Bonsoir. Matchday 05 gave us six upsets, an eleven-goal overtime classic in Winnipeg, and a McMurdo collapse that nobody at The Remote RangeMcMurdo Monoliths · 2,347,816 capacity · Penguins will want to remember. On y va.
Upset. The Remote RangeMcMurdo Monoliths · 2,347,816 capacity · Penguins was supposed to favor McMurdo—1.85 to Cairo's 1.96—but the Crocodiles ran away with it in the third, Karim FahmyC · CAI · ●●○○○ · Echo, Heavy, Awake and Khaled NaguibD · CAI · ●●○○○ · Quiet, Magnetic, Echo combining for three goals.
The first period was scoreless, Natasha BorovaLW · MCM · ●●●●○ · Quiet, Doubled, Brittle and Farida Abdel-RahmanLW · CAI · ●●○○○ · Foggy, Hollow, Sharp, Clumsy dropping the gloves late, five and five.
The second saw Kofi MensahC · MCM · ●●●○○ open the scoring for McMurdo, 2:39, Amira HassanD · TAH · ●●●○○ · Magnetic, Quiet, Brittle assisting, before Cairo answered twice. Omar HassanLW · SAO · ●●●○○ · Luminous, Wandering, Clumsy tied it on the power play at 3:05, Youssef MansourRW · CAI · ●●●○○ · Foggy, Luminous, Tidal, Doubled, Echo, Wandering, Quiet assisting, and Karim FahmyC · CAI · ●●○○○ · Echo, Heavy, Awake converted another power play at 7:56, Layla MostafaD · CAI · ●●●○○ · Heavy, Luminous, Hollow, Echo, Magnetic, Tidal, Quiet, Brittle with the feed. 1-2 after forty.
The third was a rout. Chris ElliotRW · MCM · ●●●●● tied it for McMurdo just ten seconds in, Yumi TakedaC · NRB · ●●●●● assisting, but Cairo answered immediately—Khaled NaguibD · CAI · ●●○○○ · Quiet, Magnetic, Echo at 1:32, Karim FahmyC · CAI · ●●○○○ · Echo, Heavy, Awake assisting, then Nour El-SayedC · CAI · ●●●○○ · Magnetic, Burning, Clumsy, Foggy, Wandering, Awake at 3:12, Youssef MansourRW · CAI · ●●●○○ · Foggy, Luminous, Tidal, Doubled, Echo, Wandering, Quiet with the feed, then Khaled Naguib again at 3:59, Fahmy picking up his second assist. Layla MostafaD · CAI · ●●●○○ · Heavy, Luminous, Hollow, Echo, Magnetic, Tidal, Quiet, Brittle capped it at 10:51, Mariam KhalilC · CAI · ●○○○○ · Quiet, Clumsy, Wandering, Echo, Awake, Tidal, Brittle, Luminous assisting. Final: 2-6—four goals in under four minutes buried McMurdo's home crowd.
Die Goue MynJohannesburg Jaguars · 24,637 capacity · Altitude produced the highest-scoring game of the matchday, close to the modest home favoritism, 1.88 to 1.93. Thandiwe RadebeD · JBG · ●●●○○ · Hollow, Tidal, Luminous, Foggy, Wandering, Quiet, Ancient, Magnetic, Awake and Pieter BothaD · JBG · ●●●●● · Translated, Luminous, Echo, Clumsy, Quiet, Sharp, Burning, Foggy, Awake combined for three goals and two fights.
Sofia BarbieriC · RIM · ●●○○○ · Burning, Brittle opened the scoring for Rimini on the power play at 2:38, Valentina ColomboD · RIM · ●●●●● · Magnetic, Quiet, Heavy, Sharp, Awake, Brittle, Ancient, Foggy, Wandering, Luminous assisting, but Johannesburg answered with four unanswered. Pieter BothaD · JBG · ●●●●● · Translated, Luminous, Echo, Clumsy, Quiet, Sharp, Burning, Foggy, Awake tied it at 5:28, Bongani MthembuC · WPG · ●●●●○ · Foggy, Sharp, Awake, Heavy, Magnetic assisting, and Mandla ZuluLW · ANC · ●●○○○ · Wandering, Burning, Foggy, Echo, Awake, Sharp put the Jaguars ahead twenty-nine seconds later, Jaco van der MerweRW · ANC · ●●○○○ · Clumsy, Tidal, Clumsy with the feed. Thandiwe RadebeD · JBG · ●●●○○ · Hollow, Tidal, Luminous, Foggy, Wandering, Quiet, Ancient, Magnetic, Awake converted a power play at 8:03, Nomsa MahlanguC · MOS · ●●○○○ · Foggy, Wandering, Translated, Burning, Burning, Ancient, Brittle, Doubled, Clumsy, Echo, Sharp, Heavy, Quiet, Luminous, Hollow assisting, before Marco RossettiLW · RIM · ●●●●○ and Pieter Botha fought, offsetting majors. Elena MorettiLW · RIM · ●●●●○ · Wandering, Magnetic, Luminous, Brittle, Foggy pulled Rimini within one at 11:25, Alessandro ContiC · RIM · ●●●○○ · Magnetic, Foggy, Heavy, Luminous assisting. 3-2 after twenty.
The second was Johannesburg's. Nico De LucaD · RIM · ●●○○○ · Heavy and Lindiwe SitholeD · OSL · ●●●●○ · Quiet fought, matching majors, and Giulia BianchiC · RIM · ●●●●● · Sharp, Translated, Heavy, Brittle, Magnetic, Foggy and Pieter BothaD · JBG · ●●●●● · Translated, Luminous, Echo, Clumsy, Quiet, Sharp, Burning, Foggy, Awake followed with another set, coincidental majors—Botha's second fight of the night. Botha scored anyway at 9:00, Thandiwe RadebeD · JBG · ●●●○○ · Hollow, Tidal, Luminous, Foggy, Wandering, Quiet, Ancient, Magnetic, Awake assisting, and Lerato DlaminiLW · JBG · ●●●●○ · Clumsy, Hollow, Translated, Sharp, Tidal, Quiet made it 5-2 at 14:59, Radebe picking up her second assist. 5-2 after forty.
The third saw Naledi KhumaloC · JBG · ●●●●● · Clumsy, Wandering extend it to 6-2 at 3:47, Lindiwe SitholeD · OSL · ●●●●○ · Quiet assisting, and Nomsa MahlanguC · MOS · ●●○○○ · Foggy, Wandering, Translated, Burning, Burning, Ancient, Brittle, Doubled, Clumsy, Echo, Sharp, Heavy, Quiet, Luminous, Hollow cap the rout at 8:18, Jaco van der MerweRW · ANC · ●●○○○ · Clumsy, Tidal, Clumsy with his second assist of the night. Final: 7-2—Johannesburg's most complete performance of the season.
The Frozen DockBusan Blizzards · 18,934 capacity · Whiteout saw Busan control the night against Stockholm, close to the modest home favoritism, 1.87 to 1.94.
The first period was scoreless and hit-heavy on both sides.
Busan opened the scoring in the second. Tae-hyun LimLW · BUS · ●○○○○ · Awake, Hollow, Ancient, Clumsy, Quiet, Sharp converted a power play at 1:19, So-hee HwangD · BUS · ●●●●○ · Foggy, Heavy, Luminous, Ancient, Hollow, Echo, Sharp, Clumsy assisting, before Viktor HallbergLW · STO · ●○○○○ · Luminous and Soo-yeon ParkC · BUS · ●●●●● · Awake, Brittle fought, matching majors. Hye-jin ChoiLW · BUS · ●●●●○ · Tidal, Heavy doubled the lead at 8:57, Yuna KangRW · BUS · ●●●●○ · Clumsy assisting, before Albin NordlundD · STO · ●●●○○ · Echo, Ancient, Clumsy, Magnetic, Foggy, Quiet, Wandering, Heavy, Burning, Hollow, Luminous, Doubled, Awake pulled Stockholm within one on the power play, 11:43, Saga EkströmRW · STO · ●●●○○ · Luminous assisting. 2-1 after forty.
The third saw Yuna KangRW · BUS · ●●●●○ · Clumsy extend Busan's lead at 12:13, Seung-ho JungC · BUS · ●●●○○ · Luminous, Echo, Heavy, Translated, Burning, Awake, Brittle assisting, before Astrid EngströmC · DUB · ●○○○○ · Heavy, Echo answered for Stockholm at 12:53, Lucas BredbergRW · STO · ●○○○○ · Awake, Foggy, Quiet, Sharp, Tidal, Ancient, Wandering, Brittle with the feed. Soo-yeon ParkC · BUS · ●●●●● · Awake, Brittle sealed it at 14:16, Hyun-woo KwonD · BUS · ●●●○○ · Quiet assisting, and Albin NordlundD · STO · ●●●○○ · Echo, Ancient, Clumsy, Magnetic, Foggy, Quiet, Wandering, Heavy, Burning, Hollow, Luminous, Doubled, Awake and Yuna Kang closed the night with one more fight, matching majors. Final: 4-2—Yuna Kang with a goal, an assist, and a fight.
Upset. Quel match! The Cold LodgeWinnipeg Wendigos · 15,321 capacity · Hunger hosted eleven goals and an overtime winner, and Ushuaia—underdogs at 1.94 to Winnipeg's 1.87—came out on top. Matías FernándezLW · USH · ●●●○○ · Sharp, Ancient, Doubled, Wandering, Awake, Clumsy, Brittle with two goals and two assists, including the overtime winner.
The first period alone produced four goals. Tyler ChickenRW · WPG · ●●●●● · Heavy, Sharp, Ancient, Brittle, Awake, Foggy, Luminous, Doubled, Burning, Clumsy, Wandering, Quiet opened it at 1:33, Curtis FavelD · WPG · ●●●●● · Quiet, Foggy, Tidal, Brittle, Ancient, Translated, Translated, Awake, Burning, Luminous, Doubled, Echo assisting, before Matías FernándezLW · USH · ●●●○○ · Sharp, Ancient, Doubled, Wandering, Awake, Clumsy, Brittle tied it on the power play at 4:55, Facundo ÁlvarezRW · MCM · ●●●●○ · Burning, Sharp, Translated, Quiet, Foggy, Awake assisting. Curtis Favel restored Winnipeg's lead at 6:16, Leah BlacksmithD · WPG · ●●●●● · Clumsy, Luminous, Quiet, Burning, Awake, Doubled with the feed, and Facundo ÁlvarezRW · HAV · ●●○○○ · Awake, Ancient, Brittle tied it again on the power play at 11:02, Fernández returning the assist. 2-2 after twenty.
The second kept the pace. Julieta RíosD · ●○○○○ · Ancient, Doubled, Brittle put Ushuaia ahead at 3:24, Matías FernándezLW · USH · ●●●○○ · Sharp, Ancient, Doubled, Wandering, Awake, Clumsy, Brittle assisting, before Leah BlacksmithD · WPG · ●●●●● · Clumsy, Luminous, Quiet, Burning, Awake, Doubled tied it for Winnipeg at 5:22, Jonas BrevikLW · WPG · ●●●○○ · Burning with the feed. Valentina GiménezLW · USH · ●●●○○ · Quiet, Echo, Wandering, Translated, Magnetic, Foggy, Heavy restored Ushuaia's lead at 7:24, Florencia RamosD · RKV · ●●●○○ · Luminous assisting. 3-4 after forty.
The third matched it again. Brendan FehrRW · HEL · ●●●●○ · Quiet, Tidal, Translated, Doubled, Wandering, Clumsy, Brittle tied it for Winnipeg at 4:08, Tara RidsdaleC · JBG · ●●●○○ · Foggy, Wandering, Tidal, Brittle, Echo assisting, before Luciana RomeroC · USH · ●●●○○ · Echo, Quiet, Clumsy, Brittle, Ancient, Sharp, Foggy, Magnetic, Hollow put Ushuaia back ahead at 11:05, Santiago FigueroaD · USH · ●●●○○ · Sharp, Quiet, Brittle with the feed. Tyler ChickenRW · WPG · ●●●●● · Heavy, Sharp, Ancient, Brittle, Awake, Foggy, Luminous, Doubled, Burning, Clumsy, Wandering, Quiet tied it for the third time at 11:42, Leah BlacksmithD · WPG · ●●●●● · Clumsy, Luminous, Quiet, Burning, Awake, Doubled picking up her second assist of the night. 5-5 into overtime.
Matías FernándezLW · USH · ●●●○○ · Sharp, Ancient, Doubled, Wandering, Awake, Clumsy, Brittle won it at 4:59, Julieta RíosD · ●○○○○ · Ancient, Doubled, Brittle returning the assist. Eleven goals, six lead changes, and Ushuaia's road upset. C'est de la folie!
The Red FurnacePerth Pyres · 16,849 capacity · Melt produced a result close to the odds board—Perth at 1.85, Gander at 1.96.
Riley DawsonC · PER · ●●●●○ · Doubled, Awake, Heavy, Foggy, Wandering opened the scoring at 4:28, Sienna KapoorD · PER · ●●●●● · Foggy, Sharp, Echo, Awake, Brittle, Burning, Clumsy, Clumsy, Magnetic assisting, before Jack MitchellLW · PER · ●●●●● · Ancient, Hollow, Luminous, Burning, Heavy, Brittle and Hazel StricklandC · ●○○○○ · Luminous fought late, offsetting majors. 1-0 after twenty.
The second saw Oscar WhitfieldD · PER · ●●●●○ · Heavy, Brittle, Hollow, Magnetic, Echo, Clumsy, Luminous, Wandering, Awake, Sharp, Quiet and Brian MercerD · ●○○○○ · Magnetic, Echo fight, offsetting majors, before Liam O'BrienRW · PER · ●●●●● · Clumsy, Magnetic, Awake, Heavy doubled Perth's lead at 9:48, Whitfield assisting. Janice HapgoodD · GND · ●●●○○ · Awake pulled Gander within one at 11:47, Hazel StricklandC · ●○○○○ · Luminous with the feed. 2-1 after forty.
Tahlia NguyenLW · PER · ●●●●● · Echo, Luminous, Brittle, Ancient sealed it in the third at 11:52, Zara PatelD · MCO · ●●○○○ · Foggy, Clumsy assisting. Final: 3-1, Perth comfortable at home.
Upset. The Stone OperaPrague Phantoms · 11,111 capacity · Encore was supposed to favor Prague—1.88 to Guadalajara's 1.93—but the Mariachis' third period decided it, Andrés RojasD · GDL · ●●●●● · Quiet, Clumsy, Heavy, Luminous, Doubled, Brittle, Sharp, Burning, Echo, Translated, Ancient involved in a goal, an assist, and a fight.
Lucie ŠťastnáLW · PRA · ●●●●○ and Andrés RojasD · GDL · ●●●●● · Quiet, Clumsy, Heavy, Luminous, Doubled, Brittle, Sharp, Burning, Echo, Translated, Ancient fought early, coincidental majors, before Alejandra RíosRW · SIN · ●●●●○ · Brittle opened the scoring for Guadalajara, 2:08, Mateo GuzmánC · GDL · ●●●○○ · Luminous, Clumsy, Doubled assisting. Martin ProcházkaRW · PRA · ●●●●● · Heavy, Burning, Foggy and Camila FloresLW · GDL · ●●●○○ · Luminous, Wandering, Quiet, Clumsy fought late, matching majors, before Eliška VeseláD · PRA · ●●●○○ · Awake, Clumsy, Echo, Tidal, Foggy tied it for Prague at 13:39, Tereza HorákováRW · PRA · ●●●○○ · Awake, Luminous assisting. 1-1 after twenty.
Martin ProcházkaRW · PRA · ●●●●● · Heavy, Burning, Foggy put Prague ahead in the second, 1:27, Kateřina DvořákováC · PRA · ●●●●○ · Luminous, Echo, Quiet assisting. 2-1 after forty.
The third belonged to Guadalajara. Kateřina DvořákováC · PRA · ●●●●○ · Luminous, Echo, Quiet and Diego HernándezLW · GDL · ●●●●○ · Foggy, Luminous, Brittle, Burning, Heavy fought, coincidental majors, before Andrés RojasD · GDL · ●●●●● · Quiet, Clumsy, Heavy, Luminous, Doubled, Brittle, Sharp, Burning, Echo, Translated, Ancient tied it at 2:50, Sofía NavarroD · GDL · ●●●○○ assisting. Emilio DelgadoRW · MUM · ●●●○○ · Foggy, Awake, Luminous, Clumsy, Doubled, Heavy put Guadalajara ahead at 3:59, Rojas returning the assist, and Daniela SalazarD · ●●○○○ · Translated, Brittle, Burning, Wandering, Magnetic, Awake, Clumsy sealed it at 12:16, Jimena CastilloC · ●●○○○ · Foggy, Luminous, Sharp assisting. Martin ProcházkaRW · PRA · ●●●●● · Heavy, Burning, Foggy and Camila FloresLW · GDL · ●●●○○ · Luminous, Wandering, Quiet, Clumsy fought a second time late, offsetting majors. Final: 2-4—Guadalajara's road upset.
Upset. The Neon CrossingTokyo Titans · 37,816 capacity · Overclock saw Tokyo favored at 1.86, but Mumbai's overtime winner—Kiran BhattD · MUM · ●○○○○ · Quiet, Luminous, Brittle, Doubled, Magnetic, Sharp, Heavy, with three hits to go with it—sent the Monsoons home with the points.
Yuki SatoC · AMS · ●●●●● · Wandering, Burning, Echo, Luminous, Clumsy, Quiet, Awake, Doubled, Tidal, Heavy opened the scoring at 5:43, Yūma HayashiD · TOK · ●●●●● · Doubled, Echo assisting, before Ananya KulkarniLW · MUM · ●●○○○ · Doubled, Brittle, Foggy, Echo, Ancient, Heavy tied it on the power play at 9:49, Meera NaikRW · MUM · ●○○○○ · Ancient, Heavy, Foggy, Luminous, Magnetic assisting. 1-1 after twenty.
The second was scoreless, both sides trading hits.
Sōta WatanabeLW · SIN · ●●●●○ · Magnetic, Hollow, Tidal, Translated, Hollow, Foggy, Echo, Ancient, Burning, Doubled put Tokyo ahead early in the third, 0:23, Riku MoriD · TOK · ●●●●○ · Luminous, Magnetic, Brittle, Clumsy, Awake, Foggy, Ancient, Wandering assisting, but Rohan DeshmukhRW · GDL · ●●●○○ · Awake, Echo, Foggy tied it less than two minutes later, Arjun PatilLW · MUM · ●●○○○ · Sharp, Brittle, Burning, Echo, Luminous, Awake assisting. Sakura ShimizuD · TOK · ●●●●● · Tidal, Burning, Brittle, Hollow, Awake, Wandering, Clumsy, Magnetic, Heavy, Quiet, Foggy and Arjun Patil fought late, five and five. 2-2 into overtime.
Kiran BhattD · MUM · ●○○○○ · Quiet, Luminous, Brittle, Doubled, Magnetic, Sharp, Heavy won it at 7:18, Meera NaikRW · MUM · ●○○○○ · Ancient, Heavy, Foggy, Luminous, Magnetic returning the assist for her second point of the night. Final: 2-3—Mumbai's road upset.
The Ochre ReserveNairobi Narwhals · 22,316 capacity · Displacement produced a result close to the modest home favoritism, 1.87 to 1.94, Moses OkelloD · NRB · ●●●●○ · Tidal, Tidal, Wandering, Luminous, Heavy, Hollow, Brittle, Clumsy, Foggy, Echo, Doubled and Wanjiku MwangiC · MCO · ●●●●● · Wandering, Burning, Echo, Translated, Brittle, Clumsy, Awake, Magnetic, Quiet, Luminous, Tidal, Foggy, Ancient, Sharp, Heavy combining for four goals.
Moses OkelloD · NRB · ●●●●○ · Tidal, Tidal, Wandering, Luminous, Heavy, Hollow, Brittle, Clumsy, Foggy, Echo, Doubled opened the scoring at 4:35, Zawadi MutuaC · MCM · ●●●○○ · Foggy, Heavy, Quiet, Sharp, Echo, Magnetic, Clumsy, Awake assisting, before Cody TulikRW · JBG · ●●●●○ · Echo, Sharp, Clumsy tied it on the power play at 5:06, Jake HensleyLW · ANC · ●●●○○ · Burning, Clumsy, Wandering assisting. Wanjiku MwangiC · MCO · ●●●●● · Wandering, Burning, Echo, Translated, Brittle, Clumsy, Awake, Magnetic, Quiet, Luminous, Tidal, Foggy, Ancient, Sharp, Heavy restored Nairobi's lead at 12:18, James OdhiamboLW · NRB · ●●●●● · Wandering, Tidal, Foggy, Sharp, Brittle, Awake with the feed. 2-1 after twenty.
Isaiah TobinD · ANC · ●●○○○ · Wandering, Clumsy, Burning, Brittle, Tidal, Sharp, Sharp, Echo, Foggy tied it for Anchorage in the second, 8:55, Tara AlexieRW · HEL · ●●●○○ · Heavy, Burning, Echo assisting. 2-2 after forty.
Nairobi pulled away in the third. Moses OkelloD · NRB · ●●●●○ · Tidal, Tidal, Wandering, Luminous, Heavy, Hollow, Brittle, Clumsy, Foggy, Echo, Doubled scored his second at 9:22, Nyambura KamauRW · NRB · ●●●○○ · Wandering, Clumsy, Magnetic, Luminous, Heavy, Brittle assisting, and Wanjiku MwangiC · MCO · ●●●●● · Wandering, Burning, Echo, Translated, Brittle, Clumsy, Awake, Magnetic, Quiet, Luminous, Tidal, Foggy, Ancient, Sharp, Heavy added her second at 12:19, Faith WanjiruD · NRB · ●●●○○ · Brittle, Ancient, Foggy, Doubled, Sharp, Luminous, Echo, Heavy, Wandering, Quiet with the feed. Final: 4-2, Nairobi take control late.
Upset. The Oldest RinkMontréal Maples · 31,272 capacity · Syrup was supposed to favor Montréal—1.86 to Medellín's 1.95—but Sofía EstradaD · MDE · ●●●●○ · Tidal, Foggy, Quiet, Ancient, Clumsy, Echo, Heavy, Magnetic, Doubled, Luminous, Wandering, Sharp's power-play winner, with two hits and a fight to go with it, sent Medellín home with the points.
Luciana VélezRW · MDE · ●●●●○ · Echo, Luminous, Quiet, Heavy opened the scoring for Medellín, 9:27, Sebastián CardonaC · MDE · ●●●●○ · Burning, Wandering, Foggy, Luminous, Quiet, Brittle, Ancient, Clumsy assisting, before Lucas PelletierRW · MTL · ●●●○○ · Wandering, Luminous tied it for Montréal late, 13:40, Jean-René BergeronC · MTL · ●●○○○ · Brittle, Magnetic, Sharp, Quiet, Luminous, Tidal, Heavy, Foggy assisting. 1-1 after twenty.
The second saw Catherine LavoieLW · MTL · ●●●●○ · Tidal, Awake, Burning, Echo, Foggy and Santiago RestrepoLW · MDE · ●●●●● · Awake, Quiet, Sharp, Foggy, Burning fight, matching majors—the period's only event of note.
Sofía EstradaD · MDE · ●●●●○ · Tidal, Foggy, Quiet, Ancient, Clumsy, Echo, Heavy, Magnetic, Doubled, Luminous, Wandering, Sharp converted a power play at 6:47 of the third, Santiago RestrepoLW · MDE · ●●●●● · Awake, Quiet, Sharp, Foggy, Burning assisting, and Jean-René BergeronC · MTL · ●●○○○ · Brittle, Magnetic, Sharp, Quiet, Luminous, Tidal, Heavy, Foggy and Sofía Estrada fought late, five and five. Final: 1-2—Medellín's road upset, sealed by special teams.
The Green CanopySão Paulo Serpents · 52,417 capacity · Constriction produced nine goals and a result close to the odds board, São Paulo at 1.88 to Vladivostok's 1.93. Camila FerreiraLW · SAO · ●●●●○ · Brittle, Heavy, Clumsy, Tidal, Foggy, Sharp, Awake, Quiet and Vera OrlovaD · VLA · ●●●●○ each scored twice.
Felipe CarvalhoD · SAO · ●●●●○ · Ancient, Magnetic, Awake, Tidal, Wandering and Olga SmirnovaC · ●○○○○ · Awake, Quiet, Heavy fought early, offsetting majors, before Camila FerreiraLW · SAO · ●●●●○ · Brittle, Heavy, Clumsy, Tidal, Foggy, Sharp, Awake, Quiet opened the scoring at 11:43, Isabela CostaRW · SAO · ●●●●○ · Ancient, Tidal, Foggy assisting. 1-0 after twenty.
The second went back and forth. Vera OrlovaD · VLA · ●●●●○ tied it for Vladivostok, 3:09, Darya KuznetsovaC · VLA · ●●●●○ · Wandering, Awake, Tidal, Clumsy, Magnetic, Brittle, Foggy, Luminous, Burning, Heavy, Quiet, Hollow assisting, before Rafael OliveiraLW · SAO · ●●●○○ · Wandering, Awake, Clumsy, Luminous, Burning, Foggy restored São Paulo's lead, 10:33, Juliana SantosC · SAO · ●●●●● · Ancient, Heavy, Wandering, Hollow, Sharp assisting. Darya Kuznetsova tied it again twenty-four seconds later, Denis BaranovD · SAO · ●●●●● · Brittle, Sharp, Awake, Foggy, Heavy, Tidal assisting. 2-2 after forty.
The third was a São Paulo flood. Vera OrlovaD · VLA · ●●●●○ put Vladivostok ahead early, 2:20, Maxim PetrovLW · VLA · ●●●○○ · Wandering, Foggy assisting, before Darya KuznetsovaC · VLA · ●●●●○ · Wandering, Awake, Tidal, Clumsy, Magnetic, Brittle, Foggy, Luminous, Burning, Heavy, Quiet, Hollow and Amanda BarbosaD · SAO · ●●●●○ · Clumsy, Brittle, Heavy, Echo fought, matching majors, and Isabela CostaRW · SAO · ●●●●○ · Ancient, Tidal, Foggy and Olga SmirnovaC · ●○○○○ · Awake, Quiet, Heavy followed, offsetting majors. Bruno NascimentoRW · JBG · ●●●○○ · Brittle, Translated, Burning, Hollow, Doubled, Sharp tied it at 6:00, Gabriel RodriguesLW · CAI · ●○○○○ · Foggy assisting, and Camila FerreiraLW · SAO · ●●●●○ · Brittle, Heavy, Clumsy, Tidal, Foggy, Sharp, Awake, Quiet put São Paulo ahead for good at 11:05, Lucas AlmeidaC · SAO · ●●●●○ · Brittle, Awake, Clumsy assisting. Amanda Barbosa added a fourth at 11:44, Nascimento returning the assist, and Mariana LimaD · HAV · ●●○○○ · Translated, Quiet, Echo capped it at 13:46, Gustavo RibeiroD · VLA · ●●○○○ · Ancient, Luminous assisting. Final: 6-3—four goals in under eight minutes sealed it.
Upset. The Howling HarbourWellington Whales · 12,400 capacity · Gale was supposed to favor Wellington—1.89 to Havana's 1.92—but Havana's shutout, built on four fighting majors, held up against a Kahurangi side that couldn't find the net.
The first period was scoreless and combative—Lázaro ValdésLW · CYP · ●●●●○ · Burning, Foggy, Quiet, Heavy, Luminous, Echo and Aroha NgataC · WEL · ●●●●○ · Awake, Sharp, Magnetic, Heavy, Tidal, Ancient, Hollow, Brittle, Foggy, Clumsy fought, coincidental majors, and Olivia RangiD · WEL · ●●●●○ · Wandering, Awake, Doubled, Foggy, Ancient and Mailén DomínguezC · HAV · ●○○○○ · Hollow, Quiet followed with another set, also coincidental.
Yordanis SánchezD · HAV · ●○○○○ · Heavy, Echo, Foggy, Foggy, Quiet opened the scoring in the second, 4:36, Claudia PérezD · HAV · ●○○○○ · Awake, Hollow, Sharp, Quiet, Tidal, Magnetic, Ancient assisting, before Yarelys GonzálezD · SAO · ●●●○○ · Sharp, Wandering, Translated, Awake, Tidal, Heavy, Clumsy, Quiet and Charlotte HemiLW · WEL · ●●●○○ · Clumsy fought, matching majors. 0-1 after forty.
The third saw Aroha NgataC · WEL · ●●●●○ · Awake, Sharp, Magnetic, Heavy, Tidal, Ancient, Hollow, Brittle, Foggy, Clumsy and Claudia PérezD · HAV · ●○○○○ · Awake, Hollow, Sharp, Quiet, Tidal, Magnetic, Ancient fight, offsetting majors, before Yarelys GonzálezD · SAO · ●●●○○ · Sharp, Wandering, Translated, Awake, Tidal, Heavy, Clumsy, Quiet sealed it at 11:26, Yanelis PeñaC · HAV · ●●●○○ assisting. Final: 0-2—Havana's road upset, and a shutout to go with it.
The Dark SaunaHelsinki Howlers · 13,780 capacity · Steam produced a result close to the modest home favoritism, 1.87 to 1.94, Aleksi KorhonenLW · HEL · ●●●●● · Quiet, Heavy, Luminous, Echo, Brittle, Sharp, Burning bookending the scoring with two goals.
Aleksi KorhonenLW · HEL · ●●●●● · Quiet, Heavy, Luminous, Echo, Brittle, Sharp, Burning opened the scoring at 1:12, Anniina TuominenD · HEL · ●●●●● · Echo, Foggy, Burning, Heavy, Brittle assisting, before Saku JärvinenD · HEL · ●●●○○ · Heavy, Awake, Wandering, Quiet and Awa DiopRW · DKR · ●●○○○ · Awake, Burning, Echo, Clumsy, Sharp fought, coincidental majors, and Khady BâD · DKR · ●●○○○ · Wandering, Foggy, Quiet and Liisa NieminenD · HEL · ●●○○○ · Burning followed, five and five. 1-0 after twenty.
The second saw Mikko HämäläinenRW · TOK · ●●●●● · Wandering, Hollow, Echo, Sharp convert a power play at 5:12, Saara VirtanenC · HEL · ●●●●● · Quiet, Quiet, Ancient, Brittle assisting, before Ibrahima SarrC · DKR · ●●●○○ · Sharp, Clumsy, Brittle, Wandering, Awake, Heavy, Echo, Foggy and Juhani RantanenRW · ANC · ●○○○○ · Wandering fought, matching majors. Aminata SowC · DKR · ●●●●○ · Heavy, Sharp, Quiet, Burning pulled Dakar within one at 11:21, Ousmane DialloLW · DKR · ●●●○○ · Burning, Brittle assisting. 2-1 after forty.
The third was decisive. Petteri SalonenLW · ●●○○○ · Hollow, Tidal, Foggy, Wandering extended Helsinki's lead at 4:43, Saku JärvinenD · HEL · ●●●○○ · Heavy, Awake, Wandering, Quiet assisting, before Mariama CisséC · ●○○○○ · Luminous, Burning, Foggy and Anniina TuominenD · HEL · ●●●●● · Echo, Foggy, Burning, Heavy, Brittle fought, matching majors. Moussa NdiayeRW · DKR · ●●●○○ · Heavy, Awake, Foggy, Tidal, Burning, Brittle, Brittle, Quiet, Ancient, Translated pulled Dakar within one again, 6:58, Khady BâD · DKR · ●●○○○ · Wandering, Foggy, Quiet assisting, but Juhani RantanenRW · ANC · ●○○○○ · Wandering restored the two-goal cushion at 11:52, Noora KoskinenC · HEL · ●●●○○ · Quiet, Ancient, Magnetic, Magnetic, Brittle, Wandering, Tidal assisting, and Aleksi KorhonenLW · HEL · ●●●●● · Quiet, Heavy, Luminous, Echo, Brittle, Sharp, Burning capped his brace at 12:24, Saara VirtanenC · HEL · ●●●●● · Quiet, Quiet, Ancient, Brittle with her second assist of the night. Final: 5-2, Helsinki comfortable from start to finish.
Twelve games, six upsets, and an eleven-goal overtime classic in Winnipeg that Ushuaia stole at the horn. Quelle soirée encore. See you for Matchday 06.
—JM Laflèche, Voice of HockayA sport no one asked for but everyone needed.
Le CouncilThe governing body of Hockay and Unexplained Ice Phenomena. acknowledges that Matchday 05 occurred. Six results were inconsistent with pre-game expectations. Le Council notes that the Winnipeg-Ushuaia contest produced eleven goals and six lead changes, and wishes to state, for the record, that it did not see the overtime winner coming either. The record has been updated accordingly.