Replay Hockey
League Newsletter
League
established October 1st, 1999
Volume #12, Issue #11 – April 26,
2026
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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
A pretty exciting finish to the season as
playoff spots and positioning come down to the final day and games
before anything is decided. San Jose deserves a ton of credit for
capturing the Commissioner’s Cup despite only scoring 236 goals on the
season well below the league leading Flyers 306 goals. It was the
goaltending from San Jose that gets the job done as they allow just
183 goals, the only team under 200 in the league. The Prince of Wales
conference winner came down to the difference in regulation wins as
the Islanders just edge out the Flyers, 44-42, and will have home ice
throughout. Similarly, the Sabres just edge out the Blackhawks, 30-28,
in regulation wins to claim the final playoff spot and set up a
matchup with the Isles. Overall a solid season and look for playoff
files to be out tomorrow night should all things go as planned.
In the
Campbell Conference San Jose finishes at the top with 122 points and
will get the #2 wild card in round 1. Toronto finishes well ahead of
Boston and will have home ice in round 1. Vancouver wins the Lemieux
going away over Florida who hold off Edmonton to have home ice in
their first round matchup. Colorado is the first wild card and will
take on the Canucks while Calgary easily wins the second wild card and
have to solve the Sharks. Dallas locks up the #1 lottery spot with
Pittsburgh, LA and Montreal #2, #3 and #5 respectively.
In the Prince
of Wales Conference NY Islanders win the Howe and edge out Philly for
the top spot in the conference and will get the #2 wild card in round
1. NY Rangers are just edged out by the Isles and will host #3 Detroit
in round 1. Philadelphia wins the Horton in a close finish over Utah
and the Mammoth will host St. Louis in round 1. New Jersey does just
enough in the final block to slide into the #1 wild card spot and will
head to Philly, while Buffalo and Chicago finish in a dead heat and
the Sabres get the #2 wild card on the tiebreaker. Washington is the
#4 team in the lottery, while Carolina is #6, then Anaheim and Chicago
get the last spot.
Block 10 is in
the books and the regular season is complete. 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 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 03/10/2026.
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/Schedule2526.htm
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Standings – Block 8 Standings
Tim Horton
G W
L OL Pts
ROW GF
GA Diff
Home
Road
Last 10
Flyers
xy 82 55 23
4 114
50 306 257
49 29
10 0
2 26 13
0 2
9 0
0 1
Mammoth
x 82 52 22
8 112
49 292 236
56 33
6 0
2 19 16
0 6
7 3
0 0
Blues
x 82 47 25 10
104 44
289 250 39
26 12 0
3 21 13
0 7
7 3
0 0
Sabres
wc2 82 39 35 8
86 36
263 261
2 22 16
0 3
17 19 0
5
1 8
0 1
Ducks
82 36 36 10
82 31
254 271 -17
20 15 0
6 16 21
0 4
3 5
0 2
Capitals
82 29 46 7
65 26
228 268 -40
19 21 0
1 10 25
0 6
3 6
0 1
Gordie Howe
G W
L OL Pts
ROW GF
GA Diff
Home
Road
Last 10
Islanders xyz
82 53 21 8
114 49
275 238 37
27 9
0 5
26 12 0
3
7 1
0 2
Rangers
x 82 52 21
9 113
49 283 230
53 30
7 0
4 22 14
0 5
7 3
0 0
Red Wings x
82 49 29 4
102 46
276 251 25
27 13 0
1 22 16
0 3
7 2
0 1
Devils
wc1 82 39 34 9
87 33
249 250 -1
22 17 0
2 17 17
0 7
3 6
0 1
Blackhawks
82 38 34 10
86 33
214 231 -17
24 14 0
3 14 20
0 7
4 2
0 4
Hurricanes
82 32 39 11
75 30
231 267 -36
18 19 0
4 14 20
0 7
2 5
0 3
Bobby Orr
G W
L OL Pts
ROW GF
GA Diff
Home
Road
Last 10
Sharks
xyz 82 55 15 12 122
51 236 183
53 33
2 0
6 22 13
0 6
7 0
0 3
Maple Leafs x
82 49 21 12 110
43 273 246
27 29
6 0
6 20 15
0 6
8 0
0 2
Bruins
x 82 33 40
9 75
27 205 250
-45 21
16 0
4 12 24
0 5
4 3
0 3
Canadiens
82 31 46 5
67 28
253 278 -25
21 16 0
4 10 30
0 1
5 5
0 0
Kings
82 30 47 5
65 26
199 269 -70
16 22 0
3 14 25
0 2
4 6
0 0
Stars
82 22 53 7
51 20
214 314 -100
10 27 0
4 12 26
0 3
2 7
0 1
Mario Lemieux
G W
L OL Pts
ROW GF
GA Diff
Home
Road
Last 10
Canucks
xy 82 54 19
9 117
53 274 207
67 31
6 0
4 23 13
0 5
8 1
0 1
Panthers
x 82 50 26
6 106
49 283 229
54 29
8 0
4 21 18
0 2
6 4
0 0
Oilers
x 82 45 27 10
100 40
267 267
0 27 10
0 4
18 17 0
6
3 5
0 2
Avalanche wc1
82 39 33 10 88
35 249 262
-13 22
14 0
5 17 19
0 5
4 5
0 1
Flames
wc2 82 34 40 8
76 30
212 245 -33
18 20 0
3 16 20
0 5
7 3
0 0
Penguins
82 21 47 14
56 20
203 268 -65
13 21 0
7
8 26 0
7
2 7
0 1
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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 27th, 2026
Round 1 Strats Wednesday, April 29th
Round 1 End Sunday,
May 10th, 2026
Round 2 Start Monday,
May 11th, 2026
Round 2 Strats Wednesday, May 13th
Round 2 End Sunday,
May 24th, 2026
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