The National Strat-O-Matic Hockey League Newsletter League Established May 1, 1997 Volume #13, Issue #22 - September 8, 2010 ********************************************************************* 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: to be announced Team Websites: Capital City Cougars: http://capcity.tripod.com Seattle Rainiers: http://math.colorado.edu/~norrisdt/rainiers/rainiers.html ********************************************************************* This is the final newsletter before the 2010 NSHL entry draft! If you're going to send me information regarding 2011 draft picks, please send them between now and an hour before the start of the draft. If you wait until right before the draft starts, it screws with my rhythm. One final roster move, which was announced to me prior to the last newsletter, but did not make it into the final edition - Nevada releases Sergei Fedorov. ********************************************************************* OVERUSAGE PENALTIES REDUX: After review by the Review Board, Manayunk's overusage penalty for the 2010 drafts has been rescinded. ********************************************************************* 2009-10 TROPHY WINNERS: Congratulations to Tim Thomas and the St. Michael's Privateers, who took home a lot of trophies this summer! GRETZKY TROPHY (Awarded to the league's most valuable player) WINNER: STM Tim Thomas RUNNER-UP: three-way tie, VAW Sidney Crosby, LIB Evgeni Malkin, NCH Zach Parise SAWCHUK TROPHY (Awarded to the league's top goaltender) WINNER: STM Tim Thomas RUNNER-UP: HOU Tomas Vokoun ORR TROPHY (Awarded to the league's top defenseman) WINNER: MON Mike Green RUNNER-UP: TPK Shea Weber LEMIEUX TROPHY (Awarded to the league's top first-year player) WINNER: CGC Kris Versteeg (unanimous) BLAKE TROPHY (Awarded to the league's top coach) WINNER: STM Andy Bartalone RUNNER-UP: VAW Junu Kim GAINEY TROPHY (Awarded to the league's top defensive forward) WINNER: STM Pavel Datsyuk RUNNER-UP: SEA Mike Fisher HARVEY TROPHY (Awarded to the league's top defensive defenseman) WINNER: LIB Zdeno Chara RUNNER-UP: two-way tie, STM Robyn Regehr, TPK Shea Weber PARENT TROPHY (Awarded to the comeback player of the year) WINNER: MIN Tuomo Ruutu RUNNER-UP: SEA Dwayne Roloson BELIVEAU TROPHY (Awarded to the top performer in the Farley Cup playoffs) WINNER: STM Martin St. Louis NORRIS TROPHY (Awarded to the owner/associate who best exemplifies the spirit of the league and its members) WINNER: VAW Junu Kim RUNNER-UP: CCC Brian Leahy 2009-10 NSHL ALL-STAR FIRST TEAM: BRK Alex Ovechkin VAW Sidney Crosby LIB Evgeni Malkin LIB Zdeno Chara MON Mike Green STM Tim Thomas 2009-10 NSHL ALL-STAR SECOND TEAM: NCH Zach Parise STM Pavel Datsyuk PIT Jarome Iginla MON Ryan Suter TPK Shea Weber HOU Tomas Vokoun 2009-10 ALL-STAR LEFT WING VOTING: BRK Alex Ovechkin 61 NCH Zach Parise 48 TPK Ilya Kovalchuk 16 2009-10 ALL-STAR CENTRE VOTING: VAW Sidney Crosby 65 STM Pavel Datsyuk 19 TPK Henrik Sedin 17 SES Jeff Carter 15 MON Jonathan Toews 6 NCH Eric Staal 3 2009-10 ALL-STAR RIGHT WING VOTING: LIB Evgeni Malkin 73 PIT Jarome Iginla 19 TPK Corey Perry 18 FGF Marian Hossa 15 2009-10 ALL-STAR LEFT DEFENSE VOTING: LIB Zdeno Chara 63 MON Ryan Suter 24 TPK Sheldon Souray 19 STM Duncan Keith 16 HOU Nicklas Lidstrom 3 2009-10 ALL-STAR RIGHT DEFENSE VOTING: MON Mike Green 72 TPK Shea Weber 42 SEA Brian Rafalski 6 SES Dan Boyle 5 2009-10 ALL-STAR GOALTENDER VOTING: STM Tim Thomas 73 HOU Tomas Vokoun 46 BUF Cam Ward 3 ********************************************************************* 2009-10 REGULAR SEASON LEAGUE STANDINGS: NORTHEAST DIVISION GP W L OL SL Pts Pct GF GA Long Island Berserkers 82 47 25 5 5 104 0.634 273 255 Lyndonville Blades 82 47 28 6 1 101 0.616 259 219 Corner Creek Green Calves 82 47 29 0 6 100 0.610 249 210 Buffalo Bulldogs 82 42 33 2 5 91 0.555 230 227 Pittsburgh Hornets 82 32 43 3 4 71 0.433 243 305 Brooklyn Fourteenth 82 28 48 2 4 62 0.378 208 291 ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L OL SL Pts Pct GF GA St. Michael's Privateers 82 59 16 3 4 125 0.762 286 164 Montreal Wanderers 82 51 22 2 7 111 0.677 306 256 Florida Hellcats 82 42 30 3 7 94 0.573 268 263 Quebec City Patriotes 82 29 48 3 2 63 0.384 233 322 Stone Harbor Sound 82 27 46 3 6 63 0.384 230 292 Manayunk Bullies 82 27 48 4 3 61 0.372 194 296 NORTHWEST DIVISION GP W L OL SL Pts Pct GF GA Vancouver Whitecaps 82 59 16 1 6 125 0.762 307 199 Seattle Rainiers 82 49 25 5 3 106 0.646 292 231 Fort Garry Fiddler Crabs 82 48 28 1 5 102 0.622 298 240 Nevada Thunder 82 39 38 1 4 83 0.506 242 277 Seattle Sasquatch 82 36 41 1 4 77 0.470 271 261 North Calgary Hawks 82 29 43 2 8 68 0.415 266 346 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OL SL Pts Pct GF GA Houston Aeros 82 57 22 2 1 117 0.713 287 194 Topeka Tarantulas 82 55 21 1 5 116 0.707 348 233 Kansas City Scouts 82 43 36 1 2 89 0.543 258 258 Minneapolis Massasauga 82 32 44 2 4 70 0.427 201 261 Pittsburgh Sound Chasers 82 31 44 3 4 69 0.421 226 302 Capital City Cougars 82 28 46 2 6 64 0.390 221 294 ********************************************************************* CALENDAR OF EVENTS: September 11 - 2010 NSHL Entry Draft September 17 - all teams must submit waiver draft lists September 18 - 2010 NSHL Waiver Draft *************************************************************************** ASSOCIATE LIST: SINCE GP 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 *************************************************************************** TRANSACTIONS: NEV - RELEASE Sergei Fedorov (effective August 15). *************************************************************************** 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 Jeff Tsuruoka, Brooklyn owner ***************************************************************************