April 3, 2012

[GoJetsGo]

BUF 4 - TOR 0
Shots: 41-11 BUF
PP: BUF - 3/11; TOR - 0/0

06:35 1-0 BUF Derek Roy [25] (Chris Butler, Thomas Vanek)PP
08:58 2-0 BUF Jason Pominville [21] (Thomas Vanek, Chris Butler)PP
16:18 3-0 BUF Zack Kassian [15] (Ryan Johansen, Derek Roy)PP
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no scoring
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46:37 4-0 BUF Zack Kassian [16] (Drew Stafford, Ryan Johansen)
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Three stars:
1st: Ryan Miller
2nd: Zack Kassian
3rd: Derek Roy

Farm result: Rochester 8 - Toronto 2

NJ 6 - NYI 3
Shots: 31-26 NJ
PP: NJ - 0/3; NYI - 2/6

07:28 1-0 NJ Mattias Tedenby [23] (Patrik Elias, Evgeni Malkin)
08:49 2-0 NJ Nick Palmieri [8] (Brian Rolston, Johnny Oduya)
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22:52 3-0 NJ Alex Kovalev [23] (Brian Rolston, Patrik Elias)
29:39 3-1 NYI Devin Setoguchi [24] (Jonathan Tavares, Alex Goligoski)PP
32:33 3-2 NYI Maxim Kitsyn [10] (Devin Setoguchi, Alex Goligoski)
34:54 3-3 NYI Devin Setoguchi [25] (Maxim Kitsyn, Alex Goligoski)PP
37:54 4-3 NJ David Koci [2] (Patrice Cormier, Nick Palmieri)
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43:45 5-3 NJ Nick Palmieri [9] (Patrice Cormier)
46:33 6-3 NJ Johnny Oduya [4] (Travis Zajac, Brian Rolston)
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Three stars:
1st: Nick Palmieri
2nd: Devin Setoguchi
3rd: Brian Rolston

Farm result: Albany 0 - Bridgeport 1

PHI 2 - NYR 3
Shots: 20-20
PP: PHI - 1/7; NYR - 0/3

16:36 0-1 NYR Simon Gagné [20])
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27:22 1-1 PHI Evgeny Grachev [7] (Scott Hartnell, Lukas Kaspar)
38:55 1-2 NYR Paul Kariya [18] (Patrick Marleau, Marc Staal)
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49:12 2-2 PHI Chris Pronger [12] (Daniel Brière, Julius Junttila)PP
56:01 2-3 NYR Paul Kariya [19] (Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Patrick Marleau)
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Three stars:
1st: Paul Kariya
2nd: Pierre-Marc Bouchard
3rd: Patrick Marleau

Farm result: Adirondack 1 - Connecticut 2

BOS 3 - PIT 2 (OT)
Shots: 27-24 PIT
PP: BOS - 1/2; PIT - 0/3

no scoring
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31:43 0-1 PIT Milan Michalek [24] (Anze Kopitar, Fedor Tyutin)
38:51 1-1 BOS Phil Kessel [35] (Chuck Kobasew, Rene Bourque)
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47:37 1-2 PIT Ruslan Fedotenko [8] (Peter Holland, Patrik Berglund)
48:01 2-2 BOS Victor Hedman [11] (Jamie Langenbrunner, Mark Stuart)
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64:56 3-2 BOS Phil Kessel [36] (Milan Lucic, Tomas Fleischmann)PP

Three stars:
1st: Phil Kessel
2nd: Mark Stuart
3rd: Victor Hedman

Farm result: Providence 2 - Wilkes Barre 3

OTT 2 - CAR 3
Shots: 31-17 CAR
PP: OTT - 1/5; CAR - 0/1

10:43 1-0 OTT Nazem Kadri [20] (Ryan Martindale, Jason Spezza)PP
15:36 1-1 CAR Mikko Koivu [26] (Joni Pitkänen, Casey Borer)SH
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35:05 1-2 CAR Teemu Pulkkinen [6] (Jamie McBain, Joni Pitkänen)
36:53 1-3 CAR Mikko Koivu [27] (Artem Voronin, Zach Boychuk)
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46:18 2-3 OTT Daniel Alfredsson [26] (Joffrey Lupul, Justin Williams)
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Three stars:
1st: Mikko Koivu
2nd: Joni Pitkanen
3rd: Teemu Pulkkinen

Farm result: Binghamton 1 - Charlotte 2

FLA 2 - WPG 1
Shots: 23-18 FLA
PP: FLA - 0/3; WPG - 0/2

no scoring
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27:14 1-0 FLA Pavol Demitra [32] (Anton Gustafsson)
33:11 2-0 FLA Loui Eriksson [23] (Wade Redden, Petter Granberg)
39:29 2-1 WPG Martin Havlat [17] (Blake Comeau, Jonathan Huberdeau)
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no scoring
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Three stars:
1st: Loui Eriksson
2nd: Pavol Demitra
3rd: Petter Granberg

Farm result: San Antonio 4 - St. John's 1

NSH 2 - MIN 1
Shots: 29-14 NSH
PP: NSH - 0/2; MIN - 1/5

19:21 0-1 MIN Mark Pysyk [3] (Benoit Pouliot)PP
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25:44 1-1 NAS Ryan Suter [8] (Colin Wilson, Sergei Samsonov)
33:53 2-1 NAS Jordin Tootoo [8] (Rocco Grimaldi, Niklas Hagman)
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no scoring
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Three stars:
1st: Jordin Tootoo
2nd: Ryan Suter
3rd: Anthony Stewart

Farm result: Milwaukee 3 - Houston 3

DAL 2 - SJ 4
Shots: 34-27 SJ
PP: DAL - 1/6; SJ - 0/3

12:53 1-0 DAL Brandon Dubinsky [19] (Mike Ribeiro, Eric Brewer)
17:46 2-0 DAL Scott Gomez [14] (Magnus Paajarvi-Svensson, Alex Tanguay)PP
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23:56 2-1 SJ Ryan Getzlaf [25] (Ivan Telegin, Niklas Kronwall)
26:57 2-2 SJ Mike Komisarek [3] (Brad Boyes, Niklas Kronwall)
28:01 2-3 SJ David Moss [7] (Alexei Ponikarovsky, Derek Forbort)
31:47 2-4 SJ Ryan Getzlaf [26] (Ivan Telegin, Brad Boyes)
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no scoring
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Three stars:
1st: Ryan Getzlaf
2nd: Ivan Telegin
3rd: Evgeni Nabokov

Farm result: Texas 3 - Worcester 5

VAN 3 - ANA 4 (SO)
Shots: 31-25 ANA
PP: VAN - 1/5; ANA - 1/4

15:08 1-0 VAN Jere Lehtinen [14] (Daniel Sedin, Alex Edler)
16:45 1-1 ANA Saku Koivu [22] (George Parros, Tyler Kennedy)
17:36 2-1 VAN Stéphane Robidas [7] (Daniel Sedin, Shane O'Brien)PP
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33:07 2-2 ANA Logan MacMillan [14] (Henrik Zetterberg, Sergei Zubov)PP
35:01 2-3 ANA Joe Pavelski [10] (Nikita Filatov, Saku Koivu)
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58:02 3-3 VAN Jordan Schroeder [21] (Mike Cammalleri, Stéphane Robidas) WG
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Shootout
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Anaheim Mighty Ducks win 1-0
Vancouver Canucks - Alex Edler, miss; Mike Cammalleri, miss; Jordan Schroeder, miss;
Anaheim Mighty Ducks - Nikita Filatov, goal; Henrik Zetterberg, miss;

Three stars:
1st: Stephane Robidas
2nd: Jere Lehtinen
3rd: Joe Pavelski

Farm result: Chicago 2 - Syracuse 1

PHX 3 - CBJ 2 (SO)
Shots: 22-15 CBJ
PP: PHX - 0/0; CBJ - 0/1

12:07 1-0 PHO Chris Higgins [9] (Tomas Kaberle)
19:53 1-1 CBS David Backes [24] (Joonas Donskoi, Arron Asham)
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no scoring
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47:19 2-1 PHO Boyd Gordon [4] (Kyle Quincey)
48:28 2-2 CBS Brian Boyle [17] (Daniel Paillé, Rick Nash)
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Shootout
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Phoenix Coyotes win 1-0
Phoenix Coyotes - Mikkel Boedker, goal; Oliver Ekman-Larsson, miss; Brett Connolly, miss;
Columbus Blue Jackets - Rick Nash, miss; Scott Niedermayer, miss; Joonas Donskoi, miss;

Three stars:
1st: Rick Nash
2nd: Boyd Gordon
3rd: David Backes

Farm result: Portland 5 - Springfield 2

[Virtual Jarmo]

I will GLADLY take a point from Budaj there.

Not sure what my ROW looks like compared to CGY's, but that point may have locked up the 2 seed. Now the pressure's on to not lose to an orphaned team.

[GoJetsGo]

My condolences to Ryan and the Flyers as I was unable to bring forth good news from their battle against New York. On top of that, the EHEC Sabres had no difficulty dispatching Toronto in a must win game. Boston scores yet another decision against stiff competition, sure to anger our friends up north. Paul Ranger is the latest injury victim, brought down by one David Krejci, who is now suspended three games.

Florida, my only wish is that you play the Capitals just as tough on Thursday. Bastards. Nashville stays alive in the Western race, as the Canucks manage just a single point at home with the Ducks. San Jose expected the Stars to lay down. They did, only after a taking a two goal lead in the first period. Columbus escapes their visit to Phoenix with a nice consolation point.

http://www.ehechockey.com/EHEC.zip

http://www.ehechockey.com/calendar.html

[TorontoGM]

BUF PP: 3 of 11 (29 shots)


I know I scratched Hall and Gailev, so Im not that surprised but was Hitler reffing that game?

[Penguin]

Lost my girlfriend, lost in the regional finals, lost my watch, now lost PAUL RANGER.

FUCK LIFE

[Commish Bub(NYR)]

Wow. Tough day, Bern.

Surprise win there, as we haven't exactly been aces on the road lately. Apologies, Ryan. I always seem to be fucking up your season.

[Parker]

Jesus Bern, that sucks. Sorry, man.

Good to see some unsung heroes contributing to that Yotes win, but I was really hoping Doan would surpass last year's goal totals... now he needs three goals in two games. D'oh.

[BSBullies]

BUF PP: 3 of 11 (29 shots)


I know I scratched Hall and Gailev, so Im not that surprised but was Hitler reffing that game?

I appreciate those scratches, since they pretty much beat me last week.

[BSBullies]

Wow. Tough day, Bern.

Surprise win there, as we haven't exactly been aces on the road lately. Apologies, Ryan. I always seem to be fucking up your season.

That's how it goes, my sims never look anything like the final result. It's in my hands though, a win Thursday and I'm in, AND I wouldn't be facing you in the first round!

[Parker]

Hmm. I just realized I was outshot at home, for possibly the first time this season. Looks like we got our asses kicked in the coaching & tactics department, but Bryzgalov (Player of the Month for March) saves the day, and Mikkel Boedker finally steps up in a shootout. Doan might have some competition for MVP at the team awards dinner this summer!

[Commish Bub(NYR)]

Hmm. I just realized I was outshot at home, for possibly the first time this season. Looks like we got our asses kicked in the coaching & tactics department, but Bryzgalov (Player of the Month for March) saves the day, and Mikkel Boedker finally steps up in a shootout. Doan might have some competition for MVP at the team awards dinner this summer!

It was that timely goal from Boyd "You Want Him?" Gordon.

[SharksGM]

Jeez, this is intense. I still need one point to clinch the division and two to clinch the league, both of which are far from a given with a home-and-home vs LA left. @LA is pretty much a guaranteed loss (whopping 3-32-2 in test sims ) and I could still lose the division by losing both games in regulation. And now STL is highly likely to pick up a win today (no offense James) and would have a good shot at making the playoffs over Vancouver.

[SabresGM]

Holy hell, I never won more than 2-1 in the sims, so this is pleasantly unexpected. That in mind, I detest that any game can have shot totals of 41-11, and I hope that is something we can address in the off-season.

Good luck Thursday Philadelphia, neither one of us could ask for a better opportunity! How does the tiebreaker work, and do you have it? Cause I suppose regardless of tomorrow's game we could still be tied come Saturday night.

[Virtual Jarmo]

Lost my girlfriend, lost in the regional finals, lost my watch, now lost PAUL RANGER.

FUCK LIFE

Sorry buddy. Go have a beer or two. Or 10.

[SharksGM]

I know I scratched Hall and Gailev, so Im not that surprised but was Hitler reffing that game?

Don't we have some kind of rule against blatant tanking?

[Jets GM]

Lost my girlfriend, lost in the regional finals, lost my watch, now lost PAUL RANGER.

FUCK LIFE

Keep yer' head up Bern, you're so money bro

[Jungle Cats]

I don't know what to tell ya Tom, I had money on your Jets. My boys don't follow orders, apparently. Time for a new world order. Time for the cleansing flame...

[Penguin]

Thanks boys. Got a lil emotional..

[Montreal Canadiens]

for christ sakes! how is this possible. That'll pretty much decide the division. Looks like it'll be PIT or WSH first round. Fantastic!!

[CapsGM]

I don't know what to tell ya Tom, I had money on your Jets. My boys don't follow orders, apparently. Time for a new world order. Time for the cleansing flame...

appreciated

[Virtual Jarmo]

I know I scratched Hall and Gailev, so Im not that surprised but was Hitler reffing that game?

Don't we have some kind of rule against blatant tanking?

While I somehow forgot to put it in the current .pdf Rulebook, it was in the old HTML one.

Even still, there are ethics involved when it comes to possible tanking and it's completely unacceptable.

The league is reviewing the incident regarding the Toronto-Buffalo game.

[Jets GM]

Whats the difference between a team whos clinched protecting star players? Both teams are playing games that dont matter; the risk of losing a star player for forever is a reality .

[Virtual Jarmo]

Whats the difference between a team whos clinched protecting star players? Both teams are playing games that dont matter; the risk of losing a star player for forever is a reality .

It's a valid point and I've approached Mike in private to hear what he has to say on the matter.

We're also looking into it as a Committee. All sides and reasons will be explored. We've always shown the ability to look at things democratically. That won't magically change.

I've also, for the sake of fairness, asked Mike if he wants to request to keep Ryan out of the Committee discussion, as last night's result clearly affects him the most.

[Jets GM]

If he was doing it for any prolonged amount of time during the season (3+ games) I could see it being an issue. However, sitting your franchise player the last couple of games of the year, that have absolutely zero consequence for his franchise, shouldn't be considered tanking.

If I'm mathematically eliminated before game eighty-two, Tyler Seguin and Steven Stamkos won't be going anywhere near ice-level on game day for the rest of the year. Champagne coolies with me and Mac in the pressbox FTW

[Virtual Jarmo]

As I said, we will examine all sides of the issue.

There are other factors in play besides just scratching players. However, that's between Mike, Tommy, Ryan, and myself.

[Virtual Jarmo]

After talking to Mike and discussing with my Committee, the league has chosen not to penalize Toronto for possible tanking during the April 3 game against Buffalo.

We will be looking to institute new policies that will level the playing field with regards to orphaned teams' lines and teams who are not consistently updating their lines late in the season when they are out of the running for a playoff spot and are simply hoping to lose games to get lotto balls.

Unfortunately, auto-lining only shifts personnel and doesn't change the tactics that are in place. We will create a universal format for line tactics to use after auto-lining the personnel.

[TorontoGM]

Sorry guys(Especially Ryan), I didn't mean to piss anyone off.

In one season, I get in trouble for trying to win illegally(H&G first line) and trying to lose(Tank tactics). hahahaha

[SharksGM]

If I'm mathematically eliminated before game eighty-two, Tyler Seguin and Steven Stamkos won't be going anywhere near ice-level on game day for the rest of the year. Champagne coolies with me and Mac in the pressbox FTW

This isn't directed at Mike or anyone else, but if an NHL GM were to do this they'd be fired immediately. Plus probably sued by the players/NHLPA for being scratched without cause, shunned by agents for treating players poorly, booed by fans for purposely putting a shitty product on the ice, and investigated by the NHL's competition committee.

I mean the NHL lottery already makes tanking a questionable proposition. I can't think of a team that has seriously tried it since the lottery was instated, and from a quick search the worst the Penguins did when they tanked for Lemieux (pre-lottery) was to send down a bad young goalie and replace him with an even worse one for 4 games.

[BSBullies]

No worries, in the end I shouldn't have put myself in this ridiculous position to begin with, your one game of doing that won't be my undoing.

[TorontoGM]

If I'm mathematically eliminated before game eighty-two, Tyler Seguin and Steven Stamkos won't be going anywhere near ice-level on game day for the rest of the year. Champagne coolies with me and Mac in the pressbox FTW

This isn't directed at Mike or anyone else, but if an NHL GM were to do this they'd be fired immediately. Plus probably sued by the players/NHLPA for being scratched without cause, shunned by agents for treating players poorly, booed by fans for purposely putting a shitty product on the ice, and investigated by the NHL's competition committee.

Well it's too bad this isn't the NHL. The RL Leafs scratched assistant captains and have started a lesser goalie(Scrivens is no better than Reimer or Gustavsson) and yet Brian Burke still has his job.

[Bruins_GM]

Boston's resting some starters for the next couple of games in real-life.