There are currently 3 games left in the FCHL regular season. The three Divisional winners and the next three top point producing teams make the playoffs. Seeds 1 and 2 get a first round bye.

Currently 4 teams have clinched playoffs spots:

Blindsides (Rinswun) won Tugnutt Division
BlackDevilHawks (DaveyG) won Division Supreme
Whalers (Mapleleafpoker)
Lost Cause (AJS510)

The Whalers and Lost Cause are both in Gilmour Div, and the winner of that division will get the first overall seed. The Whalers lead the LC by 3 points with 3 to play.

The Blindsides lead the race for the #2 seed by 1 point over the BDH.

The Shaftsbury Wheat Aled (RMunro) can clinch a berth with a win tonight OR a Broadway (Untilted) loss.

The Newmarket Hurricanes (MapleLeafs) can clinch a berth with a win AND a Broadway loss.

The Altona Maroons (Nell789) are eliminated if they lose or the Hurricanes win.

The asdfjkl; (Ottawa Biatch), Injured Reserve (Fenxis), Tulane Flyers (TunlaneFlyr) and Halifax Moneyshots (DannyG) are all making tee-times in Palm Beach.

Just hoping for a win tonight and still being alive with 2 games to go

If it helps you get in over the Hurricanes, I wouldn't mind losing to you.

I want to keep winning so I play the Lost Cause instead of the devilish blackhawkdevilhawks.

I don't blame you, you've owned me all season long.

it would be fun to somehow have a WORLD SERIES of sorts, AHL champ vs FCHL champ....Not sure if we can work it into the NHL schedule though..

it would be interesting.

Since our league is smaller, would it be fair?

Hardly, any FCHL team would smoke any AHL team in a 7 game series.

Even the Moneyshots?

Altona Maroons 1.0
Broadway 3.0

asdfjkl; 2.5
BlackDevilHawks 3.0

Blindsides 4.0
Halifax Moneyshots 4.0 TIE

Tulane Flyers 1.0
The Injured Reserve -1.5

Newmarket Hurricanes 1.5
Lost Cause 3.0

Shaftsbury Wheat Ales 2.5
Whalers 1.5




HUGE night in the FCHL tonight. Broadway keeps his hopes alive with a big win and Hurricane loss. The Blackdevilhawks pull into a tie with the Blindsides for a bye. The Lost Cause pull within one point of first overall. And congrats to the Wheatales for clinching a playoff berth.

Just 2 games left!

Thursday's showdown for first overall is sick, good lineups for both teams:

Lost Cause (Gilmour Division - 44-31-1 - 89 points)

F - Daniel Alfredsson (vs Los Angeles)
F - Martin Erat (vs Vancouver)
F - Ray Whitney (vs Minnesota)
F - Andrei Kostitsyn (vs Phoenix)
F - Michal Handzus (vs Ottawa)
F - Brian Rolston (vs Carolina)

D - Shea Weber (vs Vancouver)
D - Lubomir Visnovsky (vs Ottawa)
D - Filip Kuba (vs Philadelphia)
D - Ryan Whitney (vs Florida)

G - Nashville (vs Vancouver)

Whalers (Gilmour Division - 44-30-2 - 90 points)

F - Vincent Lecavalier (vs Philadelphia)
F - Alex Kovalev (vs Phoenix)
F - Jason Spezza (vs Los Angeles)
F - Marco Sturm (vs Toronto)
F - Markus Naslund (vs Nashville)
F - Teemu Selanne (vs Colorado)

D - Mathieu Schnieder (vs Colorado)
D - Jay Bouwmeester (vs Pittsburgh)
D - Bryan McCabe (vs Boston)
D - Scott Niedermayer (vs Colorado)

G - Phoenix (vs Montreal)


The Lost Cause now control their own destiny for the #1 overall seed in the FCHL and the coveted 1st round bye. With only two games left the formula is clear and it is simple: Win both remaining games and the 1st round bye is ours. Lose against the Whalers on Thursday and there's no shot.

Whomever ends up with the #4 seed is guaranteed a showdown against a very tough Shaftsbury Wheat Ales team in the 1st round.

The players to watch in this Gilmour Division showdown will be Andrei Kostitsyn and Markus Naslund. Any points for those players count as an extra +0.5, as they are shooting against the opposing team's goalies.

pretty sick to tie with the best score of the night, especially when you are playing the number 12 team in the league! oh well, must win the last two games of the season and hope the BDH dont make up 9 goals the last 2 games and i secure my 1st round bye.

Tried to get something going on this twice, but there seemed to be not much interest. Math formula would solve problem of different leagues. We could create a factor of points scored per AHL games compared to FCHL games. We would take that factor and multiply it by the actual score of the FCHL team

sounds interesting..you seem like a math guy

When it comes to fantasy sports, there are the math guys and the hockey knowledge guys. I definetly fall under the math category. The people who have both are the ones that dominate fantasy leagues. I don't have enough time to follow many teams so I mostly rely on other peoples resources for information and fall back on the math part of it.

Here is how an AHL/FCHL matchup would work.

Average points per AHL game during entire regular season: 3
Average points per FCHL game during entire regular season: 4
Factor = 3/4 = .75 ( FCHL 4 * .75 = 3 )

Hypothetical matchup would have ARP vs BOB

Game 1 actual score: ARP 3.5 BOB 3
Game 1 score with the above factor: ARP 2.62 ( 3.5 * .75 ) BOB 3

I like it...We will run it by the AHL guys, see what they think...

Bob will jump in I am sure.

I got a feeling Bob would be a favorite without a factor

The fantasy hockey gods are so cruel to toy with John's emotions like this.

Sorry Jay, but tomorrow is another guaranteed win night for the Ales.

So far this season, the Ales are 4-2 on their guarantees, including a very respectable 1-1 against the MapleLeafs franchise.

It looks like we have to re-name our franchise to the dream crushers.

its sick how close things are this season. The playoff picture had been settled with 5 games to go last year, along with the first round match ups.

This year the number 1 seed in up for grabs still with 2 games left, the number 2 seed wont be settled til the last night, and number 6 will go to the wire has the potential to go to the wire too. great stuff!

It is going to go to the wire, didn't you read my post?

TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT!

Two games left! The playoff picture might look complete after tonight, of course you never know in the F**king Crazy Hockey League.

Battle for #1:

Whalers lead Lost Cause by 1 point....they play each other tonight....win by Whalers clinches Gilmour Division and #1 seed

Battle for #2:

BlackDevilHawks and Blindsides are tied....BDH play Broadway, Blindsides play Flyers....a win by the Blindsides + a loss by the BDH basically clinches #2 seed and a 1st rd bye

Battle for #6 (final spot)

Hurricanes lead Broadway by 1 point....Hurricanes play the Shafstbury Wheat Ales, broadway play the BDH....win by Hurricanes clinches final playoff spot

Coupled with a Broadway loss, will clinch the spot. If we both win it's still up for grabs.

WOW, HUGE NIGHT IN THE FCHL!!!!

The Whalers finally clinch the Gilmour Divisionand a #1seed with a 2 to -1.5 win over the Lost Cause. Congrats to the Whalers.

The BlackDevilHawks lose a heart breaker to Broadway 2.5 to 2.5, with Frolov out scoring Sid 1 - .05 in OT.

The Blindsides lost to the Tulane Flyers 4.5 - 1.5

The Hurricanes lost to the Shaftsbury Wheat Ales 3 - 0.5.

SO, the #2 seed is still up for grabs, and Broadway moves ahead of the Hurricanes by 1 point with only 1 game left on Sat.


Playoffs start on Sun the 9th.

Playoffs begin today

1st Round Byes

1st Seed: Whalers (MapleLeafPoker)
2nd Seed: The Blindsides (Rinswun)


1st Round Matchups (Best of 7)

#3 BlackDevilHawks (TheDaveyG) vs. #6 Newmarket Hurricanes (MapleLeafs)

#4 The Lost Cause (AJS510) vs. #5 Shaftsbury Wheat Ales (RMunro)

Game 1: Today
Game 2: Tuesday
Game 3: Wednesday
Game 4: Thursday

It is a real shame that one of the Hurricanes and DevilHawks are guaranteed to not make it out of the first round.

Quarterfinals Game 1

Blackdevilhawks 5.5
Newmarket Hurricanes 1

Lost Cause 5.0
Shafstbury Whea Ales -0.5

Game 2 tonight

BlackDevilHawks 1-0 vs Hurricanes 0-1

BlackDevilHawks

Mats Sundin
Andrew Brunette
Ryan Getzlaf
Jussi Jokinen
Jonathan Toews
Martin St. Louis
Tobias Enstrom
Nicklas Lidstrom
Dustin Byfuglien
Andrej Meszaros
Detroit Red Wings


Newmarket Hurricanes

Ilya Kovalchuk
Nikolai Antropov
Tomas Plekanec
Shane Doan
Marc Savard
Dany Heatley
Niklas Kronvall
Bryan Berard
Marc-Edouard Vlasic
Tomas Kaberle
New Jersey Devils


Lost Cause 1-0 vs Wheat Ales 0-1

Lost Cause

Daniel Alfredsson
Patrick Kane
Brandon Bochenski
Dainius Zubrus
Andrei Kastsitsyn
Martin Erat
Filip Kuba
Jordan Leopold
Brian Campbell
Shea Weber
Nashville Predators


Shaftsbury Wheat Ales

Daniel Briere
Radim Vrbata
Cory Stillman
Joe Pavelski
Jean-Pierre Dumont
Todd Bertuzzi
Mark Streit
Randy Jones
Duncan Keith
Marek Zidlicky
Edmonton Oilers 5





Let's keep it clean boys!

Adam and I are engaged in another anti-classic.

Why is there a 5 next do Edmonton? Is that a prediction of how many goals they will give up? Seems about right...

I can understand Alfredsson needing another night off, but he didn't have to go and tell the rest of my team to take one too!

Injuries are just killing me right now.

Game 2 tonight

BlackDevilHawks 2-0 vs Hurricanes 0-2

BlackDevilHawks

Mats Sundin...............1G 1A
Andrew Brunette........2G
Ryan Getzlaf..............1G
Jussi Jokinen..............1A
Jonathan Toews
Martin St. Louis...........2A
Tobias Enstrom
Nicklas Lidstrom
Dustin Byfuglien
Andrej Meszaros..........2A
Detroit Red Wings........1GA

TOTAL..........6.5


Newmarket Hurricanes

Ilya Kovalchuk
Nikolai Antropov
Tomas Plekanec
Shane Doan.................1G
Marc Savard................1A
Dany Heatley...............3G 1A
Niklas Kronvall
Bryan Berard................1A
Marc-Edouard Vlasic
Tomas Kaberle..............2A
New Jersey Devils.........4GA

TOTAL...........4.5
Lost Cause 1-1 vs Wheat Ales 1-1

Lost Cause

Daniel Alfredsson...SCR
Patrick Kane
Brandon Bochenski
Dainius Zubrus
Andrei Kastsitsyn
Martin Erat..................1A
Filip Kuba
Jordan Leopold
Brian Campbell............1A
Shea Weber.................1A
Nashville Predators.......2GA

TOTAL........0.5


Shaftsbury Wheat Ales

Daniel Briere..............1G
Radim Vrbata
Cory Stillman
Joe Pavelski.................1G
Jean-Pierre Dumont
Todd Bertuzzi.............1A
Mark Streit.................1A
Randy Jones..............1A
Duncan Keith
Marek Zidlicky
Edmonton Oilers...........3GA

TOTAL....................2

Huge win for the Blackdevilhawks tonight. This was a game we thought we were going to lose. It's feels good to take a 2-0 series lead. That makes 12 points in 2 playoff games. The series now shifts north of the border.

The Shaftsbury Wheat Ales tie up their series with the Lost Cause 1-1. The LC just phoned it in, the fans were not very happy. Will the long trip play a role in this series?

BlackDevilHawks- 2.5 Lead series 2-1
Hurricanes- 3.0

Wheat Ales- 1 Lead series 2-1
Lost Cause- 0


Big win for the Hurricanes, helped by Sid not playing and Sundin taken to the locker room and not returning.

The Lost Cause loss was not because of a lack effort, just a short bench.

Game #4 tomorrow Thursday night.

I'm winning the series, but this Sedin funk is killing me.