WEEK 20 (thru Friday)

”SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIEND!” bellowed GM Recoskie - the Boulder Flyers rudely introduced to Jared Spurgeon on Friday; the unheralded defenseman scoring 15.0 (3g) of his teams 27.0 points, the Cherry Pickers - trailing by 19.9 points on Thursday - now 6.1 points better than the wide-eyed (and cowering) Flyers.

Cherry Pickers: 50.6
Boulder Flyers: 44.5­
The Cherry Pickers postseason hopes were on life support as they laced their skates on Friday. Today their hopes are alive and kicking, the percolating Pickers bringing an unexpected lead to the final two days of Week 20.

Central Red Army: 39.7
Wild Ducks: 33.6
The Central Red Army - still trembling from yesterday’s bombardment - received 3.0 of 5.0 points from Leon Draisaitl (1g, 1a), the regrouping Army now leading the (very) dangerous Wild Ducks by 6.1 points ahead of a busy 19-game weekend.  

SC Cobras: 36.7
Polar Bears: 19.6­
As expected, the SC Cobras are pulling away from the under-armed Polar Bears, the playoff-worthy (and now in 4th place overall) Cobras tracking toward a hugely-important win, their lead ballooning to 17.1 points after netting 9.8 points on Friday.

Bluliners: 16.5
Misconducts: 28.5
The worst score of Week 20 isn’t doing the Bluliners any favors - GM Hamilton and his sluggish squad (now in 5th place overall) on the verge of tumbling out of the postseason picture, their deficit now 12.0 points after being outscored 3.0 to 2.0 on Friday.

Badger Bob: 37.0
Rocky Rocks: 24.2­
It took longer than expected but Badger Bob has finally distanced themselves from Rocky Rocks, Patrice Bergeron (2g) guiding his team to a 10.0 point Friday, the bounding Bobs now leading the discarded Rocks by 12.8.

Vegas Vipers: 38.4
Ice Hogs: 28.0­
With Week 20 galloping toward the homestretch, GM Henry is thinking, “Damn, I might lose,” his Ice Hogs and their 10-match winning streak trailing the venomous Vegas Vipers by 10.4 points ahead of a chunky 11-game Saturday.

LINK: Standings