As I sit here I am also clinging to my box of tissues and a blanket. In case you haven’t noticed, I’m behind a couple posts and it’s because I’ve been (and am still) sick as a dog. The Nyquil pills I just popped can’t work quickly enough… Now onto the wonderful world of the RCL Leagues:
Jethro (The CHeap Seats) was the top team, scoring 21 of a possible 22 points for the extended all-star week. GoPuckYour…… (Bobby Hull Division) was next with 20 points.
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Here are the leaders in each category for the week, with the average in brackets:
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| 21 Goals (10) | True North Puck Co. (RCL 1) |
| 28 Assists (18) | Jolly Razzers (RCL 1) |
| 22+/- (-1) | Cunney linguist (Bobby Hull Division) |
| 56 PIM (25) | GoPuckYour…… (Bobby Hull Division) |
| 19 PPP (7) | blunt blazing freak (Bobby Hull Division) |
| 160 SOG (115) | True North Puck Co. (RCL 1) |
| 8 Goalie Wins (4) | Team Vigilante (RazzPuckBunnies) |
| 0.99 GAA (2.21) | blunt blazing freak (Bobby Hull Division) |
| 349 Saves (187) | Razzmatazz (RCL 1) |
| .962 Save % (.925) | blunt blazing freak (Bobby Hull Division) |
| 4 Shutouts (1) | blunt blazing freak (Bobby Hull Division) |
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| RCL 1 | W-L-T | Pts | |
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| 1. | Jolly Razzers | 102-56-18 | 222 |
| 2. | Toronto Make Beliefs | 98-68-10 | 206 |
| 3. | True North Puck Co. | 92-67-17 | 201 |
| 4. | Puck The Folice | 93-69-14 | 200 |
| 5. | Razzmatazz | 89-76-11 | 189 |
| 6. | Zak Dream Team | 88-77-11 | 187 |
| 7. | Feeding Frenzy | 86-76-14 | 186 |
| 8. | the barbershop | 73-89-14 | 160 |
| 9. | Motorboaters | 71-90-15 | 157 |
| 10. | SnepstsMustacheRides | 67-99-10 | 144 |
| 11. | Pominville NY | 58-102-16 | 132 |
| 12. | Rocky Mountain Thigh | 58-106-12 | 128 |
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Feeding Frenzy moved closer to a playoff spot with a 9-1 win over Pominville NY. Jonathan Quick and Henrik Lundqvist combined for 5 wins with a .969 save percentage to lead the Frenzy. Martin Erat provided some offense with a goal and 5 assists, 2 power play points, and 4 penalty minutes.
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The Jolly Razzers stretched their lead to 16 points, defeating True North Puck Co. 6-3. Puck The Folice downed Motorboaters 7-3, Razzmatazz defeated the barbershop 7-4, and Rocky Mountain Thigh edged SnepstsMustacheRides 6-4. Zak Dream Team and Toronto Make Beliefs played to a 5-5 tie.
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| The CHeap Seats | W-L-T | Pts | |
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| 1. | Decepticon Dominance | 115-49-12 | 242 |
| 2. | KyHabs | 93-64-19 | 205 |
| 3. | Parenteau Guidance | 94-68-14 | 202 |
| 4. | Jethro | 91-70-15 | 197 |
| 5. | Optimus Reim | 83-79-14 | 180 |
| 6. | BlueLineDefenders | 80-78-18 | 178 |
| 7. | The Price is Right | 79-78-19 | 177 |
| 8. | Laraque Bottom | 72-86-18 | 162 |
| 9. | Grabner 5-hole | 71-87-18 | 160 |
| 10. | BroadStreetBullies | 65-91-20 | 150 |
| 11. | whobustedass | 63-94-19 | 145 |
| 12. | Hank for Vezina | 48-110-18 | 114 |
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1st-place Decepticon Dominance fell 7-4 to Grabner 5-hole, but maintained their 37-point lead atop the standings. KyHabs moved into 2nd, winning 6-5 over BlueLineDefenders while Parenteau Guidance was being bombed 8-2 by The Price is Right.
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Jethro destroyed the BroadStreetBullies 10-0 as Zach Parise (5 goals, 2 assists) and Chris Stewart (17 penalty minutes) led the way. Henrik Lundqvist and Marc-Andre Fleury each provided 3 wins. King Henrik finished with 2 shutouts and a goals against average of 0.65 and a .975 save percentage. Kris Letang had no points and was -4 for the Bullies, who were missing Alex Ovechkin for most of the week with a suspension.
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Laraque Bottom edged whobustedass 5-3 while Hank for Vezina and Optimus Reim tied at 5 in other action.
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| RazzPuckBunnies | W-L-T | Pts | |
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| 1. | Team Vigilante | 104-55-17 | 225 |
| 2. | Ice Road Puckers | 106-63-7 | 219 |
| 3. | Greyston Schmohawks | 87-75-14 | 188 |
| 4. | Jagr Bombs | 84-77-15 | 183 |
| 5. | drb_redwings | 83-78-15 | 181 |
| 6. | Portable Ninja | 81-81-14 | 176 |
| 7. | Chubby Beavers | 78-79-19 | 175 |
| 8. | Wampa | 69-88-19 | 157 |
| 9. | Top Shelf | 70-90-16 | 156 |
| 10. | SuicidalEnforcers | 70-92-14 | 154 |
| 11. | Gator’s Bitches | 64-90-22 | 150 |
| 12. | Sin Bin Sadists | 67-95-14 | 148 |
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There was a change at the top as Team Vigilante pounded Chubby Beavers 8-2 while the Ice Road Puckers were falling to Portable Ninja, 8-3. The Vigilante trio of Cam Ward, Marc-Andre Fleury, and Jonathan Quick combined for 8 victories and swept the goaltending categories. Martin St. Louis had 5 goals and 3 assists for the Ninja, who slipped past the Beavers into the 6th and final playoff spot.
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The drb_redwings blasted the Sin Bin Sadists 9-2 behind Henrik Lundqvist’s 3 wins and 2 shutouts. Phil Kessel contributed 2 goals, 2 assists, +3, 2 PIM, 1 PPP, and 19 shots. Corey Crawford dragged down the Wings’ goaltending numbers with ratios of 4.48 and .869.
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In other games, SuicidalEnforcers and Gator’s Bitches tied 5-5, Top Shelf downed the Greyston Schmohawks 7-2, and Jagr Bombs beat Wampa 6-4.
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| Bobby Hull Division | W-L-T | Pts | |
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| 1. | The Vincibles | 94-64-18 | 206 |
| 2. | TheMustaches | 91-65-20 | 202 |
| 3. | Cunney linguist | 92-70-14 | 198 |
| 4. | GoPuckYour…… | 88-66-22 | 198 |
| 5. | Rochester Americans | 88-71-17 | 193 |
| 6. | Shishka | 86-73-17 | 189 |
| 7. | blunt blazing freak | 79-81-16 | 174 |
| 8. | i miss baseball | 77-82-17 | 171 |
| 9. | Detroit Rust Rats | 76-83-17 | 169 |
| 10. | Rasktastic! | 69-95-12 | 150 |
| 11. | Celtic Frost | 61-94-21 | 143 |
| 12. | Smarch Snow | 54-111-11 | 119 |
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The standings tightened up considerably as the top 2 teams lost big. League-leaders The Vincibles were bombed by doormats Smarch Snow, 9-2, dropping their lead to 4 points. TheMustaches, paced by Ilya Kovalchuk (3 goals and 7 assists), overtook 2nd-place Cunney linguist after crushing them 8-3.
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GoPuckYour…… continued to move up, jumping into a 3rd-place tie from 6th with a 10-1 shellacking of Shiska. Logan Couture led GPY with a line of 2 G/5 A/ +2/3 PPP/15 shots. Cam Ward added 3 wins and a shutout with a goals against average of 1.21 and .960 save percentage. Shiska’s Jason Spezza was held pointless, and finished at -2 for the week.
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10th-place Rasktastik! tried shaking things up, trading their top-ranked skater, John Tavares, to Cunney linguist for David Krejci and Marc-Andre Bergeron. The team responded with a 5-3 win over the Rochester Americans. Celtic Frost throttled Detroit Rust Rats 9-2, while blunt blazing freak did the same to the i miss baseball. bbf had the top goaltending for the week, led by Lundqvist and Antti Niemi.
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