MNCS Overtime Newsletter S5 Vol. 6
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Week 6 Match Recap
Rising Star Week 6 - Thursday 3/24/22
Match | Winner | Score |
Minneapolis Miracles vs Mankato Atlas | Minneapolis Miracles | 3-0 |
Rochester Rhythm vs St. Paul Senators | Rochester Rhythm | 3-0 |
Minnetonka Barons vs Bloomington Maulers | Bloomington Maulers | 3-0 |
St. Cloud Flyers vs Brainerd Victory | Brainerd Victory | 3-2 |
Bemidji Lumberjacks vs Burnsville Inferno | Burnsville Inferno | 3-2 |
Hibbing Rangers vs Duluth Superiors | Hibbing Rangers | 3-2 |
Challenger Week 6 - Friday 3/25/22
Match | Winner | Score |
Minneapolis Miracles vs Mankato Atlas | Minneapolis Miracles | 3-2 |
Rochester Rhythm vs St. Paul Senators | Rochester Rhythm | 3-1 |
Minnetonka Barons vs Bloomington Maulers | Bloomington Maulers | 3-1 |
St. Cloud Flyers vs Brainerd Victory | St. Cloud Flyers | 3-0 |
Bemidji Lumberjacks vs Burnsville Inferno | Burnsville Inferno | 3-0 |
Hibbing Rangers vs Duluth Superiors | Duluth Superiors | 3-1 |
Premier Week 6 - Saturday 3/26/22
Match | Winner | Score |
Minneapolis Miracles vs Mankato Atlas | Minneapolis Miracles | 3-1 |
Rochester Rhythm vs St. Paul Senators | Rochester Rhythm | 3-1 |
Minnetonka Barons vs Bloomington Maulers | Bloomington Maulers | 3-2 |
St. Cloud Flyers vs Brainerd Victory | St. Cloud Flyers | 3-0 |
Bemidji Lumberjacks vs Burnsville Inferno | Burnsville Inferno | 3-2 |
Hibbing Rangers vs Duluth Superiors | Duluth Superiors | 3-0 |
Current Standings
Rank | Premier | Challenger | Rising Star |
1 | Rhythm (5-1) | Flyers (6-0) | Rhythm (5-1) |
2 | Atlas (5-1) | Rhythm (5-1) | Maulers (5-1) |
3 | Maulers (4-2) | Superiors (4-2) | Miracles (4-2) |
4 | Superiors (3-3) | Inferno (3-2) | Barons (4-2) |
5 | Barons (3-3) | Victory (3-3) | Victory (3-3) |
6 | Miracles (3-3) | Senators (3-3) | Senators (3-3) |
7 | Inferno (3-3) | Lumberjacks (2-3) | Rangers (3-3) |
8 | Flyers (3-3) | Maulers (2-4) | Superiors (3-3) |
9 | Rangers (3-3) | Miracles (2-4) | Flyers (2-4) |
10 | Victory (2-4) | Barons (2-4) | Atlas (2-4) |
11 | Lumberjacks (1-5) | Rangers (2-4) | Inferno (2-4) |
12 | Senators (1-5) | Atlas (1-5) | Lumberjacks (0-6) |
Cabbage's Corner
League highlights compiled weekly by the illustrious Freight Cabbage
Welcome back to Week 6, plenty of action this week as we count down the weeks towards Season 5 playoffs!
Seeing Triple: Across all three leagues we had 4 franchises go 3-0 in league play this week. The Minneapolis Miracles, Rochester Rhythm, Bloomington Maulers and Burnsville Inferno all went undefeated this weekend with the Rhythm posting the best game record going 9-2 including a sweep at the Rising Star level.
We saw our last undefeated team in Premier suffer their first defeat of the season. The Mankato Atlas fought hard but couldn’t overcome the dominant defense put up by the Minneapolis Miracles as they had 5.50 saves per game across their 3-1 series. The final undefeated team is Prussia’s St. Cloud Flyers Challenger team and they’ll look to continue their streak next Friday (4/1) at 8:15 PM.
The MVP of Week 6 was North of the Lumberjacks Premier. Across his 5 game series he posted 561.40 points, 1.20 goals, 2.80 saves, and 0.60 saves per game along with 46.2% shooting. So far this season he sits top 10 in Premier for score per game and saves per game.
Feel the Beat: Once again Dicey’s teams continue to find success at all levels of MNCS competition. His franchise is 15-3 in series, 50-23 in games and continue to show how important defense is in MNCS. The three rosters sit first, second and fourth in goals against per game which has allowed the franchise to average +.68 goals per game played.
Clear the Field: Taking a look at demolitions this season, a few players stick out above the rest. Branski in his first week of MNCS play removed 2.75 opponents per game, followed up by Sonny with 2.61 and Caeser with 2.41. If you see these players in your lobby, you better run!
Thievery: Lastly for this week lets look at which players have stolen the most boost from their opponents this season. The Miracles rookie BubblyReaper leads all players with 726.7 boost stolen per game (over 7 full tanks!), followed by fellow rookies Tyant at 718.6 and Fuego at 682.9.
Thanks again for reading and make sure to let me know if you think a stat needs highlighting!
Week 7 Schedule (all times in CDT)
6 PM - Hibbing Rangers vs Rochester Rhythm
6:45 PM - Burnsville Inferno vs Minneapolis Miracles
7:30 PM - Brainerd Victory vs Bemidji Lumberjacks
8:15 PM - Bloomington Maulers vs St. Cloud Flyers
Offstream - St. Paul Senators vs Minnetonka Barons
Offstream - Duluth Superiors vs Mankato Atlas
(Match schedule is the same for all leagues. Rising Star matches on Thursday 3/31, Challenger matches on Friday 4/1, Premier matches on Saturday 4/2)
Upcoming Events
MNCS Season 5 All-Star Event - Saturday, April 23, 2022
North Midwest Regional Open 2v2 Online RL - Sunday, April 3, 2022
Register: https://smash.gg/tournament/north-midwest-regional-open/details
MNCS VAL Spring Open VALORANT tournament - Saturday, May 7, 2022
Register: https://forms.gle/nkwyheUu6M1xv1vg8
LAN of 10k Lakes Season 5 Grand Finals - Saturday-Sunday, June 11-12, 2022
Community events on Friday nights hosted by Kye! Keep an eye out in the MNCS Rocket League Discord server for more announcements about those.
Overtime Spotlights
Every week we will highlight some of the invaluable players, teams, and staff that make up the incredible MNCS community!
This week’s player spotlight:
Player: Zer0Vibes
Team: St. Paul Senators Challenger
Age: 21
Location: Duluth
Hours in game: 2,891 on Steam, another 500 or so on Xbox
Controller of choice: Play-Station Dual Shock 4
Favorite game besides RL: Elite Dangerous or Destiny 2
Car of Choice: Fennec Boost or Ball?? I should say ball...but its boost
Game mode of choice: Standard 3v3 Favorite show: The Mandalorian
Favorite sports team: Red Bull F1 Racing
If there was only one thing that you wanted the league to know about you, what would that be? I'm always down to play 3s with people, no matter the rank
Tell us a bit about your history in MNCS: Season 1 I was a sub for the Stillwater sturgeons, Season 2 I was on the Duluth Twins, Season 3 I was a captain for the Bemidji Cruisers and went to the finals, Season 4 I started as captain on the Bemidji Timbers then got moved up to the Beavers due to unforeseen circumstances, and finally in Season 5 I started as a FA and got picked up to the Miracles RS team then got traded to the St. Paul Senators Challenger team which is where I am now.
How do you feel going into week 5? Pretty confident, I have not had a ton of time with my new team yet but we are already starting to get some chemistry going and we are having lots of fun together as well.
Do you have any “rivals” in the league? Not really, I try and stay out of confrontation or rivalries.
What do you think separates your team from the rest of the league? What about your franchise? We have a lot of support and trust for each other so far and I think that it is really important to keep our moral up, our franchise just has a lot of interaction with each of our divisions and each team is supporting the others and it is nice that even after 1 week I have been able to see that.