Replay Hockey
League Newsletter
League
established October 1st, 1999
Volume #12, Issue #12 – April 28,
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. Playoff files are up on the website and
coaches for round 1 should get out asap. Good luck to all in the
playoffs!
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.
Playoff
Matchups
Prince of
Wales Conference
Buffalo at NY
Islanders
Detroit at NY Rangers
New Jersey at Philadelphia
St. Louis at Utah
Campbell
Conference
Calgary at San
Jose
Boston at Toronto
Colorado at Vancouver
Edmonton at
Florida
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.
Block 10 is in
the books and the regular season is complete. Round 1 files are ready
on the website. Usage is based upon the list above as well as any
penalties for regular season overuse which is listed below, 1 game
missed does not cause a penalty, anything more than that will be shown
below:
CGY - Fleury - 6 games – will miss all
games in the playoffs
NYR - Hartman - 12 games – will miss all
games in playoffs
- Heiskanen - 5 games – will
miss games 1-3 in all rounds
- Brodin - 5 games
– will miss games 1-3 in all rounds
= Pettersson
- 4 games – will miss games 1-2 in all rounds
-
McCabe - 4 games – will miss games 1-2 in all rounds
- Boeser - 3 games – will miss games 1-2 in all rounds
- Brink - 2 games – will miss game 1 in all rounds
SJS -
Backlund - 3 games – will miss games 1-2 in all rounds
UTH -
Pelech - 2 games – will miss game 1 in all rounds
**** IMPORTANT
- Action PC Game File Update dated 03/10/2026.
You need to send out game exports as well as boxscores for all 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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