Red Fisher Conference 2nd round - Minnesota Fighting Saints vs Halifax Mooseheads

[TheDevilMadeMe]

Minnesota Fighting Saints

GMs: Nalyd Psycho & Mike Farkas
Coach: Pete Green
Captain: Hooley Smith
Alternate Captains: Doug Harvey, Keith Magnuson

#4 Reg Noble-#6 Frank Nighbor-#7 R. J. "Hooley" Smith
#5 Baldy Northcott-#8 Vyacheslav Starshinov-#26 Martin St Louis
#17 Jiri Holik-#20 Pete Mahovlich-#19 John McKenzie
#9 Zach Parise-#13 Ken Linseman-#71 Mike Foligno

#2 Doug Harvey-#14 Fern Flaman
#26 Dave Burrows-#16 Ted Green
#29 Reijo Ruotsalainen-#3 Keith Magnuson

#31 Billy Smith
#1 Roberto Luongo

#10 Albert "Dubbie" Kerr-#11 Allen Cameron-#17 Billy Taylor-#44 Chris Phillips

PP1: Starshinov-Nighbor-St Louis-Harvey-Ruotsalainen
PP2: Northcott-Linseman-Smith-Noble-Green

PK1: Nighbor-Smith-Harvey-Flaman
PK2: Mahovlich-St Louis-Burrows-Magnuson

VS

Halifax Mooseheads

GMs: Stoneberg & Croskinnon
Coach: Lester Patrick
Captian: Yzerman
Alternate Captains: Chelios, Patrick

Roster
Doug Bentley - Steve Yzerman (C) - Glenn Anderson
Frank Foyston - Joe Primeau - Brett Hull
Dave Balon - Walt Tkaczuk - Ron Ellis
Percy Galbraith - Dick Irvin - Jaroslav Jirik

Jim Schoenfeld - Chris Chelios (A)
Lester Patrick (A) - Red Dutton
Carol Vadnais - Brian Engblom

Curtis Joseph
Percy Lesueur

Spares: Corb Dennenny (F), Harry Mummery (D), Harry Smith (C/LW), Behn Wilson (D)

1st PP Unit
Hull - Yzerman - Anderson
Patrick - Bentley

2nd PP Unit
Hull (Jirik) - Primeau - Foyston
Chelios - Vadnais

PK Forwards
Tkaczuk - Galbraith
Yzerman - Primeau
Ellis

PK Defensemen
Schoenfeld - Chelios
Engblom/Vadnais - Dutton
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[Nalyd Psycho]

Slight changes after last round:

PP1: Starshinov-Nighbor-St Louis-Harvey-Ruotsalainen
PP2: Northcott-Linseman-Smith-Noble-Green

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

Slight changes after last round:

PP1: Starshinov-Nighbor-St Louis-Harvey-Ruotsalainen
PP2: Northcott-Linseman-Smith-Noble-Green

I like it. I don't think Starshinov is a particularly strong even strength center at this level, but he was at his best around the net, and he should put that to good use on the power play. And St. Louis' resume keeps getting better and better. The second PP isn't all that great, but that's the downside to focusing on two-way forwards.

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

Minnesota takes it in OT of Game 5.