Wildfire Hockey Pool Standings - End of Week 17

Team.......................................Total...This Week
The Shaving Moes.............................427..........29
Don's Dinos..................................416..........26
Langdon River Dogs...........................415..........28
Team Lowes Racing............................389..........17
Team EA......................................388..........22
Pull the Goalie..............................358..........26
The Slim Pickens.............................356..........26
THE Team.....................................356..........23
Sherpa's Yaks................................345..........20
The Late Impact..............................345..........23
Taffy's Tyrants..............................334..........26
Team Chevy...................................328..........23
Thanx For Comin' Out.........................324..........24
Doug's Deadbeats.............................324..........31

Statistics updated through Sunday's games...

Team of the Week: Doug's Deadbeats... still in last, but made some big moves to keep the rest of the bottom within striking distance.

Player of the Week: Mark Recchi (The Shaving Moes) registered a week-high 8 points this week... helping to keep the Moes on top.

News from the remainder of the week:
Markus Naslund (Sherpa's Yaks) was rested on the weekend, but should be back Tuesday. He was rested because of a nagging hip/groin injury. Marek Zidlicky (The Shaving Moes) is listed as out day-to-day with a hand injury. Kim Johnsson (Team Lowes Racing) returned to action on Saturday, but then left again with the same dizziness he was out with. Bryan Berard (Langdon River Dogs) has been listed as out day-to-day with a back injury.

Pavol Demitra (The Shaving Moes) returned to the Kings line-up on Saturday night.

News so far this week (up until Thursday):
Despite having the highest week point total thus far, Doug's Deadbeats lost Mario Lemieux to retirement this week... he had already been out for a few weeks up to this point, but made it official this week. If it wasn't for guys like Sidney Crosby, Dominik Hasek or John-Michel Liles, you'd think the Deadbeats would miss him.

If the Canucks and/or Don's Dinos weren't having enough bad luck, Ed Jovanovski re-aggrevated his groin injury and will probably face a long lay-off from action, which may or may not include his Olympic tenure. The Dinos haven't been as dominant as they were at the beginning of the season, losing yet another place to the Langdon River Dogs.

Also on the re-aggrevating front, Peter Forsberg (Pull the Goalie) will also miss the weekend games for the Flyers after pulling his groin again. Pull the Goalie is in need of their top forward as they're still in the midst of the middle of the pack battle with The Slim Pickens and Sherpa's Yaks.

Added to the day-to-day injury list... Teppo Numminen (THE Team) with a hamstring injury and Mike Comrie (Pull the Goalie) with a knee injury.

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Wildfire Hockey Pool Standings - End of Week 16

Team.......................................Total...This Week
The Shaving Moes.............................398..........14
Don's Dinos..................................390..........15
Langdon River Dogs...........................387..........27
Team Lowes Racing............................372..........23
Team EA......................................366..........18
THE Team.....................................333..........27
Pull the Goalie..............................332..........16
The Slim Pickens.............................330..........20
Sherpa's Yaks................................325..........21
The Late Impact..............................322..........13
Taffy's Tyrants..............................308..........16
Team Chevy...................................305..........24
Thanx For Comin' Out.........................300..........23
Doug's Deadbeats.............................293..........16

Points updated through Sunday's games...

Team of the Week this week was THE Team... they weren't the only team to score 27 points, but they were the team to climb the most places with their points. For that, THE Team gets the nod of being the best team of the pool for Week 16. Led by Martin Brodeur and Daniel Alfredsson, they amassed enough points to climb about 4 places in the Standings.

Player of the Week for Week 16 is Alexander Ovechkin (Langdon River Dogs). He led the River Dogs, who were the other team to amass 27 points this week, with a week-dominating 7 points. The River Dogs are now nearing the top of the table with consistent performances from guys like Ovechkin.

Monday's News:
Kim Johnsson (Team Lowes Racing) has been listed day-to-day with a concussion. Sergei Samsonov (Team Lowes Racing) is also listed day-to-day with a leg injury. Peter Forsberg (Pull the Goalie) should dress for the Flyers tonight against Pittsburgh. Cory Stillman (The Shaving Moes) is a game-time decision against Montreal with a chest injury. Ed Jovanovski (Don's Dinos) is scheduled to return this week... vague, I know. Pierre Turgeon (The Late Impact) is still 7-to-10 days away with his shoulder injury. Alexander Frolov (Doug's Deadbeats) should be good to go tonight after missing last week with the flu.

Friday's News
The only Blackhawk left in the pool, Brent Seabrook (Taffy's Tyrants), returned to the line-up last night. Seabrook missed 13 games with a sprained knee, that he suffered just after being picked in the waiver draft. He didn't register any points, but the Hawks did beat the Avalanche last night... but the offensive upside is there for the young Seabrook... just be patient.

Jason Spezza (Sherpa's Yaks) returned after missing 7 games with a chest muscle injury. He didn't skate on the big line and didn't register any points in the Senators loss to Anaheim. He may return to the big line come the weekend when the Sens host the Leafs on Hockey Night in Canada.

Thursday's News:
Well, doesn't this just suck... Ziggy Palffy (Pull the Goalie) retired this week. That won't register many points for Pull the Goalie... actually, that means no more points from his 2nd round pick; A guy that you expect to score quite a few points with. This is what you'd call... unlucky! It's a pretty crappy time to come too... while Pull the Goalie is in the midst of a good middle of the pack battle.

Pavol Demitra (The Shaving Moes) may be sitting out a considerable time longer than expected due to the discovery of nerve damage in his injured leg. The Kings (and Moes) leading scorer this season will be a HUGE loss for the coming weeks. Could this mean a fall from first place??

Bryan McCabe (Taffy's Tyrants) is looking more and more like he'll be out until after the Olympic Break. That means about a month... with about 3 weeks worth of play missed, including his spot on the Canadian team jeopardized. The Tyrants have been desperate to keep themselves out of the bottom three, but with the services of the best offensive defenseman in the league, their fate looks awfully low.

Day-to-day injuries include: Peter Forsberg (Pull the Goalie), groin pull; Eric Lindros (Taffy's Tyrants), wrist upgraded; Henrik Zetterberg (Don's Dinos), hip injury; Marty Turco (Don's Dinos), lower body injury; Alex Frolov (Doug's Deabeats), flu; Steve Eminger (Sherpa's Yaks), ankle; Lubomir Visnovsky (Slim Pickens), cervical strain; Teemu Selanne (Slim Pickens), groin; Glen Murray (Team Lowes Racing), foot; Roman Hamrlik (Slim Pickens), knee.

Returns: Adam Foote (Team EA), missed 9 games with a hip injury; Jiri Slegr (Thanx For Comin' Out), missed 5 games with a back injury; Jason Spezza (Sherpa's Yaks), scheduled to return tonight after missing 10+ games with chest injury.

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Saturday, January 21

We'll be meeting in the Wildfire for a pool get together... no trading of players this month, more than likely that it'll happen in February.

Let's see if we can get some prizes out of Greg, eh!!


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Wildfire Hockey Pool Standings - End of Week 15

Team.......................................Total...This Week
The Shaving Moes.............................384..........18
Don's Dinos..................................375..........25
Langdon River Dogs...........................360..........31
Team Lowes Racing............................349..........21
Team EA......................................348..........22
Pull the Goalie..............................316..........23
The Slim Pickens.............................310..........19
The Late Impact..............................309..........19
THE Team.....................................306..........25
Sherpa's Yaks................................304..........11
Taffy's Tyrants..............................292..........19
Team Chevy...................................281..........19
Thanx For Comin' Out.........................277..........25
Doug's Deadbeats.............................277..........23

Stats updated through Sunday's games...

Wednesday News:
Both Roman Hamrlik (The Slim Pickens) and Daniel Alfredsson (THE Team) returned to action last night in their team's respective games. Lubomir Visnovsky (The Slim Pickens) has been listed as day-to-day with a concussion.

Tuesday's Injury News:
Leading defenseman, Bryan McCabe (Taffy's Tyrants) will sit out against Vancouver tonight with a groin injury. Sergei Gonchar (Taffy's Tyrants) may sit out against Edmonton tonight with a gastrointestinal ailment... he's sort of 50/50 as of this morning. Roman Hamrlik (The Slim Pickens) may return to the Flames' line-up after missing several games with a knee injury. He has flown to New York for the game against the Rangers. Pierre Turgeon (The Late Impact) will miss the next few weeks with a shoulder separation.

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A Player Move

Petr Sykora (Taffy's Tyrants) is getting another shot with another team. On the weekend, he moved from the Mighty Ducks in Anaheim to the Big Apple to play with Jaromir Jagr (Langdon River Dogs).

I would have to assume that this is actually a pretty big step-up for the Czech winger... his production has been lacking this season. Sykora is known as a pretty decent goal scorer when he has help... and Jagr is just lighting it up this season for the Rangers and it's quite likely that they will be paired together in their first game against Calgary.

The Tyrants may be on to something here... stay tuned!!


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Wildfire Hockey Pool Standings - End of Week 14

Team.......................................Total...This Week
The Shaving Moes.............................366..........30
Don's Dinos..................................350..........26
Langdon River Dogs...........................329..........35
Team Lowes Racing............................328..........28
Team EA......................................326..........27
Sherpa's Yaks................................293..........18
Pull the Goalie..............................293..........20
The Slim Pickens.............................291..........22
The Late Impact..............................290..........20
THE Team.....................................281..........28
Taffy's Tyrants..............................273..........27
Doug's Deadbeats.............................254..........23
Thanx For Comin' Out.........................252..........24
Team Chevy...................................242..........24

After 11 points on Sunday night... the Langdon River Dogs took the week total win with 35 points. Miikka Kiprusoff (Taffy's Tyrants) took the Player of the Week honours with 12 points.

Sunday's Player News:
Day-to-day: Jason Spezza (Sherpa's Yaks), chest muscle. Pavol Demitra (The Shaving Moes), leg injury. Pierre Turgeon (The Late Impact), shoulder injury.
Waived: Alexander Mogilny (The Slim Pickens) cleared waivers, unsure if he'll report to the minors.
Returnees: Bryan Berard (Langdon River Dogs) missed 7 games with a back injury. Jason Allison (The Slim Pickens) missed 4 games with a finger injury. Tony Amonte (Team Chevy) missed 2 games with a rib injury.

Tuesday's Player News:
Day to day injuries include: Ed Jovanovski (Don's Dinos) with a foot injury, Jiri Slegr (Thanx For Comin' Out) has back problems and Tony Amonte (Team Chevy) has a rib injury.
Returning to the line-up, Jason Spezza (Sherpa's Yaks) who missed 5 games with a chest injury


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Wildfire Hockey Pool Standings - End of Week 13

Team.......................................Total...This Week
The Shaving Moes.............................336..........37
Don's Dinos..................................324..........33
Team Lowes Racing............................300..........22
Team EA......................................299..........34
Langdon River Dogs...........................294..........29
Sherpa's Yaks................................275..........27
Pull the Goalie..............................273..........31
The Late Impact..............................270..........30
The Slim Pickens.............................269..........22
THE Team.....................................253..........24
Taffy's Tyrants..............................246..........21
Doug's Deadbeats.............................231..........27
Thanx For Comin' Out.........................228..........30
Team Chevy...................................218..........19

At the End of Week 13 (Sunday), The Shaving Moes decided to extend their lead by 4 points over Don's Dinos, since they were the best team of the week yet again. They had four players who had 5 points or better during the week.

Alexander Ovechkin (Langdon River Dogs), Ladislav Nagy (Pull the Goalie) and Scott Gomez (The Slim Pickens) all shared Player of the Week honours with 8 points last week.

Player news on Saturday morning:
Daniel Briere (The Late Impact) is now scheduled to be out until April after undergoing surgery for a sports hernia. He'll be sorely missed. Jason Allison (The Slim Pickens) should return next week sometime from a broken or fractured finger tip. He was injured on Monday night. Derek Morris (Doug's Deadbeats) will be lost indefinitely with a sprained ankle.

Last night, both Daniel Alfredsson (THE Team) and Alexei Zhitnik (Don's Dinos) left their respective games with injuries... the extent of which won't be figured out until next week, I'd imagine.


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