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Last Updated: April 11
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San Antonio Crusaders
2000-2001 Victoria Cup Champions!
San Antonio Crusaders  
The San Antonio Crusaders win their first Victoria Cup!
Congratulations to owner Cosimo DiIorio!
 
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2000-2001 Victoria Cup Final
Ottawa Senators vs San Antonio Crusaders
 
Ottawa Senators
24
6 #Games Sunday
FINAL
#Games Sunday 2
36
San Antonio Crusaders
Skaters
      PTS GP G A PP SH GR
COL C Peter Forsberg 2 3 0 2 0 0 0
NYR C Petr Nedved 2 3 0 2 0 0 0
CAR D Sandis Ozolinsh 3 4 0 3 0 0 0
TOR D Tomas Kaberle 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
CHI L Eric Daze 3 4 1 2 0 0 0
CAR L Martin Gelinas 2 4 1 0 1 0 0
DET R Martin Lapointe 3 3 2 0 1 0 0
FLO R Pavel Bure 3 4 1 1 0 1 0
    Totals 18 28 5 10 2 1 0
Goalies
      PTS GP W L T SO GR
BUF G Martin Biron 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
PHI G Roman Cechmanek 6 4 2 2 0 0 0
    Totals 6 5 2 3 0 0 0
 
Skaters
      PTS GP G A PP SH GR
EDM C Doug Weight 7 3 2 4 1 0 0
ANA D Oleg Tverdovsky 2 3 1 1 0 0 0
NJ D Scott Niedermayer 3 4 1 2 0 0 0
TOR L Gary Roberts 1 3 1 0 0 0 0
ATL L Hnat Domenichelli 1 3 1 0 0 0 0
PIT L Kevin Stevens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
EDM L Todd Marchant 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
BOS R Jason Allison 3 4 1 2 0 0 0
    Totals 17 23 7 9 1 0 0
Goalies
      PTS GP W L T SO GR
DAL G Ed Belfour 6 2 2 0 0 0 0
NAS G Mike Dunham 13 2 1 1 0 1 0
    Totals 19 4 3 1 0 1 0
Scoring Summary
  Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Total
Ottawa 3 3 1 5 3 3 6 24
San Antonio 1 1 8 13 2 10 1 36

MONDAY
OTT (3): Peter Forsberg 1A, Eric Daze 1A, Pavel Bure 1A
ANT (1): Scott Niedermayer 1A
TUESDAY
OTT (3): Sandis Ozolinsh 1A, Pavel Bure 1G 1SH
ANT (1): Hnat Domenichelli 1G
WEDNESDAY
OTT (1): Peter Forsberg 1A
ANT (8): Doug Weight 1G 1A 1PP, Gary Roberts 1G, Jason Allison 1G, Ed Belfour 1W
THURSDAY
OTT (5): Petr Nedved 2A, Martin Lapointe 2G 1PP
ANT (13): Mike Dunham 1W 1SO
FRIDAY
OTT (3): Sandis Ozolinsh 1A, Martin Gelinas 1G 1PP
ANT (2): Oleg Tverdovsky 1A, Jason Allison 1A
SATURDAY
OTT (3): Roman Cechmanek 1W
ANT (10): Doug Weight 1G 3A, Scott Niedermayer 1G 1A, Jason Allison 1A, Ed Belfour 1W
SUNDAY
OTT (6): Sandis Ozolinsh 1A, Eric Daze 1G 1A, Roman Cechmanek 1W
ANT (1): Oleg Tverdovsky 1G

Legend: GP=Games Played, GR=Games remaining
Credits: "Inspired" by NHL GameCenter on CBS Sportsline. Click on Scores, then choose a GameCenter.

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Hokey News Playoff Edition
Ottawa Senators (5th seed in Lee Conference)
- strength - solid supporting cast with three gamebreakers
- weakness - lack of true bench depth
- key to winning - gamebreakers perform as expected, support roles
San Antonio Crusaders  (3rd seed in Low Conference)
- strength - goaltending, defence
- weakness - lack of solid support cast
- key to winning - production from forwards, goaltending
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April 11
Playoff Scores

Victoria Cup Final
OTA 24 ANT 36

Conference Finals
Lee Conference
OTA 34 PIC 10
Low Conference
ANT 37 KIN 29

Conference Semi-Finals
Lee Conference
BOS 20 PIC 40
QUE 19 OTA 26
Low Conference
NYI 32 KIN 40
LAS 22 ANT 44

Conference Quarter Finals
Lee Conference
BOS 37 BC  36
QUE 56 TML 17
BEA 16 PIC 30
MON 23 OTA 50
Low Conference
NYI 37 FLO 22
LAS 34 ARZ 29
ANT 23 PHI 17
KIN 31 EDM 19

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March 14
Hokey News Playoff Edition
Rating the Playoff Teams

LEE CONFERENCE

1: Boston Bruins
- first seed in Lee Conference, won 1st round last year - 11-2 in first round
- strength - strong lineup with several gamebreakers and good bench
- weakness - injuries to Selanne / Nieuwendyk and stars having sub-par years
- key to winning - stars show up and points from bench
2: Quebec Nordiques
- second seed in Lee Conference, lost 1st round last year - 9-4 in first round
- strength - solid lineup, Yashin / Oates on fire
- weakness - injuries to Gagne / MacInnis, lack of bench strength, goaltending
- key to winning - centre position points
3: Montreal Beavers
- did not make playoffs last year, 10-2 in first round
- strength - Roy, Blake, Nolan
- weakness - players cooled off, injury to Snow
- key to winning - points from supporting cast
4: Montreal Canadien
- lost 1st round last year, 0-4 in first round
- strength - solid goaltending, Robitaille, decent supporting cast
- weakness - supporting cast is not deep, defence is weak
- key to winning - Sykora must stay hot, goal points are critical
5: Ottawa Senators
- won 1st round last year, 8-5 in first round
- strength - solid supporting cast with three gamebreakers
- weakness - lack of true bench depth
- key to winning - gamebreakers perform as expected, support roles
6: Pickering Power Plant
- lost 1st round last year, 2-5 in first round
- strength - Colorado connection
- weakness - lineup is not deep
- key to winning - goalies get points like no 1's, supporting cast chips in
7: Toronto Maple Leafs
- not made playoffs last year, 1-3 in first round
- strength - Washington combo led by two gamebreakers - Kolzig / Bondra
- weakness - defence, centre, overall depth
- key to winning - Washington points, Koivu to keep scoring
8: BC Strikers
- not made playoffs last year
- strength - goaltending
- weakness - lack of depth of rest of lineup
- key to winning - goaltending carries them plus all parts of lineup chip in

LOW CONFERENCE

1: New York Islanders
- 1st seed in Low Conference, won 1st round last year, 9-0 in first round
- strength - strong lineup, 4 gamebreakers
- weakness - none
- key to winning - play their game consistently, they have to be beaten
2: Las Vegas Oddsmakers
- 2nd seed in Low Conference, won 1st round last year, 7-5 in first round
- strength - strong forwards, strong goaltending (??) (ed. for now!)
- weakness - lack of depth (RW), defence
- key to winning - goaltending points, strong centre production
3: San Antonio Crusaders
- lost 1st round last year, 2-4 in first round
- strength - goaltending, defence
- weakness - lack of solid support cast
- key to winning - production from forwards, goaltending
4: Kingston Cobras
- did not make playoffs last year, 0-2 in first round
- strength - goaltending, some gamebreakers
- weakness - injuries to Pronger/Lemieux, lack of depth
- key to winning - Hull must break out of slump
5: Edmonton Devils
- won 1st round last year, 2-6 in first round
- strength - solid centre and left wing
- weakness - injury to Dafoe, loss of Fleury, defence
- key to winning - points from Essensa, Korolyuk and consistency from other forwards
6: Philadelphia Flyers
- won 1st round last year, 7-5 in first round
- strength - goaltending
- weakness - defence, depth
- key to winning - points from defence, continued strong play from goal
7: Arizona Blades
- lost 1st round last year, 0-2 in first round
- strength - Hasek, Kovalev
- weakess - defence, lack of solid support
- key to winning - supporting cast must get points
8: Florida Everblades
- lost 1st round last year, 5-2 in first round
- strength - solid consistent lineup
- weakness - no gamebreakers
- key to winning - big week from Modano, solid all-around scoring

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February 2
TMHL All Star Game
Final Score

Lee Wranglers                 All Star     Low Riders                    All Star
Team Ps Player           Pts  Points       Team Ps Player           Pts  Points
PIC  C  Joe Sakic         82     0         PHI  C  Sergei Fedorov    64     0
BEA  C  Robert Lang       59     1         LAS  C  Pierre Turgeon    61     1
HAM  D  Brian Leetch      62     0         PHI  D  Rob Blake         53     3
BC   D  Al MacInnis       49  Injured      KIN  D  Chris Pronger     45  Injured
QUE  D  Nicklas Lidstrom  47     1         ANT  D  Oleg Tverdovsky   39     0
BEA  G  Patrick Roy      116     3         ANT  G  Ed Belfour       131     3
MON  G  Tommy Salo       108     6         NYI  G  Martin Brodeur   120     3
BOS  L  Jaromir Jagr      72     3         LAS  L  Markus Naslund    68     0
MON  L  Luc Robitaille    64     6         EDM  L  Zigmund Palffy    65     4
TML  R  Peter Bondra      66     4         EDM  R  Theoren Fleury    81     0
OTA  R  Pavel Bure        57     6         ARZ  R  Alexei Kovalev    67     0

        Lee total               30                 Low total               14

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Thursday night preview, last chance for the Riders losing 23-8 ...
...Deep in the bowels of the Boston Fleet centre, we take you to the
Low conference locker room, where Mike Bossy, coach of the Low All-Stars
is trying to inspire his charges to a third period comeback ...

"...you guys suck! Well, not you Marty! Geez! All Stars my $#$%#%#@!
8 freaking points! What are you, sissies?! Hey Naslund?! ... yeah you!
Is there something funny ...? Is that so ...! Well, take this!"
(tosses stool, which bounces off Naslund's head)
"Now get out there and take this game back!"
Team screams "YAAAAAAAAAAH!"  and heads out onto ice ...
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Tuesday, October 3
Pre-season Preview

Hokey News
Toronto, ON

Lee Conference

DiIorio Division

Boston will win the division and the conference - they are the strongest
team in the league at this moment. Mon Canadien will finish second due to a
strong solid lineup. Pickering has made the jump with the additions of key
free agents and will challenge the top two. Ottawa has a solid lineup but
also have some questions with some of the players. Hamilton has an emerging
star but there are too many holes to compete with the elite company of this
division. BC will be much improved from last year but that will still only
amount to last place in this division - they will push Hamilton and Ottawa, though.

Tatone Division

Quebec is stacked and ready to keep pace with the conference elite.
Pittsburgh has developed another quality team and will push Quebec but
second is in the cards. Woodbine has a well rounded lineup and will make the
playoffs with its strongest showing in recent years. Toronto still has a
strong core to build from and, if lucky with some players, will push the top
two. Perennial powerhouse Mon Beavers have some rebuilding to do but do have
some solid young players - they could challenge for a playoff spot. The New
York Rangers did not have much luck with in the free agent draft and are looking
at a last place finish - unless their goaltending comes up very big.


Low Conference

Mangos Division

Las Vegas is clearly the team to beat and they are solid all around.
Defending President Trophy winner Philadelphia will push Vegas and could win
the conference title again. The recently moved Florida team is still capable
of a strong showing but some inconsistent players will not allow them to
move back in the cream of the elite. Etobicoke has pieced together another
strong outfit and they will make the playoffs. Louisiana has the young guns
but not enough ammo to make the grade. They will finish fifth, building on
their core. North Bay has some good young talent but little else.

Lim Division

New York Islanders will be the toast of the division and a contender for the
Cup with their strong solid lineup. Edmonton looks to regain their Cup
winning form and need Dafoe to bring them back to elite status, but they are
a solid contender. San Antonio is led by Belfour and will sneak in as the
best of the worst. Arizona did not want to spend, and it shows. Kingston
needs key performances from key players to compete. Portland has potential
but not enough talent to go around.


Pre-season power rankings:

1. Boston Bruins
2. Quebec Nordiques
3. Montreal Canadien
4. Las Vegas Oddsmakers
5. Philadelphia Flyers
6. New York Islanders
7. Pickering Power Plant

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