The National Strat-O-Matic Hockey League Newsletter League Established May 1, 1997 Volume #9, Issue #11 - January 12, 2005 ************************************************************************** Current League Officers: Commissioner: Doug Norris Vice-Commissioner: Eric Goodman Email List Administator: Steve Kramer Email the whole league: mailto:nshl@thalia.org NSHL Chat List: mailto:nshlchat@thalia.org Web Page Administrator: Brian Leahy League Web Site: http://www.geocities.com/nshlweb Files Adminstrator: Brian Leahy / Tom Vinacci League Files Site: http://www.highrantdistrict.com/SOM/NSHL ************************************************************************** A great biweek (triweek!) of action in the NSHL over the holidays, as the conference races start to heat up. Week 11/12 present some fascinating matchups! Look for great articles from Jeff Tsuruoka and Brian Leahy this week! Also, please get your all-star nominees in to me by January 24 at the latest. We're still working out a plan for next season's NSHL activity. Hopefully the league and players will make this a moot discussion, but I'm not optimistic. Lastly, my apologies for the late newsletter - I've had the flu since Tuesday morning, and I've been throwing up almost constantly since then. ************************************************************************** ALL-STAR NOMINEES NEEDED! The NSHL's annual celebration of the league's top players will kick off in about one month, and we need your input as to who deserves an invitation! By January 24, please submit to me six of your players for the annual all-star ballot. One player eligible to play at each position should be nominated, with left and right defense counting as separate positions. Preferably, the nominated players will have played primarily at those positions during the first half of the 2004-05 NSHL season. If you have any questions or comments about the process, please contact me. In addition, if you're interested in hosting the Ninth Annual NSHL All-Star Classic, please contact me immediately. ************************************************************************** WEEK NINE/TEN IN REVIEW: There are two new teams at the top of the Eastern and Western Conferences, and they got there on the strength of some impressive marks in Week 9/10. First, let's go to the Eastern Conference, where the St. Michael's Privateers moved past Quebec City with an undefeated 7-0-1 record. St. Michael's were paced by Brian Rolston in their move to the top, securing four big road wins. In fact, the Privateers' lone blemish was a home 2-2 draw with North Calgary. One of St. Michael's' big wins an impressive 2-0 win over the Houston Outlaws, which was the only defeat of the biweek for the new Western Conference leaders. Houston went 7-1 for Week 9/10, and now have scored 174 goals in forty games to lead the league. There's another divisional leader who climbed over their colleagues, and the Fort Garry Fiddler Crabs hope to stay there. An undefeated 6-0-2 record puts the Crabs two points over the Hawks and four points over the Rainiers. Also entering the fray in the league's most competitive division are Bill Scott's San Francisco Hedgehogs who went 5-1-2 to move into the conference's seventh Farley Cup spot. Jeff Tsuruoka did his part over Week 9/10 to stimulate the league's economy. Seven trades were conducted over the holidays, with the Brooklyn Fourteenth taking part in each of them. As the Fourteenth continue to look towards the future, the biggest name changing hands was power forward Mike Grier, who headed to Winnipeg with hot prospect Kris Beech going eastward. ************************************************************************** TRADEWINDS TEAR THROUGH BROOKLYN by Jeff Tsuruoka, Brooklyn owner During a season in which most team owners are clutching their players and draft picks for dear life Brooklyn owner/GM/coach Jeff Tsuruoka decided to buck the trend, making several deals this biweek. Team captain Mike Grier was a casualty of the rebuilding process, traded to Fort Garry for prospect Kris Beech and a 2nd round draft pick. "We're sorry to see Mike go," said Tsuruoka, "but we had a chance to pick up a kid like Beech and we took it. We have to look towards future seasons at this point. Mike will be missed terribly, but he'll get the chance to go deep in the playoffs with Mo's club and we wish him well." Grier did not seem surprised to be on the move. "When you're pushing 30 on a team that's clearly thinking about tomorrow you have to be ready to go at any time. I'll miss the guys here. They'll be fine. There's a lot of character in that locker room." Also on the move is goaltender Garth Snow, sent to St. Michaels in a deal for young forward Boyd Gordon that involved a swap of first round picks. "Yeah, we gave up a chance at a very high pick," said Tsuruoka. "Frankly, we haven't had a whole lot of success with high picks as an organization, and Boyd was out there. He's a kid we know, we love his game. He's tough, smart, and at 20 is already a responsible defensive player. Forwards Niklas Hagman and Erik Nickulas, acquired from Minneapolis and Quebec respectively, will be stepping right into a young Fourteenth lineup. "We like the grit these guys bring to the rink," said Tsuruoka. "They're battlers, and that's what we need right now." Finally, Brooklyn acquired some blue line depth by trading for Aki Berg. Forward Trent Whitfield went to Pittsburgh in return. SEEN AND HEARD AT KONSTANTINOV HALL - During a January 10th game against the Seattle Raineers somebody switched the video and audio of a Chris Simon highlight reel shown during a break in play. The video spot - which usually features big hits and goals involving Simon played over Anthrax's song "I Am the Law" - featured a montage of candid snapshots played over Elvis Presley's "Hunk of Burnin' Love". The team was remarkably tight-lipped about the identity of the prankster, though one source assured this reporter than Steve Ott had absolutely nothing to do with it. ************************************************************************** COUGARS BACK ON TRACK WITH SOLID PLAY by Brian Leahy, Capital City owner (AP) LINCOLN, NEBRASKA...Fortunes appear to be turning around for Capital City after the team posted their first winning bi-week since the opening set of games in Weeks 1 and 2, when the Cougars collected 5 wins and 3 losses. Weeks 9 and 10 saw Capital City finish with 5 wins, 2 losses and 1 tie. The two losses came in a 1-0 nailbiter at home against Lyndonville and a 4-3 defeat on the road at St.Michael's. "I think our lines are finally starting to gel and our defensive corps are working better," said Cougars coach Brian Leahy. "Plus, the defense is really starting to help cut down the amount of quality shots our goalies have to face." Goaltenders Ed Belfour and Manny Legace have had a tough time for most of the season so far. Both have had trouble finding rhythm and consistency and, because of that, both are being given the opportunity for their share of game starts. This past bi-week, each netminder started 4 games. Belfour finished 3-1, while Legace tallied a 2-1-1 record. MILESTONES Milan Bartovic, rookie winger taken in the 2nd round (39th overall) in the 2004 NSHL Draft, played in his first NSHL game this past bi-week. With an injury keeping fellow winger Luc Robitaille out at home against the Florida Hellcats, Bartovic was inserted as the 3rd line left winger and scored his first goal on his first shot (and only shot thus far) during his second shift. Slava Kozlov and Adrian Aucoin assisted on the tally. With Robitaille returning to the lineup, no word from the team on whether Bartovic will see action in the upcoming bi-week. Also notching his first NSHL goal was Joffrey Lupul. Lupul, another 2004 NSHL Draft pick (1st round, 15th overall), scored his goal on the road at Buffalo and opened the scoring during a 4-3 victory over the Bulldogs. In 24 games so far this season, Lupul has a goal and an assist. NOTEBOOK Veteran winger Luc Robitaille, in his sixth year of captaincy for the Cougars, is still leading by example. He's currently 4th on the team in points with 29 points in 38 games and tied for 2nd on the team in goals with 12. Of his 12 goals thus far, 3 have been game winners and he has scored both of the teams game tying goals. ************************************************************************** WEEK NINE/TEN RESULTS: North Calgary 0, at Brooklyn 2 BRK Olaf Kolzig - forty-one saves, shutout, 4/4 GR BRK Peter Bondra - game-winning goal BRK Matt Pettinger - goal Topeka 2, at Brooklyn 0 TPK Evgeni Nabokov - thirty-four saves, shutout, 5/5 GR BRK Olaf Kolzig - thirty saves, 5/7 GR TPK Joe Sakic - power-play goal, assist Seattle Rainiers 3, at Brooklyn 2 SEA Chris Drury - game-winning shorthanded goal SEA Ed Jovanovski - two assists BRK Olaf Kolzig - thirty-four saves, 4/6 GR Fort Garry 6, at Brooklyn 1 FGF Marian Hossa - three goals, assist FGF Joe Thornton - goal, three assists FGF Ryan Smyth - four assists Capital City 4, at Buffalo 3 BUF Ilya Kovalchuk - two goals CCC Luc Robitaille - game-winning goal BUF Mike Ribeiro - two assists, 9-for-11 faceoffs Vancouver 1, at Buffalo 4 BUF Nikolai Khabibulin - twenty-nine saves, 3/4 GR BUF Stephen Weiss - goal, assist BUF Greg Johnson - shorthanded goal San Francisco 3, at Buffalo 2 SFH Kevin Weekes - twenty-eight saves, 6/8 GR SFH Jaromir Jagr - game-winning goal SFH Jassen Cullimore - three takeaways North Calgary 5, at Buffalo 5 (OT) BUF Mike Ribeiro - goal, assist, three takeaways, 10-of-15 faceoffs NCH Steve Thomas - two goals BUF Martin Erat - goal, assist Lyndonville 1, at Capital City 0 LYN Robert Esche - thirty-two saves, shutout, 6/6 GR LYN Todd Bertuzzi - power-play goal CCC Wade Redden - four takeaways Manayunk 1, at Capital City 2 CCC Wade Redden - two assists, two takeaways CCC Vyacheslav Kozlov - game-winning goal CCC Manny Legace - thirty-four saves, 5/5 GR Florida 3, at Capital City 4 FLO Shane Doan - two goals, assist CCC Marian Gaborik - power-play goal, assist CCC Vyacheslav Kozlov - goal, assist Montreal 2, at Capital City 2 (OT) CCC Luc Robitaille - game-tying goal CCC Manny Legace - twenty-nine saves, 9/10 GR MON Steven Reinprecht - goal San Francisco 3, at Corner Creek 3 (OT) CGC Tyler Arnason - goal, two assists CGC Gary Roberts - two goals CGC Scott Clemmensen - twenty-nine saves, 5/5 GR Fort Garry 4, at Corner Creek 2 FGF Joe Thornton - three assists FGF Mattias Ohlund - two assists, +4 FGF Marian Hossa - goal, assist North Calgary 6, at Corner Creek 4 NCH Bobby Holik - two goals CGC Nils Ekman - two goals NCH Sean Avery - goal, assist Pittsburgh 3, at Corner Creek 4 (OT) CGC Tyler Arnason - two power-play goals, including overtime goal CGC Roman Turek - forty-six saves, 10/13 GR CGC Bryan Berard - three assists Vancouver 2, at Florida 6 FLO Mike Modano - goal, two assists FLO Sergei Zubov - three assists FLO Shane Doan - shorthanded goal, two assists Topeka 0, at Florida 4 TPK John Grahame - thirty-one saves, 8/8 GR FLO Dwayne Roloson - twenty-seven saves, shutout, 3/3 GR FLO Sergei Zubov - goal, assist Hampton Roads 5, at Florida 5 (OT) HRH Bryan Smolinski - two goals, assist FLO Shawn Bates - two assists, three takeaways FLO Jochen Hecht - two goals Minneapolis 2, at Florida 1 MIN Adam Oates - two assists FLO Shane Doan - assist, ten shots on goal MIN Mikael Tellqvist - twenty-six saves, 2/3 GR Lyndonville 4, at Fort Garry 4 (OT) FGF Marian Hossa - two assists FGF Joe Thornton - goal, assist FGF Roberto Luongo - thirty-four saves, 7/10 GR Florida 3, at Fort Garry 6 FGF Joe Thornton - three assists FLO Niclas Havelid - three assists FGF Ryan Smyth - goal, assist, two hits New York 3, at Fort Garry 8 FGF Ryan Smyth - two power-play goals, two assists FGF Joe Thornton - power-play goal, three assists FGF Marian Hossa - three goals Long Island 1, at Fort Garry 4 LIB Jose Theodore - thirty saves, 8/9 GR FGF Steve Sullivan - goal, assist, three takeaways FGF Alexei Zhanmov - power-play goal, assist Corner Creek 3, at Hampton Roads 3 (OT) CGC Tyler Arnason - three assists CGC Gary Roberts - goal, assist CGC Bryan Berard - goal, assist Montreal 2, at Hampton Roads 3 HRH Marc Savard - two goals MON John Madden - goal, two hits, two takeaways HRH Sergei Gonchar - two assists Stone Harbor 2, at Hampton Roads 1 SHS Marc Denis - thirty-four saves, 8/9 GR SHS Milan Kraft - goal, assist SHS Kip Miller - two assists St. Michael's 6, at Hampton Roads 3 STM Brian Rolston - two goals STM Doug Weight - two goals STM Dainius Zubrus - goal, assist Manayunk 0, at Houston 7 HOU Chris Pronger - two goals, assist, two takeaways, four hits HOU Peter Forsberg - two goals, assist HOU Stu Barnes - goal, two assists Brooklyn 2, at Houston 3 HOU Mats Sundin - three goals BRK Jan Bulis - shorthanded goal HOU Patrik Elias - two assists, takeaway, hit Stone Harbor 2, at Houston 5 HOU Patrik Elias - two goals, assist, eight shots on goal HOU Peter Forsberg - goal, assist SHS Brendan Morrison - four takeaways, eight-of-nine shorthanded skating Montreal 1, at Houston 2 HOU Jeff O'Neill - power-play goal, assist HOU Jussi Markkanen - thirty saves, 4/5 GR MON David Aebischer - twenty-one saves, 5/5 GR Seattle Rainiers 1, at Long Island 1 (OT) SEA Vesa Toskala - twenty-nine saves, 7/8 GR LIB Jose Theodore - thirty-two saves, 4/5 GR SEA Kirk Maltby - assist, two takeaways, hit Seattle Sasquatch 3, at Long Island 1 SES Rick DiPietro - forty-two saves, 11/11 GR SES Kevyn Adams - goal, assist SES Joni Pitkanen - assist Vancouver 2, at Long Island 6 LIB Vincent Lecavalier - power-play goal, three assists LIB Zdeno Chara - two assists LIB Markus Naslund - power-play goal, assist Hampton Roads 1, at Long Island 4 LIB Kyle McLaren - two assists, three takeaways LIB Mike Van Ryn - goal, assist HRH Pasi Nurminen - thirty-two saves, 6/7 GR Minneapolis 3, at Lyndonville 2 MIN Niklas Hagman - two goals, two takeaways MIN Byron Dafoe - thirty-one saves, 5/7 GR MIN Bob Boughner - assist, takeaway, two hits Fort Garry 2, at Lyndonville 2 (OT) FGF Roberto Luongo - thirty-one saves, 6/6 GR LYN Martin Prusek - twenty-eight saves, 5/6 GR FGF Marian Hossa - two assists Seattle Rainiers 2, at Lyndonville 2 (OT) LYN Robert Esche - thirty-five saves, 6/8 GR LYN Scott Hartnell - goal, takeaway, two hits SEA Andy McDonald - goal, assist Seattle Sasquatch 1, at Lyndonville 1 (OT) SES Rick DiPietro - thirty-six saves, 6/6 GR LYN Robert Esche - twenty-five saves, 5/6 GR SES Jay Pandolfo - goal Minneapolis 0, at Manayunk 6 MAN Mark Messier - three goals, two assists MAN Jamie McLennan - twenty-three saves, shutout, 1/1 GR MAN Peter Schaefer - goal, two assists Seattle Sasquatch 1, at Manayunk 1 (OT) MAN Jamie McLennan - twenty saves, 4/4 GR SES Rick DiPietro - thirty-four saves, 5/6 GR SES Jason Spezza - game-tying goal Pittsburgh 0, at Manayunk 5 MAN Trevor Letowski - goal, assist MAN Alexandre Dagle - goal, assist MAN Roman Cechmanek - twenty-five saves, shutout, 1/1 GR Topeka 4, at Manayunk 1 TPK Daniel Alfredsson - two goals TPK Joe Sakic - three assists TPK Chris Phillips - goal, assist Quebec City 4, at Minneapolis 3 MIN Steve Shields - thirty-four saves, 10/13 GR MIN Niklas Hagman - goal, assist QCP Milan Hejduk - game-winning goal Buffalo 7, at Minneapolis 0 BUF Paul Mara - four assists, two takeaways BUF Ilya Kovalchuk - three goals, ten shots on goal BUF Martin Erat - three assists St. Michael's 6, at Minneapolis 2 STM Jason Smith - three assists, two hits, two takeaways STM Tony Amonte - goal, assist STM Dainius Zubrus - two goals Stone Harbor 2, at Minneapolis 2 (OT) MIN Rastislav Stana - thirty-eight saves, 6/8 GR MIN Byron Ritchie - two assists SHS Marc Denis - twenty-eight saves, 4/6 GR Seattle Rainiers 2, at Montreal 4 MON David Aebischer - thirty saves, 9/9 GR MON Pascal Dupuis - game-winning goal, assist MON Dan McGillis - goal, assist Topeka 3, at Montreal 3 (OT) MON David Aebischer - thirty-six saves, 10/11 GR TPK Joe Sakic - goal, assist TPK Evgeni Nabokov - thirty-one saves, 4/5 GR Capital City 3, at Montreal 1 CCC Ed Belfour - thirty-six saves, 5/5 GR CCC Ron Francis - two assists MON David Aebischer - thirty-two saves, 6/7 GR Pittsburgh 5, at Montreal 4 (OT) PIT Keith Tkachuk - overtime goal PIT Cory Stillman - goal, assist MON Pascal Dupuis - goal, assist Houston 8, at New York 2 HOU Rick Nash - two power-play goals, assist HOU Chris Osgood - nineteen saves, 6/8 GR HOU Brenden Morrow - two goals Seattle Sasquatch 7, at New York 5 NYL Erik Cole - goal, two assists, takeaway, hit SES Jason Spezza - two goals, assist SES Kevyn Adams - two goals, assist Vancouver 3, at New York 2 NYL Nikolai Zherdev - two assists NYL Alyn McCauley - goal, assist VAW Patrice Bergeron - goal, assist San Francisco 5, at New York 2 NYL Brent Johnson - twenty-three saves, 8/9 GR in relief of Cloutier SFH Michael Ryder - two goals, assist SFH Martin St. Louis - goal, two assists Brooklyn 1, at North Calgary 3 [played by Dan Irvine] BRK Olaf Kolzig - forty saves, 10/13 GR NCH Tom Poti - game-winning power-play goal NCH Steve Thomas - goal Manayunk 3, at North Calgary 4 (OT) [played by Dan Irvine] NCH Steve Thomas - overtime goal NCH Martin Brodeur - thirty-four saves, 6/8 GR MAN Alexandre Daigle - power-play goal tied game late in third Long Island 5, at North Calgary 4 (OT) [played by Dan Irvine] LIB Markus Naslund - overtime power-play goal NCH Miikka Kiprusoff - thirty-eight saves, 14/16 GR LIB Steve Rucchin - shorthanded goal, assist Lyndonville 3, at North Calgary 2 (OT) [played by Dan Irvine] LYN Joe Nieuwendyk - overtime goal LYN Robert Esche - thirty-nine saves, 6/8 GR NCH Martin Brodeur - thirty-six saves, 8/10 GR Long Island 5, at Pittsburgh 4 LIB Marcus Nilson - game-winning goal PIT Darcy Tucker - goal LIB Sergei Fedorov - shorthanded goal Quebec City 4, at Pittsburgh 1 QCP Olli Jokinen - shorthanded goal, assist QCP Martin Havlat - game-winning goal PIT Darcy Tucker - shorthanded goal Florida 2, at Pittsburgh 4 PIT Jarome Iginla - four goals, including two shorthanded goals PIT Saku Koivu - two assists FLO Nathan Dempsey - power-play goal, assist Manayunk 2, at Pittsburgh 2 (OT) MAN Peter Cajanek - game-tying goal PIT Tommy Salo - thirty-six saves, 5/6 GR MAN Roman Cechmanek - twenty-nine saves, 8/9 GR Minneapolis 0, at Quebec City 7 [played by Dan Irvine] QCP Olli Jokinen - power-play goal, two assists QCP Milan Hejduk - goal, two assists QCP Oleg Kvasha - goal, assist, two hits, two takeaways Hampton Roads 2, at Quebec City 6 [played by Dan Irvine] QCP Cale Hulse - two assists, three takeaways QCP Igor Ulanov - goal, takeaway, three hits HRH Bryan Smolinski - five hits San Francisco 1, at Quebec City 0 [played by Dan Irvine] SFH Kevin Weekes - forty-one saves, shutout, 10/10 GR QCP Andrew Raycroft - twenty saves, 4/5 GR SFH Michael Ryder - power-play goal Houston 6, at Quebec City 3 [played by Dan Irvine] HOU Chris Pronger - goal, two assists, two takeaways, hit HOU Stu Barnes - two goals HOU Peter Forsberg - power-play goal, assist Hampton Roads 4, at St. Michael's 5 (OT) HRH Pasi Nurminen - thirty-four saves, 9/11 GR STM Scott Walker - two assists STM Jaroslav Modry - three assists North Calgary 2, at St. Michael's 2 (OT) STM Cristobal Huet - twenty-four saves, 4/5 GR STM Filip Kuba - goal, two hits, two takeaways NCH Steve Staios - power-play goal, takeaway, three hits Capital City 3, at St. Michael's 4 STM Scott Walker - two goals, assist, two takeaways CCC Marian Gaborik - power-play goal, assist, hit, takeaway STM Brian Rolston - power-play goal, assist Houston 0, at St. Michael's 2 STM Cristobal Huet - twenty-nine saves, shutout, 6/6 GR STM Scott Hannan - assist, two takeaways HOU Nicklas Lidstrom - hit, three takeaways, six shots on goal Brooklyn 1, at San Francisco 2 SFH Chris Mason - thirty-three saves, 5/6 GR SFH Michael Ryder - game-winning goal BRK Karel Rachunek - goal Lyndonville 4, at San Francisco 2 LYN Fredrik Modin - game-winning goal LYN Joe Nieuwendyk - goal, assist, 10-of-11 faceoffs LYN Alexei Kovalev - goal, assist Montreal 2, at San Francisco 2 (OT) SFH Kevin Weekes - thirty-nine saves, 5/5 GR MON Dick Tarnstrom - game-tying goal SFH Michael Ryder - goal Corner Creek 0, at San Francisco 2 SFH Kevin Weekes - thirty-five saves, shutout, 5/5 GR SFH Jaromir Jagr - goal, nine shots on goal SFH Martin St. Louis - game-winning goal Quebec City 5, at Seattle Rainiers 6 SEA Viktor Kozlov - two goals including GWG, assist QCP Robert Lang - two goals, assist QCP Olli Jokinen - tied game in third, two assists Buffalo 0, at Seattle Rainiers 2 SEA Oleg Saprykin - game-winning goal SEA Jean-Sebastien Giguere - twenty-five saves, shutout, 3/3 GR SEA Patrick Marleau - goal Long Island 4, at Seattle Rainiers 1 LIB Zdeno Chara - goal, assist, takeaway, hit LIB Jose Theodore - thirty saves, 4/5 GR LIB Steve Rucchin - game-winning goal New York 4, at Seattle Rainiers 5 NYL Per-Johan Axelsson - two goals SEA Jonathan Cheechoo - goal, assist SEA Patrick Marleau - power-play goal, assist St. Michael's 3, at Seattle Sasquatch 2 STM Brian Rolston - power-play goal, nine shots on goal, two takeaways STM Filip Kuba - assist, three takeaways SES Dan Boyle - assist, four hits Corner Creek 1, at Seattle Sasquatch 4 SES Kevyn Adams - two goals including game-winning goal SES Andrei Markov - two assist, takeaway, two hits SES Jason King - power-play goal New York 3, at Seattle Sasquatch 2 NYL Derek Armstrong - two goals NYL Tomas Holmstrom - game-winning goal NYL Cory Sarich - assist Buffalo 4, at Seattle Sasquatch 1 BUF Ilya Kovalchuk - assist, takeaway, three hits BUF Paul Mara - two assists BUF Marc-Andre Fleury - twenty-six saves, 4/5 GR Fort Garry 3, at Stone Harbor 0 FGF Joe Thornton - power-play goal, two assists, two hits FGF Roberto Luongo - twenty-three saves, shutout, 4/4 GR FGF Marian Hossa - two assists Houston 8, at Stone Harbor 3 HOU Peter Forsberg - goal, three assists HOU Peter Sykora - power-play goal, three assists HOU Rob Blake - two assists, four takeaways Capital City 3, at Stone Harbor 2 (OT) SHS Marc Denis - forty-two saves, 10/10 GR CCC Mathieu Schneider - power-play goal, two assists CCC Scott Mellanby - two assists Pittsburgh 4, at Stone Harbor 0 SHS Dominik Hasek - fifty saves, 11/15 GR PIT Jarome Iginla - goal, two assists PIT Keith Tkachuk - power-play goal, two assists Florida 2, at Topeka 4 TPK Rem Murray - game-winning goal, assist TPK Daniel Alfredsson - goal, assist TPK Steve Yzerman - goal, assist Quebec City 3, at Topeka 3 (OT) TPK Evgeni Nabokov - twenty-nine saves, 10/11 GR QCP Martin Havlat - game-tying goal, assist TPK Steve Yzerman - goal, assist St. Michael's 2, at Topeka 0 STM Martin Biron - thirty-two saves, shutout, 7/7 GR STM Scott Walker - game-winning goal STM Brian Rolston - goal New York 3, at Topeka 4 TPK Joe Sakic - goal, assist TPK Steve Yzerman - game-winning power-play goal NYL Cory Sarich - shorthanded goal Buffalo 5, at Vancouver 2 BUF Stephen Weiss - goal, assist BUF Brad Isbister - goal, assist BUF Paul Mara - game-winning goal Brooklyn 1, at Vancouver 0 BRK Olaf Kolzig - thirty-seven saves, shutout, 6/6 GR VAW Sebastien Caron - twenty saves, 1/2 GR BRK Mike Grier - game-winning short-handed goal, two takeaways Corner Creek 4, at Vancouver 2 CGC Mike Dunham - twenty-three saves, 6/8 GR CGC Brett McLean - goal, assist CGC Kim Johnsson - goal, assist Stone Harbor 3, at Vancouver 5 VAW Tomas Surovy - two goals including game-winning goal, assist VAW Brent Sopel - two goals, assist SHS Kyle Calder - two goals ************************************************************************** PLAYER OF THE WEEK FGF Joe Thornton. In their climb to the top of the Northwest, the Crabs were paced by their first-line pivotman, Joe Thornton. Thornton had at least one point in all eight of Fort Garry's Week 9/10 games, including multi-point games in seven of the eight! In the end, Joe finished with four goals and fifteen assists against some very tough competition, earning the Player of the Week award in decisive fashion. +/- SOG G A PIM PP SH FO-W AC IT TA HIT SP AS 12/23 vs FLO 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 9-6 36 21:51 0 0 0 2 12/28 vs NCH 2 5 1 3 4 1 0 12-7 37 20:31 0 1 1 2 12/30 vs LYN 0 6 1 1 4 0 0 8-5 43 25:31 0 0 1 1 01/02 vs LIB -1 1 0 1 0 0 0 7-3 34 19:13 1 2 1 1 01/03 at SHS 1 4 0 0 4 0 0 0-0 44 26:16 2 3 1 1 01/05 at LYN -1 2 1 1 2 1 0 12-7 38 21:55 0 0 1 1 01/06 at BRK 3 4 1 3 2 0 0 13-6 45 24:25 0 0 1 1 01/09 at CGC 2 2 0 3 2 0 0 13-7 43 24:32 1 0 0 1 Other top performances came from Thornton's teammate Marian Hossa, Privateers Scott Walker and Brian Rolston, Capital City's Slava Kozlov, and the Sasquatch's Kevyn Adams. Congrats to all! ************************************************************************** GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK SES Rick DiPietro. DiPietro only played in the Sasquatch's road games, but look at the results! The fourth-year netminder now playing in his first full season in the league, DiPietro seems to be angling for something more than sharing time with Ty Conklin and Johan Hedberg. DiPietro took home two wins and two ties, including forty-two save (11/11 GR) and thirty-six save (6/6 GR) performances in Long Island and Lyndonville. MIN SHOTS GA ENG GR GRS 01/04 at MAN 65 35 1 0 6 5 113 TIE 01/06 at NYL 60 40 5 0 10 8 105 WIN 01/08 at LIB 60 43 1 0 11 11 105 WIN 01/10 at LYN 65 37 1 0 6 6 113 TIE Capital City's Ed Belfour, Brooklyn's Olaf Kolzig and Montreal's David Aebischer round out the honoured goaltenders for Week 9/10. Huzzah! ************************************************************************** WEEK ELEVEN/TWELVE SCHEDULE AND INJURIES: Following the team name is the number of games missed due to injury in the upcoming biweek, and the number of games missed due to injury season-to-date. BROOKLYN GULAG (11/62): 01/12/2005 BRK at HRH Vandermeer 01/14/2005 CCC at BRK Vandermeer 01/15/2005 BRK at NYL Witt, Vandermeer 01/17/2005 CGC at BRK Witt, Vandermeer 01/19/2005 BRK at LYN Witt, Vandermeer 01/20/2005 BUF at BRK Vandermeer 01/22/2005 BRK at LIB Vandermeer 01/24/2005 NYL at BRK Vandermeer BUFFALO BULLDOGS (21/77): 01/12/2005 BUF at TPK Ferguson, Purintno 01/14/2005 HRH at BUF Ferguson, Purinton 01/15/2005 LYN at BUF Ferguson, Purinton 01/19/2005 BUF at CGC Ferguson, Purinton 01/20/2005 BUF at BRK Ferguson, Perreault, Purinton 01/22/2005 NYL at BUF Ferguson, Kasparaitis, Perreault, Purinton 01/23/2005 LIB at BUF Ferguson, Kasparaitis, Purinton 01/24/2005 BUF at LYN Ferguson, Mara, Purinton CAPITAL CITY COUGARS (9/43): 01/12/2005 LIB at CCC 01/14/2005 CCC at BRK Aucoin 01/16/2005 HRH at CCC Blake 01/17/2005 CCC at TPK Blake, Gaborik 01/18/2005 MIN at CCC Blake, Gaborik 01/19/2005 HOU at CCC Gaborik 01/20/2005 CCC at PIT Gaborik 01/24/2005 CCC at MIN Gaborik CORNER CREEK GREEN CALVES (17/135): 01/12/2005 CGC at MIN Rycroft, Walser 01/14/2005 HOU at CGC Walser 01/15/2005 LIB at CGC Draper, McLean, Walser 01/16/2005 NYL at CGC Draper, Walser, Ward 01/17/2005 CGC at BRK Walser 01/19/2005 BUF at CGC Rycroft, Walser 01/23/2005 CGC at LYN Rycroft, Walser 01/24/2005 CGC at LIB Rivet, Rycroft, Walser FLORIDA HELLCATS (11/30): 01/12/2005 FLO at NCH Bates, Visnovsky 01/14/2005 SEA at FLO Bates, Modano, Visnovsky 01/15/2005 MAN at FLO Bates, Visnovsky 01/17/2005 FLO at QCP Bates 01/18/2005 SHS at FLO 01/19/2005 MON at FLO Zubov 01/22/2005 FLO at STM Visnovsky 01/24/2005 FLO at SHS Visnovsky FORT GARRY FIDDLER CRABS (32/57): 01/12/2005 QCP at FGF Hilbert, Kotalik, Samsonov, Sim 01/14/2005 FGF at MAN Hilbert, Kotalik, Samsonov, Sim 01/17/2005 NCH at FGF Hilbert, Kotalik, Samsonov, Sim 01/18/2005 VAW at FGF Hilbert, Kotalik, Samsonov, Sim 01/19/2005 SFH at FGF Hilbert, Kotalik, Samsonov, Sim 01/20/2005 FGF at SES Hilbert, Kotalik, Samsonov, Sim 01/22/2005 FGF at SEA Hilbert, Kotalik, Samsonov, Sim 01/24/2005 FGF at VAW Hilbert, Kotalik, Samsonov, Sim HAMPTON ROADS HOUNDS (6/50): 01/12/2005 BRK at HRH Gonchar 01/14/2005 HRH at BUF 01/15/2005 MIN at HRH 01/16/2005 HRH at CCC 01/18/2005 TPK at HRH Fedotenko 01/19/2005 PIT at HRH Gonchar, Sundstrom 01/20/2005 HRH at HOU Gonchar 01/24/2005 HRH at PIT Gonchar HOUSTON OUTLAWS (6/44): 01/12/2005 LYN at HOU Kapanen 01/14/2005 HOU at CGC Kapanen 01/16/2005 MIN at HOU 01/18/2005 HOU at PIT Slegr 01/19/2005 HOU at CCC Blake, Slegr 01/20/2005 HRH at HOU 01/22/2005 HOU at TPK 01/24/2005 TPK at HOU Kapanen LONG ISLAND BERSERKERS (8/24): 01/12/2005 LIB at CCC Pyatt 01/14/2005 TPK at LIB Pyatt 01/15/2005 LIB at CGC Pyatt 01/20/2005 LIB at NYL Pyatt 01/20/2005 LYN at LIB Pyatt 01/22/2005 BRK at LIB Pyatt 01/23/2005 LIB at BUF Pyatt 01/24/2005 CGC at LIB Pyatt LYNDONVILLE BLADES (13/74): 01/12/2005 LYN at HOU Hatcher, Nieuwendyk 01/14/2005 PIT at LYN Hatcher, Nieuwendyk 01/15/2005 LYN at BUF Hatcher 01/18/2005 LYN at NYL Hatcher 01/19/2005 BRK at LYN Hatcher, Tallinder 01/20/2005 LYN at LIB Hatcher, Tallinder 01/23/2005 CGC at LYN Hatcher 01/24/2005 BUF at LYN Hatcher, Nieuwendyk MANAYUNK BULLIES (4/23): 01/12/2005 MAN at SFH 01/14/2005 FGF at MAN 01/15/2005 MAN at FLO Pisani 01/18/2005 STM at MAN Pisani 01/20/2005 SHS at MAN Pisani 01/20/2005 MON at MAN Pisani 01/23/2005 MAN at QCP 01/24/2005 MAN at STM MINNEAPOLIS MASSASAUGA (10/85): 01/12/2005 CGC at MIN Holmqvist 01/14/2005 MIN at NYL Holmqvist 01/15/2005 MIN at HRH Holmqvist 01/16/2005 MIN at HOU Holmqvist 01/18/2005 MIN at CCC Dafoe, Holmqvist 01/20/2005 TPK at MIN Dafoe, Holmqvist 01/22/2005 PIT at MIN Holmqvist 01/24/2005 CCC at MIN Holmqvist MONTREAL WANDERERS (18/109): 01/12/2005 MON at VAW Dupuis, Mogilny 01/14/2005 QCP at MON Dupuis, Mogilny 01/15/2005 NCH at MON Boucher, Dupuis, Mogilny 01/16/2005 STM at MON Boucher, Dupuis, Mogilny 01/19/2005 MON at FLO Dupuis, Mogilny 01/20/2005 MON at MAN Dupuis, Mogilny 01/23/2005 SHS at MON Dupuis, Mogilny 01/24/2005 MON at QCP Dupuis, Mogilny NEW YORK LANCERS (7/69): 01/13/2005 NYL at PIT 01/14/2005 MIN at NYL Rohloff 01/15/2005 BRK at NYL Rohloff 01/16/2005 NYL at CGC Rohloff 01/18/2005 LYN at NYL Rohloff 01/20/2005 LIB at NYL Holzinger 01/22/2005 NYL at BUF Holzinger 01/24/2005 NYL at BRK Holzinger NORTH CALGARY HAWKS (12/71): 01/12/2005 FLO at NCH Daze 01/15/2005 NCH at MON Daze, Kariya 01/17/2005 NCH at FGF Daze, Kariya 01/18/2005 SES at NCH Daze, Kariya 01/19/2005 NCH at SEA Barney, Daze 01/20/2005 SFH at NCH Barney 01/20/2005 VAW at NCH Barney 01/24/2005 NCH at SES Barney PITTSBURGH SOUND CHASERS (22/93): 01/13/2005 NYL at PIT Beaudoin, Richardson 01/14/2005 PIT at LYN Beaudoin, Richardson 01/16/2005 PIT at TPK Beaudoin, Jackman, Trnka, Tucker 01/18/2005 HOU at PIT Beaudoin, Jackman, Trnka, Tucker 01/19/2005 PIT at HRH Beaudoin, Simpson, Trnka 01/20/2005 CCC at PIT Beaudoin, Trnka 01/22/2005 PIT at MIN Beaudoin, Richardson, Trnka 01/24/2005 HRH at PIT Beaudoin, Richardson QUEBEC CITY PATRIOTES (13/28): 01/12/2005 QCP at FGF Aubin, Havlat 01/14/2005 QCP at MON Aubin, Havlat 01/16/2005 QCP at SHS Aubin, Havlat 01/17/2005 FLO at QCP Havlat 01/19/2005 QCP at STM Havlat 01/22/2005 SES at QCP Havlat 01/23/2005 MAN at QCP Aubin, Havlat 01/24/2005 MON at QCP Aubin, Havlat ST. MICHAEL'S PRIVATEERS (8/35): 01/12/2005 STM at SEA Korolyuk 01/15/2005 VAW at STM Korolyuk 01/16/2005 STM at MON Korolyuk 01/18/2005 STM at MAN Korolyuk 01/19/2005 QCP at STM Korolyuk 01/20/2005 STM at SHS Korolyuk 01/22/2005 FLO at STM Korolyuk 01/24/2005 MAN at STM Korolyuk SAN FRANCISCO HEDGEHOGS (2/52): 01/12/2005 MAN at SFH 01/15/2005 SFH at SHS Zamuner 01/16/2005 SES at SFH Zamuner 01/18/2005 SFH at SEA 01/19/2005 SFH at FGF 01/20/2005 SFH at NCH 01/23/2005 VAW at SFH 01/24/2005 SEA at SFH SEATTLE RAINIERS (13/64): 01/12/2005 STM at SEA Heatley, Spacek 01/14/2005 SEA at FLO Heatley, Spacek 01/18/2005 SFH at SEA Heatley, Spacek 01/19/2005 NCH at SEA Heatley, Nedved, Spacek 01/20/2005 SEA at VAW Spacek 01/22/2005 FGF at SEA Spacek 01/23/2005 SEA at SES Spacek 01/24/2005 SEA at SFH Spacek SEATTLE SASQUATCH (6/17): 01/13/2005 SHS at SES Bonk 01/16/2005 SES at SFH Bonk 01/18/2005 SES at NCH Bonk 01/19/2005 SES at VAW Bonk 01/20/2005 FGF at SES Bonk 01/22/2005 SES at QCP 01/23/2005 SEA at SES 01/24/2005 NCH at SES Bonk STONE HARBOR SOUND (11/95): 01/13/2005 SHS at SES Grosek 01/15/2005 SFH at SHS Grosek, McCabe 01/16/2005 QCP at SHS Grosek, McCabe 01/18/2005 SHS at FLO Grosek 01/20/2005 SHS at MAN Grosek 01/20/2005 STM at SHS Grosek, Lachance 01/23/2005 SHS at MON Grosek 01/24/2005 FLO at SHS Grosek TOPEKA TARANTULAS (13/61): 01/12/2005 BUF at TPK Chelios 01/14/2005 TPK at LIB Bergevin, Chelios 01/16/2005 PIT at TPK Bergevin, Chelios 01/17/2005 CCC at TPK Bergevin, Chelios 01/18/2005 TPK at HRH Bergevin, Chelios 01/20/2005 TPK at MIN Chelios 01/22/2005 HOU at TPK Alfredsson, Chelios 01/24/2005 TPK at HOU Chelios VANCOUVER WHITECAPS (11/111): 01/12/2005 MON at VAW Sharp 01/15/2005 VAW at STM Sharp 01/18/2005 VAW at FGF Sharp 01/19/2005 SES at VAW Henry, Sharp 01/20/2005 SEA at VAW Henry, Sharp 01/20/2005 VAW at NCH Henry, Sharp 01/23/2005 VAW at SFH Sharp 01/24/2005 FGF at VAW Sharp ************************************************************************** PLAYOFF WATCH: Because it's never too early! RNK TEAM PTS GL MN TN 1. St. Michael's Privateers 54 42 67 --- 2. Long Island Berserkers 49 42 72 --- 3. Quebec City Patriotes 53 42 68 --- 4. Lyndonville Blades 43 42 78 --- 5. Florida Hellcats 40 42 81 --- 6. Montreal Wanderers 40 42 81 --- 7. Manayunk Bullies 39 42 82 --- 8. Corner Creek Green Calves 37 42 84 --- 9. Buffalo Bulldogs 36 42 --- 84 10. Brooklyn Fourteenth 33 42 --- 81 11. New York Lancers 28 42 --- 76 12. Stone Harbor Sound 24 42 --- 72 RNK TEAM PTS GL MN TN 1. Houston Outlaws 61 42 61 --- 2. Fort Garry Fiddler Crabs 55 42 67 --- 3. Topeka Tarantulas 58 42 64 --- 4. North Calgary Hawks 53 42 69 --- 5. Seattle Rainiers 51 42 71 --- 6. Pittsburgh Sound Chasers 46 42 76 --- 7. San Francisco Hedgehogs 45 42 77 --- 8. Seattle Sasquatch 38 42 84 --- 9. Capital City Cougars 37 42 --- 84 10. Vancouver Whitecaps 28 42 --- 75 11. Hampton Roads Hounds 27 42 --- 74 12. Minneapolis Massasauga 15 42 --- 62 ************************************************************************** NORRIS POWER INDICES: To calculate the predicted margin of victory for an upcoming game, take the NPI of the home team, subtract the NPI of the visiting team, and add the calculated home-ice advantage (currently 0.033 goals). ## TEAM NPI LW 1. Houston Outlaws 2.198 1 2. Fort Garry Fiddler Crabs 1.535 3 3. Quebec City Patriotes 1.225 5 4. Topeka Tarantulas 1.053 2 5. Seattle Rainiers 0.994 4 6. North Calgary Hawks 0.773 6 7. St. Michael's Privateers 0.680 7 8. Long Island Berserkers 0.584 9 9. Lyndonville Blades 0.176 13 10. Florida Hellcats 0.135 10 11. San Francisco Hedgehogs 0.056 14 12. Pittsburgh Sound Chasers 0.016 8 13. Montreal Wanderers -0.012 11 14. Capital City Cougars -0.021 15 15. Seattle Sasquatch -0.027 12 16. Manayunk Bullies -0.119 16 17. Buffalo Bulldogs -0.478 18 18. New York Lancers -0.703 17 19. Brooklyn Fourteenth -0.775 20 20. Corner Creek Green Calves -0.945 19 21. Hampton Roads Hounds -0.962 22 22. Stone Harbor Sound -1.381 21 23. Vancouver Whitecaps -1.411 23 24. Minneapolis Massasauga -2.591 24 ************************************************************************** COMPLETE WEEK NINE/TEN INJURY REPORT: BRK - Jim Vandermeer out twenty games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Brendan Witt out three games 3 4 5 BUF - Scott Ferguson out twelve games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Darius Kasparaitis out two games 6 7 - Paul Mara out one game 8 - Yanic Perreault out two games 5 6 - Dale Purinton out twenty-seven games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 CCC - Adrian Aucoin out one game 2 - Jason Blake out three games 3 4 5 - Marian Gaborik out five games 4 5 6 7 8 CGC - Kris Draper out two games 3 4 - Brett McLean out one game 3 - Craig Rivet out one game 8 - Mark Rycroft out four games 1 6 7 8 - Derrick Walser out seventeen games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Aaron Ward out one game 4 FLO - Shawn Bates out four games 1 2 3 4 - Mike Modano out one game 2 - Lubomir Visnovsky out five games 1 2 3 7 8 - Sergei Zubov out one game 6 FGF - Andy Hilbert out twenty-nine games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Ales Kotalik out twenty games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Sergei Samsonov out eleven games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Jon Sim out eleven games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 HRH - Ruslan Fedotenko out one game 5 - Sergei Gonchar out four games 1 6 7 8 - Niklas Sundstrom out one game 6 HOU - Rob Blake out one game 5 - Sami Kapanen out three games 1 2 8 - Jiri Slegr out two games 4 5 LIB - Taylor Pyatt out ten games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 LYN - Derian Hatcher out fifty games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Joe Nieuwendyk out three games 1 2 8 - Henrik Tallinder out two games 5 6 MAN - Fernando Pisani out four games 3 4 5 6 MIN - Byron Dafoe out two games 5 6 - Mikael Holmqvist out twenty-nine games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 MON - Philippe Boucher out two games 3 4 - Pascal Dupuis out ten games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Alexander Mogilny out thirty-seven games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NYL - Brian Holzinger out three games 6 7 8 - Todd Rohloff out four games 2 3 4 5 NCH - Scott Barney out four games 5 6 7 8 - Eric Daze out five games 1 2 3 4 5 - Paul Kariya out three games 2 3 4 PIT - Eric Beaudoin out thirty-six games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Ric Jackman out two games 3 4 - Luke Richardson out four games 1 2 7 8 - Todd Simpson out one game 5 - Pavel Trnka out five games 3 4 5 6 7 - Darcy Tucker out two games 3 4 QCP - Serge Aubin out five games 1 2 3 7 8 - Martin Havlat out nine games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 STM - Alexander Korolyuk out nine games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 SFH - Rob Zamuner out two games 2 3 SEA - Dany Heatley out four games 1 2 3 4 - Petr Nedved out one game 4 - Jaroslav Spacek out sixteen games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 SES - Radek Bonk out six games 1 2 3 4 5 8 SHS - Michal Grosek out forty games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Scott Lachance out one game 6 - Bryan McCabe out two games 2 3 TPK - Daniel Alfredsson out one game 7 - Marc Bergevin out four games 2 3 4 5 - Chris Chelios out eight games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Brian Leetch out two games 6 7 VAW - Alex Henry out three games 4 5 6 - Patrick Sharp out nine games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ************************************************************************** 2004-05 REGULAR SEASON LEAGUE STANDINGS: NORTHEAST DIVISION GP W L T OL Pts Pct GF GA Home Road Long Island Berserkers 40 23 14 2 1 49 0.613 132 118 11- 7- 2- 0 12- 7- 0- 1 Lyndonville Blades 40 19 16 5 0 43 0.537 105 85 6-10- 4- 0 13- 6- 1- 0 Corner Creek Green Cal 40 16 19 4 1 37 0.463 108 141 10- 6- 3- 1 6-13- 1- 0 Buffalo Bulldogs 40 16 20 3 1 36 0.450 117 134 5-13- 2- 0 11- 7- 1- 1 Brooklyn Fourteenth 40 14 21 4 1 33 0.412 83 113 11- 7- 1- 1 3-14- 3- 0 New York Lancers 40 13 25 1 1 28 0.350 108 142 8-11- 0- 1 5-14- 1- 0 ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L T OL Pts Pct GF GA Home Road St. Michael's Privatee 40 22 8 7 3 54 0.675 130 99 11- 4- 4- 1 11- 4- 3- 2 Quebec City Patriotes 40 24 11 3 2 53 0.662 170 109 13- 6- 1- 0 11- 5- 2- 2 Florida Hellcats 40 17 17 5 1 40 0.500 115 117 9- 8- 2- 1 8- 9- 3- 0 Montreal Wanderers 40 16 16 7 1 40 0.500 102 98 8- 7- 4- 1 8- 9- 3- 0 Manayunk Bullies 40 16 17 6 1 39 0.487 113 119 10- 8- 2- 0 6- 9- 4- 1 Stone Harbor Sound 40 9 25 5 1 24 0.300 73 136 5-12- 2- 1 4-13- 3- 0 NORTHWEST DIVISION GP W L T OL Pts Pct GF GA Home Road Fort Garry Fiddler Cra 40 24 9 6 1 55 0.688 135 87 12- 4- 4- 0 12- 5- 2- 1 North Calgary Hawks 40 23 10 5 2 53 0.662 127 93 12- 5- 1- 2 11- 5- 4- 0 Seattle Rainiers 40 22 11 6 1 51 0.637 136 115 14- 5- 1- 0 8- 6- 5- 1 San Francisco Hedgehog 40 20 15 4 1 45 0.562 114 109 8- 9- 2- 1 12- 6- 2- 0 Seattle Sasquatch 40 16 18 3 3 38 0.475 116 114 7-10- 0- 3 9- 8- 3- 0 Vancouver Whitecaps 40 12 24 2 2 28 0.350 100 145 3-14- 1- 2 9-10- 1- 0 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L T OL Pts Pct GF GA Home Road Houston Outlaws 40 29 8 3 0 61 0.762 174 86 17- 3- 0- 0 12- 5- 3- 0 Topeka Tarantulas 40 25 7 6 2 58 0.725 149 96 10- 4- 5- 1 15- 3- 1- 1 Pittsburgh Sound Chase 40 22 16 1 1 46 0.575 129 135 12- 7- 1- 0 10- 9- 0- 1 Capital City Cougars 40 17 20 2 1 37 0.463 118 123 9- 8- 2- 1 8-12- 0- 0 Hampton Roads Hounds 40 11 24 3 2 27 0.338 119 164 4-13- 2- 1 7-11- 1- 1 Minneapolis Massasauga 40 7 32 1 0 15 0.188 49 144 2-17- 1- 0 5-15- 0- 0 ************************************************************************** INCENTIVE POINTS: Incentive points are not discretionary, and are assigned strictly per formula, without respect to extenuating circumstances. Incentive points may be appealed through the Review Board. BRK: -1 IP, newsletter article CCC: -1 IP, newsletter artucle CUMULATIVE INCENTIVE POINTS: BRK: -2 IP CCC: -1 IP HOU: exempt LIB: 1 IP MAN: 1 IP NYL: -1 IP SES: -5 IP VAW: -1 IP ************************************************************************** ASSOCIATE LIST: SINCE GP Dan Irvine July 20, 2004 15 Rob Gallamore August 30, 2003 10 Larry Spencer April 27, 2004 0 Ryan Barckert May 17, 2003 0 Steve Kramer December 13, 2004 0 Greg Ralls December 14, 2004 0 If you're still an active associate at and aren't on this list at please get in contact with me. Thanks! Doug ************************************************************************** TRANSACTIONS: BRK - TRADE Mike Grier to FGF for Kris Beech and FGF#2. - TRADE Daniel Tjarnqvist to MIN for Niklas Hagman. - TRADE Ron Hainsey to QCP for Eric Nickulas and QCP#5. - TRADE Trent Whitfield to PIT for Aki Berg. - TRADE Josh Langfeld to NYL for NYL#6. - TRADE BRK#8 to MIN for Jarkko Ruutu. - TRADE Garth Snow, BRK#1 and FGF#2 to STM for Boyd Gordon, STM#1 and STM#7. - SIGN Zbynek Michalek. - RELEASE Simon Gamache. CGC - SIGN Brad Brown. - RELEASE Todd Fedoruk. FGF - TRADE Kris Beech and FGF#2 to BRK for Mike Grier. MIN - TRADE Niklas Hagman to BRK for Daniel Tjarnqvist. - TRADE Jarkko Ruutu to BRK for BRK#8. NYL - TRADE NYL#6 to BRK for Josh Langfeld. - RELEASE Chris McAllister. PIT - TRADE Aki Berg to BRK for Trent Whitfield. QCP - TRADE Eric Nickulas and QCP#5 to BRK for Ron Hainsey. STM - TRADE Boyd Gordon, STM#1 and STM#7 to BRK for Garth Snow, BRK#1 and FGF#2. A REMINDER: all free agents picked up must play in at least six games in the following biweek (for goaltenders, a dressed game counts for these purposes). Loss of the player and IP penalties will result. ************************************************************************** League Governing Boards Responsibilities of the following governing boards are outlined in the Constitution. Review Board Tom Vinacci, Buffalo Bulldogs Patrick Shea, Long Island Berserkers Mark McNeil, Lyndonville Blades Constitutional Council Head: Patrick Shea (patrickjshea@verizon.net) Doug Norris, Commissioner Eric Goodman, Vice-Commissioner Andy Bartalone, St. Michael's owner Lance Milligan, associate **************************************************************************