McLaughlin Division playoff spot: Colorado College Tigers vs. Abbotsford Pilots

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The Frederic McLaughlin Division playoff spot series


Colorado College Tigers

coach Bobby Kromm

Hib Milks (C) - Danny Briere - Joe Carveth
Alex Semin - Robert Reichel - Ed Olczyk
Armand Mondou - Dale McCourt (A) - Billy Harris
Edmond Bouchard - Stu Barnes - Roger Jenkins
Joe Linder, Tony Conroy

Leo Reise, Sr. (A) - Albert Langlois
Brad Stuart - Doug Lidster
Lou Nanne - Pierre Bouchard
Harold Snepsts

Joe Daley
Al Smith


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Abbotsford Pilots

coach Randy Carlyle

Morris Lukowich (C) - Jaroslav Drobny - Dustin Brown (A)
Mark Osborne - Vladimir Ruzicka - Ilkka Sinisalo
Gaetan Duchesne - Jordan Staal - Gary Sabourin
Alex Kaleta - Gord Pettinger - Frank St. Marseille
Larry Popein, Chris Nilan

Jim Dorey - Poul Popiel
Willie Mitchell (A) - Sami Salo
Murray Henderson - Philippe Boucher
Stephane Robidas

Seth Martin
Bohumil Modry

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2-Game Home & Away Series

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[seventieslord]

- I like Kromm as a coach more than Carlyle.

- Not sure why Hib Milks is the captain. He's a good player but wasn't a model citizen, from what I have heard.

- Reichel as a 2nd liner is concerning. He had a couple great offensive years but given his later versatility it would have made much more sense using him in a bottom-6 role.

- Linder and Conroy don't provide much as spares, IMO.

- I'm definitely a bigger fan of Martin than I am of Daley.

- Pierre Bouchard in a starting role is scary. The guy is the 2nd-least used defenseman (in real life) in the AAA draft, after Gord Lane. And even if you give him a 3 minute a game boost based on the defensemen who played ahead of him, he'd still only have a higher ATOI average than Murzyn and Lane.

- Nanne's the 6th-least used (in real-life) defenseman in the AAA draft, and this is with his seasons as a winger removed so as not to skew the average. I think with two guys who are best suited to the AA draft (even though Nanne fills a niche as a shot blocker), they could be in trouble.

- I admit I'm lost as to where to place Popiel and Dorey thanks to the majority of their careers being in the WHA. Forwards are a little easier to judge - goalies too. Championships, awards, scoring/sv% stats. But defensemen? How do I know these were good #1 WHA defensemen? (which is what they'd have to be, to be good 1st pairing AAA guys)

- Mitchell and Salo are both underrated - big time.

 

[VanIslander]

Colorado College wins both games against Abbotsford in regulation to take the final playoff spot in the division.

Three stars of the home & away series:

1. Daniel Briere, Tigers
2. Hib Milks, Tigers
3. Morris Lukowich, Pilots

 

[Nalyd Psycho]

- I admit I'm lost as to where to place Popiel and Dorey thanks to the majority of their careers being in the WHA. Forwards are a little easier to judge - goalies too. Championships, awards, scoring/sv% stats. But defensemen? How do I know these were good #1 WHA defensemen? (which is what they'd have to be, to be good 1st pairing AAA guys)

Post season all-stars. Dorey has one 1st team and similar numbers through-out. Popiel was a 2-time 2nd team all-star.

Colorado College wins both games against Abbotsford in regulation to take the final playoff spot in the division.

Three stars of the home & away series:

1. Daniel Briere, Tigers
2. Hib Milks, Tigers
3. Morris Lukowich, Pilots

Good series. It was fun to try the AAA draft, but I quickly realized I was in over my head.

 

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McLaughlin Division semi-final: #1 London Bandits vs. #4 Colorado College Tigers

Discussion would have been nice.