Kraken Left Out in the Cold: Mayhem Wreck+ Cracks Open a 5-0 Shutout
It turns out the Kraken Cold Ones were left out on the porch a little too long, because Mayhem Wreck+ came through and skunked them 5-0, rolling to their sixth straight victory.
Jeff Orr got the party started just 2:23 into the first period with an assist from Ethan Hilton, extending his electric goal streak to four consecutive games. After a scoreless second period where both teams seemed to remember defense exists, Mayhem decided to open up the floodgates in the third.
Ethan Hilton went on an absolute tear, burying two straight markers—the first off a dish from Corey Phillips at 13:11, and the second fed by Stephen Jeffery and Gregory Boyer at 8:39. Not to be outdone, Michael McLaughlin kept his own four-game goal streak rolling by potting a power-play tally at 7:32, then finishing off the night with just 35.7 seconds left thanks to another sweet apple from Boyer. With the Kraken unable to find the back of the net, Mayhem skated away with a tidy shutout victory.
Stars of the Game
🥇 Ethan Hilton (Mayhem Wreck+) – Two goals and an apple for a dazzling three-point night.
🥈 Michael McLaughlin (Mayhem Wreck+) – Two third-period goals, including a PPG, keeping his four-game heater alive.
🥉 Gregory Boyer (Mayhem Wreck+) – Handed out two prime apples to extend his personal point streak to three games.
Penalty Box Report
The sin bin attendants earned their keep. Chase Stubblefield took a two-minute seat for tripping in the second period, followed by Kraken teammate Ryan Martinez taking a tripping minor in the third that led directly to a Mayhem power-play goal. Mayhem's John Saltsman broke up the theme with a holding call at 4:36 of the third, proving that sometimes you just really need to give someone a warm embrace out there on the ice.
Win or lose, the beauty of beer league hockey is that the postgame beverages always taste the same. Keep your sticks on the ice, Kraken—shake it off, hydrate, and remember you don't play rec hockey for the scouting reports, you play it for the camaraderie.
