Jake Guentzel continues to dominate Da Beauty League, an offseason league in Minnesota for professional and college hockey players.
Guentzel's Team Jack Links defeated Team Tradition in overtime, 7-6, in the fourth game of the season. Guentzel scored the opening goal of the game, assisted by Nate Prosser:
Guentzel wasted no time with this snipe to give JackLinks the early lead! @penguins pic.twitter.com/0bZMGOvf6K
— Da Beauty League (@DaBeautyLeague) August 1, 2019
Guentzel assisted on three of the next four Jack Links goals as Jack Links took a 5-2 lead into the second period. Tradition outscored Jack Links 4-1 in the second period to eventually force overtime. Guentzel was the hero 30 seconds into overtime:
Jake Guentzel Nasty@JackLinks Wins 7-6 (OT)@penguins pic.twitter.com/YPUQ46hYMS
— Da Beauty League (@DaBeautyLeague) August 1, 2019
Guentzel's night brought his season totals to seven goals and six assists in four games, leading the league in scoring by a three-point margin.
Jack Links now has a 3-1 record on the season.
Nick Bjugstad's Team Walser fell to Teddy Blueger's Team RBC, 5-4.
Walser led 3-1 after the first period, with Bjugstad scoring Walser's second goal of the game. Bjugstad extended Walser's lead to open the second period:
A couple pretty passes and Team Walser takes a comfortable 4-1 lead thanks to Nick Bjugstad!
@penguins pic.twitter.com/hVAn7N5Mh0
— Da Beauty League (@DaBeautyLeague) July 31, 2019
RBC forced overtime with three unanswered goals -- two by Anders Lee, and one from Blueger:
Teddy Blueger goes 5-hole✋ to bring RBC within 1 @penguins pic.twitter.com/h3HGfzzqsB
— Da Beauty League (@DaBeautyLeague) July 31, 2019
Steven Fogarty of the Hartford Wolf Pack scored the overtime winner for RBC. Walser fell to 3-1 on the season, and RBC improved to 1-3.
Bjugstad moved into No. 3 in league scoring, with five goals and four assists in four games.
