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League established October 1st, 1999
Volume #12, Issue #15 – June 10, 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 

We have a big time final set with the two top teams from the regular season set to square off with the NY Islanders from the Prince of Wales taking on the San Jose Sharks from the Campbell. Seven games to decide who the next RHL Cup Champion is and this should be a good one with both teams sporting good defense and goaltending. Can the Islanders offense solve the Sharks goaltending who have been the difference all season long. And can San Jose find a way to get their offense rolling against an equally tough defensive opponent. Whoever can solve the goaltending puzzle will be the team who takes home this years Cup.

I am slacking a big on getting stuff done for the end of the season, just crazy busy and also have a football draft I am running, but this weekend I will get the awards ballot up as well as seeing where we are on the ballot props so we can start thinking about next season. I will also get the draft order put together so I can post that in the final newsletter as well once we find out who the winner is. If anyone is planning on NOT returning next year, please let me know as soon as you can. Even if you are just considering it, that is good info to have as well so I know if I should be looking for some replacements. Thanks guys, let’s finish this off strong now! Good luck all the final two!

Playoff Matchups – RHL Cup Finals

NY Islanders at San Jose Sharks

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 3 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:

SJS - Backlund - 3 games – will miss games 1-2 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 4 Start  Wednesday, June 10th, 2026
Round 4 Strats Saturday, June 13th 
Round 4 End    Sunday, June 21st, 2026



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