Still unbeaten. Oh I see you Worcester. See ya in the McCalister

Looks we basically got a bye week next week

Slapshot Kirby wrote:

Yay, Ottawa is 4-0! Let's keep it up and go for the three-peat!

Also, I am late to the party, but as much as I thought Quebec City and Rochester would get the expansion teams, I am pleasantly surprised by this league expanding to Indianapolis and Louisville. I am especially excited for the latter since they haven't had much professional sports teams in real life.  

Glad you like the move to Louisville! It makes for a very interesting market.

1956 Week 5 

Long Island Raiders - 23, Worcester Athletics - 28 - Long Island Stadium - August 11,1956 - 1 PM ET - CBS
1st
0-7 WOR - TD WR Christian Venegas
3-7 LI - FG K Thomas McFadden
3-14 WOR - TD RB Marcus Devonshire
2nd
3rd
10-14 LI - TD RB Timothy Weeks
10-21 WOR - TD WR Clyde McIntosh
13-21 LI - FG K Thomas McFadden
4th
16-21 LI - FG K Thomas McFadden
16-28 WOR - TD WR Christian Venegas
23-28 LI - TD WR Robert Lang 

Worcester controlled the game in the first half, LB Scotty Williams had 8 tackles in the half
QB Riley Kiernan was able to find the endzone 3 times to Venegas and McIntosh
QB Lyle Painter was able to get Long Island back in the game in the second half and had a great throw that to pull the team within 5, but it was far too late 

Boston Independents - 6, Providence Gold Stars - 24 - Richardson Stadium - August 11, 1956 - 4 PM ET - CBS
1st
2nd
0-7 PRO - TD WR Willard Brooks
0-10 PRO - FG K Bernard Barnett
3rd
3-10 BOS - FG K Johnnie Berg
3-17 PRO - TD Peter Brooks
4th
6-17 BOS - FG K Johnnie Berg
6-24 PRO - TD RB Johnnie Stafford 

Providence played a strong game holding Boston to only a pair of field goals
DL Calias McDonough had 3 sacks on QB Brian Meadows to help Providence on the defensive side, while DB Lee Wolfe had a pick
RB Johnnie Stafford struggled to move the ball again, still was able to get into the endzone but concerns about the back are growing 

Buffalo Blue Wings - 13, Ontario Tigers - 31 - Buffalo Civic Stadium - August 12, 1956 - 3 PM ET - CBS
1st
0-7 ON - TD RB Laurent Brazeau
0-10 ON - FG K Nathaniel King
2nd
7-10 BUF - TD RB Arthur Conner
7-17 ON - TD RB Laurent Brazeau
3rd
10-17 BUF - FG K Donald Brewer
10-24 ON - TD RB Laurent Brazeau
10-31 ON - TD WR Wilbert Benjamin
4th
13-31 BUF - K Donald Brewer 

The Tigers explode in their first win of the season, RB Laurent Brazeau showed everyone he’s still one of the best in the league scoring 3 touchdowns and rushing for almost 200 yards
DB Louie White had a great game with a pick and LB Aengus Lynch was able to slow Arthur Conner
Buffalo struggled a lot and the team became frustrated and started some pushing and shoving between the teams leading to a few penalties that only helped the Tigers
The Tigers were not pleased with the Blue Wings’ antics and it's going to create an interesting atmosphere for next weeks’ rematch 

Montreal Rouge - 18, Ottawa Royals - 35 - Mount Royal Stadium - August 12, 1956 - 6 PM ET - CBC
1st
7-0 MTL - TD RB Élisée Marchal
7-7 OTT - TD WR Chester Bennett
2nd
7-14 OTT - TD RB Alexei Volkov
10-14 MTL - FG K Arthur Kettinger
10-21 OTT - TD WR Chester Bennett
3rd
16-21 MTL - TD RB Élisée Marchal
18-21 MTL - 2PT RB Scott Mallard-White
18-28 OTT - TD WR Mackenzie Jones
4th
18-35 OTT - TD RB Alexei Volkov 

Montreal gave the Royals a tougher time than expected with RB Marchal having a solid game with two touchdowns
DB Quentin Xavier was able to get the Rouge the early lead picking QB Jean Matieau off on just his second throw of the game
Ottawa’s defense stepped up as well in the 4th with DB Mingan Oliver grabbing a pick and DL Olaf Viktorsson striping QB Bruce Woodard

Injury List
LB Jim Daniels ON - Day-to-Day 

Players of the Week

OFF: RB Laurent Brazeau ON - 3 Rushing Touchdowns, 194 Rushing Yards 

DEF: DL Calias McDonough PRO - 7 Tackles, 3 Sacks 

Standings
NORTH
Ottawa 5-0
Buffalo 2-3
Ontario 1-4
Montreal 1-4

NEW ENGLAND
Worcester 5-0
Providence 3-2
Long Island 2-3
Boston 1-4

Power Rankings
1 - Ottawa -
2 - Worcester -
3 - Providence -
4 - Long Island +1
5 - Buffalo -1
6 - Ontario +1
7 - Boston -1
8 - Montreal -

Week 6 Games
MTL (1-4) @ BOS (1-4) - AUG 17 - 7 PM ET
WOR (5-0) @ OTT (5-0) - AUG 18 - 2 PM ET - CBS
LI (2-3) @ PRO (3-2) - AUG 19 - 3 PM ET - CBS
BUF (2-3) @ ON (1-4) - AUG 19 - 3 PM ET - CBC

Next week will be interesting with the two unbeaten teams facing off. This also marks the halfway point, what's everyone's thoughts on the first half? and any predictions regarding the second half?

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1956 Week 6 

Boston Independents - 15, Montreal Rouge - 23 - Richardson Stadium - August 17, 1956 - 7 PM ET
1st
3-0 BOS - FG K Johnnie Berg
3-3 MTL - FG K Arthur Kettinger
2nd
6-3 BOS - FG K Johnnie Berg
6-10 MTL - TD RB Élisée Marchal
6-13 MTL - FG K Arthur Kettinger
3rd
9-13 BOS - FG K Johnnie Berg
9-20 MTL - TD RB Élisée Marchal
4th
15-20 BOS - TD RB Joel Bonner
15-23 MTL - FG K Arthur Kettinger 

Both teams decided to go to their young backups for the second half of the season with Boston going to QB Caldwell Higgins III and Montreal with QB Rigobert St-Hilaire
Higgins struggled with the Rouge defense who was able to snag 3 interceptions off of him with DB Quentin Xavier, DB Jontray Cox and LB Rusty McVee getting them
St-Hilaire was quieter but threw one pick to DB Clayton Malone
Montreal managed their second win of the year on the back of Marchal who ran for 139 yards and 2 touchdowns 

Ottawa Royals - 17, Worcester Athletics - 27 - Royals Stadium - August 18, 1956 - 2 PM ET - CBS
1st
0-7 WOR - TD RB Marcus Devonshire
2nd
3-7 OTT - FG K Maurice Lafayette
3-10 WOR - FG K Tevoris Francis
3-17 WOR - TD WR Christian Venegas
3rd
3-20 WOR - FG K Tevoris Francis
10-20 OTT - TD WR Allen Atkins
4th
17-20 OTT - TD WR Mackenzie Jones
17-27 WOR - TD RB Marcus Devonshire 

Worcester dominated the first half against the Royals, Kiernan was perfect in the half with a touchdown pass and 106 yards through the air
QB Jean Matieau struggled in the first half throwing a pair of interceptions to DB Alexander Bradley and DB Lester Murphy
Ottawa was able to make a comeback in the 2nd half, but Kiernan took over in 4th to help the Athletics hold on for their NAAF best 6th win of the season
Worcester suffered their first major injury of the season with WR Ethan Walters leaving the game with a season and potentially career-ending injury, an estimated return would be the week of the McCallister Cup if things go smoothly 

Providence Gold Stars - 18, Long Island Raiders - 16 - New Providence Stadium - August 19, 1956 - 3 PM ET - CBS
1st
0-3 LI - FG K Thomas McFadden
2nd
0-6 LI - FG K Thomas McFadden
3-6 PRO - FG K Bernard Barnett
3-13 LI - TD WR Darryl Duke
3rd
10-13 PRO - TD WR Willard Brooks
17-13 PRO - TD DB Lee Wolfe
4th
17-16 LI - FG K Thomas McFadden
18-16 PRO - Single K Bernard Barnett 

Long Island was in control of this game until QB Lyle Painter was hit hard by Calias McDonough early in the second half which knocked the QB out of the game and for the rest of the regular season
QB Stanislav Ovechkin took over but had a rough half throwing a pick 6 to DB Lee Wolfe and another pick to DB Will Atkinson
RB Johnnie Stafford continued to struggle and the Gold Stars were only able to get the offense going with the help of their defense 

Ontario Tigers - 29, Buffalo Blue Wings - 20 - Kitchener-Waterloo City Field - August 19, 1956 - 6 PM ET - CBC
1st
0-7 BUF - TD WR Samuel Floyd
7-7 ON - TD RB Laurent Brazeau
2nd
10-7 ON - FG K Nathaniel King
10-10 BUF - FG K Donald Brewer
13-10 ON - FG K Nathaniel King
3rd
20-10 ON - TD RB Clifford Russell
20-13 BUF - FG K Donald Brewer
4th
26-13 ON - TD WR David Burrows
26-20 BUF - TD RB Arthur Conner
29-20 ON - FG K Nathaniel King 

There are plenty of trade rumours surrounding the Tigers at the moment, some including RB Laurent Brazeau and the team would give RB Clifford Russell more touches in this game
QB Christian Stewart went down with an injury in the 3rd that brought in QB Ollie Rogers who threw a touchdown to WR David Burrows who finally got his first TD of his career
Buffalo continued to get frustrated and couldn’t get the ball moving and they ran into a red hot LB Aengus Lynch who dominated the field throughout the game

Injury Report
DB Clifton Powers BOS - 3 Weeks
DL Garret Mason BUF - 1 Week
OL Melvin Marshall BUF - 3 Weeks
QB Lyle Painter LI - 4 Weeks
OL Bernard Gide ON - Day-to-Day
QB Christian Stewart ON - Day-to-Day
S Lester Greer OTT - 2 Weeks
WR Peter Brooks PRO - Day-to-Day
WR Ethan Walters WOR - 5 Weeks 

Players of the Week 

OFF: RB Riley Kiernan WOR - 1 Passing Touchdown, 185 Passing Yards 

DEF: LB Aengus Lynch ON - 11 Tackles, 1 Forced Fumble 

Standings
NORTH
Ottawa 5-1
Ontario 2-4
Buffalo 2-4
Montreal 2-4

NEW ENGLAND
Worcester 6-0
Providence 4-2
Long Island 2-4
Boston 1-5

Power Rankings
1 - Worcester +1
2 - Ottawa -1
3 - Providence -
4 - Long Island -
5 - Ontario +1
6 - Buffalo -1
7 - Montreal +1
8 - Boston -1

Week 7 Games
PRO (4-2) @ WOR (6-0) - AUG 25 - 1 PM ET - CBS
*WOR clinches playoffs and division with Win or Tie + LI Loss
BOS (1-5) @ LI (2-4) - AUG 25 - 4 PM ET - CBS
MTL (2-4) @ BUF (2-4) - AUG 26 - 3 PM ET - CBS
OTT (5-1) @ ON (2-4) - AUG 26 - 6 PM ET - CBC
*OTT clinches playoff and division with Win + BUF loss

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Wow, that loss of Painter must doom the Raiders for this season.