Illegal Curve Hockey

Afternoon Delight: Pioneers vs. Sioux

Sportsnet is reporting that the players escrow payments will rise to 25%.
Michael Farber of SI reports on Montreal’s status as a “hockey city”.
Did you know Dallas hasn’t made a trade with Edmonton since 1993 and hasn’t made a trade with Detroit since 1983?
An interesting story about an “outlaw” hockey league in the Toronto area and their fight with Hockey Canada.
A legal opinion on hockey fighting.
Scott Burnside talks to Commissioner Bettman.

The Mid-Season rankings from the NACS. Note the World Junior Effect on some players.

Ranking	Name	Height	Weight	Position	Team	Birthdate
1	John Tavares	6’1	200	RC	London Knights	Sep-90
2	Victor Hedman	6’7	225	LD	Modo	Dec-90
3	Matt Duchene	5’11	194	LC	Brampton Battalion	Jan-91
4	Brayden Schenn	6’1	200	LC	Brandon Wheat Kings	Aug-91
5	Evander Kane	5’11	168	LC	Vancouver Giants	Feb-91
6	Magnus Svennsson Paajarvi	6’1	195	LW	Timra	Apr-91
7	Dmitry Kulikov	6’0	190	D	Drummondville	Oct-90
8	Simon Despres	6’3	207	LD	Cape Breton	Jul-91
9	Jared Cowan	6’5	220	RD	Spokane Chiefs	Jan-91
10	Nazem Kadri	6’0	182	LC	London Knights	Oct-90
11	Ryan Ellis	5’10	180	RD	Windsor Spitfires	Jan-91
12	Jordan Schroeder	5’9	170	RW	University of Minnesota	Nov-90
13	Scott Glennie	6’1	182	C	Brandon Wheat Kings	Feb-91
14	Jacob Josefson	6’0	175	LC	Djurgarden	Mar-91
15	Jeremy Morin	6’1	173	RC	US Under 18’s	Apr-91
16	Peter Holland	6’2	184	LC	Guelph	Jan-91
17	Kyle Palmieri	5’11	185	RC	US Under 18’s	Feb-91
18	Landon Ferraro	6’0	182	LW	Red Deer Rebels	Aug-91
19	Zac Kassian	6’3	211	RW	Peterborough Petes	Jan-91
20	John Moore	6’2	183	LD	Chicago (USHL)	Nov-90
21	Ethan Werek	6’3	195	LW	Kingston Frontenacs	Jun-91
22	Ryan O’Reilly	6’1	191	LC	Erie Otters	Feb-91
23	David Runblad	6’3	190	LD	Skelleftea	Oct-90
24	Stefan Elliot	6’2	190	RD	Saskatoon	Jan-91
25	Calvin DeHaan	6’0	173	LD	Oshawa Generals	May-91
26	Olivier Roy	6’0	165	G	Cape Breton	Jul-91
27	Drew Shore	6’3	194	RW	US Under 18’s	Mar-91
28	Tysen Barrie	5’10	176	LD	Kelowna Rockets	Jul-91
29	Louis Leblanc	6’1	176	RW	Omaha Landers	Jan-91
30	Philippe Paradis	6’2	190	C	Shawinigan	Jan-91
31	Tim Erixon	6’1	189	LD	Skelleftea	Feb-91
32	Dylan Olsen	6’2	207	LD	Camrose Kodiaks	Jan-91
33	Tommy Kivisto	6’2	194	LD	Red Deer	Jun-91
34	Casey Cizikas	5’10	188	LC	Mississauga Majors	Feb-91
35	Nick Leddy	5’10	183	LD	Eden Prairie	Mar-91
36	Cody Eakin	6’0	175	LC	Swift Current	Mar-91
37	Taylor Doherty	6’5	210	RD	Kingston Frontenacs	Mar-91
38	Carter Ashton	6’5	212	RW	Lethbridge Hurricanes	Apr-91
39	Alex Hutchings	5’10	170	LC	Barrie Colts	Nov-90
40	Chris Kreider	6’2	205	LW	Andover High	Feb-91
41	Jimmy Bubnick	6’3	195	RC	Kamloops Blazers	Jan-91
42	Anton Burdasov	6’3	195	RW	Chelyabinsk	May-91
43	Bjorn Krupp	6’3	190	LD	Belleville Bulls	Mar-91
44	David Gilbert	6’2	183	LC	Quebec Remparts	Feb-91
45	Edward Pasquale	6’3	215	G	Saginaw Spirit	Nov-90
46	Tomas Tatar	5’11	170	C	Zvolen	Dec-90
47	Michael Latta	5’11	192	RC	Guelph Storm	May-91
48	Anton Lander	6’1	190	RC	Timra	Apr-91
49	Zach Budish	6’2	230	RC	Edina	May-91
50	Tomas Vincour	6’3	210	LW	Edmonton OilKings	Nov-90
51	Scott Stajcer	6’1	185	G	Owen Sound Attack	Jun-91
52	Charles Olivier-Roussel	6’1	198	D	Shawinigan	Sep-91
53	Richard Panik	6’3	194	LC	Trinec	Feb-91
54	Marcus Foligno	6’3	195	LW	Sudbury Wolves	Aug-91
55	Erik Haula	5’11	170	LW	Shattuks St. Marys	Mar-91
56	Michael Fine	6’0	192	LC	Sault Ste. Marie	May-91
57	Brandon Maxwell	6’0	195	G	US Under 18’s	Mar-91
58	Seth Halgeson	6’5	225	LD	Sioux City (USHL)	Oct-90
59	Tony Rajala	5’10	172	LW	Ilves	Mar-91
60	Daniel Delisle	6’4	223	LC	Totino Grace	Sep-90
61	Gabriel Lemieux	6’1	170	D	Shawinigan	Sep-90
62	Nate Schmidt	6’1	199	LD	St. Cloud Cathedral	Jul-91
63	Blake Thompson	6’4	204	RD	Sioux Falls (USHL)	Jul-91
64	Cass Mappin	6’0	186	LW	Red Deer	Dec-90
65	Filip Novotney	5’11	185	G	Sparta	May-91
66	Chris Brown	6’2	190	RC	US Under 18’s	Feb-91
67	Ryan Bourque	5’10	181	RC	US Under 18’s	Jan-91
68	Brandon Pirri	6’0	185	LC	Georgetown	Apr-91
69	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	6’1	175	LD	Leksand	Jul-91
70	Marek Hrivik	6’1	181	LW	Slovak U20	Aug-91
71	Carl Klingberg	6’4	202	LW	Frolunda	Jan-91
72	Jesse Blacker	6’1	190	RD	Windsor Spitfires	Apr-91
73	Brooks Herrington	6’3	202	RD	NH jr. Monarchs	Nov-90
74	Matt Mackay	5’11	190	LC	Moose Jaw Warriors	Nov-90
75	Dannil Sobchenko	6’0	180	RC	Yaroslavl	Apr-91
76	Dmitri Shikin	6’0	190	G	Elektrostal	Aug-91
77	Daniel Weiss	6’3	200	RW	Berlin	Feb-91
78	Nathan Lieuwen	6’4	190	G	Kootenay Ice	Aug-91
79	Sami Vatanen	5’9	160	RD	JYP Jr.	Jun-91
80	Simon Bertilsson	6’0	185	D	Brynas	Apr-91
81	Colin Bowman	6’3	200	LD	Kelowna Rockets	Jun-91
82	Dmitri Orlov	5’10	200	LD	Novokuznet Sk.	Jul-91
83	Joonas Nattinen	6’2	180	RC	Blues Jr.	Jan-91
84	Frederic Piche	6’0	180	G	Acadie-Bathurst	Aug-91
85	Bryce Williamson	6’0	190	RW	St. Albert	Dec-89
86	Andrej Stastney	6’3	200	C	Trencin Jr.	Jan-91
87	Matej Stritesky	5’11	180	RD	Most	Sep-90
88	Tyler Randell	6’1	191	RW	Belleville Bulls	Jun-91
89	Ryan Howse	5’11	198	LW	Chilliwack	Jul-91
90	Antti Raanta	6’0	190	G	Lukko Jr.	May-89
91	Anton Myllari	6’2	230	D	Vasteras	Feb-91
92	Pavel Taraskin	5’11	170	RC	Spartak	Apr-89
93	Eddie Lack	6’4	185	G	Leksand	Jan-88
94	Jamie Tucker	5’11	160	G	Vancouver Giants	Apr-91
95	Joel Hanley	6’0	180	RD	Newmarket	Jun-91
96	Thomas Brandl	5’10	180	RW	Landshut	Feb-91
97	Georgiy Gurianov	6’5	202	RW	Walpole	Jun-91
98	Adam Hughesman	5’11	185	LW	Tri-City	Feb-91
99	Daniel Maggio	6’2	195	LD	Sudbury Wolves	Jan-91
100	Chris Perugini	5’10	155	G	Ottawa 67’s	Feb-91