ATD 2023 Roster Thread

[ResilientBeast]

Red Fisher Conference

Jim Robson Division
rmartin65 & ResilientBeast - Vancouver Millionaires
Hawkey Town 18 - Chicago Shamrocks
overpass - Ottawa 67's
tiny zombies & Stanky Marmalade - Sud-Ouest Attack
Professor What & Hitru - Gallifrey TARDIS

Foster Hewitt Division
ImporterExporter - Saskatoon Sheiks
Sturminator - Seattle Metropolitans
Bogart & Dr Pepper - Trois-Rivieres Lions
tony d - Alexanders
Johnny Engine & spitsfan24 - Windsor Spitfires


Jim Coleman Conference

Bob Cole Division
TheDevilMadeMe & BraveCanadian - Guelph Platers
Claude the Fraud - Peterborough Petes
nabby12 & ChiTownPhilly - Gimil Whisky Thieves
Leaf Lander - Toronto Maple Leafs
Bluebleeder - St. Louis Eagles

Rene Lecavalier Division
The Macho King - Richmond Renegades
VanIslander - Chesapeake Icebreakers
RustyRazor - Portland Stags
Habsfan18 & Transplanted Caper - Nova Scotia Voyageurs

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[ResilientBeast]

Jim Robson Division
rmartin65 & ResilientBeast - Vancouver Millionaires
Hawkey Town 18 - Chicago Shamrocks
overpass - Ottawa 67's
tiny zombies & Stanky Marmalade- San Francisco Rink Rats
Professor What & Hitru - Gallifrey TARDIS

 

[Professor What]

Gallifrey TARDIS​

Co-GM: @Hitru

​

Coach: Pete Green

Brendan Shanahan - Syl Apps (A) - Charlie Conacher
Markus Naslund - Connor McDavid - Corey Perry
Alexander Yakushev - Ron Francis (A) - Pavel Bure
Don Marshall - Vyacheslav Starshinov - Dave Taylor
Jack Darragh, Butch Goring

Slava Fetisov (C) - Valeri Vasiliev
Ken Reardon - Red Horner
Mark Giordano - Ken Randall
PK Subban

Dominik Hasek
Pekka Rinne

Power Play
First Unit
Shannahan
McDavid-Apps-Conacher
Fetisov

Second Unit
Perry
Yakushev-Francis-Bure
Reardon

Penalty Kill
First Unit
Marshall-Starshinov-Reardon-Vasiliev

Second Unit
Francis-Bure-Fetisov-Randall

*The second and third lines will receive roughly equal playing time.

 

[Hawkey Town 18]

Chicago Shamrocks

Coach: Jon Cooper

Henrik Zetterberg (A) <-> Joe Malone - Andy Bathgate
Herbie Lewis - Bill Cowley - Bill Cook (C)
Bun Cook - Patrice Bergeron - Punch Broadbent
Nick Metz - Dale Hawerchuk - Mark Stone


Doug Harvey - Tom Johnson
Scott Stevens (A) - Art Ross
Roman Josi - Cy Wentworth

---- OR ----

Scott Stevens (A) - Doug Harvey
Art Ross - Tom Johnson
Roman Josi - Cy Wentworth


Vladislav Tretiak
Tiny Thompson


Spares: Patrick Sharp, Bob Bourne, Jim Neilson


PP1
Malone - Cowley - Bill Cook
Harvey - Bathgate

PP2
Lewis - Hawerchuk - Broadbent
Ross - Josi

PK1
Metz - Bergeron
Harvey - Johnson

PK2
Zetterberg - Bun Cook
Stevens - Wentworth

Extra PK F: Stone
Extra PK D: Ross or Josi
​

Notes
- On the 1st line, Zetterberg and Malone can both play C and LW, giving them the ability to switch when necessary, but the great majority of the time the line will feature Malone at C and Zetterberg at LW.
- Defensive pairings will depend on opponents, but we feel the more common setup will be Harvey and Stevens on separate pairings.
- At ES Hawerchuk will be asked to play a checking role similar to what he did in the 1987 Canada Cup, we fully expect his ES offense to decrease from this, but this should not affect his PP offense, which should be similar to how he played during his prime in the NHL where his focus was offense.


Estimated Minutes

Forwards

Player	ES	PP	PK	Total
H. Zetterberg	13​		3​	16​
J. Malone	14​	4​		18​
A. Bathgate	14​	5​		19​
H. Lewis	14​	2​		16​
B. Cowley	13​	4​		17​
Bill Cook	15​	5​		20​
Bun Cook	12​		3​	15​
P. Bergeron	12​		4​	16​
P. Broadbent	11​	3​		14​
N. Metz	7​		4​	11​
D. Hawerchuk	7​	3​		10​
M. Stone	6​			6​
TOTAL	138​	26​	14​	178​

Defense

Player	ES	PP	PK	Total
D. Harvey	19​	4​	4​	27​
S. Stevens	19.5​		3.5​	23​
T. Johnson	13.5​		3.5​	17​
A. Ross	14​	2​		16​
R. Josi	14​	3​		17​
C. Wentworth	12​		3​	15​
TOTAL	92​	9​	14​	115​

Chicago Shamrocks Real World Team History
In 1930, James Norris pursued the NHL for rights to a second NHL team in Chicago, but was spurned by the league who supported the NHL Chicago Black Hawks concerns regarding competition for fan base. He turned to the American Hockey Association who gave him rights to an expansion team in Chicago. The league had renamed itself the American Hockey League and declared itself a major league, to the anger of NHL president Frank Calder, who branded the league an outlaw league.

In 1931-32 season, their second, the Shamrocks won the league championship. Convinced they should be given a chance to play for the Stanley Cup, they petitioned the Cup trustees for that opportunity. However the trustees would have to convince the NHL to accept that challenge and the NHL would not. Perhaps frustrated by this, Norris once again looked to join the NHL.

In May 1932, the Detroit Falcons of the NHL declared bankruptcy, and Norris used that opportunity to convince the NHL he could take over the team. The NHL agreed on the condition that he disband the Shamrocks who were a thorn in the side of the Chicago Blackhawks. So he disbanded the Shamrocks and took three of the best players with him to Detroit, renaming the team the Red Wings. The American Hockey League reverted to the American Hockey Association after this and once again demoted itself to minor league status.

 

[overpass]

Ottawa 67s

Coach: Al Arbour
Captain: Sid Abel (Brian Leetch, Guy Carbonneau)

Lineup
Luc Robitaille - Norm Ullman - Guy Lafleur
Sid Abel (C) - Evgeni Malkin - Alexander Mogilny
Marty Pavelich - Guy Carbonneau (A) - Lanny McDonald
Kevin Stevens - Ralph Backstrom - Ace Bailey

Moose Johnson - Eddie Shore
Brian Leetch (A) - Bill White
Jim Schoenfeld - Kris Letang

Glenn Hall
Curtis Joseph

Spares: Artemi Panarin, Vic Stasiuk, Brian Campbell

Power play
Robitaille
Lafleur - Shore - Malkin
Leetch

Abel
McDonald - Ullman - Mogilny
Letang
Penalty kill

Pavelich - Carbonneau
Schoenfeld - White

Ullman - Bailey
Johnson - Shore​

Abel, Backstrom, Leetch can also fill in.

Draft
​

9. Eddie Shore, RD
30. Guy Lafleur, RW
47. Brian Leetch, LD
68. Glenn Hall, G
85. Sid Abel, C/LW
106. Evgeni Malkin, C
123. Moose Johnson, LD/cover point
144. Norm Ullman, C
161. Luc Robitaille, LW
182. Bill White, RD
199. Al Arbour, coach
220. Guy Carbonneau, C
237. Lanny McDonald, RW
258. Marty Pavelich, LW
275. Ralph Backstrom, C
296. Ace Bailey, RW
313. Kris Letang, RD
334. Jim Schoenfeld, LD
351. Alexander Mogilny, RW
372. Kevin Stevens, LW
389. Artemi Panarin, LW
410. Vic Stasiuk, W
427. Curtis Joseph, G
448. Brian Campbell, LD

 

[tinyzombies]

Sud-Ouest (PSC) Attack
Home Rink: Point-St-Charles Arena

Co-GM:
@Stanky Marmalade

Coach: Darryl Sutter

Patrik Elias -- Sidney Crosby (C) -- Mark Recchi
Doug Bentley - Milt Schmidt (A) - Helmuts Balderis
Jere Lehtinen -- Mike Modano -- Dany Heatley
Gary Roberts -- Duke Keats -- Frank Finnigan
Denis Savard
Pavol Demitra

Dit Clapper (A) --- Brad Park
Jack Stewart --- Bob Goldham
Pat Stapleton --- Jack Crawford
Gary Suter

Clint Benedict
Carey Price

PP1:
Park
Heatley - Crosby - Balderis
Clapper

PP2:
Stapleton
Modano - Recchi - Bentley
Schmidt

PK1: Stewart-Goldham-Schmidt-Finnigan
PK2: Staple-Crawford/Park-Bentley-Elias

​

 

[rmartin65]

Coach: Cecil Hart

Busher Jackson --- Cyclone Taylor --- Jarome Iginla (A)
Keith Tkachuk --- Bryan Trottier --- Babe Dye
Aurele Joliat --- Russell Bowie --- Bobby Bauer
Gilles Tremblay --- Ken Mosdell --- Ryan Kesler

Frantisek Pospisil (C) --- Bobby Orr
Lester Patrick (A) --- Sylvio Mantha
Derian Hatcher --- John Carlson

Charlie Gardiner
Hugh Lehman

Spares: Frank McGee, Frank Patrick

PP1: Jackson - Trottier - Dye - Taylor - Orr
PP2: Joliat - Bowie - Iginla - Patrick/Taylor - Carlson
PK1: Tremblay - Kesler - Hatcher - Mantha
PK2: Joliat - Mosdell - Pospisil - Orr​

 

[ResilientBeast]

Foster Hewitt Division
ImporterExporter - Saskatoon Sheiks
Sturminator - Seattle Metropolitans
Bogart & Dr Pepper - Trois-Rivieres Lions
tony d - Alexanders
Johnny Engine & spitsfan24 - Windsor Spitfires

 

[tony d]

Brantford Alexanders

Coach: Glen Sather

Captain: Doug Gilmour
Alternates: Rod Langway, Bryan Hextall

Valeri Kharlamov-Howie Morenz-Bryan Hextall
Frank Mahovlich-Doug Gilmour-Theo Fleury
Dick Duff-Vladimir Petrov-Ziggy Palffy
Joe Klukay-Cooney Weiland-Ron Ellis

Paul Coffey-Rod Langway
Allan Stanley-Hod Stuart
Ryan Suter-Barry Beck

Grant Fuhr
Jiri Holecek

Special Teams:

PP 1: Valeri Kharlamov-Howie Morenz-Bryan Hextall-Paul Coffey-Ryan Suter
PP 2: Frank Mahovlich- Doug Gimour-Theo Fleury- Hod Stuart, Barry Beck

PK 1: Joe Klukay-Doug Gilmour, Rod Langway, Allan Stanley
PK 2: Conney Weiland-Ron Ellis-Ryan Suter, Barry Beck

Extras: Nathan MacKinnon, Rick Tocchet, Ott Heller

 

[ImporterExporter]

SASKATOON SHEIKS


Coach:
Toe Blake


Roster:
Captain: Eddie Gerard
Alternate: Gordie Howe
Alternate: Sprague Cleghorn
Alternate: Babe Siebert


Forwards:

Michel Goulet ​	Phil Esposito​	Gordie Howe (A)​
Syd Howe ​	Nels Stewart​	Nikita Kucherov​
Gordon Roberts​	Gilbert Perreault ​	Joe Mullen​
Tony Leswick ​	Derek Sanderson​	Phil Watson​

Line 1:
Howe will act as primary puck carrier for line, much as he did in Detroit w/The Production Line. His all time great fore-checking/goalscoring/playmaking serves an equally all time great goal scorer, Esposito about as well as one could draw up for a hockey club.

An underrated aspect to Esposito's game was his passing skills (led league in assists 3 times, and finished runner up 4 times). He and Howe should be extremely productive on the cycle, generating a lot of puck possession and scoring chances for both, and as you can see below on the VsX charts, either is just as likely to bury the puck in the back of the net.

Goulet, as he did on Team Canada numerous times, most famously in 1987 w/Gretzky and Lemieux, serves as the primary safety/checking valve. It's a role he excelled in when playing with significantly better linemates and brings a nice goal scoring touch as a 3rd wheel. As someone who also carried a line for years at ES in Quebec (he did not skate with Stastny) he gives the Sheiks another reliable option as a puck carrier when the breakout is shifted to the left side of the ice.

Howe and Goulet's skating/checking abilities are strong cover for Espo, someone who was certainly big and plenty physical, but not the swiftest skater in the world, obviously.

VsX Scoring (best 7 years):
Esposito - 130.4 (2nd all time)
Howe - 125.5 (3rd all time)
Goulet - 79.3 (does it really matter)

Total VsX = 335.2

VsX Goals (best 7 years):
Howe - 65.5 (3rd all time)
Esposito - 62.1 (4th all time)
Goulet - 43.1 (44th all time)

VsX Assists (best 7 years):
Esposito - 85.7 (4th all time)
Howe - 80.0 (8th all time)


Line 2:

It would have been neat keeping the Howe's united on the top line, but the 2nd unit needed the strong checking and versatility of Syd Howe, more than they needed Goulet's goal scoring and just decent checking abilities.

Howe brings strong checking, which serves the goal dominant Nels Stewart well. Stewart, if you could please read my bio, was certainly not slow as thought of for years around here (Toe Blake literally refutes the notion Stewart was a pylon and compared his skating to Jean Beliveau) and at least during his Maroons days, had numerous bright spots defensively, again a stark contrast to what we "knew" for years. Now, I'm not saying that Stewart was a speedster or some sort of defensive marvel, but the longstanding and factually wrong stereotypes (that he had cement shoes and was worthless defensively) that we've seen persist, should not remain in any real historical conversation.

Kucherov will serve as the primary puck mover of the group and his playmaking abilities are obviously well documented as someone who is still playing today. Throwing out McDavid, you could certainly argue NK as the best pure playmaker in the NHL over the last half decade or so.

Stewart's physicality/intimidating presence and more importantly, longevity at staying healthy (rarely missed games during his 15 year career, a long career for that era) was a big reason I chose him over Stamkos (for those wondering), who has obviously missed significant time throughout his career and doesn't really bring any physical or defensive element to the table. Kucherov, is better protected to play his best game, with Nels, IMO.

VsX Scoring (best 7 years):
Stewart - 90.3*
Kucherov - 85.7**
Howe - 83.7

Total VsX = 259.7

*Stewart's 7 year score does not include his 1925-26 campaign in which he won the Hart, Rocket, Ross, Smythe during the NHL's campaign. That was the final season before consolidation. Given his 42 points was 2nd most between the East and West (Bill Cook scored 44 points in the WHL), you could certainly replace his 7th best scoring season in the NHL and his overall score would rise considerably.

**Kucherov's score would also rise significantly as well if the current season ended today (Kuch ranks 3rd in scoring behind McD and Draisaitil) having a 3rd place scoring finish replace whatever his 7th best season was previosly.



Defensemen:

Sprague Cleghorn (A) ​	Eddie Gerard (C) ​
Babe Siebert (A)​	Bill Gadsby​
Doug Wilson​	Neil Colville​

Tommy Gorman

I admired Eddie Gerard more than any athlete I ever handled. He always gave all he had, was a great organizer, an exceptional team captain, and a fine sport. He was courageous and possessed a fighting-spirit that was hard to beat. He was the spark-plug of the famous Super-Six, which I consider the greatest team of all time. Eddie Gerard and Sprague Cleghorn, were in my opinion, the greatest defence in hockey.

2 way play, and skating, across the blue line is what the Sheiks were looking for when construction the back end of the team. We feel that to often the ATD traps GM's into pairing a traditional strong offensive player, with a strong defensive player but that has its risks, in that it generally leaves a side of the ice with a weak(er) puck moving player, susceptible to a great fore check.

Cleghorn-Gerard was a real life pairing from one of the all time great dynasties in hockey (early 20's Sens). As you can see above,

Cleghorn took 4 out of 7 "aces of hockey" votes on the 1938 All Time Team (screen shot above), as well as being a top 2 pick on many other all time lists by prominent hockey names. He was a brilliant rusher of the puck as evidenced by his retiring with the 2nd most points by a Dman (behind Cameron), finishing top 3 in scoring among D, ELEVEN times between 1911 and 1926, and many references in his multiple bios. He was also the first Dman to lead his team in scoring.

There is nothing to suggest he wasn't anything but a very strong defensive presence as well, again if you read the bios. He could skate, he was one of the most intimidating players of hockey, pre O6 era. He crossed the line between hard play and savagery a few times, however, was hardly the only player who was cited for such behavior in this tie period, while the world class leadership of Gerard, who won back to back SC's with Cleghorn in Ottawa, should ease the concern of Sprague getting too far out of control.

Not to mention, in the locker room, Sprague was known to be a loose, practical joker type so the on ice persona was about playing the game a certain way and his hockey sense/brains were routinely lauded as elite by contemporaries.

To me, Cleghorn was the Chris Pronger of early era hockey, though a stronger offensive player.




Netminders:

Bernie Parent​

Andrei Vasilevskiy​

Spares:

Terry Harper - D (#7D, will slide into the #6 role next to Wilson if Colville is shifted up to C at any point during the year due to injuries or tactical deployment. A long time Toe Blake staple in Montreal)

Floyd Curry - RW (will slide into 4RW, if Phil Watson were to be moved up to the 3C role, giving the team a more defensive posture. Like Harper, played for years under Blake).

Phil Goyette - C (Another Toe Blake player, he will fill in the bottom 6 if injuries should arise)



Special Teams:


Power Play 1 (1-3-1):

Net (1) - Nels Stewart
Left wall (3) - Gordie Howe
Slot (3) - Phil Esposito
Right wall (3) - Nikita Kucherov
Point (1) - Doug Wilson

Power Play 2 (3-2):

Net/Slot - Gordon Roberts
Left wall - Syd Howe
Right wall - Gilbert Perreault
Left point - Bill Gadsby
Right point - Sprague Cleghorn


Penalty Kill 1:

Derek Sanderson - Neil Colville
Sprague Cleghorn - Eddie Gerard

Penalty Kill 2:

Phil Watson - Tony Leswick
Babe Siebert - Bill Gadsby

 

[Sturminator]

The Seattle Metropolitans

Coach: Scotty Bowman

John LeClair - Jean Béliveau (C) - Brett Hull
Igor Larionov (A) - Sergei Fedorov - Patrick Kane
Frank Foyston (A) - Frank Fredrickson - Bobby Rousseau
Craig Ramsay - Don Luce - Vladimir Vikulov

King Clancy - Tim Horton
Ivan Johnson - Alex Pietrangelo
Lloyd Cook - Art Duncan

Bill Durnan
Hap Holmes
​

Power Play:

Hull - Béliveau - Kane
Clancy - Fedorov

Foyston - Fredrickson - LeClair
Pietrangelo - Rousseau

------------------------

Penalty Kill:

Ramsay - Luce
Johnson - Horton

Larionov - Fedorov
Cook - Pietrangelo

------------------------

​

#7: Jean Béliveau
#32: King Clancy
#45: Tim Horton
#70: Patrick Kane
#83: Brett Hull
#108: Ivan Johnson
#121: Sergei Fedorov
#146: John LeClair
#159: Frank Foyston
#184: Scotty Bowman
#197: Bill Durnan
#222: Alex Pietrangelo
#235: Frank Fredrickson
#260: Craig Ramsay
#273: Igor Larionov
#298: Don Luce
#311: Art Duncan
#336: Bobby Rousseau
#349: Lloyd Cook
#374: Vladimir Vikulov
#387: Hap Holmes
#412: Viktor Kuzkin
#425: Odie Cleghorn
#450: Rick Nash

 

[Elvis P]

Coach: Joel Quenneville

Bo. Hull - Nighbor (C) - Alf
Phillips - Lalonde (A) - Provost
Noble - Hooley - Toppazzini
Shutt - Peca - M. Tkachuk

C Primeau (L), RW Dino C. (R)

Quackenbush - Seibert (A)
Gardiner - Zubov
Pratt - Desjardins

Mark Tinordi (L)

Broda
Worsley

Power Play

Bo. Hull - LaLonde - Alf - Quackenbush - Zubov

Phillips - Noble - Hooley - Pratt - Desjardins

Penalty Kill

Nighbor - Provost - Gardiner - Seibert

Peca - Toppazzini - Pratt - Desjardins

Quotes are from HHOF - Player Inductees Search: Alphabetical
​

1. LW Bobby Hull - "His shot was timed at approximately 120 miles per hour. His powerful legs never stopped moving and his muscular upper body enabled him to handle the rough side of the game".
2. C Frank Nighbor - "Nighbor was pressed into service only as a result of an injury bug that hit the team. He made the most of this opportunity by registering six goals in his first dramatic appearance".
3. D Earl Siebert - "Seibert's demeanor was always serious. On the ice, this manifested itself in mature play and tremendous leadership. Off ice, it meant he was a tough negotiator in contract talks".
4. C Newsy LaLonde - "On March 11, 1910, he scored nine goals in one game, an NHA record that was never beaten and only equaled by Tommy Smith".
5. D Bill Quackenbush - "He was among the NHL's elite rushing blueliners. More significantly, he was a superior defender in his own end who relied on positioning and discipline rather than physical intimidation for his success".
6. C Hooley Smith - "When Babe Siebert took Ward's place, the dreaded S Line was born. It was a combination that terrorized the NHL for several years. Each member of the S Line was skilled, and just as willing to skate over an opponent as around them".
8. LW Tommy Phillips - "Phillips showed himself to be a speed merchant on the blades and had no peer as a backchecker".
10. LW Reg Noble - "Noble was a crowd favorite at the old Mutual Street Arena and one loyal fan used to wind up a siren whenever Noble stole the puck from an opposing attacker, sending the rest of the crowd into a frenzy".
11. D Sergei Zubov - “What he brought to us was composure with the puck. He had such great patience, such great vision that made everyone who played on the ice with him a lot better player.” Former Dallas Stars head coach Ken Hitchcock
13. D Herb Gardiner - "Gardiner was a rock on the defense corps of every team he played on, and he was also respected for his consistent play through each season".
16. RW Alf Smith - "Smith played on a line with Frank McGee, making room for his talented teammate with his bruising style. Later his brother Harry took up a position on his line and the siblings had great success".
17. D Babe Pratt - "His leadership and ability are backed up by his remarkable winning record, from the National Hockey League to junior, as his teams won 15 championships over his 26 years in the game".
18. C Joe Primeau - "His leadership and ability are backed up by his remarkable winning record, from the National Hockey League to junior, as his teams won 15 championships over his 26 years in the game".
20. LW Steve Shutt - "In 1976-77, the fleet scorer was partnered with Jacques Lemaire and Guy Lafleur to form the top line in the NHL. Their offensive dominance helped Montreal post the greatest regular season in league history with an astonishing 60-8-12 record".
24. RW Dino Ciccarelli - 608 career goals, 1200 points.

 

[spitsfan24]

Windsor Spitfires

Coach: Tommy Gorman
Assistant Coach: Larry Robinson
Captain: Henri Richard
Alternate: Chris Chelios
Alternate: Scott Niedermayer

Dickie Moore - Henri Richard - Jaromir Jagr
Jamie Benn - Eric Lindros - Didier Pitre
Jack Walker - Ryan Getzlaf - Rick Middleton
Vinny Damphousse - John Madden - Rene Robert

Extra: Joe Nieuwendyk

Scott Niedermayer - Chris Chelios
Harry Howell - Erik Karlsson
Lennart Svedberg - Ted Green

Extra: Glen Harmon

Ed Belfour
Ed Giacomin

Power Play:
Eric Lindros
Didier Pitre - Dickie Moore - Jaromir Jagr
Erik Karlsson

Jamie Benn
Ryan Getzlaf - Rick Middleton - Scott Niedermayer
Chris Chelios​

Jagr plays most of the power play on the right side, but getting Niedermayer on towards the end allows us to reset with the first defense pair on the ice.

Penalty Kill:
Jack Walker - John Madden
Harry Howell - Chris Chelios

Vincent Damphousse - Rick Middleton
Scott Niedermayer - Ted Green

Last Minute With Lead:
Dickie Moore - Henri Richard - Jack Walker
Harry Howell - Chris Chelios

Goalie Pull:
Eric Lindros
Dickie Moore - Henri Richard - Jaromir Jagr
Didier Pitre - Erik Karlsson​

 

[ResilientBeast]

Bob Cole Division
TheDevilMadeMe & BraveCanadian - Guelph Platers
Claude the Fraud - Peterborough Petes
nabby12 & ChiTownPhilly - Gimil Whisky Thieves
Leaf Lander - Toronto Maple Leafs
Bluebleeder - St. Louis Eagles

 

[nabby12]

nabby12 & ChiTownPhilly - Gimil Whisky Thieves

Coach: Tommy Ivan
Special Assistant To Coach: Vladimir Kostka

Ted Lindsay (A) --- Ted Kennedy (C) --- Teemu Selanne
Paul Thompson --- Leon Draisaitl --- Rod Gilbert
Claude Giroux --- Max Bentley --- Eric Nesterenko
Esa Tikkanen --- Pavel Datsyuk --- Ed Westfall
Ilya Kovalchuk

Nicklas Lidstrom (A) --- Al MacInnis
Georges Boucher --- Jan Suchy
Leo Reise Jr. --- Teppo Numminen
Leo Boivin

Frank Brimsek
Chuck Rayner

Regular season time-on-ice charts:

First number- Defensively-oriented "road-game" template
Second number- Offensively-oriented "home-game" template
Third number- Template for dressing 7 Defensemen

C	ES	PP	PK	TOT
Kennedy	13	1	4	17
Draisaitl	11	3		14
M. Bentley	12	2		14
Datsyuk	9	1	2	13

W	ES	PP	PK	TOT
Lindsay	15	3		18
P. Thompson	12/12/14	4		16/16/18
C. Giroux	10/10/14	3	2	15/15/18
Tikkanen	10/10/X		4/3/X	14/13/X
Selänne	16/15/16	3		19/18/19
Gilbert	14/15/16	1		15/16/17
Nesterenko	11/X/13		2/X/4	13/X/17
Westfall	11/11/X		2/3/X	13/14/X
Kovalchuk	X/11/13	X/3/3		X/14/16

D	ES	PP	PK	TOT
Lidström	17/17/16	4	4	24/24/23
G. Boucher	16/16/14	3/3/0	0	21/21/16
L. Reise Jr	13/13/11		1	15/15/13
L. Boivin	X/X/10		2	X/X/10
MacInnis	18/18/16	4	1	23/23/21
Suchý	15/15/13	3	4	22/22/20
Numminen	13/13/11		2	15/15/13

PP #1: Lidström-MacInnis-Selänne-Draisaitl-P Thompson
PP#2: Suchý- G Boucher or Kovalchuk-Giroux-M Bentley-Lindsay
spare PPers- Datsyuk, Gilbert, Kennedy

PK #1: Lidström-Suchý-Kennedy-Westfall/Tikkanen
PK #2: G Boucher/Leo Reise Jr/Numminen [3 to choose 2]-Datsyuk/Giroux-Nesterenko
spare PKers: Boivin (replaces Reise on PP #2 when starting), MacInnis

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

Coaches: Anatoli Tarasov & Arkady Chernyshev

Vladimir Krutov - Wayne Gretzky (C) - Boris Mikhailov (A)
Brad Marchand - Peter Stastny - Mickey MacKay
Sergei Kapustin - Darryl Sittler (A) - Daniel Alfredsson
Doug Mohns - Nicklas Backstrom - Blake Wheeler
Spares: Shane Doan (RW/LW), (Mickey MacKay, C)

Duncan Keith - Pierre Pilote
Carl Brewer - Fern Flaman
Sergei Gonchar- Red Dutton
Spares: (Doug Mohns)

Jacques Plante
Henrik Lundqvist

PP1: Vladimir Krutov - Wayne Gretzky - Boris Mikhailov - Sergei Gonchar - Pierre Pilote
PP2: Brad Marchand - Peter Stastny - Darryl Sittler - Daniel Alfredsson - Duncan Keith

PK1: Mickey MacKay - Brad Marchand - Duncan Keith - Fern Flaman
PK2: Wayne Gretzky - Vladimir Krutov/Boris Mikhailov - Carl Brewer - Red Dutton
PK spare: Nicklas Backstrom - Daniel Alfredsson, Doug Mohns

 

[Claude The Fraud]

Coach: Lester Patrick
Captain: Ray Bourque
Alternate: Rod Brind’Amour
Alternate: Ebbie Goodfellow

#55 Baldy Northcott - #7 Frank Boucher - #22 Mike Bossy
#16 Cy Denneny - #17 Marty Barry - #10 Vladimir Martinec
#20 Jiri Holik - #19 Rod Brind’Amour - #33 Tony Amonte
#27 John Tonelli - #18 Walt Tkaczuk - #11 Bob Nevin
#61 Pat Lafontaine - #14 Brian Sutter

#77 Ray Bourque - #6 Alexei Kasatonov
#5 Ebbie Goodfellow - #2 Jimmy Thomson
#23 Mike Ramsey - #3 «Bullet» Joe Simpson
#96 Phil Housley

#29 Ken Dryden
#32 Jonathan Quick

PP1
Denneny(net)
Boucher-Bossy
Goodfellow-Bourque

PP2
Brind'Amour(net)
Barry-Martinec
Simpson-Kasatonov

PK1
Brind'Amour-Nevin
Ramsey-Bourque

PK2
Boucher-Martinec
Goodfellow-Thomson/Kasatonov​

 

[BlueBleeder]

St. Louis Eagles

Head Coach - Fred Shero
Captain - Messier
Alt. Cap - Clarke
Alt. Cal - Weber

Firsov- Messier (C) - Hossa
Barber - Clarke (A) - Neely
Marcotte - Kopitar - Larmer
Gillies - Roenick - Gare

Salming - Weber(A)
Pronovost - R. Blake
Lowe - Boyle

Esposito
Smith

Reserves
Pastrnak
Redden
Holik

PP1 (1-3-1)
Hossa
Firsov - Messier - Larmer
Boyle

PP2
Barber - Clarke - Neely
Salming - Blake/Weber

PK1
Kopitar - Marcotte
Salming - Weber

Clarke - Gare
Lowe - Blake

Extra PK: Larmer, Hossa, Barber

 

[Leaf Lander]

Coach:Barry Trotz
Captain: Armstrong
Assistant: Ovechkin
Assistant: StLouis
Assistant: Burns


Ovechkin - Adam Oates- St Louis
Kariya--Dionne--Gartner
Tavares-O'Rielly-Marner
Pulford-Otto-Armstrong
Staal- Nilsson

Kelly-Hedman
JC Tremblay-Burns
McCrimmon- Baun
Hollett

Sawchuk
Hainsworth

PP1:
Ovechkin Oates StLouis
Kelly Hedman
PP2:
Kariya Dionne Gartner
Tremblay Burns

PK1:
Otto Oates Kelly Hedman
PK2:
Gartner Pulford McCrimmon Tremblay


​

Ovechkin
Kelly
Sawchuck
Hedman
St Louis
Dionne
JC Tremblay
Oates
Pulford
Kariya
Burns
McCrimmon
Armstrong
Gartner
Otto
O'Rielly
Trotz
Baun
Hainsworth
Tavares
Marner
Hollett
Staal
Nilsson

 

[ResilientBeast]

Rene Lecavalier Division
The Macho King - Richmond Renegades
VanIslander - Chesapeake Icebreakers
RustyRazor - Portland Stags
Habsfan18 & Transplanted Caper - Nova Scotia Voyageurs

 

[RustyRazor]

Portland Stags
Portland, Oregon
Home Rink: Ice Hippodrome
GM: RustyRazor

Roster

Coach: Dick Irvin
Captain: Harvey Pulford
Alternates: Zdeno Chara, Maurice Richard, Jonathan Toews

Bert Olmstead - Elmer Lach - Maurice Richard (A)
Alex Delvecchio (A) - Steven Stamkos - Gordie Drillon
Smokey Harris - Jonathan Toews - Bernie Morris
Rusty Crawford - Václav Nedomanský - Jimmy Ward

Zdeno Chara (A) - Drew Doughty
Harvey Pulford (C) - Harry Cameron
Hap Day - Joe Hall

Patrick Roy
Marc-Andre Fleury

Spares: Eddie Oatman (RW/D), Joe Pavelski (F), Bobby Rowe (D/RW)

PP1
Drillon
Stamkos - Nedomanský - Richard
Cameron

PP2
Harris
Hall - Morris - Delvecchio
Chara

PK1
Pulford - Chara
Crawford - Toews

PK2
Doughty - Day
Ward - Delvecchio​

1. Rocket Richard, RW
2. Patrick Roy, G
3. Zdeno Chara, D
4. Elmer Lach, C
5. Drew Doughty, D
6. Alex Delvecchio, C/LW
7. Bert Olmstead, LW
8. Harry Cameron, D
9. Steven Stamkos, C
10. Jonathan Toews, C
11. Dick Irvin, Coach
12. Gordie Drillon, RW
13. Fred "Smokey" Harris, LW
14. Harvey Pulford, D
15. Clarence "Happy" Day, D
16. Václav Nedomanský, C/RW
17. "Bad Joe" Hall, D
18. Jimmy Ward, RW
19. Rusty Crawford, LW
20. Bernie Morris, C/RW
21. Eddie Oatman, RW/D
22. Joe Pavelski, F
23. Marc-Andre Fleury, G
24. Bobby Rowe, D/RW

 

[Transplanted Caper]

Head Coach: Hap Day
Captain: Bob Gainey
Assistant Captain: Larry Robinson
Assistant Captain: Stan Mikita

Sweeney Schriner-Stan Mikita-Bernie Geoffrion
Roy Conacher-Peter Forsberg-Larry Aurie
Bob Gainey-Dave Keon-Dirk Graham
Zach Parise-Mats Sundin-Tim Kerr
Blair Russell, Milan Novy

Larry Robinson-Serge Savard
Guy Lapointe-Vladimir Konstantinov
Gus Mortson-Kevin Hatcher
Moose Vasko

Johnny Bower
Roy Worters

PP1:

Schriner - Mikita - Forsberg
Geoffrion - Lapointe

PP2:

Conacher - Sundin - Kerr
Hatcher - Robinson

PK1:

Gainey - Keon
Robinson - Savard

PK2:

Graham - Aurie
Lapointe - Konstantinov
​

 

[The Macho King]

RICHMOND RENEGADES​

Coach: Pat Burns
Captain: Mario Lemieux
Assistant: Joe Sakic
Assistant: Chris Pronger

Woody Dumart - Mario Lemieux - Jari Kurri
Dean Prentice - Joe Sakic - Alexander Maltsev
Johnny Gottselig - Jean Ratelle - Cecil Dillon
Wayne Cashman - Pit Lepine - Claude Lemieux

Chris Pronger - Jacques Laperriere
Mark Howe - Art Coulter
Mike Grant - Lionel Hitchman

Georges Vezina
Roberto Luongo​

 

[VanIslander]

Chesapeake Icebreakers
coach Viktor Tikhonov
"The [NHL] scouts are interested in whether I have thought up something new.
Yes - I have - you can be sure of that!"

Toe Blake - Steve Yzerman (C) - Sergei Makarov
Johnny Bucyk (A) - Joe Thornton - Yvan Cournoyer
George Hay - Jacques Lemaire - Glenn Anderson
Brian Propp - Dave Poulin - Ed Litzenberger
Auston Matthews, Bill Mosienko

Denis Potvin (A) - Emile Bouchard
Lionel Conacher - Larry Murphy
Vladimir Lutchenko - Alex Ragulin
Adam Foote

Martin Brodeur
Rogie Vachon​

PK1: Poulin - Propp - Conacher - Bouchard - Brodeur
PK2: Yzerman - Makarov - Potvin - Ragulin - Brodeur
PP1: Blake - Yzerman - Anderson - Potvin - Murphy
PP2: Bucyk - Thornton - Makarov - Lemaire - Lutchenko

Notes:
1. Your number one penalty killer is your goaltender. Don't forget that.
... 1a. Poulin-Propp was the top duo on the Flyers' league-leading efficient pk in multiple seasons; Yzerman was on the NHL's top pk unit in two seasons.
2 . Divisional opponents are played against more often, so when I saw Mario, i drafted hard-hitting Potvin; when i saw Richard i went Blake and Bucyk.
3. Selke Yzerman, bull Bucyk and athletic Conacher are glue guys making goalie Brodeur feel like he's still winning cups in Jersey. Anchors in a storm.
4. The 8-year double dynasty-length defenseman Butch Bouchard at 6'2 over a half century ago with accolades galore about his ability to break up physical play is a green light to all-time elite Potvin.
5. Makarov and Murphy were chosen because of their hockey I.Q., HHOFers renowned for being in the right place at the right time; Tikhonov's #1 pker was Makarov, Bowman's top-pairing dman in cup wins for two franchises was Murphy.
6. The Thornton - Cournoyer back-to-back picks is about lightning accurate counterattacks: Joe wins a defensive zone face off, uses his body to deflect checking, then pinpoint passes (no one can claim to have done better this century) to the streaking Road Runner (*beep beep*).
7. The 3rd line is money: intangibles + clutch scoring + commited physically. (Fun fact: no one scored more in the 1970s playoffs than Lemaire. Not even Lafleur; Anderson of course is 4th all time in career playoff scoring; his net-crashing was epic).
8. The 3rd pairing defenders are two of the three best of the legendary emergent Soviet teams that shocked the 1970's.
9. The players were assembled with only 3 coaches in mind: Bowman, Q and Tikhonov (the three winningest coaches in hockey history who share a no-nonsense, hard-driving, puck-control style that punishes stupid penalties and discourages dump ins; instead, recover the puck, keep it at all costs, shoot or pass. These coaches don't preach "clear the zone" on defensive face offs, nor chip and forecheck at the o-blueline - not to say Hitchcock, Day, Burns, Cherry, etc haven't had success with other styles - it working depends on the line up assembled; line chemistry, coaching chemistry is paramount).
10. Hard-assed Bowman got the most out of Yzerman, Cournoyer, Lemaire and even Murphy (whom he gave top-line minutes, winning the Stanley Cup in Pittsburgh), they playing hard for a very unliked coach; Makarov was at his best, even on the #1 pk, of the Tikhonov-winning teams of the 1980's; two fellow Soviets on this blueline ought to fall in line.
11. To be clear: from the get go, several greats failed to match this coaching style due to lack of discipline, passing, footspeed or unacceptable penalized infractions, lollygaging, prima donna resistance and/or disruptive personality. That meant dozens of great options would be off the table for this particular team. No Coffey, no Esposito, no Langway, no Bossy, no Cleghorn, no later-career Stevens, no Hull (either would be a problem on this team, for diff reasons), no Cowley, no Bure, etc. Like a great meal, some dishes use one spice, others use others, others use none. All are good when the recipe is followed. Every team should have a recipe. Even gumbo in New Orleans has conditions. My team needs specific ingredients, and i believe i got them.