The National Strat-O-Matic Hockey League Newsletter League Established May 1, 1997 Volume #11, Issue #5 - October 31, 2007 ********************************************************************* Current League Officers: Commissioner: Doug Norris Vice-Commissioner: Brian Leahy (7/15/07 to present) Email the whole league: mailto:nshl at yahoogroups dot com NSHL Chat List: mailto:nshlchat at yahoogroups dot com Web Page Administrator: Guy Caron League Web Site: http://nshl.org Files Adminstrator: Brian Leahy / Tom Vinacci League Files Site: http://www.highrantdistrict.com/SOM/NSHL Team Websites: Capital City Cougars: http://members.tripod.com/~CapCity/ Seattle Rainiers: http://math.colorado.edu/~norrisdt/rainiers/rainiers.html ********************************************************************* BEFORE WE GET STARTED: A discrepancy was discovered between the Constitution and the FAQ, and it was determined that the Constitution is correct. Therefore: All players must be scheduled for a minimum of FIVE SHIFTS (15 action cards) per regulation game, not including overtime. In the case of computer managers, these shifts must be scheduled within the first eight shifts of each period. I will amend the New Owner FAQ to reflect this. Note that if you are using four rolling lines in the first two periods, this requires your fourth line to see a shift in the third period. ********************************************************************* WEEK ONE/TWO IN REVIEW: Two goaltenders started out the NSHL season in fine form - one youngster and one veteran. Florida's Ray Emery and Brooklyn's Olaf Kolzig each registered four shutouts in the season's first eight contests, and in the process, put together some remarkable whitewash streak. In the end, Emery totalled 233:40 without a goal while Kolzig finished with 194:36. Wow! On the back of Kolzig, the Brooklyn Fourteenth were the big team story of Week 1/2, going a perfect 8-0 to climb atop the league's initial standings. The defending Eastern Conference champions are now on pace for...wait for it...164 points! And all of the NSHL is wondering..."can they do it?" More goaltender news was in the form of bad news, as a rash of netminder injuries forced franchises to dip down into their farm clubs for help. Roberto Luongo, Vesa Toskala and Marc-Andre Fleury will all miss time in Week 3/4, although none are expected to be out for a long period of time. Other big names experiencing long injuries are Marian Gaborik, Peter Forsberg, Patrik Elias, Mats Sundin, Martin Havlat, and John LeClair. Expect the Wanderers' front office to petition the league to abolish the shootout. Montreal fell thrice in the postgame tiebreaker this biweek, dropping games to Pittsburgh, Quebec City and Stone Harbor. Rumours of Ed Belfour's demise have been greatly exaggerated. The forty-one year old stopped forty one Hampton Roads shots to shut out the hometown Hounds, 1-0, on October 28. ********************************************************************* HOUSTON AEROS REPORT by Mike Kuduk, Houston owner AEROS SPUTTER BEFORE RECORD CROWD With the Toyota Center fully booked for a concert by Disney diva Hannah Montana, the Houston Aeros opened their pursuit of the Farley Cup looking more like bit skaters in Holiday On Ice, dropping a 3-0 decision to the more motivated Hampton Roads Hounds. The game was moved to the vacant Houston Astrodome three weeks ago, after arrangements could not be worked out with downtown arena management. The Aeros used the ice making equipment from the old Summit, now Lakewood Church (maybe a motivational speech by Reverend Osteen will wake them up for their next game), and set up the rink at the Fannin Street end of the Dome. Temporary seats were erected in the infield, and largely due to special pricing ($10.00 per seat in the 700 level), the paid attendance was 28,594. Despite the huge crowd and noisy introductions of the 2007-08 team, the Aeros fell asleep at the control yoke, getting outshot 13-7 in the first period, with Tomas Vokoun failing to stop a Glen Murray slap shot from just inside the blue line a minute into the contest. The Aeros would not play a significant role in the contest until late in the second period, however a Nathan Horton goal early in the third would end the rally. GM Mike Kuduk was upset with the team's performance. "You would think with all these people in the stands, we would have been more charged up. If this game was successful, I had plans to have two or three more games here at the Dome, as the logistics went really smoothly, and the ice stayed good throughout the contest. But if this team continues to play like this, the Tomball Civic Center might be more appropriate." The Aeros have three more games remaining in this home stand. TIPPETT MISSILE EXPLODES IN THIRD AGAINST BULLIES Aeros coach Dave Tippett went ballistic in the third period of last night's 6-3 loss to Manayunk, with a display the 16,365 fans will not likely ever forget. Houston loafed through the first two periods, getting outshot 33-18 and outscored 4-0. The breaking point was Anson Carter's goal 3 minutes into the third, which put the Bullies up 5-0. Tippett jumped out from behind the bench to greet Patrik Elias, Stu Barnes, and Jeff Halpern, who has the misfortune of being on the ice for the goal. Tippett got eye-to-chest with Elias, whose ugly giveaway led to the goal, and then proceeded to berate his linemates. Coach Tippett was not done yet - he started pulling out sticks from the stick rack, throwing them first on the ice, then at the bench, on a verbal tirade the entire time (from what fans were saying behind the bench, none of what could be repeated in public). Afterwards, he stormed off to the locker room, and shortly thereafter left the building. GM Mike Kuduk said, "With the way we were playing, I don't blame Dave at all. And if he didn't do that, I would have - just after the game." Mike is awaiting a decision from league president Doug Norris and disciplinarian Brian Leahy regarding the likely suspension Tippett will face for his tirade. GM Kuduk indicated that if coach Tippett misses any games, he will be behind the bench. With intrigue like this, who needs reality TV? ********************************************************************* WHAT GOES UP MUST COME DOWN - HAWKS WIN TWO OF FIRST EIGHT GAMES by Jason McCorrister, North Calgary owner In 2006-07 the North Calgary Hawks set an NSHL record with 124 points in a season. They had one of the top lines in the league in Rolston, Brind'Amour, and Selanne as well as one of the best powerplays and an amazing goaltender. With such an incredible season, the team really set the bar high. Flash to the first bi-week of the season and it is easy to see that the times are changing. With an infusion of young talent into the western conference following the post-lockout bonus draft, many of the Hawks' rivals have improved drastically. Couple that with retirements, a sub-par season for guys like Modano and Zhitnik, and add in some weak defense ratings and you have a recipe for disaster. Thus far, the aging team has been outplayed by 20 somethings, only managing to win two of its first eight games. It's looking like it could be a long year for the Hawks. General Manager Jason McCorrister has said that the team has three choices: dismantle and rebuild; reposition his team as a 30~Rish team; or let his team play it out and hope for a bit of luck come the post season. "A lot will depend on the mood of the league," said McCorrister on Tuesday. "If teams are willing to trade younger, talented guys for our vets, then you may see some moves. Otherwise, we'll make one more run at the cup." ********************************************************************* KABERLE DROPS, RAINIERS NEED A DEFENSEMAN by Doug Norris, Seattle Rainiers owner When Frank Kaberle felt his shoulder twinge at practice the other day, the entire city of Seattle went on injured reserve with a giant headache. "It originally got banged up during the Finals last spring," remarked team doctor Todd Phillips in a press conference on Monday. "Early in the summer, we made the decision not to have surgery because it would heal on its own. That healing process has taken longer than was expected." With Kaberle expected to be out for at least two months, the Rainiers' situation on the blueline doesn't get any better. Behind the top six of Jaroslav Spacek, Ed Jovanovski, Brian Rafalski, Chris Chelios, Bryan Allen and Nick Boynton, the club has...who? Danny Richmond, Oleg Tverdovsky and Derrick Walser are the top blueliners on the farm in Tacoma, but a championship-caliber club really shouldn't be relying on any of them. And it's not as if the top six are iron men. Rumours are that the club is offering any of the following: Andy McDonald, Kirk Maltby, Petr Nedved, Mark Parrish, Ladislav Nagy, or any of the team's 2008 entry draft choices. When asked about top Tacoma forward Valtteri Filppula, Norris said "Anything's possible." RAINIER NOTES: * Vesa Toskala's groin injury has forced the recall of Philippe Sauve from Tacoma. Sauve is not expected to see any action behind Dwayne Roloson for the short time Toskala will be out. * What is Brian Rafalski more proud of - eleven assists in the first eight games, or a plus-ten over the same timespan? "I've been really concentrating on my defensive angles and gap control, so I'm excited that it's working so far. But I've been lucky, too." * Mike Fisher - tied for fifth in the league with 14 takeaways. But he's only taken five minor penalties over that span. Has he learned to control his anti-social behaviour? "I still like to hit. There are a few guys I won't be sending Christmas cards to," joked the forward. ********************************************************************* WEEK ONE/TWO RESULTS: Vancouver 3, at Brooklyn 4 BRK Jarret Stoll - power-play goal, two takeaways, hit, ten shots VAW Sidney Crosby - goal, two assists, hit BRK Matt Pettinger - goal, assist Long Island 0, at Brooklyn 2 BRK Mike Commodore - two shorthanded goals, two takeaways, hit BRK Olaf Kolzig - twenty-nine saves, shutout, 6/6 GR BRK Matt Pettinger - two assists Empire State 0, at Brooklyn 3 BRK Alexander Ovechkin - two goals, hit BRK Olaf Kolzig - sixteen saves, shutout, 4/4 GR BRK Jarret Stoll - two assists Corner Creek 0, at Brooklyn 2 BRK Olaf Kolzig - thirty saves, shutout, 7/7 GR BRK John Madden - goal, takeaway BRK Chris Simon - game-winning goal Brooklyn 3, at Buffalo 1 BRK Jocelyn Thibault - forty saves, 8/9 GR BRK Jarret Stoll - goal, assist, takeaway BRK Alexander Ovechkin - two assists, takeaway Empire State 3, at Buffalo 4 BUF Miroslav Satan - power-play goal, assist BUF Mike Ribeiro - two assists BUF Rick DiPietro - twenty-five saves, 9/10 GR Corner Creek 3, at Buffalo 4 (SO) CGC Daniel Sedin - two power-play goals, assist, shootout goal BUF Fernando Pisani - two goals, takeaway BUF Rick DiPietro - thirty-eight saves, 4/5 GR, 2-of-3 in shootout Nevada 6, at Buffalo 8 BUF Ilya Kovalchuk - two goals, assist BUF Dion Phaneuf - four assists, hit NEV Michael Peca - goal, two assists, hit Pittsburgh 1, at Capital City 2 CCC Marty Turco - twenty-nine saves, 6/7 GR CCC Todd White - game-winning goal, assist CCC Philippe Boucher - assist Minneapolis 3, at Capital City 6 CCC Vyacheslav Kozlov - two goals, assist CCC Daniel Alfredsson - three assists CCC Joe Sakic - two assists Stone Harbor 3, at Capital City 6 CCC Mathieu Schneider - two goals CCC Joe Sakic - power-play goal, two assists CCC Daniel Alfredsson - two goals, assist Houston 2, at Capital City 3 CCC Daniel Alfredsson - power-play goal, two assists CCC Joe Sakic - game-winning goal, assist, 10-of-12 faceoffs CCC Marty Turco - twenty-four saves, 8/9 GR Lyndonville 3, at Corner Creek 2 LYN Marc Savard - two assists, hit LYN Ryan Miller - twenty-nine saves, 6/7 GR CGC Kim Johnsson - four takeaways, hit Buffalo 5, at Corner Creek 4 (SO) BUF Martin St. Louis - PP goal, two assists, three TA, hit, SO goal CGC Ray Whitney - two goals, takeaway BUF Ilya Kovalchuk - goal, assist, hit, shootout goal Long Island 1, at Corner Creek 3 CGC Ray Whitney - game-winning goal, three takeaways LIB Evgeni Nabokov - thirty-two saves, 10/13 GR CGC Nikolai Khabibulin - seventeen saves, 2/3 GR Seattle Rainiers 5, at Corner Creek 2 SEA Andrew Brunette - goal, assist, two takeaways SEA Ed Jovanovski - goal, two takeaways, three hits SEA Chris Chelios - three takeaways, three hits Lyndonville 5, at Empire State 6 ESA Radim Vrbata - game-winning goal, two assists LYN Maxim Afinogenov - three goals, two assists LYN Derek Roy - four assists Corner Creek 2, at Empire State 7 ESA Erik Cole - two goals, assist, takeaway ESA Petteri Nummelin - GW goal, three assists, two takeaways, hit ESA Per-Johan Axelsson - goal, three assists, takeaway Long Island 6, at Empire State 2 LIB Marian Gaborik - power-play goal, two assists LIB Tom Poti - two power-play goal, hit LIB Trent Hunter - three assists, two takeaways Fort Garry 5, at Empire State 1 FGF Ryan Smyth - two goals, two takeaways, two hits FGF Roberto Luongo - thirty saves, 3/3 GR FGF Chris Higgins - goal, assist, takeaway Manayunk 0, at Florida 2 FLO Ray Emery - thirty-one saves, shutout, 4/4 GR FLO Daymond Langkow - game-winning goal, assist FLO Chris Clark - two assists Minneapolis 0, at Florida 4 FLO Daymond Langkow - three goals, takeaway, two hits FLO Jaroslav Halak - twenty-six saves, shutout, 2/2 GR FLO Lubomir Visnovsky - three assists, takeaway Montreal 0, at Florida 3 FLO Ray Emery - twenty-five saves, shutout, 3/3 GR FLO Lubomir Visnovsky - assist, takeaway, two hits FLO Ryane Clowe - goal St. Michael's 0, at Florida 3 FLO Ray Emery - twenty-two saves, shutout, 5/5 GR FLO Vaclav Prospal - goal, two assists FLO Brad Boyes - two assists Empire State 3, at Fort Garry 4 (OT) FGF Marian Hossa - two goals, takeaway ESA Bryce Salvador - three takeaways, four hits FGF Kimmo Timonen - goal, assist Seattle Rainiers 2, at Fort Garry 3 FGF Roberto Luongo - thirty-five saves, 8/9 GR FGF Marian Hossa - two goals, takeaway, hit FGF Ryan Smyth - goal, takeaway, hit Seattle Sasquatch 1, at Fort Garry 4 FGF Roberto Luongo - twenty-nine saves, 3/3 GR FGF Steve Sullivan - two goals, assist, hit FGF Marian Hossa - goal, assist, four takeaways North Calgary 1, at Fort Garry 2 NCH Miikka Kiprusoff - thirty-seven saves, 6/8 GR FGF Roberto Luongo - twenty saves, 3/3 GR FGF Chris Higgins - assist, three takeaways, hit St. Michael's 3, at Hampton Roads 2 (SO) STM Tim Thomas - thirty-two saves, 5/5 GR HRH Cristobal Huet - thirty-four saves, 6/6 GR STM Brad Richards - assist, shootout goal Minneapolis 1, at Hampton Roads 2 HRH Glen Murray - goal, assist, takeaway, hit HRH Eric Staal - power-play goal, assist HRH Chris Mason - twenty-eight saves, 3/3 GR Topeka 1, at Hampton Roads 0 TPK Ed Belfour - forty-one saves, shutout, 9/9 GR HRH Chris Mason - thirty-one saves, 6/7 GR TPK Zach Parise - power-play goal Capital City 4, at Hampton Roads 5 HRH Nathan Horton - two goals, takeaway HRH Eric Staal - two goals CCC Joe Sakic - two goals, assist Hampton Roads 3, at Houston 0 HRH Chris Mason - thirty-five saves, shutout, 6/6 GR HRH Glen Murray - two goals HRH John-Michael Liles - assist, two takeaways, two hits Capital City 2, at Houston 4 HOU Nicklas Lidstrom - goal, assist, four takeaways, hit HOU Brendan Shanahan - goal, two assists HOU Mathieu Garon - eighteen saves, 2/2 GR Topeka 1, at Houston 7 HOU Patrik Elias - two goals, two assists, two takeaways, hit HOU Simon Gagne - two goals, two takeaways HOU Scott Gomez - goal, two assists Manayunk 6, at Houston 3 MAN Anson Carter - goal, assist, takeaway HOU Shane Doan - goal, two assists MAN Dominik Hasek - twenty-eight saves, 7/8 GR Lyndonville 3, at Long Island 4 (SO) [played by Chris Beddick] LIB Vincent Lecavalier - assist, two takeaways, hit, shootout goal LIB Mikku Koivu - power-play goal, two takeaways LYN Bryan McCabe - power-play goal, assist Buffalo 4, at Long Island 1 [played by Chris Beddick] BUF Ilya Kovalchuk - two goals, hit BUF Dion Phaneuf - goal, assist, two takeaways BUF Rick DiPietro - twenty-seven saves, 4/5 GR Brooklyn 6, at Long Island 0 [played by Chris Beddick] BRK Michael Nylander - two goals, assist, two takeaways BRK Jarret Stoll - GW power-play goal, two assists, takeaway BRK Olaf Kolzig - twenty-eight saves, shutout, 6/6 GR North Calgary 5, at Long Island 6 [played by Chris Beddick] LIB Ryan Whitney - two goals, three assists NCH Rod Brind'amour - two goals, takeaway NCH Teemu Selanne - two goals Brooklyn 3, at Lyndonville 2 BRK Alexander Ovechkin - goal, assist, two takeaways, hit BRK Olaf Kolzig - twenty-nine saves, 5/7 GR LYN Bryan McCabe - goal, assist, hit Seattle Sasquatch 5, at Lyndonville 2 SES Milan Hejduk - two goals, assist SES Jason Spezza - goal, assist, takeaway SES Jeff Carter - goal, assist Empire State 1, at Lyndonville 0 ESA Niklas Backstrom - eighteen saves, shutout, 2/2 GR LYN Mike Smith - twenty-four saves, 2/2 GR ESA Fredrik Sjostrom - power-play goal, takeaway Buffalo 3, at Lyndonville 4 (OT) BUF Martin St. Louis - two goals, five takeaways, hit LYN Bryan McCabe - three assists, hit LYN Scott Hartnell - power-play goal, assist, takeaway Stone Harbor 3, at Manayunk 2 SHS Henrik Lundqvist - thirty-three saves, 6/8 GR MAN Marco Sturm - power-play goal, assist, hit SHS Barret Jackman - assist, takeaway, three hits St. Michael's 4, at Manayunk 2 STM Tim Thomas - thirty-six saves, 7/9 GR STM Jean-Pierre Dumont - goal, assist STM Andrej Meszaros - two assists Quebec City 3, at Manayunk 2 MAN Dominik Hasek - thirty-two saves, 8/10 GR QCP Kevin Bieksa - two assists, hit QCP Daniel Briere - two assists, takeaway Houston 2, at Manayunk 3 MAN Dominik Hasek - thirty-three saves, 8/9 GR MAN Mike Knuble - goal, hit HOU Mats Sundin - goal, two hits Pittsburgh 4, at Minneapolis 0 PIT Paul Stastny - two goals, takeaway PIT Martin Brodeur - twenty-seven saves, shutout, 4/4 GR PIT Daniel Girardi - assist, two takeaways, two hits Florida 3, at Minneapolis 2 FLO Daymond Langkow - goal, two assists FLO Jochen Hecht - three assists FLO Ray Emery - thirty saves, 5/6 GR Hampton Roads 4, at Minneapolis 2 HRH Cristobal Huet - twenty-eight saves, 6/7 GR HRH Bryan Smolinski - power-play goal, assist MIN Jussi Markkanen - seventeen saves, 6/7 GR Houston 1, at Minneapolis 2 MIN Jussi Markkanen - thirty-two saves, 9/9 GR MIN Francois Beauchemin - GW power-play goal, takeaway, hit HOU Nicklas Lidstrom - assist, four takeaways Manayunk 4, at Montreal 1 MAN Dominik Hasek - twenty-seven saves, 2/3 GR MAN Dainius Zubrus - goal, assist MAN Marco Sturm - goal, two hits Quebec City 2, at Montreal 3 MON Fredrik Norrena - thirty-six saves, 10/12 GR MON Alexander Semin - two goals, assist QCP Robert Lang - goal, assist, takeaway St. Michael's 0, at Montreal 5 MON Maxim Lapierre - two goals, takeaway, hit MON Travis Zajac - power-play goal, assist, takeaway MON Fredrik Norrena - twenty-seven saves, shutout, 2/2 GR Pittsburgh 5, at Montreal 4 (SO) PIT Saku Koivu - three goals, assist, two takeaways MON Keith Ballard - two assists, takeaway, two hits PIT Darcy Tucker - goal, assist, shootout goal, takeaway Vancouver 1, at Nevada 5 NEV Jean-Sebastien Giguere - thirty-eight saves, 7/7 GR NEV Bill Guerin - three goals NEV Sergei Gonchar - three assists Buffalo 1, at Nevada 4 NEV Bill Guerin - two goals, takeaway NEV Sergei Fedorov - two assists, takeaway NEV Martin Gerber - thirty saves, 4/5 GR Fort Garry 3, at Nevada 2 FGF Chris Higgins - goal, assist, takeaway, hit NEV Jean-Sebastien Giguere - thirty-nine saves, 8/11 GR FGF David Tanabe - two assists, takeaway Seattle Rainiers 6, at Nevada 2 SEA Dany Heatley - two goals, assist, takeaway SEA Andrew Brunette - four assists SEA Chris Drury - three assists, hit Nevada 6, at North Calgary 4 NEV Sergei Gonchar - two assists, two takeaways, two hits NCH Rod Brind'amour - shorthanded goal, assist, two takeaways, hit NEV Pavel Datsyuk - shorthanded goal, assist Seattle Sasquatch 5, at North Calgary 4 (SO) SES Dan Boyle - goal, assist, four takeaways, two hits NCH Robyn Regehrr - assist, five takeaways SES Milan Hejduk - goal, four takeaways, hit Long Island 3, at North Calgary 1 LIB Marian Gaborik - two goals, takeaway, hit NCH Miikka Kiprusoff - thirty-five saves, 6/6 GR LIB Evgeni Nabokov - twenty-three saves, 4/5 GR Vancouver 3, at North Calgary 4 NCH Rod Brind'amour - shorthanded goal, assist, two takeaways NCH Henrik Sedin - two goals, takeaway VAW Sidney Crosby - power-play goal, assist Topeka 2, at Pittsburgh 3 (SO) PIT Keith Tkachuk - two goals PIT Martin Brodeur - twenty-eight saves, 3/4 GR, 2-of-3 in shootout PIT Jarome Iginla - assist, three takeaways, hit Houston 3, at Pittsburgh 4 PIT Glen Metropolit - goal, two takeaways, hit PIT Randy Jones - two assists, takeaway HOU Simon Gagne - goal, hit Hampton Roads 3, at Pittsburgh 2 (SO) HRH Nathan Horton - goal, two takeaways, hit, shootout goal PIT Paul Stastny - two power-play goals HRH Cristobal Huet - thirty-three saves, 6/7 GR, 2-of-2 in shootout Montreal 1, at Pittsburgh 3 PIT Martin Brodeur - thirty-four saves, 10/11 GR PIT Darcy Tucker - goal, assist PIT Saku Koivu - two assists Stone Harbor 2, at Quebec City 4 QCP Daniel Briere - two goals, takeaway QCP Dustin Penner - two goals QCP Sean Burke - thirty-one saves, 4/4 GR Florida 4, at Quebec City 8 QCP Martin Havlat - two goals, assist QCP Olli Jokinen - goal, three assists QCP Drew Stafford - two goals Montreal 1, at Quebec City 2 (SO) MON Fredrik Norrena - twenty-nine saves, 8/9 GR, 1-of-3 in shootout QCP Peter Budaj - thirty-two saves, 2/3 GR, 2-of-3 in shootout MON Pascal Dupuis - goal, takeaway, four hits Topeka 3, at Quebec City 1 TPK Zach Parise - game-winning goal, assist TPK Manny Fernandez - thirty-one saves, 3/3 GR TPK Corey Perry - assist, two takeaways, hit Stone Harbor 3, at St. Michael's 2 SHS Brad Larsen - two assists SHS Henrik Lundqvist - twenty-nine saves, 3/3 GR SHS Matt Carle - assist, four hits Hampton Roads 1, at St. Michael's 6 STM Jean-Pierre Dumont - PP goal, four assists, two takeaways, hit STM Brad Richards - two goals, assist, two takeaways STM Martin Biron - twenty saves, 4/5 GR Florida 5, at St. Michael's 0 FLO Ray Emery - thirty-four saves, shutout, 8/8 GR FLO Lubomir Visnovsky - four assists FLO Daymond Langkow - power-play goal, assist, takeaway Quebec City 1, at St. Michael's 3 STM Doug Weight - goal, two assists, hit STM Martin Biron - thirty-five saves, 2/3 GR STM Jaroslav Modry - assist, three takeaways North Calgary 2, at Seattle Rainiers 5 SEA Dwayne Roloson - thirty-nine saves, 8/9 GR SEA Mike Fisher - two goals, assist, takeaway SES Chris Drury - three assists, takeaway, hit Corner Creek 1, at Seattle Rainiers 4 SEA Bryan Allen - two assists, three hits SEA Alex Tanguay - goal, assist SEA Vesa Toskala - twenty-five saves, 3/4 GR Nevada 4, at Seattle Rainiers 5 (OT) SEA Dwayne Roloson - thirty-four saves, 8/10 GR NEV Pavol Demitra - two goals, assist, takeaway SEA Brian Rafalski - three assists, takeaway Seattle Sasquatch 2, at Seattle Rainiers 7 SEA Dany Heatley - three goals SEA Vesa Toskala - twenty-five saves, 7/8 GR SEA Bryan Allen - assist, four hits Nevada 1, at Seattle Sasquatch 6 SES Alexei Ponikarovsky - goal, two assists, takeaway SES Milan Hejduk - goal, two assists SES Marc-Andre Fleury - twenty-four saves, 5/6 GR Vancouver 4, at Seattle Sasquatch 3 VAW Michael Cammalleri - four goals, takeaway SES Ruslan Salei - assist, two takeaways, two hits VAW Kari Lehtonen - thirty-two saves, 6/8 GR Fort Garry 1, at Seattle Sasquatch 6 SES Milan Hejduk - two goals SES Ruslan Salei - three assists, takeaway, hit SES Marc-Andre Fleury - thirty-two saves, 3/3 GR Lyndonville 5, at Seattle Sasquatch 3 LYN Jason Pominville - two goals, takeaway LYN Jamie Langenbrunner - power-play goal, assist SES Brett Clark - goal, two takeaways Manayunk 0, at Stone Harbor 1 SHS Henrik Lundqvist - twenty-eight saves, shutout, 5/5 GR SHS Thomas Vanek - goal MAN Dany Sabourin - twenty saves, 4/5 GR Capital City 4, at Stone Harbor 5 SHS Henrik Lundqvist - thirty-one saves, 7/8 GR CCC Daniel Alfredsson - two goals, assist, two takeaways SHS Nick Schultz - goal, takeaway, four hits Montreal 2, at Stone Harbor 3 (SO) SHS Thomas Vanek - two goals, two hits SHS Henrik Lundqvist - twenty-nine saves, 5/6 GR, 4-of-5 in shootout MON Fredrik Norrena - thirty saves, 4/5 GR, 3-of-5 in shootout Florida 3, at Stone Harbor 4 (SO) SHS Thomas Vanek - two power-play goals, two takeaway, shootout goal FLO Chris Clark - power-play goal, assist, hit SHS Milan Michalek - assist, four takeaways Capital City 3, at Topeka 2 (SO) CCC Mathieu Schneider - two goals, hit CCC Marty Turco - thirty-two saves, 7/8 GR, 2-of-3 in shootout TPK Zach Parise - two power-play goals Minneapolis 2, at Topeka 3 (SO) TPK Manny Fernandez - thirty-nine saves, 6/7 GR, 2-of-3 in shootout MIN Oleg Saprykin - power-play goal, assist MIN Brian Boucher - nineteen saves, 1/1 GR, 1-of-3 in shootout Pittsburgh 7, at Topeka 3 PIT Scott Niedermayer - goal, four assists, takeaway PIT Saku Koivu - goal, two assists, 10-of-13 faceoffs TPK Zach Parise - two goals Quebec City 0, at Topeka 2 TPK Ed Belfour - thirty-three saves, shutout, 6/6 GR TPK Zach Parise - assist, takeaway, two hits TPK Alexander Radulov - game-winning power-play goal Brooklyn 4, at Vancouver 2 BRK Alexander Ovechkin - two goals BRK Jarret Stoll - three assists, 8-for-8 faceoffs BRK Olaf Kolzig - twenty-eight saves, 3/4 GR Seattle Rainiers 3, at Vancouver 4 (OT) VAW Henrik Zetterberg - two goals including OT goal VAW Jay Bouwmeester - goal, two assists VAW Kari Lehtonen - thirty-eight saves, 6/8 GR Fort Garry 5, at Vancouver 1 FGF Ryan Smyth - two goals, assist FGF Marian Hossa - four assists FGF Joe Thornton - three assists North Calgary 7, at Vancouver 3 NCH Jaromir Jagr - three goals NCH Teemu Selanne - game-winning power-play goal, assist VAW Mike Cammalleri - two goals ********************************************************************* PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Daymond Langkow of the Florida Hellcats was nothing short of incredible this biweek, guiding his Cats to a 6-1-1 mark over the first eight games. Appearing in all eight, Langkow scored eight times and totalled fifteen points, meaning that he was in on 56% of Florida's tallies. Langkow's best performance was a three-goal, eight-shot outing against the Massasauga on the 19th, his third game in three nights. The native Edmontonian is now tied for the league lead in goals (with Bill Guerin and Thomas Vanek) and points (with Daniel Alfredsson). Congratulations! Honourable mentions to the deserving Marian Hossa, Jarret Stoll, Martin St. Louis and Daniel Alfredsson. DAYMOND LANGKOW +/- SOG G A PIM PP SH FO-W AC IT TA HIT SP AS 10/17 at SHS 1 3 1 1 2 0 0 10-5 42 23:41 0 0 0 1 10/18 vs MAN 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 10-4 37 20:14 0 0 0 2 10/19 vs MIN 2 8 3 0 0 1 0 10-6 40 21:24 1 2 2 1 10/20 vs MON 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 5-4 30 16:07 1 0 1 2 10/23 vs STM 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8-5 32 17:14 1 1 0 1 10/25 at MIN 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 10-6 36 20:17 1 0 1 1 10/27 at QCP 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 10-5 30 15:07 0 0 0 1 10/29 at STM 1 4 1 1 0 1 0 9-2 34 18:01 1 0 2 2 ********************************************************************* GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK: The convention is to only give out one Player/Goaltender of the Week award. Well, I'm overriding that with another convention - if you somehow manage to get four shutouts in a single biweek, then you deserve an award. This week, both Olaf Kolzig (Brooklyn) and Ray Emery (Florida) managed the phenomenal feat. Overall, Kolzig went a perfect 7-0 with a 1.00 goals-against average and 96.4% save percentage, while Emery went 5-1 with a 1.41 goals-against average and 95.4% save percentage. Kolzig stopped 36 of 41 Goalie Ratings while Emery blocked away 33 of 38. And each had three consecutive shutouts! Emery's shutout streak ended at 233:40, while Kolzig's ended at 194:36. Congratulations to both! Honourable mention to Fredrik Norrena, Roberto Luongo and Marty Turco. OLAF KOLZIG MIN SHOTS GA ENG GR GRS AC 10/18 at LYN 60 31 2 0 7 5 105 Win, 3-2 10/20 at LIB 60 28 0 0 6 6 105 Win, 6-0 10/21 vs VAW 60 30 3 0 7 5 105 Win, 4-3 10/23 vs LIB 60 29 0 0 6 6 105 Win, 2-0 10/24 vs ESA 60 16 0 0 4 4 105 Win, 3-0 10/26 vs CGC 60 30 0 0 7 7 105 Win, 2-0 10/29 at VAW 60 30 2 0 4 3 105 Win, 4-2 RAY EMERY MIN SHOTS GA ENG GR GRS AC 10/17 at SHS 65 39 3 0 9 7 113 Loss, 3-4 (SO) 10/18 vs MAN 60 31 0 0 4 4 105 Win, 2-0 10/20 vs MON 60 25 0 0 3 3 105 Win, 3-0 10/23 vs STM 60 22 0 0 5 5 105 Win, 3-0 10/25 at MIN 60 32 2 0 6 5 105 Win, 3-2 10/27 at QCP 19 12 4 0 3 1 33 ND (Loss, 4-8) 10/29 at STM 60 34 0 0 8 8 105 Win, 5-0 ********************************************************************* NSHL 2007-08 WEEK THREE/FOUR 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 FOURTEENTH (21/21): 10/31/2007 SHS at BRK LeClair, Morrisonn, Stoll 11/01/2007 FLO at BRK LeClair, Morrisonn, Stoll 11/03/2007 MON at BRK LeClair, Ranger, Stoll 11/04/2007 BRK at NCH LeClair, Ranger, Stoll 11/05/2007 BRK at MON LeClair, Ranger, Stoll 11/06/2007 BRK at MAN LeClair, Stoll 11/10/2007 BRK at FLO LeClair, Stoll 11/12/2007 CCC at BRK LeClair, Stoll BUFFALO BULLDOGS (6/6): 10/31/2007 QCP at BUF Perreault 11/01/2007 SHS at BUF Perreault 11/03/2007 FLO at BUF Ribeiro 11/05/2007 BUF at SEA 11/06/2007 BUF at FLO 11/08/2007 BUF at SHS Perreault 11/10/2007 BUF at MON Perreault 11/12/2007 TPK at BUF Perreault CAPITAL CITY COUGARS (1/1): 11/01/2007 CCC at VAW 11/02/2007 CCC at NEV Rucinsky 11/03/2007 CCC at SES 11/05/2007 MAN at CCC 11/06/2007 NCH at CCC 11/08/2007 NEV at CCC 11/10/2007 SES at CCC 11/12/2007 CCC at BRK CORNER CREEK GREEN CALVES (9/9): 10/31/2007 MON at CGC Foote 11/01/2007 MAN at CGC Foote 11/03/2007 STM at CGC Draper, Foote 11/04/2007 CGC at STM Foote 11/05/2007 CGC at NEV Foote 11/06/2007 CGC at QCP Foote 11/07/2007 CGC at MAN Foote 11/12/2007 PIT at CGC Foote EMPIRE STATE AMERICANS (22/22): 10/31/2007 FLO at ESA Axelsson, Cole, Salvador 11/02/2007 MON at ESA Axelsson, Cole, Salvador 11/03/2007 MAN at ESA Axelsson, Salvador 11/05/2007 ESA at SES D. Armstrong, Axelsson, Holmstrom, Salvador 11/06/2007 ESA at MON D. Armstrong, Axelsson, Salvador 11/07/2007 ESA at STM D. Armstrong, Axelsson 11/09/2007 ESA at MAN D. Armstrong, Axelsson 11/12/2007 MIN at ESA D. Armstrong, Axelsson, Cole FLORIDA HELLCATS (1/1): 10/31/2007 FLO at ESA 11/01/2007 FLO at BRK 11/03/2007 FLO at BUF 11/05/2007 FLO at HRH 11/06/2007 BUF at FLO Langkow 11/08/2007 LYN at FLO 11/10/2007 BRK at FLO 11/11/2007 FGF at FLO FORT GARRY FIDDLER CRABS (5/5): 10/31/2007 MIN at FGF 11/02/2007 PIT at FGF 11/03/2007 HOU at FGF Kubina 11/05/2007 LYN at FGF Kubina, Luongo 11/06/2007 FGF at HRH Kubina 11/08/2007 FGF at PIT Kubina 11/09/2007 FGF at HOU 11/11/2007 FGF at FLO HAMPTON ROADS HOUNDS (3/3): 10/31/2007 HRH at SES 11/02/2007 HRH at NCH 11/03/2007 HRH at SEA Havelid, Hamhuis 11/05/2007 FLO at HRH Havelid 11/06/2007 FGF at HRH 11/08/2007 NCH at HRH 11/10/2007 SEA at HRH 11/12/2007 HRH at LYN HOUSTON AEROS (13/13): 10/31/2007 HOU at NCH Forsberg, Sundin 11/01/2007 HOU at SEA Forsberg 11/03/2007 HOU at FGF Elias, Forsberg 11/05/2007 SHS at HOU Elias, Forsberg 11/06/2007 VAW at HOU Elias, Forsberg 11/07/2007 SEA at HOU Forsberg 11/09/2007 FGF at HOU Forsberg 11/12/2007 HOU at LIB Forsberg, Sundin LONG ISLAND BERSERKERS (9/9): 10/31/2007 MAN at LIB Gaborik 11/01/2007 STM at LIB Gaborik, Hunter 11/03/2007 QCP at LIB Gaborik 11/04/2007 LIB at VAW Gaborik 11/06/2007 LIB at STM Gaborik 11/08/2007 LIB at QCP Gaborik 11/11/2007 LIB at SHS Gaborik 11/12/2007 HOU at LIB Gaborik LYNDONVILLE BLADES (7/7): 10/31/2007 STM at LYN Hartnell 11/01/2007 QCP at LYN Hartnell 11/03/2007 SHS at LYN Hartnell 11/05/2007 LYN at FGF 11/06/2007 LYN at SHS Hartnell 11/08/2007 LYN at FLO Hartnell 11/10/2007 LYN at QCP Hartnell 11/12/2007 HRH at LYN Hartnell MANAYUNK BULLIES (6/6): 10/31/2007 MAN at LIB Knuble 11/01/2007 MAN at CGC 11/03/2007 MAN at ESA 11/05/2007 MAN at CCC 11/06/2007 BRK at MAN Knuble, Rozsival 11/07/2007 CGC at MAN Knuble 11/09/2007 ESA at MAN Knuble 11/12/2007 NCH at MAN Knuble MINNEAPOLIS MASSASAUGA (14/14): 10/31/2007 MIN at FGF Kessel, Sh. Thornton 11/02/2007 MIN at VAW Daley, Kessel, Sh. Thornton 11/03/2007 MIN at NEV Daley, Sh. Thornton 11/06/2007 SES at MIN Daley, Sh. Thornton 11/08/2007 VAW at MIN Sh. Thornton 11/09/2007 STM at MIN Sh. Thornton 11/10/2007 NEV at MIN Sh. Thornton 11/12/2007 MIN at ESA Kessel, Sh. Thornton MONTREAL WANDERERS (8/8): 10/31/2007 MON at CGC Reinprecht 11/02/2007 MON at ESA Reinprecht 11/03/2007 MON at BRK Reinprecht 11/05/2007 BRK at MON Reinprecht 11/06/2007 ESA at MON Reinprecht 11/07/2007 MON at TPK Reinprecht 11/09/2007 SEA at MON Reinprecht 11/10/2007 BUF at MON Reinprecht NEVADA THUNDER (8/8): 10/31/2007 TPK at NEV Vishnevski 11/02/2007 CCC at NEV Vishnevski 11/03/2007 MIN at NEV Vishnevski 11/05/2007 CGC at NEV Vishnevski 11/06/2007 NEV at PIT Vishnevski 11/08/2007 NEV at CCC Vishnevski 11/10/2007 NEV at MIN Vishnevski 11/11/2007 NEV at QCP Vishnevski NORTH CALGARY HAWKS (17/17): 10/31/2007 HOU at NCH Marchant, Zubov 11/02/2007 HRH at NCH Marchant, Zubov 11/03/2007 TPK at NCH Marchant 11/04/2007 BRK at NCH Marchant 11/06/2007 NCH at CCC Marchant, Orpik 11/08/2007 NCH at HRH Marchant, Orpik, Zhitnik 11/10/2007 NCH at TPK Marchant, Orpik, Zubov 11/12/2007 NCH at MAN Marchant, Orpik, Zubov PITTSBURGH SOUND CHASERS (9/9): 10/31/2007 PIT at SEA Eaves 11/02/2007 PIT at FGF Eaves 11/03/2007 PIT at VAW Eaves 11/04/2007 QCP at PIT Drake, Eaves 11/06/2007 NEV at PIT Drake 11/08/2007 FGF at PIT Drake 11/10/2007 VAW at PIT Drake 11/12/2007 PIT at CGC Eaves QUEBEC CITY PATRIOTES (2/2): 10/31/2007 QCP at BUF 11/01/2007 QCP at LYN Havlat 11/03/2007 QCP at LIB Havlat 11/04/2007 QCP at PIT 11/06/2007 CGC at QCP 11/08/2007 LIB at QCP 11/10/2007 LYN at QCP 11/11/2007 NEV at QCP ST. MICHAEL'S PRIVATEERS (0/0): 10/31/2007 STM at LYN 11/01/2007 STM at LIB 11/03/2007 STM at CGC 11/04/2007 CGC at STM 11/06/2007 LIB at STM 11/07/2007 ESA at STM 11/09/2007 STM at MIN 11/12/2007 SES at STM SEATTLE RAINIERS (11/11): 10/31/2007 PIT at SEA Kaberle, Toskala 11/01/2007 HOU at SEA Kaberle, Toskala 11/03/2007 HRH at SEA Kaberle 11/05/2007 BUF at SEA Kaberle 11/06/2007 SEA at TPK Kaberle 11/07/2007 SEA at HOU Kaberle 11/09/2007 SEA at MON Kaberle 11/10/2007 SEA at HRH Kaberle, Toskala SEATTLE SASQUATCH (5/5): 10/31/2007 HRH at SES 11/02/2007 TPK at SES 11/03/2007 CCC at SES 11/05/2007 ESA at SES 11/06/2007 SES at MIN D. Markov 11/08/2007 SES at TPK D. Markov 11/10/2007 SES at CCC Fleury, D. Markov 11/12/2007 SES at STM Calder STONE HARBOR SOUND (5/5): 10/31/2007 SHS at BRK Comrie 11/01/2007 SHS at BUF 11/03/2007 SHS at LYN 11/05/2007 SHS at HOU 11/06/2007 LYN at SHS 11/08/2007 BUF at SHS 11/11/2007 LIB at SHS Comrie, Stuart 11/12/2007 VAW at SHS Comrie, Stuart TOPEKA TARANTULAS (1/1): 10/31/2007 TPK at NEV 11/02/2007 TPK at SES Lombardi 11/03/2007 TPK at NCH 11/06/2007 SEA at TPK 11/07/2007 MON at TPK 11/08/2007 SES at TPK 11/10/2007 NCH at TPK 11/12/2007 TPK at BUF VANCOUVER WHITECAPS (11/11): 11/01/2007 CCC at VAW Sopel, Tyutin 11/02/2007 MIN at VAW Tyutin 11/03/2007 PIT at VAW Brown, Tyutin 11/04/2007 LIB at VAW Tyutin 11/06/2007 VAW at HOU Tyutin 11/08/2007 VAW at MIN Sopel 11/10/2007 VAW at PIT Sopel 11/12/2007 VAW at SHS Sopel, Tyutin ********************************************************************* 2007-08 REGULAR SEASON LEAGUE STANDINGS: NORTHEAST DIVISION GP W L OL SL Pts Pct GF GA Home Road Brooklyn Fourteenth 8 8 0 0 0 16 1.000 27 8 4- 0- 0- 0 4- 0- 0- 0 Buffalo Bulldogs 8 6 2 0 0 12 0.750 31 27 3- 1- 0- 0 3- 1- 0- 0 Long Island Berserkers 8 4 4 0 0 8 0.500 21 26 2- 2- 0- 0 2- 2- 0- 0 Empire State Americans 8 3 4 1 0 7 0.438 23 29 2- 2- 0- 0 1- 2- 1- 0 Lyndonville Blades 8 2 4 1 1 6 0.375 23 28 0- 3- 1- 0 2- 1- 0- 1 Corner Creek Green Calv 8 1 5 0 2 4 0.250 17 31 1- 2- 0- 1 0- 3- 0- 1 ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L OL SL Pts Pct GF GA Home Road Florida Hellcats 8 6 1 0 1 13 0.812 27 14 4- 0- 0- 0 2- 1- 0- 1 Stone Harbor Sound 8 6 2 0 0 12 0.750 24 23 4- 0- 0- 0 2- 2- 0- 0 Quebec City Patriotes 8 4 4 0 0 8 0.500 21 20 3- 1- 0- 0 1- 3- 0- 0 St. Michael's Privateer 8 4 4 0 0 8 0.500 18 22 2- 2- 0- 0 2- 2- 0- 0 Montreal Wanderers 8 2 3 0 3 7 0.438 17 22 2- 1- 0- 1 0- 2- 0- 2 Manayunk Bullies 8 3 5 0 0 6 0.375 19 19 1- 3- 0- 0 2- 2- 0- 0 NORTHWEST DIVISION GP W L OL SL Pts Pct GF GA Home Road Fort Garry Fiddler Crab 8 7 1 0 0 14 0.875 27 17 4- 0- 0- 0 3- 1- 0- 0 Seattle Rainiers 8 6 1 1 0 13 0.812 37 20 4- 0- 0- 0 2- 1- 1- 0 Seattle Sasquatch 8 4 4 0 0 8 0.500 31 28 2- 2- 0- 0 2- 2- 0- 0 Nevada Thunder 8 3 4 1 0 7 0.438 30 34 2- 2- 0- 0 1- 2- 1- 0 North Calgary Hawks 8 2 5 0 1 5 0.312 28 33 1- 2- 0- 1 1- 3- 0- 0 Vancouver Whitecaps 8 2 6 0 0 4 0.250 21 35 1- 3- 0- 0 1- 3- 0- 0 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OL SL Pts Pct GF GA Home Road Pittsburgh Sound Chaser 8 6 1 0 1 13 0.812 29 18 3- 0- 0- 1 3- 1- 0- 0 Hampton Roads Hounds 8 5 2 0 1 11 0.688 20 19 2- 1- 0- 1 3- 1- 0- 0 Capital City Cougars 8 5 3 0 0 10 0.625 30 25 4- 0- 0- 0 1- 3- 0- 0 Topeka Tarantulas 8 4 2 0 2 10 0.625 17 23 2- 1- 0- 1 2- 1- 0- 1 Houston Aeros 8 2 6 0 0 4 0.250 22 24 2- 2- 0- 0 0- 4- 0- 0 Minneapolis Massasauga 8 1 6 0 1 3 0.188 12 27 1- 3- 0- 0 0- 3- 0- 1 ********************************************************************* 2007-08 EXPANDED LEAGUE STATISTICS: EXPANDED STATISTICS Total Home Road NORTHEAST DIVISION REG OVT SHO REG OVT SHO REG OVT SHO Brooklyn Fourteenth 8- 0 0- 0 0- 0| 4- 0 0- 0 0- 0| 4- 0 0- 0 0- 0 Buffalo Bulldogs 3- 2 1- 0 2- 0| 2- 1 0- 0 1- 0| 1- 1 1- 0 1- 0 Long Island Berserkers 3- 4 0- 0 1- 0| 1- 2 0- 0 1- 0| 2- 2 0- 0 0- 0 Empire State Americans 3- 4 0- 1 0- 0| 2- 2 0- 0 0- 0| 1- 2 0- 1 0- 0 Lyndonville Blades 2- 4 0- 1 0- 1| 0- 3 0- 1 0- 0| 2- 1 0- 0 0- 1 Corner Creek Green Calve 1- 5 0- 0 0- 2| 1- 2 0- 0 0- 1| 0- 3 0- 0 0- 1 ATLANTIC DIVISION REG OVT SHO REG OVT SHO REG OVT SHO Florida Hellcats 6- 1 0- 0 0- 1| 4- 0 0- 0 0- 0| 2- 1 0- 0 0- 1 Stone Harbor Sound 4- 2 0- 0 2- 0| 2- 0 0- 0 2- 0| 2- 2 0- 0 0- 0 Quebec City Patriotes 3- 4 0- 0 1- 0| 2- 1 0- 0 1- 0| 1- 3 0- 0 0- 0 St. Michael's Privateers 3- 4 0- 0 1- 0| 2- 2 0- 0 0- 0| 1- 2 0- 0 1- 0 Montreal Wanderers 2- 3 0- 0 0- 3| 2- 1 0- 0 0- 1| 0- 2 0- 0 0- 2 Manayunk Bullies 3- 5 0- 0 0- 0| 1- 3 0- 0 0- 0| 2- 2 0- 0 0- 0 NORTHWEST DIVISION REG OVT SHO REG OVT SHO REG OVT SHO Fort Garry Fiddler Crabs 6- 1 1- 0 0- 0| 3- 0 1- 0 0- 0| 3- 1 0- 0 0- 0 Seattle Rainiers 5- 1 1- 1 0- 0| 3- 0 1- 0 0- 0| 2- 1 0- 1 0- 0 Seattle Sasquatch 3- 4 0- 0 1- 0| 2- 2 0- 0 0- 0| 1- 2 0- 0 1- 0 Nevada Thunder 3- 4 0- 1 0- 0| 2- 2 0- 0 0- 0| 1- 2 0- 1 0- 0 North Calgary Hawks 2- 5 0- 0 0- 1| 1- 2 0- 0 0- 1| 1- 3 0- 0 0- 0 Vancouver Whitecaps 1- 6 1- 0 0- 0| 0- 3 1- 0 0- 0| 1- 3 0- 0 0- 0 CENTRAL DIVISION REG OVT SHO REG OVT SHO REG OVT SHO Pittsburgh Sound Chasers 4- 1 0- 0 2- 1| 2- 0 0- 0 1- 1| 2- 1 0- 0 1- 0 Hampton Roads Hounds 4- 2 0- 0 1- 1| 2- 1 0- 0 0- 1| 2- 1 0- 0 1- 0 Capital City Cougars 4- 3 0- 0 1- 0| 4- 0 0- 0 0- 0| 0- 3 0- 0 1- 0 Topeka Tarantulas 3- 2 0- 0 1- 2| 1- 1 0- 0 1- 1| 2- 1 0- 0 0- 1 Houston Aeros 2- 6 0- 0 0- 0| 2- 2 0- 0 0- 0| 0- 4 0- 0 0- 0 Minneapolis Massasauga 1- 6 0- 0 0- 1| 1- 3 0- 0 0- 0| 0- 3 0- 0 0- 1 ********************************************************************* 2008 FARLEY CUP PLAYOFF WATCH: PTS: points currently achived in 2007-08 regular season GL: games left in 2007-08 regular season. MN: number of points necessary to clinch a playoff berth. TN: number of points necessary to be eliminated from the playoffs. EASTERN CONFERENCE RNK TEAM PTS GL MN TN 1. Brooklyn Fourteenth 16 74 140 --- 2. Florida Hellcats 13 74 143 --- 3. Buffalo Bulldogs 12 74 144 --- 4. Stone Harbor Sound 12 74 144 --- 5. Long Island Berserkers 8 74 148 --- 6. Quebec City Patriotes 8 74 148 --- 7. St. Michael's Privateers 8 74 148 --- 8. Empire State Americans 7 74 149 --- 9. Montreal Wanderers 7 74 --- 149 10. Manayunk Bullies 6 74 --- 148 11. Lyndonville Blades 6 74 --- 148 12. Corner Creek Green Calves 4 74 --- 146 WESTERN CONFERENCE RNK TEAM PTS GL MN TN 1. Fort Garry Fiddler Crabs 14 74 140 --- 2. Pittsburgh Sound Chasers 13 74 141 --- 3. Seattle Rainiers 13 74 141 --- 4. Hampton Roads Hounds 11 74 143 --- 5. Capital City Cougars 10 74 144 --- 6. Topeka Tarantulas 10 74 144 --- 7. Seattle Sasquatch 8 74 146 --- 8. Nevada Thunder 7 74 147 --- 9. North Calgary Hawks 5 74 --- 147 10. Vancouver Whitecaps 4 74 --- 146 11. Houston Aeros 4 74 --- 146 12. Minneapolis Massasauga 3 74 --- 145 ********************************************************************* NSHL CALENDAR October 31 - NSHL Week 3/4 begins November 12 - all Week 3/4 results must be sent in. ********************************************************************* 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. HOU -1 IP, newsletter article NCH -1 IP, newsletter article CUMULATIVE INCENTIVE POINTS: BRK -1 IP CCC exempt ESA -1 IP FLO -1 IP HOU -2 IP NCH -1 IP SHS -1 IP ********************************************************************* 2007-08 NSHL NORRIS POWER INDEX 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 0.333 goals). NPI: projected "power" of the given team VAR: variation in a team's NPI. SOS: strength of schedule (average NPI of opponents to date) NORRIS POWER INDEX NPI VAR SOS 1. Brooklyn Fourteenth 2.175 2.966 -0.825 2. Seattle Rainiers 1.811 4.442 -0.460 3. Florida Hellcats 1.562 7.633 -0.480 4. Fort Garry Fiddler Crabs 1.377 8.151 -0.081 5. Pittsburgh Sound Chasers 1.029 4.300 -0.492 6. Stone Harbor Sound 0.689 2.157 0.251 7. Capital City Cougars 0.561 2.490 -0.189 8. Seattle Sasquatch 0.423 13.062 0.068 9. Buffalo Bulldogs 0.286 4.127 -0.443 10. Quebec City Patriotes 0.089 4.252 0.027 11. Nevada Thunder -0.050 9.937 0.492 12. Manayunk Bullies -0.131 4.984 0.161 13. St. Michael's Privateers -0.170 12.698 0.371 14. Hampton Roads Hounds -0.236 6.347 -0.465 15. Montreal Wanderers -0.331 6.109 0.523 16. Topeka Tarantulas -0.537 8.437 0.005 17. Empire State Americans -0.596 9.294 0.112 18. Houston Aeros -0.619 8.341 -0.099 19. Long Island Berserkers -0.752 11.252 -0.065 20. Lyndonville Blades -0.954 3.062 -0.037 21. North Calgary Hawks -0.973 5.252 -0.015 22. Vancouver Whitecaps -1.088 5.008 0.745 23. Corner Creek Green Calves -1.658 3.579 0.508 24. Minneapolis Massasauga -1.906 2.823 0.386 ********************************************************************* COMPLETE WEEK THREE/FOUR INJURY REPORT: BRK - John LeClair out 45 games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Shaone Morrisonn out 2 games 1 2 - Paul Ranger out 3 games 3 4 5 - Jarret Stoll out 9 games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 BUF - Yanic Perreault out 5 games 1 2 6 7 8 - Mike Ribeiro out 1 game 3 CCC - Martin Rucinsky out 1 game 2 CGC - Kris Draper out 1 game 3 - Adam Foote out 9 games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ESA - Derek Armstrong out 5 games 4 5 6 7 8 - Per-Johan Axelsson out 12 games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Erik Cole out 3 games 1 2 8 - Tomas Holmstrom out 1 game 4 - Bryce Salvador out 5 games 1 2 3 4 5 FLO - Daymond Langkow out 1 game 5 FGF - Pavel Kubina out 4 games 3 4 5 6 - Roberto Luongo out 1 game 4 HRH - Niclas Havelid out 2 games 3 4 - Dan Hamhuis out 1 game 3 HOU - Patrik Elias out 3 games 3 4 5 - Peter Forsberg out 12 games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Mats Sundin out 2 games 1 8 LIB - Marian Gaborik out 15 games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Trent Hunter out 1 game 2 LYN - Scott Hartnell out 7 games 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 MAN - Mike Knuble out 5 games 1 5 6 7 8 - Michal Rozsival out 1 game 5 MIN - Trevor Daley out 3 games 2 3 4 - Phil Kessel out 3 games 1 2 8 - Shawn Thornton out 21 games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 MON - Steven Reinprecht out 8 games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NEV - Vitaly Vishnevski out 12 games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NCH - Todd Marchant out 8 games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Brooks Orpik out 4 games 5 6 7 8 - Alexei Zhitnik out 1 game 6 - Sergei Zubov out 4 games 1 2 7 8 PIT - Dallas Drake out 4 games 4 5 6 7 - Patrick Eaves out 5 games 1 2 3 4 8 QCP - Martin Havlat out 2 games 2 3 SEA - Frantisek Kaberle out 35 games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Vesa Toskala out 3 games 1 2 8 SES - Kyle Calder out 1 game 8 - Marc-Andre Fleury out 1 game 7 - Danny Markov out 3 games 5 6 7 SHS - Mike Comrie out 3 games 1 7 8 - Brad Stuart out 2 games 7 8 TPK - Matthew Lombardi out 1 game 2 VAW - Dustin Brown out 1 game 3 - Brent Sopel out 4 games 1 6 7 8 - Fedor Tyutin out 6 games 1 2 3 4 5 8 ********************************************************************* ASSOCIATE LIST: SINCE GPD Chris Beddick June 11, 2007 4 Dean Engemoen June 16, 2007 3 Steve Kramer December 13, 2004 0 Greg Ralls December 14, 2004 0 Andrew Smith November 19, 2005 0 J.J. Schrems May 1, 2006 0 Francois Lessard December 10, 2006 0 Scott Bruner June 18, 2007 0 Dale Ripley September 11, 2007 0 If you're still an active associate, and aren't on this list, please get in contact with me. Thanks! Doug ********************************************************************* TRANSACTIONS: Mentioned especially since there's a lot of them this biweek - all free agents *must* play in at least six of your team's games the following biweek. Violation of this results in the player being released immediately. BRK - SIGN Brad Isbister, Steve Montador, Jussi Timonen. - RELEASE Grant Marshall. MIN - SIGN Josef Melichar, Jean-Pierre Vigier, Stanislav Chistov, Josh Green. NCH - TRADE Eric Lindros to TPK for Jason Cullimore and Thomas Pock. TPK - TRADE Jason Cullimore and Thomas Pock to NCH for Eric Lindros. - SIGN Jordin Tootoo, Keith Aucoin, Jarkko Immonen. - RELEASE Roman Polak, Kevin Dallman. ********************************************************************* 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 at verizon dot net) Doug Norris, Commissioner Brian Leahy, Vice-Commissioner Andy Bartalone, St. Michael's owner (vacant) *********************************************************************