Strat-O-Matic Hockey League(SHL)

<Body Background="ice-bg.jpg"> </Framset> <p> Last updated February 29th, 2003 @ 3:50pm<BR> This Page is best viewed with Internet Explorer<BR> <Center> <IMG SRC="strat.jpg"> </Center> <Center> </p> <P> <b> <MARQUEE WIDTH=500 ALIGN=BOTTOM BGCOLOR="#00FF00" SCROLLAMOUNT=5 height="19"> There have been a couple of milestones achieved over the past month. Head Coach/GM Al Beal won his 500th career game on February 4th making him only the 3rd person in SHL history to achieve this. Also, on February 25th Head Coach/GM Charlie Beckwith recorded his 400th career win, making him one of only 5 Coaches to reach this milestone. Congratulations to both guys. Well deserved!!!! Players of the week as of the February 25th games. Forward - Sergei Fedorov 3goals, 2assists...... Defenseman - Scott Niedermayer 2goals, 0assists..... Goaltender - Roman Cechmanek 3-1-0, 1.99GAA, .946% save pct. ---------- Each Teams Record through the last 10 games....... Goaldiggers 6-2-2-0..... Mad Dogs 5-4-1-0..... Marauders 7-2-1-0..... Roadrunners 3-5-2-0..... Snow Leopards 4-5-0-1..... Scorpions 4-4-1-1..... The Rock 4-6-0-0. I have added Team Records to each teams roster at the top of each roster page. It gives you a detailed breakdown of all statisical catagories and who your team leaders are since each coach broke into the league. The only two teams I have not done are the Marauders and the Roadrunners. This is because the stats are only done back as far as 1992-93 and the Marauders have been in the league since 1979. The Roadrunners are leaving at the end of the 2003-04 season so I find it pointless to spend the time in retriving their team records. </MARQUEE> </b> </p> <P> <img border="0" src="25_Year_Logo.jpg" width="284" height="197"> <BR> <Center>You are Visitor #</Center><BR> <IMG SRC="http://counter.digits.com/wc/-d/4/SHLCounter" WIDTH=60 HEIGHT=20 BORDER=0 HSPACE=4 VSPACE=2> </p> </Center> <HR> <Center> <H3><A href=Constitution.html>Strato Hockey League Constitution</A></H3> <a href="http://www.geocities.com/ashleym_20/StratoCup.html"><IMG SRC="Smallcup.jpg" ALIGN=MIDDLE width="160" height="120"></a> <a href="http://www.geocities.com/ashleym_20/MemorialCup.html"><IMG SRC="Smallmemorial.jpg" ALIGN=MIDDLE></a> <address>   </address> <H1 style="line-height: 100%"><a href="http://www.geocities.com/ashleym_20/Awards/Awards2003.html">SHL Awards 2002-03</a></H1> <p style="line-height: 100%"><a href="http://www.geocities.com/ashleym_20/Awards/PreviousAwardWinners.htm"><font size="4"><b>Previous Award Winners</b></font></a></Center> <BR> <A HREF="Standings.html"><font size="4">Standings</font></A> <BR> <A HREF="2003-04Schedule.htm"><font size="4">2003-04 SHL Schedule</font></A> <font size="4"> <BR> <A href=Stats.html>Player Statistics</A> <BR> <A href=TeamStats.html>Team Statistics</A> <BR> <a href="http://www.geocities.com/ashleym_20/Rosters.html">Rosters</a> <BR> <A href=Draft.html>Draft</A> <BR> <A href=2003-04Trades.html>Trades</A> <BR> <A href="AllTimeScorers.html">All-Time Scorers</A> <BR> <A href="AllTimeGoalieWins.html">Current & All-Time Goaltender Wins</A> <BR> <A HREF="SHLRecords.html">SHL Records</A> <BR> <A href="CoachingVictories.html">Career Coaching Victories</A> <BR> <a href="2002-03SHLPlayoffs.html">2002-03 Playoffs</a> <BR> <A href="AllstarNight2002.html">All-StarNight 2002</A> </font> <BR> <IMG SRC="Dice.gif"> <CENTER><FONT SIZE="+1"><b> <A HREF="http://www.guestbook.nu/guestbooks/gu1019515520.html">View my Guestbook |</A> <A HREF="http://www.guestbook.nu/guestbooks/si1019515520.html">Sign my Guestbook</A> </b></FONT></CENTER> <A HREF="http://www.guestbook.nu"></A> <IMG SRC="http://www.guestbook.nu/banners/guestbutton.gif"> <Center> <IMG SRC="blueline.gif"> </Center> On a given night a line including Pavol Demitra, Markus Naslund and Daniel Alfredsson might square off with a line featureing Jere Lehtinen, Mats Sundin and Ziggy Palffy. Defensive pairings range from Robert Svehla and Eric Desjardins, to Scott Niedermayer and Adam Foote.</p> <P> Anything is possible when you deal with Strat-O-Matic Hockey and the results have kept Truro's Strato Hockey League(SHL) operating since 1979-80. The loop will enter its 25th year in September with 7 teams taking to the ice. <P> Strat-O-Matic uses a series of board games that require a combination of skill and luck of the dice to be successful.<BR> In the case of hockey, Strat-O-Matic issues cards each season for all NHL teams, with potential dice rolls heavily weighted to reflect real life statistics. For example, Mario Lemieux has more rolls that might result in a goal than Trevor Linden. <P> When four team owners decided to create the SHL in the fall of 1979 they held a draft of players from cards reflecting the 1978-79 NHL season. Drafts continue to be one of the highlights prior to each season of the SHL, with team owners able to protect all, or none of their previous year's players, except in the case of league expansion when the number of players an owner can protect may be limited. <P> At this time, the league has an active 7 teams. The league plays the full current 84 game schedule which is consistant with the actual NHL schedule. Thursday nights are always game night, and all contests are played at the original founders home(Dave Melanson) of the SHL. <P> If you're a top sports fan and especially a hockey fan, this game has alot of appeal because of the realism of the players results. Owners are convinced they have the best team and keep trying to show that. If they have a bad night, they want to come back the next week and show that it shouldn't have happened. Mastering this game may seem like a major undertaking at first glance, but new owners generally pick up the basics quite quickly.<BR> In a nutshell, players other than goalies have five columns on their card, each divided into results for the 11 possible numbers on a roll of two dice. Columns represent shots from the outside, shots from the inside, rebound and breakaways, passing and defensive results. Goalie cards have 20 possible results, ranging from goals to rebounds and saves. Owners can decide on one of six offence/defense combinations that are used in conjunction with 30 different action cards to determine the flow of the play. Another set of cards give results of goalie ratings, passing plays, intimitdation, injuries, icing attempts and scoring statistics. Teams are required to use at least three lines and two sets of defencemen each period. <P> The SHL season runs parallel to the NHL season. The draft is held in mid August and regular season play usually begins in mid September. The loop takes about a month off over Christmas and the playoffs usually wrap up in early May. Teams pay annual dues, generally in the $30 range, to cover the cost of new cards each year, snacks and beverages(coffee, water, pop), photocopying, laminating and paper. Additional money has been spent in the past to hold special nights(All Star game and skills competition). <P> You build your own team and try to improve on it year after year unlike most hockey pools. Most people really enjoy building their own team over the long run and acutally playing for a real cup. <Center> <IMG SRC="Dice.jpg"> </Center> <HR> </Body>