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.
Week Seven boxes are up...recaps to come.
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | DIFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Nick Who Gloved Ne | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 36 | 11 | +25 |
| REDACTED | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 8 | +12 |
| Mason Impossible: Pink Ops | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 20 | +9 |
| Double Do' 7: License To Teal | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 18 | -1 |
| Brownfinger | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 20 | -3 |
| Karnsino Royale | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 24 | -8 |
| Snowbody Dubs It Better | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 17 | -3 |
| Dye Another Grey | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 25 | -11 |
| Maroonraker | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 24 | -12 |
| coVert AgedGents | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15 | -8 |
| Player | G | A | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Giummo | 19 | 10 | 29 |
| Carl Vankoughnett | 4 | 16 | 20 |
| Kyle Snyder | 17 | 3 | 20 |
| Goalie | GP | W | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Tran | 3 | 2 | 0.897 |
| Nick Meglich | 6 | 6 | 0.878 |
| Don Tran | 3 | 0 | 0.862 |
Karnsino Royale
The ever-chipper Chercoe assisted on a pair of Brendan Jew strikes in the first and second period, then produced the game-winning powerplay goal at 3:49 in the third to lift Blue past Maroon in what could prove to be a season-saving victory for Captain Karns & Company.
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...
Two of the three remaining undefeated teams met in Week Three, with Captain Dorothy Kline's Teal taking on Captain Bryan Ossa's Charcoal. The two remain undefeated, which of course means that this was the equivalent of the proverbial 'early brush with the villain where nothing really happens, but the tension is ratcheted up for the big finale to come' from every Bond movie ever. Of course, there are no ties in playoff hockey (it's really no time to tie, after all), so we'll have to wait for the next film to see how this arc ends...