The National Strat-O-Matic Hockey League Newsletter League Established May 1, 1997 Volume #7, Issue #17 - April 23, 2003 ************************************************************************** Current League Officers: Commissioner: Doug Norris (303-492-3493) Vice-Commissioner: Eric Goodman Email List Administator: Steve Kramer Email the whole league: mailto:nshl@thalia.org NSHL Chat List: mailto:nshlchat@thalia.org Web Page Administrator: Brian Leahy League Web Site: http://www.geocities.com/nshlweb ************************************************************************** JUST A NOTE: Week 27 begins now, and concludes NEXT MONDAY (that's April 28). You have this week to play two home games (and two road games) in this, the final week of the regular season. If you think you're going to run into problems, please don't play your games at the last minute. If you're going to wait until the last minute anyhow, then consider the deadline to be Sunday. :-P ************************************************************************** WEEK TWENTY-FIVE/TWENTY-SIX IN REVIEW: The defending Farley Cup champion Buffalo Bulldogs, who have silently languished behind Long Island all season, began their final push over the past two weeks, going 5-1-0 to pull within five points of the Berserkers for the league's overall top spot. The Lyndonville Blades also went 5-1-0 over the biweek, setting up an interesting final week in the Northeast Division. In the Northwest, the Seattle Rainiers once again moved ahead of Drayton Valley in the turtle race for the divison title. A mere five points separate first from fifth in this division, and it's interesting to note that nary a single team has officially qualified for the Farley Cup round, as the Seattle Sasquatch can still sneak in from the ninth position. Stay tuned for the final four games of the season, and all of the hot playoff-positioning action! ************************************************************************** CURRENT LEAGUE STANDINGS: NORTHEAST DIVISION GP W L T OL Pts Pct GF GA Home Road x-Long Island Berserke 78 52 18 7 1 112 0.718 274 189 26- 7- 5- 1 26-11- 2- 0 x-Buffalo Bulldogs 78 50 21 6 1 107 0.686 264 179 25-10- 3- 1 25-11- 3- 0 x-Lyndonville Blades 78 45 20 10 3 103 0.660 296 205 24- 9- 5- 1 21-11- 5- 2 x-Corner Creek Green C 78 42 27 7 2 93 0.596 253 228 27- 9- 3- 0 15-18- 4- 2 Brooklyn Gulag 78 25 32 15 6 71 0.455 186 230 14-15- 6- 4 11-17- 9- 2 New York Lancers 78 13 64 0 1 27 0.173 129 280 9-29- 0- 1 4-35- 0- 0 ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L T OL Pts Pct GF GA Home Road y-Montreal Wanderers 78 45 16 13 4 107 0.686 237 170 20-11- 6- 2 25- 5- 7- 2 x-Quebec City Patriote 78 40 26 8 4 92 0.590 223 193 22-10- 4- 3 18-16- 4- 1 x-Florida Hellcats 78 37 28 9 4 87 0.558 247 213 21-16- 2- 0 16-12- 7- 4 x-St. Michael's Privat 78 34 26 12 6 86 0.551 212 207 16-12- 9- 2 18-14- 3- 4 Manayunk Bullies 78 30 33 13 2 75 0.481 197 204 17-16- 5- 1 13-17- 8- 1 Greensboro Gunners 78 15 46 13 4 47 0.301 145 246 11-21- 6- 1 4-25- 7- 3 NORTHWEST DIVISION GP W L T OL Pts Pct GF GA Home Road Seattle Rainiers 78 38 33 6 1 83 0.532 201 218 21-15- 3- 0 17-18- 3- 1 Drayton Valley Driller 78 35 31 9 3 82 0.526 244 241 14-17- 6- 2 21-14- 3- 1 Fort Garry Fiddler Cra 78 36 34 7 1 80 0.513 231 226 20-14- 4- 1 16-20- 3- 0 Toms River Lightning 78 36 34 5 3 80 0.513 255 241 20-15- 2- 2 16-19- 3- 1 Seattle Sasquatch 78 33 33 8 4 78 0.500 220 229 19-15- 3- 2 14-18- 5- 2 Vancouver Whitecaps 78 8 61 5 4 25 0.160 132 319 5-28- 3- 3 3-33- 2- 1 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L T OL Pts Pct GF GA Home Road y-Topeka Scarecrows 78 52 21 5 0 109 0.699 280 183 26- 9- 4- 0 26-12- 1- 0 x-Toronto Arenas 78 38 29 9 2 87 0.558 244 220 20-13- 4- 2 18-16- 5- 0 x-Houston Outlaws 78 41 33 3 1 86 0.551 260 227 18-19- 1- 1 23-14- 2- 0 x-San Francisco Hedgeh 78 39 31 7 1 86 0.551 238 238 21-13- 5- 0 18-18- 2- 1 Capital City Cougars 78 30 41 6 1 67 0.429 244 268 19-16- 3- 1 11-25- 3- 0 Hampton Roads Hounds 78 27 40 7 4 65 0.417 210 268 14-18- 3- 4 13-22- 4- 0 x - clinched postseason berth y - clinched division title ************************************************************************** WEEK TWENTY-FIVE/TWENTY-SIX GAME RESULTS: Long Island 3, at Brooklyn 4 BRK Mike Grier - game-winning goal with 1:12 remaining LIB Vincent Lecavalier - power-play goal, assist BRK Tomas Holmstrom - goal, assist Lyndonville 5, at Brooklyn 3 LYN Bryan McCabe - game-winning goal, two assists LYN Miroslav Satan - goal, two assists LYN Alexei Kovalev - goal, assist Buffalo 5, at Brooklyn 3 BUF Eric Lindros - two goals BUF Roman Hamrlik - power-play goal, assist BUF Ilya Kovalchuk - three assists Corner Creek 2, at Buffalo 5 BUF Eric Lindros - game-winning goal, assist BUF Roman Hamrlik - short-handed goal BUF Jussi Markkanen - twenty-eight saves, 7/9 GR New York 0, at Buffalo 4 BUF Darryl Sydor - three assists NYL Dan Cloutier - thirty-four saves, 6/10 GR NYL Erik Cole - good defensively and with intimidation Long Island 3, at Buffalo 8 BUF Pavel Bure - five, including three power-play goals, assist BUF Eric Lindros - goal, four assists LIB Ziggy Palffy - power-play goal, assist Toronto 7, at Capital City 7 (OT) CCC Mathieu Schneider - two goals, three assists CCC Alexei Yashin - two goals, two assists TOR Oleg Tverdovsky - three assists Houston 3, at Capital City 7 CCC Todd White - two goals, assist CCC Chris Phillips - goal, assist HOU Juraj Kolnik - first goal of season Hampton Roads 5, at Capital City 4 (OT) HRH Brian Rolston - two goals, assist CCC Alexei Yashin - two goals, assist HRH Theoren Fleury - game-winning power-play goal, assist Buffalo 6, at Corner Creek 2 BUF Jussi Markkanen - twenty-nine saves, 7/7 GR BUF Danny Markov - three assists CGC Ray Whitney - two goals Lyndonville 2, at Corner Creek 4 CGC Roman Turek - thirty-eight saves, 4/4 GR CGC Mike York - goal, assist CGC Andrei Markov - two assists Brooklyn 3, at Corner Creek 4 CGC Brendan Shanahan - two goals, assist BRK Peter Bondra - two goals CGC Mike York - goal, two assists Seattle Rainiers 4, at Drayton Valley 2 DVD Stu Barnes - both DVD goals SEA Mike Fisher - goal, assist SEA Ed Jovanovski - goal, assist Fort Garry 6, at Drayton Valley 4 FGF Brendan Morrison - two goals FGF Joe Thornong - goal, two assists FGF Sergei Samsonov - power-play goal, assist Toms River 7, at Drayton Valley 4 TRL Dallas Drake - two goals TRL Craig Conroy - goal, two assists TRL Jan Hrdina - three assists Montreal 7, at Florida 4 MON Steve Reinprecht - two goals, assist FLO Mike Modano - two goals, assist MON Wes Walz, Philippe Boucher - three assists apiece St. Michael's 1, at Florida 4 FLO Jeff Hackett - twenty-seven saves, 3/3 GR FLO Gary Suter - power-play goal, two assists FLO Sergei Zubov - two assists Greensboro 1, at Florida 3 FLO Gary Suter - two assists FLO Dwayne Roloson - twenty-five saves, 2/3 GR FLO Glen Murray - game-winning power-play goal Seattle Sasquatch 2, at Fort Garry 4 FGF Joe Thornton - goal, two assists SES Radek Bonk - first goal of game, assist FGF Roberto Luongo - twenty-three saves, 3/4 GR Vancouver 0, at Fort Garry 2 FGF Alexei Zhamnov - game-winning goal VAW Ed Belfour - thirty-eight saves, 7/9 GR FGF Roberto Luongo - thirteen saves, shutout, 0/0 GR Drayton Valley 1, at Fort Garry 2 FGF Roberto Luongo - thirty-one saves, 5/6 GR DVD Dominik Hasek - twenty-five saves, 5/7 GR FGF Mattias Ohlund - game-winning goal Quebec City 2, at Greensboro 1 GRG Peter Skudra - forty-one saves, 5/7 GR QCP Bill Guerin - game-winning goal QCP Sean Hill - two assists Manayunk 4, at Greensboro 4 (OT) MAN Janne Niinimaa - two goals, assist GRG Rem Murray - game-tying short-handed goal with 9:09 left GRG Travis Green - goal, assist St. Michael's 4, at Greensboro 3 STM Tony Amonte - goal, two assists STM Michael Nylander - three assists GRG Travis Green - power-play goal, assist Houston 3, at Hampton Roads 4 HRH Sergei Gonchar - game-winning power-play goal, assist HOU Jeff O'Neill - power-play goal, assist HRH Ron Tugnutt - thirty-nine saves, 6/9 GR San Francisco 6, at Hampton Roads 7 SFH Jaromir Jagr - three goals, assist HRH Marty McInnis - two goals SFH Vincent Damphousse - goal, two assists Topeka 3, at Hampton Roads 0 TPK Tommy Salo - thirty saves, shutout, 6/6 GR TPK Ron Francis - goal, assist TPK Daniel Alfredsson - goal, assist Topeka 4, at Houston 0 TPK Tommy Salo - thirty-three saves, shutout, 5/5 GR TPK Adam Deadmarsh - game-winning power-play goal, assist TPK Daniel Alfredsson - goal, assist Capital City 5, at Houston 2 CCC Adam Graves - two short-handed goals, including game-winning goal HOU Daymond Langkow - two goals CCC Felix Potvin - twenty-six saves, 9/10 GR San Francisco 5, at Houston 4 SFH Martin St. Louis - two goals, including game-winning goal SFH Andreas Dackell - goal, assist HOU Simon Gagne - power-play goal, assist Brooklyn 4, at Long Island 2 BRK Peter Bondra - two goals, assist BRK Craig Billington - twenty-five saves, 5/7 GR BRK Bob Boughner - game-winning goal Corner Creek 3, at Long Island 4 (OT) LIB Aleksey Morozov - overtime goal, assist LIB Teemu Selanne - two goals, including tying goal with 0:22 left, assist CGC Matt Cullen, Scott Young - goal, assist apiece New York 0, at Long Island 3 LIB Markus Naslund - game-winning goal LIB Jose Theodore - thirteen saves, shutout, 1/1 GR NYL Brent Johnson - thirty-one saves, 10/12 GR Buffalo 3, at Lyndonville 6 LYN Joe Nieuwendyk - two goals, assist LYN Alexei Kovalev - two goals, assist BUF Pavel Bure - two goals, assist Long Island 4, at Lyndonville 8 LYN Mats Sundin - two goals, assist LYN Joe Nieuwendyk, Miroslav Satan - two goals apiece LIB Markus Naslund - three goals New York 1, at Lyndonville 4 LYN Maxim Afinogenov - game-winning goal LYN Sean Burke - twenty-two saves, 3/4 GR NYL Dan Cloutier - twenty-eight saves, 4/4 GR Montreal 2, at Manayunk 3 MAN Anson Carter - game-winning goal MAN Roman Cechmanek - thirty-two saves, 6/7 GR MON Dick Tarnstrom - two assists Quebec City 1, at Manayunk 3 MAN Mark Messier - two goals, including game-winning goal MAN Ray Ferraro - goal, assist MAN Roman Cechmanek - twenty-five saves, 3/4 GR Florida 2, at Manayunk 6 MAN Radim Vrbata - four goals, including game-winning goal FLO Anson Carter - four assists MON Janne Niinimaa - three assists St. Michael's 2, at Montreal 3 (OT) MON Steve Reinprecht - overtime power-play goal MON Alexander Mogilny - goal, assist MON Patrick Roy - twenty-seven saves, 8/9 GR Manayunk 3, at Montreal 5 MON John LeClair - goal, assist MON Alexander Mogilny - goal, assist MON Dan Boyle - game-winning goal Greensboro 1, at Montreal 1 (OT) GRG Garth Snow - thirty-four saves, 7/8 GR MON James Patrick - game-tying goal MON Patrick Roy - fourteen saves, 4/5 GR Corner Creek 2, at New York 3 CGC Tony Hrkac - both Corner Creek goals NYL P.J. Axelsson - game-winning goal NYL Brent Johnson - twenty-six saves, 3/4 GR Lyndonville 5, at New York 4 (OT) LYN Joe Nieuwendyk - two power-play goals, assist LYN Todd Bertuzzi - overtime goal LYN Mats Sundin - assist, 11-of-12 on faceoffs Brooklyn 2, at New York 1 BRK Peter Bondra - game-winning power-play goal, drew misconduct on Alexeev BRK Denis Arkhipov - goal NYL Erik Cole - goal Greensboro 2, at Quebec City 5 QCP Robert Lang - two goals, assist GRG Josh Green - goal, assist GRG Travis Green - goal, assist Florida 4, at Quebec City 2 FLO Mike LeClerc - goal, assist FLO Mike Modano - goal, assist QCP Daniel Briere - power-play goal, assist Montreal 1, at Quebec City 2 QCP Evgeni Nabokov - thirty-six saves, 10/11 GR MON Patrick Roy - twenty-four saves, 6/6 GR QCP Rod Brind'Amour - game-winning power-play goal Quebec City 0, at St. Michael's 6 STM Mike Rathje - goal, two assists STM Martin Biron - twenty-three saves, shutout, 5/5 GR STM Dainius Zubrus, Mike Ricci - goal, assist apiece Manayunk 1, at St. Michael's 3 STM Vaclav Varada - game-winning goal, assist STM Martin Biron - twenty-five saves, 6/6 GR STM Chris Simon - goal Florida 3, at St. Michael's 3 (OT) FLO Marty Turco - thirty-six saves, 8/10 GR FLO Glen Murray - game-tying goal, assist STM Michael Nylander - power-play goal, assist Hampton Roads 4, at San Francisco 3 HRH Owen Nolan - game-winning goal, assist SFH Martin St. Louis - goal, assist HRH Mike Richter - twenty-six saves, 6/8 GR Toronto 0, at San Francisco 3 SFH Kevin Weekes - twenty-five saves, shutout, 6/6 GR SFH Igor Larionov - two goals SFH Oleg Petrov - short-handed goal, assist Capital City 1, at San Francisco 3 SFH Marc Denis - twenty-seven saves, 8/8 GR SFH Randy Robitialle - two assists SFH Rob Zamuner - goal Fort Garry 2, at Seattle Rainiers 3 SEA Dany Heatley - game-winning goal, assist SEA Chris Drury - goal, two assists SEA Jean-Sebastien Giguere - thirty-one saves, 4/5 GR Seattle Sasquatch 4, at Seattle Rainiers 1 SES Miikka Kiprusoff - thirty-three saves, 7/8 GR SES Radek Bonk - game-winning goal, assist SES Sergei Brylin - goal, assist Toms River 2, at Seattle Rainiers 3 SEA Dany Heatley - game-winning goal, assist SEA Jean-Sebastien Giguere - twenty-five saves, 7/8 GR TRL Patrick Lalime - thirty-two saves, 3/3 GR Seattle Rainiers 1, at Seattle Sasquatch 4 SES Ty Conklin - twenty-six saves, 5/5 GR SES Radek Bonk - goal, assist SEA Jamie Storr - thirty-seven saves, 11/14 GR Drayton Valley 3, at Seattle Sasquatch 4 (OT) SES Marcel Hossa - two goals, including overtime goal SES Sergei Brylin - goal, two assists SES Ty Conklin - thirty-two saves, 6/8 GR Vancouver 1, at Seattle Sasquatch 5 SES Radek Dvorak - two goals, including game-winning goal, assist SES Radek Bonk - three assists SES Mike Sillinger - goal Seattle Sasquatch 6, at Toms River 3 SES Kristian Huselius - two goals SES Ty Conklin - thirty-three saves, 8/10 GR SES Radek Bonk, Sergei Brylin - goal, assist apiece Fort Garry 2, at Toms River 5 TRL Jarome Iginla - two goals, assist TRL Jan Hrdina - three assists TRL Patrick Lalime - thirty-two saves, 7/9 GR Vancouver 3, at Toms River 6 TRL Jarome Iginla - two goals, assist VAW Shane Willis - two goals, assist TRL Pavol Demitra - two goals Toronto 2, at Topeka 2 (OT) TPK Tommy Salo - thirty-three saves, 9/9 GR TOR Eric Daze - two goals TPK Adam Deadmarsh - goal, assist Capital City 3, at Topeka 6 TPK Daniel Alfredsson - two goals TPK Brian Leetch - goal, two assists TPK Tommy Salo - thirty saves, 8/10 GR San Francisco 1, at Topeka 2 TPK Daniel Alfredsson - goal, assist TPK Tom Barrasso - twenty-eight saves, 7/7 GR SFH Kevin Weekes - thirty saves, 7/8 GR Hampton Roads 3, at Toronto 4 TOR Paul Kariya - two goals, including game-winning goal TOR Mike Peca - short-handed goal TOR Brad Stuart - two assists Topeka 3, at Toronto 4 TOR Paul Kariya - two goals, including short-handed goal TPK Joe Sakic - two goals TOR Mike Peca - short-handed goal, assist Houston 4, at Toronto 3 HOU Mattias Timander - game-winning goal HOU Patrik Elias - two assists HOU Jeff O'Neill - goal Seattle Rainiers 4, at Vancouver 3 SEA Dany Heatley - goal, assist SEA Jean-Sebastien Giguere - twenty-two saves, 5/6 GR VAW Shane Willis - goal, assist Drayton Valley 4, at Vancouver 1 DVD Marian Hossa - goal, assist DVD Joe Reekie - game-winning goal DVD Byron Dafoe - seventeen saves, 3/4 GR Toms River 4, at Vancouver 0 TRL Sandis Ozolinsh - goal, assist TRK Keith Tkachuk - goal, assist TRL Jani Hurme - fourteen saves, shutout, 0/0 GR ************************************************************************** WEEK 27 SCHEDULE: BROOKLYN GULAG 04/23 BRK at SEA Fortin 04/25 BRK at TRL Fortin 04/26 TOR at BRK Fortin, Holmstrom 04/28 HRH at BRK Fortin, Holmstrom BUFFALO BULLDOGS 04/23 BUF at FGF 04/25 BUF at DVD 04/26 HOU at BUF 04/28 CCC at BUF CAPITAL CITY COUGARS 04/23 FLO at CCC Cassels 04/25 STM at CCC Cassels 04/26 CCC at CGC Cassels 04/28 CCC at BUF Cassels, Gaborik CORNER CREEK GREEN CALVES 04/23 CGC at DVD Roberts 04/25 CGC at FGF Roberts 04/26 CCC at CGC Roberts 04/28 HOU at CGC Roberts DRAYTON VALLEY DRILLERS 04/23 CGC at DVD Martinek, Reekie 04/25 BUF at DVD Martinek, Reekie 04/26 DVD at STM Martinek, Reekie 04/28 DVD at FLO Martinek, Reekie FLORIDA HELLCATS 04/23 FLO at CCC Bates 04/24 FLO at HOU Bates 04/27 FGF at FLO Bates, Hagman 04/28 DVD at FLO Bates FORT GARRY FIDDLER CRABS 04/23 BUF at FGF Thornton 04/25 CGC at FGF Thornton 04/27 FGF at FLO Thornton 04/28 FGF at STM GREENSBORO GUNNERS 04/23 GRG at TPK Manderville, Matteau 04/25 GRG at SFH Manderville, Matteau 04/26 VAW at GRG J. Green, Matteau 04/28 SES at GRG Manderville, Matteau HAMPTON ROADS HOUNDS 04/23 MAN at HRH Robidas 04/24 QCP at HRH Robidas 04/26 HRH at LYN Robidas, Smolinski 04/28 HRH at BRK Robidas, Smolinski HOUSTON OUTLAWS 04/23 STM at HOU 04/24 FLO at HOU 04/26 HOU at BUF 04/28 HOU at CGC Lidstrom LONG ISLAND BERSERKERS 04/23 LIB at SES Rucchin 04/25 LIB at VAW Rucchin 04/26 TPK at LIB Rucchin 04/28 SFH at LIB Rucchin LYNDONVILLE BLADES 04/23 LYN at TRL 04/25 LYN at SEA Warrener 04/26 HRH at LYN Warrener 04/28 TOR at LYN MANAYUNK BULLIES 04/23 MAN at HRH Kalinin, Messier 04/25 MAN at TOR Kalinin, Messier 04/27 SEA at MAN Kalinin, Messier, Wilm 04/28 TRL at MAN Kalinin, Messier, Wilm MONTREAL WANDERERS 04/23 MON at SFH 04/24 MON at TPK Recchi 04/27 SES at MON 04/28 VAW at MON NEW YORK LANCERS 04/23 NYL at VAW Begin 04/24 NYL at SES Begin 04/27 SFH at NYL Begin, Larsen 04/28 TPK at NYL Begin, Larsen QUEBEC CITY PATRIOTES 04/23 QCP at TOR Pronger 04/24 QCP at HRH Havlat, Pronger 04/27 TRL at QCP Havlat, Pronger 04/28 SEA at QCP Havlat, Pronger ST. MICHAEL'S PRIVATEERS 04/23 STM at HOU Varada 04/25 STM at CCC 04/26 DVD at STM 04/28 FGF at STM SAN FRANCISCO HEDGEHOGS 04/23 MON at SFH 04/25 GRG at SFH 04/27 SFH at NYL Housley 04/28 SFH at LIB Johansson, Pothier SEATTLE RAINIERS 04/23 BRK at SEA Savard 04/25 LYN at SEA Savard 04/27 SEA at MAN Savard 04/28 SEA at QCP SEATTLE SASQUATCH 04/23 LIB at SES 04/24 NYL at SES Laukkanen 04/27 SES at MON 04/28 SES at GRG TOMS RIVER LIGHTNING 04/23 LYN at TRL 04/25 BRK at TRL 04/27 TRL at QCP Tkachuk 04/28 TRL at MAN TOPEKA SCARECROWS 04/23 GRG at TPK Dahlen, Karpa, Yzerman 04/24 MON at TPK Dahlen, Yzerman 04/26 TPK at LIB Dahlen, Deadmarsh, Karpa, Yzerman 04/28 TPK at NYL Dahlen, Karpa TORONTO ARENAS 04/23 QCP at TOR 04/25 MAN at TOR 04/26 TOR at BRK 04/28 TOR at LYN VANCOUVER WHITECAPS 04/23 NYL at VAW 04/25 LIB at VAW 04/26 VAW at GRG 04/28 VAW at MON ************************************************************************** PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Many strong candidates pepper the roll call this biweek, but the winner has to go to the Seattle Sasquatch's Radek Bonk. With the 'Squatch holding onto their playoff lives by the skin of their teeth (teeth have skin?), Bonk played a key role in the club's 5-1-0 record in Week 25/26, including a key home-and-home sweep of the crosstown Rainiers. In total, Bonk had four goals and nine assists, and was a plus-nine in Seattle's six games, eking past Topeka's Tommy Salo (road shutouts at Houston and Hampton Roads), Lyndonville's Joe Nieuwendyk (six goals, four assists, +5) and Manayunk's Radim Vrbata (six goals and three assists) for the award. ************************************************************************** NORRIS POWER INDEX: Home-Ice Advantage is currently estimated at: +0.134 goals ## TEAM P-RATE LW 1. Topeka Scarecrows 1.283 2. Buffalo Bulldogs 1.254 3. Lyndonville Blades 1.231 4. Long Island Berserkers 1.144 5. Montreal Wanderers 0.912 6. Quebec City Patriotes 0.460 7. Florida Hellcats 0.456 8. Corner Creek Green Calves 0.426 9. Houston Outlaws 0.294 10. Toronto Arenas 0.249 11. St. Michael's Privateers 0.153 12. Toms River Lightning 0.098 13. San Francisco Hedgehogs 0.039 14. Manayunk Bullies -0.020 15. Fort Garry Fiddler Crabs -0.021 16. Drayton Valley Drillers -0.055 17. Seattle Sasquatch -0.162 18. Seattle Rainiers -0.236 19. Capital City Cougars -0.250 20. Brooklyn Gulag -0.477 21. Hampton Roads Hounds -0.788 22. Greensboro Gunners -1.343 23. New York Lancers -1.998 24. Vancouver Whitecaps -2.650 ************************************************************************** CURRENT PLAYOFF SEEDINGS: PTS: points accumulated to date GL: game remaining on team's scheudle MN: team's magic number TN: team's tragic number EASTERN CONFERENCE: RNK TEAM PTS GL MN TN 1. Long Island Berserkers 112 4 -28 --- 2. Montreal Wanderers 107 4 -23 --- 3. Buffalo Bulldogs 107 4 -23 --- 4. Lyndonville Blades 103 4 -19 --- 5. Corner Creek Green Calves 93 4 -9 --- 6. Quebec City Patriotes 92 4 -8 --- 7. Florida Hellcats 87 4 -3 --- 8. St. Michael's Privateers 86 4 -2 --- 9. Manayunk Bullies 75 4 --- -2 10. Brooklyn Gulag 71 4 --- -6 11. Greensboro Gunners 47 4 --- -30 12. New York Lancers 27 4 --- -50 WESTERN CONFERENCE: 1. Topeka Scarecrows 109 4 -25 --- 2. Seattle Rainiers 83 4 1 --- 3. Toronto Arenas 87 4 -3 --- 4. Houston Outlaws 86 4 -2 --- 5. San Francisco Hedgehogs 86 4 -2 --- 6. Drayton Valley Drillers 82 4 2 --- 7. Fort Garry Fiddler Crabs 80 4 4 --- 8. Toms River Lightning 80 4 4 --- 9. Seattle Sasquatch 78 4 --- 7 10. Capital City Cougars 67 4 --- -4 11. Hampton Roads Hounds 65 4 --- -6 12. Vancouver Whitecaps 25 4 --- -46 ************************************************************************** LEAGUE FILES ARE CURRENTLY AT: Tom Vinacci has graciously set up NSHL league files for our usage at and they can be found at: http://www.highrantdistrict.com/SOM/NSHL/ Please let Tom or I know if you have any concerns. ************************************************************************** INCENTIVE POINTS: BUF: -2 IP, replay of DVD home games DVD: 2 IP, misuse of defenseman (Jeff Norton) in home games SES: -3 IP, Toronto home games ACCUMULATED IP: BUF: -2 IP CCC: -2 IP CGC: -11 IP GRG: 1 IP HOU: -4 IP STM: 2 IP SFH: 1 IP SES: -21 IP TPK: 1 IP TOR: 1 IP VAW: -8 IP ************************************************************************** ASSOCIATE LIST: SINCE GP If you're still an active associate, and aren't on this list, please get in contact with me. Thanks! Doug ************************************************************************** INJURIES: BRK - Jean-Francois Fortin out 15 games through Game Four, ECSF - Tomas Holmstrom out 2 games 3 4 CCC - Andrew Cassels out 11 games through Game Seven, WCQF - Marian Gaborik out 1 game 4 CGC - Gary Roberts out 4 games 1 2 3 4 DVD - Radek Martinek out 41 games through Farley Cup Finals - Joe Reekie out 25 games through Game Seven, WCF FLO - Shawn Bates out 11 games through Game Seven, ECQF - Niklas Hagman out 1 game 3 FGF - Joe Thornton out 3 games 1 2 3 GRG - Josh Green out 1 game 3 - Kent Manderville out 3 games 1 2 4 - Stephane Matteau out 6 games through Game Two, ECQF HRH - Stephane Robidas out 5 games through Game One, WCQF - Bryan Smolinski out 2 games 3 4 HOU - Nicklas Lidstrom out 1 game 4 LIB - Steve Rucchin out 16 games through Game Five, ECSF LYN - Rhett Warrener out 2 games 2 3 MAN - Dmitri Kalinin out 10 games through Game Six, ECQF - Mark Messier out 10 games through Game Six, ECQF - Clarke Wilm out 2 games 3 4 MON - Mark Recchi out 1 game 2 NYL - Steve Begin out 6 games through Game Two, ECQF - Brad Larsen out 2 games 3 4 QCP - Martin Havlat out 3 games 2 3 4 - Sean Pronger out 7 games through Game Three, ECQF STM - Vaclav Varada out 1 game 1 SFH - Phil Housley out 1 game 3 - Andreas Johansson out 1 game 4 - Brian Pothier out 1 game 4 SEA - Marc Savard out 3 games 1 2 3 SES - Janne Laukannen out 1 game 2 TRL - Keith Tkachuk out 1 game 3 TPK - Ulf Dahlen out 13 games through Game Two, WCSF - Adam Deadmarsh out 1 game 3 - David Karpa out 3 games 1 3 4 - Steve Yzerman out 3 games 1 2 3 VAW - Branko Radivojevic out 34 games through Farley Cup Finals - Dan Snyder out 59 games through Farley Cup Finals - Brent Sopel out 1 game 3 ************************************************************************** TRANSACTIONS: GRG - SIGN Uwe Krupp, Bob Corkum, Andrei Nazarov as post-deadline free agents. - RELEASE David Cullen, Brad May, Vladimir Chebaturkin. ************************************************************************** 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 Eric Goodman, Vice-Commissioner Andy Bartalone, St. Michael's owner Lance Milligan, associate **************************************************************************