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| SHL Inside News Thanks to the: Adamville Herald, Brantown Sun, Dionland Times, Marktown Gazette, Olchowyville Observer, Rumpyvill Times, and the Scitt City Sun **Looking Ahead: Must Win Games Start Day One** You wouldn't expect the first week to be so crucial for any team in any league. But in the 2006-2007 SHL season every team is gonna be battling hoof and nail to get into the top 6 to make it to the playoffs. So many teams mathced evenly it is going to be an all out scrap for each and every orginization to get there name onto the Copenhagen Cup. The Associated Press picked the following winners for the season openers: Scott City to defeat Trach City, Gilmore Gold Jackets to defeat Marktown Petes, Gregville Assassines to defeat Nut Town Natives, Brantown Slammers to defeat Olchowyville Leafs, Adamville Falcons to defeat RumpyVill Roughhosers, Dionland Twisters to defeat Fort Macfie Gangbang. It appears as if the AP is going with the favorites, however that might not be the safest bet being this is the Saskatchewan Hockey League and anything can happen; anybody can beat anybody on any given night. Rumor Mill: Trade Talks for All After Draft Not everybody, let me rephrase that no one is set quite yet with there rosters. Many teams rumored to be looking to make moves before this season even gets under way are the Marktown Petes, Rumpyvill Roughhosers, Scott City Grrrowl, and many more!. Petes GM Mark Peterson is ready to get down to business being the youngest current General Manager in the league. Peterson is presumably working on deals with Scott City, as Grrrowl GM Scott Macfie openly admits he needs a goaltender. Roughosers GM Trent Rumpel is reported as wanting a couple more snipers in his lineup. Don't be suprised to see the other two expansion teams swing a deal that being the Goldjackets and the Gangbang. Another possible team looking to make some acquisitions are last years regular season champs the Dionland Twisters, Dion Berg is one of the best GM's in the league and is always lookin to solify his lineup. Looking Ahead: What a draft, What a season in store After perhaprs the most interesting draft in SHL history, the Saskatchewan Hockey League regular season is shaping up to be phenomenal. All 12 teams look to be evenly matches with there strengths lying in different areas of the game based on the orginazations strategy to win a Copenhagen Cup. We strongly believe all three expansion teams are going to fit into the mix easily with no struggling in their inaugural seasons. Many people believe this the 4th SHL season will be the best thus far in the leagues rich history. SHL Uniforms For 2006-2007 Season Releasedd The SHL is pleased to announced the arrival of the uniforms for the 2006-2007 season for the 12 confirmed teams to join the league. The Leeville Landcrushers will not make it past it's inaugural seasons. Leeville GM Lee McCutcheon is focussing his career on becoming a hip hop artist. There will be three expansion franchises this season, the Marktown Petes, Gilmore Gold Jackets, and the Fort Macfie Gangbang, they all our sponsored by Reebok just like the other nine Saskatchewan Hockey League franchises.. (read more) Operation Snapshot takes over hype of Trade Deadlinee Brantown Slammers and Gregville Assassinites General Managers tried to pull a bluff a couple days prior to the SHL trade deadline which we all know about. However it is sad this took over the headlines of the deadline as there was no big blockbusters and not any actoin at all really compared to the last season (2003-2004) like the Paul Kariya, Mike Modanno deal invovling the Grrrowl and the Roughhosers, as well as the Jokkinen, Hull deal between the Adamville Falcons and the now Brantown Slammers the then Brandontown Allstars. (read more) |
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| Falcons will take on Slammers, Twisters to entertain the Grrrowl |
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| Adamville, FL -- The 3rd and 2nd place teams during the regular season will tango in the first Copenhagen Cup Semi Final series after Adamville beat out Gregville they earn a spot to take on Brantown. And in the second series it will be the regular season champions Dionland Twisters taking on the fourth place Scott City Grrrowl fresh off a quaterfinal round victory over the Nut Town Natives. (read more) |
| Copenhagen Cup Championship series: Scott City Grrrowl vs Brantown Slammers |
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| Scott City, TC --The Championship series is set the Eastern Division Champions Scott City Grrrowl will battle the Western Division Champions the Brantown Slammers. This is Scott City's second trip to the Copenhagen Cup Final, Meanwhile for the Brantown Slammmers this is there virgin run to the Cope' Cup. The Battle for the coveted Copenhagen Cup will span two and a half weeks.(read more) |
| Brantown Slammers defeat Scott City Grrrowl to become Copenhagen Cup Champions!! |
| Brantown, CD -- The Slammers defeat the Grrrowl 5-2 to win the Copenhagen Cup Championship. Mats Sundin was named the playoff MVP for the league after having a sensational playoffs and a unbelievable Championship Series againt the Grrrowl. Slammers General Manager Brandon Allen was ecstatic over the victory and is now currently vacationing with the Copenhagen Cup along with his wife Kristen Peterson in Hawaii. This was the Slammers first Western Division Championship and there first Copenhagen Cup Championship as they are the third team in Saskatchewn Hockey League history to win the Copenhagen Cup. Grrrowl GM Scott Macfie generously picked up the Copenhagen sweepstakes that comes along with winning the Cope' Cup (free Copenhagen for a year) considering no one on the Slammers chew; therefore he was satisfied with the teams playoff performance. (read more) |
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| The Marktown Petes join the SHL as the 10th team |
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Marktown Petes have become the 12th franchise in the history of the Saskatchewan Hockey League. They will take the place of the Leeville Landcrushers for the 10th team in the league this year. Petes GM Mark Peterson [pictured on the left celebrating at the Petes inaugural banquet] when asked in a recent interview stated he looks for his team to "finish in the top 8 being its their expansion year.' Peterson is looking for "good hitters on defence..some good scorers and some two way guys along with some solid goaltenders" in the upcoming SHL draft to be taken place two weeks from now at the Olchowyville Specturm in Olchowyville, GC. Peterson was also quoted on saying he looks to have a solid rivarly with Dionland because Twister GM "Dion [Berg] is an arch enemy" of his. When asked about the Copenhagen Cup's importance Peterson replied by saying "the free one year supply of cope' is important to me because I love Copenhagen." (read more) |
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| Huge Breaking News! |
| Scott City, TC -- A shocking rumor has come out of league headquarters in Scott City. An article set for tommorow mornings Scott City Sun has leaked, reports indicate that the SHL may indeed have two more expansion teams this season. It is noted in this article that two possible franchises will be joining the league within the coming hours. The article does not report where the franchise cities are located, this is a really big newsflash with the SHL Draft looming on Tuesday. More reports to come as this story unfolds. (read more) |
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| Its Official: Two More Expansion Franchises for 2006-2007 |
| Scott City, TC -- A news conference held Monday morning announced that the Saskatchewan Hockey League will indeed have two more expansion franchises for the 2006-2007 hockey news. This was still shocking news even after the rumors that had been floating around for the past week. What really makes it suprises is this happens only five days before the SHL draft. The two expansion franchises are the Gilmore Gold Jackets who will play in the Westen Division and the Fort Macfie Gangbang who will be in the Eastern Division. The Gold Jackets announced at the press conference that Hans Johansen will take over the reigns as the teams General Manager. Meanwhile the Gangbang announced Craig Macfie,(older brother of Scott City Grrrowl GM Scott) as its General Manager. Johansen and Macfie both admitted in telephone interviews they have familliar styles and will probably be competeting at the draft to recruit the same players at the annual SHL draft to be held later this week. |
| Both will be recruiting players such as the last two seasons Grrrowl goalkeeper Roberto Luongo aswell as last seasons Rumpyvill Roughhoser sniper Markus Naslund. The two GM's cannot wait to get there hands on the Copenhagen Cup and both they feel they have a very strong chance at competeting for the Copenhagen Cup. Gold Jackets and Gangbang jerseys were also released at the press conference (read more) |
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| Teams handover pre-rankings; as the draft looms |
| Olchowyville, GC -- Tuesday night at 10:00 PM sharp all 12 SHL sent in there pre-draft rankings for the 2006 draft. What makes the SHL so exciting is the fact you don't know who has the first pick untill 30 minutes before the draft when the draft lottery takes place. The draft that will happen within the next 72 hours will have its share of suprises, and which player will end up where this year will have alot of impact on how the first round goes. Alot will rely on who went with the expected picks and who goes for a gamble like picking Robero Luongo or Evgeni Malkin earlier on in the draft than expected. Many people believe Joe Thornton will go first overall, but again this draft is up in the air. It all depends on who gets which draft pick in which order. |
| When it comes to the draft being Adam Olchowy GM of the Olchowyville Leafs who are playing host to this years draft stated "Theres nothing you can do about it, now we made our list based on as many things happening that we could think of so we could still get the best players possible. I'm not even going to watch the draft as it happens I am just going to take a look at our roster when its all said it done and then get to work." (read more) |
| Scott City Grrrowl take Joe Thornton first overall in this years draft |
| Olchowyville, GC -- As many critics expected Joe Thornton did go first overall the only questions was to who would get the first pick and it ended up in the hands of the Scott City Grrrowl. GM Scott Macfie stated "We are very pleased to bring Joe into Scott City for training camp and we have already told him, he will be wearing the C this year, so we have high hopes for him." The Fort Macfie Gangbang got the 2nd overall pick and in a bit of a suprise selected Russian phenom Alexander Ovechkin. Gregville had the 3rd pick and for the second straight year selcted Mikka Kiprusoff first overall, Greg Manson is ecstatic about acquiting Kipper again. Jaromir Jagr was selected 4th overall by the Olchowyville Leafs another familliar face from last season, Adam Olchowy said he wants Jagr to simply dominate this season. Rounding up the top 5 Trach City Americans GM Jesse Trach snapped up Dany Heatley, Trach commented "Heatley needs to lead this team,plain and simple." |
| Sydney Crosby was picked up 6th overall by the Twisters, Berg insisted "the kid needs to show his stuff again this year." Seventh overall was Petr Forsberg to the Brantown Slammers amazingly Forsberg is now entering his 4th season as a member of this organization. Eighth overall the expansion Gold Jackets picked up Patrick Elias, Johansen told us "Elias fits nicely into the scheme of things for this orginazation. Spezza went ninth to the Nut Town Natives. Smyth went tenth to the Petes, Peterson stated "I want Smyth to crash and bang out there all year because that is going to be our style." Eleventh Overall the Rumpyvill Roughhosers picked up Jonathon Cheechoo, Rumpel feels "landing Cheechoo is sick, he'll be picking up Power Play Points all year long.". Rounding out the first round the Adamville Falcons used the 12th overall pick to select Daniel Alfreddson. More draft analysis to come later in the week including the Annual Power Rankings from SHL press. (read more) |
| Marktown Petes are busy, pulling off two trades Friday evening |
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| Marktown, HC -- Marktown Petes General Manager Mark Peterson's phone has been ringing off the hook since the draft was finished Wednesday. It was rumored he was going to do some wheeling and dealing, and that he did. In he first trade he sent twenty-two year old centre Alexander Steen to the Scott CIty Grrrowl in exchange for Nikolai Zherdev the Kiev, Ukraine native. Zherdev is also a twenty-two year old but plays the left wing. The only question in this deal is whether Zherdev will play in the SHL this year or not, he was having contract disputes and |
| could possibly may end up sitting this season out, Peterson is ready to negotiate as much as possible to get him on the ice. The second trade for the Petes on friday evening invovled veteran Joe Nieuwendyk being shipped to the 2003 Copenhagen Cup Champions |
| the Rumpyvill Roughhosers for fellow veteran Jeff O'Neill. Peterson wanted to bring O'Neill to the expansion Petes because of they are an inexperienced oganazation and they need a guy with a whatever it takes attitude in the dressing room. Peterson says he may still have some trades to pull of before the Petes start there season off October 4th vs the Gilmore Gold Jackets. (read more) |
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| Annual SHL Power Rankings Released |
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| Trach City, TC -- From the Associated Press home base in Trach City the annual Saskatchewan Hockey Leagues Power Ranking have been realeased for the 2006-2007 hockey campaign. The Associated Press which consists of every single teams city's leading newspaper has brought the most accurate predictions for the last three seaons. This season doens't look to be any diffrent as the AP have done ther homework to bring to you who and what to expect in the upcoming season which begings Oct. 4th. |
| By Clicking on the logo in the upper right of this article you can see who the Associated Press has picked The SHL to turnout this year from deadlast to Copenhagen Cup Champions. There are a few eye openers in the article and the AP tells you who to look out for this year to make a difference and who needs to step up for their squad if they want to win the Copey Cup. This is nothing more than a preview to simply make you more anticipated for the 06-07 season which begins in just a week. Make sure you check it out right now! (read more) |
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| Dual Ownership Now in Olchowyville |
| Olchowyville, GC -- Trey Parker the man who used to own 100% of the Olchowyville Leaf franchise got a little financial support Saturday Morning. They announced from the press room at the Olchowyville that Matt Stone will take a 50% share in owning the Leafs. Parker was on the brink of falling into the red this season; Stone a co-creator of the television show South Park with Parker is a multi-millionaire and is quite eager to helping out the Olchowyville Leafs become an succesful organization. (read more) |
| Two Trades Take Place Day Before The Season Gets Under Way |
| GILMORE, GC -- Gold Jackets GM Hans Johansen made his first big move as an SHL executive Tuesday acquiring defenceman Brian Rafalski from the Marktown Petes. In return the Petes recieved towering 6'4" defenceman Pavel Kubina. Johansen looks for Rafalski to play alot of minutes on the blueline, especially on the Powerplay alongside 2006 East Division All-Star Lubomir Visnovsky. Rafalski had 6 G and 43 A last year with last seasons regular season champions the Dionland Twisters. Johansen expects Rafalski to easily double his goals from last season and pick up around 50 helpers. Pavel Kubina will miss the first regular season game after being suspended by the SHL after a highstick on Nut Town Native prospect Jari Hudler in a pre-season match up. Peterson noted about the addition of Kubina that "he fits nicely onto our squad, our strength this year is definately going to be our d-core. He will probably pair up with Jay Bouwmeester back there when he returns from his reasonable suspension issued by the league." |
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| Brian Rafalski takes a skate around Happy Place during the Gold Jackets pre-game skate Wednesday morning. |
| The other trade occuring Tuesday evening seen the RumpyVill Roughhosers send LW Sergei Samsonov to the Gregville Assassines for three year veteran C Nathan Hornton. 'Hosers GM Trent Rumpel mentioned that Head Coach Brent Frumpel hadn't like what he seen from Samsonov during training camp and wanted a solid two-way centreman and they both feel they got that in Hornton. Assassines GM Greg Manson is excited about picking up Samsonov and is expecting some big numbers this season from the Russian speedster. (read more) |
| Puck Drops To Start The 4th SHL Season Tonight |
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| BRANTOWN CD -- The 2006-2007 season begins tonight with the last piece of last years puzzle concluding as the Scott City Grrrowl will raise their Eastern Division Championship Banner to the rafters of The Great Eastern Forum. Meanwhile in Brantown the Slammers organization will hoist their Western Division and Copenhagen Cup Championship Banners to the ceiling of the Brantown Communiplex. After these ceremonies we can officially begin the road to the 2007 Copenhagen Cup. The anticipation for today to come has been looming since the Slammers won the Copemhagen Cup in April. |
| Three teams make their Saskatchewan Hockey League debuts tonight. Two of them will face off against each other as Patrik Elias and the Gilmore Gold Jackets take to the ice at the Pete Snuffdome to play the Marktown Petes. The Fort Macfie Gangbang will make their debut on the road in Ranchford as they willl battle the Dionland Twisters at the Gatorade Centre. Click on the opening day logo above for more information. (read more) |
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| Exciting Action To Begin 2006-2007 Season |
| GREGVILLE, HC -- All six cities hosting the opening night games were sold out, meeting the leagues expectations. Every match-up was thrilling and had its own flare of intensity. Last years East Division Champions; the Scott City Grrrowl were defeated by the visiting Trach City Americans 2-1. In the game that showcased two of this years three expansion teams it seen the Gilmore Gold Jackets down the Marktown Petes 3-1. Some heated words were exchanged between both teams respected General Managers Hans Johansen and Mark Peterson after a controversial goal by Petes D Daryl Sydor. The Gregville Assassines beat the Nut Town Natives 4-1 in the grand opening of The Manson Family Centre. Defending Copenhagen Cup Champs; Brantown Slammers tied the Olchowyville Leafs 2-2 after the Championship banners were raised in Brantown. In Adamville the host Falcons were shutout by the RumpyVill Roughhosers 2-0. Two time defending Regular Season Champs; Dionland Twisters destroyed the expansion Fort Macfie Gangbang 5-1 at home, with returnee Jason Spezza leading the way with two goals. (read more) |
| Veteran Brendan Shanahan had two goals in Gregvilles 4-1 victory. |
| Free Agents Inked Over Weekend |
| SCOTT CITY, TC -- A whirlwind of signings over the weekend in the SHL. The Scott City Grrrowl signed G Andrew Raycroft who has been a free agent since the Grrrowl released him early last season. Meanwhile the Gilmore Gold Jackets added RW Scott Bernier to their roster after releasing RW Martin Gelinas. The Fort Macfie Gangbang inked LW Kyle Wellwood and LW Keith Tkachuk for the remainder of the 2006-2007 season. Marktown Petes GM Mark Peterson quickly snapped up G David Aebischer after he was cut by the Grrrowl. Michael Handzus was picked up by the Gregville Assassines shortly after their victory over Nut Town. Trach City Americans in the latest signing landed G Alex Auld after sending down D Zbynek Michalek. (read more) |
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| Andrew Raycroft showing off his new RBK gear in action vs Americans. |
| Natives And Petes Exchange Forwards In A Four Player Deal |
| To Marktown Petes: To Nut Town Natives: |
| Jamie Langenbrunner Tyler Arnarson Raffi Torres David Legwand |
| NUT TOWN, ED -- On Sunday evening Natives General Manager Travis Nutting decided to change things up abit shipping off RW Jamie Langenbrunner and C Tyler Arnarson to the Marktown Petes in exchange for LW Raffi Torres and C David Legwand. Neither Nutting or Petes General Manager Mark Peterson commented "The Natives have been in trade talks us for about a week now." The players will be in their respected lineups Monday night. (read more) |
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| Fort Macfie Bounce Back With Big Victory In Week Two |
| FORT MACFIE, ED -- After falling to last place in the first week of the season the Fort Macfie Gangbang bounced back with a huge win over the Trach City Americans 6-1 with thanks to a natural hatrick by Brian Gionta in the first period. In Marktown the Petes were defeated by the Scott City Grrrowl by a score of 5-1. The expansion Gold Jackets took over second place with a 4-3 win at home in the grand opeing of Happy Place against the Gregville Assassines. The Nut Town Natives travelled into Brantown and had to settle for a 2-2 tie with the Slammers. Jaromir Jagr led the charge for the Olchowyville Leafs as they defeated the struggling Adamville Falcons 4-1. The Dionland Twisters love to be in first place like they have been for the past two seasons and remain their this year as they defeat the Roughhosers 5-2 at the RumpyVill Sportsplex. (read more) |
| Brian Gionta celebrates after his 2nd goal vs the Trach City Americans |
| Olchowyville Leafs Enjoying Best Start In Franchise History |
| OLCHOWYVILLE, GC -- The Olchowyville Spectrum has never been filled with such electricity since the City of Olchowyville was awarded an SHL franchise back in 2003. The Leafs however could not earn a W against the first place Twisters as Chris Drury scored late in the 3rd to tie the game at two a piece and that would be they way the game ended. The Leafs now sit in 3rd place in the Western Division and 4th overall in the SHL. For the second straight week the Roughhosers dropped a game at home this time falling to the red hot Fort Macfie Gangbang 3-2. At the A&W Omniplex the Adamville Falcons couldn't scrape up their first victory of the season settling for a 3-3 draw with the shady Nut Town Natives. Evgeni Malkin made his debut and scored a goal helping the Scott City Grrrowl move into second place with a 3-2 victory on the road in Gregville. The Marktown Petes picked up their first win of the season with veteran defencemen Shledon Souray leading the way offensively. The Petes downed the Trach City Americans by a score of 3-1. In Brantown the host Slammers had an absolute barnbuner with the Gilmore Gold Jackets which eventually ended up being the third tie of the week as the Jackets and Slammers ended up with a 3-3 draw. |
| Jaromir Jagr, a three year Leaf veteran wants early season success to continue |
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| AP Releases First Three Week Report Of Season |
| TRACH CITY,TC -- The first Associated Press's three week report for the season has been released. Showcasing how accurate the Annual Power Rankings predictions have been so far. The Three Week Report also showcases if the Power Rankings have moved at all and who to expect to move up and down the standings in the next three weeks. Some of the suprises this year have been the succcess of the Olchowyville Leafs aswell as the Gregville Assassines. The Trach City Americans, Adamville Falcons and RumpyVill Roughhosers are performing way under what they were expected. The Report also includes the Three Stars, Whos Hot, and Whos Not. The Report also includes rumors floating around the Saskatchewan Hockey League from trade rumors all the way to the personal life of Saskatchewan Hockey Leagues General Managers, this report talks about the charity GM auction coming up on November the 14th. (read more) |
| Nikolai Khabibulin Looks On During A Practice As The Natives are set to due battle with the first place Dionland Twisters this weekend. |
| Americans Take First Step In Climbing Out Of The Basement |
| TRACH CITY,TC -- The Trach City Americans want nothing more then to prove their critics wrong who think they will have another unsuccesful season. The first step in doing this was knocking off the Gregville Assassines by a score of 3-2. Meanwhile the Adamville Falcons took another step backwards as their horrendous start continues; they were defeated 5-1 by the Gilmore Gold Jackets. This win moved the Jackets into second place only a point behind the first place Dionland Twisters. The Twisters were able to knock off the Nut Town Natives 4-3 at home. The Scott City Grrrowl got some revenge in a re-match of last years Copenhagen Cup Champions Series they defeated the Brantown Slammers at the Brantown Communiplex 4-2. The Marktown Petes are starting to go a bit of a roll they ousted fellow expansion club the Fort Macfie Gangbang 3-2. At the Spectrum in Olchowyville two teams that were heading into the opposite positions in the standings as predicted by the experts came back to a bit of level ground. The Roughhosers were down 2-0 but managed to battle back and win the game 4-2 on the road. |
| Dany Heatley scored the first two goals for the Americans in their 3-2 victory. |
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| Twisters Down Gold Jackets To Sustain First Place |
| DIONLAND,RF -- In a battle between the first and second place teams; the Dionland Twisters and the Gilmore Gold Jackets respectedly, both clubs knew what they had to bring to the table. Unfortunately for the Gold Jackets they could not capitalize on that and after taking a one goal lead, let the Twisters score five unanswered goals to win the game 5-1. The loss sent the Jackets into third place. Moving into second place after their fourth consecutive victory were the Scott City Grrrowl as they defeated the last place Adamville Falcons by a score of 4-2. The Gregville Assassines are biting on the heals now of the Gold Jackets after a huge 3-1 win over the Marktown Petes. The game could of easily been a five or six goal game if not for the play of Petes G Cam Ward. |
| At the OK Corral in Fort Macfie the Gangbang nor the Olchowyville Leafs gained or lost any ground on each other as they finished deadlocked in a 3-3 tie. They remain tied for fifth place in the league standings. In Trach City the struggling Americans fell to the Brantown Slammers by a score of 3-1. Two teams fighting for playoff position even though it's early in the season the RumpyVill Roughhosers and the Nut Town Natives had a one sided affair as the Roughhosers walked out with a 4-1 win. |
| Rick Nash tried to beat Tomas Vokoun on a breakaway during the Twisters 5-1 victory. |