Weekend Recap/Last Week Predictions

What a weekend in the Bronze League. In the early game the Hurricanes man handled the Spider Monkeys 8-4 led by Kyle Saylor’s incredible 7 point performance. Saylor had five goals and two assists which now puts him in first place in points for the season.

The Silver Bullets squeaked out a win in overtime against the Arc Angels, 4-3. Kacey Bird led the charge for the Bullets with 2 goals and 2 assists. Jack Germaine had a fine night for the Angels with a pair of goals himself. This was a good evenly matched game that could have gone either way.

Next up we had the Stingers who took care of business against the Jaguars. Josh Briscoe and Roland Widmann each had three points for the Bees, while Steve Meek notted a hat trick and an assist for a four point night.

The Ice Gators took out the Airport boys from Mid Air 8-4. Leading the charge for the Gators was Zack Gunter who had 4 goals. Gators have been struggling to find their identity lately with Bruno going MIA. They picked up goalie Andrew Busboom from the Free Agent wire to fill in, and looks like things are starting to click. There are rumors swirling about the Gators fate next season. Will they play, will they all just move up to D league, or is Bruno on a secret recruiting trip to Russia in search of a pair of 6’7” 260 lb shut down defenders?

Finally we had the Senators squaring off against the Tribe. Despite getting off to an early start, the Senators could not crack Indians netminder Ryan Kelly. Kelly stopped 26 of 27 shots, and was on top of his game. Kyle Kelly had a pair of goals in the win.

Now the stage is set for the final week of action here in the Bronze League. The early game is the main event this week. With the Indians and Stingers battling it out for that #1 seed. In the event the Bees beat the Tribe then the head to head records will decide who gets the #1 spot. The Indians won 4-2 the first time these two tangoed this season, so the Bees would need to beat the Tribe by two goals or more to take that number one spot.

SCHEDULING SNAFU:
There was an error with the inputting of the season schedule into the League Lineup website, and as such some game times have changed. I just spoke to Nytex about this, and they assured me that the schedule they have is 100% accurate and correct, so this is the schedule we are going by. The Keller Indians and Stingers showdown was the only game on the schedule for this week that was not affected. Due to play after the showdown is the Hurricanes vs. Bullets. They will be followed by the Gators vs. Jags, then Monkeys vs. Mid Air, with the Senators and Angels rounding out the night. Make sure everyone on your teams know this is the schedule as Nytex tells us is 100% correct.

The Hurricanes play the Bullets following the big showdown, and there is actually a lot riding on this game. If the Canes win, and the Stingers lose to the Indians, then the Canes jump up to the number two spot in the playoff seeding and the Bees fall to three. Now if the Bullets win and the Senators beat the Arc Angels, then the Bullets will force the Angels down into the play in round. Interesting, interesting, interesting.

Gators and Jags are up next. If the Gators win and the Stinger and Hurricanes lose, they leap frog to the #2 spot. If Gators win and the Hurricanes and Stingers both also win, then nothing happens. A Gator win and Canes loss would mean the Gators jump up to #3, and the Canes would fall back to 4. The Jags are stuck in the play in round. Perhaps if their roster was solid from the start of the season they wouldn’t have to play in the play in round. The Jags have been solid since getting their roster fixed, so who knows this should be a good game.

Mid Air vs. Monkeys looks to be perhaps a preview of one of the play in games. The monkeys have struggled all season offensively, and Mid Air has been inconsistent as well. Who knows how this one will end up, should be a good game no matter how you look at it.

And finally Angels vs. Senators. The Senators have been up and down this season, as have the Angels. These two teams have met twice with the Senators taking the win both times. These two squads are very evenly matched this season. Both squads will be jockeying for that #5 seed. The one thing the Sens have going for them is the fact that they have scored 18 more goals this season than the Angels. Both teams have allowed about as many goals as they have scored, so who knows what will happen.