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NHL Free Agency NHL's free agency started on July 1st at directly 12 PM. This list was created thanks to AndrewsStarsPage.com, NHL.com, TSN.ca, and Sportsnet.ca July 4th Dallas - [LW] Matthew Barnaby - One-year contract, $650,000 Minnesota - [D] Paul Albers - Three-year contract Phoenix - [C] Jeremy Roenick - One-year contract Philadelphia - [C] Randy Robitaille - One-year contract St.Louis - [C] Petr Cajanek - Multi-year contract Toronto - [G] Andrew Raycroft - Three years, $6 million Pittsburgh - [LW] Jarkko Ruutu - Two years, $2.3 million Tampa Bay - [RW] Norm Milley - One year, $450,000 Atlanta - [RW] Darren Haydar - Terms not disclosed Atlanta - [LW] Jason Krog - Two years, $950,000 Los Angeles - [RW] Brian Willsie - Two-year deal Atlanta - [G] Fred Brathwaite - Terms not disclosed Tampa Bay - [G] Marc Denis - Three years, $8.6 million Edmonton - [C] Marty Reasoner - Two years, $1.9 million New York I - [C] Andy Hilbert - One-year deal July 3rd St.Louis - [RW] Bill Guerin - One-year deal New York I - [D] Brendan Witt - Three-year contract Atlanta - [C] Glen Metropolit Terms not disclosed Atlanta - [C] Steve Rucchin - Terms not disclosed Buffalo - [D] Teppo Numminen - One-year contract Pittsburgh - [D] Mark Eaton - Two-year deal New York R - [D] Aaron Ward - Two years, $5.5-million Ottawa - [C] Jason Spezza - Two years, $9 million San Jose - [RW] Curtis Brown Terms not disclosed San Jose - [RW] Mike Grier - Three years, $5.3-million St.Louis - [F] Dan Hinote - Multi-year deal July 2nd Florida - [D] Ruslan Salei - Four-year deal St.Louis - [C] Doug Weight - Two years, $7 million Boston - [RW] Shean Donovan - Two-year deal New York R - [LW] Martin Straka - Terms not disclosed Los Angeles - [C] Alyn McCauley - Three years, $6 million Carolina - [C] Chad LaRose - Two years, $950,000 Nashville - [C] Jason Arnott - Five years, $22.5 million New York I - [RW] Mike Sillinger - Three-year deal Phoenix - [G] Mike Morrison - One-year deal July 1st Atlanta - [G] Johan Hedberg - Two-year deal Chicago - [G] Patrick Lalime - One-year deal Minnesota - [D] Kim Johnsson - Multi-year deal New Jersey - [C] Patrik Elias - Seven years, $42 million Minnesota - [RW] Mark Parrish - Multi-year deal Minnesota - [D] Keith Carney - Multi-year deal Tampa Bay - [D] Filip Kuba - Three years, $9 million St.Louis - [RW] - Dallas Drake - Two years, $2.2 million Chicago - [G] Patrick Lalime - One year, $700,000 St.Louis - [D] Jay McKee - Four years, $16 million Los Angeles - [D] Rob Blake - Two years, $12 million Ottawa - [G] Martin Gerber - Three years, $11.1 million Ottawa - [D] Joe Corvo - Four years, $10.5 million Philadelphia - [D] Nolan Baumgartner - Two-year deal Tampa Bay - [LW] Nikita Alexeev - One-year deal San Jose - [C] Curtis Brown - Terms not disclosed Atlanta - [RW] Scott Mellanby - One year, $1 million Detroit - [G] Chris Osgood - Two years, $1.7 million Carolina - [D] Mike Commodore - Two years, $2.5 million New York R - [D] - Karel Rachunek - One year, $1.8 million Washington - [G] Brent Johnson - Terms not disclosed Los Angeles - [LW] Scott Thornton - Two years, $3 million Colorado - [C] Tyler Arnason - One year, $950,000 Calgary - [D] Andrei Zyuzin - Terms not disclosed Columbus - [D] Anders Eriksson - One-year deal Washington - [D] Brian Pothier - Four-year deal Vancouver - [D] Willie Mitchell - Four years, $14 million Boston - [C] Marc Savard - Four years, $20 million Tampa Bay - [C] Andreas Karlsson - One-year deal Tampa Bay - [D] Andy Delmore - One-year deal New York R - [C] Matt Cullen - Multi-year deal Toronto - [D] Hal Gill - Three years, $6.3 million Carolina - [G] John Grahame - Two years, $2.8 million Phoenix - [D] Ed Jovanovski - Five years, $32.5 million Toronto - [D] Pavel Kubina - Four years, $20 million Boston - [D] Zdeno Chara - Five years, $37.5 million Edmonton - [G] Dwayne Roloson - Three years, $11 million Carolina - [C] Eric Staal - Three years, $13.5 million New Jersey - [RW] Jamie Langenbrunner - Five years, $14 million Montreal - [D] Francis Bouillon - Three years, $5.63 million Nashville - [G] Chris Mason - Two-year deal

This is a very intresting article Commissioner for a Day Michael Farber, SI.com If I were NHL Commissioner for a day, I would: 1. Put a team back in Winnipeg: If its means taking Pittsburgh out of its misery or shifting laggard Atlanta, so be it. Hockey belongs in places where it counts in the fabric of daily life. In so many cities (hello, Tampa) it seems like an NHL game is a 2 1/2-hour gathering of enthusiasts, like stamp collectors or Mercury Merkur owners. When the arena doors are flung open at the end of the night, that hockey feeling vanishes. Winnipeg, indeed all of Canada, cherishes the game, and the Manitoba capital has a sparkling new arena that, although maybe 1,500 seats small by NHL standards, certainly would work in the new economic structure. If Quebec City builds a suitable pleasure dome, it also should get its team back. The league should play to its strengths. That means preaching to the converted in Canada. 2. Put the All-Star Game in Europe on a rotating basis: Once every, say, five years, take a six-day break and move the game to Helsinki or Prague or some other European hockey capital. For several hockey generations Euros have made the game more entertaining -- peruse the top 10 scorers for the past decade or so -- and this would be a small gesture of recognition and thanks. Charter some airplanes, fly players and their families over and make it one big hockey party. (Any increase in the NHL's popularity and licensing sales would be merely coincidental, of course.) The only drawback is some NHL franchise and its city is going to miss the annual revenue windfall from All-Star weekend, which always is more fun than the game itself. My response: tough. 3. Fire the advertising agency that came up with the My NHL campaign and, currently, the My Stanley Cup campaign: The league takes a year off for the lockout, and the best it can come up with are phony, sexist and just plain dumb commercials than use actors instead of actual players. The players, now the NHL's partners, are the game's greatest asset. Promote them, not Sun Tzu or scantily-clad manservants. And as for those faux dramatic, insulting My Stanley Cup commercials (which, mercifully, at least show actual NHL players) ... I'm going to leave a note on this desk that the guy can see when he returns tomorrow: "Dear Mr. Bettman, Dennis Leary is not Jack Nicholson." 4. Scrap the form-fitting Reebok jerseys, which apparently are still a year away: Yeah, yeah, they are as sleek as a downhill racer's suit, but let the [ C E N S O R E D ] things stay at the Hahnenkamm. Those Reebok prototypes might be more aerodynamic and retain less perspiration (not to mention less comfortable), but the old-fashioned hockey sweater is iconic, part of the arena landscape. You wouldn't want Frank Gehry to redesign the Stanley Cup, and you don't want Reebok [ C E N S O R E D ] with this sweater tradition. Better materials, sure. Tighter fits? Not a chance. 5. Tell the truth about attendance: Announce tickets sold, not tickets distributed. Those announced (inflated) crowds, trumpeted in monthly press releases, merely raise more questions about the NHL's credibility than the empty seats. 6. Cancel the last year on the OLN deal: I would crawl over broken glass up to Bristol, Conn., and beg ESPN to take us back, offering a similar-revenue sharing deal that the NHL has with NBC. Not even the new NHL broadcasting wizard, the estimable John Shannon, can smear enough lipstick on this OLN pig. For the $70 million in TV rights the league grabbed, the NHL moved out of the mainstream and into a sports demimonde, a quirky, unaccustomed address for fans of the Big 4. In addition to quick cash, OLN has offered the NHL shoddy production values (although they have improved during the season), microscopic ratings and zero buzz. I have no idea why OLN wanted the NHL. Did it really think that having the NHL would help it land some NFL games and mount a challenge to ESPN? Or did the network hear that there's a lot of cycling down low in NHL games and thought hockey would be a good fit? 7. Return the referees names to their jerseys: No, the game's certainly not about them. But years ago the NHL dehumanized the refs in some small way by, to paraphrase the song, giving them a number and taking away their names. This rights an historic wrong. Putting those names back makes them more like people, less like zebras. 8. Order my hockey operations people to take a consistent position on illegal equipment: If a skater is caught with an illegal stick, he gets two minutes. If a goalie gets caught with illegal equipment, he serves a stretch in San Quentin. If the NHL isn't going to let up on goalies with fines and suspensions for illegal pads -- and in the ongoing effort to boost scoring, how can it? -- it also has to stiffen its spine against curved blades. No more wrist slaps. If you can't cork a bat with impunity, why should you be able to use an illegal curve (until the last 10 minutes of the game when, as you know, everybody changes to his legal stick). To those who argue for unlimited curve, which is another method to boost to scoring, I say the potential for injury just isn't worth it. Which brings me to... 9. Mandatory visors: If the stubborn NHL Players Association still can't view this a workplace safety issue instead a matter of choice, then I have to. Grandfather visors right now. Visors are not perfect -- ask Montreal captain Saku Koivu, who was clipped under his by Carolina's Justin Williams during the playoffs -- but they are better than nothing. The counterintuitive notion that sticks will come down if visors come off is debatable (although dubious) in some caveman quarters, but visors indisputably also offer protection from flying pucks. Detroit captain Steve Yzerman put one on after an eye injury in the 2004 playoffs. If it's good enough for Stevie Y, it's good enough for me. 10. I love rivalry games, but enough is now too much: Instead of playing eight games against each team in the division, I would pare it to six, allowing for more interconference games. You know, rivalries are not based on mere geographic proximity. (See Avalanche-Red Wings.) More flexibility in the schedule would allow Detroit to play its Original Six friends in the Eastern Conference and assure annual matchups among all six Canadian teams. Seven, with Winnipeg

Stars Summer Signings/Reports - 3:36 PM 7/08 Might as well keep all these type of threads in one post, instead of making a new thread for each one. July 8th, 2006 Dallas signed 2005 Hobey Baker Winner Marty Sertich to a two year contract. July 5th, 2006 1) Dallas signed Steve Ott to a two year deal. Where Ott will make $775,000 in 2006-07 and $800,000 in 2007-08. 2) Dallas officially signed Jeff Halpern to a four-year, $8 million contract. July 4th, 2006 Dallas signed Matthew Barnaby to a one-year contract worth $625,000 July 3rd, 2006 1) The Stars signed goalie Mike Smith to a one-year deal. 2) Bill Guerin signed a one-year deal with the St.Louis Blues. It was reportedly worth $2 million. July 2nd, 2006 1) Jason Arnott has signed with Nashville. The deal is five years for $22.5 million. 2) The Tampa Bay Lightning traded defenceman Darryl Sydor to the Dallas Stars for a fourth-round choice in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. July 1st, 2006 1) Dallas' search to resign Willie Mitchell ended as Mitchell signed a 4 year, $14 million deal with the Vancouver Canucks. 2) Johan Hedberg left the Stars after only one season, signing with the Atlanta Thrashers in a 2 year deal. June 30th, 2006 The process of buying out Bill Guerin's contract was completed, removing him from the Stars roster completely. June 29th, 2006 Dallas placed Bill Guerin on 24-hour waivers, setting the buyout in motion. Dallas will buyout Guerin by the deadline Friday. June 28th, 2006 1) Stars exercise the club option on defenseman Jon Klemm's contract for the 2006-07 season. 2) The Stars signed forward Mathias Tjarnqvist to a two-year contract. 3) Arnott declares he will try free agency. June 26th, 2006 Stars made qualifying offers to Trevor Daley, Steve Ott, Junior Lessard, Mathias Tjarnqvist, Dan Ellis and Mike Smith. They decided to not make qualifying offers to Jaroslav Svoboda and prospect David Bararuk, allowing them to become unrestricted free agents. June 24th, 2006 - NHL Draft 1st Round. Ivan Vishnevsky 3rd Round. Aaron Snow 4th Round. Richard Bachman 5th Round [From Tampa Bay]. David McIntyre 5th Round. Max Warn June 24th, 2006 Atlanta Thrashers have traded former top pick Patrik Stefan and Jaroslav Modry to Dallas for Niko Kapanen and a 7th round pick June 16th, 2006 Frank Provenzano hired as assistant general manager. Ulf Dahlen hired as assistant coach. Andy Moog named player development/goaltending coach. June 14th, 2006 Niklas Hagman signed to two-year deal. Stars exercise option on Jere Lehtinen contract. Stars acquire forward Mike Green from NY Rangers for a conditional draft pick in 2008. Stars announced a one-year extension to its affiliate agreement with the ECHL's Idaho Steelheads. May 24th, 2006 Both the Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post report Stars assistant GM Francois Giguere will be introduced as the new GM of the Colorado Avalanche in the afternoon. May 23rd, 2006 The Stars signed prospect Joel Lundqvist of Sweden to a three-year entry level contract. May 19th, 2006 The Stars signed left wing John Lammer to a three-year entry level contract. May 12th, 2006 The Stars signed prospect Perttu Lindgren to a three-year entry level contract. - Most likely playing in Finland this upcoming season. Name Money Year Contract Up Matthew Barnaby $650,000 2007 Stu Barnes $1,140,000 2007 Philippe Boucher $2,500,000 2009 Jussi Jokinen $700,000 2007 Niklas Hagman $675,000 2008 Jeff Halpern $2,000,000 2010 Jon Klemm $950,000 2007 Jere Lehtinen $3,040,000 2007 Antti Miettinen $450,000 2007 Mike Modano $3,450,000 2010 Jaroslav Modry $1,800,000 2007 Brenden Morrow $2,050,000 2007 Janne Niinimaa $2,470,000 2007 Steve Ott $550,000 2008 Stephane Robidas $775,000 2007 Mike Smith $495,000 2007 Patrik Stefan $900,000 2007 Darryl Sydor $2,128,000 2007 Mathias Tjarnqvist $450,000 2008 Marty Turco $5,700,000 2010 Sergei Zubov $4,000,000 2008 Guerin Buyout $2,220,000 2008

Good pickup!

Coach Thompson tells setxsports that he is hopeful that Memorial Stadium will be ready in time.

Could have been. I remember Coach Dodge saying on Fox one day they lost one time in a 7 on 7 game to a 2A School but i can't remember who it was.

Get the Astros a Closer!!!!!!

Amen to that. That was two good players there.

Thanks SHLY.

I remember 2 years ago when a 2A team beat SLC in a 7 on 7.

Their in District 5 5A with SLC, Keller, Grapevine, Haltom.

Gusher, check your PM.

You've got to love the Pipers.

Final 4 Klein vs. Bryan Richland vs. West Mesquite A reminder the State Tourney is next weekend. Ozen, WOS, and Memorial will represent SE Texas.

from www.texasprepxtra.com A&M Cons. SQT Update Reply -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pool A looks like A&M Cons will advance...barring a minor miracle Pool B is coming down to Bryan vs. Oak Ridge they are both 2-0 playing right now.. Pool C Richland knocked off Beaumont West Brook barring a crazy upset they will advance... Pool D it looks like West Mesquite will be advancing out of this pool... Thanks to Perroni for the update!

Hafner hits fifth grand slam before ASB Indians' Hafner hits fifth grand slam July 7, 2006 CLEVELAND (AP) -- Cleveland Indians designated hitter Travis Hafner became the first player in major league history to hit five grand slams before the All-Star break when he connected in the second inning against Baltimore on Friday night. Hafner homered off Kris Benson to give the Indians a 6-0 lead. It also broke the club record for grand slams in a season that Hafner shared with Al Rosen, who hit four in 1951. The 29-year-old Hafner is the fourth player to hit five grand slams in a season. Don Mattingly of the New York Yankees set the major league record with six in 1987. Jim Gentile of the Baltimore Orioles (1961) and Ernie Banks of the Chicago Cubs (1955) both hit five. Hafner, who was not selected to play in next week's All-Star game in Pittsburgh despite being one of the finalists for the last spot on the AL roster, is 7-for-10 with five homers and 25 RBIs with the bases loaded this season. He entered Friday's game hitting .319 with 24 homers and 70 RBIs. Lou Gehrig (1934), Sid Gordon (1950), Gentile (1961) and Jim Northrup (1968) all hit four grand slams before the All-Star break. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It is unbelievable how guys like this do not make the All-Star team. Jon Hart has to ask himself if Einar Diaz was really worth it...

7/7 is grand slam day: Dontrelle Willis hits a HR of the 4-RBI variety Grand Slams By Pitchers (since 1969) 1. Fred Talbot, Pilots -- July 9, 1969 (off Eddie Fisher, Angels) 2. Mike Corkins, Padres -- September 4, 1970 (off Jim Merritt, Reds) 3. Mike Cuellar, Orioles -- October 3, 1970 (off Jim Perry, Twins)* 4. Dave McNally, Orioles -- October 13, 1970 (off Wayne Granger, Reds)** 5. Steve Dunning, Indians -- May 11, 1971 (off Diego Segui, Athletics) 6. Rick Wise, Phillies -- August 28, 1971 (off Don McMahon, Giants) 7. Burt Hooton, Cubs -- September 16, 1972 (off Tom Seaver, Mets) 8. Rick Wise, Cardinals -- August 21, 1973 (off Roric Harrison, Braves) 9. Bob Gibson, Cardinals -- July 26, 1973 (off John Strohmayer, Mets) 10. Jim Lonborg, Phillies -- June 24, 1974 (off Chuck Taylor, Expos) 11. Larry Christenson, Phillies -- September 27, 1977 (off Dennis Lamp, Cubs) 12. Don Stanhouse, Expos -- July 6, 1977 (off Bill Bonham, Cubs) 13. Bruce Kison, Pirates -- August 26, 1979 (off Bob Shirley, Padres) 14. Enrique Romo, Pirates -- October 1, 1980 (off Roy Lee Jackson, Mets) 15. Scott Sanderson, Expos -- September 11, 1982 (off Randy Martz, Cubs) 16. Joaquin Andujar, Cardinals -- May 15, 1984 (off Jeff Dedmon, Braves) 17. Steve Carlton, Phillies -- May 16, 1984 (off Fernando Valenzuela, Dodgers) 18. Don Robinson, Pirates -- September 12, 1985 (off Warren Brusstar, Cubs) 19. Bob Forsch, Cardinals -- August 10, 1986 (off Mike Bielecki, Pirates) 20. Chris Hammond, Marlins -- May 29, 1995 (off Shane Reynolds, Astros) 21. Denny Neagle, Pirates -- June 27, 1995 (off Jim Bullinger, Cubs) 22. Jeff Juden, Phillies -- August 25, 1995 (off John Cummings, Dodgers) 23. Donovan Osborne, Cardinals -- September 7, 1996 (off Andy Ashby, Padres) 24. Kevin Tapani, Cubs -- July 20, 1998 (off Denny Neagle, Braves) 25. Kent Merker, Cardinals -- September 2, 1998 (off Jesus Sanchez, Marlins) 26. Shawn Estes, Giants -- May 24, 2000 (off Mike Johnson, Expos) 27. Denny Neagle, Rockies -- September 29, 2001 (off Jimmy Haynes, Brewers) 28. Robert Person, Phillies -- June 2, 2002 (off Bruce Chen, Expos) 29. Dontrelle Willis, Marlins -- July 7, 2006 (off Jose Lima, Mets) * 1970 ALCS Game 1 ** 1970 World Series Game 3

The late, great Mark Holtz went a little crazy ON THIS DATE (July 4th) IN BASEBALL HISTORY JULY 4, 1979 A crowd of 38,490 at Denver’s Mile High Stadium were looking forward to the annual fireworks show as their hometown Denver Bears went to the bottom of the ninth inning trailing the Omaha Royals, 14-7, in an American Association contest. The Bears fans had to wait until midnight for their fireworks, as the Bears created some fireworks of their own on the field – exploding for nine runs in the bottom of the ninth – all scored with two outs – to win the game, 16-14. The game ended on a dramatic three-run home run by Bears' utility infielder (and former Major Leaguer) Jim Cox off Omaha pitcher Jerry Cram. The Bears radio announcer at the time was the late, great Mark Holtz & his call of the Cox home run is considered a classic among Colorado sports fans. Here is the transcript of Holtz’ legendary call: Quote: Ball two, strike one, Cox hitting. ‘Bears are down by a run after (Art) Gardner singled one home to center. Here’s the 2-1 pitch..........swung on, long flyball to deep left field..........it’s outta here! It’s a home run! And the Bears win it! The Bears win it! Cox hits a home run! It’s over! The Bears win it! The Bears win it on a home run! And the Bears win it! They’re going crazy! They’re going crazy! A home run by Cox, and the Bears win the ball game! The Bears win it, on a three-run homer by Jim Cox! Holtz apologized for his reaction to the home run the next day. Until the day he passed away, he was always a little embarrassed by the call. We loved it, though!!!!!

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Liberty has had some bad luck in the first round over the Year's.