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FHL: Bear bounds back into the penthouse with a 5-3 win over Fraser River

Steve Dodge brings us all the highlights from the FHL
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In their 5-3 win over Fraser River, Bear finally figured out which button to push to get the elevator to take them back to the top of the FHL standings.

It turned out that it wasn’t the button’s fault, they just needed to get slightly meaner in the corners and tougher in front of the net to escape the doldrums which saw them drop all the way to third place as they went 0-2-0 in December.

Once again shouldering the majority of the offense for Bear was their dynamic duo of Cam “Shaft” Graham and Justin “Time” Rasmussen who combined for three goals and four assists as they widened the gap between themselves and third place in the scoring race.

It’s not all roses for the high-powered combo as their uncanny chemistry on the ice has prompted the league statistician to consider a “scoring leader alteration” (SLA) of approximately 24 per cent, to level the playing ice for the remainder of the 2018 season.

Also scoring for Bear was Colin “Clutch” Keis and Brody “The Plumber” Neighbour who scored his first goal in his past eight games, after notching six in his first seven.

The suddenly slumping Chevy Crew received some scoring prowess from Ian “Heartbreaker” Hannah, Kris “Haymaker” Hayman and Jim “Soupy” Sales, who combined for three goals and four assists, but it was the acrobatic play of “Very” Garry Perry in the Fraser River net that kept the outcome respectable.

The other contest saw Serenity play rope-a-dope hockey as they counterpunched their way to a 5-1 win over Blue Collar.

Leading the Builders to their second consecutive win over BCS was Lee “Nitro” Naeth who used his patience and his howitzer to score a pair as Randy “Killer” Crofts and Brad “Hidey-Ho” Neighbour drew assists and notched their second and third goals of the season.

Grant “Plants” Johannesen also scored for Serenity, but could have had a bushel if half of his glorious chances had found pay dirt. The man of the match for the Builders was Richard Ward “Off Evil” who stood on his head for most of the game as his rebound control kept the BCS attack on the perimeter.