DCBayernfan28 Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Saskatoon has some good players!! I love that Salo is the goalie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BostonStrong13 Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 1 hour ago, DCBayernfan28 said: Saskatoon has some good players!! I love that Salo is the goalie me too "This is our f*****g city. And nobody is going to dictate our freedom. Stay strong."—David Ortiz #34ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New York's Greatest Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Montreal look menacing! http://i.imgur.com/Yz8Jexr.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCRGraphix Posted January 8, 2017 Author Share Posted January 8, 2017 Before we get to the 2000-01 season, let's take a look at our expansion teams. The first one is the Kharkiv Devils. Their logo features a devil with his horns in the shape of an X to represent the Ukrainian spelling of Kharkiv. They took to the ice in 2000 wearing these uniforms: In 2003, they added a neon alternate: In 2005, the Devils changed their look: In 2008, the Devils added a red third and brought back their more color-balanced home jersey: In 2011, the Devils added a new red alternate with a unique striping design: In 2012, the Devils redesigned their look based on their previous alternate look: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCRGraphix Posted January 8, 2017 Author Share Posted January 8, 2017 And next we have the Minneapolis Geminis. They began play in 2000 wearing these uniforms: They changed their look in 2006 to these: In 2012 the Geminis went very traditional with these new uniforms: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BostonStrong13 Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 32 minutes ago, JCRGraphix said: And next we have the Minneapolis Geminis. They began play in 2000 wearing these uniforms: They changed their look in 2006 to these: In 2012 the Geminis went very traditional with these new uniforms: @New York's Greatestugh whyyy "This is our f*****g city. And nobody is going to dictate our freedom. Stay strong."—David Ortiz #34ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCRGraphix Posted January 8, 2017 Author Share Posted January 8, 2017 2000-01 The 2000-01 WHL season featured some fantastic tandem goaltending around the league. Rookie goalie Miika Kiprusoff of the Belgrade Wolves teamed up with veteran goalie Mike Richter to propel the Wolves to third place in the Western European Division while the duo of Evgeni Nabokov and Curtis Joseph were excellent for the St. Petersburg Horsemen helping them finish first in the Eastern European Division. The Phoenix Cougars rode the tandem of Martin Brodeur and Felix Potvin all the way to first place in the Western North American Division. The Tretiak Trophy for best goalie went to Patrick Roy of the Minsk Bisons as he performed amazingly helping the Bisons to second place in the Eastern European Division. The Eastern North American Division experienced quite the shakeup as the Montreal Quebecois missed the playoffs for the first time in their existence. They had the longest playoff streak of any WHL franchise. The Toronto Bucks also missed the playoffs despite finishing first the previous year. Joe Sakic of the Vancouver Spirits won the 2000-01 Delvecchio Trophy as highest scorer while the Howe Trophy for MVP was given to St. Petersburg's Rod Brind'Amour for captaining his team to success. The 2000-01 Global Cup playoffs had some major upsets beginning with the Western North American Division where Tommy Salo and the Saskatoon Blazers surprised the Phoenix Cougars in 5 games, while the Vancouver Spirits swept the Winnipeg Lakers in what was expected to be a much closer series. The Blazers then forced the Spirits to 7 games before eliminating them on home ice. In the Eastern Division, the Boston Irish sailed past the Halifax Bombers knocking them out in 5 games while Chris Osgood and the Chicago Cardinals eliminated the Buffalo Thunder in 6 games. The Cardinals would fall to the Irish in 7 games. After two 7-game series, the Irish and Blazers both wanted to knock the other out early, but they ended up going to 7 games as well with the Blazers emerging victorious. In the Easterm European Division, the St. Petersburg Horsemen rolled over the Moscow Stars in 5 games and then swept Patrick Roy and the Minsk Bisons, who had just defeated the Nizhny Novgorod Comets in 6 games. In the West, the Warsaw Winged Hussars eliminated the Helsinki Icebreakers fairly quickly while the Belgrade Wolves swept the London Crown. The Wolves then knocked out the Winged Hussars in a brutal 7 game series. The Wolves then went on to fall to the Horsemen in 6 games giving the Horsemen their first Global Cup Finals in 8 years. The 2001 Global Cup Finals were an exciting 7-game affair featuring the longest WHL game in history, a 5-overtime thriller, in game 4. After winning two games each, the Blazers and Horsemen traded wins setting up a game 7 in St. Petersburg. The game started off tight with the Blazers scoring the first 2 goals, but the Horsemen rallied scoring 4 unanswered. With 1:30 left in the third period, the Blazers pulled Tommy Salo in favor of an extra attacker. While he was out, the Blazers peppered Evgeni Nabokov with shot after shot, but after making one brilliant save, Blazer defenseman Mattias Norstrom missed a hard pass and the puck went down the ice into the open goal. Nabokov was credited with the goal, marking only the fourth WHL goal scored by a goalie (Ron Hextall 1992, Martin Brodeur 1994, 1997), but the only one in the playoffs. The Horsemen won the game 5-2 to win their first Global Cup Championship. Regular Season Standings: European Conference: Eastern Division: 1. St. Petersburg Horsemen 2. Minsk Bisons 3. Nizhny Novgorod Comets 4. Moscow Stars 5. Riga Griffins 6. Kiev Angels 7. Prague Golems 8. Kharkiv Devils Western Division: 1. Warsaw Winged Hussars 2. London Crown 3. Belgrade Wolves 4. Helsinki Icebreakers 5. Amsterdam Dutchmen 6. Mannheim Motors 7. Stockholm Norsemen 8. Copenhagen Hammer North American Conference: Eastern Division: 1. Boston Irish 2. Chicago Cardinals 3. Buffalo Thunder 4. Halifax Bombers 5. Montreal Quebecois 6. Toronto Bucks 7. Washington Eagles 8. Brooklyn Emperors Western Division: 1. Phoenix Cougars 2. Vancouver Spirits 3. Winnipeg Lakers 4. Saskatoon Blazers 5. St. Louis Clydesdales 6. Oakland Americans 7. Minneapolis Geminis 8. Hollywood Dragons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCRGraphix Posted January 8, 2017 Author Share Posted January 8, 2017 Star players for the 2001-02 season: Amsterdam Dutchmen Patrick Lalime Al MacInnis Tomas Holmstrom Simon Gagne Belgrade Wolves Mike Richter / Miika Kiprusoff Keith Tkachuk Chris Pronger Tomas Kaberle Boston Irish Ed Belfour Niklas Lidstrom Pavol Demitra Martin St. Louis Brooklyn Emperors Stephane Fiset / Tomas Vokoun Joe Juneau Luc Robitaille Eric Desjardins Daymond Langkow Buffalo Thunder Jeff Hackett / Martin Biron Owen Nolan Doug Weight Mathieu Schneider Petr Sykora Chicago Cardinals Chris Osgood Rob Blake Jeff Friesen Patrik Stefan Copenhagen Hammer Dwayne Roloson / Manny Legace Ed Jovanovski Mats Sundin Alexander Mogilny Petr Nedved Halifax Bombers Brian Boucher Adam Oates Scott Stevens Scott Gomez Helsinki Icebreakers Olaf Kolzig Eric Lindros Peter Forsberg Zigmund Palffy Hollywood Dragons Jamie McLennan / Mike BAles John LeClair Patrick Marleau Ryan Smyth Kharkiv Devils J-S Aubin / Jamie StorrMichal HandzusVaclav Prospal Jere Lehtinen Dany Heatley Kiev Angels Byron Dafoe / Kevin Weekes Joe Nieuwendyk Paul Kariya Mike Modano London Crown Roman Cechmanek / J.S. Giguere Teemu Selanne Peter Bondra David Legwand Mannheim Motors Ron Tugnutt / Manny Fernandez Scott Niedermayer Olli Jokinen Marco Sturm Minneapolis GeminisMarc Denis / Fred Brathwaite Anson Carter Daniel Briere Maxim Afinogenov Minsk Bisons Patrick Roy Jozef Stumpel Miroslav Satan Jeff O'Neill Montreal Quebecois Roman Turek Steve Yzerman Joe Thornton Valeri Bure Marian Hossa Moscow Stars Nikolai Khabibulin Sergei Fedorov Alexei Yashin Ilya Kovalchuk Nizhny Novgorod Comets Damian Rhodes / Rick DiPietro Ron Francis Alexei Kovalev Saku Koivu Markus Naslund Oakland Americans Trevor Kidd Mike Ricci Theoren Fleury Shane Doan Phoenix Cougars Martin Brodeur / Felix Potvin Pierre Turgeon Zdeno Chara Jamie Langenbrunner Prague Golems Dominik Hasek Jaromir Jagr Pavel Bure Patrik Elias Riga Griffins Arturs Irbe / Jose Theodore Sandis Ozolinsh Milan Hejduk Vincent Lecavlier St. Louis Clydesdales Steve Shields Jason Allison Alexei Zhitnik Radek Bonk St. Petersburg Horsemen Evgeni Nabokov / Curtis Joseph Rod Brind’Amour Vyacheslav Kozlov Sergei Gonchar Ray Whitney Saskatoon Blazers Tommy Salo Tony Amonte Mark Recchi Darren McCarty Stockholm Norsemen John Vanbiesbrouck / John Grahame Daniel Alfredsson Jeremy Roenick Dale Hunter Toronto Bucks Sean Burke / Guy Hebert Oleg Tverdovsky Chris Chelios Kris Draper Vancouver Spirits Dan Cloutier Mark Messier Joe Sakic Pavel Datsyuk Warsaw Winged Hussars Jocelyn Thibault Jarome Iginla Brendan Shanahan Mariusz Czerkawski Washington Eagles Tom Barrasso Doug Gilmour Bobby Holik Rob Niedermayer Winnipeg Lakers Mike Vernon / Ilya Bryzgalov Claude Lemieux Brett Hull Vincent Damphousse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BostonStrong13 Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 OHHH YEAAAAA ST. PETERSBURG ARE THE CHAMPIONS BABY WOOOOO "This is our f*****g city. And nobody is going to dictate our freedom. Stay strong."—David Ortiz #34ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New York's Greatest Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 1 hour ago, BostonStrong13 said: @New York's Greatestugh whyyy I know it sucks when I'm right in my guesses...congrats on win by the way! Also ROY GOT TRADED!! WHAT THE F@^& IS WRONG WITH THE NEW GM!...I'm not crying...I-I swear . But seriously we Turek...well at least we have Yzerman, Jumbo Joe, and Marian Hossa...I would still like to thank him for his service to Montreal! http://i.imgur.com/Yz8Jexr.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chcarlson23 Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 YEAH!!!!! State of Hockey gets a team! "And those who know Your Name put their trust in You, for You, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You." Psalms 9:10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedfieldNick Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Can someone explain why Prague is now just stone fodder? Welp, let's stall for Crosby or Ovechkin. Welcome to Kansas, where you can see your future, literally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melody22B Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Heyyy, after stalling for so long the Bisons finally get to the second round! We must have done a 76ers and tanked for a while... Lets hope a Global Cup Championship will find a home in Minsk soon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanna65 Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Oh yeah...Halifax made the playoffs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCRGraphix Posted January 9, 2017 Author Share Posted January 9, 2017 2001-02 By @Jacobseye The 2001-02 season of the WHL came with many surprises In Europe. The Riga Griffins made the playoffs coming in third place in the Eastern Division behind the Stars and Horsemen respectively. Nizhny Novogorod struggled this season with a couple injuries and being unable to compete with the usual Eastern European powerhouses Moscow and Saint Petersburg along with Riga. In West Europe, Amsterdam made a successful playoff run reaching the 4th seed. London had a dominant year, Finishing with the top record in the European Conference. Warsaw finished in second place and Belgrade in third. Meanwhile in the North America East Division, Boston once again made their case as one of the WHL's top teams. but the playoff picture was the same as last year in the division with Chicago, Buffalo, and Halifax once again all making the playoffs. Unfortunately for the Montreal Quebecois, their fall from grace continued finishing at 7th. Meanwhile in Toronto, it was stagnation at 6th place. In the North American Western division. one of the biggest trades of the year happened where the Saskatoon Blazers sent Mark Recchi to Oakland for Shane Doan. This Trade propelled the Americans to the third spot in the western division and leaving the Blazers out of the playoffs. Mark Messier did not disappoint as he lead the Spirits to the top of the Western division. Another great year by Martin Brodeur placed the Cougars in 2nd. Claude Lemieux and Brett Hull put together a 4th place finish for the Lakers. PLAYOFFS: Round One Europe East St. Petersburg defeats Minsk in 6 games Riga Beats Moscow in 5 games Europe West Amsterdam falls to London in 5 games Warsaw ousts Belgrade 4-3 North America East Boston Sweeps Buffalo Chicago defeats Halifax 4-2 North America West Vancouver sweeps Winnipeg once again Phoenix edges out Oakland 4-3 ROUND TWO Europe East Riga overcomes a 3-1 deficit to take down the Horsemen 4-3 Europe West London handles the Hussars 4-1 North America East Boston takes out Chicago 4-2 North America West The Spirits, despite a 2-0 deficit, win 4-2 against Phoenix <This is where I take over> The 2002 Conference finals were dominated by the goaltending of Arturs Irbe of the Riga Griffins and Ed Belfour of the Boston Irish. In the European Conference, the London Crown tried everything but were foiled by Arturs Irbe who shut them out in games 1 and 4 helping the Griffins sweep the Crown. In the North American Conference, the Vancouver Spirits put up an excellent fight but couldn't seem to beat Belfour when they needed to and they fell to the Irish in 6 games. Much like the previous season, the Global Cup Finals went to seven games. The Irish won the first two games on home ice, but the Griffins were resilient and won their home games and the next one in Boston. In game 6 in Riga, Arturs Irbe went down awkwardly in the first period and was replaced by young goalie Jose Theodore. Although Theodore didn't let anything by him in regulation, he was beat early in overtime forcing a game 7 in Boston. Although everything looked promising for the Irish, luck would not be with them in game 7. Arturs Irbe returned and was unbeatable shutting out the Irish to win the Riga Griffins' first Global Cup. The 2002 draft saw some important young players go to WHL franchises including Rick Nash who was taken first overall by the Minneapolis Geminis, Kari Lehtonen who was taken second by the Karkhiv Devils, and Alexander Semin taken mid first round by the Moscow Stars. The Halifax Bombers also shook things up a bit picking up free agents Marty Turco and Marian Gaborik and trading Scott Gomez to the Phoenix Cougars for Jamie Langenbrunner. The Minsk Bisons bolstered their team by signing Robert Esche to back up Patrick Roy and defenseman Darius Kasparaitis. Finally, Mario Lemieux announced he would return for the 2002-03 season with the Winnipeg Lakers. Regular Season Standings: European Conference: Eastern Division: 1. St. Petersburg Horsemen 2. Moscow Stars 3. Riga Griffins 4. Minsk Bison 5. Kiev Angels 6. Nizhny Novogorod Comets 7. Prague Golems 8. Kharkiv Devils Western Division: 1. London Crown 2. Warsaw Winged Hussars 3. Belgrade Wolves 4. Amsterdam Dutchmen 5. Mannheim Motors 6. Helsinki Icebreakers 7. Copenhagen Hammer 8. Stockholm Norsemen North American Conference: Eastern Division: 1. Boston Irish 2. Chicago Cardinals 3. Halifax Bombers 4. Buffalo Thunder 5. Washington Eagles 6. Toronto Bucks 7. Montreal Quebecois 8. Brooklyn Emperors Western Division: 1. Vancouver Spirits 2. Phoenix Cougars 3. Oakland Americans 4. Winnipeg Lakers 5. Saskatoon Blazers 6. St. Louis Clydesdales 7. Hollywood Dragons 8. Minneapolis Geminis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCRGraphix Posted January 9, 2017 Author Share Posted January 9, 2017 Star players for the 2002-03 season: Amsterdam Dutchmen Patrick Lalime Al MacInnis Tomas Holmstrom Simon Gagne Belgrade Wolves Mike Richter / Miika Kiprusoff Keith Tkachuk Chris Pronger Tomas Kaberle Boston Irish Ed Belfour Niklas Lidstrom Pavol Demitra Martin St. Louis Brooklyn Emperors Stephane Fiset / Tomas Vokoun Joe Juneau Luc Robitaille Eric Desjardins Daymond Langkow Buffalo Thunder Jeff Hackett / Martin Biron Owen Nolan Doug Weight Mathieu Schneider Petr Sykora Chicago Cardinals Chris Osgood Rob Blake Jeff Friesen Patrik Stefan Copenhagen Hammer Dwayne Roloson / Manny Legace Ed Jovanovski Mats Sundin Alexander Mogilny Petr Nedved Halifax Bombers Brian Boucher / Marty Turco Adam Oates Scott Stevens Jamie Langenbrunner Marian Gaborik Helsinki Icebreakers Olaf Kolzig Eric Lindros Peter Forsberg Zigmund Palffy Hollywood Dragons Jamie McLennan / Mike BAles John LeClair Patrick Marleau Ryan Smyth Kharkiv Devils J-S Aubin / Kari LehtonenMichal HandzusVaclav Prospal Jere Lehtinen Dany Heatley Kiev Angels Byron Dafoe / Kevin Weekes Joe Nieuwendyk Paul Kariya Mike Modano London Crown Roman Cechmanek / J.S. Giguere Teemu Selanne Peter Bondra David Legwand Mannheim Motors Ron Tugnutt / Manny Fernandez Scott Niedermayer Olli Jokinen Marco Sturm Minneapolis GeminisMarc Denis / Fred Brathwaite Anson Carter Daniel Briere Maxim Afinogenov Rick Nash Minsk Bisons Patrick Roy / Robert Esche Jozef Stumpel Miroslav Satan Jeff O'Neill Darius Kasparaitis Montreal Quebecois Roman Turek Steve Yzerman Joe Thornton Valeri Bure Marian Hossa Moscow Stars Nikolai Khabibulin Sergei Fedorov Alexei Yashin Ilya Kovalchuk Nizhny Novgorod Comets Damian Rhodes / Rick DiPietro Ron Francis Alexei Kovalev Saku Koivu Markus Naslund Oakland Americans Trevor Kidd Mike Ricci Theoren Fleury Shane Doan Phoenix Cougars Martin Brodeur / Felix Potvin Pierre Turgeon Zdeno Chara Scott Gomez Prague Golems Dominik Hasek Jaromir Jagr Pavel Bure Patrik Elias Riga Griffins Arturs Irbe / Jose Theodore Sandis Ozolinsh Milan Hejduk Vincent Lecavlier St. Louis Clydesdales Steve Shields Jason Allison Alexei Zhitnik Radek Bonk St. Petersburg Horsemen Evgeni Nabokov / Curtis Joseph Rod Brind’Amour Vyacheslav Kozlov Sergei Gonchar Ray Whitney Saskatoon Blazers Tommy Salo Tony Amonte Mark Recchi Darren McCarty Stockholm Norsemen John Grahame Daniel Alfredsson Jeremy Roenick Dale Hunter Toronto Bucks Sean Burke / Guy Hebert Oleg Tverdovsky Chris Chelios Kris Draper Vancouver Spirits Dan Cloutier Mark Messier Joe Sakic Pavel Datsyuk Warsaw Winged Hussars Jocelyn Thibault Jarome Iginla Brendan Shanahan Mariusz Czerkawski Washington Eagles Tom Barrasso Doug Gilmour Bobby Holik Rob Niedermayer Winnipeg Lakers Ilya Bryzgalov Mario Lemieux Claude Lemieux Brett Hull Vincent Damphousse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BostonStrong13 Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Orange... "This is our f*****g city. And nobody is going to dictate our freedom. Stay strong."—David Ortiz #34ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New York's Greatest Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Me sad... http://i.imgur.com/Yz8Jexr.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atwarren44 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Riga finally did it, after many years of struggles! Just waiting for STL to finally win, or at least make it out of the first round. (Hmm... Seems a lot like the NHL team) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSO94 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 On 1/3/2017 at 0:23 PM, RedfieldNick said: I could tell you, root for a team that no one else does. Amsterdam- @JosiahWVU Boston- @Darknes Brooklyn- @VitorioArts Chicago- @TheeGunnShow Cologne- @Magic Dynasty Copenhagen- @Steelman Halifax- @KINGCHANCELLOR Helsinki- @KittSmith_95 Kiev- @worcat Montreal- @New York's Greatest Moscow- @TheHealthiestScratch Prague-Me Riga- @mamiller99 St. Petersburg- @BostonStrong13 Saskatoon- @Uglybus Seattle- @~Bear Stockholm & Toronto- @timberwolf Washington- @moonwalker Winnipeg- @Jacobseye Any that I missed, guys? Toronto @mso94 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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