Bruins Make Minor Additions as CCHL Approaches Postseason

Peter Chiarelli discussing how difficult his job is.

The trade deadline has come and gone and much like the CCHL deadline the NHL deadline passed with no major blockbusters happening. The Bruins sent two second round picks to Tampa Bay for Brett Connolly, a once highly touted prospect who has had a rough start to his young career. Many in the know consider this a savvy move by Chiarelli as their long successful track record of developing young offensive talent seems to speak for itself. In the CCHL there was only one minor deal to report as BWW severed ties with their recently signed prospect Kevin "Buckets" Marceau. There was no comment from BWW's Travis "Gang Bang" Banga on why the sudden change of heart, but Cheers Captain Tim "Timinator" Walsh wasted no time in locking up the young talented swingman. "I think he's got a great future in this league ahead of him," Walsh stated. "He's grown up his whole life waiting for this opportunity and honestly we were shocked when he became available, I think they may have given up on the kid too soon."

Week 20 in the CCHL turned out to be a preview of things to come as the playoff pairings have now been set and the sure to be packed crowd should be in for quite a treat. In game number one it was Cimo's breaking away from Windmill en route to a 7-6 victory to lock up the #3 seed in the playoffs and will face #2 Windmill. Pat "Patty Boi" LaCasse paced the Cimo's offense with a pair of goals and Mick "The Prick" Mounsey's howitzer from the point late in the action proved to be the game winner. Windmill was led by Mike "Tricky Dick" Richard's pair of goals and now trails Corey "Corey" Laroche by 10 goals for the scoring title.

Game number two saw BWW pull away from Cheers for a 7-4 victory. Corey "The Other Corey" Cotnoir scored the games first and last goals and Dillon Emerson also added a pair for the victors. Cheers received goals from four different players including the Timinator and former BWW prospect and newly signed Cheers forward "Buckets" Marceau.

With one week remaining and the top four seeds in the playoffs locked up it will be interesting to see how the GM's approach the final week of the season and whether they choose to rest their star players to avoid injury or push forward and look to avoid rust.

Standings
                    W-L-T     Pts      GF    GA    GD
BWW          16-3-1      33      153    96    +57
Windmill     10-9-1      21      113   111    +2
Cimo's         7-13-0      14       94    136    -42
Cheers         5-13-2      12       89    105    -16


Scoring Leaders

Laroche        53
Richard        43
Walsh           42
Williamson   31
Cotnoir         25
Faretra          23
Arsenault     17
Pat Lacasse  17
J. Mullen      16