The Golden Bears Hockey Alumni
2004 N.H.L. Playoffs Hockey Draft

Monday, June 7, 2004

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   As predicted after Saturday nights game, the NHL 2004 hockey playoffs came to an end tonight with Tampa Bay winning the Stanley Cup. The Golden Bear hockey alumni congratulates both Tampa Bay and Calgary for a very even, hard fought series. It would have been nice to have the cup back in Alberta but maybe next year both Calgary and Edmonton will be contestants in the Stanley Cup playoffs and Calgary certainly showed that once you make the playoffs, a hot goaltender, hard work and a couple of bounces can make any team a potential Stanley Cup winner. Tonights standings will be final, subject to correction but the gaming regulations require that the standings are advertised and that there is a waiting period before the final payout. Congratulations to Gord B and to the other winners in this years playoff draft.
   
   As soon as the detail listing is entered, check for errors and if you find any please email me at bobmarik@shaw.ca since many of the faxed in tickets were difficult to read clearly.
   
   The results of this years entries will be posted as soon as I have entered this years draft entries into the database. This usually takes roughly until the end of the first round. I may post the scoring and a partial list of the entrants before completing all the draft forms but if so, I will make note that it is an imcomplete listing.
   
   Notes for completing next years draft forms: Each year a number of forms are completed with players chosen more than once. In these cases, I try to determine which players they meant to enter where the numbers listed on the right hand side (these are the numbers I enter) differ from the players circled or marked on the left side. To avoid this, use the left side as your worksheet circling those players you wish to choose (cross them out if you change your mind) and count them until you have the 25 players you wish to enter. Then enter them in numerical order on the right hand side. This makes it almost impossible to enter a number twice without noticing it.
   
   
   Please note that clicking on a ticket number from the draft standings to get the team detail may appear to be in error at first but does display the correct ticket second. Due to the method used, a file of 100 tickets is opened and the first ticket in that file is displayed first, then the selected ticket. eg. clicking on #259 will open the 200 file and display #201 first; it will then jump to #259. On a slower modem this may take a few seconds so please be patient.
   
   
2. Menu choices available include: Year 2003 First Round stats.
   
   
   1. NHL Player Stats - A listing of players and points at the end of each round, ordered by player name.
   2. Draft Standings by Name - A listing of draft tickets and points at the end of each round, ordered by drafter name.
   3. Draft Standings by Rank - A listing of draft tickets and points at the end of each round, ordered by points.
   4. Draft Team Details - A page for each drafter's team and points.
   5. Future Draft Entries - Try this sample of how drafts can be entered electronically in the future (next year???)
   
   
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