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[GForce22]

Quote: Originally Posted by johnstone1987

Is this a program you're using?

Yes, Franchise Hockey Manager

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[GForce22]

Chicago loses Orr to knee injury
The Stars' captain is expected to miss three months

Dec. 10, 2023 -- It wasn't as scary as last month's injury to Tony Tanti. But with respect to impact on the Chicago Stars, this injury is even worse.

Captain Bobby Orr suffered a torn meniscus last night in a 5-3 win over the Charlotte Pilots, an injury expected to keep the Stars' lead defenseman on the shelf until February.

The injury happened with less than three minutes remaining and takes a key cog out of a Chicago lineup desperately trying to stay in the hunt while in the cellar of the tightly competitive Eastern Conference.

Orr, with 6 goals and 24 assists, ranks fourth in points among defensemen and, with the loss of Tanti to a neck laceration last month, takes yet another potent offensive force off the ice for the conference's lowest-scoring team.

John-Michael Liles has been called up from the reserve squad to take Orr's place. Paul Reinhart will slide into the top pair with Al MacInnis.

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Strange bedfellows: Rival Condors, Stampede make deal

Dec. 23, 2023 -- You wouldn't expect a pair of teams who've beaten each other up over the LSUHL's first three years, each winning a championship, and currently sitting four points apart for the final two spots in the Western Conference to be making trades with each other.

But that's exactly what happened.

The San Diego Condors shipped right wing prospect Ziggy Palffy (5-11-16 in 15 games) to the Calgary Stampede in exchange for center Pit Martin (8-20-28 in 38 games).

Palffy will play on the third line in Calgary alongside Andy Bathgate and Valery Kamensky. Martin will center San Diego's third line between Charlie Simmer and Dave Keon.

The deal is the second in the 22-year-old Palffy's short career. San Diego acquired him from Charlotte in February with goalie Tim Thomas for LW Busher Jackson and D P.K. Subban.

[johnstone1987]

A lot going on lately!

[GForce22]

Storm front coming?

The Western Conference has been run by Portland, Calgary and San Diego over the LSUHL's first three seasons. Those three each have a championship and have been the three postseason teams from the conference each season.

But the Seattle Storm are looking to change that.

Seattle put up an impressive 9-3-2 December, and though still 5 points out of a playoff position, they can see San Diego's taillights ahead of them.

Though critics point out that three of those wins came against the league's worst team, Houston, supporters point to a 2-0-1 mark in a three-game set against the Pioneers, Condors and Stampede - who were the tie in the trifecta but who Seattle also beat back on Dec. 2nd.

"There's work to be done," captain Marcel Dionne (14-24-38) said. "But we're up for it."

[johnstone1987]

Quote: Originally Posted by GForce22

Seattle put up an impressive 9-3-2 December, and though still 5 points out of a playoff position, they can see San Diego's taillights ahead of them.

Always good when you keep pace and chase for the next spot. If Seattle can keep winning then they may be able to pass SD.

[GForce22]

Quote: Originally Posted by johnstone1987

Always good when you keep pace and chase for the next spot. If Seattle can keep winning then they may be able to pass SD.

Nobody else has cracked those top 3 in the West in three years...we'll see if this could be the year!

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[johnstone1987]

That's the thing I love about Sports.

History always gets made one way or another!