Pre-League Founding
Around 1987 or so I was introduced to Bethesda Softworks' Hockey League Simulator.  Not HLS2... the original.  It was fantastic.  I ran one league where I basically whooped everyone's asses... I had studied the players in HLS enough that there was one super goalie that no one knew about...  Bob Mason.  Who is he in real life?  Heck if I know... but in HLS he was a superstar hiding on some team's farm roster.

As time progressed I moved on to HLS2, which I continue to use today.

I ran tournaments with NHL95 on my... YES...  SEGA GENESIS.  We even hooked up the VCR and recorded the best goals...  we literally had about 30 minutes of 5-6 second clips of passing and goals...  we were such freaks. :)

Moving onward I literally ran five of my own leagues with GM logic generated by computer programs.  What a geek.  I tested different forms of trade logic and player movement logic.  I ran these leagues off and on for around 7-8 years.  As time went on I'd find more and more bugs with HLS2 and my goal of creating my own hockey simulation software came to the forefront.

I began development on my "UHS" software...  Ultimate Hockey Simulator...  what else was I going to call it?  HLS3?  I could see the lawsuit coming a mile away.  FHL?  That was already taken by another group of canucks dedicated to hockey.  My goal for creating this new league was to eventually move away from HLS2 and any of the other established simulators towards a new and much more powerful simulator.

So far so good...  I'm using my php and mysql programming talents to encode the software.  As time goes on the software will eventually be a stand-alone product available for everyone's use.

The-James Hockey League actually started off as the ACTDR Hockey League.  On September 7 2004 the first set of rules and league constitution was created.

SEASON 1 - November 1 2004 - March 17 2005

I twisted Bill's arm to take a team (Etobicoke).  Nick Poirier was signed on to run the Winnipeg franchise.  Jamie Swan joined as the GM for the Toronto Terminators.  The Clark's Sharks were admitted to the league under the guidance of Jason Nash.  Jonathan Lau was admitted to the league to run the Saskatoon Specters team.  Matt Coe and Ashwin Parvatam were hired as GMs for the Halifax Hooligans and Weston Weasels teams (respectively).  We wanted to start off with an even amount of teams for our inaugural season.  The Clark's Sharks team was temporarily suspended for the first season.

Several hundred players / free agents were created for the teams to draft.  We played our first pre-season which showed the Toronto Terminators and Etobicoke Ebola on top of the league with Halifax sweeping the basement floor.

On November 22, Nick Poirier left the league and Greg D was hired to run the Winnipeg Jets franchise.  The regular season began with six teams in one division.  The first regular season game saw the Weston Weasels defeat the Etobicoke Ebola 6 to 4.  December 2nd saw Kimberley G take the reins of the Ebola from Bill Mah.  Halifax ran an 18-game unbeaten streak that lasted from December 7 to January 29.  From being last during the pre-season the Hooligans were now first overall and would remain there until the end of the season.  On the opposite side of the spectrum, the Toronto Terminators went on an 11-game winless streak.  Being one of the top teams, Toronto tried to pull of a mid-season trade with Halifax to give them a shot in the arm, but by the end of the season, the Terminators finished last.

Part way through the season we experienced a potentially league-killing scare....  hard drive crash!  Fortunately it did not take long to restore the contents of the crashed drive and continue on with the season.  Etobicoke stayed at second overall until the Winnipeg / Halifax showdown began.  The Specters had been hovering around the third and fourth place spots and were cruising towards a playoff berth.  The Weston Weasels had other plans.  Weston made a late-season streak of wins count and pushed Saskatoon out of the playoffs, claiming the fourth overall spot.  The biggest playoff race was the fight for first overall.  Halifax's huge unbeaten streak had given the team an insurmountable lead... or so they thought.  Combined with poor play from the Hooligans and a steady work ethic from the Jets, Winnipeg earned the first overall spot by one point.

In the first round of the playoffs, an injury to Al Donaldson of the Jets and a strong, tenacious team in Weston, took Winnipeg to the brink of elimination.  Bulge Mah's goal in the 7th game secured the Jet's place in the Maple Cup finals.  During the Etobicoke - Halifax series, the first four games were split evenly.  Etobicoke won the first game in overtime on Halifax ice.  With a Hooligans win in game 5, the Ebola took Halifax to overtime in game six.  During a flurry of shots in the first four minutes, Yank Bodnar of Halifax scored the overtime winner, securing a Maple Cup final berth.

The biggest story of the finals was the play of Al Donaldson.  Recovering from his injury in the first round, Donaldson led the Jets with his goaltending heroics.  Not to mention the scoring of Espen Sonnenberg, the Jets took a quick three games to none lead.  The media frenzy was set to roast the Hooligans, but they weren't out of it yet.  Winning game four, the Hooligans were not planning on going out that easily.  Oscar Mayers, acquired from Saskatoon, scored the Cup-clinching goal at 11:43 of the 3rd period for the Winnipeg Jets.

Award Winners for this season were Harry Sedlbauer (Most Valuable Player), Al Donaldson (Most Valuable Goaltender), Jeff Shack (Most Valuable Defenseman), Espen Sonnenberg (Most Valuable Player in the Playoffs), and Greg D (GM of the Year).

SEASON 2 - March 18 2005 to October 11 2005

The first Board of Directors were elected on March 1 2005.  Kimberley G received 22 votes, Jonathan Lau received 18 votes, and Greg D received 13 votes.  The new board unanimously elected James Young (that's me!) as the commissioner.  Four new teams were approved for expansion for season two.  On March 4 2005 the London Bulls (GM: Charlie Allen), Mount Pearl Rock (GM: Jason Nash) - this would replace the Clark's Sharks team, Parry Sound Pepper Shakers (GM: Carrie Young) - bride of the commissioner, and Pembroke Chargers (GM: James Homuth) were approved to be added.

As of March 23 2005, the ACTDRHL was no more.  ACTDR changed it's focus to aim strictly on roleplaying games.  The league is now called The-James Hockey League.

Two stories were big throughout this season:  1: Winnipeg was dominating EVERYONE!  They lost only three games about half-way through the regular season after they traded away Magnus Boll to Parry Sound.  Eventually the team got back on track and killed everyone... until the playoffs.  2: GM turn-over.  We had a fair bit of turn-overs for GMs this season.  The London Bulls changed hands three or four times and eventually ended up with a fellow named Dan Hadley.  Dan has since decided he couldn't participate in S3.  Connor Farrell took control of the Halifax Hooligans with a vow to take out the Jets...  something he wasn't able to do.  My bride did not have the time to participate any longer, so control of the team moved to Shawn Beaupre.

We elected two new Board of Directors: Connor Farrell (the new GM for Halifax) and Jason Nash (the GM for Mount Pearl).  Both join the existing Directors until their term ends in 2007.

Saskatoon was edged out of the playoffs... they gave it a good run, but Mount Pearl and Pembroke had far better teams.  London was in a total tailspin but Dan had managed to acquire an extra eight draft picks for the upcoming draft... giving him a total of thirteen picks in the S3 draft and eight picks in the S4 draft.

The biggest story was the playoffs.  Mount Pearl did the unthinkable.  They met Winnipeg in the first round and took them out in five games.  Pembroke also flexed their muscles... knocking out Halifax.  Etobicoke knocked out Toronto and Weston beat Parry Sound, as expected.  Weston didn't have a single win against Etobicoke in the regular season but was able to sweep them out of the playoffs earning their first Maple Cup appearance.  Pembroke did some sweeping of their own... knocking out the giant-killers: Mount Pearl Rock.  It was expected that Weston would have an easy time of Pembroke, but the Chargers knocked the Weasels out in five games.

And with the end of Season 2, we finally put to rest Bethesda Softworks' Hockey League Simulator 2.  Starting with Season 3 we will be using my own home-brewed simulator: Ultimate Hockey Simulator.  Boy am I anxious to get this season under way.

SEASON 3 ?October 12 2005 to March 15 2006

Many things happened in Season 3. After the turnover of GMs during Season 2, we found a good group of dedicated folks for this season. Chris Bataluk took over the Parry Sound Pepper Shakers; Trevor Cook continued on as GM for Pembroke after taking it from James Homuth.

The biggest story of the off-season was the thirteen draft picks acquired by London. The GM at the time, Shawn Beaupre, couldn’t connect or wouldn’t connect (it is a matter of opinion). The commissioner drafted on behalf of the Bulls. Later on Jeff Greene would take over the reins for London.

This was the first season that we exclusively used UHS to simulate our games. While all my testing had led me to believe the simulator was in working order, there is no better test than getting another set of ten eyes to have a look at a game’s results. Massive changes were made:

- GMs could specify their own lines
- Penalty Minute & Fatigue management code was totally remade.

Those were the two major changes that were made?these resulted in hours of research and code changes to fix, sim, re-fix, (and so on) the game. There are dozens of other minor code changes and enhancements we’ve made (such as differentiating between slapshots and dekes and adding career-ending injuries) that have greatly enhanced UHS.

Many things changed this season and yet many things remained the same. Parry Sound, after a huge amount of wheeling and dealing, placed first in the division. London Bitton, drafted by the London Bulls, were lifted out of the basement into second in the division. At one point, Weston was in fifth place, but ran on two decent winning streaks to earn a third place finish. Etobicoke and Toronto’s GMs celebrated the birth a newly bouncing baby girl. The teams were under control of the commissioner for the purposes of line changes and roster management. Etobicoke finished in fourth and Toronto finished in fifth.

Winnipeg earned the top spot overall this season. The Jets were a decent team until Toronto started having money problems. A mid-season trade that saw Toronto land a huge lump sum of money also saw Derek Morozov head to Winnipeg. Halifax continued their rivalry with the Jets but could only finish as high as second in the division. The Specters were another team that was hovering around the basement in their division, but after putting a few wins together they finished in third. Pembroke and Mount Pearl battled it out for the last playoff spot, but Mount Pearl just wasn’t the same team as they were from season 2. Pembroke finished in fourth.

The playoffs saw Parry Sound earn their first post-season series victory against Etobicoke, knocking them off 4 ?2. Weston continued their winning ways and eliminated London. Weston beat Parry Sound for the second season in a row, earning their second Maple Cup appearance for the second straight season.
Winnipeg swept last season’s champs, Pembroke, out of the playoffs. Saskatoon, down 3-1 in the series, clawed their way back to win the series and face Winnipeg. Winnipeg defeated Saskatoon in the division final 4 ?2 to earn their second appearance in the finals. Winnipeg didn’t have much trouble disposing of Weston in the finals to win their second Maple Cup championship.

Award winners were Jason Prive (MVP), Amari Laroque (MVD), Olov Vandermeer (MVG), London Bitton (MVR), Chris Bataluk (GM of the Year).

The Board of Directors worked well together. The BoD passed proposals that streamlined our waivers process, tweaked our entry draft order, streamlined our game days from two to three games a week to having four games a week on specific days, and so on.

On a suggestion for implementing a farm league, UHS has been changed so that a single league will now be able to support an integrated junior and farm system instead of having to run separate leagues for each. This season there will be probably be a few more bugs found and we’ll work through the kinks of having the juniors integrated with the pros, we’ve got code for penalty shots to add as well, but for the most part the changes to UHS will probably be more geared towards the GM interface and making it more user friendly.

As Season 3 ends, we look towards Season 4, we’re adding two new teams: Moose Jaw Buccaneers (GM: Adam Peaks) and North Bay Devildogs (GM: James Young ?me!). It should be a good one!

SEASON 4 ?March 16 2006 to August 14 2006

Season 4 saw a shuffle in the GM ranks.  Long time GMs Ashwin, Kimberley, Jamie, and Jason left the league because they didn't have enough time to devote to their teams.  Jeff Greene and Chris Bataluk replaced Kimberley and Jason on the board of directors, respectively.  Joining our group we now have Garrett Barry (Etobicoke), Cody (Mount Pearl), Sean Burke (Toronto), and Paul Davison (Weston).

This season, similar to season three, saw a rookie dominant the league.  Samir Gingues of Parry Sound did more than London Bitton ever did though.  He led all rookies, all skaters, and won the MVP.  In the Beaver Division Parry Sound once again led the division with Weston threatening the whole way.  London finished third and made the playoffs for the second straight season.  Etobicoke and North Bay were locked in a playoff race that many believed North Bay would win.  By the end they tied but Etobicoke won the tie breaker on the weight of a single win.  Toronto had a dismal season, the worst in TJHL history, with only three wins and three ties to show for their regular season.

In the Caribou Division, Saskatoon showed everyone why they came back from the 3-1 series deficit against Halifax and absolutely dominated everyone.  A Saskatoon late season falter and an 11-game unbeaten streak by the Jets saw Winnipeg come to within a point of tying Saskatoon for the league lead.  For the first time a team other than Winnipeg is on top of the division, let alone the league.  Many believe this is a changing of the guard and the end of the Winnipeg dynasty.  Mount Pearl had a decent season and challenged for the top two spots but faltered in the end by going on a 6-game winless streak.  The race for fourth was exceptionally tight.  Halifax, Pembroke, and expansion Moose Jaw were locked in a three-way battle for the last playoff spot.  Pembroke claimed the spot by a single point over Halifax.  Moose Jaw lost their last three games of the season and ended up last in the division.

The playoffs had elements of both tradition and change.  Parry Sound easily handled Etobicoke in five games.  Down three games to one against London, Weston turned it around to tie and then win the series to go on against the Shakers.  In the division finals, Parry Sound finally shook the monkey off their back by defeating Weston in the playoffs, something the franchise has never been able to do.  In the Caribou Division, Saskatoon continued to tear up the opposition.  While they swept Pembroke, the first three games were exceptionally close, decided by a lone goal late in the game.  Mount Pearl continued its tradition of upsetting Winnipeg.  Although this time around the Rock had a much better team than the season 2 Rock, it was still an upset through-and-through.  Again this was another sign that the Jets dynasty was probably over.  In the finals, Saskatoon eliminated the Rock by sweeping them.  So far Saskatoon had gone 8-0 in the post-season, a first in this league.

The top teams from each division faced off in the Maple Cup final.  Saskatoon finally tasted defeat at the hands of the Shakers by losing game one.  They stormed back to win the next three games and push Parry Sound to the brink.  The Shakers responded by winning game five to force a sixth game.  It should be noted that this was the first time a Maple Cup final series had ever gone more than five games.  In game six both teams exploded for offense, but Saskatoon won out with a final score of 8-6 to win their first Maple Cup championship.

Both Saskatoon and Parry Sound split the awards up between them this season:  MVP: Samir Gingues (PSP), MVG: Olov Vandermeer (SAS), MVD: Dexter Ramsey (PSP), MVR: Samir Gingues (PSP), GM of the Year: Jon Lau (SAS), MVP Playoffs: Olov Vandermeer (SAS).

Many changes were made to UHS for this season, the most notable was being able to track individual player game stats and the creation of a three-star system.  Code has been created to allow goaltenders to get injured just like any player.  Since I was on vacation for the last two weeks I've been able to add penalty shots, player ice-time tracking, face-off tracking, integrate the dreaded fourth line option for GMs (this was a real pain in the ass to do... many things had to be altered to allow for the fourth line).

We also moved the league from the-james.com to a new domain I purchased called hockeysim.ca.  We've also moved from getwebspace to elahost... the new web host provides MANY more features to allow me to suitably maintain the site.  From what I can see there are only going to be a few more additions to the actual simulator (I said that last season)... much more of the work will probably be devoted to how the user interface works.  Season five should be a good one! :)

SEASON 5 - August 15 2006 to December 15 2006

There wasn't a whole lot of change in terms of personnel this season.  The Board of Directors was static and we had two GM changes:  Adam Peaks and Garrett Barry both left their teams Moose Jaw and Etobicoke, respectively.  Michael Viegas took the reins of the Bucs and Ashwin Parvatam (former GM of the Weston Wild) returned to the league to lead the Etobicoke Galaxy.  While Michael joined us about half way through the season, Ashwin rejoined late in the season when the damage to Etobicoke had already been done.  The Etobicoke Ebola were renamed to Etobicoke Galaxy and the Weston Weasels were renamed to the Weston Wild.

This was the quickest run season out of all the TJHL seasons.  It only took four months exactly to get through an Entry Draft, Free Agency, and the rest of the season.  Admittedly the torrid pace was driven by my wanting to see how the changes I made to my own team, North Bay, would play out.  Since we've ended this season just before the holidays, I don't expect season six to be nearly as quick as season five was.

In the Beaver division, North Bay surprised a lot of people, even me, by going neck and neck with Parry Sound right up until the end.  The Devildogs played well on the back of their goalie, Kaden Salgado, while Parry Sound just dominated in every category.  In the end, Parry Sound was once again on top of the division and North Bay sat in second place, but third overall.  Weston performed consistently to take the third place position in the division.  Toronto made the biggest turnaround by going from 9 points last season to earning 36 points this season.  While they were still not above .500, they did earn the last playoff spot in the division.  London and Etobicoke both played poorly and did not factor much into the standings other than contribute 32 losses each.

In the Caribou division, the biggest change was the defending Maple Cup champions not ending up in first place.  Barely making it into the playoffs the season before, Pembroke exploded with the second best record in the league.  They earned the most wins in the league with 34, beating Parry Sound's and North Bay's 33.  They also earned the division title by 9 points over Saskatoon.  The Specters, while still playing well, were suffering from a coaching issue, one that everyone expects the GM to remedy during the coming off-season.  Moose Jaw and Halifax were both able to turn around disappointing performances last season to playoff appearances this season.  Moose Jaw ended above .500 for the first time in their two-season history and Halifax earned a playoff spot easily over a struggling Mount Pearl team.  As we mentioned in last season's commentary, the Winnipeg Jets dynasty was over.  The Jets ended up with 13 points, only 4 better than the TJHL's worst and missed the playoffs for the first time in their history.

In the first round, Parry Sound was able to easily handle their opponents: the Toronto Terminators.  I don't think this bothered Toronto that much as they were just happy to make the playoffs and see that their changes had really improved their club.  In their first playoff appearance North Bay was matched against Weston and was able to defeat them in five games, but not after Weston and split the first two games at 1-1.  Halifax put a scare on Pembroke by earning a 2-1 series lead before the Chargers finally woke up.  In their next three games Pembroke scored 32 goals against Halifax to make it into the second round.  Moose Jaw put up a bigger fight against Saskatoon.  The first four games were split evenly in favour of the home team.  Saskatoon won game five on the back of a 1-0 score and then put it away in game six to head to the second round.

In the second round, we saw the top two teams in each division meet up.  Parry Sound had won the regular season series against North Bay but all of their games had been close, decided on the back of one or two goals.  This series was no different.  Winning twice in overtime, once in game one and again in game four, North Bay upset the favoured Pepper Shakers in six games to go on to their first Maple Cup appearance.  Pembroke has now met the Saskatoon Specters twice in the post-season.  Last season Saskatoon swept Pembroke in four straight games even though the games were very close.  This season was no different.  It seems Pembroke could not shake the Saskatoon monkey off their back.  The Chargers were once again swept in four games.

The finals saw the vastly improved Devildogs take on the defending champs Saskatoon.  I really did not expect much out of my team as they were definitely not scorers but again I had to rely on my goaltending.  While my goaltending stood up the rest of my players found goals and key opportunities.  A pivotal win in overtime in game two led to a sweep of the defending champs.  This was the first time that a Maple Cup final had ended with a sweep.  North Bay had won the Cup.  This was also the first time that a team from the Beaver division had won the championship.

Salgado won the MVP but missed out on the MVG.  Vandermeer won his third straight MVG.  Old timer Joel Ciger won his first Most Valuable Defenseman award.  Henry Eldebrink, the key part of Toronto's success, won the Most Valuable Rookie award.  I was voted as the GM of the Year this season and will humble accept, but I will point out that there are much more deserving people: Sean Burke of Toronto really did turn his team around into a playable squad.  If not for some of his moves I expect he would have been competing with Winnipeg for control of the basement again.

The big thing we change in season five was adding coaches into the mix.  The teams that finished lower got to pick first so they did benefit from selecting better coaches than the top teams.  The only really big change I think I made was to tinker with how the All-Star game was handled.  Previously we had low scoring games, but this time around the Caribou won it by a score of 9-7.  Another big development, for me anyways, was adding in automation of the waiver system.  It was a pain to have to take care of waivers manually, but now the only manual thing I need to do is check if a player cleared or not.

Like I said earlier, I don't think that season six will be completed in four months...  that was a record time.  It should also be noted that at the end of season six we'll hold elections for our Board of Directors and Commissioner for another two-year term.  It's hard to imagine that it's already been two years since we've been doing this....  I can't imagine running this league without all the helpful input and developments from our GMs.  Can't wait for Season Six. :)

CHANGING OF THE GUARD - February 3 2007 (just before Season Six Pre-Season end)
Technically I have not been the Commissioner of the league for more than two years, but I have been involved in how it has run since it's inception back in 2005.  My term was going to end on March 1 and instead of running again I thought the best thing to do was to let someone else run the show.  I was still going to be in charge of conducting BoD and COM votes, but I would be able to have more time to myself to focus on UHS development and running the Devildogs.

Greg, who has been with us since the very beginning, was elected in a 2-1 vote over Sean Burke.  While Sean was a newcomer I thought that either he or Greg would definitely be able to do the league proud.  Greg officially takes a temporary term until the new BoD body is elected at the end of Season Six.  At that time the BoD will either re-elect him or elect someone else.

SEASON 6 - December 16 2006 to May 21 2007
There was quite a bit of turnover and changes in terms of personnel this season.  Part way through the season, I decided to hang up the skates as Commissioner of the league.  I will still be involved to maintain the website and enforce BoD and COM elections, as well as continuing to run my team, but my focus would be on delivering a new interface for UHS.  Greg won by a 2-1 vote to become the new COM for the duration of the season.

GMs: Ashwin (Etobicoke) left the league.  Jason Nash returned to take the reins of the spiraling Galaxy.  After a period of inactivity, Connor Farrell (Halifax) was replaced by Emanuele Berneti.  Jeff Greene (London) was also replaced due to inactivity by Richard Fia.  Cody Cochrane (Mount Pearl) was replaced due to inactivity by Marco Viegas. 

Beaver Division: Once again the Pepper Shakers took top spot with a convincing .880 winning percentage.  The Devildogs challenged for first briefly but went on a four-game losing streak part way through the season.  Toronto continued to improve by ending up in third place this season with a .535 winning percentage.  Weston earned the final playoff berth, edging out London by five points.  Etobicoke was hurting in a bad way.  They officially set the record for futility with earning only four points and going on a 37 game losing streak. 

Caribou Division: Pembroke ended up only four points out of first place overall with a .833 winning percentage.  Moose Jaw made the biggest turnaround.  Consistently improving his club through trades, Michael turned his team around big time, ending with a .738 winning percentage.  Saskatoon slid a bit towards mediocrity, only going 5.9 points over 500 this season.  Halifax and Mount Pearl were battling it out for fourth place for much of the season.  It wasn't until the final day of the season that Halifax took fourth place by only one win better than Mount Pearl.  Winnipeg challenged Etobicoke for earning the first pick overall this season by only earning 6 points.

Players & Awards:  Leading the league in scoring and setting a record 73 points, Korey Nicol was easily the most valuable player this season.  At only 24 years old, Nicol is going to be dominating the league for years to come.  For the time, someone other than Al Donaldson and Olov Vandermeer was voted as the league's most valuable goaltender.  Armando Serres posted a .908 save percentage despite playing a team that lost 10 more games than they won.  Dexter Ramsey, deservedly, became the first defenseman to earn two Most Valuable Defenseman awards.  Ramsey was isolated as the top d-man out of an excellent core of Parry Sound defenseman.  Moose Jaw's Javion Duguay was voted in as the league's most valuable rookie.  Duguay scored 15 goals and 24 points to lead all rookies in scoring.  Ramsey added the Playoff MVP award to his mantle this season by leading the Pepper Shakers to their first ever Maple Cup victory.  Michael Viegas was voted as the GM of the Year for really turning up the tempo on his team.  Michael took the Buccaneers all the way to the finals before bowing out.

The Maple Cup - Quarter-Finals:
- Weston gave Parry Sound quite the scare as they began to fight back from the brink of elimination.  Down 3 - 1, Weston earned one-goal victories in both game five and six to force a game seven.  Something switched on in the mind of the Shakers..  they finally defeated the Wild by a score of 7-2.
- Toronto took the first game of their series against North Bay.  The Devildogs turned the jets on, winning the next four games to earn themselves a rematch against the Shakers in the Semi-Finals.
- Pembroke easily handled Halifax right up until game four.  It required a hard fought overtime victory to sweep the Hooligans from the playoffs.
- Moose Jaw was a team on a mission.  Going on a 17-game unbeaten streak near the end of the season, the Buccaneers overwhelmed Saskatoon, beating them 4 games to 1.

The Maple Cup - Semi-Finals:
- North Bay resumed their rivalry with Parry Sound by meeting them in the semi-finals for the second straight season.  Kaden Salgado was not enough to quell the Shakers desire for a Cup this season as Parry Sound swept the defending champions in four straight games.
- The other semi-final saw Moose Jaw take on a heavily favoured Pembroke squad.  While Pembroke was an excellent team, Moose Jaw had momentum on their side.  The Buccaneers upset the Chargers, sweeping them from the playoffs to earn their first Maple Cup appearance.

The Maple Cup Final:
- Parry Sound makes their second appearance in the Finals against a very hot and motivated Moose Jaw team.
- Game One: Parry Sound won this game by one goal.  Vigneau scored hat-trick as well as the game winning goal in a close 5-4 game.
- Game Two: Moose Jaw struck back by finding all the holes in Camirand's and Donaldson's armour.  Moose Jaw won this game 6 - 2 to tie the series at one game each.
- Game Three: Aditya Misharin was given a surprise start for Moose Jaw over Jamir Hoene.  Allowing 3 goals on 17 shots sealed the deal for Moose Jaw in this game.  Parry Sound takes a 2-1 series lead with a 4 - 1 victory.
- Game Four: A serious stick infraction by Samir Gingues cost Parry Sound the game.  Down by a goal, Moose Jaw scored twice on the ensuing powerplay to earn a 4-3 win to tie the series at two games each.
- Game Five: Swallow was given the start for Moose Jaw but did not perform very well.  To Parry Sound's credit they outshot Moose Jaw 48-19 and went on to a 5-1 victory.
- Game Six: After taking a 3-0 lead in the first period, Moose Jaw fought back with a goal in the second and a short-handed and power play goal in the third.  It wasn't until close to the 16 minute mark that Simon Subramaniam blew a shot past Jamir Hoene.  It would end up being the Series clinching goal and gave Parry Sound their first Maple Cup championship.

UHS: Some tinkering with trying to fix a fighting penalty bug resulted in several line management bugs during the early part of the season.  Once these were fixed it was pretty much smooth sailing.  Much of the time was spent on developing the new UHS2 interface so that a GM was shown something somewhat presentable.  Much of the simulator code is pretty much done...  I can see only a few minor logic issues that might need streamlining or changing, but for the most part, development will be focused on allowing other leagues to use UHS to run their leagues and to improve / augment the new interface.

BoD AND COM ELECTIONS - TERM2
There was only one change in the Board of Directors after a vote was held for all five positions.  Paul (Weston) was replaced by Michael (Moose Jaw).  Chris (Parry Sound), Jon (Saskatoon), Sean (Toronto), and Trevor (Pembroke) remain on the BoD governing body.

The new BoD elected Greg as the COM for a full two-year term.

SEASON 7 - May 22 2007 to ....?