POFHL

Final
CAL	2
CAR	1

Game 2
CAL
CAR

Standings Tree

	1	Series
Carolina	1	0
Calgary	2	1

News

Sharks front office scandal

The San Jose Sharks waste no time becoming the most controversial team of Season 11 in the POFHL. In the first year of existence the Sharks have been accused of tanking. Looking at the roster it is no stretch to say this team is detined for the draft lottery. But the teams long stretch of playing rookie back up goalie has raised some eyes at the leagues front office. GM Tyler of the Calgary Flames said 'I think it's obvious to anyone who looks' when asked about the tanking Sharks. When asked for comment GM Matt of San Jose said 'This wasn't malicious, I just went on vacation and forgot to set my line up'. League officials were in a tough spot, although they acknowleged that they believe GM Mat and don't see any intent to tank here, rules were clearly broken and a penalty has to be handed out. Commisioner Justin made the official announcement that San Jose's first round pick will be dropped 5 spots once the lottery is determined. This is definitely a blow to the young orgnisation but one that GM Mat understands and accepts. Regardless of where the pick ends up, the San Jose Sharks will still be able to obtain a solid young player to build this franchise around.

Trade Deadline come and gone

With the deadline come and gone and the playoff picture taking shape, some teams have made some big trades to help there playoff run, while others made some questionable moves. The biggest trade of the day had to be Colorado swapping Dwight Shrute and Kenny McCormick to Calgary for Luka Ulmer and Stan Beckett. This move This move adds a top two defencemen in Shrute with term on his deal and pending UFA after this deason Kenny McCormick who brings a ton of playoff experience and currently has 38 points in 65 games this season. On the other hand Ulmer and Beckett both come with top 9 Forward potential. The St. Louis Blues were another team that were buyers leading up to the deadline adding the likes of top Goal scoring defencemen Vladimir Volchevski, veteran Hugh Jazz, and Peter Tsitsirakis. Since the deal the Blues are 7-2-1 in there last 10 and sit 4th in the Gretzky Conference. The Toronto MapleLeafs were buyers and added goaltending depth Aerik Wedgewood, winger Jeff Foote, and and depth defensemen who brings experience and leadership pending UFA Nico Brooks. The Rangers also were buyers adding Stan Marvel from the Quebec Nordiques in hopes to add some veteran presence and secondary scoring into there line up. In another big trade on deadline day Minnesota added Depth defensive defencemen Jesper Olsson and pending UFA Cameron Stone to there line up to help there playoff aspirations. The Buffalo Sabres acquired a package of picks and prospects in this deal headlined by a y13 ATL First rounf pick. With less then 15 games left in the regular season, we'll see which deadline moves paid off, and which were just smoke and mirrors.