NASHL S9 Post-season Review
New York became the first team to take home a three Cups, surpassing the New Jersey Devils and
Dallas Stars as the teams with multiple titles, who each have two. The Islanders had an easier time in
earning the title this season compared to last, but slightly more difficult than their first. New York had
four total losses (16-4) in their run this season. Last season, they had 11 losses (16-11) and they had but
one loss (16-1) when claiming their first title.
For the fourth consecutive season (and fifth time overall), the Eastern Conference brings home the Cup.
This season’s NASHL playoffs ties the mark (with S7) for third fewest games played in total – 83 games
combined. The fewest was 81 games in S6, followed by 82 games in S1. The high mark is 92 games set
last season.
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Here are some interesting statistics regarding the NASHL2 Stanley Cup, and the names on it:
> Of the 21 New York players (that would have had their name etched on the Cup per NHL rules),
eleven already have their name on the NASHL Cup and ten are “Cup rookies”.
Those with their name already on the Cup:
Zdeno Chara, Andrew Ference, Brian Gionta, Olli Jokinen, Nicklas Lidstrom, Roberto Luongo,
Robert Schnabel, Ray Schultz, Keith Tkachuk, Antoine Vermette and Roman Vopat.
The newcomers on the Cup:
Ryan Callahan, Trevor Daley, Valtteri Filppula, Sergei Krivokrasov, Mats Lindgren, Richard Lintner,
Boris Mironov, Jamie Storr, Darcy Tucker and Todd Warriner.
The eleven Islanders that already had their name on the Cup will join Brian Rolston and Lyle Odelein as
the only players with their name on the Cup three times. Rolston's name appears with S1 (NJD), S7 (NYI)
and S8 (NYI), while Odelein is on with S1 (NJD), S4 (PHX) and S7 (NYI).
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> There are now 152 different players named on the NASHL2 Cup, with 27 players with their
name on The Cup at least twice.
> These 152 players represent 11 different countries. There are 100 North Americans
(83 from Canada, 22 from USA). Finishing out the list of countries - #3 Russia (14), T-#4 Czech Republic
and Sweden (9), #6 Finland (7), #7 Slovakia, #8 Ukraine (2), and T-#9 Latvia, Lithuania, and
United Kingdom (1).
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More NASHL2 playoff stats:
There have been 135 playoff series in the history of the NASHL. These series have been decided in:
6 games - 42 times (31.1%)
5 and 7 games - 37 times (27.4%)
4 games - 19 times (14.1%)
In 38 of these series (28.1%), a team has gotten down 0-3. And four times (10.5%) in those 0-3 series, a
team has recovered, won four straight games to take the series and advance.
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Hope you've enjoyed!!! Let’s get ready for the NASHL2 Entry Draft!!!
Draft Order (pre-lottery and ignoring traded picks):
1> Los Angeles, 2> Winnipeg, 3> Columbus, 4> Washington, 5> Dallas, 6> New Jersey, 7> Pittsburgh,
8> St. Louis, 9> Vancouver, 10> New York (Rangers), 11> Philadelphia, 12> Carolina, 13> San Jose,
14> Chicago, 15> Montreal, 16> Tampa Bay, 17> Detroit, 18> Ottawa, 19> Colorado, 20> Calgary,
21> Toronto, 22> Florida, 23> Edmonton, 24> Boston, 25> Buffalo, 26> Phoenix, 27> Anaheim,
and 28> New York (Islanders).