The 2008 Season is upon us.  In the CHL, the playoff field remained the same.  Except this time, it was the Loons who skyrocketed to the top of the standings.  The defending champion Glaciers find themselves as the fourth seed.  In the AHA, the Founders dropped back down to last place in the standings.  The Boston Rovers and Charlotte Racers remain playoff mainstays.  The West stood up for itself this year as the Seawolves went from worst to a playoff team.  The Titans continue to lead the way in the West.



The Canadian Shield IX Playoffs 

#1 Minnesota Loons versus #4 Vancouver Glaciers
The defending champions take on the league's lone American team.  (because of this Legacy Project I have to remind myself that Minneapolis is in-fact still an American city.  

#2 Toronto Terriers versus #3 Montreal Chevaliers
The Red Rouge Rivalry is renewed for the third time.  Last year, the series was vicious.  Bloodied and battered the victorious Chevs had nothing left in the tank against the Glaciers.  

The 2008 AHA Playoffs

#1 Los Angeles Titans versus #4 Seattle Seawolves
LA is definitely a team on the rise and one that must be reckoned with in the coming years.  Seattle, last year's last place team looks to spoil their party.  

#2 Boston Rovers versus #3 Charlotte Racers
The Rovers are on their quest to tie the Founders for most championships. The last two time that Boston won the East Division...they won the Adams Cup. The Racers are simply trying to end the curse and keep the window open as long as possible.
 

Rugrat wrote:

Vancouver upsets Minnesota 3-2. Toronto beats Montreal 3-1. LA beats Seattle 3-0. Boston beats Charlotte 3-1 (Have the racers ever missed the playoffs?)

They have the most playoff appearances of any team so far with 7.  They have won 2 East Division Titles. 0 Adams Cups.  

I don’t recall the IRL Caps being so volatile.

Oh well. I’ll take what I can get.

And back to the basement we go!

The Canadian Shield IX Playoffs

A season of rematches in the CHL playoffs.  We start with the Red-Rouge Rivalry.  This is their third playoff meeting.  They have split the first two.  This star studded matchup yielded an exciting, albeit one sided series.  The Chevs advance to the finals for the third straight season.

#2 Toronto Terriers versus #3 Montreal Chevaliers

Terriers Roster
F - 17 - Doug Brown
F - 33 - Kris Draper
F - 91 - Sergei Fedorov
D - 2 - Vyacheslav Fetisov
F - 96 - Tomas Holmstrom
F - 22 - Mike Knuble
F - 13 - Slava Kozlov
F - 20 - Martin Lapointe
F - 8 - Igor Larionov
D - 5 - Nicklas Lidstrom
F - 18 - Kirk Maltby
F - 25 - Darren McCarty
D - 55 - Larry Murphy
F - 14 - Brendan Shanahan
F - 19 - Steve Yzerman (CAPTAIN)
G - 30 - Chris Osgood

Chevaliers Roster
F - 18 - Adam Deadmarsh
D - 52 - Adam Foote
F - 21 - Peter Forsberg
F - 11 - Keith Jones
D - 4 - Uwe Krupp
F - 22 - Claude Lemieux
D - 8 - Sandis Ozolinsh
F - 9 - Mike Ricci
F - 26 - Stephane Yelle 
F - 19 - Joe Sakic (CAPTAIN)
G - 33 - Patrick Roy




#1 Minnesota Loons versus #4 Vancouver Glaciers
A rematch from last year as well.  This time the Loons have the upper hand over the defending champion Glaciers.  Scott Stevens, Marty Brodeur and the defensive trap style Loons were too much for the high powered Glacier offense.  The Loons advance to the finals for the first time since 2004.  

Loons Roster
F - 23 - Dave Andreychuk
F - 25 - Jason Arnott
D - 6 - Brad Bombardir
F - 18 - Sergei Brylin
F - 19 - Bob Carpenter
D - 3 - Ken Daneyko
F - 26 - Patrick Elias
F - 93 - Doug Gilmour
F - 12 - Bill Guerin
F - 16 - Bobby Holik
D - 27 - Scott Niedermayer
F - 20 - Jay Pandolfo
F - 14 - Brian Rolston
D - 2 - Sheldon Souray
F - 4 - Scott Stevens (CAPTAIN)
F - 17 - Petr Sykora
G - 30 - Martin Brodeur
G - 1 - Mike Dunham

Glaciers Roster
F - 17 - Rod Brind'Amour
F - 77 - Paul Coffey
F - 19 - Alexandre Daigle
F - 14 - Craig Darby
D - 37 - Eric Desjardins
F - 15 - Pat Falloon
F - 12 - Colin Forbes
F - 55 - Chris Gratton
F - 20 - Trent Klatt
F - 10 - John LeClair
F - 88 - Eric Lindros (CAPTAIN)
D - 3 - Dan McGillis
D - 44 - Janne Niinimaa
F - 29 - Joel Otto
F - 25 - Shjon Podein
F - 45 - Vinny Prospal
D - 22 - Luke Richardson
F - 11 - Mike Sillinger
D - 23 - Petr Svoboda 
D - 6 - Chris Therien
F - 9 - Dainius Zubrus
G - 27 - Ron Hextall
G - 33 - Sean Burke