Category: Playoff

Final games are now decided

Hi Guys,

The playoffs positions are now decided.

The Bruins and Blackhawks will play in the first overall draft game at 5:15.

The Maple Leafs and Habs will play in the Bronze Metal game at 5:45.

The Wings and Rangers will play in the championship game at 6:45.

Remember to come up for pizza and beer after your game and congratulate the regular season and playoff winners.

It was a great year with great hockey and sportsmanship.

Hope that everyone had an excellent season and if we don’t see you upstairs next Friday, we’ll see you next September.

Cheers,

Len ‘The Stats Guy’

2016 Playoff Champions

Gentlemen,

In a very very close final the Rangers defeated the Canadiens 1-0! The Rangers were able to secure both the League and Playoff championships. Congratulations to the Rangers on their victory! Thank you to everyone that came out to play in final week.

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A big thank you to Art for continuing to be a great Commissioner for Simons hockey! Another big thanks to Dale for looking after our money as the Treasurer for the league.

We’ll see you all in the fall for the draft.

Cheers,
Sam

Pizza & Beer

Hi guys,

After the final game on Friday, we will be gathering in the party room up near the bar.

There will be plenty of FREE BEER and PIZZA available upstairs after the final game.Pizza will be served about 9:00 pm and the beer will be flowing from about 8:00 pm onwards.

This year we will have a 50/50 draw for 1/2 years free hockey next year but you gotta be there and buy a ticket to win.

NOTE TO THE NEW GUYS: Hey guys, you have been a real breath of fresh air in the league this year and its been great to have you as part of the league, we hope you have enjoyed the league. Friday is your chance to come up to the wind up party upstairs and meet some of the guys on the other teams. The thing that makes Simons such a good league is the BS that takes place amongst the guys and this is your opportunity to meet more of them AND drink some free beer and eat some free pizza and maybe win a 1/2 years free hockey for next year.

We will have the trophy presentation to the winning team and players from 5 of the 6 teams will once again lament about “what might have been” !!

See you there boyz !

Simons Playoff Finals

Hi Boys,

We are finally here the 2015-2016 Simons Hockey Playoff finals! It has been an exciting playoffs. In this years final the Rangers will face off against the Canadiens. The final will take place at 6:45PM.

Please be aware if you are going to watch at ice level to keep your drinks non-alcoholic.

The middle game will be the played between the Blackhawks and Bruins, as the Bruins take the head-to-head tie-breaker against the Red Wings.

The early game will be between the Maple Leafs and the Red Wings.

Cheers and thank you all for a great season of Simons Hockey.

Sam

Tie Breaker Rules and Scenarios

Hi Boys,

First: if there’s a tie in the round robin, here are the steps for determining who proceeds to the final game:

As per the rule from the 2015/2016 ASHL rule books are the steps we will use this year to determine who goes forward in the event of a tie:

I have also added more steps just in case we need them but hopefully we won’t. Steps f –> k to take it back to the regular season before we do the very unfair “coin toss”. Hopefully we won’t need to use it but its there if we need to.
2.14 TIES IN ROUND ROBIN STANDINGS – 2 OR MORE TEAMS

In the event of a tie in the round robin standings the following steps (a -e) will be used to break the tie:

a ) Best record in head-to-head games in the playoffs amongst the tied Teams

b) Most Wins in the Playoffs

c ) Largest Goal Differential (Goals For minus Goals Against) in the playoffs

d) Least Goals Against in the playoffs

e ) Least Penalty Minutes (Average per Game in the Playoffs)

If we can’t solve it in steps a–> e, then we will look to the regular season to settle the tie:

f ) Best record in head to head games in the regular season

g) Most Wins in the Regular Season

h) Largest Goal Differential in the Regular Season

i) Least goals against in the regular season

j) Least Penalty Minutes in the regular season

k) Toss a coin

NOTE 1: If there are still Teams tied after a step (no single Team is advanced), only the tied Teams from that step move on to the next step of the procedure. This process continues until there is only 1 team remaining.

NOTE 2: Once one team has been advanced using this tie-breaking procedure, it then reverts back to the start of the tie-breaking procedure (a) to break the remaining tie and so forth each time one team is advanced and more ties still need to be broken.

NOTE 3: Goal differential shall not exceed +7 in any playoff game.

NOTE 4: If all tied Teams have not played head-to-head, 2.14 a) will be skipped and the process will begin with 2.14 b).

EXAMPLE: 3 team round robin game results Team A defeats Team B 4-2 Team B defeats Team C 3-2 Team C defeats Team A 5-2

a) All teams are tied at 1-1 so head to head is not used

b) Team “A” is -1, Team “B” is -1, Team “C” is +2

Therefore Team C would advance and become first place.If a second place team is required, then Team A and B are still tied so they would go back to the start of the tie-breaking procedure to break the tie, where Team A defeated Team B. Therefore Team A would be the second place team.

Cheers,
The Commish

2015-2016 Regular Season Champions

Hi Guys,

The regular season wrapped up this past Friday. The Rangers have claimed this years League title with a record of 11-6-3 for 25 points.

The first round of the playoffs starts this Friday and the games look like:

5:15PM Maple Leafs (H) vs Blackhawks
5:45PM Red Wings (H) vs Bruins
6:45PM Canadiens (H) vs Rangers

Our season is winding down, but the best hockey is yet to come. Cheers, to another great season and an excellent, fun, and competitive playoff race.

Cheers,
Sam

2015 Champions

Congratulations to the Canadiens who are this years 2015 Simons Hockey Champions. They took the final game of the year against the Bruins. It was a beauty of a game! Down 2-0 for most of the hockey game. The Canadiens scored two late goals to tie it. In a Simons first, neither the Bruins nor the Canadiens could finish the job in regulation or overtime.

The final came down to a shootout! Drew Robertson and Yves Trividic were forced to battle it out for the cup! Yves was able to stop all three shots fired at him. Mike Harvey was able to score the lone goal for the Canadiens to seal the victory for the Canadiens.

Cheers to another great season boys! We’ll see you in September.

Regular Season Winners

Hi Boys,

The Playoffs start tomorrow boys! But before we start, we need to recognize that the Bruins have won the Regular Season trophy. The Bruins finished with an impressive 16-3-5 record. Lead by their Captain Ferdie Espedido who scored 59 points in the 24 game regular season. He finishes just four points back of the scoring title. Which is has been claimed by the Canadiens Captain Darren Corea. Darren tallied 41G and 21A for 64 points in 24 games.

Tomorrow the schedule is going to be:

5:15PM – Bruins (H) vs Blackhawks
5:45PM – Red Wings (H) vs Canadiens
6:45PM – Maple Leafs (H) vs Rangers

Best of luck to all teams and players in the Playoffs. Let’s keep it fun and safe out there.

Cheers,
Sam

Regular Season Winners

Hi Boys,

The Blackhawks are the 2013-2014 league champions. The finished the regular season with 27 points. They narrowly beat out both the Rangers and the Bruins. But none of this really matters as the Playoffs start next week.

The Playoffs run for the next six weeks. The round robin sees each team play each other between February 14th and March 14th. The Finals will be played on March 21st. The schedule for next week is:

5:15PM – Bruins (H) vs Blackhawks
5:45PM – Red Wings (H) vs Canadiens
6:45PM – Rangers vs Maple Leafs (H)

Best of luck to all in the Playoffs ahead.

Cheers,