Early Game – Ireland vs Italy Italy goes into this game with two losses but still eligible for the GOLD game if the chips fall their way, starting with a win against the Irish juggernaut, undefeated in 11 straight games. Ireland on the other hand looking to shore up their hopes of appearing in the […]

Early Game – Ireland vs Slovenia Hold on to your fedoras folks, the Irish juggernaut comes into this one on a TEN GAME WINNING STREAK. No ties. No losses. In TEN GAMES. But the lads from Ljubljana were not intimidated. They beat the Leprechauns twice in the regular season and were not planning to lie […]

Early Game – Ireland vs Portugal After a pair of upsets in the first round including a dominating win by last place Portugal, PCOHL fans geared up for an exciting start to Round 2 where Leo & Co. would test their mettle against first place Ireland in the green team’s first playoff game. Ireland sniper […]

Early Game – Scotland vs Portugal The Early Game pitted powerful #2 Scotland against the last place, long-suffering Portuguese squad.  Scotland averaged over 5 goals a game during the regular season and led the league in goals against.  Portugal averaged 1 win per round and finished well in last place.  So this game was just […]

It’s that time of year. The regular season is over and DOES NOT MATTER. A thorough, scientifically valid, random, review of several league veterans suggests that repeatedly over the past 20 years the last place team in the regular season has ended up winning GOLD. A consultant from Deloitte conducted an in-depth analysis of PCOHL […]

Last game of the regular season, or as Leo Brideau calls it, the pre-season, but the last chance for five teams to fine-tune before playoffs start next week. Early Game – Scotland vs Portugal This game was another chance for Portugal to gear up for the playoffs, while Scotland could seal 2nd place with a […]

Early Game – Scotland vs Slovenia With 3rd place Italy on a bye week, this match between #2 Scotland and #4 Slovenia was relevant. With a win, Scotland would ice a 2nd place finish on the season behind the mighty Irish, but that same 2nd place final position was still within Slovenia’s reach with a […]

Early Game – Italy vs Portugal Portugal comes into this game with some pep in their step after a decisive win over Slovenia last week. Some of their firepower AWOL in this one, but with their spiritual leader Frank “Holy Moly what a Goalie” Rispoli between the pipes, Portugal needed no smelling salts to get […]

Early Game – Italy vs Ireland The early game featured absolutely BLAZING hot Ireland versus an Italian Squad unbeaten in three games. Flash back to mid-December when Ireland was in second last place and under .500. There must have been a team meeting after that game because the Leprechauns have been FLAWLESS since then with […]

Early Game – Slovenia vs Ireland As we start the FIFTH and FINAL ROUND of the regular season, the Red Hot Leprechauns take their 5-game winning streak into the early game against 3rd place Slovenia as both teams looking to get into playoff form. Slovenia minus a couple of players definitely gets off to a […]