MLD championship retrospective

[VanIslander]

BM67 administered the first ever MLD playoffs in what turned into a close final between finalist arrbez and raleh's Springfield Isotopes and the inaugural winner:

MLD #7 champions, Penticton Vees (an 11-team draft after 28-team ATD7)

co-GMs: VanIslander & Hockey Outsider
coach: Billy Reay
team MVP: Pit Martin

Camille Henry - Thomas Gradin - Alex Kovalev
Don Lever (A) - Pit Martin (C) - Ulf Dahlen
Pierre Mondou - Tim Young - Stu Barnes
Mike Krushelnyski - Gregg Sheppard - Petr Klima
Scott Gomez

Rod Seiling (A) - Doug Bodger
Dmitri Yushkevich - Brian Rafalski
Lyle Odelein - Scott Hannan
Jyrki Lumme

Kelly Hrudey
Reggie Lemelin
Michel Larocque​

MLD #8 champions, Cincinnati Stingers (a 14-team draft after 28-team ATD8)

co-GMs: MXD & Jungosi
coach: Peter Laviolette
MVP finalist: Gord Roberts

Gord Roberts (C) - Pavel Datsyuk - Eddie Oatman
Martin Straka - Bob Gracie - Harry Hyland
Murray Murdoch - Cully Dahlstrom - Bill Ezinicki
Morris Lukowich - Andre Lacroix - Nikolai Drozdetsky
Marty Walsh, Nick Fotiu

Brad Maxwell - Al Arbour (A)
Andrei Markov - Howard McNamara
Udo Kiessling (A) - Uwe Krupp
Garth Boesch

Jim Henry
Michel Larocque​

MLD #9 champions, Peterborough Petes (an 8-team draft after 32-team ATD9)

GM: Transplanted Caper
coach: Rudy Pilous

Herb Cain (C) - Paul Ronty - Wally Hergesheimer
Anton Stastny - Harry Trihey (A) - Marian Stastny
Darcy Tucker - Ron Stewart - Marion Gaborik
Shawn Burr - Jason Arnott - Rich Sutter
Mike Grier

Moose Goheen (A) - Yevgeny Paladiev
Mike O'Connell - Dave Maloney
Bill Juzda - Dimitri Yuskevich
Jeff Brown

Johnny Mowers
Bert Lindsay​

MLD #10 champions, Oxford Dark Blues (a 12-team draft after 28-team ATD10)

co-GMs: VanIslander & Nalyd Psycho
coach: Viktor Tikhonov

Stephane Richer - Josef Malecek - Konstantin Loktev
Jimmy Gardner - Moose Watson - Tom Hooper
Adam Deadmarsh - Jason Arnott - Petr Sykora
Martin Gelinas - Saku Koivu (A) - Rejean Houle
Viktor Zhluktov, Gaetan Duchesne

Dickie Boon (C) - Oldrich Machac
Billy Coutu - Rick Ley (A)
Zin Bilyaletdinov - Dave Lewis
Jyrki Lumme

John Ross Roach
Don Edwards​

MLD #11 champions, North Pole Dancers (a 14-team draft after 28-team ATD11)

co-GMs: Dreakmur & Leafs Forever
coach: Jimmy Skinner

Lynn Patrick - Billy Taylor - Yevgeny Babich
Smokey Harris - Billy McGimsie - Alf Skinner
Baldy Cotton - Mike Ricci - Mush March
Bob Gracie - Andy Blair - Bill Fairbairn
Mike Krushelnyski, Wally Hergesheimer

Billy Coutu - Dave Babych
Gord Fraser - Bob Rouse
Al Arbour - Bryan McCabe
Larry Hillman

Johnny Mowers
Don Edwards​

There was no MLD after ATD12 because the now yearly format ATD2010 directly followed.

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[VanIslander]

The two-time winners include:

starting dmen Dmitri Yushkevich and Billy Coutu
2nd line pivot/4th line winger Bob Gracie
bottom-6 starter Jason Arnott
starter/backup Johnny Mowers
backups Michel Larocque and Don Edwards
1st liner/extra skater Wally Hergesheimer
fourth liner/extra skater Mike Krushelnyski
extra dman Jyrki Lumme​

 

[VanIslander]

MLD 2010 champions, Florida Hammerheads (a 16-team draft after 30-team ATD 2010)

co-GMs: Hedberg & vancityluongo
coach Frank Patrick

Marc Tardif (A) - Craig Janney - Dolly Swift
Robert McDougall - Paul Haynes - Bruce Ridpath
Bob Gracie - Moose Watson - Joe Lamb
Stan Jonathan - Samuel Pahlsson - Anders Kallur
Sergei Nemchinov - Ran McDonald

Howard McNamara (C) - Duncan Keith
Haldor Halderson - Kjell Samuelsson
Miroslav Dvorak - Phat Wilson (A)
Jim Morrison

Bill Ranford
Eddie Johnston​

 

[VanIslander]

Bob Gracie becomes the first ever three-time MLD champion, as a 2nd line pivot/bottom-6 winger.

Moose Watson joins the two-time winners as 2nd/3rd line center and Howard McNamara too as a starting blueliner.

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

MLD 2011 champions, Eden Hall Warriors (a 14-team draft after 40-team ATD 2011)

co-GMs: vecens24 & TheDevilMadeMe

Head Coach: Claude Julien
Assistant Coach: John Muckler

Nick Mickoski - Billy McGimsie - Nikolai Drozdetsky
Ulf Dahlen - Mike Ribeiro - Marian Stastny
Sami Kapanen - Steve Sullivan - Roland Pettersson
Dave Tippett - Larry Patey - Randy McKay (A)
Matt Cooke - Jeff Carter

Jack Evans - Mike O'Connell
Walt Buswell (C) - Brian Campbell
Christian Ehrhoff - Garth Butcher (A)
Paul Martin

Johnny Mowers
Bert Lindsay​

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

Johnny Mowers has now been in goal for 3 champions. Indeed, 3 of the last 5 champions have had Mowers as their starting netminder.

New 2-time winners:

Billy McGimsie, 1st line C
Nikolai Drozdetsky, RW of an offensively-oriented 4th line, then 1st line
Ulf Dahlen, 2nd line puckwinning W
Marian Stastny, 2nd line scoring RW
Mike O'Connell, top 4 puck moving D
Bert Lindsay, backup G (to Mowers both times)

 

[vecens24]

And notable to the first-time winners, Matt Cooke. Awesome.

 

[seventieslord]

So Gracie is a four-time finalist now... not too shabby!

 

[vecens24]

It's also really funny to look back and see Marty Walsh as a spare in 42 teams in two drafts.

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

MLD 2012 champions, Zambia Mania (a 16-team draft after 32-team ATD 2012)

co-GMs: Dreakmur & TheDevilMadeMe

Coach: Bun Cook

Thomas Vanek - Paul Haynes - Jimmy Ward
Ed Sandford "A" - Donald Smith - Eddie Wiseman
Steve Sullivan - Charlie Sands - Billy Gilmour
Dan Maloney - Todd Marchant - Jimmy Roberts "A"
Vladimir Zabrodsky, Wildor Larochelle, Rob Niedermayer

Walt Buswell - Mike Green
Miroslav Dvorak - Doug Young "C"
Mark Streit - Scott Hannan
Al Hamilton

Paddy Moran
Reggie Lemelin​

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

New 2-time winners:

Paul Haynes, scoring line center
Steve Sullivan, two-way third liner
Walt Buswell, top 4 defenseman
Miroslav Dvorak, 2nd/3rd pairing defenseman
Scott Hannan, bottom pairing defenseman
Reggie Lemelin, backup goaltender

Johnny Mowers and Bob Gracie remain the only three-time winners.

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

MLD 2013 champions, Regina Capitals (a 12-team draft after 32-team ATD 2013)

GM: seventieslord

coach: Eddie Gerard

Nikolai Drozdetsky - Craig Janney - Keith Crowder
Billy Gilmour - Bill Hay (A) - Jiri Lala
Don Maloney - Mike Ridley - Charlie Sands
Jim Peplinski - Orest Kindrachuk (A) - Dimitri Khristich

Paul Shmyr (C) - Adrian Aucoin
Dave Ellett - Barry Gibbs
Dave Manson - Kim Johnsson

Pete Peeters
Charlie Hodge

spares:
Billy Breen, C
Martin Straka, F
Slim Halderson, D/RW
Walter Smaill, D/W​

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

New two-time winners:

Craig Janney, 1st line C
Billy Gilmour, 3rd line utility winger, then 2nd line glue guy winger
Charlie Sands, 3rd line C/RW
Martin Straka, 2nd line scoring wing, then spare skater
Slim Halderson, 2nd pairing defenseman, then spare skater

New three-time winner (joining Bob Gracie and Johnny Mowers as the only 3-time winners):

Nikolai Drozdetsky, RW of an offensively oriented 4th line, then twice a first liner winger

 

[VanIslander]

Gaborik was a third line winger back in MLD9 (in 2008), but he remains a solid 1st liner in the 2014 NHL playoffs!

Imagine if he had been healthy his whole career. (And hadn't played for defensive-minded Trotz in Minnesota.)

This is my 10th year of ATDing (along with Leaf Lander - though he sticks to the ATDs not the MLDs, AAAs, etc), and I cannot think of a more slowly rising zigzag career than Gabbie!

 

[VanIslander]

MLD 2014 champions, Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets (a 14-team draft after 28-team ATD 2014)

GM: Rob Scuderi
Coach: Emile Francis

Brian Bellows - Harry Smith - Eddie Wiseman
Nikolai Drozdetsky - Billy Taylor - Mush March
Pud Glass (A) - Jaroslav Holik - Jason Pominville
Nick Libett (A) - Pete Stemkowski - Bill Fairbairn
Johnny Gagnon, Buzz Boll

Paul Shmyr (C) - Bingo Kampman
Doug Jarrett - Lubomir Visnovsky
Joe Watson - Bob Murray
Gordie Roberts, Udo Kiessling

Roger Crozier
Tomas Vokoun​

 

[VanIslander]

New four-time winner (the only one to date):

Nikolai Drozdetsky, RW of an offensively oriented 4th line, then twice a first liner winger, now a 2nd line left winger.

New two-time winners:

Eddie Wiseman, RW of the 2nd line and now the 1st.
Billy Taylor, C of the 1st line and now the 2nd.
Mush March, RW of the 3rd line and now 2nd line.
Bill Fairbairn, both times 4th line RW.
Paul Shmyr, both times top-pairing dman.
Udo Kiessling, 3rd pairing dman and now extra skater.

 

[Say Hey Kid]

BM67 administered the first ever MLD playoffs in what turned into a close final between finalist arrbez and raleh's Springfield Isotopes and the inaugural winner:

MLD #7 champions, Penticton Vees (an 11-team draft after 28-team ATD7)

co-GMs: VanIslander & Hockey Outsider
coach: Billy Reay
team MVP: Pit Martin

Camille Henry - Thomas Gradin - Alex Kovalev
Don Lever (A) - Pit Martin (C) - Ulf Dahlen
Pierre Mondou - Tim Young - Stu Barnes
Mike Krushelnyski - Gregg Sheppard - Petr Klima
Scott Gomez

Rod Seiling (A) - Doug Bodger
Dmitri Yushkevich - Brian Rafalski
Lyle Odelein - Scott Hannan
Jyrki Lumme

Kelly Hrudey
Reggie Lemelin
Michel Larocque

MLD #8 champions, Cincinnati Stingers (a 14-team draft after 28-team ATD8)

co-GMs: MXD & Jungosi
coach: Peter Laviolette
MVP finalist: Gord Roberts

Gord Roberts (C) - Pavel Datsyuk - Eddie Oatman
Martin Straka - Bob Gracie - Harry Hyland
Murray Murdoch - Cully Dahlstrom - Bill Ezinicki
Morris Lukowich - Andre Lacroix - Nikolai Drozdetsky
Marty Walsh, Nick Fotiu

Brad Maxwell - Al Arbour (A)
Andrei Markov - Howard McNamara
Udo Kiessling (A) - Uwe Krupp
Garth Boesch

Jim Henry
Michel Larocque

MLD #9 champions, Peterborough Petes (an 8-team draft after 32-team ATD9)

GM: Transplanted Caper
coach: Rudy Pilous

Herb Cain (C) - Paul Ronty - Wally Hergesheimer
Anton Stastny - Harry Trihey (A) - Marian Stastny
Darcy Tucker - Ron Stewart - Marion Gaborik
Shawn Burr - Jason Arnott - Rich Sutter
Mike Grier

Moose Goheen (A) - Yevgeny Paladiev
Mike O'Connell - Dave Maloney
Bill Juzda - Dimitri Yuskevich
Jeff Brown

Johnny Mowers
Bert Lindsay

MLD #10 champions, Oxford Dark Blues (a 12-team draft after 28-team ATD10)

co-GMs: VanIslander & Nalyd Psycho
coach: Viktor Tikhonov

Stephane Richer - Josef Malecek - Konstantin Loktev
Jimmy Gardner - Moose Watson - Tom Hooper
Adam Deadmarsh - Jason Arnott - Petr Sykora
Martin Gelinas - Saku Koivu (A) - Rejean Houle
Viktor Zhluktov, Gaetan Duchesne

Dickie Boon (C) - Oldrich Machac
Billy Coutu - Rick Ley (A)
Zin Bilyaletdinov - Dave Lewis
Jyrki Lumme

John Ross Roach
Don Edwards

MLD #11 champions, North Pole Dancers (a 14-team draft after 28-team ATD11)

co-GMs: Dreakmur & Leafs Forever
coach: Jimmy Skinner

Lynn Patrick - Billy Taylor - Yevgeny Babich
Smokey Harris - Billy McGimsie - Alf Skinner
Baldy Cotton - Mike Ricci - Mush March
Bob Gracie - Andy Blair - Bill Fairbairn
Mike Krushelnyski, Wally Hergesheimer

Billy Coutu - Dave Babych
Gord Fraser - Bob Rouse
Al Arbour - Bryan McCabe
Larry Hillman

Johnny Mowers
Don Edwards

There was no MLD after ATD12 because the now yearly format ATD2010 directly followed.

MLD 2010 champions, Florida Hammerheads (a 16-team draft after 30-team ATD 2010)

co-GMs: Hedberg & vancityluongo
coach Frank Patrick

Marc Tardif (A) - Craig Janney - Dolly Swift
Robert McDougall - Paul Haynes - Bruce Ridpath
Bob Gracie - Moose Watson - Joe Lamb
Stan Jonathan - Samuel Pahlsson - Anders Kallur
Sergei Nemchinov - Ran McDonald

Howard McNamara (C) - Duncan Keith
Haldor Halderson - Kjell Samuelsson
Miroslav Dvorak - Phat Wilson (A)
Jim Morrison

Bill Ranford
Eddie Johnston

MLD 2011 champions, Eden Hall Warriors (a 14-team draft after 40-team ATD 2011)

co-GMs: vecens24 & TheDevilMadeMe

Head Coach: Claude Julien
Assistant Coach: John Muckler

Nick Mickoski - Billy McGimsie - Nikolai Drozdetsky
Ulf Dahlen - Mike Ribeiro - Marian Stastny
Sami Kapanen - Steve Sullivan - Roland Pettersson
Dave Tippett - Larry Patey - Randy McKay (A)
Matt Cooke - Jeff Carter

Jack Evans - Mike O'Connell
Walt Buswell (C) - Brian Campbell
Christian Ehrhoff - Garth Butcher (A)
Paul Martin

Johnny Mowers
Bert Lindsay

MLD 2012 champions, Zambia Mania (a 16-team draft after 32-team ATD 2012)

co-GMs: Dreakmur & TheDevilMadeMe

Coach: Bun Cook

Thomas Vanek - Paul Haynes - Jimmy Ward
Ed Sandford "A" - Donald Smith - Eddie Wiseman
Steve Sullivan - Charlie Sands - Billy Gilmour
Dan Maloney - Todd Marchant - Jimmy Roberts "A"
Vladimir Zabrodsky, Wildor Larochelle, Rob Niedermayer

Walt Buswell - Mike Green
Miroslav Dvorak - Doug Young "C"
Mark Streit - Scott Hannan
Al Hamilton

Paddy Moran
Reggie Lemelin

MLD 2013 champions, Regina Capitals (a 12-team draft after 32-team ATD 2013)

GM: seventieslord

coach: Eddie Gerard

Nikolai Drozdetsky - Craig Janney - Keith Crowder
Billy Gilmour - Bill Hay (A) - Jiri Lala
Don Maloney - Mike Ridley - Charlie Sands
Jim Peplinski - Orest Kindrachuk (A) - Dimitri Khristich

Paul Shmyr (C) - Adrian Aucoin
Dave Ellett - Barry Gibbs
Dave Manson - Kim Johnsson

Pete Peeters
Charlie Hodge

spares:
Billy Breen, C
Martin Straka, F
Slim Halderson, D/RW
Walter Smaill, D/W

MLD 2014 champions, Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets (a 14-team draft after 28-team ATD 2014)

GM: Rob Scuderi
Coach: Emile Francis

Brian Bellows - Harry Smith - Eddie Wiseman
Nikolai Drozdetsky - Billy Taylor - Mush March
Pud Glass (A) - Jaroslav Holik - Jason Pominville
Nick Libett (A) - Pete Stemkowski - Bill Fairbairn
Johnny Gagnon, Buzz Boll

Paul Shmyr (C) - Bingo Kampman
Doug Jarrett - Lubomir Visnovsky
Joe Watson - Bob Murray
Gordie Roberts, Udo Kiessling

Roger Crozier
Tomas Vokoun

Regina Capitals

coach: Emile Francis

Geoff Courtnall - Mike Ribeiro - Gary Dornhoefer
Shayne Corson (A) - Jason Allison - Marian Stastny
Murph Champberlain - Tomas Plekanec - Jimmy Peters
Morris Lukowich (A) - Pete Stemkowski - Jason Pominville

Jack Evans - Rick Ley (C)
Marty Burke - Bob Murray
Doug Jarrett - Pavel Kubina

Johnny Mowers
Kelly Hrudey

 

[BenchBrawl]

This thread should be updated by a MLD regular using the standard format of the ATD championship retrospective thread.

 

[Habsfan18]

Looks like it hasn’t been updated since 2014.

MLD 2015

Champions: Regina Capitals

GM: seventieslord

coach: Emile Francis

Geoff Courtnall - Mike Ribeiro - Gary Dornhoefer
Shayne Corson (A) - Jason Allison - Marian Stastny
Murph Champberlain - Tomas Plekanec - Jimmy Peters
Morris Lukowich (A) - Pete Stemkowski - Jason Pominville

Jack Evans - Rick Ley (C)
Marty Burke - Bob Murray
Doug Jarrett - Pavel Kubina

Johnny Mowers
Kelly Hrudey

spares: Walter Smaill (D/F), Billy Harris (F), Martin Straka (F), Gordie Roberts (D)​

 

[Habsfan18]

MLD 2016

Champions: Winnipeg Fighting Fish

GM: Hedberg

Herb Cain - Marc Savard - Bill Goldsworthy
Thomas Vanek - David Krejci - Steve Sullivan
Murph Chamberlain - Mikko Koivu - Charlie Sands
Doc Romnes - Saku Koivu - Mush March
Dennis Maruk - Rabbit McVeigh

Paul Shmyr- Ed Jovanovski
Rick Ley - Mike Green
Kenny Jonsson - Ron Greschner
Haldor Halderson - Weldy Young

Normie Smith
Jean-Sebastien Giguere

Coach: Bruce Boudreau​

 

[Habsfan18]

MLD 2017

Champions: Richmond Sockeyes

GM: Hedberg

Steve Vickers - Marc Savard - Milan Hejduk
Taylor Hall - Jason Allison - Steve Thomas A
Chris Drury C - Clint Smith - Barney Stanley
Ross Lonsberry - Pete Stemkowski - Bill Goldsworthy
Ab McDonald - Jozef Golonka

Marc-Eduaord Vlasic - Goldie Prodger
Tomas Kaberle A - Roman Hamrlik
Jeff Brown - Rick Ley
Leo Reise Sr - Frantisek Tikal

Seth Martin
Olaf Kolzig​

 

[Habsfan18]

MLD 2019

Champions: Nova Scotia Voyageurs

GM: Habsfan18

Coach: Viktor Tikhonov

Captain: Doug Weight
Alternate: Ryan Smyth
Alternate: Brent Seabrook

Charlie Simmer - Doug Weight - Milan Hejduk
Gaye Stewart-Pete Mahovlich-Viktor Shalimov
Ryan Smyth - Mike Ridley - Jean Pronovost
Mel Bridgman - Ulf Nilsson - Anders Hedberg
Vsevolod Bobrov, Doug Risebrough, Tomas Sandstrom

Jay Bouwmeester - Jiri Bubla
Goldie Prodgers - Brent Seabrook
Tomas Kaberle - Jamie Macoun
Ed Jovanovski

Mike Liut
Alec Connell​

 

[Habsfan18]

MLD 2020

Champions: Cornwall Aces

GM: Habsfan18

Coach: Bun Cook

Captain: Orest Kindrachuk
Alternate: Steve Konowalchuk
Alternate: Tomas Plekanec

Cory Stillman - Pierre Larouche - Grant Warwick
Alex Shibicky - Viktor Zhluktov - Joe Carveth
Fred Scanlan - Tomas Plekanec - Scott Young
Steve Konowalchuk - Orest Kindrachuk - Billy Gilmour
Bronco Horvath, Alexander Golikov

Warren Godfrey - Jyrki Lumme
Rick Green - Mike O’Connell
Joe Cooper - Aaron Ekblad
Hobey Baker

Roger Crozier
Gerry McNeil​

 

[BenchBrawl]

No MLD 2018?

 

[Habsfan18]

No MLD 2018?

I don’t believe the MLD was held that year.