Edge Record Best Week - Ever; Highlanders Win; Bladerunner/Shadowmen Game Going To Video Review

The Highlanders continue to hold a single digit lead in the Predator Cup race after posting the second-best week in the pool but the story of the week has to be the return of the Edge. The Edge posted the best total of the week (57pts) and their best weekly total of the year (perhaps in the team's history) to pull clear of the Scourge and out of last place. Led by 7pt weeks from K.Lehtinen and J.Spezza as well as 6pt weeks from A.Ovechkin, O.Jokinen and S.Doan - the Edge finally had all cylinders firing.

In the Challenge Cup playoffs the Highlanders finally win their first ever playoff game - against their bitter rivals, the Severed Heads. The other semi-final series may be in dispute. My calculations have the Shadowmen holding on to a very narrow lead and winning the match by less than a half-point. Given that I have been off as much as a point on some of these scores, I think it best to double check the final tally of this game with the official scorer before taking the astrix away just yet. The Shadowmen celebrations of their first-ever Challenge Cup win will have to wait a few days more. In any event, game two starts tonight.

In the Omnivore standings the Bladerunners continue to lead but the Highlanders are now sitting in second as T.Vokoun's fine play of late has started to affect the Scourge's baseline (his totals have now passed the injured Huet's). This coupled with Zetterberg's injury have slowed the Scourge's meteoric rise, at least momentarily.

Here are the unofficial stats as of Sunday's actions: