Ok last week ended round 4 of our 5 round regular season.  Early game between Sweden and USA.  Swedes score 2 unanswered goals in the 1st frame.  Sweden out scores the Americans 2-1 in the 2nd taking a 4-1 lead into the final period.  Not much changed in the final period as the Swedes score 2 more times for a final victory of 6-1.  Sweden went 0-1 on the PP and USA was 0-0.  USA lone goal off the wood of Robin ‘Penalty Free’ Flumerfelt.  Sweden got 2 goals from both Leo Brideau and Dwayne Tygesen and singles from Tim Martins and Joe Csoentino.  Players of the Game went to USA Kevin Nicholson.

And for the Swedes Mrs. Dwayne Tygesen.

Late game was a doozy.  Canada facing off against Poland.  Poland opened the scoring early in the first but Canada bounced back with 2 goals before the end of the period.  The 2nd period was all Canuckle heads as they scored twice and Art stoned the Polocks.  Canada lead 4-1 with a period to go.  Poland got 2 goals in the first 3 minutes of the 3rd making it a 1 goal game.  Poland ties the match up at 4’s with a little more than 6 minutes to go.  Crazy action at both ends as Bobby Ide duelled save for save with Art Senkowski who secretly wants to be traded to his native country again.  With 3 minutes left Poland completed the comeback with the winning goal and a victory of 5-4.  Awesome game from both squads.  Canada went 1-1 on the PP and Poland was 0-0.  Canada goal scorers John Annan with 2 and singles from Frank Arruda and Enzo Ianno.  Poland got 2 goals from Mike Rukavina and singles from Steve Ferrin, Paul Tavares and Marcelo Diluzio.  Players fo the Game went to Canada’s Johnny Annan (my god how much do I love the Canada POG hats, priceless)

And for the Swedes Tony Thomas.

Joe Peacock took a beating in this one for his teammates and girlfriend.

Here are some player of the game pics I missed while away for your amusement.

So Swedes extend their lead by 7 points with 24 total points after all teams have played 16 games.  Poland is in 2nd spot with 17 pts, Finland in 3rd with 15 pts, Canada and USA with 12 pts each.  Lots still to be decided.  Brideau and lineman Tygesen lead the league in scoring with 29 pts each.  Polands Diluzio leads in goals with 16 and Dan Barrett in helpers with 22.  Polands Atchison and Finlands Fasulo spend the most time with Brenda with 8 minutes each.  Might be a record low in penalty minutes this year.  And note Robin Flumerfelt is still penalty free, JUST SAY NO TO Penalties Robin!!!!  Well done sir.  Rookie scoring still led by Finlands ‘don’t drop the soap’ Letsos with 18 followed closely by Polands Italian Syallion Falcone with 17.

This weeks games goes Friday, February 8 at 9:15pm Sweden will face off against their rivals Finland.  At 10:30 Trudeau vs Trump, or Canada vs USA.  Poland gets the week off.

See you all on the ice lads.