{"id":19100,"date":"2018-08-13T00:34:19","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T04:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/?p=19100"},"modified":"2018-08-13T00:53:52","modified_gmt":"2018-08-13T04:53:52","slug":"around-the-league-week-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/around-the-league-week-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Around the League &#8211; Week 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image2-20180812-184328599-COLLAGE.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19092\" src=\"https:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image2-20180812-184328599-COLLAGE-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image2-20180812-184328599-COLLAGE-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image2-20180812-184328599-COLLAGE-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image2-20180812-184328599-COLLAGE-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image2-20180812-184328599-COLLAGE-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image2-20180812-184328599-COLLAGE.jpg 2046w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>By Arya Stark<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\nKarma gave up an early lead but topped the Demons 4-3 in OT.<\/p>\n<p>Cobra Kai proved one preview writer to be\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/week-17-previews-part-1-2\/\">genius<\/a>\u00a0as they did indeed win a tight 3-2 game over Filthier.\u00a0 The win along with the late game Poutine loss clinches the division for Cobra Kai and keeps them only one point back of Fuzz with a game in hand.<\/p>\n<p>The LBS beat the Demons 3-1 in a close game featuring enough physical play and stick-work to feature an appearance from angry Eli.\u00a0 A regulation win over Filthier next week would clinch the top division for Poundtown.<\/p>\n<p>The Rainbows beat Math in OT, giving them their first win streak since a three game streak on September 11th, 18th and 25th of 2016 which covered their last two games of that season and a playoff victory.<\/p>\n<p>Karma won their second game of the day, upsetting heatstroke and the Butchers.\u00a0 The win keeps them in the 10 spot and in line for a first round bye.<\/p>\n<p>The Fresh Kills pulled away late and beat the Gremlins 5-3 on a slick short side rip from Nick.\u00a0 No word on where Gabe and Ariel were though some people have floated their own\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/2018-opening-day-narratives-and-predictions\/\">theories<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Hookers took care of business with a convincing 8-0 win over Cro&#8217;s favorite BTSH team, the Riots.\u00a0 Alas, he scored none of them and tried to avoid touching balls whenever possible.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-13-at-12.50.19-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19130\" src=\"https:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-13-at-12.50.19-AM-300x156.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-13-at-12.50.19-AM-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-13-at-12.50.19-AM.png 633w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What The Puck poured it on in the second half, burying the Skyfighters 6-0.\u00a0 Ball Hogg got the surprise start in net and picked up a shutout.<\/p>\n<p>Mega kept pace with a surprise 3-0 win over a depleted Biters squad.\u00a0\u00a0The win keeps them one point back of WTP in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/2018-standings-by-division\/\">Southeast Division race<\/a>\u00a0with each team having two games left and Mega bearing the slightly tougher schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Alas, there was no fairy tale ending this year as Fuzz took down Gut Rot.\u00a0 The win keeps them in the top slot although Cobra Kai has a game in hand.\u00a0 Fuzz clinched their division a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>The Rehabs beat Poutine 4-2 in a tight late game battle.\u00a0 Cherie buried a couple while Sully had one for Poutine.\u00a0 The win moves the Rehabs all the way up to the #5 seed in my totally unofficial and unverified league standings, which I have added below.\u00a0 This is not guaranteed to be accurate in any way.\u00a0 Game in hand means they&#8217;ve played 15 games as opposed to the 16 that most teams have completed by now.\u00a0 Poutine still has extra games over everyone as they&#8217;ve only played 14.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration-line: underline;\">Unofficial Standings (follow at your own risk)<br \/>\n<\/span>1 &#8211; Fuzz<br \/>\n2 &#8211; Cobra Kai (game in hand on Fuzz)<br \/>\n3 &#8211; LBS<br \/>\n4 &#8211; Filthier<br \/>\n5 &#8211; Rehabs<br \/>\n6 &#8211; Fresh Kills (game in hand)<br \/>\n7 &#8211; Poutine (two games in hand)<br \/>\n8 &#8211; Biters<br \/>\n9 &#8211; Gremlins (game in hand)<br \/>\n10 &#8211; Karma<br \/>\n11 &#8211; Hookers (game in hand)<br \/>\n12 &#8211; WTP<br \/>\n13 &#8211; Mega<br \/>\n14 &#8211; Butchers (game in hand)<br \/>\n15 &#8211; Math<br \/>\n16 &#8211; Sky Fighters (game in hand)<br \/>\n17 &#8211; Gut Rot<br \/>\n18 &#8211; Demons (game in hand)<br \/>\n19 &#8211; Rainbows (game in hand)<br \/>\n20 &#8211; Riots<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Arya Stark Karma gave up an early lead but topped the Demons 4-3 in OT. Cobra Kai proved one preview writer to be\u00a0genius\u00a0as they did indeed win a tight 3-2 game over Filthier.\u00a0 The win along with the late game Poutine loss clinches the division for Cobra Kai and keeps them only one point [&hellip;]<\/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-19100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-league-info"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19100"}],"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=19100"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19131,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19100\/revisions\/19131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}