Undrafted, Chris Kreider was plucked from the FHL scrapyard in Week 2. The acquisition will undoubtedly lead to GM Recoskie winning the “Acquisition of the Year” award, the 30 year-old Kreider netting his 27th, 28th and 29th goals on Saturday, the on-the-move Cherry Pickers drawing to within 41.6 points of 1st place overall. SC Cobras: 49.5
Cherry Pickers: 59.7
The Cherry Pickers mad dash to the finish line continued on Saturday as Kreider (3g, 1a, 12pts) guided the team to an 18.0 point performance, the Pickers just hours removed from what would be their 7th victory of the season.
LAST DAY LINEUP (SC Cobras: 3 players; Cherry Pickers: 5 players)
SC Cobras: Sam Bennett, Neal Pionk, Drew Doughty
Cherry Pickers: Anthony Duclair, Robert Thomas, Kyle Connor, Connor Hellebuyck*, Tristan Jarry*
*Start not confirmed at press time.Lumberjacks: 64.0
Bluliners: 56.8
Leon Draisaitl (2g, 2a, 10pts) has drawn the Bluliners back into this previously unwinnable match, a league-best 20.2 point Saturday placing the barreling B’s just 7.2 points shy of an improbable come-from-behind win.
LAST DAY LINEUP (Lumberjacks: 4 players; Bluliners: 3 players)
Lumberjacks: Aleksander Barkov, Anze Kopitar, Jordan Kyrou, Brady Tkachuk
Bluliners: Elias Pettersson, Jordan Eberle, Aaron Ekblad
Wild Ducks: 49.6
Baba Booey: 71.8With Baba Booey bringing seven players to Sunday and the Wild Ducks only three, the Fat Lady will be called to the stage for a couple of encores, the Booeys sitting on a towering 22.2 point cushion with one
five-game day remaining in the week.
LAST DAY LINEUP (Wild Ducks: 3 players; Baba Booey: 7 players)
Wild Ducks: Mark Scheifele, Patrik Laine, Evgeni Malkin
Baba Booey: Jake Guentzel, Pierre-Luc Dubois, Ivan Barbashev, Sidney Crosby, Torey Krug, MacKenzie Weegar, Phillip Grubauer*
*Start not confirmed at press time.Boulder Flyers: 36.2
Polar Bears: 51.0A dismal 5.0 point Saturday has strapped the Boulder Flyers with the lowest score of the week. Meanwhile, the Polar Bears were shredding Day 6 for 15.0 points, GM Elya and his below-500 Bears soon to be awarded a much-needed “W.”
LAST DAY LINEUP (Polar Bears: 1 player; Boulder Flyers: 3 players)
Polar Bears: Carter Verhaeghe
Boulder Flyers: Josh Norris, Zach Werenski, Elvis Merzlikins
Rocky Rocks: 54.0
Misconducts: 62.2Defenseman Devon Toews (3a) provided the Misconducts with 6.0 of their 18.0 points, GM Smalley now in the driver’s seat as his surging squad leads Rocky Rocks by 8.2 points.
LAST DAY LINEUP (Rocky Rocks: 5 players; Misconducts: 5 players)
Rocky Rocks: Drake Batherson, Ryan O’Reilly, Kris Letang, Jonathan Quick*, Matt Murray*
Misconducts: Evan Rodrigues, Sam Reinhart, Oliver Bjorkstrand, Bryan Rust, Jordan Binnington*
*Start not confirmed at press time.Ice Hogs: 43.4
Central Red Army: 40.1For the Ice Hogs to win their seventh consecutive match they’ll have to repel the advances of the Central Red Army - the Hogs lead reduced to a precarious 3.3 points after being outscored 12.0 to 9.8 on the penultimate day of the week.
LAST DAY LINEUP (Ice Hogs: 4 players; Central Red Army: 3 players)
Ice Hogs: Jonathan Huberdeau, Jared McCann, Mark Giordano, Sergei Bobrovsky*
Central Red Army: Vladimir Tarasenko, Anton Lundell, Thomas Chabot
*Start not confirmed at press time.BONUS LEADERBOARD1. Baba Booey, 71.8
2. Lumberjacks, 64.0
3. Misconducts, 62.2
4. Cherry Pickers, 59.7
5. Bluliners, 56.8
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