All the Receipts, All the Time
Welcome to The Rink Report, where we serve stats and spill tea on all the fantasy hockey drama from League 12. Every week, we break down the wins, the heartbreaks, and the goalie crimes that define our league.
Weekly Editions
Nothing Exploded, Everything Mattered
February 2026
Scores didn't explode, but outcomes mattered. The standings tightened, depth quietly decided things, and several teams learned that "pretty good" is no longer enough.
🔥 Team of the Week: DeMan DeSmith DeLegend
WEEK 16Tight Margins, Loud Decisions
January 2026
Close scores, busy waiver tabs, and at least one manager refreshing the standings like it might apologize. The league is officially past vibes and into consequences.
🔥 Team of the Week: Candy Canes for Hurricanes
WEEK 15Everyone Is Good Now, Unfortunately
January 2026
The standings tightened, the waiver wire stayed busy, and several teams quietly made statements while pretending they weren't.
🔥 Team of the Week: McDaddy Issues
WEEK 14January Hockey, No Chill
January 2026
Week 14 arrived with January energy, which means injuries, lineup roulette, and at least one manager staring at their roster like it personally betrayed them.
🔥 Team of the Week: DeMan DeSmith DeLegend
WEEK 13Loud Wins, Quiet Progress, and One Team Choosing Violence
January 2026
The calendar flipped, the standings didn't take the hint, and Week 13 arrived with a mix of blowouts, near-respectable losses, and at least one team reminding us all that mercy is optional.
🔥 Team of the Week: Papi's Princesses
WEEK 12Quiet Weeks Still Count
Week 12 landed in that strange space between holidays where time isn't real, lineups are set half-awake, and yet the standings absolutely kept receipts.
🔥 Team of the Week: Smashville Puckheads
WEEK 11The Trade Barrier Has Been Broken
A top score that felt personal, a heavyweight clash at the top, a goalie deciding an entire matchup, and the first trade of the season.
🔥 Team of the Week: Hughes Your Daddy
WEEK 10Stats Don't Care About Your Feelings
Big numbers, brutal losses, and at least one matchup where the fantasy app should've asked, "Are you sure you want to open this?"
🔥 Team of the Week: Tkachuk Around and Find Out
WEEKS 8 + 9A Holiday Value Pack of Chaos
Two weeks bundled into one, like fantasy hockey leftovers reheated and served with a straight face.
🔥 Team of the Fortnight: Don't Trust Aho
WEEK 7Goalie Crimes, Candle Magic, and a Statement Upset
The top teams took punches, the middle kept wobbling, and the bottom finally got a reason to celebrate.
🔥 Team of the Week: What's Dunn is Dunn
WEEK 6The Week Everyone Was Either Exploding or Imploding
The contenders flexed, the cursed stayed cursed, and a few teams quietly panicked on the waiver wire.
🔥 Team of the Week: Candy Canes for Hurricanes
WEEK 5Delayed by Sun, Saved by Goalies
Reviewing from sunny Costa Rica, where the drinks were strong, the Wi-Fi was weak, and everyone's goalies finally decided to show up.
🔥 Team of the Week: My Little Kraklings
WEEK 4Goalies Gone Mild & the Rise of the Middle Pack
The standings tightened, two titans finally fell, and at least three goalies were caught on milk cartons.
🔥 Team of the Week: Strome Alone
WEEK 3Goalies Gone Wild and the Fall of a Dynasty
The standings shuffled, the mighty stumbled, and several managers learned what it feels like when your goaltender decides to cosplay as Swiss cheese.
🔥 Team of the Week: The Em-VPs
WEEK 2The Goalie Overlords Strike Again
The teams with hot goalies are still running the show. If you didn't draft a netminder who decided to channel their inner Vezina winner, better luck next matchup.
🔥 Team of the Week: Candy Canes for Hurricanes
WEEK 1The Good, The Bad, and The Goalie-Dependent
Matchup 1 is officially in the books, and let me tell you, it's been a wild ride from opening night to now.
🔥 Team of the Week: Candy Canes for Hurricanes