Saskatoon SpiritHawks

The Saskatoon Spirithawks are my fantasy hockey team. They play in the somewhat defunct North American Hockey League (NAHL). (Note that this league is in no way affiliated with the minor-league NAHL :)

Location: Saskatoon Saskatchewan, Canada

Home Ice: Spirit Arena (aka. "The Nest")

Team Captain: Alexi Yashin (LeClair was non-existant in the playoffs this year)

Honorary Captain: Ted Turner

Coach: Pierre Page

Cheif Janitorial Officer: Jarvis Lunt

1997-1998 Roster

Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Total Points
Teemu Selane	F	52	34	86
John LeClair	F	51	37	89
Zigmund Palffy	F	45	41	86
Alexi Yashin	F	33	39	72
Joe Nieuwendyk	F	39	30	69
Bryan Barard	D	14	32	46
Sandis Ozolinsh	D	13	38	51
Dimitri Mirinov	D	8	35	43
Vladmir Malakov	D	13	31	44
Sergi Federov	F	6	11	17
Garry Galley	D	9	28	37
Oleg Tverdovsky	D	7	12	19
Chris Osgood	G	0	0	0
Olaf Kolzig	G	0	1	1
Guy Hebert	G	0	1	1
TOTALS		290	370	660

Editorial Note: It was unfortunate that this season died out before completion, because I had a pretty good team. The Olympic break killed our league, since it caused schedule problems as well as a two week dead period after which everyone seemed to lose interest. Although I normally abhor rotisserie style leagues, the head-to-head matchups were a pain to administer and schedule.
Considering that I openly passed on Pavel Bure, and missed an opportunity to trade a surplus goalie for Peter Bondra this could have been an offensive powerhouse in the forwards. I struggled all season to find a reliable pair of defensemen. In the end, all of my players had decent years, but most of the defensemen got their points in spurts, with long lulls (injuries and holdouts included) between them. Osgood had a decent year considering how late I waited to pick a goalie, and Olie the Goalie was always there for insurance.
© 1998 G.A. Bohling