ROUND 1		ROUND 2		ROUND 3		ROUND 4		ROUND 5		ROUND 6
1		13		25		37		49		61
	stahn		milburn		bradford		chandler		nette		jginther
2		14		26		38		50		62
	holben		pierce		kozak		mcgowen		barge		rasmussan
3		15		27		39		51		63
	burkley		hughes		twalton		ure		dhaliwal		bates
4		16		28		40		52		64
	washington		brar		jackson		leblanc		ozbey		sabiti
5		17		29		41		53		65
	dixon		wallace		kaminski		bonani		volney		thomas
6		18		30		42		54		66
	cormier		rantucci		miller		grant		dyck		stetic
7		19		31		43		55		67
	penner		robertson		rashid		coish		peppar		smith
8		20		32		44		56		68
	mrjzlak		dwalton		campbell		george		turgeon		brandstrom
9		21		33		45		57		69
	weslosky		graff		malo		laroche		astonshuk		roberts
10		22		34		46		58		70
	doram		kalla		carey		nalbach		weaver		hamelin
11		23		35		47		59		71
	biron		morris		clarke		herrington		ewaynk		abel
12		24		36		48		60		72
	o'neill		sarkar		rbrar		lui		panas		mcnamara

 

POOL A		POOL B		POOL C
	11 12, 13, 59, 65, 69		3, 22, 39, 45, 54, 60		1, 15, 35, 48, 49, 72
finland		canada		czech
	5, 26, 29, 53, 57, 64		7, 19, 30, 43, 55, 66		2, 31, 32, 38, 50, 71
iceland		germany		latvia
	6, 10, 46, 51, 62, 67		4, 25, 28, 42, 52, 70		17, 24, 27, 36, 41, 58
slovakia		india		russia
	14, 18, 21, 34, 47, 63		8, 9, 37, 40, 56, 61		16, 20, 23, 33, 44, 68
usa		sweden		slovenia

 

TRADES

#1 -   CZECH trades 24, 25 to SLOVAKIA for 19, 30

#2 -   INDIA trades 35, 38 to GERMANY for 31, 42

#3 -   SWEDEN trades 17,41, 65 to FINLAND for 21, 45, 52

#4 -   FINLAND trades 17, 41 to RUSSIA for 3, 70

#5 -   ICELAND trades 20, 29, 53 to SLOVENIA for 9, 40, 64

#6 -   INDIA trades 14, 31, 62 to SLOVAKIA for 24, 25, 54

#7 -   SLOVAKIA trades 14, 31, 43 to USA for 10, 39, 58

#8 -   INDIA trades 11, 24, 54 to FINLAND for 4, 28, 65

#9 -   RUSSIA trades 46, 51 to SLOVAKIA for 39, 58

#10 - GERMANY trades 18, 38 to USA for 15, 43

#11 - SWEDEN trades 45, 52 to CANADA for 37, 61

#12 - FINLAND trades 3, 24, 54 to CANADA for 12, 13, 52

#13 - FINLAND trades 52, 70 to INDIA for 59, 65

#14 - SWEDEN trades 21, 32 to LATVIA for 23, 26

#15 - LATVIA trades 21, 47 to USA for 31, 38

#16 - GERMANY trades 15, 35 to CZECH for 19, 30

#17 - ICELAND trades 9, 40 to SWEDEN for 23, 26

#18 - ICELAND trades 23, 44, 68 to SLOVENIA for 29, 53, 57

#19 - CANADA trades 24, 36 to RUSSIA for 22, 39

#20 - LATVIA trades HOLBEN, 31 to INDIA for WASHINGTON, 28

 

 

 

THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM

With the countdown to the OSHL’s Tourney IV clicking down to just 8 more sleeps…the chatter amongst this season’s 12 GMs has already reached a fever-pitch. 

This year’s GM pool consists of three rookies (Brandon Forbes, Jeff Reinprecht and Jimmy Ward), two second-time GMs (Blake Romain and Joe Hilborn), two third-time GMs (Paul Gach and Trevor Ellsworth), three GMs in their fourth stint (Laine Larson, Rick Kelly and Andrew Ginther), one fifth-time GM (Richard Demery), and one who’s been there every season from the beginning…six-time GM, Marcio Mendes.

The five completed seasons/tourneys have produced 5 different Legacy Cup Champion teams…GM’d by 5 different GMs.

 

SEASON I – Laine Larson –BRUINS (over Marcio Mendes – RED WINGS)

SEASON II – Richard Demery – CANADIENS (over Laine Larson – BRUINS)

TOURNEY I – Greg Rayburn – TEAM RUSSIA (over Marcio Mendes – SWEDEN)

TOURNEY II – Paul Gach – TEAM FINLAND (over Greg Rayburn – RUSSIA)

TOURNEY III – Blake Romain – TEAM CANADA (over Marcio Mendes – SWEDEN)

 

With four of the five winning GM’s, and five of the six GM’s to ever qualify for the LEGACY CUP FINALS all back and at the helm of one of this tournament’s twelve teams…no matter who wins...it will be a first.  Either we will see a first time winner…or we will have to suffer through the unbearable chest-thumpiing of the first two-time winning GM in OSHL history.  One needs to look no further than our most recent two-time champion…and last tourney’s 1^st Overall selection in the OSHL Draft…Jesse Stahn…for a taste of what we may have to endure (heaven help us if he wins a third…).

The ever-humble and reigning champion, Blake Romain, predicted early…and often…that he will be retaining his title.  He has explained to the rest of the GMs…on a daily basis…that he anticipates not even needing to step on the floor until the playoff rounds, as the team he assembles will cruise effortlessly through the round robin.  He has gone so far as to eliminate 10% of his own body…just to try and level the playing field.

Finnish GM, Paul Gach, continues to do his best Kevin Lowe impersonation…yammering on about knowing a little something about winning…and that his plan all along was to not waste energy actually winning games in the round robin but rather just to tie his way into the playoffs…and no…he did not just catch a ride on Jesse’s shoulders to the finals.

Things are definitely heating up…the GMs received the official third-party player rankings Thursday afternoon…and while I am not authorized to release the details to the public…I will say this…last year’s first overall pick and two-time champion does not head the list.

 

GERMANY'S NEW DICTATOR

The revolving door of GM's in Germany continues, as Jimmy Ward takes his turn at the helm.  The announcement has left the country stunned, disappointed, and downright dismayed. Long has Ward claimed to have untapped expert knowledge of the world of ball hockey.  Now the time has come for him to put his money where his mouth is.  For those souls who are unfortunate enough to find themselves drafted into the German ranks...God be with you.

 

TWO MORE COUNTRIES ACCEPTED INTO OSHL'S TOURNEY IV!!

The bid of Team Iceland and Team Slovenia have been accepted at the 12th hour!  The addition of these two hockey powers has now increased the tournament to the size of 12 teams.  As a result, the teams will now be split into 3 pools of 4.  All round robin games will be played within the pool, with the top two seeds automatically qualifying for the post-season rounds.  An additional two wildcard teams will be added, based on record, to bring the total to 8 playoff teams.  

 

TOURNEY IV MOVES TO A NEW VENUE!!

With the OSHL's regular venue (WECA) booked up for every day except Valentine's...the OSHL made the necessary, relationship-saving, move to the Sportsdome for it's fourth tournament.

 

The move brings with it some changes.  Obviously the biggest being a concrete floor and bigger rinks.  The tournament will operate on one floor, with that floor being divided into two smaller rinks.  Teams will have access to four of the 'Dome's locker rooms.  As well as the added benefit of having Spike's all day.

 

The venue change has brought with it a change in cost, and so fees have had to be bumped up to $60.  Spots are given to the first 60 players and 10 goalies who pay the registration fee.  Money can be paid via email transfer to oshl@hotmail.ca 

 

Once again, the tourney will consist of a pre-tourament draft at Spike's (date to be determined) where the 10 gm's will fill out their remaining 6 roster spots.  Each team is guaranteed 3 round robin games, with the top 8 teams qualifying for the single-game-elimination style playoffs.  Games will be 3-on-3, with two 15-minute runtime halves.  Any questions or concerns can be directed to Jimmy Ward or Andrew Ginther at oshl@hotmail.ca 

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PLAYERS CONFIRMED SO FAR FOR TOURNEY IV

 

GM'S		GOALIES
	CANADA blakeROMAIN	1	blakeBARGE
	CZECH REPUBLIC trevorELLSWORTH	2	danVOLNEY
	FINLAND paulGACH	3	andyTURGEON
	GERMANY jimmyWARD	4	kyleNALBACH
	ICELAND brandonFORBES	5	mattLUI
	INDIA richardDEMERY	6	travisGEORGE
	LATVIA rickKELLY	7	ryanCOISH
	RUSSIA laineLARSON	8	jimmyHERRINGTON
	SLOVAKIA jeffREINPRECHT	9	skylarPEPPAR
	SLOVENIA joeHILBORN	10	mikeWEAVER
	SWEDEN marcioMENDES	11	denizOZBEY
	USA andrewGINTHER	12	davidLAROCHE

 

PLAYERS		PLAYERS
1	johnnyGRANT	31	mattANTOSHCHUK
2	scottHOLBEN	32	robLEBLANC
3	jamieBATES	33	adamMCGOWAN
4	vinnieRASMUSSAN	34	ianMILLER
5	zafRASHID	35	coletonCAMPBELL
6	justinBRANDSTROM	36	drewMRJZLAK
7	wayneHILLIER	37	dustinROBERTSON
8	darrenWALTON	38	julianGINTHER
9	tannerWALTON	39	robbieBRAR
10	derekWASHINGTON	40	sethJACKSON
11	francescoSABITI	41	nigelDYCK
12	jeddHUGHES	42	ryanCHANDLER
13	jesseSTAHN	43	ryanCLARKE
14	jasonCORMIER	44	blakeTHOMAS
15	chadKOZAK	45	tylerMORRIS
16	darrenGRAFF	46	sukiDHALIWAL
17	jaseWESLOSKY	47	richKALLA
18	jakePENNER	48	sanjaySARKAR
19	danMILBURN	49	ryanBRADFORD
20	danO'NEILL	50	deanPANAS
21	chadKAMINSKI	51	zachSMITH
22	danielROBERTS	52	eddieHAMELIN
23	davidCAREY	53	kurtMALO
24	joelDIXON	54	paulBONANNI
25	landenBURKLEY	55	austinABEL
26	scottDORAM	56	mattBIRON
27	sunnyBRAR	57	mitchRANTUCCI
28	jeffNETTE	58	mattWALLACE
29	jasonMCNAMARA	59	daveSTETIC
30	joeURE	60	mattPIERCE