Replay Hockey League Newsletter
League established October 1st, 1999
Volume #1,
Issue #7 – April 12, 2015
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Current League Officers:
Commissioner: Mark McNeil
Vice-Commissioner: Dean
Engemoen
Email List Administrator: Mark McNeil
Email the whole league:
mailto:replayhockey@yahoogroups.com
League Web Site:
http://www.blades99.com/RHL/RHL.htm
MESSAGE FROM THE COMMISSIONER
Thanks as always guys for a great final block, all
games in with plenty of time to spare and the playoff races are
complete! Thank you also
for doing a great job on usage this year, by far the best ever we have
had with very minimal penalties needed.
Files are up for the end of the season, please get
them to use for awards voting and nominations.
Playoff files will hopefully be out tonight and
strats are due out by Wednesday
night and if possible don’t make me chase you for them!
Two more players overused in the final block, definitely the
best overall we have ever had, so I can’t complain too much.
See the overuse, playoff penalties and other penalties below.
Please be aware of the playoff usage rules which I will post
below and in a separate email tonight so that we use the proper
players.
The playoff races are over and the Prince of Wales
conference goes to NY Islanders in the final game as they beat Chicago
to move into the #1 overall slot and face NY Rangers, the #2 wild card
team in round 1. Also in
the Howe Detroit and New Jersey end up tied, but the Red Wings have a
better ROW and they will have home ice in their round 1 matchup.
Buffalo misses the top slot by a single point and their prize
is a 102 point Carolina club who was the better wild card finisher.
St. Louis outlasts Anaheim to earn home ice in their round 1
series.
The Campbell Conference top spot goes to Toronto who
pulls away in the final block to 11 points clear of Dallas in the
division and 13 points ahead of Vancouver for the top spot overall.
The Leafs will get Florida in round 1 as they end up tied with
San Jose but the Sharks have a better ROW to take the #1 wild card
spot. Dallas hosts Boston
in the Orr division series.
Vancouver gets San Jose in round 1 as they won the Lemieux by 2
points over Calgary who will host Edmonton in round 1 with the Oilers
finishing 3 points back of the Flames.
Philadelphia clinches the #1 lottery slot with just
43 points on the season and Chicago finishes a close second with 46
points. Montreal is #3 in
the lottery with Colorado and Phoenix rounding out the top 5.
Los Angeles, Washington and Pittsburgh are the other 3 lottery
teams in that order.
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.
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OVERUSAGE (season)
Player
Team GP/Max
Devante Smith-Pelly
WSH 23/19
Filip Forsberg
WSH 14/13
Reid Boucher
PHI 24/23
Pierre-Marc Bouchard
DET 32/28
Tomas Hertl
NYR 39/37
Zbynek Michalek
NYR 60/59
Mark Arcobello
MTL 42/41
Ryan Jones
PHX 56/52
Matt Hackett
PIT 9/8
Playoff Penalties
Thomas Hertl - NYR - 2 games over, must miss games 1 and 2 in each
series and can only play in 1 game per series
Zbynek Michalek - NYR - 1 game over, must miss game 1 in each series
and can only play in 5 games per series
Pierre-Marc Bouchard - DET - 4 games over, must miss games 1 thru 4 in
each series and is ineligible for the playoffs.
Draft Pick Penalties
Teams with only 1 player overused receive warnings only
NY Rangers - 2 players overused for 3 games, 5th round pick
Washington - 2 players overused for 5 games, 5th round pick
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RHL upcoming calendar (all 9 PM Eastern):
Wednesday, April 15/15: Round 1 Playoff strats due
Sunday, April 26/15:
Round 1 Playoff games due
Sunday, April 26/15:
Awards Nomination and All-League Votes Due
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