Wyatt Sorokin Rule sees James add netminder for the Rockets Seth Goodstriker to his roster in place of some other guy who didn't play a single game. Kody had a monster week and Jerome had a pretty poor week, so despite no changes in the standings the race has gotten a lot closer. Justin continues to push and is creeping up on Derek in 3rd place. James is within striking distance of being within striking distance of Nick down at the floor.
The impossible has happened! Saturday night Golden v Columbia Valley with 2:12 left in the 3rd period Ryan Fingarsson took a cross checking minor. Making James' Keiran Kitteringham the last player in the league with no penalties! Somebody boo this man! As we shame James we need to praise Derek for having the first 2 players with 100 PIM thanks to a 31 PIM effort from Merrit Centennial Marshall Wagner who joins Toren Fron on that particular mountain top. No changes to the standings but a brutal week for me and great week for Jerome means the gap has ballooned for now at the top of the table.
The first full month is in the books and it has been a good one. A lot of PIM from most of the league, with the average player already having 27.95 minutes in the bin. Also a really well staffed year so far, there are only a couple guys who are not getting in the lineup regularly with the vast majority in the 9-14 GP range, and you can count on suspensions playing a big role at the lower end of that. We don't have any 20 goal scorers yet but I would'nt be surprised to see one by the end of month 2. I'll do some quick hits here to save me from typing a whole news story.
Levi Astill has finally broken his PIM-less season with a big 14 minute night for a couple stick infractions and a late game misconduct.
On the other end of the penalty spectrum, superstar Toren Fron is the first to break the 100 PIM mark this year with a 24 minute night against Kamloops.
Toren Fron also leads the league with 150 points which is good for a staggering 100.4 PAA or 10 FPPG. What a year he's putting together. At this pace we will be looking at a new GOAT by the end of the year, sorry Janz.
Everyone's favourite Cory Waffles is having a decent year with 2/4/22 in 11 GP. I feel like the goal total is low, there are quite a few 10+ goal guys so far, but I guess all the goose eggs bring that down.
And I'll wrap up with The Wyatt Sorkin Rule as the first full month of the season has come and gone. As we know that brings the number to <1 GP and we have 1 player that fits that description, James' goaltender Evan Leggett of the Golden Rockets. James may now select another goalie from Golden to replace Evan.
If Jerome ends up winning this year this is the week we need to look back on. Huge performances up and down the lineup including a rare shutout (for him) from Austin Siebel of the Revelstoke Grizzlies. Jerome's 111.8 points this week is almost 40 more than the next highest. Just a winner week, no shade from the league on this one just stick taps for Jerome and all his guys.
In other news we are still waiting for our PIM bet to be settled with the same 3 guys refusing to slash someone or even get their stick caught under someone's skates. The most egregious is clearly Kieren Kitteringham of 100 Mile, who has been in the lineup night in and night out but hasn't recorded a PIM, goal, or assist. Is he stapled to the bench?
Pretty low event week, but the races at the top and bottom are tightening up with a 4/5 position swap. We are down to 3, 0 PIM players. Most heartbreaking of which is probably Levi Astil who failed to get even a slash in a game with 71 PIM, that is just so soft. In other news water is wet, the sun has risen in the east, and Toren Fron got 12 PIM in a game, then he did it again the very next night. Somebody needs to stop that guy, he's a menace.
First of all a little house keeping on the player side, Justin's Brandon Gray played his first game so there will be no Wyatt Sorkin skaters in October, there is a goalie in that zone right now so we'll see (but no one cares about goalies). That also means that advanced stats are now live so look forward to some of those updates. Derek also had an immense birthday weekend thanks in no small part to Marshall Wagner taking an exception to the existence of a goaltender (honestly, so relatable) and getting 30 PIM. Also sophomore (for us at least) Toren Fron speed running the Landon Janz arc and turning himself into a scoring threat with 5/1/6 bringing his year totals up to an excellent 9/4/63. Finally I apologize for the lack of point chart this week, I had some issues with my formulas and it got all bunged up.
Huge week for Jerome putting up 145.1 points on the back of some big PIM numbers from some top guys like Griffin Brown of the Golden Rockets, who has yet to score a goal but has put up 47 PIM in 3 games. James continues to stumble out of the starting blocks finding himself nearly 100 points back of 3rd place already. Wyatt Sorkin Rule watch after month 0 is on for Justin's Brandon Gray who has yet to suit up for the Border Bruins.