Gameweek 17 brought a big weekly score at the top and a remarkably steady overall table. The weekly race was tight, but the long-game looks very familiar.
Weekly headline
Canucks96 topped the week with 481.6 — just clear of Storm Season 25/26 on 474.8 and Face pucks on 464.0. Rounding out the weekly top ten: HC Swad, Lambys Loons, Puck Drop Pals, BlitzBlue, Newark Trashers IHC, Laight Again, and Huskies.
Team of the Week (by position)
- G – Drew DeRidder (52.8): 2 wins, 78 saves, the week’s only shutout — the safest pair of hands in GW17.
- D – Nicholas Welsh (78.0): A monster blue-line return (3+2) with a GWG; best overall tally this week.
- D – Matt Spencer (61.0): Play-driving from the back (1+4) and a tidy all-round sheet.
- F – Matt Marcinew (71.0): Skated like he had rocket fuel; 4 goals, 3 helpers, and a PP strike.
- F – Chase Pearson (58.0): 2+4 with contributions in all situations, including special teams.
- F – Alessio Luciani (50.0): Clinical touch (3+1) featuring two on the power play and a game-winner.
Overall picture
No change at the very top this week:
- Jere the Berry – 5376.0
- Ulett The Dogs Out – 5035.4
- Belaks Blaze – 5012.9
- The Kessel Run – 4953.3
- Reading Royals – 4916.9
The chasing pack remains tight, but the leader’s cushion holds for another week.
Movers & shakers (overall ranks vs last week)
It was a quiet week for upheaval near the sharp end. Inside the top 150, the biggest positive jump came from Stuart’s Selections (up 7 places to 130). We also saw modest two-spot climbs from Cinnamon Rollers (to 84) and [account deleted] (to 68). The “fallers” column among the same group was limited to single-place dips — a picture of stability rather than a slide.
Popular picks
Manager sentiment still leans hard into established studs:
Colton Saucerman (201 selections), Brandon Estes (141), Mitchell Balmas (113), Dominic Cormier (108), Mike Lee (105) were the most widely owned this week — and several of them paid off again.
Quick hits
- Blue-line boom: Two defencemen (Welsh, Spencer) crashed the overall player leaderboard for the week — always a luxury when D slots deliver premium forward-like totals.
- Netminder note: Only one shutout landed in GW17 (DeRidder). When that happens, goalie scoring compresses fast behind the top performer.
