Even with all the pieces in place, it’s shocking just how quickly the puzzle can come into focus.

“We’re a little surprised to be at the top but there’s no doubt we deserve to be there,” explains Artemide LTD keeper Vittorio Pugliese, the week’s 9-7 shootout against and the third-seed Expendables firmly in the bag. “We don’t fear anyone in our division. But we will give credit to The Stinjs for drawing our only game of the season.”

Their team just about a year old, the undefeated and tactically balanced Artemide will need to stay on their toes in a C4 Division that remains fiercely competitive, despite their dominance.

POTG: Matching sniper extraordinaire Rocco Placentino, Domenic D’Onofrio had five goals of his own to keep Artemide atop the C4 Division.

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