With the regular season just about finished, Red Wing nation turns their attention to the playoffs, or as we call them around here, "the only games that matter". However, before we get there, we wanted to congratulate the victors in the first annual WIIM Fantasy Hockey Challenge.

For those that played, there were 2 leagues: one for rookies, and one for veterans. Here are the final standings of each of the leagues.

WIIM Rookies:

League Champion - Capernicus
2nd - Mule-Kicked
3rd - Not Monsters
4th - Plopper Tecca Nina
5th - Chicity Skuntanks
6th - Lightin' It Up Lilja

WIIM Veterans:

League Champion - pine rider
2nd - Adirondack Red Wings
3rd - hockeyusa91
4th - Mule'n It Over
5th - Red Wings Grinders
6th - The Drunk Murph Show

For those keeping score, Capernicus was the #1 seed entering the playoffs and steamrolled their way to the championship. pine rider came in as the #2 seed and knocked off the #1 seed in the finals to win the Veterans league. Congratulations to the winners and a hearty thanks to all who played. We hope that you enjoyed it, and we'll be back next year so that titles can be defended.