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2000-2001
2000-2001 OFFSEASON The Hall of Fame welcomes three new members as Joey Mullen, Steve Smith and Kevin Stevens are inducted. Mullen played his entire career with St Louis, scoring 769 goals and 1618 points in 1439 games. Stevens had 457 goals and 1130 points in 970 games with Pittsburgh from 1985-86 to 97-98. Smith played 1114 games on the blueline for Edmonton and Buffalo and finished with 632 career points. A number of longtime stars have retired including: Mike Gartner- 19 seasons and 1284 games for Washington. Scored 669 goals and 1314 points. Craig Janney - played 12 seasons for Boston winning a Calder Trophy. Had 444 goals and 1159 points in 932 games. Andy Moog- played 19 years with Buffalo after starting his career in Edmonton. 440-254-90 with a lifetime 2.97 GAA. Moog won a Vezina Trophy, was a 2-time first team all-star and won 3 Stanley Cups in Buffalo. Ulf Samuelsson - 18 year career primarily with Whalers/Canes but finished career in Edmonton. Played 1214 career games and finished with 682 points. Gary Suter- 3 time Norris Trophy winner was injured and did not play in playoffs in only season Calgary won the Cup. Had 1014 points in 1024 career games. More expansion as the Columbus Blue Jackets and Minnesota Wild join the league. The Wild will get a good young star as Marian Gaborik enters the league. Other newcomers this season include Henrik Lundqvist with the Rangers and Steve Ott in Dallas. Columbus expansion picks include goalies Byron Dafoe and Jose Theodore along with Martin Lapointe, Sergei Berezin and Ken Daneyko. The Wild add Kevin Weekes, Scott Thornton, Sami Pahlsson and Yanic Perreault but it is youngsters Gaborik, Nick Schultz and Pascual Dupuis who represent the future in Minnesota. REGULAR SEASON The Detroit Red Wings look poised for another deep playoff run as they set a franchise record for wins with 64 and points with 133. Calgary, Colorado and Anaheim all supass the 100 point mark in the West while in the much tighter East only New Jersey, with 110, and Boston's 106 points are over the century mark. Edmonton Oiler legend Wayne Gretzky adds to his record point total and surpasses the 2600 point mark but Gretzky only dresses for 30 games this season. He had 26 points including 9 goals which leaves him 6 behind Bobby Hull's record 884. It is expected this was Gretky's final season although no official annoucement will come until the off-season. Mario Lemieux moved into third place overall in career points with 2053 after getting 86 this season and had a nice resurgence after a career low 64 points a year ago. Lemieux had 21 goals giving him 841 and at age 35 he may stick around long enough to pass Hull. Code:
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L T PTS New Jersey Devils 82 51 23 8 110 Philadelphia Flyers 82 46 29 7 99 New York Islanders 82 43 31 8 94 Pittsburgh Penguins 82 40 29 13 93 New York Rangers 82 38 31 13 89 NORTHEAST DIVISION GP W L T PTS Boston Bruins 82 47 23 12 106 Montreal Canadiens 82 42 35 5 89 Buffalo Sabres 82 30 41 11 71 Toronto Maple Leafs 82 31 45 6 68 Ottawa Senators 82 28 45 9 65 SOUTHEAST DIVISION GP W L T PTS Washington Capitals 82 37 41 4 78 Carolina Hurricanes 82 34 38 10 78 Florida Panthers 82 30 43 9 69 Tampa Bay Lightning 82 22 55 5 49 Atlanta Thrashers 82 16 58 8 40 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L T PTS Detroit Red Wings 82 64 13 5 133 St Louis Blues 82 37 37 8 82 Columbus Blue Jackets 82 30 45 7 67 Chicago Black Hawks 82 26 47 9 61 Nashville Predators 82 19 51 12 50 NORTHWEST DIVISION GP W L T PTS Calgary Flames 82 55 21 6 116 Colorado Avalanche 82 51 21 10 112 Vancouver Canucks 82 44 32 6 94 Edmonton Oilers 82 43 32 7 93 Minnesota Wild 82 23 50 9 55 PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L T PTS Anaheim Mighty Ducks 82 47 27 8 102 Los Angeles Kings 82 40 36 6 86 Dallas Stars 82 34 42 6 74 Phoenix Coyotes 82 33 42 5 73 San Jose Sharks 82 27 45 10 64 SCORING LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS Trevor Linden VAN 82 47 74 121 Peter Forsberg PHI 82 36 70 106 Brett Hull CGY 78 43 57 100 Keith Tkaczuk EDM 77 48 50 98 Mike Modano DAL 82 37 61 98 Glen Murray BOS 82 42 55 97 Steve Yzerman DET 74 42 54 96 Ryan Smyth EDM 74 34 62 96 Theo Fleury CGY 74 29 65 94 Jaromir Jagr PIT 82 41 52 93 Brendan Morrison NJ 82 32 61 93 Luc Robitaille LA 82 37 55 92 Matt Cooke VAN 82 39 49 88 Michael Handzus EDM 81 33 55 88 Pavel Bure VAN 78 44 43 87 Milan Hejduk COL 82 39 48 87 Saku Koivu MON 82 23 64 87 Mario Lemieux PIT 76 21 65 86 Joe Thornton BOS 82 34 51 85 Zigmund Palffy NYI 81 31 54 85 Slava Kozlov DET 82 31 54 85 Paul Kariya ANA 82 35 49 84 Mats Sundin COL 80 33 51 84 GOALIE WIN LEADERS TM W-L-T GAA SAVE% Manny Legace DET 42-6-3 1.72 .918 Ed Belfour ANA 41-22-8 2.37 .920 Martin Brodeur NJ 41-17-8 1.86 .925 Patrick Roy MON 40-27-6 2.80 .908 Roberto Luongo NYI 39-27-8 2.55 .903 Ron Tugnutt COL 37-12-10 2.46 .892 John Vanbiesbrouck NYR 36-26-12 2.67 .899 Chris Osgood WSH 30-28-4 2.97 .900 Patrick Lalime EDM 29-19-8 2.61 .900 Mike Dunham CAR 28-27-11 2.72 .917 Levente Szuper CGY 28-6-3 1.96 .918 The Detroit Red Wings Stanley Cup run came to an end when the Wings lost in the second round, falling to Edmonton in 7 games. The Oilers knocked off Anahiem in the first round and now set their sights on the Colorado Avalanche in the Western Conference Finals. The Avalanche survived a 7 game series with Vancouver in the opening round before beating Calgary in five. It will be Colorado's third straight trip to the conference finals as they lost to Detroit each of the past two seasons. Boston returns to the conference final in the East as the Bruins look for their third straight trip to the Stanley Cup Finals. The Bruins beat Montreal and Philadelphia, both in 5 games, in the first two rounds. The Bruins will face New Jersey, which beat the Rangers and then Pittsburgh with each series going 6 games. CONFERENCE FINALS Outstanding goaltending from Martin Brodeur led the Devils to their first Stanley Cup final in franchise history. Brodeur had a 2.09 goals against average during the playoffs and helped the Devils beat Boston in 5 games. Meanwhile Colorado, without Detroit in their path, advanced to the finals with a 6 game series win over the Edmonton Oilers. STANLEY CUP FINALS It is uncharted territory for the Devils, who have never played for the Stanley Cup in their franchise history. The Avalanche won their second Cup in 1996 after making 3 straight finals appearances, although they were based in Quebec for the first two. The Avalanche got to Brodeur quickly in Game One, scoring 3 times in the first period and then coasting to a 6-2 victory. Joe Sakic led the way with a goal and 2 assists while Jaroslav Modry scored twice. Colorado also got goals from Robyn Regehr, Milan Hejduk and Alex Tanguay. Kevyn Adams and Brian Rafalski replied for New Jersey in a game that saw the Devils only get 14 shots on Colorado goaltender Kirk McLean. Brodeur's struggles continue as he allows 5 goals on 25 shots and the Avalanche win Game Two 5-4. Claude Lemieux, Grant Ledyard, Steve Rucchin, Owen Nolan and Jaroslav Modry score for Colorado. Petr Sykora has two of the New Jersey goals with Bill Guerin and Brendan Shanahan also scoring. Another big game for the Avalanche, who chase Brodeur with 4 first period goals en route to a 5-2 win in Game Three. Joe Sakic has a goal and 2 assists with Eric Lindros, Kirk Maltby, Milan Hejduk and Adam Foote also scoring for Colorado. Rob DiMaio and Brendan Morrison are the New Jersey scorers. The Devils score 5 third period goals to rally from a 4-1 deficit and win Game Four 6-4. Bill Guerin is the New Jersey hero with 3 goals and an assist while Brendan Morrison adds 3 helpers. Scott Gomez, Sasha Goc and Brian Rafalski also score for New Jersey, who trail the series 3 games to one. Steve Rucchin, MIlan Hejduk, Joe Sakic and Adam Foote get the Colorado goals. Another third period comeback gives New Jersey Game Five and keeps the Devils alive. Petr Sykora and Brendan Shanahan scored in the third to give the Devils a 4-3 win. Willie Mitchell and Brendan Morrison had the other Devils goals while Owen Nolan with 2 and Milan Hejduk scored for Colorado. No more comebacks for the Devils as the Avalanche end the series with a 3-2 victory in Game Six. Colorado led 2-1 on goals from Mats Sundin and Alex Tanguay in the first period while Brendan Morrison replied for the Devils. The Devils tied the game with the only goal of the second period when Jiri Fischer scored a powerplay marker. Colorado would get a power play goal of their own in the third period as Adam Foote got the game winner on an assist from Joe Sakic (his third assist of the game) and Eric Lindros. Joe Sakic was named the winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy after leading all playoff scorers with 40 points. Code:
PLAYOFF SCORING LEADERS GP G A PTS Joe Sakic COL 24 12 28 40 Brendan Morrison NJ 23 11 20 31 Bill Guerin NJ 23 14 14 28 Brendan Shanahan NJ 23 10 14 24 Milan Hejduk COL 24 9 14 23 Owen Nolan COL 24 14 8 22 Keith Tkaczuk EDM 18 12 8 20 Joe Thornton BOS 15 4 16 20 Mats Sundin COL 24 8 11 19 Claude Lemieux COL 24 5 14 19 Dan McGillis NJ 23 1 18 19 HART TROPHY: Jaromir Jagr Pittsburgh (82GP 41-52-93) VEZINA TROPHY: Martin Brodeur New Jersey (41-17-8 1.86) NORRIS TROPHY: Nicklas Lidstrom Detroit (82GP 25-55-80) ART ROSS TROPHY: Trevor Linden Vancouver (82GP 47-74-121) CALDER TROPHY: Martin St Louis Calgary (82GP 38-27-65) The game does not select the all-star team but I will start naming first and second team all-stars Code:
POS FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM G Martin Brodeur New Jersey Manny Legace Detroit D Brian Leetch NY Rangers Phil Housley Buffalo D Nic Lidstrom Detroit Tom Poti Edmonton C Trevor Linden Vancouver Peter Forsberg Philadelphia LW Keith Tkaczuk Edmonton Luc Robitaille Los Angeles RW Jaromir Jagr Pittsburgh Brett Hull Calgary
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02-05-2017, 01:30 PM | #103 |
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2001-2002 OFFSEASON Three more inductees into the Hall of Fame as Gary Suter, Gary Roberts and Neal Broten are inducted. Suter and Roberts were long-time Calgary Flames teammate while Broten spent his career in the North Stars/Stars organization. In 20 seasons with Minnesota/Dallas Broten played 1355 games and had 1323 points. He won a Stanley Cup in 1985 when he had 26 points in 21 playoff games for the Stars that season. Roberts and Suter were both with the Flames for their only Cup win in 1992 but Suter was injured and missed the entire postseason. Roberts finished his career with 609 goals and 1302 points in 1210 games, all with Calgary. Suter played all but 5 of his 1024 games for the Flames before finishing off in New Jersey. A 3-time Norris Trophy winner, he had 1014 points including 266 goals. The big news in the offseason is Wayne Gretzky decision to retire. The 40 year old could have signed with a weaker team and tried to get the 6 goals he needed to tie Bobby Hull as the NHL's all-time goal scoring king but Gretzky decided to retire an Oiler and ends his career with 878 goals along with a record 1733 assists and 2611 points in his career. He was the NHL's most valuable player 9 times and won 2 Conn Smythe Trophy's as playoff MVP. He also won the Art Ross 8 times in his career. Retirements this year also include Ray Bourque and Mark Messier. Bourque played his entire career with Boston, starting as a defenseman before moving to the wing. He won a Stanley Cup in his second year in the league and also won a Norris Trophy. In 1653 career games Bourque had 523 goals and 1837 points. Messier played 20 years and 1570 games in Edmonton, scoring 796 goals and 1749 points. He won 3 Stanley Cups. A pair of longtime Los Angeles Kings also retired as Bernie Nicholls and Larry Murphy ended their careers. Nicholls played 21 years and 1527 games as a King, scoring 647 goals and 1407 points. He is also the NHL's career penalty minute leader with 5553. Murphy spent 18 seasons on the Kings blueline before finishing his career with a year in Atlanta. He had 311 goals and 1382 points in 1396 games. REGULAR SEASON Late last season the Detroit Red Wings made a deal with Montreal to acquire John LeClair in exchange for defenseman Brent Sopel, a player they had earlier sent Keith Primeau to Toronto to obtain. The 32 year old LeClair spent the season on the Wings second line with Henrik Zetterberg and Mike Sillinger while the top line featured Steve Yzerman between Pavel Datsyuk and Sergei Federov. LeClair would score a league high 60 goals including 30 on a power play that included Yzerman, Federov, Nik Lidstrom and Slava Kozlov. The result was another dominant regular season for the Wings, who again finished with the league's best record. Pittsburgh's Mario Lemieux returned to form after a pair of down seasons, finishing with a league high 114 points to win his 8th Art Ross Trophy. Lemieux scored 31 goals to boost his career total to 872 and put him with 12 of Bobby Hull's record. Bobby's son Brett Hull had a 40 goal season at the age of 37 and he finished the season with 876, just 2 behind Wayne Gretzky and 8 back of his famous father. Code:
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L T PTS Pittsburgh Penguins 82 51 24 7 109 New Jersey Devils 82 48 24 10 106 Philadelphia Flyers 82 44 25 13 101 New York Rangers 82 44 32 6 94 New York Islanders 82 32 44 6 70 NORTHEAST DIVISION GP W L T PTS Boston Bruins 82 38 33 11 87 Toronto Maple Leafs 82 39 34 9 87 Montreal Canadiens 82 34 36 12 80 Ottawa Senators 82 33 44 5 71 Buffalo Sabres 82 23 50 9 55 SOUTHEAST DIVISION GP W L T PTS Washington Capitals 82 44 32 6 94 Carolina Hurricanes 82 36 36 10 82 Florida Panthers 82 34 39 9 77 Atlanta Thrashers 82 25 43 14 64 Tampa Bay Lightning 82 24 47 11 59 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L T PTS Detroit Red Wings 82 55 11 16 126 St Louis Blues 82 45 29 8 98 Chicago Black Hawks 82 24 49 9 57 Nashville Predators 82 20 55 7 47 Columbus Blue Jackets 82 18 55 9 45 NORTHWEST DIVISION GP W L T PTS Colorado Avalanche 82 52 23 7 111 Edmonton Oilers 82 48 21 13 109 Calgary Flames 82 44 25 13 101 Vancouver Canucks 82 37 38 7 81 Minnesota Wild 82 32 41 9 73 PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L T PTS Anaheim Mighty Ducks 82 43 27 12 98 Los Angeles Kings 82 35 44 3 73 Dallas Stars 82 31 43 8 70 Phoenix Coyotes 82 28 42 12 68 San Jose Sharks 82 25 40 17 67 SCORING LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS Mario Lemieux PIT 78 31 83 114 Jaromir Jagr PIT 70 48 57 105 Markus Naslund PIT 82 44 58 102 Steve Yzerman DET 82 30 69 99 Peter Forsberg PHI 78 23 72 95 John LeClair DET 82 60 34 94 Joe Sakic COL 74 32 60 92 Mike Modano DAL 82 36 54 90 Theo Fleury CGY 82 31 58 89 Cory Stillman TOR 82 48 39 87 Brendan Shanahan NJ 82 42 45 87 Brett Hull CGY 82 40 47 87 Nik Lidstrom DET 82 20 64 84 Radek Dvorak FLA 82 37 44 81 Martin Straka TOR 82 30 50 80 Luc Robitaille LA-MON 82 35 44 79 Bill Guerin NJ 81 33 45 78 Ryan Smith EDM 73 30 48 78 Robert Lang VAN 82 26 52 78 Paul Kariya ANA 80 31 46 77 GOALIE WIN LEADERS TM W-L-T GAA SAVE% Patrick Lalime EDM 45-17-10 1.95 .922 Ed Belfour ANA 36-22-11 2.31 .912 John Vanbiesbrouck NYR 36-25-9 2.31 .915 Tim Thomas BOS 35-22-9 2.40 .913 Ron Tugnutt COL 24-14-6 2.16 .906 Martin Brodeur NJ 33-12-3 2.16 .916 Manny Fernandez STL 32-17-5 2.23 .924 Patrick Roy MON 32-30-12 2.57 .910 Evgeni Nabokov PIT 30-8-5 2.39 .912 Mike Dunham CAR 29-26-8 2.40 .918 Manny Legace DET 29-2-8 1.97 .904 Chris Osgood WSH 29-16-4 2.28 .921 There was very little drama in the opening round of the playoffs as only 2 series went as many as 6 games. The East was done quickly as the New York Rangers swept Boston while Pittsburgh, Washington and New Jersey all won in 5 games. Top seed Detroit swept Los Angeles in the West while #2 Colorado needed 6 games to oust Vancouver. Edmonton won the latest installment of the Battle of Alberta by eliminating the Flames in 5 games leaving just the Anaheim-St Louis series to go the distance. After losing games five and six in overtime St Louis won Game Seven 3-0 thanks to a shutout from Manny Fernandez. Colorado swept Edmonton in 4 games while Detroit beat St. Louis in six to set up another meeting of the two rivals in the Western Conference Finals. In the East Pittsburgh, led by 18 points from Mario Lemieux in 2 rounds, beat the Rangers in six while New Jersey and Washington went the full seven games before the Devils prevailed thanks to a Brian Rafalski goal in the second overtime. CONFERENCE FINALS In a matchup between the two teams that have combined to win the past 6 Stanley Cups the Colorado Avalanche advanced to the finals by beating Detroit in 6 games. The Avalanche did so without the services of defenseman Robin Regeher or forward Eric Lindros, both of whom are done for the season. The Avalanche will face the Pittsburgh Penguins, who beat New Jersey in 6 games. The Penguins have dominated ever since they teamed Mario Lemieux (8-18-26 in 17 playoff games) with winger Markus Naslund (13-8-21). STANLEY CUP FINALS With Mario Lemieux back in top form after 2 years ago it looked like his career was nearing the end, the Penguins will get another chance to win their first Stanley Cup. Pittsburgh has made the finals twice before, in 1987 when they lost to Edmonton and the following year when they fell to Detroit. The Avalanche have 3 Cup wins including last season when they beat New Jersey. Colorado also won over Philadelphia in 1996 and as Quebec over Calgary in 1994. The series opens in Pittsburgh but it is Colorado that strikes first thanks to a goal and an assist from Joe Sakic to help the Avalanche to a 4-1 victory. Greg De Vries, Yuri Babenko and Kirk Maltby also score for the Avs while Markus Naslund, with his 14th of the playoffs, is the lone Pittsburgh goal scorer. The Penguins managed only 11 shots on Colorado goaltender Ron Tugnutt. Pittsburgh overcomes a 2-0 deficit with 3 third period goals to even the series with a 3-2 victory in Game Two. Naslund, Michael Holmqvist and Mario Lemieux score for the Pens after Yuri Babenko and Chris Herperger gave Colorado the lead. Milan Hejduk and Peter Ratchuk each score twice while Joe Sakic gets a pair of assists in a 4-2 Colorado victory in Game Three. Mario Lemieux and Ray Ferraro are the Pittsburgh goal scorers. Steve Rucchin's goal midway through the third period snaps a 2-2 tie and lifts Colorado to a 3-2 victory in Game Four and a 3 games to one series lead. Joe Sakic and Jaroslav Modry had the other Colorado goals while Markus Naslund and Mario Lemieux reply for Pittsburgh. Colorado claims it's second straight Cup with a 3-1 victory in Game Five. Dan Hinote and Kirk Maltby give the Avs a 2-0 lead in the first period before Mark Recchi gets the Pens on the board early in the third. With the Pittsburgh net empty in favour of an extra-attacker Joe Sakic ices the victory with an empty net goal. The Conn Smythe Trophy is rarely awarded to a player on the losing team in the finals but in this case it happens as Markus Naslund of the Penguins is rewarded for his playoff high 16 goals. Code:
PLAYOFF SCORING LEADERS GP G A PTS Mario Lemieux PIT 22 11 19 30 Joe Sakic COL 21 7 21 28 Markus Naslund PIT 22 16 11 27 Jaromir Jagr PIT 17 7 19 26 Milan Hejduk COL 21 10 10 20 Bill Guerin NJ 18 7 13 20 Owen Nolan COL 21 9 10 19 Mats Sundin COL 21 8 11 19 Sergei Federov DET 16 7 10 17 Pavel Datsyuk DET 16 4 13 17 Slava Kozlov DET 16 2 15 17 Alex Tanguay COL 21 2 15 17 HART TROPHY: Nicklas Lidstrom Detroit (82GP 20-64-84) VEZINA TROPHY: Martin Brodeur New Jersey (33-12-3 2.16) NORRIS TROPHY: Nicklas Lidstrom Detroit (82GP 20-64-84) ART ROSS TROPHY: Mario Lemieux Pittsburgh (78GP 31-83-114) CALDER TROPHY: Pascual Dupuis Minnesota (74GP 20-33-53) The game does not select the all-star team but I will start naming first and second team all-stars Code:
POS FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM G Patrick Lalime Edmonton Martin Brodeur New Jersey D Oleg Tverdovsky Anaheim Brian Leetch NY Rangers D Nic Lidstrom Detroit Brian Rafalski New Jersey C Mario Lemieux Pittsburgh Steve Yzerman Detroit LW Markus Naslund Pittsburgh John LeClair Detroit RW Jaromir Jagr Pittsburgh Brett Hull Calgary
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2002-2003
2002-2003 OFFSEASON A huge class for the Hockey Hall of Fame as Wayne Gretzky, Jari Kurri, Mark Messier, Ray Bourque, Bernie Nicholls, Larry Murphy and Dale Hawerchuk are all added. Retirements this season included goaltender Ron Hextall, who played 918 games primarily with Vancouver but also included brief stops in Ottawa and with the Rangers. Hextall was 350-435-85 in his career with a 3.51 lifetime GAA. Scott Stevens retired after 20 seasons and 1442 games on the Washington blueline. Stevens had 316 goals and 1091 points in his career and won the Hart Trophy in 1984-85. Joe Murphy is retiring after a 14 year career in Detroit that saw him win 6 Stanley Cups. In 874 regular season games Murphy had 192 goals and 498 points. REGULAR SEASON The Red Wings once again dominated the regular season, but with some of their key offensive stars beginning to age Detroit relied on the best defense in the league to finish first overall. Manny Legace (36-10-3, 1.81) and backup Ilya Bryzgalov (22-2-2, 1.92) gave the Wings the best netminding tandem in the NHL. Bobby Hull's goal scoring record fell as both his son Brett and Mario Lemieux surpassed the Golden Jet's 884 career goals. Brett Hull scored 23 this season to finish the year with 899 goals, one less the Lemieux, who got 28 this season including his milestone 900th to finish off a hat trick in a win over Carolina in the season's second last game. Lemieux's 96 points this year allowed him to join Wayne Gretzky (2611 career points) as the only players to surpass the 2200 mark. Lemieux ended the season with 2263 points. Code:
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L T PTS New York Rangers 82 52 25 5 109 New York Islanders 82 51 24 7 109 New Jersey Devils 82 47 23 12 106 Philadelphia Flyers 82 44 31 7 95 Pittsburgh Penguins 82 44 34 4 92 NORTHEAST DIVISION GP W L T PTS Montreal Canadiens 82 43 34 5 91 Boston Bruins 82 36 35 11 83 Toronto Maple Leafs 82 37 38 7 81 Ottawa Senators 82 32 40 10 74 Buffalo Sabres 82 21 49 12 54 SOUTHEAST DIVISION GP W L T PTS Florida Panthers 82 44 30 8 96 Washington Capitals 82 34 40 8 76 Carolina Hurricanes 82 34 44 4 72 Atlanta Thrashers 82 22 56 3 49 Tampa Bay Lightning 82 18 53 11 47 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L T PTS Detroit Red Wings 82 62 14 6 130 Chicago Black Hawks 82 26 45 11 63 St Louis Blues 82 28 51 3 59 Nashville Predators 82 23 49 10 56 Columbus Blue Jackets 82 15 59 8 38 NORTHWEST DIVISION GP W L T PTS Colorado Avalanche 82 52 22 8 112 Calgary Flames 82 46 29 7 99 Edmonton Oilers 82 45 28 9 99 Vancouver Canucks 82 43 27 12 98 Minnesota Wild 82 39 38 5 83 PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L T PTS Los Angeles Kings 82 45 31 6 96 Phoenix Coyotes 82 41 35 6 88 Anaheim Mighty Ducks 82 31 35 16 78 Dallas Stars 82 28 45 9 65 San Jose Sharks 82 27 47 8 62 SCORING LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS Joe Sakic COL 82 37 85 122 Teemu Selanne PHX 75 54 57 111 Zigmund Palffy NYI 82 54 54 108 Trevor Linden VAN 76 47 61 108 Peter Forsberg PHI 82 29 73 102 Martin St Louis CGY 82 49 48 97 Mario Lemieux PIT 78 28 68 96 Keith Tkaczuk EDM 82 47 40 87 Jaromir Jagr PIT 67 38 49 87 Joe Thornton BOS 82 35 52 87 Simon Gagne PHI 79 38 48 86 Cory Stillman TOR 82 44 41 85 Oli Jokinen LA 82 39 46 85 Marian Hossa OTT 75 39 44 83 Mike Modano DAL 82 26 57 83 Bill Guerin NJ 81 43 39 82 Brian Rafalski NJ 82 20 62 82 Brendan Shanahan NJ 82 35 45 80 Martin Havlat OTT 80 26 53 79 Nik Lidstrom DET 82 17 62 79 GOALIE WIN LEADERS TM W-L-T GAA SAVE% Roberto Luongo NYI 39-20-7 2.31 .911 Patrick Roy MON 39-26-8 2.72 .904 John Vanbiesbrouck NYR 39-17-6 2.35 .909 Mikka Kiprusoff VAN 38-24-9 2.30 .913 Manny Legace DET 36-10-3 1.81 .920 Evgeni Nabokov PIT 35-22-4 2.48 .911 Martin Brodeur NJ 34-11-9 2.32 .907 Patrick Lalime EDM 33-19-8 2.78 .897 JS Giguere PHX 21-25-6 2.63 .905 Tim Thomas BOS 30-23-9 2.56 .912 The Western Conference playoffs went according to plan as once again top seed Detroit and second seed Colorado will meet in the Conference Finals. The Wings swept both Minnesota and Vancouver to advance while the Avalanche swept Phoenix in the opening round and then won in 5 games over Calgary. In the East the Boston Bruins knocked off the #1 seeded New York Rangers in 6 games in the preliminary round but the Bruins fell in 6 to Montreal in the second round. Montreal, which beat the Flyers in the opening round, will face the New York Islanders in the conference finals. The Isles beat New Jersey in 5 and then swept the Penguins. CONFERENCE FINALS Manny Legace was brilliant through the first two rounds, winning all 8 games while allowing just 7 goals against and posting a .953 save percentage. Ron Tugnutt was nearly as good in the Colorado cage, with a 1.28 GAA and a .946 save percentage entering the conference finals. The Red Wings won the first two games at home before Colorado claimed an overtime victory in Game Three and then rolled to 3 straight victories, moving the Avalanche to within 4 victories of their third straight Stanley Cup. Montreal advanced from the East by beating the Islanders in 6 games. Saku Koivu led the Habs with 9 goals and 19 points through 18 playoff games, while Patrick Roy had a .924 save percentage and 2.20 GAA. STANLEY CUP FINALS The Avalanche are looking for their third straight Cup and 5th overall while the Canadiens are hoping to win their first since 1986. Montreal, which is the all-time leader with 21 Cups, last made the finals in 1997 but lost to Detroit. Patrick Roy puts on a show in Game One, making 36 saves for a 1-0 shutout victory for the Canadiens. Eric Daze scored the only goal of the game with just over 4 minutes remaining in regulation. Ron Tugnutt faced 19 shots in the Colorado net. The Canadiens win Game Two in a rout, getting 3 goals from Patrick Marleau and 2 goals and 2 assists from Eric Daze in an 8-1 victory. Saku Koivu, Darcy Tucker and ex-Bruin Jozef Stumpel also scored for Montreal. Mats Sundin had the only goal for the Avalanche as Roy made 30 saves. Ron Tugnutt faced 37 shots in the loss. The Canadiens continue to shock as the hammer the Avalanche in Denver by a 7-2 score in Game Three. Luc Robitaille, the former long-time Los Angeles King, scored once and added 2 assists for Montreal. Darcy Tucker, with 2, Andrei Markov, Arron Asham, Eric Daze and Andrew Cassels also scored for Montreal. Alex Tanguay and Owen Nolan scored for Colorado, as the Avalanche outshot Montreal 37-34 but again had difficulty beating Roy. Joe Sakic comes alive after a very quiet start to the finals. The Colorado captain scores twice and adds 2 assists in a 6-1 Avalanche win in Game Four. Owen Nolan also had two goals while Milan Hejduk aand Mats Sundin round out the Colorado scoring. Stumpel and Robitaille replied for Montreal. After a huge start to the series Patrick Roy continues to look human in Game Five as Colorado wins by a 5-1 score to cut the Montreal series lead to 3 games to two. Tugnutt made 26 saves in the Avalanche net with only Eric Daze's third period shot eluding him. Roy faced 37 shots as Colorado got goals from Robyn Regehr, John-Michael Liles, Alex Tanguay, Claude Lemieux and Radim Vrbata. The Avalanche force a 7th game with a 4-2 victory on home ice in Game Six. Milan Hejduk scored twice with Dan Hinote and Claude Lemieux also scoring for Colorado. Trent Klatt and Brent Sopel had the Montreal goals in the loss. The seventh game is scoreless until just over 14 minutes into the third period when Joe Sakic gets the Avalanche on the board. That goal would stand up as Colorado allowed just 13 shots on Ron Tugnutt all game and Colorado completes an amazing comeback from 3 games to none to win Game Seven 1-0 and claim their third straight Stanley Cup. John-Michael Liles, who finished with 7 goals and 20 points, is named the winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy. Code:
PLAYOFF SCORING LEADERS GP G A PTS Saku Koivu MON 25 10 14 24 Joe Sakic COL 22 4 20 24 John-Michael Liles COL 22 7 13 20 Milan Hejduk COL 22 11 8 19 Jozef Stumpel MON 25 9 10 19 Owen Nolan COL 18 6 13 19 Patrick Marleau MON 22 6 13 19 Andrei Markov MON 22 5 13 18 Eric Daze MON 25 11 6 17 Mats Sundin COL 18 9 8 17 Zigmund Palffy NYI 15 7 10 17 Luc Robitaille MON 24 6 11 17 Alex Tanguay COL 22 5 12 17 HART TROPHY: Joe Sakic Colorado (82GP 37-85-122) VEZINA TROPHY: Mikka Kiprusoff Vancouver (38-24-9 2.30) NORRIS TROPHY: Eric Brewer NY Islanders (82GP 18-51-69) ART ROSS TROPHY: Joe Sakic Colorado (82GP 37-85-122) CALDER TROPHY: Marian Gaborik Minnesota (70GP 25-26-51) The game does not select the all-star team but I will start naming first and second team all-stars Code:
POS FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM G Mikka Kiprusoff Vancouver Martin Brodeur New Jersey D Eric Brewer NY Islanders Brian Leetch NY Rangers D Nic Lidstrom Detroit Brian Rafalski New Jersey C Joe Sakic Colorado Trevor Linden Vancouver LW Teeume Selanne Phoenix Keith Tkaczuk Edmonton RW Zigmund Palffy NY Islanders Jaromir Jagr Pittsburgh
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I'm missing this....lol
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Thanks. Will get back to it but busy with testing for OOTP18
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If an award was available for Best Historical Replay then you sir would win hands down!!
What a great read....most enjoyable... I've attempted the same thing and can't for the life of me figure out how you keep everything in order. I find it difficult at times to track player movement, who's coming in as a rookie, records, trades you name it.... Fun game FHM3....I'm so glad I purchased it.... Rick |
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Can you give me the career history for an old favorite goaltender of mine.....
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Not a great career for Bower in this game as he was limited to 221 career games in a 12 year NHL career that included stops with the Rangers, Detroit, Chicago and Boston. His lifetime record was 63-87-20 with a 2.83 GAA. Almost exclusively a back-up, Bower had a career high 50 games for the 1955-56 Black Hawks. He started with the Rangers but was dealt to Detroit in November of 1954 with Jimmy Peters in exchange for Bill Dineen and minor league goalie Gil Mayer. That began a series of deals that saw Bower move to Chicago the following year and then back to the Rangers in January of 1956. The Rangers would deal him to Detroit for Lou Fontinato in the summer of 1956. He would spend a year and a half in Detroit before the final trade of his career saw him move to Boston at the trade deadline in 1958. He would remain with the Bruins until his retirement following the 1964-65 campaign.
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Poor Mr. Bower....a rather average career, but he did have two good seasons......
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Ric Seiling
Ric Seiling put up numbers fairly close to his real life totals (738GP 179-208-387 with 573PIM). His sim totals were 666 games played with 133 goals, 169 assists for 302 points while also earning 444 penalty minutes.
The difference is in the sim Seiling only played one season for the Buffalo Sabres. It was a solid rookie campaign and would turn out to be the best year of his career by scoring 28 goals and 54 points. The Calder Trophy that year would go to Mike Bossy of the Islanders (42-43-85). In July 1978 after his rookie season, Seiling was dealt along with Lindsay Middlebrook to Pittsburgh in exchange for goalie Greg Millen and defenseman Colin Campbell. Campbell would play 4 seasons on the Buffalo blueline while Millen, just 21 at the time of the deal, never played for the Sabres but did enjoy some great years in Calgary, including a Cup winning season in 1992. Without Seiling the Sabres would reach the finals for the first time in their history in 1978-79. Seiling would spend 2 seasons with a bad Pittsburgh club, which missed the playoffs both years he was there. After his second season with the Pens he was dealt to Philadelphia in exchange for veteran forward turned broadcaster Bill Clement and goaltender Al Smith. Clement would play four seasons with the Pens but was best known as being part of a package that brought Ray Ferraro from Hartford to Pittsburgh in 1984-85. Al Smith spent 5 seasons as the Penguins number one goaltender. Seiling would play the final 8 seasons of his career with the Flyers including their run to the finals in 1982-83, when he had 4 goals and 8 points in 16 playoff games but they lost to Edmonton in 4 straight for the Cup. After missing just 6 games in his first 5 years in the league, Seiling was bothered by nagging injuries during much of his time in Philadelphia and by 1986- at the age of 29- he was reduced to being a part-time player. He retired after appearing in just 12 games in 1987-88. Older brother Rod Seiling did manage to win a Stanley Cup as a rookie with the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1965. Rod spent 14 seasons with the Leafs before finishing his career with a year in Hartford after the Whalers came over from the WHA. In real life Rod spent most of his career with the Rangers and finished with 62 goals and 269 points in 979 games. In the sim the elder Seiling played 782 games, recording 87 goals and 369 points.
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Was missing this league so I found a bit of time to do a couple of more seasons. Writeups will be shorter though.
2003-04 OFFSEASON Scott Stevens and Pat Lafontaine are added to the Hockey Hall of Fame. Stevens spent his entire 20 year career with the Washington Capitals, winning a Hart Trophy in 1085 and finishing with 1091 points in 1442 career games. Lafontaine spent his entire career with the Islanders, scoring 516 goals and 1002 assists for 1518 points in 1279 career games. Retirements this season are highlighted by Chris Chelios, who hangs up the blades at age 40 after 1631 games and 1413 points - all with Montreal. 4 time Vezina Trophy winner Grant Fuhr and Joe Nieuwendyk, who had 1104 points in 1341 games also retired. REGULAR SEASON Brett Hull and Mario Lemieux each added to their totals atop the NHL's all-time goal scorer list. The Golden Brett had 31 to give him a total of 930, two ahead of Lemieux. Hull, who had scored 928 of them for the Flames, found himself in a Ranger uniform to finish out the season after he was dealt at the deadline for RJ Umberger, a 21 year old who played 16 games this season in his NHL debut. Lemieux also found himself in new threads at the trade deadline as Pittsburgh dealt the 38 year to St Louis in exchange for Ladislav Nagy and minor leaguer Colin Hemingway. Lemieux finished the season with 26 goals and 90 points making him second all-time in both categories. His 2353 points trail only the now-retired Wayne Gretzky's total of 2611. 41 year old Ron Francis moved into third place all-time as the long time Carolina Hurricane passed Stan Mikita and has 2132 for his career. The Colorado Avalanche, led by scoring champ Joe Sakic, finished with the league's best record. Colorado had 112 points with Detroit (107) and New Jersey (104) being the only other teams to surpass the century mark. Code:
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L T PTS New Jersey Devils 82 48 26 8 104 Pittsburgh Penguins 82 46 29 7 99 New York Rangers 82 45 29 8 98 New York Islanders 82 44 29 9 97 Philadelphia Flyers 82 39 37 6 84 NORTHEAST DIVISION GP W L T PTS Boston Bruins 82 46 30 6 98 Ottawa Senators 82 42 36 4 88 Toronto Maple Leafs 82 39 34 9 87 Montreal Canadiens 82 37 38 7 81 Buffalo Sabres 82 25 47 10 60 SOUTHEAST DIVISION GP W L T PTS Florida Panthers 82 43 31 8 94 Washington Capitals 82 36 39 7 79 Carolina Hurricanes 82 30 44 8 68 Tampa Bay Lightning 82 21 55 6 48 Atlanta Thrashers 82 14 57 11 39 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L T PTS Detroit Red Wings 82 49 24 9 107 Chicago Black Hawks 82 36 39 7 79 Nashville Predators 82 29 39 14 72 Columbus Blue Jackets 82 29 47 6 64 St Louis Blues 82 26 54 2 54 NORTHWEST DIVISION GP W L T PTS Colorado Avalanche 82 54 24 2 112 Vancouver Canucks 82 42 26 14 98 Calgary Flames 82 44 31 7 95 Edmonton Oilers 82 40 34 8 88 Minnesota Wild 82 31 44 7 69 PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L T PTS Los Angeles Kings 82 41 34 7 89 Phoenix Coyotes 82 41 35 6 88 Anaheim Mighty Ducks 82 35 42 5 75 San Jose Sharks 82 32 39 11 75 Dallas Stars 82 33 44 5 71 SCORING LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS Joe Sakic COL 81 26 86 112 Daniel Briere PHX 79 32 66 98 Markus Naslund PIT 82 56 40 96 Zigmund Palffy NYI 82 45 49 94 Martin Havlat OTT 82 44 48 92 Oli Jokinen LA 82 48 43 91 Mario Lemieux PIT-STL 83 26 64 90 Joe Thornton BOS 74 36 53 89 Pavol Demitra OTT 69 26 63 89 Patrick Marleau MON 82 36 49 85 Scott Gomez NJ 82 23 62 85 Teemu Selanne PHX 73 44 39 83 Marian Hossa OTT 82 32 51 83 Jaromir Jagr PIT 65 34 48 82 Martin St. Louis CGY 78 44 37 81 Glenn Murray BOS 82 18 63 81 Milan Hejduk COL 75 44 36 80 Peter Forsberg PHI 82 22 56 78 Mike Modano DAL 82 32 44 76 GOALIE WIN LEADERS TM W-L-T GAA SAVE% Manny Legace DET 44-19-6 1.73 .917 Martin Brodeur NJ 43-17-8 2.20 .919 John Vanbiesbrouck NYR 41-20-7 2.30 .915 Mikka Kiprusoff VAN 37-23-13 2.30 .921 Corey Schwab LA 36-23-12 2.41 .916 Patrick Lalime EDM 35-22-10 2.47 .909 John Grahame NSH 32-18-4 2.22 .903 Tim Thomas BOS 31-15-5 2.03 .912 Garth Snow CGY 30-17-7 2.57 .910 Ed Belfour ANA 29-30-5 2.64 .916 Peter Budaj TOR 29-14-6 2.54 .906 Led by Jaromir Jagr's 20 points in 13 playoff games over the first two rounds the Pittsburgh Penguins advanced to the Eastern Conference Final where they will meet the Boston Bruins. The Penguins needed 7 games to eliminate the Rangers in the opening round before beating the Islanders in 6. Boston won both of it's first two series in 6 games, stopping first Ottawa and then Toronto. The Colorado Avalanche remain in the running for their fourth straight Stanley Cup as they advanced to the Western Conference Finals with a sweep of Chicago followed by a 5 game series win over Edmonton. The Avalanche will face the Los Angeles Kings, who swept Phoenix and Calgary in the first two rounds. CONFERENCE FINALS Colorado had no trouble with Los Angeles as the Avalanche won in four straight winning by scores of 5-2, 2-0, 3-1 and 5-2. The Bruins needed 5 games to eliminate Pittsburgh despite 5 more points from Jagr in the series for the Pens. STANLEY CUP FINALS Colorado is looking for it's 4th straight Cup and what would be the 6th in franchise history (one came in Quebec) while the Bruins already have 6 Cups on their resume with the last one coming in 1981. Since then Boston has made the finals 3 times (1985, 1999 and 2000) but lost all 3 - one to Minnesota and the 2 most recent ones to Detroit. Stephane Quintal's goal with just under 4 minutes remaining in regulation snapped a 2-2 tie and gave the Bruins a 3-2 victory in Game One. Joe Thornton and Sergei Zinovyev also scored for Boston while Owen Nolan and Mats Sundin replied for Colorado. Another late goal lifts the Bruins to a 2-1 victory in Game Two. This time it was Anson Carter who scored with 2:06 remaining in regulation. Mats Sundin tied the game with a goal in the second period after Boston took a first period lead on Brad Lukowich's 7th of the postseason. Boston takes a 3-0 series lead with a 4-3 overtime victory in Game Three. Trent Whitfield got the game winner with Joe Thornton, Mark Smith and Sergie Zinovyev also scoring for Boston. Joe Sakic had 2 for the Avalanche with John-Michael Liles getting the other goal. Colorado stays alive with a 2-1 win in Game Four as Sakic scores once and assists on Brian Willsie's game winner. Jonathan Girard had the lone Boston tally. Has the momentum changed? Colorado has the comeback this time as Mikko Eloranta ties the game late in the third period and Owen Nolan gets the game winner 11 minutes into overtime as Colorado wins 6-5. The Avalanche, sensing they are in the middle of an incredible comeback, win for the third straight game by blanking Boston 4-0 in Game Six. Joe Sakic, Brian Willsie, Marek Svatos and Alex Tanguay get the goals while rookie goaltender Marc Denis continues an incredible playoff run with his 6th shutout of the post-season. Marc Denis, who entered the postseason having played just 17 NHL games and never recorded a shutout, earned his 7th shutout of the post-season as the Avalanche blanked Boston 3-0 to win their fourth straight game, capping a huge comeback for their 4th straight Stanley Cup title. Denis finishes the postseason with a 16-4 record, 7 shutouts, a 1.49 GAA and a .924 save percentage but the Conn Smythe goes to John-Michael Liles for the second year in a row. Liles had 4 goals and 18 points in the playoffs. Code:
PLAYOFF SCORING LEADERS GP G A PTS Joe Thornton BOS 24 16 9 25 Jaromir Jagr PIT 18 12 13 25 Joe Sakic COL 20 8 16 24 Mats Sundin COL 20 8 15 23 Glenn Murray BOS 24 6 13 19 Claude Lemieux COL 20 11 7 18 Alex Tanguay COL 20 5 13 18 John-Michael Liles COL 20 4 14 18 Owen Nolan COL 20 11 6 17 Markus Naslund PIT 16 8 9 17 Milan Hejduk COL 20 5 12 17 Patrice Bergeron BOS 24 1 16 17 HART TROPHY: Joe Sakic Colorado (81GP 26-86-112) VEZINA TROPHY: Martin Brodeur New Jersey (43-17-8, 2.20) NORRIS TROPHY: Nicklas Lidstrom Detroit (82GP 13-50-63) ART ROSS TROPHY: Joe Sakic Colorado (81GP 26-86-112) CALDER TROPHY: Patrice Bergeron Boston (82GP 10-37-47) The game does not select the all-star team but I will start naming first and second team all-stars Code:
POS FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM G Manny Legace Detroit Martin Brodeur New Jersey D Dan Boyle Florida Brian Leetch NY Rangers D Nic Lidstrom Detroit Sandis Ozolinsh Edmonton C Joe Sakic Colorado Oli Jokinen Los Angeles LW Markus Naslund Pittsburgh Joe Thornton Boston RW Zigmund Palffy NY Islanders Jaromir Jagr Pittsburgh
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With 4 straight Stanley Cups the Colorado Avalanche have definitely earned a spot in the discussion about the best dynasty's in this sim.
The Detroit Red Wings of 1997-2000 also won 4 straight Cups. Prior to that you have to go back to the 1954-55 to 1957-58 Montreal Canadiens to find a team that won 4 in a row. That Habs team actually won 6 in a period of 7 years with the only blemish being a finals loss to Detroit in 1959. The record though is the 8 straight the Toronto Maple Leafs won to start the sim from 1931-32 thru 1938-39. Picking the best team I still might lean to the Stan Mikita, Bobby Hull, Phil Esposito led Chicago Black Hawks of the 1960s, who made 9 straight finals appearances and won 5 Cups. The final team I believe worthy of inclusion is the 1974-78 New York Rangers, who made the finals 5 straight years and won 4 Cups. When time permits I will take a closer look at each of these teams.
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