Thursday, December 3, 2009

Getting To Know Your NPH Rivals: Chris Schmidt

Name: Chris Schmidt


NPH Team Name: Winnipeg Jets

Vitals: 25, Grew up in Northport, Long Island currently live in South Windsor, CT. Graduated SUNY Cortland '06. Work for Travelers Insurance.

How Do You Know The Other Guys in the League?: Know most through Nick in one way or another.

Where'd Your Team Name Come From?: The legendary relocated franchise.

Best Sporting Event You've Ever Been To In Person: Numerous Islander & Yankee games however I was at the NY Giants/Dallas Cowboys game January 2nd, 2005 when Tiki Barber set the single-season and career franchise rushing records by scoring on a 3-yard run with 11 seconds to play, leading the Giants to a 28-24 victory which was also Eli Manning's first career victory.

Favorite NHL Team: New York Islanders

Favorite Non-NHL Sports/Teams/Players: Yankees, Giants, Arsenal

Favorite NHL Player: Mark Streit and John Tavares

Favorite NHL Player To Hate: any Ranger

Favorite Hockey-Related Memory: unfortunately--- not many, although the playoff series against the leafs was exhilarating even tough the isles didn't win it.

Best Gambling-Related Story: First time I sat to play hold'em at the Turning Stone and won $160 which funded about 15 cases of Busch Light.

Favorite Piece of NHL Clothing That I Own: Isles jersey signed by various players over the years.

Favorite Draft Pick: Semin in the 3rd and Tavares in the 9th

Draft-Day Regret: fairly satisfied

Key To Your Season: With 6 guys on IR-- getting healthy.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Getting to Know Your NPH Rival: JORDAN WEINSTEIN

Name: Jordan Weinstein (aka Jordy)
NPH Team Name: The Six Hole
Vitals: 30, born and raised in BROOKLYN NY, live here again. SUNY Geneseo, IT guy at a lawfirm in NYC

How Do You Know The Other Guys in the League?: College mostly and through Loucks

Where'd Your Team Name Come From?: from playing hockey, any time someone had a good scoring chance, especially from point blank and they failed to score by hitting the middle of the goalie, aka the logo, we started calling that the "6 hole" as in, for you non-hockey fans, there are 5 typical 'holes' to shoot for, there is no 6 hole, so if you hit the 6 hole you were a douche and getting made fun of b/c you should have scored and don't ever hit that logo again! It's sarcasm. It's funny. if you play hockey.

Best Sporting Event You've Ever Been To In Person: can't think of one

Favorite NHL Team: Rangers

Favorite Non-NHL Sports/Teams/Players: I like hockey

Favorite NHL Player: ever - Mike Gartner, current - Dion Phaneuf

Favorite NHL Player To Hate: Avery - yes, even though he's a Ranger

Favorite Hockey-Related Memory: When Messier punched out Ulf Samuelson in like 1991.

Best Gambling-Related Story: no brainer - when I played one of my first poker tournaments at the Sahara a few Decembers ago and ended up going the distance - well getting 2nd place, but seeing as I barely knew what I was doing it was just as good. and clutch went to the airport and got our flights changed to the next morning for free since we wouldn't have made the redeye.

Favorite Piece of NHL Clothing That I Own: my very new Mike Gartner Rangers jersey I got as one of 3 groomsman gifts this summer

Favorite Draft Pick: hard to say, I like a lot of the later ones, like Arnott in the 19th round - if he gets healthy. or briere in the 10th if he can stay healthy... Also picking up Emery might prove to be genius

Draft-Day Regret: not getting Phaneuf

Key To Your Season: maybe a making a big trade... Emery anyone?

Anything Else?: I love lamp

Monday, October 26, 2009

NPH Update Thru 3 Weeks

After three weeks of NPH action, one team has quickly thrust itself into the bullseye as "the team to beat".

Busted, co-owned by Aaron Anderson and Kyle Covell, crusied to a 9-1-2 blowout win over Skate Hard.  That came on the heels of a 10-1-1 win the week before.  It's safe to say the team is as hot as the real-life team of its star player, Sidney Crosby.

Special kudos have to go out to Avs starting goalie Craig Anderson, who has started 11 straight games as his backup, Peter Budaj, recovers from some sort of mutant strain of H1N1 or something.  Anderson has 8 wins already, more than half his win total from last year in part-time duty with the Panthers.


Busted has a date with the last-place team in the Tri-State Division, Winnipeg jets, this week.  The Jets only have 5 scheduled games by its goalies this week (Kiprusoff and Chris Mason) so the Busted hot streak could continue.
                         W-L-T   Pct Pts  Last Week Waiver Moves


Ira S. Wilson

1. Busted               24- 8-4 .722  52  9-1-2     4        3
3. Washington Crapitals 18-16-2 .528  38  6-5-1     1        6
4. Syracuse Bulldogs    17-15-4 .528  38  4-6-2     6        3
6. Ice Squires          16-16-4 .500  36  6-4-2     2        3
10. Skate Hard          11-22-3 .347  25  1-9-2     8        5


Tri-State
2. Bristol Redstoners   19-14-3 .569  41  5-6-1     5        2
5. The 6 Hole           17-16-3 .514  37  5-6-1     7        4
7. Moose Factory Moose  16-18-2 .472  34  9-2-1     9        1
8. New York Knuckles    16-18-2 .472  34  6-5-1     3        -
9. Winnipeg Jets        11-22-3 .347  25  2-9-1    10        5

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Getting To Know Your NPH Rival: NICK LOUCKS

This is the first of ten installments in NPH's "Getting To Know You" series.  A no-holds-barred, hard-hitting Q&A with one of the owners in the league.

We'll start with myself... In the weeks and months ahead, I'll send each one of you a survey in which I'll use the answers here on the blog, introducing yourself to everyone else in the league, since a lot of us don't know each other well.

Name: Nick Loucks
NPH Team: Syracuse Bulldogs
Vitals: Just turned 29; born in Syracuse, NY in 1980; graduated from SUNY Geneseo in 2002.  Emplyed at ESPN since 2002.

Where'd Your Team Name Come From?: I love all things Syracuse, the Syracuse Bulldogs were in a hockey movie (SlapShot) albeit an overrated one, and our family has had two pet bulldogs before.

Best Sporting Event You've Ever Been To In Person: 2003 ALCS Game 7 - The Aaron Boone game. The biggest travesty of the 2004 ALCS is that the awesomeness of the entire 2003 ALCS gets lost in the mix.

Favorite NHL Team: Don't really have one.  My wife is on her 3rd different favorite team since I've known her (Caps after Avs and Senators).  I guess I find myself pulling for the Penguins lately because I've got a few guys on their team, they have sweet jerseys and I think Sid the Kid is pretty clutch.

Favorite Non-NHL Sports/Teams/Players: I'm a Syracuse hoops fan first and foremost.  Love the Yanks.  The 4 sports figures on my Mount Rushmore of Sports ar Donovan McNabb, Derek Jeter (classy all the way), Larry Bird (childhood hero) and Jim Boeheim. 

Favorite NHL Player: Don't really have one, but I'll have to say Malkin as an investment in my future, since he's the cornerstone of my franchise for the rest of his career.

Favorite NHL Player To Hate: Don't really have one yet... Listen, I HATED the sport of hockey until about 2 years ago, and now it's at "I can stand it" status, mainly because of fantasy.  I haven't gotten burned by anyone in that endeavor yet so no one has reached "hate" status yet.

Favorite Hockey-Related Memory: A bunch of us Geneseo grads went back to campus a couple years after graduating, drank all day (including the parking lot in bootleg homeade 2-liter Pepsi bottles) and just marched around the Ira S. Wilson hockey arena taunting the opponents, fans and friends alike.

Favorite Piece of NHL Clothing That I Own: I got a sweet Retro Sport Toronto Maple Leafs t-shirt from the NHL Store via the mother-in-law a couple years ago which is sweet.  Some of my buddies are big fans of an old-school Sabres thermal number too.

Favorite Draft Pick: Gotta go with backing into Malkin with the No. 2 overall pick.  I was REAL tempted to take Crosby there though.  I think Erik Johnson in the 14th and Paul Stastny in the 18th were steals.  They'll be Bulldogs for years to come.

Draft-Day Regret: I took Pavelski instead of Jonathan Toews at the beginning of the 5th round because I had just read something about him before the draft.  I think Toews may haunt me for years to come.  I could have had John Tavares in the 9th round instead of Michael Frolik, but a part of me felt like my future brother-in-law SHOULD have him instead so I let him slide.

Key To Your Season: Malkin and my 2-headed goalie monster of Roberto Luongo and Ryan Miller.  If they stay healthy all season, I think I'll make the playoffs.  Yeah, you heard me.

Must-Have Notes

Here are some key notes we all should know about... Time to put it them all in one place... A constitution of sorts...
  • This is a dynasty league. 10 of the 20 players that are on our rosters one week after the NHL Trade Deadline will be kept going into the 2010-11 season next year. Signing Day will be roughly one month before the start of the next NHL season.
  • This is a weekly league that you set your lineup for the week on each Monday.
  • You can trade draft picks for future years, but if you do so, you must immediately pay for that year's fees at that time.
  • 4 teams will make the playoffs.  There will be 1-week semifinals and a 1-week finals/consolation. The NPH Bowl will be the Finals and no games will take place in the final week of the NHL season. (Yahoo! won't allow 2-week matchups in the playoffs as we initially hoped).
  • 10 teams times $50 entry fees = $500 pot.
    Payouts: NPH Bowl Winner: $225
    NPH Bowl Loser: $125 
    3rd-Place Game Winner: $75
    3rd-Place Game Loser: $50
    Regular-Season Top Seed: $25 bonus
  • The draft order for next year is based on where we finish this year before (based on total points)
  • The trade deadline is on the site... It's March 4th.

Inaugural 2009-10 NPH Draft Results

The inaugural draft took place on Tuesday Sept. 29, mere hours before the precipice of the 2009-10 NHL season.  The draft order was determined randomly, and Jordy Weinstein was the lucky winner of the "Ovie Sweepstakes".

Here's a quick Round 1 Recap:

1. The 6 Hole - Alex Ovechkin
2. Syracuse Bulldogs - Evgeni Malkin
3. Busted - Sidney Crosby
4. New York Knuckles - Zach Parise
5. Ice Squires - Corey Perry
6. Winnipeg Jets - Ryan Getzlaf
7. Moose Factory Moose - Mike Green
8. Washington Craptials - Jeff Carter
9. Skate Hard - Pavel Datsyuk
10. Bristol Redstoners - Joe Thornton

Here are the team-by-team results:

The 6 Hole
1. (1) Alex Ovechkin
2. (20) Henrik Lundqvist
3. (21) Rick Nash
4. (40) Chris Osgood
5. (41) Marc Savard
6. (60) Alex Kovalev
7. (61) Sheldon Souray
8. (80) Marian Hossa
9. (81) Ray Emery
10. (100) Danny Briere
11. (101) Marek Zidlicky
12. (120) Ed Jovanovski
13. (121) Chris Kunitz
14. (140) Slava Kozlov
15. (141) Ryan Suter
16. (160) Mattias Ohlund
17. (161) Mikko Koivu
18. (180) Nik Antropov
19. (181) Jason Arnott
20. (200) Mathieu Schneider

Syracuse Bulldogs
1. (2) Evgeni Malkin
2. (19) Patrick Kane
3. (22) Roberto Luongo
4. (39) Thomas Vanek
5. (42) Joe Pavelski
6. (59) Ryan Miller
7. (62) Andrei Markov
8. (79) Phil Kessel
9. (82) Michael Frolik
10. (99) Alex Burrows
11. (102) Alexander Edler
12. (119) Milan Hejduk
13. (122) John-Michael Liles
14. (139) Erik Johnson
15. (142) Kari Lehtonen
16. (159) Alexei Ponikarovsky
17. (162) Sergei Gonchar
18. (179) Paul Stastny
19. (182) Johnny Oduya
20. (199) Kyle Turris

Busted
1. (3) Sidney Crosby
2. (18) Niklas Backstrom
3. (23) Daniel Sedin
4. (38) Zdeno Chara
5. (43) Johan Franzen
6. (58) Michael Cammalleri
7. (63) Tomas Vokoun
8. (78) Shane Doan
9. (83) Derek Roy
10. (98) Mike Knuble
11. (103) Milan Michalek
12. (118) Joe Corvo
13. (123) Braydon Coburn
14. (138) Ron Hainsey
15. (143) Craig Rivet
16. (158) Nikita Filatov
17. (163) Craig Anderson
18. (178) Cody Hodgson
19. (183) Jonathan Cheechoo
20. (198) Denis Grebeshkov

New York Knuckles

1. (4) Zach Parise
2. (17) Ilya Kovalchuk
3. (24) Martin Brodeur
4. (37) Vincent Lecavalier
5. (44) Jonathan Toews
6. (57) Marty Turco
7. (64) David Backes
8. (77) Dustin Brown
9. (84) Bryan McCabe
10. (97) Kimmo Timonen
11. (104) Steven Stamkos
12. (117) Kris Versteeg
13. (124) Tomas Kaberle
14. (137) Joni Pitkanen
15. (144) Pascal Leclaire
16. (157) Travis Zajac
17. (164) Shane O'Brien
18. (177) Mikhail Grabovski
19. (184) Peter Mueller
20. (197) Daniel Carcillo

Ice Squires

1. (5) Corey Perry
2. (16) Henrik Zetterberg
3. (25) Cam Ward
4. (36) Eric Staal
5. (45) Cristobal Huet
6. (56) Dennis Wideman
7. (65) Patrick Marleau
8. (76) Rob Blake
9. (85) Milan Lucic
10. (96) Jordan Staal
11. (105) Pavel Kubina
12. (116) Christian Ehrhoff
13. (125) Joffrey Lupul
14. (136) Kristian Huselius
15. (145) Drew Stafford
16. (156) Jaroslav Spacek
17. (165) Nikolai Zherdev
18. (176) Patrick O'Sullivan
19. (185) Stephen Weiss
20. (196) Jon Quick

Winnipeg Jets

1. (6) Ryan Getzlaf
2. (15) Miikka Kiprusoff
3. (26) Alexander Semin
4. (35) Dion Phaneuf
5. (46) Simon Gagne
6. (55) Pekka Rinne
7. (66) David Booth
8. (75) Olli Jokinen
9. (86) John Tavares
10. (95) Kevin Bieksa
11. (106) Jason Pominville
12. (115) Ryan Smyth
13. (126) Blake Wheeler
14. (135) Chris Mason
15. (146) Paul Martin
16. (155) Steve Montador
17. (166) Keith Ballard
18. (175) Kyle Okposo
19. (186) Filip Kuba
20. (195) Vaclav Prospal

Moose Factory Moose

1. (7) Mike Green
2. (14) Tim Thomas
3. (27) Nicklas Backstrom
4. (34) Mike Richards
5. (47) Nicklas Lidstrom
6. (54) Jonas Hiller
7. (67) Brian Campbell
8. (74) Mark Streit
9. (87) David Krejci
10. (94) Mike Ribeiro
11. (107) Niklas Kronwall
12. (114) Loui Eriksson
13. (127) Brad Boyes
14. (134) Ales Hemsky
15. (147) David Perron
16. (154) Brent Seabrook
17. (167) Martin Biron
18. (174) Michael Ryder
19. (187) Dustin Byfuglien
20. (194) Pierre-Marc Bouchard

Washington Crapitals

1. (8) Jeff Carter
2. (13) Jarome Iginla
3. (28) Marc-Andre Fleury
4. (33) Marian Gaborik
5. (48) Martin Havlat
6. (53) Brian Rafalski
7. (68) Jay Bouwmeester
8. (73) Semyon Varlamov
9. (88) Scott Hartnell
10. (93) Zach Bogosian
11. (108) Brian Gionta
12. (113) Ray Whitney
13. (128) Bill Guerin
14. (133) Nathan Horton
15. (148) Patrick Sharp
16. (153) Fedor Tyutin
17. (168) Stephane Robidas
18. (173) Ryan Callahan
19. (188) Ryane Clowe
20. (193) Vesa Toskala

Skate Hard

1. (9) Pavel Datsyuk
2. (12) Evgeni Nabokov
3. (29) Martin St. Louis
4. (32) Patrik Elias
5. (49) Jason Spezza
6. (52) Dan Boyle
7. (69) Jason Blake
8. (72) Devin Setoguchi
9. (89) Duncan Keith
10. (92) Scott Niedermayer
11. (109) Jamie Langenbrunner
12. (112) Ilya Bryzgalov
13. (129) Tuomo Ruutu
14. (132) Tom Gilbert
15. (149) Cam Barker
16. (152) Chris Drury
17. (169) Scott Gomez
18. (172) Todd White
19. (189) Marc-Edouard Vlasic
20. (192) Erik Cole

Bristol Redstoners

1. (10) Joe Thornton
2. (11) Dany Heatley
3. (30) Shea Weber
4. (31) Steve Mason
5. (50) Bobby Ryan
6. (51) Chris Pronger
7. (70) Henrik Sedin
8. (71) Daniel Alfredsson
9. (90) Anze Kopitar
10. (91) Victor Hedman
11. (110) Alexander Frolov
12. (111) Carey Price
13. (130) Brad Richards
14. (131) Kyle Quincey
15. (150) Nikolai Khabibulin
16. (151) J.P. Dumont
17. (170) Alex Tanguay
18. (171) Teemu Selanne
19. (190) Paul Kariya
20. (191) Derick Brassard