Monday, September 13, 2010

Power Rankings Week 7

Not much changed at the top in this week's power rankings, but there was some movement as teams try to climb out of the cellar. The Cryptic Stench seem to be slipping from their position in the middle of the pack while we may be seeing the rise of Communism. Here's week 7's edition of the power rankings:

  1. Prestige Worldwide: 10-0 (2-0 this week). What more can you say about the best dressed team in the division? They had a convincing win over their arch rivals the Red Army on Thursday, then followed it up with a win by forfeit over the Cryptic Stench last night. They aren't blowing teams out, but they're winning... every single game. That's why they remain at the top.
  2. Stuffed Chrus: 7-2-1 (1-0 this week). Stuffed Chrus has a ruff rough road ahead of them to close out the regular season. They are fortunate to be playing games mostly on Sundays (Mike Zyuzin is no longer available for Tuesday or Thursday night games) but they will see the likes of the Black Presidents, Puck Ewes, and Prestige Worldwide in their final three games. If they want that two seed, they're going to have to earn it.
  3. Shockers: 7-3-1 (2-0 this week). The Shockers have proven that they have as much offensive firepower as anyone this season. They are breathing down the necks of Stuffed Chrus for the 2nd seed, and with a relatively easy schedule remaining (Red Army, Cryptic Stench, and Daggermouth 2.0) they could very well continue their ascent.
  4. Black Presidents: 5-5 (0-1 this week). The Black Presidents are the "recipients" of the fourth spot mostly because they had the least abysmal week of the three teams in the middle of the pack. Their only game of the week was a close loss to the Shockers. With four games remaining, they could finish anywhere from 2nd place to 7th place.
  5. Puck Ewes: 6-4 (0-1 this week). The Puck Ewes suffered a debilitating loss at the hands of the Soviets last night and wasted a golden opportunity to put some space between them and the Stench and Black Presidents. Isn't it a bit early for the team to begin it's seasonal demise?
  6. Cryptic Stench: 6-5 (0-2 this week). Though the score of 10-8 may seem like they played Stuffed Chrus close, the Stench scored three goals in the final 90 seconds of the game after things were all but wrapped up. They followed up that game with a forfeit to Prestige Worldwide. They have three games remaining, but all three are against teams higher than them in the standings. If they lose out and the team below them wins out, well, it's no secret how much better the 6th seed is than the 7th seed when you see who occupies seeds 1 and 2.
  7. Red Army: 3-7-1 (1-1 this week). After losing to their rivals Prestige Worldwide, the Soviets rebounded for an impressive 4-1 victory over the Puck Ewes this week. It looks like they are starting to rediscover their game, which is bad news for other teams. They'll get a good test tomorrow night when they face the Black Presidents. If they win that game, then the kids will be right: there's a monster in the basement.
  8. Beer Guts: 2-8-1 (1-1 this week). The Beer Guts continue to do what they've done all season: beat Daggermouth 2.0 and lose to everyone else.
  9. Daggermouth 2.0: 0-9-1 (0-1 this week). Daggermouth 2.0 continues to do what they've done all season: lose to everyone.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

can you put an * next to the shockers, and label them as the vondrukes? apparently they aren't above fielding a team of all goldies, and several pro or former pro players, in the silver division at DSP. gooch bags.

Anonymous said...

Yeah, but this is the same thing Prestige has done this season as well. I mean hell, they're fielding a complete half of a top level gold team. Be interesting to see how the league looks next season.

Anonymous said...

If you're comparing having only 4 gold players come to the games that include Louis, Loges, Peters, and Beer with a pro goalie the same as adding two silver guys and a gold player, then your sadly mistaken.

Anonymous said...

Ahh, but your forgetting Scott and Mike D. also play at the gold level. So your actually fielding five or six gold level players. So adding Loges and Beers to their list is redundant, as they have been on that roster for a considerable time. Just as Scott and Mike D have been on yours. The league seems to be doing fine to me actually. Every team will always complain when another team brings in a bigger ringer then they did : )