A London Mustangs Dynasty

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Quote: Originally Posted by Vipers2k9

Rano is a beast in Net. Might pick him up for next season. What logo did you go with in the Create a Team deal. I was thinking about making the Motor City Mustangs for my Roller Hockey League I am going to make after the Wings playoff is done.

I am so sorry, I meant to get this for you but forgot. Since there is no mustang graphic I used a random one but will get this for you tomorrow.

Quote: Originally Posted by Bure10Beezer34

Nice signings bthomp, I too like to add and tinker with my AHL squad quite a bit. Makes it a little more fun when I'm playing as them. I've made a couple moves that have worked well but some others...not so much. Hopefully Ramo gets his act together. Leighton has been struggling to find his grove in Hershey so I feel your pain LOL @ Vipers2k9!!! I use to go to Cobo Hall and watch the Motor City Mustangs play!!! I was huge into roller hockey and I tried following the leagues that were on ESPN in the summer. I wish Roller Hockey Leagues would have become bigger. We lost our Mustangs in Detroit

Yeah, it helps you see your team for the future. Its one thing to fill your team with big FAs but to develop your prospects into great players seems so much more fufilling.

I was interested in roller hockey for a while but kind of lost interest. Are there any big leagues around?

Quote: Originally Posted by Axeshun

Thank you, kind sir. Yeah, I too have been to London Knights games (which is where I first caught a glimpse of what now is my favorite player, S.Kostitsyn) and it is indeed a nice place. I'm more put off by the fact that you moved the Thrashers because as it stands right now, there is virtually no chance in hell they are moved out of Atlanta. Don't let that bring you down though, I know you will do nothing less than a great job regardless of the team or location.

Thanks Axeshun, I hope I can keep your interest. Even though I Killed your Thrashers. haha

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Great Strategy, Not Enough


Eventhough the Stangs were able to contain Kovalchuk to 1 shot and Thompson recorded his 5th and 6th goals of the season, it was not enough as the 3rd place Devils beat the Stangs 6 to 3.

GM/Coach Dudley had this to say. "We really stuck to our guns and shutted down Kovy, we just forgot about the other 11 forwards."

Thompson openned scoring at 19:34 in the 1st period and it looked like a Stangs game. But incredible netminding by Marty and a sloppy Stangs defense in the 2nd and 3rd periods allowed Martin, Pandolfo, Parise (3rd), Elias (3rd), Vasyumov (4th), and Pandolfo (2nd) again to get on the board and dismantle a Stangs 3 game winning streak.

"We just played crappy. I guess all the guys were focused on Kovy, that they forgot to defend the slot. Well we can't do anything about it now, so we will focus on our next game, the Sabres." Captian Jagr was quoted after the game.

No rest for the Stangs as they travel a little bit more north to take on the Buffalo Sabres (4-0-1). Its is expect that Hedberg will get his first start of the season.

NHL Scoreboard - Mustangs (3-0-0) at Devils (4-1-0)

October 16, 2009 1 2 3 F Mustangs 1 0 2 3 Devils 0 3 3 6 Three Stars Vasyunov 1 goal (4th) and 2 assists Pandolfo 2 goals (2nd) Elias 1 goal (3rd) and 1 assist

Team Stats Comparison LON NJD Shots on Goal 45 27 Hits 24 28 Faceoffs Won-Lost 24 28 Penalty Minutes 35:00 24:00 Power Plays Converted 2 2 Total Power Plays 5 10 Time on Attack 7:23

Game Stats:

Little: 1 goal and 1 assist
Thompson: 2 goals (5th and 6th)
Afinogenov, Bogosian, Kubina, Jagr, MacCarthur: 1 assist
10 players with a minus 2
5 players with a plus 1
Pavelec: 21/27, 72.8 SAV%, 6.09 GAA

Vasyunov: 1 goal (4th) and 2 assists
Pandolfo: 2 goals (1st and 2nd)
Salvador, Clarkson: 2 assists
Elias: 1 goal (3rd) and 1 asisst
Martin: 1 goal
Rolston, Langenbrunner, Niedermeyer, Zubrus: 1 assist
Marty: 42/45, 93.3 SAV%, 3.00 GAA

Season Stats:

- Stangs are 3-1-0, 6pts and are 9th in the East
- 20 GF (12th), 14GA (2nd), 22.7PP (4th), 82.1 PK (18th)
- Thompson is 6th in the league with 9pts
- Thompson is 5th in the league with 6 goals
- Thompson is 1st in Rookie Scoring with 9 pts
- Gratton has 27 pims
- Oduya is a plus 7
- Thompson has 31 SOG

[thrashman]

At least Thompson stayed hot and you shut down Kovy.

And Vasyunov is so sick on these games even though really he's pretty average.

Oh, and I was right about Ramo's mask.

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Quote: Originally Posted by thrashman

At least Thompson stayed hot and you shut down Kovy. And Vasyunov is so sick on these games even though really he's pretty average. Oh, and I was right about Ramo's mask.

Thanks Axeshun. Great pic by the way. The game was so weird, it didn't matter what I did to try and stop the bleeding, it just continue to happen. O well, I hope my outing agianst the Sabres is more fruitful.

[leafsfan2k]

Quote: Originally Posted by thrashman

Great start to the season and a lot of milestones. Pavelec has 2 assists. Wow. Where is Evander Kane though?

You should have seen my blue jackets dynasty.Steve Mason led the team in assists with 12 in 6 games.

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Quote: Originally Posted by leafsfan2k

You should have seen my blue jackets dynasty.Steve Mason led the team in assists with 12 in 6 games.

Wow, thats incredible.

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Vanek Vanishes Stangs


In the Stangs 3rd road game in a row, they were unfortunately handed thier 2nd loss of the season by a score of 5 to 3. There road record now stands at 1-2-0.

Vanek would get on the board at 12:29 in the 1st period and the Sabres pretty much never looked back. Other contributors for the Sabres were Stafford, Roy (Had 2 tallies) and Vanek again. Miller stopped 33 of 36 shots and kept the lead for the Sabres deep into the game, while the Sabres FO efficiency was 65%, another big contributor in the win.

"They out played us and played smarter. They were 20% in the scoring catergorie compared to our 8%. We need to be smarter with the puck or this is going to be a long season." Quoted assistant Captian Thompson. The Stangs have outshot thier opponents 249 to 199, but only have a 9% goal efficiency.

For the lossing Stangs Kozlov (1st of the season), Peverly (1st goal of the season), and Little contributed while Hedberg, in his first start of the season, looked sloppy and confused as he let in 5 goals on 25 shots.

"It wasn't my fault, my defence was non existent." Hedberg told reporters after the game.

During the post game show Dudley had this to say. "I don't know what it is. Its like after the Ottawa game we just forgot how to protect the slot. You can bet we will be working on that tomorrow morning and the next."

The Stangs will get another 2 day break (most likely spent doing drills) before they finish off thier franchise first road quest against the Habs (5-2-0). Hedberg will get his 2nd start as Dudley believes he can play better.

NHL Scoreboard - Mustangs (3-1-0) at Sabres (4-0-1)

October 17, 2009 1 2 3 F Mustangs 1 1 1 3 Sabres 0 2 3 5 Three Stars Vanek 2 goals (2nd and 3rd) and 2 assits, GWG Roy 2 goals (1st and 2nd) and 2 assits Pominville 2 assists

Team Stats Comparison LON BUF Shots on Goal 36 25 Hits 21 18 Faceoffs Won-Lost 14 26 Penalty Minutes 26:00 23:00 Power Plays Converted 2 3 Total Power Plays 5 10 Time on Attack 7:14 4:36

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GAME STATS:

Little: 1 goal (2nd) and 1 assist
Kozlov and Peverly: 1 goal
Hainsey: 2 assists
Thompson and Enstrom: 1 assist
5 players had -1 or worse
Hedberg: 20/25, 80 SAV%, 5.02 GAA, 59 Mins

Vanek (3rd) and Roy (3rd): 2 goals and 2 assists
Stafford: 1 goal
Pominville: 1 assist
Kennedy, Tallinder, Gaustad, and Myer: 1 assist
3 players with +2
Miller 33/36, 91.7 SAV%, 3.00 GAA, 59 mins

[thrashman]

11 GA in the last 2 games. Sounds like the kind of D this franchise has been known for.