The National Strat-O-Matic Hockey League Newsletter League established May 1, 1997 Volume #5, Issue #17 - April 18, 2001 ************************************************************************** Current League Officers: Commissioner: Doug Norris (303-492-3493) Vice-Commissioner: Dean Engemoen Email List Administator: Steve Kramer Email the whole league: mailto:nshl@buser.net NSHL Chat List: mailto:nshlchat@buser.net League Web Site: http://rintintin.colorado.edu/~norrisdt/nshl/nshl.html ************************************************************************** TRADE DEADLINE MADNESS: Twenty-three players changed hands at the NSHL trading deadline this year, including a number of blockbusters - as always. Pavol Demitra, who has scored a total of eighty-five goals for the Indianapolis-Capital City organization over his first two years in the N, was traded to the Farley Cup contender Houston Outlaws. While the Outlaws also receive Andreas Dackell, Trevor Letowski and a pick, the cost was high for Eric Goodman's club - besides a middle-first-round selection in this summer's draft, the Cougars get defenseman Mathieu Schneider and centre Viktor Kozlov, who had a breakout year with Buffalo in 1999-2000, but has struggled this season. However, he's still only 26. Another contender, the Long Island Berserkers, added depth to their playoff roster with the addition of gritty forward Dallas Drake to the club. The Cougars, stockpiling young talent, received young gem Aki Berg in return. The Drayton Valley Drillers, in search of a true #1 netminder after the faltering of Mike Vernon, send youngster Dan Cloutier to the Vancouver Scouts for Byron Dafoe. Dafoe, who won 40 for the Scouts last season, struggled in training camp and has sat, first behind Sean Burke and now behind Steve Shields. It is rumoured that the Seattle Rainiers, concerned about goaltending depth, made a strong push for Indianapolis Racer netminder Martin Biron, but the deal was squashed by JJ Schrems. Rainier brass would neither confirm nor deny the rumour, but the club has expressed dissatisfaction with the play of incumbent Jamie Storr. ************************************************************************** WEEK 23/24 IN REVIEW: Once again, the defending-champion Long Island Berserkers paced the league, going 5-1-0 to run their four-week record to an impressive 11-1-0! The Berserkers now lead the NSHL standings, with two more wins than the Houston Comets. Goaltenders Chris Osgood and Jose Theodore set the tone for the islanders with three blankings, including back-to-back shutouts of Vancouver and Manayunk. Both the Berserkers and Comets stand with magic numbers of one, and could clinch postseason berths as early as later this week. Nearly as impressive this biweek was another former champ, the Brooklyn Gulag, who went 4-1-1 and sit on the edge of a playoff berth - if the season were to end today, the Gulag would be eliminated, based on having fewer wins than the Lyndonville Blades. However, if the Gulag do make it in, no one wants to draw them in the first round. "We've always had trouble there," said Seattle Rainier captain Trevor Linden, whose team reprised their five-game 1998 Farley Cup Finals loss with a 5-3 defeat last Wednesday. After advancing to the Farley Cup Finals last spring, Fort Garry owner Murray Moman conducted a fire sale, offing future Hall-of-Famers Raymond Bourque and Dominik Hasek, among others, opting to concentrate on building young talent. Looking at the bright side, the team should have some more youngsters to cultivate, going 0-3-3 this biweek to place them just four points ahead of the league-trailing Buffalo Bulldogs (2-4 this biweek) in the overall standings. Winnipeg fans needn't fear, however - the last time the Crabs took a nosedive in the standings, they followed up with a trip to the Finals. ************************************************************************** NSHL LEAGUE STANDINGS: NORTHEAST DIVISION GP W L T PTS Pct GF GA HOME AWAY Long Island Berserkers 72 45 23 4 94 0.653 233 164 28- 7- 1 17-16- 3 Rush-Henrietta Comets 72 31 30 11 73 0.507 190 207 16-12- 8 15-18- 3 Lyndonville Blades 72 30 32 10 70 0.486 172 188 19-13- 4 11-19- 6 Brooklyn Gulag 72 28 30 14 70 0.486 191 178 21- 7- 8 7-23- 6 Buffalo Bulldogs 72 18 42 12 48 0.333 144 207 11-18- 7 7-24- 5 ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L T PTS Pct GF GA HOME AWAY Montreal Wanderers 72 39 22 11 89 0.618 186 150 20-12- 4 19-10- 7 Florida Hellcats 72 33 26 13 79 0.549 208 179 16-15- 5 17-11- 8 Indianapolis Racers 72 24 39 9 57 0.396 177 237 14-18- 4 10-21- 5 Manayunk Bullies 72 22 42 8 52 0.361 167 234 13-19- 4 9-23- 4 Quebec Polar Sphinx 72 22 42 8 52 0.361 166 220 14-18- 4 8-24- 4 NORTHWEST DIVISION GP W L T PTS Pct GF GA HOME AWAY Vancouver Scouts 72 38 19 15 91 0.632 241 174 24- 7- 5 14-12-10 Seattle Rainiers 72 39 27 6 84 0.583 247 204 22-11- 3 17-16- 3 Seattle Sasquatch 72 36 26 10 82 0.569 204 192 20- 9- 7 16-17- 3 Drayton Valley Drillers 72 23 35 14 60 0.417 195 232 11-16- 9 12-19- 5 Fort Garry Fiddler Crabs 72 21 41 10 52 0.361 170 222 14-17- 5 7-24- 5 MIDWEST DIVISION GP W L T PTS Pct GF GA HOME AWAY Houston Outlaws 72 43 21 8 94 0.653 202 137 22-10- 4 21-11- 4 Topeka Scarecrows 72 36 30 6 78 0.542 258 229 18-16- 2 18-14- 4 Cabbagetown Red Rockets 72 34 30 8 76 0.528 226 207 20-12- 4 14-18- 4 Capital City Cougars 72 33 34 5 71 0.493 205 226 22-12- 2 11-22- 3 Toronto Arenas 72 29 33 10 68 0.472 207 202 14-16- 6 15-17- 4 ************************************************************************** 2000-01 NSHL SCHEDULE (WEEK TWENTY-FIVE): (home team is listed FIRST in all instances) 2001/04/19 LIB FLO 2001/04/19 CCC FGF 2001/04/19 RHC MON 2001/04/19 CRR SEA 2001/04/19 BUF MAN 2001/04/19 HOU VAN 2001/04/19 LYN QPS 2001/04/19 TOR DVD 2001/04/20 BRK IND 2001/04/20 TPK SES 2001/04/20 LIB CCC 2001/04/21 FLO FGF 2001/04/21 RHC CRR 2001/04/21 MON SEA 2001/04/21 BUF HOU 2001/04/21 MAN VAN 2001/04/21 QPS LYN 2001/04/22 DVD TOR 2001/04/22 IND BRK 2001/04/22 SES TPK 2001/04/23 TOR LYN 2001/04/23 DVD QPS 2001/04/23 TPK BRK 2001/04/23 SES IND 2001/04/24 LYN TOR 2001/04/24 QPS DVD 2001/04/24 LIB FGF 2001/04/24 FLO CCC 2001/04/24 RHC SEA 2001/04/24 MON CRR 2001/04/24 BUF VAN 2001/04/24 MAN HOU 2001/04/25 LYN DVD 2001/04/25 QPS TOR 2001/04/25 CCC LIB 2001/04/26 FGF FLO 2001/04/26 CRR RHC 2001/04/26 SEA MON 2001/04/26 HOU BUF 2001/04/26 VAN MAN 2001/04/27 BRK SES 2001/04/27 IND TPK 2001/04/27 CCC FLO 2001/04/27 FGF LIB 2001/04/27 CRR MON 2001/04/27 SEA RHC 2001/04/27 HOU MAN 2001/04/27 VAN BUF 2001/04/28 TOR QPS 2001/04/28 DVD LYN 2001/04/28 TPK IND 2001/04/28 SES BRK 2001/04/29 BRK TPK 2001/04/29 IND SES 2001/04/29 FLO LIB 2001/04/30 FGF CCC 2001/04/30 MON RHC 2001/04/30 SEA CRR 2001/04/30 MAN BUF 2001/04/30 VAN HOU ************************************************************************** WEEK 23/24 RESULTS: Cabbagetown 1, at Brooklyn 3 BRK Joe Murphy - game-winning goal BRK Alexander Korolyuk - goal, assist BRK Peter Bondra - goal, assist Montreal 3, at Brooklyn 4 BRK Alexander Korolyuk - two goals, including game-winning goal BRK Peter Bondra - goal, two assists MON Magnus Arvedson - goal, assist Seattle Rainiers 3, at Brooklyn 5 BRK Alexander Korolyuk - two goals, two assists BRK Glen Metropolit - goal, three assists BRK Peter Bondra - goal, two assists Topeka 4, at Buffalo 1 TPK Valeri Bure - two goals, including game-winning goal, assist TPK Bryan Smolinski - goal, two assists TPK Joe Sakic - goal, assist Seattle Sasquatch 2, at Buffalo 1 SES Guy Carbonneau - game-winning goal BUF Sean Hill - goal SES Radek Bonk - goal Indianapolis 0, at Buffalo 1 BUF Patrick Lalime - twenty-seven saves, shutout, 4/4 IR BUF Lance Pitlick - game-winning goal IND Martin Biron - twenty-nine saves, 2/3 IR Drayton Valley 1, at Cabbagetown 3 CRR Owen Nolan - game-winning goal, assist CRR Phil Housley - goal, assist DVD Sergei Berezin - goal Lyndonville 2, at Cabbagetown 4 CRR Alex Tanguay - game-winning goal, assist CRR Brian Rolston - goal, assist CRR Phil Housley - three assists Quebec 3, at Cabbagetown 6 CRR Jason Wiemer - two goals, including game-winning goal CRR Phil Housley - goal, three assists CRR Martin Rucinsky - two goals, assist Buffalo 2, at Capital City 3 CCC Travis Green - game-winning goal, assist CCC Andreas Dackell - goal, assist BUF Jason Arnott - goal Manayunk 1, at Capital City 3 CCC Travis Green - game-winning goal, assist CCC Pavol Demitra - goal, assist CCC Bret Hedican - goal, assist Vancouver 4, at Capital City 5 CCC Pavol Demitra - two goals, including game-winning goal VAN Jarome Iginla - two goals CCC Robert Kron - goal Capital City 2, at Drayton Valley 3 (OT) DVD Ted Donato - game-winning overtime goal, assist CCC Luc Robitaille - goal, assist CCC Pavol Demitra - goal, assist Long Island 2, at Drayton Valley 1 LIB Chris Osgood - twenty saves, 6/7 IR LIB Vincent Lecavalier - game-winning goal DVD Stan Drulia - short-handed goal Florida 3, at Drayton Valley 1 FLO Mike Modano - game-winning goal FLO Petr Sykora - two assists FLO Michael Peca - goal Vancouver 1, at Florida 0 VAN Sean Burke - thirty-two saves, shutout, 4/4 IR VAN Donald Audette - game-winning goal FLO Ed Belfour - twenty-five saves, 2/3 IR Houston 2, at Florida 1 HOU Kirk Maltby - game-winning goal FLO Scott Walker - goal HOU Dave Andreychuk - goal Buffalo 0, at Florida 3 FLO Ed Belfour - seventeen saves, shutout, 2/2 IR FLO Mike Modano - two goals, including game-winning goal FLO Petr Sykora - goal, two assists Buffalo 3, at Fort Garry 0 [played by Robert Karlsson] BUF Patrick Lalime - twenty-nine saves, shutout, 0/0 IR BUF Sami Kapanen - game-winning goal BUF Ed Jovanovski - two assists Houston 5, at Fort Garry 1 [played by Robert Karlsson] HOU Dave Andreychuk - two goals, including game-winning goal HOU Curtis Joseph - twenty-seven saves, 6/7 IR HOU Viktor Kozlov - goal Manayunk 2, at Fort Garry 2 (OT) [played by Robert Karlsson] MAN German Titov - game-tying goal FGF Rob Zamuner - goal MAN Jeff Halpern - goal Seattle Sasquatch 1, at Houston 5 HOU Tony Amonte - two goals HOU Peter Forsberg - game-winning goal, assist HOU Scott Gomez - goal, assist Brooklyn 1, at Houston 0 BRK Olaf Kolzig - thirty-four saves, shutout, 4/4 IR BRK Kelly Buchberger - game-winning goal BRK Glen Metropolit - goal Indianapolis 3, at Houston 2 IND Peter Schaefer - game-winning goal HOU Jeff O'Neill - goal, assist HOU Jan Hrdina - goal Rush-Henrietta 3, at Indianapolis 2 RHC Gary Roberts - two goals, including GW goal with 0:24 left RHC Pat Verbeek - goal IND Marc Savard - goal Cabbagetown 1, at Indianapolis 3 IND Greg Adams - game-winning goal IND Fred Brathwaite - thirty-six saves, 6/7 IR IND Peter Schaefer - goal Seattle Rainiers 2, at Indianapolis 3 IND Jamie Langenbrunner - game-winning goal IND Jason York - goal, assist SEA Jaromir Jagr - goal Houston 4, at Long Island 7 LIB Sergei Fedorov - goal, two assists LIB Zigmund Palffy - goal, two assists LIB Alexei Gusarov - two goals Vancouver 0, at Long Island 1 LIB Jose Theodore - thirty saves, shutout, 6/6 IR LIB Jeremy Roenick - game-winning goal VAN Patrik Elias - three IR shots Manayunk 0, at Long Island 3 LIB Chris Osgood - twenty-three saves, shutout, 3/3 IR LIB Teemu Selanne - goal, two assists LIB Vincent Lecavalier - goal, assist Capital City 1, at Lyndonville 3 LYN Todd Bertuzzi - two goals, including game-winning goal LYN Mike Dunham - twenty saves, 5/6 IR LYN Yannick Tremblay - two assists Florida 2, at Lyndonville 1 FLO Ed Belfour - thirty-three saves, 8/9 IR FLO Steve Yzerman - game-winning goal LYN Todd Bertuzzi - goal Fort Garry 1, at Lyndonville 7 LYN Jeff Friesen - two goals, two assists LYN Miroslav Satan - goal, three assists LYN Lubos Bartecko - game-winning goal Seattle Sasquatch 0, at Manayunk 1 MAN Brian Boucher - twenty-three saves, shutout, 4/4 IR MAN Mark Messier - game-winning goal SES Garth Snow - twenty saves, 4/5 IR Topeka 3, at Manayunk 1 TPK Pavel Bure - two goals, including game-winning goal TPK Joe Sakic - goal, assist MAN Mike Johnson - goal Brooklyn 3, at Manayunk 4 MAN Mark Messier - two goals, including game-winning goal, assist BRK Olaf Kolzig - twenty-seven saves, 9/13 IR MAN Andrei Kovalenko - goal, assist Toronto 0, at Montreal 1 MON Patrick Roy - thirty-two saves, shutout, 3/3 IR TOR Martin Brodeur - twenty-eight saves, 6/7 IR MON Trent Klatt - game-winning goal Lyndonville 2, at Montreal 4 MON Drake Berehowsky - two goals, including game-winning goal LYN Jeff Friesen - two goals MON Mark Recchi - three assists Drayton Valley 7, at Montreal 1 DVD Ray Whitney - game-winning goal, three assists DVD Ted Donato - two goals DVD Marian Hossa - goal Long Island 3, at Quebec 0 LIB Chris Osgood - twenty-five saves, shutout, 2/2 IR LIB Teemu Selanne - game-winning goal LIB Zigmund Palffy - goal Capital City 1, at Quebec 4 QPS Fredrik Modin - goal, two assists QPS Bill Muckalt - game-winning goal QPS Trevor Kidd - twenty-three saves, 6/7 IR Fort Garry 4, at Quebec 4 (OT) FGF Steve Sullivan - two goals, assist FGF Adam Graves - goal, two assists FGF Ryan Smyth - game-tying goal Toronto 1, at Rush-Henrietta 1 (OT) RHC Gary Roberts - game-tying goal RHC Roman Turek - thirty saves, 5/6 IR TOR Paul Kariya - goal Drayton Valley 5, at Rush-Henrietta 3 DVD Marian Hossa - two goals, including game-winning goal, two assists DVD Sergei Berezin - goal, two assists RHC Pat Verbeek - goal, assist Toronto 2, at Rush-Henrietta 2 (OT) QPS Andrew Brunette - game-tying goal RHC Brendan Shanahan - goal, assist RHC Ron Francis - goal, assist Lyndonville 2, at Seattle Rainiers 3 SEA Desjardins - game-winning goal SEA Jaromir Jagr - three assists LYN Yannick Tremblay - goal Toronto 4, at Seattle Rainiers 2 TOR Bobby Holik - two goals, including game-winning goal TOR Paul Kariya - two goals SEA Eric Desjardins - power-play goal Quebec 4, at Seattle Rainiers 3 QPS Len Barrie - game-winning goal, assist SEA Jaromir Jagr - goal, assist SEA Jozef Stumpel - goal, assist Cabbagetown 0, at Seattle Sasquatch 4 SES Dominik Hasek - twenty-two saves, shutout, 2/2 IR SES Mariusz Czerkawski - goal on 5 IR shots SES Mike Sillinger - game-winning goal Rush-Henrietta 2, at Seattle Sasquatch 3 SES Vaclav Prospal - game-winning goal RHC Gary Roberts - goal SES Mariusz Czerkawski - goal Montreal 1, at Seattle Sasquatch 3 SES Jay McKee - game-winning goal SES Marco Sturm - two assists SES Mikael Renberg - goal Rush-Henrietta 3, at Topeka 2 RHC Scott Young - two goals, including game-winning goal TPK Valeri Bure - goal, assist RHC Brendan Shanahan - goal Seattle Rainiers 4, at Topeka 1 SEA Eric Desjardins - goal, two assists SEA Brian Savage - game-winning goal SEA Chris Drury - goal Montreal 2, at Topeka 1 MON Marc Denis - thirty-three saves, 6/7 IR MON Alexander Mogilny - game-winning goal TPK Pavel Bure - goal Topeka 1, at Vancouver 1 (OT) VAN Darcy Tucker - game-tying goal TPK Tommy Salo - thirty-four saves, 4/5 IR TPK Shawn McEachern - goal Brooklyn 3, at Vancouver 3 (OT) BRK Alexander Korolyuk - two goals VAN Darcy Tucker - game-tying goal, assist VAN Adam Oates - goal, assist Indianapolis 3, at Vancouver 1 IND Anson Carter - game-winning goal IND Mark Parrish - goal IND Martin Biron - thirty-four saves, 5/6 IR ************************************************************************** NSHL STAT PACKS (LEAGUE LEADERS AFTER WEEK TWENTY-FOUR): GOALS: SEA Jaromir Jagr 58 TPK Pavel Bure 47 TOR Paul Kariya 41 RHC Brendan Shanahan 40 TPK Eric Lindros 38 TPK Joe Sakic 38 ASSISTS: SEA Doug Gilmour 67 VAN Adam Oates 64 SEA Jaromir Jagr 51 RHC Ron Francis 48 TPK Sergei Gonchar 47 BUF Sean Hill 47 CRR Alex Tanguay 47 POINTS: SEA Jaromir Jagr 109 (58-51) SEA Doug Gilmour 91 (24-67) TOR Paul Kariya 77 (41-36) TPK Eric Lindros 77 (38-39) VAN Adam Oates 77 (13-64) PLUS-MINUS (BEST): LIB Teppo Numminen +45 HOU Tony Amonte +43 LIB Kyle McLaren +43 SEA Jaromir Jagr +41 SEA Raymond Bourque +39 PLUS-MINUS (WORST): BUF Jason Arnott -33 BUF Boyd Devereaux -30 IND Jason York -30 FGF Steve Sullivan -24 MAN Patrick Traverse -24 SHOT PLUS-MINUS (BEST): HOU Nicklas Lidstrom +329 SEA Raymond Bourque +314 HOU Chris Pronger +296 LIB Kyle McLaren +287 TOR Bobby Holik +273 SHOT PLUS-MINUS (WORST): QPS Darren Van Impe -294 MAN Ray Ferraro -281 QPS Fredrik Modin -279 MAN Jason Woolley -262 MAN Patrice Brisebois -259 PENALTY MINUTES: MON Petr Svoboda 217 RHC Brad Werenka 205 HOU Scott Gomez 178 BRK Kelly Buchberger 165 VAN Darcy Tucker 164 POWER PLAY GOALS: CRR Milan Hejduk 18 TPK Pavel Bure 14 VAN Patrik Elias 12 SEA Jaromir Jagr 12 LYN Jeff Friesen 11 TPK Eric Lindros 11 CRR Owen Nolan 11 LIB Teemu Selanne 11 RHC Brendan Shanahan 11 SHORT HANDED GOALS: CCC Trevor Letowski 5 RHC Shaun Van Allen 5 LYN Michal Handzus 4 eleven tied with 3 SHOTS ON GOAL: SEA Jaromir Jagr 375 TOR Paul Kariya 349 RHC Brendan Shanahan 333 TPK Pavel Bure 304 DVD Sergei Berezin 279 ICE TIME PER GAME: HOU Chris Pronger 30:12 SEA Eric Desjardins 28:36 SEA Raymond Bourque 27:36 VAN Derian Hatcher 27:06 HOU Nicklas Lidstrom 27:00 ICE TIME PER GAME (FORWARDS): TOR Paul Kariya 24:12 SEA Jaromir Jagr 23:24 TPK Eric Lindros 22:42 SEA Doug Gilmour 21:54 TPK Joe Sakic 21:24 SHOOTING PERCENTAGE (MINIMUM 72 SHOTS ON GOAL): VAN Alexander Selivanov 24.1 (26/108) TOR Eric Daze 21.8 (37/170) LIB Igor Korolev 20.8 (21/101) DVD Dean Sylvester 19.5 (26/133) SEA Brian Savage 19.4 (19/98) GOALTENDER WINS: HOU Curtis Joseph 37 TPK Tommy Salo 31 LIB Chris Osgood 29 TOR Martin Brodeur 27 RHC Roman Turek 27 GOALTENDER SHUTOUTS: MON Manny Fernandez 7 VAN Steve Shields 7 FLO Ed Belfour 6 HOU Curtis Joseph 6 BRK Olaf Kolzig 6 LIB Jose Theodore 6 RHC Roman Turek 6 GOALS AGAINST: TPK Tommy Salo 182 RHC Roman Turek 179 BRK Olaf Kolzig 167 TOR Martin Brodeur 165 CRR Jean-Sebastien Aubin 152 SHOTS FACED: BRK Olaf Kolzig 1919 RHC Roman Turek 1888 TOR Martin Brodeur 1868 TPK Tommy Salo 1726 DVD Mike Vernon 1597 GOALS-AGAINST AVERAGE (1440 MP minimum): MON Manny Fernandez 1.52 LIB Jose Theodore 1.83 HOU Curtis Joseph 1.93 SES Dominik Hasek 2.10 VAN Steve Shields 2.18 SAVE PERCENTAGE (1440 MP minimum): MON Manny Fernandez 0.938 LIB Jose Theodore 0.926 VAN Steve Shields 0.924 SES Dominik Hasek 0.922 VAN Sean Burke 0.922 ************************************************************************** INCENTIVE POINTS: ACCUMULATED IP: Brooklyn: -2 IP Long Island: -6 IP Rush-Henrietta: 6 IP Seattle Sasquatch: -1 IP Vancouver: -1 IP ************************************************************************** PLAYER OF THE WEEK: THE NOMINEES: BRK Peter Bondra - the enigmatic right wing is starting to heat up once again, scoring ten points (three goals) and a massive +7 for the Gulag, who went 4-1-1 on the biweek. CCC Pavol Demitra - the newest member of the Houston Outlaws finished his career in Nebraska with a bang, scoring four times and adding two assists for the possibly postseason-bound Cougars. CRR Phil Housley - a terrific performance from Housley, who's starting to show the leadership expected of him when picked up back in 1998. Two goals and seven assists for the backliner. SEA Jaromir Jagr - yes, each biweek I just leave Jags here. But with five more goals, and five more assists, on the week, who can blame me? Before you fill out your Gretzky Trophy ballots, consider that the league's leading scorer has been named one of the game's three stars in over half of Seattle's contests. TOR Paul Kariya - It was just a question of time before the Arenas, behind Kariya and Martin Brodeur, began to compete for the Farley Cup, and that time is now. Five goals and a helper for the pint-sized portsider. BRK Alexander Korolyuk - Bondra's linemate, whom owner Jeff Tsuruoka tried unsuccessfully to deal to four separate teams, scored seven goals and three assists, finding a new home on a line with "Peter Gun". SES Mikael Renberg - People laughed when Scott Shigemi traded for the struggling winger. Oh, how they laughed. Heh, heh (sorry). However, Renberg stepped in immediately and gave results (one goal, three assists) in his return to the Emerald City. RHC Gary Roberts - Not bad for an oldster - Roberts scored four goals and two assists for the Comets, who need every goal they can get while they chase their own postseason berth. THE WINNER: Korolyuk. Two weeks ago, he felt unwanted, but now, Alex is on top of the world. Although he'll need to stretch to reach career-highs, the diminutive right wing is starting to show why he was taken in the second round back in 1999. PAST WINNERS: (1/2) Doug Gilmour, LW, Seattle Rainiers (6 goals, 10 assists, +11) (3/4) Steve Thomas, W, Toronto Arenas (4 goals, 6 assists) (5/6) Sandis Ozolinsh, D, Vancouver Scouts (1 goal, 7 assists, +4) (7/8) Eric Lindros, C, Topeka Scarecrows (7 goals, 5 assists, -2) (9/10) Simon Gagne, C, Houston Outlaws (5 goals, 5 assists, +4) (11/12) Brian Savage, RW, Seattle Rainiers (6 goals, 2 assists, +0) (13/14) Brendan Shanahan, LW, Rush-Henrietta Comets (7 goals, 1 assist, +2) (15/16) Jaromir Jagr, RW, Seattle Rainiers (7 goals, 4 assists, +6) (17/18) Patrice Brisebois, D, Manayunk Bullies (0 goals, 9 assists, +6) (19/20) Marian Hossa, RW, Drayton Valley Drillers (3 goals, 7 assists, +9) (21/22) Zigmund Palffy, RW, Long Island Berserkers (7 goals, 2 assists, +6) (23/24) Alexander Korolyuk, RW, Brooklyn Gulag (7 goals, 3 assists, +4) ************************************************************************** GOALIE OF THE WEEK: THE NOMINEES: IND Martin Biron - the Racers will need a lot of help to advance to the postseason for the first time in four seasons, but signs of future promise have started in net, where the 23-year-old went 2-2-0, stopping 124 of 131 shots (13/20 IR), helping his team stave off elimination for another two weeks. SES Dominik Hasek - running third in the tightest division in hockey, the Sasquatch rely on their Dominator to push themselves. A perfect 3-0 for Dom, allowing just *three* goals on 62 shots (8/11 IR), including a 22-save shutout of the Cabbagetown Red Rockets. BRK Olaf Kolzig - In perhaps the best single-game performance by a netminder this year, Olie the Goalie stopped all 34 shots he faced, defeating the powerful, league-leading Houston Outlaws, 1-0, at the Compaq Center in Houston. For the biweek, Kolzig went 3-1-1 with a 92.9% save percentage (20/31 IR). BUF Patrick Lalime - Lalime notched back-to-back shutouts of Indianapolis (1-0) and Fort Garry (3-0) as the Buffalo Bulldogs held off the Reaper. Over the last two weeks, Lalime stopped all but five of 105 shots (7/12 IR). LIB Chris Osgood - Ozzie was responsible for two of the Berserkers' league-leading three shutouts this biweek, denying both Vancouver (1-0) and Manayunk (3-0) as his club ran its four-week record to a death-defying 11-1. Osgood stopped 117 of 126 shots overall, including 16 of 25 in-range shots. THE WINNER: Osgood. The much-maligned Berserker has his doubters, including those who feel that he can't lead his club to the Cup the way that holdout Nikolai Khabibulin did last spring. However, Ozzie has held strong, becoming the second Long Island netminder to win GotW this season. PAST WINNERS: (1/2) Curtis Joseph, Houston Outlaws (2-3-1, 1.15 GAA, 94.7% sv) (3/4) Jose Theodore, Long Island Berserkers (4-1-0, 1.21 GAA, 94.1% sv) (5/6) Manny Fernandez, Montreal Wanderers (3-0-0, 0.66 GAA, 96.8% sv) (7/8) Sean Burke, Vancouver Scouts (4-0-0, 0.99 GAA, 96.1% sv) (9/10) Martin Brodeur, Toronto Arenas (4-0-1, 1.38 GAA, 93.9% sv) (11/12) Jeff Hackett, Florida Hellcats (1-2-2, 1.20 GAA, 95.8% sv, 1 ShO) (13/14) Steve Shields, Lyndonville Blades (5-0-1, 0.50 GAA, 98.1% sv, 3 ShO) (15/16) Olaf Kolzig, Brooklyn Gulag (2-1-2, 1.92 GAA, 94.2% sv) (17/18) Dominik Hasek, Seattle Sasquatch (3-0-0, 1.33 GAA, 94.9% sv, 10/14 IR) (19/20) Olaf Kolzig, Brooklyn Gulag (2-2-1, 1.18 GAA, 96.1%, 24/30 IR) (21/22) Patrick Roy, Montreal Wanderers (2-0-1, 0.32 GAA, 98.6%, 8/9 IR, 2 ShO) (23/24) Chris Osgood, Long Island Berserkers (4-1,1.80 GAA,92.9%,16/25 IR,2 ShO) ************************************************************************** ASSOCIATE LIST: SINCE GP Robert Karlsson (s.e.robert.karlsson@telia.com) December 2000 24 Lance Milligan (coachm@home.com) July 1997 6 Andy Bartalone (buffalo@buser.net) July 1996 0 Ted Coursen (tcoursen@home.com) June 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 George Ruse (rawpower14@aol.com) August 1999 0 Carl (missongear@aol.com) August 1999 0 Mike Steudle (plutodong@aol.com) September 1999 0 Patrick Brassard (bras@videotron.ca) November 1999 0 Paul Westover (pwestover@primary.net) November 1999 0 Jean-Paul Leboeuf (jeanpaul.leboeuf@sympatico.ca) November 1999 0 Rob Ortiz (ortizr@enterprise.navy.mil) November 1999 0 Steve Beren (SBeren2000@aol.com) June 2000 0 If you're still an active associate, and aren't on this list, please get in contact with me. Thanks! Doug ************************************************************************** IF THE PLAYOFFS STARTED TODAY: (For teams currently in the playoffs, magic number is in parentheses; for teams currently out of the playoffs, "tragic" number is in parentheses) First-round byes: #1 Long Island (1) #2 Houston (1) #3 Vancouver (4) #4 Montreal (6) First-round matchups: #12 Lyndonville Blades (25) at #5 Seattle Rainiers (11) #11 Capital City Cougars (24) at #6 Seattle Sasquatch (13) #10 Rush-Henrietta Comets (22) at #7 Florida Hellcats (16) #9 Cabbagetown Red Rockets (19) at #8 Topeka Scarecrows (17) Golf in May: #13 Brooklyn Gulag (25) #14 Toronto Arenas (23) #15 Drayton Valley Drillers (15) #16 Indianapolis Chiefs (12) #17 Quebec Polar Sphinx (7) #18 Manayunk Bullies (7) #19 Fort Garry Fiddler Crabs (7) #20 Buffalo Bulldogs (3) ************************************************************************** NORRIS POWER INDEX: NPI LW 1. Long Island Berserkers 1.104 2 2. Houston Outlaws 1.059 1 3. Vancouver Scouts 0.948 3 4. Seattle Rainiers 0.602 4 5. Montreal Wanderers 0.538 6 6. Topeka Scarecrows 0.500 5 7. Florida Hellcats 0.422 7 8. Seattle Sasquatch 0.277 8 9. Brooklyn Gulag 0.217 10 10. Cabbagetown Red Rockets 0.178 9 11. Toronto Arenas 0.050 11 12. Lyndonville Blades -0.172 13 13. Capital City Cougars -0.272 12 14. Rush-Henrietta Comets -0.277 14 15. Drayton Valley Drillers -0.498 15 16. Indianapolis Racers -0.805 18 17. Fort Garry Fiddler Crabs -0.866 16 18. Quebec Polar Sphinx -0.899 17 19. Manayunk Bullies -1.043 19 20. Buffalo Bulldogs -1.063 20 ************************************************************************** INJURIES: Injuries are handled through the Commissioner's Office, and rolled for each in-game injury during the play period. (Note - for injuries new to this newsletter, the following abbreviations are used: AGP - Adjusted Games Played; this is Games Played plus any injury time (Games Injured) previously accrued. Roll: Die rolls on injury chart) BUF - Stu Barnes out no further time. (AGP 82, Roll 5) CRR - Pierre Turgeon out four games (SEA@CRR, CRR@RHC, CRR@MON, RHC@CRR). (AGP 52, Roll 7) DVD - Richard Matvichuk out one game (DVD@TOR). (AGP 74, Roll 11) RHC - Kim Johnsson out one game (MON@RHC). (AGP 76, Roll 7) Mike York out no further time. (AGP 82, Roll 10) SES - Oleg Petrov out twenty games (through Game One, Farley Cup Quarterfinals) (AGP 44, Roll 5, Roll 5) TPK - Chris Chelios out no further games. (AGP 81, Roll 10) - Shawn McEachern out five games (SES@TPK, TPK@SES, BRK@TPK, TPK@IND, IND@TPK). (AGP 69, Roll 5) VAN - Murray Baron out one game (VAN@HOU). (AGP 81, Roll 5) ************************************************************************** TRANSACTIONS: Transactions are announced bi-weekly in the newsletter based on confirmations received throughout the bi-week. BRK - TRADE Brent Sopel to FLO for Joe Reekie. - TRADE Landon Wilson to DVD for Chris Therien. - SIGN Kip Miller. - RELEASE Kevin Dineen. CCC - TRADE Murray Baron to VAN for Yannick Tremblay, Joe Juneau and TPK#4. - TRADE Dallas Drake and SEA#5 to LIB for Aki Berg and Alexei Gusarov. - TRADE Andreas Dackell, Pavol Demitra, Trevor Letowski and TPK#3 to HOU for Viktor Kozlov, Mathieu Schneider and LYN#1. - RELEASE Tom Barrasso. DVD - TRADE Chris Therien to BOS for Landon Wilson. - TRADE Dan Cloutier and DVD#2 to VAN for Byron Dafoe. - TRADE Manny Malhotra to TPK for TPK#2. FLO - TRADE Joe Reekie to BRK for Brent Sopel. HOU - TRADE Viktor Kozlov, Mathieu Schneider and LYN#1 to CCC for Andreas Dackell, Pavol Demitra, Trevor Letowski and TPK#3. - RELEASE Josef Beranek. LIB - TRADE Aki Berg and Alexei Gusarov to CCC for Dallas Drake and SEA#5. LYN - TRADE Yannick Tremblay and David Legwand to VAN for Jean-Sebastien Giguere, Ethan Moreau, VAN#6 and LYN#7. MON - TRADE Igor Larionov to TPK for CCC#3. QPS - SIGN Josef Marha (effective 4/4/01, by Commissioner's edict). TPK - TRADE TPK#2 to DVD for Manny Malhotra. - TRADE CCC#3 to MON for Igor Larionov. - RELEASE Jorgen Jonsson. VAN - TRADE Byron Dafoe to DVD for Dan Cloutier and DVD#2. - TRADE Jean-Sebastien Giguere, Ethan Moreau, VAN#6 and LYN#7 to LYN for Yannick Tremblay and David Legwand. - TRADE Yannick Tremblay, Joe Juneau and TPK#4 to CCC for Murray Baron. ************************************************************************** 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 Dean Engemoen, Vice-Commissioner Andy Bartalone, associate Lance Milligan, associate **************************************************************************