GOHL 2003-04 TRANSACTIONS
#001-May 12th,2003-The Hamilton
Tigers claim Jiri Dopita off waivers and sign him to a one year contract for
$100,000.
#002-May 12th,2003-The Hamilton
Tigers claim Chris McAllister off waivers and offer him a free agent
contract of $100,000 for one year.
#003-May 12th,2003-The Vegas Black
Aces trade Janne Niinimaa to the Laval Chiefs for Tyler Anason.
#004-May 12th,2003-The Laval Chiefs
trade Vladimir Malakhov to the Aurora Lions for Geoff Sanderson.
#005-May 12th,2003-The Forest City
Claymores trade Wade Redden to the Aurora Lions for Milan Hejduk and
#2AUR-2004.
#006-May 12th,2003-The Aurora Lions
trade Yannick Tremblay and Fredric Olausson to the Hamilton Tigers for
$200,000.
#007-May 12th,2003-The Manchester
Storm trade Eric Lindros to the Forest City Claymores for Branko Radivojevic,
Jonathan Girard and Kris Beech.
#008-May 12th,2003-The Vegas Black
Aces trade Mike Van Ryn, #2VBA-2003, #5VBA-2004 and #6VBA-2004 to the
Manchester Storm for Teppo Numminen and #3MAN-2004.
#009-May 12th,2003-The Laval Chiefs
trade Dan Cloutier to the Prairie State Stingers for #1PSS-2003, #4PSS-2004 and
$750,000.
#010-May 12th,2003-The Reading
Snipers trade Matt Cooke and $500,000 to the Aurora Lions for Robert Esche,
#2AUR-2003 and #3AUR-2004.
#011-June
4th,2003-The GOHL league office approves the relocation of the Aurora
Lions to St.Basile. They will nicknamed the Grizzlies.
#012-June
5th,2003-The GOHL league office approves the purchase and relocation of
the Norfolk Elephant Riders by Sylvain Fink. The team will play in
Rouyn-Noranda and will be nicknamed the Copper Throwers.
#012-June
6th,2003-The GOHL league office approves the purchase and relocation of
the Huntsville Hurricanes by Sylvain Dallaire . The team will play in Montreal
and will be nicknamed the Scarecrows.
#013-June
7th,2003-The GOHL league office approves the purchase and relocation of
the Wisconsin Cheesemen by Doug Boehler, who will retain a 25% ownership in the
Hillsborough Destroyers. Doug will move the team to Bangor and there nickname
will be the Bruisers. Doug will have one year to sell his limited ownership in
the Destroyers and the league office must approve any deals between the two
teams.
#014-June
8th,2003-The GOHL league office approves an aid package for the Bangor
Bruisers, due to the poor management of the team by the previous ownership
group. The Bangor Bruisers will receive $5,000,000 and two draft picks that may
not be traded away. In the August 2003
draft they will be given a pick (24B) at the end of the first round. In August
2004 they will be given a pick (8B) after the eight none playoff teams spots
have made there selections.
#015-June
9th,2003-The Bangor Bruisers release Jassen Cullimore ($100,000), Steve
Duchesne ($500,000), Thomas Kloucek ($300,000), Dan Lacouture ($300,000), Paul
Laus ($100,000), Jimmie Olvestad ($200,000) and Petr Tenkrat ($300,000) for a
total buyout charge of $1,800,000.
#016-June 10th,2003-The Rouyn-Noranda Copper
Throwers trade Greg de Vries, Andrei Zyuzin and #5RCT-2004 to the Bangor
Bruisers for Ed Belfour and $750,000.
#017-June 11th,2003-The Bay Ridge Predators
trade Pierre Turgeon and #5BAY-2004 to the Rouyn-Noranda Copper Throwers for
#4NOR-2003 and #2NOR-2004.
#018-June 12th,2003-The Bangor Bruisers
purchase the contract of Radek Dvorak from the Rouyn-Noranda Copper Throwers
for $750,000.
#019-June 13th,2003-The Laval Chiefs trade Todd
Harvey and #1PSS-2003 to the Hamilton Tigers for #1HAM-2003.
#020-June 14th,2003-The Rouyn-Noranda Copper
Throwers trade Jeff Halpern and $750,000 to the Laval Chiefs for Mike Ricci and
Shayne Corson.
#021-June 15th,2003-The St.Basile Grizzlies
trade Marc Savard and Raffi Torres to the Laval Chiefs for Jeff Halpern and
$300,000.
#022-June 16th,2003-The Montreal Scarecrows
trade Darius Kasparaitis, Kris Draper, Bob Boughner and #2MTL-2003 to the
Rouyn-Noranda Copper Throwers for J.S.Aubin, Tomas Vokoun, Patrice Brisebois,
Michal Rozsival and #1VBA-2003.
#023-June 17th,2003-The Rouyn-Noranda Copper
Throwers trade Pascal Dupuis, Sami Kapanen and #2MTL-2003 to the Montreal
Scarecrows for Brendan Shanahan, Travis Green, Todd Warriner, Cory Cross,
#4MTL-2003 and $1,000,000.
#024-June 18th,2003-The Forest City Claymores
trade Jan Bulis, Andrei Markov and #2FOR-2003 to the Laval Chiefs for Daniel
Sedin, Janne Niinimaa and #2LAV-2003.
#025-June 21st,2003-The Okanagan Selects trade
Trevor Letowski and Chris Osgood to the Manchester Storm for Cory Stillman and
Jamie Storr.
#026-June 23rd,2003-The Hamilton Tigers trade
#1PSS-2003 to the Forest City Claymores for #2BAN-2003 and #1ORO-2004.
#027-July
9th, 2003-The St.Basile Grizzlies trade Eric Daze to the Prairie State
Stingers for JP Dumont and Steve Reinprecht.
#028-July 10th,2003-The Vegas Black Aces trade
Tyler Arnason and Sandy McCarthy to the Rouyn-Noranda Copper Throwers for Mike
Johnson and Chris Neil.
#029-July 11th,2003-The Okanagan Selects sign
free agent Kelly Buchberger.
#030-July 12th,2003-The Philadelphia Express
sign free agent Murray Baron. The Rouyn-Noranda Copper Throwers receive
#4PEX-2003 and $200,000 as compensation.
#031-July 13th,2003-The Prairie State Stingers
sign free agent Tyler Arnason. The Rouyn-Noranda Copper Throwers receive
#1PSS-2004, #2PSS-2004, Rem Murray and $451,500 as compensation.
#032-July 14th,2003-The Montreal Scarecrows
sign free agent Tony Amonte. The Vegas Black Aces receive #1MTL-2004,
#2MTL-2004 and $490,000 as compensation.
#033-July 18th,2003-The Reading Snipers sign
free agent Brett Hedican. The St. Basile Grizzlies receive #2AUR-2003,
#3HIL-2003 and $400,000 as compensation.
#034-July 19th,2003-The Vegas Black Aces trade
Mariusz Czerkawski to the Reading Snipers for Tyson Nash.
#035-July 20th,2003-The St.Basile Grizzlies
trade Mike Mottau to the Reading Snipers for $350,000.
#036-July 21st,2003-The Orono Blizzard sign
free agent Adam Deadmarsh. The Vegas Black receive #1ORO-2003, #2ORO-2004,
$455,000 and Artem Chubarov as compensation.
#037-July 22nd,2003-The Bay Ridge Predators
trade Brian Leetch to the Vegas Black Aces for Ossi Vaananen, #1ORO-2003 and
#1VBA-2004.
#038-July 24th,2003-The Arkansas Mockingbirds
trade Radim Vrbata and $200,000 to the St.Basile Grizzlies for Brenden Morrow.
#039-July 25th,2003-The Valleyfield Aliens sign
free agent Joey Juneau. The Laval Chiefs receive #3VAL-2004 and $500,000.
#040-July 26th,2003-The Reading Snipers sign
free agent Oleg Kvasha. The Bangor Bruisers receive #3PSS-2003, #3OKA-2003 and
$308,000 as compensation.
#041-July 27th,2003-The St.Basile Grizzlies
trade #2STB-2003 and #3HIL-2003 to the Reading Snipers for $1,000,000.
#042-July 28th,2003-The Rouyn-Noranda Copper
Throwers sign free agent Brett Hull. The Brooklyn Railsplitters receive
#1RCT-2004, #2RCT2003, $400,000 and Rem Murray as compensation.
#043-July 29th,2003-The Hamilton Tigers trade
Lubomir Sekeras, Yannik Tremblay, #2NEW-2003 and $1,000,000 to the
Rouyn-Noranda Copper Throwers for Darius Kasparaitis.
#044-July 29th,2003-The Austin Express sign
free agent Jamie Langenbrunner. The Somers Maple Leafs receive Craig Conroy and
#1AUS-2004 as compensation.
#045-July 30st,2003-The St.Basile Grizzlies
trade #3STB-2004 and #4STB-2003 to the Manchester Storm for Martin Gelinas.
#046-July 30th,2003-The Rouyn-Noranda Copper
Throwers sign free agent Jaromir Jagr. The Prairie State Stingers receive
#1RCT-2003, #1VBA-2003, #1PSS-2004, #2PSS-2004 and Ville Nieminen as
compensation.
#047-July 31st,2003-The Bangor Bruisers trade
Andre Roy and $1,500,000 to the Rouyn-Noranda Copper Throwers for Andrew
Brunette and Eric Rasmussen.
#048-July 31st,2003-The Manchester Storm trade
Andrew Cassels and $1,750,000 to the Rouyn-Noranda Copper Throwers for Jeff
O'Neill.
#049-August 1st,2003-The Somers Maple Leafs
trade Luke Richardson and #1AUS-2004 to the Vegas Black Aces for Richard
Matvichuk, #2VBA-2004 and #3VBA-2004.
#050-August 2nd,2003-The Montreal Scarecrows
trade Tommy Salo and Hal Gill to the St.Basile Grizzlies for Jeff Hackett,
Danny Markov and Jayson Williams.
#051-August 2nd,2003-The Arkansas Mockingbirds
trade Eric Cole to the St.Basile Grizzlies for Matt Cooke and Luc Robitaille.
#052-August 3rd,2003-The Orono Blizzard trade
Mathieu Biron to the Vegas Black Aces for Artem Chubarov.
#053-August 3rd,2003-The Somers Maple Leafs
sign free agent Scott Mellanby. The Montreal Scarecrows receive #3VBA-2003,
Jarkko Ruuttu and $240,000 as compensation.
#054-August 4th,2003-The Laval Chiefs trade
Taylor Pyatt to the St.Basile Grizzlies for Radim Vrbata.
#055-August 4th,2003-The Forest City Claymores
sign free agent Rob Niedermayer. The Prairie State Stingers receive #2OKA-2003,
#2FOR-2004 and $350,000 as compensation.
#056-August 5th,2003-The Newmarket Nightmare
trade Eric Brewer to the Orono Blizzard for Miroslav Satan, #3ORO-2004 and
#4ORO-2003.
#057-August 6th,2003-The Bay Ridge Predators
sign free agent Keith Primeau. The Manchester Storm receive Mike Dunham,
#2BAY-2003 and $600,000.
#058-August 10th,2003-The Reading Snipers sign
free agent Sami Pahlsson. The Orono Blizzard receive #2STB-2003, #3RDS-2004,
Sheldon Keefe and $320,000 as compensation.
#059-August 17th,2003-The Somers Maple Leafs
trade Henrik Sedin and John Grahame to the Forest City Claymores for Slava
Kozlov and #3FOR-2003.
#060-August 18th,2003-The Bay Ridge Predators
sign free agent Turner Stevenson. The Prairie State Stingers receive
#4RCT-2003.
#061-August 19th,2003-The Winnipeg Mosquitoes
sign free agent Steve Rucchin. The Newmarket Nightmare receive #1BRK-2003,
#3BRK-2003, Jaroslav Bednar and #504,000 as compensation.
#062-August 20th,2003-The Rouyn-Noranda Copper
Throwers sign free agent Jaroslav Spacek. The Manchester Storm receive Todd
Warriner, #3RCT2003, #3RCT-2004 and $308,000 as compensation.
#063-August 23rd,2003-The Somers Maple Leafs
sign free agent Jayson Williams. The Montreal Scarecrows receive Jonas Hoglund,
#2VBA-2003, #3VBA2004 and $350,000 as compensation.
#064-August 24th,2003-The Montreal Scarecrows
sign free agent Alexie Zhamnov. The Okanagan Selects receive Brad May,
#1VBA-2003, #3VBA-2004 and $480,000 as compensation.
#065-August 25th,2003-The Somers Maple Leafs
sign free agent Danius Zubrus. The Forest City Claymores receive Steve Thomas,
#1SOM2004, #2SOM-2003 and $532,000 as compensation.
#066-August 26th,2003-The Hamilton Tigers sign
free agent Oleg Tverdovsky. The Forest City Claymores receive #1HAM2004 as
compensation.
#067-August 27th,2003-The Reading Snipers sign
free agent Roman Turek. The Brooklyn Railsplitters receive Lubos Bartecko,
#1RDS-2004, #3HIL-2003 and $480,000 as compensation.
#068-August 28th,2003-The Winnipeg Mosquitoes
sign free agent Sergei Zholtok. The Okanagan Selects receive Chris Clark,
#2WIN-2003, #2WIN-2004 and $459,000 as compensation.
#069-August 29th,2003-The Hillsborough Destroyers
trade #5HIL-2003 to the Manchester
Storm for $200,000.
#070-August 30th,2003-The Okanagan Selects
trade #2WIN-2003 to the Manchester Storm for Toni Lydman and $250,000.
#071-August 31st,2003-The Hamilton Tigers
release Jiri Dopita ($100,000) and Chris McAllister ($100,000) for a total of
$200,000.
#072-August 31st,2003-The Okanagan Selects
trade Toni Lydman, #1VBA-2003 and #2WIN-2004 to The Forest City Claymores for
Janne Niinimaa and #3FOR-2004.
#073-September 1st,2003-The Hamilton Tigers
release Glen Metropolit for $100,000.
#074-September 2nd,2003-The Hillsborough
Destroyers trade Tim Connolly and #1AUS-2003 to the Laval Chiefs for Jan Bulis
and #2FOR2003.
#075-September 3rd,2003-Due to a free agent
oversight Rico Fata and Petr Schastlivy will remain property of the Orono
Blizzard. Both receive one year $100,000 contracts.
#076-September 3rd,2003-The Manchester Storm
trade #1MAN-2003 (pick#8) to the Forest City Claymores for #1PSS-2003 (pick
#17), #1OKA-2003 (pick#23) and
#2AUS-2003.
#077-September 3rd,2003-The Vegas Black Aces
trade #2PEX-2003 and #2PSS-2003 to the Forest City Claymores for #1HAM-2004.
#078-September 4th,2003-The Laval Chiefs trade
Jeff Jillson to the St.Basile Grizzlies for Erik Cole.
#079-September 5th,2003-The Philadelphia Express
release Anders Eriksson for $200,000.
#080-September 6th,2003-The Hamilton Tigers
trade #1NEW2004 to the Hillsborough Destroyers for #2HIL2003.
#081-September 7th,2003-The Montreal Scarecrows
release Petr Svoboda for $400,000.
#082-September 8th,2003-The Laval Chiefs trade
Olli Jokinen to the Montreal Scarecrows for Chris Drury.
#083-September 9th,2003-The Reading Snipers
release Chris Neilson for $300,000 and Jamie Wright for $300,000 for total
charge of $600,000.
#084-September 10th,2003-The Okanagan Selects
trade trade Jamal Mayers, Stephane Quintal and Shane Hnidy to the Arkansas
Mockingbirds for #2ARK-2003.
#085-September 11th,2003-The Rouyn-Noranda
Copper Throwers release Daniel Corso for $300,000.
#086-September 11th,2003-The Montreal
Scarecrows release JS Aubin for $900,000.
#087-September 11th,2003-The Forest City
Claymores trade Steve Thomas to the St.Basile Grizzlies for $50,000.
#088-September 11th,2003-The Orono Blizzard
release Trent Whitfield ($100,000), Marion Cisar ($300,000) and Ian Moran ($100,000) for a total charge of
$500,000.
#089-September 11th,2003-The Montreal
Scarecrows trade #3MTL-2003 to the Vegas Black Aces for #4VBA-2004 pick and $500,000.
#090-September 12th,2003-The Hamilton Tigers
claim JS Aubin off waivers and sign him to a one year, $100,000 contract.
#091-September 12th,2003-The Forest City
Claymores release Juraj Kolnik for $120,000.
#092-September 12th,2003-The Quasqueton
Sasquatch trade #3QUA-2004 to the Hamilton Tigers for #3LAV-2003.
#093-September 12th,2003-The Orono Blizzard
release Ronald Petrovicky for $117,000.
#094-September 13th,2003-The Reading Snipers
claim Ronald Petrovicky and sign him to a one year, $100,000 contract.
#095-September 13th,2003-The Reading Snipers
release Petr Skudra for $200,000.
#096-September 13th,2003-The Philadelphia
Express release Vitali Yachmenev for $200,000.
#097-September 14th,2003-The Bay Ridge
Predators claim Petr Skudra and sign him to a one year, $100,000 contract.
#098-September 14th,2003-The Bay Somers Maple
Leafs claim Vitali Yachmenev and sign him to a one year, $100,000 contract.
#099-September 14th,2003-The Bay Ridge
Predators release Darren Van Impe ($300,000), Dave Lowry ($100,000) and Herbert
Vasiljevs ($200,000) for a total charge of
$600,000.
#100-September 14th,2003-The Hamilton Tigers
release Frederick Olausson for $500,000.
#101-September 15th,2003-The Valleyfield Aliens
release Denis Hamel ($100,000) and Jody Hull ($150,000) for a total charge of
$250,000.
#102-September 15th,2003-The Bangor Bruisers
trade #3NEW-2003 to the Laval Chiefs for #3LAV-2004 and #6LAV-2003.
#103-September 15th,2003-The Valleyfield Aliens
release Rene Corbet ($175,000), Ryan Johnson ($400,000), Mike Richter
($800,000) and Ladislav Benysek ($300,000) for a total charge of $1,675,000.
#104-September 15th,2003-The Montreal
Scarecrows release Igor Korolev for $100,000.
#105-September 16th,2003-The Hamilton Tigers
claim Mike Richter and sign him to a one year, $100,000 contract.
#106-September 16th,2003-The Manchester Storm
claim Ryan Johnson and sign him to a one year, $100,000 contract.
#107-September 16th,2003-The Laval Chiefs trade
Martin Prusek and #5LAV-2003 to the Bangor Bruisers for Kevin Weekes and
$350,000.
#108-September 16th,2003-The Manchester Storm
release Jason Strudwick ($100,000) and Todd Warriner ($200,000) for total
charge of $300,000.
#109-September 16th,2003-The Reading Snipers
release Serge Aubin for $200,000.
#110-September 17th,2003-The Philadelphia
Express release Toby Peterson for $300,000.
#111-September 17th,2003-The Hamilton Tigers
release Steve Kariya for $100,000.
#112-September 17th,2003-The Bangor Bruisers
trade #4BAN-2004, #5LAV-2003, #6LAV-2003 and $250,000 to the Hillsborough
Destroyers for #4HIL-2003.
#113-September 18th,2003-The Quasqueton
Sasquatch release Alexei Tezikov for $500,000.
#114-September 18th,2003-The Rouyn-Noranda
Copper Throwers release Tomi Kallio for $300,000.
#115-September 19th,2003-The Newmarket
Nightmare release Dmitri Yuskevich for $800,000.
#116-September 20th,2003-The Manchester Storm
release Ryan Johnson for $100,000.
#117-September 20th,2003-The Somers Maple Leafs
claim Dmitri Yuskevich and sign him to a one year, $100,000 contract.
#118-September 21st,2003-The Newmarket
Nightmare trade #4ORO-2003 to the Orono Blizzard for #4ORO-2004.
#119-September 21nd,2003-The Brooklyn
Railsplitters release Mike Sullivan for $100,000.
#120-September 22nd,2003-The Quasqueton
Sasquatch release Patrick Traverse for $100,000.
#121-September 22rd,2003-The Manchester Storm
release Richard Smehlik for $200,000.
#122-September 23rd,2003-The Bangor Bruisers
claim Richard Smehlik and sign him to a one year, $100,000 contract.
#123-September 23rd,2003-The Orono Blizzard
release J.F. Damphousse for $200,000.
#124-September 27th,2003-The Bay Ridge
Predators release Jon Sim for $200,000.
#125-October 16th,2003-The Orono Blizzard trade
Riku Hahl and $600,000 to the Rouyn-Noranda Copper Throwers for Jared Aulin.
#126-October 24th,2003-The Arkansas
Mockingbirds make the highest offer to Jamie Mclennan, a one year $450,000
contract.
#127-October 24th,2003-The Austin Express sign
Steve Martins, Joel Kwiatowski, Jeremy Stevenson, Andrej Nedorost and Mark
Hartigan to one year contracts for $100,000 each.
#128-October 25th,2003-The Arkansas Mockingbirds
release Jamel Mayers for $150,000.
#129-October 25th,2003-The Austin Express
release Pat Verbeek ($200,000) and Blair Atchyum ($100,000) for a total charge
of $300,000.
#130-October 28th,2003-The Prairie State
Stingers sign Kevin Hodson, Dave Lowery and Joel Bourchard to one year
contracts for $100,000 each.
#131-October 29th, 2003--The Austin Express
trade Scott Stevens and $500,000 to the Laval Chiefs for Geoff Sanderson.
#132-October 30th,2003-The Forest City
Claymores trade Tom Poti and $500,000 to the Laval Chiefs for Mattias Norstrom.
#133-October 31st,2003-The Austin Express trade
Chris Therien and $500,000 to the The St.Basile Grizzlies for Jason York and
Alexander Daigle.
#134-November 1st,2003-The Reading Snipers
trade Ilya Kovalchuk to the Orono Blizzard for Alex Tanguay, Rico Fata,
#1ORO-2005, #3ORO-2005 and $600,000.
#135-November 2nd,2003-The Reading Snipers
release Petr Buzek for $275,000.
#136-November 3rd,2003-The Austin Express
release Domenic Pittis for $300,000.
#137-November 3rd,2003-The St.Basile Grizzlies
trade Vladimir Malakhov to the Valleyfield Aliens for Don Sweeney and
#2VAL-2004.
#138-November 3rd,2003-The Bay Ridge Predators
trade Ken Klee the Okanagan Selects for #2OKA-2004.
#139-November 4th,2003-The Okanagan Selects
release Joe Reekie for $250,000.
#140-December 4th,2003-The Hamilton Tigers
trade JS Aubin, Andreas Lilja, Doug Gilmour, #1ORO-2004 & #2HAM-2004 to the
Valleyfield Aliens for Pavel Bure and Sergei Zubov.
#141-December 10th,2003-The Austin Express
claim Tom Koivisto and sign him to a one year, $100,000 contract.
#142-January 19th,2004-The Austin Express claim
Richard Lintner and sign him to a one year, $100,000 contract.
#143-January 20th,2004-The Montreal Scarecrows
claim Jassen Cullimore and sign him to a one year, $100,000 contract.
#144-January 21th,2004-The Montreal Scarecrows
claim Scott Ferguson and sign him to a one year, $100,000 contract.
#145-January 22nd,2004-The Reading Snipers
trade Marek Malik to the Valleyfield Aliens for #2HAM-2004.
#146-January 26th,2004-The Rouyn-Noranda Copper
Throwers trade Alexei Morozov and Cory Cross to the Arkansas Mockingbirds for
Andy Delmore, Marty McInnis, #3ARK-2004 and $3,000,000.
#147-January 27th,2004-The Reading Snipers
trade Sergei Berezin to the Rouyn-Noranda Copper Throwers for #4RCT-2004.
#148-February 2nd,2004-The Okanagan Selects
trade Nik Antropov to the Forest City Claymores for Eric Lindros.
#149-February 3rd,2004-The Forest City
Claymores trade David Tanabe to the St.Basile Grizzlies for #1STB-2004.
#150-February 4th,2004-The Rouyn-Noranda Copper
Throwers trade Brendan Shanahan, Jan Hrdina, Brent Sopel and Brian Boucher to
the Brooklyn Railsplitters for Mario Lemieux, Mike Ribeiro, Corey Schwab and
#3BRK-2004.
#151-February 5th,2004-The Rouyn-Noranda Copper
Throwers trade Brad Bombardir to the Manchester Storm for Jason Wooley.
#152-February 9th,2004-The Reading Snipers
trade Tim Taylor to the Brooklyn Railsplitters for Igor Ulanov.
#153-March 2nd,2004-The Rouyn-Noranda Copper
Throwers claim Patrick Desrochers and sign him to a one year, $100,000
contract.
#154-March 4nd,2004-The Prairie State Stingers
claim Tom Barrasso and sign him to a one year, $100,000 contract.