Replay Hockey
League Newsletter
League
established October 1st, 1999
Volume #10, Issue #12 – April 22,
2024
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Current League
Officers:
Commissioner:
Mark McNeil
Email List Administrator: Mark McNeil
Email the
whole league:
mailto:RHL2000@googlegroups.com
League Web
Site:
http://www.blades99.com/RHL/RHL.htm
MESSAGE FROM
THE COMMISSIONER
On to the playoffs we go! I have new files up
on the website, please make sure you get going on coaches and try and
get them out to your road opponents by Wednesday night. We are going
to stay with the 2 week schedule to keep the playoffs moving along, so
please, stay on top of coaches and getting games played when you do
get a coach. I have updated the files, download them to a new folder
called RHL2324Playoffs and your coach from the regular season should
still be there to work off of. Make sure you keep an eye on your
usage, I have included the rules for who can play how many games
below, so make sure you follow it closely and don’t use anyone,
especially goalies, more than you should. If you have any questions,
please let me know asap, otherwise good luck in round 1!
In the Prince
of Wales conference despite a slow start in blocks 1 and 2, the NY
Rangers end up on top of the conference and have home ice throughout
the conference finals. St. Louis pulls away in the Horton division
with a big final home block to hold the #2 seed. Arizona finishes
second in the Horton and will host Buffalo who is the #3 seed.
Philadelphia looked to be the sure #1 wild card, but stumbled in block
10 and Anaheim locks up the top wild card and a round 1 matchup with
St. Louis. Philadelphia gets the tough matchup with the NY Rangers in
round 1, while Carolina pulled away from Detroit and locked up home
ice in their first round series. NY Islanders locked up the top spot
for the lottery by a point over Toronto and Washington, Jersey and
Chicago are all in the back half of the lottery.
In the
Campbell conference Florida takes the top spot in the conference and
also wins the Commissioner’s Cup by 2 points over the Rangers for the
best record in the league at 123 points. Dallas ends up on top in the
Orr division and will face the top wild card finisher in Colorado. San
Jose edges out Montreal for home ice in their first round matchup.
Florida hosts the #2 wild card, Edmonton, in round 1 while Vancouver
finished well ahead of Pittsburgh and has home ice in their series
with the Pens in round 1. Toronto just missed out but is the #2 team
in the lottery with Boston and LA in the #3 and #4 spots respectively
while Calgary just misses the playoffs by 1 point and will be the #8
team in the lottery.
PLAYOFF USAGE LIMITS FOR SKATERS:
1) 60 or more NHL games can play all playoff games (per series)
2) 55-59 NHL games
6 playoff games
3) 50-54 NHL games 5 playoff games
4) 40-49 NHL games
4 playoff games
5) 30-39 NHL games 3 playoff games
6) 20-29 NHL games
2 playoff games
7) 10-19 NHL games 1 playoff game
PLAYOFF USAGE LIMITS FOR GOALTENDERS
Goalies with 1-14 games may only dress as backups
Goalies with 15-19 games may only start 1 game per series (but may
dress as backups in all other games)
Goalies with 20-24 games may only start 2 games per series (but may
dress as backups in all other games)
Goalies with 25-29 games may only start 3 games per series (but may
dress as backups in all other games)
Goalies with 30+ games may start all playoff games in a series (or may
be dressed as a backup)
Injury backups may only play if the
computer pulls the starter due to an injury OR the team is down by 4
or more goals at any time in the game (a mercy rule basically). The
second part may be accomplished by a computer setting for road games
that is defined as a team being down by 4 or more goals OR by a home
coach making this decision when his team is down by 4 or more goals.
Once a goalie has made his maximum allowable starts he must follow
all rules for Injury backups as stated above.
Final regular
season files are are up.
Remember that all injuries this year are coaches decisions BUT all
players are limited to the exact number of NHL games from last year,
so plan accordingly. If
you are sending the same lineup for all 8 games then just a regular
coach should work. If you want to set specific lineups for each game,
then you need to use the Daily Lineups as it gives you a lot more
flexibility. As soon as you have your coach set for your 5 road games,
please send that out to the list (and list who the coach is for so it
is easier for teams to keep the ones they need).
Also, I would ask you PLEASE include your 5 home strats as well
both for your sake and mine as if I have to sim your home games for
any reason I will just let the game set up your strat if none is
defined and you will have to deal with any penalties later on.
I am going to continue using
the strat file page and upload everyones coaches to the website like I
did in the past so they are easy to find when needed.
**** IMPORTANT
- Action PC Game File Update dated 11/14/2023.
You need to send out game exports as well as boxscores for all 4 home
games by the second Sunday of the block at 9 pm This is MANDATORY,
both the exports
AND boxscores please.
Game summaries are nice, even if it’s just one quick comment
for all 4 games, just adds to the league and makes it easier for
everyone to see what is going on.
If I do not receive game exports after sending updates on
Saturday and Sunday, I will send one more request directly
about an hour before the deadline on Sunday.
Unless I get a request for an extension of time, I will wait
til the deadline and about 30 minutes later I
will sim games so I can get new files out before I go to bed Sunday
night.
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Schedule
www.blades99.com/RHL/Schedule2324.htm
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Standings – Block 10
Tim Horton
G W
L OL Pts
ROW GF
GA Diff
Home
Road
Last 10
St. Louis
82 50 17 15 115
47 292 226
66 27
11 0
3 23
6 0 12
7 1
0 2
Arizona
82 48 26 8
104 46
306 267 39
30 9
0 2
18 17 0
6
4 5
0 1
Buffalo
82 43 31 8
94 37
277 267 10
23 15 0
3 20 16
0 5
7 3
0 0
Anaheim
82 38 32 12
88 31
256 267 -11
16 18 0
7 22 14
0 5
6 4
0 0
Philadelphia 82 39 36
7 85
36 258 263
-5 20
18 0
3 19 18
0 4
2 7
0 1
Washington 82
33 41 8
74 29
214 258 -44
23 16 0
2 10 25
0 6
4 4
0 2
Gordie Howe G
W L OL
Pts ROW
GF GA Diff
Home
Road
Last 10
New York R 82
58 19 5
121 56
313 241 72
31 8
0 2
27 11 0
3
8 2
0 0
Carolina
82 46 29 7
99 42
234 224 10
28 11 0
2 18 18
0 5
7 3
0 0
Detroit
82 39 33 10
88 35
273 282 -9
24 13 0
4 15 20
0 6
3 6
0 1
Chicago
82 35 40 7
77 31
248 274 -26
20 19 0
2 15 21
0 5
5 5
0 0
New Jersey 82
32 40 10 74
31 259 288
-29 17
22 0
2 15 18
0 8
2 7
0 1
New York I 82
22 50 10 54
22 204 294
-90
9 28 0
4 13 22
0 6
5 4
0 1
Bobby Orr
G W
L OL Pts
ROW GF
GA Diff
Home
Road
Last 10
Dallas
82 54 18 10 118
50 257 195
62 29
7 0
5 25 11
0 5
7 2
0 1
San Jose
82 49 27 6
104 45
238 214 24
32 6
0 3
17 21 0
3
9 0
0 1
Montreal
82 46 26 10 102
45 283 239
44 26
10 0
5 20 16
0 5
6 2
0 2
Los Angeles 82 28 44
10 66
27 219 269
-50 15
22 0
4 13 22
0 6
2 6
0 2
Boston
82 29 47 6
64 25
224 278 -54
16 24 0
1 13 23
0 5
3 6
0 1
Toronto
82 25 52 5
55 20
216 301 -85
14 24 0
3 11 28
0 2
3 7
0 0
Mario Lemieux G
W L OL
Pts ROW
GF GA Diff
Home
Road
Last 10
Florida
82 58 17 7
123 50
271 213 58
32 5
0 4
26 12 0
3
8 2
0 0
Vancouver
82 55 24 3
113 52
305 241 64
30 10 0
1 25 14
0 2
7 3
0 0
Pittsburgh 82
41 27 14 96
40 224 217
7 23 10
0 8
18 17 0
6
5 4
0 1
Colorado
82 40 36 6
86 39
261 261
0 23 16
0 2
17 20 0
4
4 5
0 1
Edmonton
82 39 37 6
84 35
239 276 -37
25 15 0
1 14 22
0 5
1 9
0 0
Calgary
82 37 36 9
83 36
234 250 -16
25 13 0
3 12 23
0 6
5 3
0 2
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OVERUSAGE (season)
Player
Team GP/Max
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RHL upcoming
calendar (all 9 PM Eastern):
Round 1
Start Monday, April 22nd, 2024
Round 1 Strats Wednesday, April 24th
Round 1 End Sunday,
May 5th, 2024
Round 2 Start Monday,
May 6th, 2024
Round 2 Strats Wednesday, May 8th
Round 2 End Sunday,
May 19th, 2024
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