The National Strat-O-Matic Hockey League Newsletter League established May 1, 1997 Volume #4, Issue #4 - October 19, 1999 ************************************************************************** Current League Officers: Commissioner: Doug Norris (303-492-3692) Vice-Commissioner: Andy Bartalone Email List Administator: Andy Bartalone Email the whole league: mailto:nshl@otd.com NSHL Chat List: mailto:nshlchat@otd.com League Web Site: http://amath.colorado.edu/math/student/norrisdt/nshl/nshl.html ************************************************************************** WHAT'S INSIDE: * A look back to Week 3/4, and a look ahead. * Player of the Week. * A boatload of injuries. * And much, much more! ************************************************************************** A LOOK BACK: The injury bug has hit the National league, and it has hit hard. With one game not reported, there were 67 players who will be injured for part or all of the upcoming bi-week, an average of 3.35 per team. On one end of the spectrum, the Baltimore Clippers were not affected at all (*) (better knock on wood, Scoot). On the other, the Vancouver Scouts will be without eight regulars (Bob Carpenter, Byron Dafoe, Patrik Elias, Jeff Friesen, Michal Handzos, Brett Hull, Scott Niedermayer, and Gary Roberts) in a single game (Week 5/6 at New Jersey). Most teams are in similar predicaments. Let's have a show of hands: who likes the 32-man rosters now? On the ice, the Long Island Berserkers took over the top spot in the league, sporting a perfect 6-0-0 home record, and 9-3-0 overall record. "We're really starting to play well together," said defenseman (and first-round draft choice) Eric Brewer. "There's no reason that we can't compete for the Cup." Maybe one reason - the Berserkers are one of the aforementioned teams, missing (among others) superstar forwards Sergei Fedorov and Teemu Selanne in key games at Montreal and Seattle. Florida continues to maintain a strong presence in their new division, the Atlantic, but one of the league's most pleasant surprises is the play of the Cabbagetown Red Rockets. The Rockets, who finished fourth in a weak Central Division last season, sit atop their division four weeks into play, two points ahead of the defending Farley Cup champion Montreal Wanderers. "Team play, that's what it's about," said Niklas Sundstrom, who's been with the squad since its days in Chicago. "All we have to do is outwork the opposition, and we can win. We'll have some tough divisional games coming up, though." (*) It could be argued that Scooter was affected, with the Pavel Bure residence still not returning his phone calls. ************************************************************************** A LOOK AHEAD: Every franchise plays three home-and-home series this week. Yes, the league planned it that way. Seattle and Montreal reprise their Western Conference Final matchup of one year ago, while league powers Brooklyn and Florida meet for a double dip out East. The Rush-Henrietta Royal Comets and Toronto Arenas battle in a mini-"Border War". ************************************************************************** IMPORTANT LEAGUE DATES: October 20: NSHL Week Five begins (MIS are due). November 1: Week Five Game Report Sheets (GRS) due to the league office. November 3: NSHL Week Seven begins (MIS are due). November 8: Team Statistics (through Week 5/6 (*)) due to league office. (*) And no further. If you've played Week 7/8 games by this time, and they are included, it will count as if you've turned in no stats at all. ************************************************************************** WEEK FIVE/SIX SCHEDULE (October 20-November 2, 1999): Buffalo at Baltimore New Jersey at Lyndonville Cabbagetown at Baltimore Quebec at Lyndonville Capital City at Baltimore Vancouver at Lyndonville Detroit at Brooklyn Long Island at Manayunk Florida at Brooklyn Montreal at Manayunk Fort Garry at Brooklyn Seattle at Manayunk Baltimore at Buffalo Long Island at Montreal Cabbagetown at Buffalo Manayunk at Montreal Capital City at Buffalo Seattle at Montreal Baltimore at Cabbagetown Lyndonville at New Jersey Buffalo at Cabbagetown Quebec at New Jersey Capital City at Cabbagetown Vancouver at New Jersey Baltimore at Capital City Lyndonville at Quebec Buffalo at Capital City New Jersey at Quebec Cabbagetown at Capital City Vancouver at Quebec Brooklyn at Detroit Fresno at Rush-Henrietta Florida at Detroit St. Michael's at Rush-Henrietta Fort Garry at Detroit Toronto at Rush-Henrietta Brooklyn at Florida Fresno at St. Michael's Detroit at Florida Rush-Henrietta at St. Michael's Fort Garry at Florida Toronto at St. Michael's Brooklyn at Fort Garry Long Island at Seattle Detroit at Fort Garry Manayunk at Seattle Florida at Fort Garry Montreal at Seattle Rush-Henrietta at Fresno Fresno at Toronto St. Michael's at Fresno Rush-Henrietta at Toronto Toronto at Fresno St. Michael's at Toronto Manayunk at Long Island Lyndonville at Vancouver Montreal at Long Island New Jersey at Vancouver Seattle at Long Island Quebec at Vancouver ************************************************************************** WEEK THREE/FOUR RESULTS: Quebec 2, at Baltimore 2 (OT) QPS Dominik Hasek - forty-one saves, 9/10 GR BAL Peter Forsberg - goal, +1 QPS John LeClair - goal, assist, +1 Vancouver 1, at Baltimore 2 BAL Mike Richter - thirty-two saves, 7/8 GR BAL Peter Forsberg - goal, assist, +2 BAL Cliff Ronning - two assists, +2 Lyndonville 3, at Baltimore 5 BAL Nicklas Lidstrom - goal, two assists, +2 LYN Curtis Brown - two goals, assist BAL Peter Forsberg - two goals, assist St. Michael's 2, at Brooklyn 4 BRK Peter Bondra - game-winning goal, assist STM Jan Bulis - two assists STM Craig Conroy - goal, assist Toronto 4, at Brooklyn 4 (OT) BRK Adrian Aucoin - game-tying goal, two assists TOR Steve Thomas - two assists TOR Bobby Holik - two goals Fresno 6, at Brooklyn 6 (OT) Vancouver 3, at Buffalo 2 VAN Byron Dafoe - twenty-five saves, 8/8 GR BUF Dimitri Khristich - two goals VAN Michal Handzus - two assists, +2 New Jersey 1, at Buffalo 3 BUF Joe Sakic - power-play goal, assist BUF Dimitri Khristich - two assists NJR Mike Vernon - twenty-seven saves, 6/7 GR Quebec 2, at Buffalo 4 BUF Viktor Kozlov - game-winning goal, assist, +2 BUF Alexei Zhamnov - goal, assist, +2 QPS Dominik Hasek - thirty-five saves, 8/9 GR Lyndonville 2, at Cabbagetown 3 CRR Milan Hejduk - game-winning goal CRR Kevin Stevens - two assists LYN Vaclav Varada - goal Vancouver 1, at Cabbagetown 3 CRR Ron Tugnutt - thirty saves CRR Robert Reichel - game-winning goal CRR Mats Sundin - goal New Jersey 3, at Cabbagetown 4 CRR Theoren Fleury - game-winning goal NJR Sergei Berezin - two goals CRR Niklas Sundstrom - two assists Lyndonville 3, at Capital City 3 (OT) LYN Alyn McCauley - two goals, assist CCC Wayne Gretzky - goal, assist LYN Steve Shields - thirty-nine saves New Jersey 1, at Capital City 4 CCC Pavol Demitra - three goals, including GWG CCC John Vanbiesbrouck - thirty saves CCC Fredrik Olausson - two assists Quebec 3, at Capital City 4 CCC John Vanbiesbrouck - forty saves CCC Luc Robitaille - goal, two assists QPS John LeClair - two goals St. Michael's 3, at Detroit 6 DET Brian Holzinger - two goals, including GWG DET Stu Barnes - two goals DET Jamie McLennan - thirty-eight saves Rush-Henrietta 2, at Detroit 7 DET Marco Sturm - two goals, including GWG DET Petr Nedved - two goals, two assists DET Brian Holzinger - two PP goals Fresno 5, at Detroit 4 VOF Jean-Pierre Dumont - two goals VOF Shawn McEachearn - game-winning goal VOF Curtis Joseph - twenty-six saves, 4/5 GR Toronto 3, at Florida 2 TOR Bobby Holik - two goals TOR Grant Marshall - game-winning goal FLO Claude Lemieux - goal Rush-Henrietta 3, at Florida 3 (OT) FLO Mike Modano - game-tying goal, assist FLO Martin Straka - goal, two assists RHC Brendan Shanahan - goal, assist Fresno 4, at Florida 4 (OT) FLO Mike Modano - two goals, assist VOF Shawn McEachearn - two goals VOF Andrew Cassels - two goals Toronto 3, at Fort Garry 1 TOR Martin Brodeur - twenty-six saves, 5/6 GR FGF Jocelyn Thibault - twenty-seven saves, 5/6 GR TOR Paul Kariya - two goals Rush-Henrietta 4, at Fort Garry 3 RHC Gord Murphy - two goals RHC Brad Werenka - goal, assist RHC Shaun Van Allen - two assists St. Michael's 4, at Fort Garry 2 STM Jamie Langenbrunner - two goals, assist STM Stephane Yelle - two assists STM Mike Ricci - goal, assist Long Island 5, at Fresno 4 VOF Jean-Pierre Dumont - goal, two assists LIB Steve Rucchin - two goals LIB Wendel Clark - two goals Montreal 1, at Fresno 1 (OT) VOF Valeri Bure - game-tying goal MON Keith Primeau - goal MON Patrick Roy - twenty-nine saves Manayunk 1, at Fresno 4 VOF Andrew Cassels - game-winning goal, two assists VOF Valeri Bure - goal, two assists VOF Curtis Joseph - twenty-two saves Capital City 1, at Long Island 3 CCC John Vanbiesbrouck - thirty-six saves LIB Teppo Numminen - power-play goal LIB Teemu Selanne - two assists Baltimore 2, at Long Island 6 LIB Teemu Selanne - two goals, two assists LIB Steve Rucchin - two goals, two assists LIB Teppo Numminen - three assists Cabbagetown 2, at Long Island 3 LIB Zigmund Palffy - game-winning goal LIB Teemu Selanne - two goals CRR Martin Rucinsky - goal Fort Garry 4, at Lyndonville 0 FGF Jocelyn Thibault - twenty-one saves, shutout, 5/5 GR FGF Saku Koivu - two goals, including GWG FGF Robert Lang - two goals Florida 3, at Lyndonville 2 (OT) FLO Robert Svehla - goal, assist LYN Miroslav Satan - goal, assist LYN Mike Dunham - twenty-five saves, 7/10 GR Detroit 1, at Lyndonville 4 LYN Curtis Brown - game-winning goal, two assists LYN Mike Dunham - twenty-five saves, 4/4 GR LYN Miroslav Satan - goal, assist Capital City 2, at Manayunk 3 MAN Guy Hebert - forty saves, 5/6 GR CCC Pavol Demitra - two goals MAN Don Sweeney - game-winning goal Buffalo 2, at Manayunk 0 BUF Tom Barrasso - twenty saves, 4/4 GR, shutout BUF Joe Sakic - game-winning goal MAN Guy Hebert - twenty-one saves, 4/4 GR Cabbagetown 2, at Manayunk 2 (OT) CRR Theoren Fleury - two goals DET Viacheslav Kozlov - game-tying goal CRR Kevin Stevens - two assists Baltimore 3, at Montreal 2 BAL Peter Forsberg - goal, two assists BAL Cliff Ronning - game-winning goal BAL Mike Richter - twenty-five saves, 5/6 GR Buffalo 2, at Montreal 4 MON Vincent Damphousse - two goals, seven SoG MON Darren McCarty - two assists BUF Greg Johnson - goal, assist Capital City 2, at Montreal 5 MON Sebastien Bordeleau - two goals, assist MON Dimitri Yushkevich - goal MON Magnus Arvedson - two assists Fort Garry 1, at New Jersey 1 (OT) NJR Ray Whitney - game-tying goal FGF Jocelyn Thibault - thirty-one saves FGF Saku Koivu - goal Brooklyn 1, at New Jersey 4 NJR Jason Allison - game-winning goal, assist NJR Mike Vernon - twenty-one saves NJR Ray Whitney - goal Detroit 1, at New Jersey 4 NJR Daniel Alfredsson - two goals NJR Cory Stillman - two assists NJR Dan Cloutier - nineteen saves Fort Garry 3, at Quebec 2 FGF Saku Koivu - two goals, including GWG QPS Rod Brind'Amour - two goals FGF Ray Bourque - two assists Florida 2, at Quebec 1 FLO Michael Peca - game-winning power-play goal QPS Dominik Hasek - twenty-eight saves FLO Mike Modano - goal Brooklyn 0, at Quebec 2 QPS Dominik Hasek - twenty-four saves, shutout QPS John LeClair - game-winning power-play goal QPS Alexander Selivanov - goal Manayunk 0, at Rush-Henrietta 0 (OT) MAN Guy Hebert - twenty-six saves, 7/7 GR, shutout RHC Olaf Kolzig - twenty saves, 1/1 GR, shutout RHC Scott Young - six shots on goal Seattle 3, at Rush-Henrietta 2 (OT) SEA Jaromir Jagr - game-winning overtime goal, assist RHC Roman Turek - twenty-eight saves, 5/6 GR SEA Stephane Fiset - twenty-five saves, 5/7 GR Montreal 3, at Rush-Henrietta 4 RHC Scott Young - game-winning goal, assist RHC Brad Werenka - goal, assist MON Bryan McCabe - goal, assist Long Island 1, at St. Michael's 4 STM Craig Conroy - four assists STM Derek Morris - goal, two assists STM Joel Bouchard - goal, assist Seattle 1, at St. Michael's 3 STM Chris Osgood - thirty-seven saves, 10/10 GR SEA Stephane Fiset - twenty-three saves, 5/6 GR STM Jamie Langenbrunner - game-winning goal Montreal 5, at St. Michael's 5 (OT) STM Craig Conroy - three assists MON Mark Recchi - two goals STM Jamie Langenbrunner - two goals Baltimore 3, at Seattle 4 SEA Jaromir Jagr - two goals, including GWG BAL Mike Richter - twenty-three saves, 8/9 GR BAL Josef Beranek - power-play goal, assist Cabbagetown 1, at Seattle 0 CRR Phil Housley - game-winning goal CRR Ron Tugnutt - twenty-two saves, shutout, 4/4 GR SEA Bob Essensa - twenty-eight saves, 6/7 GR Buffalo 3, at Seattle 3 (OT) SEA Patrick Marleau - two goals BUF Joe Sakic - two goals SEA Alexei Kovalev - goal, assist Seattle 2, at Toronto 3 (OT) TOR Paul Kariya - two goals, including GW OT goal TOR Eric Daze - goal, assist TOR Doug Weight - three assists Manayunk 1, at Toronto 4 TOR Paul Kariya - goal, two assists TOR Eric Daze - two goals TOR Lyle Odelein - two assists Long Island 4, at Toronto 1 LIB Wendel Clark - hat trick LIB Ken Jonsson - two assists LIB Nikolai Khabibulin - twenty-seven saves Detroit 2, at Vancouver 8 VAN Brian Rolston - three goals, assist VAN Derian Hatcher - two goals VAN Brendan Morrison - goal, assist, contract holdout :-) Florida 3, at Vancouver 0 FLO Jeff Hackett - twenty-four saves, shutout, 5/5 GR FLO Martin Straka - goal, assist FLO Steve Yzerman - goal, assist Brooklyn 3, at Vancouver 4 VAN Darcy Tucker - two goals, including GWG BRK Peter Bondra - two goals VAN Brian Rolston - three assists ************************************************************************** NSHL PLAYER OF THE WEEKS: THE NOMINEES: STM Craig Conroy - playing opposite the opponent's top line, Conroy still found the time to score three times, and assist on eleven others, with a +4 plus/minus, keeping the Privateers in a tight Atlantic race. CCC Pavol Denitra - the Cougars continue to struggle, but forward Pavol Demitra is not the reason. Demitra notched five goals this week, adding an assist. BAL Peter Forsberg - the Clippers are another of the teams fighting for control in the Atlantic Division, and Forsberg has been their sparkplug thus far. Five goals, four assists, and tenacious defense. FGF Saku Koivu - Koivu led the league in goals this week, with six in six games, including two game-winners. His Crabs sit a mere three points back in the Western Division. MON Dimitri Yushkevich - you don't normally see defensemen nominated for PotW. However, Yushkevich isn't your typical defenseman. Tallying twice, and adding two helpers, Dimitri finished with a +7 plus/minus for the week, and his Wanderers rely on his support every night. AND THE WINNER IS: STM Craig Conroy - the Privateers need every point they can get to stay afloat in the tough Atlantic, and Conroy's fourteen points help to keep St. Mike's in the hunt. NSHL PLAYERS OF THE WEEKS: Week 1/2: Teemu Selanne, RW, Long Island (4G, 6A, +7) Week 3/4: Craig Conroy, C, St. Michael's (3G, 11A, +4) ************************************************************************** 1999-2000 REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS: NORTHEAST DIVISION GP W L T PTS PCT GF GA HOME ROAD IP Long Island Berserkers 12 9 3 0 18 0.750 43 30 6- 0- 0 3- 3- 0 -5 Rush-Henrietta Comets 12 7 2 3 17 0.708 29 28 3- 1- 2 4- 1- 1 0 Buffalo Bulldogs 12 7 4 1 15 0.625 35 24 5- 1- 0 2- 3- 1 0 Lyndonville Blades 12 3 7 2 8 0.333 23 29 2- 4- 0 1- 3- 2 0 Brooklyn Gulag 12 2 6 4 8 0.333 34 37 2- 1- 3 0- 5- 1 0 ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L T PTS PCT GF GA HOME ROAD IP Florida Hellcats 12 7 2 3 17 0.708 38 24 2- 1- 3 5- 1- 0 0 Baltimore Clippers 12 6 4 2 14 0.583 36 35 3- 1- 2 3- 3- 0 0 St. Michael's Privateers 12 5 6 1 11 0.458 31 40 4- 1- 1 1- 5- 0 0 New Jersey River Rats 12 4 7 1 9 0.375 29 32 3- 2- 1 1- 5- 0 0 Manayunk Bullies 12 3 7 2 8 0.333 18 29 3- 2- 1 0- 5- 1 0 WESTERN DIVISION GP W L T PTS PCT GF GA HOME ROAD IP Seattle Rainiers 12 6 4 2 14 0.583 33 30 2- 2- 2 4- 2- 0 N/A Vancouver Scouts 12 6 4 2 14 0.583 38 28 3- 2- 1 3- 2- 1 -2 Vultures of Fresno 12 4 4 4 12 0.500 35 37 3- 1- 2 1- 3- 2 0 Fort Garry Fiddler Crabs 12 5 6 1 11 0.458 35 29 2- 4- 0 3- 2- 1 0 Capital City Cougars 12 4 6 2 10 0.417 29 33 4- 1- 1 0- 5- 1 0 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L T PTS PCT GF GA HOME ROAD IP Cabbagetown Red Rockets 12 7 3 2 16 0.667 32 30 5- 1- 0 2- 2- 2 0 Montreal Wanderers 12 5 3 4 14 0.583 31 27 3- 2- 1 2- 1- 3 0 Toronto Arenas 12 4 6 2 10 0.417 26 33 2- 4- 0 2- 2- 2 0 Quebec Polar Sphinx 12 3 8 1 7 0.292 22 28 3- 3- 0 0- 5- 1 0 Detroit LugNuts 12 3 8 1 7 0.292 36 50 3- 3- 0 0- 5- 1 0 ************************************************************************** INCENTIVE POINTS: LIB: -2 IP (two games for LYN; which I missed last week) VAN: -2 IP (two excellent newsletter articles) ALSO: Doug North: 4 league games played (all NJR home games, VOF@FLO) Jason Liddicoat: 1 league game played (NJR@CRR) ************************************************************************** IF THE PLAYOFFS STARTED TODAY: (a.k.a. Oh God, Doug's starting that crap again) FIRST ROUND BYES: #1 Long Island Berserkers #2 Florida Hellcats / Cabbagetown Red Rockets #3 Florida Hellcats / Cabbagetown Red Rockets #4 Seattle Rainiers / Vancouver Scouts FIRST-ROUND MATCHUPS: #12 Vultures of Fresno at #5 Rush-Henrietta Royal Comets #11 (STM / FGF) at #6 Buffalo Bulldogs #10 (STM / FGF) at #7 (BAL / SEA / VAN) #9 Montreal Wanderers at #8 (BAL / SEA / VAN) ************************************************************************** NORRIS POWER INDICES: Norris Power Indices (NPI) are a measure of a team's strength (similar to Jeff Sagarin's power ratings). In summary, the NPI of a team is the number of goals they should be favoured by in a neutral-site game against an "average" opponent. ## TEAM NPI 1. Florida Hellcats 1.502 2. Long Island Berserkers 1.098 3. Buffalo Bulldogs 1.082 4. Vancouver Scouts 0.912 5. Cabbagetown Red Rockets 0.682 6. Rush-Henrietta Comets 0.309 7. Montreal Wanderers 0.305 8. Baltimore Clippers 0.289 9. Fort Garry Fiddler Crabs 0.065 10. Vultures of Fresno 0.002 11. Seattle Rainiers -0.152 12. New Jersey River Rats -0.198 13. Toronto Arenas -0.223 14. Capital City Cougars -0.385 15. Quebec Polar Sphinx -0.568 16. Brooklyn Gulag -0.639 17. St. Michael's Privateers -0.649 18. Lyndonville Blades -0.829 19. Manayunk Bullies -1.217 20. Detroit LugNuts -1.388 ************************************************************************** ASSOCIATE LIST: SINCE GP Doug North (dknorth@midway.net) September 1999 4 Jason Liddicoat (jjlidder@hotmail.com) March 1999 1 Bill Muller (WJMIIIREP@aol.com) October 1998 0 Thomas Manna (samanna@acsu.buffalo.edu) October 1998 0 Roy Lamphier (lamphier@ibl.org) October 1998 0 Andrew Smith (crimsonace@yahoo.com) March 1999 0 Tim Lewis (pilarlopez@netzero.net) April 1999 0 George Ruse (rawpower14@aol.com) August 1999 0 Carl (missongear@aol.com) August 1999 0 Mike Steudle (plutodong@aol.com) September 1999 0 If you're still an active associate, and aren't on this list, please get in contact with me. Thanks! Doug ************************************************************************** INJURIES: BAL BRK - Peter Bondra out Week 5/6 road games, Week 5/6 vs. Florida and Week 5/6 vs. Fort Garry. - Calle Johansson out through Week 7/8, and Week 9/10 road games. - Valeri Kamensky out Week 5/6 road games, and Week 5/6 vs. Florida. - Adam Oates out Week 5/6, and Week 7/8 road games. - Tommy Salo out Week 5/6 at Florida and Week 5/6 at Fort Garry. - Ulf Samuelsson out Week 5/6 road games. - Richard Zednik out Week 5/6. BUF - Boyd Devereaux out Week 5/6 home games, Week 5/6 at Baltimore and Week 5/6 at Cabbagetown. - Viktor Kozlov out Week 5/6 road games, Week 5/6 vs. Cabbagetown and Week 5/6 vs. Capital City. - Alexei Zhamnov out Week 5/6 vs. Cabbagetown. FLO - Jiri Slegr out Week 5/6, Week 7/8 home games, and Week 7/8 at New Jersey. - Robert Svehla out Week 5/6 at Detroit and Week 5/6 at Fort Garry. LIB - Sergei Fedorov out Week 5/6 at Montreal and Week 5/6 at Seattle. - Tom Fitzgerald out Week 5/6 at Montreal. - Boris Mironov out Week 5/6 vs. Manayunk. - Rich Pilon out Week 5/6 road games, Week 5/6 vs. Montreal and Week 5/6 vs. Seattle. - Steve Rucchin out Week 5/6, and Week 7/8 home games. - Teemu Selanne out Week 5/6, Week 7/8 at Lyndonville and Week 7/8 at Rush-Henrietta. LYN - Sami Salo out Week 5/6 home games, and Week 5/6 at New Jersey. - Alexei Zhitnik out Week 5/6 vs. Quebec. MAN - Shawn Chambers out Week 5/6 road games. - Murray Craven out through 7/8, and Week 9/10 home games. - Steve Dubinsky out Week 5/6, and Week 7/8 home games. - Ray Ferraro out Week 5/6 home games, Week 5/6 at Montreal and Week 5/6 at Seattle. - Mike Grier out Week 5/6 at Montreal. - Mark Tinordi out Week 5/6 road games, and Week 5/6 vs. Long Island. NJR - Tommy Albelin out Week 5/6. - Daniel Alfredsson out Week 5/6 road games, and Week 5/6 vs. Quebec. RHC - Tony Hrkac out Week 5/6. - Mats Lindgren out Week 5/6 road games, and Week 5/6 vs. Fresno. STM - James Black out Week 5/6 and Week 7/8 road games. - Mike Keane out Week 5/6 vs. Rush-Henrietta. CCC - Hal Gill out Week 5/6 at Buffalo. CRR - Kevin Dean out Week 5/6 home games, and Week 5/6 at Buffalo. - Wade Redden out Week 5/6 at Buffalo and Week 5/6 at Capital City. DET - Jeff Shantz out Week 5/6 vs. Florida and Week 5/6 vs. Fort Garry. - Sheldon Souray out Week 5/6 road games. - Dimitri Tertyshny out Week 5/6 at Brooklyn. FGF - Alexei Gusarov out Week 5/6, and Week 7/8 home games. - Eric Lindros out Week 5/6 road games, and Week 5/6 vs. Detroit. - Mattias Ohlund out Week 5/6 home games, and Week 5/6 at Detroit. - John Slaney out Week 5/6, Week 7/8 vs. Fresno and Week 7/8 vs. Vancouver. - Steve Sullivan out Week 5/6. MON - Shayne Corson out Week 5/6 at Manayunk. - Bryan McCabe out Week 5/6 home games. - Darren McCarty out Week 5/6 home games, Week 5/6 at Manayunk and Week 5/6 at Seattle. - Dan McGillis out Week 5/6 at Manayunk and Week 5/6 at Seattle. - Keith Primeau out Week 5/6 at Manayunk and Week 5/6 at Seattle. QPS - Doug Bodger out Week 5/6, and Week 7/8 home games. - Tomas Kaberle out Week 5/6, and Week 7/8 vs. Cabbagetown. - Darren Van Impe out Week 5/6 at New Jersey. SEA - Cory Cross out Week 5/6 home games, Week 5/6 at Manayunk and Week 5/6 at Montreal. - Jon Klemm out Week 5/6, Week 7/8 home games, and Week 7/8 at Fresno. - Igor Kravchuk out Week 5/6 at Manayunk. TOR - Andrei Nikolishin out Week 5/6, and Week 7/8 road games. - Mattias Norstrom out Week 5/6 vs. Rush-Henrietta and Week 5/6 vs. St. Michael's - Doug Weight out through Week 7/8, and Week 9/10 road games. VAN - Bob Carpenter out Week 5/6 at Lyndonville and Week 5/6 at New Jersey. - Byron Dafoe out Week 5/6 at New Jersey and Week 5/6 at Quebec. - Patrik Elias out Week 5/6 road games. - Jeff Friesen out Week 5/6 at New Jersey. - Michal Handzus out through Week 7/8, Week 9/10 home games, Week 9/10 at Detroit and Week 9/10 at Florida. - Brett Hull out Week 5/6 at New Jersey and Week 5/6 at Quebec. - Scott Niedermayer out Week 5/6 at New Jersey and Week 5/6 at Quebec. - Gary Roberts out Week 5/6 at New Jersey and Week 5/6 at Quebec. VOF - Andrew Cassels out Week 5/6 home games, and Week 5/6 at St. Michael's. - Steve Smith out Week 5/6 at St. Michael's and Week 5/6 at Toronto. ************************************************************************** TRANSACTIONS: Transactions are announced weekly in the newsletter based on confirmations received throughout the week. BRK - TRADE Keith Jones to CCC for Yanic Perreault. MAN - TRADE Steve Heinze to VAN for VOF#2 and VAN#4. CCC - TRADE Yanic Perreault to BRK for Keith Jones. VAN - TRADE VOF#2 and VAN#4 to MAN for Steve Heinze. - RELEASE Esa Tikkanen. ************************************************************************** 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 (isles2@idt.net) Doug Norris, Commissioner Andy Bartalone, Vice-Commissioner Lance Milligan, Fresno Owner Dean Engemoen, Vancouver Owner **************************************************************************