EHM-I: Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) - Year 1 - Page 2

TurnerONU22 · 02-15-2006, 04:09 PM

USA:

LW: AJ Tucker - St. Louis Jr. Blues - 60 gp - 127-88-215 - 8.8
C: Colton Mayes - St. Louis Jr. Blues - 60 gp - 94-144-243 - 8.83
RW: Owen Hunter Jr. - NE Jr. B Huskies - 60 gp - 123-39-162 - 8.57
LD: Jeff Riddle - Plymouth Midgets - 50 gp - 7-37-44 - 8.92
RD: Frank Justice - California Wave - 50 gp - 19-49-68 - 8.88
G: Danny Wilson - Plymouth Midgets - 50 gp - 42-2-6 record - 1.25 GAA - .943 %

Canada:

LW: Travis Elkin - Sherwood Park J. Ennis Kings - 50 gp - 57-65-122 - 8.68
C: Andrew Baerg - Winnipeg Thrashers - 50 gp - 58-55-113 - 8.54
RW: John Williams - Toronto Marlboros - 22 gp - 9-3-12 - 7.56 Final #12 - OHL Draft
LD: Trevor Johnson - London Jr. Knights - 50 gp - 7-35-42 - 8.04 - Final #19 - OHL Draft
RD: Mike Tokunaga - CAC - 50 gp - 20-51-71 - 8.88
G: Nicolas Fillion - Gatineau L'Intrepide - 44 gp - 24-6-14 record - 1.71 GAA - .936% - Final #8 - QMJHL Draft

World:

LW: Shane Lamb (SCO) - Cardiff Devils (ENL) - 31 gp - 28-13-41 - 8.13
C: K.N. Smith (FRE) - HC Morzine-Avoriaz - 39 gp - 18-44-62 - 8.33
RW: Dean Hoo (AUS) - Sydney Bears - 40 gp - 52-29-81 - 8.72
LD: Radovan Dusek (SLV) - HKm Detva Jr. - 39 gp - 7-41-48 - 8.64
RD: Robert Hillier (ENG) - Edinburgh Capitals - 50 gp - 1-22-23 - 7.68
G: Daniel Gothe (SWE) - Djurgardens IF - 6 gp - 3-3-0 record - 3.00 GAA - .903%

TurnerONU22 · 02-15-2006, 04:21 PM

Offseason 2007

Because we traded last year's 1st round pick for the rights to Andrew Baerg, our first pick comes toward the end of the 2nd round. We pick up some depth on the wings and in the net, but nobody that stands out like some of our players from next year.

I miss out on the Import Draft, and the computer picks up a couple of terrible guys for us that I won't sign.

Of course, our first three moves are to sign D Frank Justice, LW Travis Elkin and C Andrew Baerg. Justice will see some time on the top 2 defensive pairs and on the special teams as well. Elkin is really liked by our scouts and our coach, who thinks that he can be a 2nd line winger who will play a solid two-way game. Baerg is the least developed of the three, so he'll see some time on the third line, but I think he'll fit perfectly there with some more experienced players. We bring in a couple more players to help give us some depth in Washington in case of injuries.

Chris Durand and Bretton Stamler are loaned out to the Avalanche and Red Wings respectively. However, we expect them back, so we are stuck with 4 overagers in those two, G Gavin McHale and D Scott Jackson. We expect the latter two to play all of the time, so Durand and Stamler to alternate games, with McHale and Jackson getting a few games off.

With the lack of talent up the middle past talented Colton Gillies, we acquire Zac Boychuk from Kelowna, but we have to give up solid D-man Thomas Hickey, along with a 4th round pick, to get the deal done. Boychuk has underachieved in the past two years, but I think we have the talent to put around him, so that he will flourish.

We make another trade, right before the start of the season, picking up D Ty Johns from Moose Jaw for G Linden Rowat and a 6th round pick. Johns will give us some more depth on the blue line, especially on the PK.

Here's the opening day roster:

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 Roster
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No.Name                        Position(s)    Nation         Born        Age  Height      Weight      Wages    Expires     Reputation
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58   Baerg, Andrew               C              CAN            8-19-91     16   5'9''       163         $1,500   Jun. 2011   Ok       
62   Boychuk, Zac                C-LW           CAN            10-4-89     18   5'10''      171         $1,500   Jun. 2010   Ok       
43   Boyer, Jeremy               C              CAN            9-28-90     17   6'0''       163         $1,500   Jun. 2010   Unpr.    
25   Cameron, Dustin             LW             CAN            4-28-89     18   6'0''       167         $1,500   Jun. 2010   Ok       
44   Durand, Chris               C              CAN            1-21-87     20   6'2''       183         $0       6-20-08     Good     
49   Elkin, Travis               LW             CAN            3-29-91     16   6'1''       183         $1,500   Jun. 2011   Ok       
17   Gillies, Colton             C-LW           CAN            2-12-89     18   6'4''       198         $1,500   Jun. 2010   Good     
23   Grossman, Eli               RD             USA            5-10-88     19   6'3''       205         $1,500   Jun. 2009   Ok       
11   Holloway, Bud               C-RW           CAN            3-1-88      19   6'1''       187         $1,500   Jun. 2009   Ok       
3    Jackson, Scott              LD             CAN            2-5-87      20   6'4''       211         $1,500   Jun. 2008   Good     
59   Justice, Frank              RD             USA            9-25-91     16   6'0''       185         $1,500   Jun. 2011   Ok       
47   Lalonde, Alan               LW             CAN            3-22-91     16   5'9''       178         $1,500   Jun. 2011   Ok       
7    Lutz, Justin                LD             CAN            7-23-89     18   6'2''       196         $1,500   Jun. 2009   Ok       
48   MacInnis, Preston           RW             CAN            3-24-91     16   5'11''      198         $1,500   Jun. 2011   Normal   
35   McHale, Gavin               G              CAN            10-23-87    20   6'7''       211         $1,500   Jun. 2008   Ok       
32   Pinsent, Andrew             G              CAN            5-18-88     19   6'3''       189         $1,500   Jun. 2009   Ok       
21   Procyshen, Taylor           RW             CAN            7-5-88      19   5'9''       180         $1,500   Jun. 2009   Ok       
14   Richard, Dave               RW-C           CAN            1-6-89      18   5'10''      189         $1,500   Jun. 2010   Ok       
22   Scott, Greg                 RD             CAN            6-3-88      19   5'11''      180         $1,500   Jun. 2009   Ok       
24   Severson, Kyle              LW             CAN            1-26-89     18   6'0''       220         $1,500   Jun. 2009   Ok       
5    Stamler, Bretton            RD             CAN            3-10-87     20   6'2''       200         $0       6-20-08     Ok       
12   Szaszkiewicz, J.P.          LW             CAN            5-18-88     19   5'11''      194         $1,500   Jun. 2009   Ok       
4    cech, Ales                  LD             CZE            3-21-89     18   5'10''      176         $1,500   Jun. 2009   Ok

Ajaxab · 02-15-2006, 04:58 PM

58 is one ugly number for a center. :-) I'm looking forward to teaming up on a line with Elkin at some point and tearing up the WHL.

TurnerONU22 · 02-15-2006, 05:14 PM

2007-08 FOFC Season Overview

USA:

LW: AJ Tucker - St. Louis Jr. Blues

Tucker still doesn't know what he wants to do, as he seems ready for college now, but he has to wait a couple years. He'll continue to play with Colton Mayes for now, but we'll see what happens

MY NOTE: It's saying that he wants to play Major Junior, but he was never drafted or ranked for any of the drafts, b/c i don't know which one he'd be eligable for. I went back and checked his stuff in the database editor and he should have been drafted. I hope this works out well.

C: Colton Mayes - St. Louis Jr. Blues

Mayes is starting to be hounded by college programs, trying to get Mayes to commit early. Michigan and Michigan State are the top two teams on his list, and I think it will be a dogfight between those teams to get a premier American center.

RW: Owen Hunter Jr. - NE Jr. B Huskies

Like Mayes, Hunter has Michigan on the top of his list, along with Wisconsin. Hunter is a goal-scoring machine who any program would love to have for at least one year.

LD: Jeff Riddle - Cedar Rapids (USHL)

Our first big move, as Riddle goes on to the USHL to get prepared for the college game a little better. Currently, he also has the Wolverines on the top of his list, along with Harvard. Riddle, who is very intelligent on the ice, would fit in nicely at an Ivy League school.

RD: Frank Justice - Seattle Thunderhawks (WHL)

He'll get plenty of chatter later on.

G: Danny Wilson - Waterloo (USHL)

Like Riddle, his former teammate, Wilson takes his game to the USHL, where he hopes to get into a top tier school like Boston College. Waterloo might be the worst team in the league, so Wilson will be in for a long year.

Canada:

LW: Travis Elkin - Seattle Thunderhawks (WHL)

C: Andrew Baerg - Seattle Thunderhawks (WHL)

RW: John Williams - Mississauga IceDogs (OHL)

Williams has made the team as a 16-year old, where he'll play on the third line and hope to make a contribution to a solid team. He has the skills, he just needs to find a place to settle in and help him out.

LD: Trevor Johnson - Erie Otters (OHL)

Johnson makes the team, and will play on the top PP unit, but will start out on the 3rd defensive pairing. As he matures, he'll get some more even-strength time. However, he'll contribute immediately on the PP.

RD: Mike Tokunaga - Kootenay Ice (WHL)

Tokunaga is happy to be playing in the WHL, where the Ice feel like he'll be an immediate contributor. He's got an all-rounded game, and he'll see a little bit of time on the PP and the PK, along with 2nd line duty on even-strength.

G: Nicolas Fillion - Acadie-Bathurst Titans (QMJHL)

Starting out as a 16-year old in the Q is hard enough, but Fillion will be the starter for a decent team. Hopefully, he'll get some support from his teammates, but I feel that his outstanding talent will help this team play much better than they did last year.

World:

LW: Shane Lamb (SCO) - Cardiff Devils (ENL)

Lamb is still with the Devils for now, but he hopes that he can make it to the main English league next year. Currently, he will be putting up goal after goal for the 2nd level team.

C: K.N. Smith (FRE) - HC Morzine-Avoriaz

Smith is becoming outstanding, a spectactular player in the top French league. He's currently on the preliminary list for the French National Team, quite a feat for a 16-year-old player, no matter the country.

RW: Dean Hoo (AUS) - Sydney Bears

Aussie Hoo keeps up the good work in Sydney and is quickly becoming the best player on his team and becoming the top player in the league. If he keeps up the scoring pace, imagine an Aussie in the NHL.

LD: Radovan Dusek (SLV) - Slovan Jrs.

Dusek is picked up by an excellent junior club, where he hopes to continue his development for the year. After this, he is the only guy in the group that wants to play Canadian junior hockey. I think he'd fit in just fine with any team over here, hopefully our own Seattle team.

RD: Robert Hillier (ENG) - Dundee Stars

Robert goes back home to Scotland, where he will excel for the best team in the Scottish league. If he was homesick, going back home to an inferior league, will he be able to go to North America and play in the NHL?

G: Daniel Gothe (SWE) - Djurgardens IF

Gothe expects to start this season as a 16-year-old in the Swedish Elite League. If he can hold his own, he'll have much more experience in a couple of years, and the NHL will be calling his name.

Sublime 2 · 02-15-2006, 09:07 PM

Whoo nice update!

Blade6119 · 02-16-2006, 06:02 AM

Man, AJ and i simply blow everyone else away in points...wow

Johnny93g · 02-16-2006, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by TurnerONU22

um.....pretend this pick came first, lol

With the 5th pick in the 1st round, Mississauga selects....

RW John Williams, Toronto Marlboros

While Toronto soured on him early in the season, they finally played him in the second half and he proved that he knows how to play this game. He has a lot of work to do, but Mississauga did their homework and has seen the flashes of brilliance that he displayes. However, it will take some fine coaching to get those flashes out of him more often.

Nice, half hour drive from home, i dont have to move

DeToxRox · 02-16-2006, 12:44 PM

Tucker will probably be in the OHL Draft if he's from the Midwest. You have to make sure he's not buried in the rankings like Ritschel was in mine (he wound up being the #3 pick in the NHL Draft regardless)

TurnerONU22 · 02-27-2006, 09:00 AM

Since I'm a season ahead from this post, I'll be a little brief, but I still have some stats that I saved

Midseason Report - 2007-08

This is a team that's on fire!!! Through 37 games, we have 56 points and a 27-8-2 record, which is just amazing so far. The top pairing of Scott Jackson and rookie Frank Justice cannot be stopped. Jackson might be the best stay-at home defenseman and Justice is an excellent playmaker, and the J's seem to play well with each other. They have a combined 56 points and a combined +44 plus-minus.

On the offensive side, Taylor Procyshen is just putting pucks in the net left and right, with 29 goals, and Colton Gillies is right behind him with 25. Rookie Travis Elkin is setting everyone up on the 2nd line, as he has 28 assists so far, and Andrew Baerg is playing a solid two-way game. Justice, Elkin and Baerg are 3 reasons of why this team is playing as well as it is.

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 2007-08 Season Total Stats
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No   Name                     GP  G   A   P   +--  PIM  SOG  ShAv R 
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58   Baerg, Andrew            33  5   5   10  -1   4    69   7.2  6.73 
62   Boychuk, Zac             37  7   15  22  11   12   40   17.5 6.95 
43   Boyer, Jeremy            2   2   1   3   2    0    3    66.7 7.50 
25   Cameron, Dustin          35  5   4   9   5    46   43   11.6 6.71 
44   Durand, Chris            21  7   8   15  3    8    62   11.3 7.38 
49   Elkin, Travis            37  6   28  34  19   0    57   10.5 7.11 
17   Gillies, Colton          37  25  23  48  23   50   163  15.3 7.86 
23   Grossman, Eli            31  1   13  14  1    6    28   3.6  7.06 
11   Holloway, Bud            37  7   9   16  0    10   54   13.0 6.86 
3    Jackson, Scott           34  4   23  27  18   22   56   7.1  7.59 
59   Justice, Frank           36  5   24  29  26   14   64   7.8  7.64 
47   Lalonde, Alan            21  2   7   9   2    6    26   7.7  6.76 
7    Lutz, Justin             13  0   5   5   -3   27   6    0.0  7.15 
48   MacInnis, Preston        4   0   0   0   0    2    8    0.0  6.25 
35   McHale, Gavin            33  0   0   0   0    0    0    -    7.24 
32   Pinsent, Andrew          0   0   0   0   0    0    0    -    ---- 
21   Procyshen, Taylor        37  29  21  50  31   2    172  16.9 7.89 
14   Richard, Dave            36  8   9   17  -5   30   93   8.6  7.11 
22   Scott, Greg              33  5   8   13  7    12   50   10.0 7.03 
24   Severson, Kyle           36  3   8   11  -1   31   40   7.5  6.81 
5    Stamler, Bretton         12  2   2   4   1    6    25   8.0  7.25 
12   Szaszkiewicz, J.P.       24  3   8   11  6    8    43   7.0  6.75 
4    cech, Ales               35  6   12  18  14   44   84   7.1  7.34

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U.S. Division

Pos     Team                     GP     W      L     O-SL   Pct     GF   GA   Pts  
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1st     Seattle                  37     27     8      2      0.757   142  106  56   
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2nd     Everett                  34     22     10     2      0.676   124  94   46   
3rd     Portland                 38     18     16     4      0.526   114  110  40   
4th     Tri-City                 38     16     18     4      0.474   146  159  36   
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5th     Spokane                  35     12     17     6      0.429   97   135  30

TurnerONU22 · 02-27-2006, 09:20 AM

USA:

LW: AJ Tucker - St. Louis Jr. Blues - 24 gp - 58-31-89 - 8.83
C: Colton Mayes - St. Louis Jr. Blues - 32 gp - 48-64-112 - 8.63
RW: Owen Hunter Jr. - NE Jr. B Huskies - 32 gp - 66-11-77 - 8.47
LD: Jeff Riddle - Cedar Rapids - 31 gp - 7-29-36 - 8.13
RD: Frank Justice - Seattle
G: Danny Wilson - Waterloo - 31 gp - 9-17-5 record - 2.55 GAA - .932 %

Canada:

LW: Travis Elkin - Seattle
C: Andrew Baerg - Seattle
RW: John Williams - Mississauga IceDogs - 36 gp - 0-8-8 - 5.83
LD: Trevor Johnson - Erie Otters - 32 gp - 12-8-20 - 6.97
RD: Mike Tokunaga - Kootenay Ice - 37 gp - 11-9-20 - 7.68
G: Nicolas Fillion - Acadie-Bathurst Titans - 38 gp - 21-9-8 record - 2.94 GAA - .920%

World:

LW: Shane Lamb (SCO) - Cardiff Devils (ENL) - 18 gp - 15-7-22 - 8.22
C: K.N. Smith (FRE) - HC Morzine-Avoriaz - 19 gp - 22-18-40 - 8.58
RW: Dean Hoo (AUS) - Sydney Bears - 21 gp - 29-14-43 - 8.62
LD: Radovan Dusek (SLV) - Slovan Jrs. - 21 gp - 10-39-49 - 8.86
RD: Robert Hillier (ENG) - Dundee Stars - 21 gp - 2-15-17 - 9
G: Daniel Gothe (SWE) - Djurgardens IF - 21 gp - 9-11-1 record - 2.90 GAA - .906%

Here's the new addition:

International Play

C: K.N. Smith (FRE) - Nat'l Team - 9 gp - 0-5-5 - 6.64
LD: Radovan Dusek (SLV) - U-20 - 2 gp - 0-0-0 - 6.5
G: Daniel Gothe (SWE) - U-20 - 10 gp - 5-5 record - 7.5

France plays in a lot of the Euro Tournaments, and Smith, at 16, is the youngest by 7 years on his team.

Also, the Swede's play w/the Finns, Russians and Czech's in 4 different tournaments throughout the year. However, I lost the rest of the stats and U-20 stats aren't automatically recorded. But, the Swedes took 3rd place in the World Juniors, which was won by Canada over the US.

TurnerONU22 · 02-27-2006, 09:45 AM

Final Season Report

Since I lost all the stats, this won't be as good as it could be.

In January, we made a couple moves to help improve this team to win the league. We acquire C's Matt Hallick and Sanfred King from Brandon and a prospect for young winger Phil Gervais, who wasn't quite ready yet. With the abundance of players, Vancouver offers us a couple nice prospects and a 5th round pick for RW Patrick White, another young winger who was stuck down the depth charts.

We continued our fast pace and ended up winning the division easily, getting a record 101 points and a 49-20-3 record. Our three rookies continued their great pace and all ended up contributing nicely to our efforts. Taylor Procyshen ended up with 49 goals, but Colton Gillies leapfrogged him and ended up with 51. Gavin McHale contributed to this by playing well between the pipes.

We go into the playoffs as the favorites and take on Tri-City in the first round. After a split at home, we win the next three games easily and will take on Kootenay.

With all four of our WHL FOFC players in this game, this game has some bragging rights on the line. However, Seattle had the better team, and won this series 4-1, just like their last one.

In the semi-final, we take on Kamloops, who finished 4th in the B.C. division, but had just taken out 1st place Kelona and 2nd place Portland to get here. They continue their hot play, winning their first 3 games to put us on the brink of elimination. We win the next two, but our road to the championship ends in game 6.

Kamloops goes on to win the WHL, but finishes 3rd in the Memorial Cup.

tucker342 · 02-28-2006, 01:30 AM

Quote:

LW: AJ Tucker - St. Louis Jr. Blues - 24 gp - 58-31-89 - 8.83
C: Colton Mayes - St. Louis Jr. Blues - 32 gp - 48-64-112 - 8.63

damn were awesome

Blade6119 · 02-28-2006, 02:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tucker342

damn were awesome

Your the star, i just pass you the puck and you put it in the net. Im just glad to be along for the ride

TurnerONU22 · 02-28-2006, 04:23 PM

USA:

LW: AJ Tucker - St. Louis Jr. Blues - 52 gp - 135-72-207 - 8.79
C: Colton Mayes - St. Louis Jr. Blues - 60 gp - 89-138-227 - 8.68
RW: Owen Hunter Jr. - NE Jr. B Huskies - 60 gp - 128-21-149 - 8.48
LD: Jeff Riddle - Cedar Rapids - 60 gp - 11-52-62 - 8.12
RD: Frank Justice - Seattle - 71 gp - 10-39-49 - 7.52
G: Danny Wilson - Waterloo - 60 gp - 16-37-7 record - 2.96 GAA - .923 %

Canada:

LW: Travis Elkin - Seattle - 65 gp - 12-42-54 - 6.89
C: Andrew Baerg - Seattle - 66 gp - 9-10-19 - 6.58
RW: John Williams - Mississauga IceDogs - 67 gp - 0-18-18 - 5.73
LD: Trevor Johnson - Erie Otters - 66 gp - 25-23-48 - 7.09
RD: Mike Tokunaga - Kootenay Ice - 67 gp - 17-15-32 - 7.66
G: Nicolas Fillion - Acadie-Bathurst Titans - 64 gp - 30-22-12 record - 2.65 GAA - .916%

World:

LW: Shane Lamb (SCO) - Cardiff Devils (ENL) - 35 gp - 35-15-50 - 8.27
C: K.N. Smith (FRE) - HC Morzine-Avoriaz - 34 gp - 38-28-66 - 8.47
RW: Dean Hoo (AUS) - Sydney Bears - 40 gp - 53-23-76 - 8.6
LD: Radovan Dusek (SLV) - Slovan Jrs. - 37 gp - 27-73-100 - 8.76
RD: Robert Hillier (ENG) - Dundee Stars - 40 gp - 4-35-39 - 9
G: Daniel Gothe (SWE) - Djurgardens IF - 39 gp - 21-16-2 record - 2.69 GAA - .912%

International Play

C: K.N. Smith (FRE) - Nat'l Team - 17 gp - 0-12-12 - 7.06
LD: Radovan Dusek (SLV) - U-20 - 4 gp - 0-0-0 - 6.75
G: Daniel Gothe (SWE) - U-20 - 12 gp - 6-6 record - 7.25

Travis · 02-28-2006, 05:00 PM

Wow, some low average ratings for some of the Canadian guys. Time to step up the effort a little bit and start showing what we're capable of.

TurnerONU22 · 02-28-2006, 05:03 PM

Offseason 2008

Well, the first order of business occurred actually before the season was over, and that was the 2008 WHL Bantam Draft, where I'll draft players for the 2009-10 season, very weird. With the best record in the league, I had the last pick in the draft. In the first round, we see an excellent goalie left on the board, and we pick Kealin Russell, who we feel can step in for us as a 16-year-old and start in net. The next round, we pick LW/C Calvin Groleau, who has an excellent two-way game, someone who is great 5-5, PP and the PK. Bradley O'Connor, our third round pick can be described the same way, but he's a defenseman. We feel that these 3 players were excellent selections and we had what I feel was our 2nd best draft so far.

For the CHL Import Draft, there is only 1 FOFC'er that is ranked, which is the only one interested in playing over in the CHL. Radovan Dusek is ranked 40th, and we feel that we might have a chance at him. We have a very late pick, 57th, but Dusek is taken 24th by Val d'Or of the QMJHL, so we cannot even trade for him. So, we select D Michal Pavlis, a solid Czech defenseman. For our 2nd pick, we go off the board and hope that we can convince a FOFC player to play for us. Since we lack the goal scoring power, we select Dean Hoo, the flashy Aussie, and hope to bring him aboard.

Since we have a few guys that will be overagers (D Eli Grossman, C Bud Holloway, D Greg Scott, RW Taylor Procyshen, and LW Tyson Papalia), we decide to move a couple. We send Grossman to Medicine Hat for a player who was released and a 5th round pick. Then we send Papalia to Moose Jaw for a 2nd round pick.

With the loss of G Gavin McHale, as we hope he goes on to bigger and better things, we really need a goalie. This is the time I wish I could suit up my first round pick this year, but we can't. The current guys that we have on our team or rights to aren't good enough to play at all, even as a backup. Our goal is to try and trade for a good goalie, and see what happens from there. We look around and find that Regina has really soured on their first round pick from '07, G Lenny Rooney. It looks like he'll still be a good goalie, just not as good as the Pats thought. So they propose to ship Rooney and a 14th round pick for our 5th rounder, which is a deal that we can't pass up, so Rooney comes aboard.

July hits, and we can start signing our players, and we get two pieces of bad news. We find out why Regina was so easy to ship off Rooney, as Lenny decides to decline our offer to bring him on the team this year, which leaves us in the dark for a goalie. Our 2nd piece of bad news was expected, and that is Dean Hoo doesn't want to come over to the WHL. We hope he'll reconsider next year. We bring in some of our guys from the 06 and 07 drafts, such as Al Belanger, but we feel it will be for depth only, as our 07 draft was pretty weak in both quality and quantity.

We finally look around for some goalies that might have been released and come upon Daniel Spence. Spence played for Calgary for the past 4 years and played pretty well. We feel that he will help us out some, but he will result in us having 4 overage players, so Bud Holloway will be playing in Washington and be called up as needed.

However, we get a big surprise in training camp, when Lenny Rooney decides that he'll play for us this season and comes aboard. Our goaltending goes from a weakness to a strength. Spence will start out, but Rooney has a chance to beat him out.

TurnerONU22 · 02-28-2006, 05:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tucker342

damn were awesome

Sadly, you'll be stuck at St. Louis for a little while, as I have NO idea why you haven't been drafted or colleges going after you. I checked the starting database again, and everything looks ok. Also, you'll be in the 2nd wave of NHL draftees, so you'll be stuck dominating for a while.

TurnerONU22 · 02-28-2006, 05:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blade6119

Your the star, i just pass you the puck and you put it in the net. Im just glad to be along for the ride

I think your guy has plenty of talent and I hope I can convince the US's U-20 to let me come aboard and get you guys some exposure, because the USA's U-20 has sucked so far.

TurnerONU22 · 02-28-2006, 05:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Travis

Wow, some low average ratings for some of the Canadian guys. Time to step up the effort a little bit and start showing what we're capable of.

Yeah, with you and Andrew, I can't get any consistency out of you two. I don't know why it is, I'm actually in about February right now of the coming season and its still the same. I hope you two finally break out soon. It seems like the goalies have been the best, then the D-men and then the forwards.

TurnerONU22 · 02-28-2006, 05:38 PM

2008-09 FOFC Season Overview

USA:

LW: AJ Tucker - St. Louis Jr. Blues

Tucker is still in the black hole of hockey, as I'm still amazed that the OHL didn't draft him or sign him. However, he'll have one more year of Mayes by his side, but it won't matter when Colton leaves, AJ is talented enough

C: Colton Mayes - St. Louis Jr. Blues

Mayes decided his future and will be donning the Maize and Blue, playing for Michigan next year. He only wished that Tucker would just say 'screw the OHL' and decide to come with him. For now, lets see if Mayes can get 300 points in about 60 games.

RW: Owen Hunter Jr. - NE Jr. B Huskies

Hunter could have joined Mayes next year and been Mayes' Tucker, but he decides to become a Badger and will play for Wisconsin next year. Hunter does nothing but put the puck in the next, evidenced by his almost 10:1 goal to assist ratio last season. Lets see if he can average a hat trick this season.

LD: Jeff Riddle - Cedar Rapids (USHL)

Riddle had an excellent season in the USHL and hopes to keep it up this year before he gets drafted into the NHL. I didn't expect him to put up that many points last season, but he is a true playmaker, something that the NHL scouts really like.

RD: Frank Justice - Seattle Thunderhawks (WHL)

Justice has became a top prospect after an excellent rookie season in the WHL, where he played about 23 minutes a game for the best team in the league. Not a slacker in his own end, but he prides in being one of the top PP QB's in the WHL. With his linemate Scott Jackson heading to bigger and better things, Justice becomes the top dog in Seattle.

G: Danny Wilson - Waterloo (USHL)

Wilson was hung out to dry by his teammates this year and he didn't like it at all, and he let his teammates know it. We'll see if they get the wake up call and go to bat for Danny, or if they turn it around and just fold even quicker this year. For Danny's NHL prospects, we hope its the former.

Canada:

LW: Travis Elkin - Seattle Thunderhawks (WHL)

Elkin had a nice rookie season, getting his feet wet in the WHL, but I expect more out of Travis in terms of a two-way game, as he seemed to be afraid to make a big play. He'll be seeing top 6 minutes this year, so he'll get his chance to shine.

C: Andrew Baerg - Seattle Thunderhawks (WHL)

Andrew had the weakest debut of the three Seattle players, but it still wasn't that bad as he was playing more 4th line minutes than anything, due to our depth. Like Travis though, Baerg should see some top 6 minutes this year, and expects to have a better impact.

RW: John Williams - Mississauga IceDogs (OHL)

I don't know of a team that can kill a kid's confidence like this one. Williams wasn't able to stick with any linemates for too long, and couldn't find his rhythm playing on the 4th line, which led to him going 67 games without scoring a goal. They better do something about this for the coming year.

LD: Trevor Johnson - Erie Otters (OHL)

Johnson showed Erie why he's excellent on the PP, and he slowly developed the game in his own end. Erie is able to hide this by pairing him with a defensive defensman, and Johnson is able to make a solid contribution.

RD: Mike Tokunaga - Kootenay Ice (WHL)

Tokunaga plays a similar game to Johnson, but is more responsible in his own end. Mike made a great debut with Kootenay, but he's expected to log more minutes this season, and we'll see if he can keep his good start up.

G: Nicolas Fillion - Acadie-Bathurst Titans (QMJHL)

Fillion made a great start in the Q, contending for the rookie of the year award. He helped AB play very well and get into the semi-finals, and he hopes he can get them to the Memorial Cup this season.

World:

LW: Shane Lamb (SCO) - Cardiff Devils (ENL)

Still no movement with Lamb, which is sad to see. Hopefully, he'll make his way overseas and play in NA very soon.

C: K.N. Smith (FRE) - HC Morzine-Avoriaz

Smith has been all around the world this year, playing for the French National Team. He is hoping to get his first goal, and help the French get into the coming Olympics. Oh yeah, he does have a club team as well.

RW: Dean Hoo (AUS) - Sydney Bears

Deciding against coming to Seattle, Hoo will stay in Australia for at least one more year, before he makes his move. Hoo hopes to make his game a little more well rounded, but will hope to keep up his goal a game pace.

LD: Radovan Dusek (SLV) - Slovan Jrs.

Dusek wasn't signed by his junior team, which is depressing, but I feel that Duesk is on the verge of breaking out. He'll get some more national exposure in the WJC's and try to get his Slovakian team to the championship.

RD: Robert Hillier (ENG) - Guildford Flames (EPIHL)

More travelling for Hillier, as he goes back to England, but will be playing for the level below the best league. Robert wants to make it back to the EIHL, but he will need to prove it first.

G: Daniel Gothe (SWE) - Djurgardens IF

Gothe holds his own in his first year as a starter in the top Swedish league, while finding time to play in the WJC's, along with other tourneys. He's excited for his future, which we all know involves the NHL.

TurnerONU22 · 02-28-2006, 05:52 PM

2009 NHL Draft Rankings - Preliminary

19. G Daniel Gothe
20. C Colton Mayes
50. RW Owen Hunter Jr.
59. D Jeff Riddle
63. RW John Williams
78. LW Travis Elkin
85. D Robert Hillier
101. C Andrew Baerg
111. D Radovan Dusek
UNR. RW Dean Hoo

st.cronin · 02-28-2006, 07:17 PM

I bet NHL scouts don't come to Scotland very often.

TurnerONU22 · 02-28-2006, 07:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by st.cronin

I bet NHL scouts don't come to Scotland very often.

Actually, everyone not listed there, such as Lamb, aren't eligible in 2009, they have to wait another year. So i'm sure the scouts will find their way to Scotland next year

st.cronin · 02-28-2006, 07:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TurnerONU22

Actually, everyone not listed there, such as Lamb, aren't eligible in 2009, they have to wait another year. So i'm sure the scouts will find their way to Scotland next year

Oh, I figured as much, since you had somebody not ranked ... any idea if Lamb is a decent prospect or not?

TurnerONU22 · 02-28-2006, 07:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by st.cronin

Oh, I figured as much, since you had somebody not ranked ... any idea if Lamb is a decent prospect or not?

WHL scouts definately don't come to Scotland

Seriously though, he should be a great player, I might try to pick him up and convince him to come play for Seattle

law90026 · 02-28-2006, 08:16 PM

I'm unranked?!?! Doesn't anyone watch Australian Ice Hockey!!! :P

JeffNights · 02-28-2006, 08:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TurnerONU22

2009 NHL Draft Rankings - Preliminary

59. D Jeff Riddle

59th? bah humbug. I can defend my own zone with the best of them, i'm a playmaker, and i can drop the gloves and kick ass...what team in thier right mind wouldnt want me?

JeffNights · 02-28-2006, 08:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by law90026

I'm unranked?!?! Doesn't anyone watch Australian Ice Hockey!!! :P

Sorry, on the Satelite Australian Hockey shares the same time slot as the "Crocodile Hunter"...CryKie!

law90026 · 02-28-2006, 08:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeffNights

Sorry, on the Satelite Australian Hockey shares the same time slot as the "Crocodile Hunter"...CryKie!

Damn it!! Well, here's hoping he gets eaten sometime soon and the attention can be focused on me.

TurnerONU22 · 03-04-2006, 10:41 AM

Midseason 2008-09

Another great start for Seattle, as we already have a 12 point lead over Portland halfway through the season, and sitting as the best team in the league. Great contributions come from our new top D pairing, which is Frank Justice and Ales Cech, whose game seems to have been elevated by playing with Justice. Our top forward line of Richard, Gillies and Procyshen is really tearing it up as well.

We had one little hickup in November, where we lost 3 of 4, and our center Zac Boychuk, put up 2 absymal performances, including the first '1' rating I've ever seen. We can't deal with someone who is as talented as Boychuck putting up performances like that, so we ship him out to Swift Current for a 1st round pick in the '09 draft.

A couple of weeks later, we find ourselves a little thin on the D, so we pick up Spenser Lockhart from Saskatoon for a 6th round pick. I know when we make the playoffs, every bit of depth will help, so this deal will help us now and later.

Right before the deadline in the beginning of January, we pick up LW Jason Grecia for Joshua Schappart, a solid player for our minor league team and a 6th round pick. Grecia is a good two-way forward who I think will really help our third line out.

WJC Update

Gothe and Dusek are back for their 2nd tours of this tournament, but we have a new addition in G Nicolas Fillion, who will be Canada's 3rd string goalie and won't see any time unless injuries occur.

The Swedes and Slovaks see themselves sneak in as the 3rd best in their pools, and both get knocked out in OT by the Russians and Swiss. Canada gets the bye and defeats the Russians, and the Swiss upset the Americans in the semis. Canada crushes the Swiss to win it all, and the Russians take the bronze.

Stats:
G Daniel Gothe (SWE) - 5 gp - 1-2-2 record - 3.14 GAA - .897 save %
D Radovan Dusek (SLV) - 5 gp - 0-2-2 - 7.20
G Nicolas Fillion (CAN) - DNP

TurnerONU22 · 03-04-2006, 10:47 AM

2009 NHL Draft Rankings - Midseason

9. C Colton Mayes (+11 change)
19. G Daniel Gothe (0)
47. RW Owen Hunter Jr. (+3)
57. D Jeff Riddle (+2)
59. D Robert Hillier (+26)
70. RW John Williams (-7)
93. LW Travis Elkin (-15)
103. C Andrew Baerg (-2)
118. D Radovan Dusek (-7)
UNR. RW Dean Hoo (0)

TurnerONU22 · 03-04-2006, 11:00 AM

Final Report - 2008-09

We keep up our great pace and break our own record from last season, ending up with 108 points and a record of 53-17-2, easily winning our division.

Code:

U.S. Division

Pos     Team                     GP     W      L      O-SL   Pct     GF   GA   Pts  
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1st   C Seattle                  72     53     17     2      0.750   297  208  108  
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2nd   PlPortland                 72     35     29     8      0.542   279  285  78   
3rd   PlTri-City                 72     28     32     12     0.472   222  267  68   
4th   PlSpokane                  72     30     35     7      0.465   224  250  67   
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5th     Everett                  72     31     37     4      0.458   242  263  66

Code:

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 2008-09 Season Total Stats
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No   Name                     GP  G   A   P   +--  PIM  SOG  ShAv R 
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52   Baerg, Andrew            66  7   9   16  4    16   67   10.4 6.47 
66   Belanger, Al             36  4   5   9   7    50   53   7.5  6.31 
25   Cameron, Dustin          72  16  14  30  10   90   116  13.8 6.89 
30   Elkin, Travis            51  7   30  37  3    4    33   21.2 6.55 
9    Gillies, Colton          72  40  31  71  31   112  317  12.6 7.65 
42   Grecica, Jason           36  12  16  28  16   46   81   14.8 7.36 
77   Green, Terry             4   0   1   1   0    0    0    -    6.75 
2    Gregoire, Daniel         55  4   12  16  18   33   47   8.5  7.18 
7    Hallick, Matt            45  1   7   8   7    10   42   2.4  6.80 
14   Hanson, Cody             53  5   8   13  3    40   56   8.9  6.55 
18   Holloway, Bud            44  9   10  19  12   20   80   11.3 7.16 
4    Johns, Ty                25  1   13  14  2    37   23   4.3  7.08 
54   Justice, Frank           71  15  52  67  44   63   113  13.3 7.72 
35   Kerr, Al                 2   0   0   0   0    0    0    -    5.00 
13   King, Sanfred            72  33  53  86  31   18   280  11.8 7.75 
28   Lalonde, Alan            19  2   1   3   -1   2    14   14.3 5.95 
55   Lockert, Spenser         47  8   7   15  11   30   51   15.7 6.96 
5    Lutz, Justin             52  1   13  14  1    48   33   3.0  7.06 
8    Michie, Adam             24  3   7   10  4    7    34   8.8  6.83 
60   Procyshen, Taylor        71  32  20  52  28   44   226  14.2 7.38 
11   Richard, Dave            71  30  40  70  23   36   238  12.6 7.51 
1    Rooney, Lenny            46  0   10  10  0    0    0    -    7.48 
22   Scott, Greg              67  19  26  45  11   34   134  14.2 7.42 
24   Severson, Kyle           68  14  19  33  17   106  128  10.9 6.88 
3    cech, Ales               68  18  47  65  43   50   203  8.9  7.54

The first round of the playoffs finds us playing Spokane, who we surprisingly had trouble with a little bit throughout the season. This shows as we split the first 4 games between us, but we wake up and win the next 2 to win the round.

The second round has us facing Portland, which ended up a little easier than we had anticipated, as we went up 3-0, and ended up winning the series 4-1.

Back in the Western Conference finals for the 2nd time in the past 3 years, we have to face an excellent team in Prince George, so it should be a tough battle. We split at home, but PG takes two games at their place, to put us down 3-1. We win the 5th game at Seattle, but lose in PG to fall out of the playoffs again and lose 4-2.

PG goes on to win it all and becomes the first WHL team in my tenure to win the Memorial Cup, as they defeat Nicolas Fillion and his Acadia-Bathurst Titans.

TurnerONU22 · 03-04-2006, 11:04 AM

2009 NHL Draft Rankings - Final

11. C Colton Mayes (-2 change)
19. G Daniel Gothe (0)
33. RW Owen Hunter Jr. (+14)
41. D Robert Hillier (+18)
49. D Jeff Riddle (+8)
60. RW John Williams (+10)
104. LW Travis Elkin (-11)
115. D Radovan Dusek (+3)
127. C Andrew Baerg (-24)
UNR. RW Dean Hoo (0)

TurnerONU22 · 03-04-2006, 11:36 AM

USA:

LW: AJ Tucker - St. Louis Jr. Blues - 60 gp - 154-80-244 - 8.85
C: Colton Mayes - St. Louis Jr. Blues - 58 gp - 69-150-219 - 8.76
RW: Owen Hunter Jr. - NE Jr. B Huskies - 49 gp - 86-26-112 - 8.57
LD: Jeff Riddle - Cedar Rapids - 60 gp - 10-24-34 - 8.12
RD: Frank Justice - Seattle
G: Danny Wilson - Waterloo - 60 gp - 18-36-6 record - 2.90 GAA - .927 %

Canada:

LW: Travis Elkin - Seattle
C: Andrew Baerg - Seattle
RW: John Williams - Mississauga IceDogs - 62 gp - 14-31-45 - 6.42
LD: Trevor Johnson - Erie Otters - 59 gp - 50-35-85 - 7.53
RD: Mike Tokunaga - Kootenay Ice - 51 gp - 22-34-56 - 7.65
G: Nicolas Fillion - Acadie-Bathurst Titans - 62 gp - 39-15-8 record - 2.98 GAA - .916%

World:

LW: Shane Lamb (SCO) - Cardiff Devils (ENL) - 35 gp - 39-17-56 - 8.20
C: K.N. Smith (FRE) - HC Morzine-Avoriaz - 35 gp - 34-26-60 - 8.29
RW: Dean Hoo (AUS) - Sydney Bears - 40 gp - 60-26-86 - 8.68
LD: Radovan Dusek (SLV) - Slovan Jrs. - 12 gp - 2-19-21 - 8.67
Slovan - 29 gp - 3-22-25 - 7.76
RD: Robert Hillier (ENG) - Guildford - 40 gp - 7-16-23 - 8.85
G: Daniel Gothe (SWE) - Djurgardens IF - 35 gp - 22-10-3 record - 2.43 GAA - .921%

International Play

C: K.N. Smith (FRE) - Nat'l Team - 20 gp - 1-9-10 - 6.80
LD: Radovan Dusek (SLV) - U-20
G: Daniel Gothe (SWE) - U-20
G: Nicolas Fillion (CAN) - U-20

Dusek gets the callup to the main Slovakian league, and is the only guy to change teams in mid-season.

TurnerONU22 · 03-04-2006, 11:46 AM

2009 NHL Draft

The Detroit Red Wings won the lottery, and as the 2nd worst team in the league, they have the #1 pick and select John Tavares, a playmaking C in the CHL.

Fast forward to #10....

With the 10th pick in the 2009 NHL Draft, the Chicago Blackhawks select....

D Robert Hillier, Guildford Flames (EPIHL)

Hillier's stock rose faster than any other player in this draft, mostly because nobody heard of the kid until the secret of the British player got out. He's more of a project than most draftees, but he has a huge frame, and isn't afraid to hit people, two things that can't be taught.

TurnerONU22 · 03-04-2006, 11:48 AM

With the 15th pick in the 2009 NHL Draft, the Buffalo Sabres select....

C Colton Mayes, Michigan

The Sabres got a steal in Mayes, who was projected to be in the top-10, but some other guys snuck in, pushing Colton down. The Michigan freshman is an excellent playmaker, probably the most creative player in this draft.

TurnerONU22 · 03-04-2006, 11:51 AM

With the 23rd pick in the 2009 NHL Draft, the Pittsburgh Penguins select....

RW Owen Hunter Jr., Wisconsin

Nicknamed the "Goalie Hunter", Owen knows how to get the puck in the net. His stock has slowly been rising as teams have noticed his scoring touch, which is seemingly unstoppable. Pittsburgh hopes that his time in college will help round out his game and prepare him for the NHL.

TurnerONU22 · 03-04-2006, 11:53 AM

With the 26th pick in the 2009 NHL Draft, the Columbus Blue Jackets select....

G Daniel Gothe, Djurgardens IF

Gothe falls right into the CBJ's lap late in the 1st round. Compared to Martin Brodeur, Gothe has all the tools to be a top goalie in the NHL for years to come. He comes into a great situation as the Jackets have a lack of goalie prospects in the system, and will probably have Gothe come over soon to play in Syracuse.

TurnerONU22 · 03-04-2006, 11:55 AM

With the 31st pick in the 2009 NHL Draft, the Florida Panthers select....

D Jeff Riddle, Michigan

Complaining about being overlooked before the draft, Riddle almost sneaks himself into the first round. Florida will be impressed by this two-way defenseman who will be getting ready for the NHL w/Colton Mayes at the UofM.

Blade6119 · 03-04-2006, 11:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TurnerONU22

With the 15th pick in the 2009 NHL Draft, the Buffalo Sabres select....

C Colton Mayes, Michigan

The Sabres got a steal in Mayes, who was projected to be in the top-10, but some other guys snuck in, pushing Colton down. The Michigan freshman is an excellent playmaker, probably the most creative player in this draft.

Is Buffalo a team on the rise or the fall? Either way, HELL YA

TurnerONU22 · 03-04-2006, 12:01 PM

With the 57th pick in the 2009 NHL Draft, the Florida Panthers select....

RW John Williams, Mississauga IceDogs

Williams is an interesting prospect, as he started off very poorly in the OHL, but seemed to turn it around last year, putting up some respectable numbers in his 2nd season. He's a good overall player, with no real flaws. Good pick.

TurnerONU22 · 03-04-2006, 12:04 PM

With the 68th pick in the NHL Draft, the Nashville Predators select....

LW Travis Elkin, Seattle Thunderbirds

Very similar to Williams, Elkin has had a rough start to his junior career. Also, Travis plays a similar game to John, so I think they'll both start to breakout very soon. Elkin likes to set up everyone around him, and Nashville will really love that, as they could use some setup men.

TurnerONU22 · 03-04-2006, 12:07 PM

With the 78th pick in the 2009 NHL Draft, the Minnesota Wild select....

C Andrew Baerg, Seattle Thunderbirds

Baerg is a very interesting prospect, as most are that are selected around this time. He hasn't been able to find top line minutes in Seattle, playing behind some excellent players as Colton Gillies. He has a good enough game that once he finds that top line, I think you'll see why he's a 3rd round pick.

TurnerONU22 · 03-04-2006, 12:11 PM

With the 86th pick in the 2009 NHL Draft, the Columbus Blue Jackets select....

D Radovan Dusek, Slovan

Dusek is a good player, a very hard hitter that will punish people on the defensive end. With international experience, Dusek has played against the best young guys in the world and held his own. With Gothe selected earlier, the CBJ's have two great steals.

TurnerONU22 · 03-04-2006, 12:13 PM

With the 91st selection in the 2009 NHL Draft, the New York Islanders select....

RW Dean Hoo, Sydney

For a guy who was projected to be undrafted, Hoo finds himself almost in the 3rd round. Also, what a fit for a guy playing on a BIG island in Australia is now going to the Islanders. They hope he can round out his defensive game, because he has the deadliest wrister in the draft.

TurnerONU22 · 03-04-2006, 12:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blade6119

Is Buffalo a team on the rise or the fall? Either way, HELL YA

They're a middle-of-the-road team, as they have some decent players, but no stars besides Thomas Vanek, who's the team leader.

law90026 · 03-04-2006, 12:43 PM

NHL here I come baby!! It's going to be goals, goals and no D!

Sublime 2 · 03-05-2006, 12:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by law90026

NHL here I come baby!! It's going to be goals, goals and no D!

Same for Mr. Owen Hunter Jr. and the Penguins!!

Johnny93g · 03-06-2006, 08:24 AM

What is my playing situation with the Ice Dogs. I hope im gonna be a first line player this season. Also, can you include training camp stats for those of us that get invited. Thanks

TurnerONU22 · 03-06-2006, 03:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Johnny93g

What is my playing situation with the Ice Dogs?

Funny little story about that......

You'll understand more in a future update (later today).

02-15-2006, 04:21 PM	#52
TurnerONU22 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ashville, OH	Offseason 2007 Because we traded last year's 1st round pick for the rights to Andrew Baerg, our first pick comes toward the end of the 2nd round. We pick up some depth on the wings and in the net, but nobody that stands out like some of our players from next year. I miss out on the Import Draft, and the computer picks up a couple of terrible guys for us that I won't sign. Of course, our first three moves are to sign D Frank Justice, LW Travis Elkin and C Andrew Baerg. Justice will see some time on the top 2 defensive pairs and on the special teams as well. Elkin is really liked by our scouts and our coach, who thinks that he can be a 2nd line winger who will play a solid two-way game. Baerg is the least developed of the three, so he'll see some time on the third line, but I think he'll fit perfectly there with some more experienced players. We bring in a couple more players to help give us some depth in Washington in case of injuries. Chris Durand and Bretton Stamler are loaned out to the Avalanche and Red Wings respectively. However, we expect them back, so we are stuck with 4 overagers in those two, G Gavin McHale and D Scott Jackson. We expect the latter two to play all of the time, so Durand and Stamler to alternate games, with McHale and Jackson getting a few games off. With the lack of talent up the middle past talented Colton Gillies, we acquire Zac Boychuk from Kelowna, but we have to give up solid D-man Thomas Hickey, along with a 4th round pick, to get the deal done. Boychuk has underachieved in the past two years, but I think we have the talent to put around him, so that he will flourish. We make another trade, right before the start of the season, picking up D Ty Johns from Moose Jaw for G Linden Rowat and a 6th round pick. Johns will give us some more depth on the blue line, especially on the PK. Here's the opening day roster: Code: ======================================================================================================== Roster ======================================================================================================== No.Name Position(s) Nation Born Age Height Weight Wages Expires Reputation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 58 Baerg, Andrew C CAN 8-19-91 16 5'9'' 163 $1,500 Jun. 2011 Ok 62 Boychuk, Zac C-LW CAN 10-4-89 18 5'10'' 171 $1,500 Jun. 2010 Ok 43 Boyer, Jeremy C CAN 9-28-90 17 6'0'' 163 $1,500 Jun. 2010 Unpr. 25 Cameron, Dustin LW CAN 4-28-89 18 6'0'' 167 $1,500 Jun. 2010 Ok 44 Durand, Chris C CAN 1-21-87 20 6'2'' 183 $0 6-20-08 Good 49 Elkin, Travis LW CAN 3-29-91 16 6'1'' 183 $1,500 Jun. 2011 Ok 17 Gillies, Colton C-LW CAN 2-12-89 18 6'4'' 198 $1,500 Jun. 2010 Good 23 Grossman, Eli RD USA 5-10-88 19 6'3'' 205 $1,500 Jun. 2009 Ok 11 Holloway, Bud C-RW CAN 3-1-88 19 6'1'' 187 $1,500 Jun. 2009 Ok 3 Jackson, Scott LD CAN 2-5-87 20 6'4'' 211 $1,500 Jun. 2008 Good 59 Justice, Frank RD USA 9-25-91 16 6'0'' 185 $1,500 Jun. 2011 Ok 47 Lalonde, Alan LW CAN 3-22-91 16 5'9'' 178 $1,500 Jun. 2011 Ok 7 Lutz, Justin LD CAN 7-23-89 18 6'2'' 196 $1,500 Jun. 2009 Ok 48 MacInnis, Preston RW CAN 3-24-91 16 5'11'' 198 $1,500 Jun. 2011 Normal 35 McHale, Gavin G CAN 10-23-87 20 6'7'' 211 $1,500 Jun. 2008 Ok 32 Pinsent, Andrew G CAN 5-18-88 19 6'3'' 189 $1,500 Jun. 2009 Ok 21 Procyshen, Taylor RW CAN 7-5-88 19 5'9'' 180 $1,500 Jun. 2009 Ok 14 Richard, Dave RW-C CAN 1-6-89 18 5'10'' 189 $1,500 Jun. 2010 Ok 22 Scott, Greg RD CAN 6-3-88 19 5'11'' 180 $1,500 Jun. 2009 Ok 24 Severson, Kyle LW CAN 1-26-89 18 6'0'' 220 $1,500 Jun. 2009 Ok 5 Stamler, Bretton RD CAN 3-10-87 20 6'2'' 200 $0 6-20-08 Ok 12 Szaszkiewicz, J.P. LW CAN 5-18-88 19 5'11'' 194 $1,500 Jun. 2009 Ok 4 cech, Ales LD CZE 3-21-89 18 5'10'' 176 $1,500 Jun. 2009 Ok

02-16-2006, 06:02 AM	#56
Blade6119 Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Scottsdale, Arizona	Man, AJ and i simply blow everyone else away in points...wow __________________ *Underachievement* The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the lawnmower. *Despair* It's always darkest just before it goes pitch black. *Demotivation* Sometimes the best solution to morale problems is just to fire all of the unhappy people. http://www.despair.com/viewall.html

02-28-2006, 07:17 PM	#72
st.cronin General Manager Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: New Mexico	I bet NHL scouts don't come to Scotland very often. __________________ co-commish: bb-bbcf.net knives out

03-04-2006, 10:41 AM	#80
TurnerONU22 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ashville, OH	Midseason 2008-09 Another great start for Seattle, as we already have a 12 point lead over Portland halfway through the season, and sitting as the best team in the league. Great contributions come from our new top D pairing, which is Frank Justice and Ales Cech, whose game seems to have been elevated by playing with Justice. Our top forward line of Richard, Gillies and Procyshen is really tearing it up as well. We had one little hickup in November, where we lost 3 of 4, and our center Zac Boychuk, put up 2 absymal performances, including the first '1' rating I've ever seen. We can't deal with someone who is as talented as Boychuck putting up performances like that, so we ship him out to Swift Current for a 1st round pick in the '09 draft. A couple of weeks later, we find ourselves a little thin on the D, so we pick up Spenser Lockhart from Saskatoon for a 6th round pick. I know when we make the playoffs, every bit of depth will help, so this deal will help us now and later. Right before the deadline in the beginning of January, we pick up LW Jason Grecia for Joshua Schappart, a solid player for our minor league team and a 6th round pick. Grecia is a good two-way forward who I think will really help our third line out. WJC Update Gothe and Dusek are back for their 2nd tours of this tournament, but we have a new addition in G Nicolas Fillion, who will be Canada's 3rd string goalie and won't see any time unless injuries occur. The Swedes and Slovaks see themselves sneak in as the 3rd best in their pools, and both get knocked out in OT by the Russians and Swiss. Canada gets the bye and defeats the Russians, and the Swiss upset the Americans in the semis. Canada crushes the Swiss to win it all, and the Russians take the bronze. Stats: G Daniel Gothe (SWE) - 5 gp - 1-2-2 record - 3.14 GAA - .897 save % D Radovan Dusek (SLV) - 5 gp - 0-2-2 - 7.20 G Nicolas Fillion (CAN) - DNP Last edited by TurnerONU22 : 03-04-2006 at 10:43 AM.

03-04-2006, 10:47 AM	#81
TurnerONU22 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ashville, OH	2009 NHL Draft Rankings - Midseason 9. C Colton Mayes (+11 change) 19. G Daniel Gothe (0) 47. RW Owen Hunter Jr. (+3) 57. D Jeff Riddle (+2) 59. D Robert Hillier (+26) 70. RW John Williams (-7) 93. LW Travis Elkin (-15) 103. C Andrew Baerg (-2) 118. D Radovan Dusek (-7) UNR. RW Dean Hoo (0) Last edited by TurnerONU22 : 03-04-2006 at 11:05 AM.

02-15-2006, 04:58 PM	#53
Ajaxab College Benchwarmer Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Far from home	58 is one ugly number for a center. :-) I'm looking forward to teaming up on a line with Elkin at some point and tearing up the WHL.

02-15-2006, 05:14 PM	#54
TurnerONU22 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ashville, OH	2007-08 FOFC Season Overview USA: LW: AJ Tucker - St. Louis Jr. Blues Tucker still doesn't know what he wants to do, as he seems ready for college now, but he has to wait a couple years. He'll continue to play with Colton Mayes for now, but we'll see what happens MY NOTE: It's saying that he wants to play Major Junior, but he was never drafted or ranked for any of the drafts, b/c i don't know which one he'd be eligable for. I went back and checked his stuff in the database editor and he should have been drafted. I hope this works out well. C: Colton Mayes - St. Louis Jr. Blues Mayes is starting to be hounded by college programs, trying to get Mayes to commit early. Michigan and Michigan State are the top two teams on his list, and I think it will be a dogfight between those teams to get a premier American center. RW: Owen Hunter Jr. - NE Jr. B Huskies Like Mayes, Hunter has Michigan on the top of his list, along with Wisconsin. Hunter is a goal-scoring machine who any program would love to have for at least one year. LD: Jeff Riddle - Cedar Rapids (USHL) Our first big move, as Riddle goes on to the USHL to get prepared for the college game a little better. Currently, he also has the Wolverines on the top of his list, along with Harvard. Riddle, who is very intelligent on the ice, would fit in nicely at an Ivy League school. RD: Frank Justice - Seattle Thunderhawks (WHL) He'll get plenty of chatter later on. G: Danny Wilson - Waterloo (USHL) Like Riddle, his former teammate, Wilson takes his game to the USHL, where he hopes to get into a top tier school like Boston College. Waterloo might be the worst team in the league, so Wilson will be in for a long year. Canada: LW: Travis Elkin - Seattle Thunderhawks (WHL) C: Andrew Baerg - Seattle Thunderhawks (WHL) RW: John Williams - Mississauga IceDogs (OHL) Williams has made the team as a 16-year old, where he'll play on the third line and hope to make a contribution to a solid team. He has the skills, he just needs to find a place to settle in and help him out. LD: Trevor Johnson - Erie Otters (OHL) Johnson makes the team, and will play on the top PP unit, but will start out on the 3rd defensive pairing. As he matures, he'll get some more even-strength time. However, he'll contribute immediately on the PP. RD: Mike Tokunaga - Kootenay Ice (WHL) Tokunaga is happy to be playing in the WHL, where the Ice feel like he'll be an immediate contributor. He's got an all-rounded game, and he'll see a little bit of time on the PP and the PK, along with 2nd line duty on even-strength. G: Nicolas Fillion - Acadie-Bathurst Titans (QMJHL) Starting out as a 16-year old in the Q is hard enough, but Fillion will be the starter for a decent team. Hopefully, he'll get some support from his teammates, but I feel that his outstanding talent will help this team play much better than they did last year. World: LW: Shane Lamb (SCO) - Cardiff Devils (ENL) Lamb is still with the Devils for now, but he hopes that he can make it to the main English league next year. Currently, he will be putting up goal after goal for the 2nd level team. C: K.N. Smith (FRE) - HC Morzine-Avoriaz Smith is becoming outstanding, a spectactular player in the top French league. He's currently on the preliminary list for the French National Team, quite a feat for a 16-year-old player, no matter the country. RW: Dean Hoo (AUS) - Sydney Bears Aussie Hoo keeps up the good work in Sydney and is quickly becoming the best player on his team and becoming the top player in the league. If he keeps up the scoring pace, imagine an Aussie in the NHL. LD: Radovan Dusek (SLV) - Slovan Jrs. Dusek is picked up by an excellent junior club, where he hopes to continue his development for the year. After this, he is the only guy in the group that wants to play Canadian junior hockey. I think he'd fit in just fine with any team over here, hopefully our own Seattle team. RD: Robert Hillier (ENG) - Dundee Stars Robert goes back home to Scotland, where he will excel for the best team in the Scottish league. If he was homesick, going back home to an inferior league, will he be able to go to North America and play in the NHL? G: Daniel Gothe (SWE) - Djurgardens IF Gothe expects to start this season as a 16-year-old in the Swedish Elite League. If he can hold his own, he'll have much more experience in a couple of years, and the NHL will be calling his name.

02-15-2006, 09:07 PM	#55
Sublime 2 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New Hampshire	Whoo nice update!

02-16-2006, 12:44 PM	#58
DeToxRox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Michigan	Tucker will probably be in the OHL Draft if he's from the Midwest. You have to make sure he's not buried in the rankings like Ritschel was in mine (he wound up being the #3 pick in the NHL Draft regardless)

02-27-2006, 09:20 AM	#60
TurnerONU22 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ashville, OH	USA: LW: AJ Tucker - St. Louis Jr. Blues - 24 gp - 58-31-89 - 8.83 C: Colton Mayes - St. Louis Jr. Blues - 32 gp - 48-64-112 - 8.63 RW: Owen Hunter Jr. - NE Jr. B Huskies - 32 gp - 66-11-77 - 8.47 LD: Jeff Riddle - Cedar Rapids - 31 gp - 7-29-36 - 8.13 RD: Frank Justice - Seattle G: Danny Wilson - Waterloo - 31 gp - 9-17-5 record - 2.55 GAA - .932 % Canada: LW: Travis Elkin - Seattle C: Andrew Baerg - Seattle RW: John Williams - Mississauga IceDogs - 36 gp - 0-8-8 - 5.83 LD: Trevor Johnson - Erie Otters - 32 gp - 12-8-20 - 6.97 RD: Mike Tokunaga - Kootenay Ice - 37 gp - 11-9-20 - 7.68 G: Nicolas Fillion - Acadie-Bathurst Titans - 38 gp - 21-9-8 record - 2.94 GAA - .920% World: LW: Shane Lamb (SCO) - Cardiff Devils (ENL) - 18 gp - 15-7-22 - 8.22 C: K.N. Smith (FRE) - HC Morzine-Avoriaz - 19 gp - 22-18-40 - 8.58 RW: Dean Hoo (AUS) - Sydney Bears - 21 gp - 29-14-43 - 8.62 LD: Radovan Dusek (SLV) - Slovan Jrs. - 21 gp - 10-39-49 - 8.86 RD: Robert Hillier (ENG) - Dundee Stars - 21 gp - 2-15-17 - 9 G: Daniel Gothe (SWE) - Djurgardens IF - 21 gp - 9-11-1 record - 2.90 GAA - .906% Here's the new addition: International Play C: K.N. Smith (FRE) - Nat'l Team - 9 gp - 0-5-5 - 6.64 LD: Radovan Dusek (SLV) - U-20 - 2 gp - 0-0-0 - 6.5 G: Daniel Gothe (SWE) - U-20 - 10 gp - 5-5 record - 7.5 France plays in a lot of the Euro Tournaments, and Smith, at 16, is the youngest by 7 years on his team. Also, the Swede's play w/the Finns, Russians and Czech's in 4 different tournaments throughout the year. However, I lost the rest of the stats and U-20 stats aren't automatically recorded. But, the Swedes took 3rd place in the World Juniors, which was won by Canada over the US.

02-27-2006, 09:45 AM	#61
TurnerONU22 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ashville, OH	Final Season Report Since I lost all the stats, this won't be as good as it could be. In January, we made a couple moves to help improve this team to win the league. We acquire C's Matt Hallick and Sanfred King from Brandon and a prospect for young winger Phil Gervais, who wasn't quite ready yet. With the abundance of players, Vancouver offers us a couple nice prospects and a 5th round pick for RW Patrick White, another young winger who was stuck down the depth charts. We continued our fast pace and ended up winning the division easily, getting a record 101 points and a 49-20-3 record. Our three rookies continued their great pace and all ended up contributing nicely to our efforts. Taylor Procyshen ended up with 49 goals, but Colton Gillies leapfrogged him and ended up with 51. Gavin McHale contributed to this by playing well between the pipes. We go into the playoffs as the favorites and take on Tri-City in the first round. After a split at home, we win the next three games easily and will take on Kootenay. With all four of our WHL FOFC players in this game, this game has some bragging rights on the line. However, Seattle had the better team, and won this series 4-1, just like their last one. In the semi-final, we take on Kamloops, who finished 4th in the B.C. division, but had just taken out 1st place Kelona and 2nd place Portland to get here. They continue their hot play, winning their first 3 games to put us on the brink of elimination. We win the next two, but our road to the championship ends in game 6. Kamloops goes on to win the WHL, but finishes 3rd in the Memorial Cup.

02-28-2006, 04:23 PM	#64
TurnerONU22 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ashville, OH	USA: LW: AJ Tucker - St. Louis Jr. Blues - 52 gp - 135-72-207 - 8.79 C: Colton Mayes - St. Louis Jr. Blues - 60 gp - 89-138-227 - 8.68 RW: Owen Hunter Jr. - NE Jr. B Huskies - 60 gp - 128-21-149 - 8.48 LD: Jeff Riddle - Cedar Rapids - 60 gp - 11-52-62 - 8.12 RD: Frank Justice - Seattle - 71 gp - 10-39-49 - 7.52 G: Danny Wilson - Waterloo - 60 gp - 16-37-7 record - 2.96 GAA - .923 % Canada: LW: Travis Elkin - Seattle - 65 gp - 12-42-54 - 6.89 C: Andrew Baerg - Seattle - 66 gp - 9-10-19 - 6.58 RW: John Williams - Mississauga IceDogs - 67 gp - 0-18-18 - 5.73 LD: Trevor Johnson - Erie Otters - 66 gp - 25-23-48 - 7.09 RD: Mike Tokunaga - Kootenay Ice - 67 gp - 17-15-32 - 7.66 G: Nicolas Fillion - Acadie-Bathurst Titans - 64 gp - 30-22-12 record - 2.65 GAA - .916% World: LW: Shane Lamb (SCO) - Cardiff Devils (ENL) - 35 gp - 35-15-50 - 8.27 C: K.N. Smith (FRE) - HC Morzine-Avoriaz - 34 gp - 38-28-66 - 8.47 RW: Dean Hoo (AUS) - Sydney Bears - 40 gp - 53-23-76 - 8.6 LD: Radovan Dusek (SLV) - Slovan Jrs. - 37 gp - 27-73-100 - 8.76 RD: Robert Hillier (ENG) - Dundee Stars - 40 gp - 4-35-39 - 9 G: Daniel Gothe (SWE) - Djurgardens IF - 39 gp - 21-16-2 record - 2.69 GAA - .912% International Play C: K.N. Smith (FRE) - Nat'l Team - 17 gp - 0-12-12 - 7.06 LD: Radovan Dusek (SLV) - U-20 - 4 gp - 0-0-0 - 6.75 G: Daniel Gothe (SWE) - U-20 - 12 gp - 6-6 record - 7.25

02-28-2006, 05:00 PM	#65
Travis Pro Rookie Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Canada eh	Wow, some low average ratings for some of the Canadian guys. Time to step up the effort a little bit and start showing what we're capable of.

02-28-2006, 05:03 PM	#66
TurnerONU22 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ashville, OH	Offseason 2008 Well, the first order of business occurred actually before the season was over, and that was the 2008 WHL Bantam Draft, where I'll draft players for the 2009-10 season, very weird. With the best record in the league, I had the last pick in the draft. In the first round, we see an excellent goalie left on the board, and we pick Kealin Russell, who we feel can step in for us as a 16-year-old and start in net. The next round, we pick LW/C Calvin Groleau, who has an excellent two-way game, someone who is great 5-5, PP and the PK. Bradley O'Connor, our third round pick can be described the same way, but he's a defenseman. We feel that these 3 players were excellent selections and we had what I feel was our 2nd best draft so far. For the CHL Import Draft, there is only 1 FOFC'er that is ranked, which is the only one interested in playing over in the CHL. Radovan Dusek is ranked 40th, and we feel that we might have a chance at him. We have a very late pick, 57th, but Dusek is taken 24th by Val d'Or of the QMJHL, so we cannot even trade for him. So, we select D Michal Pavlis, a solid Czech defenseman. For our 2nd pick, we go off the board and hope that we can convince a FOFC player to play for us. Since we lack the goal scoring power, we select Dean Hoo, the flashy Aussie, and hope to bring him aboard. Since we have a few guys that will be overagers (D Eli Grossman, C Bud Holloway, D Greg Scott, RW Taylor Procyshen, and LW Tyson Papalia), we decide to move a couple. We send Grossman to Medicine Hat for a player who was released and a 5th round pick. Then we send Papalia to Moose Jaw for a 2nd round pick. With the loss of G Gavin McHale, as we hope he goes on to bigger and better things, we really need a goalie. This is the time I wish I could suit up my first round pick this year, but we can't. The current guys that we have on our team or rights to aren't good enough to play at all, even as a backup. Our goal is to try and trade for a good goalie, and see what happens from there. We look around and find that Regina has really soured on their first round pick from '07, G Lenny Rooney. It looks like he'll still be a good goalie, just not as good as the Pats thought. So they propose to ship Rooney and a 14th round pick for our 5th rounder, which is a deal that we can't pass up, so Rooney comes aboard. July hits, and we can start signing our players, and we get two pieces of bad news. We find out why Regina was so easy to ship off Rooney, as Lenny decides to decline our offer to bring him on the team this year, which leaves us in the dark for a goalie. Our 2nd piece of bad news was expected, and that is Dean Hoo doesn't want to come over to the WHL. We hope he'll reconsider next year. We bring in some of our guys from the 06 and 07 drafts, such as Al Belanger, but we feel it will be for depth only, as our 07 draft was pretty weak in both quality and quantity. We finally look around for some goalies that might have been released and come upon Daniel Spence. Spence played for Calgary for the past 4 years and played pretty well. We feel that he will help us out some, but he will result in us having 4 overage players, so Bud Holloway will be playing in Washington and be called up as needed. However, we get a big surprise in training camp, when Lenny Rooney decides that he'll play for us this season and comes aboard. Our goaltending goes from a weakness to a strength. Spence will start out, but Rooney has a chance to beat him out.

02-28-2006, 05:38 PM	#70
TurnerONU22 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ashville, OH	2008-09 FOFC Season Overview USA: LW: AJ Tucker - St. Louis Jr. Blues Tucker is still in the black hole of hockey, as I'm still amazed that the OHL didn't draft him or sign him. However, he'll have one more year of Mayes by his side, but it won't matter when Colton leaves, AJ is talented enough C: Colton Mayes - St. Louis Jr. Blues Mayes decided his future and will be donning the Maize and Blue, playing for Michigan next year. He only wished that Tucker would just say 'screw the OHL' and decide to come with him. For now, lets see if Mayes can get 300 points in about 60 games. RW: Owen Hunter Jr. - NE Jr. B Huskies Hunter could have joined Mayes next year and been Mayes' Tucker, but he decides to become a Badger and will play for Wisconsin next year. Hunter does nothing but put the puck in the next, evidenced by his almost 10:1 goal to assist ratio last season. Lets see if he can average a hat trick this season. LD: Jeff Riddle - Cedar Rapids (USHL) Riddle had an excellent season in the USHL and hopes to keep it up this year before he gets drafted into the NHL. I didn't expect him to put up that many points last season, but he is a true playmaker, something that the NHL scouts really like. RD: Frank Justice - Seattle Thunderhawks (WHL) Justice has became a top prospect after an excellent rookie season in the WHL, where he played about 23 minutes a game for the best team in the league. Not a slacker in his own end, but he prides in being one of the top PP QB's in the WHL. With his linemate Scott Jackson heading to bigger and better things, Justice becomes the top dog in Seattle. G: Danny Wilson - Waterloo (USHL) Wilson was hung out to dry by his teammates this year and he didn't like it at all, and he let his teammates know it. We'll see if they get the wake up call and go to bat for Danny, or if they turn it around and just fold even quicker this year. For Danny's NHL prospects, we hope its the former. Canada: LW: Travis Elkin - Seattle Thunderhawks (WHL) Elkin had a nice rookie season, getting his feet wet in the WHL, but I expect more out of Travis in terms of a two-way game, as he seemed to be afraid to make a big play. He'll be seeing top 6 minutes this year, so he'll get his chance to shine. C: Andrew Baerg - Seattle Thunderhawks (WHL) Andrew had the weakest debut of the three Seattle players, but it still wasn't that bad as he was playing more 4th line minutes than anything, due to our depth. Like Travis though, Baerg should see some top 6 minutes this year, and expects to have a better impact. RW: John Williams - Mississauga IceDogs (OHL) I don't know of a team that can kill a kid's confidence like this one. Williams wasn't able to stick with any linemates for too long, and couldn't find his rhythm playing on the 4th line, which led to him going 67 games without scoring a goal. They better do something about this for the coming year. LD: Trevor Johnson - Erie Otters (OHL) Johnson showed Erie why he's excellent on the PP, and he slowly developed the game in his own end. Erie is able to hide this by pairing him with a defensive defensman, and Johnson is able to make a solid contribution. RD: Mike Tokunaga - Kootenay Ice (WHL) Tokunaga plays a similar game to Johnson, but is more responsible in his own end. Mike made a great debut with Kootenay, but he's expected to log more minutes this season, and we'll see if he can keep his good start up. G: Nicolas Fillion - Acadie-Bathurst Titans (QMJHL) Fillion made a great start in the Q, contending for the rookie of the year award. He helped AB play very well and get into the semi-finals, and he hopes he can get them to the Memorial Cup this season. World: LW: Shane Lamb (SCO) - Cardiff Devils (ENL) Still no movement with Lamb, which is sad to see. Hopefully, he'll make his way overseas and play in NA very soon. C: K.N. Smith (FRE) - HC Morzine-Avoriaz Smith has been all around the world this year, playing for the French National Team. He is hoping to get his first goal, and help the French get into the coming Olympics. Oh yeah, he does have a club team as well. RW: Dean Hoo (AUS) - Sydney Bears Deciding against coming to Seattle, Hoo will stay in Australia for at least one more year, before he makes his move. Hoo hopes to make his game a little more well rounded, but will hope to keep up his goal a game pace. LD: Radovan Dusek (SLV) - Slovan Jrs. Dusek wasn't signed by his junior team, which is depressing, but I feel that Duesk is on the verge of breaking out. He'll get some more national exposure in the WJC's and try to get his Slovakian team to the championship. RD: Robert Hillier (ENG) - Guildford Flames (EPIHL) More travelling for Hillier, as he goes back to England, but will be playing for the level below the best league. Robert wants to make it back to the EIHL, but he will need to prove it first. G: Daniel Gothe (SWE) - Djurgardens IF Gothe holds his own in his first year as a starter in the top Swedish league, while finding time to play in the WJC's, along with other tourneys. He's excited for his future, which we all know involves the NHL.

02-28-2006, 05:52 PM	#71
TurnerONU22 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ashville, OH	2009 NHL Draft Rankings - Preliminary 19. G Daniel Gothe 20. C Colton Mayes 50. RW Owen Hunter Jr. 59. D Jeff Riddle 63. RW John Williams 78. LW Travis Elkin 85. D Robert Hillier 101. C Andrew Baerg 111. D Radovan Dusek UNR. RW Dean Hoo

02-28-2006, 08:16 PM	#76
law90026 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2006	I'm unranked?!?! Doesn't anyone watch Australian Ice Hockey!!! :P

03-04-2006, 11:04 AM	#83
TurnerONU22 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ashville, OH	2009 NHL Draft Rankings - Final 11. C Colton Mayes (-2 change) 19. G Daniel Gothe (0) 33. RW Owen Hunter Jr. (+14) 41. D Robert Hillier (+18) 49. D Jeff Riddle (+8) 60. RW John Williams (+10) 104. LW Travis Elkin (-11) 115. D Radovan Dusek (+3) 127. C Andrew Baerg (-24) UNR. RW Dean Hoo (0) Last edited by TurnerONU22 : 03-04-2006 at 11:05 AM.

03-04-2006, 11:36 AM	#84
TurnerONU22 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ashville, OH	USA: LW: AJ Tucker - St. Louis Jr. Blues - 60 gp - 154-80-244 - 8.85 C: Colton Mayes - St. Louis Jr. Blues - 58 gp - 69-150-219 - 8.76 RW: Owen Hunter Jr. - NE Jr. B Huskies - 49 gp - 86-26-112 - 8.57 LD: Jeff Riddle - Cedar Rapids - 60 gp - 10-24-34 - 8.12 RD: Frank Justice - Seattle G: Danny Wilson - Waterloo - 60 gp - 18-36-6 record - 2.90 GAA - .927 % Canada: LW: Travis Elkin - Seattle C: Andrew Baerg - Seattle RW: John Williams - Mississauga IceDogs - 62 gp - 14-31-45 - 6.42 LD: Trevor Johnson - Erie Otters - 59 gp - 50-35-85 - 7.53 RD: Mike Tokunaga - Kootenay Ice - 51 gp - 22-34-56 - 7.65 G: Nicolas Fillion - Acadie-Bathurst Titans - 62 gp - 39-15-8 record - 2.98 GAA - .916% World: LW: Shane Lamb (SCO) - Cardiff Devils (ENL) - 35 gp - 39-17-56 - 8.20 C: K.N. Smith (FRE) - HC Morzine-Avoriaz - 35 gp - 34-26-60 - 8.29 RW: Dean Hoo (AUS) - Sydney Bears - 40 gp - 60-26-86 - 8.68 LD: Radovan Dusek (SLV) - Slovan Jrs. - 12 gp - 2-19-21 - 8.67 Slovan - 29 gp - 3-22-25 - 7.76 RD: Robert Hillier (ENG) - Guildford - 40 gp - 7-16-23 - 8.85 G: Daniel Gothe (SWE) - Djurgardens IF - 35 gp - 22-10-3 record - 2.43 GAA - .921% International Play C: K.N. Smith (FRE) - Nat'l Team - 20 gp - 1-9-10 - 6.80 LD: Radovan Dusek (SLV) - U-20 G: Daniel Gothe (SWE) - U-20 G: Nicolas Fillion (CAN) - U-20 Dusek gets the callup to the main Slovakian league, and is the only guy to change teams in mid-season. Last edited by TurnerONU22 : 03-04-2006 at 11:42 AM.

03-04-2006, 11:46 AM	#85
TurnerONU22 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ashville, OH	2009 NHL Draft The Detroit Red Wings won the lottery, and as the 2nd worst team in the league, they have the #1 pick and select John Tavares, a playmaking C in the CHL. Fast forward to #10.... With the 10th pick in the 2009 NHL Draft, the Chicago Blackhawks select.... D Robert Hillier, Guildford Flames (EPIHL) Hillier's stock rose faster than any other player in this draft, mostly because nobody heard of the kid until the secret of the British player got out. He's more of a project than most draftees, but he has a huge frame, and isn't afraid to hit people, two things that can't be taught.

03-04-2006, 11:48 AM	#86
TurnerONU22 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ashville, OH	With the 15th pick in the 2009 NHL Draft, the Buffalo Sabres select.... C Colton Mayes, Michigan The Sabres got a steal in Mayes, who was projected to be in the top-10, but some other guys snuck in, pushing Colton down. The Michigan freshman is an excellent playmaker, probably the most creative player in this draft.

03-04-2006, 11:51 AM	#87
TurnerONU22 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ashville, OH	With the 23rd pick in the 2009 NHL Draft, the Pittsburgh Penguins select.... RW Owen Hunter Jr., Wisconsin Nicknamed the "Goalie Hunter", Owen knows how to get the puck in the net. His stock has slowly been rising as teams have noticed his scoring touch, which is seemingly unstoppable. Pittsburgh hopes that his time in college will help round out his game and prepare him for the NHL.

03-04-2006, 11:53 AM	#88
TurnerONU22 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ashville, OH	With the 26th pick in the 2009 NHL Draft, the Columbus Blue Jackets select.... G Daniel Gothe, Djurgardens IF Gothe falls right into the CBJ's lap late in the 1st round. Compared to Martin Brodeur, Gothe has all the tools to be a top goalie in the NHL for years to come. He comes into a great situation as the Jackets have a lack of goalie prospects in the system, and will probably have Gothe come over soon to play in Syracuse.

03-04-2006, 11:55 AM	#89
TurnerONU22 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ashville, OH	With the 31st pick in the 2009 NHL Draft, the Florida Panthers select.... D Jeff Riddle, Michigan Complaining about being overlooked before the draft, Riddle almost sneaks himself into the first round. Florida will be impressed by this two-way defenseman who will be getting ready for the NHL w/Colton Mayes at the UofM.

03-04-2006, 12:01 PM	#91
TurnerONU22 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ashville, OH	With the 57th pick in the 2009 NHL Draft, the Florida Panthers select.... RW John Williams, Mississauga IceDogs Williams is an interesting prospect, as he started off very poorly in the OHL, but seemed to turn it around last year, putting up some respectable numbers in his 2nd season. He's a good overall player, with no real flaws. Good pick. Last edited by TurnerONU22 : 03-04-2006 at 12:05 PM.

03-04-2006, 12:04 PM	#92
TurnerONU22 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ashville, OH	With the 68th pick in the NHL Draft, the Nashville Predators select.... LW Travis Elkin, Seattle Thunderbirds Very similar to Williams, Elkin has had a rough start to his junior career. Also, Travis plays a similar game to John, so I think they'll both start to breakout very soon. Elkin likes to set up everyone around him, and Nashville will really love that, as they could use some setup men.

03-04-2006, 12:07 PM	#93
TurnerONU22 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ashville, OH	With the 78th pick in the 2009 NHL Draft, the Minnesota Wild select.... C Andrew Baerg, Seattle Thunderbirds Baerg is a very interesting prospect, as most are that are selected around this time. He hasn't been able to find top line minutes in Seattle, playing behind some excellent players as Colton Gillies. He has a good enough game that once he finds that top line, I think you'll see why he's a 3rd round pick.

03-04-2006, 12:11 PM	#94
TurnerONU22 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ashville, OH	With the 86th pick in the 2009 NHL Draft, the Columbus Blue Jackets select.... D Radovan Dusek, Slovan Dusek is a good player, a very hard hitter that will punish people on the defensive end. With international experience, Dusek has played against the best young guys in the world and held his own. With Gothe selected earlier, the CBJ's have two great steals.

03-04-2006, 12:13 PM	#95
TurnerONU22 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ashville, OH	With the 91st selection in the 2009 NHL Draft, the New York Islanders select.... RW Dean Hoo, Sydney For a guy who was projected to be undrafted, Hoo finds himself almost in the 3rd round. Also, what a fit for a guy playing on a BIG island in Australia is now going to the Islanders. They hope he can round out his defensive game, because he has the deadliest wrister in the draft.

03-04-2006, 12:43 PM	#97
law90026 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2006	NHL here I come baby!! It's going to be goals, goals and no D!

03-06-2006, 08:24 AM	#99
Johnny93g College Starter Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Toronto	What is my playing situation with the Ice Dogs. I hope im gonna be a first line player this season. Also, can you include training camp stats for those of us that get invited. Thanks __________________ FOOL- Toronto Marlboros FOOL Classic Champions 2073, 2078, 2079, 2114, 2116, 2117, 2129, 2152, 2155, 2169, 2192 46 35 FOOL H- New York Giants World Champions 1914, 1928 BBCF: Notre Dame TML

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