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On 1/5/2017 at 5:42 PM, ~Bear said:

I'd be interested in doing 2010-11, especially now since I have no bias.

 

You got it.

 

 

Now for the 1999-2000 Season, here are the star players:

 

Amsterdam Dutchmen
Patrick Lalime
Al MacInnis
Tomas Holmstrom
Simon Gagne


Belgrade Wolves
Mike Richter
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


Buffalo Thunder
Jeff Hackett
Owen Nolan
Doug Weight
Mathieu Schneider


Chicago Cardinals
Chris Osgood
Rob Blake
Jeff Friesen
Patrik Stefan


Copenhagen Hammer
Mike Bales / Dwayne Roloson
Ed Jovanovski
Mats Sundin
Alexander Mogilny


Helsinki Icebreakers
Olaf Kolzig
Eric Lindros
Peter Forsberg
Zigmund Palffy


Hollywood Dragons
Jamie McLennan
John LeClair
Patrick Marleau
Daniel Briere


Houston Stealth
Grant Fuhr
Adam Oates
Scott Stevens
Scott Gomez


Kiev Angels
Byron Dafoe
Joe Nieuwendyk
Paul Kariya
Mike Modano


London Crown
Roman Cechmanek / J.S. Giguere
Teemu Selanne
Peter Bondra
David Legwand


Mannheim Motors
Ron Tugnutt
Scott Niedermayer
Olli Jokinen
Marco Sturm


Minsk Bisons
Roman Turek
Jozef Stumpel
Miroslav Satan
Marian Hossa


Montreal Quebecois
Patrick Roy
Steve Yzerman
Joe Thornton
Jere Lehtinen


Moscow Stars
Nikolai Khabibulin
Sergei Fedorov
Alexei Yashin
Sergei Samsonov


Nizhny Novgorod Comets
Damian Rhodes
Ron Francis
Alexei Kovalev
Saku Koivu


Oakland Americans
Trevor Kidd
Mike Ricci
Theoren Fleury
Shane Doan


Phoenix Cougars
Martin Brodeur
Pierre Turgeon
Zdeno Chara
Jamie Langenbrunner


Prague Golems
Dominik Hasek
Jaromir Jagr
Pavel Bure
Patrik Elias


Riga Griffins
Arturs Irbe
Sandis Ozolinsh
Milan Hejduk
Vincent Lecavlier


St. Louis Clydesdales
Steve Shields
Jason Allison
Alexei Zhitnik
Radek Bonk


St. Petersburg Horsemen
Felix Potvin / Evgeni Nabokov
Rod Brind’Amour
Vyacheslav Kozlov
Sergei Gonchar


Saskatoon Blazers
Tommy Salo
Tony Amonte
Mark Recchi
Darren McCarty


Stockholm Norsemen
John Vanbiesbrouck
Daniel Alfredsson
Jeremy Roenick
Dale Hunter


Toronto Bucks
Sean Burke
Oleg Tverdovsky
Chris Chelios
Kris Draper


Vancouver Spirits
Dan Cloutier
Mark Messier
Joe Sakic
Ray Bourque


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
Claude Lemieux
Brett Hull
Wendell Clark


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1 minute ago, Polskan said:

Add a New Jersey team! The NYC area having only one team is odd, especially the only one being from Brooklyn.

#IHA?

"This is our f*****g city. And nobody is going to dictate our freedom. Stay strong."—David Ortiz 

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Just now, Polskan said:

Sorry, what is the IHA?

I'm glad you asked!

 

The IHA is similar to the AHL. It is a minor league. It was in the original, and @JCRGraphix was nice enough to let me continue it.

 

Here, take a look at the beginning.

"This is our f*****g city. And nobody is going to dictate our freedom. Stay strong."—David Ortiz 

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1999-2000

 

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(Write-up by @BostonStrong13)

 

The 1999-00 year saw a lot of standing changes, and some big names got picked up out of free agency. Some of the new expansion teams tried to make a name for themselves, Hollywood picking up key defender Ryan Smyth and Mannheim getting Manny Fernandez to backstop the Motors to an unsuccessful season. In other news, the St. Petersburg Horsemen traded Felix Potvin to the Phoenix Cougars for their second round pick in 2000 and first round in 2001.

 

The playoffs featured some good rivalries, in the European Eastern, the #1 seed Stars battled the #4 Angels in a back and forth series. Once Nikolai Khabibulin went down with a upper-body injury in Game 3, the Angels strengthened their offense. The Angels won in 6. The Horsemen and Bisons had a tough series, but the Horsemen pulled out in 6. The Winged Hussars of Warsaw took the WHL world to surprise, finishing first in the West. That success didn't last too long, getting swept by the Helsinki Icebreakers. The Dutchmen and Crown faced off. During the season, these 2 teams had a line brawl after a cheap shot to Selanne. The Crown put that hit to the side during the series, and won in 5. The Horsemen and the Angels faced off, with the Horsemen rallying down 2-0, Nabokov went down after getting shoved into the crossbar. His status remained unknown. Backup Curtis Joseph went in, and he helped the Horsemen win the next 3. In game 6, the Angels prevailed and won 6-2. The Horsemen were destined to win game 7. without Nabokov for the rest of this series and next if they made it, the Horsemen prevailed and won the game 6-5. The Crown took on the Icebreakers. The Icebreakers haven't lost a playoff game this year, but the Crown wanted to stop that. The London Crown won again in 7 games.

 

In North America, the Bucks faced off against the Cardinals in a series that went in the history books. With the Bucks going up 3-0 in game 3, with a 3-0 series lead, the Cardinals came back, won game 4, 5, 6, and 7. Boston vs. Montreal, Boston hasn't had much success in the postseason, while Montreal always has. Boston put their best lineup forth, and beat Montreal in 6 games. The Oakland Americans played the Blazers, and the Lakers played St. Louis. St. Louis, prone to win, swept the Lakers, and the Americans fought hard and beat the Blazers in 7. The Americans and Clydesdales played to go to the Conference Final, and the Irish and Cardinals will too. The Eastern teams coming with Cinderella stories, and the Western teams had no background. St. Louis brought the Americans to 7, but lost 6-3. The Irish and Cardinals had played 4 tough games. Boston winning 3 of them in OT and the 4th 3-1 in regulation. 

 

<This is where I take over>

 

In the European Conference Finals, the St Petersburg Horsemen put on an excellent display of fundamentally sound hockey, but after a Todd Bertuzzi cheap shot in game 4 on Evgeni Nabokov, the Horsemen had to turn to backup Jimmy Waite for the remainder of the series. Waite managed to hold his own in games 5 and 6, but was shaky in game 7 and was yanked in favor of Robbie Tallas after giving up 3 quick goals. The Horsemen were unable to overcome the deficit, and the ondon Crown earned their first shot at the title.

 

In the North American Conference Finals, the past 10 years of bad luck seemed to be back for the Boston Irish as they lost game 1 in overtime after a fluky goal got past Ed Belfour from the opposite blue line. The very religious and superstitious Irish owner then had a local priest come in and bless the Irish players' equipment. The Irish went on to win the next game by a score of 7-0. Taking this as a sign, the priest was brought on as part-time assistant equipment manager. This seemed to be lucky for the Irish as they went on to win the series to earn their first trip to the Global Cup Finals after years of disappointment in the playoffs.

 

The Global Cup Finals were a wild and violent affair with game 2 erupting into a line brawl after Ed Belfour hacked Todd Bertuzzi in the groin as he was screening Belfour. Belfour was ejected from the game along with Bertuzzi, so the Crown got to light up Irish backup Kevin Hodson with 4 goals. The Irish also dropped game 3 in overtime, but won the next three to earn their first Global Cup.

 

During the offseason, some major moves were made. After publicly berating the Montreal Quebecois coaching staff, Patrick Roy was traded to the Minsk Bisons for Roman Turek, Marian Hossa, and the Bisons' 1st draft picks of 2000 and 2001. The St. Petersburg Horsemen addressed their lack of goaltending depth by signing free agent Curtis Joseph while other prominent free agents Brian Boucher, Jose Theodore, Manny Fernandez, and Markus Naslund went to Houston, Riga, Mannheim, and Nizhny Novgorod respectively.

 

 

Regular Season Standings:

 

European Conference:

 

Eastern Division:
1. Moscow Stars
2. St. Petersburg Horsemen
3. Minsk Bisons
4. Kiev Angels
5. Prague Golems
6. Riga Griffins
7. Nizhny Novgorod Comets
 
Western Division:
1. Warsaw Winged Hussars
2. London Crown
3. Amsterdam Dutchmen
4. Helsinki Icebreakers
5. Belgrade Wolves
6. Stockholm Norsemen
7. Copenhagen Hammer
8. Mannheim Motors
 
North American Conference:
 
Eastern Division:

1. Toronto Bucks
2. Boston Irish
3. Montreal Quebecois
4. Chicago Cardinals
5. Washington Eagles
6. Buffalo Thunder
7. Brooklyn Emperors
 
Western Division:
1. Oakland Americans
2. Winnipeg Lakers
3. St. Louis Clydesdales
4. Saskatoon Blazers
5. Vancouver Spirits
6. Phoenix Cougars
7. Houston Stealth
8. Hollywood Dragons

 

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I will personally handle the 2000-01 season, and then it's on to @Jacobseye for the 2001-02 season.


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Star players for the 2000-01 season:

 

Amsterdam Dutchmen
Patrick Lalime
Al MacInnis
Tomas Holmstrom
Simon Gagne


Belgrade Wolves
Mike Richter
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
John LeClair
Patrick Marleau

Ryan Smyth

 

Kharkiv Devils

J-S AubinJamie Storr
Michal Handzus
Vaclav Prospal

Jere Lehtinen


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 Geminis
Marc 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
Sergei Samsonov


Nizhny Novgorod Comets
Damian Rhodes / Mike Bales
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
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
Ray Bourque


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
Claude Lemieux
Brett Hull
Vincent Damphousse


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