Yrs. Of Birth Tourney Week 7 Matchday 2 Match 5: 1965 vs. 1961

[tony d]

We are back for another week of exciting action from the yrs. of birth tourney.

If anyone wishes me to make any lineup changes, let me know. Some of these players are played out of position to best fit different players into the lineup.

Lineup decisions based upon stats from hockeyreference.com.

Remember for current players to vote based upon career projections and for retired players to vote based upon their careers.

Our 5th match of Week 7 is 1965 (6-0) vs. 1961 (6-0)

1965: 6-0 Beat 1968 16-0 in Week 6

NHL Players Born in 1965 | Hockey-Reference.com

Kevin Stevens-Mario Lemieux-Russ Courtnall
Esa Tikkanen-Steve Yzerman-Sylvain Turgeon
Sergio Momesso-Peter Zezel-Claude Lemieux
German Titov-Pat Lafontaine-Cam Neely

Steve Duschene-Todd Gill
Jeff Norton-Uwe Krupp
JJ Daigneault-Dmitri Mironov

Patrick Roy
Dominik Hasek

1961: 6-0 Beat 1982 8-1 in Week 6

NHL Players Born in 1961 | Hockey-Reference.com

Mark Messier-Wayne Gretzky-Steve Larmer
Mike Bullard- Denis Savard-Patrik Sundstrom
Dave Hannan-Joel Otto-Mark Osborne
Randy Cunneyworth-Barry Pederson-Greg Paslawski

Paul Coffey-Dave Babych
Larry Murphy-Jamie Macoun
Moe Mantha-Grant Ledyard

Kelly Hrudey
Don Beaupre

1961 got my vote.

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[tony d]

This could be the match of the whole tournament, even Michael Jackson (May he R.I.P.) got his popcorn ready:

 

[Tuna Tatarrrrrr]

Finally 1965 vs 1961, with such great teams, goaltending will be the main difference here and Roy/Hasek duo>>>Hrudey/Beaupre duo AINEC.