EDMONTON OILERS - 2k8 END OF SEASON 1 RECAP

Well It's all over. Leading the Edmonton Oliers I swept each round of the playoffs. The Coyotes tested the Oilers briefly in the Western Conference Finals. In the Stanley Cup Finals the Canadiens were simply no match and were slaughtered.

2008 AWARDS

Stanley Cup - Edmonton Oilers (Awarded to NHL Champions)

Clarence S. Campbell - Edmonton Oilers (Team from Western Conference to Advance to Finals)

Prince Of Wales - Montreal Canadiens (Team from Eastern Conference to Advance to Finals)

Presidents Cup - Edmonton Oilers (Awarded to Team with best regular season record)

Art Ross - Joe Thornton (Regular Season Points Leader)

Hart Memorial - Marian Gaborik (MVP of Regular Season)

James Norris Memorial - Shea Weber (Best all-round Defenseman)

Lady Byng Memorial - Marian Gaborik (Best and Fairest - sportmanship and high ability)

Calder Memorial - Jack Johnson (Rookie of the Year)

Conn Smyth - Marian Gaborik (MVP of Playoffs)

Vezina - Roberto Luongo (Best Goalie)

William M. Jennings - Roberto Luongo (Fewest Goals Allowed - Min. 25 Games)

Frank J. Selke - Sidney Crosby (Best Forward who excels in defensive aspects)

Lester B. Pearson - Marian Gaborik (MVP selected by NHLPA)

Maurice 'Rocket' Richards - Alex Ovechkin (Top Goal Scorer of Regular Season)

TEAM STATS

16W 0L 112 G (7PG) 28 GA (1.75PG) 36.5 ShotsPG 19.18 S% 45.5 pp% 94.1 PK%

LEADERS PLAYOFFS

GOALS

1.Alex Ovechkin 18

2. Evgeni Malkin 17 (Montreal)

3. Sidney Crosby 16

4. Milan Michalek 13

ASSISTS

1. Marian Gaborik 18

1. Scott Gomez 18 (Montreal)

3. Anze Kopitar 16

4. Patrick Kalus 14 (Montreal)

POINTS

1. Sidney Crosby 29

2. Marian Gaborik 28

3. Scott Gomez 26 (FULL ON! - Montreal)

4. Alex Ovechkin 25

PLUS/MINUS

1. Shea Weber 38

2. Jack Johnson 37

3. Marian Gaborik 31

4. Patrice Bergeron 29

4. Sidney Crosby 29

SHOTS ON GOAL

1. Alex Ovechkin 93

2. Olli Jokinen 72 (New York Isl)

3. Rick Nash 70 (Pittsburgh)

4. Sidney Crosby 68

POWER PLAY GOALS

1. Evgeni Malkin 6 (Montreal)

2. Rick Nash 5 (Pittsburgh)

2. Nicolas Hagman 5 (Montreal)

4. Scott Gomez 4 (Montreal)

5. Olli Jokinen 4 (New York Isl)

POWER PLAY ASSISTS

1. Scott Gomez 9 (Montreal)

2. Steve Ott 8 (Montreal)

2. Mats Sundin 8 (New York Isl)

2, Marc Savard 8 (Columbus)

SHORT HANDED GOALS

1. Alex Ovechkin 2

1. Milan Michalek 2

1. Alexander Radulov 2 (Phoenix)

SHORT HANDED ASSISTS

1. Marc-Edouard Vlasic 2

GAME WINNING GOALS

1. Evgeni Malkin 4 (Montreal)

2. Sidney Crosby 3

2. Olli Jokinen 3 (New York Isl)

2. Rick Nash 3 (Pittsburgh)

2. Steve Bernier 3

2. Scott Gomez 3 (Montreal)

2. Alexander Radulov 3 (Phoenix)

OVERTIME GOALS

1. Jason Pominville 2 (Carolina)

HAT TRICKS

1. Alexander Ovechkin 2

2. Milan Michalek 1

2. Sidney Crosby 1

2. Peter Forsberg 1 (Florida)

etc

GOALS PER GAME

1. Alexander Ovechkin 1.12

2. Sidney Crosby 1.00

2. Peter Forsberg 1.00

4. Evgeni Malkin .85

4. Rick Nash .85

ASSISTS PER GAME

1. Alex Tanguay 1.14 (Florida) 2. Marian Gaborik 1.12

3. Kyle Calder 1.00 (Los Angeles)

3. Anze Kopitar 1.00

3. Cory Stillman 1.00 (Tampa Bay)

POINTS PER GAME

1. Sidney Crosby 1.81

2. Marian Gaborik 1.75

3. Peter Forsberg 1.71 (Florida)

4. Alexander Ovechkin 1.56

5. Anze Kopitar (.44

6. Alex Tanguay 1.43 (Florida)

7. Scott Gomez 1.30 (Montreal)

8. Rick Nash 1.23 (Pittsburgh)

9. Teemu Selanne 1.20 (Buffalo)

9. Evgeni Malkin 1.20 (Montreal)

PRODUCTION

1. Rob Schremp 9:36

2. Sidney Crosby 10:16

3. Marian Gaborik 10:57

4. Enver Lisin 11:04

5. Alexander Ovechkin 11:28

6. Vojtech Polak 11:49

7. Anze Kopitar 11:54

8. Peter Forsberg 12:45 (Florida)

9. Scott Gomez 13:13 (Montreal)

10. Chris Drury 14:42 (Los Angeles)

PLAYER STATS - PLAYOFFS

16 Games Played

Crosby - 16G 13A 29P +29 6 PIM 68 SOG (23.5%) 71.3%Face 77 Hits 3 Game Winners 2 PowPG 1 PowPA 10:16 Prod Gaborik - 10G 18A 28P +31 0 PIM 51 SOG (19.6%) 100% Face 40 Hits 2 Game Winners 1 PowPG 1 PowPA 1 ShortHG 10:57 Prod Bergeron - 8G 8A 16P +29 2 PIM 45 SOG (17.8%) 33.3% Face 60 Hits 1 Game Winner 1 PowPG 18:00 Prod

Ovechkin -18G 7A 25P +22 4 PIM 93 SOG (19.4%) 33.3%Face 76 Hits 1 Game Winner 1 PowPG 1 PowPA 2 ShortHG 11:28 Prod

Kopitar - 7G 16A 23P +23 2 PIM 45 SOG (15.6%) 73.0%Face 65 Hits 1 PowPA 11:54 Prod

Michalek - 13G 4A 17P +25 2 PIM 47 SOG (27.7%) 62.5% Face 53 Hits 1 Game Winner 1 PowPG 18:00 Prod

Bernier - 4G 6A 10P +8 0 PIM 27 SOG (14.8%) 0%Face 50 Hits 3 Game Winners 19:00 Prod Kessel - 3G 10A 13P +12 0 PIM 33 SOG (9.1%) 73.3%Face 42 Hits 15:41 Prod Eriksson - 7G 5A 12P +8 2 PIM 41 SOG (17.1%) 0%Face 25 Hits 1 Game Winner 16:00 Prod

Polak - 6G 6A 12P +15 2 PIM 15 SOG (40%) 0%Face 24 Hits 11:49 Prod Shremp - 8G 7A 15P +15 2 PIM 34 SOG (23.5%) 64.3%Face 34 Hits 1 Game Winner 9:36 Prod Lisin - 4G 9A 13P +15 0 PIM 24 SOG (16.7%) 0%Face 13 Hits 11:04 Prod

Weber - 3G 10A 13P +38 4 PIM 14 SOG (21.4%) 0%Face 96 Hits 1 Game Winner 27:41 Prod Johnson - 2G 8A 10P +37 2 PIM 13 SOG (15.4%) 0%Face 99 Hits 33:47 Prod

Mezsaros - 2G 9A 11P +28 2 PIM 10 SOG (20%) 0%Face 74 Hits 1 Game Winner 1 PowPA 29:21 Prod Vlasic - 1G 8A 9P +28 2 PIM 6 SOG (16.7%) 0%Face 80 Hits 1 Game Winner 1 PowPA 37:13 Prod

McCarty - 16G 13A 29P +29 6 PIM 68 SOG (23.5%) 71.3%Face 77 Hits 3 Game Winners 2 PowPG 1 PowPA 10:16 Prod Parent - 0G 4A 4P +15 0 PIM 10 SOG (0%) 0%Face 50 Hits 1:05:30 Prod

Marc-Andre Fleury 16W 0L 5 Shut Outs 28 GA (1.76 Pergame) 355 Shots Against 327 Saves 92.1% 1 PP GoalA 23 PP Saves 95.8 Save % 0 SH Goals 3 SH Saves

Chris Osgood - DNP

EDMONTON OILERS @ MONTREAL CANADIENS

Game 4

SWEEP! And what a massive broom it was... GAME FINAL

EDMONTON 11 d MONTREAL 1

1st Star Alex Ovechkin 2G 2A

2nd Star Steve Bernier 1G 1A Game Winning Goal

3rd Star Anze Kopitar

TEAM STATS

Shots 40 -26

Goals 11 - 1

Saves 25 (96%) - 29 (73%)

Passing - 103/126 (82%) - 125/138 (91%)

Face-offs - 21/32 (66%)

Breakaways - 1/4 - 0/7

One Timers - 0/2 - 0/4

Possession - 49.7%

Hits - 65 - 36

Penalties (PIM) - 2 - 2

Power Play - 0/1 - 0/1

Shorthand - 2/1 - 0/1

PLAYER STATS

Crosby - 0 Points +/- 0 4 SOG 6/9 Face 6 Hits 22 mins

Gaborik - 0 Points +/- 0 2 SOG 5 Hits 22 mins

Bergeron - 0G 1A 1P +1 2 SOG 20 min 2 PIM

Ovechkin - 2G (1SH) 2A 4P +4 6 SOG (33.3%) 0/1 Face 19.5 min

Kopitar - 2G 1A 3P +5 4 SOG (50%) 6/8 Face 7 Hits 17 min

Michalek - 2G (1SH) 0A 2P +5 3 SOG (66%) 1/2 Face 15.5 min

Bernier - 1G 1A 2P +1 4 SOG (25%) 7 Hits 13 min

Kessel - 0G 2A 2P +2 5/8 Face 14 min

Eriksson - 1G A 1P +1 4 SOG (25%) 13 min

Polak - 1G 0A 1P +3 1 SOG (100%) 6.5 min

Shremp - 1G 1A 2P +3 3 SOG (33.3%) 3/4 Face 7 min

Lisin - 1G 2A 3P +3 2 SOG (50%) 7 min

Weber - 0 Points +1 6 Hits 23.5 min

Johnson - 0G 1A 1P +2 6 Hits 21.5 min

Mezsaros - 0G 2A 2P +5 1 SOG 19 min

Vlasic - 0G 2A 2P +4 2 SOG 0 21.5 min

McCarty - 0 Points +4 17 min

Parent = 0G 1A 1P +4 2 SOG 17 min

MONTREAL

Peter Kalus - 0G 1A 1P -1

Patrick Eaves - 0G 1A 1P -1

Evgeni Malkin - 1G 0A 1P -1 Brent Burns -7

Teppo Numinem -7

EDMONTON OILERS @ MONTREAL CANADIENS

Game 3

Well any concerns about a change of fortune on the road were quickly disposed of after the 1st quarter. A 4 Goal lead with a 20-4 Shots on Goal advantage.

GAME FINAL

EDMONTON 11 d MONTREAL 1

1st Star Milan Michalek 3 Goals 0 Assists 2nd Star Anze Kopitar 1 Goal 3 Assists 3rd Star Steve Bernier 1 Goal 0 Assists (Game Winning Goal)

TEAM STATS

Shots 45 -24 Goals 11 - 1 Saves 23 (96%) - 34 (76%) Passing - 124/154 (81%) - 109/123 (89%) Face-offs - 29/39 (74%) Breakaways - 2/5 - 0/5 On Timers - 0/10 - 0/5 Possession - 48.7% Hits - 53 - 41 Penalties (PIM) - 4 - 4 Power Play - 2/2 - 0/2 Shorthand - 0/2 - 0/2

PLAYER STATS

Crosby - 1G (PP) 1A 2P +2 2PIM 5 SOG (20%) 8/11 Face 5 Hits 17.5 min Gaborik - 1G 1A 2P +2 3 SOG (33.3%) 17.5 min Bergeron - 2G (1PP) 0A 2P +2 3 SOG (66.6%) 16 min

Ovechkin - 0G 4A (1PP) 4P +3 10 SOG 1/1 Face 8 Hits 20.5 min Kopitar - 1G 3A (1PP) 4P +3 5 SOG (20%) 8/11 Face 5 Hits 19 min Michalek - 3G 0A 3P +4 5 SOG (60%) 13.5 min

Bernier - 1G 0A 1P +1 6 SOG (16.6%) 13 min Kessel - 0G 1A 1P +2 3 SOG 7/8 Face 13.5 min Eriksson - 0G 1A 1P +1 1 SOG 13 min

Polak - 1G 1A 2P +1 1 SOG (100%) 10 min

Shremp - 0 Points 5/8 Face 9.5 min Lisin - 1G 0A 1P +1 3 SOG (33.3%) 9.5 min

Weber - 0G 2A 2P +4 5 Hits 21.5 min Johnson - 0 Points +4 20 min

Mezsaros - 0G 1A (PP) 1P +2 21.5 min Vlasic - 0 Points +3 2 PIM 0 23 min

McCarty - 0G 3A 3P +2 7 Hits 17 min Parent = 0 Points +2 17 min

MONTREAL

Steve Ott - 0G 1A 1P -4 Niklas Hagman - 1G 0A 1P -4 Scott Gomez - 0G 1A 1P -4

Brent Burns -6

NHL Stanley Cup 2k8 - Game 2

EDMONTON OILERS v MONTREAL CANADIENS

Game 2

Well i was less successful in my objectives, but still got the win on the board.

RESULT

EDMONTON 8 d MONTREAL 4

1st Star Alex Ovechkin 4 Goals 0 Assists

2nd Star Milan Michalek 2 Goals 1 Assist

3rd Star Marion Gaborik 1 Goal 0 Assists (Game Winning Goal)

TEAM STATS

Shots 43 -24

Goals 8 - 4

Saves 20 (83%) - 35 (81%)

Passing - 115/144 (80%) - 137/148 (93%)

Face-offs - 27/38 (71%)

Breakaways - 1/5

On Timers - 0/5 - 3/10

Possession - 47.3%

Hits - 64 - 45

Penalties (PIM) - 6 - 4

Power Play - 1/2 - 1/3

Shorthand - 1/3 - 0/2

PLAYER STATS

Crosby - 1G 2A (1PP) 3P +1 2PIM 13 SOG (7.5%) 11/15 Face 22 min

Gaborik - 1G 0A 1P +1 4 SOG (25.0%) 20 min

Bergeron - 0 Points + 1 2 SOG 0/2 Face 5 Hits 18 min

Ovechkin - 4G (1PP 1SH) 0A 4P +2 14 SOG (28.5%) 0/1 Face 21.5 min

Kopitar - 0G 1A 1P +2 2SOG 10/10 Face 19 min

Michalek - 2G 1A 3P +2 3SOG (66.6%) 1/2 Face 6 Hits 17.5 min

Bernier - 0 Points +/- 0 1 SOG 9 min

Kessel - 0G 1A 1P +1 4/5 Face 12.5 min

Erikkson - 0 Points +/- 0 1 2 PIM 1 SOG 9 min

Polak - 0 Points +/- 0 2 PIM 7 min

Shremp - 0G 1A 1P +/- 0 1 SOG 1/3 Face 7 min

Lisin - 0 Points +/- 0 1 SOG 7 min

Weber - 0 Points +2 20 min

Johnson - 0 Points +1 1SOG 9 Hits 17.5 min

Mezsaros - 0G 1A 1P +/- 0 19 min

Vlasic - 0G 1A (PP) 1P +/- 0 21 min

McCarty - 0G 1A 1P +2 6 Hits 21 min

Parent = 0 Points +2 21 min

MONTREAL

Peter Kalus - 1G 1A 2P -3

Patrocl Eaves - 1G 1A 2P -3

Evgeni Malkin - 0G 2A 2P -3

Steve Ott - 0G 1A 1P -2

Patrik Stefan - 1G 0A 1P +1

Todd Marchant - 0G 1A 1P +1

Niklas Hagman - 0G 1A 1P -2

Niclas Havelid - 0G 1A 1P

Scott Gomez - 1G 0A 1P -2

NHL 2k8 - Stanley Cup Playoffs

EDMONTON OILERS v MONTREAL CANADIENS Game 1 Evgeni Malkin and Scott Gomez of the Canadiens were both leading the stats for the playoffs (only due to playing more games than my leaders Crosby and Gaborik), so my objectives for the game: 1. Win 2. Lock down Gomez and Malkin 3. Get Crosby and Gaborik (ie my 1st line) going. Boy did i do that! RESULT Edmonton 11 Montral 0 1st Star - Sidney Crosby 3 Goals 2 Assists 2nd Star - Marc-Andre Fleury - 26 Saves 0 Goals Allowed 3rd Star - Marion Gavorik - 1 Goal 4 Assists TEAM STATS Shots 32 Pass 113/132 (86 Percent) F-Off 22/30 (73% Percent) Brealaways 1/1 1-Timers 1/10 Poss% - 51.1% Penalty Minutes - 2 Short Handed - 1/1 PLAYER STATS Crosby - 3G 2A 5P +6 75.0% (Game Win G)22.5 min Gaborik - 1G 4A 5P +6 33.3% 21.5 min Bergeron -1G 2A 3P +6 24.0% 23 min Ovechkin - 2G 0A 2P +2 40.0% 19 min Kopitar - 0G 1A 1P +2 3 Shots 19.5 min Michalek - 1G (SH) 0A 1P +3 33.3% 21.5 min Bernier - 1G 0A 1P +2 100% 5.5 min Kessel - 0G 2A 2P +3 1 Shot 9 min Eriksson - 1G 1A 2P +2 100% 5 min 4th Line - Pointless - 1 Shot each for Polak and Schremp (10 minutes) D Lines Johnson - 0G 2A 2P +7 0 Shots 23.5 min Weber - 1G 0A 1P +7 25.0% 23.5 min 7 Hits Vlasic - 0G 2A 2P +3 0 Shots 23.5 min 7 Hits Meszaros - 0G 1A 1P +3 0 shots 23.5 min 5 Hits McCarty - 13 min 0G 1A 1P +1 0 Shots Parent - 13 min 0 Points +1 0 Shots Opponent Malkin - -9 (+/-)

NHL 2k8 Season Recap

EDMONTON OILERS won the west 67-10-5 139 GF 399 GA 214 BIGGEST WIN Final Game of Season - 13-2 v VANCOUVER 1st Line LW P. BERGERON 87 Late Season Pickup C. S. CROSBY 99 45G 54A 13.9% 3PPG 4PPA 2SHG RW M. GABORIK 89 54G 48A 15.1% 1PPG 5PPA 1SHG 3 SHA (3rd Pts) 2nd Line LW A. OVECHKIN 98 67G(1st) 29A 16.0% 6PPG 1PPA 4SHG 5HAT C. A. KOPITAR 87 28G 56A 13.7% 2PPG 2PPA 2SHA (1st Team Prod.) RW.M. MICHALEK 87 51G 30A 19.8% 2PPG 4SHG 3rd Line LW L. ERIKKSON 79 24G 11A 15.0% (4 Goal Game) C. P. KESSEL 84 18G 23A 10.9% RW S. BERNIER 79 20G 21A 12.6% 4th Line LW V. POLAR 74 15G 11A 22.0% 1PPA (2nd Team Prod) C. R. SCHREMP 76 11G 18A 16.1% RW E. LISIN 73 11G 13A 14.2% D LINE 1 J. JOHNSON 86 Late Season Pickup S. WEBER 86 3G 49A 3.5% 2PPA 1SHG 2SHA 18PIM DLINE 2 M. VLASIC 82 2G 32A 3.0% 1PPG 1SHG 1SHA 8PIM A. MESZAROS 82 Late Season Pickup DLINE 3 D. MCCARTY 75 6G 29A 10.0% 30PIM Enforcer R. PARENT 78 Late Season Pickup GOALIES M. FLEURY 88 39-3 2.66GAA 88.5S% 1SO C. OSGOOD 78 28-7 2.48GAA 89.9S% 1SO

Bunnings Relays

From February until July I worked for 'The Otter Group' who produce a number of hardware lines specialising in nails, fasteners and screws. 'Proline', another company who run screw lines had managed to sell and negotiate a new national layout so working for Otter i worked alongside Proline relaying Bunnings stores thoughout Victoria. THE OTTER CREW Angela Jackson - Geez she had a serious attitude when i first started. Nothing changed! hahah. Nah she ended up being pretty cool. Definitely one of the boys and loves it. Would never tell anyone who her boyfriend was though. Sara - My god. No offense but there was something wrong with her. Impossible to communicate with. Bianca - 'Coach' was under the pump. Down a few members she had to look after the team and work a territory. Always possitive, happy and helpful. Daniel - The rumoured affair with Sarah never happened. Always remember working with him and Daniher's Mitre 10 with that guy who laughed like Waluigi. The PROLINE TEAM Steve Stewart - the brains of the operation. He was all about his 'A-Team'. No wonder we all had so much fun. Soggy Sao. Used to go on about Otter Packaging all the time. Greg - Nearly got in a dust up with a customer who didnt care that he was not allowed into our work area. Go Greg. Paige - She'll have a long and distinguished career as a plumber. She could never get Carlos' security on the way, or security acknowledged right. Beth - Greg's young wife. hahaha. What was i supposed to think Shane O'Brien - what a funny guy, needed a few more coffess to relax i reckon. I'm going to bere TILL F$#^# EIGHT O'CLOCK!!!!! Thanks for popping in today mate. Mudda Mudda from the 'Wherethefuckarewe' Tribe 'C'mon. Do it' Arnold Schwarzanegger style Bloody Shnotter!, I used to say Proline was Hoeline. Jay Lee - awesome bloke, has seen a bit of action in his time. Carlos - The coolest fellow wog i have ever known. Phone prank we played while in Wodonga. 'He's in good hands' Apparantly he rung Nova won morning. Dave Hughes said to him 'You make a good point there Carlo!' Rounders sayings 'Paahhy himm. Paaahhy tha tman his mahney' Arnold Schwarzanegger - Good morning gents! Carlos telling Steve after checcking out the stickers 'Carry on' Graeme - Kenny Rogers was very 'hands on' with his work Good memories from this job. Great people, enjoyable work and flexible hours. Asides from having to be at a particular place 2 days out of the week at 7 in the morning. Some long drives but got through it all easily with my routine, Coffee thermus, The Basketball Jones, and my Ipod music. I listened to a fair bit of Illmatic, Woke up This Morning - Sopranos theme, Open Fire, and the Relapse album when it came out in late May. I think the biggest day i worked was at the Melton store. I think i did the whole store in one day - got up and left home by 5.15 and got home after 9.30 at night. A big 16 hour plus day.

Whats the go Joe?

Hey, I havent done much writting of late as you have probably notest. But I'm going to make more of an effort now and will at least attempt to diarize significant events every few days. Doesnt matter how simple. Im going to start by re-capping the last 6 months or so and then try do scribe in my diary from america. I want to get all this done before i leave. So busy times ahead