With only five games remaining in the season, several questions remain unanswered in the 20th chapter of the FHL manuscript.
The latest page revealed that BCS and Serenity remain in the throes of an epic battle for first with Bear and GM languishing in third and fourth.
Week 19 scores included BCS defeating Bear 3-1 as Bear’s Doug (Holy) Mack (inaw) snapped his Brother-in-law, (Magic) Mike Enemark’s shutout bid as time wound down with an extra attacker on the ice.
Shooting star for BCS was Budd (Crash) Carter who scored the winner and also added a pair of assists.
The other contest saw GM’s woes continue as they battled hard, but were on the wrong end of a 2-1 final thanks to a pair from Serenity’s Kevin (Pile Driver) Pethic.
Week 20 saw a record low attendance by Serenity as they had to be lent a skater to field a team only to be beaten 5-4 by Bear.
Heroic efforts were put in by Bears Ian (Heartbreaker) Hannah with a natural hat-trick and one assist as Lee (Nitro) Naeth notched a goal and a trio of mind-bending helpers.
Jumping into a first place tie with Serenity was Blue Collar who got two goal games from Chris (Crown) Royle and Jason (Junior) Johnson in a 6-4 victory over GM. Despite their current nine-game skid, (Corporal) Colin Keis, (Colonel) Kevin Hesslegrave and (General) Glen Boudreau, who combined for 8 points, remain steadfast that their platoon will make the playoffs.
This week in Season 8 (2001): Gold defeated Red 6-4 as (Mighty) Mike Legere and (Marvellous) Marvin Fox kept the scored tied at one at Zamboni time thanks to several scintillating saves. Red was powered to a 2nd half lead by Jack (Flack Jacket) Wallis and Kevin (Spaceman) Turley but it was Trevor (Gene) Pool who scored the empty-net clincher for the eventual Lumber Cup Champion Gold Group.
– Steve Dodge is a defensive winger with Bear Communications and an Observer contributor.
