Cole Division Consolation Round, Preliminary: Indiana Ice vs Montreal AAA

[Theokritos]

Indiana Ice

Head Coach: Pat Burns
Captain: Scott Niedermayer
Alternate Captains: Mike Peca, Joe Nieuwendyk


Gary Roberts - Marcel Dionne - Teemu Selanne
Michel Goulet - Peter Stastny - Patrick Kane
Markus Naslund - Joe Nieuwendyk (A) - Steven Stamkos
Mel Bridgman - Mike Peca (A) - David Backes

Spares - C Jason Spezza, RW Rene Robert

Harry Howell - Eddie Shore
Scott Niedermayer (C) - Brad McCrimmon
Paul Reinhart - Dustin Byfuglien

Spares - Bryan McCabe, Steve Duchesne

Cecil "Tiny" Thompson
John Vanbiesbrouck

PP#1:
Dionne - Nieuwendyk - Naslund
Shore - Niedermayer

PP#2:
Goulet - Stastny - Kane
Selanne - Reinhart

PK#1:
Peca - Bridgman
Howell - Shore

PK#2:
Backes - Goulet
McCrimmon - Niedermayer
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[Theokritos]

MONTREAL "AAA"

Coach: Scotty Bowman


Joe Malone - Mark Messier (A) - Didier Pitre
Veniamin Aleksandrov - Pat Lafontaine - Paul Henderson
Ken Hodge - Niklas Backstrom - Gordie Drillon
Bob Gainey (A) - Jonathan Toews - Terry O'Reilly
Camille Henry
Charlie Simmer

Denis Potvin (C) - Doug Wilson
Jean Guy Talbot - Albert Leduc
Craig Hartsburg - Bert Corbeau
Vasili Pervukhin
Reijo Ruotsalainen

Ken Dryden
Normie Smith




PP1:
Messier
Backstrom-Malone-Wilson
Potvin

PP2:
Drillon
Lafontaine-Simmer-Aleksandrov
Talbot

PK1: Toews-Gainey-Potvin-Wilson
PK2: Henderson-Lafontaine/Messier-Talbot-Leduc​

*Bowman, of course, would be double-shifting his top guys occcasionally, so Malone, Messier, Lafontaine would get more 5-on-5 ice. Potvin would get TONS of ice time, and he would have Wilson and Talbot out there quite a bit. Lafontaine would likely play the point on the powerplay as he did in Buffalo (which is why I went with an umbrella for PP2).

 

[seventieslord]

I have to believe Scotty Bowman would put someone better than Pat Lafontaine on the penalty kill.

 

[Voight]

I have to believe Scotty Bowman would put someone better than Pat Lafontaine on the penalty kill.

It says "Lafontaine/Messier" whatever that means

 

[BraveCanadian]

It says "Lafontaine/Messier" whatever that means

Come on guys, Scotty obviously Yzermaned him and told him to shape up defensively or ship out.

 

[tinyzombies]

Come on guys, Scotty obviously Yzermaned him and told him to shape up defensively or ship out.

Lafontaine is one of the all-time leaders in shorties, no? [edit: nope]

Ok, well Messier then. But ya, Scotty would have Yzermanned him