Replay Hockey
League Newsletter
League
established October 1st, 1999
Volume #4, Issue #12 – March 26, 2018
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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
So the
playoffs are here and we are ready to roll. Congratulations to the
teams who have made it to the second season, now things get serious
and we will find out who the contenders and pretenders are fairly
quickly. Who can pull the upset and which powerhouse team will be able
to take it all the way til the end? Good luck to all who have made it,
we will be taking 3 weeks for round 1 because I am traveling away for
a week from the 1st until the 9th and may or may
not have time to keep up with things.
See below for some commentary and playoff matchups. I have also
included the usage rules for those who need a refresher.
Download the round 1 playoff
files from the website, this is the playoff conversion file which you
will need to import before you can play any games or create strats.
Once you download it, click on Player, Import, Playoff Conversion File
and you will be ready to roll. Please
get going on strats asap and most of all have fun guys!
In the Prince
of Wales conference, New Jersey takes the Howe division and also the
top spot in the conference.
They top the Isles by 2 points forcing the Isles to host
Detroit in round 1.
Carolina takes the top wildcard spot and will cross over and face
Philadelphia who wins the Horton but finishes a point back of the
Devils for the top spot overall.
Anaheim finishes 4 points up on Buffalo in the Horton and will
host them in round 1 and Washington rounds out the playoff teams as
they finish 3 points ahead of NY Rangers for the final playoff spot
and a first round matchup with New Jersey.
In the
Campbell Conference Toronto takes the Orr division and top spot in the
conference and get to face off with Edmonton in round 1 as they take
the #2 wild card spot. San
Jose finishes 2 points back and they get a tough matchup with Dallas
who beats out Montreal for 3rd in the division but get the
much tougher round 1 game because of it as Montreal finishes as the
top wildcard and cross over to play Pittsburgh in round 1.
Calgary just edges out Colorado to earn home ice in their
series and Edmonton just beat out Vancouver and Boston for that last
wildcard position.
Playoff Matchups
Prince of
Wales Conference
Washington vs
New Jersey
Detroit vs NY Islanders
Carolina vs Philadelphia
Buffalo vs Anaheim
Clarence
Campbell Condference
Edmonton vs
Toronto
Dallas vs San Jose
Montreal vs Pittsburgh
Calgary vs
Colorado
In the lottery
standings we have Los Angeles far and away in the #1 slot, with
Florida #2, Chicago #3 and Phoenix and St. Louis both tied for #4
(though the Blues finish with less ROW and will take the #4 slot with
the Coyotes falling to #5).
Boston gets the #6 position and NY Rangers and Vancouver are
tied for 7th but the Canucks take it with 1 less ROW, so
the Rangers are #8 in the lottery.
You need to send out game exports as well as
boxscores for all playoff games by the deadline. 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.
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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Schedule
www.blades99.com/RHL/Schedule1718.htm
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OVERUSAGE (season)
Player
Team GP/Max
Scott Laughton
LAK 3/2
Jordan Weal
XXX 25/23
Spencer Abbott
NYR 6/1
Evander Kane
PHI 71/70
Charlie Lindgren
DET 3/2
Anders Nilsson
TOR 27/26
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RHL upcoming
calendar (all 9 PM Eastern):
Round 1 Start
Monday, March 26th, 2018
Round 1 Strats Wednesday, March 28th
Round 1 End Sunday,
April 15th, 2018
Round 2 Start Monday, April 16th, 2018
Round 2 Strats Wednesday, April 18th
Round 2 End
Sunday, April 29th, 2018
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TRANSACTIONS:
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