Welcome to the second edition of the Penalty Box. Didn't quite have the
turn out this week as last week but it was the holiday season so I can see
why there is the drop. Not alot a news to relay so let's get right to it.
CONTENTS:
1. Forward of the week
2. Defenceman of the week
3. Goalie of the Week
4. Goon of the Week
5. News and Rumours
6. Top Ten Stats
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1. FORWARD OF THE WEEK
New week, new teams, new stars. Not quite the week as last week but
impressive nonetheless:
#1 STAR: Teemu Selanne (Voodoo)
8 gls. 5 asts. 13 pts. 8 gms.
#2 STAR: Paul Kariya (Meatheads)
8 gls. 4 asts. 12 pts. 8 gms.
#3 STAR: John LeClair (Hitmen)
5 gls. 6 asts. 11 pts. 8 gms.
Here is the updated standings:
Teemu Selanne (Voodoo) 3 points $25,000
Keith Tkachuk (Ice Hawks) 3 points $25,000
Paul Kariya (Meatheads) 2 points $15,000
Mats Sundin (Ice Hawks) 2 points $15,000
John LeClair (Hitmen) 1 point $ 7,000
Dimitri Khristich (Terriers) 1 point $ 7,000
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2. DEFENCEMAN OF THE WEEK
Another tough week of deciding the Dman of the week. As with the
forwards, with the new week we have new stars.
#1 STAR: Brian Leetch (G-Busters)
6 gls. 5 asts. 11 pts. 8 gms. + 6
#2 STAR: Sylvain Cote (Falcons)
1 gl. 5 asts. 6 pts. 8 gms. + 9
#3 STAR: Scott Niedermayer (Storm Bringers)
2 gls. 8 asts. 10 pts. 8 gms. + 3
Here are the updated standings:
Brian Leetch (G-Busters) 3 points $25,000
Eric Desjardins (G-Busters) 3 points $25,000
Sylvain Cote (Falcons) 2 points $15,000
Marcus Ragnarsson (Ice Hawks) 2 points $15,000
Scott Niedermayer (Storm Bringers) 1 point $ 7,000
Larry Murphy (Voodoo) 1 point $ 7,000
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3. GOALIE OF THE WEEK
Backstopping the best team in the league "The Dominator" is the first
repeat star but he moved up a spot this week.
#1 STAR: Dominik Hasek (Dragons)
5-1-2 1.83 GAA .936 Save % 27.9 S/GM
#2 STAR: Olaf Kolzig (Stormers)
4-1-2 2.57 GAA .932 Save % 32.8 S/GM 1 SO
#3 STAR: Grant Fuhr (G-Busters)
3-1-2 2.00 GAA .926 Save % 26.2 S/GM 2 SO
Here is the updated standings:
Dominik Hasek (Dragons) 5 points $40,000
Craig Billington (Storm Bringers) 3 points $25,000
Olaf Kolzig (Stormers) 2 points $15,000
Grant Fuhr (G-Busters) 1 point $ 7,000
Mike Richter (Falcons) 1 point $ 7,000
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4. GOON OF THE WEEK
Not quite the festive group this week. Most guys were in the holiday
spirit and played nice but there were still a couple of guys who liked the
giving and receiving of the holidays.
#1 GOON: Tie Domi (Stormers)
68 PIM's in 8 games 1-2-1
#2 GOON: Paul Laus (Freeze)
57 PIM's in 8 games 1-0-3
#3 GOON: Matthew Barnaby (Knights)
39 PIM's in 8 games 0-0-1
Here is the updated standings:
Paul Laus (Freeze) 4 points $30,000
Tie Domi (Stormers) 3 points $25,000
Krzysztof Oliwa (Hitmen) 3 points $25,000
Matthew Barnaby (Knights) 1 point $ 7,000
Doug Zmolek (G-Busters) 1 point $ 7,000
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5. NEWS AND RUMOURS
MEATHEADS:
With Alex Mogilny out and the team playing better, the rumours are heating
up that Mogilny won't have a spot and will be traded by the time he comes
back. Wayne Gretzky on the other hand seems to of settled down and doesn't
appear to likely to be traded. Management is still looking to improve on
defence and their goalie. The Meatheads rank 13th in the standings, 4th in
scoring and 2nd to last in team defense.
MANGLERS:
Well, after the fast start (3-3-1) for an expansion team, we have really
settled down nicely into a funk (2-5-2). Some things are going to
change, and change now. We're going to give Chris Terreri a chance to
show his stuff. He starred in the preseason, but after we picked up
Fiset we wanted to see what he could do. He hasn't disappointed, but he
hasn't played spectacularly. We are also changing our forechecking
system a bit, and we've thrown together a fifth forward line. We'll see
how they click and they may very well become our #1 line if all works
out well.
Despite our slump, we're still second in our division. Okay, so maybe
the rest of the division is struggling as well, but we're still in a
position to threaten for first place. And that would be a great
accomplishment for any expansion team.
FALCONS:
The Falcons brass is now saying that it will consider trading Eric Lindros
after the WLUHL8 season. Such a statement would have been unthinkable just a
couple of weeks ago. The Falcons might bite on a sweet offer for the
franchise
center, but Lindros' raw potential might scare them into keeping him. ...
Bill
Ranford has been outstanding in a limited role with the Falcons of late, but
don't look for that role to increase. "Richter's our man," Kugel said. "We
don't want to jerk around with him. Ranford will be our stopper, when we're
trying to snap out of a losing streak. Or he'll be used in special
situations
-- we'll pick our spots with him."
STORMERS:
The Sioux City Stormers are very happy with the way the team is playing.
However, they are not to impressed with Oleg Tverdovsky. He has been injured
a couple of times already this season and has been a healthy scratch the
last few games. "He just has not looked as though he was very inthused about
playing so we sat him in the press box." said GM/coach Jason Kolsrud. Olaf
Kolzig has been steadily improving and he is starting to feel comfortable
with the Stormers defense. The top two lines have been very productive for
the Stormers but line three hasn't been pulling it's weight. Line four is
doing what they are expected to do and that is rough up the other team. The
Stormers would like to add some more toughness in the center position and a
peticularly interested in acquiring Kelly Chase. "We have asked about his
availability but he has been part of other trade discussions and we haven't
heard whether or not the trade discussions have fallen thru or not." said
Kolsrud.
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6. TOP TEN STATS
WLUHL8 STANDINGS
TEAM NAME GP W L T Pts GF GA PCT Last 10
DRA St. George Dragons 16 12 1 3 27 61 30 0.844 7- 1- 2
VOO Dixie Black Voodoo 16 13 3 0 26 55 34 0.813 8- 2- 0
SLA Cape Breton Slash 16 11 5 0 22 64 43 0.688 6- 4- 0
HAW Chicago Ice Hawks 16 10 4 2 22 62 42 0.688 7- 2- 1
GOA Hull Goal Busters 16 9 5 2 20 51 35 0.625 5- 3- 2
PYL Pinkerton Pylons 16 9 5 2 20 36 36 0.625 4- 4- 2
STO Sioux City Stormers 16 9 5 2 20 48 41 0.625 6- 2- 2
CRU Quabbin Crunch 16 9 6 1 19 49 48 0.594 6- 4- 0
STB Montreal Storm Brngrs 16 9 6 1 19 46 41 0.594 5- 4- 1
FAL Melfort Falcons 17 9 6 2 20 52 43 0.588 6- 4- 0
TER Kitchener Terriers 16 8 6 2 18 47 37 0.563 5- 3- 2
ICE Kansas City ICE 17 8 6 3 19 54 51 0.559 5- 3- 2
MEA Missauga Meatheads 16 8 7 1 17 57 57 0.531 5- 4- 1
CRI Kitchener Cripplers 17 7 8 2 16 53 48 0.471 6- 3- 1
HIT Waterloo Hitmen 16 6 8 2 14 42 42 0.438 5- 4- 1
ICB Birmingham Ice Barons 16 6 8 2 14 36 36 0.438 3- 5- 2
MEL Wisconsin Melted Ice 16 6 8 2 14 53 50 0.438 3- 5- 2
FRE Toledo Freeze 16 6 9 1 13 43 55 0.406 5- 4- 1
JUG Syracuse Jugheads 16 6 9 1 13 44 57 0.406 5- 5- 0
MAN Moose Jaw Manglers 16 5 8 3 13 42 57 0.406 3- 5- 2
SPI Sierra Spiders 16 4 9 3 11 33 54 0.344 2- 8- 0
FOR Hailifax Force 16 3 8 5 11 46 56 0.344 1- 7- 2
KNI Quebec Knights 16 4 11 1 9 34 52 0.281 2- 7- 1
OUT Chicago Outsiders 16 3 10 3 9 35 50 0.281 1- 7- 2
HAC Hailifax Hacksaws 16 2 10 4 8 30 47 0.250 1- 8- 1
ATO Lake Orion Atomics 17 3 14 0 6 24 55 0.176 3- 7- 0
TOP 10 LEAGUE SCORING STATS:
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PS PLAYER NAME GP G A PTS +/- PIM
C Forsberg 17 7 19 26 6 26
C M.Sundin 16 9 16 25 12 13
LW Tkachuk 13 18 6 24 14 32
RW Khristich 16 17 6 23 11 6
LW Brind'Amour 16 10 10 20 13 8
C Nieuwendyk 16 8 11 19 14 10
C Gretzky 16 4 15 19 1 6
LW Graves 16 12 6 18 13 18
C Holik 16 5 13 18 4 22
RW Jagr 16 5 13 18 10 16
TOP 10 SCORING FOR DEFENCEMEN:
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PS PLAYER NAME GP G A PTS +/- PIM
LD Schneider 16 5 13 18 7 12
RD K.Hatcher 16 10 7 17 -1 20
LD Leetch 16 8 8 16 10 6
RD S.Niedermayer 16 2 14 16 6 31
LD Lidstrom 16 4 11 15 8 4
LD Ragnarsson 16 3 12 15 3 17
RD Brisebois 16 4 10 14 4 11
RD Berard 16 5 8 13 3 26
RD Kravchuk 16 1 12 13 9 4
RD Blake 16 5 7 12 3 12
TOP 10 GOAL SCORERS:
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PS PLAYER NAME GP G A PTS +/- PIM
LW Tkachuk 13 18 6 24 14 32
RW Khristich 16 17 6 23 11 6
LW Samsonov 17 14 3 17 3 8
LW Graves 16 12 6 18 13 18
LW LeClair 16 11 6 17 12 16
RW Dawe 16 11 4 15 7 10
LW Brind'Amour 16 10 10 20 13 8
LW Kariya 16 10 7 17 0 29
RD K.Hatcher 16 10 7 17 -1 20
C Cassels 17 10 4 14 -11 12
TOP 10 ASSISTS:
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PS PLAYER NAME GP G A PTS +/- PIM
C Forsberg 17 7 19 26 6 26
C M.Sundin 16 9 16 25 12 13
C Gretzky 16 4 15 19 1 6
RD S.Niedermayer 16 2 14 16 6 31
C Zhamnov 16 2 14 16 2 12
C Holik 16 5 13 18 4 22
RW Jagr 16 5 13 18 10 16
LD Schneider 16 5 13 18 7 12
LD Ragnarsson 16 3 12 15 3 17
C Whitney 16 2 12 14 5 8
TOP 10 PENALTY MINUTES
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PS PLAYER NAME GP G A PTS +/- PIM
LW Oliwa 16 2 0 2 -1 131
RD Laus 16 0 2 2 0 116
RW Domi 16 0 1 1 0 92
LD Zmolek 15 0 2 2 -2 78
LW Kruse 16 0 0 0 -5 74
RW Tocchet 17 8 6 14 6 71
LD McCabe 17 3 5 8 1 68
RW Barnaby 16 1 2 3 -4 68
RD McSorley 16 0 1 1 -9 67
LW S.Thornton 13 2 0 2 -1 64
TOP 10 BEST PLUS/MINUS:
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PS PLAYER NAME GP G A PTS +/- PIM
RD Desjardins 16 0 7 7 16 10
LW Tkachuk 13 18 6 24 14 32
C Nieuwendyk 16 8 11 19 14 10
C Oates 16 5 10 15 14 8
C Linden 16 7 10 17 13 51
LW Graves 16 12 6 18 13 18
LW Brind'Amour 16 10 10 20 13 8
LW LeClair 16 11 6 17 12 16
C M.Sundin 16 9 16 25 12 13
RW Selanne 16 9 8 17 12 8
TOP 10 WORST PLUS/MINUS:
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PS PLAYER NAME GP G A PTS +/- PIM
LD Ellett 17 0 4 4 -14 21
C Smolinski 17 0 3 3 -14 6
RW Alfredsson 16 4 9 13 -13 12
RW Verbeek 17 3 1 4 -12 32
LW Titov 16 4 4 8 -12 30
LD Kasparaitis 16 0 5 5 -12 26
C Weight 17 4 3 7 -12 22
RW Czerkawski 17 1 1 2 -12 7
C Cassels 17 10 4 14 -11 12
RD T.Gill 16 3 3 6 -10 25
TOP 5 HITS:
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PS PLAYER NAME GP HIT
C K.Primeau 16 75
C Lindros 15 65
C Holik 16 63
LW Graves 16 59
RW Tocchet 17 58
TOP 5 BLOCKED SHOTS:
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PS PLAYER NAME GP BS
RD Pilon 17 15
LD Matvichuk 16 14
RD J.Brown 15 13
RD Blake 16 11
RD Karpovtsev 16 10
TOP 10 GOALS AGAINST AVERAGES:
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GOALIE GP MINS AVG W L T SO SPCT
Hasek 16 977 1.84 12 1 3 1 93.41
Snow 11 308 1.95 4 1 0 0 92.48
Fuhr 13 733 1.96 8 2 2 3 92.5
Dafoe 10 599 2 8 2 0 1 92.45
Barrasso 16 949 2.02 9 5 1 3 93.32
Hextall 8 363 2.15 5 1 0 2 89.6
Irbe 16 915 2.16 6 8 1 3 91.89
Cu.Joseph 16 968 2.29 8 6 2 2 90.75
Trefilov 9 548 2.41 2 5 2 1 90.91
Billington 16 967 2.48 9 6 1 0 92.62
TOP 10 SAVE PERCENTAGES:
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GOALIE GP MINS AVG W L T SO SPCT
Hasek 16 977 1.84 12 1 3 1 93.41
Barrasso 16 949 2.02 9 5 1 3 93.32
Richter 16 911 2.63 7 6 2 2 92.67
Fitzpatrick 7 419 2.72 3 3 1 1 92.64
Billington 16 967 2.48 9 6 1 0 92.62
Fuhr 13 733 1.96 8 2 2 3 92.5
Snow 11 308 1.95 4 1 0 0 92.48
Dafoe 10 599 2 8 2 0 1 92.45
Kolzig 16 970 2.54 9 5 2 1 92.26
Kidd 15 794 2.95 3 9 1 0 92.06
TOP 5 WINS:
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GOALIE GP MINS AVG W L T SO SPCT
Hasek 16 977 1.84 12 1 3 1 93.41
Barrasso 16 949 2.02 9 5 1 3 93.32
Billington 16 967 2.48 9 6 1 0 92.62
Kolzig 16 970 2.54 9 5 2 1 92.26
Osgood 16 963 2.93 9 6 1 0 89.62
TOP 5 SHUT OUTS:
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GOALIE GP MINS AVG W L T SO SPCT
Barrasso 16 949 2.02 9 5 1 3 93.32
Fuhr 13 733 1.96 8 2 2 3 92.5
Irbe 16 915 2.16 6 8 1 3 91.89
Cu.Joseph 16 968 2.29 8 6 2 2 90.75
Richter 16 911 2.63 7 6 2 2 92.67
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That's all for this week. Hope you had a very good Christmas and a Happy New
Year. We will see you after Day 45. Until then, take care.
Jason Kolsrud
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