The National Strat-O-Matic Hockey League Newsletter League Established May 1, 1997 Volume #11, Issue #12 - February 13, 2008 ********************************************************************* 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 ********************************************************************* BEGIN NOTES: The trade deadline is Monday, February 25 at the end of the day (midnight Eastern Standard Time). BOTH parties must have their e-mails to me by that point. While I was away in Peru, Brian astutely pointed out that you should be keeping track of the 110% rule. I'll reprise his e-mail here. 4.1. REGULAR SEASON During the NSHL regular season, players are permitted to play no more than 110% of their NHL games played. Any games played over this limit will result in the forfeit of the game by the player's team. Limits may be verified by any owner, although the honor system will be the primary method of enforcing this rule. The maximum usage rule is designed to prevent abuse of players with low playing time." If you are unsure of where the players on your roster currently stand in regards to the 110% rule, now is a good time to check and make any adjustments to ensure you don't go over. Please be aware of this, because violators will be IP'd, which leads to a variety of penalties. Enjoy an excellent newsletter this biweek, featuring the writing talents of George Torres and Lee Yelshin! But first... ********************************************************************* WELCOME TO CHRIS BEDDICK! As of February 1, Chris Beddick is the new owner of the Empire State Americans, poised for their first playoff berth in franchise history. Prior to taking over the Americans, Beddick had been doing an admirable job helping keep the Fort Garry Fiddler Crabs at the top of their division. Chris has already made his mark on the club with three transactions and promises of more to come. Please welcome Chris in the traditional NSHL fashion (usually a series of ridiculously one-sided trade offers). Chris steps in for Steve Beren, who has done great work building a young talented club since its 2002 inception. Steve is one of the most passionate individuals I've come across, which has benefitted him well in this league. As many of you know, one of Steve's other passions is politics, and it's a big year in election circles, so Steve is stepping down to pursue those interests. He will remain as an associate, and I'm sure that we will see him back soon. ********************************************************************* WEEK FIFTEEN/SIXTEEN IN REVIEW: The Buffalo Bulldogs went a perfect 8-0 over Week 15/16, led by thirty-goal scorers Martin St. Louis (37-53-90) and Ilya Kovalchuk (31-37-68). And all of that effort? Gets them a spot fifteen points behind overall league leader Brooklyn in the Northeast Division. The Fourteenth are just that - fourteen points better than any other team in the NSHL, and feature the league's first hundred-point player in sophomore Alexander Ovechkin. One reason for Buffalo's success this year? A perfect 8-0 in shootouts! Out in the Northwest, Nevada and Vancouver have started to push towards the top of the division, with the Thunder just five points back of league-leading Fort Garry. The Seattle Rainiers continue their slide down the ladder. And what do you do when you're pushing towards the top of the division? If you're the Vancouver Whitecaps, you turn over a large portion of your roster! Junu Kim added seven new faces to his roster today, two weeks before the trade deadline. Headline the new Whitecap acquisitions is netminder Niklas Backstrom, who was 14-15-0 with a 2.47 goals-against average and 91.5% save percentage. The rookie goaltender was the fifth-overall selection in last September's entry draft. While the Houston Aeros continue to increase their lead in the Central, the woeful Massasauga completed another "perfect" 0-8 biweek and are now 6-55-3 after sixty-four games. Their 11.7% winning percentage would be the lowest in the history of the NSHL. Minneapolis seems ready to add another talented player to youngsters Anze Kopitar (10-29-39) and Phil Kessel (15-5-20). Speaking of rookie netminders, how about Josh Harding? After making a three-game cameo last season and one game in November, the Montreal Wanderers took the wraps off of Harding in early February, with Harding playing six of Montreal's eight Week 15/16 games. Despite playing for a squad last in the Eastern Conference, Harding's season stats now stand at 5-2-0 with a 1.00 goals against average, 97.1% save percentage and three shutouts. Will Harding take the job from Fredrik Norrena the rest of the way? Time will tell! ********************************************************************* OOPS! HOUNDS GO 7-0-1 AFTER CONCEDING PLAYOFFS WITH TRADES by George Torres, Hampton Roads owner Here were the Hampton Roads Hounds at 28-22-6 and just fallen out of the playoff race losing the number 8 seed and worse yet, the club was aging rapidly and had no scoring bite at all. First goes John-Michael Liles to the North Calgary Hawks for its 1st round pick in this September's draft. Before that, Jason Chimera went to Vancouver for its 2nd round pick, then the crazy GM dealt Nathan Horton a young 22 year old (along with Geoff Platt, and Michael Grabovski) to St Michaels for troublesome Mark Bell, Bryan Pothier, two prospects (Troy Brouwer and Andre Sekeras) and four draft picks (BUF 1, NEV 2, MAN 3, BRK 4) which will take effect next bi-week. Surely, this signaled the end of contending status and back to the drawing board mode for the aging Hounds with Mike Rathje, Keith Carney, Glen Murray, Owen Nolan, Jozef Stumpel, Bryan Smolinski, and Ian LaPerriere approaching 35 or there with Carney at 38. Paul Kariya, and Randy Robitaille and Johan Hedberg not far behind. Then, a strange thing happened. The Hounds had its best bi-week ever going 7-0-1 losing a shootout at home to Stone Harbor, but running the table the rest of the way. Coincidence? I think not. Except for Capital City, the remaining clubs had losing records and so the Hounds were able to put together a very good streak. The Hounds are not an elite level team as they were last season. They are in the middle of the pack and with age concerns, management decided to concede the race this season and start rebuilding for another run in a few years. Losing Nathan Horton was really tough, but getting two prospects such as Brouwer (who I saw In Norfolk last season) and Sekeras plus the four picks give us hope for the future. Pothier gives us immediate help at RD this year and depth next year. Bell, oh well he was great as a Norfolk Admiral 7 years ago. The Hounds have three picks in the first round, three in the second, two in the third, and two in the fourth. Hopefully we can score some future players with these 10 picks. The last draft brought us Joe Pavelski in the first round, Michael Grabovski in the second (a bust IMO), Tom Gilbert in the third who will start at RD (I hope) next season and David Clarkson in the fourth who could be on my checking or energy line. Didn't turn out too bad. Did we pull the plug too early? Maybe, but as a rising six year vet of this great league I plan to be around to start over and be here a few years down the road we'll see how it turns out. Someone once said that the road to success is always under construction. Wish I could remember who? ********************************************************************* LOGJAM IN THE EAST by Lee Yelshin, Manayunk owner The standings for weeks 13 and 14 in the Eastern Conference revealed a very interesting situation: a three-way tie for fourth place in the standings, with the seventh place team only one point behind. St. Michaels, Florida, and Long Island each had sixty-one points, followed by Manayunk with sixty. This knot was somewhat isolated from the rest of the East, with the three tied teams eight points behind Quebec City at the top of the Atlantic, and with Manayunk leading Corner Creek by six. So weeks 15 and 16 could be make-or-break time for playoff slots, with much to be gained by teams willing to seize their destiny. The Hellcats had the greatest influence over their situation, as they had a home-and-home with both the Privateers and the Bullies. Half of Florida's games would be with its closest rivals. St. Michaels and Manayunk just had the home-and-home with Florida, while the Berserkers did not have a game scheduled with any of the other three. Well, there really wasn't a lot of seizing, but it was a very interesting two weeks. Florida made the most of what they were handed, beating St. Michaels twice and splitting the pair with Manayunk. The Hellcats racked up a 4-3-1 record for nine points, with three of the wins and an overtime loss on the road. Interestingly, the Bullies also wound up 4-3-1, and with three wins and an overtime loss on the road. It took a shootout for Manayunk to gain two points at home for its four games. Next in the standings will be the Privateers, who really haven't lost much ground with a 2-5-1 record for five points. But the long faces belong to Long Island, who picked up three points with a 1-6-1 record. But there's eighteen games left in the season, thirty-six potential points. That's probably nowhere near enough to catch Brooklyn, but there's plenty of room to contest the remaining seven playoff slots. This could be a barn-burner of a finish! ********************************************************************* RAINIERS CONTINUE TO TUMBLE DOWN THE MOUNTAIN by Doug Norris, Seattle Rainiers owner With two weeks to go before the 2008 trade deadline, the defending champion Seattle Rainiers find themselves in an unusual position. And not a particularly comfortable one. Seven points out in their division, the Rainiers are just two points above eighth seed in the Western Conference. And so the club management must decide - are they buyers or sellers? If buying, the club has definite needs. Dwayne Roloson and Vesa Toskala aren't performing up to the level shown last spring. Beyond Ed Jovanovski and Brian Rafalski, the blueline lacks from another Cup-level defenseman. And after the trade of Mike Sillinger earlier in the campaign, the Rainiers find the need for another two-way pivot. On the other hand, if the Rainiers decide to cash in their chips, who goes? Jovanovski could fetch a pretty price, as could Jaroslav Spacek. Up front, teams have expressed interest in Mark Parrish, Alex Tanguay and Andrew Brunette. So what will happen in the Emerald City this spring? Wait two weeks for a sneak peek. ********************************************************************* WEEK FIFTEEN/SIXTEEN RESULTS: Lyndonville 1, at Brooklyn 3 BRK Michael Nylander - two power-play goals, takeaway BRK Olaf Kolzig - eighteen saves, 4/5 GR BRK Sergei Gonchar - two assists, two takeaways Corner Creek 1, at Brooklyn 4 BRK Olaf Kolzig - thirty-eight saves, 4/5 GR BRK Alexander Ovechkin - goal, assist, takeaway BRK Jarret Stoll - power-play goal, assist, two takeaways Long Island 3, at Brooklyn 5 BRK Olaf Kolzig - thirty-three saves, 13/16 GR BRK Brendan Morrosn - shorthanded goal, two assists BRK Scott Walker - two goals Seattle Rainiers 3, at Brooklyn 2 (OT) SEA Vesa Toskala - thirty-four saves, 11/11 GR SEA Dany Heatley - goal, assist, two takeaways BRK Marek Malik - assist, six takeaways Corner Creek 1, at Buffalo 2 BUF Rick DiPietro - twenty-six saves, 5/6 GR CGC Nikolai Khabibulin - thirty-one saves, 6/7 GR BUF Tom Preissing - two assists, hit Empire State 1, at Buffalo 3 BUF Martin St. Louis - game-winning goal, takeaway BUF Jordan Staal - shorthanded goal BUF Ilya Kovalchuk - goal Long Island 3, at Buffalo 5 BUF Dion Phaneuf - power-play goal, two assists, takeaway, two hits BUF Fernando Pisani - two goals, hit BUF Tom Preissing - two assists Fort Garry 1, at Buffalo 4 BUF Dion Phaneuf - three assists, takeaway, hit BUF Jordan Staal - shorthanded goal, three takeaways FGF Kimmo Timonen - three takeaways, two hits Hampton Roads 2, at Capital City 1 HRH Chris Mason - thirty-nine saves, 6/6 GR CCC Vyacheslav Kozlov - goal, takeaway HRH Nathan Horton - goal Pittsburgh 4, at Capital City 3 PIT Jarome Iginla - goal, assist, hit PIT Saku Koivu - goal, assist, two takeaways PIT Martin Brodeur - forty-three saves, 10/13 GR Houston 4, at Capital City 0 HOU Tomas Vokoun - thirty-four saves, shutout, 5/5 GR HOU Shane Doan - two goals, hit HOU Stu Barnes - goal, assist, two hits Montreal 7, at Capital City 3 MON Jeff O'Neill - three goals, assist MON Keith Balllard - four assists, three hits MON Fredrik Norrena - forty-four saves, 7/10 GR Seattle Sasquatch 3, at Corner Creek 4 (SO) CGC Daniel Sedin - goal, assist, two takeaways, nine shots on goal CGC Brett Lebda - two assists, two takeaways, hit SES Andrei Markov - two assists, takeaway Lyndonville 3, at Corner Creek 5 CGC Daniel Sedin - two goals, takeaway CGC Jamal Mayers - two goals LYN Maxim Afinogenov - two goals, takeaway Brooklyn 4, at Corner Creek 1 BRK Brendan Morrison - power-play goal, assist, two takeaways BRK Mike Comrie - goal, assist, takeaway BRK Olaf Kolzig - twenty-four saves, 4/5 GR Buffalo 4, at Corner Creek 2 BUF Jordan Staal - game-winning goal, takeaway, hit BUF Miroslav Satan - goal, takeaway BUF Martin St. Louis - goal Lyndonville 2, at Empire State 0 LYN Mike Smith - twenty saves, shutout, 2/2 GR ESA Brent Johnson - thirty-two saves, 6/7 GR LYN Maxim Afinogenov - power-play goal, takeaway Buffalo 4, at Empire State 3 (SO) ESA Toby Petersen - two goals BUF Cam Ward - thirty-seven saves, 4/6 GR, 4-of-4 in shootout BUF Marcel Hossa - goal, two takeaways, hit North Calgary 3, at Empire State 5 ESA Derek Armstrong - two power-play goals, hit ESA Radim Vrbata - power-play goal, two assists NCH Zach Parise - two goals Long Island 2, at Empire State 3 ESA Patrick O'Sullivan - two goals, hit ESA Ilya Bryzgalov - thirty-four saves, 5/5 GR ESA Radim Vrbata - two assists Quebec City 4, at Florida 1 QCP Dustin Penner - three goals QCP Kevin Bieksa - two assists, hit QCP Manny Fernandez - twenty-three saves, 4/5 GR Houston 3, at Florida 0 HOU Peter Forsberg - two power-play goals, hit HOU Tomas Vokoun - twenty-four saves, shutout, 4/4 GR HOU Simon Gagne - two assists Manayunk 3, at Florida 1 MAN Dominik Hasek - twenty-nine saves, 7/7 GR MAN Darryl Sydoor - two assists, two takeaways, two hits FLO Chris Phillips - goal, four takeaways, hit St. Michael's 1, at Florida 4 FLO Ray Emery - twenty-six saves, 7/7 GR FLO Chris Kunitz - two goals FLO Brad Boyes - goal, assist, two takeaways North Calgary 4, at Fort Garry 1 [played by Dean Engemoen] NCH Miikka Kiprusoff - thirty-two saves, 9/10 GR NCH Rod Brind'amour - two assists, takeaway FGF Zbynek Michalek - three takeaways, four hits Nevada 3, at Fort Garry 4 (SO) [played by Dean Engemoen] FGF Kimmo Timonen - two power-play goals, two takeaways FGF Roberto Luongo - thirty-eight saves, 4/6 GR, 2-of-3 in shootout NEV Brian Campbell - two assists, two takeaways Long Island 3, at Fort Garry 4 (SO) [played by Dean Engemoen] FGF Marian Hossa - goal, assist, takeaway, twelve SOG, shootout goal FGF Joe Thornton - goal, two assists, 11-of-14 faceoffs LIB Evgeni Nabokov - forty-four saves, 10/13 GR, 1-of-2 in shootout Seattle Sasquatch 1, at Fort Garry 5 [played by Dean Engemoen] FGF Marian Hossa - two power-play goals FGF Roberto Luongo - twenty-nine saves, 5/6 GR FGF Steve Sullivan - two assists, takeaway Stone Harbor 4, at Hampton Roads 3 (SO) SHS Thomas Vanek - two power-play goals, assist, shootout goal SHS Henrik Lundqvist - thirty saves, 8/9 GR, 2-of-3 in shootout HRH Nathan Horton - two goals, takeaway, shootout goal Pittsburgh 1, at Hampton Roads 4 HRH Eric Staal - two power-play goals HRH Jozef Stumpel - shorthanded goal, assist, takeaway HRH Cristobal Huet - twenty-five saves, 3/4 GR Minneapolis 3, at Hampton Roads 5 HRH Eric Staal - goal, assist HRH Ian Laperriere - assist, four takeaways MIN Anze Kopitar - goal, assist, takeaway Capital City 4, at Hampton Roads 5 HRH Niclas Havelid - game-winning goal, assist, three takeaways, hit HRH Jozef Stumpel - power-play goal, assist, takeaway CCC Daniel Cleary - power-play goal, assist, hit Quebec City 4, at Houston 5 (SO) QCP Petr Sykora - two goals HOU Tomas Vokoun - thirty saves, 8/11 GR, 2-of-2 in shootout QCP Sean Burke - twenty-eight saves, 8/10 GR, 0-of-2 in shootout Topeka 2, at Houston 6 HOU Justin Williams - two goals, takeaway HOU Chris Pronger - power-play goal, assist, takeaway, two hits HOU Brendan Shanahan - power-play goal, assist Capital City 3, at Houston 2 CCC Markus Naslund - two goals CCC Daniel Alfredsson - game-winning goal, assist, takeaway HOU Tomas Vokoun - thirty-one saves, 11/12 GR Minneapolis 1, at Houston 5 HOU Rick Nash - two goals, assist, hit HOU Nicklas Lidstrom - two assists, two takeaways, hit HOU Simon Gagne - goal, assist Brooklyn 4, at Long Island 1 BRK Olaf Kolzig - thirty-five saves, 5/5 GR BRK Michael Nylander - goal, assist, hit BRK Alexander Ovechkin - two assists Buffalo 5, at Long Island 3 BUF Ilya Kovalchuk - two goals, hit BUF Yanic Perreault - two goals BUF Rick DiPietro - thirty-two saves, 10/12 GR Empire State 2, at Long Island 3 (SO) LIB Evgeni Nabokov - twenty-four saves, 5/6 GR, 4-of-6 in shootout LIB Marian Gaborik - power-play goal, assist ESA Ilya Bryzgalov - twenty-nine saves, 5/6 GR, 3-of-6 in shootout Nevada 5, at Long Island 2 NEV Pavel Datsyuk - goal, two assists, four takeaways NEV Jason Blake - two goals NEV Jean-Sebastien Giguere - thirty-three saves, 6/7 GR Brooklyn 0, at Lyndonville 4 LYN Jason Pominville - two power-play goals, assist, takeaway, hit LYN Ryan Miller - twenty-seven saves, shutout, 6/6 GR LYN Scott Hartnell - power-play goal, three assists, hit Corner Creek 3, at Lyndonville 4 LYN Maxim Afinogenov - two goals, takeaway LYN Scott Hartnell - two power-play goals CGC Daniel Sedin - goal, assist Vancouver 4, at Lyndonville 3 (SO) LYN Ryan Miller - thirty-seven saves, 9/10 GR, 2-of-3 in shootout VAW Hal Gill - assist, three takeaways VAW Henrik Zetterberg - goal, two takeaways Empire State 1, at Lyndonville 2 (SO) LYN Maxim Afinogenov - goal, hit, shootout goal ESA Brent Johnson - thirty-four saves, 8/9 GR, 1-of-2 in shootout ESA Derek Armstrong - power-play goal, three takeaways Stone Harbor 4, at Manayunk 1 SHS Milan Michalek - goal, two assists SHS Matt Carle - goal, two takeaways, four hits SHS Henrik Lundqvist - twenty-seven saves, 2/3 GR Quebec City 3, at Manayunk 2 MAN Peter Schaefer - power-play goal, assist, two takeaways QCP Petr Sykora - two assists, takeaway QCP Dustin Penner - power-play goal Florida 5, at Manayunk 4 FLO Daymond Langkow - power-play goal, shorthanded goal MAN Roman Hamrlik - goal, assist, hit MAN Ryan Craig - goal, assist, takeaway Topeka 3, at Manayunk 4 (SO) TPK Henrik Sedin - two goals, assist, two takeaways MAN Dainius Zubrus - goal, assist, takeaway TPK Alexander Radulov - power-play goal, assist, shootout goal Manayunk 2, at Minneapolis 0 MAN Roman Hamrlik - game-winning power-play goal, takeaway MAN Joey MacDonald - twenty-one saves, shutout, 2/2 GR MAN Michal Rozsival - four takeaways, hit Hampton Roads 6, at Minneapolis 1 HRH Nathan Horton - two goals, assist, two takeaways HRH Jozef Stumpel - goal, three assists HRH Mark Streit - three assists, takeaway, two hits Topeka 4, at Minneapolis 2 TPK Matthew Lombardi - two goals, takeaway TPK Wade Redden - goal, two assists, two takeaways, hit TPK Ed Belfour - twenty-nine saves, 2/2 GR Houston 6, at Minneapolis 3 HOU Peter Forsberg - power-play goal, two assists MIN Jussi Markkanen - forty-seven saves, 9/13 GR HOU Brendan Shanahan - goal, assist, two takeaways Stone Harbor 3, at Montreal 0 SHS Martin Erat - two goals SHS Henrik Lundqvist - fifteen saves, shutout, 3/3 GR SHS Milan Michalek - two assists, takeaway Quebec City 0, at Montreal 1 MON Josh Harding - thirty-five saves, shutout, 8/8 GR MON Keith Ballard - assist, three takeaways, two hits MON Ryan Malone - game-winning goal, hit St. Michael's 1, at Montreal 3 MON Josh Harding - thirty-four saves, 5/5 GR MON Travis Zajac - two power-play goals, takeaway MON Alexander Semin - goal, two assists, hit Hampton Roads 4, at Montreal 2 HRH Paul Kariya - three goals, takeaway HRH Eric Staal - two assists, two hits HRH Keith Carney - assist, four hits Empire State 3, at Nevada 2 ESA Ilya Bryzgalov - forty-six saves, 7/8 GR ESA Erik Cole - two goals NEV Martin Straka - goal, assist, takeaway Fort Garry 4, at Nevada 1 FGF Marian Hossa - goal, two assists, two takeaways FGF Joe Thornton - power-play goal, assist, takeaway, hit FGF Roberto Luongo - twenty-nine saves, 7/8 GR North Calgary 1, at Nevada 4 NEV Jean-Sebastien Giguere - thirty saves, 8/8 GR NEV Jason Arnott - two goals, takeaway, two hots NEV Pavel Datsyuk - power-play goal, two assists, two takeaways Seattle Rainiers 1, at Nevada 4 NEV Jason Blake - two goals NEV Jean-Sebastien Giguere - thirty saves, 5/6 GR NEV Pavel Datsyuk - two assists, two hits Vancouver 5, at North Calgary 2 VAW Sidney Crosby - two goals VAW Jay Bouwmeester - goal, assist, two takeaways, hit VAW Kari Lehtonen - thirty-three saves, 4/4 GR Buffalo 7, at North Calgary 0 BUF Rick DiPietro - thirty-two saves, shutout, 8/8 GR BUF Martin St. Louis - two goals, assist, takeaway BUF Dion Phaneuf - goal, two assists, three hits Fort Garry 3, at North Calgary 1 FGF Roberto Luongo - twenty-eight saves, 5/6 GR FGF Marian Hossa - goal, two takeaways, hit FGF Mike Grier - goal, takeaway Nevada 3, at North Calgary 2 NEV Jean-Sebastien Giguere - forty-one saves, 10/12 GR NCH Teemu Selanne - two goals, takeaway, hit NEV Martin Straka - power-play goal, assist, takeaway, hit St. Michael's 4, at Pittsburgh 5 PIT Scott Niedermayer - three assists, three takeaways, hit PIT Darcy Turkcer - two goals, hit STM Nik Antropov - two goals, assist, takeaway Topeka 3, at Pittsburgh 2 TPK Ed Belfour - thirty-five saves, 9/11 GR TPK Matthew Lombardi - game-winning power-play goal, takeaway PIT Scott Niedermayer - assist, two takeaways Capital City 3, at Pittsburgh 2 CCC Joe Sakic - game-winning power-play goal, assist PIT Saku Koivu - two assists, three hits CCC Vyacheslav Kozlov - goal, assist Hampton Roads 5, at Pittsburgh 0 HRH Chris Mason - twenty-eight saves, shutout, 7/7 GR HRH Jozef Stumpel - power-play goal, shorthanded goal HRH Glen Murray - goal, assist, takeaway, hit Montreal 0, at Quebec City 1 MON Josh Harding - forty-three saves, 15/15 GR QCP Martin Havlat - game-winning goal, two takeaways QCP Manny Fernandez - fifteen saves, shutout, 1/1 GR Minneapolis 1, at Quebec City 6 QCP Steve Bernier - two goals QCP Martin Havlat - goal, assist QCP Robert Lang - goal, assist Manayunk 1, at Quebec City 2 (OT) MAN Dominik Hasek - forty-eight saves, 12/13 GR QCP Drew Stafford - overtime goal, takeaway, hit QCP Tomas Kaberle - assist, four takeaways Florida 2, at Quebec City 3 (SO) QCP Peter Budaj - forty-four saves, 7/8 GR, 4-of-5 in shootout QCP Olli Jokinen - two assists FLO Christian Ehrhoff - goal, takeaway Florida 4, at St. Michael's 1 FLO Lubomir Visnovsky - two goals, assist, takeaway FLO Daymond Langkow - power-play goal, assist, takeaway FLO Ray Emery - twenty-four saves, 3/4 GR Montreal 3, at St. Michael's 2 MON Josh Harding - thirty-five saves, 8/9 GR MON Nikolai Zherdev - goal, two assists MON Marc-Antoine Pouliot - two assists Capital City 2, at St. Michael's 4 STM Tim Thomas - thirty-nine saves, 10/11 GR STM Brad Richards - goal, assist STM Duncan Keith - assist, two takeaways, two hits Stone Harbor 2, at St. Michael's 1 (SO) SHS Henrik Lundqvist - thirty-three saves, 4/5 GR, 2-of-2 in shootout STM Tim Thomas - twenty-two saves, 2/2 GR, 0-of-2 in shootout SHS Thomas Vanek - shootout goal, two takeaways Lyndonville 5, at Seattle Rainiers 7 LYN Jason Pominville - three goals, assist, two takeaways SEA Jonathan Cheechoo - two goals SEA Wojtek Wolski - two goals Vancouver 4, at Seattle Rainiers 5 SEA Dany Heatley - two power-play goals VAW Henrik Zetterberg - two goals, assist SEA Jonathan Cheechoo - goal, assist Seattle Sasquatch 4, at Seattle Rainiers 1 SES Marc-Andre Fleury - thirty-five saves, 12/12 GR SES Marc Savard - goal, assist, takeaway, hit SES Milan Hejduk - goal, assist Nevada 4, at Seattle Rainiers 3 (SO) NEV Pavel Datsyuk - two power-play goals, two takeaways SEA Dany Heatley - game-tying goal, assist, hit NEV Brian Rolston - power-play goal, assist, three takeaways Vancouver 4, at Seattle Sasquatch 5 (OT) SES Ruslan Salei - two goals including OT goal, two takeaways, two hits SES Marc Savard - two goals, eight shots on goal VAW Henrik Zetterberg - two goals, assist, nine shots on goal Brooklyn 6, at Seattle Sasquatch 5 BRK Alexander Ovechkin - three goals, assist, takeaway BRK Michael Nylander - four assists SES Milan Hejduk - two goals Fort Garry 0, at Seattle Sasquatch 2 SES Marc-Andre Fleury - thirty-one saves, shutout, 8/8 GR SES Marc Savard - goal, assist SES Alexei Ponikarovsky - two assists, takeaway Seattle Rainiers 1, at Seattle Sasquatch 7 SES Jason Spezza - three goals SES Dan Boyle - three assists, two takeaways SES Kyle Calder - two goals, takeaway St. Michael's 3, at Stone Harbor 1 STM Brad Richards - three goals, two takeaways, hit STM Tim Thomas - twenty-five saves, 6/7 GR STM Duncan Keith - two assists, two takeaways Pittsburgh 8, at Stone Harbor 3 PIT Darcy Tucker - three goals PIT Saku Koivu - two goals, assist PIT Scott Niedermayer - three assists, takeaway, hit Montreal 1, at Stone Harbor 0 MON Josh Harding - twenty-nine saves, shutout, 6/6 GR MON Daniel Carcillo - game-winning power-play goal, hit SHS Henrik Lundqvist - thirty-five saves, 4/5 GR Manayunk 5, at Stone Harbor 0 MAN Michal Rozsival - goal, assist, two takeaways, hit MAN Roman Hamrlik - goal, assist, takeaway, hit MAN Dominik Hasek - twenty-two saves, shutout, 1/1 GR Minneapolis 1, at Topeka 4 TPK Henrik Sedin - three assists, two takeaways TPK Alexander Radulov - power-play goal, assist TPK Shea Weber - two assists, hit Pittsburgh 3, at Topeka 2 PIT Paul Stastny - power-play goal, assist TPK Henrik Sedin - power-play goal, assist PIT Craig Conroy - goal, assist Houston 3, at Topeka 2 HOU Simon Gagne - two goals, takeaway TPK Henrik Sedin - power-play goal, assist HOU Chris Pronger - two assists, takeaway Florida 5, at Topeka 2 FLO Jochen Hecht - two goals, two assists, takeaway, hit FLO Daymond Langkow - two goals, assist, three takeaways FLO Lubomir Visnovsky - two assists, takeaway Seattle Rainiers 1, at Vancouver 4 VAW Fedor Tyutin - goal, assist VAW Hal Gill - game-winning goal VAW Dan Fritsche - goal North Calgary 2, at Vancouver 3 VAW Jay Bouwmeester - game-winning goal, two big hits late VAW Kari Lehtonen - twenty-six saves, 4/4 GR VAW Sidney Crosby - two assists Corner Creek 1, at Vancouver 2 VAW Kari Lehtonen - twenty-five saves, 3/4 GR VAW Michael Cammalleri - game-winning power-play goal, assist VAW Sidney Crosby - goal, assist Seattle Sasquatch 3, at Vancouver 2 (SO) SES Kristian Huselius - goal, game-deciding shootout goal SES Marc-Andre Fleury - thirty-one saves, 4/6 GR, 3-of-3 in shootout VAW Sami Salo - goal ********************************************************************* PLAYER OF THE WEEK (WEEK 15/16): Dion Phaneuf, Buffalo. The Bulldogs were perfect this week, with their only sin being in the same division as the Brooklyn Fourteenth. Helping out in a big way this biweek is sophomore defenseman Phaneuf, the first blueliner to take home POTW honours in 2007-08. Two goals plus twelve assists helped get Phaneuf to a plus-nine in Week 15/16 for the minute muncher, who also contributed five takeaways and eight hits to the Buffalo cause. +/- SOG G A PIM PP SH FO-W AC IT TA HIT SP AS 01/30 at NCH 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0-0 45 25:19 0 3 0 2 01/31 at CGC -1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0-0 46 26:04 0 1 0 1 02/02 vs CGC 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 38 20:59 0 0 0 1 02/04 at ESA 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 50 29:09 1 0 1 3 02/05 at LIB 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0-0 45 25:15 1 1 1 2 02/07 vs ESA 1 4 0 1 4 0 0 0-0 36 20:50 1 0 3 3 02/08 vs LIB 1 5 1 2 0 1 0 0-0 48 27:51 1 2 1 2 02/11 vs FGF 3 4 0 3 2 0 0 0-0 44 25:27 1 1 0 2 Week 15/16 finalists include Nevada's Pavel Datsyuk, Vancouver's Henrik Zetterberg, and Marc Savard, newly of the Seattle Sasquatch. 2007-08 NSHL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: October 31: Daymond Langkow, Florida November 14: Henrik Zetterberg, Vancouver November 28: Jarome Iginla, Pittsburgh December 12: Alexander Ovechkin, Brooklyn December 26: Mats Sundin, Houston January 16: Daniel Alfredsson, Capital City January 30: Daniel Sedin, Corner Creek February 13: Dion Phaneuf, Buffalo ********************************************************************* GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK (WEEK 15/16): Josh Harding, Montreal. As mentioned earlier in the newsletter, the rookie wonder had two shutouts in Week 15/16, stopping all but seven of 217 shots (96.8%) including 47 of 50 Goalie Ratings (94.0%). Will he be the next Patrick Roy in Montreal? MIN SHOTS GA ENG GR GRS 01/30 at CCC (did not play) 02/02 vs SHS 60 37 3 0 7 5 02/03 at QCP 58 44 1 0 15 15 02/05 vs QCP 60 35 0 0 8 8 02/07 at STM 60 37 2 0 9 8 02/09 at SHS 60 29 0 0 6 6 02/10 vs STM 60 35 1 0 5 5 02/11 vs HRH (did not play) Other finalists this biweek include Nevada's J-S Giguere, Olaf Kolzig of the Brooklyn Fourteenth, and Buffalo's Rick DiPietro. 2007-08 NSHL GOALTENDERS OF THE WEEK: October 31: Olaf Kolzig, Brooklyn October 31: Ray Emery, Florida November 14: Henrik Lundqvist, Stone Harbor November 28: Miikka Kiprusoff, North Calgary December 12: Martin Brodeur, Pittsburgh December 26: Tim Thomas, St. Michael's January 16: Henrik Lundqvist, Stone Harbor January 30: Martin Brodeur, Pittsburgh February 13: Josh Harding, Montreal ********************************************************************* NSHL 2007-08 WEEK SEVENTEEN/EIGHTEEN 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 (0/153): 02/13/2008 HOU at BRK 02/14/2008 MAN at BRK 02/16/2008 STM at BRK 02/18/2008 BRK at MIN 02/19/2008 QCP at BRK 02/21/2008 BRK at QCP 02/23/2008 BRK at SHS 02/25/2008 BRK at STM BUFFALO BULLDOGS (3/65): 02/13/2008 PIT at BUF 02/14/2008 MON at BUF Paetsch 02/16/2008 BUF at MAN Bergeron, Paetsch 02/18/2008 BUF at CCC 02/20/2008 BUF at STM 02/22/2008 BUF at QCP 02/23/2008 STM at BUF 02/24/2008 MAN at BUF CAPITAL CITY COUGARS (11/75): 02/13/2008 CCC at LIB Demitra, Lindros 02/15/2008 VAW at CCC Demitra, Lindros 02/18/2008 BUF at CCC Demitra, Lindros 02/19/2008 FGF at CCC Lindros 02/20/2008 SEA at CCC Lindros 02/22/2008 CCC at FGF Lindros 02/24/2008 CCC at SEA Lindros 02/25/2008 CCC at NCH Lindros CORNER CREEK GREEN CALVES (3/82): 02/13/2008 TPK at CGC 02/15/2008 QCP at CGC 02/16/2008 SHS at CGC 02/17/2008 FLO at CGC 02/18/2008 CGC at HOU Lebda 02/21/2008 CGC at MON Lebda 02/23/2008 CGC at FLO Lebda 02/24/2008 CGC at SHS EMPIRE STATE AMERICANS (23/187): 02/13/2008 HRH at ESA Bryzgalov, O'Sullivan, Petersen 02/14/2008 STM at ESA Bryzgalov, O'Sullivan, Petersen 02/18/2008 ESA at PIT Bryzgalov, O'Sullivan, Petersen 02/19/2008 SHS at ESA O'Sullivan, Petersen 02/21/2008 ESA at FLO O'Sullivan, Petersen 02/22/2008 ESA at SHS Eaton, O'Sullivan, Petersen 02/24/2008 QCP at ESA O'Sullivan, Petersen, Schultz 02/25/2008 ESA at QCP Bryzgalov, O'Sullivan, Petersen, Schultz FLORIDA HELLCATS (3/47): 02/13/2008 SES at FLO 02/14/2008 FLO at LYN 02/17/2008 FLO at CGC Visnovsky 02/18/2008 FLO at SEA Visnovsky 02/21/2008 ESA at FLO Visnovsky 02/23/2008 CGC at FLO 02/24/2008 LIB at FLO 02/25/2008 FLO at LIB FORT GARRY FIDDLER CRABS (17/85): 02/13/2008 FGF at STM Higgins, Tanabe 02/15/2008 FGF at MIN Higgins, Tanabe 02/18/2008 SHS at FGF Higgins, Kubina, Tanabe 02/19/2008 FGF at CCC Higgins, Kubina 02/20/2008 FGF at TPK Higgins, Kubina 02/22/2008 CCC at FGF Higgins, Kubina 02/24/2008 TPK at FGF Higgins, Kubina 02/25/2008 HRH at FGF Higgins, Kubina HAMPTON ROADS HOUNDS (12/76): 02/13/2008 HRH at ESA Rathje 02/15/2008 SES at HRH Rathje 02/16/2008 VAW at HRH Rathje 02/18/2008 LIB at HRH Rathje 02/20/2008 NEV at HRH Rathje, Streit 02/22/2008 HRH at NEV Rathje, Streit 02/24/2008 HRH at VAW Rathje, Streit 02/25/2008 HRH at FGF Rathje, Robidas HOUSTON AEROS (3/73): 02/13/2008 HOU at BRK Pronger 02/15/2008 NCH at HOU Pronger 02/17/2008 SES at HOU 02/18/2008 CGC at HOU 02/19/2008 NEV at HOU Doan 02/22/2008 HOU at SES 02/24/2008 HOU at NEV 02/25/2008 HOU at VAW LONG ISLAND BERSERKERS (8/65): 02/13/2008 CCC at LIB Tambellini 02/14/2008 SHS at LIB Tambellini 02/18/2008 LIB at HRH Tambellini 02/20/2008 MON at LIB Tambellini 02/21/2008 LIB at MAN Tambellini 02/22/2008 LIB at MON Tambellini 02/24/2008 LIB at FLO Tambellini 02/25/2008 FLO at LIB Tambellini LYNDONVILLE BLADES (7/70): 02/13/2008 MIN at LYN Hartnell 02/14/2008 FLO at LYN Hartnell 02/16/2008 MON at LYN Hartnell, Tallinder 02/17/2008 MAN at LYN Hartnell, Tallinder 02/18/2008 LYN at TPK Hartnell 02/21/2008 LYN at STM 02/23/2008 LYN at MAN 02/25/2008 LYN at MON MANAYUNK BULLIES (20/144): 02/13/2008 VAW at MAN Brisebois, Roche, Shannon, Yelle 02/14/2008 MAN at BRK Roche, Shannon 02/16/2008 BUF at MAN Roche, Shannon 02/17/2008 MAN at LYN Roche, Shannon 02/18/2008 MAN at SES Roche, Shannon 02/21/2008 LIB at MAN Roche, Shannon 02/23/2008 LYN at MAN Roche, Shannon, Yelle 02/24/2008 MAN at BUF Roche, Shannon, Yelle MINNEAPOLIS MASSASAUGA (11/167): 02/13/2008 MIN at LYN Zyuzin 02/15/2008 FGF at MIN Zyuzin 02/16/2008 NCH at MIN Zyuzin 02/17/2008 SEA at MIN T. Ruutu, Zyuzin 02/18/2008 BRK at MIN T. Ruutu, Zyuzin 02/19/2008 MIN at NCH T. Ruutu, Zyuzin 02/23/2008 MIN at SEA Zyuzin 02/25/2008 MIN at SES Zyuzin MONTREAL WANDERERS (7/64): 02/13/2008 NEV at MON Malone 02/14/2008 MON at BUF Malone 02/16/2008 MON at LYN 02/18/2008 MON at NCH 02/20/2008 MON at LIB Malone 02/21/2008 CGC at MON Malone 02/22/2008 LIB at MON Malone 02/25/2008 LYN at MON Malone, Semin NEVADA THUNDER (8/59): 02/13/2008 NEV at MON Wozniewski 02/16/2008 NEV at TPK Wozniewski 02/18/2008 STM at NEV Wozniewski 02/19/2008 NEV at HOU Wozniewski 02/20/2008 NEV at HRH Wozniewski 02/22/2008 HRH at NEV Wozniewski 02/24/2008 HOU at NEV Wozniewski 02/25/2008 PIT at NEV Wozniewski NORTH CALGARY HAWKS (6/90): 02/13/2008 NCH at SHS 02/15/2008 NCH at HOU 02/16/2008 NCH at MIN Pock 02/17/2008 NCH at PIT Orpik, Pock 02/18/2008 MON at NCH Orpik, Pock 02/19/2008 MIN at NCH Pock 02/22/2008 PIT at NCH 02/25/2008 CCC at NCH PITTSBURGH SOUND CHASERS (16/85): 02/13/2008 PIT at BUF Moss, Tucker 02/15/2008 SEA at PIT Moss, Tucker 02/17/2008 NCH at PIT Moss, Tucker 02/18/2008 ESA at PIT Moss, Tucker 02/19/2008 SES at PIT Moss, Tucker 02/22/2008 PIT at NCH Moss, Tucker 02/24/2008 PIT at SES Moss, Tucker 02/25/2008 PIT at NEV Moss, Tucker QUEBEC CITY PATRIOTES (5/67): 02/13/2008 SEA at QCP 02/15/2008 QCP at CGC 02/18/2008 QCP at VAW 02/19/2008 QCP at BRK Volchenkov 02/21/2008 BRK at QCP Stafford 02/22/2008 BUF at QCP Christensen, Stafford 02/24/2008 QCP at ESA Christensen 02/25/2008 ESA at QCP ST. MICHAEL'S PRIVATEERS (16/55): 02/13/2008 FGF at STM Bertuzzi, Modry, Potulny 02/14/2008 STM at ESA Bertuzzi, Potulny 02/16/2008 STM at BRK Bertuzzi 02/18/2008 STM at NEV Bertuzzi 02/20/2008 BUF at STM Bertuzzi, Potulny 02/21/2008 LYN at STM Bertuzzi, Potulny 02/23/2008 STM at BUF Bertuzzi, Potulny 02/25/2008 BRK at STM Bertuzzi, Modry, Potulny SEATTLE RAINIERS (2/92): 02/13/2008 SEA at QCP 02/15/2008 SEA at PIT 02/17/2008 SEA at MIN 02/18/2008 FLO at SEA 02/20/2008 SEA at CCC 02/23/2008 MIN at SEA Drury, Marleau 02/24/2008 CCC at SEA 02/25/2008 TPK at SEA SEATTLE SASQUATCH (6/42): 02/13/2008 SES at FLO Spezza 02/15/2008 SES at HRH Ponikarovsky, Spezza 02/17/2008 SES at HOU Spezza 02/18/2008 MAN at SES 02/19/2008 SES at PIT 02/22/2008 HOU at SES 02/24/2008 PIT at SES Spezza 02/25/2008 MIN at SES Spezza STONE HARBOR SOUND (9/41): 02/13/2008 NCH at SHS Ellis 02/14/2008 SHS at LIB Ellis 02/16/2008 SHS at CGC Ellis 02/18/2008 SHS at FGF Ellis 02/19/2008 SHS at ESA Ellis 02/22/2008 ESA at SHS Ellis 02/23/2008 BRK at SHS Asham, Ellis 02/24/2008 CGC at SHS Ellis TOPEKA TARANTULAS (20/146): 02/13/2008 TPK at CGC Immonen, Kobasew, Redden 02/16/2008 NEV at TPK Immonen, Kobasew 02/17/2008 VAW at TPK Immonen, Kobasew 02/18/2008 LYN at TPK Immonen, Kobasew 02/20/2008 FGF at TPK Immonen, Kobasew, Redden 02/22/2008 TPK at VAW Immonen, Kobasew, Redden 02/24/2008 TPK at FGF Kobasew, Redden 02/25/2008 TPK at SEA Immonen, Kobasew, Redden VANCOUVER WHITECAPS (11/59): 02/13/2008 VAW at MAN Salo, Tyutin 02/15/2008 VAW at CCC Salo 02/16/2008 VAW at HRH Salo 02/17/2008 VAW at TPK Salo 02/18/2008 QCP at VAW Salo, Tyutin 02/22/2008 TPK at VAW Tyutin 02/24/2008 HRH at VAW Tyutin 02/25/2008 HOU at VAW Salo, Tyutin ********************************************************************* 2007-08 REGULAR SEASON LEAGUE STANDINGS: NORTHEAST DIVISION GP W L OL SL Pts Pct GF GA Home Road Brooklyn Fourteenth 64 50 11 2 1 103 0.805 211 142 28- 3- 1- 0 22- 8- 1- 1 Buffalo Bulldogs 64 43 19 2 0 88 0.688 224 168 25- 7- 0- 0 18-12- 2- 0 Long Island Berserkers 64 30 30 0 4 64 0.500 195 209 15-16- 0- 1 15-14- 0- 3 Empire State Americans 64 25 30 2 7 59 0.461 145 192 11-16- 0- 5 14-14- 2- 2 Corner Creek Green Cal 64 25 31 2 6 58 0.453 175 200 16-11- 2- 3 9-20- 0- 3 Lyndonville Blades 64 25 32 3 4 57 0.445 172 195 16-12- 2- 2 9-20- 1- 2 ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L OL SL Pts Pct GF GA Home Road Quebec City Patriotes 64 37 19 2 6 82 0.641 210 188 20- 7- 2- 3 17-12- 0- 3 Florida Hellcats 64 32 26 3 3 70 0.547 181 184 17-14- 1- 0 15-12- 2- 3 Manayunk Bullies 64 32 27 2 3 69 0.539 185 163 14-16- 1- 1 18-11- 1- 2 St. Michael's Privatee 64 31 29 2 2 66 0.516 175 185 17-14- 0- 1 14-15- 2- 1 Stone Harbor Sound 64 25 32 1 6 57 0.445 139 186 12-17- 1- 2 13-15- 0- 4 Montreal Wanderers 64 23 36 1 4 51 0.398 151 219 10-19- 1- 2 13-17- 0- 2 NORTHWEST DIVISION GP W L OL SL Pts Pct GF GA Home Road Fort Garry Fiddler Cra 64 41 19 2 2 86 0.672 212 157 22- 7- 1- 2 19-12- 1- 0 Nevada Thunder 64 38 21 3 2 81 0.633 217 169 19-12- 0- 1 19- 9- 3- 1 Vancouver Whitecaps 64 37 21 3 3 80 0.625 200 193 18-10- 1- 3 19-11- 2- 0 Seattle Rainiers 64 38 23 2 1 79 0.617 238 191 20-11- 0- 1 18-12- 2- 0 Seattle Sasquatch 64 37 23 0 4 78 0.609 231 211 19-11- 0- 2 18-12- 0- 2 North Calgary Hawks 64 33 27 2 2 70 0.547 215 197 16-12- 2- 2 17-15- 0- 0 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OL SL Pts Pct GF GA Home Road Houston Aeros 64 44 19 0 1 89 0.695 236 164 24- 8- 0- 0 20-11- 0- 1 Capital City Cougars 64 35 22 3 4 77 0.602 217 206 16-11- 2- 3 19-11- 1- 1 Hampton Roads Hounds 64 35 22 2 5 77 0.602 200 171 14-13- 2- 3 21- 9- 0- 2 Pittsburgh Sound Chase 64 29 31 0 4 62 0.484 184 192 14-16- 0- 2 15-15- 0- 2 Topeka Tarantulas 64 17 40 3 4 41 0.320 150 251 8-22- 0- 2 9-18- 3- 2 Minneapolis Massasauga 64 6 55 1 2 15 0.117 108 238 2-30- 0- 0 4-25- 1- 2 ********************************************************************* 2007-08 EXPANDED LEAGUE STATISTICS: EXPANDED STATISTICS Total Home Road NORTHEAST DIVISION REG OVT SHO REG OVT SHO REG OVT SHO Brooklyn Fourteenth 47-11 1- 2 2- 1| 27- 3 0- 1 1- 0| 20- 8 1- 1 1- 1 Buffalo Bulldogs 34-19 1- 2 8- 0| 20- 7 0- 0 5- 0| 14-12 1- 2 3- 0 Long Island Berserkers 25-30 1- 0 4- 4| 12-16 1- 0 2- 1| 13-14 0- 0 2- 3 Empire State Americans 19-30 2- 2 4- 7| 10-16 1- 0 0- 5| 9-14 1- 2 4- 2 Corner Creek Green Calv 21-31 2- 2 2- 6| 14-11 0- 2 2- 3| 7-20 2- 0 0- 3 Lyndonville Blades 19-32 3- 3 3- 4| 11-12 3- 2 2- 2| 8-20 0- 1 1- 2 ATLANTIC DIVISION REG OVT SHO REG OVT SHO REG OVT SHO Quebec City Patriotes 33-19 1- 2 3- 6| 17- 7 1- 2 2- 3| 16-12 0- 0 1- 3 Florida Hellcats 26-26 2- 3 4- 3| 13-14 1- 1 3- 0| 13-12 1- 2 1- 3 Manayunk Bullies 28-27 1- 2 3- 3| 12-16 1- 1 1- 1| 16-11 0- 1 2- 2 St. Michael's Privateer 27-29 0- 2 4- 2| 16-14 0- 0 1- 1| 11-15 0- 2 3- 1 Stone Harbor Sound 17-32 2- 1 6- 6| 8-17 2- 1 2- 2| 9-15 0- 0 4- 4 Montreal Wanderers 19-36 3- 1 1- 4| 8-19 1- 1 1- 2| 11-17 2- 0 0- 2 NORTHWEST DIVISION REG OVT SHO REG OVT SHO REG OVT SHO Fort Garry Fiddler Crab 32-19 3- 2 6- 2| 16- 7 2- 1 4- 2| 16-12 1- 1 2- 0 Nevada Thunder 32-21 1- 3 5- 2| 16-12 0- 0 3- 1| 16- 9 1- 3 2- 1 Vancouver Whitecaps 30-21 4- 3 3- 3| 15-10 3- 1 0- 3| 15-11 1- 2 3- 0 Seattle Rainiers 34-23 4- 2 0- 1| 19-11 1- 0 0- 1| 15-12 3- 2 0- 0 Seattle Sasquatch 26-23 5- 0 6- 4| 14-11 4- 0 1- 2| 12-12 1- 0 5- 2 North Calgary Hawks 28-27 3- 2 2- 2| 12-12 3- 2 1- 2| 16-15 0- 0 1- 0 CENTRAL DIVISION REG OVT SHO REG OVT SHO REG OVT SHO Houston Aeros 40-19 2- 0 2- 1| 23- 8 0- 0 1- 0| 17-11 2- 0 1- 1 Capital City Cougars 32-22 0- 3 3- 4| 15-11 0- 2 1- 3| 17-11 0- 1 2- 1 Hampton Roads Hounds 31-22 1- 2 3- 5| 12-13 0- 2 2- 3| 19- 9 1- 0 1- 2 Pittsburgh Sound Chaser 26-31 1- 0 2- 4| 13-16 0- 0 1- 2| 13-15 1- 0 1- 2 Topeka Tarantulas 13-40 0- 3 4- 4| 5-22 0- 0 3- 2| 8-18 0- 3 1- 2 Minneapolis Massasauga 6-55 0- 1 0- 2| 2-30 0- 0 0- 0| 4-25 0- 1 0- 2 ********************************************************************* 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 103 18 -8 --- 2. Quebec City Patriotes 82 18 13 --- 3. Buffalo Bulldogs 88 18 7 --- 4. Florida Hellcats 70 18 25 --- 5. Manayunk Bullies 69 18 26 --- 6. St. Michael's Privateers 66 18 29 --- 7. Long Island Berserkers 64 18 31 --- 8. Empire State Americans 59 18 36 --- 9. Corner Creek Green Calves 58 18 --- 36 10. Lyndonville Blades 57 18 --- 35 11. Stone Harbor Sound 57 18 --- 35 12. Montreal Wanderers 51 18 --- 29 IF THE EASTERN CONFERENCE PLAYOFFS BEGAN TODAY: #8 Empire State Americans at #1 Brooklyn Fourteenth #7 Long Island Berserkers at #2 Quebec City Patriotes #6 St. Michael's Privateers at #3 Buffalo Bulldogs #5 Manayunk Bullies at #4 Florida Hellcats WESTERN CONFERENCE RNK TEAM PTS GL MN TN 1. Houston Aeros 89 18 18 --- 2. Fort Garry Fiddler Crabs 86 18 21 --- 3. Nevada Thunder 81 18 26 --- 4. Vancouver Whitecaps 80 18 27 --- 5. Seattle Rainiers 79 18 28 --- 6. Seattle Sasquatch 78 18 29 --- 7. Capital City Cougars 77 18 30 --- 8. Hampton Roads Hounds 77 18 30 --- 9. North Calgary Hawks 70 18 --- 30 10. Pittsburgh Sound Chasers 62 18 --- 22 11. Topeka Tarantulas 41 18 --- 1 12. Minneapolis Massasauga 15 18 --- -25 IF THE WESTERN CONFERENCE PLAYOFFS BEGAN TODAY: #8 Hampton Roads Hounds at #1 Houston Aeros #7 Capital City Cougars at #2 Fort Garry Fiddler Crabs #6 Seattle Sasquatch at #3 Nevada Thunder #5 Seattle Rainiers at #4 Vancouver Whitecaps (Capital City and Hampton Roads are essentially tied) ********************************************************************* NSHL CALENDAR February 13 - NSHL Week 17/18 begins February 24, 9pm EST - all Week 17/18 results must be sent in. February 25, midnight EST - 2008 NSHL TRADE DEADLINE! ********************************************************************* INCENTIVE POINTS: HRH -1 IP, newsletter article MAN -1 IP, newsletter article 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. CUMULATIVE INCENTIVE POINTS: BRK -2 IP CCC exempt FLO -1 IP HRH -1 IP HOU -3 IP MAN -2 IP NEV -1 IP NCH -2 IP QCP 1 IP SHS -2 IP TPK -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 0.072 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 LW 1. Houston Aeros 1.286 6.515 -0.154 2 2. Brooklyn Fourteenth 1.235 4.039 -0.128 1 3. Fort Garry Fiddler Crabs 0.941 7.468 0.087 4 4. Buffalo Bulldogs 0.876 5.604 -0.132 7 5. Nevada Thunder 0.802 7.629 0.021 5 6. Seattle Rainiers 0.754 8.772 0.134 3 7. Seattle Sasquatch 0.475 7.094 0.024 10 8. North Calgary Hawks 0.374 7.005 0.175 6 9. Quebec City Patriotes 0.374 5.658 -0.132 11 10. Hampton Roads Hounds 0.353 7.552 -0.114 13 11. Vancouver Whitecaps 0.320 6.052 0.040 12 12. Manayunk Bullies 0.261 4.843 -0.112 9 13. Capital City Cougars 0.209 5.686 0.012 8 14. Florida Hellcats -0.073 7.898 0.002 16 15. Long Island Berserkers -0.223 7.875 0.055 14 16. Pittsburgh Sound Chasers -0.301 6.702 -0.039 17 17. Lyndonville Blades -0.342 6.235 0.066 19 18. Corner Creek Green Calves -0.354 6.416 0.054 18 19. St. Michael's Privateers -0.373 8.606 -0.145 15 20. Stone Harbor Sound -0.776 4.873 0.082 20 21. Empire State Americans -0.810 6.101 -0.016 21 22. Montreal Wanderers -1.058 6.496 0.014 22 23. Topeka Tarantulas -1.639 7.031 0.079 23 24. Minneapolis Massasauga -2.316 2.998 0.128 24 ********************************************************************* COMPLETE WEEK SEVENTEEN/EIGHTEEN INJURY REPORT: BUF - Marc-Andre Bergeron out 1 game 3 - Nathan Paetsch out 2 games 2 3 CCC - Pavol Demitra out 3 games 1 2 3 - Eric Lindros out 17 games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 CGC - Brett Lebda out 3 games 5 6 7 ESA - Ilya Bryzgalov out 4 games 1 2 3 8 - Mark Eaton out 1 game 6 - Patrick O'Sullivan out 8 games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Toby Petersen out 11 games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Jeff Schultz out 2 games 7 8 FLO - Lubomir Visnovsky out 3 games 3 4 5 FGF - Christopher Higgins out 9 games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Pavel Kubina out 6 games 3 4 5 6 7 8 - David Tanabe out 3 games 1 2 3 HRH - Mike Rathje out 17 games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Stephane Robidas out 1 game 8 - Mark Streit out 3 games 5 6 7 HOU - Shane Doan out 1 game 5 - Chris Pronger out 2 games 1 2 LIB - Jeff Tambellini out 12 games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 LYN - Scott Hartnell out 5 games 1 2 3 4 5 - Henrik Tallinder out 2 games 3 4 MAN - Patrice Brisebois out 1 game 1 - Travis Roche out 12 games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Ryan Shannon out 21 games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Stephane Yelle out 3 games 1 7 8 MIN - Tuomo Ruutu out 3 games 4 5 6 - Andrei Zyuzin out 17 games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 MON - Ryan Malone out 6 games 1 2 5 6 7 8 - Alexander Semin out 1 game 8 NEV - Andy Wozniewski out 53 games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NCH - Brooks Orpik out 2 games 4 5 - Thomas Pock out 4 games 3 4 5 6 PIT - David Moss out 18 games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Darcy Tucker out 8 games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 QCP - Erik Christensen out 2 games 6 7 - Drew Stafford out 2 games 5 6 - Anton Volchenkov out 1 game 4 STM - Todd Bertuzzi out 32 games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Jaroslav Modry out 2 games 1 8 - Ryan Potulny out 6 games 1 2 5 6 7 8 SEA - Chris Drury out 1 game 6 - Patrick Marleau out 1 game 6 SES - Alexei Ponikarovsky out 1 game 2 - Jason Spezza out 5 games 1 2 3 7 8 SHS - Arron Asham out 1 game 7 - Matt Ellis out 8 games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 TPK - Jarkko Immonen out 7 games 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 - Chuck Kobasew out 16 games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Wade Redden out 5 games 1 5 6 7 8 VAW - Sami Salo out 6 games 1 2 3 4 5 8 - Fedor Tyutin out 5 games 1 5 6 7 8 FA - Patrick Fischer out 14 games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ********************************************************************* ASSOCIATE LIST: SINCE GP Francois Lessard December 10, 2006 8 Dean Engemoen June 16, 2007 8 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 Scott Bruner June 18, 2007 0 Dale Ripley September 11, 2007 0 Steve Beren February 2, 2008 0 If you're still an active associate, and aren't on this list, please get in contact with me. Thanks! Doug ********************************************************************* TRANSACTIONS: 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. CGC - TRADE Brett McLean and Yanick Lehoux to VAW for Mark Popovic and Kent Huskins. ESA - TRADE Niklas Backstrom and Travis Moen to VAW for Kari Lehtonen and VAW#1. - TRADE Dan Cloutier to MIN for Marcus Nilson. - TRADE Adrian Aucoin to TPK for Rene Bourque and Ole-Kristian Tollefsen. HRH - TRADE Nathan Horton, Geoff Platt and Mikhail Grabovski to STM for Brian Pothier, Mark Bell, Troy Brouwer, Andrej Sekera, BUF#1, NEV#2, MAN#3 and BRK#4. LYN - TRADE Jamie Langenbrunner, Derian Hatcher and LYN#6 to VAW for Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Noah Welch and VAW#3. MIN - TRADE Wade Dubielewicz to VAW for Steve Ott and Patrick Lalime. - TRADE Marcus Nilson to ESA for Dan Cloutier. - SIGN Ville Nieminen. - RELEASE Patrick Fischer, Raitis Ivanans. MON - SIGN Jakub Klepis, Jason Krog. - RELEASE Brad Winchester, Jamie Rivers. STM - TRADE Brian Pothier, Mark Bell, Troy Brouwer, Andrej Sekera, BUF#1, NEV#2, MAN#3 and BRK#4 to HRH for Nathan Horton, Geoff Platt and Mikhail Grabovski. - SIGN Alex Brooks, Petr Tenkrat. SHS - SIGN Janis Sprukts - RELEASE Jim Fahey. TPK - TRADE Rene Bourque and Ole-Kristian Tollefsen to ESA for Adrian Aucoin. VAW - TRADE Steve Ott and Patrick Lalime to MIN for Wade Dubielewicz. - TRADE Mark Popovic and Kent Huskins to CGC for Brett McLean and Yanick Lehoux. - TRADE Kari Lehtonen and VAW#1 to ESA for Niklas Backstrom and Travis Moen. - TRADE Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Noah Welch and VAW#3 to LYN for Jamie Langenbrunner, Derian Hatcher and LYN#6. ********************************************************************* 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) *********************************************************************