Weekly Power Rankings

3-9-14

A Step In The Right Direction

10 Brendon – A staple here at the 10th spot. I can’t even imagine what kind of week it would take just to move him up to 9th, but I’m positive the shell that’s left of this one time significantly below average player will never produce it. And we all know he’s never going to be left off due to the fun nature of writing about him.

9 Rick – There’s a lot of rumors floating around that Steve ended the night with a second straight shutout but I’m not buying it. Rick won the first 3 games(which we know are the only real games) and did so while making some pretty impressive saves. He’s made the rankings and not just because I felt like being nice.

8 Joe – I keep hearing that Jared’s gonna abuse him, but I’ve yet to see it with my eyes. Be assured though that Billy Driscoll the ref will call you for a dive in the Haverhill Cup if you try to pull that hammy crap again.

7 Griff – He’s never afraid to call out his teammates when they routinely are caught looking at the play going the other way. Just ignore the fact that he turned it over in the first place.

6 Borges – Here’s to hoping the last game of the night was much better than the first 4. It certainly was trending that way from what little I paid attention to in the 4th game.

5 Ron – What a gentleman of the game. Although scoring the game winner, it never even crossed his mind to scream it in Brendon’s face when he triumphantly walked past him.

4 Johnny – That one rush where he went through everyone so deliberately and un-flashy was entertaining, yet I almost felt embarrassed for the White team as it unfolded. This is multiple weeks where he’s been sliding around in the slot and losing the defender. Is Johnny back just in time for the Cup? He could be, if somehow Andrew/Elliot morph into some form of Ron or Brett and constantly feed him the rock.

3 Jared – Along the same lines as Borges’ critique, the more games played the better for Jared. He did seem to control the play in the offensive zone much better than in recent weeks, but did hold onto it a little too long on some shifts. I don’t know why he couldn’t just throw it to the other wing for Cindy to corral.

2 Nick – Stepped up big time to shut down Jared and whoever else tried to come down his side of the ice. That’s not to diminish what Ignads accomplished on the opposite side, but Nick played close to flawless defense…..except when he didn’t step up on Borges…..

1 Brett – If you actually looked at the film and studied Brett’s passing percentage it’d probably only be around 32-35 percent, but because he’s constantly flying around and tracking the ball down, he just get’s it back and tries again. But the only one who would possibly study footage of Brett….. is Brett himself, and he would never admit to such a low passing percentage.

Honorable Mention: You were better than usual getting there on time this week, keep it up.