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League established October 1st, 1999
Volume #4, Issue #14 – May 1, 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 

Round 2 is in the books and this time the series were much closer to form with the only upset(?) being San Jose downing Toronto to move on to the Campbell Conference finals.  Buffalo downed Carolina in 6 games and NY Islanders took out Washington in 6 as well and the Sabres and Islanders will meet in the Prince of Wales Conference Finals.  Colorado takes down Montreal in a 5 game series were the games were closer than the overall finish and they get the incredible prize of facing the Sharks in the conference final.  I have included the usage rules for those who need them.  Download the round 3 playoff files from the website and do the normal monthly file import that you would do during the regular season and you will be ready to create strats and play games in round 3. Please get going on strats asap and most of all have fun guys!

Round 3 Playoff Matchups

Prince of Wales Conference

Buffalo vs NY Islanders


Clarence Campbell Condference

Colorado vs San Jose

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.  I will complete the lottery this coming weekend so that everyone can start their offseason plans when the finals are complete.

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 2 Start Monday, April 16th, 2018
Round 2 Strats Wednesday, April 18th
Round 2 End   Sunday, April 29th, 2018

Round 3 Start Tuesday, May 1st, 2018
Round 3 Strats Friday, May 4th
Round 3 End   Sunday, May 13th, 2018

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