We Have A New Leader...

TEAM ........................... PTS .... REM
Dewhirst Destroyers ............ 190 .... 10
Halos .......................... 184 .... 8
NO SHOOTOUTS - REAL HOCKEY! .... 153 .... 8
Corndogs Rejects ............... 149 .... 4
Fourn-Y-A ...................... 148 .... 6
Scammer & Z-Dog ................ 147 .... 5
Team Slim Shady ................ 145 .... 6
K-9 Fornicators ................ 144 .... 5
Sherpa's Yaks .................. 141 .... 6
Pony Boy 2 ..................... 139 .... 3

The heading is true... the Dewhirst Destroyers have now claimed top spot with the results over the weekend. A favourable 2-0 series lead for the Oilers saw the Destroyers pick up enough points to take on their rival Halos and still pull away further from the pack behind them. Already moving out to a 6-pont lead does give an indication that it'll be hard, if not impossible, for the Halos to sort of recover from this lack of players. The Oilers doing so well should mean big things for the Destroyers... it's looking like the end of any competition in this pool.

On Friday night, the Oilers got right back into their playoff run when they took on the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim at the Arrowhead Pond in California. A very tight-checking game for the most part saw the Oilers slip past the Ducks 3-1 to take a 1-0 series lead.

Dwayne Roloson had the biggest game of all the players, registering a win and adding an assist for a 3-point night. He had flipped a huge pass down the ice to Mike Peca to open the scoring for the Oilers and claim his first assist of the post-season. Ales Hemsky was the only Oil goal scorer to register his goal in the pool and luckily for him, it was the game-winner. Other point getters for the Oilers were Ryan Smyth, Chris Pronger and Shawn Horcoff, each having an assist.

Scott Niedermayer had the only point for the pool-worthy Ducks. The Ducks just couldn't manage to get any offense generated against the rolling Oilers.

The Saturday matinee saw a very fast-paced game with lots of action and a tight finish, which sets the stage for a pretty exciting series. The Buffalo Sabres hung on to beat the Carolina Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference Final Game 1 3-2 to take the 1-0 series lead.

Jay McKee scored the eventual winning goal, his second goal of these playoffs to lead the Sabres to victory. Ryan Miller made 29 saves for his 9th win of the playoffs. Jochen Hecht had a pair of assists in the victory. Daniel Briere added the 2nd goal for the Sabres and that was the only other Sabre point recorded.

No goals were counted for Hurricane pool players, but Bret Hedican, Cory Stillman & Eric Staal all recorded assists for the pool's cause.

Sunday night saw Game 2 in Anaheim between the Ducks & Oilers and shockingly, it was a lot like a repeat performance of Friday night. It was another 3-1 win for the Oilers, to go up 2-0 in the series, but that's not where it stopped either.

Dwayne Roloson had the win and yet ANOTHER assist on a Mike Peca goal, which gives the Oilers netminder a whopping 24 points to lead all players in the pool. 10 wins, a shutout and 2 assists leads the way in the pool... taken only once... by the leader. Chris Pronger had a goal and Ales Hemsky, Ryan Smyth & Sergei Samsonov all added assists for the pool in the win as well.

Jeff Friesen scored from Samuel Pahlsson and Rob Niedermayer for the Ducks only goal on Sunday.

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