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01-25-2017, 08:36 PM | #81 |
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I appreciate you following along and I could see your Sabres winning another Cup or two over the next couple of years.
The big line of Pierre Turgeon between Ray Sheppard and Dave Andreychuk rivals any in the league. Sheppard is coming off two straight 50 goal seasons and is just 24 years old. Andreychuk is 27 and had a career best 105 points last year while the 21 year old Turgeon had 67 points despite being limited to 53 games last season. Alexander Mogilny is coming off a rookie season that saw him score 36 goals on the second line but there is a bit of a depth issue up front beyond those four. Randy Cunneyworth, Adam Creighton and Christian Ruutuu are what's left behind Turgeon at centre and the remaining wingers are Benoit Hogue, Wayne Presley and Dave Reid. So far Buffalo has been getting enough secondary scoring from this group but not sure if that will continue. Defense is Buffalo's strong point led by Phil Housley, who had 94 points last season as a 26 year old, and veteran Reijo Ruotsalainen, who had 66 points. Uwe Krupp and Calle Johansson make a strong second pair and Bill Hajt, despite being 38, has been a very steady stay-at-home Dman. Andy Moog has been solid in net but if he gets hurt Buffalo is in big trouble as the backups are rookies Darcy Wakaluk and Wade Flaherty. I think the Sabres have to be the class of the Adams Division and should, barring a surprising upset, have little trouble reaching the conference finals for the next couple of seasons. With Lemieux Pittsburgh is always a challenge but the Penguins have struggled in the post-season to find any offense at all outside of Mario and Kevin Stevens. Rookie Jaromir Jagr and an improving Mark Recchi might change that soon though. The biggest challenge for anyone coming out of the East is the Calgary Flames. The Flames are loaded with Brett Hull, Theo Fleury, Gary Roberts, Joe Nieuwendyk up front with depth forwards like Joel Otto, Hakan Loob, Paul Ranheim, Perry Berezan and Gino Cavallini also contributing and 19 year old rookie Robert Reichel waiting in the wings. On D you have Al MacInnis, who had 61 points in just 36 games last season, along with Gary Suter. Jamie Macoun, Brian Glynn, Steve Konroyd and Grant Ledyard round out the Calgary blue line. Goalie is the only weak spot for Calgary as Greg Millen and Greg Stefan are barely adequate and both are over 30.
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01-26-2017, 01:49 AM | #82 |
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1990-91
1990-91 OFFSEASON Craig Ramsay is the lone new inductee to the Hockey Hall of Fame. Ramsay played 1305 games with Buffalo and Boston, scoring 418 goals and 1197 points. Key retirements include Larry Robinson, Bob Gainey and Tiger Williams. Robinson played 1329 games for Montreal and finished with 951 points including 191 goals. Gainey also played his entire career with Montreal, scoring 244 goals and 713 points in 1047 games. Robinson won 3 Stanley Cups with the Canadiens while Gainey was on 2 Cup winners. Tiger Williams played 1260 NHL games, all with Toronto and had 288 goals and 598 points to go along with 4253 penalty minutes, which is second all-time behind only Bob Gassoff's 4642 minutes. New players debuting this season include Jaromir Jagr with Pittsburgh, Martin Brodeur in New Jersey. Sergei Fedorov in Detroit, John LeClair for Montreal and Dominik Hasek in Chicago. There were no trades of any great significence this off-season. REGULAR SEASON The Calgary Flames dominated the NHL, finishing first overall with 129 point and leading the league in goals for (400) while allowing the fewest against (200). Brett Hull led the way for Calgary with 72 goals and 156 points, staying in the thick of the scoring race with Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux all season. Three other teams topped the 100 point mark including Chicago (106), Pittsburgh (104) and Buffalo (103). The Blackhawks had a balanced offense led by an emerging superstar in 21 year old Jeremy Roenick (39-52-91). The Penguins had a healthy Mario Lemieux (72-85-157) play all 80 games for the first time in his career. Pittsburgh also had another big season from Kevin Stevens (55-58-113) plus an impressive debut for 19 year old Jaromir Jagr (16-72-88). Buffalo got another strong year from Pierre Turgeon (42-66-108) and Ray Sheppard (38-46-84) and the Sabres had to withstand injuries to key players Alexander Mogilny, Calle Johansson and Phil Housley. Wayne Gretzky (58-101-159) won yet another scoring title - his 7th - and surpassed the 600 goal plateau moving ahead of Jean Beliveau and into 7th all time in goals scores. Gretzky also rankes 7th all time in points with 1669 in just 798 career games. However, his Edmonton Oilers continued to decline and fell to third in the Smythe Division behind Calgary and an improving Winnipeg Jets squad. MILESTONES Dino Ciccarelli of Minnesota earned his 1200th career point Wayne Gretzky of Edmonton reached the 1000 assist mark and 600 goal mark Denis Potvin of the NY Islanders eanred his 1000th assist Mark Howe of Hartford collected his 900th point Randy Carlyle of Toronto earned his 900th point Mike Gartner of Washington earned his 900th point and 500th goal Tim Kerr of Philadelphia earned his 900th point Ray Bourque of Boston picked up his 750th assist Dale Hawerchuk of Winnipeg scored his 500th goal Michel Goulet of Quebec scored his 500th goal Phil Housley of Buffalo earned his 500th assist Doug Gilmour of St Louis earned his 500th asssit Gaetan Duchesne of Washington earned his 500th assist Bernie Nicholls of Los Angeles scored his 400th goal Brett Hull of Calgary scored his 300th goal Luc Robitaille of Los Angeles scored his 300th goal 1000 GAMES Doug Wilson Chicago Dave Taylor Los Angeles Boston's Craig Janney had a 5-goal game on November 28th, scoring all of the Bruins goals in a 5-3 win over Edmonton. Larry Murphy of Los Angeles had a 6 assist game in the Kings 7-5 win over Boston on January 17th. Code:
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE ADAMS DIVISION GP W L T PTS Buffalo Sabres 80 47 24 9 103 Montreal Canadiens 80 40 30 10 90 Boston Bruins 80 40 32 8 88 Hartford Whalers 80 31 45 4 66 Quebec Nordiques 80 23 52 5 51 PATRICK DIVISION GP W L T PTS Pittsburgh Penguins 80 48 24 8 104 Washington Capitals 80 46 28 6 98 New York Islanders 80 43 32 5 91 New York Rangers 80 32 40 8 72 New Jersey Devils 80 24 48 8 56 Philadelphia Flyers 80 20 50 10 50 NORRIS DIVISION GP W L T PTS Chicago Black Hawks 80 49 23 8 106 Detroit Red Wings 80 44 27 9 97 Toronto Maple Leafs 80 29 44 7 65 Minnesota North Stars 80 29 47 4 62 St Louis Blues 80 25 48 7 57 SMYTHE DIVISION GP W L T PTS Calgary Flames 80 62 13 5 129 Winnipeg Jets 80 38 36 6 82 Edmonton Oilers 80 35 40 5 75 Los Angeles Kings 80 33 39 8 74 Vancouver Canucks 80 29 45 6 64 SCORING LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS Wayne Gretzky EDM 80 58 101 159 Mario Lemieux PIT 80 72 85 157 Brett Hull CGY 80 72 84 156 Theo Fleury CGY 75 43 88 131 Dale Hawerchuk WPG 80 44 70 114 Kevin Stevens PIT 80 55 58 113 Craig Janney BOS 78 53 60 113 Ray Bourque BOS 80 30 83 113 Pat LaFontaine NYI 80 29 83 112 Luc Robitaille LA 79 51 60 111 Gary Roberts CGY 80 47 62 109 Pierre Turgeon BUF 80 42 66 108 Mark Messier EDM 80 46 59 105 Steve Yzerman DET 65 44 61 105 Teemu Selanne WPG 67 50 51 101 Trevor Linden VAN 80 43 57 100 Joe Sakic QUE 78 35 65 100 Doug Gilmour STL 80 41 57 98 Gary Suter CGY 80 26 70 96 Tim Kerr PHI 76 43 51 94 Jari Kurri EDM 79 36 58 94 Gerrard Gallant DET 80 39 54 93 Ron Francis HAR 69 31 62 93 Al MacInnis CGY 76 31 61 92 Greg Adams STL 80 21 71 92 GOALIE WIN LEADERS TM W-L-T GAA SAVE% Greg Millen CGY 42-5-6 2.40 .889 Jon Casey PIT 39-13-9 2.70 .891 Andy Moog BUF 38-19-7 3.08 .881 Peter Sidorkiewicz DET 37-18-8 2.95 .885 Mario Gosselin NYI 36-19-5 3.13 .884 Clint Malarchuk WSH 35-24-4 3.17 .893 Tom Barrasso BOS 31-25-9 3.38 .884 Grant Fuhr EDM 29-32-6 3.88 .883 Wendell Young WPG 29-29-6 3.73 .889 The Calgary Flames were the only regular season division winner to advance to the conference finals and the Flames needed the maximum 14 games to get there, winning 7 game series against both Los Angeles and Winnipeg. Injuries played a big role in the playoffs for several teams including the Flames, who won despite the absence of Joe Nieuwendyk and Jamie Macoun for the entire post-season, as well as Gary Roberts for the final 3 games against Winnipeg. Brett Hull had a dominant start to the playoffs leading all performers with 11 goals and 26 points. The Buffalo Sabres were also hit by the injury bug. They were without Alex Mogilny and Phil Housley for the entire post-season and then lost scoring leader Pierre Turgeon early in Game One of their preliminary round series with Hartford. Even a 5 goal game from Dave Andreychuk in Game Two of the series was not enough to help the short-staffed Sabres and they fell in 7 to a red hot Ron Francis (10-10-20 through 2 rounds) and the Hartford Whalers. The Whalers, who had not won a playoff series since 1979-80, suddenly found themselves in the conference finals after they upset the Sabres and the Boston Bruins, both in 7 game series. 4 games in the Boston-Hartford series went to overtime, including Games Six and Seven which were both won by the Whalers. The Pittsburgh Penguins were again unable to advance past the second round as, after sweeping the Rangers in the first round, they fell in 6 games to the Islanders. Mario Lemieux scored 10 goals in his 10 playoff games but secondary scoring was the Pens downfall once more. Like Mario, Wayne Gretzky made an early exit from the playoffs as the Oilers fell in the opening round to Winnipeg in 6 games. Gretzky and Mark Messier each had 4 goals and 10 points in that series. The Detroit Red Wings emerged from the Norris Division with a pair of 5 game series wins - over Toronto and Chicago. Steve Yzerman led the way with 6 goals and 18 points but the big surprise for Detroit was winger Kelly Kisio getting 10 goals in the 10 games. SEMI-FINALS Injuries caught up to the Flames in the conference final as Calgary fell to Detroit in 5 games. Steve Yzerman had 2 goals and 2 assists as Detroit took the opener 8-5. Calgary did come back and win Game Two 3-2 thanks to a pair of Joel Otto goals but the Wings won the next three by scores of 5-2, 7-3 and 4-1. As Hartford fans might expect their series with the Islanders went 7 games just like the previous two rounds for the Whalers. The Whalers scored 5 times in the third period of Game Seven to win by an 8-4 score. Ron Francis had a goal and 4 assists to increase his playoff leading point total to 35. Dirk Graham added 5 assists for the Whalers in the win and the unlikely goal scoring hero was defenseman Ulf Samuelsson, who had a hat trick for Hartford. STANLEY CUP FINALS You would be hard pressed to pick a more unlikely team to make the finals than the Hartford Whalers. With only 66 points during the regular season the Whalers may well have posted the worst regular season record of a Cup finalist in history. While Ron Francis was a 2-time league scoring champ and a bonafide star the rest of the team was lacking for big names. The Whalers top playoff scorers beside Francis were Dirk Graham, Mike Heidt, Todd Bergen, Mark Howe, Curtis Leschyshyn, Scott Young, Tony Hand , Dana Murzyn and Marty McSorley. Their goaltender was Frank Pieterangelo but somehow the Whalers made their first appearance in the finals. The Detroit Red Wings have a much better pedigree and are just 3 years removed from their last Stanley Cup title. Detroit is led in the playoffs by Steve Yzerman (11-17-28) and Gerrard Gallant (4-17-21) with a supporting cast that includes Kelly Kisio, Adam Oates, Murray Craven, Joe Murphy and a pair of budding young star in 21 year olds Sergei Federov and Nicklas Lidstrom. Most experts are predicting Detroit winning in a rout and Game One did nothing to change that as the Wings claimed a 5-1 victory behind 2 goals from Federov and 3 assists for Yzerman. Detroit did lose Gerrard Gallant for the series with an injury in the game. Game Two was much tighter and needed overtime but the Wings again prevailed as Adam Oates got the winner while Yzerman had 2 goals and an assist. Petr Klima got the other Detroit goal while Todd Bergen, Dirk Graham and Marty McSorley scored for Hartford. Game Three also ended 4-3 in Detroit's favour as the Wings take a commanding 3 games to nothing lead in the series. Ron Francis had 2 assists in a losing cause for the Whalers, who got goals from Mark Howe, Bergen and Bobby Holik. Nik Lidstrom, Joe Murphy, Shawn Burr and Mike Ramsey scored for Detroit. Sergei Federov, Yves Racine and Kelly Kisio get the goals to power Detroit to a 3-1 victory and the Wings 5th Stanley Cup title in franchise history. Steve Yzerman had 2 more assists in the game giving him 36 points in the playoffs, 2 shy of Ron Francis' league leading total. Yzerman was rewarded with the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP, joining Gump Worsley, Jack Stewart and Harry Howell -all 3 Hall of Famers - as the only Red Wings to win the award. Detroit goaltender Peter Sidorkiewicz also had a terrific playoff as only Pittsburgh's Jon Casey had a better save percentage and lower goals against average than Sidorkiewicz's 2.54 and .898. Code:
PLAYOFF SCORING LEADERS GP G A PTS Ron Francis HAR 25 16 22 38 Steve Yzerman DET 19 13 23 36 Pat LaFontaine NYI 20 10 24 34 Brett Hull CGY 19 15 16 31 Dirk Graham HAR 25 6 21 27 Cam Neely NYI 20 13 13 26 Theo Fleury CGY 17 7 19 26 Al MacInnis CGY 19 8 16 24 Adam Oates DET 19 10 12 22 Yves Racine DET 19 7 15 22 Gerrard Gallant DET 16 5 17 22 HART TROPHY: Mario Lemieux Pittsburgh (80GP 72-85-157) VEZINA TROPHY: Andy Moog Buffalo (38-19-7, 3.08) NORRIS TROPHY: Gary Suter Calgary (80GP 26-70-96) ART ROSS TROPHY: Wayne Gretzky Edmonton (80GP 58-101-159) CALDER TROPHY: Jaromir Jagr Pittsburgh (80GP 16-72-88) 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 Andy Moog Buffalo Jon Casey Pittsburgh D Gary Suter Calgary Phil Housley Buffalo D Scott Stevens Washington Al MacInnis Calgary C Mario Lemieux Pittsbugh Wayne Gretzky Edmonton LW Luc Robitaille Los Angeles Gary Roberts Calgary RW Brett Hull Calgary Ray Bourque Boston
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01-26-2017, 10:45 AM | #83 |
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"A quick glance at Montreal's system shows another young goaltender by the name of Troy Crosby. Word is his yet unborn son might turn out to be the better pro prospect though."
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01-26-2017, 10:38 PM | #84 |
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1991-92
1991-92 OFFSEASON The Hall of Fame grows by 3 with the induction of Larry Robinson, Ron Greschner and Marcel Dionne. Dionne scored 561 goals and 1410 in his 19 year career with Detroit. Greschner spent most of his 1039 games with the Rangers but played briefly with Edmonton and Los Angeles at the end of his career, recording 1021 points. Longtime Montreal Canadien Robinson had 951 points in 1329 games. Two great defensemen announced their retirements. Denis Potvin won a Hart, a Norris and a Conn Smythe Trophy in his 18 year career with the Islanders. In 1238 games Potvin had 332 goals and 1337 points. He was a 4 time first-team all-star and won a Stanley Cup in 1979. Randy Carlyle played 15 seasons and 935 games with Toronto, finishing with 926 points including 259 goals. New players to watch this season include Pavel Bure in Vancouver, Peter Forsberg to Philadelphia, Eric Lindros in Quebec and Scott Niedermayer to New Jersey. The NHL expands by one team as the San Jose Sharks are added to the league increasing the total to 22 clubs. Among the Sharks expansion draft picks are goaltenders Ken Wregget and Chris Terreri along with Shawn Burr from the Cup champion Red Wings. Toughness was obviously an objective when we see names like Mark Tinordi (NYR), Shane Churla (CHI), Garth Butcher (TOR) and Lyle Odelein (MON) selected by the Sharks. REGULAR SEASON The defending Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings enjoyed a strong season, winning the Norris Division and finishing with 120 points, just 1 shy of Calgary for first overall. Steve Yzerman (53-63-116) was his usual dominant self for the Wings but Petr Klima (58-55-113) was a huge surprise, setting a career best in goals and points at the age of 27 after scoring just 16 goals and 28 points in 80 games a year ago. 22 year old Sergei Federov (26-77-103) also had the best season of his young career. While the Cup champs look poised to defend their title, Detroit's opponent from last season failed to punch a ticket for the playoffs as the Hartford Whalers proved their run a year ago was a fluke by finishing dead last in the Eastern Conference with 56 points. The Buffalo Sabres were again the class of the Adams Division as Pierre Turgeon (35-74-109), Dave Andreychuk (33-68-101) and defenseman Phil Housley (23-74-97) led the way. Injuries again impacted Mario Lemieux, limiting him to 63 games but Lemieux still scored 50 goals and led the team with 117 points to help the Penguins finish atop the Patrick Division, but just barely as Washington, led by Mike Gartner (47-58-105), was just 1 point back of Pittsburgh. The Calgary Flames were the top team in the league as their high flying offense just kept on rolling led by Brett Hull (27-83-155) scoring 72 for the second straight season. Edmonton rebounded after a down year to finish second in the Smythe Division with Mark Messier (72-63-135) setting a career high for goals and tying Hull for the league lead while Wayne Gretzky (47-118-165) won his 8th Art Ross Trophy. MILESTONES Calgary's Brett Hull had a 29 game point streak which was the longest of the season, although Wayne Gretzky had a pair of 25 game streaks this year. Hull's mark is one longer than his dad Bobby's best streak of 28 straight games with a point established in 1972-73 but it is still a far cry from the NHL record 44 game streak Maurice Richard had in 1943-44 Bryan Trottier of the NY Islnaders scored his 1500th career point Dale Hawerchuk of Winnipeg earned his 1200th career point Jari Kurri of Edmonton earned his 1200th career point and 500th career goal Joe Mullen of St Louis scored his 500th NHL goal Mark Messier of Edmonton scored his 500th goal Glenn Anderson of Toronto scored his 400th NHL goal Cam Neely of the NY Islanders scored his 400th goal Brian Bellows of Minnesota scored his 400th goal Gary Roberts of Calgary scored his 300th goal Hakan Loob of Calgary scored his 300th goal Dirk Graham of Hartford scored his 300th goal Pat Verbeek of Vancouver scored his 300th goal Troy Murray of Chicago scored his 300th goal Paul Coffey of Edmonton earned his 750th assist Al MacInnis of Calgary gets his 500th career assist Pat LaFontaine of the NY Islanders earns his 500th assist Mario Lemieux of Pittsburgh earned his 500th assist Rob Ramage of New Jersey earned his 500th assist Mike Gartner of Washington earned his 500th assist Steve Larmer of Chicago earned his 500th assist 1250 GAMES Bryan Trottier NY Islanders For the second time in his career Wayne Gretzky enjoyed an 8 point night. The Edmonton Oilers star had 1 goal and 7 assists in the Oilers 10-2 grounding of the Winnipeg Jets on April 13th. His 7 assists are 3 shy of Bobby Clarke's NHL record set with Philadelphia in 1975. Here is a list of all of the players to record 8 or more points in a single NHL game Code:
11- Bill Barber Philadelphia Feb 7, 1975 (8G 3A) 13-0 win over Min 11- Bobby Clarke Philadelphia Feb 7, 1975 (1G 10A) 13-0 win over Min 9- Yvon Cournoyer Montreal vs Oakland 14-1 win 6G 3A March 5, 1968 9- Carl Liscombe Detroit vs Toronto 9-1 win 6G 3A playoff game 1943 9- Tim Kerr Philadelphia vs Boston Feb 4, 1984 11-4 win 7G 2A 8- Jean Beliveau Montreal vs Pittsburgh 10-2 win 4G 4A playoff game Apr 22 1969 8- Pete Mahovlich Detroit vs Pittsburgh 9-3 win 4G 4A Dec 26, 1973 8- Jean Pronovost Boston vs Los Angeles 10-3 W 6G 2A Dec 14, 1980 8- Wayne Gretzky Edmonton vs Winnipeg 9-2 W 4G 4A Dec 18, 1984 8- Ken Linseman Philadelphia vs Boston 11-4 W 8A Feb 4, 1984 8- Mario Lemieux Pittsburgh vs NY Rangers 13-3 W 3G 5A Dec. 15, 1985 8 Paul Coffey Edmonton vs Quebec 10-3 W 1G 7A Feb 14, 1986 8- Mario Lemieux Pittsburgh vs Toronto 11-2 W 5G 3A Nov 10, 1988 8- Wayne Gretzky Edmonton vs Winnipeg 10-2 W 1G 7A April 13, 1992 Calgary's Theo Fleury also had a 7 point game (3G 4A) while teammate Brett Hull had 6 points (3G 3A) in the Flames 11-0 romp over Winnipeg on December 20th. Code:
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE ADAMS DIVISION GP W L T PTS Buffalo Sabres 80 53 20 7 113 Quebec Nordiques 80 38 35 7 83 Montreal Canadiens 80 35 37 8 78 Boston Bruins 80 29 42 9 67 Hartford Whalers 80 23 47 10 56 PATRICK DIVISION GP W L T PTS Pittsburgh Penguins 80 43 31 6 92 Washington Capitals 80 44 33 3 91 New Jersey Devils 80 37 35 8 82 New York Islanders 80 37 37 6 80 New York Rangers 80 33 36 11 77 Philadelphia Flyers 80 36 41 3 75 NORRIS DIVISION GP W L T PTS Detroit Red Wings 80 59 19 2 120 Chicago Black Hawks 80 48 24 8 104 Minnesota North Stars 80 39 32 9 87 Toronto Maple Leafs 80 28 44 8 64 St Louis Blues 80 27 48 5 59 SMYTHE DIVISION GP W L T PTS Calgary Flames 80 59 18 3 121 Edmonton Oilers 80 51 23 6 108 Los Angeles Kings 80 29 42 9 67 Vancouver Canucks 80 23 48 9 55 San Jose Sharks 80 18 57 5 41 Winnipeg Jets 80 17 57 6 40 SCORING LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS Wayne Gretzky EDM 80 47 118 165 Brett Hull CGY 80 72 83 155 Theo Fleury CGY 77 53 87 140 Mark Messier EDM 80 72 63 135 Al MacInnis CGY 78 35 88 123 Jari Kurri EDM 80 47 75 122 Pat LaFontaine NYI 78 39 83 122 Mario Lemieux PIT 65 50 67 117 Steve Yzerman DET 77 53 63 116 Joe Sakic QUE 76 38 78 116 Petr Klima DET 75 58 55 113 Craig Janney BOS 80 43 70 113 Gary Roberts CGY 80 48 63 111 Pierre Turgeon BUF 80 35 74 109 Luc Robitaille LA 80 49 59 108 Jeremy Roenick CHI 73 48 57 105 Mike Gartner WSH 80 47 58 105 Sergei Federov DET 80 26 77 103 Dave Gagner NYR 80 44 58 102 Tim Kerr PHI 80 44 58 102 Paul Coffey EDM 80 25 77 102 Joe Mullen StL 80 51 50 101 Rick Tocchet PHI 80 39 62 101 Dave Andreychuk BUF 78 33 68 101 GOALIE WIN LEADERS TM W-L-T GAA SAVE% Greg Millen CGY 46-13-4 2.64 .886 Andy Moog BUF 43-18-6 3.03 .886 Peter Sidorkiewicz DET 43-16-3 2.73 .889 Grant Fuhr EDM 40-17-5 2.76 .896 Clint Malarchuk WSH 32-24-2 3.26 .889 Jon Casey PIT 31-26-4 3.47 .877 Dominik Hasek CHI 31-12-7 2.48 .906 Patrick Roy MON 30-31-7 3.25 .889 Pete Peeters PHI 28-27-3 3.64 .887 John Vanbiesbrouck NYR 28-26-11 3.27 .885 Buffalo had an easy trip through the Adams Division as the Sabres swept Boston in 4 and followed that up with a sweep of the Quebec Nordiques to reach the Conference Finals. The Montreal-Quebec opening round series was an exciting series as the Nordiques overcame a 3 games to one deficit to eliminate the Habs in seven. Pittsburgh advanced from the Patrick Division led by 21 points from Mario Lemieux in 13 games. Both opening round series went 7 games with the Pens topping the Islanders and Washington beating a pesky New Jersey Devils club. Pittsburgh eliminated the Caps in 6. In the Norris Division it was Detroit and Chicago meeting with a berth in the Western Conference Finals on the line for the second straight season. The Hawks prevailed this time, knocking off the defending Cup champions in 5 games despite a terrific playoff run from Wings captain Steve Yzerman, who had 7 goals and 20 points in 9 games. The Hawks got 18 points each from Jeremy Roenick and Steve Larmer over 11 games in the first two rounds but the real difference was the goaltending of Dominik Hasek in the Chicago net. The Smythe Division featured a tremendous battle between Calgary and Edmonton. The Flames swept Vancouver in the opening round while the Oilers survived a scare from Los Angeles, finally eliminating the Kings in a Game Seven blowout, winning 10-2 thanks to a 4 goal night from Esa Tikkanen to set up another big series between the two Alberta rivals. Home ice proved the difference as the home side won each of the 7 games in the series with Calgary taking the deciding contest 4-1 thanks to a 26 save effort from Greg Stefan and a pair of Brett Hull goals. After the first two rounds Hull had 11 goals and 19 points in 11 playoff games. Wayne Gretzky's postseason came to an end after 20 points in 14 games. CONFERENCE FINALS The two conference finals were each tied at 2 wins apiece after 4 games but then Buffalo and Calgary took charge. The Sabres won Game Five at home over Pittsburgh 9-4 as Phil Housley, a 2-time Conn Smythe Trophy winner, had 6 assists in the game. Buffalo wrapped up the series on the road two nights later with a 3-2 victory thanks to a pair of third period goals from Ray Sheppard. The loss ended a strong playoff run for 20 year old Jaromir Jagr, who had 16 goals and 22 points in 19 games for the Penguins. Calgary took Game Six over Chicago 2-1 thanks to a third period goal from Brett Hull and then clinched the series with a 7-3 win two nights later as Hull scored 3 more times to give him 18 in the post-season. STANLEY CUP FINALS The Buffalo Sabres make their third trip in 4 years to the Stanley Cup finals. The Sabres were successful on both previous occassions as they beat Chicago in 1989 and Calgary the following year. This will be the Flames second trip to the finals. The Sabres will face a big challenge trying to keep up with the Flames offense, but it will be even tougher without scoring leader Pierre Turgeon, who is out for at least the first game with an injury suffered in the conference finals. Turgeon has 21 points in 13 playoff games this year. Calgary has injuries of it's own to contend with as defenseman Gary Suter, a 2-time Norris Trophy winner, has missed all but 14 games this season with a concussion and is definately out for the entire playoff. Joel Otto, a checking forward, has a hip injury and will miss at least the first couple of games of the finals. That shouldn't hurt Calgary too much as his assignment would almost certainly have been to cover Pierre Turgeon. Goalies Greg Millen of Calgary and Andy Moog of Buffalo could sue for lack of support in Game One, a contest that saw the two teams combine for 74 shots and 13 goals in an 8-5 Calgary victory. Brett Hull and Gary Roberts each scored twice for the Flames with Al MacInnis earning 3 assists. Ray Sheppard had 2 for the Sabres. Brett Hull scored 3 more goals giving him 23 in the post-season as Calgary claimed a 4-3 victory in Game Two and now returns home to the Saddledome with a 2-0 series lead. Theo Fleury assisted on all 3 of Hull's goals. Hull is now 1 shy of tying Buffalo's Ray Sheppard for the single season playoff goal record of 24 set in 1988-89. Robert Reichel had the other Calgary goal while Buffalo's scoring came from Alexander Mogilny, who also had 2 assists, Phil Housley and Sheppard. Calgary claims a dominant 7-2 victory to go up three games to none in the series. Hull gets another goal to tie Sheppard's record and adds two assists but the real star for the Flames is Theo Fleury, who scores 3 and has 3 assists. Gary Roberts, with 2 goals and Joe Nieuwendyk round out the Calgary scoring. Dave Reid and Stan Smyl score for Buffalo, who is still without the injured Pierre Turgeon. Turgeon returns for Game Four but he has little impact as Calgary completes the sweep and wins their first Stanley Cup with a 5-0 victory in Game Four. 20 year old Robert Reichel has 2 goals and an assist for the Flames with Theo Fleury getting 2 more points, giving him 15 points in the 4 Stanley Cup final games. Greg Millen made 24 saves for the shutout. A very small consolation for Sabres fans is Brett Hull does not score so he will share the playoff record for goals in a season of 24 with Ray Sheppard. Fleury's 15 points in 4 games give him a playoff leading 40 points (10-30-40) and earn him the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP. Brett Hull finishes second in playoff scoring with 35 points while Buffalo's Phil Housley (6-24-30) rounds out the top three. Code:
PLAYOFF SCORING LEADERS GP G A PTS Theo Fleury CGY 21 10 30 40 Brett Hull CGY 21 24 11 35 Phil Housley BUF 18 6 24 30 Mario Lemieux PIT 19 9 20 29 Alexander Mogilny BUF 18 12 16 28 Jeremy Roenick CHI 17 11 15 26 Ray Sheppard BUF 18 15 10 25 Gary Roberts CGY 21 12 12 24 Joe Nieuwendyk CGY 21 9 15 24 Steve Larmer CHI 17 12 11 23 Jaromir Jagr PIT 19 16 6 22 HART TROPHY: Wayne Gretzky Edmonton (80GP 47-118-165) VEZINA TROPHY: Peter Sidorkiewicz Detroit (43-16-3, 2.73) NORRIS TROPHY: Al MacInnis Calgary (78GP 35-88-123) ART ROSS TROPHY: Wayne Gretzky Edmonton (80GP 47-118-165) CALDER TROPHY: Rob Zamuner NY Rangers (80GP 16-42-58) Have to question the choice of Zamuner as either Ray Whitney (18-36-54) of San Jose or Eric Lindros (24-28-52) in Quebec should deserve consideration. Especially Whitney who played a key role on a bad expansion team and was second to Darren Turcotte in team scoring. But then I would also give the Vezina to Hasek over Sidorkiewicz as well. Not bad choices by the game but I would vote differently, but I guess that's what my all-star team is for. 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 Dominik Hasek Chicago Peter Sidorkiewicz Detroit D Paul Coffey Edmonton Phil Housley Buffalo D Al MacInnis Calgary Scott Stevens Washington C Wayne Gretzky Edmonton Mario Lemieux Pittsbugh LW Mark Messier Edmonton Gary Roberts Calgary RW Brett Hull Calgary Jari Kurri Edmonton
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01-27-2017, 10:09 PM | #85 |
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1992-93
1992-93 OFFSEASON Hard to beat this Hall of Fame class as Guy Lafleur, Gilbert Perreault and Denis Potvin are admitted. Lafleur had 813 career goals, third all-time, and 1983 points, also third most in history, in his 19 seasons with Montreal, winning 3 Stanley Cups. Perreault played 19 seasons with Buffalo and scored 524 goals and 1731 career points, hanging around just long enough to get his name on the Cup in the Sabres first win. Potvin won 1 Cup in his 18 seasons with the Islanders, playing 1238 games and notching 1337 career points. Not a lot of big names retire but several good players like Buffalo's Bill Hajt calls it quits after 21 years and 1412 games for the Sabres. He had 699 career points but was best known for being a steady defensive presence on the Buffalo blueline and helped the club win 2 Stanley Cups. The big news this off-season is more expansion as the Ottawa Senators and Tampa Bay Lightning enter the league. After the expansion draft neither club looks like it will inspire fear in it's opponents. Of the two I would say Ottawa is a little better off thanks to the Sens selection of 25 year old rookie goaltender Mike Richter, who failed to crack the Rangers roster, in the expansion draft. Other Ottawa players include Charlie Huddy and Tom Kurvers on defense with Joey Kocur, Tom Chorkse and Sergei Nemchinov as the big names up front but also keep an eye on rookie Alexei Yashin. Tampa Bay gets veteran goaltender Mike Liut from Boston in the expansion draft. On defense the Lightning have Neil Wilkinson, Randy Moller and Dmitri Mironov with the forward core led by Christian Ruuttu, Wayne Presley, Gary Valk and Phil Bourque. 18 year old Roman Hamrlik represents the future of the organization and they also have Wayne Gretzky's brother Brent. REGULAR SEASON Mario Lemieux played the entire season for just the second time in his career and the result was his second Art Ross Trophy as Lemieux led the NHL with 175 points, which is the third most every record. Lemieux was only surpassed by Wayne Gretzky's 181 in 1987-88 and 179 in 1983-84. As for Gretzky, he played in 76 of the 84 games and recorded 135 points. That total is a dream season for 99% of the players in the league but for Gretzky it represented the lowest total of his career since getting 51 points in an injury riddled rookie season that saw him only play 29 games. At the age of 31 and with the Oilers team on the decline there are rumblings that Gretzky himself maybe dropping from God-like status to being just a mere superstar. Lemieux's Penguins led the Eastern Conference with 126 points, 4 more than Adams Division champion Buffalo. In the West the Calgary Flames once more dominated the Smythe Division with 136 points, finishing 49 points ahead of second place Edmonton. The Chicago Blackhawks and Detroit Red Wings waged battle all season in the Norris Division with the Hawks eventually claiming top spot thanks to the league's best goaltender in Dominik Hasek. MILESTONES Mark Messier of Edmonton earned his 1200th point Ray Bourque of Boston earned his 1200th point and 300th goal Mario Lemieux of Pittsburgh scored his 500th goal Steve Larmer of Chicago scored his 400th goal Steve Yzerman of Detroit scored his 400th goal Denis Savard of Chicago scored his 400th goal Dave Taylor of Los Angeles scored his 400th goal Kevin Stevens of Pittsburgh scored his 300th goal Neal Broten of Minnesota scored his 300th goal and 750th assist Pat LaFontaine of NY Islanders scored his 300th goal Stan Smyl of Buffalo scored his 300th goal Gaetan Duchesne of Washington scored his 300th goal Dale Hunter of Quebec scored his 300th goal Doug Gilmour of St Louis scored his 300th goal Paul Coffey of Edmonton scored his 300th goal Ron Francis of Hartford earned his 750th assist Dirk Graham of Hartford earned his 500th assist Brett Hull of Calgary earned his 500th assist Guy Carbonneau of Montreal earned his 500th assist Michel Goulet of Quebec earned his 500th assist Glenn Anderson of Toronto earned his 500th assist Brian Sutter of St Louis earned his 500th assist 1000 GAMES Mark Howe Hartford Dale Hunter Quebec Stan Smyl Buffalo Ray Bourque Boston Jim Peplinski Washington Brad McCrimmon Boston Glenn Anderson Toronto Dino Ciccarelli Minnesota Dave Christian Winnipeg Michel Goulet Quebec Rob Ramage New Jersey Troy Murray Chicago Kevin Lowe Edmonton Dirk Graham Hartford Dave Babych Winnipeg Mike Ramsay Detroit Mark Messier Edmonton Joe Mullen St Louis Brent Sutter Los Angeles Ken Linseman Philadelphia Paul Coffey Edmonton Mikael Renberg had a 6 goal game for the Flyers in a 9-5 win over Tampa on April 2nd. Renberg also had an assist in the same game. The single game record is 8 goals in a game set by former Flyer Bill Barber in 1975. Brett Hull of Calgary had a 7 point night (5G 2A) in a 12-2 win over Hartford on November 10th. Boston's Craig Janney had 7 points (2G 5A) in an 8-1 win over Ottawa on December 9th. Vince Damphousse of Toronto had a 5 goal game in the Leafs 6-1 win over St Louis on January 18th. Greg Adams of St Louis had a 7 point game (1G 6A) in the Blues 8-1 win over Los Angeles on February 24th. Gary Suter of the Flames had a 7 point night (2G 5A) in an 8-2 win over St Louis on March 23rd. Kevin Stevens of Pittsburgh had a 31 game point streak, longest of the season and 6th longest all time. Wayne Gretzky had a 26 game streak, Brett Hull a streak of 23 games and Mario Lemieux had a 22 gamer. Code:
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE ADAMS DIVISION GP W L T PTS Buffalo Sabres 84 57 19 8 122 Quebec Nordiques 84 55 25 4 113 Boston Bruins 84 50 28 6 106 Montreal Canadiens 84 33 42 9 75 Hartford Whalers 84 32 42 10 74 Ottawa Senators 84 12 69 3 27 PATRICK DIVISION GP W L T PTS Pittsburgh Penguins 84 58 16 10 126 New York Rangers 84 42 39 3 87 Philadelphia Flyers 84 37 39 8 82 New York Islanders 84 34 41 9 77 Washington Capitals 84 33 43 8 74 New Jersey Devils 84 27 49 8 62 NORRIS DIVISION GP W L T PTS Chicago Black Hawks 84 62 16 6 130 Detroit Red Wings 84 61 21 2 124 Minnesota North Stars 84 49 27 8 106 Toronto Maple Leafs 84 19 61 4 68 St Louis Blues 84 19 61 4 42 Tampa Bay Lightning 84 6 75 3 15 SMYTHE DIVISION GP W L T PTS Calgary Flames 84 64 12 8 136 Edmonton Oilers 84 39 36 9 87 Los Angeles Kings 84 39 41 4 82 Vancouver Canucks 84 35 45 4 74 San Jose Sharks 84 32 47 5 69 Winnipeg Jets 84 25 52 7 57 SCORING LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS Mario Lemieux PIT 84 69 106 175 Steve Yzerman DET 84 68 99 167 Joe Sakic QUE 84 57 102 159 Brett Hull CGY 83 75 80 155 Theo Fleury CGY 84 60 94 154 Jeremy Roenick CHI 81 65 88 153 Mike Modano MIN 84 56 90 146 Luc Robitaille LA 84 67 72 139 Wayne Gretzky EDM 76 32 103 135 Sergei Federov DET 84 44 88 132 Craig Janney BOS 83 50 78 128 Jaromir Jagr PIT 84 43 82 125 Al MacInnis CGY 76 36 89 125 Mark Messier EDM 84 58 66 124 Dino Ciccarelli MIN 84 50 74 124 Petr Klima DET 83 61 62 123 Jeff Brown QUE 84 33 86 119 Trevor Linden VAN 84 49 67 116 Brendan Shanahan NJ 84 60 54 114 Brian Bellows MIN 84 54 60 114 GOALIE WIN LEADERS TM W-L-T GAA SAVE% Greg Millen CGY 49-8-4 2.69 .872 Andy Moog BUF 46-15-6 2.69 .877 Dominik Hasek CHI 45-13-5 2.33 .904 Peter Sidorkiewicz DET 45-17-2 2.98 .881 Jon Casey PIY 44-13-10 2.88 .882 Don Beaupre MIN 42-17-8 3.30 .877 Ron Tugnutt QUE 42-17-7 2.71 .889 Tom Barrasso BOS 37-21-6 3.31 .880 John Vanbiesbrouck NYR 31-28-2 3.65 .864 Entering the playoffs the Calgary Flames were heavy favourites to repeat as Stanley Cup champions but that changed in Game 3 of their opening round series with Vancouver when Brett Hull broke his elbow. Hull, who scored a league leading 75 goals this season and has 36 goals in 40 playoff games over the past two seasons, would not be missed in the opening round as the Flames breezed past Vancouver in 4 straight games but the same could not be said for the second round. The Edmonton Oilers, who had repeatedly been stymied by the Flames over the past half a dozen seasons, got their revenge by upsetting the Cup champs in 5 games. Wayne Gretzky led the way with 8 points in the series while Mark Messier had goals in each of the 4 Edmonton victories while veteran goaltender Grant Fuhr was terrific through the first two rounds, leading the playoffs with a .913 save percentage. The Oilers will face the Chicago Blackhawks in the Western Conference Finals after Chicago beat Detroit in a 7 game series. The Hawks swept Toronto in the opening round while Detroit ousted Minnesota in 6 games. Jeremey Roenick was the star of the first two rounds for Chicago, picking up 23 points in 11 games. Buffalo needed just 8 games to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals as the Sabres swept first Montreal and then Boston. Phil Housley was his usual dominant self in the opening two rounds, leading the team with 21 points in 8 games while winger Ray Sheppard had 9 goals. Pittsburgh's Mario Lemieux was the leading scorer in the post-season through two rounds with 25 points, including 12 goals through 11 games. The Penguins advanced to face Buffalo by beating the Islanders 4 straight and then topping Philadelphia in a 7 game series. CONFERENCE FINALS Any hopes of a Lemieux-Gretzky Stanly Cup Final, which happened once before in 1987 when the Oilers won, were dashed quickly by the Buffalo Sabres. The Sabres built a 3-0 series lead on Pittsburgh and eventually prevailed in 5 games. The loss was certainly not Mario's fault as he had 6 goals and 12 points in the five game series. Edmonton did it's part beating Chicago in 6 games as Mark Messier had 13 points in the series and Wayne Gretzky added 12 while Grant Fuhr outduelled Dominik Hasek in net. STANLEY CUP FINALS Wayne Gretzky's gang made it's 4th trip to the Stanley Cup Finals but it's first in 6 years. Gretzky, Jari Kurri, Grant Fuhr, Paul Coffey and Mark Messier were all still stars but were beginning to age so this just might be their last shot at a 4th Cup. For the Buffalo Sabres it would be their fourth trip in 5 years to the Finals but there first meeting with the Oilers. Edmonton cast-off Andy Moog was having a strong playoff in the Buffalo net and defenseman Phil Housley, with 28 points in 13 games, seemed to be poised to win his third Conn Smythe Trophy. Ray Sheppard (13-10-23), Pierre Turgeon (7-16-23) and Dave Andreychuk (5-16-21) were all healthy and could rival any trio the Oilers could put on the ice. The series opened in Buffalo but it was the visiting Oilers who struck first with a 4-1 victory. Wayne Gretzky scored twice and assisted on Geoff Smith's goal with Esa Tikkanen getting the final Edmonton tally. Dave Reid was the lone Sabre to score. Game Two went to overtime but the Oilers won 5-4 thanks to a shorthanded goal from Jari Kurri just over 3 minutes into the extra session. Messier had 2 assists in the game. Gretzky, Tikkanen, Jason Lafreniere and rookie Keith Tkachuk had the other Oilers goals. Mogilny, Andreychuk, Dave Reid and Calle Johansson replied for Buffalo. The series shifted to Edmonton but again the visiting team as the Sabres cut the Oilers lead to 2 games to one with a 5-4 win in Game Three. Mikael Andersson scored twice for Buffalo with Sheppard, Turgeon and Dave Reid scoring the others. Coffey, Brent Fedyk, Messier and Geoff Smith has the Edmonton goals. Buffalo gets three third period goals including a pair from defenseman Rob Zettler and rallies for a 6-4 victory in Game Four to even the series. Phil Housley had 3 assists. Mogilny, Sheppard, Adam Creighton and Benoit Hogue also scored for Buffalo while Messier, Tikkanen, Martin Gelinas and John Kordic were the Edmonton goal scorers. Just an amazing show from Phil Housley in Game Five as the Sabres defenseman had 6 assists to lead Buffalo to a 7-3 victory in Game Five, the first win of the series for the home team. Ray Sheppard, Dave Andreychuk, Pierre Turgeon, Calle Johansson, Benoit Hogue, Alexander Mogilny and Mikael Andersson were the Buffalo scorers. Edmonton got goals from Jari Kurri, Brent Fedyk and Mark Messier. Game Six goes to overtime and guess who the hero is???- Phil Housley, who gets the series winner on an assist from Dave Reid. Housley also had 3 assists in the game. Adam Creighton, Dave Reid, Ray Sheppard and Pierre Turgeon also scored for Buffalo as the Sabres rallied from a 2 games to none deficit to win their third Stanley Cup in franchise history. 3 Cups for the Sabres and 3 Conn Smythe Trophy's for Housley as the Buffalo defenseman had a goal and 14 assists in the 6 game series to give him a playoff leading 43 points. Code:
PLAYOFF SCORING LEADERS GP G A PTS Phil Housley BUF 19 8 35 43 Mark Messier EDM 22 21 18 39 Mario Lemieux PIT 16 18 19 37 Wayne Gretzky EDM 22 11 26 37 Jeremy Roenick CHI 17 13 19 32 Ray Sheppard BUF 19 17 13 30 Pierre Turgeon BUF 19 10 20 30 Paul Coffey EDM 22 5 24 29 Dave Reid BUF 19 11 15 26 Jari Kurri EDM 22 8 18 26 Dave Andreychuk BUF 19 7 19 26 Jaromir Jagr PIT 16 10 14 24 HART TROPHY: Mario Lemieux Pittsburgh (84GP 69-106-175) VEZINA TROPHY: Dominik Hasek Chicago (45-13-5, 2.33) NORRIS TROPHY: Al MacInnis Calgary (76GP 36-89-125) ART ROSS TROPHY: Mario Lemieux Pittsburgh (84GP 69-106-175) CALDER TROPHY: John LeClair Montreal (84GP 38-41-79) 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 Dominik Hasek Chicago Andy Moog Buffalo D Phil Housley Buffalo Jeff Brown Quebec D Al MacInnis Calgary Brian Leetch NY Rangers C Mario Lemieux Pittsbugh Steve Yzerman Detroit LW Luc Robitaille Los Angeles Mark Messier Edmonton RW Brett Hull Calgary Sergei Federov Detroit
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way to go, Buffalo!
Housley's a beast.
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1993-94
1993-94 OFFSEASON The big retirement news this off-season was the decision of Bryan Trottier to end his career at the age of 36 after 18 seasons with the New York Islanders. Trottier had 1575 points in 1342 career games including 466 goals. Overshadowed by Gretzky and Lemieux at center he did manage to make the first all-star team once in his career. He also won a Cup in 1979, the only one the Islanders claimed. More expansion as the Florida Panthers and Mighty Ducks of Anaheim join the league while the Minnesota North Stars pack up and head south to Dallas. Goaltending won't be an issue for the expansion clubs as the Ducks got Ed Belfour from Chicago, a 28 year old who was Dominik Hasek's backup while Florida selected Kirk McLean from New Jersey and Bill Ranford from Boston in the expansion draft. McLean was expendable with Sean Burke and 21 year old rookie Martin Brodeur with the Devils. Other expansion picks for Anaheim include former Red Wing Kelly Kisio, veteran defenseman Craig Ludwig and winger Dixon Ward from Montreal as well as forward Mikael Andersson from the Cup winning Sabres. Florida selected defenseman Petr Svoboda from Montreal, veteran Craig MacTavish from Boston and underachieving centre Adam Creighton from Buffalo. Highly touted rookie Alexander Daigle joins Ottawa while Saku Koivu arrives in Montreal and Paul Kariya's career begins in Anaheim. REGULAR SEASON Despite dropping to fourth in the scoring race this season Wayne Gretzky continued his quick ascent up the NHL's all-time leaderboard. The Great One moved to within 32 points of Stan Mikita's all-time points record of 2129 and he did so in 424 less games. Gretzky also moved pass the 700 goal mark, becoming just the 4th player in history to score that many. He finished the season with 40 goals, giving him 721 for his career. Bobby Hull is the all-time leader with 884, followed by Jean Ratelle at 856 and Guy Lafleur at 813. With the addition of Florida and Anaheim the league had some minor reallignment to it's divisions. Pittsburgh joined Buffalo in the Northeast Division but even with the extra competition the defending champion Sabres finished with the best record in the conference and tied with Calgary for the most points in the league. The big surprise team this season was the expansion Ducks, who shocked the league by making the playoffs in their inagural year. Goaltender Ed Belfour who 32 games and finished with a 2.80 goals against average to be the key reason for the Ducks success. Former Hab Dixon Ward led the team with 40 goals and 76 points while his linemates Greg Adams (29-39-68) and Kelly Kisio (20-36-56) also had strong seasons. Rookie Paul Kariya had 31 points through 40 games before a fractured jaw cut his season short. MILESTONES Wayne Gretzky of Edmonton scored his 700th goal Mike Gartner of Washington scored his 600th goal Mark Messier of Edmonton scored his 600th goal and 750th assist Bernie Nicholls of Los Angeles scored his 500th goal Ron Francis of Hartford scored his 500th goal Brett Hull of Calgary scored his 500th goal Brian Bellows of Minnesota scored his 500th goal Dave Andreychuk of Buffalo scored his 400th goal Gary Roberts of Calgary scored his 400th goal and 500th assist Ray Sheppard of Buffalo scored his 300th goal Brent Sutter of Los Angeles scored his 300th goal Craig Janney of Boston scored his 300th goal Thomas Steen of Winnipeg scored his 300th goal Theo Fleury of Calgary scored his 300th goal John MacLean of New Jersey scored his 300th goal Gary Suter of Calgary recorded his 500th assist Kevin Stevens of Pittsburgh recorded his 500th assist Joe Sakic of Quebec recorded his 500th assist 1250 GAMES Doug Wilson Chicago 1000 GAMES Brad Marsh Pittsburgh Rod Langway Montreal Mike Gartner Washington Reijo Ruotsalainen Buffalo Jari Kurri Edmonton Brent Ashton Vancouver Denis Savard Chicago Neal Broten Dallas Wayne Gretzky Edmonton Brian Propp Philadelphia Bernie Nicholls Los Angeles Dave Hannan San Jose Larry Murphy Los Angeles Gord Donnelly St Louis Normand Rochefort Quebec Chris Chelois Montreal Steve Larmer Chicago Karl Dykhuis of the Chicago Blackhawks set an NHL record for goals in a game by a defenseman when he scored all 6 of his teams goals in a 6-3 victory over the Leafs in Toronto on October 27th. Dykhuis, a 21 year old second year pro would finish the season with 17 goals. The previous record was 5 set by Jack Stewart of Detroit in a 1948 playoff game and equalled by Rick Green of Washington in 1983. Later in this season, Buffalo's Phil Housley had a 5 goal game in a win over the Rangers. Mario Lemieux had a 5 goal, 7 point night in the Penguins 10-5 win over Tampa Bay on October 13th. Linemate Kevin Stevens had 6 assists in the game. Lemieux would have another 7 point night (3G 4A) on January 2nd in a 13-3 lambasting of Ottawa. Luc Robitaille of the Kings also had a 5 goal, 7 point night in a 9-4 win over Vancouver on November 9th. Calgary's Theo Fleury had a 7 point game (2G 5A) in a 9-1 win over Los Angeles on January 23rd. The longest point streak of the season belonged to Vancouver's Trevor Linden, who finished the regular season with points in the final 24 games. The 24 year old Linden ended the year with a career best in both goals (49) and points (116). Code:
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L T PTS New York Rangers 84 52 27 5 109 New Jersey Devils 84 47 28 9 103 New York Islanders 84 46 31 7 99 Washington Capitals 84 43 34 7 93 Philadelphia Flyers 84 34 47 3 71 Florida Panthers 84 20 57 7 47 Tampa Bay Lightning 84 6 74 4 16 NORTHEAST DIVISION GP W L T PTS Buffalo Sabres 84 58 22 4 120 Quebec Nordiques 84 55 24 5 115 Pittsburgh Penguins 84 49 23 12 110 Montreal Canadiens 84 41 35 8 90 Boston Bruins 84 37 34 13 87 Hartford Whalers 84 37 42 5 79 Ottawa Senators 84 16 63 5 37 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L T PTS Chicago Black Hawks 84 49 26 9 107 Detroit Red Wings 84 50 32 2 102 Dallas Stars 84 41 36 7 89 Toronto Maple Leafs 84 31 44 9 71 Winnipeg Jets 84 26 53 5 57 St Louis Blues 84 20 62 2 42 PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L T PTS Calgary Flames 84 58 22 4 120 Edmonton Oilers 84 47 27 10 104 Anaheim Mighty Ducks 84 39 36 9 87 Vancouver Canucks 84 40 39 5 85 Los Angeles Kings 84 39 41 4 82 San Jose Sharks 84 29 51 4 62 SCORING LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS Mario Lemieux PIT 74 55 88 143 Jaromir Jagr PIT 84 66 71 137 Joe Sakic QUE 84 46 85 131 Wayne Gretzky EDM 84 40 88 128 Jeremey Roenick CHI 84 56 68 124 Theo Fleury CGY 68 43 80 123 Ray Sheppard BUF 84 67 52 119 Trevor Linden VAN 84 41 73 114 Brendan Shanahan NJ 84 55 58 113 Phil Housley BUF 84 35 75 110 Petr Klima DET 84 53 56 109 Craig Janney BOS 84 39 69 108 Pat LaFontaine NYI 80 38 70 108 Gary Suter CGY 73 31 70 101 Al MacInnis CGY 68 33 67 100 Ron Francis HAR 78 39 60 99 Mike Modane DAL 70 37 62 99 Kevin Stevens PIT 82 27 71 98 Adam Oates DET 84 24 74 98 Teemu Selanne WPG 84 52 45 97 Joe Mullen STL 84 42 54 96 Pierre Turgeon BUF 84 34 62 96 Brian Leetch NYR 84 21 75 96 GOALIE WIN LEADERS TM W-L-T GAA SAVE% Andy Moog BUF 45-15-4 2.30 .892 Ron Tugnutt QUE 45-18-4 2.62 .893 Dominik Hasek CHI 44-17-11 2.54 .894 John Vanbiesbrouck NYR 42-20-4 2.61 .899 Grant Fuhr EDM 40-21-7 2.78 .889 Jon Casey PIT 37-17-10 2.86 .887 Mike Liut CGY 36-19-3 2.77 .885 Sean Burke NJ 34-22-8 2.93 .888 Clint Malarchuk WSH 34-27-7 2.87 .894 Frank Pietrangelo HAR 33-28-7 3.17 .896 A slight change to the playoff format this year as they go to seeding within the conference rather than strictly matchups within your division for the first two rounds. In the Eastern Conference the number one seed and defending Stanley Cup champion Buffalo Sabres eliminated long-time division rival Montreal in 5 games. Ray Sheppard scored 5 goals in the series while Dave Reid led the Sabres with 8 points. Buffalo will face New Jersey in the next round after the Devils swept Pittsburgh in 4 straight games. Brendan Shanahan led the Devils with 8 points in the series while the Penguins only got a single goal from Mario Lemieux, although Lemieux did miss the first two games of the series recovering from a late season injury. The Quebec Nordiques beat the New York Islanders in 5 games and will face the New York Rangers in the second round. The Rangers needed the full seven games to dispose of Washington. Brett Hull, who missed most of last seasons playoffs with an injury, had 6 goals and 11 points to lead the Calgary Flames to a series victory over Los Angeles in 6 games. The Flames will meet the Dallas Stars, who eliminated Detroit in 5 games, in the next round. The other Western Conference semi-final will feature Edmonton against Chicago. The Blackhawks eliminated Vancouver in 5 games while the Oilers went the full seven before knocking out expansion newcomer Anaheim. Hull kept on rolling in the second round, scoring 6 more goals and 13 points as Calgary advanced to the Western Conference final by elminating Dallas in 5 games. Chicago also moved on with a win in 5 games over Edmonton as the Oilers were without Mark Messier for the entire series. Ron Tugnutt proved the difference as Quebec swept the New York Rangers in 4 games. The Nordiques goaltender had a .921 save percentage in the series, while allowing just 5 Rangers goals. Owen Nolan of Quebec outscored the entire Ranger team with 7 goals of his own in the series. The Nordiques will meet New Jersey in the Eastern Conference Final after the Devils upset Buffalo in 7 games. Brendan Shanahan and John MacLean each have 8 playoff goals for the Devils in 11 games while Sean Burke was solid in the New Jersey net. Ray Sheppard's 11 playoff goals and 13 points in 12 games for Phil Housley were not enough to help the Sabres advance. CONFERENCE FINALS The Western Conference Finals features two teams that have advanced this far in the playoffs on many occasions in Chicago and Calgary. The Eastern Conference, on the other hand, has Quebec and New Jersey. The Nordiques have never reached the conference finals while the Devils franchise had never even won a playoff series while based in New Jersey prior to this year. The Nordiques won the first two games of the Eastern Final on the road, including a 5-4 overtime win in Game One. Sean Burke had a solid 34 save effort in Game Three to help the Devils to a 3-1 victory but Quebec wrapped up the series with wins by the score of 6-5 and 6-2 to clinch their first Stanley Cup Final appearance. Calgary took the opener of the Western Final by a 4-2 score but Chicago responded with a 5-3 victory in Game Two to even the series. Brett Hull's 2 goals in Game Three gave the Flames a 4-3 win on the road and Al MacInnis had a 4 point night to help Calgary take the fourth game by an 8-2 score. Trailing 3 games to one and heading back to Calgary for Game Five the Blackhawks needed a big game from goaltender Dominik Hasek and they got it as Hasek shut out the Flames 4-0 on a 24 save performance. Jeremy Roenick had 2 goals and an assist in Game Six as the Hawks evened the series with a 5-3 victory at the Chicago Stadium to force a seventh game. Game Seven was all Calgary as the Flames outshot Chicago 42-18 and chased Dominik Hasek with a 6-2 pounding of the Blackhawks. Gary Roberts scored twice in the win while Joe Nieuwendyk had 3 assists. STANLEY CUP FINALS The Calgary Flames make their third appearance in the finals in 5 years with their lone Cup win coming two years ago over Buffalo. Quebec has never made it to the Stanley Cup finals prior to this year. With the exception of 23 year old forward Mats Sundin, who has only played 6 playoff games this season due to a back injury, the Nordiques are healthy for the finals. Joe Sakic leads the team with 25 points including 9 goals in the post-season while Owen Nolan's 13 playoff goals lead the club in that category. Ron Tugnutt has been very good in net. The only injured Flame is fourth line winger Scott Pearson, who had just 3 assists in 17 playoff games prior to being hurt in the conference finals. Bret Hull leads the the league in goals (15) and points (33) this playoff. Theo Fleury (10-20-30), Gary Roberts (11-10-21), Robert Reichel (11-6-17) and Al MacInnis (8-11-19) are the other leading scorers for Calgary. Joe Sakic earns four assists as Quebec takes the series opener at home by a 6-4 score. Owen Nolan had 2 for the Nordiques with Jeff Brown, Dale Hunter, Adam Foote and Normand Rochefort also scoring. Al MacInnis was in on all the Calgary scoring with a goal and 3 helpers. Fleury, Roberts and Nieuwendyk had the other Calgary goals. Mike Liut started in net for Calgary but was replaced by Greg Millen after allowing 4 goals on 16 shots in the first period. Another big night for Sakic as he scores once and adds two assists to help the Nordiques take Game Two 5-1. Mats Sundin returned from his injury and scored twice while Owen Nolan and Valeri Kamensky had the other Quebec goals. German Titov was the only Flame to beat Ron Tugnutt, who made 32 saves in the win. Liut played the whole game in the Calgary net but was awful, allowing 5 goals on 15 shots. Sakic is the star again as he scores with 2:16 remaining in regulation to snap a 2-2 tie and lift the Quebec Nordiques to a 3-2 victory in Game Three. Sakic also assisted on Owen Nolan's second period goal. Mike Eagles had the third Quebec goal while Titov and Theo Fleury scored for Calgary. The Flames again outshot the Nordiques, this time by a 35-27 margin. Greg Millen got the start for Calgary over Liut. About the last thing I expected from this series was a Quebec sweep but that's what we got as the Nordiques won Game Four thanks to an overtime goal from Mike Peluso, a player who scored just 6 times in 70 regular season games and only 3 goals in 15 playoff games. Dale Hunter had 2 goals for Quebec including the tying marker with just 1:19 remaining in regulation to force overtime. Andrei Kovalenko had the remaining Quebec goal. Francois Groleau, Theo Fleury and Gary Suter replied for the Flames, who again outshot the Nordiques 37-23 but were stymied by Tugnutt. Tugnutt had a .915 save percentage to go with a 2.57 GAA and was my choice for the Conn Smythe Trophy but it went to Joe Sakic instead. Sakic was outstanding in the finals, especially the first three games and finished with 34 points in 18 games. Code:
PLAYOFF SCORING LEADERS GP G A PTS Brett Hull CGY 22 15 21 36 Theo Fleury CGY 20 13 22 35 Joe Sakic QUE 18 11 23 34 Owen Nolan QUE 18 17 7 24 Al MacInnis CGY 22 9 15 24 Gary Roberts CGY 22 12 10 22 Jeremy Roenick CHI 17 11 11 22 Jeff Brown QUE 18 4 18 22 Brendan Shanahan NJ 16 9 12 21 Joe Nieuwendyk CGY 22 7 13 20 HART TROPHY: Joe Sakic Quebec (84GP 46-85-131) VEZINA TROPHY: John Vanbiesbrouck NYR (42-20-4, 2.61) NORRIS TROPHY: Gary Suter Calgary (73GP 31-70-101) ART ROSS TROPHY: Mario Lemieux Pittsburgh (74GP 55-88-143) CALDER TROPHY: Jason Arnott Edmonton (77GP 21-25-46) 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 J Vanbiesbrouck NY Rangers Andy Moog Buffalo D Phil Housley Buffalo Al MacInnis Calgary D Gary Suter Calgary Brian Leetch NY Rangers C Mario Lemieux Pittsbugh Joe Sakic Quebec LW Brendan Shanahan New Jersey Teemu Selanne Winnipeg RW Jaromir Jagr Pittsburgh Ray Sheppard Buffalo
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01-29-2017, 12:05 AM | #88 |
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He has had a great career so far with his regular season points per game a little better than what he accomplished in real life. In real life he had 1232 points in 1495 games. In compares after 924 sim games so far he has 1034 points.
Here is a year by year comparison of games played and total regular season points vs real life. Right now (end of 3-94) is where he seems to be hitting a new peak in the sim compared to real life when his career numbers started to slide right around the same time- although an injury in 93-94 irl and the lockout impacted his totals. Code:
PHIL HOUSLEY CAREER COMPARISON REAL LIFE SIM TOTALS YEAR GP PTS GP PTS 1982-83 77 66 74 53 1983-84 75 77 72 66 1984-85 73 69 80 86 1985-86 79 62 80 79 1986-87 78 67 80 81 1987-88 74 66 79 80 1988-89 72 70 74 99 1989-90 80 81 80 94 1990-91 78 76 71 80 1991-92 74 86 66 97 1992-93 80 97 84 109 1993-94 26 22 84 110 TOTAL 866 839 924 1034 YEAR 1994-95 43 43 1995-96 81 68 1996-97 77 40 1997-98 64 31 1998-99 79 54 1999-00 78 55 2000-01 69 34 2001-02 80 39 2002-03 58 29 Housley has just been such a clutch playoff performer in this sim as he has averaged about 1.5 points per game. He isn't quite Gretzky/Lemieux good for points but there are very few others and no defensemen, not Coffey or even Brad Park who had an amazing career, that can rival the sim Phil Housley for playoff production. It will be interesting to see if he keeps piling up the numbers and if so there may be another Cup or two in the Sabres near future.
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So Quebec win the Cup, then just a year down the line they'll be uprooted and moved to Denver.
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I was thinking the same thing as it played out. Also wondering if they had won the Cup would that have been enough to keep them in Quebec City? Same with Hartford reaching the finals a couple of seasons prior.
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1994-95 OFFSEASON After no one was added to the Hall of Fame last season we have just one player inducted this time. Bryan Trottier played 18 seasons with the Islanders and won a Stanley Cup in 1979. His 1575 career points are 10th most all-time and he is 7th in NHL history for assists with 1109 to go with his 466 goals. Two defensemen to play over 1000 games each have retired. Rob Ramage spent 15 years with the Rockies/Devils franchise and picked up 718 points. Dave Babych played 13 years for Winnipeg and finished with 798 points in 1061 games. Also retiring was Bob Carpenter at the relatively young age of 30. The forward played 912 NHL games for Washington and Florida, finishing with 190 goals and 463 points. Rookies entering this season include Daniel Alfredsson in Ottawa, Marty Turco with Dallas, Tim Thomas to Quebec and Ryan Smith with Edmonton. REGULAR SEASON Because of a labor dispute the regular season did not begin until mid-January and was limited to 48 games. When the game returned much of the attention was centered on Wayne Gretzky as the 34 year old Edmonton Oiler superstar chased down Stan Mikita for the NHL's all-time point lead. Gretzky entered the season with 2097 points, 32 behind Mikita. Gretzky tied the record by recording his 2129th point in a game at home against St Louis on March 14th. He had two points in the game, the first one was a goal in the opening period and the second point, which tied Mikita's mark, was an assist on a third period goal from Paul Coffey. The record breaking mark came in the following game when Gretzky assisted on a first period goal from Martin Gelinas in the Oilers 4-2 win at home over the San Jose Sharks on March 17th. By the time the year was done Gretzky had picked up 63 points and the new record stood at 2160. Edmonton's Jari Kurri (15-30-45) and Dale Hawerchuk (14-26-40) each surpassed the 600 career goal mark this season. There are now 13 players in NHL history to score over 600 career goals. Here are the top 15 goal scorers in NHL history Code:
MOST GOALS IN NHL HISTORY Goals GP Bobby Hull 1957-77 884 1459 Jean Ratelle 1959-82 856 1613 Guy Lafleur 1971-89 813 1439 Wayne Gretzky 1979-* 741 1086 Dino Ciccarelli 1979-* 694 1166 Phil Esposito 1961-78 667 1271 Alex Delvecchio 1950-73 645 1716 Stan Mikita 1958-79 642 1492 Joe Mullen 1979-* 639 1133 Mark Messier 1980-* 628 1095 Mike Gartner 1979-* 625 1075 Dale Hawerchuk 1981-* 603 948 Jari Kurri 1980-* 603 1097 Jean Beliveau 1949-70 598 1400 Maurice Richard 1942-59 595 1062 MILESTONES Wayne Gretzky of Edmonton reached the 2100 point mark Dino Ciccarelli of Dallas reached the 1500 point mark Make Gartner of Washington earned his 1200 carer point Jari Kurri of Edmonton scored his 600th goal Dale Hawerchuk of Winnipeg scored his 600th goal Petr Klima of Detroit scored his 300th goal Kevin Dineen of Dallas scored his 300th goal Joe Sakic of Quebec scored his 300th goal Rick Tocchet of Philadelphia scored his 300th goal Al MacInnis of Calgary earned his 750th assist Mario Lemieux of Pittsburgh earned his 750th assist Pat LaFontaine of the NY Islanders earned his 750th assist Craig Janney of Boston picked up his 500th assist 1000 GAMES Doug Crossman Chicago Gaetan Duchesne Washington Ron Francis Hartford Dave Andreychuk Buffalo Pat LaFontaine gave Islanders fans plenty to cheer about in their first game after the lockout. The 30 year old had 7 points (2G 5A) as the Isles blasted Florida 9-2 in the season opener for both clubs. Quebec's Joe Sakic also had a 7 point game. His 2 goal, 5 assist performance came March 1st in an 8-1 win over Tampa Bay. Linemate Owen Nolan had 3 goals and 6 points in the same game. Code:
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L T PTS Philadelphia Flyers 48 34 13 1 69 New York Rangers 48 31 15 2 64 Washington Capitals 48 29 15 4 62 New York Islanders 48 28 14 5 61 New Jersey Devils 48 19 26 3 41 Tampa Bay Lightning 48 8 39 1 17 Florida Panthers 48 7 40 1 15 NORTHEAST DIVISION GP W L T PTS Buffalo Sabres 48 34 10 4 72 Quebec Nordiques 48 28 16 4 60 Pittsburgh Penguins 48 24 20 4 52 Hartford Whalers 48 23 20 5 51 Boston Bruins 48 20 26 2 42 Montreal Canadiens 48 17 29 2 36 Ottawa Senators 48 13 31 4 30 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L T PTS Detroit Red Wings 48 35 10 3 73 Chicago Black Hawks 48 32 9 7 71 Dallas Stars 48 22 19 7 51 Toronto Maple Leafs 48 21 22 5 47 St Louis Blues 48 13 26 9 35 Winnipeg Jets 48 14 30 4 32 PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L T PTS Calgary Flames 48 30 13 5 65 Edmonton Oilers 48 23 22 3 49 Anaheim Mighty Ducks 48 20 22 6 46 Los Angeles Kings 48 18 24 6 42 Vancouver Canucks 48 18 27 3 39 San Jose Sharks 48 12 34 2 26 SCORING LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS Mario Lemieux PIT 47 28 57 85 Steve Yzerman DET 42 26 48 74 Joe Sakic QUE 48 19 55 74 Jeremey Roenick CHI 48 32 38 70 Jaromir Jagr PIT 48 33 34 67 Pierre Turgeon BUF 48 20 47 67 Ron Francis HAR 45 29 36 65 Peter Forsberg PHI 48 16 49 65 Phil Housley BUF 47 18 46 64 Wayne Gretzky EDM 48 20 43 63 Luc Robitaille LA 48 27 35 62 Craig Janney BOS 48 20 42 62 Petr Klima DET 48 32 28 60 Theo Fleury CGY 48 25 34 59 Mike Modano DAL 48 22 36 58 Sergei Federov DET 40 15 43 58 Doug Gilmour STL 48 13 45 58 Pat LaFontaine NYI 48 17 39 56 Trevor Linden VAN 46 22 33 55 Steve Heinze BOS 47 25 29 54 Brett Hull CGY 45 18 36 54 Ulf Dahlen NYR 48 17 37 54 GOALIE WIN LEADERS TM W-L-T GAA SAVE% Rick Tabaracci PHI 29-9-1 2.27 .888 John Vanbiesbrouck NYR 27-11-2 2.21 .914 Mike Liut CGY 26-10-3 2.54 .879 Andy Moog BUF 24-4-6 1.94 .910 Jeff Hackett DET 23-9-2 2.53 .894 Pat Jablonski NYI 23-11-3 2.47 .907 Dominik Hasek CHI 22-8-6 1.97 .919 Olaf Kolzig WSH 22-11-5 2.49 .899 Grant Fuhr EDM 19-15-3 2.86 .898 Ron Tugnutt QUE 19-12-4 2.64 .891 Four of the 8 opening round playoff series went the distance and three of the four Game Seven's were decided by a single goal. The Pittsburgh Penguins won the battle of Pennsylvania with a 3-2 win over the Flyers in the deciding game. The Flyers were eliminated despite 10 points from Mikael Renberg and 9 from Peter Forsberg and Rick Tocchet in the series. Third period goals from Mike Peluso and Owen Nolan lifted the Quebec Nordiques to a 2-1 win over the New York Rangers in the 7th game of their series. Ron Tugnutt and John Vanbiesbrouck both provided outstanding goaltending in the series. The Nordiques will face the Washington Capitals in the second round after the Caps survived a 7 game series with the New York Islanders, taking the series finale by a 4-2 score. The only Eastern Conference opening round series to not go the distance was the Buffalo-Hartford matchup, which the Sabres won in 6 games. Phil Housley (4-6-10) and Pierre Turegeon (4-6-10) carried the Sabres to victory. Buffalo will face Mario Lemieux, who had 7 points in the opening round, and the Pittsburgh Penguins in round two. The Toronto Maple Leafs nearly pulled off a huge comeback against Chicago in the Western Conference opening round. The Hawks won the first 3 games before Toronto battled back with 3 straight victories of their own. Game Seven went to overtime and Jeremy Roenick put an end to the Leafs comeback hopes when he beat Toronto's Felix Potvin in the second minute of overtime. The Blackhawks will face Calgary, who eliminated Anaheim in 5 games, in the second round. Dallas and Detroit will meet in the other Western Conference semi-final as both teams earned sweeps in the opening round. The Stars knocked out Wayne Gretzky and the Edmonton Oilers while the Wings won 4 straight over Los Angeles. Not a lot of drama in the Eastern Conference semi-finals as Buffalo proved too much for Pittsburgh, winning in 5 games, while the Quebec Nordiques knocked out Washington, also in 5 games. The West, on the other hand, had two great series. Detroit won the first three games against Dallas but the Stars took the next 4 including a 5-3 victory in Game Seven to advance to the conference finals. Mike Modano was the game seven hero with 3 goals and an assist. The Chicago-Calgary series went back and fourth and featured three overtime games including Game Six, which Calgary won 2-1 on the road to force the seventh game at home. Third period goals from Roenick and Ed Olczyk were the difference as Chicago advanced with a 3-1 victory. CONFERENC FINALS The Western Final has Chicago facing Dallas while Buffalo and Quebec square off in the East. Dominik Hasek of Chicago and Dallas' Kelly Hrudey are leading the playoffs in save percentage while the Stars Mike Modano (9-9-18) is tied for second in playoff scoring. Quebec winger Valeri Kamensky (9-10-19) has the playoff scoring lead but he is being chased by Buffalo pivot Pierre Turgeon (7-11-18). Sabres defenseman Phil Housley (4-11-15) has proven he can carry a series himself in the past. Dallas wins the Western Final opener 3-0 as Hrudey has a 28 save shutout and veteran Dino Ciccarelli assists on all 3 Stars goals. Chicago rebounds with a 7-1 win in Game Two and then the teams split the next two games in the Windy City. Back to Dallas for Game Five and the visitors take the series lead with a 3-2 victory. Two nights later Ed Olczyk and Denis Savard each earn 3 points and the Hawks win 5-2 to take the series in 6 games. Quebec and Buffalo split the first two games of their series before the Nordiques take control with wins at home by 5-2 and 7-3 scores. With their playoff lives on the line the Sabres had a terrible start to Game Five and fall behind 4-0 after 40 minutes. Buffalo suddenly wakes up in the third and the Sabres explode for 5 goals in the first 10:06 and hang on for a 5-4 victory to cut Quebec's series lead to 3 games to two. Game Six was a great goaltending battle between Andy Moog of Buffalo and Quebec's Ron Tugnutt. Tied at one after regulation the Sabres get the winning goal from Randy Cunneyworth just over 17 minutes into the first overtime, forcing a 7th game. Like the previous game, this one also needs overtime after Donald Audette tied the game at 3 with less than 3 minutes remaining in regulation. The Nordiques get the overtime winner as Joe Sakic and Owen Nolan set up Valeri Kamensky at the 9:06 mark of overtime allowing Quebec to advance to attempt to defend their Cup title. STANLEY CUP FINALS The Nordiques make their second straight appearance in the finals, having beaten Calgary last year in their first ever trip to the Stanly Cup finals. Chicago most recently played in the finals in 1988-89, losing to Buffalo. The Hawks also lost in 1978 and 1975 with the last of the franchise's 5 Cup wins coming in 1973. Both teams enter the series quite healthy. Chicago is led in scoring by Jeremy Roenick (9-9-18), Benoit Brunet (7-11-18), Gary Galley (6-9-15) and Steve Larmer (8-6-14) while Dominik Hasek has started 19 of their 20 playoff games and is 12-7 with a 2.45 GAA and a .912 save percentage. Ron Tugnutt is 9-6 with a 2.71 GAA in 15 playoff appearances while Stephane Fiset made 4 starts and won 3 of them with a 2.70 GAA. The Nordiques have had plenty of offense with most of it coming from the big line of Joe Sakic (8-17-25), Valeri Kamensky (10-17-27) and Owen Nolan (13-10-23). Secondary scoring is also coming from Mats Sundin (7-8-15) and Eric Lindros (6-5-11) while defenseman Jeff Brown (6-11-17) and Adam Foote (2-15-17) are also key contributors. Ron Tugnutt is perfect in Game One, stopping all 29 shots he faces to guide the Nordiques to a 3-0 victory on home ice. Owen Nolan, Mats Sundin and Todd Warriner are the goals scorers as nine different Quebec players register a point. Benoit Brunet snaps a 2-2 tie midway through the third period of Game Two and lifts Chicago to a 3-2 victory. Ed Olczyk and Jeremy Roenick also score for the Hawks while Dale Hunter and Janne Laukkanen get the Quebec goals. A second straight 3-2 victory for Chicago as the Hawks get 3 in the opening period including two from Lonnie Loach, and hold on for the win. Loach had only scored one other goal in 23 playoff contests. Roenick scored the third Chicago goal while Eric Lindros and Andrei Kovalenko replied for Quebec. Dominik Hasek shines in Game Four as he makes 36 saves to lead Chicago to a 3-0 victory and a 3 games to one series lead. The Nordiques went with Stephane Fiset instead of Tugnutt in net and it worked for 2 periods as the game was scoreless. Midway through the third Chicago struck for 3 goals in less than 2 minutes and that was the margin of victory. Steve Larmer, Brian Bradley and Jeremy Roenick were the Chicago marksmen. Dave Manson forces overtime by tying the game for Chicago with just 11 seconds remaining in regulation but Quebec stays alive in the series thanks to Todd Warriner's goal in the second overtime period, his second of the game, to give the Nordiques a 4-3 win. Janne Laukkanen and Andrei Kovalenko also scored for Quebec. The other 2 Chicago goals came from Benoit Brunet and Jeff Norton. Ron Tugnutt made 48 saves for the win. The Blackhawks celebrate in the United Center as they win Game Six 5-4 to claim the Stanly Cup. Rookie Jeff Shantz got the game winner with 5 minutes remaining in regulation. Chicago had built a 3-0 lead on goals by Gary Galley, Jeff Norton and Claude Lapointe before Joe Sakic got Quebec on the board late in the second period. Lapointe scored his second of the game early in the third to restore a 3 goal lead for Chicago but Quebec tied the game on goals from Adam Foote, Eric Lindros and Todd Warriner to set the stage for Shantz to get the Cup winner. Jeremy Roenick, who scored 12 goals and 25 points, was named the winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy, Code:
PLAYOFF SCORING LEADERS GP G A PTS Joe Sakic QUE 25 9 21 30 Valeri Kamensky QUE 25 10 18 28 Owen Nolan QUE 25 14 11 25 Jeremy Roenick CHI 26 12 13 25 Pierre Turgeon BUF 18 8 17 25 Mike Modano DAL 17 11 11 22 Phil Housley BUF 18 6 16 22 Benoit Brunet CHI 26 9 11 20 Mats Sundin QUE 25 8 11 19 Jeff Brown QUE 25 6 13 19 Adam Foote QUE 25 3 16 19 Gary Suter CGY 12 4 14 18 HART TROPHY: Mario Lemieux Pittsburgh (47GP 28-57-85) VEZINA TROPHY: John Vanbiesbrouck NYR (27-11-2 2.21) NORRIS TROPHY: Al MacInnis Calgary (48GP 18-35-53) ART ROSS TROPHY: Mario Lemieux Pittsburgh (47GP 28-57-85) CALDER TROPHY: Sergei Gonchar Washington (48GP 5-18-23) 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 Andy Moog Buffalo John Vanbiesbrouck NY Rangers D Phil Housley Buffalo Nik Lidstrom Detroit D Al MacInnis Calgary Brian Leetch NY Rangers C Mario Lemieux Pittsbugh Joe Sakic Quebec LW Luc Robitaille Los Angeles Petr Klima Detroit RW Jaromir Jagr Pittsburgh Brett Hull Calgary
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1995-96
1995-96 OFFSEASON After winning the Cup two years ago and reaching the finals this past spring the Quebec Nordiques shock fans in Quebec City by moving the team to Denver and becoming the Colorado Avalanche. In off-season trading Montreal sent 29 year old Claude Lemieux, who had 40 points in 39 games last season, to Vancouver in exchange for 21 year old Mike Peca. Peca had 16 points in 43 games for Vancouver during last year's lockout shortened season. Longtime Montreal defenseman Rod Langway has decided to retire after 17 seasons and 1054 games with the Habs. A two-time Norris Trophy winner, Langway also won a Calder Trophy as rookie of the year in 1979-80. He had 214 goals and 849 points in his career, which also saw him win a Conn Smythe Trophy and 2 Stanley Cups. A number of other defensemen are retiring including: 40 year old Mark Howe, who played 1288 games between the NHL and WHA. Kevin Lowe, who played 1149 games for Edmonton and won 3 Stanley Cups. Mike Ramsay, who played 1125 games with Buffalo and Detroit and won a Cup with the Wings. Normand Rochefort, a veteran of 1049 games with Quebec who had 595 points in his career and 1 Stanley Cup. Doug Wilson, who played 1327 games for Chicago and had 1228 points. Wilson did not play this past season so missed out on an opportunity to win a Cup. REGULAR SEASON The move to Colorado and flip to a new division added to the excitement of the Western Conference race as the top 4 teams were seperated by just 5 points. The transplanted Avalanche finished first overall with 116 points, one more than new division rival Calgary. Chicago had 112 to lead the Central Division with the Detroit Red Wings finishing one point back of the Hawks. Pittsburgh Mario Lemieux had a huge season, scoring 72 goals and 147 points to lead the league in both categories. In just 768 career games Lemieux already has 1515 points and 661 goals. MILESTONES Jari Kurri of Edmonton reached the 1500 point mark Steve Yzerman of Detroit collected his 1200th point and 500th goal Brett Hull of Calgary earned his 1200th point Bernie Nicholls of Los Angeles earned his 1200th point Neal Broten of Dallas earned his 1200th point Dave Andreychuk of Buffalo earned his 1200th point Dino Ciccarelli of Dallas scored his 700th goal Ron Francis of Hartford scored his 600th goal Steve Larmer of Chicago scored his 500th goal Kevin Stevens of Pittsburgh scored his 400th goal Pat LaFontaine of the NY Islanders scored his 400th goal Ray Sheppard of Buffalo scored his 400th goal Paul Coffey of Edmonton earned his 1000th assist Troy Murray of Chicago earned his 500th assist Jeff Brown of Colorado earned his 500th assist 1250 GAMES Dale Hunter Colorado 1000 GAMES Craig MacTavish Florida Thomas Steen Winnipeg Phil Housley Buffalo Brian Bellows Dallas Dale Hawerchuk Winnipeg Pat Verbeek Vancouver Esa Tikkanen Edmonton Kelly Kisio Tampa Bay Cam Neely New York Islanders Mark Messier of Edmonton had an 8 point night in the Oilers 12-5 win over Calgary on November 12th. Messier had 4 goals and 4 assists in the contest. Mike Modano of Dallas had 7 points in the Stars 8-1 win over Hartford on February 10th. Modano had 3 goals and 4 assists in the game. Chicago's Steve Larmer had a 6 assist game as the Hawks beat Toronto 10-4 on January 23rd. Code:
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L T PTS Washington Capitals 82 52 25 5 109 New Jersey Devils 82 49 23 10 108 New York Islanders 82 49 30 3 101 Philadelphia Flyers 82 42 28 12 96 New York Rangers 82 39 40 3 81 Tampa Bay Lightning 82 16 61 5 37 Florida Panthers 82 14 63 5 33 NORTHEAST DIVISION GP W L T PTS Boston Bruins 82 40 32 10 90 Buffalo Sabres 82 39 33 10 88 Pittsburgh Penguins 82 39 36 7 85 Hartford Whalers 82 33 42 7 73 Montreal Canadiens 82 35 44 3 73 Ottawa Senators 82 24 54 4 52 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L T PTS Chicago Black Hawks 82 53 23 6 112 Detroit Red Wings 82 51 22 9 111 Toronto Maple Leafs 82 39 33 10 88 Dallas Stars 82 35 42 5 75 Winnipeg Jets 82 22 53 7 51 St Louis Blues 82 22 56 4 48 PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L T PTS Colorado Avalanche 82 55 21 6 116 Calgary Flames 82 55 22 5 115 Edmonton Oilers 82 46 32 4 96 Vancouver Canucks 82 41 36 5 87 Los Angeles Kings 82 34 38 10 78 San Jose Sharks 82 31 45 6 68 Anaheim Mighty Ducks 82 26 47 9 61 SCORING LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS Mario Lemieux PIT 82 72 75 147 Joe Sakic COL 79 34 98 132 Brett Hull CGY 82 60 62 122 Mike Modano DAL 82 47 70 117 Steve Yzerman DET 82 46 70 116 Pierre Turgeon BUF 82 38 77 115 Ron Francis HAR 78 44 68 112 Wayne Gretzky EDM 82 30 76 106 Marty McInnis NYI 82 52 53 105 Pat LaFontaine NYI 82 35 68 103 Al MacInnis CGY 82 35 68 103 Brian Leetch NYR 82 18 82 100 Brendan Shanahan NJ 82 44 55 99 Jaromir Jagr PIT 80 40 59 99 Jason Allison WSH 78 38 62 98 Peter Bondra WSH 82 48 49 97 Luc Robitaille LA 82 44 52 96 John LeClair MON 81 54 40 94 Mikael Renberg PHI 69 42 52 94 Steve Larmer CHI 82 40 54 94 GOALIE WIN LEADERS TM W-L-T GAA SAVE% Dominik Hasek CHI 48-19-6 2.24 .912 Grant Fuhr EDM 38-20-6 2.51 .910 John Vanbiesbrouck NYR 36-35-4 2.96 .892 Tom Barrasso BOS 35-22-8 2.62 .905 Jeff Hackett DET 35-10-4 2.42 .904 Ron Hextall VAN 35-27-4 2.98 .908 Ron Tugnutt COL 34-12-5 2.41 .894 Patrick Roy MON 32-40-4 3.30 .888 Pat Jablonski CGY 30-9-3 2.43 .893 PLAYOFFS No major surprises in the opening round of the playoffs with the exception of the Rangers upsetting Washington. New Jersey topped Buffalo in 6 games as did Philadelphia over the Islanders while the Penguins swept Boston. In the West, the Edmonton Oilers pulled off a mild upset by beating Detroit and Chicago survived a scare needing 7 games to oust Vancouver. Calgary and Colorado advanced easily with wins over Toronto and Los Angeles respectively. In the second round the Rangers beat New Jersey easily in 5 games while Colorado ended Edmonton's season, also in 5 games. The other two series both went the distance. Philadelphia needed an overtime goal from Scott Mellanby to eliminate Pittsburgh while Calgary downed Chicago 3-2 in regulation in the seventh game of that series. CONFERENCE FINALS The Western Conference final would be a rematch of the Stanley Cup from two years ago with the Nordiques beat Calgary. The Avalanche would win the series in 6 games to advance to the finals against the Philadelphia Flyers, who knocked off the New York Rangers in 6. STANLEY CUP FINAL An interesting matchup between Philadelphia and Colorado. The key pieces from the real life big Lindros deal are all playing. Lindros, now 23, is leading the Avalanche in points this playoff with 17 through 15 games but he has spent most of his 5 years in Quebec on the third line, behind Sakic and Sundin. This season in 82 games Lindros posted decent numbers with 29 goals and 69 points but certainly is no where near superstar status. Neither of the key pieces that went the other way have been superstars either. Mike Ricci had a career high 70 points this season as a 24 year old. Peter Forsberg looked to be ready to breakout when he scored 91 points as a 20 year old and followed that up with 65 in last year's lockout season. However, a hamsting injury cost him half of this season although he did get 23 goals and 67 points in 45 games. He returned from the injury in the conference finals and had a goal and 4 assists in 3 playoff games. The only injured player for the Flyers is Rick Tocchet, who had 77 points in 68 games before his season came to an end with a concussion. The Avalanche will be missing Mats Sundin (34-41-75) with a sprained wrist but he could be back as early as Game Two. While the Nordiques-Avalanche franchise has had great recent success with this year being their third straight trip to the Stanley Cup finals, Philadelphia has had a long drought. The Flyers only made the Finals once in their history, losing to Chicago in the 1973 Cup series. Mike Ricci and Peter Forsberg lead the Flyers to a 4-2 victory in Game One at The Spectrum. Ricci had 3 assists while Forsberg scored once and assisted on another goal. Mikael Renberg, Jamie Huscroft and Greg Johnson scored the other Philly goals while Owen Nolan had both for Colorado. Jocelyn Thibault made 34 saves in the Flyer net for the win while Ron Tugnutt struggled mightily for the Avalanche, facing just 20 shots and allowing 4 goals. Stephane Fiset replaces Tugnutt in the Colorado cage for Game Two and the Avalanche respond with a 5-2 victory. Joe Sakic led the way with 2 goals and 2 assists. Owen Nolan, Mike Eagles and Janne Laukkanen also scored for Colorado. Greg Johnson and Darren Rumble replied for the Flyers. There was an Avalanche of goals in the third period of Game Three, 6 to be exact including four by Colorado. When the snow settled it was tied 6-6 and going to overtime. Mike Eagles would end it with a goal for the Avalanche just over 3 minutes into the extra period and Colorado had a 2 games to 1 lead with a 7-6 victory. Peter Forsberg led the offense with 2 goals and 3 assists for the Flyers. Owen Nolan had a hat trick, giving him 6 goals in 3 games, while Joe Sakic scored once and added 2 assists. Owen Nolan scored another goal and Sakic had 3 points to help Colorado to a 5-1 victory and a 3 games to one series lead. Game Five was back in Philly and the Flyers stayed alive with a 3-2 victory. Greg Johnson got the game winner early in the third period after Randy Gilhen and Mikael Renberg had scored for the Flyers while Kirk Maltby and Joe Sakic replied for Colorado. Greg Johnson continues his strong play with a goal and an assist in Game Six as the Flyers extend the series with a 3-1 victory. Scott Mellanby and Peter Forsberg also scored for Philadelphia while Jaroslav Modry had the lone Colorado goal. Colorado wins the Stanley Cup with a 5-0 victory as Joe Sakic takes over Game Seven. Sakic had 3 goals and assisted on the other two to carry the Colorado offense. Milan Hejduk and Janne Laukkanen also scored for the Avalanche, who have won two Stanley Cups - although 1 based in Quebec - in the past three years. Sakic finished as the playoff leader in points with 37 and was named the winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy for the second time in his career. Code:
PLAYOFF SCORING LEADERS GP G A PTS Joe Sakic COL 22 13 24 37 Theo Fleury CGY 18 8 26 34 Brett Hull CGY 18 13 16 29 Mikael Renberg PHI 25 10 19 29 Steve Larmer CHI 14 11 15 26 Owen Nolan COL 17 13 11 24 Gary Roberts CGY 18 12 12 24 Brian Bradley CHI 14 9 15 24 Al MacInnis CGY 18 9 15 24 Darren Rumble PHI 26 10 13 23 Mario Lemieux PIT 11 8 15 23 Greg Johnson PHI 26 14 8 22 Kirk Maltby COL 22 9 13 21 Eric Lindros COL 22 8 13 21 Mike Ricci PHI 26 3 18 21 HART TROPHY: Mario Lemieux Pittsburgh (82GP 72-75-147) VEZINA TROPHY: Dominik Hasek Chicago (48-19-6 2.24) NORRIS TROPHY: Al MacInnis Calgary (82GP 35-68-103) ART ROSS TROPHY: Mario Lemieux Pittsburgh (82GP 72-75-147) CALDER TROPHY: Oleg Tverdovsky Anaheim (78GP 10-51-61) 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 Dominik Hasek Chicago Grant Fuhr Edmonton D Brian Leetch NY Rangers Nik Lidstrom Detroit D Al MacInnis Calgary Jeff Brown Colorado C Mario Lemieux Pittsbugh Joe Sakic Colorado LW Brendan Shanahan New Jersey Marty McInnis NY Islanders RW Brett Hull Calgary Jaromir Jagr Pittsburgh
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1996-97 OFFSEASON Four defensemen were inducted in to the Hall of Fame. Rod Langway, who won 2 Norris Trophy's in his 17 year career with Montreal; Mark Howe, who started in the WHA but also played 1176 NHL games for Hartford; Doug Wilson, who spent 18 seasons with Chicago along with former Ranger and Sabre Reijo Ruotsalainen. Retirements this season include goaltender Reggie Lemelin, who did not make his NHL debut until age 27 but still managed to play 828 NHL games with all but the last 19 for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Lemelin was 323-382-66 with a 3.75 career GAA. 36 year old Guy Carbonneau retired after 996 games and 840 points with the Montreal Canadiens, as did 34 year old Brent Sutter, who played 1202 games for the Islanders, Vancouver and Los Angeles. Sutter finished his career with 328 goals and 883 points. Meanwhile the Winnipeg Jets are the latest team to relocate, as they moved to Phoenix. REGULAR SEASON The Colorado Avalanche dominated the NHL as they finished first overall with 129 points, the highest total since 1992-93. The Avalanche were led by Joe Sakic (47-92-139) and Owen Nolan (58-53-111), who set a career high in goals. The Calgary Flames finished second in the Pacific Division behind the Avalanche and also second overall in the entire league. The Flames leader was again Brett Hull, who scored 59 goals to give him 656 for his career and at age 32 keep him on track to catch his famous fathers record of 884 careeer goals. Wayne Gretzky inched closer to the elder Hull's mark but the 36 year old Great One had a (non-lockout) career worst 81 points this season. Gretzky did get 31 goals so he is now at 802 joining only Bobby Hull (884), Jean Ratelle (856) and Guy Lafleur (813) at such lofty heights. Mario Lemieux seems sure to join that group soon as he ran his career goal total to 712 with a 51 goal season this year. Lemieux led the league with 147 points to win the 6th Art Ross Trophy of his career. Lemieux's Penguins finished second to Montreal in the Northeast Division as the Habs won their first division title in a decade. The Canadiens were led by Patrick Roy, who at the age of 31 enjoyed arguably the best season of his career (47-25-4, 2.60). MILESTONES Wayne Gretzky of Edmonton scored his 800th goal Mark Messier of Edmonton earned his 1500th point Dale Hawerchuk of Phoenix eaned his 1500th point Ray Bourque of Boston scored his 1500th point and 400th goal Joe Mullen of St Louis scored his 1500th point, 700th goal and 750th assist Larry Murphy of Los Angeles earned his 1200th point Al MacInnis of Calgary earned his 1200th point Doug Gilmour of St Louis earned his 1200th point and 750th assist Brett Hull of Calgary scored his 600th goal Gary Roberts of Calgary scored his 500th goal Pat Verbeek of Vancouver scored his 400th goal and 500th assist Craig Janney of Boston scored his 400th goal John MacLean of New Jersey scored his 400th goal Claude Lemieux of Vancouver scored his 300th goal Trevor Linden of Vancouver scored his 300th goal Jaromir Jagr of Pittsburgh scored his 300th goal Dave Andreychuk of Buffalo earned his 750th assist 1250 GAMES Ray Bourque Boston Dino Ciccarelli Minnesota Glenn Anderson Toronto Dirk Graham Hartford Joe Mullen St Louis Paul Coffey Edmonton Troy Murray Chicago Jari Kurri Edmonton Wayne Gretzky Edmonton 1000 GAMES Kelly Miller NY Rangers Murray Craven Detroit John MacLean New Jersey Scott Stevens Washington Frank Musil Dallas Ken Daneyko New Jersey Pat LaFontaine New York Islanders Craig Ludwig Anaheim Kevin Dineen Dallas Grant Fuhr Edmonton Doug Gilmour St Louis Brian Skrudland Montreal Ulf Samuelsson Hartford Ray Bourque had 7 points (2G 5A) in Boston's 10-4 win over Ottawa. Bourque, who has been playing forward for the Bruins for most of his career, had 44 goals and 111 points this season. Code:
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L T PTS New York Rangers 82 47 25 10 104 New Jersey Devils 82 42 26 14 98 New York Islanders 82 44 31 7 95 Philadelphia Flyers 82 41 32 9 91 Washington Capitals 82 39 31 12 90 Tampa Bay Lightning 82 20 55 7 47 Florida Panthers 82 17 59 6 40 NORTHEAST DIVISION GP W L T PTS Montreal Canadiens 82 52 27 3 107 Pittsburgh Penguins 82 48 29 5 101 Boston Bruins 82 47 29 6 100 Buffalo Sabres 82 38 39 5 81 Hartford Whalers 82 33 44 5 71 Ottawa Senators 82 29 48 5 63 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L T PTS Detroit Red Wings 82 45 30 7 97 Chicago Black Hawks 82 42 35 5 89 Toronto Maple Leafs 82 40 34 8 88 St Louis Blues 82 34 39 9 77 Dallas Stars 82 31 44 7 69 Phoenix Coyotes 82 23 49 10 56 PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L T PTS Colorado Avalanche 82 59 19 4 129 Calgary Flames 82 52 21 9 113 Anaheim Mighty Ducks 82 42 32 8 92 Edmonton Oilers 82 30 44 8 68 Vancouver Canucks 82 29 47 6 64 Los Angeles Kings 82 27 48 7 61 San Jose Sharks 82 19 53 10 48 SCORING LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS Mario Lemieux PIT 82 51 96 147 Joe Sakic COL 82 47 92 139 Jaromir Jagr PIT 82 71 59 130 Theo Fleury CGY 82 47 83 130 Brett Hull CGY 82 59 64 123 Owen Nolan COL 80 58 53 111 Ray Bourque BOS 82 44 67 111 Craig Janney BOS 82 41 63 104 Ron Francis HAR 77 50 50 100 Luc Robitaille LA 82 46 54 100 Pierre Turgeon BUF 82 31 69 100 Pat LaFontaine NYI 82 36 61 97 Phil Housley BUF 82 19 77 96 Doug Gilmour STL 82 27 67 94 Brian Leetch NYR 80 23 70 93 Valeri Kamensky COL 82 29 63 92 Sergei Federov DET 82 29 62 91 Brendan Morrison NJ 82 34 56 90 Vincent Damphousse TOR 80 31 59 90 Zigmund Palffy NYI 82 31 59 90 GOALIE WIN LEADERS TM W-L-T GAA SAVE% Patrick Roy MON 47-25-4 2.60 .908 Tom Barrasso BOS 43-22-8 2.37 .894 John Vanbiesbrouck NYR 40-20-12 2.48 .902 Dominik Hasek CHI 35-29-6 2.69 .902 Eddie Belfour ANA 34-32-8 2.63 .906 Ron Tugnutt COL 32-10-3 2.54 .892 Jon Casey PIT 28-8-1 2.32 .899 Darren Puppa CGY 28-10-3 2.37 .901 Stephane Fiset COL 27-7-2 1.85 .918 Andy Moog BUF 26-20-5 3.12 .890 It was an exciting opening round of the playoffs as half of the 8 series went the distance. Montreal swept Washington in 4 straight games but the other 3 Eastern Series all went the full 7 games. The Islanders knocked off Lemieux's Penguins, the Devils beat Boston and the Rangers tripped up Philadelphia. The only series in the West to go 7 so Anaheim surprise Chicago. Other winners were Detroit over St Louis in 5, Colorado topped Dallas in 6 while Calgary swept Toronto. The next round featured two unbelievable upsets in the west. The Detroit Red Wings, led by Steve Yzerman's 9 points in the series, upset Calgary in 5 games while the Anaheim Ducks shocked Colorado in six. The East stayed to script a little better with the top two seeds advancing: Montreal with a win over the Islanders in 5 games while the New York Rangers dropped New Jersey in seven. After the Rangers had lost Game Five to fall behind 3 games to two, Ranger star Brian Leetch made headlines by guaranteeing his club would win the series and then backed his words up with 2 goals in a 5-2 Game Six win and 3 assists in another 5-2 victory in Game Seven. CONFERENCE FINALS Instead of Calgary-Colorado fans were treated to an Anaheim-Detroit Western Conference Final. The young Ducks were coming off an upset of the mighty Avalanche but advanced to their first conference final without defenseman Oleg Tverdovsky (19-52-71), who suffered a leg injury ih the final game against Colorado. Without his presence quarterbacking the powerplay the Ducks went out meekly in the conference final round, exiting in 5 games against Detroit. Steve Yzerman continued his hot play for the Wings as he enters the finals with a team leading 14 goals and 24 points in 15 playoff contests. The top playoff point getter is the Rangers' Leetch, who found his team again trailing a series 3 games to two. Leetch made no promise of victory this time but did get 2 assists to run his playoff point total to 32 in a Game Six win for New York. However, the Canadiens would claim the series two nights later in Montreal by taking the 7th game 2-1 as Patrick Roy had a 38 save masterpiece and Darcy Tucker got the series winner with 7 minutes remaining in regulation. STANLEY CUP FINALS It has been quite some time since we have had an Original Six final, all the way back to 1981-82 when the Rangers beat Toronto. The Canadiens and Red Wings meet for the 8th time but the first since Detroit won in 1959. Montreal leads all time with 21 Stanley Cup titles including their most recent one coming just over a decade ago in 1986. The Wings have had recent success with 2 of their 6 Cup wins in the past decade: 1988 over Pittsburgh and 1991 over Hartford. Detroit certainly has the offensive edge led by Steve Yzerman (14-10-24), Sergei Federov (6-11-17) and a deep supporting cast including Adam Oates, Keith Primeau, Petr Klima, Joe Murphy and defenseman Nik Lidstrom. Most of Montreal's playoff offense has come from the line of Saku Koivu (10-15-25), John LeClair (8-10-18) and Mike Keane (2-13-15) with only Eric Daze (8-3-11) and defenseman Eric Desjardins (5-6-11) adding much more to the offense. Veteran captain Chris Chelios (2-8-10) has not had the playoff one would have expected from the team's regular season scoring leader. The big equalizer for Montreal is in net where Patrick Roy has been outstanding. Detroit has relied on Jeff Hackett with Chris Osgood also seeing some playoff action. The series opens at the Bell Centre and the visiting Wings make a statement, chasing Roy in an 8-2 Red Wing rout in Game One. Adam Graves gets two goals to lead the Wings with Joe Murphy, Darren McCarty, Nik Lidstrom, Martin Lapointe, Anders Ericksson and Mike Rathje rounding out the offense. Yzerman and Federov each earn 2 assists. Eric Daze and John LeClair reply for Montreal. Patrick Roy has another rough start in Game Two as Montreal falls behind 3-0 but he settles down and the Canadiens rally for a 6-4 victory to even the series. Six different Canadiens score as Andrew Cassels, Eric Desjardins, Mike Keane, Saku Koivu, Michael Peca and Brian Skrudland all beat Hackett in the Detroit net. The Wings goals come from Klima, Lapointe, McCarty and Joby Messier. The octopus are out in full force as the Wings win Game Three 4-3 in overtime but suffer a big loss in the process. The loss is in the form of Sergei Federov, who leaves the game in the second period with a broken hand that ends his season. The Wings get the game winner at 8:21 in overtime after Keith Primeau converts a pass from Steve Yzerman. Yzerman had tied the game with less than 3 minutes remaining in regulation when he scored his second goal of the contest. Adam Graves had the other Detroit goal while Mike Keane, Steve Chiasson and Sergei Krivokrasov were the Montreal marksmen. Both Hackett and Roy were very good in net as Detroit outshot the Habs 39-35. Game Four is a goaltender's duel that Roy and Hackett keep scoreless until the 8 minute mark of the third period. Detroit strikes first as Adam Oates gets a powerplay goal but Montreal ties the game up just over 2 minutes later when Craig Rivet notches his first-ever playoff goal. It looks like we are headed to overtime for the second straight game until Mike Peca takes a slashing penalty to put the Canadiens down a man with 1:15 remaining in regulation. It takes the Wings just 20 seconds of powerplay time to wrap up the 2-1 victory thanks to a Murray Craven goal with Yzerman and Lidstrom drawing the assists. The victory gives Detroit a 3 games to one series lead heading back to Montreal. Jeff Hackett was injured prior to Game Five so Chris Osgood takes over between the pipes for the Wings. Osgood makes 27 saves and the Wings get 2 goals and an assist from Adam Oates to win the Cup with a 4-1 victory in the fifth game. Martin Lapointe gets 2 assists in the win while Joel Bouchard and Vyacheslav Kozlov also score for the Wings. Shayne Corson gets the lone Montreal goal. Steve Yzerman, with a playoff leading 16 goals and 30 points, is named the winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP for the second time in his career. Code:
PLAYOFF SCORING LEADERS GP G A PTS Brian Leetch NYR 21 7 25 32 Steve Yzerman DET 20 16 14 30 Saku Koivu MON 21 11 17 28 Doug Weight NYR 21 8 16 24 Tony Amonte NYR 21 14 9 23 Adam Oates DET 20 8 15 23 John LeClair MON 21 9 13 22 Joe Sakic COL 12 6 14 20 Sergei Federov DET 18 6 13 19 Petr Klima DET 20 6 13 19 Keith Primeau DET 20 6 13 19 Mike Keane MON 21 4 15 19 HART TROPHY: Mario Lemieux Pittsburgh (82GP 51-96-147) VEZINA TROPHY: Patrick Roy Montreal (47-25-4 2.60) NORRIS TROPHY: Nicklas Lidstrom Detroit (82GP 19-58-77) ART ROSS TROPHY: Mario Lemieux Pittsburgh (82GP 51-96-147) CALDER TROPHY: Dmitri Starostenko Montreal (82GP 19-31-50) 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 Roy Montreal Eddie Belfour Anaheim D Nik Lidstrom Detroit Brian Leetch NY Rangers D Phil Housley Buffalo Chris Chelios Montreal C Mario Lemieux Pittsbugh Joe Sakic Colorado LW Luc Robitaille Los Angeles Valeri Kamensky Colorado RW Jaromir Jagr Pittsburgh Brett Hull Calgary
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Another Red Wing cup, fantastic!
Yzerman rarely shows up (points) in the regular season, why is that? injuries? Keep up the work! |
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Injuries have certainly cost Yzerman some games and appearances on the top scorers list in several seasons but overall he has had an outstanding career. Presently (I have just finished simming 1997-98 regular season) at age 32 he sits 23rd all-time in points with 1467 and only Mario Lemieux of the 22 players ahead of Stevie Y has played less games than Yzerman. Lemieux has 1785 points in 932 games while Yzerman's 1467 came in 984 games. Yzerman has scored 597 regular season goals which is good for 20th all-time. Here is a season by season comparison of his real life totals vs the sim. The numbers compare very well especially considering I had the game engine talent development on instead of recalculating ratings each year. My game as a whole has had a little bit more offense than real life in the 1990's and it reflects in Yzerman's totals here. Code:
REAL LIFE SIM GP G A PTS GP G A PTS 1983-84 80 39 48 87 80 32 66 98 1984-85 80 30 59 89 79 35 57 92 1985-86 51 14 28 42 51 23 43 66 1986-87 80 31 59 90 79 39 56 95 1987-88 64 50 52 102 80 69 66 135 1988-89 80 65 90 155 26 10 29 39 1989-90 79 62 65 127 80 58 78 136 1990-91 80 51 57 108 65 44 61 105 1991-92 79 45 58 103 77 53 63 116 1992-93 84 58 79 137 84 68 99 167 1993-94 58 24 58 82 29 14 32 46 1994-95 47 12 26 38 42 26 48 74 1995-96 80 36 59 95 82 46 70 116 1996-97 81 22 63 85 48 20 36 56 1997-98 75 24 45 69 82 60 62 122 TOTALS 1098 563 846 1409 984 597 866 1463 1998-99 80 29 45 74 1999-00 78 35 44 79 2000-01 54 18 34 52 2001-02 52 13 35 48 2002-03 16 2 6 8 2003-04 75 18 33 51 2005-06 61 14 20 34 ---- --- --- ---- 1514 692 1063 1755 Below are screenshots of Yzerman's career regular season and playoff stats as well as a third image that shows Detroit's franchise point leaders as well as their current depth chart.
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1997-98
1997-98 OFFSEASON Paul Coffey announces his retirement after 1287 games and 1462 points for the Edmonton Oilers. A 7-time first team all-star, Coffey won 3 Stanley Cups and the Conn Smythe Trophy in 1983. He also won the Norris Trophy twice and is third all-time in defenseman scoring behind Brad Park and Bobby Orr. (Also trails Ray Bourque but Bourque spent half of his career at forward. Forward Dirk Graham retired after 17 NHL seasons. He played 1 year in Vancouver, 6 in Buffalo and the remainder with Hartford. Graham appeared in 1298 career regular season games, scoring 388 goals and 994 points. He had two great playoff runs, with Buffalo when he had 30 points in 1984, and with Hartord when he earned 27 playoff points in 1990 but his team lost in the finals on both occasions. Thomas Steen, after 1131 games with Winnipeg and Dallas, and Joel Otto, who played 909 games and won a Stanley Cup in Calgary, have also retired. The Hartford Whalers have moved to North Carolina and will become the Carolina Hurricanes. The Edmonton Oilers dealt Jari Kurri to Philadelphia for 29 year old defenseman Brian Glynn. The 37 year old Kurri has 645 goals and 1590 career points in 1257 games but scored just 16 goals and 48 points in 78 games last year. Kurri is presently tied with Alex Delvecchio for 14th al-time in goals and is 12th in career points. Glynn has played 446 games with Calgary, Florida and the Flyers. The Jon Casey era in Pittsburgh is over as the Pens dealt the 35 year old netminder to Buffalo. Casey played 730 games for Pittsburgh, going 426-211-73 while winning 2 Vezina Trophy's and being a 3-time first team all-star. He led the Pens to the Cup finals twice but lost on both occasions. In return the Pens get 19 year old rookie center Francois Methot. Casey is expected to challenge 37 year old Andy Moog for the starting job in Buffalo. The Penguins are relying on 31 year old Craig Billinton in net. Billington played 47 games last season and was 20-18-7 with a 2.85 GAA. Casey made 38 starts a year ago, going 28-8-1 with a 2.32 GAA for the Pens. REGULAR SEASON The Colorado Avalanche's hopes for a Stanley Cup took a huge blow when Joe Sakic broke his elbow in March, ending his season. Without Sakic the Avalanche limped down the stretch, winning just 2 of their final 12 games. The Avalanche finished with 101 points, still good enough to win the Pacific Division but they conceeded home ice advantage in the Western Conference to the Detroit Red Wings as the defending Cup champions finished first overall with 119 points. Wings captain Steve Yzerman (60-62-122) was held pointless in Detroit's season ending 3-2 loss to the Avalanche and as a result he missed out on winning his first Art Ross Trophy by a single point. The Art Ross went to Pittsburgh's Mario Lemieux (40-83-123) for the 7th time in his career. Lemieux's Penguins dealt with injuries of their own including playing without Jaromir Jagr for much of December and as a result the Penguins finished second to Buffalo in the Northeast Division. The Montreal Canadiens fell from winning the division a year ago to missing the playoffs altogether as Patrick Roy (28-32-14, 2.77, .899) had a terrible year, at least by his standards, a season after winning the Vezina Trophy and taking the Habs to the Cups finals. The big regular season race was in the Atlantic Division as the season finished with just 3 points seperating first place Philadelphia from the third place New York Islanders. The New Jersey Devils were sandwiched in between the Flyers and Isles. The Devils had the best goaltending tandem in the league with Sean Burke (29-8-5, 1.77, .919) refusing to surrender the top job to 25 year old Martin Brodeur (24-10-5, 2.13, .913). MILESTONES Joe Sakic of Colorado scored his 400th goal and 1200th point Bernie Nicholls of Los Angeles scored his 600th goal Luc Robitaille of Los Angeles scored his 600th goal and 750th assist Dave Andreychuk of Buffalo scored his 500th goal Theo Fleury of Calgary scored his 400th goal Brendan Shanahan of New Jersey scored his 300th goal Teemu Selanne of Phoenix scored his 300th goal Pierre Turgeon of Buffalo scored his 300th goal Dave Hannan of San Jose scored his 300th goal Steve Thomas of Toronto scored his 300th goal Owen Nolan of Colorado scored his 300th goal Mike Modano of Dallas scored his 300th goal Ron Francis of Carolina earned his 1000th assist Larry Murphy of Los Angeles earned his 1000th assist Mario Lemieux of Pittsburgh earned his 1000th assist Phil Housley of Buffalo earned his 1000th assist Joe Sakic of Colorado earned his 750th assist Brett Hull of Calgary earned his 750th assist 1250 GAMES Mark Messier Edmonton Neal Broten Dallas Mike Gartner Washington Bernie Nicholls Los Angeles Larry Murphy Los Angeles Dave Hannan San Jose Steve Larmer Chicago Gaetan Duchense Washington Ron Francis Carolina 1000 GAMES Bob Errey Pittsburgh Ray Ferraro Pittsburgh Al MacInnis Calgary Gary Roberts Calgary Mike Vernon Calgary Dave Gagner San Jose Steve Smith Buffalo Brett Hull Calgary Luc Robitaille Los Angeles Randy Cunneyworth Buffalo New York Islanders winger Marty McInnis had a 5 goal game in the Isles 8-0 win over Toronto on October 4th. Brett Hull of Calgary scored 5 in the Flames 9-2 win over Edmonton in November. Code:
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L T PTS Philadelphia Flyers 82 53 19 10 116 New Jersey Devils 82 53 21 8 114 New York Islanders 82 50 19 13 113 New York Rangers 82 45 26 11 101 Washington Capitals 82 37 35 10 84 Florida Panthers 82 14 60 8 36 Tampa Bay Lightning 82 13 66 3 29 NORTHEAST DIVISION GP W L T PTS Buffalo Sabres 82 43 28 11 97 Pittsburgh Penguins 82 38 31 13 89 Boston Bruins 82 38 32 12 88 Carolina Hurricanes 82 35 35 12 82 Montreal Canadiens 82 32 40 10 74 Ottawa Senators 82 27 50 5 59 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L T PTS Detroit Red Wings 82 54 19 9 117 Toronto Maple Leafs 82 45 25 12 102 Chicago Black Hawks 82 37 37 8 82 St Louis Blues 82 30 38 14 74 Dallas Stars 82 26 45 11 63 Phoenix Coyotes 82 18 57 7 43 PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L T PTS Colorado Avalanche 82 46 27 9 101 Calgary Flames 82 43 29 10 96 Edmonton Oilers 82 37 36 9 83 Los Angeles Kings 82 35 37 10 80 Anaheim Mighty Ducks 82 33 38 11 77 Vancouver Canucks 82 31 47 4 66 San Jose Sharks 82 30 46 6 66 SCORING LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS Mario Lemieux PIT 82 40 83 123 Steve Yzerman DET 82 60 62 122 Sergei Federov DET 82 33 77 110 Pierre Turgeon BUF 82 37 69 106 Luc Robitaille LA 80 41 55 96 Jaromir Jagr PIT 70 48 47 95 Ray Bourque BOS 82 30 62 92 Phil Housley BUF 82 23 69 92 Vincent Damphousse TOR 79 30 61 91 Jeremy Roenick CHI 82 48 41 89 Brendan Morrison NJ 82 35 54 89 Peter Forsberg PHI 69 33 56 89 Theo Fleury CGY 80 26 62 88 Al MacInnis CGY 75 32 54 86 Joe Sakic COL 70 27 59 86 Mikael Renberg PHI 71 39 46 85 Alexi Yashin OTT 82 38 46 84 Trevor Linden VAN 82 37 47 84 Ron Francis CAR 75 34 50 84 Brian Leetch NYR 82 26 57 83 Doug Gilmour STL 79 25 58 83 GOALIE WIN LEADERS TM W-L-T GAA SAVE% John Vanbiesbrouck NYR 41-24-13 2.42 .903 Jocelyn Thibault PHI 37-11-6 1.98 .917 Garth Snow NYI 36-9-8 1.88 .926 Ed Belfour ANA 32-34-11 2.60 .911 Dominik Hasek CHI 32-30-9 2.62 .908 Ron Tugnutt COL 30-17-7 2.13 .906 Sean Burke NJ 29-8-5 1.77 .919 Jeff Hackett DET 29-7-2 2.16 .908 Grant Fuhr EDM 28-24-9 2.60 .911 Felix Potvin TOR 28-8-11 2.13 .919 Patrick Roy MON 28-32-14 2.77 .899 Andy Moog BUF 27-12-7 2.05 .925 The opening round of the playoffs featured two regional rivalries that went the distance. Calgary and Edmonton staged a 7 game slugfest that saw the Flames get 4 goals from Brett Hull in an 8-6 victory in Game Seven. Meanwhile the battle of New York went to the Islanders who rallied from a 3 games to one deficit to beat the Rangers. Buffalo, after an early exit last season, had a grueling 7 game series win over Boston in the opening round. In other first round series the Flyers beat Washington in 5 while the Devils knocked off Pittsburgh in six as Mario Lemieux sat out the final game with an injury. The other series in the West saw Detroit beat Anaheim in 5, Toronto topped Chicago in 5 and Colorado, even without the injured Joe Sakic, had little trouble with Los Angeles as the Avalanche won in 6. The Avalanche ran into a hot goalie in the second round as Felix Potvin surrendered just 7 goals in 4 games while the Leafs scored 16 to sweep Colorado 4 straight. The playoff scoring stars through the first two rounds for Toronto were Cory Stillman and Robert Lang, both free agent pickups after being dumped by other teams, and each had 4 goals and 9 points through 9 playoff contests. Toronto will face the defending Cup champion Detroit Red Wings in the Western Conference finals after the Wings eliminated Calgary in 5 games. In the East it will be Buffalo vs Philadelphia. Sabres defenseman Phil Housley was up to his usual playoff heroics as he helped the Sabres rally from a 3 games to two defici against New Jersey by getting 4 assists in a 5-2 win in Game Six and then assisting on both Buffalo goals in a 2-1 win in Game Seven. The Flyers beat the worn out New York Islanders in 5 games. CONFERENCE FINALS Detroit and Toronto have a long rivalry but it has been years since I can recall them meeting in a playoff series. This one was worth the wait as the series went the distance. The Wings took Games 1 and 2 at the Joe Louis Arena, winning 2-1 in overtime and 4-1 in Game Two before Toronto responded with 3 straight victories: 4-0 and 4-3 at home before a 4-1 win in Detroit. Game Six was a 5-2 Red Wings victory setting up the Game Seven showdown in the Motor City. Toronto led 2-1 midway through the second before Steve Yzerman set up 3 straight Detroit goals to give the Wings a lead they would not surrender, claiming the series with a 6-3 victory. Yzerman had 4 assists in the game to give him a playoff leading 22 points heading into the finals. Nik Lidstrom added 3 assists in the win while fellow defenseman Vlad Konstantinov scored twice. In the Eastern Conference Finals the Philadelphia Flyers overpowered the Buffalo Sabres winning 4 straight games. Peter Forsberg led the Flyers offense with 8 assists in the 4 games. STANLEY CUP FINALS The Detroit Red Wings make their second straight appearance in the finals and look to win their second straight and 7th overall Stanley Cup. The Flyers have reached the finals 3 times but lost on each occasion, including 2 years ago to Colorado. The series gets underway in Philadelphia with the visiting Red Wings winning the opener 4-1 thanks to a pair of goals from Steve Yzerman. Joe Murphy had a goal and 2 assists while Randy McKay also scored for the Wings. Dairius Zubrus got the only Philadelphia goal as Jeff Hackett made 29 saves in the Detroit cage. Philadelphia's offense comes alive in Game Two as the Flyers claim a 7-5 victory. The game looked to be heading into overtime but Mikael Renberg scored his second goal of the game with 57 seconds remaining in regulation to make it 6-5 and Dmitri Tertyshny added an empty net goal to seal the victory. Peter Forsberg had 4 assists for the Flyers, who also got 2 goals from Vinny Prospal and singles from Jari Kurri and Mike Ricci. Yzerman, Martin Lapointe, Joe Murphy, Sergei Federov and Randy McKay were the Detroit goalscorers. Detroit rebounds with a 5-3 victory on home ice in Game Three as Yzerman scores once and adds 2 assists. Keith Primeau, Adam Oates, Mike Sillinger and Vladimir Konstantinov also score for Detroit. Philadelphia, which led the game 3-1 at one point, got goals from Espen Knutson, Greg Johnson and Mikael Renberg. The Flyers again even the series with a 3-1 victory in Game 4. Philadelphia outshot Detroit 50-20 and the game should have been a blowout but Chris Osgood was outstanding in the Detroit net. Peter Forsberg had 2 assists as Renberg, Darren Rumble and Dmitry Yushkevich scored for the Flyers. Yzerman got Detroit's only goal. Late goals from Mike Ricci and Vinny Prospal lift Philadelphia to a 5-4 win in Game Five and a 3 games to two series lead. DJ Smith, Darren Rumble and Jari Kurri also score for the Flyers. Slava Kozlov with 2, Nik Lidstrom and Joe Murphy score for Detroit. We get a seventh game as Steve Yzerman scores the winner in Game Six midway through the third period to lift Detroit to a 3-2 victory. Yzerman also assisted on Nicklas Lidstrom's goal while Keith Primeau had the other Detroit marker. Mike Ricci and Peter Forsberg replied for the Flyers. Can't ask for much more from a Game Seven. Detroit strikes first as Sergei Federov gives the Wings a 1-0 lead after 20 minutes. Yzerman and Anders Ericksson earn the assists on the goal. After a scoreless second period the Flyers finally tie the game with a power play goal just under 6 minutes into the third period. Veteran Jari Kurri, who came over from Edmonton in the off-season, gets the equalizer and it gives the Flyers momentum. Just over two minutes later Darren Rumble beats goaltender Jeff Hackett and it is 2-1 Philadelphia. The Wings seem unable to solve Jocelyn Thibault in the Flyer net until Scott Mellanby takes a tripping penalty at 17:26. Just as the powerplay is about to end Slava Kozlov ties the game for Detroit sending the contest into overtime. The Flyers are all over Detroit in the early minutes of the extra period, outshooting the Wings 6-1 until Anders Eriksson lifts a point shot at the Flyer net that somehow eludes Thibault giving the Wings their second straight Stanley Cup. Steve Yzerman, with 10 goals and a playoff leading 32 points, is named the Conn Smythe Trophy winner for the second straight season and third time in his career. For the Flyers it is another year of playoff failure as they reach the finals for the fourth time, second in 3 years, and once again come away empty handed. de] PLAYOFF SCORING LEADERS GP G A PTS Steve Yzerman DET 24 10 22 32 Peter Forsberg PHI 21 6 23 29 Keith Primeau DET 24 10 15 25 Mikael Renberg PHI 21 10 13 23 Sergei Federov DET 17 8 11 19 Pierre Turgeon BUF 18 6 13 19 Adam Oates DET 22 6 13 19 Vinny Prospal PHI 21 8 10 18 Nicklas Lidstrom DET 24 4 14 18 Phil Housley BUF 18 3 15 18 Darren Rumble PHI 21 7 10 17 Brett Hull CGY 12 10 6 16 Steve Thomas TOR 16 8 8 16 [/code] Other award winners are: HART TROPHY: Brian Leetch NY Rangers (82GP 26-57-83) VEZINA TROPHY: John Vanbiesbrouck NY Rangers (41-24-13 2.42) NORRIS TROPHY: Al MacInnis Calgary (75GP 32-54-86) ART ROSS TROPHY: Mario Lemieux Pittsburgh (82GP 40-83-123) CALDER TROPHY: Mark Parrish San Jose (81GP 25-27-52) 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 Garth Snow NY Islanders Jocelyn Thibeault Philadelphia D Brian Leetch NY Rangers Al MacInnis Calgary D Phil Housley Buffalo Nic Lidstrom Detroit C Steve Yzerman Detroit Mario Lemieux Pittsbugh LW Luc Robitaille Los Angeles Marty McInnis NY Islanders RW Sergei Federov Detroit Jaromir Jagr Pittsburgh
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1998-99 OFFSEASON Dino Ciccarelli and Paul Coffey are the additions to the Hall of Fame this summer. The 38 year old Ciccarelli played 1303 games for the Minnesota/Dallas organization beginning with a 43 goal season as a rookie in 1979-80 and ending in 1996-97 when he scored 16 goals for the Dallas Stars. Ciccarelli finished his career with 724 goals and 1586 points, numbers good enough to rank him 7th alltime in goals and 14th in points. He won the Conn Smythe Trophy in 1986 when the Stars won their first and only Stanley Cup title. Coffey won 3 Cups with the Oilers and a Conn Smythe Trophy to go with 2 Norris Trophy's. He played 1287 games and finished with 386 goals and 1462 career points. The NHL expands for the 1998-99 season with the Nashville Predators entering the league. The Predators strike gold in the goaltending department as they get both Sean Burke and Jeff Hackett. Burke had a great season for New Jersey last year while all Hackett did was backstop the Red Wings to the last two Stanley Cups. The Wings opted to protect 25 year olds Chris Osgood and Manny Legace in the expansion draft over the 30 year old Hackett. The Wings also lost defenseman Vladimir Konstantinov to Nashville in the expansion draft. Other picks included defensemen Luke Richardson from Toronto and Marc Bergevin from San Jose along with forwards Ted Donato and Donald Brashear, both from Boston, and veteran Jari Kurri from Philadelphia. Later Nashville would move Hackett to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for 31 year old defenseman Calle Johansson. The other big move of the off-season saw the Toronto Maple Leafs sign Zdeno Chara as a free agent after the 21 year old was not resigned by the New York Islanders. Chara had 25 points in 80 games for the Isles last season. REGULAR SEASON The addition of Nashville prompted the league to switch to 6 divisions this season. The expansion Predators fared much better than some of their predecessors, as the Preds earned a respectable 58 points in their inagural season. Others, particularly Florida and Tampa, continue to wallow in expansion mediocraty. Not the Anaheim Ducks however. The Ducks were a success right off the bat, making the playoffs in 5 of their 6 NHL seasons including this year when they finished atop the Pacific Division for their first division crown. Speaking of crowns, Mario Lemieux lost his crown as the league scoring champ. Lemieux finished tied with Buffalo's Pierre Turgeon for the league lead with 118 points but Turgeon claims the Art Ross Trophy on the basis of scoring 1 more goal. For Lemieux it ends a 6 year run with the Art Ross Trophy. Lemieux's 118 points moved him to 1903 for his career, the fifth most all-time. 38 year old Wayne Gretzky of course leads the way and Gretz had 78 points this season to surpass the 2500 point plateau. Gretzky scored 27 goals lifting him to 853, trailing only Bobby Hull at 884 and Jean Ratelle at 856. MILESTONES Brett Hull of Calgary scores his 700th goal and 1500th point Ron Francis of Carolina scored his 700th goal Steve Yzerman of Detroit scored his 600th goal and 1500th point Ray Sheppard of Buffalo scored his 500th goal Jeremy Roenick of Chicago scored his 400th goal Larry Murphy of Los Angeles scored his 300th goal Gary Roberts of Calgary earned his 1200th career point Theo Fleury of Calgary picked up his 750th assist 1250 GAMES Dave Andreychuk Buffalo Chris Chelios Montreal Phil Housley Buffalo Cam Neely NY Islanders 1000 GAMES Steve Yzerman Detroit Joe Nieuwendyk Calgary Gary Suter Calgary Mario Lemieux Pittsburgh Bob Rouse Dallas Code:
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L T PTS New Jersey Devils 82 52 25 5 109 Philadelphia Flyers 82 48 31 3 99 New York Rangers 82 45 32 5 95 Pittsburgh Penguins 82 42 37 3 87 New York Islanders 82 35 32 15 85 NORTHEAST DIVISION GP W L T PTS Boston Bruins 82 55 21 6 116 Montreal Canadiens 82 45 29 8 98 Buffalo Sabres 82 40 38 4 84 Toronto Maple Leafs 82 34 40 8 76 Ottawa Senators 82 32 41 9 73 SOUTHEAST DIVISION GP W L T PTS Washington Capitals 82 45 31 6 96 Carolina Hurricanes 82 30 46 6 66 Tampa Bay Lightning 82 27 48 7 61 Florida Panthers 82 11 66 5 27 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L T PTS Detroit Red Wings 82 53 22 7 113 Chicago Black Hawks 82 39 35 8 86 St Louis Blues 82 31 42 9 71 Nashville Predators 82 25 49 8 58 NORTHWEST DIVISION GP W L T PTS Colorado Avalanche 82 57 22 3 117 Calgary Flames 82 51 28 3 105 Vancouver Canucks 82 36 40 6 78 Edmonton Oilers 82 34 41 7 75 PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L T PTS Anaheim Mighty Ducks 82 47 30 5 99 San Jose Sharks 82 31 45 6 68 Dallas Stars 82 29 49 4 62 Los Angeles Kings 82 27 48 7 61 Phoenix Coyotes 82 21 54 7 49 SCORING LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS Pierre Turgeon BUF 82 48 70 118 Mario Lemieux PIT 81 47 71 118 Joe Sakic COL 80 32 69 101 Steve Yzerman DET 76 41 57 98 Jaromir Jagr PIT 71 40 56 96 Brendan Morrison NJ 79 35 60 95 Theo Fleury CGY 70 31 62 93 Brett Hull CGY 69 47 45 92 Jeremey Roenick CHI 78 42 50 92 Mike Modano DAL 82 42 49 91 Glenn Murray BOS 82 33 55 88 Ray Whitney SJ 81 24 63 87 Owen Nolan COL 82 41 44 85 Mikael Renberg PHI 82 38 47 85 Brendan Shanahan NJ 77 35 50 85 Peter Forsberg PHI 61 21 64 85 Ron Francis CAR 78 32 52 84 Al MacInnis CGY 82 28 56 84 Dave Andreychuk BUF 82 33 50 83 Milan Hejduk COL 82 29 53 82 Sergei Federov DET 77 27 53 82 GOALIE WIN LEADERS TM W-L-T GAA SAVE% Martin Brodeur NJ 48-20-4 1.83 .927 John Vanbiesbrouck NYR 44-28-3 2.33 .915 Ed Belfour ANA 42-27-5 2.30 .918 Ron Tugnutt COL 40-12-2 1.98 .917 Patrick Lalime CGY 39-17-4 2.50 .911 Byron Dafoe WSH 38-25-5 2.58 .912 Tom Barrasso BOS 35-9-3 2.11 .908 Dominik Hasek CHI 35-26-14 2.35 .921 Patrick Roy MON 35-26-5 2.64 .912 Chris Osgood DET 33-16-5 2.42 .898 Craig Billington PIT 31-15-2 2.71 .912 Mike Richter OTT 27-34-7 2.87 .909 No surprises in the opening round of the playoffs as the top four seeds in each conference advanced. In the West Colorado beat St Louis in 5, Detroit swept Edmonton, Anaheim needed 7 games to eliminate Vancouver while Calgary downed Chicago in 5 games. Top seed Boston advanced in the East with a 6 game series win over the Islanders. New Jersey swept Pittsburgh and Philadelphia did the same to Montreal. Only #3 seed Washington had difficulty, going the full 7 games against the New York Rangers. Detroit swept Anaheim to advance to the Western Conference Final where the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions will face the Colorado Avalanche after the Avalanche knocked off Calgary in 5 games. New Jersey had little trouble with Washington in the East, winning in 5 games. The top seeded Boston Bruins needed a Joe Thornton overtime goal in Game Seven to eliminate Philadelphia. CONFERENCE FINALS A trio of Colorado Avalanche sat atop the playoff scoring race entering the conference finals. Joe Sakic led the way with 8 goals and 26 points followed by Owen Nolan (8-9-17) and Milan Hejduk (7-10-17). The Avalanche would enter their series against Detroit missing only Eric Lindros to injury. Lindros has been sidelined most of the season, playing in just 18 games. Detroit is missing a big forward of their own as Keith Primeau (36-42-78) is out for the post-season following an injury suffered in early April. New Jersey will rely on goaltender Martin Brodeur if they want to beat the top seeded Boston Bruins in the East. Brodeur is 8-1 with a 1.08 GAA and .954 save percentage in the playoffs. The Bruins will be missing Craig Janney, who has missed the entire postseason and, more importantly Glen Murray, who had led the team in playoff points with 16 but was injured in Game Seven of their win over Philadelphia and could miss much of the conference final. The Avalanche had a 2 games to one lead on Detroit but lost star centre Joe Sakic with a broken bone in his foot late in the fourth game. That seemed to turn the tide as the Wings won Game five 3-2 on a Sergei Federov overtime goal and then got a shutout from Chris Osgood and a pair of goals from Slava Kozlov to take Game Six 4-0, allowing Detroit a shot at a third straight Cup. The Red Wings opponent will be the Boston Bruins, who beat New Jersey in 7 games. Boston had led 3 games to one after taking Game Four 2-1 in overtime but the Devils won the fifth and 6th games to force a 1 game showdown. Boston prevailed in that game by a 3-2 score with Joe Thornton scoring the game winner midway through the third period. STANLEY CUP FINAL The Red Wings make their third straight appearance in the finals while Boston is back for the first time since losing to Minnesota in 1985. The Bruins and Detroit have only met once in the finals, back in 1940 with Boston triumphing. Boston has won 6 Stanley Cups: 1940, 1942, 1945, 1972 and 1981 as well as 1929, which was before the sim started. Detroit opens the series with a 4-0 victory on the road as Nicklas Lidstrom scores twice while Steve Yzerman has a goal and an assist to lead the Wings. Randy McKay had the other Detroit goal while Chris Osgood made 25 saves for the shutout win. Lidstrom gets a pair of assists as Detroit takes Game Two 2-1. Sergei Federov and Randy McKay score for the Wings with Jozef Stumpel getting the lone Boston goal. Another strong game from Osgood, who makes 24 saves. Despite being outshot 35-28 the Bruins rebound with a 4-1 victory on the road in Game Three. Joe Thornton, Tom Fitzgeraldm Glen Murray and Sergei Samsonov score for Boston while Roman Vopat gets the Detroit goal. Tom Barrasso made 34 saves for the win in the Boston net. Detroit wins Game Four 4-2 to take a 3 games to one series lead. Boston led 2-0 after 1 period on goals from Juha Ylonen and Glen Wesley but Detroit tied the game in the second period on goals from Federov and Martin Lapointe. Third period goals by Randy McKay and Federov sealed the win. Steve Yzerman scored twice and Nik Lidstrom had 3 assists as the Wings clinched their third straight Cup with a 4-3 victory in Game Five. Darryl Laplante and Anders Ericksson also scored for Detroit in the victory. Nik Lidstrom, who had 7 goals and 21 points in 19 playoff games, was named the winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy. Code:
PLAYOFF SCORING LEADERS GP G A PTS Joe Sakic COL 14 9 19 28 Steve Yzerman DET 19 10 16 26 Glen Wesley BOS 25 8 16 24 Sergei Samsonov BOS 25 6 18 24 Brendan Shanahan NJ 16 10 11 21 Glen Murray BOS 20 9 12 21 Nik Lidstrom DET 19 7 14 21 Ray Bourque BOS 25 6 15 21 Owen Nolan COL 16 10 10 20 Milan Hejduk COL 16 8 12 20 Joe Thornton BOS 25 9 10 19 Sergei Federov DET 19 6 13 19 HART TROPHY: Mario Lemieux Pittsburgh (81GP 47-71-118) VEZINA TROPHY: Martin Brodeur New Jersey (48-20-4 1.83) NORRIS TROPHY: Nicklas Lidstrom Detroit (82GP 22-59-81) ART ROSS TROPHY: Pierre Turgeon Buffalo (82GP 48-70-118) CALDER TROPHY: Sergei Samsonov Boston (59GP 18-33-51) 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 Martin Brodeur New Jersey Ron Tugnutt Colorado D Al MacInnis Calgary Brian Leetch NY Rangers D Nic Lidstrom Detroit Chris Chelios Montreal C Mario Lemieux Pittsbugh Pierre Turgeon Buffalo LW Milan Hejduk Colorado Brendan Shanahan New Jersey RW Jaromir Jagr Pittsburgh Brett Hull Calgary
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02-03-2017, 11:24 PM | #98 |
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I saw Cam Neely was playing for the Islanders. Can you post his stats? Always loved #8.
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It turned out to be quite a lob-sided deal as the Isles got Neely and Bob Stephenson in exchange for Robbie Ftorek and Mike Allison. None of the other 3 would really do anything after the deal. Stephenson would play just 2 NHL games in his career. Allison was 22 at the time of the deal but he played just 86 games over the next 4 seasons with Vancouver and never played anywhere else in the NHL. Ftorek was 31years old at the time of the deal and had some solid seasons with the Islanders. However, Ftorek would play just 16 games and record 5 points in Vancouver and then was out of hockey. Meanwhile Neely would be a big piece of the Islanders future and, while he has yet to win a Cup, he has played 1252 NHL games, scoring 596 goals and 1123 points. Neely is presently 22nd all-time in goals and 58th in career points. He also racked up some pretty good penalty minute totals along the way. Certainly much better numbers than real life but then again he never had a run-in with Ulf Samuelsson in the sim.
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1999-2000 OFFSEASON Another expansion team as the Atlanta Thrashers join the league. Not a strong expansion draft for the Thrashers but they do get some talent at defense in Gary Suter, Ken Daneyko, Todd Gill and Steve Chiasson. Other picks include goalies Olaf Kolzig and Jose Theodore but there is little talent up front. Joe Mullen has decided to retire after 20 seasons in the NHL. Mullen spent his entire career with the St Louis Blues and scored 769 goals along with 1618 points in a career that lasted 1439 games. He ends his career 6th alltime in goals scored and 14th in points. Retirements also included longtime Chicago Blackhawk Steve Larmer, who retires after 17 seasons and 1287 games in the NHL. Larmer finishes his career with 537 goals and 1263 points. Newcomers to the league include the Sedin twins in Vancouver and the Detroit Red Wings add another piece to their roster in Henrik Zetterberg. REGULAR SEASON It looks like Mario Lemieux is reaching the end of the line at age 34. After scoring 118 points a year ago, Lemieux managed just 64 points, including 21 goals, this season. Those 21 goals did help him surpass the 800 mark for his career and before the season was done he had passed Guy Lafleur and mvoed into 4th place all-time with 820 goals. Lemieux is 5th in career points with 1967. At 39 Wayne Gretzky managed to score 16 more goal moving him past Jean Ratelle's 856 and into second place all time with 869. He trails only Bobby Hull, who scored 884 goals in his career. MILESTONES Phil Housley of Buffalo earned his 1500th point Dave Andreychuk of Buffalo earned his 1500th point Gary Roberts of Calgary scored his 600th goal Pat LaFontaine of the NY Islanders scored his 500th goal and 1500th point Ray Bourque of Boston scored his 500th goal and 1250th assist Claude Lemieux of Colorado scored his 400th goal Pierre Turgeon of Buffalo scored his 400th goal and 750th assist Al MacInnis of Calgary scored his 400th goal Brendan Shanahan of New Jersey scored his 400th goal Jari Kurri of Philadelphia earned his 1000th assist 1500 GAMES Ray Bourque Boston 1250 GAMES Pat Verbeek Vancouver Scott Stevens Washington Pat LaFontaine NY Islanders Ken Daneyko Atlanta John MacLean New Jersey Doug Gilmour St Louis 1000 GAMES John Vanbiesbrouck NY Rangers Rick Tocchett Philadelphia Adam Oates Detroit Dave Reid Buffalo Claude Lemieux Colorado Kevin Hatcher Vancouver Tommy Albelin St Louis Petr Svoboda Florida Buffalo defenseman Phil Housley had a 6 assist game in the Sabres 7-4 win over Tampa Bay on October 26th. Colorado forward Eric Lindros scored 28 goals this season with 5 of them coming in one game, a 5-2 win over Detroit on February 12th. Paul Kariya of Anaheim had a 5 goal game in a 7-3 win over Los Angeles on March 31st. Kariya would score 53 goals on the season and win the Art Ross Trophy. Finally, Vancouver's Pavel Bure, who was limited to 45 games due to injury, scored 21 goals on the season including 5 goals and an assist in the Canucks 9-2 win over San Jose on April 8th. Code:
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L T PTS New Jersey Devils 82 52 21 9 113 New York Rangers 82 49 25 8 106 Philadelphia Flyers 82 47 23 12 106 New York Islanders 82 47 27 8 102 Pittsburgh Penguins 82 37 32 13 87 NORTHEAST DIVISION GP W L T PTS Toronto Maple Leafs 82 48 24 10 106 Boston Bruins 82 49 26 7 105 Buffalo Sabres 82 37 36 9 83 Montreal Canadiens 82 29 42 11 69 Ottawa Senators 82 28 48 6 62 SOUTHEAST DIVISION GP W L T PTS Washington Capitals 82 42 37 3 87 Atlanta Thrashers 82 26 46 10 62 Carolina Hurricanes 82 27 49 6 60 Florida Panthers 82 21 54 7 49 Tampa Bay Lightning 82 22 57 3 47 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L T PTS Detroit Red Wings 82 57 17 8 122 St Louis Blues 82 49 25 8 106 Chicago Black Hawks 82 30 44 8 68 Nashville Predators 82 25 47 10 60 NORTHWEST DIVISION GP W L T PTS Colorado Avalanche 82 53 21 8 114 Edmonton Oilers 82 39 39 4 82 Calgary Flames 82 36 38 8 80 Vancouver Canucks 82 30 33 19 79 PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L T PTS Anaheim Mighty Ducks 82 48 27 7 103 Los Angeles Kings 82 33 41 8 74 Dallas Stars 82 27 43 12 66 San Jose Sharks 82 23 50 9 55 Phoenix Coyotes 82 19 58 5 43 SCORING LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS Paul Kariya ANA 82 53 55 108 Steve Yzerman DET 74 49 59 108 Brett Hull CGY 75 55 49 104 Trevor Linden VAN 82 50 54 104 Jason Allison WSH 82 35 67 102 Josef Stumpel BOS 82 33 65 98 Sergei Federov DET 82 31 67 98 Brendan Morrison NJ 82 34 62 96 Rod Brind'Amour STL 78 47 48 95 Doug Gilmour STL 82 25 70 95 Nik Lidstrom DET 82 24 69 93 Luc Robitaille LA 82 46 46 92 Milan Hejduk COL 82 37 52 89 Phil Housley BUF 82 21 67 88 Ray Bourque BOS 82 39 48 87 Pierre Turegon BUF 82 36 51 87 Jaromir Jagr PIT 82 44 42 86 Cory Stillman TOR 69 38 46 84 Vincent Damphousse TOR 76 28 55 83 Brendan Shanahan NJ 81 42 40 82 Brian Leetch NYR 82 23 58 81 Wayne Gretzky EDM 82 16 65 81 GOALIE WIN LEADERS TM W-L-T GAA SAVE% Martin Brodeur NJ 50-17-8 2.16 .991 John Vanbiesbrouck NYR 43-15-9 1.80 .922 Ed Belfour ANA 41-26-7 2.60 .907 Manny Legace DET 41-11-5 1.88 .908 Roberto Luongo NYI 38-22-10 2.53 .900 Ron Tugnutt COL 37-16-8 2.04 .908 Tom Barrasso BOS 28-15-5 2.31 .896 Chris Osgood DET-WSH 28-23-4 2.84 .903 Arturs Irbe TOR 27-10-4 2.33 .911 Dominik Hasek CHI 26-35-8 3.01 .908 A big upset in the Eastern Conference as the playoffs got underway. The 8th seed Pittsburgh knock off Martin Brodeur and the New Jersey Devils in 6 games. Jaromir Jagr led the way for the Pens, scoring 5 goals and 7 points in the series. Boston beat Southeast Division champion Washington in 5 games but that was not really a surprise as the Bruins had 18 more points than the Caps in the regular season. Northeast Division champ Toronto beat the Islanders in 6 games while the Rangers swept Philadelphia. The Bruins beat the Rangers in 5 games to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals where they will play their Northeast Division rivals in the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Leafs put an end to Pittsburgh's playoff run but the Pens certainly went down fighting with Toronto needing wins in Games Six and Seven to advance. Cory Stillman was the hero for Toronto, getting the game winner in the sixth game and asssiting on both Toronto goals in a 2-0 Game Seven victory. Stillman leads all playoff performers with 15 points. Each of the top 4 seeds in the Western Conference survived the first round but the Anaheim Ducks needed 7 games to dispose of pesky Calgary. Three time defending Cup champion Detroit beat Los Angeles in 5 while St Louis knocked off Edmonton in 5 games as well. Second seed Colorado topped Vancouver in six. Detroit and Colorado had little trouble in the second round as the Wings beat St Louis in 5 while Colorado knocked out Anaheim, also in 5 games. This sets up a meeting between the top two seeds and a rematch of last year's Western Conference Finals. CONFERENCE FINALS The Detroit Red Wings eliminated Colorado in the conference finals for the second straight year. After the teams each won two on home ice the Wings claimed a 7-6 victory in overtime at The Joe in Game Five and wrapped up the series with a 5-3 win in Colorado 2 nights later. The Wings did lose Adam Oates for the finals after he was injured in game six. Meanwhile in the East, Boston and Toronto alternated victories through the first 6 games forcing a 7th game at the Air Canada Centre. The game ended regulation tied at 3 and the first overtime period did not solve anything. Early in the second overtime Boston's Geoff Courtnall converted a Darby Hendrickson pass to give the Bruins a 4-3 victory in both the game and the series. STANLEY CUP FINALS A rematch of last season when the Detroit Red Wings beat Boston for their third straight Stanley Cup. Steve Yzerman (6-16-22) and Sergei Federov (9-11-20) will again be counted on to lead Detroit. Boston's playoff scoring leaders are Josef Stumpel (8-13-21) and Joe Thornton (9-11-20). The series opens in Boston but it is the visitors who get the first victory as Detroit wins 2-1. Anders Eriksson scores a first period powerplay goal for the Wings and Joe Murphy adds insurance at the 11:20 mark of the third period. PJ Axelsson gives Boston fans hope with a late third period goal but Manny Legace shut's the door the rest of the way and Detroit holds on for the win. Game Two is another 2-1 victory for Detroit but this time in overtime as Steve Yzerman gets the winner early in the second overtime. Anders Eriksson assisted on both Detroit goals. Keith Primeau of Detroit and Boston's Darby Hendrickson were the other goal scorers. Tom Barrasso made 39 saves in the Boston net. Overtime is again on the docket for Game Three and the Wings take a huge 3-0 series lead after Slava Kozlov scores just 2 minutes into the overtime. The Bruins led 3-1 until Detroit got goals in the final five minutes of the third period from Yzerman and Roman Vopat. Mike Sillinger also scored for Detroit. Boston got goals from PJ Axelsson, Trent Whitfield and Juha Ylonen. Detroit lost 21 year old Pavel Datsyuk to a broken arm in the game. Datsuyk had 5 points in 14 playoff games after scoring 33 points in his first full NHL season. Joe Thornton scores both Bruins goals as Boston stays alive with a 2-1 victory in Game Four. Keith Primeau had the lone Detroit goal with an assist going Henrik Zetterberg in his NHL debut. Zetterberg was inserted in the lineup to replace the injured Datsuyk. The series comes to an end 2 nights later as the Wings dominate Game Five winning 6-2 in Boston. Federov got 2 of the Detroit goals with Kozlov, Lidstrom, Primeau and Joe Murphy also scoring as the Wings built a 6-0 lead before the Bruins got a couple of late goals from Kyle McLaren and Joe Thornton. Nik Lidstrom, with a goal and 2 assists in the final game and 23 points overall in the playoffs was named the winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy for the second straight season. DYNASTY There is little question now about whether or not the Wings are a dynasty as Detroit beats Boston 6-2 for their fourth straight Stanley Cup. Only the Toronto Maple Leafs, winners of 8 straight Stanley Cups to start the sim in 1931, have won more consecutively. The Wings fourth straight Cup ties them with the 1955-58 Montreal Canadiens. As for the best team of all-time the Wings are certainly entering the mix and Detroit's accomplishment is all the more impressive simply because of the number of teams in the league. If I was picking the best team of all-time I would lean to the Chicago Black Hawks of the late 1960s-early 1970s. Led by Stan Mikita and Bobby Hull the Hawks made 9 straight appearances in the finals and won 5 Cups. Others might lean towards the 1932-39 Leafs or the Habs teams of the late 1950s as arguably the best team of all-time. Starting in 1955 Montreal made the finals 7 straight seasons and won 6 times. The last team in the mix could be the Rangers of Jean Ratelle and Brad Park from 1974-78. They made 5 straight finals and won 4 of them, as well as put an end to the Chicago dynasty. However, a couple of years from now the current group of Red Wings may leave no doubt as to who the top team is. The Wings are loaded with talent both young and old as Yzerman, Federov and Lidstrom are being joined by youngsters like Datsuyk and Zetterberg. Code:
PLAYOFF SCORING LEADERS GP G A PTS Sergei Federov DET 18 11 15 26 Steve Yzerman DET 21 8 17 25 Joe Thornton BOS 22 12 12 24 Mark Parrish TOR 20 13 10 23 Nik Lidstrom DET 21 4 19 23 Keith Primeau DET 21 14 8 22 Josef Stumpel BOS 22 8 14 22 Owen Nolan COL 16 10 10 20 Ray Bourque BOS 22 3 17 20 Vincent Damphousse TOR 20 6 13 19 Cory Stillman TOR 20 5 14 19 HART TROPHY: Brian Leetch NY Rangers (82GP 23-58-81) VEZINA TROPHY: Martin Brodeur New Jersey (50-17-8 2.16) NORRIS TROPHY: Nicklas Lidstrom Detroit (82GP 24-69-93) ART ROSS TROPHY: Paul Kariya Anaheim (82GP 53-55-108) CALDER TROPHY: JP Dumont NY Islanders (82GP 38-30-68) 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 John Vanbiesbrouck NY Rangers D Brian Leetch NY Rangers Phil Housley Buffalo D Nic Lidstrom Detroit Oleg Tverdovsky Anaheim C Steve Yzerman Detroit Trevor Linden Vancouver LW Paul Kariya Anaheim Luc Robitaille Los Angeles RW Brett Hull Calgary Sergei Federov Detroit
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