Matchday Recap: S02D13

Bonsoir. Matchday 13 gave us six upsets and three games that needed extra time to settle, one of them in a shootout. On continue. Let's get into it.

DKR 2 — MUM 3

Quel match! The Sandy ParlorDakar Djinns · 19,482 capacity · Wishes needed a shootout to settle this one, close to the odds board, Dakar at 1.78 to Mumbai's 2.04. Vikram JoshiC · MUM · ●●●●○ · Clumsy, Burning, Foggy, Awake converted the deciding attempt.

The first period was scoreless and combative—Rohan DeshmukhRW · MUM · ●●●●○ · Wandering, Sharp, Echo and Mamadou GuèyeD · DKR · ●●●○○ · Clumsy, Heavy, Hollow, Brittle, Burning fought, five and five, the only event of note.

Meera NaikRW · MUM · ●●○○○ · Brittle, Burning, Foggy opened the scoring for Mumbai late in the second, 14:18, Kiran BhattD · MUM · ●●○○○ · Doubled assisting. 0-1 after forty.

The third went back and forth. Khady BâD · DKR · ●●●○○ · Heavy, Luminous, Wandering tied it for Dakar, 0:57, Ibrahima SarrC · DKR · ●●●○○ assisting, before Pooja VermaD · MUM · ●●○○○ · Foggy put Mumbai back ahead, 4:05, Aditya RaoLW · MUM · ●●○○○ · Quiet, Heavy, Foggy, Clumsy, Tidal with the feed. Khady Bâ completed her two-goal night at 10:58, Sarr picking up his second assist. 2-2 into overtime.

Overtime stayed scoreless—Modou DioufD · DKR · ●●●○○ · Echo, Luminous, Brittle, Awake and Divya MehtaD · MUM · ●●●○○ · Foggy, Wandering, Burning fought late, matching majors. In the shootout, Vikram JoshiC · MUM · ●●●●○ · Clumsy, Burning, Foggy, Awake ended it. Final: 2-3—Mumbai's road upset, settled in the bonus frame.

WPG 5 — GND 3

Upset. The Cold LodgeWinnipeg Wendigos · 15,321 capacity · Hunger was supposed to favor Gander—1.73 to Winnipeg's 2.12—but Jake FehrD · WPG · ●●●○○ · Translated, Burning, Echo, Foggy, Wandering's two-goal night, bookending the scoring, carried the Wendigos through a third-period scare.

Jake FehrD · WPG · ●●●○○ · Translated, Burning, Echo, Foggy, Wandering opened the scoring at 6:06, Anna FlettD · WPG · ●●●○○ · Clumsy, Quiet, Doubled assisting, and Tara RidsdaleC · WPG · ●●○○○ · Brittle, Awake doubled it at 10:58, FlettG · WPG · ●●●●○ · Quiet returning the favor. 2-0 after twenty.

Dermot PowerRW · GND · ●●○○○ pulled Gander within one early in the second, 0:25, Brian MercerD · GND · ●●○○○ · Foggy assisting, but Tyler ChickenRW · WPG · ●●●●○ · Awake, Heavy, Hollow, Ancient, Brittle, Wandering restored Winnipeg's two-goal cushion at 5:22, Kaya BearclawC · WPG · ●●●●● · Magnetic, Brittle assisting. 3-1 after forty.

Gander stormed back in the third. Gus MaloneyLW · GND · ●●○○○ pulled within one at 5:06, Janice HapgoodD · GND · ●●●○○ assisting, and Cyril HynesRW · GND · ●●●●○ tied it at 9:00, Bridget WalshC · GND · ●●●●● · Magnetic, Clumsy, Brittle assisting. Brendan FehrRW · WPG · ●●●○○ · Wandering, Doubled, Echo restored Winnipeg's lead at 11:23, Leah BlacksmithD · WPG · ●●●●○ · Burning, Luminous, Wandering, Sharp assisting, and Jake FehrD · WPG · ●●●○○ · Translated, Burning, Echo, Foggy, Wandering sealed it at 13:57, Marissa SpenceRW · WPG · ●●●○○ · Heavy with the feed. Final: 5-3—Winnipeg's home upset, holding off a furious Gander rally.

JBG 4 — NRB 2

Die Goue MynJohannesburg Jaguars · 24,637 capacity · Altitude produced a result close to the odds board, Johannesburg at 1.8 to Nairobi's 2.03, in a four-fight night that swung back and forth before the Jaguars pulled away.

Naledi KhumaloC · JBG · ●●●●● · Sharp, Heavy opened the scoring at 2:34, Lindiwe SitholeD · JBG · ●●○○○ · Ancient, Tidal assisting, before Sipho NkosiRW · JBG · ●●●●○ · Echo, Brittle and Amara OseiD · NRB · ●●●●○ fought, coincidental majors, and Pieter BothaD · JBG · ●●●●○ · Quiet, Echo and Moses OkelloD · NRB · ●●●○○ · Clumsy, Wandering, Awake, Ancient followed with matching majors. Amara Osei tied it late, 14:46, Peter KimaniD · NRB · ●●●●○ · Quiet, Doubled, Heavy assisting. 1-1 after twenty.

Wanjiku MwangiC · NRB · ●●●●○ · Heavy, Brittle put Nairobi ahead early in the second, 0:35, James OdhiamboLW · NRB · ●●●●○ · Burning, Magnetic, Quiet assisting, but Nomsa MahlanguC · JBG · ●●○○○ · Brittle, Luminous tied it again, 2:05, Kagiso MolefeD · JBG · ●●●○○ · Wandering, Brittle, Echo, Awake, Burning with the feed, after Akinyi OchiengLW · NRB · ●●●○○ · Doubled, Luminous, Ancient, Foggy and Mahlangu herself fought, matching majors. Zanele NdabaRW · JBG · ●●●○○ · Sharp put Johannesburg ahead for good at 10:17, Bongani MthembuC · JBG · ●●●○○ · Clumsy, Burning, Magnetic assisting. 3-2 after forty.

The third saw Kevin OtienoRW · NRB · ●●●●○ · Quiet, Sharp and Sipho NkosiRW · JBG · ●●●●○ · Echo, Brittle fight, coincidental majors, before Pieter BothaD · JBG · ●●●●○ · Quiet, Echo sealed it late, 14:41, NdabaRW · JBG · ●●●○○ · Sharp completing a goal-and-assist night. Final: 4-2, Johannesburg hold on at home.

MDE 3 — STO 0

La LaderaMedellín Mapaches · 31,400 capacity · Brazen produced a result close to the heavy home favoritism, 1.33 to 3.33, Medellín's first period setting the tone with three goals in the opening fourteen minutes.

Mateo ArangoRW · MDE · ●●●●○ · Awake opened the scoring at 1:07, Mariana ZapataD · MDE · ●●●○○ assisting, in a penalty-filled period that saw four trips to The SixthThe dimension behind the penalty box. Players who enter may return changed.. Zapata scored herself at 12:00, Valentina OspinaC · MDE · ●●●●● · Hollow, Heavy with the feed, and Sebastián CardonaC · MDE · ●●●●○ capped it at 13:58, Isabella GómezLW · MDE · ●●●○○ · Foggy, Burning, Quiet assisting. 3-0 after twenty.

The second and third were quiet and physical, neither side finding the net—Oscar SöderströmC · STO · ●●●●○ and Albin NordlundD · STO · ●●●●○ · Brittle, Translated leading the hit totals for Stockholm without ever threatening the scoreboard. Final: 3-0—Medellín's heavy favoritism confirmed, a complete shutout.

PRA 3 — MCM 4

Upset. The Stone OperaPrague Phantoms · 11,111 capacity · Encore was supposed to favor Prague—1.56 to McMurdo's 2.45—but Chris ElliotRW · MCM · ●●●●○ · Brittle, Translated's hat trick, capped in overtime, sent the Monoliths home with the points.

Amira HassanD · MCM · ●●○○○ · Ancient, Translated, Echo, Magnetic opened the scoring at 4:30, Yumi TakedaC · MCM · ●●●●● · Clumsy, Echo assisting, and Chris ElliotRW · MCM · ●●●●○ · Brittle, Translated doubled McMurdo's lead on the power play at 12:17, Sven LindbergLW · MCM · ●●●●○ · Ancient with the feed. 0-2 after twenty.

Eliška VeseláD · PRA · ●●●○○ · Echo, Foggy, Burning, Ancient pulled Prague within one in the second, 8:50, Pavel KrejčíD · PRA · ●●●○○ · Translated, Luminous, Clumsy assisting, before Pavel Krejčí and Natasha BorovaLW · MCM · ●●●○○ · Doubled, Wandering, Awake fought, matching majors. 1-2 after forty.

The third went back and forth. Ondřej MarekLW · PRA · ●●○○○ · Foggy, Clumsy tied it for Prague, 0:39, Barbora KrálováC · PRA · ●●○○○ · Awake, Heavy, Foggy, Ancient assisting, before Chris ElliotRW · MCM · ●●●●○ · Brittle, Translated restored McMurdo's lead at 9:23, Tobias FreyD · MCM · ●●○○○ · Tidal assisting. Barbora Králová tied it again late, 14:41, VeseláD · PRA · ●●●○○ · Echo, Foggy, Burning, Ancient returning the assist. 3-3 into overtime.

Chris ElliotRW · MCM · ●●●●○ · Brittle, Translated completed his hat trick at 2:06, Yumi TakedaC · MCM · ●●●●● · Clumsy, Echo picking up her second assist. Final: 3-4—McMurdo's road upset, settled in the extra frame.

USH 1 — RIM 2

Upset. The South PassageUshuaia Undertow · 4,137 capacity · Drag was supposed to favor Ushuaia—1.68 to Rimini's 2.2—but Giulia BianchiC · RIM · ●●●●● · Ancient, Wandering, Burning, Heavy's overtime winner sent the Rinklers home with the points.

Agustín MedinaD · USH · ●●●○○ · Sharp, Foggy, Ancient opened the scoring at 10:32, Martina VegaC · USH · ●●○○○ · Wandering, Echo, Sharp assisting, for the only goal of the first.

Elena MorettiLW · RIM · ●●●○○ · Quiet, Foggy, Tidal tied it for Rimini in the second, 13:34, Chiara RicciRW · RIM · ●●○○○ · Ancient, Heavy, Sharp assisting. 1-1 after forty.

The third was scoreless and physical—six hits with no goals, both sides probing for an opening—pushing it to overtime.

Giulia BianchiC · RIM · ●●●●● · Ancient, Wandering, Burning, Heavy won it at 5:18, Nico De LucaD · RIM · ●●○○○ · Magnetic, Foggy, Luminous, Heavy assisting. Final: 1-2—Rimini's road upset, settled in the extra frame.

HAV 3 — VLA 5

The Rhythm BureauHavana Hammers · 14,623 capacity · Rhythm produced a result close to the odds board—Vladivostok the favorites at 1.64 to Havana's 2.27—in an eight-goal, twenty-one-hit track meet.

Darya KuznetsovaC · VLA · ●●●●○ · Echo, Sharp opened the scoring at 0:19, Nikita SorokinLW · VLA · ●●●●○ · Luminous assisting, but Havana answered twice—Osmany LeyvaRW · HAV · ●●○○○ · Translated, Luminous, Echo, Doubled at 2:08, Adonis ReyesD · HAV · ●●●○○ · Foggy, Echo, Sharp, Clumsy assisting, and Lázaro ValdésLW · HAV · ●●●●○ · Quiet, Heavy, Burning at 2:19, Claudia PérezD · HAV · ●●●○○ with the feed. Olga SmirnovaC · VLA · ●●○○○ · Quiet tied it for Vladivostok late, 14:01, Igor ZaytsevD · VLA · ●●○○○ · Brittle assisting. 2-2 after twenty.

Vera OrlovaD · VLA · ●●●●○ · Sharp, Translated put Vladivostok ahead in the second, 4:35, Maxim PetrovLW · VLA · ●●○○○ · Wandering, Doubled, Heavy assisting. 2-3 after forty.

The third stayed close. Mailén DomínguezC · HAV · ●●○○○ tied it for Havana, 1:43, Yordanis SánchezD · HAV · ●●○○○ · Quiet, Awake, Heavy, Wandering assisting, but Nikita SorokinLW · VLA · ●●●●○ · Luminous restored Vladivostok's lead at 4:49, KuznetsovaC · VLA · ●●●●○ · Echo, Sharp returning the assist, and Anastasia IvanovaRW · VLA · ●●●○○ · Foggy, Clumsy, Burning, Echo added a power-play goal at 8:39, Kirill MorozovC · VLA · ●●●○○ · Sharp, Wandering, Ancient, Quiet, Tidal, Heavy, Luminous with the feed. Final: 3-5—Vladivostok's favorites confirmed in a wide-open night.

SAO 3 — BUS 6

Upset. The Green CanopySão Paulo Serpents · 52,417 capacity · Constriction was supposed to favor São Paulo—1.77 to Busan's 2.07—but the Blizzards built a three-goal cushion before the Serpents found their footing. Sang-hoon BaeD · BUS · ●●○○○ · Foggy, Doubled, Quiet, Tidal, Ancient, Luminous finished with three assists.

Yuna KangRW · BUS · ●●●○○ · Wandering opened the scoring at 3:21, Sang-hoon BaeD · BUS · ●●○○○ · Foggy, Doubled, Quiet, Tidal, Ancient, Luminous assisting, and So-hee HwangD · BUS · ●●●○○ · Doubled, Quiet doubled it on the power play at 5:50, Bae with his second assist. Larissa SouzaC · SAO · ●●●○○ · Translated, Quiet pulled São Paulo within one, 7:41, Bruno NascimentoRW · SAO · ●●○○○ · Doubled, Echo, Wandering, Heavy assisting, before So-hee Hwang completed her two-goal night at 9:08, Dong-wook YoonRW · BUS · ●●○○○ with the feed. 1-3 after twenty.

Juliana SantosC · SAO · ●●●●○ · Awake, Brittle, Quiet pulled São Paulo within two in the second, 4:01, Thiago PereiraRW · SAO · ●●●●○ · Echo, Heavy, Wandering, Quiet assisting, but Min-jun LeeRW · BUS · ●●●●○ · Brittle, Quiet, Luminous answered for Busan, 4:54, Sang-hoon BaeD · BUS · ●●○○○ · Foggy, Doubled, Quiet, Tidal, Ancient, Luminous picking up his third assist. 2-4 after forty.

The third was Busan's. Jae-won KimLW · BUS · ●●●●○ · Clumsy, Burning extended the lead at 2:49, Hyun-woo KwonD · BUS · ●●●○○ · Brittle, Heavy assisting, before Felipe CarvalhoD · SAO · ●●●○○ · Quiet, Clumsy, Echo, Wandering, Foggy and Sang-hoon BaeD · BUS · ●●○○○ · Foggy, Doubled, Quiet, Tidal, Ancient, Luminous fought, matching majors, and Larissa SouzaC · SAO · ●●●○○ · Translated, Quiet completed her two-goal night at 11:30, Gustavo RibeiroD · SAO · ●●●○○ · Brittle, Heavy, Wandering assisting. Min-jun LeeRW · BUS · ●●●●○ · Brittle, Quiet, Luminous and Rafael OliveiraLW · SAO · ●●●●○ · Quiet, Foggy fought, coincidental majors, before Eun-bi HanD · BUS · ●●●●○ · Tidal, Quiet, Luminous capped it at 13:43, Seung-ho JungC · BUS · ●●●○○ · Tidal assisting. Final: 3-6—Busan's road upset, a nine-goal night.

HEL 0 — CAI 2

The Dark SaunaHelsinki Howlers · 13,780 capacity · Steam produced a result close to the odds board—Cairo the favorites at 1.76 to Helsinki's 2.07—and the Crocodiles delivered a shutout despite Erik JohanssonD · HEL · ●●●●○ · Awake, Luminous, Translated's three trips to The SixthThe dimension behind the penalty box. Players who enter may return changed..

Youssef MansourRW · CAI · ●●●●○ opened the scoring at 10:28, Habiba SherifD · CAI · ●●○○○ assisting, in a period that saw Khaled NaguibD · CAI · ●●●●○ and Mostafa RashadD · CAI · ●●●○○ both visit The SixthThe dimension behind the penalty box. Players who enter may return changed. early. 0-1 after twenty.

Khaled NaguibD · CAI · ●●●●○ doubled the lead in the second, 1:24, Ahmed ZakiRW · CAI · ●●○○○ · Brittle, Brittle assisting, before Anniina TuominenD · HEL · ●●●●○ · Luminous kept Helsinki physical with hits on Khaled Naguib and Mariam KhalilC · CAI · ●●○○○. 0-2 after forty.

The third was scoreless, mostly penalties—Erik JohanssonD · HEL · ●●●●○ · Awake, Luminous, Translated and Ahmed ZakiRW · CAI · ●●○○○ · Brittle, Brittle both visiting The SixthThe dimension behind the penalty box. Players who enter may return changed. again. Final: 0-2—Cairo's road shutout, the favorites confirmed.

WEL 2 — ANC 0

The Howling HarbourWellington Whales · 12,400 capacity · Gale produced a result close to the odds board, Wellington at 1.69 to Anchorage's 2.19, in a seventeen-hit, three-fight night that ended in a Kahurangi shutout.

The first period was scoreless and combative—Manaia WalkerLW · WEL · ●●●●○ and Tara AlexieRW · ANC · ●●●○○ · Burning, Magnetic, Foggy, Luminous, Quiet fought, five and five, and Jake HensleyLW · ANC · ●●●●○ · Heavy, Burning, Awake, Luminous and Anahera ReidC · WEL · ●●○○○ followed with another set, coincidental majors.

Awhina ClarkeD · WEL · ●●○○○ · Quiet, Sharp opened the scoring in the second, 2:33, Nikau EdwardsD · WEL · ●●●○○ · Heavy assisting, and Liam TomoanaLW · WEL · ●●○○○ · Quiet doubled it at 6:50, Olivia RangiD · WEL · ●●●○○ with the feed. 2-0 after forty.

The third was scoreless but physical—Jake HensleyLW · ANC · ●●●●○ · Heavy, Burning, Awake, Luminous and Rāwiri PatelRW · WEL · ●○○○○ · Ancient, Echo fought early, coincidental majors—and the lead held. Final: 2-0, Wellington comfortable at home.

MTL 3 — GDL 2

The Oldest RinkMontréal Maples · 31,272 capacity · Syrup produced a result close to the odds board, Montréal at 1.85 to Guadalajara's 1.97, Élodie GagnonC · MTL · ●●●●● · Burning, Luminous, Sharp, Translated, Quiet, Foggy, Heavy, Awake's two-goal night setting the tone before Guadalajara answered late.

Élodie GagnonC · MTL · ●●●●● · Burning, Luminous, Sharp, Translated, Quiet, Foggy, Heavy, Awake opened the scoring thirteen seconds in, Jean-François TremblayLW · MTL · ●●●●○ · Luminous, Clumsy, Wandering, Doubled, Quiet, Tidal, Burning assisting, before Carlos MoralesLW · GDL · ●●○○○ · Wandering, Magnetic, Awake, Echo and Dmitri VolkovD · MTL · ●●●●○ · Translated, Clumsy, Heavy, Wandering, Quiet, Sharp fought, coincidental majors. Gagnon struck again at 11:25, Sarah-Maude FortinD · MTL · ●●●●● · Wandering, Quiet, Awake, Burning, Heavy, Tidal, Magnetic, Echo assisting. 2-0 after twenty.

Sofía NavarroD · GDL · ●●●●○ · Sharp, Foggy, Heavy, Wandering, Brittle, Luminous pulled Guadalajara within one in the second, 12:27, Alejandra RíosRW · GDL · ●●●○○ · Wandering assisting, after Valentina RamírezC · GDL · ●●●●○ · Heavy, Brittle, Sharp and Sarah-Maude FortinD · MTL · ●●●●● · Wandering, Quiet, Awake, Burning, Heavy, Tidal, Magnetic, Echo fought, five and five. 2-1 after forty.

The third went back and forth. Mateo GuzmánC · GDL · ●●●○○ · Heavy, Sharp tied it for Guadalajara, 6:39, NavarroD · GDL · ●●●●○ · Sharp, Foggy, Heavy, Wandering, Brittle, Luminous returning the assist, before Simon CôtéLW · MTL · ●●○○○ · Echo, Clumsy, Foggy, Burning restored Montréal's lead late, 14:06, Dmitri VolkovD · MTL · ●●●●○ · Translated, Clumsy, Heavy, Wandering, Quiet, Sharp assisting. Final: 3-2, Montréal hold on at home.

TOK 5 — PER 3

Upset. The Neon CrossingTokyo Titans · 37,816 capacity · Overclock was supposed to favor Perth—1.51 to Tokyo's 2.58—but the Titans erased a two-goal deficit with five unanswered goals across the second and third periods. Hina TakahashiC · TOK · ●●○○○ · Magnetic, Luminous, Echo, Doubled, Heavy finished with three assists.

Tahlia NguyenLW · PER · ●●●○○ · Echo, Wandering opened the scoring on the power play at 4:09, Nate HargroveD · PER · ●●●○○ · Brittle, Luminous, Sharp, Foggy assisting, for the only goal of a hit-heavy first period.

Gemma FletcherRW · PER · ●●●○○ · Echo, Luminous doubled Perth's lead in the second, 9:06, Sienna KapoorD · PER · ●●●●○ · Foggy, Magnetic, Sharp, Ancient, Wandering, Hollow, Burning assisting, before Yūma HayashiD · TOK · ●●●●○ · Wandering, Hollow, Awake pulled Tokyo within one, 10:50, Haruto NakamuraRW · TOK · ●●●○○ · Ancient, Echo, Burning, Heavy, Quiet with the feed. 1-2 after forty.

The third belonged entirely to Tokyo. Sōta WatanabeLW · TOK · ●●●○○ · Heavy, Luminous, Foggy tied it at 5:01, Hina TakahashiC · TOK · ●●○○○ · Magnetic, Luminous, Echo, Doubled, Heavy assisting, and Sakura ShimizuD · TOK · ●●●●○ · Awake, Magnetic, Heavy, Ancient put the Titans ahead at 7:09, TakahashiD · ●●○○○ with her second assist. Mei FujitaD · TOK · ●●○○○ · Brittle, Burning, Clumsy, Heavy, Echo, Translated, Foggy extended the lead at 10:52, Takahashi completing a three-assist night, and Shimizu completed her own two-goal night at 11:47, Haruto NakamuraRW · TOK · ●●●○○ · Ancient, Echo, Burning, Heavy, Quiet assisting. Liam O'BrienRW · PER · ●●●●○ · Burning, Brittle, Clumsy, Echo got Perth on the board late, 12:24, HargroveD · PER · ●●●○○ · Brittle, Luminous, Sharp, Foggy with his second assist. Final: 5-3—Tokyo's home upset, five unanswered goals across two periods.

Six upsets and three games that needed extra time to settle, one of them in a shootout—Chris ElliotRW · MCM · ●●●●○ · Brittle, Translated's hat trick in Prague and Tokyo's five-goal comeback against Perth among the highlights. Quelle soirée. See you for Matchday 14.

—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 13 occurred. Six results were inconsistent with pre-game expectations. Le Council notes that Chris ElliotRW · MCM · ●●●●○ · Brittle, Translated scored a hat trick, including the overtime winner, against the heavy home favorites in Prague, and wishes him well. The record has been updated accordingly.