 4th victory of the season.

LINK: Standings