The Duff Hockey League is a new startup league for 2008-2009 and consists of 20 teams. There are currently three open teams: the Columbus Blue Jackets, Dallas Stars and St. Louis Blues. Please contact kentduffer@yahoo.com if you are interested in joining the league.

The first prospect draft has begun with Columbus selecting Ilya Kovalchuk, the left winger from the Atlanta Thrashers, first overall. The Tecumseh Islanders then selected Vincent Lecavalier, the all-star center from the Tampa Bay Lightning. Going third overall to the Hershey Krustofskys was Eric Staal, the center for the Carolina Hurricanes.

The first round at least will not be timed and hopefully the league will move at such a pace that placing time limits on picks will not be necessary. If anyone has any questions contact kentduffer@yahoo.com.

The leagues contact list has been formatted on an Adobe PDF file. Click here to download the league contact file. The password will be mailed to each individual owner. If you need the software to open the file, Adobe makes it's Acrobat software available free of charge. Click here to get Adobe Acrobat 9.