NHL:EHM 2005 NHL Playoffs [Archive] - Front Office Football Central

Johnny93g

09-08-2004, 02:35 PM

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National Hockey League_ - Tuesday April 12th 2005
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2004-05 Tables
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Eastern Conference

Pos Team Pld Won Lst Tie OTL Pct GF GA Pts
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1st PlOttawa 82 52 20 8 2 0.695 260 179 114
2nd PlNew Jersey 82 52 21 6 3 0.689 276 201 113
3rd PlTampa Bay 82 45 24 10 3 0.628 296 256 103
4th PlWashington 82 42 26 11 3 0.598 227 184 98
5th PlToronto 82 41 28 12 1 0.579 243 215 95
6th PlPhiladelphia 82 41 30 9 2 0.567 278 251 93
7th PlBuffalo 82 39 30 9 4 0.555 234 212 91
8th PlNY Islanders 82 36 33 13 0 0.518 239 219 85
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9th NY Rangers 82 35 35 10 2 0.500 263 248 82
10th Pittsburgh 82 33 36 11 2 0.482 202 228 79
11th Boston 82 29 39 13 1 0.439 204 246 72
12th Atlanta 82 28 41 9 4 0.421 244 288 69
13th Florida 82 28 44 9 1 0.402 199 254 66
14th Carolina 82 25 42 12 3 0.396 185 245 65
15th Montreal 82 21 49 11 1 0.329 191 273 54

Western Conference

Pos Team Pld Won Lst Tie OTL Pct GF GA Pts
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1st PlVancouver 82 53 20 8 1 0.098 293 190 115
2nd PlDallas 82 41 31 9 1 0.110 226 190 92
3rd PlColumbus 82 38 31 8 5 0.098 229 215 89
4th PlColorado 82 44 26 11 1 0.134 280 223 100
5th PlCalgary 82 39 26 15 2 0.183 206 182 95
6th PlSan Jose 82 39 33 7 3 0.085 217 207 88
7th PlPhoenix 82 38 33 9 2 0.110 219 208 87
8th PlSt. Louis 82 33 31 16 2 0.195 223 220 84
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9th Chicago 82 33 34 11 4 0.134 194 222 81
10th Edmonton 82 32 37 10 3 0.122 195 214 77
11th Detroit 82 30 39 12 1 0.146 198 233 73
12th Nashville 82 29 41 10 2 0.122 198 234 70
13th Los Angeles 82 26 42 12 2 0.146 204 244 66
14th Anaheim 82 26 43 11 2 0.134 204 260 65
15th Minnesota 82 27 47 8 0 0.098 177 263 62

sachmo71

09-08-2004, 02:52 PM

GO DALLAS! AND LEAVES!

samifan24

09-08-2004, 02:53 PM

So what's the deal with Columbus?

Johnny93g

09-08-2004, 02:54 PM

So what's the deal with Columbus?

hehe....not sure, ill check them out soon, I gotta preview the east 1st...

Johnny93g

09-08-2004, 03:02 PM

Eastern Conference Quarter Final Preview

#1 Ottawa Senators vs. #8 NY Islanders

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Key Additions
- Jeff O’neal
- Lyle Odelein
- Sergei Zholtok

Key Losses
- Shaun Van Allen
- Curtis Leschyshyn
- Anton Volchenkov
- Martin Prusek

Ottawa dominated the regular season, posting 52 wins….They were also 2nd in the league in penalty killing with a 89.6% success rate…..Patrik Lalime had a strong season in goal…2.11gaa, .910 sp……A balanced offense was led by 4 60 point scorers….Marian Hossa, Daniel Alferdsson, Martin Havlat, and Jeff O’neal….Zdeno Chara chipped in 40 points from the blueline…..They are the defending champs winning the 2004 Stanley Cup

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Key Additions
- Alexander Daigle

Key Losses
- Alexander Karpovtsev
- Steve Webb

NY snuck into the playoffs by beating the Rangers and Boston in there last 2 games….They lack depth, and that will hurt against Ottawa….Yashin is the only legitimate forward on their 2nd line, that also features Jason Blake and Alex Daigle….6 20 goal scorers include the 3 2nd liners, plus Mark Parrish, Oleg Kvasha, and Mariusz Czerkawski…..Captain Michael Peca missed 6 weeks with a pulled groin, but is healthy now….Adrian Aucoin is day-to day, but should be back by game 3….Rick Dipietro will start, but isn’t ready to win a series by himself…..

Season Series: 3-1 Ottawa
Prediction: Ottawa in 4

Johnny93g

09-08-2004, 03:22 PM

Eastern Conference Quarter Final Preview

#2 New Jersey Devils vs. #7 Buffalo Sabres

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Key Additions
- Andy Sutton
- Zach Parise

Key Losses
- David Hale
- Sean Brown

New Jersey hasn’t really made any changes in the last 2 seasons, and why would they….When your winning, there’s no reason too….Brodeur was amazing, winning 48 games, and losing just 18…..He’s the best goalie in hockey, hands down….Elias and Frieson both broke the 70 point plateau, but Brian Gionta broke out with 36 assists, and 58 points….Scott Niedermayer, a UFA soon, is a serious Norris candidate with 53 points and a 7.72 rating….Colin White had a season to remember….35 assists and 39 points in just 61 games….NJ is scoring goals…..Viktor Kozlov sprained his ACL, and isn’t due back for a month

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Key Additions
- Steve Staios
- Manny Legace
- Tomas Vokoun
- Mattias Weinhandl

Key Losses
- Mika Noronen
- Mike Grier
- Ryan Miller
- Jay McKee

Amazing goaltending depth has Many Legace playing in Rochester…..I really don’t know how Buffalo got here, but I’m sure they wont be here for long…..Daniel Briere led the team in scoring with 62 points, tied with Miroslav Satan….Weinhandl has blossomed with a career high 46 points….Tim Connolly has been terrible with 12 points and a -13….I don’t think anyone would touch him now….They have a lot of speed, and use it well….The D is anchored by Jeff Jillson, and that’s a huge problem…..Biron starts over Vokoun, which makes no sense, cuz Buffalo gave up a 1st rounder to get Tomas…..

Season Series: 4-0 NJ
Prediction: New Jersey in 4

Johnny93g

09-08-2004, 03:39 PM

Eastern Conference Quarter Final Preview

#3 Tampa Bay Lightning vs. #6 Philadelphia Flyers

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Key Additions
- Todd Harvey
- Mark Recchi

Key Losses
- Andre Roy

Pretty much the same team that won the 03 Cup, except St. Louis and Lecavalier are much better….Martin St. Louis scored 61 times, which led the league, and finished with 112 points, which led the league….the only other player to finish with 100 points…..Lecavalier, who had 102…Freddy Modin, also finished with 90 points in 70 games…..That ofcourse, drives me CRAZY…..Mark Recchi was signed to a 1 year/5 mil deal when no one would touch him with a 10 foot pole…He has been unhappy at times, but looks like a solid addition on the 2nd line….Darryl Sydor had 45 points on the blueline….the team cant play D though, the Bulin Wall struggled with a gaa almost 3, and a 6.94 rating……lucky for them they can score…

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Key Additions
- Sasha Goc
- Phillipe Boucher

Key Losses
- Sean Burke
- Keith Priemeau
- Mark Recchi
- Craig Berube

They lost a lot of leadership in the UFA market, but not too much firepower…..The team is still good offensively…..4 players got 70 points….Roenick had 91….while Amonte, Gagne, and Kapanen all had 73…..John Leclair bounced back with a 28 goal season….Joni Pitkanen made GM’s around the league jealous with a 7 goal, 41 assist season….he also had a rating of 7.71, and could win the Norris at the age of 21…..Alexi Zhamnov litteraly fell off the map…in 82 games, the former 1st liner had 6 goals and 14 assists…That’s about 800,000 bucks a goal….Backup Antero Nittymaki was better then Robert Esche, which is a huge problem, as neither were any good at all this year….should be a very high scoring series

Season Series: 3-1 Tampa
Prediction: Philly in 7….

Johnny93g

09-08-2004, 04:03 PM

Eastern Conference Quarter Final Preview

#4 Washington Capitals vs. #5 Toronto Maple Leafs

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Key Additions
- Tom Fitzgerald
- Darius Kasparaitis
- Randy Robitialle
- David Vyborny
- Ryan Smyth
- Yevgeni Malkin
- Kimmo Timonen
- Richard Zednik
- Vaclav Prospal
- Slava Kozlov

Key Losses
- Maxime Ouellet
- Jared Aulin
- Kip Miller
- Adam Hall
- Shaone Morrison

After picking Malkin 1st overall, the Capitals made some major moves, and have been the most improved team in hockey….Prospal has been a point a game player sense coming over from Anaheim….Zednik looks like he did in 02-03…and Ryan Smyth is a great role model for Malkin….Malkin btw had 17 goals and 40 points in his rookie year….They don’t score a lot of goals, but do get scoring from everyone….There defense is almost like a no-name crew, featuring Brendan Witt, Marek Malik, Steve Eminger, and Darius Kasparaitis…..Olaf Kolzig was sharp in goal like always, and is capable of stealing a series for this young group…..

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Key Additions
- Brad Isbister
- Jason Allison
- Keith Carney
- Scott Thornton
- Sergei Fedorov

Key Losses
- Robert Reichel
- Mikael Renberg
- Tom Fitzgerald
- Trevor Kidd
- Karel Pilar
- Drake Berehowsky
- Ron Francis
- Matt Stajan

The Leafs have again proved they like older proven talent over young potential….That became evident when Toronto shipped Matt Stajan, who everyone in the league wanted to Anaheim for unhappy superstar Sergei Fedorov….Fedorov recorded 29 points in 24 games in Leaf land, and has been the best player in hockey…..Jason Allison has been stellar when not injured, with 52 points in 62 games….Owen Nolan, back from a 26 game suspension finished with 51 points in 52 games….Brad Isbister broke out with a career high 56 point season…Alex Mogilny led the team in scoring with 32 goals, and 64 points….Mats Sundin had his worst season, with just 55 points, but his scoring picked up with the addition of Fedorov….Carney has been a rock, with Ken Klee, while Caber and Leetch continue to click….Belfour and Tellqvist were solid in goal, but Eddie only played 47 games cuz of stamina and age issues….He will start everygame in the playoffs

Season Series: 3-1 Toronto
Prediction: Toronto in 6

Karim

09-08-2004, 04:59 PM

Cool. Great detail, Johnny. How 'bout a Leafs/Flames final? :D

Johnny93g

09-08-2004, 10:21 PM

Western Conference Quarter Final Preview

#1 Vancouver Canucks vs. #8 St. Louis Blues

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Key Additions
- Brian Holzinger
- Mike Modano
- Michael Nylander
- Glen Murray
- Brett Hedican
- Jon Klemm

Key Losses
- Marek Malik
- Martin Rucinsky
- Geoff Sanderson
- Mike Keane
- Brad May Johan Hedberg
- Jason King
- Bryan Allen

A lot of new faces brought in excellent results…..The Canucks were big winners in last summers UFA bringing in Glen Murray, who scored 41 goals, Mike Modano, who finished with 59 points, Michael Nylander, with 42 points, and Bret Hedican, who had 34 points from the blueline….Naslund, Morrison and Bertuzzi all scored 70+ points, and Ed Jovanoski distanced himself from his defensmen brethren with a 17 goal, 65 point season….Daniel Sedin also broke out with 30 goals, and 65 points…..Goaltending is ofcourse, shaky at best….Cloutier allowed only 2.33gaa, but had a 7.11 rating, and would not have won 37 games on a team without this much firepower……

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Key Additions
- Jiri Slegr
- Pasi Nurminen
- Steve Sullivan

Key Losses
- Al MacInnis
- Dallas Drake
- Alexander Khavanov
- Chris Osgood (Back in Detroit)

Snuck in despite winning just 1 of their last 5….This is a 1 line team,,,,Sullivan, Demitra, and Tkachuk, with Pronger, and Weight….Thats the team….If their going, they have a shot, if not, its over…..Youngster Peter Sejna came out of nowhere with 44 points…..The Goaltending is too week to beat Vancouver….Pasi Nurminen isn’t gonna get it done….Not much to say about these guys….I don’t know how they got here…..

Season Series: 2-1-1 St. Louis
Prediction: Vancouver in 4

Johnny93g

09-08-2004, 10:23 PM

Western Conference Quarter Final Preview

#2 Dallas Stars vs. #7 Phoenix Coyotes

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Key Additions
- Niklas Sundstrom
- Sheldon Souray
- Aaron Ward
- Mathieu Schneider
- Dean McAmmond
- Manny Malholtra
- Martin Lapointe
- Sandis Ozolinsh

Key Losses
- Lubomir Sekeras
- Shayne Corson
- Rob DiMaio
- Jon Klemm
- Ron Tugnutt
- Mike Modano
- Teppo Numminen
- Philippe Boucher
- Niko Kapanen

Dallas decided they want a whole new look and it worked…..New captain Sergei Zubov has the team in a great position…They didn’t score many goals, but added much need offense with the deadline trade for Sandis Ozolinsh…Only 3 players broke the 50 point barrier….Bill Guerin, Jere Lehtinen, and Jason Arnott….Team strength was defense…only Nik Sundstrom and Pierre Turgeon were minus players…Marty Turco had a great year….including 8 shutouts…..They are lucky the conference is down this year…. Valeri Bure is out for a month….

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Key Additions
- Keith Ballard
- Andreas Dackell
- Marc Savard
- Brian Rolston
- PJ Axelsson
- Mike LeClerc

Key Losses
- Tyson Nash
- Derek Morris
- Jeff Taffe
- Mike Comrie
- Brent Johnson

Young team is showing signs that there ready….Great deadline trades brought in Marc Savard and Brian Rolston, to vets who can help the kids….Shane Doan only had 55 points, but that’s cuz he’s got noone to really play with yet…Keith Ballard, David Tanabe, Paul Mara, and Brad Ference is a nice defensive group to build around….Brian Boucher is clearly the number 1 goale, posting 6 shutouts, a .918 sp, and 6 shutouts…Id be surprised if any team scores more then 2 goals a game….Shane Doan will miss the start of the series with injury

Season Series: 5-1 Phoenix
Prediction: Phoenix in 6

Johnny93g

09-08-2004, 10:25 PM

Western Conference Quarter Final Preview

#3 Columbus Blue Jackets vs. #6 San Jose Sharks

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Key Additions
- Eric Cole
- David Aebischer
- Keith Primeau
- Andrew Raycroft
- Tyson Nash
- Derek Morris
- Matthew Barnaby

Key Losses
- David Vyborny
- Brian Holzinger
- Manny Malholtra
- Marc Denis
- Todd Marchant

Brought in some very good additions which gave the core of this team what it need to succeed…..Rick Nash wasn’t the only thing opposing teams had to concentrate on anymore…The young trio of Nash, Zherdev, and Alexander Svitov combined 61 goals…..Erik Cole led the team with 28 tallies…..This team play’s great team defense….Morris is a great compliment to Klesla….There is a goaltender controversy though….Raycroft has been the stater, but Aebischer has been better…..They are the product of a weak division however…..Klesla is out a month, Raycroft will miss the series…….

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Key Additions
- Yannick Tremblay
- Teemu Selanne
- Steve Rucchin
- Sergei Gonchar
- Anson Carter
- Kevyn Adams
- Evgeny Nabokov

Key Losses
- Todd Harvey
- Scott Thornton
- Wayne Primeau
- Milan Michalek

Teemu returned, and though he wasn’t the Teemu of old, he still was 2nd in scoring with 50 points…..Youngsters Marleau, Korolyuk, Sturm, Ekman, Hannan, and Cheechoo carried this team….Anson Carter and Sergei Gonchar were brought in to improve the offense which has struggled….Scott Hannan had a career high 32 assists…..Evgeny Nabakov, dealt in 03-04 to Boston, was dealt back to SJ half way through the season….SJ had made Toskala the starter, but he wasn’t getting it done…..Hannan MAY miss the series…

Season Series: tied at 2
Prediction: San Jose in 5

Johnny93g

09-08-2004, 10:27 PM

Western Conference Quarter Final Preview

#4 Colorado Avalanche vs. #5 Calgary Flames

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Key Additions
- Calle Johansson
- Robert Reichel
- Kevin Weekes
- Andreas Johansson

Key Losses
- David Aebischer
- Phil Sauve
- Tommy Salo
- Teemu Selanne
- Andrei Nikolishin
- Ossi Vannanen
- Mathew Barnaby

The Avs are different in goal, but that’s about it…..Sakic is dominating with Kariya, Forsbergm Blake, Tanguay, Hejduk and Foote…..Thats quite a core group….Kariya is back with 88 points….Both Sakic and Kariya potted 40 goals….Hejduk has scored just 32 goals in the 2 seasons sense he hit 50….probably a case of too much talent, not enough ice time…..Kevin Weekes is no Patrick Roy, but he’s enough for these guys to win…..in the regular season….Adam Foote is out for the playooffs…

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Key Additions
- Jamie McKlennan
- David Hale
- Igor Ulanov
- Ray Whitney
- Nikos Dimitrakos
- J.S. Giguere

Key Losses
- Mikka Kipprusoff
- Craig Conroy, Dean McAmmond
- Chris Simon
- Mike Commodore (in a trade with Edmonton)

Mika was sent to the Rangers for David Hale, and Calgary went with Roman Turek as the starter for a month….then they got smart, and sent a 3rd rounder to Anaheim for JS Giguere…..Lucky Bastards….JS has been amazing, posting 1.72gaa in 34 games with his old club….They need a superstar goalie, as Iginla, who gets 39 goals, is the only one who is scoring….Ray Whitney is huge, as he can take some of the burden off Iginla, and has 20 points in his 27 games….Iginla is the only guy with more then 16 goals….Defensively, the team can compete….young center Eric Fortier has done a great job, as has David Hale, with a +28…..Robyn Regher missed 40 games with a partially torn MCL…Iginla, Reinprect, Warrener will all miss atleast 2 games to start the series….Gauthier is out for the playoffs

Season Series: 2-1-3 Calgary
Prediction: Colorado in 7 (only because of Giguere)

MizzouRah

09-08-2004, 10:48 PM

Nicely written.. looking foward to see if the Blues do well.

Question for you.. is it time for me to try the trial once again?

Thanks,

Todd

samifan24

09-08-2004, 10:51 PM

Nicely written.. looking foward to see if the Blues do well.

Question for you.. is it time for me to try the trial once again?

Thanks,

Todd

I'm wondering the same thing, especially after hearing that I will be able to pick the game up (with roster updates) immediately.

Johnny93g

09-08-2004, 10:59 PM

April 10th

All 16 teams in action tonight…what a way to get the playoffs going

Game 1:
Ottawa 2
NY Islanders 0
Fisher’s goal in the 1st stands up, and Havlat added the insurance…..Patrik Lalime makes 18 saves for the shutout

* - P. Lalime
** - M. Havlat
***- Z. Chara

Game 1:
New Jersey 7
Buffalo 3
NJ comes back from 2-0 deficet….Buffalo was within 1 when Adam Mair scored with 10 minutes remaining…..NJ was 3/6 on the pp…..Scott Niedermay, and Scott Gomez each get 4 points, Elias gets 3….Miro Satan gets 2 goals…..

* - S. Niedermayer, NJ
** - S. Gomez, NJ
***- J. Frieson, NJ

Game 1:
Tampa Bay 5
Philly 3
Martin St. Louis gets a hattrick…Robert Esche got the start for Philly, earning a 6 rating….TB 2/5 on the pp….

* -M. St. Louis, TB
** -E. Desjardins, Phi
***-K. Fairchild, Phi

Game 1:
Washington 2
Toronto 4
Washington led 2-0 after 1….Leafs score 3 in the 3rd….Isbister gets 2 goals…Toronto 1/7 on the pp…..

* -R. Smyth, Was
** -K. Carney, Tor
***-C. Chartier, Tor

Game 1:
Vancouver 7
St. Louis 1
Canucks up 6-0 after 2….Bertuzzi gets a hattrick…Lukas Mensator started for the Blues, but was pulled 13 minutes into the 2nd after 6th Canuck goal in favour of Reinhard Divas….

* -G. Murray, Van
** -M. Modano, Van
***-D. Cloutier, Van

Game 1:
Dallas 4
Phoenix 1
Brendan Morrow scores twice, with Stu Barnes assisting on both….MartyTurco turned away 29 shots to earn a 9 rating…..

* -B. Morrow, Dal
** -S. Barnes, Dal
***-M. Turco, Dal

Game 1:
Columbus 1
San Jose 1 **
Alex Korolyuk and Derrick Walser exchanged goals in the 2nd…Both teams played extremely cautiously….and the game went to overtime

**Scott Hannan takes a hooking penalty…..Walser, ahead Westcott….Columbus controlling the well on this OT powerplay…..Back to the point…Walser unloads…..SCORES!!!!!.....TIPPED BY……ZHERDEV…..COLUMBUS WINS….15th minute of OT

* -D. Walser, Cob
** -D. Aebischer, Cob
***-N. Zherdev, Cob

Game 1:
Colorado 0
Calgary 2
JS Giguere loves the playoffs, but the Flames really made it easy for him, holding Colorado to 14 shots…..Oleg Saprykin and Matthew Lombardi scored for Calgary who blasted 30 shots at Kevin Weekes

* -J. Giguere, Cal
** -O. Saprykin, Cal
***-M. Lombardi, Cal

Johnny93g

09-08-2004, 11:02 PM

Nicely written.. looking foward to see if the Blues do well.

Question for you.. is it time for me to try the trial once again?

Thanks,

Todd

Ya, try it out with the patch...It has improved so much....They also increased scoring in Junior which is great....Sidney Crosby finished this season with 90 goals, and 91 assists, in just 70 games......I was keeping a close eye on him as a gauge on the junior league accuracy...Thumbs up for me

Johnny93g

09-08-2004, 11:27 PM

April 11th

Game 2: Toronto Leads Series 1-0
Washington 1
Toronto 1 **
Sundin's goal 6 minutes in stood up for 40 minutes, but Slava Kozlov tied it on a rebound....Belfour stood on his head, making 38 saves....but the game went to OT

**Mogilny with a head of steam.....STRIPPED BY MALKIN....AROUND KABERLE....SHOOTS...SCORES!!!!!....YEVGENI MALKIN....CAPS WIN....12:32 of OT
* - Y. Malkin, Was
** - O. Kolzig, Was
***- E. Belfour, Tor

Game 2: Columbus Leads Series 1-0
Columbus 2
San Jose 2 **
Sergei Gonchar's pp goal gave San Jose the 2-0 early lead, but 2 goals later, the last by Rick Nash sent the game to OT....

**Columbus' Balastik gets a hooking penalty...Marleau wins the draw....Quick shot by Hannen, kick save.....Selanne...in the corner, back out to Hannan...shoots again....SCORES!!!!!.....SHARKS TIE THE SERIES....5:06 of OT

* - S. Hannan, SJ
** - P. Marleau, SJ
***- R. Nash, Cob

Johnny93g

09-09-2004, 03:24 PM

April 12

Game 2: New Jersey Leads Series 1-0
New Jersey 1
Buffalo 1 **
It was 1-1 a minute 30 into the game, and stayed that way for more then 60 minutes….

**Voukon turns aside the Elias shot….Rookie Milan Bartovic carries the puck out of danger…..he’s picking up speed….WHAT A MOVE….ALL ALONE….SHOOTS!!!!.....SCORES!!!!!....PAST BRODEUR’S GLOVE….BUFFALO WINS…..5:59 of OT
* - T. Vokoun, Buf
** - J. Hecht, Buf
***- M. Brodeur, NJ

Game 2: Ottawa Leads Series 1-0
Ottawa 5
NY Islanders 2
Tied at 2 after too….Brian Smolinski scored twice in 6 minutes to bury the Isle’s…..Sens were 2/4 on the PP…Peter Bondra has 3 assists…Peca had 2 points for the losers
* - B. Smolinski, Ott
** - M. Peca, NYI
***- R. Bonk, Ott

Game 2: Tampa Leads Series 1-0
Tampa Bay 2
Philly 4
Former Flyer Mark Recchi opened the scoring, but Philly rolled off 4 straight, including 2 by Amonte…Philly only had 1 pp, but scored on it….
* - S. Gagne, Phi
** - M. Cibak, Tam
***- T. Amonte, Phi

Game 2: Calgary Leads Series 1-0
Colorado 1
Calgary 3
Colorado finally scored on a Tanguay breakaway in the 1st, but 3 goals in the last 10 minutes won the game for Calgary…Eric Fortier got 1, while Whitney scored the other 2….A surprising 2 road wins for a team without their only scorer….Shots were 16-15, series is being played exactly how Calgary wants it….
* - R. Whitney, Cal
** - E. Fortier, Cal
***- A. Tangauy, Col

Game 2: Dallas Leads Series 1-0
Dallas 3
Phoenix 1
Jere Lehtinen and Sandis Ozolinsh each had 2 assists in a rather domiant win for the Stars….Phoenix was outshot 37-19, and were completely outplayed….
* - S. Barnes, Dal
** - J. Arnott, Dal
***- P. Axelsson, Pho

Game 2: Vancouver Leads Series 1-0
Vancouver 3
St. Louis 1
Vancouver built a 3-0 lead, which was too big a deficit for the Blues to overcome…Glen Murray scored a sh goal late in the 1st…Cloutier hasn’t really been tested…
* - M. Cooke, Van
** - D. Cloutier, Van
***- V. Vujtek, Stl

Johnny93g

09-09-2004, 03:25 PM

April 13

Game 3: Ottawa Leads Series 2-0
NY Islanders 2
Ottawa 1
G. Snow started for NY….Peca and Martinek gave the Isle’s a lead they would never give up….Hossa got Ottawa’s goal….NY held Ottawa to just 20 shots, and played a great “road” playoff game….Ottawa was 0/5 on the pp….
* - M. Peca, NYI
** - G. Snow, NYI
***- M. Hossa, Ott

Game 3: Series Tied at 1
Toronto 4
Washington 0
Belfour gets shutout starting game with a condition of 78….Allison, Aaron Gavey, and Owen Nolan all score in last 2 minutes of the 1st, which basically ended the game…..Washington outshot 31-17
* - J. Allison, Tor
** - A. Mogilny, Tor
***- O. Nolan, Tor

Game 3: Calgary Leads Series 2-0
Calgary 0
Colorado 3
Despite being outshout 35-27, Colorado won cuz their skill players came to play….Kariya, Forsberg, and Sakic scored…Joe added 2 assists…Kevin Weekes looked like Patrik Roy…Iginla still hasn’t returned to the lineup
* - J. Sakic, Col
** - K. Weekes, Col
***- P. Kariya, Col

Game 3: Series Tied at 1
San Jose 1
Columbus 2
Selanne scores 2 minutes in, but Eric Cole tied it and then won after a great drop pass from Svitov 3 minutes from the final buzzer….Aebischer stole the game, making 36 saves…..I told you he should start…..
* - E. Cole, Cob
** - D. Aebischer, Cob
***- A. Svitov, Cob

Johnny93g

09-09-2004, 09:25 PM

April 14

Game 3: Series Tied at 1
Buffalo 3
New Jersey 5
Brian Gionta scored twice, and the Devils scored 3 pp goal in the 2nd period…Buffalo made it close with 2 goals, late in the third, but NJ held on…..
* - B. Gionta, NJ
** - Y. Sarault, NJ
***- S. Niedermayer, NJ

Game 3: Series Tied at 1
Philly 5
Tampa Bay 5 **
Both teams came out firing, and Tampa led 3-1 after 1….The Flyers tied in the 2nd with goals by Amonte and Roenick…St. Louis’s 2nd goal gave the Lightning a lead that was gone 5 minutes later….Roenick and Fairchild gave Philly the lead which held up almost to the end….Martin St. Louis’ 3rd goal came with 90 seconds left to send this one into OT….

**Kubina shoots….blocked by Desjardins, bounces to Lecavalier…quick pass….ONE-TIMER….SCORES!!!!!....ST. LOUIS’ 4TH….LIGHTNING WIN….17:53 of OT….
* - M. St Louis, TB
** - S. Gagne, Phi
***- V. Lecavalier

Game 3: Dallas Leads Series 2-0
Phoenix 2
Dallas 3
Phoenix fought back from a 2-0 deficet to tie it in the second….20 seconds into the 3rd, Jason Arnott potted the winner on a breakaway….Marty Turco made 32 saves
* - J. Lehtinen, Dal
** - M. Rupp, Pho
***- S. Ozolinsh, Dal

Game 3: Vancouver Leads Series 2-0
St. Louis 3
Vancouver 1
The Blues finally broke through Cloutier….They scored twice in the 1st, including a pp goal by Chris Pronger….The Blues played the next 50 minutes in the trap, and smothered Vancouver, who finished with just 14 shots….
* - J. Slegr, Stl
** - M. Cooke, Van
***- P. Demitra, Van

Game 4: Columbus Leads Series 2-1 1
San Jose 3
Columbus 0
Teemu Selanne scored twice, and Evgeni Nabakov got a very easy shutout in a game where San Jose completely dominated….Columbus was outshot 39-15….They never had a chance…..
* - T. Selanne, SJ
** - E. Nabokov, SJ
***- S. Gonchar, SJ

Johnny93g

09-09-2004, 09:25 PM

April 15th

Game 4: New Jersey Leads Series 2-1
Buffalo 2
New Jersey 2 **
Game was back in forth…..No one ever was in control…both teams played patient, until OT stared

** Devils win the draw….Frieson, makes a move…stops…SHOOTS….SCORES!!!!...DEVILS WIN….:10 seconds into OT
* - S. Gomez, NJ
** - J. Langenbruener, NJ
***- D. Roy, Buf

Game 4: Ottawa Leads Series 2-1
NY Islanders 1
Ottawa 1 **
The Islanders again played a patient and defensive game, which is driving Ottawa nuts…The Isle’s had to come back this time though…..Then it was time for OT

**Scatchard leads the break for NY….over the line….lays it back to Daigle….Shoots….ITS IN…HE SCORED…off the defenseman’s stick…..9:32 into OT
* - A. Yashin, NYI
** - D. Scatchard, NYI
***- G. Snow, NYI

Game 4: Toronto Leads Series 2-1
Toronto 2
Washington 2 **
Washington jumped out to a 2-0 lead, but Isbister and Gary Roberts had it tied with 10 minutes left….Ovetime begins with Belfour’s condition at 57…..

**….Gordon dumps it in…..Sutherby reaches the puck first…comes out in front…..HE SCORES!!!....LOW SHOT FOOLS EDDIE…CAPS WIN….0:23 of double OT
* - J. Halpern, Was
** - G. Roberts, Tor
***- R. Zednik, Was

Game 4: Calgary Leads Series 2-1
Calgary 3
Colorado 1
Eric Fortier had another big night, scoring the tying and winning goal…..Konawalchuk got the Avs the early lead, but it didn’t stand…Flames 2/4 on the PP
* - E. Fortier, Cal
** - J. Giguere, Cal
***- S. Konawalchuk, Col

Game 4: Vancouver Leads Series 2-1
St. Louis 4
Vancouver 2
Brian Savage is the hero….with the game tied at 2 in the 3rd….he set up Jamal Myers eventual game winner, and scored the insurance marker into the empty net…Canucks having trouble playing this patient style…..
* -B. Savage, Stl
** - G. Murray, Van
***- T. Linden, Van

Johnny93g

09-10-2004, 03:40 PM

April 16

Game 4: Tampa Leads Series 2-1
Philly 4
Tampa Bay 0
High powered Tampa gets shut out by Antero Niittymaki, his first game of the series…Roenick scores twice, Gagne gets 2 helpers….Philly outshoots Tampa 31-18I]
* -T. Amonte, Phi
** - A. Niittymaki, Phi
***- S. Gagne, Phi

Game 4: Dallas Leads Series 3-0
Phoenix 2
Dallas 4
[I]Dallas used an all around attack to smother Phoenix, who obviously weren’t ready for a vetarn team like Stars
* - D. Cleary, Pho
** - M. Lapointe, Dal
***- D. Langkow, Pho
DALLAS WINS SERIES 4-0

Game 5: Series Tied at 2
Columbus 5
San Jose 3
San Jose took a commanding 3-0 lead halfway through the game, when Columbus woke up and 5 different players scored including Mathew Barnaby’s winner with 1:50 remaining
* - T. Nash, Cob
** - J. Balastik, Cob
***- A. Cassels, Cob

Johnny93g

09-10-2004, 03:44 PM

April 17

Game 5: New Jersey Leads Series 3-1
New Jersey 2
Buffalo 0
Brodeur ends Buffalo’s hopes, but it was the New Jersey defense that made it easy….Buffalo gets just 9 shots on goal, and NJ wins the series
* - J. Langenbruner, NJ
** - T. Vokoun, Buf
***- S. Brylin, NJ
NEW JERSEY WINS SERIES IN 5

Game 5: Series Tied at 2
Ottawa 3
NY Islanders 1
Jason Spezza missed a penalty shot in the 2nd, but Ottawa got energized and scored 2 quick goals right after….Todd White’s 3rd period goal put the game out of reach
* - P. Lalime, Ott
** - M. Hossa, Ott
***- J. O’neal, Ott

Game 5: Series Tied at 2
Washington 1
Toronto 3
Ponikarovsky scores in his 1st shift in for a injured Tie Domi…..Fedorov and Isbister add to the lead…Belfour is too good for Washington to come back on…
* - A. Ponikarovsky, Tor
** - S. Fedorov, Tor
***- E. Belfour, Tor

Game 5: Calgary Leads Series 3-1
Colorado 3
Calgary 1
Andreas Johansson scored twice in the 2nd, doing what Joe Sakic should be doing…Calgary wasn’t up for this one, and never really generated any offense at all…getting just 13 shots
* - A. Johansson, Col
** - A. Tanguay, Col
***- J. Liles, Col

Game 5: Series Tied at 2
Vancouver 4
St. Louis 6
Finally, St. Louis gets to Cloutier, who is no doubt on the hot seat, making just 16 saves….This game was back and forth until Libor Zabransky scored a sh goal with 10 minutes left, giving the Blues the lead for good….Doug Weight and Pavol Demitra each had 4 points…
* - D. Weight, Stl
** - P. Demitra, Stl
***- S. Mellanby, Stl

Johnny93g

09-10-2004, 03:46 PM

April 18

Game 5: Series Tied at 2
Tampa Bay 4
Philly 1
Former Flyer Ruslan Fedotenko did more then break the third period tie…He scored a natural hattrick in the final frame, carrying Tampa to a 4-1 victory….Philly had Esche back in net
* - R. Fedotenko, TB
** - T. Arnason, TB
***- N. Khabibulin, TB

Game 6: Columbus Leads Series 3-2
San Jose 5
Columbus 3
San Jose had a cushy 3-1 leading heading to the 3rd, but Derrick Morris and Rick Nash erased it and all of a sudden, it was time to play desperate hockey….It worked….Selanne scored the winner, and the Sharks forced a game 7….
* - A. Korolyuk, SJ
** - D. Morris, Cob
***- S. Gonchar, SJ

Johnny93g

09-10-2004, 03:47 PM

April 19

Game 6: Ottawa Leads Series 3-2
NY Islanders 1
Ottawa 3
Marian Hossa scored twice, and the Sens were 3/7 on the pp…..The Islanders peppered Lalime with shots….39 in total, but were unable to upend the powerful Senators…..
* - M. Hossa, Ott
** - P. Lalime, Ott
***- R. Hamerlik, NYI
OTTAWA WINS SERIES 4-2

Game 6: Toronto Leads Series 3-2
Toronto 4
Washington 2
Leafs jumped out to a 3-0 lead, only to see that dwindle to 3-2 after 2…..Facing elimination, Washington could only manage 5 shots in the 3rd…and the better team won the series…..
* - J. Nieuwendyk, Tor
** - J. Allison, Tor
***- O. Nolan, Tor
TORONTO WINS SERIES 4-2

Game 6: Calgary Leads Series 3-2
Calgary 1
Colorado 2
A golden opportunity to win at home slipped through the Flames fingers as Colorado seems to be getting used to playing defensive hockey….They led 2-0 after 2, and the Flames couldn’t fined the offense to tie it…Jarome Iginla still is missing from the lineup
* - K. Weekes, Col
** - J. Liles, Col
***- A. Tanguay, Col

Game 6: St. Louis Leads Series 3-2
St. Louis 2
Vancouver 0
The game was scoreless for 58 minutes and 59 seconds…..until Doug Weight snapped home a low shot that beat Dan Cloutier on the stick side…..an empty net goal sealed the upset
* - D. Weight, Stl
** - B. Jackman, Stl
***- V. Vutjek, Stl
ST. LOUIS WINS SERIES 4-2

Johnny93g

09-11-2004, 11:06 AM

April 20

Game 6: Tampa Bay Leads Series 3-2
Philly 0
Tampa 2
Tampa decided to play defensivly, and it worked…..Jassen Cullimore had 2 assists…..Khabibulin made 27 saves for the series clincher….
* - N. Khabibulin, TB
** - J. Cullimore, TB
***- N. Alexeev, TB

Game 7: Series Tied at 3
Columbus 5
San Jose 1
Columbus kept rolling, and thrashed the Sharks into submission….San Jose had just 13 shots, but were within 1 until Columbus scored 3 times in the last 90 seconds…
* - N. Khabibulin, TB
** - P. Demitra, Stl
***- S. Mellanby, Stl
COLUMBUS WINS SERIES IN 7

Johnny93g

09-11-2004, 11:07 AM

April 21

Game 7: Series Tied at 3
Colorado 5
Calgary 1
The Avs got tired of playing around with Calgary, and blew them away…Kariya, Forsberg and Sakic scored all 5 goals, and without Jarome Iginla, im surprised the Flames lasted this long…
* - P. Kariya, Col
** - J. Sakic, Col
***- K. Weekes, Col
COLORADO WINS SERIES IN 7

Johnny93g

09-11-2004, 11:14 AM

Eastern Conference Semi-Final

#1 Ottawa Senators vs. #5 Toronto Maple Leafs
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Key Matchup: Patrik Lalime vs. Ed Belfour
Lalime is a good regular season goalie….Ottawa’s offense carried the team to the cup last year, and if they want to win it again, it will have to do the same….Belfour has been fatigued during the playoffs, but that hasn’t stopped him from posting 1st round averages of 1.53gaa, .935 sp, and a rating of 7.33

Season Series: 6-0 Ottawa……OUCH
Eastern Conference Semi-Final

#2 New Jersey Devils vs. #3 Tampa Bay Lightning
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Key Matchup: TB Offense vs. Martin Brodeur
Martin St. Louis and Vinny Lecavalier will lead a offense capable of 5 goals a game against the best goalie in the league….Maryt Brodeur has a 1.68 gaa, with a .906 sp and a rating of 7.60 in the 1st round….St. Louis scored 7 goals in Tampa’s 1st round win….

Season Series: 2-1-1 New Jersey

Western Conference Semi-Final
#2 Dallas Stars vs. #8 St. Louis Blues
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Key Matchup: Dallas’ effort, vs. St. Louis’ effort
Im not too impressed with either team, though St. Louis’ 1st round win was far more impressive then Dallas’….Still, I see these teams as fairly even, so I expect the winner will be whoever works harder

Season Series: Tied at 2

Western Conference Semi-Final
#3 Columbus Blue Jackets vs. #4 Colorado Avalanche
http://img28.exs.cx/img28/1359/cob1.gif http://img28.exs.cx/img28/8459/col.gif
Key Matchup: Columbus’ unsung heroes vs. Colorado’s scrubs…
Both teams got big contributions from players that aren’t expected to contribute too much….Tyson Nash, Matthew Barnaby, Derrick Walser, and Jaroslav Balastik were Columbus’ top 5 scorers in the 1st round….Tomas Slovak, Andreas Johansson, and Chris Gratton were critical to Colorado’s comeback….although if the Avs’ big guns decide to play, this won’t matter much…

Season Series: Tied at 2

Karim

09-11-2004, 01:25 PM

Good luck against the Senators!

Who is this Eric Fortier?

Johnny93g

09-12-2004, 02:53 PM

I figured Fortier was in Calgary's system...He was not...He wasnt drafted....picked up by Greensboro of the ECHL, scored 5 points in 4 games there....He was signed by San Antonio Rampage, Florida's AHL team to a AHL contract.....He didnt play well....and was released after 30 games....Calgary signed him, and he played 4 playoff games for the Flames that year.....In 04-05, Fortier was a rookie, playing center on the 3rd line, scoring 10 goals, assisting on 13 others, with a 7.36 rating.....He also scored 3 goals in the 7 game series against Colorado....He is a great looking kid, developing well, who I wouldnt mind picking up at some point for my squad....

Johnny93g

09-12-2004, 02:56 PM

April 25

Game 1
New Jersey 2
Tampa Bay 1
The defense wins round 1…St. Louis managed a 1st period goal, but that was it….Brodeur made 26 saves…
* - M. Brodeur, NJ
** - P. Elias, NJ
***- J. Frieson, NJ

Game 1
Ottawa 4
Toronto 2
Ottawa took advantage of some horrible refereeing which im about to get fined about….They scored the game winning goal on one of the 6 straight pp they received….Marian Hossa scored a hattrick….[I]
* - M. Hossa, Ott
** - O. Nolan, Tor
***- S. Fedorov, Tor

Game 1
Columbus 3
Colorado 5
[I]Columbus was up 3-0…..Then Peter Forsberg took over….He assisted on the next 3 goals, 8 mins apart, and Kariya scored the winner in the 3rd….
* - P. Kariya, Col
** - E. Cole, Cob
***- T. Slovak, Col

Game 1
Dallas 0
St. Louis 3
St. Louis keeps rolling, shuting out the Stars…who didn’t look rusty at all….taking 34 shots on Pasi Nurminen…Demitra has a goal and an assist….
* - P. Nurminen, Stl
** - P. Cajanek, Stl
***- P. Demitra