Captain Grant Goins' 'Maroonraker' have been a failure to launch all season, but a huge Week Eight win over previously unbeaten Charcoal has them approaching playoff orbit with three games left in their regular season mission. Gabe Davenport secured POTW honors with his first career shutout, and while Maroon have plenty of work left to do to reach cut line escape velocity, this win may be the booster they need to shoot for the stars...
Week Eight boxes are up...recaps to come.
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | DIFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Nick Who Gloved Ne | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 42 | 14 | +28 |
| Mason Impossible: Pink Ops | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 23 | +9 |
| REDACTED | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 11 | +9 |
| Snowbody Dubs It Better | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 20 | +1 |
| Brownfinger | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 23 | -3 |
| Double Do' 7: License To Teal | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 24 | -4 |
| Karnsino Royale | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 31 | -12 |
| Dye Another Grey | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 30 | -13 |
| Maroonraker | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 24 | -9 |
| coVert AgedGents | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 18 | -6 |
| Player | G | A | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Giummo | 24 | 10 | 34 |
| Kyle Snyder | 19 | 3 | 22 |
| Carl Vankoughnett | 4 | 17 | 21 |
| Goalie | GP | W | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Tran | 3 | 1 | 0.906 |
| Nick Meglich | 7 | 7 | 0.869 |
| Don Tran | 3 | 0 | 0.862 |
The first shutout of Gabe's young SDFHL career could not have come at a bigger and better time for Maroon, with his efforts securing a HUGE 3-0 win over previously unbeaten Charcoal to keep Captain Grant Goins' & Company alive in the playoff hunt heading into their final three games of the season.
Captain Ryan Karns' 'Karsino Royale' were heads up with Captain Grant Goins' 'Maroonraker' in a high stakes Week Seven matchup, with the winner moving safely above the cut line (at least, for now), and the loser remaining in danger of being flushed out of playoff contention. The chip stacks remained even heading into the late going, but Jenna Chercoe and her Blue mates dealt Maroon yet another losing hand and shuffled up the standings with three games left in their schedule.
Captain Bryan Ossa's 'REDACTED' entered the third period of their Week Six match with White down two goals. The lead was down to one with one minute to play...thirty seconds to play...twenty seconds...ten...five...one...GOAL! Owen Perks made every second count, scoring a goal for the ages with one tick left to tock, and in doing so kept Charcoal's loss column clean as a whistle through five games. It remains to be seen what impact (if any) this will have on either team, but it is certainly another feather in Charcoal's confidence cap, and it keeps the Week Nine matchup with Neon set as the last potential Battle Of Undefeated Teams...
Captain Grant Goins' 'Maroonraker' are still in plenty of peril, but their precarious position (suspended, and trying not to sweat above the standings floor) improved ever so slightly with the procurement of their first point in a wild Week Four battle with Captain Mason Holcomb's 'Mason Impossible: Pink Ops'. The captain himself collected two assists and scored the game-tying goal to keep his team hanging in there as we hit the midway point of the season...