KEN DRYDEN HOCKEY LEAGUE

WHO CAN STOP THE DALLAS STARS

2012-01-28T16:23:00.009-05:00

DALLAS LEADS KDHL

The Dallas Stars continued to dominate the Ken Dryden Hockey League despite playing in the South Division of the KDHL, the home of 4 of the top 8 teams in the league.

Here is a brief sketch of the top 8 teams and how they are achieving success...

4th in Scoring: 3.56
1st in Goals Allowed: 2.02
1st in Save %: .932
6th in PP %: .189
9th in PK%: .842
61 Points

Tim Thomas continues to make a strong case for KDHL MVP. Thomas has a 26-4-2 record and an outstanding .949 Save %. Zbynek Michalek, Tim Gleason and Tyler Myers provide superior defense at the blue line while Johan Frazen (20-16-36,10 PPG) and Patrick Kane (11-30-41)lead the 4th best offense in the KDHL.

2nd in KDHL: 51 Points
2nd in Scoring: 3.56
10th in Defense: 2.69
5th in Save %: .918
1st in PP%: 25.8
8th in PK%: 84.5

Bryan Sakolsky has done a great job resurrecting this franchise mainly due to the scoring trio of Corey Perry (21-24-45), Jeff Carter (21-17-38) and Patrick Sharp (18-19-37). Victor Hedman and Erik Carlsson lead the blueline along with Dennis Wideman (5 PPG). Jonas Hiller (12-9-2-.929) minds the Avalanche net.

LA KINGS

3rd in the KDHL: 51 Points
3rd in Scoring: 3.08
9th in Defense: 2.67
4th in Save %: .918
9th in PP%: .171
3rd in PK%: .863

Justin Williams (13-24-37), Stephen Weiss (14-16-30) and D Dustin Byfuglien (18-14-32) all have more than 30 points so far this season and Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook are a fine pair to shutdown any opponent. Netminder Corey Crawford (19-10-3) has been solid between the pipes.

Washington Capitals
49 Points
1st in Scoring: 3.67
4th in Defense: 2.53
12th in Save %: .910
2nd in PP%: 23.7
7th in PK%: 84.8

The Caps do a good job passing around the puck and spread out their scoring among Ryan Kesler (22-15-37), Dave Moss (10-22-32), Alex Burrows (10-22-32), Jonathan Toews (13-19-32) and Ryane Clowe (6-22-38).
Brent Burns and Kevin Bieska lead the blueline defense while Antti Niemi (15-2-3- .931) takes advantage of his offensive support.

Buffalo Sabres: 49 Points
7th in Scoring: 2.93
7th in Defense: 2.60
10th in Save %: .912
10th in PP%: .20
2nd in PK%: 86.6

Ilya Kovalchuk (16-13-29) has posted 10 PPG to give the Sabres a lethal penalty killing special team and Joe Thornton (7-24-31) passes the puck very well. Alex Goler and Shea Weber control the blueline while Craig Anderson (15-8-0-.904) is the Sabres' #1 goaltender.

Detroit Red Wings: 49 Points

8th in Scoring: 2.85
13th in Defense: 2.83
7th in Save %: .914
5th in PP%: .20
12th in PK%: .83

Jason Spezza (12-20-32), Dan Heatley (10-20-30) and Eric Staal (12-16-28) lead the offense,Jack Johnson and Dion Phaneuf man the blueline and Henrik Lundqvist (17-11-4-.920) stops enough shots to keep the Red Wings in the KDHL playoff hunt.

Carolina Hurricanes: 48 Points
6th in Scoring: 2.97
15th in Defense: 2.95
9th in Save %: .912
4th in PP%: 20.1
20th in PK%: 76.1

Carolina seems to be living on the edge with smoke and mirrors and remains one of the top 8 teams in the league despite having the worst penalty killing squad in the league. Tomas Vanek (14-20-34) is the only forward with more than 30 points and Cam Ward (17-11-5-.919) plays well enough to keep the Hurricanes in the hunt for the KDHL cup.

Tampa Bay Lightning
44 Points
13th in Scoring: 2.59
3rd in Defense: 2.41
8th in Save %: .913
17th in PP%: 13.5
6th in PK%: .850

Alan Raylesburg led TBL to the first Dryden Cup final until they lost to the San Jose Sharks. This year they have had trouble finding the net with nobody at the 30 point level so far but count on Phil Kessel (9-17-26) and Brad Richards (12-13-25) to change that before too long. TBL relies heavily on its defensive unit led by Sergei Gonchar and Eric Brewer while Ryan Miller (13-14-4-(2.35)) gallantly defends the TBL net. Miller is quite capable of getting very hot in any playoff situation so the Lightning are a very dangerous team.

New Owners for Pittsburgh and Chicago Franchises

2011-12-31T21:29:00.001-05:00

New Owners in the KDHL

League Commissioner Jim Doyle announced today Bob Simons is the new owner of the Pittsburgh Penguins franchise while Jim Atkinson takes over the Chicago Blackhawks. The league is also attempting to finalize plans to announce the new owner of the Carolina Hurricane franchise once a bio has been submitted by the new owner.

Bob Simons is 45 years old and works for the gas control department of Vermont. An avid golfer , he loves the Bruins and all Vermont University sports teams. His sports heroes include Jack Nicklaus, Ray Bourque, Larry Bird and Cam Neely.

Jim Atkinson is a Delta Air retiree from Georgia who loves the Flames, Braves and Georgia Bulldogs. Atkinson is also a member of another DK hockey league so we hope we can show him why he should spend alot of time working in this league.

Please welcome Jim and Bob to the KDHL...

DALLAS DOMINATES CHAPTER 2

2011-12-27T14:59:00.001-05:00


Dallas G Tim Thomas (14-2-0-.954)

After 2 Chapters, the top 8 leading teams in the KDHL look like this:

1. Dallas (43-20-6-0-3)
2. Carolina (37-16-8-0-5)
3. Colorado (34-16-6-0-2)
4. Washington (34-16-6-0-2)
5. Philadelphia (32-15-9-0-2)
6. Chicago (31-15-9-0-1)
7. Los Angelos (29-14-9-0-1)
8. Boston (29-14-12-0-1)

Here is how they are doing it:

1. The Dallas Stars (43-20-6-0-3) rode the hot goaltending of Tim Thomas to take the lead in the race for the Ken Dryden Cup, dominating the tough Southern Division of the league. In addition to leading the lead with a 2.03 GAA, the Stars rank 4th with a 20.3 PP %. Johan Franzen (9 PPGs) and Loui Erickson (4 PPGs) led the way.

2. Carolina holds down the second slot in the southern division and are using a team approach to hold down the second position in the league. G Cam Ward (12-7-0-4), Tom Vanek (11-16-27), David Backes (11-9-20) and Devin Setoguchi(9-8-17) are the leaders on the team.

3. Colorado leads the KDHL with 3.58 GPG and rely on the top 3 scorers in the KDHL . The trio consists of Corey Perry (17-17-34), Patrick Sharp (16-16-32) and Jeff Carter (16-13-29). G Sergi Bobrovsky (9-1-0-2.10) has provided some hot goal tending and the Avalanche lead the league with a PP% of 24.8. Sharp (7), Perry (5) and Nathan Horton (4) provide the firepower on the power play.

4. Washington holds down the 3rd spot in the Southern Division. The Southern Division currently has 3 of the top 4 teams in the KDHL after 2 Chapters. The Capitals rank second in the league in GPG of 3.46. The Capital sharpshooters include Ryan Kessler (13-10-23), Tyler Ennis (6-14-20) and Jonathan Toews (8-11-19). Antti Niemi (11-0-0-2-.940) propelled the Caps to a 2.42 GAA , 4th in the league.

5. Philadelphia holds down the 1st position in the Northern Division mainly because they rank 3rd in the league with a 2.35 GAA largely due to the play of G Roberto Luongo (12-7-0-2-.924). The Flyers also lead the KDHL with a PPK% of 89.8 %. Leading the penalty killers are Drew Doughty and Mark-Edouard Vlasic.

6. Chicago holds down the 6th spot in the league and the second slot in the North with a 2.35 GAA , a .932 Save %, and a 83.6 PK%. Carey Price (10-6-0-1-.941) and Jason LaBarbera (5-0-0-0-.970) have been stellar between the pipes while Hal Gill and Kevin Klein have thwarted opponent's power plays better than any other KDHL team except for the Philadelphia Flyers.

7. Los Angeles has combined a 3.08 GPG average with effective special teams which include a 85 PK%. Justin Williams (10-15-25), Bobby Ryan (8-12-20) and Stephen Weiss (7-8-15) lead the offensive charge while Duncan Keith and Marc Staal have led the penalty killers.

8. Boston scores 3.11 GPG and have great special teams which have been stingy with a PK% of 24.1% and a 85.2 PP%. Derek Roy (9-20-29), Jason Ponimville (12-11-23) and Alex Ovechkin (9-14-23) provide offensive firepower while Adrian Aucoin and Matt Greene fortify the defensive end.

After 2 Chapters of play, the following players would make a great KDHL All Star Team:

W- Tom Vanek- Car
C - Ryan Kesler- WSH
W- Corey Perry- Col
D- Dustin Byfuglien- Car
D- Brent Burns- WSH
G- Tim Thomas- Dal

KDHL CHAPTER 1 REVIEW

2011-11-26T19:06:00.002-05:00


Phil Kessel leads KDHL in Scoring Phil Kessel took an early lead in the KDHL scoring race , posting 7 goals and 7 assists for 14 points and earning the MVP of Chapter 1. The all Chapter 1 team included Kessel and the following players: Patrick Sharp C Colorado The Avalanche are being resurrected by the shrewd moves of Owner Bryan Sakolsky and the play of players like Sharp. Sharp blasted 6 goals and distributed 8 assists for 14 points. Claude Giroux W Philadelphia Giroux holds the 3rd position in the scoring race with 13 points on 5 goals and 8 assists and also 15 takeaways. Ryan Suter D Chicago Suter was the best two way defensive player , leading defensemen in scoring . Rob Scuderi D Minn Scuderi was among the league leaders with 30 blocks. Tim Thomas G Dal Thomas rounded out the All Chapter 1 team by stopping about 96% of all shots. The KDHL has completed all Chapter 1 games and 4 teams have claimed an early lead after all games through 11.15.11. Here are the top five teams: 1. Minnesota Wild 15 points (6-3-0-3) 2. Washington Caps 15 points (7-2-0-1) 3. Philadelphia Flyers 15 points (7-6-0-1) 4. Tampa Bay Lightning 15 points (7-7-0-1) 5. New York Islanders 14 points (7-2-0-0) Colorado is the early offensive force, leading the league with 3.6 Goals per Game and the Avalanche also have the best Power play in the league, scoring on 27.5% of its power play opportunities. Dallas rode the hot goaltending of Tim Thomas to hold opponents to 1.50 Goals a Game while the Minnesota Wild have the most efficient penalty kill squad in the league, killing nearly 90% of all opponents power plays.

NATHAN HORTON 1ST PICK IN 2011 DISK DRAFT

2011-09-17T19:19:00.000-04:00

Colorado drafts Nathan Horton

The KDHL just finished the first round of its free agent disk draft. KDHL teams previously cutdown their disk rosters so a maximum of 18 players remained on their disk rosters and they will fill their rosters until they all have 30 disk players. After the completion of the free agent disk draft, KDHL owners will begin to fill their nondisk free agent rosters until they reach 10 players. Any player not presently on a nondisk roster can be drafted until all KDHL teams have 10 nondisk players. Here is a breakdown of the 1st round of the KDHL FA Disk Draft:

ROUND 1

1. COL: 0900: Nathan Horton

2. NYR: 0930 James Reimer G

3. LAK: 1000 Martin Erat LW/RW

4. CGY: 1030 Derek Stepan C

5. MINN: 1100 Tyler Kennedy C,W

6. CAR: 1130 Shane Doan, RW

7. BST: 1200 Kristan Huselius,LW

8. NYI: 1230 Kari Lehtonen G

9. STL: 1300D. Brassard, C

10. DET: 1330 Mark Fayne

11. DAL: 1400 Kyle Turris - C

12. VAN: 1430 Travis Zajac - C

13. PIT: 1500 Anton Babchuk D

14. PHIL: 1530 Marcus Johansson C

15. MTL: 1600 Milan Michalek, LW

16. CHI: 1630 Colin White D

17. SJS: 1700: Tomas Tatar, LW

18. TBL: 1730: Eric Brewer, D

19. BUF: 1800: Bobby Butler - LW-RW

20. WASH: 1830 David Moss C/RW

SUPPLEMENTAL RD 1

S11. PITT: 1900 Tyler Bozek C

S12. CHI: 1930 Brian Lee D

GAME 7: SAN JOSE WINS THE FIRST DRYDEN CUP (2-1)

2011-06-30T18:54:00.001-04:00

HEDBERG STONEWALLS TAMPA BAY

A sellout crowd in Tampa Bay was roaring as the Lightning looked to win 3 in a row and take the DRYDEN CUP. Coach Raylesberg’s changes in Games 5 and 6, including putting enforcer Derek Boogard into the lineup, had slowed down the fast paced, high scoring, Shark attack ---and with the home crowd behind them, and Ryan Miller finally looking like Ryan Miller, the Lightning and their fans anticipated victory.

And, indeed the Lightning got off to a fast start. At 1:24 of the first period, Phil Kessel took a pass from Brad Richards and put the pack past Johan Hedberg to make it 1-0 Tampa Bay. The building literally shook as the Lightning fans went wild. Tampa poured it on in the first period with 16 shots to only 5 for the Sharks but Hedberg was spectacular in goal for the Sharks and the period ended with the score still 1-0 Tampa Bay. After all the scoring in this series – 55 goals in the first 6 games – Game 7 became a tight checking, tense, affair. The key play of the game and one that may have turned Game 7 around was an early second period injury to Tampa Bay’s star defenseman Sergei Gonchar. Not only did the Lightning lose Gonchar’s talents, including his very strong offense, but it forced Tampa to play with only five defensemen for the rest of the game.

In the second period, San Jose turned on the afterburners with one rush after another against Ryan Miller but Miller stood tall in goal. San Jose did not have a single power play in Game 6 and the Lightning continued to play clean, hard, hockey in Game 7. Sharks coach Paulson started egging on the refs, hoping to finally get a penalty call in his favor, especially after Tampa Bay had three power plays, each of which the Sharks killed off. Then at 14:40 of the second period, Steve Ott got called for holding – and San Jose had their first power play. And boy did they take advantage of it – Henrik Sedin won the draw got the puck back to Tobias Enstrom at the point and Enstrom’s shot was deflected in by Selanne – the game was tied! Ott came out of the penalty box and then it was the Lightning who were struck with lightning. Just 12 seconds after the Selanne goal, Ryan Smith, assisted by Langenbrunner and Plekanec, beat Miller to suddenly and shockingly put the Sharks ahead 2-1! The second period ended that way with San Jose having an 18-13 shots on goal edge in the period. In the third period, John Madden took a tripping penaly at 4:50 but the Sharks killed the penalty. The Lightning kept pressing but San Jose did as well – as the Sedin line got more ice time and kept Tampa Bay in check. A penalty at 8:08 to Mattias Ohlund made for a tense two minutes for Tampa Bay but the Lightning killed it off. Still 2-1 going to the final minutes, the Lightning pulled Miller for the extra skater but failed to even get a good scoring chance as the Sharks held on for the 2-1 win and took the first ever DRYDEN CUP!

Johan Hedberg was the #1 star with 42 saves. Stephane Robidas had 5 block shots as the Sharks had 19 blocked shots overall. Tampa Bay outshot San Jose 43-35, including 14-12 in the third period but the Sharks defense and Hedberg were virtually impenetrable.

Henrik Sedin won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the Playoff MVP. Sedin was nothing short of spectacular as he racked up 10 goals and 25 assists (35 points) in just 20 playoff games! His linemate Martin Gaborik was the next highest scorer, yet was 10 points behind (15-10-25)- a sensational goal scoring performance for Gaborik in any event. Tobias Enstrom had 18 assists for SJ in the playoffs.

For Tampa Bay, captain Brad Richards led all playoff scorers with 22 points in 17 games (10-12-22). Gonchar, whose injury was a huge blow in Game 7, had 4 goals and 11 assists. Tomas Fleischmann also had 15 points for the Lightning (5-10-15). Ryan Miller ended up with a 91.6% save percentage and a 2.42 GAA in 17 playoff games despite some shaky performances against the Sharks.

It was a great first season for the KDHL. Congratulations to Coach Jeff Paulson on winning the Dryden Cup – and thanks to Jeff for playing each and every game of the Finals Head to Head despite some unfortunate difficulties connecting over the internet from time to time.

GAME 6: TAMPA BAY 7, SAN JOSE 2

2011-06-30T18:48:00.000-04:00

BRENDAN MORRISON HUMBLES SHARKS

Facing elimination for the second straight game, the Lightning struck fast. In a shocking rout of San Jose at home, Tampa Bay scored SIX goals in the first period and never looked back. Ed Jovanoski, Kris Versteeg, Tomas Fleischmann (on the power play), Brandon Morrison, Morrison again and Versteeg again scored in the first 16:35 of the first against Johan Hedberg who was back in the net for the first time since Game 2. Tampa Bay outshot San Jose 17-5 in the first period and 32-17 for the game. The Lightning defense – and goalie Ryan Miller- were awesome and Tampa Bay did not take a single penalty. Brandon Morrison with 2 goals and an assist was the #1 star. Derek Morris had 3 assists.

And so it is on to Game 7 for the DRYDEN CUP!

June 13 2010 HP Pavillion 06-25-2011

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2009-10 Tampa Bay 11-5-0 6 0 1 7

2009-10 San Jose 11-8-0 0 1 1 2

Scoring Summary

Per Time Str Team

1 :58 EV TB Jovanovski(5), assisted by Gonchar(9) and Richards(11)

1 1:24 EV TB Versteeg(3), assisted by Morrison(5)

1 9:03 PP TB Fleischmann(5), assisted by Jovanovski(8) and Gonchar(10)

1 9:26 EV TB Morrison(5), assisted by D.Morris(4) and R.Miller(1)

1 15:56 EV TB Morrison(6), assisted by D.Morris(5) and Hagman(4)

1 16:35 EV TB Versteeg(4), assisted by Kaberle(9)

2 6:26 EV SJ H.Sedin(10), unassisted

3 1:23 EV SJ Brunette(5), assisted by Visnovsky(9)

3 4:29 PP TB Ott(4), assisted by D.Morris(6) and Kaberle(10)

Penalty Summary

Per Time Team

1 3:49 SJ Selanne(6), 2:00 - hooking

1 7:17 SJ Robidas(14), 2:00 - hooking

1 13:34 SJ Rolston(4), 2:00 - tripping

2 :16 SJ Plekanec(12), 2:00 - interference

3 3:59 SJ Smyth(8), 2:00 - tripping

SOG 1 SOG 2 SOG 3

Tampa Bay 17 8 7

San Jose 5 6 6

TB SJ

SOG 32 17

FOW 32 15

FO% 68.1 31.9

Hits 15 18

Blocks 7 18

Missed Net 13 8

PIM 0 10

PP 2-5 0-0

TOA 13:14 7:33

Star 1: TB Morrison 2 G, 3 Pts

Star 2: TB Versteeg 2 G

Star 3: TB Jovanovski 1 G, 2 Pts

GWG: Tomas Fleischmann

Notables: TB D.Morris 3 assists

SJ None

GAME 5: TAMPA BAY 5 , SAN JOSE 2

2011-06-30T18:14:00.000-04:00

CLUTTERBUCK KEEPS TAMPA BAY IN THE HUNT

TAMPA BAY DEFEATS SAN JOSE 5-2 TO SEND FINALS TO GAME 6

The Tampa Bay Lightning staved off elimination with a 5-2 win at home,
sending the series back to San Jose for Game 6. It was the Sharks who
started fast - again- in Game 5 as Jamie Langenbrunner and Ryan Smyth put
the puck past Ryan Miller at the 5:54 and 10:29 mark of the first period.
But the Lightning stormed back. Soon after Miller's goal, Teemu Selanne went
off for tripping. Four seconds in to the power play, captain Brad Richards
scored his 10th goal of the playoffs, assisted by Gonchar and Kessel to make
it 2-1. The score stayed that way going into the second period. At 5:44 Cal
Clutterbuck put a Steve Ott rebound past Niittymaki to tie the game! In the
third period, it was Clutterbuck again, this time scoring on a breakaway to
make it 3-2. Ed Jovanoski and Phil Kessel added insurance goals as the
Lightning won . Tampa Bay outshot San Jose 36-26 and had 6 power plays
(1-6) to 2 for the Sharks. Mattias Ohlund had 6 blocked shots for Tampa Bay.

June 10 2010 St. Pete Times Forum
06-25-2011

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2009-10 San Jose 11-7-0 2 0 0 2

2009-10 Tampa Bay 10-5-0 1 1 3 5

Scoring Summary

Per Time Str Team

1 5:54 EV SJ Langenbrunner(2), unassisted

1 10:29 EV SJ Smyth(5), assisted by Plekanec(8) and Greene(8)

1 11:33 PP TB Richards(10), assisted by Gonchar(8) and Kessel(4)

2 5:44 EV TB Clutterbuck(2), assisted by Ott(4)

3 1:03 EV TB Clutterbuck(3), unassisted

3 2:36 EV TB Jovanovski(4), assisted by Dupuis(2)

3 16:58 EV TB Kessel(3), assisted by Richards(10) and Kaberle(8)

Penalty Summary

Per Time Team

1 11:10 SJ Selanne(4), 2:00 - tripping

1 12:44 SJ Phillips(8), 2:00 - hooking

1 15:16 TB D.Morris(6), 2:00 - tripping

1 17:24 TB Morrison(6), 2:00 - hooking

2 2:36 SJ Phillips(10), 2:00 - tripping

2 12:11 SJ Visnovsky(6), 2:00 - hooking

3 3:40 SJ Plekanec(10), 2:00 - hooking

3 8:19 SJ Robidas(12), 2:00 - hooking

   SOG 1 SOG 2 SOG 3

San Jose 7 10 9

Tampa Bay 12 11 13

   SJ TB

SOG 26 36

FOW 40 34

FO% 54.1 45.9

Hits 13 24

Blocks 14 17

Missed Net 12 15

PIM 12 4

PP 0-2 1-6

TOA 8:08 12:50

Star 1: TB Clutterbuck 2 G

Star 2: TB Kessel 1 G, 2 Pts

Star 3: TB Richards 1 G, 2 Pts

GWG: Cal Clutterbuck

Notables: SJ Greene 5 blocks, Niittymaki 31 saves

   TB Ohlund 6 blocks

  San Jose GA SV Save% TOI W L T

G Niittymaki 5 31 86.11 58:42 6 3 0

  Tampa Bay GA SV Save% TOI W L T

G R.Miller 2 24 92.31 60:00 10 5 0

GAME 4: SAN JOSE 8, TAMPA BAY 6

2011-06-23T18:04:00.001-04:00

GABORIK'S HAT TRICK LEADS SHARKS

A WILD AND CRAZY GAME AT THE SHARK TANK AS THE SHARKS BEAT THE LIGHTNING
8-6! What happened to defense? It was San Jose opening the scoring in the
first period on yet another goal by defenseman

Lubimir Viznovsky (his 6th of the playoffs). But then the Lightning struck
back for three goals in less than three minutes to take a 3-1 lead, as
Gonchar, Morrison and Gonchar again lit up the light behind Nittymaki. In
the second period, Richards went off at 1:26 for tripping and the Sharks
scored on the power play as Gaborik scored his 13th of the playoffs. Less
than a minute later Fleischmann got called for interference and the Sharks
had another power play. And they capitalized again with Kimmo Timonen
getting his first playoff goal to tie the game at 3-3! Seconds later John
Madded went off for holding and it was the Lightning's turn for a power play
- but Nittymaki kept them scoreless. Still 3-3, until 11:25 of the second
when Teemu Selanne scored his 3rd of the playoffs on a pass from Bruneette
to make it 4-3 Sharks. Tampa Bay came back again as Brad Richards (from
Kessel and Fleischmann) tied it 4-4 at the 15:12 mark. For Richards, it was
his 9th goal of the playoffs. The teams went to the third period tied 4-4.
In the third period, the Sharks came out flying and at 1:37 Mike Knuble,
assisted by Endstrom and Sedin made it 5-4. One minute and 14 seconds later
it was Martin Garborik scoring taking a Sedin pass to make it 6-4. As if
that was not enough, JP Dumont added yet another goal at 7:41 to make it
7-4. Tampa Bay would not quit, however, as Nick Foligno scored his first
goal of the playoffs at 12:33 to make it 7-5. The Lightning had a chance.
Tampa Bay began to forecheck ferociously but the aggressive play backfired
when Gaborik took a break out pass from Sedin and scored his third goal of
the game to make it 8-5. The Lightning kept pressing and Pascal Dupuis got
his first goal of the playoffs at 16:28 to make it 8-6. With a little more
than 2 minutes to go the Lightning pulled Ryan Miller for the extra
skater.but Nittymaki stood tall in net and the Sharks held on for a wild
win!

Henrik Sedin had 4 assists and Tobias Enstrom 3 for the Sharks. Gaborik got
the hat trick.Mike Knubel had 6 hits. San Jose outshot TB 38-34.

San Jose now leads the series 3-1 with the series shifting back to Tampa Bay
for Game 5 later this week.

June 8 2010 HP Pavillion
06-19-2011

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2009-10 Tampa Bay 9-5-0 3 1 2 6

2009-10 San Jose 11-6-0 1 3 4 8

Scoring Summary

Per Time Str Team

1 11:58 PP SJ Visnovsky(6), assisted by Selanne(4)

1 15:41 EV TB Gonchar(3), assisted by Kessel(2)

1 16:56 EV TB Morrison(4), assisted by Hagman(3)

1 19:38 EV TB Gonchar(4), assisted by Richards(9) and Fleischmann(9)

2 2:32 PP SJ Gaborik(13), assisted by H.Sedin(21) and Enstrom(15)

2 4:22 PP SJ Timonen(1), assisted by Brunette(5) and Robidas(6)

2 11:25 EV SJ Selanne(3), assisted by Brunette(6)

2 15:12 EV TB Richards(9), assisted by Kessel(3) and Fleischmann(10)

3 1:37 EV SJ Knuble(8), assisted by Enstrom(16) and H.Sedin(22)

3 2:51 EV SJ Gaborik(14), assisted by H.Sedin(23) and Visnovsky(8)

3 7:41 EV SJ Dumont(4), assisted by Enstrom(17) and J.Neal(5)

3 12:33 EV TB Foligno(1), assisted by Jovanovski(7)

3 13:40 EV SJ Gaborik(15), assisted by H.Sedin(24)

3 16:28 EV TB Dupuis(1), assisted by Miettinen(4)

Penalty Summary

Per Time Team

1 5:17 TB Kessel(6), 2:00 - hooking

1 6:03 SJ Selanne(2), 2:00 - tripping

1 10:36 TB Foligno(6), 2:00 - hooking

1 12:52 TB Dupuis(6), 2:00 - roughing

1 12:52 SJ Langenbrunner(8), 2:00 - roughing

2 1:26 TB Richards(6), 2:00 - tripping

2 3:13 TB Fleischmann(10), 2:00 - interference

2 4:32 SJ Madden(4), 2:00 - holding

   SOG 1 SOG 2 SOG 3

Tampa Bay 11 12 11

San Jose 13 13 12

   TB SJ

SOG 34 38

FOW 36 37

FO% 49.3 50.7

Hits 14 25

Blocks 15 11

Missed Net 12 11

PIM 10 6

PP 0-2 3-4

TOA 8:25 10:10

Star 1: SJ Gaborik 3 G

Star 2: TB Gonchar 2 G

Star 3: SJ Sedin 4 A

GWG: J.P. Dumont

Notables: TB Richards 18 faceoffs won, R.Miller 30 saves

   SJ H.Sedin 4 assists, Enstrom 3 assists, Gaborik hat trick

GAME 3: SAN JOSE 5, TAMPA BAY 4

2011-06-23T18:00:00.000-04:00


BRAD RICHARDS' HAT TRICK NOT ENOUGH FOR TAMPA BAY

THE SAN JOSE SHARKS BEAT THE TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING 5-4 at the Shark Tank to
take a 2-1 lead in the Stanley Cup Finals.

It was a wild game as the Sharks took an early 3-1 lead only to see Brad
Richards score his 2d and 3rd goals all in the first period to tie the game
at 3-3. For the Lightning captain, Richards, it was his 6th, 7th and 8th
goals of the playoffs - and a pure hat trick! Tied 3-3 in the second, the
Sharks took the lead for good when Brian Rolston scored on the power play at
3:01 of the second, with Brendan Morrison off for cross checking. 5 minutes
later Jim Neal scored to make it 5-3. Neal's goal proved to be the game
winner when Damian Zubrus scored for Tampa with 1:37 to go! With the score
5-4, the Lightning pulled Ryan Miller for the extra skater but Niittymaki
held off the Lightning charge to get the win!

Ryan Miller made 39 saves in the losing effort. Shark defenseman Visnovky
had 2 goals and an assist.

Game 4 is scheduled for Sunday night as the battle continues

June 6 2010 HP Pavillion
06-17-2011

   1 2 3 F

2009-10 Tampa Bay 9-4-0 3 0 1 4

2009-10 San Jose 10-6-0 3 2 0 5

Scoring Summary

Per Time Str Team

1 1:02 EV SJ Visnovsky(4), assisted by H.Sedin(19)

1 6:45 EV TB Richards(6), assisted by D.Morris(3) and Fleischmann(7)

1 7:41 PP SJ Plekanec(6), assisted by Langenbrunner(7) and Visnovsky(7)

1 12:55 EV SJ Visnovsky(5), assisted by H.Sedin(20) and Enstrom(13)

1 13:27 EV TB Richards(7), assisted by Kaberle(7)

1 18:32 EV TB Richards(8), assisted by Gonchar(7) and Fleischmann(8)

2 3:01 PP SJ Rolston(4), assisted by Enstrom(14) and Brunette(4)

2 8:19 EV SJ J.Neal(5), assisted by Madden(3) and Timonen(9)

3 18:23 EV TB Zubrus(2), assisted by Miettinen(3) and Jovanovski(6)

Penalty Summary

Per Time Team

1 3:55 SJ Plekanec(8), 2:00 - tripping

1 7:21 TB D.Morris(4), 2:00 - hooking

2 2:19 TB Morrison(4), 2:00 - cross checking

2 5:12 TB Foligno(4), 2:00 - tripping

3 2:47 SJ Dumont(2), 2:00 - hooking

   SOG 1 SOG 2 SOG 3

Tampa Bay 15 8 9

San Jose 17 16 11

   TB SJ

SOG 32 44

FOW 30 29

FO% 50.8 49.2

Hits 18 16

Blocks 14 16

Missed Net 20 10

PIM 6 4

PP 0-2 2-3

TOA 7:36 7:43

Star 1: TB Richards 3 G

Star 2: SJ Visnovsky 2 G, 3 Pts

Star 3: SJ Rolston 1 G

GWG: James Neal

Notables: TB Richards hat trick, R.Miller 39 saves

   SJ None

GAME 2: TAMPA BAY 4, SAN JOSE 3

2011-06-17T08:52:00.000-04:00

GONCHAR STRIKES LIGHTNING FOR TAMPA BAY

Sergei Gonchar scored at 1:47 of overtime to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a
thrilling come from behind 4-3 win over the San Jose Sharks, to even the
Stanley Cup Finals at one game apiece.

Gonchar scored off a 3 on 1 break led by Brad Richards who passed to Tomas
Fleischmann who in turn hit the streaking Gonchar with a pass which Gonchar
converted into the game winning goal.

Henrik Sedin and Martin Gaborik starred once again for the Sharks. It was
Sedin who opened the scoring only 1:23 into the game when he put the puck
past Ryan Miller on a feed from Gaborik. For Sedin, it was his 9th goal of
the playoffs and his FOURTH in two games in the Finals! The Lightning tied
it at 11;34 when captain Brad Richards came up with an unassisted goal
putting his own rebound past Sharks netminder Johan Hedberg. Two minutes
later Tampa Bay took the lead when Fleischmann scored a power play goal on
an assist by Ed Jovanoski to make it 2-1 Lightning. San Jose came right back
on a power play of their own when Brian Rolston scored, assisted by who else
but Gaborik! The second period ended with the score tied 2-2.

In the third period, the teams battled it out until Gaborik- yes Gaborik
again- scored at 10:12 after taking a lead pass from Sedin! San Jose 3 Tampa
Bay 2 with 8:48 to go. With the Lightning fans roaring, Tampa Bay came back
to tie it when Phil Kessel converted a pass from Richards to light it up
with 5:24 remaining.

Neither team scored the rest of the way in regulation, setting the stage for
Gonchar's overtime dramatics.

Tampa Bay outshot San Jose in this one 41-31. Johan Hedberg made 37 saves
for the Sharks. Richards was the #1 star with a goal and 2 assists. Gaborik
also had a goal and 2 assists.

The series now goes to San Jose for Games 3 and 4 of what has so far been an
incredibly exciting Stanley Cup Final Round.

June 4 2010 St. Pete Times Forum
06-05-2011

1 2 3 4 F

2009-10 San Jose 9-6-0 2 0 1 0 3

2009-10 Tampa Bay 9-3-0 2 0 1 1 4

Scoring Summary

Per Time Str Team

1 1:23 EV SJ H.Sedin(9), assisted by Gaborik(9) and Enstrom(12)

1 11:34 EV TB Richards(5), unassisted

1 13:16 PP TB Fleischmann(4), assisted by Jovanovski(5)

1 15:38 PP SJ Rolston(3), assisted by Gaborik(10)

3 10:12 EV SJ Gaborik(12), assisted by H.Sedin(18) and Timonen(8)

3 14:36 EV TB Kessel(2), assisted by Richards(7)

4 1:47 EV TB Gonchar(2), assisted by Fleischmann(6) and Richards(8)

Dryden Cup Game 1: San Jose 6, Tampa Bay 3

2011-06-17T08:42:00.000-04:00

HENRICK SEDIN: HAT TRICK + 2 ASSISTS

The San Jose Sharks led by KDHL MVP Henrik Sedin routed the Lightning on
their home ice, 6-3. The high scoring, fast skating, Sharks pummeled Ryan
Miller with 45 shots, including a 20-8 first period advantage. Sedin had a
hat trick, and added 2 assists. His 5 points in the game set a new KDHL
record for a single game! Martin Gaborik, Sedin's linemate, was the #2 star
as he netted 2 goals and added 2 assists.

Sedin got the scoring started in the first period on a power play goal at
7:35. A little over 4 minutes later Sedin struck again, with Gaborik
assisting on both goals. Tampa Bay closed the gap to 2-1 when Niclas Hagman
deflected a Steve Ott shot past Johan Hedberg for a power play goal with
1:44 left in the first. In the second period, San Jose made it 3-1 early on
as JP Dumont scored his third goal of the playoffs. And then 35 seconds
later, Sedin struck again, this time off a pass from Mike Knuble. The
Lightning weren't going away however. At 8:45 Brendan Morrison scored to
make it 4-2. And then less than three minutes later, Darrius Zubrus scored
his first goal of the playoffs to make it 4-3 with 8:51 left in the second
period.

The game went to the third period with the Sharks leading 4-3. The Lightning
fans were roaring as the third period began but they were quieted in a hurry
when 28 seconds into the period Plekanec beat Ryan Miller. BUT WAIT - a
video review holds that the puck did NOT cross the line and the Lightning
get a huge break. But then on the ensuing faceoff, Sedin gets the draw to
Gaborik who shoots and scores to make it 5-3 San Jose. Gaborik added a big
insurance goal at 11:01 of the period, putting a rebound of a Sedin shot
past Ryan Miller.

Gaborik had 9 shots on goal. Sedin had 7. Both were +4, along with linemate
Knuble and defensemen Enstrom and Visnovsky - each of whom had 2 assists as
well.

Tampa's top checking line of Foligno-Ott-Clutterbuck did not fare well
against the Sharks and Sedin, as each member of the line was -3 in the game.

SAN JOSE DOWNS BUFFALO FOR TRIP TO THE DRYDEN CUP

2011-06-17T08:28:00.001-04:00

HENRIK SEDIN LEADS SAN JOSE
TO THE THE KEN DRYDEN CUP

The San Jose Sharks defeated the Buffalo Sabres 4 games to 2 to advance to the Dryden Cup finals. Henrik Sedin has scored 5 goals and 15 assists in 13 playoff games and a fierce Tampa Bay Lightning squad waits to meet the Sharks in the first Dryden Cup finals.

Here is a game by game report of the Buffalo series...

GAME 1

Here is the game summary

 May 16 2010                      HSBC Arena                         05-22-2011

                                     1   2   3     F
2009-10 San Jose     5-3-0           3   2   2     7
2009-10 Buffalo      5-1-0           2   0   3     5

Scoring Summary
Per Time Str Team
 1  2:18  EV  Buf Benn(2), assisted by Bergeron(4)
 1  4:31  EV  SJ  Greene(1), assisted by H.Sedin(11) and Knuble(5)
 1  5:12  EV  Buf Benn(3), assisted by B.Campbell(5) and Vrbata(2)
 1  7:10  EV  SJ  Plekanec(2), assisted by Timonen(5) and Langenbrunner(4)
 1 13:00  EV  SJ  Plekanec(3), assisted by Enstrom(6) and Smyth(4)
 2  5:37  EV  SJ  Phillips(5), assisted by Selanne(2) and Brunette(1)
 2 17:11  PP  SJ  Brunette(2), assisted by Plekanec(6)
 3 10:42  EV  Buf B.Richardson(1), assisted by Ribeiro(1) and Cullen(1)
 3 11:01  EV  SJ  Langenbrunner(1), assisted by Smyth(5) and Visnovsky(2)
 3 11:33  EV  SJ  Brunette(3), assisted by Enstrom(7) and Visnovsky(3)
 3 17:35  EV  Buf Hjalmarsson(1), assisted by Raymond(2) and Vrbata(3)
 3 19:47  EV  Buf Stewart(2), assisted by Thornton(2) and Benn(5)

Penalty Summary
Per Time Team
 1  7:23 SJ  Phillips(4), 2:00 - tripping
 1 19:12 SJ  H.Sedin(2), 2:00 - roughing
 1 19:12 Buf B.Richardson(2), 2:00 - roughing
 2   :15 SJ  Plekanec(4), 2:00 - holding
 2 12:33 Buf Salvador(2), 2:00 - tripping
 2 15:43 Buf Benn(4), 2:00 - interference
 3  5:05 Buf Edler(4), 2:00 - tripping

                SOG 1  SOG 2  SOG 3
San Jose         18     12     10
Buffalo          14      7     17

                 SJ        Buf
SOG              40         38
FOW              32         47
FO%            40.5       59.5
Hits             17         15
Blocks           10         10
Missed Net       12         12
PIM               6          8
PP              1-3        0-2
TOA            9:22       9:44

Injuries: Kovalchuk(Buf)-June 1

Star 1: SJ Brunette 2 G, 3 Pts
Star 2: SJ Plekanec 2 G, 3 Pts
Star 3: Buf Benn 2 G, 3 Pts

GWG: Jamie Langenbrunner

GAME 2

 May 18 2010                      HSBC Arena                         05-23-2011

                                     1   2   3     F
2009-10 San Jose     5-4-0           0   1   2     3
2009-10 Buffalo      6-1-0           2   2   0     4

Scoring Summary
Per Time Str Team
 1  5:45  EV  Buf Ribeiro(4), assisted by Weber,S(2) and Edler(1)
 1 16:18  EV  Buf Salvador(3), assisted by Ribeiro(2) and B.Richardson(3)
 2  1:17  PP  SJ  Gaborik(8), assisted by H.Sedin(12) and Visnovsky(4)
 2 11:57  EV  Buf Benn(4), assisted by Bergeron(5) and Hjalmarsson(2)
 2 17:28  EV  Buf Raymond(2), assisted by B.Campbell(6) and Stajan(1)
 3   :33  EV  SJ  Knuble(5), unassisted
 3  8:05  EV  SJ  Knuble(6), assisted by H.Sedin(13) and Gaborik(5)

Penalty Summary
Per Time Team
 1 11:02 SJ  Enstrom(4), 2:00 - tripping
 1 13:12 SJ  Enstrom(6), 2:00 - hooking
 1 19:17 Buf Thornton(4), 2:00 - slashing
 2  8:02 SJ  Robidas(6), 2:00 - hooking
 2 11:36 SJ  H.Sedin(4), 2:00 - roughing
 2 11:36 Buf Weber,S(12), 2:00 - roughing
 3  1:59 SJ  Visnovsky(4), 2:00 - tripping
 3  8:33 Buf Thornton(6), 2:00 - tripping

                SOG 1  SOG 2  SOG 3
San Jose          4     14     15
Buffalo          16     10      6

                 SJ        Buf
SOG              33         32
FOW              35         37
FO%            48.6       51.4
Hits             15         17
Blocks           16         15
Missed Net       23         13
PIM              10          6
PP              1-2        0-4
TOA            9:25       9:33


Star 1: SJ Knuble 2 G
Star 2: Buf Ribeiro 1 G, 2 Pts
Star 3: SJ Gaborik 1 G, 2 Pts

GWG: Mason Raymond

Game 3

May 20 2010                      HP Pavillion                       05-24-2011

                                     1   2   3     F
2009-10 Buffalo      6-2-0           0   1   2     3
2009-10 San Jose     6-4-0           1   3   0     4

Scoring Summary
Per Time Str Team
 1 16:41  PP  SJ  Gaborik(9), assisted by H.Sedin(14)
 2  6:49  EV  Buf Stewart(3), assisted by Kovalchuk(3)
 2  7:56  EV  SJ  H.Sedin(4), assisted by Enstrom(8)
 2  8:56  EV  SJ  J.Neal(4), assisted by Phillips(2)
 2 12:38  EV  SJ  Dumont(1), assisted by J.Neal(3) and Madden(2)
 3  3:43  PP  Buf Stewart(4), assisted by Benn(6)
 3 16:22  PP  Buf Benn(5), assisted by Stewart(4) and B.Campbell(7)

Penalty Summary
Per Time Team
 1  1:39 Buf Kovalchuk(12), 2:00 - interference
 1  5:23 Buf Thornton(8), 2:00 - holding
 1  7:53 SJ  J.Neal(6), 2:00 - tripping
 1 11:15 Buf Thornton(10), 2:00 - hooking
 1 15:30 Buf Stewart(6), 2:00 - interference
 2   :42 SJ  H.Sedin(6), 2:00 - holding
 2 19:45 Buf Niedermayer(2), 2:00 - roughing
 3  2:01 SJ  Madden(2), 2:00 - interference
 3 14:40 SJ  Gaborik(2), 2:00 - cross checking

                SOG 1  SOG 2  SOG 3
Buffalo           4     11     16
San Jose         20     11      3

                Buf         SJ
SOG              31         34
FOW              31         34
FO%            47.7       52.3
Hits             26         22
Blocks           16         24
Missed Net       11         12
PIM              10          8
PP              2-4        1-5
TOA           12:59      11:57


Star 1: Buf Stewart 2 G, 3 Pts
Star 2: SJ Neal 1 G, 2 Pts
Star 3: SJ Sedin 1 G, 2 Pts

GWG: J.P. Dumont

GAME 4

  May 23 2010                      HP Pavillion                       05-27-2011

                                     1   2   3     F
2009-10 Buffalo      6-3-0           0   2   0     2
2009-10 San Jose     7-4-0           1   3   2     6

Scoring Summary
Per Time Str Team
 1 15:23  PP  SJ  Dumont(2), assisted by Greene(6)
 2  1:08  PP  SJ  Knuble(7), assisted by Enstrom(9) and H.Sedin(15)
 2  3:41  PP  Buf Benn(6), assisted by Weber,S(3)
 2  7:53  PP  Buf Benn(7), assisted by Weber,S(4) and Ribeiro(3)
 2 15:40  EV  SJ  Smyth(4), assisted by Plekanec(7) and Langenbrunner(5)
 2 17:56  EV  SJ  Rolston(1), unassisted
 3   :58  EV  SJ  Plekanec(4), assisted by Timonen(6)
 3 10:11  EV  SJ  Rolston(2), assisted by Dumont(4) and Robidas(5)

Penalty Summary
Per Time Team
 1 13:23 Buf B.Campbell(6), 2:00 - interference
 2   :49 Buf Stewart(8), 2:00 - cross checking
 2  2:42 SJ  Knuble(4), 2:00 - hooking
 2  4:30 Buf Salvador(4), 2:00 - tripping
 2  6:58 SJ  Smyth(6), 2:00 - holding
 2  7:18 SJ  Langenbrunner(4), 2:00 - hooking
 2 18:35 Buf Stajan(4), 2:00 - holding
 3  2:03 Buf B.Campbell(8), 2:00 - elbowing
 3 18:16 SJ  J.Neal(8), 2:00 - hooking

                SOG 1  SOG 2  SOG 3
Buffalo          19      9      4
San Jose         11     12      9

                Buf         SJ
SOG              32         32
FOW              30         36
FO%            45.5       54.5
Hits             22         16
Blocks           19         17
Missed Net        8         17
PIM              10          8
PP              2-3        2-5
TOA           10:15      10:56


Star 1: SJ Rolston 2 G
Star 2: Buf Benn 2 G
Star 3: SJ Dumont 1 G, 2 Pts

GWG: Ryan Smyth

GAME 5

May 26 2010                      HSBC Arena                         05-30-2011

                                     1   2   3     F
2009-10 San Jose     7-5-0           0   0   1     1
2009-10 Buffalo      7-3-0           0   2   1     3

Scoring Summary
Per Time Str Team
 2  2:35  PP  Buf Stewart(5), assisted by Kovalchuk(4) and B.Campbell(8)
 2  5:52  EV  Buf Raymond(3), assisted by Edler(2) and Dubinsky(3)
 3  1:07  EV  Buf Kovalchuk(1), assisted by Thornton(3) and Stewart(5)
 3 12:11  EV  SJ  Brunette(4), assisted by Greene(7) and Timonen(7)

Penalty Summary
Per Time Team
 1  3:43 SJ  Plekanec(6), 2:00 - interference
 1 10:02 Buf Hjalmarsson(2), 2:00 - hooking
 1 17:24 SJ  Brunette(4), 2:00 - tripping
 2  1:52 SJ  Langenbrunner(6), 2:00 - interference
 3  6:45 SJ  Robidas(8), 2:00 - holding

                SOG 1  SOG 2  SOG 3
San Jose         14     11      6
Buffalo           9      9     14

                 SJ        Buf
SOG              31         32
FOW              27         40
FO%            40.3       59.7
Hits             17         25
Blocks           19          9
Missed Net       17         21
PIM               8          2
PP              0-1        1-4
TOA            8:12      13:48


Star 1: Buf Anderson 30 saves
Star 2: Buf Kovalchuk 1 G, 2 Pts
Star 3: Buf Stewart 1 G, 2 Pts

GWG: Mason Raymond

GAME 6

 May 28 2010                      HP Pavillion                       05-30-2011

                                     1   2   3     F
2009-10 Buffalo      7-4-0           0   1   0     1
2009-10 San Jose     8-5-0           1   2   0     3

Scoring Summary
Per Time Str Team
 1  7:42  EV  SJ  Visnovsky(3), assisted by Langenbrunner(6) and Brunette(2)
 2  2:30  PP  SJ  Plekanec(5), assisted by Brunette(3) and Selanne(3)
 2  4:16  EV  Buf Stewart(6), assisted by Kovalchuk(5) and Thornton(4)
 2  4:47  EV  SJ  H.Sedin(5), assisted by Gaborik(6) and Knuble(6)

Penalty Summary
Per Time Team
 1 10:05 SJ  Knuble(8), 4:00 - high sticking
 2  1:40 Buf Benn(6), 2:00 - tripping
 2  5:41 Buf Hannan(2), 2:00 - hooking
 2  9:19 Buf B.Campbell(10), 2:00 - hooking
 2 12:08 Buf Kovalchuk(14), 2:00 - interference
 2 14:44 SJ  Phillips(6), 2:00 - hooking
 3 15:32 SJ  H.Sedin(8), 2:00 - holding

                SOG 1  SOG 2  SOG 3
Buffalo          20      8     12
San Jose          5      9     15

                Buf         SJ
SOG              40         29
FOW              31         34
FO%            47.7       52.3
Hits             17         16
Blocks           20         11
Missed Net       19         22
PIM               8          8
PP              0-3        1-4
TOA           11:41      12:24


Star 1: SJ Niittymaki 39 saves
Star 2: SJ Visnovsky 1 G
Star 3: SJ Brunette  2 A

GWG: Tomas Plekanec

TAMPA BAY DOWNS PHILLY FOR TRIP TO THE KEN DRYDEN CUP

2011-06-17T07:51:00.000-04:00

RYAN MILLER (8-2-1.49) LEADS LIGHTNING

The Tampa Bay Lightning outlasted the fiesty Philadelphia Flyer franchise to advance to the Ken Dryden Cup finals....

Here is the report on the recent games....

Game 3

Philly never threatens in this one as Ryan Miller had the game in lock down with an easy 3-0 shutout win to put Tampa up 2-1.
>>
>> May 20 2010 Wachovia Center 05-24-2011
>>
>> 1 2 3 F
>> 2009-10 Tampa Bay 6-2-0 0 1 2 3
>> 2009-10 Philadelphia 5-2-0 0 0 0 0
>>
>> Scoring Summary
>> Per Time Str Team
>> 2 1:04 PP TB Kaberle(1), assisted by Hagman(2) and Miettinen(1)
>> 3 :26 EV TB Fleischmann(3), assisted by Gonchar(4) and Richards(5)
>> 3 5:24 EV TB Richards(3), assisted by Gonchar(5) and Fleischmann(3)

Game 4

Ryan Miller stones Philly now for 10 consecutive 20 minute periods and wins a crazy Game 4 1-0 with a goal by Hagman with 11 seconds left in the 6th period. This gives TB a pretty safe 3-1 series lead.

May 23 2010 Wachovia Center 05-24-2011

1 2 3 4 5 6 F
2009-10 Tampa Bay 7-2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
2009-10 Philadelphia 5-3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Scoring Summary
Per Time Str Team
6 19:49 EV TB Hagman(4), assisted by Kaberle(5) and Versteeg(4)

GAME 5

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING ADVANCE TO THE STANLEY CUP FINALS AS THEY BEAT THE
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS 3-1 TO TAKE THE SEMI FINAL SERIES IN FIVE GAMES

Another battle of the goaltenders as Ryan Miller extended his shutout streak
to nearly 12 periods before Vincent Lecavalier put the Flyers ahead 1-0.
Lecavalier deflected a shot from the point by Drew Doughty to put
Philadelphia ahead. Despite being outshot 32-18 through two periods, Philly
took a 1-0 lead to the third behind the spectacular goaltending of Roberto
Luongo. Luongo stoned Kris Versteeg on a breakaway in the first. He got
somewhat lucky in the second when a Sergei Gonchar shot appeared to beat him
but the video review showed that Luongo had just managed to keep the puck
from crossing the goal line.

Gonchar struck again early in the third period tying the game with a
slapshot on a pass from Brad Richards. There was a video review once again
but this time the score counted and the game was even at 1-1. 5 minutes
later, Brad Richards netted his 4th goal of the playoffs as he snapped one
past Luongo on a pass from Gonchar - and the Lightning had a lead that they
would not relinquish. Steve Ott got the insurance goal at 9:33 deflecting an
Ed Jovanoski slap shot past Luongo.

Ryan Miller -with two shutouts in the series- made 25 saves and was the #3
star.

Gonchar and Richards, each with a goal and an assist, were the #1 and #2
stars respectively

Tampa Bay outshot Philly 47-26 as Luongo made 44 saves.

Brad Richards excelled on faceoffs winning 20 of 30.

The Lightning also out hit the Flyers 27-15 with Jovanoski dishing out 5
hits.

Drew Doughty of the Flyers had 7 blocked shots.

Tampa Bay will have the top seeding and the home ice advantage in the Finals
as they await the winner of the Buffalo-San Jose series.

May 26 2010 St. Pete Times Forum
05-25-2011

1 2 3 F

2009-10 Philadelphia 5-4-0 0 1 0 1

2009-10 Tampa Bay 8-2-0 0 0 3 3

Scoring Summary

Per Time Str Team

2 17:57 EV Phi Lecavalier(1), assisted by Doughty(1)

3 1:03 EV TB Gonchar(1), assisted by Richards(6) and Fleischmann(4)

3 6:22 EV TB Richards(4), assisted by Fleischmann(5) and Gonchar(6)

3 9:33 EV TB Ott(3), assisted by Jovanovski(4) and Clutterbuck(2)

TAMPA BAY AND PHILLY TIED AT 1-1 IN SEMIFINALS

2011-05-22T09:34:00.001-04:00

CLUTTERBUCK LEADS TAMPA BAY TO OVERTIME WIN

Game 2

Game reports from Alan Raylesburg

In a game for the ages, the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Philadelphia Flyers 2-1 in triple overtime to even their series at 1 game apiece (Note as per my prior email that periods 4 and 5 were only 5 minutes long until I was able to change Rules to create 20 min OT period- so even though the box score shows 8 periods, it was actually 3 OTS with the 8th period beginning at the 10 minute mark of the 3rd OT, got it?).

Cal Clutterbuck deflected a Brent Sopel slapshot past Roberto Luongo at 11:11 of the third OT to win it for the Lightning. Tampa took the lead in the second period on a goal by Phil Kessel. The Flyers tied it in the third period on Alex Tanguay's first goal of the playoffs. The rest of the game was all about goaltending. Ryan Miller made 50 saves for the Lightning while Luongo made 51 saves for the Flyers. Luongo stoned Nick Foligno on a breakaway early in the third OT before Clutterbuck's goal won the game.

The series now moves on to Philadelphia for Games 3 and 4.

GAME 1

The Philadelphia Flyers scored twice in the last 7 minutes to come from
behind and beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 in the opening game of their semifinal series. The Flyers remain unbeaten through 5 games in the playoffs. Light scoring Joel Ward got the game winning goal at 14:39 of the third when he stuffed a rebound past Ryan Miller. The Flyers had tied the game just about a minute earlier when James van Riemsydyk scored an unassisted power play goal, his first of the playoffs. Ed Jovanoski had gone off for tripping, a costly penalty for the Lightning who led 3-2 at the time.

The Flyers opened the scoring at the 1:26 mark when Mike Richards beat Miller. The Lightning tied it late in the first on a power play goal by
Jovanoski. Brendan Morrison put TB up 2-1 in the second before Guillame Latendresse tied it again on an assist by Vincent Lecavalier. The see saw battle continued as Niclas Hagman scored his 3rd goal of the playoffs at 13:21 of the second to make it 3-2 Tampa Bay.

Philadelphia outshot Tampa Bay 33-29. Almost all the stats were even in this close game. Roberto Luongo made 26 saves as he won his 5th game of the playoffs without a defeat. Van Riemsdyk was the #1 star.

SAN JOSE OUTLASTS CHICAGO IN 7 GAMES

2011-05-21T15:45:00.003-04:00

GABORIK LEADS SHARKS TO SEMIS

Marion Gaborik slipped the puck past Hawk goalie Carey Price 2 minutes into the 3rd overtime of the 7th game to lead the San Jose Sharks to a 6-5 win and a trip to the KDHL semifinals.

The series between the Sharks and the Hawks lived up to its billing as the most exciting series in the quarterfinals.

GAME 1 ( San Jose )

San Jose Sharks outgun the Hawks 7-6 at the Shark Tank.

Chicago actually outshot San Jose 45-25 but Shark G Johan Hedberg (6-39-45) survived thanks to a San Jose offense that included a number of sharpshooters who made the best of their limited opportunities against Blackhawk G Tutu Rask (7-18-25). Amazingly, both goalies played the entire contest despite the high scoring contest.

Chris Phillips (2 Gs, 3 Pts), Tomas Plekanec ( 1G, 3 Pts) and Ryan Smyth ( 1G, 2 Pts) led the potent Shark attack. They received valuable support from blue liner Stephane Robidas (3 Pts).

Chicago entered the series with a goalie controversy between Tuukka Rask and Carey Price so it was surprising to see Rask (7-13-25) stay in the goal for the entire game. Rask's performance gave the word "sieve" a bad name.

GAME 2 (San Jose)

San Jose 4, Chicago 3 (OT)

With the Chicago papers howling for Carey Price to stand between the pipes for the Blackhawks, Owner Francois Lessard made the switch while Shark owner Jeff Paulson kept Johan Hedberg in goal for the Sharks despite allowing 6 goals in game 1.

KDHL MVP Henrik Sedin stuffed the puck past a stunned Carey Price at the 2:48 mark in the first overtime period to give the Sharks a 4-3 win and a 2-0 series lead. Sedin scored thanks to some great passes from Marion Gaborik and Kimmo Timonen.

Chicago's frustration was understandable. After outshooting San Jose 45-25 in game 1 they also outshoot San Jose 34-28 in this contest. Although anything would be an improvement on the 7 goal debacle in game 1, Carey Price's performance (4-32-36) was not enough to slow down the Shark Attack.

GAME 3 ( Chicago)
Chicago 6, San Jose 5

The Blackhawks outlasted the Sharks 6-5 to cut the Sharks series lead to 2-1.

It became apparent to all Chicago fans that you do not stop the Shark Attack, you merely slow it down and hope you can come up with some counterattacks and wear down the men from San Jose.

Patrick O'Sullivan (what a great name for a Chicago Blackhawk) knocked in the game winning goal at the 3:50 mark in the 2nd period.

San Jose outshot the Hawks (39-18) and had some fine play from James Neal ( 2Gs, 3 Pts) but it was not enough to top the performances of Sullivan ( 2 Gs)and Brandon Yip (2Gs). The Blackhawks also relied on strong play from Jordan Staal (16 FOW) and 3 assists from Ryan Suter.

GAME 4 ( at Chicago)
Chicago 4, San Jose 3

Chicago evened the series with a 4-3 win. For the fourth consecutive game, the home team won by 1 goal. Tuukka Rask ( 3-28-31) picked up his second win of the series while Antero Niittymaki (4-30-34) made his first appearence as the San Jose goalie and took the loss.

Chicago cashed in on 3 of 5 power play opportunities while shutout the Sharks (0-3) when San Jose was on the power play. The Blackhawks out hit the Sharks (21-12) and led in SOG (34-31).

GAME 5 ( San Jose )

Chicago 2, San Jose 1

The Blackhawks picked up their first win at the Shark Tank with a 2-1 win and Chicago now led the series 3-2.

Drew Stafford slipped the game winner at the 16:33 mark in period 2 by cashing in on an unusual Shark turnover in their own ice.   The physical Blackhawks stifled the Shark sharpshooters as Ryan Suter ( 6 blocks) and Mike Green ( 6 blocks) kept the puck from even reaching the net.

Henrik Sedin had a Goal but Chicago Goalie Tuukka Rask (1-31-32) outdueled Shark Goalie Johan Hedberg (2-18-20) for the win.

GAME 6 (Chicago)

San Jose 7, Chicago 1

Chicago entered the game with a 3-2 series lead and a chance to win their first playoff series on their home ice. Despite Rask playing his finest game of the series, Lessard shocked the Blackhawk faithful by going with Carey Price. Paulson and the Sharks replaced Hedberg with Niittmaki.

The Shark Attack resurfaced with a vengenance.   Marion Gaborik posted a hat trick (3 Gs, 4 Pts) and Mike Knuble (G, 3 Pts) and Henrik Sedin (4 Assists) provided strong supporting roles as they blitzed Carey Price (7-20-27).

Antero Niittymaki (1-18-19) turned in an outstanding performance and evened his record at 1-1 in the series.

GAME 7 ( San Jose )

San Jose 6, Chicago 5 (3 OTs)

Marion Gaborik scored at the 2:00 minute mark in the 6th period to give the Sharks a 6-5 win and the series championship.

Miko Koivu (G, 3 Pts, 5 Blocks, 21 FOW) and Troy Brower ( G, 3 Pts) bolstered the hopes of Chicago fans but it was not enough to overcome the performances of Gaborik ( 2 Gs).

Niittymaki (5-49-56) outlasted Price (6-31-37) to pick up the win. Price was 0-3 in the series.

Henrik Sedin posted 10 assists for the Sharks.

BUFFALO SABRES SWEEP MONTREAL

2011-05-10T21:02:00.000-04:00

Shea Weber Blasts OT Goal for Sabres

Shea Weber blasted a goal in the first minute of overtime in Game 4 to lead the Buffalo Sabres to a 3-2 win and a series sweep of Noel Savard's Montreal Canadians.

Dave Luksch's Sabres had their hands full throughout the series but always seemed to come up with a clutch play.

After taking Game 1 by a 2-1 margin, the Sabres exploded for a 7-2 win in game 2. The last 2 games went to the Sabres by a 2-1 and 3-2 OT margins.

Buffalo was led by Brian Campbell (D) (1G, 4A, 5 PTs), Patrice Bergeron (C) (2G, 3A, 5 PTs), Jamie Benn (LW) (1G, 4A, 5 Pts) and Goalie Craig Anderson ( 95% Save %).

Montreal spent alot of time in the penalty box and Goalie Marc-Andre Fluery was demoralized by giving up 6 goals in game 2 and ended up allowing 13 goals on 95 attempts for a 86.3% save percentage.

RYAN MILLER LEADS TAMPA BAY PAST VANCOUVER

2011-05-10T19:43:00.000-04:00

MILLER STONEWALLS CANUCKS

GAME 5

In a thrilling conclusion to a hard fought series, the Tampa Bay Lightning
came from behind twice and defeated the Vancouver Canucks in overtime 3-2 to
advance to the next round of the KDHL Playoffs.

Kris Versteeg redirected a Derek Morris shot behind goalie Jimmy Howard at
3:48 of OT for the winning goal. Versteeg had tied the game at 2 in the
second period. Vancouver jumped out to a 1-0 lead in this one on a power
play goal by Jerome Iginla. The Lightning came back to tie it early in the
second period on a power play goal of their own, netted by Tomas
Fleischmann. The power plays continued as Vancouver's Henrik Tallinder made
it 2-1 Vancouver at 9:42 of the second. Versteeg tied the game less than two
minutes later. The teams played a scoreless third period before Versteeg
scored the winner in OT. There were some thrilling moments in the last few
minutes as TB's Cal Clutterbuck hit the post with 8 minutes left -and with
5:42 left Ryan Miller made a spectacular save on Tuomo Ruutu who came in
alone on him after taking a pass from Ian White.

The Lightning advance to the KDHL Semi-Finals and will play either Buffalo
or Philadelphia, depending on the outcome of the San Jose- Chicago series.
Either way, Tampa Bay should have the home ice advantage in the semis.

GAME 4

Canuck Report

Controversy ruled in the aftermath of the Canucks second consecutive 2-1 loss on home ice to Tampa Bay. An apparent 2nd period goal by Josh Gorges, which would have given the home squad a critical 2 goal lead, was waved off when the officials ruled that a Vancouver forward made contact with Lightning goalie Ryan Miller on the play.

The ruling appeared to deflate the home team somewhat, who although holding a one-goal lead, struggled to get it together over the remaining moments of the 2nd. The indifferent play carried over into the first shift of the 3rd when Brendan Morrison picked up his own rebound and deposited it past Jimmy Howard to even the score at 1.

The Canucks power play proved to be a key failure on the night, as while their only tally occurred with the extra man, five other attempts went for naught. Conversely, the Lightning managed one power play tally in only 2 attempts. The one successful conversation for the visitors from Florida, however, proved to be the game winner, as Nicklas Hagman netted the power play marker just over 8 minutes into the third to deliver the one goal lead. Steve Ott and Kris Versteeg picked up the helpers on the crucial tally.

Vancouver pressed over the remaining 12 minutes, but couldn’t penetrate the fortress created by the superstar goalie Miller. The Canucks will have their backs against the wall down 3-1, when the series returns to Tampa Bay later this week. Hope still remains for the Canucks, who despite the three straight losses, recognize that a lucky bounce here or there would have the series in their favor, as all four contests have been decided by a single goal.

PHILADELPHIA STUNS HOCKEY WORLD BY SWEEPING #1 SEED WASHINGTON IN FIRST ROUND OF THE KDHL PLAYOFFS

2011-05-01T11:07:00.047-04:00

LUONGO LEADS FLYERS TO SWEEP OF CAPS

The Philadelphia Flyers used the hot goal tending of Roberto Luongo and a tough defense led by Drew Doughty to sweep the #1 seeded Washington Capitals in a stunning round 1 playoff series.

Game 1

Luongo stopped all 27 shots on goal in game 1 as the Flyers shut out the Caps (2-0). Despite the fact Washington killed all 6 Flyer power plays, Philly cashed in on Joel Ward's 2nd period goal and Guill Latendresse's 3rd period tally. Washington Cap Goalie Evgeni Nabokov was respectable (30-32) and stopped all 6 Flyer power plays but his efforts fell short.

Game 2

Flyers win 4-1. Philly was more effective on the power play (2-4) while the Capitals were unable to convert any of the same opportunities ( 0-4). Flyer Defensemen Drew Doughty scored twice and Guill Latendresse and Mike Richards added the other goals. Alex Burrows scored the first playoff goal in Washington history in the first period.

Game 3

Flyers win 2-1.

Phil Glencross scored in the second period for a Philly 1-0 lead.
Mark Giordano tied it early in the 3rd period but Ryane Clowe scored the winner at the 15:57 mark.
Luongo (34-35) kept the Flyers out of trouble.

Game 4

Flyers win 2-1 in overtime.

Washington led in nearly every category except the final score. The Caps led in shots (47-28), faceoffs won (40-26) and power play conversions (1/3 vs. 0/0) and Jonathan Toews scored a goal in the 2nd period but Luongo continued to dominate the series with (46-47) saves.

POST SERIES COMMENTS

Washington Capital owner Mike Moretti had the following comments:

"I quit, this league is a sham.....LOL

  Just joking guys, even though I'm truly embarrassed as
  the number 1 seed. Congrate's to Erik and his "PHILLY"
  team. I didn't have a win agaisnt him in the regular
  season and it carried over to the play-off's. Im sure
  he will be selling his "Washington Game Plan" to everyone
  for next year.

  One or two win's would have been nice. I came into this
  league, never playing any type of "Strat Hockey". I guess
  my beginner luck ran out.

  Good Luck to the rest of the Play-off team's, Im already, to
  get started on the off-season, and try to bounce back.

  I had a blast this year......."

G3: TAMPA BAY BEATS VANCOUVER IN OT

2011-05-01T08:40:00.000-04:00

RICHARDS KNOCKS IN OT GOAL

Report from Matt Dickendesher:

Tampa Bay stormed into Canada looking to steal at least one game on enemy ice, just like the Canucks had done in game 1. The two evenly-matched teams put on another excellent battle in game 3.

Thomas Fleischmann put the Bolts on the board at the 14:42 mark of the opening frame, converting a pass from Brad Richards and burying the puck behind Canucks netminder Jimmy Howard. Tomas Kaberle picked up the secondary helper on the tally, which came while the teams skated four on four. No red lights would flash until the 3rd frame, but Steve Ott and Scott Hartnell inflicted some red marks on each other’s faces during a scrap in the 2nd.

The Canucks outshot the Lightning in each of the first two periods, 10-8 in the first and 13-10 in the 2nd.

Trailing by a goal, the checking line for the home team evened the score, as Paul Gaustad moved the puck up to late-season pickup Craig Adams who entered enemy territory. Adams dropped the puck back to the point where Jay Bouwmeester let a rocket fly that eluded Lightning goalie Ryan Miller. With 16 and half minutes left in regulation, the scored had been tied at 1.

The Canucks tried to restrict the Lightning offense as much as possible, but in so doing, restricted their own, as they mustered only a paltry 5 total shots on goal in the 3rd, compared to 8 for their opponents.

The Lightning got a late-game break on a questionable hooking call to Stephen Weiss with just under 2 minutes left in regulation. The Canucks PK, however, held the fort, killing off the remaining portion of regulation and sending the game into the extra frame.

In overtime, both teams played tight defense, as only four total shots on goal (2 by each teams) had been registered after 11 minutes of play. It would be the fifth shot, however, that struck like lightning in the hearts of the Canucks faithful. Brad Richards converted a nice passing play from Phil Kessel at 11:27 of OT, and Tampa had stolen one on the road to go up 2-1 in the opening round series. Notables: Van Howard 41 saves

LIGHTNING TIE SERIES WITH CANUCKS (1-1)

2011-05-01T07:06:00.000-04:00

STEVE OTT KNOCKED IN WINNER

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 to even their series
at 1 game apiece as the series moves cross country to Vancouver. Just as
Vancouver came from behind in Game 1, the Lightning did it in Game 2. Tampa
scored four straight goals, after trailing 2-0, to even the series. It was a
strange game as the Lightning dominated with a 45-18 shots on goal
advantage. Yet, it was the Canucks who struck first as their fourth line
took command.Patrick Kaleta scored at the 4:41 mark from Ruutu and Wellwoodto make it 1-0. Ten minutes later, it was the same linemates at work as KyleWellwood scored assisted by Ruutu and defenseman Jeff Schultz. 2-0
Vancouver!

Tampa struck back 16 seconds later when team MVP Brad Richards scored
assisted by Ohlund and Gonchar to make it 2-1 after one.

In the second period, the Lightning broke the game open on goals by Anti
Miettinen, Ed Jovanovski and Steve Ott - and Tampa led 4-2 after two, and
with a 30-10 edge in shots on goal.

The third period was a tight checking one as the Lightning played
conservatively while shutting down the high scoring Steven Weiss line which
had beaten them in Game 1. However, at 14:03 of the third period,
Vancouver's fourth line struck again - Tuomo Ruutu scored assisted by
Wellwood to make it 4-3.

It was a nervous last 6 minutes for the Lightning fans but the Lightning
behind Goalie Ryan Miller hung on for the series tying win!

Tampa Bay was not penalized in the game but also went 0-5 on the power play.

Jimmy Howard made 41 saves for the Canucks in another strong performance.

VANCOUVER DOWNS TAMPA BAY IN FIRST KDHL PLAYOFF GAME

2011-05-01T06:37:00.001-04:00

WEISS HAT TRICK LEADS CANUCKS

The following is a report from Alan Raylesberg:

The Vancouver Canucks (seeded 7th) and the Tampa Bay Lightning (seeded 2nd)
played some wild games during the regular season. While splitting the season
series 2-2, the series featured a TB 7-6 win and a Vancouver 8-5 win. The
other two games were decided by one goal (Van 2-1, TB 3-2 in a shootout). So
it was not surprising to see what unfolded at the St. Pete Times Forum in
the first ever KDHL Playoff game.

The Lightning struck first at 9:52 of the first period when Ed Jovanoski
scored on a slapshot from the point, beating Jimmy Howard in the Vancouver
net. Early in the second period, the Lightning struck again as this time
Steve Ott deflected a Jovanoski slap shot past Howard and Tampa Bay was up
2-0. Having outshot the Canucks 17-10 in the the first period, it looked
like it might be an easy home game for Tampa Bay. But the Canucks had other
ideas. At 8:38 of the second period, light scoring Paul Gaustad beat Ryan
Smith and it was 2-1 Tampa Bay. Tampa Bay came right back four minutes later
when defenseman Mattias Ohlund, who did not score a single goal in the
regular season, scored on a slap shot to make it 3-1 Tampa Bay.

The game -and maybe the series- then turned at the 17:38 mark. With the
Lightning continuing to outshoot and outplay the Canucks (38-17 shot
advantage through two), Tampa's aggressive play backfired as Vancouver All
Star RW Patrick Marleau got a breakaway and beat Miller to make it 3-2!

The teams went to the locker room still tied at 3-2 and then in the third
period, Stephen Weiss took over for Vancouver! First, Weiss scored on a
breakaway at 1:01 to tie the game. Then Weiss did it again at 4:31 to put
Vancouver ahead for the first time 4-3. And then two minutes later, Weiss
did it again! A pure hat trick ---three goals in just over 5 minutes - and
Vancouver suddenly was ahead 5-3 before an absolutely stunned crowd in Tampa
Bay. The Lightning pressed hard to come back but seemed to have run out of
gas -deflated by Weiss's hat trick. Yet with 3:36 left, Niclas Hagman scored
to make it 5-4. The Lightning pressed on - and pulled Miller with a little
over a minute to go - but they could not crack Howard and time ran out with
the Canucks pulling off an incredible come from behind 5-4 win!

Stephen Weiss, with his hat trick and an assist was the #1 star.

Marleau with a goal and an assist got the second star

Steve Ott, of TB, with a goal and an assist took the third star.

Tampa Bay dominated in everything but the scoreboard. They outshot Vancouver
48-23, won 48 faceoffs to 24 for Vancouver, had 29 hits (to 24 for Van) and
had over 13 minutes on the attack compared to 5:25 for Vancouver. Yet the
Canucks won the game behind Weiss's heroics. There were other heroes as well
as defensemen Jay Bouwmeester and Josh Gorges each had 5 blocks. And Jimmy
Howard was sensational as he made 44 saves.

Brad Richards won 20 faceoffs for Tampa Bay

QUARTERFINAL PLAYOFF PREVIEW

2011-04-23T14:25:00.001-04:00

Jonathan Toews leads the Caps

WASHINGTON (1) v. PHILADELPHIA (8)

Mike Moretti's Capitals have cruised throughout the first season in KDHL history, posting 112.78 points and a number 1 seed in the playoffs. Washington is led by KDHL All Stars Jonathan Toews (C), Alex Burrows (RW), Alex Goligoski (D) and Evegeni Nabokov (G).

Eric Toma's Flyers barely nipped the Pittsburgh Penguins (90.22-89.2) for the final playoff position. The Flyers placed 3 players on the KDHL All Star team, a list that included Drew Doughty (D), Keith Yandle (D) and Roberto Luongo.

OFFENSE

The Caps led the KDHL by scoring an average of 3.47 goals a game. They have a variety of offensive weapons including Toews (20/51/71), Burrows (29/33/62), Clowe (23/36/59), Fehr (35/23/58) , Kesler (19/38/57), Bourque (21/36/57) and Gogligoski (23/29/52).

On the other hand, the Flyers only have 2 players with more than 50 points, Doughty (19/37/56) and Lecavalier (13/40/53).

Advantage: Caps

DEFENSE:

Washington tied for first among playoff contenders with a stingy 2.53 GAA while Philly brings up the rear with a 2.77 GAA.

Advantage: Caps

SPECIAL TEAMS

Washington picks up about 10.3 Penalty Minutes per game and converts 19.3 % of its power plays while it kills 85.8 % of their opponents' power plays.

The Flyers spend about 8.1 minutes in jail in an average game and convert 15.6 % of their power plays and kill 82.8 % of opposing team's power plays.

Advantage: Caps

GOALIES

Both teams enter the playoffs with All-Star Goalies. The Caps are led by Evgeni Nabokov and Washington netminders have stopped .914 of all shots on goal. Philadelphia is led by Roberto Luongo and their goaltenders have stopped .907 of all shots on goal.

Advantage: Caps

Prediction

Washington should take this series in 5 games. Luongo and Doughty should hold off the Caps in at least 1 game but the Caps have too many advantages for the Flyers to have any chance at an upset.

The Flyers rank last among playoff qualifiers with 2.81 Goals per Game.

BRAD RICHARDS LIGHTNING TOP GUN

(2) TAMPA BAY (101.25) v. (7) VANCOUVER (91.12)

Allan Raylesburg has done a tremendous job getting the Lightning ready for the playoffs by accumulating 101.25 points and a #2 seed in the KDHL playoffs. Tampa Bay is led All-Stars like Brad Richards and Sergei Gonchar.

Matt Dickendesher and the Vancouver Canucks promise some stiff competition and will rely on All Star Patrick Marleau and a goalie tandem of Jimmy Howard and Jonathan Quick .

OFFENSE

Advantage: Tampa Bay

The Lightning post about 3.02 goals a game while Vancouver manages about 2.82 goals a game.

Tampa Bay relies on 4 main players for offensive production. The quartet include Brad Richards (26/62/88), Phil Kessel (32/21/53), Tomas Fleischmann (21/32/53) and Sergei Gonchar (12/38/50).

Vancouver averages 2.82 goals a game and relies on sharp shooters like Patrick Marleau (31/44/75), Jarome Iginala (26/35/61) and Stephen Weiss (28/32/60).

DEFENSE

Advantage: Tie

Tampa holds a slight advantage in goal prevention (2.72-2.68) but it is not significant enough to matter.

SPECIAL TEAMS

Advantage: Lightning

Tampa averages 9 minutes a game in the penalty box while Vancouver spends 10.4 in the box. While the teams have similar success percentages converting their power plays ( Tampa 20.1 %/ Vancouver 21.1%), the Lightning are superior in killing opponent power plays (83.8%-82.2%)

GOALIES

Advantage: Tie

You cannot go wrong with Ryan Miller (TB) and his .919 Save % and you have to like the Canucks depth at Goalie ( Jimmy Howard (.918) and Jonathan Quick ( .915)).

PREDICTION:

Tampa Bay in 6 games.

Marc Fleury leads Montreal to #6 Ranking

#3 Buffalo (99) v. #6 Montreal (93)

Dave Luksch leads the Sabres into the playoffs against Luc Savard and Montreal. The Sabres placed Chris Stewart, Joe Thornton, Shea Weber, Ilya Kovalchuck and Craig Anderson on the KDHL All-Star lists while the Canadians sole All-Star was goalie Marc Andre Fleury.

OFFENSE:

The Sabres average 2.96 Goals while the Canadians are slightly behind with a 2.83 average. The Sabres have a quartet of sharp shooters which includes Chris Stewart (35/34/69), Joe Thornton (23/56/79), Ilya Kovalchuck ( 28/29/57) and Shea Weber (16/28/44). The Canadians rely on a trio of Centers which include Evgeni Malkin ( 29/33/62), Steven Stamkos ( 24/33/57) and Antoine Vermette (25/26/51).

Advantage: Tie

DEFENSE

Buffalo ties for the best goal prevention unit in the playoffs with a 2.53 average while Montreal follows closely with a 2.54 average.

Advantage: Tie

SPECIAL TEAMS

The Sabres are a more disciplined team and spend less time in the penalty box (7.7 ) than the more aggressive Canadians (8.1). Both teams are near the bottom of the rankings of all playoff teams in special unit play with Montreal enjoying an advantage in converting power plays (16.1 %/ 15.5 %) and Buffalo with a slight advantage in penalty killing (82%/81.5%).

Advantage: Tie

GOALIES

Buffalo stopped 91.4 % of all shots on goal while Montreal stopped 90.2 % of all shots. While this appears to be a slight advantage for the Sabres, Fluery is eligible to start all 7 games if he can endure the strain.

Advantage: Tie

PREDICTION

Montreal posts an upset in 7 games. The key to the upset will be the hot goal tending of Andre Fluery and the inspired play of Evgeni Malkin. Malkin was acquired in a midseason trade and he is eligible to play in all 7 games so look for Malkin to score some key goals on the way to the upset.

Henrik Sedin (KDHL MVP) leads Shark Attack

#4 San Jose Sharks ( 98.36) v. #5 Chicago Blackhawks ( 97)

California native Jeff Paulson leads the #4 Sharks into battle against Canadian Francois Lessard and his #5 Chicago Blackhawks. The Sharks rely on 2010 KDHL MVP Henrik Sedin and All Star Marian Gaborik while the defensive minded Blackhawks rely on All Star Mike Green.

OFFENSE

The Shark Attack leads all playoff teams with 3.35 Goals per game while the Blackhawks have a respectable 2.97 average. The Sharks are lead by 5 sharp shooters, a group that includes MVP Henrik Sedin (14/89/103), Marian Gaborik (32/36/58), Mike Knuble (39/18/57), Jamie Langenbrunner ( 19/31/50) and Tomas Piekanvec (23/27/50).

The Blackhawks offense have fewer options with Mike Green (22/53/75) and Mikko Koivu (20/40/60).

Advantage: San Jose

DEFENSE

Chicago leads in goal prevention with a 2.54 to 2.81 advantage.

Advantage: Chicago

SPECIAL TEAMS

The Sharks spend less time in the penalty box ( 7.3- 9.3) and have a better conversion rate on power plays ( 23.5%/16.1%) but the Blackhawks do a better job killing opponent power plays ( 86.6%/ 83.6%).

Advantage: San Jose

GOALIES

The Blackhawks have a better save percentage ( .918 / .905).

PREDICTION

Chicago in 7 games.

The Blackhawks will have a goalie tandem of Tuukka Rask (.924) and Carey Price (.910) while the Sharks counter with Antore Nittiyamki (.912) and Johan Hedberg ( .901). If premises like defense beats offense and a hot goalie is the difference in a hockey playoff series are actually true, look for Chicago to win the most exciting quarterfinal matchup in 7 games with 3 overtime games.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS CLAIM FIRST SEED IN KDHL PLAYOFFS

2011-04-17T12:15:00.000-04:00

                                CAPITALS FINISH WITH 112.78 KDHL POINTS

The KDHL league office announced today that due to software problems, KDHL teams finished with different number of scheduled league games. To correct the problem, the league office divided the number of points by the number of official games then adjusted each team's point totals to the amount of points they would have received if they played 81 games. For example, the New York Rangers finished with 71 points in 84 official games so their official league point total was adjusted down to 68.47.

Here are the final league points for each team.

1. Washington Capitals   112.78
2. Tampa Bay    101.25
3. Buffalo     99
4. San Jose 98.36
5. Chicago    97
6. Montreal 93
7. Vancouver 91.12
8. Philadelphia 90.22
9. Pittsburgh 89.20
10. Dallas 88.27
11. Detroit 87.75
12. St Louis 87.23
13. New York Islanders 85.05
14. Boston 83.04
15. Carolina 83
16. Minnesota 79
17. Calgary 77
18. LA Kings 72.8
19. New York Rangers 68.47
20. Colorado 63.78

WASHINGTON TOP DOG IN KDHL

2011-03-18T10:18:00.001-04:00

                                Marty Turco leads KDHL Goalies in Save %

The KDHL has completed 5/6 of the season and the Washington Capitals lead the race to the playoffs:

Washington   93
San Jose    89
Buffalo             88
Tampa Bay 82
Detroit            82
Chicago 79
St. Louis         76
Montreal    75

Vancouver (73), Philadelphia (72) and the New York Islanders (70) are still in the mix for the playoff race.

The Capitals lead the KDHL in stopping goals (2.45 GAA), a penalty kill percentage of 87.5 and fighting spirit (29 fights).

On the offensive end, San Jose leads the league in scoring (3.49 GFA), shooting percentage (10.7%) and converting power plays (22.8). Henrick Sedin (93 points) is a major reason for the Sharks success. Montreal has developed a reputation for a tough squad by leading the league in PIM (12.8 GA) while the New York Islanders are making a late season run at the playoffs on the back of Goalie Marty Turco. Turco leads the KDHL with a .926 save percentage.

In addition to the fine play of Sedin and Turco, Joe Thornton (73 points) leads the Buffalo Sabres franchise, Patrick Kane (71 points) leads the Dallas squad while Mike Green (61 points) leads the Chicago Blackhawks on the blue line and Drew Doughty (50 points) is the defensive leader for the Philadelphia franchise.

KDHL Owners will have tremendous pressure to make the playoffs and avoid overplaying players and having to pay fines and risk suspension of players in the playoffs. The KDHL league office is aware that some games were played by opposing managers with the wrong COA and penalties will be waived in those situations...

The league playoffs are on the horizon so the last games of the season should provide exciting entertainment for every KDHL owner.

2011-03-17T17:12:00.000-04:00

   MARLEAU'S HAT TRICK LEADS SOUTHWEST OVER NORTHEAST   7-4

Vancouver's Patrick Marleau overwhelmed the NE AllStars defense with a hat trick, Carolina's Nicklas Backstrom added a goal and 3 assists and fellow Hurricane Al Alfredsson added 4 assists as the Southwest All Stars defeated the Northeast All Stars 7-4 in the first KDHL All Star game.

Buffalo's Dave Luksch coached the NE squad while Washington's Mike Moretti led the SW squad.

Luksch selected the following players for the NE squad:

Forwards:
S.Crosby - NYR
A.Kopitar - NYI
J.Thornton - Buff
C.Stewart - Buff
I.Kovalchuk - Buff
E.Malkin - Mont
D.Heatly - Det
A.Ovechkin - Bost
D.Roy - Bost
P.Datsyuk - Minn
D.Krejci - Minn
A.Semin - Pitt

Defense:
M.Green - Chi
D.Doughty - Phil
K.Yandle - Phil
D.Boyle - NYR
S.Weber - Buff
C.Ehrhoff - Pitt

Goalies:
M.Turco - NYI
M.Kiprusoff - Bost
T.Vokoun - NYR

while Moretti selected the following stars for the SW squad:

TAMPA BAY:
   BRAD RICHARD - C
   SERGEI GONCHAR - D
   RYAN MILLER - G

WASHINGTON:
    ERIC FEHR - RW
    ALEX GOLIGOSKI - D

SAN JOSE:
    HENRIK SEDIN - C
   STEPHANE ROBIDAS - D
   ANTERO NITTYMAKI - G

ST. LOUIS:
   ZACH PARISE - LW
MARK STREIT - D
   KRISTIAN HUSELIUS - LW

VANCOUVER:
   PATRICK MARLEAU - RW
   JIMMY HOWARD - G

CAROLINA:
   NICKLAS BACKSTROM - C
   DANIEL ALFREDSSON - RW

DALLAS:
    PATRICK KANE - RW
    TYLER MYERS - D

CALGARY:
   RICK NASH - LW
   PATRICK ELIAS - LW

LA:
DUNCAN KEITH - D

COLORADO:
   JEFF CARTER - C

Here is the boxscore for the game:

KDHL 1st Annual Allstar Game        03-14-2011

                                                                           1
2   3     F
2010-11 Washington (Mike Moretti)                  0   1   6     7
2010-11 Buffalo         (Dave Luksch)                  3   0   1     4

Scoring Summary
Per Time Str Team
1 6:10 EV Buf Stewart(6), assisted by Kovalchuk(9)
1 8:50 PP Buf Thornton(8), assisted by Heatley(6)
1 15:07 EV Buf Semin(3), assisted by Datsyuk(3) and Doughty(8)
2 4:08 EV Was Marleau(7), assisted by Alfredsson(11) and Goligoski
3 7:57 PP Buf Crosby(7), assisted by Weber(3) and Kovalchuk(10)
3 9:10 EV Was Elias(2), assisted by Huselius(5) and Richards(14)
3 11:40 EV Was Marleau(8), assisted by Backstrom(11) and Alfredsson
3 13:46 EV Was Marleau(9), assisted by Alfredsson(13) and Backstrom
3 17:03 EV Was Backstrom(1), assisted by Keith(8) and Alfredsson(14
3 19:45 EN Was Streit(3), assisted by Richards(15) and Elias(5)
3 19:47 EN Was T.Myers(1), assisted by J.Carter(3) and Fehr(5)

Penalty Summary
Per Time Team
1 7:10 Was Gonchar(12), 2:00 - tripping
1 12:15 Was J.Carter(8), 2:00 - holding
2 1:03 Buf M.Green(12), 2:00 - tripping
3 6:48 Was T.Myers(10), 2:00 - interference

                SOG 1 SOG 2 SOG 3
Washington       10     13     15
Buffalo          19     10      9

                Was        Buf
SOG              38         38
FOW              33         44
FO%            42.9       57.1
Hits             18         15
Blocks           18         16
Missed Net       11          6
PIM               6          2
PP              0-1        2-3
TOA            9:59       9:06

Injuries: Boyle(Buf)-December 1

Star 1: Was Marleau 3 G
Star 2: Was Backstrom 1 G, 3 Pts
Star 3: Was Alfredsson 4 A

GWG: Nicklas Backstrom

Notables: Was Marleau hat trick, Alfredsson 4 assists
          Buf Crosby 15 faceoffs won, Doughty 6 blocks, Vokoun 31 saves

Washington     GA SV Save%    TOI    W L OL
G Howard          1 19 95.00 44:53    4 8 0
G R.Miller        3 15 83.33 15:07    8 6 2

Buffalo        GA SV Save%    TOI    W L OL
G Vokoun          5 31 86.11 59:27    7 2 2

         Washington     G A P +/- PIM P#   S Ms Hit Gv Tk Bs FW FL    F%
TOI Shft   Ave     PP    SH     EV
D        Keith          - 1 1 +2    - -   2 -   - - 1 3   - -     -
24:54   21 1:11   1:36 3:14 20:04
D        T.Myers        1 - 1 +2    2 1   2 -   - - - 2   - -     -
21:47   22 0:59   0:24 1:35 19:48
LW C     Parise         - - -   0    - -   7 3   1 2 - -   - 1   0.0
21:11   18 1:11   0:52     - 20:19
RW       P.Kane         - - -   0    - -   2 -   1 1 - -   - -     -
21:11   18 1:11   0:52     - 20:19
C        H.Sedin        - - -   0    - -   1 1   - - 1 1 11 7 61.1
20:03   16 1:15      -     - 20:03

D        Robidas        - - -   0    - -   2 -   4 1 - 4   - -     -
19:37   21 0:56      - 2:44 16:53
D        Gonchar        - - - +3    2 1   1 2   2 1 - 3   - -     -
19:03   23 0:50   1:36 0:57 16:30
D        Goligoski      - 1 1   0    - -   - -   - 2 1 -   - -     -
18:25   21 0:53   0:24 1:08 16:53
C        Backstrom      1 2 3 +3    - -   4 -   2 1 - 1   9 14 39.1
17:13   21 0:49   1:08 1:23 14:42
D        Streit         1 - 1 +3    - -   3 1   - - 1 -   - -     -
16:14   21 0:46      -     - 16:14

LW C RW Marleau        3 - 3 +3    - -   8 -   3 1 1 2   - 1   0.0
15:37   19 0:49      - 0:55 14:42
RW       Alfredsson     - 4 4 +3    - -   - -   - - - -   - -     -
14:42   17 0:52      -     - 14:42
LW RW    Elias          1 1 2 +2    - -   2 2   1 - - 2   - 2   0.0
13:54   20 0:42      - 3:54 10:00
C        J.Carter       - 1 1   0    2 1   2 -   2 - - -   5 11 31.3
11:49   15 0:47   0:52 2:31   8:26
C        Richards       - 2 2 +2    - -   - 1   1 - - -   8 8 50.0
11:08   18 0:37   1:08     - 10:00

LW RW    Huselius       - 1 1 +2    - -   - 1   - - 1 -   - -     -
10:00   16 0:38      -     - 10:00
RW       Fehr           - 1 1   0    - -   1 -   - - - -   - -     -
9:18   13 0:43   1:08     -   8:10
LW       Nash           - - -   0    - -   1 -   1 - - -   - -     -
9:05   13 0:42      - 0:55   8:10

         Buffalo        G A P +/- PIM P#   S Ms Hit Gv Tk Bs FW FL    F%
TOI Shft   Ave     PP    SH     EV
D        M.Green        - - - -2    2 1   4 -   2 1 2 1   - -     -
29:00   21 1:23   1:21     - 27:39
D        Doughty        - 1 1   0    - -   1 -   4 1 - 6   - -     -
26:54   22 1:13   1:21 1:24 24:09
D        Yandle         - - - -3    - -   2 1   - 1 - 1   - -     -
23:04   22 1:03   3:28 1:24 18:12
C        Crosby         1 - 1 -4    - -   2 2   - - - - 15 10 60.0
20:43   20 1:02   2:58 1:14 16:31
RW       Stewart        1 - 1 -2    - -   5 1   2 - - -   - -     -
19:42   19 1:02   2:58 0:46 15:58

LW       Kovalchuk      - 2 2 -2    - -   3 -   - 1 - 2   2 - 100.0
19:42   19 1:02   2:58 0:46 15:58
D        Ehrhoff        - - - -3    - -   2 -   1 - - 2   - -     -
19:48   21 0:57      - 0:36 19:12
LW       Heatley        - 1 1   0    - -   3 -   - 1 - 1   - -     -
16:38   19 0:53   1:51 1:14 13:33
D        Weber          - 1 1 -2    - -   - -   3 - 1 1   - -     -
15:42   19 0:50   1:09 0:36 13:57
C        Kopitar        - - -   0    - -   1 1   - - - -   7 10 41.2
15:24   16 0:58   1:51     - 13:33

C        Thornton       1 - 1   0    - -   1 -   - - - -   1 - 100.0
15:24   17 0:54   1:51     - 13:33
C        Malkin         - - - -2    - -   3 1   2 - - 1   6 9 40.0
12:37   13 0:58      -     - 12:37
LW       Ovechkin       - - - -2    - -   1 -   1 1 - -   - -     -
12:37   13 0:58      -     - 12:37
C        Roy            - - - -2    - -   - -   - - - 1   1 - 100.0
12:37   13 0:58      -     - 12:37
C        Datsyuk        - 1 1 -1    - -   3 -   - - - - 12 4 75.0
11:03   14 0:47      -     - 11:03

C        Krejci         - - - -1    - -   - -   - - - -   - -     -
11:03   14 0:47      -     - 11:03
LW       Semin          1 - 1 -1    - -   5 -   - - - -   - -     -
11:03   14 0:47      -     - 11:03
D        Boyle          - - -   0    - -   2 -   - - 1 -   - -     -
5:32    6 0:55   2:19     -   3:13

MIKE GREEN TOP KDHL DEFENDER

2011-02-26T18:15:00.000-05:00

MIKE GREEN KEEPS CHICAGO IN THE KDHL PLAYOFFS

After 4 chapters of play , Mike Green of the KDHL Blackhawks leads all defensemen with 55 points as Chicago holds down third place in the race for the KDHL playoffs. The top players after 4 chapters include the following:

Henrick Sedin -SJS- C- 69 points
Joe Thornton- Buff-C- 60 points
Brad Richards- TB- C- 58 points
Mike Green- Chi- D- 55 points
Sergei Gonchar- TB- D- 42 points
Tuuka Rask- Chi- G- (18-7-5) 2.12 GAA/ .934 Save %

PLAYOFF RACES HEAT UP

With 4 chapters completed, the following KDHL teams are in the hunt for the playoffs:

Tampa Bay-74 points
Washington- 72 points
Chicago- 70 points
Buffalo- 70 points
San Jose- 69 points
Detroit - 63 points
St. Louis- 61 points
New York Islanders- 61 points

Philadelphia (59), Carolina (59) and Pittsburgh (57) points are all still in the playoff hunt.

Washington leads the league in goals per game (3.30) , goals allowed (2.42) and fights (23) while Chicago leads in save % ( .921) and Penalty Kill %(.876).
St. Louis has the most effective power play % (22.8).

With 2 blocks of play left, KDHL owners will have to avoid playing players over their game limits and still keep up with the playoff races.

WASHINGTON LEADS RACE TO KDHL STANLEY CUP

2011-02-06T09:54:00.000-05:00

                                          WILL TOEWS RAISE KDHL STANLEY CUP ??

02.06.11

Another icy Sunday morning in Manchester NH and time to update the KDHL website as I down some coffee and listen to a CD with Jethro Tull's greatest hits.

I wonder what the music would sound like if Ian Anderson had to write music for the introduction to Saturday night Hockey in Canda but I digress...

NEW COLORADO OWNER

Bryan Sakolsky took over as the new owner of the Colorado Avalanche and his bio can be reviewed on the transaction link on the right corner of this page. Bryan promptly discovered a transaction flaw in the league system which will lead to the return of some players to their original teams. In return, the teams losing those players will receive supplemental reserve draft picks at the next reserve draft. The players will be returned at the end of Chapter 4. In addition, all reserve disk players will be assigned to their current teams' rosters. All these transactions will occur at the end of Chapter 4.

The beauty of the KDHL schedule is the flexibility owner's have in playing their games during each period. Owners should remember they can be fined by the league office for not completing their home games in a timely manner. The next deadline to report your home games is 2.15.11.

THE RACE FOR THE KDHL PLAYOFFS

Given different teams have played a different amount of games, I thought it would be interesting to breakdown the KDHL playoff race based on current winning percentage while noting (GP). Here is the current breakdown:

1. Washington Capitals (46) .728
2. Chicago Blackhawks (42)   . 690
3. Buffalo Sabres (47)               . 670
4. Tampa Bay Lightning (43) . 651
5. Carolina Hurricanes (40)   . 638
6. Detroit Red Wings (50)        . 630
7. San Jose Sharks ( 55)          . 564
8. Philadelphia Flyers ( 48)    .563

Teams like St. Louis (.558) and Vancouver (.543) are also challenging for playoff berths.

The Washington Capitals are owned by Mike Moretti and he has done a great job building the franchise. The Caps are led by C Jonathan Toews. Toews has posted 14 Goals and 29 Assists in 46 Games. The Caps have a deep roster and it seems someone new always leads the team at different times against different teams.

In a recent string of games, The Caps lost a shootout to Tampa Bay but came back and blasted the Detroit Red Wings 6-1 on the strength of Eric Fehr's hat trick then outgunned the dangerous San Jose Sharks 7-4. Toews won 15 faceoffs and blasted 2 goals to lead the Caps over the Sharks.

TRADE DEADLINE LOOMING

As most NHL observers learned this week, Evegeni Malkin has been lost for the remainder of the 10-11 NHL season. Malkin was providently shipped by the KDHL LA Kings to the struggling KDHL Montreal Canadiens which raises the question of whether the KDHL Canadiens will try to ship Malkin to a playoff contender before the 02.15.11 KDHL trade deadline or keep Malkin and hope to improve their winning percentage.

The LA Kings are always looking to make more trades and officially announced they were actively shopping Martin Brodeur (G) and looking for help at Center or the Wing positions.

KDHL ALL STAR GAME WILL BE PLAYED

Now that we only have 1 orphan team in the KDHL , look for the league to get back on schedule.

The KDHL Commissioner's office announced today that the first annual KDHL All-Star Game will be played shortly after the 02.15.11 games are played. The All-Star Game will be played between the a team composed of stars from the North and East divisions against a team with stars from the South and West Divisons.

Owners with the highest winning percentages from the Northeast and the Southwest will be offered the opportunity to pick and manage each team and play the game H-H.   Each roster will have 21 players consisting of 12 forwards, 6 defenseman and 3 Goalies.

WATCH YOUR PLAYER USAGE.

When the games scheduled through 02.15.11 are finished , we will have played about 65% of our league schedule so it is important to make sure you do not have any of your players play more than the number of the actual NHL games they played during the NHL disk season. Check Rule 6 on the Rulebook link on the right for more details. I will obviously not fine you if you had a computer software issue with your COA or a team did not use your COA but otherwise you have to make sure you sit down your players when they have reached their NHL limits.

FUTURE RULE CHANGES...

Next year we will change the roster rules so your 30 man active roster can only include players on the league disk and the reserve roster can only include 10 nondisk players who have never played in the NHL. All teams will also have a 2 man professional reserve roster which can include any player who has played in the NHL but is not on the league disk. This would include former NHL players who left the NHL to play international hockey or NHL players who sat out the disk season due to injury, contract squabbles , may come out of retirement, etc...

Our second reserve draft was delayed due to delays in the release of the league disk by the software company and the need to replace franchise owners. Our next reserve draft will take place at the conclusion of the first regular KDHL season and will use the new roster rules so get your scouts out and get those reports back on the international and minor leagues, the college teams and major amateur teams.

I will try to update the KDHL website on a weekly basis.

BLOCK 3 REPORT; KDHL CUP RACE HEATS UP

2011-01-17T17:37:00.000-05:00

                                            MALKIN JOINS MONTREAL

BLOCK 3 REPORT ( December 16-January 15)

The KDHL was full of activity during block 3.

NEW OWNERS JOIN THE KDHL

First, 2 new owners joined the KDHL. Francois Lessard bought the Chicago Blackhawks and Eric Toma takes over the reigns over in Philadelphia.

Both owners have extensive hockey computer simulation experience and are welcome additions to the league.

Chicago has the best record in the league and Philadelphia presently claims the 8th and final spot for the playoffs.

MALKIN JOINS MONTREAL

The Montreal Canadiens sent TJ Oshie, Kyle Okposo and Dustin Byufuglin to the LA Kings in exchange for Evgeni Malkin, Mikael Samuelsson and Yannick Weber. Both teams currently are struggling at the bottom of the standings and both owners are hoping a shake up will help their future prospects.

TOP PERFORMERS IMPRESS LEAGUE OWNERS

Henrick Sedin continues to lead the KDHL with 48 points. The San Jose Shark has only scored 9 goals but has distributed the puck for 39 assists and is one of the main reasons the Sharks lead the West with 52 points.

Danny Heatley is the best LW in the KDHL. Heatley has posted 44 points with a lethal combination of 24 Goals and 20 Assists. The Detroit Red Wings are tied for the 2nd spot in the playoffs.

Carolina's Dan Alfredsson is the KDHL's top RW.   Dan has posted 41 points, 17 Goals and 24 Assists. The Hurricanes currently hold down the 6th spot in the playoff race.

The best defenders in the KDHL are arguably Philly's Drew Doughty and Blackhawks' Mike Green. Doughty has posted 30 points, 9 power play goals, 35 takeaways and 83 hits while Green has 36 points, 65 blocks and 27 takeaways.

Chicago also has a standout goalie in Tukkua Rask. Rask has a (16-4-3) record and has a 94% save percentage. No wonder Chicago has the best record after block 3.

PLAYOFF RACE

While you can look at all the KDHL standings on the links to the right of our website, here is a look at how the playoff race would look if the season ended today:

1. Chicago 58
2. Detroit   56
3. Washington 54
4. Buffalo   52
5. San Jose 52
6. Carolina 52
7. Tampa Bay 49
8. Philadelphia 48

Minnesota (45), Vancouver (43), Pittsburgh(43) and St Louis ( 42) are all within striking distance with about 45 games remaining in the season.

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS TAKE OVER #1 RANKING

2010-12-27T13:33:00.001-05:00

The KDHL has now finished about 25% of its first season and the Chicago Blackhawks now lead the league and the North Division with 39 points. The Detroit Red Wings trail the Blackhawks by 7 points in the North.

The San Jose Sharks hold down the #2 league rating and the #1 position in the West with 36 points. The Calgary Flames are second with 27 points.

The Washington Capitols hold down the #3 league rating and the top spot in the South with 34 points but the Carolina Hurricanes are right on their tails with 32 points.

Buffalo Sabres are ranked #4 with 31 points and lead the East while the New York Rangers are 9 back with 22 points.

TOP PEFORMERS

Henrik Sedin plays C for the San Jose Sharks and leads the league with 31 points. Sedin has tallied 6 goals with 4 on power plays and 1 shorthanded.

Joe Thornton plays C for the Buffalo Sabres and is second in the league with 30 points. Thornton has 10 goals and 20 assists.

Dan Alfredsson plays RW for the Carolina Hurricanes and ranks 3rd with 27 points.

Mike Green plays D for the Chicago Blackhawks and has tallied 21 points, 21 takeaways, 53 hits and 39 blocks.

Drew Doughty plays D for the Philadelphia Flyers and has 19 points, 22 takeaways, 56 hits and 54 blocks.

Chris Mason is the Goalie for the Calgary Flames and has posted a 8-6-1 record with a 2.75 GAA.

SAN JOSE SHARKS TOP KDHL TEAM

2010-11-14T18:14:00.000-05:00

SAN JOSE SHARKS (8-4-1- 17) TOP KDHL

Jeff Paulson and his San Jose Sharks are the top rated team in the KDHL after Block 1. The Sharks lead the KDHL West with 17 points thanks in large part to Henrik Sedin, the top KDHL scorer with 6 goals and 12 assists in 13 games.

Here are the top teams after BLOCK 1:

1. San Jose Sharks (17) (8-4-1) West leader
2. Detroit Red Wings (16) 8-6) North leader
3. Washington Capitals (15) (7-3-1) South leader
4. Chicago Blackhawks (15) (7-3-1 ) 2nd in North
5. Buffalo Sabres (14) (6-4-2) Tied for #1 in East
6. New York Islanders (14) (7-5) Tied for #1 in East

Top Performers in Block 1:

Henrik Sedin-C- San Jose:

In 13 games, Sedin has 18 points with 6 goals and 12 assists. The Sharks have made good use of Henrik's ability to distribute the puck to the high flying offense.

Joe Thornton- C- Buffalo

6 Goals and 10 assists in 12 games for the Sabre leader.

Daniel Alfredson- RW- Carolina

15 points, 5 goals, 10 assists in 9 games

Dion Phanuef- D- Detroit
42 hits, 29 blocks, 14 takeaways in 14 games

Drew Doughty- D- Philadelphia
Only 20, 5 assists and 4 goals in 12 games.

Henrik Lundquist- G- Detroit
(7-6), 2.22 GA, .921 save percentage...

Dan Carcillo- W- Detroit
The KDHL enforcer , 33 PIM in block 1.

LEAGUE STANDINGS

2010-10-30T20:33:00.000-04:00

2009-10 Standings

Eastern        G  W  L OL  Pts    Pct   GF  GA Diff        Home           Road          Last 10
Buffalo        3  3  0  0    6  1.000   12   4    8     0  0  0  0     3  0  0  0    10  0  0  0
New York I     1  1  0  0    2  1.000    0   0    0     0  0  0  0     1  0  0  0     1  0  0  0
Boston         1  1  0  0    2  1.000    2   2    0     0  0  0  0     1  0  0  0     1  0  0  0
Montreal       1  0  1  0    0   .000    2   5   -3     0  1  0  0     0  0  0  0     0  1  0  0
New York R     2  0  2  0    0   .000    4  10   -6     0  2  0  0     0  0  0  0     0 10  0  0

Northern       G  W  L OL  Pts    Pct   GF  GA Diff        Home           Road          Last 10
Philadelphia   3  3  0  0    6  1.000   16   7    9     0  0  0  0     3  0  0  0    10  0  0  0
Minnesota      2  1  0  1    3   .750    7   7    0     0  0  0  0     1  0  0  1     9  0  0  1
Pittsburgh     3  1  2  0    2   .333   10   9    1     0  2  1  0     1  0 -1  0     9  1  0  0
Detroit        2  0  2  0    0   .000    1   8   -7     0  2  0  0     0  0  0  0     0 10  0  0
Chicago        0  0  0  0    0   .000    0   0    0     0  0  0  0     0  0  0  0     0  0  0  0

Southern       G  W  L OL  Pts    Pct   GF  GA Diff        Home           Road          Last 10
Washington     6  4  1  1    9   .750   17  11    6     0  1  1  1     4  0 -1  0    10  0  0  0
Tampa Bay      4  1  1  2    4   .500    9   8    1     0  1  0  2     1  0  0  0     0  1  0  9
Carolina       2  1  1  0    2   .500    6   9   -3     0  1  0  0     1  0  0  0     1  9  0  0
Dallas         1  1  0  0    2  1.000    6   3    3     0  0  1  0     1  0 -1  0     1  0  0  0
St. Louis      4  0  4  0    0   .000    5  20  -15     0  4  0  0     0  0  0  0     0 10  0  0

Western        G  W  L OL  Pts    Pct   GF  GA Diff        Home           Road          Last 10
San Jose       4  3  1  0    6   .750   14   6    8     0  1  1  0     3  0 -1  0     9  1  0  0
Los Angeles    3  1  1  1    3   .500    5   7   -2     0  1  0  0     1  0  0  1     0  1  0  9
Calgary        0  0  0  0    0   .000    0   0    0     0  0  0  0     0  0  0  0     0  0  0  0
Colorado       0  0  0  0    0   .000    0   0    0     0  0  0  0     0  0  0  0     0  0  0  0
Vancouver      0  0  0  0    0   .000    0   0    0     0  0  0  0     0  0  0  0     0  0  0  0

KDHL LEAGUE OFFICE ANNOUNCES 2010 FREE AGENT DRAFT LIST

2010-07-05T09:47:00.001-04:00

NEW YORK ISLANDERS LAND FIRST SPOT IN '10 FA DRAFT

With the July 15th, 2010 cutdown day fast approaching, the KDHL league office announced that the 2010 FA draft would proceed in the reverse order of the initial FA draft. Here is the order for the first round:

1. New York Islanders
2. Carolina Hurricanes
3. San Jose Sharks
4. Dallas Stars
5. Vancouver Canucks
6. Colorado Avalanche
7. Philadelphia Flyers
8. Montreal Canadians
9. Pittsburgh Penguins
10.Minnesota Wild
11.Calgary Flames
12.Buffalo Sabres
13.Detroit Red Wings
14.Chicago Blackhawks
15.Washington Capitals
16.Tampa Bay Lightining
17.St Louis Blues
18.New York Rangers
19.LA Kings
20.Boston Bruins...

KDHL SUMMER UPDATE

2010-06-26T16:16:00.000-04:00

MARTIN BRODEUR SIGNS WITH KDHL FLYERS

Now that Dave Koch has released his hockey software and owners have had a chance to purchase the software and test it out, the KDHL league office announced today that the KDHL Cutdown Day has been set for July 15, 2010.

Cutdown day is governed by rule 16 and is basically designed to force teams with an overload of talent to release excess talent and create a pool of free agents for other teams to rebuild with for the coming season.

According to the latest league database, 16 of 20 KDHL teams will be forced to make roster cuts. Tampa Bay must cut over 53 million in player salaries while the Buffalo Sabres are close behind with 51 million in budget cuts needed to get under the league cutdown salary cap of 125 million. Several other teams must cut over 40 million in player salaries including Pittsburgh (49 mil), Dallas (47 mil), Washington (46 mil) and San Jose (43.5 mil).

Once the cutdown results are posted, the KDHL will prepare for the second free agent draft in league history. Given league officials estimate that only 25% of players will be selected in the upcoming free agent draft, the draft will be completed in about 25% of the time it took to finish the last FA draft.

In other news, the league announced that the Philadelphia Flyers took Marty Biron to fulfill its minimum goalie requirements and released Defenseman Daniel Alfredsson.

KDHL COMPLETES RESERVE DRAFT

2010-03-29T11:30:00.001-04:00

PHIL MCRAE LAST PLAYER DRAFTED

The New York Islanders completed the KDHL reserve draft by selecting Phil McRae with the 200th pick .

KDHL owners have now drafted 600 NHL players to fill 30 positions with the 20 KDHL franchises and 200 NHL and non-NHL players to fill fill 10 reserve slots on each team.

League owners will await the release of the Dave Koch computer software scheduled for release in May 2010....

2010-03-05T20:03:00.000-05:00

John Tavares joins KDHL NY Islanders

5.3. The 30 man active roster can only include players on the league disk who have played in more than 10 NHL games during the disk season.

5.4 The 10 man reserve roster may consist of any player who does not meet the rule 5.3 definition. As a result, you can draft your baby and place him on your reserve roster as long as he played less than 10 NHL games during the disk season. This rule will challenge all owners to identify future NHL prospects and develop them and keep them on their reserve roster.

After completing the KDHL free agent draft, the KDHL has started its reserve draft .. At the time of this report, 51 reserve players have been selected. Here are the results for round 1....

1. New York Islanders - John Tavares, C, NY Islanders

2. Carolina Hurricanes - Matt Duchene, C, Colorado

3. San Jose Sharks - Taylor Hall, LW, Windsor

4. Dallas Stars - Tyler Myers, D, Buffalo
5. Vancouver Canucks - Jimmy Howard, G, Det

6. Colorado Avalanche - Victor Hedman, D, Tampa Bay

7. Philadelphia Flyers - John van Reimsdyk, LW, Philly

8. Montreal Canadiens - Erik Johnson, D, St. Louis
9. Pittsburgh Penguins- Nick Bergfors, RW, Atlanta
10. Minnesota Wild - Michael Del Zotto, D, NY Rangers

11. Calgary Flames - Cody Hodgson, C, Vancouver

12. Buffalo Sabres - James Benn, LW, Dallas
13. Detroit Red Wings - Tyler Seguin, C, Plymouth, OHL

14. Chicago Blackhawks - Tuukka Rask, G Boston

15. Washington Capitals - Antti Niemi, G, Chicago

16. Tampa Bay Lightning - Brandon Bochenski , RW Tampa

17. St Louis Blues Simyon Varlomov G Wash

18. New York Rangers - Jonathan Bernier- LAK- G

19. Los Angelos Kings - Evander Kane, W, Atlanta

20. Boston Bruins - Jonas Gustavsson,G,Toronto Maple Leafs

KDHL ROUND 29 RESULTS

2010-02-28T10:55:00.000-05:00

Marco Sturm signs with Carolina Hurricanes for 3.5 million

Round 29

561. Boston Bruins - Raitis Ivanans,LW,Los Angeles,Kings,500,000
562. LA Kings - Yan Stasny, C, St. Louis, 500k
563. NY Rangers - TJ Hensick- Col- C- 500k
564. St Louis Blues - Ryan Carter, C, Anaheim, $500k
565. TB Lightning - Eric Godard, RW, Pitts, $500k
566. Washington Capitals - Cory Murphy, D, Florida, $1 million
567. Chicago Blackhawks - Mikkelson, Brendan, D ANA $500K
568. Detroit Red Wings - Colin Stuart, LW, Atlanta, $500K
569. Buffalo Sabres - Petr Ovlecky,C, Nashville, $500k
570. Calgary Flames - Ryan Shannon, C, Ottawa, $500k
571. Minnesota Wild - Boyd Gordon, C, Washington, $500k
572. Pittsburgh Penguins - Dmitri Kalinin, D, Phoenix, $2million
573. Montreal Canadiens - Brad Staubitz SJ RW $500,000.
574. Philadelphia Flyers - Ilya Zubov- C- Ottawa- 500k
575. Colorado Avalanche - Lilja, Andreas, D, Detroit, $1.5 million
576. Vancouver Canucks - Joel Rechlicz, RW, NY Islanders, $500,000
577. Dallas Stars - bryce salvador, D, New Jersey, $3 million
578. San Jose Sharks - Duston Jeffrey, C, Pittsburg, $500k
579. Carolina Hurricanes - Marco Sturm, LW, Bos, $3.5m
580. NY Islanders

FREE AGENT DRAFT HAS COMPLETED 20 OF 30 ROUNDS

2010-02-04T21:01:00.000-05:00

TAMPA BAY SIGNS ALEX TANGUAY FOR 5.5 MILLION

The KDHL has now completed 20 rounds of its inaugral Free Agent draft

Here are the round 20 results

381. NY Islanders - Sergei Kostitsyn, LW, MTL, $500
382. Carolina -- Pascal Leclaire, G, Columbus, $3M
383. San Jose -- Teemu Selanne, RW, Anaheim, $3.5 million
384. Dallas-- Keith Tkachuk, LW, St. Louis, $4.5 million
385. Vancouver - Petr Prucha, C, Phoenix Coyotes, $1,5 million
386. Colorado - Sean Bergeheim, LW, NY Islanders, $1 million
387. Philadelphia - Drew Miller, LW, Anaheim, $500k
388. Montreal - Chris Neil, RW , OTT $1 million
389. Pittsburgh - David Jones, RW, Colo, $550K
390. Minnesota - Pierre-Marc Bouchard, C, Minnesota, $3.5 million
391. Calgary - Michael Leighton, G, Carolina, $500k
392. Buffalo - Scott Hannan, D, Colorado, $4.5 million
393. Detroit - Fredrick Sjostrom, RW, Toronto, $1 million
394. Chicago - Tomas Kopecky C, Det $500K
395. Washington - Cory Stillman, LW, Florida, $3.5 million
396. Tampa Bay - Alex Tanguay, LW, Montreal, $5.5million
397. St. Louis - Barrett Jackman, D, St. Louis, $2.5 million
398. NY Rangers- Jason LaBarera-LAK-G- 1 million
399. LA Kings - Sam Pahlsson, C, Anaheim, $1.5 million
400. Boston -Tomas Holmstrom, LW, Detroit, $2.5 million

RD 15 FREE AGENT DRAFT

2010-01-22T18:00:00.000-05:00

TIM CONNOLLY JOINS KDHL CAROLINA HURRICANES

281. Boston Bruins - Jannick Hanson,LW,Vancover Canucks,500,000

282. LA Kings -- Alex Auld, G, Dallas, $1 million

283. NYRangers -- Nikolai Zherdev- NYR-W- 3.5 million

284. St Louis Blues - AntonStralman, D, Columbus,$500k

285. TB Lightning -- Andrew Cogliano, C, Edmonton, $1million

286. WashingtonCapitals - TJ Galardi, LW, Colorado, $500k

287. Chicago Blackhawks Valtteri Filppula C, Det $2Mil

288. Detroit Red Wings -- Nikolai Kulemin, W, Toronto, $1 million

289. Buffalo Sabres -- Kurtis Foster, D, Minnesota, $1 million

290. Calgary Flames -- BlakeComeau, Rw, NY Islanders, $500k

291. Minnesota Wild -- MikeMottau, D, New Jersey, $1million

292. Pittsburgh Penguins -- Enver Lisin, RW, Rangers $1 million

293.MontrealCanadiens -- Francois Beauchemin, D, Anaheim, $1.5 million

294. Philadelphia Flyers -- Ladislav Smid, D, Edmonton, $1million

295. ColoradoAvalanche - Tim Gleason, D, Carolina, $2million

296. Vancouver Canucks - Patrick Kaleta, LW, Buffalo Sabres, $500k

297. Dallas Stars - Lee Stempniak, RW, Toronto, $2.5 million

298. San Jose Sharks -- Manny Malhotra, C/LW, SJ Sharks, $1.5 million

299. Carolina Hurricanes - Tim Connolly, C, Buffalo, $3.5M

300. NY Islanders -- Chris Kunitz, LW, Pit, $3,500

ROUND 11 09-10 FA DRAFT RESULTS

2010-01-12T17:08:00.000-05:00

KDHL Vancouver Canucks add Scott Hartnell

201. Boston Bruins --Carlo Colaiacovo, D,St.Louis, Blues, $1.5 Million

202. LA Kings - Mike Smith, G, Tampa Bay, $1 million

203. NY Rangers -- Jacob Voracek- RW- Columbus- 1 Million

204. St Louis Blues Jaroslav Halak, G, Montreal, $1 million

205. TB Lightning Nick Foligno, LW, Ottawa 500K

206. Washington Capitals -- Brent Burns, D, Minnesota, $3 million

207. Chicago Blackhawks - Troy Brouwer RW, Chicago $500K

208. Detroit Red Wings -- Kris Russell - Columbus Blue Jackets - Defenceman - $500K

209. Buffalo Sabres -- Matt Stajan C, Toronto 2 Million

210. Calgary Flames -- Todd White, C, Atlanta, $2.5 million

211. Minnesota Wild -- Filip Kuba, D, Ottawa, $3 million

212. Pittsburgh Penguins -- James
Wisniewski, D, Anaheim, 1 million

213. Montreal Canadiens - Josh Bailey, C, NYI $1,000,000

214. Philadelphia Flyers -- Guillaume Latendresse, LW ,Montreal $1m

215. Colorado Avalanche -- Andrew Alberts Flyers D $1m

216. Vancouver Canucks -- Scott Hartnell, LW, Philadelphia Flyers, 4.5 million

217. Dallas Stars -- greg zanon,D, nashville, $1 million

218. San Jose Sharks -- Antero Nittymaki, G, Tampa Bay, $1.5 million

219. Carolina
Hurricanes -- David Bolland, C, Chicago, $1 million

220. NY Islanders -- Chad LaRose, RW, Carolina, $1000

ROUND 10 FREE AGENT DRAFT

2010-01-10T11:41:00.000-05:00

ALEX KOVALEV JOINS KDHL DALLAS STARS

33.1



	181. NY Islanders -- Mark Stuart, D, Boston, 1,000 182. Carolina Tom Gilbert, D, Ed, $3.5M 183. San Jose --Marc-Andre Bergeron, D, Montreal, $1.5 million 184. Dallas-- Alex Kovalev RW, montreal Canadiens 4.5 million 185. Vancouver --Jeff Schultz, D, Washington Capitals, 500k 186. Colorado -- Scott Upshall, Phoenix, LW, 1.5 million 187. Philadelphia - Curtis Glencross, C, Calgary, $1 million 188. Montreal-- Antoine Vermette C COL $2,500,000 189. Pittsburgh -- Patric Hornqvist RW, Nashville, $ 500k 190. Minnesota -- Vyacheslav (Slava) Kozlov, LW, Atlanta, $4 million 191. Calgary- Dennis Seidenberg, D, Florida, $1 million 192. Buffalo -- Brandon Dubinsky,C, NY Rangers, $ 500 K 193. Detroit -- Jason Speeza, C, Ottawa, $8 million 194. Chicago Brandon Sutter C, Carolina $1 Million 195. Washington -Maxim Afinogenov RW Atl 3.5 million- 196. Tampa Bay -- Pascal Dupuis, LW, Pittsburg, $1.5 million 197. St. Louis -- Keith Ballard, D, Florida, 2.5 million 198. NY Rangers - Scott Clemmensen, Florida, G, $500k 199. LA Kings -- Jason Blake, LW, Toronto, 4.5 mil 200. Boston -- Mikhail Grabovski,C,Toronto Maple Leafs,$1 million

KDHL FREE AGENT DRAFT CURRENTLY IN ROUND 7

2009-12-28T14:57:00.000-05:00

KDHL TAMPA BAY DRAFTS BRAD RICHARDS

Round 7

121. Boston Bruins-Marek Zidlicky,D,Minnesota Wild,3.5 million

122. LA Kings - Marc Savard C 5 mil

123. NY Rangers- Jon Ericsson-D- 500k

124. St Louis Blues - Nathan Horton-Fla-C-3.5 M

125. TB Lightning --- Brad Richards-Dal-C-8M

126. Washington Capitals – Ryane Clowe – SJS – RW 1.5 million

127. Chicago Blackhawks – Andrew Ladd – Chic – LW 1.0 million

128. Detroit Red Wings -- Brad Boyes St Louis Center $2.5Million

129. Buffalo Sabres - Mason Raymond , LW, Vancouver Canucks, $500K

130. Calgary Flames -- Chris Mason, G, St.Louis, $3 million

131. Minnesota Wild --Rob Scuderi, D, LA Kings 500k

132. Pittsburgh Penguins --Martin Erat, RW, Nashville, $3.5 million

133. Montreal Canadiens -- Ryan Malone, LW, TB, $6,000,000

134. Philadelphia Flyers -- TJ Oshie, C, St.Louis, $1 Mil

135. Colorado Avalanche -- Patrick Sharpe C/LW, Chicago, $3m

136. Vancouver Canucks -- IanWhite, D, Toronto Maple Leafs, $1 million

137. Dallas Stars -- Juri Hudler, C, Detroit, $1 million

138. San Jose Sharks --Tomas Plekanec, C/LW, Montreal, $2 million

139. Carolina Hurricanes

140. NY Islanders

KDHL ROUND ONE RESULTS

2009-12-07T18:17:00.001-05:00

LA KINGS MAKE MALKIN SECOND PICK IN KDHL HISTORY

ROUND 1 RESULTS

1. Boston Bruins-- Alex Ovechkin-RW-Washington Capitals- 9 million

2. LA Kings-- Evgeni Malkin- C- Pittsburgh Penguins- 1 million

3. NY Rangers -- Sid Crosby -C- Pittsburgh Penguins- 9 million

4. St Louis Blues -- Zach Parise- LW – NJ Devils- 2.5 million

5. Tampa Bay Lightning ---Ryan Miller-G-Buffalo Sabres-3.5million

6. Washington Capitals --- Jonathan Toews-C- Chicago- 1 million

7. Chicago Blackhawks -----Mike Green ---D---Washington—6 million

8. Detroit Red Wings ----Eric Staal-Carolina-C-5 million

9. Buffalo Sabres ----IIya Kovalchuk LW Atlanta Thrashers - 7.5 M

10. Calgary Flames ----Rick Nash, LW, Columbus Blue Jackets - 6.5 M

11. Minnesota Wild ---- Niklas Backstrom, G, Minnesota Wild - 3M

12. Pittsburgh Penguins -- Ryan Getzlaf, C, Anaheim Ducks - 4.5M

13. Montreal Canadians --- Steven Stamkos, C, Tampa Bay -- 1 million

14. Philadelphia Flyers - Drew Doughty-LA-D-1 million

15. Colordado Avalanche -- Jeff Carter, C, Philadelphia Flyers - 4.5M

16. Vancouver Canucks --- Patrick Marleau, C, San Jose Sharks -- 6.5M

17. Dallas Stars -- Patrick Kane, RW, Chicago Blackhawks -- 1 million

18. San Jose Sharks -- Marian Gaborik, RW, NY Rangers -- 7.5 million

19. Carolina Hurricanes -- Cam Ward, G, Carolina -- 2.5 million

20. New York Islanders -- Steve Mason, G, Columbus Blue Jackets - 1M

ALEX OVECHKIN: FIRST FREE AGENT DRAFTED IN KDHL HISTORY

2009-12-04T16:34:00.000-05:00

KDHL BOSTON BRUINS DRAFT ALEX OVECHKIN WITH #1 PICK

Boston MA..

The KDHL Boston Bruins released the following press release:

In a press conference today the Boston Bruins announce their selection of Alex Ovechkin as the first choice of the free agent draft. Team owner Todd Cichon explained to the press the Bruin did not want to be haste in making their selection. However after narrowing the top 3 players down to Alex Ovechkin, Sidney Crosby and Ryan Getzlaf. It became apparent Ovechkin is the most talented player in the free agent draft. With that said the Bruins and Ovechkin were able to come to terms on a long term contract.

Ovechkin was the NHL 08-09 MVP.

KDHL FREE AGENT DRAFT TO BEGIN DECEMBER 7, 2009

2009-11-22T18:29:00.000-05:00

The KDHL League Office announced today that the KDHL Free Agent Draft will begin on December 7, 2009.

The draft will be conducted via email and will proceed in a snakelike order with round 1 proceeding as follows:

1. Boston Bruins
2. LA Kings
3. NY Rangers
4. St Louis Blues
5. Tampa Bay Lightning
6. Washington Capitals
7. Chicago Blackhawks
8. Detroit Red Wings
9. Buffalo Sabres
10. Calgary Flames
11. Minnesota Wild
12. Pittsburgh Penguins
13. Montreal Canadians
14. Philadelphia Flyers
15. Colordado Avalanche
16. Vancouver Canucks
17. Dallas Stars
18. San Jose Sharks
19. Carolina Hurricanes
20. New York Islanders

On 11-28-09, Jeff Paulson exchanged the Pittsburgh Penguins for the San Jose Sharks.... Dean Olivieri took over the Pittsburgh Penguins on the same date.

LEAGUE OFFICE ANNOUNCES DIVISIONAL ASSIGNMENTS

2009-11-22T18:18:00.000-05:00

The KDHL League Office announced the following divisional assignments for the KDHL 09-10 season:

WESTERN DIVISION

LA KINGS
CALGARY FLAMES
COLORADO AVALANCHE
VANCOUVER CANUCKS
SAN JOSE SHARKS

EASTERN DIVISION

NY RANGERS
BUFFALO SABRES
MONTREAL CANADIANS
BOSTON BRUINS
NY ISLANDERS

NORTHERN DIVISION

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS
DETROIT REDWINGS
MINNESOTA WILD
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS

SOUTHERN DIVISION

CAROLINA HURRICANES
DALLAS STARS
WASHINGTON CAPITALS
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
ST LOUIS BLUES