The National Strat-O-Matic Hockey League Newsletter League Established May 1, 1997 Volume #8, Issue #9 - January 6, 2004 ************************************************************************** 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 Files Adminstrator: Tom Vinacci League Files Site: http://www.highrantdistrict.com/SOM/NSHL ************************************************************************** WEEK 11/12 IN REVIEW: The defending champion Lyndonville Blades have completed their impressive climb to the top of the NSHL mountain once again, going 7-1 over Week 11/12 to overtake the Long Island Berserkers and the #1 seed in the Eastern Conference. The Berserkers went 4-4, including a 1-3 mark away from Nassau Coliseum, and now must worry about not only the Blades, but the Brooklyn Gulag, who also went 7-1 over Week 11/12 and now sit just seven points back. Completing an impressive Northeast Division trifecta, the Corner Creek Green Calves went 6-2 to close in on the East's eight and final playoff position. Curiously, the Calves then traded their top scoring, left wing Brendan Shanahan, to the Gulag for Brian Gionta and a first-round draft choice. In the Atlantic, the Manayunk Bullies are giving Philadelphia fans something to follow other than the football Eagles, going 5-1-2 to climb into the conference's sixth seed. Can they keep it up? For more on Manayunk, see the team report below. Out West, the biggest story is the "perfect" 0-8 week for the Seattle Sasquatch, who are experiencing lows not faced by the team since they were the expansion Detroit LugNuts - and perhaps not even then. Otherwise, western Canadian fans are enjoying the fierce battle between Drayton Valley and second-year Vancouver for the conference's final tournament position. Vancouver improved their position markedly by picking up defenseman Sami Salo from Capital City earlier this week. More on this trade below. Interestingly enough, the Drillers and Whitecaps have tied all four meetings between them in 2003-04. ************************************************************************** BLUELINER SALO SENT NORTH TO VANCOUVER: For the majority of the season thus far, the Cougars have stuck with the same lineup and it has worked for them. Now getting into the thick of the 2003-04 NSHL season, Capital City is tweaking things here and there to move their pursuit of a playoff spot into the next gear. Citing depth in the right side of their defense and wanting to make room for some others to get playing time, the Cougars dealt Sami Salo to the Vancouver Whitecaps on Monday afternoon. In addition to Salo, a 7th round pick in the 2004 draft was sent and in return, Vancouver sent a 2nd round pick in the upcoming draft. "Sami was playing on the 3rd line behind Niedermayer and Aucoin, but just wasn't producing as much as we had hoped he would by this point," said Cougars GM Brian Leahy. Salo had 3 goals and 2 assists and had played in all 48 games for the team so far. The trade will open up opportunities for playing time for other defensemen such as Bryan Marchment, Radek Martinek and Joe Corvo. After the trade was announced, Leahy was making inquiries around the league offering the newly acquired 2nd round pick to fill the roster spot made vacant by Salo's departure. A source close to the team stated that there are discussions currently going on with a few teams regarding trading the pick, but that they are still open to any offers at this time. UNSUNG HERO Ron Francis, C. Coming over last June in a trade with Topeka, Francis has centered the top line for the Cougars. He wasn't acquired for his goal scoring, but rather his passing and his defensive play with the puck. He has lived up to management's expectations and let linemate Marian Gaborik get all of the spotlight with his goal scoring. Francis currently has 6 goals and 23 assists, but he leads the Cougars with a +30 rating through 48 games. NOTEBOOK The Cougars hit a speed bump in Week 11/12, going just 3-5-0 and got shutout 3 times including once at home. The shutouts were close games, with two of them being 2-0 and one being a 1-0 game...Center Andrew Cassels will miss the team's home game against the Seattle Rainiers due to a pulled abdomninal muscle. ************************************************************************** BULLIES RING IN THE NEW YEAR by Lee Yelshin, Manayunk owner This last set of games presented Manayunk with three at home after the New Year. The new calendar has been good to the Bullies, as they narrowly won each. So a mediocre 1-1-2-0 for the last of December winds up 4-1-2-0 (with one game in December not reported yet). 2004 was barely two days old when Capital City came to visit. Nolan brings the Cougars up to a 2-2 tie early in the third, but Sanderson nets the Bullies a 2-3 win. Two days later, it was a clean game with Minneapolis (only three power plays). The Massasauga open the scoring, then tie it after two from the Bullies. Modry brings the lead back home halfway through the second. Minneapolis misses two splits and Modry's tally stands as the game winner. Manayunk's home games end one day later as the Hampton Road Hounds come in for a visit. The Bullies jump out to a 0-4 lead but the Hounds get back within one by the end of this nail-biter game. As for next year, the player that are skating are doing pretty well (spirits of the defense rating willing). I'm just short a few more than I'd like to be (especially considering I have only one skating goalie - who's currently out of order). So here's hoping for a continued successful new year for the Bullies (and the rest of you - just a little less so!). ************************************************************************** 2003-04 REGULAR SEASON LEAGUE STANDINGS: NORTHEAST DIVISION GP W L T OL Pts Pct GF GA Home Road Lyndonville Blades 48 32 12 3 1 68 0.708 168 111 14- 7- 2- 1 18- 5- 1- 0 Long Island Berserkers 48 32 14 2 0 66 0.688 170 128 19- 5- 0- 0 13- 9- 2- 0 Brooklyn Gulag 48 26 15 7 0 59 0.615 135 112 15- 8- 1- 0 11- 7- 6- 0 Buffalo Bulldogs 48 23 20 5 0 51 0.531 146 129 8-12- 4- 0 15- 8- 1- 0 Corner Creek Green Cal 48 21 23 1 3 46 0.479 127 136 9-12- 0- 3 12-11- 1- 0 New York Lancers 48 9 34 2 3 23 0.240 92 174 5-18- 0- 1 4-16- 2- 2 ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L T OL Pts Pct GF GA Home Road Florida Hellcats 48 30 12 6 0 66 0.688 162 97 14- 6- 4- 0 16- 6- 2- 0 Toms River Lightning 48 28 15 5 0 61 0.635 147 117 15- 5- 4- 0 13-10- 1- 0 Manayunk Bullies 48 24 16 6 2 56 0.583 108 100 13- 8- 3- 0 11- 8- 3- 2 Montreal Wanderers 48 23 15 7 3 56 0.583 141 117 13- 7- 2- 2 10- 8- 5- 1 Quebec City Patriotes 48 16 23 7 2 41 0.427 122 145 7-12- 4- 1 9-11- 3- 1 St. Michael's Privatee 48 17 27 4 0 38 0.396 119 140 7-16- 1- 0 10-11- 3- 0 NORTHWEST DIVISION GP W L T OL Pts Pct GF GA Home Road Seattle Rainiers 48 29 14 5 0 63 0.656 154 111 16- 6- 2- 0 13- 8- 3- 0 North Calgary Hawks 48 26 17 5 0 57 0.594 150 139 13- 7- 4- 0 13-10- 1- 0 Fort Garry Fiddler Cra 48 23 17 5 3 54 0.562 153 137 11- 8- 3- 2 12- 9- 2- 1 Drayton Valley Driller 48 18 22 7 1 44 0.458 113 139 9-10- 4- 1 9-12- 3- 0 Vancouver Whitecaps 48 18 22 8 0 44 0.458 124 155 9-11- 4- 0 9-11- 4- 0 Seattle Sasquatch 48 8 35 4 1 21 0.219 102 181 4-17- 3- 0 4-18- 1- 1 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L T OL Pts Pct GF GA Home Road Topeka Scarecrows 48 27 14 6 1 61 0.635 159 117 16- 5- 3- 0 11- 9- 3- 1 Capital City Cougars 48 23 16 7 2 55 0.573 162 114 15- 6- 2- 1 8-10- 5- 1 Houston Outlaws 48 21 19 7 1 50 0.521 126 130 11- 9- 4- 0 10-10- 3- 1 Hampton Roads Hounds 48 20 20 7 1 48 0.500 136 146 13- 6- 5- 0 7-14- 2- 1 San Francisco Hedgehog 48 17 27 3 1 38 0.396 133 165 12-12- 0- 0 5-15- 3- 1 Minneapolis Massasauga 48 4 41 3 0 11 0.115 58 167 2-20- 2- 0 2-21- 1- 0 ************************************************************************** 2003-04 WEEK ELEVEN/TWELVE RESULTS: Houston 0, at Brooklyn 4 BRK Pasi Nurminen - thirty-three saves, shutout, 3/3 GR HOU Vyacheslav Kozlov - goal, two assists HOU Rob Blake - power-play goal, assist Seattle Sasquatch 5, at Brooklyn 6 BRK Petr Nedved - three goals, assist SES Marco Sturm - three goals BRK Denis Arkhipov - goal, three assists Fort Garry 4, at Brooklyn 9 BRK Vyacheslav Kozlov - three goals, two assists FGF Joe Thornton - two goals, assist BRK Tomas Holmstrom - power-play goal, three assists Drayton Valley 0, at Brooklyn 3 BRK Petr Nedved - two goals, assist BRK Olaf Kolzig - twenty-five saves, shutout, 4/4 GR BRK Denis Arkhipov - goal, assist Minneapolis 2, at Buffalo 5 BUF Brett Hull - two goals, assist BUF Yanic Perreault - two goals including GWG, perfect on five faceoffs MIN Paul Ranheim - goal, assist North Calgary 4, at Buffalo 4 (OT) BUF Richard Zednik - two goals, assist BUF Brett Hull - two goals, assist NCH Paul Kariya - goal, two assists Vancouver 2, at Buffalo 1 VAW Patrick Lalime - thirty-seven saves, 10/11 GR VAW Henrik Zetterberg - short-handed goal VAW Eric Boguniecki - game-winning goal Seattle Rainiers 3, at Buffalo 1 SEA Jean-Sebastien Giguere - twenty-six saves, 4/5 GR BUF Sebastien Caron - thirty-six saves, 10/11 GR SEA Oleg Saprykin - goal Lyndonville 5, at Capital City 3 LYN Alexei Kovalev - two power-play goals, assist LYN Mats Sundin - three assists, 10-for-15 on faceoffs CCC Alexei Yashin - two assists Quebec City 2, at Capital City 5 CCC Marian Gaborik - goal, two assists CCC Scott Niedermayer - three assists QCP Tomas Kaberle - two assists Florida 2, at Capital City 0 FLO Marty Turco - twenty-three saves, shutout, 6/6 GR FLO Shawn Bates - game-winning goal CCC Felix Potvin - thirty-three saves, 11/12 GR St. Michael's 2, at Capital City 3 CCC Marian Gaborik - game-winning goal CCC Garth Snow - twenty-nine saves, 9/11 GR CCC Owen Nolan - power-play goal San Francisco 2, at Corner Creek 6 CGC Brendan Shanahan - two goals, two assists CGC Mike York - two goals CGC Roman Turek - thirty-nine saves, 4/6 GR North Calgary 6, at Corner Creek 5 CGC Kim Johnsson - three assists NCH Oleg Tverdovsky - two goals, including game-winner with 0:15 left NCH Jamie Langenbrunner - two goals, including shorthanded goal, assist Fort Garry 1, at Corner Creek 2 CGC Ray Whitney - both Corner Creek goals FGF Roberto Luongo - twenty-five saves, 7/8 GR CGC Roman Turek - twenty-five saves, 3/3 GR Drayton Valley 3, at Corner Creek 4 CGC Bryan Berard - three assists CGC Ray Whitney - three assists DVD Stu Barnes - goal, assist Buffalo 3, at Drayton Valley 3 (OT) BUF Richard Zednik - game-tying goal DVD Mikael Renberg - goal, assist BUF Sebastien Caron - thirty-two saves, 5/6 GR Long Island 4, at Drayton Valley 5 DVD Curtis Joseph - thirty-nine saves, 10/13 GR LIB Teemu Selanne - two goals, assist DVD Jason Arnott - two goals Lyndonville 2, at Drayton Valley 1 LYN Jocelyn Thibault - twenty-eight saves, 4/5 GR LYN Miroslav Satan - game-winning goal DVD Jason Arnott - goal late to make game close Quebec City 5, at Drayton Valley 1 QCP Robert Lang - three goals, assist QCP Rod Brind'amour - goal, assist QCP Alex Khavanov - power-play goal, assist Seattle Rainiers 1, at Florida 6 FLO Glen Murray - two goals FLO Robert "Bob" Svehla - three assists FLO Dwayne Roloson - twenty-seven saves, 4/5 GR Topeka 1, at Florida 7 FLO Mike Modano - two goals, assist FLO Glen Murray - two goals FLO Marty Turco - twenty-five saves, 5/6 GR Houston 0, at Florida 2 FLO Dwayne Roloson - twenty-two saves, shutout, 6/6 GR FLO Mike Modano - game-winning power-play goal FLO Shane Doan - goal San Francisco 1, at Florida 3 FLO Glen Murray - goal, assist FLO Robert "Bobby" Svehla - two assists FLO Marty Turco - thirty saves, 2/3 GR Lyndonville 3, at Fort Garry 2 LYN Derian Hatcher - goal, assist LYN Sean Burke - twenty-three saves, 6/8 GR FGF FGF Alexei Zhamnov - goal Buffalo 4, at Fort Garry 2 FGF Joe Thornton - both Fiddler Crab goals BUF Martin Gerber - thirty-seven saves, 8/10 GR BUF Pavel Burek - game-winning goal, assist Corner Creek 1, at Fort Garry 2 FGF Roberto Luongo - thirty-six saves, 2/3 GR FGF Brendan Morrison - game-winning goal CGC Kris Draper - goal Florida 1, at Fort Garry 2 FGF Roberto Luongo - thirty-one saves, 5/6 GR FGF Kimmo Timonen - two assists FGF Joe Thornton - two assists Florida 2, at Hampton Roads 2 (OT) HRH Mike Richter - thirty-three saves, 9/10 GR FLO Vaclav Prospal - game-tying power-play goal, assist FLO Dwayne Roloson - thirty-three saves, 6/8 GR Corner Creek 3, at Hampton Roads 2 CGC Kris Draper - game-winning goal HRH Brian Rolston - shorthanded goal, assist CGC Daniel Sedin - goal, assist St. Michael's 4, at Hampton Roads 0 STM Dainius Zubrus - game-winning power-play goal, assist STM Martin Biron - twenty saves, shutout, 3/3 GR STM Scott Hannan / Mike Ricci - goal, assist, apiece Toms River 2, at Hampton Roads 6 HRH Alex Tanguay - power-play goal, five assists HRH Milan Hejduk - three goals, assist HRH Jozef Stumpel - goal, two assists Buffalo 4, at Houston 1 BUF Ilya Kovalchuk - game-winning goal, two assists BUF Martin Gerber - thirty-three saves, 6/7 GR BUF Yanic Perreault - goal, assist Montreal 1, at Houston 1 (OT) HOU Mike Dunham - thirty-five saves, 11/12 GR MON Patrick Roy - forty saves, 10/11 GR MON Alexander Mogilny - goal, eight shots, five RB/BK shots Quebec City 2, at Houston 4 HOU Nicklas Lidstrom - game-winning goal, five takeaways HOU Patrik Elias - goal, assist HOU David Legwand - power-play goal, assist Florida 1, at Houston 2 HOU Peter Forsberg - game-winning power-play goal FLO Jason Krog - goal FLO Marty Turco - thirty-one saves, 8/9 GR Hampton Roads 2, at Long Island 7 [played by Chris Malitsky] LIB Markus Naslund - two goals, two assists LIB Zigmund Palffy - two goals, two assists LIB Jose Theodore - twenty-four saves, 4/4 GR Vancouver 0, at Long Island 8 [played by Chris Malitsky] LIB Vincent Lecavalier - three power-play goals, assist LIB Markus Naslund - six assists LIB Zigmund Palffy - goal, four assists Seattle Sasquatch 2, at Long Island 4 [played by Chris Malitsky] LIB Jeremy Roenick - power-play goal, shorthanded goal LIB Sergei Fedorov - goal, assist LIB Markus Naslund - goal, assist Seattle Rainiers 4, at Long Island 3 [played by Chris Malitsky] SEA Chris Drury - two goals, assist SEA Jean-Sebastien Giguere - forty-four saves, 11/13 GR SEA Patrick Marleau - game-winning goal Topeka 4, at Lyndonville 5 LYN Todd Bertuzzi - game-winning power-play goal TPK Valeri Bure - power-play goal, assist LYN Jocelyn Thibault - thirty saves, 8/11 GR North Calgary 3, at Lyndonville 8 LYN Todd Bertuzzi - two goals, two assists LYN Alexei Kovalev - two goals, two assists NCH Dave Andreychuk - all three Hawks goals Seattle Rainiers 2, at Lyndonville 1 SEA Jean-Sebastien Giguere - thirty-three saves, 9/10 GR LYN Sean Burke - twenty-nine saves, 7/8 GR SEA Chris Drury - game-winning goal Drayton Valley 0, at Lyndonville 6 LYN Mats Sundin - power-play goal, shorthanded goal LYN Derian Hatcher - three assists LYN Jocelyn Thibault - nineteen saves, shutout, 4/4 GR Fort Garry 2, at Manayunk 0 FGF Denis Shvidki - game-winning goal FGF Steve Sullivan - goal MAN Roman Cechmanek - thirty-three saves, shutout, 10/10 GR Capital City 2, at Manayunk 3 MAN Anson Carter - two power-play goals, assist MAN Peter Cajanek - three assists MAN Geoff Sanderson - game-winning power-play goal Minneapolis 2, at Manayunk 3 MAN Mark Messier - goal, assist MAN Janne Niinimaa - two assists MAN Jaroslav Modry - game-winning goal Hampton Roads 3, at Manayunk 4 MAN Mike Johnson - goal, assist MAN Steve Heinze - goal, assist HRH Milan Hejduk - two assists Brooklyn 3, at Minneapolis 1 BRK Petr Nedved - two goals BRK Vyacheslav Kozlov - game-winning goal MIN Tomas Vokoun - thirty-six saves, 7/9 GR St. Michael's 1, at Minneapolis 1 (OT) MIN Kevin Hodson - thirty-two saves, 4/5 GR STM Martin Biron - twenty-three saves, 2/2 GR STM Dainius Zubrus - game-tying goal Toms River 3, at Minneapolis 2 TRL Keith Tkachuk - two goals, including game-winning goal, assist TRL Michael Peca - goal, assist MIN Tomas Vokoun - thirty-eight saves, 10/13 GR Manayunk 1, at Minneapolis 1 (OT) MIN Tomas Vokoun - forty-six saves, 8/9 GR MAN Jaroslav Modry - game-tying power-play goal MAN Curtis Sanford - seventeen saves, 2/2 GR Seattle Sasquatch 1, at Montreal 4 MON Manny Fernandez - thirty-one saves, 5/6 GR MON Keith Primeau - game-winning goal MON Mark Recchi - goal Hampton Roads 2, at Montreal 3 MON Keith Primeau - two goals MON Vladimir Orszagh - game-winning goal MON Trent Klatt - eight shots on goal in just 20 action cards Minneapolis 0, at Montreal 4 MON Alexander Mogilny - two goals MON Steven Reinprecht - goal, assist MON Patrick Roy - nineteen saves, shutout, 0/0 GR Topeka 3, at Montreal 2 (OT) TPK Olli Jokinen - overtime power-play goal, assist TPK Tommy Salo - thirty-four saves, 7/8 GR MON Philippe Boucher - game-tying goal Vancouver 3, at New York 1 VAW Brent Sopel - game-winning power-play goal, assist VAW Eric Boguniecki - two assists NYL Dan Cloutier - thirty saves, 5/5 GR Fort Garry 2, at New York 1 FGF Jere Lehtinen - game-winning power-play goal FGF Roberto Luongo - twenty saves, 7/8 GR NYL Alyn McCauley - power-play goal Capital City 5, at New York 1 CCC Marian Gaborik - goal, assist CCC Alexei Yashin - power-play goal, assist CCC Garth Snow - eighteen saves, 3/3 GR Seattle Sasquatch 3, at New York 5 NYL Radovan Somik - power-play goal, assist SES Mike Sillinger - power-play goal, assist NYL Derek Armstrong - two assists New York 1, at North Calgary 4 NCH Dave Scatchard - two assists NCH Paul Kariya - two assists NCH Derek Morris - goal on six shots Buffalo 2, at North Calgary 7 NCH Paul Kariya - three goals, two assists NCH Eric Daze - goal, four assists NCH Bobby Holik - goal, two assists Long Island 3, at North Calgary 4 NCH Ben Clymer - game-winning goal NCH Derek Morris - goal, assist LIB Vincent Lecavalier - goal, six-for-six on faceoffs Montreal 3, at North Calgary 3 (OT) MON Patrick Roy - fifty-one saves, 4/7 GR NCH Eric Daze - goal, two assists NCH Derek Morris - game-tying goal, assist Vancouver 3, at Quebec City 6 QCP Sean Hill - two goals QCP Rod Brind'amour - two goals VAW Brent Sopel - power-play goal, assist Minneapolis 2, at Quebec City 4 QCP Bill Guerin - goal, assist QCP Rod Brind'amour - two assists, 13-of-15 on faceoffs QCP Vitali Yachmenev - two assists San Francisco 4, at Quebec City 8 QCP Daniel Briere - two goals, two assists QCP Martin Havlat - two goals, assist SFH Niko Dimitrakos / Oleg Petrov - two goals apiece Topeka 1, at Quebec City 0 QCP Jean-Sebastien Aubin - thirty-eight saves, 6/6 GR TPK Tommy Salo - twenty-one saves, shutout, 3/3 GR TPK Daniel Alfredsson - only goal of game on power-play North Calgary 4, at St. Michael's 2 NCH Bobby Kolig - goal, assist NCH Dave Andreychuk - goal, assist NCH Eric Daze - goal, assist San Francisco 2, at St. Michael's 4 STM Martin Biron - thirty-eight saves, 10/10 GR STM Scott Thornton - two goals SFH Vincent Damphousse - both San Francisco goals Capital City 0, at St. Michael's 1 CCC Garth Snow - thirty-two saves, 12/12 GR STM Martin Biron - twenty-nine saves, shutout, 3/3 GR STM Filip Kuba - only goal of game on power-play Houston 4, at St. Michael's 3 HOU Jochen Hecht - two goals STM Doug Weight - two goals STM Dainius Zubrus - goal, two assists Long Island 3, at San Francisco 5 [played by Doug Norris] SFH Jaromir Jagr - two goals SFH Martin St. Louis - power-play goal, two assists SFH Kip Miller / Sergei Zholtok - goal, two assists apiece Montreal 2, at San Francisco 1 [played by Doug Norris] MON Mark Recchi - both Montreal goals MON Patrick Roy - thirty saves, 3/3 GR SFH Kevin Weekes - thirty-two saves, 9/11 GR Quebec City 2, at San Francisco 3 [played by Doug Norris] SFH Mike Rupp - first career goal is game-winner SFH Kevin Weekes - thirty-one saves, 3/4 GR QCP Daniel Briere - goal Manayunk 7, at San Francisco 3 MAN Mike Knuble - two goals MAN Mark Messier - goal, two assists MAN Geoff Sanderson - power-play goal, assist Brooklyn 1, at Seattle Rainiers 3 SEA Mark Parrish - power-play goal, assist SEA Ladislav Nagy - three assists BRK Olaf Kolzig - thirty saves, 7/8 GR Manayunk 1, at Seattle Rainiers 1 (OT) MAN Roman Cechmanek - twenty-nine saves, 7/7 GR MAN Joel Bouchard - game-tying goal late in third period SEA Andrew Brunette - power-play goal Long Island 4, at Seattle Rainiers 3 LIB Markus Naslund - two goals SEA Mike Fisher - two goals LIB Jose Theodore - twenty-nine saves, 6/8 GR New York 3, at Seattle Rainiers 4 NYL Erik Cole - two goals SEA Ladislav Nagy - game-winning power-play goal SEA Chris Drury - goal, assist St. Michael's 7, at Seattle Sasquatch 4 STM Doug Weight - goal, two assists STM Mike Ricci - two assists STM Brian Rafalski - goal, assist, two takeaways Brooklyn 5, at Seattle Sasquatch 2 BRK Peter Bondra - goal BRK Petr Nedved - two assists BRK Jeff Halpern - two assists Lyndonville 5, at Seattle Sasquatch 3 LYN Todd Bertuzz - two goals, assist LYN Mats Sundin - three assists SES Mike Sillinger - goal, assist Corner Creek 3, at Seattle Sasquatch 1 CGC Roman Turek - thirty saves, 6/7 GR CGC Kris Draper - goal, eleven of twelve on faceoffs CGC Brendan Shanahan - goal, assist Drayton Valley 4, at Toms River 2 DVD Jason Arnott - power-play goal, two assists DVD Martin Straka - goal, two assists DVD Curtis Joseph - thirty-six saves, 8/8 GR Houston 5, at Toms River 6 TRL Pavol Demitra - three goals, assist, on fourteen shots HOU Nicklas Lidstrom - two shorthanded goals, assist HOU Jeff O'Neill - two goals Hampton Roads 2, at Toms River 4 TRL Ed Belfour - twenty-one saves, 4/4 GR TRL Jan Hrdina - game-winning power-play goal TRL Al MacInnis / Sandis Ozolinsh - two assists Capital City 0, at Toms River 2 TRL Ed Belfour - twenty-eight saves, shutout, 4/4 GR TRL Keith Tkachuk - game-winning power-play goal CCC Felix Potvin - twenty-one saves, 8/10 GR New York 2, at Topeka 10 TPK Daniel Alfredsson - goal, five assists TPK Joe Sakic - goal, four assists TPK Tom Poti - four assists Toms River 1, at Topeka 2 TPK Tommy Salo - thirty-eight saves, 9/9 GR TPK Joe Sakic - game-winning goal TPK Martin Rucinsky - power-play goal Montreal 5, at Topeka 7 TPK Daniel Alfredsson - two goals, three assists TPK Joe Sakic - two goals, assist MON Alexander Mogilny - shorthanded goal, two assists Manayunk 2, at Topeka 1 MAN Roman Cechmanek - thirty-one saves, 5/5 GR TPK Tommy Salo - twenty-five saves, 8/10 GR MAN Jay Pandolfo - game-winning goal New York 1, at Vancouver 2 (OT) VAW Patrick Lalime - thirty-five saves, 7/8 GR VAW Eric Boguniecki - overtime goal NYL Derek Armstrong - tied game late in third Toms River 5, at Vancouver 3 TRL Pavol Demitra - two goals, assist TRL Sandis Ozolinsh - four assists VAW Henrik Zetterberg - goal, assist Brooklyn 4, at Vancouver 0 BRK Olaf Kolzig - twenty-three saves BRK Steve Konowalchuk - game-winning goal, assist BRK Rob Blake - two assists Corner Creek 4, at Vancouver 3 CGC Ray Whitney - game-winning goal, assist CGC Brendan Shanahan - goal, two assists VAW Pierre-Marc Bouchard - goal, assist ************************************************************************** 2003-04 NORRIS POWER INDICES: Home-Ice Advantage is currently estimated at +0.229 goals. ## TEAM NPI LW 1. Lyndonville Blades 1.460 1 2. Florida Hellcats 1.390 4 3. Long Island Berserkers 1.223 5 4. Seattle Rainiers 1.134 3 5. Capital City Cougars 0.826 2 6. Toms River Lightning 0.754 6 7. Topeka Scarecrows 0.677 7 8. Brooklyn Gulag 0.657 10 9. Montreal Wanderers 0.600 8 10. Buffalo Bulldogs 0.433 9 11. Manayunk Bullies 0.330 13 12. North Calgary Hawks 0.300 14 13. Houston Outlaws 0.015 12 14. Fort Garry Fiddler Crabs 0.002 11 15. St. Michael's Privateers -0.127 16 16. Corner Creek Green Calves -0.209 19 17. Hampton Roads Hounds -0.252 15 18. Quebec City Patriotes -0.473 21 19. Drayton Valley Drillers -0.522 17 20. San Francisco Hedgehogs -0.777 18 21. Vancouver Whitecaps -0.984 20 22. New York Lancers -1.737 23 23. Seattle Sasquatch -1.934 22 24. Minneapolis Massasauga -2.786 24 ************************************************************************** IF THE PLAYOFFS BEGAN TODAY: EASTERN CONFERENCE: #1 Lyndonville Blades vs. #8 Buffalo Bulldogs #2 Florida Hellcats vs. #7 Montreal Wanderers #3 Long Island Berserkers vs. #6 Manayunk Bullies #4 Toms River Lightning vs. #5 Brooklyn Gulag ON THE BUBBLE: #9 Corner Creek (five points out) WESTERN CONFERENCE: #1 Seattle Rainiers vs. #8 Drayton Valley Drillers #2 Topeka Scarecrows vs. #7 Hampton Roads Hounds #3 North Calgary Hawks vs. #6 Houston Outlaws #4 Capital City Cougars vs. #5 Fort Garry Fiddler Crabs ON THE BUBBLE: #9 Vancouver (tiebreaker against Drayton Valley) ************************************************************************** NSHL SKATER OF THE WEEK: BRK Petr Nedved - the Gulag are beginning to make their move in the East, garnering seven wins over Week 11/12, and no one was more instrumental in this run than centre Nedved, who tallied eight times and added five assists for the biweek. Nedved also won nearly 60% of his faceoffs for the Gulag, who are closing in on home-ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs. Nedved edges out North Calgary's Paul Kariya and St. Michael's Dainius Zubrus for this biweek's award. ************************************************************************** NSHL GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK: MAN Roman Cechmanek - it appears to be the "Year of the Bully", as the perpetually-struggling Manayunk squad finally seems to be putting it all together. At the forefront is number thirty-two, netminder Roman Cechmanek, who had three games with perfect GR results (10/10 in a 2-0 win over Fort Garry, 7/7 in a 1-1 tie at the Rainiers, and 5/5 in a 2-1 win at Topeka), being particularly solid in picking up three points in games at the West's top two teams. Brooklyn's Olaf Kolzig and Lyndonville's Jocelyn Thibault also put forth solid efforts in Week 11/12. ************************************************************************** 2003-04 WEEK THIRTEEN/FOURTEEN SCHEDULE AND INJURIES: Numbers in parentheses represent man-games lost to injury during the upcoming biweek, and for the entire season to date. BROOKLYN GULAG (15/34): 01/07/2004 BRK at SFH Donato 01/08/2004 TPK at BRK Donato, Nurminen 01/10/2004 TRL at BRK Donato, Gauthier, Nurminen 01/11/2004 STM at BRK Donato, Gauthier 01/13/2004 FLO at BRK Donato 01/15/2004 BRK at QCP Donato, Witt 01/17/2004 BRK at FLO Donato, Witt 01/19/2004 BRK at STM Donato, Witt BUFFALO BULLDOGS (7/38): 01/07/2004 BUF at HRH 01/08/2004 CCC at BUF 01/10/2004 QCP at BUF Worrell 01/11/2004 MON at BUF Worrell 01/13/2004 MAN at BUF Worrell 01/15/2004 BUF at TRL Bylsma, Worrell 01/17/2004 BUF at MAN Bylsma, Lemieux 01/19/2004 BUF at MON CAPITAL CITY COUGARS (1/17): 01/07/2004 LIB at CCC 01/08/2004 CCC at BUF 01/10/2004 CCC at VAW 01/12/2004 CCC at SES 01/14/2004 CCC at FGF 01/16/2004 VAW at CCC 01/18/2004 SES at CCC 01/19/2004 SEA at CCC Cassels CORNER CREEK GREEN CALVES (26/108): 01/07/2004 CGC at TPK Boileau, Mayers, Seidenberg 01/08/2004 MIN at CGC Boileau, Mayers, Seidenberg 01/10/2004 STM at CGC Boileau, Mayers, Seidenberg, York 01/11/2004 FLO at CGC Boileau, Mayers, Seidenberg, York 01/13/2004 QCP at CGC Boileau, Mayers, Seidenberg 01/15/2004 CGC at MON Boileau, Mayers, Seidenberg 01/17/2004 CGC at QCP Boileau, Mayers, Seidenberg 01/19/2004 CGC at FLO Boileau, Mayers, Seidenberg DRAYTON VALLEY DRILLERS (17/82): 01/07/2004 MAN at DVD Davidson, Renberg 01/09/2004 DVD at MON Davidson, Renberg 01/10/2004 TPK at DVD Davidson, Renberg 01/12/2004 SFH at DVD Davidson 01/14/2004 HOU at DVD Davidson, Matvichuk 01/16/2004 DVD at TPK Davidson, Matvichuk 01/18/2004 DVD at SFH Davidson, Matvichuk, Renberg 01/19/2004 DVD at MIN Davidson, Matvichuk, Renberg FLORIDA HELLCATS (11/45): 01/07/2004 FLO at VAW Dahlen 01/09/2004 SES at FLO Dahlen 01/10/2004 FLO at LYN Dahlen, Dempsey 01/11/2004 FLO at CGC Dahlen, Dempsey 01/13/2004 FLO at BRK Dahlen, Dempsey 01/15/2004 NYL at FLO Dahlen, Lumme 01/17/2004 BRK at FLO 01/19/2004 CGC at FLO Dahlen FORT GARRY FIDDLER CRABS (4/35): 01/07/2004 MON at FGF 01/09/2004 FGF at QCP 01/10/2004 SFH at FGF 01/12/2004 HOU at FGF Mitchell 01/14/2004 CCC at FGF Mitchell 01/16/2004 FGF at SFH Mitchell 01/18/2004 FGF at HOU 01/19/2004 FGF at TPK Thornton HAMPTON ROADS HOUNDS (15/41): 01/07/2004 BUF at HRH Smolinski, Tamer 01/08/2004 HRH at LYN Smolinski, Tamer 01/10/2004 HRH at SEA Smolinski, Tamer 01/12/2004 HRH at VAW Smolinski, Tamer 01/14/2004 HRH at SES Smolinski, Tamer 01/16/2004 SEA at HRH Smolinski 01/18/2004 VAW at HRH Redden, Smolinski 01/19/2004 NCH at HRH Redden, Smolinski HOUSTON OUTLAWS (12/70): 01/07/2004 NYL at HOU Legwand 01/08/2004 HOU at LIB Legwand 01/10/2004 HOU at SES Legwand, Wesley 01/12/2004 HOU at FGF Legwand, Wesley 01/14/2004 HOU at DVD Legwand, Wesley 01/16/2004 SES at HOU Wesley 01/18/2004 FGF at HOU Rachunek, Wesley 01/19/2004 VAW at HOU Rachunek LONG ISLAND BERSERKERS (8/57): 01/07/2004 LIB at CCC Morozov 01/08/2004 HOU at LIB Morozov 01/10/2004 MON at LIB Morozov 01/11/2004 MAN at LIB Morozov 01/13/2004 TRL at LIB Morozov 01/15/2004 LIB at STM Morozov 01/17/2004 LIB at TRL Morozov 01/19/2004 LIB at MAN Morozov LYNDONVILLE BLADES (9/54): 01/07/2004 LYN at MIN Warrener 01/08/2004 HRH at LYN Warrener 01/10/2004 FLO at LYN Warrener 01/11/2004 QCP at LYN Warrener 01/13/2004 MON at LYN Malik, Warrener 01/15/2004 LYN at MAN Warrener 01/17/2004 LYN at MON Warrener 01/19/2004 LYN at QCP Warrener MANAYUNK BULLIES (26/76): 01/07/2004 MAN at DVD McEachern, Pahlsson, Swanson 01/09/2004 NCH at MAN McEachern, Pahlsson, Swanson 01/10/2004 MAN at NYL Irbe, McEachern, Pahlsson, Swanson 01/11/2004 MAN at LIB Irbe, McEachern, Pahlsson, Swanson 01/13/2004 MAN at BUF Irbe, Pahlsson, Swanson 01/15/2004 LYN at MAN Irbe, Pahlsson, Swanson 01/17/2004 BUF at MAN McEachern, Pahlsson, Swanson 01/19/2004 LIB at MAN McEachern, Pahlsson, Swanson MINNEAPOLIS MASSASAUGA (18/92): 01/07/2004 LYN at MIN Boulerice, Montador 01/08/2004 MIN at CGC Boulerice, Montador 01/10/2004 MIN at NCH Boulerice, Montador 01/12/2004 MIN at SEA Boulerice, Montador 01/14/2004 MIN at VAW Boulerice, Montador 01/16/2004 NCH at MIN Boulerice, Montador, Shantz 01/18/2004 SEA at MIN Boulerice, Montador, Shantz 01/19/2004 DVD at MIN Boulerice, Montador MONTREAL WANDERERS (10/21): 01/07/2004 MON at FGF Bombardir 01/09/2004 DVD at MON Bombardir, Primeau 01/10/2004 MON at LIB Bombardir 01/11/2004 MON at BUF Bombardir, Mogilny 01/13/2004 MON at LYN Bombardir 01/15/2004 CGC at MON Bombardir 01/17/2004 LYN at MON Bombardir 01/19/2004 BUF at MON Bombardir NEW YORK LANCERS (6/71): 01/07/2004 NYL at HOU Johansson 01/08/2004 SFH at NYL 01/10/2004 MAN at NYL 01/11/2004 TRL at NYL 01/13/2004 STM at NYL 01/15/2004 NYL at FLO Johansson, McKenna 01/17/2004 NYL at STM Johansson, Rozsival 01/19/2004 NYL at TRL Johansson NORTH CALGARY HAWKS (19/66): 01/07/2004 TRL at NCH Andreychuk, Campbell 01/09/2004 NCH at MAN Andreychuk, Campbell 01/10/2004 MIN at NCH Campbell 01/12/2004 TPK at NCH Andreychuk, Campbell 01/14/2004 SFH at NCH Andreychuk, Campbell, Comrie 01/16/2004 NCH at MIN Andreychuk, Campbell, Comrie 01/18/2004 NCH at TPK Andreychuk, Campbell, Comrie 01/19/2004 NCH at HRH Andreychuk, Campbell, Comrie QUEBEC CITY PATRIOTES (15/117): 01/07/2004 QCP at SES Guerin, Hagman, Leschyshyn, Sedin 01/09/2004 FGF at QCP Guerin, Leschyshyn, Sedin 01/10/2004 QCP at BUF Leschyshyn 01/11/2004 QCP at LYN Leschyshyn 01/13/2004 QCP at CGC Leschyshyn 01/15/2004 BRK at QCP Leschyshyn 01/17/2004 CGC at QCP Havlat, Leschyshyn 01/19/2004 LYN at QCP Guerin, Leschyshyn ST. MICHAEL'S PRIVATEERS (8/71): 01/07/2004 STM at SEA Vigier 01/09/2004 VAW at STM Vigier 01/10/2004 STM at CGC Vigier 01/11/2004 STM at BRK Vigier 01/13/2004 STM at NYL Vigier 01/15/2004 LIB at STM Vigier 01/17/2004 NYL at STM Vigier 01/19/2004 BRK at STM Vigier SAN FRANCISCO HEDGEHOGS (18/81): 01/07/2004 BRK at SFH Exelby, Johansson, Sweeney 01/08/2004 SFH at NYL Exelby, Johansson, Sweeney 01/10/2004 SFH at FGF Exelby, Johansson, Sweeney 01/12/2004 SFH at DVD Exelby, Johansson, Sweeney 01/14/2004 SFH at NCH Exelby, Sweeney 01/16/2004 FGF at SFH Exelby, Linden 01/18/2004 DVD at SFH Exelby 01/19/2004 SES at SFH Exelby SEATTLE RAINIERS (6/40): 01/07/2004 STM at SEA Ragnarsson 01/09/2004 SEA at TRL Ragnarsson 01/10/2004 HRH at SEA Ragnarsson 01/12/2004 MIN at SEA Ragnarsson, Wright 01/14/2004 TPK at SEA Wright 01/16/2004 SEA at HRH 01/18/2004 SEA at MIN 01/19/2004 SEA at CCC SEATTLE SASQUATCH (8/35): 01/07/2004 QCP at SES Laukkanen 01/09/2004 SES at FLO Laukkanen 01/10/2004 HOU at SES Laukkanen 01/12/2004 CCC at SES Laukkanen 01/14/2004 HRH at SES Laukkanen 01/16/2004 SES at HOU Laukkanen 01/18/2004 SES at CCC Laukkanen 01/19/2004 SES at SFH Laukkanen TOMS RIVER LIGHTNING (1/52): 01/07/2004 TRL at NCH 01/09/2004 SEA at TRL 01/10/2004 TRL at BRK 01/11/2004 TRL at NYL MacInnis 01/13/2004 TRL at LIB 01/15/2004 BUF at TRL 01/17/2004 LIB at TRL 01/19/2004 NYL at TRL TOPEKA SCARECROWS (3/71): 01/07/2004 CGC at TPK Chelios 01/08/2004 TPK at BRK 01/10/2004 TPK at DVD 01/12/2004 TPK at NCH 01/14/2004 TPK at SEA 01/16/2004 DVD at TPK 01/18/2004 NCH at TPK Chelios 01/19/2004 FGF at TPK Chelios VANCOUVER WHITECAPS (12/84): 01/07/2004 FLO at VAW Cammalleri 01/09/2004 VAW at STM Cammalleri 01/10/2004 CCC at VAW Cammalleri 01/12/2004 HRH at VAW Cammalleri, Norton, Surovy 01/14/2004 MIN at VAW Cammalleri, Norton, Surovy 01/16/2004 VAW at CCC Cammalleri 01/18/2004 VAW at HRH Cammalleri 01/19/2004 VAW at HOU Cammalleri ************************************************************************** INCENTIVE POINTS: BRK: 1 IP, late CM BRK: 1 IP, reporting violations CCC: -1 IP, newsletter article DVD: 2 IP, very late CM with errors DVD: 1 IP, missing result MAN: 1 IP, late CM MAN: -1 IP, newsletter article QCP: 1 IP, roster inadequacy (first offense) CUMULATIVE INCENTIVE POINTS: BRK: 3 IP BUF -3 IP CCC: -5 IP DVD: 5 IP HOU: -1 IP LIB: 2 IP MAN: -1 IP NYL: 1 IP NCH: 1 IP QCP: 1 IP SFH: 1 IP STM: -29 IP SES: -21 IP TRL: -5 IP ************************************************************************** ASSOCIATE LIST: SINCE GP Chris Malitsky June 17, 2003 28 Rob Gallamore August 30, 2003 10 Ryan Barckert May 17, 2003 0 Dale Pauline September 11, 2003 0 If you're still an active associate at and aren't on this list at please get in contact with me. Thanks! Doug ************************************************************************** TRANSACTIONS: NOTE: All players signed as free agents must dress in at least six of the following biweek's games. BRK - TRADE Brian Gionta and BRK#1 to CGC for Brendan Shanahan. - TRADE BRK#6 to MIN for Jason Doig. - SIGN Trent Whitfield. - RELEASE Guillaume Lefebvre, Todd Fedoruk. CCC - TRADE Sami Salo and CCC#7 to VAW for TRL#2. CGC - TRADE Brendan Shanahan to BRK for Brian Gionta and BRK#1. FLO - TRADE Steve Martins to MIN for Jyrki Lumme. LYN - TRADE Erik Rasmussen and LYN#7 to MIN for Krys Kolanos and Kent Manderville. MIN - TRADE Jyrki Lumme to FLO for Steve Martins. - TRADE Krys Kolanos and Kent Manderville to LYN for Erik Rasmussen and LYN#7. - TRADE Jason Doig to BRK for BRK#6. - TRADE Jamie Pushor to VAW for Jeff Finley and NYL#10. - SIGN Craig MacDonald, Byron Ritchie, Jason Marshall, Brad May, D.J. Smith. - RELEASE Paul Healey, Jesse Boulerice, Eric Boulton, Jeff Shantz. QCP - SIGN Jesse Wallin (retroactive to December 16, 2003). - RELEASE Mike Farrell (retroactive to December 16, 2003). VAW - TRADE Jeff Finley and NYL#10 to MIN for Jamie Pushor. - TRADE TRL#2 to CCC for Sami Salo and CCC#7. - RELEASE Ben Simon. ************************************************************************** INJURIES: BRK - Ted Donato out eighteen games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Denis Gauthier out two games 3 4 - Pasi Nurminen out two games 2 3 - Brendan Witt out three games 6 7 8 BUF - Dan Bylsma out two games 6 7 - Mario Lemieux out one game 7 - Peter Worrell out four games 3 4 5 6 CCC - Andrew Cassels out one game 8 CGC - Patrick Boileau out fifty-seven games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Jamal Mayers out thirty games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Dennis Seidenberg out ten games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Mike York out two games 3 4 DVD - Matt Davidson out fifteen games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Richard Matvichuk out four games 5 6 7 8 - Mikael Renberg out five games 1 2 3 7 8 FLO - Ulf Dahlen out seven games 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 - Nathan Dempsey out three games 3 4 5 - Jyrki Lumme out one game 6 FGF - Willie Mitchell out three games 4 5 6 - Joe Thornton out one game 8 HRH - Wade Redden out two games 7 8 - Brian Smolinski out fourteen games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Chris Tamer out five games 1 2 3 4 5 HOU - David Legwand out five games 1 2 3 4 5 - Karel Rachunek out two games 7 8 - Glen Wesley out five games 3 4 5 6 7 LIB - Aleksey Morozov out twenty-nine games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 LYN - Marek Malik out one game 5 - Rhett Warrener out nine games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 MAN - Arturs Irbe out four games 3 4 5 6 - Shawn McEachern out seven games 1 2 3 4 7 8 - Samuel Pahlsson out twenty-six games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Brian Swanson out nineteen games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 MIN - Jesse Boulerice out fifteen games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Steve Montador out fourteen games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Jeff Shantz out two games 6 7 MON - Brad Bombardir out ten games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Alexander Mogilny out one game 4 - Keith Primeau out one game 2 NYL - Mathias Johansson out four games 1 6 7 8 - Steve McKenna out out game 6 - Michal Rozsival out one game 7 NCH - Dave Andreychuk out seven games 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 - Brian Campbell out eight games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Mike Comrie out four games 5 6 7 8 QCP - Bill Guerin out three games 1 2 8 - Niklas Hagman out one game 1 - Martin Havlat out one game 7 - Curtis Leschyshyn out twenty games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Henrik Sedin out two games 1 2 STM - J.P. Vigier out thirty-four games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 SFH - Garnet Exelby out eight games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Andreas Johansson out four games 1 2 3 4 - Trevor Linden out one game 6 - Don Sweeney out five games 1 2 3 4 5 SEA - Marcus Ragnarsson out four games 1 2 3 4 - Tyler Wright out two games 4 5 SES - Janne Laukkanen out eighteen games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 TRL - Al MacInnis out one game 4 TPK - Chris Chelios out three games 1 7 8 VAW - Mike Cammalleri out twelve games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Brad Norton out two games 4 5 - Tomas Surovy out two games 4 5 ************************************************************************** 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 **************************************************************************