North West Lightning Hockey Club

Flynn Boyd has become one of the sharper club scoring angles, sitting on 15 and still shaping matches for NW Lightning.

If you wanted the clearest result-by-goals read in the women group, it came from Womens Vic League 1 at 0-2 over Yarra.

There was nothing in the squeeze for Mens Vic League 1 either, locking up 2-2 against Yarra.

Womens Vic League 1 are the Elo watch inside the club's women spread, holding the strongest rating base in that part of the sheet.

Mens Vic League 1 Reserves are carrying a real squeeze, with Craigieburn tucked level on points and the Mens Vic League 1 Reserves line tightening quickly.

The top dominance line in the women group sits with Womens Vic League 1, who are controlling that lane more cleanly than the plain table read suggests.

Hamish Archibald is part of the discipline pressure on NW Lightning, already carrying 4 card incidents this season.

One matchup that swung back the other way was Womens Vic League 1 versus Yarra, after a very different earlier meeting.