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OUT-MATCHED & OUT OF PLAYOFFS
VIPERS LOOK TO OFFSEASON

detroitnews.com - April 24th, 2013 - By Vic Venom

Auburn Hills, Mi - The inaugural season of the Detroit Vipers is now over with a 5 - 0 loss in game five of the eastern conference quarter finals.

Washington got on the scoreboard early in this game when Mike Knuble scored his first goal of the playoffs just 1:13 in to give Washington a 1 - 0. At 9:30 of the period, Nicklas Backstrom scored his second of the playoffs to make it 2 - 0 after one period of play.

It stayed that way until the third period when Washington opened up the offense on Detroit with two goals by Troy Brouwer and Mike Knuble added his second of the game to finish the scoring and help Washington advance to the next round of the playoffs.

Washington Capitals at Detroit Vipers
Apr 24, 2013 1 2 3 F WAS (4 - 1 - 0) 2 0 3 5 DET (1 - 4 - 0) 0 0 0 0 Three Stars Rick Dipietro - Washington 21 saves Mike Knuble - Washington 2 goals Troy Brouwer - Washington 2 goals	Team Stats Comparison WAS DET Shots on Goal 50 21 Hits 9 10 Faceoffs Won-Lost 27/37 10/37 Penalty Minutes 9:00 11:00 Power Plays Converted 1 0 Power Play Opportunities 3 2 Time on Attack 9:09 4:40
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD WAS 1:13 - M. Knuble (1), (Ryan Smyth) WAS 9:30 - N. Backstrom (2), (M. Green) PP THIRD PERIOD WAS 10:23 - T. Brouwer (1), (R. Hamrlik, M. Johansson) WAS 15:47 - M. Knuble (2), (R. Smyth) WAS 19:05 - T. Brouwer (2), (B. Laich, R. Hamrlik)

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This is awesome! Keep up the great work sir

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2013 STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS

FIRST ROUND

Western Conference
1. Los Angeles Kings vs 8. St. Louis Blues - LA Wins 4 - 3
2. Calgary Flames vs 7. Dallas Stars - Calgary Wins 4 - 0
3. Nashville Predators vs 6. Detroit Red Wings - Detroit Wins 4 - 1
4. Minnesota Wild vs 5. San Jose Sharks - SJ Wins 4 - 2

Eastern Conference
1. Buffalo Sabers vs 8. Philadelphia Flyers - Buffalo Wins 4 - 1
2. New York Rangers vs 7. Pittsburgh Penguins - NYR Wins 4 - 2
3. Florida Panthers vs 6. Carolina Hurricanes - Carolina Wins 4 - 3
4. Detroit Vipers vs 5. Washington Capitals - Washington Wins 4 - 1

CONFERENCE SEMI-FINALS

Western Conference
1. Los Angeles Kings vs 6. Detroit Red Wings - LA Wins 4 - 1
2. Calgary Flames vs 5. San Jose Sharks - SJ Wins 4 - 3

Eastern Conference
1. Buffalo Sabers vs 6. Carolina Hurricanes - Buffalo Wins 4 - 0
2. New York Rangers vs 5. Washington Capitals - Washington Wins 4 - 2

CONFERENCE FINALS

Western Conference
1. Los Angeles Kings vs. 5. San Jose Sharks - SJ Wins 4 - 1

Eastern Conference
1. Buffalo Sabers vs 5. Washington Capitals - Washington Wins 4 - 3

2013 STANLEY CUP FINALS
5. San Jose Sharks vs. 5. Washington Capitals

2013 Stanley Cup Champions
SAN JOSE SHARKS
WIN 4 - 2

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NHL HANDS OUT AWARDS IN VEGAS.

detroitnews.com - June 20th, 2013 - By Vic Venom

Las Vegas, NV - The annual NHL awards give the league and the sport of hockey a chance to celebrate those who strived to be the best in the National Hockey League during the 2012 - 2013 season and playoffs.

While the Detroit Vipers did not win an award this season, the other team from Michigan did take one home on this night. Here is the list of winners from this years awards night.

2012 - 2013 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS
San Jose Sharks

2012 - 2013 CALDER CUP CHAMPIONS
Grand Rapids Griffins

2012 - 2013 PRESIDENTS TROPHY WINNERS
Los Angeles Kings

CLARENCE S. CAMBELL WINNERS
San Jose Sharks

2012 - 2013 PRINCE OF WHALES WINNERS
Washington Capitals

2013 NHL Awards
Award	Player	Pos	Team
Art Ross Trophy	Ryan Getzlaf	C	Anaheim Ducks
Hart Memorial Trophy	Alexander Ovechkin	LW	Washington Capitals
James Norris Memorial Trophy	Drew Doughty	D	Los Angeles Kings
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy	Marian Gaborik	RW	New York Rangers
Calder Memorial Trophy	Bobby Sanguinetti	D	Carolina Hurricanes
Conn Smythe Trophy	Antti Niemi	G	San Jose Sharks
Vezina Trophy	Pekka Rinne	G	Nashville Predators
William M Jennings Trophy	Jonathan Quick	G	Los Angeles Kings
Bill Masterson Memorial Trophy	Braydon Coburn	D	Philadelphia Flyers
Frank J. Selke Trophy	Pavel Datsyuk	C	Detroit Red Wings
Ted Lindsay Award	Pekka Rinne	G	Nashville Predators
Rocket Richard Trophy	Alexander Ovechkin	LW	Washington Capitals

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VIPERS LOOK REVAMPED FOR 2013 - 2014 SEASON!!
NABOKOV, JURCINA AMONG 8 RELEASED.

detroitnews.com - September 1st, 2013 - By Vic Venom

Auburn Hills, Mi - As the Detroit Vipers gear up for the second season in the National Hockey League they come in with a new look to the line up as the off-season brought some surprising changes to the team for the new season.

We start in net where both Pascal LeClaire and Evgani Nabokov were looking for a new contract and only LeClaire was the one to get one. Nabokov was released from the Vipers who were carrying five goaltenders on the team.

The Vipers also released mainstays Matt Martin & Milan Jurcina as well. "We were exposed for how slow our defense was in the first round and how baddly our 3rd and 4th lines played so changes had to be made to reflect that we are serious about making it back again net season." said GM Rick Dudley.

The others on the list were newly acquired Nathan Guenin, Jay Leach, Jon Landry, Colin McDonald & Blair Riley.

With all the releases from the team you would think that Detroit would have to rely heavily on the free agent market but going into the free agent signing period the Detroit Vipers only needed to sign three defensemen to make sure they had a good depth a that position.

Detroit was able to resign Corey Perry (4yrs - $8.700M), T.J. Oshie (3yrs - $4.475M), Lubomir Visnovsky (2yrs - $3.645M), Mark Streit (3yrs - $4.400M), Pascal LeClaire (1yrs - $1.755M), Kevin Poulin (2yrs - $0.755M) among others on the AHL roster.

Detroit signed from free agency three defensemen. Tom Poti (3yrs - 1.900M), Chris Campoli (3yrs - $2.200M), & Matt Gilroy (2yrs - $1.900M).

"You know your doing your job right when you only have to sign three players from free agency and after all your team signing you are still around $9.000 million in cap space left for the upcoming season." said owner Tom Gores.

Detroit now get's ready for season two at the palace that starts with the preseason which fires up on Friday, September 20th at the Palace when they face off with the Pittsburgh Penguins at 7:30pm.

[seb170455]

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Did I miss the draft?

[Vipers2k9]

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Nope, Somehow after writing down everything I forgot to write down who I drafted and in what order...LOL

[Vipers2k9]

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Few house rule changes for season two. First I will only play in the playoff. I will just sim preseason and regular season games. Secondly I will do a team stats update at the All Star Break and at the end of the season.

Overall I was glad to be out of the first round of the playoffs cause while I want to make the playoffs I want it to be a real struggle to get to the cup finals. Granted I wish they would have played alittle bit better but it did show me who could stay and who could go and where I needed the improvement going into year two. I am playing this dynasty on hardcore sliders with a few tweeks to it. Let's see if I can make it further in next seasons playoff as long as I make them.

[seb170455]

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Did you have a good draft or is it not worth mentioning? Good off season with clear goals for next season. Nice write up.

[Vipers2k9]

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VIPERS LOOK GOOD IN PRESEASON.
LeClaire, Poulin shine in net, set for regular season.

detroitvipers.com - September 30th, 2013 - By Vic Venom

Auburn Hills, Mi - The Detroit Vipers are now getting ready to start their second campaign in the NHL after finishing up the preseason last night in New Jersey. Detroit made it known in the offseason that Pascal LeClaire would be the starting goaltender for the team with Kevin Poulin backing him up but would mess with the line to see how the would work together.

Game one of the preseason saw Detroit welcome in the Pittsburgh Penguins to the Palace of Auburn Hills. Pittsburgh held the lead for most of the game but saw Detroit come back late and tie the game sending it to overtime. Pittsburgh was able to net the game winning in overtime though winning 5 - 4.

Game two saw the New York Rangers come to town to face off with Detroit and the Vipers let their offense do the talking for them. Detroit was on target for the opening faceoff and rolled by the Rangers 6 - 1.

Game three saw Detroit hit the road against the Philadelphia Flyers and saw Kevin Poulin get his first start for the team and he did not disappoint. Poulin kept Detroit in the lead the whole game and Detroit was able to skate out Philadelphia with a 3 - 2 win.

Game four of the preseason had Detroit stopping in New Jersey to face off with the Devils. While New Jersey was not one of the best teams last season, they had an impressive draft and good free agency signing period that gave them hope. They used their muscle on this night to skate past the Vipers 5 - 2.

Detroit now gets set for the opening night of the 2013 - 2014 regular season which they open up at home against the Winnipeg Jets on Friday Night, October 5th at the Palace of Auburn Hills.

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2013 - 2014 OPENING NIGHT DEPTH CHART

Detroit Vipers Depth Chart - 2013
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
LW	Michael Grabner	Matt Moulson	Brad Boyes	Mattis Ritola
C	John Tavares	Frans Nielsen	Casey Cizikas	Rome Strome
RW	Kyle Okposo	Corey Perry	T.J. Oshie	Matt Halmo
D #1	Mark Streit	Cam Barker	Chris Campoli
D #2	Lubomir Visnovsky	Tom Poti	Matt Gilroy
G	Pascal LeClaire	Kevin Poulin

[Vipers2k9]

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Had a decent draft, just forgot to write down the names or the order that I drafted them in. I will highlight the rookies on the roster in the stats write up at the all star break.

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DETROIT SECOND OVERALL AFTER AMAZING START
LeClaire proves he was right choice for team.

detroitvipers.com - November 1st, 2013 - By Vic Venom

Auburn Hills, Mi - Coming into the season many wondered if the new look Vipers would be able to acheive what they were able to pull off in the first season. They also wondered what the goaltending would be like with vetern Evgani Nabokov no long with the team. Needless to say they were quieted very quickly.

The Detroit Vipers finished October with a francise best 10 - 2 - 2 mark to the start the season and find themselfs in second place overall in the division behind the surprising New Jersey Devils who are 13 - 4 - 0 and are the top team in the East.

Michael Grabner leads the team in scoring with 12 goals so far this season, 8 of those on the power play. Assistant Captain John Tavares leads in assists with 19 and points with 23. T.J. Oshie leads the team in +/- with a +9 right now.

The Tampa Bay Lightning lead the Southeast Division with a 10 - 3 - 1 record while the Boston Bruins are tied with the Toronto Maple Leafs for the top spot in the Northeast. Here are the Eastern Conference Standings...

Eastern Conference Standings - Updated: Nov 1, 2013
ATLANTIC	W	L	OTL	PTS	GF	GA
1. New Jersey Devils	13	4	0	26	50	33
2. Detroit Vipers	10	2	2	22	46	31
3. Pittsburgh Penguins	9	6	0	18	35	32
4. New York Rangers	7	6	2	16	47	42
5. Philadelphia Flyers	7	7	0	14	36	32
NORTHEAST	W	L	OTL	PTS	GF	GA
1. Boston Bruins	6	2	4	16	33	32
2. Toronto Maple Leafs	7	6	2	16	36	44
3. Montreal Canadiens	7	6	0	14	37	37
4. Buffalo Sabers	6	9	0	12	43	44
5. Ottawa Senators	4	9	0	8	26	36
SOUTHEAST	W	L	OTL	PTS	GF	GA
1. Tampa Bay Lightning	10	3	1	21	45	31
2. Carolina Hurricanes	9	4	0	18	43	27
3. Florida Panthers	8	7	1	17	41	45
4. Washington Capitals	6	5	3	15	38	39
5. Winnipeg Jets	3	11	1	7	35	63

Over in the Western Conference, The Los Angeles Kings are on top of their division with an 8 - 5 - 1 record but are tied with the Vancouver Canucks, who are also at 8 - 5 - 1 for the top spot in the conference. The Stanley Cup Champion San Jose Sharks did not have a bad start to the season going 7 - 5 - 0 in October.

The Detroit Red Wings have started the season with a 7 - 4 - 3 record and lead the central division just two points ahead of the St. Louis Blues. The other big surpise of last month, The start by the Edmonton Oilers who are in second place in the Northwest with 6 - 4 - 4 record. Here is a full look at the Western Conference Standings..

Western Conference Standings - Updated: Nov 1, 2013
CENTRAL	W	L	OTL	PTS	GF	GA
1. Detroit Red Wings	7	4	3	17	35	35
2. St. Louis Blues	7	6	1	15	42	42
3. Chicago Blackhawks	7	7	0	14	41	44
4. Columbus Bluejackets	5	4	2	12	26	22
5. Nashville Predators	2	10	0	4	23	37
NORTHWEST	W	L	OTL	PTS	GF	GA
1. Vancouver Canucks	8	5	1	17	37	33
2. Edmonton Oilers	6	4	4	16	31	32
3. Minnesota Wild	7	5	1	15	32	31
4. Colorado Avalanche	6	4	2	14	27	26
5. Calgary Flames	6	5	2	14	25	30
PACIFIC	W	L	OTL	PTS	GF	GA
1. Los Angeles Kings	8	5	1	17	47	34
2. San Jose Sharks	7	5	0	14	35	38
3. Phoenix Coyotes	6	5	2	14	31	40
4. Dallas Stars	5	4	1	11	26	31
5. Anaheim Ducks	5	8	0	10	42	48

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VIPERS REMAIN SECOND AFTER NOVEMBER.
Injuries a big issue for Vipers heading forward.

detroitvipers.com - December 1st, 2013 - By Vic Venom

Auburn Hills, Mi - The month of December should be one to see how strong this team truely is after what happened in the month of November.

While Detroit was able to go 8 - 5 - 1 in the month of November it was the key injuries to the team that made that winning record in the month something easy to look at. Detroit has lost the services of both Michael Grabner and Mark Streit for the next 9 weeks due to injury.

Grabner who leads the team in scoring is a major reason the team has the record it has outside of the goaltending. Streit is the leader in the locker room and on the blue line as well with Lubomir Visnovsky.

Detroit has yet to catch up with the New Jersey Devils who are showing what happens when you have a strong off season. The Devils are 22 - 7 - 0 and are the number one team in the East.

Meanwhile in the Southeast, The Florida Panthers have taken over first place from the Tampa Bay Lightning by just one point. Here are the full standings for the Eastern Conference...

Eastern Conference Standings - Updated: Dec 1, 2013
ATLANTIC	W	L	OTL	PTS	GF	GA
1. New Jersey Devils	22	7	0	44	90	60
2. Detroit Vipers	18	7	3	39	81	72
3. Pittsburgh Penguins	19	9	1	39	81	59
4. Philadelphia Flyers	16	12	1	33	77	67
5. New York Rangers	14	9	4	32	81	75
NORTHEAST	W	L	OTL	PTS	GF	GA
1. Toronto Maple Leafs	17	11	3	37	90	85
2. Boston Bruins	12	10	7	31	73	87
3. Montreal Canadiens	13	14	1	27	72	83
4. Buffalo Sabers	13	16	0	26	81	81
5. Ottawa Senators	11	14	2	24	67	79
SOUTHEAST	W	L	OTL	PTS	GF	GA
1. Florida Panthers	15	10	4	34	73	75
2. Carolina Hurricanes	16	8	1	33	77	59
3. Tampa Bay Lightning	16	10	1	33	81	69
4. Washington Capitals	12	10	4	28	73	72
5. Winnipeg Jets	6	18	5	17	71	110

Over in the Western Conference, The Vancouver Canucks have taken over the top spot in the conference with 35 points. They also lead the Northwest division over the Minnesota Wild by two points right now.

The bigger surprise is the fall of the Kings and the rise of the Ducks. Anaheim is now in first place in the Pacific Division. Anaheim last month was 7 points out of first place and now leads L.A. by just one point. San Jose has fallen to third just two points back of Anaheim.

The St.Louis Blues now lead the Central Division after the Red Wings collasped and fell to fourth in the division standings. The Blues lead the Blackhawks by six points right now in the central. Here is a look at the Western Conference Standings...

Western Conference Standings - Updated: Dec 1, 2013
CENTRAL	W	L	OTL	PTS	GF	GA
1. St.Louis Blues	15	8	4	34	84	77
2. Chicago Blackhawks	12	11	4	28	67	80
3. Columbus Bluejackets	11	13	3	25	59	67
4. Detroit Red Wings	8	15	4	20	56	79
5. Nashville Predators	7	19	1	15	58	83
NORTHWEST	W	L	OTL	PTS	GF	GA
1. Vancouver Canucks	17	10	1	35	76	63
2. Minnesota Wild	15	9	3	33	66	58
3. Calgary Flames	13	10	3	29	59	62
4. Edmonton Oilers	12	9	5	29	61	62
5. Colorado Avalanche	11	9	5	27	64	69
PACIFIC	W	L	OTL	PTS	GF	GA
1. Anaheim Ducks	17	10	0	34	83	71
2. Los Angeles Kings	15	10	3	33	90	75
3. San Jose Sharks	14	9	4	32	84	77
4. Phoenix Coyotes	15	10	2	32	76	75
5. Dallas Stars	9	13	2	20	58	78

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2013 - 2014 DETROIT VIPERS TEAM STATS
ALL STAR BREAK

Detroit Vipers - By Points - All Star Break Stats - 2013
Skaters	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	GW	PIM	SOG	SPCT
John Tavares	50	21	43	64	+8	2	18	175	12.00
Corey Perry	50	20	19	39	+3	3	76	161	12.42
Matt Moulson	50	17	20	37	+6	6	10	162	10.49
Kyle Okposo	48	14	21	35	+5	2	70	126	11.11
Frans Nielsen	45	11	18	29	+6	1	8	118	9.32
T.J. Oshie	50	9	17	26	+3	4	52	90	10.00
Michael Grabner	27	14	9	23	+4	4	8	96	14.58
Lubomir Visnovsky	50	7	14	21	-1	1	8	69	10.14
Cam Barker	42	2	18	20	Even	0	37	63	3.17
Tom Poti	44	2	13	15	+5	0	2	44	4.55
Matt Gilroy	48	2	13	15	-8	0	10	52	3.85
Chris Campoli	50	3	11	14	+3	0	15	70	4.29
Brad Boyes	43	6	6	12	+1	1	2	68	8.82
Josh Bailey	46	3	7	10	-10	1	6	63	4.76
Mark Streit	17	1	8	9	+3	1	11	29	3.45
Casey Cizikas	48	5	3	8	-1	2	13	52	9.62
Mattias Ritola	50	2	4	6	-11	0	10	51	3.92
Matt Carkner	33	0	2	2	-4	0	63	4	0
Goalies	GP	W	L	T	GAA	TOI	SV	SV%	SHO
Pascal LeClaire	42	27	15	0	2.61	2,486	1104	91.09	3
Kevin Poulin	10	5	3	0	2.77	541	248	90.84	1