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Welcome to the June 3, 2012 Edition of Gamespeak - The FHL Playoff Edition. FHL Playoff Bracket Round 2.


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Table of Contents:

P. 1 – FHL Playoff Bracket (The Quest for the Crystal)

P. 2 - Table of Contents.

P. 2 – “FHL Playoffs Round 2 Predictions” by Howard Cosell, Jr.

P. 3 – Distant Replay: “FHL Historical Game 7 Crystal Finals Replay”

P. 5 – “Draft Order” by Asst. Commissioner Chad Pridemore

P. 7 – From the Commissioner’s Office – “The Last Shall be First and the First Shall be Last!”

Conference Finals

By Howard Cosell, Jr. Round 1 is complete and now it is time for the Conference Finals, the chance to play for the Crystal. There won’t be any boring team breakdowns here; already did that in the first round and the four teams remaining still have the same regular season stats. But a quick moment will be given to the first round predictions, having gone 2-2. That’s not bad, not great either. The irony is how that number came to be: missed both in one conference and was nearly spot on in the other conference. We shall see whether this pattern continues.

Conference Finals Match Ups

#3 Montreal vs #4 Cincinnati: The unpredictable team meets the giant slayer. Both teams advanced in six games. Cincinnati sent the #1 team in the FHL off to the golf course, while Montreal dispatched the top defensive team in the FHL. As Cincinnati is another defensive team in nature, that could bode well for Montreal. However, when one turns attention to the head to head meetings, a very different picture gets painted. In five meetings, Cincinnati won four and Montreal just one and no games went into overtime. That type of result usually leads to a slaughter, but not so fast. While Cincinnati enjoyed an early advantage, the games have gotten closer as the season has progressed with the last two being split. This is important as Montreal made a trade down the stretch which may have helped even things up in their games with Cincinnati. The trade makes the difference, it’s Montreal in 7.

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#2 Gatineau City vs #4 Columbus: Gatineau City needed all seven games to dispatch Johnstown, but Columbus marched past the #1 seed Quebec in just five games. Columbus has solid numbers, had a solid season, and did an excellent job of taking advantage of a favorable match in round one. Gatineau City had better numbers resulting in a higher seed and turned around an unfavorable first round match up to advance. During the regular season, Gatineau City won 3 meetings and Columbus won 2 and like Montreal and Cincinnati, none of the games went to overtime. However, here is an important note, Gatineau City won the first 3 meetings and Columbus the last two after Gatineau City had made a couple of trades. In the end, this too is a real dogfight, but the prediction is Gatineau City in 7.

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The FHL crowned a new champion May 16, 2011 in a

closely contested 7 game series that saw Cliff Dolgins of the

NY Dolphins take “The Crystal.” This championship victory

had special meaning for the FHL since it was the inaugural

season. Stamkos, despite being the Dolphins lynch pin

scoring 49 goals for a FHL best in the regular season,

struggled through most of the post season. However in game

7 he came through and was named 2nd

Star in game 7 with 1

assist and 1 goal which turned out to be the game winning

goal. Stamkos told Gamespeak during the on ice celebration

in NY “This was a total team effort. Jaro(slav Halak) played

tremendous in net. The entire organization is a class act.”

Dolphin goaltender Jaroslav Halak was named MVP of the

Finals with a stellar 0.928 Save PCT. (for the entire post

season) that lead all post season goalies. Coach Dolgins told

Gamespeak Online "I just feel real bad he (Coach Francoeur)

couldn’t coach the last period. Whether it would have made

a difference or not at least he goes down fighting with his

coaching. I was up 2-1 with 1:29 left in second when

unfortunately (the) game crashed. I killed off a two man

(down) penalty in 3rd

and went on to score twice more in a 4-

1 win. He (Coach Francoeur) wanted to play Toews against

Stamkos’ line. I tried not to let him have that matchup at all

in this game or barely at all. Actually my 4th line has been

key this round and they have scored vs. that line on

numerous occasions so guess that was more reason to stick

with it.” Gamespeak caught up with Coach Francoeur in the

losing locker room and he told us "Congrats to Cliff. We will

be back stronger next year..."

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Distant Replay: FHL Historic Game 7 of Crystal

Finals Championship Quebec Nordiques at NY

Dolphins (Reprint Gamespeak Vol. 1, No. 13)


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Quebec 1 New York 4 (Game 7)

May 27 2010 05-16-2011

1 2 3 F

2009-10 Quebec 11-7-0 0 1 0 1

2009-10 New York 12-5-0 1 1 2 4

Scoring Summary

Per Time Str Team

1 13:30 PP NYD Upshall(6), assisted by Whitney(5) and Ryan(10)

2 2:08 PP NYD Stamkos(4), assisted by Markov(9) and Ryan(11)

2 5:18 EV QND Staal(3), assisted by Langenbrunner(3) and Vanek(2)

3 7:15 EV NYD Spezza(4), assisted by Stamkos(9) and Gilbert(4)

3 15:24 EV NYD Ryan(7), assisted by E.Johnson(5) and J.Carter(6)

Penalty Summary

Per Time Team

1 7:13 QND Nash(10), 2:00 - hooking

1 13:11 QND Staal(16), 2:00 - holding

1 19:36 QND Nash(14), 4:00 - high sticking

3 :48 NYD Little(6), 2:00 - holding

3 3:31 NYD Spezza(8), 2:00 - holding

3 3:50 NYD Stamkos(10), 2:00 - interference

SOG 1 SOG 2 SOG 3

Quebec 14 6 6

New York 21 18 5

QND NYD

SOG 26 44

FOW 25 50

FO% 33.3 66.7

Hits 17 26

Blocks 11 14

Missed Net 16 10

PIM 8 6

PP 0-2 2-3

TOA 9:41 8:57

Star 1: NYD Ryan 1 G, 3 Pts

Star 2: NYD Stamkos 1 G, 2 Pts

Star 3: NYD Halak 25 saves

GWG: Steven Stamkos

Notables: QND Nabokov 40 saves

NYD Hanzal 18 faceoffs won

Cliff Dolgins Coaching

Commentary Narrative of the game!

NY and Quebec squared off in game 7. Both teams came out feeling each other out and NY got the first break on a Rick Nash hooking penalty at 7:13 of the first period. Quebec killed it off and the game remained scoreless until a Erik Staal hold at 13:30. NY wasted no time winning the draw and Scottie Upshall scored from Whitney and Ryan at 13:30 for the first goal of the game. Quebec caught a bad break at 19:36 of the period when Rick Nash received a 4 minute penalty for drawing blood on Andrei Markov and NY started with the power play in period 2. NY had a 21-14 shot advantage in period one.

Steven Stamkos (Mr. Invisible in the playoffs) re-directed a Markov shot at 2:08 of period two for NY’s second Power play goal and a 2-0 lead. Quebec responded by coming out flying off the goal and Erik Staal scored on an up ice rush assisted by Jamie Langenbrunner and Thomas Vanek to make it 2-1 with 14:42 left in the second. The game remained 2-1 until 1:29 left in the second when unfortunately the game froze and because of the resume game function not working Johnny was no longer able to coach his team. The period ended at 2-1 with NY out shooting Quebec 18-6 in the second period and 39-20 overall. The refs had put their whistles away for over a period but called a tighter game in the third. Bryan Little was nabbed at :48 seconds for holding giving Quebec their first power play of the game. Quebec managed two shots and NY blocked three to kill off the penalty. Jason Spezza was then penalized at 3:31 for holding giving Quebec another power play. Steven Stamkos then was called for interference 19 seconds later and Quebec had a two man advantage. NY penalty killers were all over the ice holding Quebec to only one shot on goal killing off the 5 on 3. Erik Staal then hit the post with 13:28 left keeping it a 2-1 game. Steven Stamkos then knocked Tim Gleason off the puck leading to a 2 on 1 rush and Jason Spezza capitalized to make it 3-1 NY with 12:45 to play. NY added some insurance with a Bobby Ryan deflection on an Erik Johnson shot with 4:36 to play giving NY a 4-1 win. NY out shoots Quebec 44-26 but the key stat probably is winning 50 of 75 face offs when all series it seemed to go Quebec’s way on the draws. Martin Hanzel won an amazing 18 of 21 faceoffs and those were mainly vs. Quebec’s top line and when short handed. The three stars awarded by the game were: #1 Bobby Ryan 1 goal and 2 assists, #2 Stamkos 1 goal and an assist , #3 Halak 25 saves. But I would give #1 to Halak who stopped 3 odd man rushes , #2 Hanzal for all his defensive play and #3 Stamkos for the goal and assist -9 shots, 2 hits and the key goal to make it 2-0.


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Draft Order 2012 FHL Season*

Round 1

Previous Owner Round 2 Previous Owner Round 3 Previous Owner

California

Boston California California Detroit

Exton Detroit Detroit

Florida

Florida

Florida Los Angeles

Los Angeles

Los Angeles

Winnipeg

Winnipeg

Winnipeg California Boston Boston

Florida Boston

Indianapolis

Indianapolis

Indianapolis Exton McGregor McGregor

McGregor

Columbus

Columbus

McGregor Columbus/Exton

Johnstown

Gatineau City Johnstown Johnstown

Exton

Kansas City Exton Montreal Exton

California New York New York

Boston New York

Cincinnati

Cincinnati

Cincinnati Montreal

Montreal

Montreal

Cleveland

Boston Cleveland/Exton Cleveland

Gatineau City

Gatineau City

Indianapolis Gatineau City

Quebec

Quebec

Quebec Kansas City

Kansas City

Boston Kansas City

Denotes Playoff Team

Denotes Draft Pick

Trade

*The FHL draft will be in reverse order of finish from this season. The only caveat is the bottom 3 teams will compete

in a draft lottery for seeding in the upcoming draft. The lottery will be weighted to the worse team having a better

chance for the #1 overall pick, the second worse team having a better chance for the 2nd overall pick, and the third

worse team having the best chance for the third pick.


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FHL 2012/2013 DRAFT ORDER

Round 4 Previous Owner Round 5

Previous Owner Round 6

Previous Owner

California

Johnstown California, Boston California

Detroit

Detroit

Detroit Florida

Florida

Florida

Los Angeles

Los Angeles

Los Angeles Winnipeg

Winnipeg

Winnipeg

Boston

Boston

California Boston

Indianapolis

Boston Indianapolis Indianapolis Detroit McGregor/Exton/Boston/Exton McGregor

McGregor

Columbus

Columbus

Columbus Johnstown

Johnstown

Johnstown

Cleveland Exton

Gatineau City Exton Exton

California New York New York

New York Cincinnati

Cincinnati

Cincinnati

Montreal

Montreal

Montreal Cleveland

Cleveland

Cleveland

Gatineau City

Gatineau City

Gatineau City

Quebec

Quebec

Quebec Kansas City

Kansas City

Kansas City

Please note playoff teams will be seeded in order of finish in the Post Season with the Crystal winner drafting last.

Please consult the FHL Constitution under “Draft” for details of the draft and lottery.

Special thanks go to Chad Pridemore who prepared the draft grid above and kept track of all the trades throughout

the regular season.

Please note errata change from last issue of Gamespeak Vol. 2., No. 4: Round 3 last pick should have been Boston

(prior Kansas City pick) and Round 5 first pick should be Johnstown (prior California, Boston pick).


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From the Commissioner’s Office:

What recently occurred in Round 1 of the FHL Quest for the Crystal was a

shocker! Both top teams during the FHL regular season: Kansas City Ice

Twisters (Commissioner’s Trophy Winner with the Best Regular Season Point

total with 104) and the Quebec Nordiques (runner up to the Commissioner’s

Trophy Winner with the 102 points) were both eliminated by the two #4 seeds

Cincinnati Swords and Columbus Jaguars respectively. Needless to say this

confounds the mind and confronts the imagination.

In the Republic Conference, Swords Manager/Coach Francois Lessard had a masterful strategy to take care of the mighty Ice Twisters . The Swords played to their strengths utilizing their blueliners to lead the attack for games #1 and #2. Defenseman Dustin Byfuglien, Mike Green, Jamie McBain, and Stephane Robidas scored 1, 1, 2, and 3 goals respectively over the first two games. However Kansas City showed its true mettle and went into Sword Arena winning the next game 5-2 and then won in an OT classic 5-4 to square the series 2-2. Manager/Coach Joshua Pohl adjusted from his earlier games by playing his defense closer to the point which appeared to knock the Swords offense off its game. Francois then adjusted playing a more balanced offense and fed his forwards who dominated at the Sprint Center winning 6-0. Unknown Mike Santorelli dominated with 2 goals in game 5. In the clinching game 6, Mike Horton had a hat trick to lead the Swords to a 6-4 victory and clinched the series 4-2. However the true hero was Cincinnati’s goalie “King” Henrik Lundqvist who came into his own winning MVP honors for the series with a GAA 2.55 and save PCT. .913 for the series.

Meanwhile in the National Conference, Ashlee Pridemore shocked the FHL World taking out Johnny Francoeur ’s mighty Quebec Nordiques in 5 games!!!

In game #1 the visiting Jaguars jumped on Nordiques goalie Carey Price early for 3 first period goals by Datsyuk, Reasoner, and Filppula! Quebec scored the only goal in the second per iod on the power play off a point slap shot by Tyler Myers. Then the third period scoring was all Columbus Teemu Selanne who got a hat trick with 3 goals (one on the power play and two at even strength). Tim Thomas stood on his head with 36 saves.

In game #2 Quebec got a quick start with goals by Vanek and Langenbrunner in the first period while Columbus was shut out. Then Nash scored in the second period to stake the Nordiques to a 3-0 lead.


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Then Columbus would rally on two power play goals. Hossa scored the first power play goal near

the end of the second period. Then Tanguay scored next power play goal near the half way mark in

the third period to close the score to 3-2. Then the Nordiques get two empty net goals by

Zetterberg and Nash to put the Jaguars away 5-2 to square the series 1-1.

Then in game 3 the Quebec Nordiques had a total meltdown in against the Columbus Jaguars. The Jaguars

ran away with 10-1 victory. I repeat 10-1!!!

Pavel Datyuk scored three goals on the night followed by Cal Clutterbuck and Teemu Selanne scoring two each.

Nordique goalie Carey Price was pulled after giving up giving up seven goals on 14 shots.

Ribeiro scored the lone goal for Quebec. This game sets the FHL record for most goals scored by team in a

single game.

Then came the climatic game 5 where Jaguar goalie Tim Thomas leads the Columbus Jaguars to a shocking 1-0

victory over the Quebec Nordiques at Le Colisee! This was a shocking series upset 4-1 over the highly favored

Nordiques who were runner up to last year's Crystal Finals and this year's runner up to the Commissioner's

Trophy with team 102 points! Quebec finished 14 points ahead of Columbus in the National Conference. The

Jaguars were the last team to qualify for the playoffs with 88 points and it took winning their final home game

of the season against the McGregor Condors to do that.

Thomas stood on his head with 40 saves emphatically slamming the door on any hopes of any Nordique come

back. He was the unanimous choice for series MVP with 1.37 GAA and a .958 save PCT. Quebec's goalie Carey

Price redeemed himself this game, after letting in 10 goals in game 4, with a 35 save performance in the loss!

Quebec Manager/Coach Johnny Francoeur told Gamespeak Online after the game: "Tim Thomas was just the

better man tonight, stopping all 40 shots from Quebec. Price was amazing too, but he let 1 in and it was too

much as Columbus wins it 1-0. Good luck Ashlee for the rest of the playoffs."

Quebec had 7 power plays but were unable to convert on any of them. There was even a 4:00 double minor to

Columbus defenseman Jordan Leopold at the 8:01 mark into the second period that the Jaguars killed! The

game was very tense with the score tied 0-0 mid way into the third period!

Then the Jaguars pounced! Tomas Kopecky at 11:02 mark in the third period got one by Nordique goalie

Carey Price to break the scoreless deadlock at 11:02 mark assisted by Sauer and Reasoner.

This reminds me of the Bible verse in Matthew 20:16 “But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall

be first.” However in this race Jesus was referring to when people can come to Christ for eternal life and

salvation. In Ephesians 2:8-9 its written “For by grace are ye saved through faith and that not of yourself. It

is a free gift of God and not of works, lest a man should boast.” Our life span is very limited as James 4:14

says “Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that

appeareth for a little time and then vanish away.” Do you know what will happen to you after you die? Read

John 5:24 and 3:16. If you are interested in hearing more of the Gospel please email me and Chad and we

would be glad to discuss! God Bless!

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