CIHL game of the week

November 24th, 2020 This week lone CIHL game features a rematch of last week game between the HKBN Hong Kong Tycoons and the AsiaXPAT Kowloon Warriors in which the Tycoons won 5-3. Both teams are 2-2 on the season and have almost identical goals for and against. In head to head matches, the Warriors won the first game on October 29th by the count of 7-6 and last week belonged to the Tycoons. Second overall pick in this year draft Nicholas Weberg has been on a roll for the Tycoons and leads the CIHL in scoring with 4 goal and 9 assists and 4 games. The Warriors will need an answer to the Weberg, Eshleman and Fanstone line if they want to avoid three consecutive losses. The Warriors have some concerns of their own with Connor Quinn status, last week he left the game early with a lower body injury. This would be a huge loss for the defending champions if he is unable to play. Game time is 10:00pm, Thursday November 26th at Mega Ice.

Tycoons Best Warriors with Late Third Period Push

November 19th, 2020 The Hong Kong Tycoons were able to top the Kowloon Warriors with a final score of 5-3 in CIHL league play Thursday night. Nicholas Weberg led the charge for the Tycoons, with one goal and three assists to take his league-leading point total to 13. Weberg struck early in the first scoring less than a minute in with assists going to Matthew Nuttall and Yannick Wong. The Warriors’ Devin Welsh responded halfway through the period with an assist coming from captain Gregory Smyth. Patrick Hayes of the Tycoons came back quickly with a goal less than a minute later which had help from Kenden Ng. Matthew Nuttall opened scoring in the second period for Hong Kong with assists going to Weberg and Jonathan Szychta. Smyth made it 3-2 with a goal 13 minutes into the second with help from Welsh and Jake McDonnell to finish off the second period scoring. McDonnell tied it up for the Warriors with a goal assisted by Josh Gordon 8:44 into the third. First star Szychta finished with the final two goals of the game to secure the victory for the Tycoons late in the third, one of which was an empty netter. Teammate Nicholas Weberg had a helper on each of Szychta’s goals as well as Matthew Nuttall on one. Tycoons goalie Emerson Keugn saved 25 of the total 28 shots for a GAA of .893 while Warriors’ Ashley Bock was good for 27 of 31 equating to a .871 GAA. Next week has a rematch between the Warriors and Tycoons in the lone game of the week which will have the winner taking sole possession of second place in the league. The three stars of the game: 1. Tycoons - Johnathan Szychta, 2 goals + 1 assist 2. Tycoon - Matthew Nuttall, 1 goal + 2 assist 3. Warriors - Gregory Smyth, 1 goal + 1 assist

Aces Extend Win Streak to Four, Remain Undefeated

November 19th, 2020 Now with four games played apiece, The Macau Aces boast a 4-0 record trailed by the Kowloon Warriors and Hong Kong Tycoons which are tied at two wins and two losses each. The South China Sharks round off the standings with a struggling 0-4 record. For the second week in a row the Aces were victorious in their bout with the Sharks. With a score of 8-4 there was lots of names on the score sheet. Scoring in this game started with South China’s Ryan Chu who struck 4:23 into the first period of play with help from Michael Shum and Kosuke Ikeda. Aces forward Tyler Doherty responded with back-to-back tallies with assists going to Charlie Huber, Jesse Lussier, Lokel Wong and Whitney Olsen. Olsen made it 3-1 with Doherty and Lussier chipping in to round off first period scoring. Wong opened the high scoring second period with assists coming from Olsen and Matthew Sackney. Ryan Chu buried one only 24 seconds later for his second of the game with help from Eric Molander. Chu finished off the hat trick at 12:57 in the second on the PP with Molander and Shum chipping in with helpers. The Aces weren’t done yet, adding two more goals before the period was over. This time it was Tom Allen and Huber striking and assists coming from Olsen, Lussier, Shane Wyatt and Sackney. 24 seconds into the third Macau extended their lead to 7-3 when Lokel Wong tucked one with help from Allen and Lussier who now leads the league in assists with 10. Huber sealed the deal for the Aces making it a virtually unreachable 8-3 which was assisted by Matthew Lee and Wong. Sharks forward Ryan Chu had his fourth goal of the night assisted by Ben MacAskill to make it 8-4 but this was still too far away from the Aces huge lead. The three stars of the game: 1. Aces - Charlie Huber, 2 goals + 1 assist 2. Sharks - Ryan Chu, 4 goals 3. Aces - Liam Moorefeld-Yee, 34 saves

CIHL games of the week...

November 18th, 2020 The Scotiabank South China Sharks will be out looking to revenge their loss to the Manulife Macau Aces - last week they had a chance to find the win column but a third period crumble allowed the Aces to stay perfect on the season and have the Sharks still hunting for that all elusive W. In the second game of the doubleheader, the defending champions AsiaXPAT Kowloon Warriors will be looking to get back on track with a win and stay close to the Aces in the CIHL standings as they battle the HKBN Hong Kong Tycoons. Both team have explosive offensive - the last time they faced each other back on Nov. 5th, they put up a league high 13 goals. Game Time - Thursday November 19th at Mega Ice 1. Scotiabank South China Sharks vs Manulife Macau Aces @ 8:30pm 2. AsiaXPAT Kowloon Warriors vs HKBN Hong Kong Tycoons @ 10:00pm

Sharks squander third period lead and fall to the Aces

November 12th, 2020 ovember 12th, 2020 For the second week in a row, the Manulife Macau Aces mounted a comeback in the third period to defeat the Scotiabank South China Sharks by the score of 5-3. With the win the Aces are a perfect 3-0 on the season and sit at top of the CIHL standings. The Sharks on the other hand are the exact opposite at 0-3 and occupy the cellar. Last week the Aces were down 3-1 to the 2019-2020 champions AsiaXPAT Kowloon Warriors when they scored 4 unanswered goals in the third period to win 5-3. This week was eerie similar to last week, down 3-2 entering the third, the Aces fought back and found the back of the net three times, twice in the last 2:29 to steal what looked like a hard earned Sharks victory by the count of 5-3. Defenseman Tyler Doherty continues to lead the way for the Aces picking up three points on the night with two goals and one assist. His second marker of the night with 2:29 left in the game was the GWG. Matching him almost stride for stride was Intern Jesse Lussier with 1 goal and 2 assists on the night. Together Tyler and Jesse have a combined 17 points after three game. The Sharks are still looking for the first win of the season and it not come any easier this week when they face the deadly high power scoring offense of the Warriors. First round pick (3rd overall) in the 2020-2021 CIHL draft Ryan Chu showed why he was picked high with two first period goal - a positive sign for the Sharks who have struggled to put up goals this season. It’s the third straight game for the Sharks where they have managed just three goals per game but more alarming is that is that it’s the second game in a row where they were leading entering the third period only to end up with losses in both games. You know things are tough when the top two scoring leaders of the team are both defensemen. Liam Moorfield-Yee picked up his second win of the season and leads the league with a 3.00 GAA. Sharks King Ho who was by far the busier of the two on the night stopping 29 of 34 gets the loss but also third star honours as the score could have been much worse if not for his play. The three stars of the game: 1. Aces - Tyler Doherty, 2 goals +1 assist 2. Aces - Jesse Lussier, 1 goal + 2 assist 3. Sharks - King Ho, 20 saves