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The Dirty Blues laid a whipping on the Fog Devils on Friday night. It was a battle of former China Sharks and China Dragon stars, Guo Da Chuan (Danny) and Wang Zhi Qiang (Wanger) and though the latter scored a beautiful end to end goal, Danny’s team had the last laugh. Down 5-2 in the middle of the 2nd, the Fog Devils thought they had their third when DB’s goalie Jamie ‘the Krawler’ Krause pulled a magic trick on the officials to avoid the small two goal cushion. With the net off the moorings for a split second, Krawler pulled the net back in place just as the Fog Devils penetrated his area. After a short conference, the officials ruled no goal and the Dirty Blues never looked back. The 2nd ended up being the only close period as the complete artillery of the Blues was firing to end up with an 11-4 victory. The Fog Devils can take some consolation in the fact they were severely under-manned and didn’t do much to support their man between the pipes.

Ice Cocks roasted the Ducks Friday night with a 4-2 win. The score was closer than the play as Shin stopped 95 of 99 shots sent his way. Ice Cock goals were scored by regular snipers Spahr and Takagi with Ohlrich extending his hot steak and super Kiwi James Kerry getting his first of the year. Karl was huge in net for the Ice Cocks but the Ducks finally scored late with goals by Simon and Bergie.

冰公鸡烤鸭子周五晚上4-2胜利。比分是不是真停止99的95投送他的方式发挥密切。冰公鸡目标是通过定期狙击手斯帕尔和高木与Ohlrich延长他的热牛排和超级猕猴桃詹姆斯克里获得了他的第一年打进。卡尔是巨大的网为冰公鸡，但鸭子终于由西蒙和Bergie进球晚了。

The Saturday night slate of games kicked off with one for the record books as the last place Drunk Vikings (3W, 14L, -42 Goal differential) were finally able to overcome the “officiating conspiracy” that has plagued them all season to defeat the league leading Paper Tigers (15W, 2L, +46 GD). The game was an instant classic and has officially gone down as the biggest regular season upset in Shanghai Hockey Club and Asia Beer league history.

The first period was a fast paced, back and forth affair until Stu “So hungover” Chan found himself on a breakaway with 10 seconds left and put a nifty move on Barry to give the Vikings a slim 1-0 lead after 1.

The Paper Tigers were able to tie it up in the second as John Antooppalous(sp?)….Anthopopolopous(sp?)……..fuck it – the kid with the nice flow sniped one top cheddar.

Entering the third, tensions were high. The Vikings, however, came out the hungrier bunch and Adam “The Rook” Liu was able to secure their first win in months with a top shelf snipe of his own. Mike Custer sealed the game with an empty net goal late in the period for a final score line of Drunk Vikings 3 – Paper Flies 1. Rob Gray turned back the clock 10 years (maybe 20?) and played his best game of the season in net for the Vikings.

Afterwards, completely ignoring the adage ‘Act like you have been there before,’ the Vikings celebrated like they had just won Shangley’s cup. The Vikings raped and pillaged the SHC liquor cabinet and broke another SHC record by throwing the largest regular season bottle night in league history. It was legend…..wait for it…. DARY.

Brennan scored on a giveaway from Scotti to put APL in the lead 1-0. The crabs woke up when the lines were shuffled for the start of the 2nd period. Cobbett got the Crabs first goal after a quick line change found him behind APL’s D with the puck. Taggert banged home the 2nd goal put make it 2-1 crabs. Rupert found his own rebound in the 3rd for the final goal.

Scotti 送给了Brennan 一个机会让APL领先 1-0。 大闸蟹通过重组让自己从迷茫中清醒了过来。 Cobbett 带头从APL防守队员的裤裆里找到了第一个球。Taggert 紧跟着在裤裆里找到了另外一个球，让大闸蟹2比1领先。Rupert 在自己裤裆里找到了根球杆让大闸蟹重新找到了自己的威武。

With a chance to move in to sole possession of third place, The Bulldogs went in to Saturday night’s match up with the pesky Pandas with standings on their mind. With the leagues first bottle night since the And the game wasn’t two minutes old before Perro broke in from the blue line uncontested and for the first time in three seasons didn’t choose to go upstairs glove side but instead went to the backhand and buried a simple little deke past the outstretched arms of other iron man goalie of the league Barry Roe filling in for the pandas and once again wondering where half their team was.
Later in the first it was the Dogs showing some offense at the back with Andy Sigfrieds receiving a great feed in the high slot that he deposited in the back of the net as a strange changeup-probably his ode to spring and baseball season kicking off.
After the first period it looked a lot more even and the Pandas set the pace. Even with the low numbers they were flying around and creating pressure and finally broke through on a Graydon rebound in front. This type of play continued back and forth with Mans turning aside a few great opportunities and Barry getting peppered with shots that wouldn’t find the back of the net.
It stayed close until late in to the third until a crisp tic tac toe by the Bulldogs finished off by Cal Wong was yet again a dagger for the competition and what has now become a bit of a signature shift for the boys in Yellow putting teams away late.

The last game of the night was a dogfight, as the Puckhounds took on the Fu Dogs. The Fu Dogs were a bit shorthanded as Jason Ferron ran off to get married. Worried that he couldn’t score without his line mate, he took Martin Magnan with him. With the Fu Dogs missing their French Canadian Pocket-rockets, Puckhounds’ Captain Jason McKelvey decided to test his theory that his team played better without James Dodd and made him a healthy scratch.
PHs opened the scoring in the first when a Jeff Wong screen shot through traffic found the net. Fu Dogs closed the period strong though, with Ron Berg netting 2 late goals about a minute apart. The second period both teams tallied 2 goals. Yuzo Yamada got credit for a goal when Fu Dogs defenseman Jake Kovacik tried to catch a fluttering puck and instead knocked it into the net. Sam Xu added another. On the Fu Dogs side, Brent Campbell got both goals, one on a beauty feed from Bill Longstreet. In the third, Mark Qin tied it with a slick redirect.
OT started with the Fu Dogs shorthanded, allowing them to play dump and chase the full length of the ice. The Puckhounds coughed the puck up to a forechecking Campbell deep in their zone. He got off a harmless weak ass backhander, but the rebound went directly to the ice man, Ron “The Ice” Berg, to ice the game and send the Puckhounds back to the cellar.
Congratulations to Jason & Lilly!

周六最后一场比赛是发生在puckhounds和fu dogs之间的激战。Jason因婚礼而缺席比赛，同时Martin也因故缺席，Fu dogs处于劣势。在Fu dogs缺少了他们的法国加拿大袖珍火箭的场景，Puckhounds的队长决定测试一下他的理论：没有james Dodd的球队可以发挥更好。然而结果并非如此。
Puckhounds的Jeff在第一节打入第一球。Fu Dogs第一节表现顽强，Berg在快结束时迅速打入两球。第二节两队各自打入两球。 Yuzo Yamada 由于fu dogs的防守球员Jake的乱中乌龙，得到一个进球。Sam攻入另外一球。Fu dogs这边，队长Brent打入两球，其中一个归功于Bill longstreet的助攻。第三节，Mark Qin 将比分扳平。加时赛中，fu dogs以犯规少一人的劣势开局，满场乱战。Puckhounds全线进攻前场阻截。Campbell深入对方阵地，摆脱防守后射门，球没进，但是反弹球到了“冰人” Berg身边，最终Berg打入制胜球，冻结了比分，将puckhounds送回了地窖。最后，恭喜Jason和Lilly！

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Ducks beat down the first place APL squad(4-2). Ducks Hippy Shindy got an opening goal with his hip. And Ducks kept slight lead to the end. APL tried 6 players attack in last minutes. But Chris’ solid goal-tending and solid defense and good fore-checking didn’t allow a goal. Instead, Bergie’s shot slammed into the empty net. Bergie made 3rd hat trick since converted from D to F.  As a result of week 17, APL finally lost 1st place. And Ducks moved up to 3rd place.

这周鴨队以4比2击败位于榜首的APL。在赛事开始不久，鸭队潮人Shindy以潮人奇招屁股將球打进。之后，鸭子们就一直以领先的优势帶领整场比赛。在最后数分钟，APL以六人排阵进行猛烈进攻，鸭队龙门Chris扭尽六壬撲救拦截，让APL在门前无法得分。而鸭队的Bergie，更曾空门突袭成功，由后卫改打前锋的他，三度帽子戏法，成为今场焦点。经过第17周的赛事，最新排名APL失去了榜首席位，鸭队排名上升至第三位。

Saturday’s heavyweight bout between Paper Tigers and Dirty Blues was an exciting matchup that captivated our watchful eyes this week. The PTs were without dynamic forward Yosef Natour and DBs were without number one Donald Trump supporter, Brian “everybody in the club get Trump’d” Wallace, Vanias, Marko, JK and Cole Paterson who is still recovering from leaping from a burning building. Another question mark for the DBs was Mike “last minute” Mann. Hats off to Kentaro (captain of the Ducks), who stepped in and played a hell of a game for the Dirty Blues. Goaltender Barry offered up some juicy rebounds during the first few minutes of the game while the Dirty Blues peppered him with shots. Substitute tender, Mans, controlled the game early by directing loose pucks to the corners. A stifling forecheck in the first period by the Blues created problems from the Paper Tigers. A seemingly desperate Tiger team forced a puck through the neutral zone which was broken up by the Dirty Blues defensive unit. A quick strike materialized in the other direction when Danny Guo fired a puck into the back of the net. Dirty Blues up to an early lead. Paper Tigers took possession and mustered a valiant scoring attempt but Freddy Mercury Nyquist pulled a bohemian interception and protected the one goal lead. The teams traded penalties to end the first, no harm, no foul.

As the second period began, the Dirty Blues gave up the puck as the Paper Tigers had another scoring chance. Captain JP Grimard was called for an invisible hooking penalty, as he clambered into the box leaned over the glass, as he screamed, “INCREDIBLE”. He must have been speaking about the Dirty Blues’ performance thus far. Always a classy, complementary competitor! Following a slew of penalties Captain Jan Velich was called for interference and David Badunkadunk Dunkerley for high sticking.
As Velich stepped out of the box, he put a nice mid air pass to Michael “tick tock” McClocklin who was hungry for his first point of the night. As the two titans of the A Division battled it out, the second period remained a hard fought battle. The teams traded takeaway turnovers between McClocklin and Harrison. Ryan Harrison continued his strong defensive performance for the remainder of the second period.

The DBs continued to swiftly move the puck around the Paper Tigers zone. As the puck moved back to Freddy Nyquist he unloaded with an absolute laser beam that beat Barry. After this pivotal goal, the Dirty Blues put on their blue suede shoes and danced their way to victory. Danny Guo added another bomb as the Blues kept rolling. Barry remained calm as he denied Hide on a breakaway chance.
Another goal came from Danny Guo as he took another pass from Jan and Mike to put the exclamation point on a one-sided victory. As it turned out, it was not White’s Night. The Dirty Blues have handed the Paper Tigers their only losses of the year in a convincing 4 – 1 defeat of the first place Tigers. Is it time the Paper Tigers throw in the paper towel?

The Ice Cocks and Fudogs continued their recent trend of tight games with their first early game matchup of the season. The Fudogs put the pressure on early and often, with Brent Campbell scoring on a rebound and ensuring he got it on video to watch on repeat with his strap-on Go Pro. After weathering the storm, the Ice Cocks found their legs, literally, as Mushy deftly deflected BOOMi’s pass interception with his calf and sent the winger on a partial breakaway, which he buried in his first game back. The “Roosters in Red” continued their onslaught with slick center Takagi feathering a sweet pass to BOOMi for his second goal of the game. Emergency goalie backup Shin saved some Ice Cock tail on repeated chances by the Fu Dogs, whose frustration seemed to boil over in an emotional third period, keeping the game a hotly contested by both teams till the final buzzer.

Saturday night action in the SHC saw the Killer Pandas, who are notoriously lazy and non-committal, face off against the ferocious (and cleanly shaven) Fog Devils, who were licking their lips when they saw the Panda’s reduced squad of 7 skaters hit the ice for warm-ups. The game turned into an unexpected battle, and the max capacity crowd loved every second of the action. In the end, the Pandas came out on top, 4-1.

“I don’t even know what the hell happened out there,” devilishly handsome Hans Von Meister said after the game. “I’m usually way better. Like, so good you guys. But to be honest, I kept getting distracted every time I skated back for the puck in our own end. I would catch my reflection in the glass and just be floored by the smooth-faced aerodynamic beauty looking back at me.”

Some of the dedicated, sell-out crowd, however, felt it had more to do with a big 1^st intermission speech given by Panda’s team captain, Hanky-Panky Slaney, who recently found out he’s going to be the father of Irish twins for the third year in a row.

Hackin’ a dart on the bench between periods, “Slane-dog Millionaire,” as he is un-affectionately known, was seen jostling Panda’s newcomer, Brett “I can’t believe I’m finally scoring goals, this is bullshit” Simonini. After his empty-netter in the third made the game 3-1, Simonini, despite tallying a natural hat-trick, angrily skated back to the Panda’s bench, shaking his head and complaining about how his wife never puts out anymore. He declined to comment on his performance after the game, complaining instead that: “Astrill is a fucking gong show. How the hell am I supposed to watch any good porn now? All I can access is Joey Goo movies!”

The battle between the pipes also pumped some serious excitement into the enthralled masses watching feverishly from the stands. Mans Rasmussen, a fresh call-up from the Serbian elite league, flew in for the night to fill in between the pipes for the Pandas, much to the chagrin of the Devils’ call-up, Brushten Vlaodorsbk, who used to play nets for the Bosnian national squad. Rasmussen had a beauty of a night, only allowing one goal on approximately 47 shots and 2 or 3 assassination attempts by Vlaodorsbk.

Unfortunately for the Fog Devils, sharpshooter and all-round hockey legend, Wang (he need only be referred to with one name, dude’s a legend), couldn’t seem to get his mojo going against Panda defender, Joey Goo. Goo, whose actual age is a goddam mystery, came out and played defense for the pandas despite being called off the set of his newest porn flick, Joey Goo does Shanghai, Vol. 34. He had this to say after the game, “Shen me? Wo bu ming bai ni shuo shen me.” Which is usually his response to every fucking question ever. Learn some fucking English, Goo.

In other news, injury-prone Graydon Tullis made a return to the action, loaded up on a cocktail of antibiotics to fight off the drug-resistant strains of no fewer than 5 STDs he picked up on his band’s recent tour. He was seen adjusting his jock uncomfortably after potting an empty netter to make the game 4-1.

Puckhounds finally get rid of the fate of the SHC “at the bottom, with a 3-1 scores over Hairy Crabs. Puckhound in Brian Byrne and with the cooperation of plate Kaz scored early. The two goals are rebounded from the wall and frank Fielding. This tricky goal reminiscent of the late 90 s, the great Red Wings. However Puckhound momentum has slowed in the second quarter, foul appeared frequently, the reason is in the penalty area ice bucket that fresh and delicious (tsingtao beer). Dressed in a yellow shirt you have left Puckhound goalkeeper Jackie went to drink, don’t know will someone please him to drink a bottle of after the game. Fortunately strong Puckhound tenacious hold more than four dozen less crazy attack. At the time of beer to drink Puckhounds return to 5 dozen 5, depressed for a long time Harvey He in front of the door a clever hook the ball straight guide each other goal the top left corner. Crabs didn’t give up, at the end of the game when last less than 1 minutes scored a not too big a part of a 3-1 end game. Puckhound goalkeeper Jackie with his strongest performance pleasure to lead the team from the bottom, in the dressing room after the game everyone with full load of Qingdao beer to celebrate, to share his skills and abilities.

Puckhounds终于摆脱了SHC垫底的命运，以3-1的分数战胜Hairy Crabs。Puckhound在Brian Byrne和Kaz的配合下很早就取得了进球。这两个进球都是由板墙反弹并补射得分。这种刁钻的进球让人联想到90年代后期伟大的Red Wings隊。然而Puckhound的势头在第二节比赛逐渐放缓，犯规频频出现，原因是在处罚区冰桶里那新鲜可口的 [青岛啤酒]。身着黄色球衣的大家纷纷留下Puckhound守门员Jackie前去畅饮，不知道赛后会不会有人请他喝一瓶。幸运的是強大的Puckhound顽强的坚守住了4个多打少的疯狂进攻。在啤酒即将喝完的时候Puckhounds回归到了5打5，压抑很久Harvey He在门前一个巧妙的勾球直导对方球门左上角。Crabs并没有放弃，在比赛结束最后不到1分钟的时候打进了一个没有太大作用的进球以3-1结束比赛。 Puckhound守门员Jackie用他最强劲的表现带领球队挣脱垫底而感到高兴，赛后在更衣室内大家用满载的 [青岛啤酒] 一同庆祝，分享他高超的技术和能力。

In the Sunday morning edition, it was the surging Bulldogs taking on the boys in green in the Vikings who are still looking for answers to find some more Ws. Captain of the Vikings, The Viking himself, Siggy Sigve Kelpsvik, had noted the reason for their woes being it was the 5th bloody time they would to face Mans because every other damn team is without a goalie. It wouldn’t get easier as at the other end (and in the right jersey) was the talk of the league, Mans Rasmussen. The Swede stood on his head early, scrambling in the paint stopping a barrage of crease crashing opportunities. After a few weeks absence the bulldogs were also happy to see back this year’s number one overall pick and scorer leader for the Bulldogs, Cal Wong. He proved his worth with getting the Dogs on the board with two after the Vikings had solved Mans with their persistence. The game was tight and remained 3-2 late until a funny bounce on a errant pass for Wong went straight in to the back of the net which was a real dagger for the Vikings. It was really game of strange bounces that could have gone either way. The late Saturday nighter is turning in to SHC equivalent of NFL’s network’s Thursday night football where a few will tune in for the techni-color jerseys and drink a few beers but won’t stay for the slop. In the end it was Wong with all 4 and another win for the Bulldogs at 4 to 2.

SHC Sponsors/赞助商

Come out and support the Shanghai Hockey Club’s new charity initiative – with help from sponsor, The Camel Group – and the Rooftop Ruckus. SHC Hockey Hands supports local orphanages with English exposure, hockey instruction and other activities. We will be on Yongkang Road with the support of the Camel Group (Sliders, Topolino Pizza, Blarney Stone & El Luchador), selling discounted drink and food coupons with donations included. This charity drive will be available from noon until late on Sunday, March 20.  There will be a 50/50 draw and raffle prizes as well. If you or your companies would like to donate prizes in exchange for brand exposure on the day of the event and on some promotional material, please contact Mark Simon (marktheshark44) or Cole Paterson (kohlbrownbear). We would love your support for the SHC Hockey Hands Charity!

全城出动啦！邀请您支持上海冰球俱乐部及其赞助商 The Camel 集团和the Rooftop Ruckus发起的慈善活动叫“冰球手牵手!”。上海冰球俱乐部在当地的孤儿院不定期地举办指导英语学习，冰球运动知识以及其他活动帮助孤儿们健康成长。在The Camel 集团（旗下拥有Sliders, Topolino Pizza, Blarney Stone & El Luchador小资情调餐饮品牌），届时还有折扣餐饮券发放，欢迎捐赠。本次慈善活动将于三月二十号周日中午开始持续到深夜。除此之外我们还举行50%中奖率的抽奖活动还有华夫饼奖品。如果您或者您的公司有意在活动当天或者一些宣传材料上捐赠奖品以扩大品牌知名度，请联系 Mark Simon (marktheshark44) 或者 Cole Paterson (kohlbrownbear)。期待您对我们上海冰球俱乐部慈善活动的大力支持！

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Friday night started with A League game between Killer Pandas and Paper Tigers.

Pandas leading scorer Rich Rhoades, Graydon Gullis and Thorsten Hinrichs watched the game from press box and Tigers were missing defenders Dunkerley and Liukko. Defender pair is rumored to be participating Jyrki Lumme hockey school in Seoul to prepare for the playoffs.

Both teams started the game strong and we did not see any goals until end of the first period. First Tigers’ Yosef Natour scored directly from the face off, but soon after Mark Simon tied the game (1st, 1-1). “I just had to send Pitkanen back to the bench and take the face off. He has not won a draw since December” Natour commented after the first period.
In second period both teams had good scoring chances, but we only saw one goal from Tigers’ Johnny Atha”pick an alphabet”s (2nd, 2-1).

In third period Pandas were pushing to tie the game again, but Barry Roe and strong defense kept the net clean. Johnny A and Dom Straessler continued their scoring strikes by finishing two goals for the Tigers (Final, 4-1).

周五晚的比赛由A组Killer Panda队和Paper Tiger队之间打响。
Panda队的三位主力得分手Rich Rhoades, Graydon Gullis和Thorsten Hinrichs缺席了比赛，侧身技术室观看了比赛；而Paper Tiger队也有后卫Dunkerley和Liukko缺阵。由于Paper Tiger基本已经锁定常规赛龙头，可好好准备季后赛，因此有传闻说这两位后卫跑到了韩国的Jyrki Lumme冰球学校训练。
开场两队都十分的强势，以至于到第一节末都互有威胁，但未有进球，直到Yosef Natour为Tiger队首开纪录，在攻区争球中抓住机会，近角射中。但是领先没有保持多久，Mark Simon又将比分扳平。Yosef评价道，他射入的第一个进球是有准备在先的：“我让Pitkanen下场休息，他自从12月份开始就再也没赢过一个争球了。”
第二节中，双方都有很好的机会，但只有Tiger队的Johnny A（“甭管A啥。。”）射入了一球，将比分改写为2-1
虽然第三节中Killer Panda努力想要追平比分，但Tiger队守门员Barry Roe密不透风，而进攻端Johnny A和Dom Straessler持续了猛烈的攻势，各又下一城，将最终的比分定格在4-1。

APL’s recent slide continued against the suddenly red hot Fu Dogs.

The game proved to be a nail biter throughout. Jon Boot of APL started things off in the first with a quick blast off a rebound from a shot from Peter “the Mayor” Helenius. However, Longstreet answered with two goals off rebounds in the second. The game remained 2-1 until 5 minutes left in the 3rd when the APL recaptured the lead with two quick goals from John Brennan.

With a minute left, the Dogs pulled their goalie, and almost immediately, Larcombe found Magnan in the slot for the equalizer. The Dogs continued their momentum into the overtime period with Berg netting the winner with seconds left.

When asked for a comment after the game EC said “we All Played Lousy”. Boot however disagreed with his coaches assessment and said “we were just Absent Puck Luck”. Regardless, all agreed it was Another Painful Loss.

APL在与如日中天的fu dogs的比赛中颓势依旧。
整场比赛十分激烈。APL的Jon Boot 抢到“市长”Peter Helenius的反弹球，率先攻入一球。Longstreet紧接着在第二节打入2球，2-1的比分一直持续到第三节剩余5分钟。然而最后几分钟内APL的John Brennan连续打入两球，将比分改写为2-3.
最后一分钟时，Fu Dogs换下门将，Larcombe助攻Magnan将比分追评。在加时赛中，Dogs保持势头，由Berg在最后几秒打入制胜球。
赛后采访，EC认为“我们都打的很糟糕”，Boot却认为球队只是缺少一点运气。无论如何，又是一场糟糕的失利。

The Ice Cocks continued their winning streak beating the Puckhounds 5-2. Takagi played a giant game leading the ICs with 2 goals and 2 assists while Markus Spahr banged in two and Brian Ohlrich also scored a beaut. Kaz Mitzutani played his last game in the SHC and made it count setting up several goals. Good luck back in Tokyo Kaz! The Puckhounds could only manage 2 goals despite good efforts. Suzuki’s first goal of the season was huge – a blast from the slot through King Kong Karl’s five hole. Dodd also scored what we think is his first goal of the year.

周六晚上，在一场艰难的比赛中…….不完全是……Ice Cocks队5:2击败了Puckhounds队。
Ice Cocks队的Takagi首先打破 困局，很快取得2分，随后Ohlrich又得一分。稍后Puckhounds队的Suzuki扳回一球，并试图依靠单枪匹马逆转比分。尽管之后他又有精彩的个人表现，但最终还是独木难支。
之后，Markus Spahr又将两球打进对方球门，为Ice Cocks队最终锁定5个得分。
噢，对了，好像Dodd也取得了什么进球。

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With a whole bag of doublecheeses on the line, the Foggy Ds and Bulldogs squared off looking to keep up the high scoring and entertaining games between the two squads this year. Captain of the Bulldogs, Tyler Perro took the Hansie approach of crushing two doubles before the game that made the difference for the FDs in the last tilt.  It seemed to work and early on and the Bulldogs got out to a two-goal lead with two beauties from Swiss national, Adrian Ruegg.  The Fog Ds came back to tie with two quick ones but after some hard work and slick passing the Bulldogs pulled the two back to head in to the final period. In a chippy third period, once again the Ds came firing back with two quick ones and after some late digging and greasy work in front from Fog Devil’s pts leader Isaac McKitrick we got our quote of the night, “I PLAY to the whistle, WHAT’S UP?!”. He was also later quoted that he is trying to jack up his PIMs to get him in the best position for next year’s fantasy draft. With the game tied at four and just over two minutes to play it was Justin Brown who moved the puck up ice with space and made a sweet feed to Big Ryan Baerg who has been on an absolute tear since joining midseason and once again he sought out the inside post from the slot to neatly tuck home the eventual game winner.  Breezer to Baerg, Burger to Brown, Bulldogs win.

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In the 10:15 game the Vikings were looking to climb up in the standings and add to their growing win column after a slow start to the season. When asked how they will play against the notoriously dirty Dirty Blues, team Captain Ziggy said this: “Dirty Blues is just the name of a team. Every team in this league battles for wins. Giving one team or another some kind of reputation would only work in their benefit. We’re going to come out and play our game and not worry about how they play. If we win our battles we will win the game.” The Blues Captain was a little less diplomatic. Jan said this: “Every game we talk about how we can injure the other team. Cole is out with his own injury but he still came in to tell us how we might be able to throw the Vikings off with some rough stuff early on. Hockey? We don’t really care about that part this sport.”
As predicted the Vikings never voiced a single complaint. They stuck to their game plan and stoically tried their best to get revenge on the power plays instead of the deaf ears of their imagined audience. Their focus paid off in the second period when they found the back of the net first after taking advantage of a lazy clearing attempt by the Dirty Blues.
But the lead didn’t last long. Danny Guo found time in the slot and outwaited Vikings net minder, tucking it top shelf for the equalizer. This first goal almost knocked the Vikings off their game plan but again the captain and his goalie led by example by showing where their priorities lay, in the game itself.
Unfortunately, the Blues lack of talent seemed to continue to work in their benefit. Jan’s frustrated shot attempts devolved into hail marry passes to the front of the net. Two of these attempts went in off McClocklin’s face and arse. Another bounced off of Hide’s stick without him even knowing it. The result was a 4-1 lead that lasted most of the third.
As time ticked on, the Vikings turned up the heat. After what seemed like hours of pressure possession in the offensive zone they finally potted their second. But the game wouldn’t be long enough for a comeback. The final score was a 4-2 Dirty Blues win.
McClocklin commented: “We were lucky to get out of that one alive. They were a different team this time around. There wasn’t anything we could do to get the edge. I can see them finding more success in the last games of the season with this new attitude. For us, we can only hope that luck stays on our side ; ) ”

在10:15的比赛维京人希望在积分榜上攀升和缓慢的赛季开局后，添加到其日益增长的胜利柱。 当问及他们将如何发挥对出了名的勤快脏蓝调队队长Sigve对此表示：“肮脏的蓝军是一个团队的只是名字。每支球队在联盟闯荡胜。 让一队或其他某种名声只会在他们的利益而工作。 我们要出来玩我们的游戏，而不是担心他们怎么玩。 如果我们赢了我们的战斗，我们会赢得这场比赛。“蓝军队长是少一点外交。扬对此表示：“每场比赛我们谈论我们如何能伤害到其他球队。科尔与他自己受伤，但他仍然排在告诉我们，我们如何能够抛出的维京人与一些粗糙的东西早期。曲棍球？我们真的不关心这个部分这项运动。“

正如预测的维京人表示从来没有一个单一的投诉。他们坚持自己的比赛计划，并竭尽所能的电源起着而不是报复。他们的重点还清在第二阶段时，他们发现了净回首先由脏蓝军采取懒结算的尝试后发优势。
但领先并没有持续多久。丹尼·郭发现时间在插槽中outwaited海盗netminder，每天进食它的顶部货架均衡器。这第一个进球几乎把维京人了他们的比赛计划，但再次表示在它们的优先级躺着，在对游戏本身的船长和他的守门员以身作则。
不幸的是，蓝军缺乏人才似乎继续在他们的利益工作。简的退化成了冰雹沮丧出手结婚传递给网的前面。这些尝试的两个进去了McClocklin的脸和屁股。 另一个反弹隐藏的棍子没有他甚至不知道它。其结果是4-1领先，持续了大部分的三分之一。
随着时间的打勾，维京人打开了热量。什么在进攻区域好像压力占有小时后，他们终于盆栽他们的第二个。但这场比赛不会是足够长的卷土重来。最后的比分是4-2肮脏的蓝军取胜。
McClocklin说：“我们很幸运得到了一个活着的。他们是一支不同的球队这一次。有没有什么我们能做得到的边缘。我可以看到他们发现在本赛季与此不同的态度的最后一个游戏更加成功。 对于我们来说，我们只能希望运气停留在我们这一边。

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In the midnight match up, return of Cobett was not enough to help the Hairy Crabs get a win over the battle harden Ducks. The game was tight with Shin stoning the Crabs of several sure goal attempts. Small hands Bergie was all over the score sheet for the ducks with 4 dingers, an assist and penalty. 2 late empty netters pushed the score to 6-3 for the Ducks to stop a 2 game losing streak.

于上周六午夜时间的比赛, 鸭队与大闸蟹队进行了激烈的赛事。面对顽强的鸭队, 大闸蟹队的COBBETT虽然回归球场, 但并不能改变形势。当晚鸭队的钢铁龙门SHIN屡救险球, 让大闸蟹队在门前无计可施。在赛事纪录中, 鸭队BERGIE的名字肯定是当天的亮点, 4次入球, 1次助攻及1次判罚。比赛最后, 鸭队再攻进两球空门, 将比数拉大至6比3, 终止了上两周的败绩。

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Photo credits/致摄影师: Joseph Hu

The Shanghai Ice Cocks cracked the Hairy Crabs open Friday night for a controversial 2-1 victory. It was a going away celebration for slick skating  Kaz Yamakazi Mizutani and newly skating James Kiwi Kerry of the Ice Cocks. Jun Otsuka of the Crabs is also leaving this month and although he still can’t find the store that sells Yamakazi, we still like him. These are 3 great guys that will be missed. A possibly inspired Kerry set up the first goal with a deft feather pass to Ten Finger Takagi who displayed his best scoring touch to direct the puck past Jason Delor. Several Crabs later commented that Takagi had the hands of a true goal scorer. Later in the game the ever alert Mizutani jumped into the offense to get a shot on Delor who made one of many stops on the night but Markus Spahr was there to bang in the rebound. Some generic player for the Crabs made it interesting scoring in the final minute but it was too little too late. All was not lost for the Hapless Crabs however as the uber cool IC’s took them out for beer and Jagers (to help them get over their Ice Cock Envy).

大冰阴茎冰球队击败大闸蟹太监。比分是2-1了。这是Jun Oksuka，Kaz Mizutani和James Kerry告别比赛了。Kaz和Kerry帮助在全能冰阴茎上的目标。君Otsuka忘了带Yamakazi威士忌。高木和斯帕尔打进全能冰阴茎的目标。不重要的球员打进的进球蟹李上尉没有抱怨不亚于平常.

周五10：45的比赛，准备活动，玻璃意外被击碎，延迟了接近1小时，大家一起努力安装。第一节我们很快进入状态，找到比赛节奏，快速的进攻和补射取得进球，使我们更加的自信取得胜利。守门员最后一场的比赛，回日本，完美的结果7：2     兄弟们继续前进，更有自信，记住我们是去年的冠军。

 
  

 The Fu Dogs / Ducks matchup was a battle for third place. After the Fu Dogs started the season a dismal 0-4, regularly getting man handled, they have been steadily moving up the standings and starting to play like contenders.The Ducks got out to an early lead behind Shindy Nakatake’s first period goal. However, not even Gordon Bombay trickery could help the Ducks keep pace this night. The Fu Dogs responded with five straight goals in a balanced attack with contributions coming from up and down the roster. Magnan, Masa, Ferron, Campbell, Longstreet all scoring. Captain Kentaro added a late goal for the Ducks but the Fu Dogs still came away with an impressive victory to move past the Ducks and claim third place.

The Fu Dogs / Ducks matchup was a battle for third place. After the Fu Dogs started the season a dismal 0-4, regularly getting man handled, they have been steadily moving up the standings and starting to play like contenders.
The Ducks got out to an early lead behind Shindy Nakatake’s first period goal. However, not even Gordon Bombay trickery could help the Ducks keep pace this night. The Fu Dogs responded with five straight goals in a balanced attack with contributions coming from up and down the roster. Magnan, Masa, Ferron, Campbell, Longstreet all scoring. Captain Kentaro added a late goal for the Ducks but the Fu Dogs still came away with an impressive victory to move past the Ducks and claim third place.

The Fu Dogs / Ducks matchup was a battle for third place. After the Fu Dogs started the season a dismal 0-4, regularly getting man handled, they have been steadily moving up the standings and starting to play like contenders.
The Ducks got out to an early lead behind Shindy Nakatake’s first period goal. However, not even Gordon Bombay trickery could help the Ducks keep pace this night. The Fu Dogs responded with five straight goals in a balanced attack with contributions coming from up and down the roster. Magnan, Masa, Ferron, Campbell, Longstreet all scoring. Captain Kentaro added a late goal for the Ducks but the Fu Dogs still came away with an impressive victory to move past the Ducks and claim third place.

上周，Fu Dogs 跟 Ducks 两只冰球队打响了第三名争夺战。这个赛季，Fu Dogs 出师不利，前四局都失败告终，但是之后，整支队伍团结合作，排名稳步前进。上周，Ducks队的Shindy先进一球，为鸭子队赢得先机。但是，连Gordon的娴熟技巧都没能帮助Ducks队继续保持他们领先的优势。Fu Dogs队气势恢宏，连进5球。进球的队员包括Magnan, Masa, Ferron, Campbell 跟Longstreet. 虽然Ducks队的队长Kentaro之后又打进一球，但Fu Dogs队以绝对的比分优势摘得第三的桂冠。
   

Dirty Blues and Pandas game was held on Saturday. Pandas without Rhinorhoades, Horsecock Thorsten and Babymachine Slanedawg had a huge disadvantage. Our reporter talked to Pandas defenseman Shane Anderson before the game about this issue. “Yeah, fuck, it’s a big problem. We need a full team to kick some ass. But I just got a BJ before leaving home so I’m all good”, Shane noted. Considering Dirty Blues had a full team except Defensmen Cole (who thought he’s a Spider-Man and tried to jump from his balcony and seriously sprayed his ankle) and JK, who was substituted by Barista from Tigers. Final score was 5:1 for DBs – led by the first line with Danny-2 goals, Mike-2 goals and Jan-1. Our reporter asked DBs striker Danny for his summary about the game: “Good game”, stated Danny. And Jan added: “All teams are getting ready for the playoffs. Remaining games are are preparations for playoffs. Pandas were missing key guys today but showed some good heart and were tough team to beat. I expect all games will be 1 or 2 goal difference games from now on. It’s time to get ready for some good hockey.”

肮脏蓝调队和熊猫队的比赛在星期六晚准时举行。熊猫队主力队员Rhinorhoades、 Horsecock、Thorsten和Babymachine Slanedawg均缺席了这场比赛。我们的记者在赛前关于此大劣势对熊猫队防守队员Shawn Andersen进行了采访。后者的回答：“是啊,他妈的,这是一个大问题。我们需要一个完整的队伍才能取得胜利。但在我出门之前刚享受了一次美妙的KH，所以我觉得一切都好。”肮脏蓝调队除了后卫Cole之外，其他队员全都到场。（这里要特别指出，Cole是因为把自己想象成蜘蛛侠，并试图从他的阳台跳出去才‘意外’受伤缺席的）。蓝调队门将JK未到场，由老虎队门将Barista临临临临临时替补。最后得分是5:1 蓝调队胜——进攻主要由第一组完成，分别为Danny-2G、Mike-2G和Jan-1G。当我们让蓝调队前锋Danny对比赛作总结时，他的回答简单明朗：“这是一场很好的比赛”。作为队长的Jan感觉必须做出补充：“所有队伍都在为季后赛做准备。剩下的比赛是为季后赛做准备。今天熊猫缺少了关键队员,，但也展示了他们的决心。我预计本赛季剩余的比赛都将以1到2球的分差收场，比赛将越来越激烈，越来越精彩。”

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The 10:15 game on Saturday pitted the B divisions first place team, APL, against the last place team, Puckhounds. If you had been in the Puckhound locker room prior to the opening face off you wouldn’t have heard the most inspiring words but something occurred between lacing up the skates and all the sarcastic remarks in the room. APL scored first on a 2-on-1 breakway after Jackie made a great save Brennan stuffed in the rebound. The puckhounds tied the game at 1-1 with a redirect goal by Dodd in the second. It could have gone in directly but he was still rusty from a week off and buzzing start. From there the game was a back and forth battle highlighted by clutch saves at both ends of the ice. Overtime had an exciting finish with breakaway opportunities kicked aside by both Jackie and Casey. The game eventually went to a shootout, Brennan put in a shot, McKevly answered, then both goal tenders made huge saves before Yuzo put the game on ice. The Puckhounds won their second straight, 2-1, in shootout fashion.

上周六10点15分的比赛在B组领头羊APL队和同组副班长Puckhound队之间展开。
如果你在赛前有幸进入Puckhound队的更衣室，你并不会听到那些鼓舞人心的口号，最多只能听见一些互相挖苦的玩笑和默默系鞋带的声音。
APL队通过一波2打1的进攻，在门将Jackie挡住了第一次射门后，由Brennan补射率先得分。接着Puckhound队通过中锋Dodd在门前的一杆变向垫射，追平了比分。其实这一球本可以直接得分，可能经过上周的缺席和混混沌沌的开场让他的手感有点生疏。至此开始比赛进入了一场拉锯战，双方门将接二连三的精彩扑救成了场上的亮点。之后的加时赛在Jackie和Casey分别挡出了对方队伍的单刀球后，不得不以互罚点球来决出胜负。
第一轮，APL队的Brennan先入一球，Puckhound队长McKevly马上回敬了一球，之后双方门将又做出了漂亮的扑救。最后Yuzo再次扮演了救世主的角色，第三轮的进球使Puckhound队在点球环节以2比1胜出，并取得了第二场的连胜。
     

The final game Saturday was a matchup between the Paper Tigers and the Bulldogs, who were without sniper Cal Wong. The Dogs made up for missing their leading scorer by committee, playing with a lot of energy.  The Tigers were also missing their young sniper, Johnny ‘The Flying Greek’ Athanasopoulos. The two teams ground it out for most of the game until the Tigers broke the 0-0 tie in the second off of a tip-in by Ryan Harrison from captain JP ‘New Grill’ Grimard. Why a defenseman would be in the position to tip a shot from his defensive partner, nobody knows. The Tigers kept the pressure on throughout the third period with strong play from the Pitkanen-Zheng-Straessler line. Dominique ‘Hot Swiss Chocolate’ Straessler added to the PT lead with his first goal of the year in the third period. Recent Bulldogs addition Boston Dan Woishek lead their comeback effort, potting a goal in the third to cut the lead in half. The game stayed tight until the end despite some fishy timekeeping by a group of drunken hooligans in the booth and a thwarted empty netter, which would have been a sure thing if not for blatant interference on Yosef Natour by clearly biased official Mark Simon. The Paper Tigers held on to win 2-1, becoming the first team to get to 14 wins on the year.

星期六的最后一场比赛在Paper Tiger与Bulldogs间进行。虽然Bulldog队头号射手Cal Wong缺席，但Bulldog依然气势汹汹，志在必得。同时，Paper Tiger也缺席了一位年轻射手，“飞行的希腊人” Johnny A。比赛一上来，两队很长一段时间内都无法破对方的大门，而在第二节之初，Paper Tiger的两位后卫Ryan Harrison和JP Grimard就通过一次配合首开纪录，前者接后者一击远射将球弹框入网。至于为什么这记进球是由一名后卫在门前进球，得分的队伍自己也没有看懂，不过在此之后，Paper Tiger的Pitkanen-Zheng-Staessler锋线组合一直向对手施以高压，并于第三节由中锋瑞士人Dominique Staessler打入致胜一球，这也是他个人本赛季首粒进球。Paper Tiger之后依然保持着领先。最后几分钟，新加入Bulldogs队的波士顿人Dan Woishek为球队扳回了一球，Bulldogs全队也放手一搏，敞开空门以多打少。如果不是一群喝醉了的小混混们的马虎计时，以及裁判Mark Simon明显但貌似无意的干扰的话，Yosef Natour说不定就能把球在最后时分捅进那个空门了！手握着场2:1的胜利，Paper Tiger成为了今年第一支取得了14胜战绩的球队。

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(Photo credits to Joseph Hu and Puckeye)

In the battle of the basement dwellers to kick off Week 13, we saw the Vikings take on the Bulldogs.  It was a back and forth affair that took the teams all the way to 3 on 3 then in to a shootout.  It was the newcomers, Big Baerg and Boston Dan who buried the first two shootout goals to give their new team the two points and have been an instant fit.  Shin took the double cheese honours with his best Mansinator impression, standing on his head throughout the game and stonewalling the last two Vikings in the shootout. 5-4 yellow. With full squads, the buoys on both sides looked all right and should compete in the second half of the season.

The Hairy Crabs won their second game in a row Friday night with a gutsy 5-4 over time victory against the Puck Hounds.
Despite a couple late scratches–most notably captain Leon–the Crabs were able to come from behind throughout the game.
Through the first two periods the teams were deadlocked at 3. Taggart tallied two goals in the first two frames and Whately scored a short handed goal after pick pocketing the puck from the goalie behind the net and burying the puck in the empty goal.
Taggart scored the equalizer with less than a minute to go in the game and the Crabs down 4-3. With the goalie pulled the boys in green threw everything they could on net before Taggart finally tipped a point shot from Back-up Bob. It didn’t take long in the three on three for Matt Whately to bang home the game winner for his second on the night.

The Paper Tigers and Dirty Blues early contest on Saturday night started out fast paced, with both teams vying for a ‘W’ in David “Jungo” Smith’s last game in the Shanghai Hockey Club. The PT youngsters Smith and Johnny A. combined for 5 goals on the night with Antti “Jagr” Liukko providing solid defense and one assist contributing to the 6-0 victory. Beyond the points and whatever he does on the ice, Antti contributes to the young Tigers players in countless other ways. He pointed out the combined age of Jungo (22) and Johnny A (17), is lower than his, which is what makes his work ethic and ability to prepare off the ice that much more impactful on the young Tiger stars. “You hear that from a guy like [defensemen] J.P Grimard or (forwards) Harri Pitkanen and Yofa. I mean, they take care of themselves, but they’re doing that extra little bit more because they have the aspiration to be like [Antti]. There’s also the added benefit for the older Tigers that makes them feel younger than they are. “It feels like I’m still wearing diapers when I’m next to him,” said Tigers goaltender Barry Roe. Both teams will look forward to the next tilt which should be much more evenly matched with Cole Paterson, Michael McClocklin and Danny returning to the Blues lineup. The Tigers lead the season series 2-1.

In a surprise move by Ken’s pinch hitter captain Tommy, small hands Bergie got called up to play forward.  After a couple shifts of getting acquainted to his new position, Hawk-eyes Large threaded a needle pass to give Bergie a breakaway which he buried to give the Ducks a 1-0 lead.  After some bad line change from the 8 man APL, Large and Bergie ended up with a 2 on 1 where a rifle pass to Bergie and some stick handling magic gave the Ducks a 2 to nil lead.  To convert the natural hat-trick later in the second, “short stick no more” Simon fed Bergie in the slot and tipped in his 3rd tally.  APL later scored early in the third.  Solid goal-tending, solid defense and good fore-checking from the forwards helped beat down the first place APL squad.

Fog Devils put together a strong team effort this Saturday in their 5-3 victory over the Killer Pandas. Ice Cocks franchise-mates Barry, Markus, and Kaz all came up to help. Assistant Captain and first star of the game, Kitamura Sensei delivered an emotional game prep speech, moving fans, teammates, and the Zamboni driver to tears. In a heart-warming tale of friendship and dedication, and with double-cheeseburger in hand, Kita moved the team into a frenzy with his passionate and touching Haikus.  Center Kevin Hill said, “Our minds melded, our mission became one. I love the Fog Devils.”

In a season where they have struggled to score the Ice Cocks finally potted more than 2 goals in a decisive 4-1 win over the Magnon-less Fu Dogs. Captain Campbell soon forgot about the sweet passing little Frenchman though, as the Ice Cocks managed to set him up beautifully in their own end for the first goal – a high wrister over Krazy Karl’s shoulder.  Not to mention any names but after the giveaway the guilty Cock was shaken, not stirred. That wake up call caused the Cocks to come back hard as they pressured call up goalie Toshi continually.  The big goalie played great position in net and seemed impossible to beat. Finally Vancouver road hockey sensation Trevor ‘Boomi’ Lai illustrated how to beat Toshi, burying 3 in a row for his first SHC Hattie. Along with Spahr and Mushy their line applied pressure start to finish.

The Crabs winning 3-2 against the Ducks finally snapped out of its 7 game loosing streak since the infamous Longstreet-Cobbett incident (aka the "Longstreak"). The win was the product of mid season draftee Taggart "Tag, I'm It" Thomson who lead the team with its first goal, followed by Backup Bob Leiske's blue line slapper, and finally  captain Leon Li sealed the win with a top shelf wrister in the 3rd period. Ducks' forward Simon Pinard contested on the reffing for not calling unsportsman like conduct on BB Leiske after being called a French Fry during the latter half of the second period. 

After a slow, disapointing start to the second half of the season, The Drunk Vikings finally gave their fans something to cheer about in the New Year. They shocked the rough and tough Dirty Blues with a convincing 5-3 victory. Mike Custer started the scoring spree with a beauty from a dead angle, Barry “The Great Laowai wall” didn’t stand a chance. Adam “The Rook” Liu also showed his worth as Jim Dunn expressively said “I’m inspired by this boys talent, every time he walks in to the locker room, I feel safe”. He managed to score 3 golden ones. Fans are saying that the dirty “Dirty Blues” lost because they kept playing full contact hockey in a beer league, and with that many penalties, they are probably right! Blues captain Jan "Janzy" Velich was unavailable for comment after the game due to the fact that he had shotgunned too many beers and was making out with a cardboard box. 

The Puckhounds cruised by the Ice Cocks in a 6-1 victory.  The Ice Cocks came out hard with a one goal lead but then went soft letting 6 unanswered goals by.  Puckhounds were lead by Brian Byrne converting two rebounds in for goals.  Ice Cock Captain, Duke the Dazzler said "Eh, what do you expect for a team that enjoyed the Beatles live?"

Foggie Ds worked together to crush the Bulldogs in an impressive victory on a snowy Friday night. The crowd, referees, and scorekeepers were blown away by the machine-like precision passing, dynamic and adaptive play calling, and deadly sniping. Center Hugo Thalen did not even take a rest, staying on the ice for a full 51 minutes. After accepting his first star of the game, he mentioned to the eagerly awaiting press, "I trained hard over the break, working on my upper body strength with a vigorous fist-pumping regime at M1nt. The Korean saunas really helped with my recuperation, too." Second star Isaac McKitrick attributed his success to the double cheeseburger that he kept on the bench for a mid-game energy boost. Coach Kita said that the teams' victory was due to the trust-fall exercises done in the locker room before the game. 

The APL- Fu Dogs matchup finished off a weekend of upsets in the B league with the 5th place Fu Dogs handling first place APL 4-2. 
Last week a large contingent of Fu Dogs traveled to Beijing to compete in the Hou Hai pond hockey tournament. But this week the Fu Dogs were back a full strength and Keeper Kevin Lee was back between the pipes and came to play! When asked about APLs potent scoring line led by John Brennan, Kevin said he was not concerned. In fact, he was really only worried about Dennis Larcombe scoring another own goal as he did in Beijing. 
Steve Lockhart opened the scoring for the Fu Dogs but that was quickly answered by APL. Brent Campbell got the next two markers to give the Fu Dogs the lead for good. Bill Longstreet would add another goal. In the late moments APL tried to stage a comeback, but Miles Liu's goal with just a couple minutes left was too little too late. 
EC was heard crying in the showers knowing this loss would almost certainly eliminate him from Coach of the Year contention for The Sports Personality of the Year Awards.

Key players missing for Pandas lead to lopsided 7-1 score.  Despite having a strong defensive core and a goal by Geoff Ng, the Pandas were taken down by the dynamic scoring of Japanese sensation, "Smitty" who finished the game with a hat-trick.  Paper Tigers offensive defense-man Ryan Harrison also contributed two goals by standing on the opposition goal line and deflecting the puck into the gaping net.  Puck possession was dominated by the tigers in the offensive zone as forwards changed position with defenders and kept the puck moving from side to side and from point to slot.  Despite the many chances the Tigers had to shoot the puck from all over the zone, call up goalie Gray was able to make some outstanding saves, including two incredible sprawling stops on grizzled veteran play-maker Yosef Natour.  

Photo credit to Joseph Hu

          

Friday Ducks vs Fudogs
Ducks won 6-1.

Ducks 8 players and Fudogs 8-10 players.

Fudogs goalie, Kevin was sick.
So Pandas goalie was pinch hitter.
Fudogs had A-league  goalie.
But..
Since several Fudogs players join previous game (Blues vs Pandas), their performance were poor. 
So Ducks had the possession of the puck for 70% of the time.
Ducks Ken made hat trick.
And Shindy Nakatake and Satoshi Ota got a first goal. 

Fudogs Berg got a goal.

Jonny A's first game with the white machine. Back on the ice after sitting out first half of the season due to paper tigers insane  depth. Jonny made his mark early in the game firing rockets at Måns. 22 shots recorded in the first 17 minuets. Bulldogs however were the stronger team first half scoring a pair with only 7 players (3 call ups). Tigers fought back and late in the second period Jonny A found net after a sweet tic-tac-bang play. Tigers defence showed character and kept Bulldogs at bay thanks to big plays by Antii, Dunker and call up Bootsy. In the third the yellow dogs ran out of gas and Jonny A could complete his first SHC hat-trick. 

In the last tilt of "Battle of the Short Benches" APL prevailed over the Puck Hounds in a 7-3, despite the third period heroics of Dodd. Dodd single handedly almost level the match in the third but John Brennan paved the way for APL with w/ 6 goals. John Boot and Shama put in double duty helping the Paper Tigers to victory. Casey Westergard and Kai Wu chipped great efforts to help APL stay atop the table the B.  

Photo credit to Joseph Hu.