Dever Ice Chips

 After the game of Day 67, a 6-4 win over the Scorpions, the Spurs are still maintaining 1st place in the Canosa Conference by two points over Sudbury.

Nichushkin continues to lead the Spurs in scoring with 30 points in 29 games with 14 goals and 26 assists.
In second is blueliner Jeff Petry with 27 points while fellow rearguard J.J. Moser is third with 26 points. He registered 3 helpers in the win vs. New Mexico.
Petry, on the other hand, popped in two goals!
Netminder Ranta was injured during the contest with backup Elliott notching the win in relief.

The game on Day 69 sees the Spurs going up against the Sudury Miners in an important Canosa Conference matchup.
Leading the Miners in scoring is Auston Matthews with 45 points (15g, 30a). Following him are Brayden Point 39 points (18g 21a) and Seth Jones 38 points (12g 26a).
The Miners have a total of 13 players with double digits in scoring. So they have quite the depth of scoring throughout the lineup.
In net they have Marc-Andre Fleury & Freddy Andersen.
It will be quite the test for the Denver Spurs come Sunday night.

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WIS blog update!

 The Donuts have now played 30 games of the season and here are some reflections.

Results: Last 10 games the team goes 8-1-1 which is an good turn out. despite the results are good there is still around 10 teams that in the hunt for the championship. During the span the Donuts also ended a 9 game winning streak.The Donuts are well positioned but the competition is fierce.

Scoring distribution: Usually the teams in CCHL score more in some part of the game. right now the scoring distribution for the Donuts is divided between the periods 42-48-45 so opponents can't relax at anytime during the game. The scoring distribution in the team is also very good with 5 players above 10 goals and some just below and the defense is the leaders at 7 goals and in a tie with 3 players at that level.

David Pastrnak: Concerns have been raised of Davids performance but in the last 10 games his scoring is back. currently at 11 goals and that is just 1 goal behind the team leaders. The shooting was sub 10% as was his time in Fort Erie but is now a healthy almost 18%. David was relegated to the second line while Kempe takes the first line and that looks like the chemistry finally is working.

Brandon Carlo: Becoming a regular in this column and is now sporting 7 goals during the season, compared to his 3 all last NHL season. He was for a long while outscoring Pastrnak who know looks like he is stepping up though. Brandon is tied for the lead in the Donuts defense scoring department and that is a pleasant surprise.

Tyler Toffoli: A big acquisition in the off season, started of hard and got top minutes. He has now slowed down  with a shooting percent of sub 7% with only around 10 min of action a game. The next season looks promising though...

PK action: The Donuts have a somewhat disappointing power play output. But that is kind of out weight by taking few penalties and being league leader in PK procent. Albeit by a small margin. The Donuts don't have the big names on defense but the they are holding their own and the forwards do help out a lot in their own end and I think we have among the best defensive forwards in the league. But I am a bit partial. :-)

Denver Ice Chips

 After the games of Nov. 16th the Spurs find themselves in 1st place in the Canosa after a 1-0 victory over the Amos Comets on Day 52.

Nichushkin potted his 13th of the season for the lone goal of the game. He leads the Spurs in scoring in goals and points with 24 points in 23 games played.
The Spurs have posted a 9-1-0 record in the last ten games.

Jeff Petry and Matt Barzal follow in the scoring department with 23 and 21 points respectively.
The surprising J.J. Moser comes in at 4th with 20 points.
Derek Forbort leads in +/- with +15.

In goal Tristan Jarry has posted a 15-4 record with a 2.85 gaa.
Antti Ranta is 6-1 with a 2.16 gaa and will get the start on Day 53 vs. the Chattahoochee Crawdads with the back to back games.

Reported by I.P. Daley

CCHL Signs Two Corporations to Sponsorship Agreements

It's been a busy week in the world of hockey and corporate sponsorship, with the OHL and now CCHL agreeing to a pair of deals.  

Earlier in the week, the OHL agreed to deals with Carlsberg to be the official beer of the Ontario Hockey League while also announcing the next day that they had an agreement with Fat Bastard Burrito as well.  

Under the terms of the Fat Bastard Deal, the player of the day is now known as the Fat Bastard Burrito, player of the day (and no - I'm not kidding).  Players now strive to be the bastard of the day, folks!  

With that in mind, the CCHL sought to find their own sponsorship agreements.  Our marketing department got hard at work and inked a pair of deals as well.  

Stubbs Prosthetics & Orthotics has come on to be the official provider of prosthetics for the CCHL and its alumni, while Bunghole Liquors has also agreed to a corporate sponsorship deal.  

Similar to that of the OHL, Bunghole Liquors has agreed to sponsor the league's three-stars as seen daily on today's results page.  Players in the CCHL will now battle it out daily to become one of the top three bungholes of the day!  

"We sought to find the very best, and quickest sponsorship deals possible after the OHL announced it's partnerships this week," said the Head of Sponsorship Mark Eting-Genius.  

Eting-Genius also said the league is not quite done yet either.  

"We are looking for an official sponsorship for toilet paper too.  Now that we have Bunghole on board, we need a sponsorship agreement for TP.  We'll be working hard at that as the weeks and months move forward.  We've hired a great search firm in Beavis and Boothead to help us with that endeavor."  

Stay tuned in the coming months as the CCHL looks to lock down more critical sponsorship agreements to secure the future of the hockey entity.  

 

A Donut record breaking edition

 On day 43 The Donuts hosted the Florida Eels back in the bag. It would be a night to remember for the fans. To be honest, the fans expected a win with the team in win-era and Florida in the other end of the spectrum.

The team cruised to a 11-1 win and the fans where joyous. The onslaught started at the 37 second mark with a Elias combo, Lindholm scoring with a feed from Pettersson. The Donuts scored another two goals in the first to lead 3-0 in the first intermission. It was the period they scored the fewest goals in, since they added another four in each of the following periods.

The goals was spread out with 9 different scorers and notably Pastrnak couldn't even get a point. Colin Dellia started the game in the net the Eels, but he wasn't electric tonight and was switched to Magnus Hellberg at 33 seconds into the second period when the Donuts scored for a 4-0 lead. Dellia then had to return to play at 2 minutes into the third period. A different night for the goalie tandem for sure.

But a few hours later someone wondered how many goals has ever been scored in by a team in the Simon 6 year history. It turned out no team has ever scored 11 goals in a game before. So the Donuts are now the league record holder for number of goals in a game, history is made. Several games have seen 10 goals including a game from Wisborg and four occasions by Fort Erie. Since they also tied the lead for assists in a game they also took possession of the number of points in a game.

Earlier in the week they also set a team record for most shots in a game, as they fired 62 shots against Calgary just two games before. That is however one below the league record by several team at 63 shots. Curiously that was the second game this week against Calgary in Calgary and the game before was "only" 53 shots on goals. But that was only because Calgary blocked 28 shots in that game, that is also a league record and I guess the Donuts can take some credit for it.

So an interesting week with the Donuts involved in several league and team records

Jacks blog post

 Rebuilding?

In the middle of a rebuild it is not widely considered to be a good idea to switch paths. But the Jacks GM sees an opportunity. There are five or so teams well above the rest of the league at this time with roster construction and without more extreme financial constraints will continue to have elite success for extended periods. So how does that matter you ask? Well, a rebuild is a five plus year process with hopes of landing a generational talent or two. The problem is that right now in the CCHL we have the bottom third of teams ALL trying to accomplish this at the same time. So, it's pretty much a "who can tank the hardest, fastest" type of race to get the top picks. That is not something that generally interests Jacks GM Charlie Plante who wants to win even when the odds are stacked against them. Charlie is taking a chance at a different strategy. Going with a more "retool" approach he believes that there are still really good players available, and if smart moves can be had year over year there is a chance of building a good team that is competitive and fights for a playoff spot every season. With that approach, one has to remember the old saying when it comes to playoffs "just get in and anything can happen."

Goaltending and injuries!!!

 It's been a rough week for goalies around the league with injuries.  

Those with two goalies on their roster really should consider adding a third goalie because what I found out this week is that there are not any goaltenders available to sign in the free-agent pool.  

As such, teams unable to field a valid two goalies must find a way to get a third in the lineup.  If you don't have an M-designated goalie or a third in your system, we need to come up with a solution as the goalie is needed.  

In order to combat that and keep that playing field fair, I have created three goalies that appear in the goalie free-agent pool with EBUG after their name.  If you find yourself short, you must sign one of those goalies (no charge since they work for cheap in the NHL)  for the duration of time you need a backup goalie.  You must also still comply with the 30-man roster requirement, so it may mean waiving somebody to get the EBUG on your roster if even for just a few days.  

If you are wondering who they are, the names are (all have made appearances in the NHL as Ebugs before):

David Ayres

Thomas Hodges

Matt Berlin

Their ratings are terrible as well but they provide immediate relief and allow teams to field a healthy 20 man roster in games.  

I'd also recommend trying to acquire a third goalie who can play as you don't want to find yourself in an ebug or bad goalie situation come playoff time.