SPNHL, Season 39: Week Four – Players of the Week
By: ProdigyToLegend
Welcome to SPNHL Players of the Week for Season 39, week 4 edition! There is only one more week of the season to go, the trade deadline has passed, and teams are finishing their last set of games before the playoffs. High octane offences still prevail over a good defence so far in the regular season, but whether that’s the same case in the playoffs is yet to be determined. Some players are getting into playoff form, putting up spectacular performances and trying to go into the playoffs on a hot streak. There’s only one more week to go, but without further ado, here’s your week four players of the week.
Forwards:
toslick: 8 GP, 20 G, 19 A, 39 P, 4.9 PPG, +25, 59 GV, 22 TK, 30 INT
The Toronto Maple Leafs have now pulled ahead of the Washington Capitals, and a big reason for that is toslick. Toslick led the league in points in week 4 with 39, putting up 20 goals and 19 assists. Scoring about 2.5 goals per game and a little under 2.4 assists per game this week, toslick was a man on a mission to help propel his team to first in the conference. They are now the big bad in the East, and Washington either needs to turn it around, or else Toronto may clinch first place pretty easily.
Honorable Mentions:
xB-Red94: 6 GP, 18 G, 17 A, 35 P, 5.8 PPG, +29, 61 GV, 21 TK, 36 INT
The-Freak-Show2: 6 GP, 17 G, 13 A, 30 P, 5.0 PPG, +19, 46 GV, 18 TK, 33 INT
GrammyHands: 6 GP, 14 G, 14 A, 28 P, 4.7 PPG, 20, 58 GV, 26 TK, 47 INT.
Defence:
zappaforever: 9 GP, 0 G, 13 A, 13 P, 1.6 PPG, +5, 27 GV, 29 TK, 83 INT.
A new winner to the defencemen of the week, zappaforever had an amazing week on both ends of the ice for the LA kings. Zappa had no goals this week, but he did have 13 assists, helping the offence whenever he can. What really stood out to me this week however is the fact that he had a positive takeaway/giveaway ratio, and on top of that, had 83 interceptions. That is some stellar defensive play and amazing responsibility with the puck. LA currently sits in 4th in the West, but if Zappa keeps up this type of play, they could very well make their way up the standings in the last week of the season
Honorable Mentions:
Jaguarknight_: 6 GP, 1 G, 13 A, 14 P, 2.3 PPG, +20, 50 GV, 15 TK, 46 INT.
EL_R_O_O_K_I_E: 7 GP, 0 G, 9 A, 9 P, 1.3 PPG, +11, 48 GV, 27 TK, 36 INT.
CapitalsFan_08: 5 GP, 1 G, 9 A, 10 P, 2.0 PPG, +24. 16 GV, 11 TK, 39 INT.
Goalie:
chadkillz134: 9 GP, 7-2, .861 SV%, 2.11 GAA, 1 SO.
Chad tops his performance from last week and wins player of the week amongst goaltenders again. In 9 games played this week, Chad improved his performance from last week with a better save percentage, better goals against average and a shutout to top it all of. His record stayed the same, but even though toslick helped the team a lot on offence, Chad did just as much if not more on defence. He faced the most shots by far amongst any goaltenders this week and still put up spectacular numbers. Look for Chad to continue his elite goaltending to a potential Vezina, and maybe even a trip to the finals if he keeps it up.
Honorable Mention:
TopCheeseNeon: 6 GP, 4-2, .823 SV%, 2.50 GAA, 0 SO.
ciulla19: 5 GP, 3-2, .825 SV%, 2.00 GAA, 1 SO