After another wacky weekend in the AUDL, the word to best sum it all up is wow.
Three more games went to overtime, while another contest deserved five additional minutes but ended in a rare draw after enduring four separate weather delays. Through 40 games on the season, exactly half have been decided by three or less, including 11 one-goal games.
But that’s only the beginning of the jaw dropping drama.
The Toronto Rush defence is founded on the simple principle that they are more athletic than any offence they might face. Rush defenders will win contests at every position, and they offer a stable and highlight-friendly offensive arsenal after forcing a turnover.
A rematch from Week 2 of two South Division superpowers as the Raleigh Flyers (3-2) look to avoid a winless road trip in Texas as they face off against the surging Dallas Roughnecks (3-0).
The Toronto Rush offense was in a groove all night long as Andrew Carroll (4 assists, 4 goals), Cam Harris (3 assists, 1 goal), and Ben Burelle (4 assists, 5 goals) took over in the AUDL Game of the Week.
We’re four weeks into the 2018 regular season, a quarter of the way through the 16-week schedule, and about a fifth of the way (actually: 19.3 percent) through the total number of games on the full docket. At the moment, 10 teams have played just twice and 10 others have only three results. Only three teams—3-1 Raleigh, 2-2 Los Angeles, and 0-4 Tampa—have played four games.