Replay Hockey
League Newsletter
League
established October 1st, 1999
Volume #11, Issue #15 – June 14, 2025
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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
The RHL Cup Finals are set for the 2024-2025
season with the Arizona Coyotes looking for their third RHL Cup win,
thought first under current head coach Alex Lane, and the Boston
Bruins in their first finals looking for their first cup ever. So far
in the playoffs, the story for Boston is Sergie Bobrovsky with a .924
sv pct and 1.99 goals against while Kirill Kaprizov leads them in
goals with 10, while Kucherov leads the way with 14 assists and 17
points to key the offense. Arizona on the other hand has done it with
goalie by committee as Swayman leads the way with .937 sv pct, but in
just 5 games and then solid goaltending from Rittich and Brossoit as
well as all 3 have played well to this point but giving up 11 more
goals than Bob in the same number of games. For Arizona it is the
offense that leads the way with Marner’s 8 goals and 7 each from
Stamkos and Wyatt Johnston, but 5 guys with 5 or more goals, so just a
bit more scoring depth. The big question will be, can Bob outplay the
group of goalies in the desert, giving his offense a chance to make
the difference. With Arizona having home ice and the last change, this
one likely goes down to game 7 and someone is going to have to score
the big goal for them to earn their third title.
Just a
reminder that I am still looking for ballot props if anyone has
something while the Awards ballot will stay live until the end of the
playoffs and can be found here - https://shout.com/s/jyoaLkvM
Here is a
quick reminder of the playoff usage limits as well as a list of
overused players and penalties for them during the playoffs.
Overused
Players
Arizona –
Chandler Stephenson – 3 games over, Must miss games 1-2 each series
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.
The finals are
ready to go and the updated league file and Excel file is on the
website. 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
first 4 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 4 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 10/16/2024.
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/Schedule2425.htm
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Standings – Final Standings
Tim Horton
G W
L OL Pts
ROW GF
GA Diff
Home
Road
Last 10
St. Louis
82 58 20 4
120 54
282 207 75
31 7
0 3
27 13 0
1
7 2
0 1
Arizona
82 55 18 9
119 50
277 229 48
34 4
0 3
21 14 0
6
7 1
0 2
Philadelphia 82 45 33
4 94
44 267 255
12 25
14 0
2 20 19
0 2
4 6
0 0
Anaheim
82 39 36 7
85 35
238 258 -20
22 17 0
2 17 19
0 5
5 5
0 0
Buffalo
82 39 39 4
82 36
258 249
9 25 14
0 2
14 25 0
2
5 5
0 0
Washington 82
22 52 8
52 20
149 255 -106
12 24 0
5 10 28
0 3
2 7
0 1
Gordie Howe G
W L OL
Pts ROW
GF GA Diff
Home
Road
Last 10
New York R 82
52 19 11 115
49 286 217
69 29
8 0
4 23 11
0 7
9 0
0 1
New York I 82
44 35 3
91 40
246 251 -5
21 19 0
1 23 16
0 2
4 6
0 0
Carolina
82 42 34 6
90 39
263 230 33
24 14 0
3 18 20
0 3
6 2
0 2
Detroit
82 36 34 12
84 34
273 271
2 16 17
0 8
20 17 0
4
6 4
0 0
New Jersey 82
37 38 7
81 35
236 256 -20
25 11 0
5 12 27
0 2
3 6
0 1
Chicago
82 35 37 10
80 32
220 255 -35
20 16 0
5 15 21
0 5
2 4
0 4
Bobby Orr
G W
L OL Pts
ROW GF
GA Diff
Home
Road
Last 10
San Jose
82 48 27 7
103 48
215 188 27
31 5
0 5
17 22 0
2
5 4
0 1
Boston
82 49 28 5
103 47
274 229 45
31 8
0 2
18 20 0
3
7 2
0 1
Montreal
82 47 26 9
103 46
263 221 42
28 9
0 4
19 17 0
5
6 3
0 1
Toronto
82 32 37 13
77 27
236 276 -40
17 19 0
5 15 18
0 8
7 2
0 1
Dallas
82 27 47 8
62 24
186 268 -82
12 25 0
4 15 22
0 4
3 6
0 1
Los Angeles 82 26 50
6 58
24 199 273
-74 14
25 0
2 12 25
0 4
2 7
0 1
Mario Lemieux G
W L OL
Pts ROW
GF GA Diff
Home
Road
Last 10
Florida
82 51 24 7
109 47
275 233 42
30 8
0 3
21 16 0
4
6 4
0 0
Colorado
82 48 23 11 107
45 256 223
33 25
12 0
4 23 11
0 7
5 1
0 4
Vancouver
82 47 28 7
101 44
255 226 29
26 12 0
3 21 16
0 4
5 4
0 1
Pittsburgh 82
44 33 5
93 37
228 223
5 25 14
0 2
19 19 0
3
8 2
0 0
Edmonton
82 35 40 7
77 31
223 238 -15
21 14 0
6 14 26
0 1
2 6
0 2
Calgary
82 26 47 9
61 24
206 280 -74
15 22 0
4 11 25
0 5
4 4
0 2
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OVERUSAGE (season)
Player
Team GP/Max
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RHL upcoming
calendar (all 9 PM Eastern):
Round 4
Start Monday, June 16th, 2025
Round 4 Strats Wednesday, June 18th
Round 4 End
Sunday, June 30th, 2025
OFFSEASON
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