At the start of the season, Adam Franson had some burning questions….after the season is now over, some of those have been answered. Let’s see what we’ve got here… 1) Rowdy Kilts – The Kilts relied on the Wings for so much of their damage. Now without Datsyuk, the Kilts don’t look as scary. Will
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Eyeballing Take 1: Promotion, Relegation
The eyeball has been at work tonight. Let’s start with the Champs. Barreling their way to the winners circle and running away with the Wayne Gretzky deserves a promotion to the Premier Division. Now, who to relegate to Gold? Really, this is a no brainer. Even Nathan could wrap his black and white brain around
TURNING THE COYOTES CORNER
Weeks of 30, 25, 28 and in the finals 26 points, the Vanguard put together a stretch of four weeks unmatched in the 2012-2013 season on their way to the hoisting the 2013 Snipers Cup. The Vanguard left behind a who’s who of teams as well. Beating three time Champs, the Bullets in round 1,
2013 Prospect Ranks
Tony was kind enough to make the prospects rankings nice a pretty. Here you go: Here’s the order in text: 1 Yakupov, Nail 2 Huberdeau, Jonathan 3 Nugent-Hopkins, Ryan 4 Galchenyuk, Alex 5 Landeskog, Gabriel 6 Tarasenko, Vladimir 7 Schenn, Brayden 8 Schultz, Justin 9 Hamilton, Dougie 10 Grigorenko, Mikhail 11 Strome, Ryan 12 Rielly,
Mid Season Celebration
With five weeks in the books, the mid point in this shortened season, it’s time to look at how the cookie is crumbling.
2012 Draft Revisited
McLaren was kind enough to organize the results of the 3,170 votes from the 2012 Draft voting process. Enjoy.
No Frills – A Draft Recap, Pics and Video
Well the draft is finally complete..only 4.5 months late. There were some dark days when we all wondered if the day would ever come. Well it did and Kevin Ma stepped up and hosted a great no frills, all efficiency draft on Saturday Jan 12, 2013. It was a crisp, cold sunny morning…With probably the
Perron Rank 2012-2013
It came down the Shrubdogs vs the Bullies to present this piece, but I decided to go with the Bullies. He’s had fun writing it, and now he’ll have to face the wrath of 21 unhappy customers! One of the most anticipated pieces in the SCHL calendar is here! Enjoy
22 Burning Questions
1) Rowdy Kilts – The Kilts relied on the Wings for so much of their damage. Now without Datsyuk, the Kilts don’t look as scary. Will GM Rattray regret trading its best forward? 2) Barracudas – Who are the Barracudas…the 2011 version or the 2012 version? 3) Battalion – How quickly before GM Bryce comes
Draft Day Details
2012 – 2013 SCHL DRAFT Date: Saturday, January 12th, 2013 Time: 11am Prep for a full day of action…no leaving for to take your shirt off on a boat or to race home and check the MB. Location: Home of the Ma Tornadoes 3721 Philips Ave Burnaby B.C. V5A 2W8 This a brown house with a clear basketball
The Hill We Died On
Well, after months of aggravation, the long exasperating road has finally come an end to this circus. There’s no winners here. All losers. Don’t give anyone credit to anyone. This will one day be a case study in some negotiation class on what not to do. It had some considering leaving the SCHL. We’re feeling stoked now, and we
Original Schedule Trashed
This schedule is no longer an option. So I thought I’d paste it here for the history pages. WEEK 1 Oct 11-20 Hydras v Dragons Tycoons v Battalion Vanguard v Akulas
The Snipers Cup HOF Opens Its Doors
It’s been five years, but the Snipers Cup Hall of Fame has opened its doors once more. Please welcome our newest three inductees: Nicklas Lidstrom, Joe Sakic and Zigmund Palffy. All three players during their time left major impressions on the SCHL. One was the best defensemen in the league’s history, the other was one
GM Rankings…as voted on
As we sit and wait for the NHL and the NHLPA to split our money, all we can do it make up ranking and polls in lieu of real stats. It’s been nearly seven months since we’ve checked an NHL regular season box score. Sigh. Here are the results of the “Who’s the Better GM?”
Potenial Draft Day Date & League Reopening
This is a mighty big assumption to make, but if all goes well and there’s a new CBA signed for the NHL (with the regular season starting November 2nd) Draft Day 2012 will be scheduled for Saturday, October 27, 2012. Location and timing to be determined at this point, but schedule for a full day
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