Calder Cup Playoffs start tonight

[Tekky]

I know it's not the Stanley Cup, but it'll have to do for now. Anybody got any favorites?? I'm going for my home team. The Chicago Wolves.

Is there enough interest to keep tabs on the playoffs here? If so then I'll post the action and possibly maintain brackets... Let me know.

[Tekky]

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I believe the ECHL starts sometime around now too.

oops... they're pretty well into it...

Go Everblades!!!

http://www.echl.com/upload_images/2005Bracket.jpg

[Crusher]

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Go Providence Bruins!!

[Spaceace]

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Go Providence Bruins!!


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[peedenmark7]

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I am thinkin admirals repeat !!!!!!

[Budman68]

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<font color="aqua">just my friggin luck, no NHL and now the Hershey Bears don't even make it into the playoffs this year....... [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] </font>

[Shotgun]

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Go Blades!

[semagic]

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man... [img]/images/graemlins/drool2.gif[/img] playoff hockey [img]/images/graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]

[Razor]

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Go Baby Penguins...not looking good for the Pens considering Binghamton owned them this season seven out of eight games.

[Shawn Lutz]

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the players you watch now....will be the replacement players for next years NHL [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Is this being televised??

[Tekky]

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Not sure if anyone is carrying it. I'm sure local/cable news outlets differ. I do know here, they televise the Wolves on Cable.

With that said...

Wolves start the series off with a win over Houston!!! (4-1)

Here's the pairings...

Atlantic Division -- Series "A" (best-of-7)
A1-Manchester Monarchs vs. A4-Providence Bruins
Game 1 - Fri., Apr. 22 - Providence at Manchester, 7:35
Game 2 - Sat., Apr. 23 - Providence at Manchester, 7:35
Game 3 - Mon., Apr. 25 - Manchester at Providence, 7:05
Game 4 - Wed., Apr. 27 - Manchester at Providence, 7:05
*Game 5 - Thu., Apr. 28 - Providence at Manchester, 7:05
*Game 6 - Sat., Apr. 30 - Manchester at Providence, 7:05
*Game 7 - Mon., May 2 - Providence at Manchester, 7:05


Atlantic Division -- Series "B" (best-of-7)
A2-Hartford Wolf Pack vs. A3-Lowell Lock Monsters
Game 1 - Thu., Apr. 21 - Lowell at Hartford, 7:05
Game 2 - Sat., Apr. 23 - Lowell at Hartford, 7:05
Game 3 - Sun., Apr. 24 - Hartford at Lowell, 4:00
Game 4 - Tue., Apr. 26 - Hartford at Lowell, 7:00
*Game 5 - Thu., Apr. 28 - Lowell at Hartford, 7:05
*Game 6 - Sat., Apr. 30 - Hartford at Lowell, 7:00
*Game 7 - Sun., May 1 - Lowell at Hartford, 6:05


East Division -- Series "C" (best-of-7)
E1-Binghamton Senators vs. E4-Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
Game 1 - Fri., Apr. 22 - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton at Binghamton, 7:05
Game 2 - Sat., Apr. 23 - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton at Binghamton, 7:05
Game 3 - Mon., Apr. 25 - Binghamton at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, 7:05
Game 4 - Wed., Apr. 27 - Binghamton at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, 7:05
*Game 5 - Fri., Apr. 29 - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton at Binghamton, 7:05
*Game 6 - Sun., May 1 - Binghamton at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, 5:05
*Game 7 - Mon., May 2 - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton at Binghamton, 7:05


East Division -- Series "D" (best-of-7)
E2-Philadelphia Phantoms vs. E3-Norfolk Admirals
Game 1 - Fri., Apr. 22 - Norfolk at Philadelphia, 7:05 (WC)
Game 2 - Sat., Apr. 23 - Norfolk at Philadelphia, 7:05 (WC)
Game 3 - Mon., Apr. 25 - Philadelphia at Norfolk, 7:30
Game 4 - Wed., Apr. 27 - Philadelphia at Norfolk, 7:30
*Game 5 - Fri., Apr. 29 - Philadelphia at Norfolk, 7:30
*Game 6 - TBA - Norfolk at Philadelphia
*Game 7 - TBA - Norfolk at Philadelphia


North Division -- Series "E" (best-of-7)
N1-Rochester Americans vs. N4-Hamilton Bulldogs
Game 1 - Wed., Apr. 20 - Hamilton at Rochester, 7:05
Game 2 - Fri., Apr. 22 - Hamilton at Rochester, 7:35
Game 3 - Sun., Apr. 24 - Rochester at Hamilton, 4:00
Game 4 - Tue., Apr. 26 - Rochester at Hamilton, 7:00
*Game 5 - Fri., Apr. 29 - Hamilton at Rochester, 7:35
*Game 6 - Sun., May 1 - Rochester at Hamilton, 4:00
*Game 7 - Mon., May 2 - Hamilton at Rochester, 7:05


North Division -- Series "F" (best-of-7)
N2-St. John's Maple Leafs vs. N3-Manitoba Moose
Game 1 - Wed., Apr. 20 - Manitoba at St. John's, 6:05
Game 2 - Fri., Apr. 22 - Manitoba at St. John's, 6:05
Game 3 - Mon., Apr. 25 - St. John's at Manitoba, 8:30
Game 4 - Wed., Apr. 27 - St. John's at Manitoba, 8:30
*Game 5 - Fri., Apr. 29 - St. John's at Manitoba, 8:30
*Game 6 - Sat., Apr. 30 - Manitoba vs. St. John's, 7:05 (ACC)
*Game 7 - Mon., May 2 - Manitoba vs. St. John's, 7:35 (ACC)


West Division -- Series "G" (best-of-7)
W1-Chicago Wolves vs. W4-Houston Aeros
Game 1 - Tue., Apr. 19 - CHICAGO 4, Houston 1
Game 2 - Thu., Apr. 21 - Houston at Chicago, 8:00
Game 3 - Sat., Apr. 23 - Chicago at Houston, 8:05
Game 4 - Sun., Apr. 24 - Chicago at Houston, 6:05
*Game 5 - Tue., Apr. 26 - Chicago at Houston, 8:05
*Game 6 - Thu., Apr. 28 - Houston at Chicago, 8:00
*Game 7 - Sat., Apr. 30 - Houston at Chicago, 8:00


West Division -- Series "H" (best-of-7)
W2-Milwaukee Admirals vs. W3-Cincinnati Mighty Ducks
Game 1 - Wed., Apr. 20 - Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 8:00
Game 2 - Fri., Apr. 22 - Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 7:35
Game 3 - Sat., Apr. 23 - Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 8:30
Game 4 - Mon., Apr. 25 - Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 8:00
*Game 5 - Wed., Apr. 27 - Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 7:35
*Game 6 - Fri., Apr. 29 - Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 7:35
*Game 7 - Sun., May 1 - Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 5:30


*if necessary... All times Eastern
(WC) at Wachovia Center - Philadelphia
(ACC) at Air Canada Centre - Toronto

[Tekky]

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the players you watch now....will be the replacement players for next years NHL [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Sadly.... this came over the wire, shooting down your prophesy...


NHL will not start in October without labor agreement

April 20, 2005
NEW YORK (Ticker) - If the NHL season starts in October, it will not be with replacement players.

After a four-hour meeting with the NHL's Board of Governors on Wednesday, commissioner Gary Bettman maintained that the league is determined to reach a collective bargaining agreement with the Players Association before the 2005-06 season is scheduled to begin.

"We will continue to plan for the start of next season with an on-time opening in October, that is where our efforts will be," Bettman said. "If we do not have a new collective bargaining agreement, we will not open the season on time."

That dispelled the rumor that the Board of Governors would consider using replacement players in October if a CBA could not be reached.

The 2004-05 campaign was wiped out, making the NHL the first major North American sports league to have an entire season canceled due to a labor dispute.

On Tuesday, a 6 1/2-hour meeting with the league and the Players Association yielded no progress toward reaching a new CBA, although the sides did agree to schedule more talks.

Tuesday's bargaining session was the first since April 4, when the union rejected a pair of proposals by the league, both of which included a salary cap and one introducing linkage of players' salaries to league revenue. The NHLPA countered with a plan involving a floating team-by-team payroll with a floor of $30 million and a ceiling of $50 million.

Bettman canceled the 2004-05 campaign on February 16. In March, the league officially canceled the 2005 draft, which was slated to take place in Ottawa in June.

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Refrigerator door....meet my f*cking head.....again!!

[LesPaulCustom]

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<font color="yellow">Chuck, we've told you what, 3 times now....QUIT PICKING ON YOUR REFRIGERATOR!!!!

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