In the INDOOR OUTHOUSE POWER INDEX I will, first of all, put the top ten teams in my STABLE. Then I will put the rest of THE HERD out to pasture (in no particular order). Finally, I will drop THE DEUCE, the two teams in the MASL that are stinking up THE OUTHOUSE.
THE STABLE
1. Missouri Comets They struggled a little against the B-52's, but that doesn't concern me. Leo Gibson, Missouri's stand out forward, leads the league in points with a combined 18 goals and 18 assists. Not far behind them are Max Touloute and Vahid Assadpour with 20 points each. The Comets have the best power play in the league, and their defense is top notch, led by Brian Harris and Danny Waltman in goal.
2. Baltimore Blast Baltimore beat the MKE Wave twice, and with little uncertainty. The Blast looked really good and definitely deserve to be in the top 3 teams of the league. They are one of three undefeated teams in the league, and will play three straight road game to try and make it 9-0 on the season.
3. Milwaukee Wave MKE played twice this weekend in Baltimore against the Blast, and they lost both games, but it is hard to fault the Wave heavily for losing twice to the Blast. Milwaukee, after playing a grueling road schedule to start off the season, will play 6 straight home games for a change. The home stand will not be a walk in the park, especially since they will have to face Missouri, Chicago, and Baltimore.
4. Monterrey Flash DNP
5. Chicago Mustangs The Mustangs were able to fend off a road weary Detroit Waza at home on Sunday, but will travel into Detroit for a rematch next weekend. It will be a lot tougher for the Mustangs to pick up a win at the home of the Waza, where Detroit is 2-2 so far, with home losses against Rochester and MKE
6. San Diego Sockers There is definitely potential in this team, but it has yet to translate fully onto the field. Despite beating the Impact with ease last weekend, the Sockers still managed to give up 5 straight goals at the end of the game. Their was a lot of good things that the Sockers did, but their were some errors that, against a better team, would have really cost us. San Diego prepares for a two game post X-mas road trip against the Comets and Ambush. I am hoping the Comets will highlight the problems with the Sockers that need to be fixed before the postseason, and that the team will address these issues before our playoff run is cut short. I am hard on my team because I expect the best.
7. Dallas Sidekicks Dallas has been cruising to victories ever since narrowly escaping the 3-5 B-52's with the overtime win. The Sidekicks' next 5 games are "should win" games that will put them at 11-1 on the season and firmly in the second spot win the Southern Division behind Monterrey.
8. Rochester Lancers DNP
9. Ontario Fury I am surprised that the Fury didn't put away the Impact by more, considering Seattle had just played a game seventeen hours before that in SD, two of those hours which were spent traveling. Nunez and Tiguinho seemed to be the taking the lions share of the shots on goal, but when guys like Sesay and Villela start cranking it up, Ontario will become a very potent offensive threat.
10. St. Louis Ambush I was glad that St. Louis and Detroit put on such a good show for the ESPN 3 game of the week. Both the Ambush and the Waza played strong games, and that last 2 minutes when Detroit pulled out the 6th attacker to try and even up the score was as action packed as you can get. St. Louis, despite being a team sitting in 5th place in the Central Division, is no slouch of a team and can easily climb back into the playoff hunt with a few wins. In reality they only need 2 wins to catch up with 2nd place MKE Wave but those 2 wins will not come easy given they play Chicago, San Diego, and Missouri in their next three games. Milwaukee on the other hand will most likely win their next 2 games, putting even more distance between them and the Ambush.
THE HERD
Syracuse Silver Knights
Wichita B-52's
Detroit Waza Flo
Tulsa Revolution
Oxford City F.C.
Hidalgo La Fiera
Saltillo Rancho Seco
Brownsville Barracudas
Seattle Impact
Turlock Express
Las Vegas Legends
THE DEUCE
Harrisburg Heat and Sacramento Surge Both teams are now 0-6. Harrisburg has the worst penaltykill in the league, and the second worst powerplay in the league. Sacramento has the worst attendance in the MASL and they don't have a player with more than 8 points, Gabriel Padilla, who is 82nd over all in total points. Alright that is enough negativity.
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