The National Strat-O-Matic Hockey League Newsletter League Established May 1, 1997 Volume #12, Issue #13 - March 4, 2009 ********************************************************************* 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 ********************************************************************* PRELUDE TO A BIWEEK: Very short edition this week, thanks to playoffs in my rec leagues - six hockey games between Sunday night and now have left time a luxury... Watch your usage! We're getting close to the end of the year and it would be a shame if you went over your player maximums at this point. Ten games remaining for everyone, and some great playoff races (particulary at the lower seeds)! Good to luck to everyone the rest of the way. ********************************************************************* WEEK SEVENTEEN/EIGHTEEN RESULTS: Houston 2, at Brooklyn 4 BRK Sergei Gonchar - game-winning goal, two assists, two takeaways BRK Martin Biron - thirty-nine saves, 4/5 GR HOU Shane Doan - goal, assist Florida 1, at Brooklyn 6 BRK Alexander Ovechkin - two goals BRK Marek Malik - goal, assist, takeaway BRK Martin Biron - twenty-five saves, 4/4 GR Quebec City 5, at Brooklyn 3 QCP Kevin Bieksa - two assists, takeaway BRK Ian Laperriere - two assists, hit QCP Tomas Kaberle - two assists Manayunk 2, at Brooklyn 4 BRK Alexander Ovechkin - two goals, assist, takeaway, hit BRK Martin Biron - thirty saves, 6/8 GR BRK Sergei Gonchar - two assists, takeaway, hit Minneapolis 2, at Buffalo 4 BUF Andrew Cogliano - game-winning goal, two assists BUF Dion Phaneuf - power-play goal, two takeaways, hit BUF Mike Ribeiro - two assists St. Michael's 3, at Buffalo 4 BUF Mark Recchi - power-play goal, two assists, takeaway BUF Mike Ribeiro - goal, assist, takeaway STM Jean-Pierre Dumont - power-play goal, assist Stone Harbor 1, at Buffalo 3 BUF Dion Phaneuf - two power-play goals, two takeaways, two hits BUF Mike Ribeiro - two assists BUF Stephen Valiquette - nineteen saves, 3/3 GR Florida 3, at Buffalo 2 (SO) FLO Vaclav Prospal - two goals, two takeaways FLO Jason LaBarbera - thirty-five saves, 5/6 GR, 3-of-4 in shootout BUF Braydon Coburn - assist, four takeaways, two hits Seattle Rainiers 6, at Capital City 2 SEA Dany Heatley - goal, assist SEA Ed Jovanovski - three assists, takeaway SEA Brian Rafalski - two assists Vancouver 2, at Capital City 1 (OT) VAW Craig Anderson - seventeen saves, 2/3 GR VAW Henrik Zetterberg - goal, takeaway VAW Patrick Sharp - assist, four takeaways Corner Creek 3, at Capital City 2 (SO) CGC Brian Gionta - power-play goal, two takeaways, eight shots, SO goal CGC Nikolai Khabibulin - thirty-one saves, 7/9 GR, 2-of-2 in shootout CGC Daniel Sedin - assist, eight shots on goal Nevada 4, at Capital City 3 (SO) NEV Dennis Wideman - game-tying goal CCC Daniel Alfredsson - two goals, assist, three takeaways NEV Paul Ranger - two assists, takeaway, hit Pittsburgh Sound Chasers 4, at Corner Creek 3 PIT Keith Tkachuk - two shorthanded goals, takeaway PIT Jarome Iginla - two goals, takeaway, hit CGC Brian Gionta - power-play goal, assist Stone Harbor 1, at Corner Creek 5 CGC Chris Mason - twenty-seven saves, 4/4 GR CGC Ray Whitney - goal, assist, takeaway CGC Kim Johnsson - two assists, two hits Quebec City 5, at Corner Creek 6 CGC Ray Whitney - two goals, takeaway QCP Daniel Briere - two goals, hit CGC Jamal Mayers - goal, assist Florida 3, at Corner Creek 0 FLO Jaroslav Halak - twenty-three saves, shutout, 3/3 GR FLO Vaclav Prospal - two assists, takeaway FLO Lubomir Visnovsky - two assists, takeaway Seattle Rainiers 2, at Florida 3 (SO) FLO Vaclav Prospal - goal, shootout goal FLO Jaroslav Halak - twenty-six saves, 2-of-3 in shootout SEA Alexei Kovalev - goal, shootout goal Corner Creek 3, at Florida 1 CGC Chris Mason - twenty saves, 4/5 GR CGC Mikael Samuelsson - two assists, takeaway FLO Ray Emery - thirty-nine saves, 5/6 GR Lyndonville 2, at Florida 3 FLO Lubomir Visnovsky - goal, assist, two takeaways, hit FLO Jaroslav Halak - thirty-six saves, 7/9 GR LYN Scott Hartnell - goal, assist, takeaway Buffalo 5, at Florida 2 BUF Dion Phaneuf - two goals, two takeaways, two hits BUF Stephen Valiquette - thirty-six saves, 5/6 GR BUF Sergei Kostitsyn - goal, assist Capital City 5, at Fort Garry 4 CCC Mathieu Darche - two goals FGF Joe Thornton - goal, assist, takeaway, hit FGF Alexander Steen - two assists, two takeaways, hit Stone Harbor 3, at Fort Garry 1 SHS Martin Hanzal - game-winning goal, assist SHS Martin Havlat - goal, assist SHS Henrik Lundqvist - thirty-six saves, 1/2 GR Pittsburgh Sound Chasers 5, at Fort Garry 6 (OT) FGF Marian Hossa - two goals, two assists FGF Joe Thornton - goal, two assists, takeaway, hit, 10-of-11 faceoffs PIT Jarome Iginla - goal, assist, takeaway, two hits Minneapolis 2, at Fort Garry 5 FGF Joe Thornton - goal, assist, hit FGF Roberto Luongo - twenty-six saves, 2/3 GR FGF Zbynek Michalek - assist, two takeaways Seattle Sasquatch 1, at Hampton Roads 2 (SO) HRH Cristobal Huet - thirty saves, 3/3 GR, 2-of-2 in shootout HRH Eric Staal - power-play goal, hit, shootout goal SES Jean-Sebastien Aubin - twenty-eight saves, 4/5 GR, 0-of-2 in shootout Seattle Rainiers 1, at Hampton Roads 2 HRH Cristobal Huet - thirty-six saves, 7/7 GR HRH Cam Barker - assist, takeaway, six (!) hits SEA Vesa Toskala - twenty-one saves, 5/7 GR Lyndonville 2, at Hampton Roads 5 HRH Eric Staal - two goals, takeaway HRH Glen Murray - power-play goal, two assists HRH Owen Nolan - power-play goal, assist North Calgary 1, at Hampton Roads 5 HRH Eric Staal - two power-play goals, assist, takeaway HRH Paul Kariya - goal, two assists HRH Johan Hedberg - thirty-one saves, 5/5 GR Fort Garry 4, at Houston 1 FGF Sergei Samsonov - two goals FGF Roberto Luongo - thirty-six saves, 7/8 GR FGF Joe Thornton - two assists, takeaway Seattle Sasquatch 2, at Houston 4 HOU Brenden Morrow - two goals, takeaway, hit HOU Scott Gomez - goal, assist, takeaway HOU Jeff Halpern - goal, assist, hit Long Island 5, at Houston 1 LIB Evgeni Malkin - two goals, two hits LIB Zdeno Chara - goal, assist, takeaway, two hits LIB Evgeni Nabokov - twenty-nine saves, 6/7 GR North Calgary 4, at Houston 5 HOU Chris Pronger - power-play goal, two assists, hit HOU Michael Ryder - two goals NCH Alexander Frolov - two goals Manayunk 3, at Long Island 4 LIB Evgeni Nabokov - thirty-four saves, 9/10 GR LIB Vincent Lecavalier - power-play goal, shorthanded goal, takeaway MAN Ryan Shannon - goal, assist St. Michael's 1, at Long Island 4 LIB Marian Gaborik - two goals, assist, takeaway LIB Vincent Lecavalier - goal, three assists, takeaway, hit LIB Jose Theodore - thirty saves, 5/6 GR Topeka 2, at Long Island 1 TPK Ales Hemsky - game-winning goal, nine shots on goal TPK Tobias Enstrom - two assists, two takeaways, hit TPK Kari Lehtonen - thirty saves, 3/4 GR Montreal 3, at Long Island 2 MON Jonathan Toews - game-winning power-play goal, assist, takeaway, hit MON Dan Ellis - twenty-seven saves, 7/8 GR LIB Zdeno Chara - goal, three takeaways, two hits Capital City 1, at Lyndonville 0 CCC Manny Legace - twenty-seven saves, 6/6 GR LYN Ondrej Pavelec - twenty-six saves, 4/5 GR CCC Markus Naslund - power-play goal, takeaway Montreal 4, at Lyndonville 1 MON Josh Harding - thirty saves, 4/4 GR MON Loui Eriksson - two assists, hit MON Keith Ballard - goal, two takeaways Stone Harbor 4, at Lyndonville 3 SHS David Legwand - goal, assist, 8-of-10 faceoffs LYN Kurtis Foster - goal, assist, hit SHS Andrew Ladd - two assists, hit St. Michael's 4, at Lyndonville 3 STM Brad Richards - two goals, assist, takeaway STM Martin St. Louis - goal, two assists, takeaway LYN Ryan Kesler - two goals, fight Brooklyn 4, at Manayunk 3 BRK Brian Boucher - thirty-five saves, 10/10 GR BRK Jeremy Roenick - power-play goal, two assists, two takeaways, hit MAN Michal Rozsival - two power-play goals Corner Creek 3, at Manayunk 6 MAN Dainius Zubrus - two goals, takeaway MAN Mike Knuble - two goals MAN Roman Hamrlik - assist, three takeaways, hit Nevada 5, at Manayunk 4 NEV Sergei Fedorov - two goals, assist, two takeaways MAN Dominik Hasek - thirty-nine saves, 7/8 GR NEV Mike Sillinger - power-play goal, assist, 11-of-13 faceoffs Pittsburgh Hornets 7, at Manayunk 2 PIH Patrick Kane - three goals, three assists PIH Jason Arnott - goal, four assists, takeaway PIH Sheldon Souray - three assists, takeaway, three hits Vancouver 5, at Minneapolis 3 VAW Mats Sundin - power-play goal, assist, takeaway, hit, 10-of-10 faceoffs VAW Dustin Brown - game-winning goal, assist VAW Michael Cammalleri - three assists Fort Garry 6, at Minneapolis 1 FGF Ryan Getzlaf - goal, two assists FGF Roberto Luongo - twenty-three saves, 4/4 GR FGF Tim Connolly - three assists Brooklyn 6, at Minneapolis 1 BRK Sergei Gonchar - power-play goal, two assists, takeaway, hit BRK Alexander Ovechkin - power-play goal, two assists, two takeaways BRK Olaf Kolzig - twenty-five saves, 3/4 GR Nevada 3, at Minneapolis 2 (OT) NEV Niklas Hagman - two goals including overtime goal NEV Paul Ranger - power-play goal, assist, hit MIN Johan Holmqvist - thirty-two saves, 8/10 GR Fort Garry 5, at Montreal 2 FGF Ryan Smyth - two goals FGF Roberto Luongo - thirty-two saves, 5/6 GR FGF Christopher Higgins - two assists Pittsburgh Hornets 1, at Montreal 3 MON Dan Ellis - twenty-seven saves, 5/6 GR MON Ryan Malone - goal, assist, hit PIH Ilya Bryzgalov - thirty-nine saves, 7/9 GR Brooklyn 2, at Montreal 3 MON Josh Harding - twenty-seven saves, 5/6 GR BRK Martin Biron - forty-two saves, 7/9 GR MON Mike Green - two goals, hit Long Island 8, at Montreal 3 LIB Vincent Lecavalier - two power-play goals, two assists LIB Marian Gaborik - two goals, assist LIB Evgeni Malkin - goal, two assists, two takeaways Minneapolis 1, at Nevada 3 NEV Peter Budaj - thirty-seven saves, 5/5 GR NEV Jeff Finger - goal, two takeaways, two hits NEV Martin Straka - two assists St. Michael's 5, at Nevada 4 (SO) STM Brad Richards - power-play goal, two assists NEV Jason Blake - goal, two assists, three takeaways NEV Martin Gerber - forty-four saves, 3/3 GR, 1-of-4 in shootout Topeka 1, at Nevada 3 NEV Peter Budaj - thirty-nine saves, 6/7 GR NEV Jason Blake - two goals, assist NEV Niklas Hagman - game-winning goal, assist Capital City 6, at Nevada 7 (OT) NEV Mike Sillinger - shorthanded goal, two assists CCC Daniel Alfredsson - two goals, assist, four takeaways NEV Drew Stafford - goal, assist Houston 5, at North Calgary 1 HOU Chris Osgood - thirty saves, 8/9 GR HOU Simon Gagne - goal, assist, takeaway, hit HOU Chris Pronger - two assists, three hits Hampton Roads 5, at North Calgary 2 HRH Glen Murray - two goals, assist HRH Joe Pavelski - goal, assist HRH Owen Nolan - goal, assist Pittsburgh Sound Chasers 1, at North Calgary 0 (SO) PIT Curtis Joseph - thirty-four saves, shutout, 8/8 GR, 3-of-5 in shootout NCH Miikka Kiprusoff - forty saves, shutout, 3/3 GR, 2-of-5 in shootout PIT Cory Stillman - two takeaways, shootout goal Quebec City 4, at North Calgary 1 QCP Tomas Plekanec - two goals, assist, hit QCP Daniel Briere - three assists, two takeaways QCP Jean-Sebastien Giguere - twenty-two saves, 5/6 GR Hampton Roads 2, at Pittsburgh Hornets 6 PIH Radim Vrbata - shorthanded goal, two assists, takeaway PIH Jason Arnott - two goals PIH Ilya Bryzgalov - thirty-one saves, 6/6 GR Quebec City 1, at Pittsburgh Hornets 7 PIH Johnny Oduya - goal, three assists, three hits PIH Sheldon Souray - goal, assist, hit PIH Ilya Bryzgalov - twenty-seven saves, 5/6 GR Montreal 2, at Pittsburgh Hornets 3 (SO) PIH Ilya Bryzgalov - thirty-eight saves, 7/8 GR, 9-of-9 in shootout PIH Alex Burrows - goal, takeaway, shootout goal MON Dan Ellis - twenty-five saves, 3/4 GR, 8-of-9 in shootout Manayunk 1, at Pittsburgh Hornets 6 PIH Sean Avery - two goals, takeaway PIH Radim Vrbata - two power-play goals, assist PIH Patrick Kane - goal, assist, two takeaway Nevada 4, at Pittsburgh Sound Chasers 6 PIT Cory Stillman - two goals, two assists, two takeaways PIT Jarome Iginla - goal, two assists, takeaway NEV Jason Blake - two goals, takeaway Fort Garry 3, at Pittsburgh Sound Chasers 5 PIT Randy Jones - three assists PIT Martin Brodeur - forty saves, 8/11 GR PIT Saku Koivu - power-play goal, assist Pittsburgh Hornets 5, at Pittsburgh Sound Chasers 3 PIH Derek Morris - two goals, takeaway, hit PIH Mike Modano - shorthanded goal, assist, three takeaways PIT Jarome Iginla - two goals Seattle Sasquatch 2, at Pittsburgh Sound Chasers 1 SES Ty Conklin - twenty-six saves, 3/3 GR SES Kristian Huselius - power-play goal, takeaway SES Jeff Carter - game-winning power-play goal Vancouver 2, at Quebec City 3 (SO) VAW Michael Cammalleri - two goals, shootout goal QCP Jean-Sebastien Giguere - twenty-two saves, 5/5 GR, 2-of-4 in shootout QCP Jaromir Jagr - goal, takeaway, shootout goal Corner Creek 4, at Quebec City 5 QCP Tomas Plekanec - game-winning power-play goal, two assists QCP Daniel Briere - goal, two assists CGC Matt Cullen - two assists, takeaway Buffalo 7, at Quebec City 3 BUF Andrew Cogliano - two goals, assist, two takeaways, hit BUF Mike Ribeiro - goal, three assists, hit BUF Richard Zednik - two goals, two takeaways Brooklyn 3, at Quebec City 5 QCP Olli Jokinen - goal, three assists, takeaway QCP Daniel Briere - two goals BRK Brooks Laich - goal, assist Long Island 3, at St. Michael's 2 LIB Johan Franzen - game-winning goal, assist, takeaway LIB Evgeni Malkin - goal, assist, takeaway STM Erik Cole - power-play goal, assist, takeaway Seattle Sasquatch 3, at St. Michael's 1 SES Milan Hejduk - two goals, takeaway SES Rod Brind'amour - three assists, two takeaways SES Marc-Andre Fleury - twenty-six saves, 4/5 GR Lyndonville 2, at St. Michael's 6 STM Jean-Pierre Dumont - three goals, assist STM Pavel Datsyuk - goal, three assists, takeaway STM Alex Auld - thirty-three saves, 2/2 GR Pittsburgh Hornets 3, at St. Michael's 4 (SO) STM Alex Auld - twenty-five saves, 5/6 GR, 3-of-3 in shootout PIH Ilya Bryzgalov - thirty-one saves, 6/7 GR, 2-of-3 in shootout STM Brad Richards - two assists, hit Manayunk 3, at Seattle Rainiers 4 (OT) SEA Mike Fisher - overtime goal, hit SEA Dany Heatley - game-tying goal, takeaway MAN Marco Sturm - shorthanded goal, assist, hit, eight shots on goal Topeka 3, at Seattle Rainiers 2 TPK Kari Lehtonen - forty saves, 4/4 GR SEA Dany Heatley - power-play goal, assist TPK Ilya Kovalchuk - game-winning goal, two hits Hampton Roads 2, at Seattle Rainiers 3 SEA Andy McDonald - two goals, seven shots on goal HRH Stephane Robidas - two assists, two takeaways, three hits SEA Mark Parrish - two assists Houston 2, at Seattle Rainiers 6 SEA Patrick Marleau - goal, assist, two takeaways, two hits SEA Alex Tanguay - shorthanded goal, assist SEA Brian Rafalski - power-play goal, assist Florida 4, at Seattle Sasquatch 3 FLO Chris Kunitz - goal, assist FLO Brandon Dubinsky - goal, assist, takeaway, two hits FLO Ray Emery - twenty-five saves, 7/10 GR Houston 4, at Seattle Sasquatch 3 (SO) HOU Nicklas Lidstrom - power-play goal, assist, hit SES Kristian Huselius - two goals HOU Brendan Shanahan - power-play goal, assist Pittsburgh Sound Chasers 2, at Seattle Sasquatch 3 SES Rod Brind'amour - power-play goal, assist, two hits SES Milan Hejduk - power-play goal, assist SES Ty Conklin - thirty-two saves, 4/6 GR Minneapolis 3, at Seattle Sasquatch 4 (OT) SES Kristian Huselius - goal, two assists MIN Anze Kopitar - two goals, two hits SES Milan Hejduk - overtime power-play goal, assist North Calgary 4, at Stone Harbor 2 NCH Alexander Frolov - goal, assist, takeaway NCH Brad Stuart - game-winning power-play goal, assist SHS Henrik Lundqvist - thirty-eight saves, 7/10 GR Long Island 7, at Stone Harbor 3 LIB Evgeni Maklin - two goals, two assists, takeaway LIB Trent Hunter - two goals, hit LIB Tom Poti - three assists, two takeaways, hit Buffalo 1, at Stone Harbor 3 SHS Thomas Vanek - two assists, two takeaways SHS Martin Erat - two assists, takeaway SHS Henrik Lundqvist - twenty-two saves, 3/3 GR Lyndonville 8, at Stone Harbor 3 LYN Derek Roy - four goals, two assists LYN Jason Pominville - goal, trhee assists, takeaway SHS Jeff Hamilton - two goals, takeaway Seattle Rainiers 2, at Topeka 3 (SO) TPK Matthew Lombardi - two shorthanded goals, hit TPK Kari Lehtonen - forty-one saves, 8/9 GR, 2-of-3 in shootout SEA Alexei Kovalev - takeaway, hit, shootout goal Vancouver 6, at Topeka 0 VAW Patrick Sharp - two goals, takeawaye VAW Jamie Langenbrunner - goal, assist, two takeaways VAW Craig Anderson - sixteen saves, shutout, 4/4 GR Buffalo 2, at Topeka 1 (OT) BUF Stephen Valiquette - thirty-seven saves, 6/6 GR BUF Richard Zednik - overtime goal, two hits BUF Dion Phaneuf - assist, takeaway, two hits North Calgary 2, at Topeka 8 TPK Henrik Sedin - two goals, four assists TPK Patrick O'Sullivan - two goals including shorthanded goal TPK Andrei Kostitsyn - two goals, takeaway Hampton Roads 3, at Vancouver 6 VAW Henrik Zetterberg - three goals, two assists VAW Mark Streit - three assists, takeaway VAW Dustin Brown - three assists Capital City 4, at Vancouver 5 VAW Mark Strit - goal, two assists, two takeaways VAW Mats Sundin - power-play goal, assist CCC Markus Naslund - goal, assist Topeka 2, at Vancouver 1 TPK Brent Burns - power-play goal, assist, takeaway TPK Kari Lehtonen - thirty-six saves, 4/5 GR VAW Niklas Backstrom - twenty-seven saves, 6/7 GR Montreal 4, at Vancouver 3 MON Ryan Malone - goal, assist, two hits VAW Jamie Langenbrunner - goal, assist, three takeaways VAW Brett McLean - two assists, takeaway ********************************************************************* NSHL SKATER OF THE WEEK (WEEK 17/18): (to be determined) +/- SOG G A PIM PP SH FO-W AC IT TA HIT SP AS NSHL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: Week 1/2: Martin St. Louis, Buffalo Bulldogs Week 3/4: Alexander Ovechkin, Brooklyn Fourteenth Week 5/6: Alexander Ovechkin, Brooklyn Fourteenth Week 7/8: Marco Sturm, Manayunk Bullies Week 9/10: Pavel Datsyuk, St. Michael's Privateers Week 11/12: Henrik Zetterberg, Vancouver Whitecaps Week 13/14: Alexander Ovechkin, Brooklyn Fourteenth Week 15/16: Mike Knuble, Manayunk Bullies ********************************************************************* NSHL GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK (WEEK 17/18): (to be determined) MIN SHOTS GA ENG GR GRS NSHL GOALTENDERS OF THE WEEK: Week 1/2: Martin Brodeur, Pittsburgh Sound Chasers Week 3/4: Evgeni Nabokov, Long Island Berserkers Week 5/6: Ilya Bryzgalov, Pittsburgh Hornets Week 7/8: Miikka Kiprusoff, North Calgary Hawks Week 9/10: Jean-Sebastien Giguere, Nevada Thunder Week 11/12: Wade Dubielewicz, Topeka Tarantulas Week 13/14: Marc-Andre Fleury, Seattle Sasquatch Week 15/15: Tim Thomas, St. Michael's Privateers ********************************************************************* NSHL 2008-09 SCHEDULE AND INJURIES (WEEK 19/20): Numbers in parentheses represent total man-games missed in the upcoming biweek, and the total man-games missed during the 2008-09 season to date. BROOKLYN FOURTEENTH (15/141): 02/18/2009 BRK at NCH Hall, Laperriere 02/20/2009 BRK at LIB Hall 02/22/2009 BRK at CGC Hall 02/24/2009 PIH at BRK Hall, Johnson 02/25/2009 CGC at BRK Hall, Johnson 02/26/2009 BRK at PIH Hall, Johnson, Steckel 03/01/2009 BUF at BRK Hall, Johnson, Steckel 03/02/2009 VAW at BRK Hall BUFFALO BULLDOGS (11/107): 02/18/2009 BUF at FGF McCarthy 02/19/2009 LYN at BUF McCarthy 02/20/2009 BUF at LYN McCarthy 02/23/2009 CGC at BUF McCarthy 02/24/2009 BUF at CGC McCarthy 02/25/2009 LIB at BUF Maltby, McCarthy 03/01/2009 BUF at BRK Maltby, McCarthy 03/02/2009 NCH at BUF Maltby, McCarthy CAPITAL CITY COUGARS (6/102): 02/18/2009 STM at CCC Schneider 02/20/2009 HRH at CCC Schneider 02/21/2009 CCC at TPK Schneider 02/23/2009 TPK at CCC Alfredsson 02/27/2009 CCC at MIN Alfredsson, Cleary 02/28/2009 MIN at CCC 03/01/2009 CCC at PIT 03/02/2009 CCC at MAN CORNER CREEK GREEN CALVES (2/78): 02/18/2009 CGC at SES Whitney 02/20/2009 CGC at PIH 02/22/2009 BRK at CGC 02/23/2009 CGC at BUF 02/24/2009 BUF at CGC 02/25/2009 CGC at BRK 02/27/2009 LYN at CGC Foote 03/02/2009 SEA at CGC FLORIDA HELLCATS (4/36): 02/18/2009 FLO at PIT 02/19/2009 FLO at QCP 02/21/2009 STM at FLO Emery 02/22/2009 SHS at FLO Emery 02/23/2009 FLO at SHS Emery 02/25/2009 QCP at FLO Emery 02/28/2009 FLO at MAN 03/02/2009 HRH at FLO FORT GARRY FIDDLER CRABS (5/76): 02/18/2009 BUF at FGF Steen 02/19/2009 SES at FGF Steen 02/22/2009 VAW at FGF Ohlund 02/23/2009 NEV at FGF Mitchell, Ohlund 02/25/2009 FGF at NEV 02/26/2009 FGF at SES 02/28/2009 FGF at NCH 03/02/2009 FGF at LIB HAMPTON ROADS HOUNDS (0/46): 02/18/2009 MAN at HRH 02/20/2009 HRH at CCC 02/22/2009 HRH at TPK 02/23/2009 PIT at HRH 02/24/2009 HOU at HRH 02/26/2009 TPK at HRH 03/01/2009 HRH at HOU 03/02/2009 HRH at FLO HOUSTON AEROS (9/102): 02/18/2009 QCP at HOU Ryan, Williams 02/20/2009 HOU at TPK Williams 02/21/2009 PIT at HOU Williams 02/22/2009 MIN at HOU Williams 02/24/2009 HOU at HRH Williams 02/27/2009 HOU at PIT Williams 03/01/2009 HRH at HOU Williams 03/02/2009 HOU at SHS Williams LONG ISLAND BERSERKERS (15/56): 02/18/2009 LIB at VAW Campoli, Nabokov 02/20/2009 BRK at LIB Campoli, Nabokov 02/21/2009 LYN at LIB Campoli, Nabokov 02/22/2009 PIH at LIB Campoli, Nabokov 02/25/2009 LIB at BUF Campoli, Nabokov 02/27/2009 LIB at PIH Campoli 03/01/2009 LIB at LYN Bergenheim, Campoli 03/02/2009 FGF at LIB Bergenheim, Campoli LYNDONVILLE BLADES (6/128): 02/18/2009 LYN at NEV 02/19/2009 LYN at BUF Foster, Roy 02/20/2009 BUF at LYN Foster 02/21/2009 LYN at LIB Foster 02/27/2009 LYN at CGC Foster 02/28/2009 PIH at LYN Foster 03/01/2009 LIB at LYN 03/02/2009 SES at LYN MANAYUNK BULLIES (26/135): 02/18/2009 MAN at HRH Backes, Kwiatkowski, Pahlsson, Wagner 02/20/2009 QCP at MAN Kwiatkowski, Pahlsson, Wagner 02/22/2009 MAN at MON Kwiatkowski, Pahlsson, Wagner 02/23/2009 MAN at STM Kwiatkowski, Pahlsson, Wagner 02/26/2009 MON at MAN Kwiatkowski, Pahlsson, Wagner 02/28/2009 FLO at MAN Kwiatkowski, Pahlsson, Wagner 03/01/2009 MAN at QCP Kwiatkowski, Pahlsson, Wagner 03/02/2009 CCC at MAN Backes, Kwiatkowski, Pahlsson, Wagner MINNEAPOLIS MASSASAUGA (9/148): 02/18/2009 SHS at MIN Carle, Ritchie 02/20/2009 MIN at PIT Carle 02/22/2009 MIN at HOU Carle 02/24/2009 TPK at MIN Carle 02/25/2009 PIT at MIN Carle 02/27/2009 CCC at MIN Carle 02/28/2009 MIN at CCC Carle 03/02/2009 MIN at MON Carle MONTREAL WANDERERS (2/53): 02/18/2009 MON at TPK 02/21/2009 MON at SHS 02/22/2009 MAN at MON 02/23/2009 QCP at MON 02/24/2009 MON at STM 02/26/2009 MON at MAN Eriksson 02/28/2009 STM at MON Eriksson 03/02/2009 MIN at MON NEVADA THUNDER (7/90): 02/18/2009 LYN at NEV McAmmond, Sillinger 02/20/2009 VAW at NEV McAmmond 02/21/2009 SEA at NEV Finger, McAmmond 02/23/2009 NEV at FGF Finger 02/24/2009 NEV at SES 02/25/2009 FGF at NEV 02/27/2009 NEV at VAW 03/02/2009 NEV at PIH Sillinger NORTH CALGARY HAWKS (8/75): 02/18/2009 BRK at NCH Frolov 02/20/2009 NCH at SEA Frolov 02/22/2009 SES at NCH Frolov 02/23/2009 NCH at VAW Frolov 02/25/2009 NCH at SES Frolov 02/27/2009 SEA at NCH Frolov, Spezza 02/28/2009 FGF at NCH Frolov 03/02/2009 NCH at BUF PITTSBURGH HORNETS (3/140): 02/18/2009 PIH at SEA 02/20/2009 CGC at PIH 02/22/2009 PIH at LIB Vrbata 02/24/2009 PIH at BRK Vrbata 02/26/2009 BRK at PIH Axelsson 02/27/2009 LIB at PIH 02/28/2009 PIH at LYN 03/02/2009 NEV at PIH PITTSBURGH SOUND CHASERS (1/58): 02/18/2009 FLO at PIT 02/20/2009 MIN at PIT 02/21/2009 PIT at HOU 02/23/2009 PIT at HRH 02/25/2009 PIT at MIN 02/27/2009 HOU at PIT 03/01/2009 CCC at PIT 03/02/2009 PIT at STM Umberger QUEBEC CITY PATRIOTES (12/67): 02/18/2009 QCP at HOU Perron, Talbot, Volchenkov 02/19/2009 FLO at QCP Perron, Talbot, Volchenkov 02/20/2009 QCP at MAN Perron, Talbot 02/23/2009 QCP at MON Perron 02/25/2009 QCP at FLO 02/28/2009 SHS at QCP Volchenkov 03/01/2009 MAN at QCP Volchenkov 03/02/2009 TPK at QCP Volchenkov ST. MICHAEL'S PRIVATEERS (11/40): 02/18/2009 STM at CCC Gelinas 02/20/2009 STM at SHS Gelinas 02/21/2009 STM at FLO Gelinas 02/23/2009 MAN at STM Gelinas 02/24/2009 MON at STM Auld, Gelinas 02/26/2009 SHS at STM Auld, Gelinas 02/28/2009 STM at MON Auld, Gelinas 03/02/2009 PIT at STM Gelinas SEATTLE RAINIERS (4/72): 02/18/2009 PIH at SEA 02/20/2009 NCH at SEA Heatley 02/21/2009 SEA at NEV 02/23/2009 SES at SEA Cheechoo 02/26/2009 VAW at SEA Cheechoo 02/27/2009 SEA at NCH 03/01/2009 SEA at VAW Chelios 03/02/2009 SEA at CGC SEATTLE SASQUATCH (28/174): 02/18/2009 CGC at SES Ryan, Selanne, Slater 02/19/2009 SES at FGF Ryan, Selanne, Slater 02/22/2009 SES at NCH Ryan, Selanne, Slater 02/23/2009 SES at SEA Ryan, Selanne, Slater 02/24/2009 NEV at SES Ryan, Selanne, Slater, Warrener 02/25/2009 NCH at SES Ryan, Selanne, Slater, Warrener 02/26/2009 FGF at SES Ryan, Selanne, Warrener 03/02/2009 SES at LYN Ryan, Savard, Selanne, Slater, Warrener STONE HARBOR SOUND (8/95): 02/18/2009 SHS at MIN Murphy 02/20/2009 STM at SHS Murphy 02/21/2009 MON at SHS Murphy 02/22/2009 SHS at FLO Murphy 02/23/2009 FLO at SHS Murphy 02/26/2009 SHS at STM Murphy 02/28/2009 SHS at QCP Murphy 03/02/2009 HOU at SHS Murphy TOPEKA TARANTULAS (5/32): 02/18/2009 MON at TPK Hedican 02/20/2009 HOU at TPK Hedican 02/21/2009 CCC at TPK Hedican 02/22/2009 HRH at TPK Hedican 02/23/2009 TPK at CCC 02/24/2009 TPK at MIN 02/26/2009 TPK at HRH 03/02/2009 TPK at QCP Kobasew VANCOUVER WHITECAPS (4/57): 02/18/2009 LIB at VAW 02/20/2009 VAW at NEV 02/22/2009 VAW at FGF 02/23/2009 NCH at VAW 02/26/2009 VAW at SEA 02/27/2009 NEV at VAW 03/01/2009 SEA at VAW Betts, Kronwall 03/02/2009 VAW at BRK Betts, Kronwall ********************************************************************* CALENDAR OF EVENTS: March 4: Week 19/20 of regular season begins March 6: all computer managers must be sent by the end of this date. March 15: all Week 19/20 results must be reported. March 18: Week 21 begins ********************************************************************* 2008-09 REGULAR SEASON LEAGUE STANDINGS: NORTHEAST DIVISION GP W L OL SL Pts Pct GF GA Home Road Pittsburgh Hornets 72 45 21 2 4 96 0.667 229 201 24- 9- 1- 2 21-12- 1- 2 Long Island Berserkers 72 38 28 4 2 82 0.569 233 217 18-14- 2- 2 20-14- 2- 0 Corner Creek Green Cal 72 37 31 1 3 78 0.542 221 211 19-16- 0- 1 18-15- 1- 2 Brooklyn Fourteenth 72 33 27 3 9 78 0.542 238 217 19-11- 0- 6 14-16- 3- 3 Buffalo Bulldogs 72 29 39 0 4 62 0.431 204 237 14-19- 0- 3 15-20- 0- 1 Lyndonville Blades 72 26 43 2 1 55 0.382 188 231 14-22- 0- 0 12-21- 2- 1 ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L OL SL Pts Pct GF GA Home Road St. Michael's Privatee 72 47 18 2 5 101 0.701 261 169 29- 5- 1- 1 18-13- 1- 4 Montreal Wanderers 72 38 25 5 4 85 0.590 212 215 21-12- 2- 1 17-13- 3- 3 Quebec City Patriotes 72 38 32 0 2 78 0.542 229 217 21-14- 0- 1 17-18- 0- 1 Florida Hellcats 72 33 37 2 0 68 0.472 187 229 16-19- 1- 0 17-18- 1- 0 Manayunk Bullies 72 31 37 2 2 66 0.458 181 238 15-19- 1- 1 16-18- 1- 1 Stone Harbor Sound 72 19 48 1 4 43 0.299 172 252 7-26- 0- 3 12-22- 1- 1 NORTHWEST DIVISION GP W L OL SL Pts Pct GF GA Home Road Vancouver Whitecaps 72 59 12 0 1 119 0.826 283 151 30- 6- 0- 0 29- 6- 0- 1 Nevada Thunder 72 47 20 2 3 99 0.688 246 205 22-10- 1- 3 25-10- 1- 0 Seattle Sasquatch 72 43 25 0 4 90 0.625 232 198 26- 9- 0- 1 17-16- 0- 3 Fort Garry Fiddler Cra 72 42 25 0 5 89 0.618 239 200 19-14- 0- 3 23-11- 0- 2 Seattle Rainiers 72 34 28 5 5 78 0.542 227 222 16-17- 2- 1 18-11- 3- 4 North Calgary Hawks 72 23 41 4 4 54 0.375 188 269 8-22- 2- 4 15-19- 2- 0 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OL SL Pts Pct GF GA Home Road Topeka Tarantulas 72 44 26 1 1 90 0.625 226 199 24-10- 1- 1 20-16- 0- 0 Houston Aeros 72 39 27 2 4 84 0.583 252 215 23-11- 1- 1 16-16- 1- 3 Pittsburgh Sound Chase 72 39 29 2 2 82 0.569 232 211 19-14- 1- 2 20-15- 1- 0 Capital City Cougars 72 32 23 6 11 81 0.562 215 214 16-13- 3- 4 16-10- 3- 7 Hampton Roads Hounds 72 29 38 3 2 63 0.438 183 259 14-18- 3- 1 15-20- 0- 1 Minneapolis Massasauga 72 19 46 4 3 45 0.312 159 260 9-25- 2- 0 10-21- 2- 3 ********************************************************************* 2008-09 EXPANDED LEAGUE STATISTICS: EXPANDED STATISTICS Total Home Road NORTHEAST DIVISION REG OVT SHO REG OVT SHO REG OVT SHO Pittsburgh Hornets 37-21 2- 2 6- 4| 19- 9 2- 1 3- 2| 18-12 0- 1 3- 2 Long Island Berserkers 35-28 1- 4 2- 2| 16-14 1- 2 1- 2| 19-14 0- 2 1- 0 Corner Creek Green Calv 32-31 2- 1 3- 3| 17-16 1- 0 1- 1| 15-15 1- 1 2- 2 Brooklyn Fourteenth 33-27 0- 3 0- 9| 19-11 0- 0 0- 6| 14-16 0- 3 0- 3 Buffalo Bulldogs 19-39 6- 0 4- 4| 10-19 2- 0 2- 3| 9-20 4- 0 2- 1 Lyndonville Blades 23-43 1- 2 2- 1| 13-22 1- 0 0- 0| 10-21 0- 2 2- 1 ATLANTIC DIVISION REG OVT SHO REG OVT SHO REG OVT SHO St. Michael's Privateer 40-18 4- 2 3- 5| 23- 5 4- 1 2- 1| 17-13 0- 1 1- 4 Montreal Wanderers 36-25 0- 5 2- 4| 20-12 0- 2 1- 1| 16-13 0- 3 1- 3 Quebec City Patriotes 32-32 1- 0 5- 2| 16-14 0- 0 5- 1| 16-18 1- 0 0- 1 Florida Hellcats 24-37 1- 2 8- 0| 13-19 0- 1 3- 0| 11-18 1- 1 5- 0 Manayunk Bullies 23-37 3- 2 5- 2| 11-19 2- 1 2- 1| 12-18 1- 1 3- 1 Stone Harbor Sound 14-48 2- 1 3- 4| 5-26 1- 0 1- 3| 9-22 1- 1 2- 1 NORTHWEST DIVISION REG OVT SHO REG OVT SHO REG OVT SHO Vancouver Whitecaps 55-12 1- 0 3- 1| 29- 6 0- 0 1- 0| 26- 6 1- 0 2- 1 Nevada Thunder 41-20 3- 2 3- 3| 20-10 2- 1 0- 3| 21-10 1- 1 3- 0 Seattle Sasquatch 31-25 5- 0 7- 4| 19- 9 5- 0 2- 1| 12-16 0- 0 5- 3 Fort Garry Fiddler Crab 37-25 3- 0 2- 5| 17-14 1- 0 1- 3| 20-11 2- 0 1- 2 Seattle Rainiers 30-28 2- 5 2- 5| 13-17 2- 2 1- 1| 17-11 0- 3 1- 4 North Calgary Hawks 19-41 3- 4 1- 4| 7-22 0- 2 1- 4| 12-19 3- 2 0- 0 CENTRAL DIVISION REG OVT SHO REG OVT SHO REG OVT SHO Topeka Tarantulas 34-26 3- 1 7- 1| 16-10 2- 1 6- 1| 18-16 1- 0 1- 0 Houston Aeros 33-27 0- 2 6- 4| 20-11 0- 1 3- 1| 13-16 0- 1 3- 3 Pittsburgh Sound Chaser 32-29 4- 2 3- 2| 16-14 1- 1 2- 2| 16-15 3- 1 1- 0 Capital City Cougars 26-23 4- 6 2-11| 14-13 2- 3 0- 4| 12-10 2- 3 2- 7 Hampton Roads Hounds 22-38 1- 3 6- 2| 9-18 0- 3 5- 1| 13-20 1- 0 1- 1 Minneapolis Massasauga 18-46 1- 4 0- 3| 9-25 0- 2 0- 0| 9-21 1- 2 0- 3 ********************************************************************* 2008-09 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 0.032 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. Vancouver Whitecaps 1.991 5.649 -0.040 1 2. St. Michael's Privateers 1.240 7.404 -0.130 2 3. Nevada Thunder 0.666 5.700 -0.017 5 4. Seattle Sasquatch 0.657 5.611 0.101 3 5. Fort Garry Fiddler Crabs 0.581 6.923 0.036 7 6. Topeka Tarantulas 0.580 7.397 0.002 6 7. Houston Aeros 0.531 7.460 0.019 4 8. Pittsburgh Hornets 0.448 6.081 -0.124 11 9. Pittsburgh Sound Chasers 0.341 6.108 0.019 8 10. Brooklyn Fourteenth 0.162 9.114 -0.094 14 11. Quebec City Patriotes 0.135 8.057 -0.072 10 12. Corner Creek Green Calves 0.130 8.960 -0.057 9 13. Seattle Rainiers 0.102 5.994 0.064 12 14. Long Island Berserkers 0.072 7.777 -0.107 16 15. Capital City Cougars -0.009 5.792 0.050 13 16. Montreal Wanderers -0.038 7.374 -0.066 15 17. Buffalo Bulldogs -0.522 5.155 0.014 20 18. Florida Hellcats -0.622 7.293 0.000 18 19. Lyndonville Blades -0.782 5.974 -0.008 17 20. Manayunk Bullies -0.854 7.726 -0.035 19 21. Hampton Roads Hounds -0.901 7.699 0.101 22 22. North Calgary Hawks -1.196 9.836 0.169 21 23. Stone Harbor Sound -1.328 7.325 0.026 24 24. Minneapolis Massasauga -1.385 6.298 0.149 23 ********************************************************************* 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. CUMULATIVE INCENTIVE POINTS: BUF 1 IP FLO -1 IP HOU -3 IP LIB -1 IP MAN -4 IP MIN 2 IP NEV 5 IP PIH -2 IP PIT 2 IP STM -1 IP SES -1 IP TPK -1 IP VAW -3 IP ********************************************************************* ASSOCIATE LIST: SINCE GP Dean Engemoen June 16, 2007 30 Dale Ripley September 11, 2007 27 Francois Lessard December 10, 2006 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 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 ********************************************************************* WEEK 19/20 INJURY REPORT: BRK - Adam Hall out 16 games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Aaron Johnson out 4 games 4 5 6 7 - Ian Laperriere out 1 game 1 - David Steckel out 2 games 6 7 BUF - Kirk Maltby out 3 games 6 7 8 - Steve McCarthy out 11 games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 CCC - Daniel Alfredsson out 2 gaems 4 5 - Daniel Cleary out 1 game 5 - Mathieu Schneider out 3 games 1 2 3 CGC - Adam Foote out 1 game 7 - Ray Whitney out 1 game 1 FLO - Ray Emery out 4 games 3 4 5 6 FGF - Willie Mitchell out 1 game 4 - Mattias Ohlund out 2 games 3 4 - Alexander Steen out 2 games 1 2 HOU - Michael Ryan out 1 game 1 - Justin Williams out 24 games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 LIB - Sean Bergenheim out 2 games 7 8 - Chris Campoli out 28 games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Evgeni Nabokov out 5 games 1 2 3 4 5 LYN - Kurtis Foster out 5 games 2 3 4 5 6 - Derek Roy out 1 game 2 MAN - David Backes out 2 games 1 8 - Joel Kwiatkowski out 22 games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Samuel Pahlsson out 10 games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Steve Wagner out 8 games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 MIN - Matthew Carle out 9 games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Byron Ritchie out 1 game 1 MON - Loui Eriksson out 2 games 6 7 NEV - Jeff Finger out 2 games 3 4 - Dean McAmmond out 3 games 1 2 3 - Mike Sillinger out 2 games 1 8 NCH - Alexander Frolov out 7 games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 - Jason Spezza out 1 game 6 PIH - Per-Johan Axelsson out 1 game 5 - Radim Vrbata out 2 games 3 4 PIT - R.J. Umberger out 1 game 8 QCP - David Perron out 4 games 1 2 3 4 - Max Talbot out 3 games 1 2 3 - Anton Volchenkov out 5 games 1 2 6 7 8 STM - Alex Auld out 3 games 5 6 7 - Martin Gelinas out 12 games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 SEA - Jonathan Cheechoo out 2 games 4 5 - Chris Chelios out 1 game 7 - Dany Heatley out 1 game 2 SES - Bobby Ryan out 13 games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Marc Savard out 1 game 8 - Teemu Selanne out 25 games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Jim Slater out 7 games 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 - Rhett Warrener out 4 games 5 6 7 8 SHS - Cory Murphy out 11 games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 TPK - Bret Hedican out 4 games 1 2 3 4 - Chuck Kobasew out 1 game 8 VAW - Blair Betts out 2 games 7 8 - Niklas Kronwall out 2 games 7 8 FA - Colin Stuart out 11 games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ********************************************************************* 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. PIT - SIGN Dmitri Patzold as post-deadline free agent. - RELEASE Ryan Hollweg. ********************************************************************* 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) *********************************************************************