AAA 2012 Division Semis: Regina Pat Canadians vs. St. John's Ice Caps

[seventieslord]

Darryl Sutter

Greg Adams - George Gee - Petr Sykora
Vaclav Prospal - Mike Bullard - Dmitri Khristich
Alexandre Burrows - Bill Clement "A" - Bill Collins
Bob Kelly - Archie Hooper - Howie Meeker

Dale Rolfe - Leo Reise, Sr.
Mark Hardy "A" - Doug Lidster
Harold Snepsts "C" - Tom Poti

Cesare Maniago
Richard Brodeur

Spares:
Reg Hamilton, D
Steve Rucchin, C
Igor Liba, F
Bert McCaffrey, RW/D

Power Play #1
Vaclav Prospal - Mike Bullard - Dmitri Khristich
Tom Poti - Leo Reise

Power Play #2
Greg Adams - George Gee - Petr Sykora
Mark Hardy - Doug Lidster

Penalty Kill #1
Bill Clement - Bill Collins
Harold Snepsts - Dale Rolfe

Penalty Kill #2
Archie Hooper - Alexandre Burrows
Mark Hardy - Doug Lidster


VS

Captain: Paul Ysebaert
Alternates: Kevin McCarthey, Bob Errey

Nathan Horton - Greg Malone - Phil Kessel
Marco Sturm - Anatoli Semenov - Bill Flett
Bob Errey - Paul Ysebaert - Dan Cleary
Greg Gilbert - Randy Wood - Garry Howatt

Brad Stuart - Patrice Brisebois
Francois Beauchemin - Boris Mironov
Kevin McCarthy - Muzz Patrick

Guy Hebert
Ron Tugnutt

Coach - Sid Abel

Spares:
- Brad May
- Herb Carnegie
- Roxy Beaudro
- Terry Carkner

PP1: Horton - Malone - Kessel - Mironov - Brisebois
PP2: Sturm - Semenov - Flett - McCarthy - Stuart
PK1: Sturm - Wood - Stuart - Beauchemin
PK2: Ysebaert - Cleary - Brisebois - Patrick​

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[seventieslord]

I think Regina is definitely better.

 

[Dreakmur]

I think Regina is definitely better.

I agree.

 

[seventieslord]

I'll throw the first barb - I think this might be the worst group of centers, 1-4, that I've seen in one of these things. (in relation to the players available for top and bottom six roles in the draft, that is) The four of them earned a combined 8 all-star votes, Ysebaert leading the way with four.

Malone's a good player, but to be an effective scorer it would have to be at the AA level. He'd make an ok bottom line player though. Semenov I'm not really feeling. Ysebaert is decent but I've never understood what gets him selected where he does (does he get a lot of mileage out of his big +/- year?) and Wood isn't even a center.

there are definitely redeeming qualities to this team, too, but that stands out to me a lot.

 

[Dreakmur]

Just one quick match-up note here. Phil Kessel is St. John's most dangerous offensive threat, but he's also known to be easily intimidated.

In this series, Kessel will be going head-to-head with Alexandre Burrows. It's a perfect match for us. In addition to being able to keep up with Kessel, Burrows is going to make life hell for him. Kessel is going to spend the whole series getting hit, bumped, pushed, shoved, hacked, whacked, slashed, speared, bit, yelled at, taunted - he's in for a rough ride here.

In addition to Burrows, Kessel will spend a lot of time going against Mark Hardy. Hardy's is an in-your-face physical player who is also going to make Kessel's like a living hell.

 

[vecens24]

And the winner is...

Regina in 4 games!

Three Stars:
1st star: Petr Sykora
2nd star: Mike Bullard
3rd star: Cesare Maniago

 

[seventieslord]

Thanks for the series, JE.

Thanks for handling votes, vecens.

 

[Johnny Engine]

Wish I could have put up more of a fight here, but I can't say I have any idea what ammo I had. Dreak and Seventies have a great team here, and I put myself squarely behind the 8-ball by picking the wrong center in the first round. Like drafting Igor Larianov in the first round of the ATD. It's just one wrong pick, but it had tons of consequences going forward as to what kind of team was built.

Anyway, looking at players available at this level has been a blast, and I can't wait to get back to more comfortable territory in the ATD!

 

[seventieslord]

Wish I could have put up more of a fight here, but I can't say I have any idea what ammo I had. Dreak and Seventies have a great team here, and I put myself squarely behind the 8-ball by picking the wrong center in the first round. Like drafting Igor Larianov in the first round of the ATD. It's just one wrong pick, but it had tons of consequences going forward as to what kind of team was built.

Anyway, looking at players available at this level has been a blast, and I can't wait to get back to more comfortable territory in the ATD!

you did pwn me in one way in this draft, by having a better working knowledge of which songs credited to "Lennon/McCartney" were written by which. It's something I'm still working on.

 

[Johnny Engine]

Oh dear God. Don't get me even started on Beatles minutia.

 

[seventieslord]

Oh dear God. Don't get me even started on Beatles minutia.

I already thought you were cool but now you're taking it up a notch.