Weekly Crosscheck Vol. 2, #3
October 16, 2006
Hi Everybody! Winnipeg Johnny again.
I made some great calls last week, and a few not so good ones. First of all, I have to apologize to Pucknut John. John… I’m sorry your team sucks. If it weren’t for your moderately good penalty minutes you would pretty much have gotten skunked. The only reason that you aren’t in the basement is because the lame duck 5 For Fighting turtled and did get skunked. I know you know this. I’m just making sure everybody else knows it too. What happened to the league champion Pucknuts? Time to fire the coach?
All other games went pretty much according to plan. Well, all that is except for A-Team vs Green Bay Monks. The Rangers went to sleep for a few days and that hurt the Monks. The series ended up a draw.
We do have a bunch of new season records to acknowledge, not the least of which is 61 PIM by SenStanley. What was Derek Morris’ infraction? I missed it. Moris already has half as many penalty minutes as he did for the entire season last year. Take Off Eh now has the GAA and Sv% records. What was it I said about Alex Auld last week? The Spankers got 122 shots on goal this week. That’s beatable, folks. Remember… there’s no such thing as a bad shot on net. Just ask Olli Jokinen. The Monks have the new record for Power Play Points (20), and the Sublimators have the new record for goals (18) - both also beatable. Camo tied the Pucknuts first week record of 5 wins. I don’t know if any of us will beat that soon. Take Off Eh and the Sublimators have a chance. What contending team doesn’t hold a record? The Ice Bats, of course. In fact my team is still trailing in overall PIM by one stupid 2 minute infraction. We’ll fix that this week.
Camo is still the team to catch, although there are only four points separating the top four teams. So the question is… what’s up for this week?
Week 3 Matchup
Ice Bats vs. Sublimators
I don’t think I stand a chance against the Sublimator’s goaltending, but the rest of the points (except for PIM) are up for grabs. This one is probably going to go the the Sublimators.
Green Bay Monks vs. Pucknuts
The Pucknuts have been beaten up pretty badly the last couple of weeks. Have heart John… the Rangers have started their early season slide so I think you have a shot at the Monks.
Take Off Eh vs. A-Team
The A-Team has been limping along while Take Off Eh has been consistently good. Take Off Eh will win this week and continue their run at the league leaders.
Spankers vs. SenStanley
What’s to predict? Spankers will spank SenStanley and catch up to the league leaders.
5 For Fighting vs. Spezztacular!
This is a contest to see which team will suck less. I’m guessing Spezztacular will suck less and take the week keeping 5 For Fighting in the basement.
Camo vs. Saberswinthecup!
The two top teams! Camo will win this one, but Saberswinthecup will take a few points including PIM. It will be a close goalie battle.
I’m going to be out of town for most of the next two weeks, so hopefully Pucknut can fill in for me on the next Crosscheck. I’ll leave you with this: Here are the logos for the teams that finished in the top six places in this league last year.
That is all.
-Johnny
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Ouch! That’s it, gloves off. Time to hit the waiver wire and see if I can find a gem to spark this team.