Yrs. Of Birth Tourney Week 8 Matchday 4 Match 12: 1987 vs. 1973

[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 12th match of Week 8 is 1987 (6-0) vs. 1973 (7-0)

1987: 6-0 Beat 1978 9-1 in Week 7

NHL Players Born in 1987 | Hockey-Reference.com

James Neal-Sidney Crosby-Phil Kessel
Bobby Ryan-Nicklas Backstrom-Patric Hornqvist
Nick Foligno-Martin Hanzal-Chris Stewart
Mats Zuccarello-Anze Kopitar-Bryan Little

Kris Letang-Marc Edouard Vlasic
Jack Johnson-Alec Martinez
Niclas Hjalmarsson-Kris Russell

Carey Price
Tuuka Rask

1973: 7-0 Beat 1971 11-0 in Week 7

NHL Players Born in 1973 | Hockey-Reference.com

Markus Naslund-Eric Lindros-Sami Kapanen
Cory Stillman-Peter Forsberg-Alex Kovalev
Jere Lehtinen-Brian Rolston-Martin Lapointe
Andrew Brunette-Todd Marchant-Tomas Holmstrom

Scott Niedermayer-Adrian Aucoin
Brian Rafalski-Phillipe Boucher
Greg De Vries-Richard Matvichuk

Nikolai Khabibuln
Manny Legace

1973 got my vote.

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[tony d]

We resume action tomorrow with the following matches:

1979 (0-6) vs. 1976 (4-2)
1975 (0-7) vs. 1967 (1-6)
1972 (5-2) vs. 1961 (6-1)

 

[Bouboumaster]

Went with 1987, but it's close