Year |
Final Standings |
Notes |
Adam (Darlington Penguins) |
-1st year of fantasy hockey. -Avi led most of the year. Adam took over the lead late with the help of Jagr. Eric had a great comeback towards the end of the year thanks to a Cheechoo explosion. |
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Greg (Ice Commies) |
-Expansion Teams: Amit, Ben, Vitaly, Jason, and Jeff -Greg dominated most of the year to win by a large margin with 30+ goal scorers Kovalev, Thornton, Naslund, and Gaborik. -Trade veto rules implemented |
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Ben (Simba wa Barafu) |
-Expansion Team: Dave -Change to Rotisserie League -Ben led most of the year. Jason and Craig stayed close to keeping pressure on the top spot. -Rules for a Keeper League were agreed on to start the following year. -Vitaly and Chris quit during the season. Vitaly was replaced mid-season by Joe. -Website started |
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No Season |
-Labor Dispute. NHL Season Cancelled. First time in North American sports history that an entire season was cancelled. -People had a lot of extra free time with no fantasy hockey going on. |
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Mike (Burgh Ice Bruisers) |
-New Team Owners: Joe and Josh -Keeper League rules in place for the first time -Change back to Points League -In the closest finish in league history Mike pulled out the victory over Greg and Jason. |
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2006-2007 |
Avi (Steel Flounderz) |
-Draft was changed to non-snake and undrafted players were not allowed to be kept in the following season. -Goalie points were increased to balance with skaters in the new higher scoring NHL -In what was a tight race for the top spot among Eric, Jason, and Avi, Avi pulled away late in the season to take his first title.
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2007-2008 |
Greg (Commie Tsunami) |
-Expansion Teams: Jeremy, Scott, Corey -Rules changed to allow a fifth keeper, undrafted keepers in the 10th round, and only 3 keepers from players drafted in top 5 rounds next draft. -Avi lead most of the year by a wide margin. Greg and Jason closed the gap near the trade deadline. Lifted by Alexander Ovechkin, who won the goal and points scoring titles, Greg overtook Avi during the last week of the season and became the first team to win the Cup two times. |
2008-2009 |
Scott (Kick Ice) |
-Rules changed to allow a sixth keeper. Also players not in the top 25 in total points for their position can be kept only one round higher instead of three. -Scott made the biggest jump year to year in league history from 13th to 1st to take his first cup. This was in only his second season in the league. The standings were tight first through fifth midway through the year. However, Scott pulled ahead for a convincing victory thanks to Mike Green's 30+ goals (first D to score 30 since '93), Jeff Carter finishing 2nd in goals, and hot goalies down the stretch (S. Mason, C. Mason, C. Ward). |
2009-2010 |
Jeremy (The Wall Bangers) |
-Jeremy won his first championship and continued the streak of expansion team champions. The Wall Bangers were led by huge years from Henrik Sedin's MVP season, Martin St. Louis, and Ilya Bryzgalov, plus key contributions from Malkin and Heatley. - Amit and Jason kept the pressure on until late into the season. -League parity continued with Jeremy's victory leaving seven different winners in eight seasons. The top three teams finished in the bottom five the year before. |
2010-2011 |
Greg (Commie Tsunami) |
-Greg won his third championship led by 50-goal Perry, breakout Yandle and bounce back years from Zetterberg and Lidstrom. -Avi battled to the bitter end with a flurry of trades and climbed within 2 points with 2 weeks left. Unfortunately for Avi, he suffered some key untimely injuries. -Greg returned to the top after a 9th place finish the previous season. Alvin and Frank made very respectable debuts in the league and it turned out to be Corey's last season. |
2011-2012 |
Jeremy (The Wall Bangers) |
-Jeremy won his 2nd championship in 3 years by a large margin thanks to bounce back years from Malkin and Spezza. -Mike had a great second half run and came within 35 points. Karlsson took over as best offensive defenseman in the NHL and Eberle had a breakout season. What if Crosby had been healthy? -Juha made a nice league debut. Adam had a great bounce back season after some tough ones. Our first annual Vegas draft was a great success. |
2012-2013 |
Avi (Steel Flounderz) |
-Avi finally captures his 2nd championship thanks to a serious of trades for Getzlaf, Subban, Datsyuk, Lundqvist and Kunitz. -Frank records his highest finish. A bounce back year from Ovechkin and another great season from Crosby sees Mike take 9th. -Dave trades Seguin and Nugent-Hopkins to make a run to 7th place. |
2013-2014 |
Mike (Burgh Ice Bruisers) |
-Mike wins his 2nd championship on the backs of Crosby, Ovechkin and great goaltending of Bishop. Poop trade for P.K. Subban was a boost as well. Steen broke out ... in his 10th season, finally. -Dave and Jason brought fierce competition but in the end Dave was undone by being Dave (trades). Frank once again had a strong finish and smuggled drugs through airports. -Avi ran way with last place and had it locked down two weeks into the season. Eric tried to make a run for back-to-back last place finishes but just couldn't pull it off. |
2014-2015 |
Mike (Burgh Ice Bruisers) |
-Mike wins his 3rd championship, back-to-back. Ovechkin with another 50 goal season. Dubnyk came out of nowhere to rule Minnesota. Crosby with a good year but well below par. Mike leaves on top as he quit over Ben's trade. -Ben led most of the season but couldn't hold on. Tarasenko led the way with a breakout year. D. Sedin (76 p) and Nash (42 g) had a bounce back seasons. Unfortunately, Stamkos and Nash underperformed down the stretch. -Greg with a fierce comeback thanks to key pickups - Steen (drop), Josi (drop), Benn (Art Ross) and Eberle from Drouin trade. Price had MVP season and Karlsson was top D thanks to late Ottawa run. |
2015-2016 |
Greg (Commie Tsunami) |
-Greg wins his 4th championship in the tightest race to finish in history. Benn with career year and Kopitar huge bounce back season. Price lost early in the season. -Dave finished 2nd, less than 10 points back. Made great mid-season trades to acquire, Karlsson, Simmonds, Mason, and Wheeler. Fleury 35 wins, 2 concussions. -Mike nearly completed a 3-peat finishing 25 points back. Ovechkin scored 50, Crosby with a late season surge, Luongo 35 wins to lead Panthers. |
2016-2017 |
Ben (Simba) |
-Ben wins first real championship. Breakout year from Scheifele, amazing year from Talbot, strong Tarasenko and great goalie depth. -Avi nearly pulls it out thanks to McJesus, Burns and Price but comes just short in the end. -Eric has his best finish in years thanks to 39 goals from Marchand, awesome Rask, breakout Granlund and 5 moves. |
2017-2018 |
Amit (99ers) |
-Amit wins first championship. Best in the league goaltending from Vasilevskiy and Hellebuyck with a powerhouse offense led by Malkin, Pastrnak, and Tavares. -Adam kept it close thanks to Giroux and Wheeler but ultimately fell short due to sub-par goaltending. -Jason quit the league after his horrible trade was vetoed. |
*Click on underlined years for expanded standings.