2003-2004 Season I. Members Eastern Division Western Division David Routch Mike Schlechter Doug Wise John King Rich McDonald Joe Piacentini John Huber Brad Adams II. Acquisition of Players - Draft ** 1. TEAMS WILL PROTECT 3 PLAYERS PRIOR TO DRAFT. ** 2. THESE PLAYERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED 1 WEEK PRIOR TO DRAFT (Sunday, September 28 @ 1:00 p.m.) ** 3. THE 3 PROTECTED PLAYERS MUST PLAY 3 SEPARATE POSITIONS (1C, 1W, 1D, for example) ** 4. PLAYERS ON CURRENT ROSTERS CAN BE TRADED FOR OTHER PLAYERS FROM SEPTEMBER 1 TO SEPTEMBER 27. 5. NO TRADES FOR DRAFT PICKS. 6. A draft will be held on Sunday, October 5 @ 1:00 p.m. to choose remaining players. 7. Draft positions will be drawn out of a hat. ** 8. Draft order will be 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,etc. 9. Teams must first draft an active roster of: 3 centers 4 wingers 4 defensemen 2 goalies 10. Teams will then draft a reserve team of any 8 players. ** 11. This draft order will be 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,etc. 12. Player positions will be determined by the Sporting News Hockey Preview Edition's team profile section. 13. If 2 positions are listed, then that player may play either position at any given time. 14. This league is purely for amusement only ** 15. YOU MUST PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHETHER YOU PLAN TO PARTICIPATE ON/BEFORE JUNE 30. III. Acquisition of Players - Free Agents 1. Each team will have a 30 point free agent account. 2. This money cannot be exchanged in trades. 3. Each free agent will cost 5 points. 4. Each team can pick up a maximum of 2 free agents per week. 5. If 2 or more teams want the same free agent, they must bid against each other in 1 point increments. 6. It is the responsibilty of the bidding teams to make themselves available to be contacted. 7. Failure to be available results in the loss of the player. 8. Free agents can only be picked up on Sundays between the hour of 2:00 and 3:00 p.m. (phone calls only) 9. Free agent pickups will start on Sunday, October 19. 10. Report all transactions to Dave. IV. Acquisition of Players - Trades 1. The trading period will start on draft day and end at 9:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 15. 2. A trade can be vetoed if all of the other nontrading teams vote to veto the trade. 3. It is the responsibility of the dissenting team to acquire the necessary votes. 4. Report all trades to Dave. 5. A trade becomes official once it appears on the League Website. 6. A dissenting team then has 72 hours from the posted time of the trade to gather and report the 6 dissenting votes. 7. No "player to be named later" trades are permitted. V. Rosters 1. A team's roster may not exceed 23 players. 2. If, during the acquisition of a free agent(s) or trade, a team's roster exceeds the 23 player limit, then that team must drop a player(s) in order to not exceed the 23 player limit. 3. A player who is dropped from a roster becomes an eligible free agent 48 hours after the posted drop time. 4. This player(s) then can be picked up according to the established free agent acquisition rules (Article III). VI. League Schedule and Scoring 1. All teams play a 24-game schedule. 2. Each team will compete against the teams in its own division 4 times and the teams in the other division 3 times. 3. The league regular season will follow the first 24 weeks of the NHL schedule. 4. Each week your team's statistics will be compared to your opponent's statistics in 7 different categories. 5. A statistic week starts on Friday and ends on Thursday. 6. The 7 scoring categories are as follows: goals - assists - total points - plus/minus rating goalie wins - goals against average - save % 7. Goalie wins are calculated a 1 point for a win and 1/2 point for a tie. 8. Goals against average is calculated to the hundredths place with no rounding off (2.32). [goals given up] x 60, divided by [minutes played] 9. Save % is calculated to the thousandths place with no rounding off (.908). [saves] divided by [shots faced] 10. A goalie's offensive statistics do not count. ** 11. IF YOU HAVE AN ELIGIBLE GOALIE ON YOUR ROSTER AND HE HAS PLAYED IN AT LEAST 1/2 OF HIS TEAM'S GAMES, YOU MUST PLACE HIM ON YOUR ACTIVE (SCORING) ROSTER IN PLACE OF A GOALIE WHO HAS NOT PLAYED IN AT LEAST 50% OF HIS TEAM'S GAMES. IF A GOALIE IS INJURED, THE TIME OFF DOES NOT COUNT TOWARDS HIS TEAM'S GAMES PLAYED. GOALIES ON INJURED RESERVE PRIOR TO A WEEK BEGINNING CANNOT BE PLACED ON AN ACTIVE ROSTER, HOWEVER, HIS BACKUP CAN BE PLACED ON YOUR ACTIVE ROSTER (DUE TO THE INJURY OF THE STARTER). ** 12. AT NO TIME CAN YOU PLACE 2 GOALIES FROM THE SAME TEAM ON YOUR ACTIVE (SCORING) ROSTER. 11. Your team is awarded a goal point for each category that you beat your opponent in. 12. If there is a tie within a category, each team is awarded a 1/2 point. 13. The team which wins the most categories (goal points) is given the win for that week. 14. A win is worth 2 points in the standings and a tie is worth 1 point in the standings. 15. Mistakes made in the calculations of the scoring week must be brought to Dave's attention before Sunday at 7:00 p.m. immediately following a scoring week. At this point, the results are final! ** 16. YOU MUST REPORT YOUR ROSTER TO DAVE AND YOUR OPPONENT BEFORE THE START OF THE FIRST GAME DURING THE SCORING WEEK. 17. This can be done by phone call or E-mail. VII. Playoffs and Tiebreakers 1. The top 2 teams in each division qualify for the playoffs. 2. The divisional tiebreaker is as follows: (1) total wins (2) head to head record (3) divisional record (4) total goal points (5) coin toss 3. The statistics of the top 2 teams in each division are compared to each other during the final 10 days of the regular NHL season. 4. The team which wins the majority of the 7 categories in each division playoff advances to the Stanley Cup round. 5. The tiebreaker is as follows: (1) Compare the statistics of each team's designated star player and goalie. (2) total points in the standings. (3) head to head record in the regular season 6. The winners of the divisional playoffs qualify for the Stanley Cup round. 7. Player statistics during the Stanley Cup playoffs are compared. ** 8. YOU MAY CHANGE YOUR STANLEY CUP PLAYOFF LINEUP AFTER EACH ROUND. 9. The tie breaker is as follows: (1) Compare the statistics of each team's designated star player and goalie. (2) total points in the standings (3) head to head record in the regular season 10. The team which wins a majority of the categories is the overall League Champion,. ** 11. All playoff rosters must be finalized before the start of the divisional playoffs, and then again before EACH ROUND OF THE STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS VIII. Prize 1. Trophy