{"id":15520,"date":"2017-09-08T12:03:28","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T16:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/?p=15520"},"modified":"2017-09-08T12:03:28","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T16:03:28","slug":"week-18-previews-part-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/week-18-previews-part-2-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 18 Previews – Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Corlears Hookers at Cobra Kai<\/strong>
\nby Arya Stark<\/em><\/p>\n

As mentioned\u00a0yesterday<\/a>, this matchup will determine who wins the division crown, clinches a top seed and moves up a division next year.\u00a0 The Cobra Kai won their first meeting in June by a score of 4-0, a victory which kicked off a seven game winning streak that was broken by Filthier in the last round of games before OC.\u00a0 The Hookers, meanwhile, had a six game win streak of their own snapped by the Fresh Kills in a hard fought playoff-worthy battle.\u00a0 These two teams are statistically as close as you can get, scoring the exact same number of goals and with Cobra Kai allowing just three less.\u00a0 These are two evenly matched elite teams but in the end, this game will be decided by the showdown in net of Campbell v Longwell and Tiffany\/Noelle finding a way to bury one.<\/p>\n

Prediction: <\/i>Hookers take the division with a 4-2 win.<\/p>\n

LBS, Inc. (10-5-2, 24pts.) at Rehabs (13-2-2, 28pts.). Tompkins East, 1600<\/strong>
\nby Jerome<\/em><\/p>\n

This\u00a0Soko division clash won\u2019t be a close one, but los blancos<\/em> will certainly try to make things level (and interesting) with the rossoneri<\/em>. As far as playoff scenario goes:<\/p>\n

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  1. The Rehabs can secure a #2 seed with anything but a regulation loss. With Filthier right behind them, a loss would have them clenching their teeth because of goal differential, because both squads are separated by only one goal. If the goal differential becomes even, then Bryan\u2019s bunch have the advantage, having vanquished James the Gentleman\u2019s side twice this season.<\/li>\n
  2. Karsten\u2019s kids can seek as high as 5<\/span>th<\/sup> with a win if Poutine, Gremlins, and Hookers fail to get a point in their matchups. But they could fall to 9<\/span>th<\/sup> if they lose and Ariel and the Untouchables don\u2019t gain 2 points against the Butchers in their historical campaign. Having had a commendable season even with the lack of a consistent goaltender, the LBS. winning record was pockmarked with Ls along the way. The \u201cshoulda, coulda, wouldas\u201d between Poutine (W6) and Math (W16) should no longer be a concern and the focus should be on this game only.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Prediction<\/em>:\u00a0The titleholders have enough momentum to bulldoze the opposition. Their key players having hit up OC for the healthiest 3 Bs of \u201cadulting\u201d (beach, booze, and ball hockey), the playing surface has warranted more cardio, which would have them fit for this Sunday\u2019s matchup. But some LBS players will have participated as well, and we\u2019re hoping that upon return, Tommy C. can stir up the masses\u2014and his team\u2014with this beauty of a track<\/a> named after him.<\/p>\n

    Butchers at Fresh Kills<\/strong>
    \nby Isaac<\/em><\/p>\n

    Last season in the playoffs the Kills took the wind out of the Butchers sails by beating them at their own game. \u00a0Well, Dana, DSJ and the gang haven\u2019t forgotten how it all went down. \u00a0During the league\u2019s recent hiatus the Butcher\u2019s brain trust of Rachel, Mike and delicious Single Malt developed a couple wrinkles for this game.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    BREAKING NEWS: the reconstruction of Natasha\u2019s right knee into a bionic asset (weapon) for her team has been completed. \u00a0Stronger than before she returns to action this Sunday to inflict all of the snootiness the French taught her on poor Georgine.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Prediction<\/em>:\u00a0Pete makes Pat and Fresh Kills\u2019 defense look mortal, but in OT Rush delivers and FK caps off a historical season, 5-4.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Denim Demons at Mathematics<\/strong>
    \nby Isaac<\/em><\/p>\n

    Fresh off of a fulfilling evening of torturing young mens by tying them up and beating them with a wiffle ball bat, Sarah H is ready for likes of those Demons.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    It\u00a0must be \u201cMismatch Week\u201d, as the home team dukes it out for dominance with their unequal visitors. Expect fireworks from the crafty forwards of Zach, Sam, James, and Tracy. In goal, it\u2019s Dave vs. M-Jared, but before you jump to conclusions you need to consider the relative strengths of the offense and defense in front of them. In other words, goaltending might not be the most significant factor. They\u2019re going to try to rebound from last week\u2019s loss and make a big statement, and it\u2019s up to their opponents to stop them.<\/p>\n

    Prediction<\/em>:\u00a0the outcome of this contest ends up being better than Josh\u2019s latest <\/span>Tinder date<\/span><\/a> as the Demons pull off the upset, 3-2.<\/span><\/p>\n

    What The Puck at Poutine Machine<\/strong>
    \nby Isaac\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

    A couple of weeks ago this looked like the battle for the division crown and the rights to being sent back down at the end of next season. \u00a0But another win by Poutine and a loss by the Pucks in Week 17 has turned this contest into just a friendly grudge match. \u00a0Which is too bad for the Pucks. \u00a0You see, over these past two seasons they just seem to have Poutine\u2019s number. \u00a0Having knocked them out of the playoffs last year and blanking them on opening day this year, it appears the Pucks are in the heads of Nic, Ponytail girl (Heather? Haley? Hottie?) and Poutine.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Prediction<\/em>:\u00a0a hotly contested bought that sees two scoring lead changes ends up going to Poutine as they earn two more points towards a more favorable playoff seeding, 7-5.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Corlears Hookers at Cobra Kai by Arya Stark As mentioned\u00a0yesterday, this matchup will determine who wins the division crown, clinches a top seed and moves up a division next year.\u00a0 The Cobra Kai won their first meeting in June by a score of 4-0, a victory which kicked off a seven game winning streak that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6355,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-league-info"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15520"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6355"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15520"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15536,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15520\/revisions\/15536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}