NBA Jam & NHL 95 Version of Final(s)

Spurs lead the Heat 2-1 in the NBA Finals.  This would be an easy 3-0 if they matched up the NBA Jam rosters...

Spurs - David Robinson & Sean Elliot

Heat - Rony Seikaly & Harold Miner

Yikes. Elliot is no superstar but Robinson dominates this to no end.  

Likely result: Spurs 4-0

The Kings lead the Rangers 3-0 and are going for the sweep tonight in the Stanley Cup Final.  What would a 7 gamer look like in NHL '95 for SEGA?

New York Rangers

Graves-Messier-Kovalev

Leetch-Zubov

Richter

Los Angeles Kings

Robitaille-Gretzky-Kurri

Blake-Zhitnik

Hrudey

What a match up.  Forwards are off the charts. Blake and Leetch are shut down. But the huge goalie advantage gives it to NY. 

Likely result: Rangers in 7

Teemu Selanne Calls it a Career

Ducks F Teemu Selanne played his last game in the NHL after 21 seasons.  

More importantly he was one the very few active players who was in one of the greatest video games of all time. NHL 95 for SEGA. 

He wasn't just in the game, he was one of the stars. 

Teemu Selanne, F, Winnipeg Jets = 91 player rating

That's 3rd among wingers in the entire game.

1. Sergei Fedorov, Detroit Red Wings, 99

2. Pavel Bure, Vancouver Canucks, 94

3. Teemu Selanne, Winnipeg Jets, 91

4. Alexander Mogilny, Buffalo Sabres, 89

5. Jaromir Jagr, Pittsburgh Penguins, 87

New York Rangers Preview (NHL 95 Edition)

If I remember anything about the New York Rangers, it's that they were solid at all 3 levels.  And if you were to turn line changes off, then they mean business.  Overall rating in parenthesis.

Forwards:

MARK MESSIER - C (78)

ADAM GRAVES - LW (73)

STEVE LARMER - RW (83) or- ALEX KOVALEV (81)

Defensemen:

BRIAN LEETCH (81)

SERGEI ZUBOV (76)

Goalie:

MIKE RICHTER (78)

Look out Oates, Neely, and Bourque!

Jagr vs. Brodeur

It's 2013 and Jaromir Jagr is playing for the Bruins against Martin Brodeur and the New Jersey Devils.  We're talking about two of the greatest players in the history of the game.  And they were getting it done in the 90s.  Therefore I am very familiar with their work.  Although I did not use the Penguins or Devils much at all in my SEGA days, you knew how good these two were.

NHL '95 stats:

#68 - Jaromir Jagr - F - Pittsburgh Penguins = 87 rating

#30 - Martin Brodeur - G - New Jersey Devils = 78 rating

And here we are tonight watching them go at it.  Unreal.

Bruins vs. Canucks Game 7 (NHL '95 Rosters)

The Bruins are playing their biggest game in nearly 4 decades tonight as its Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals. They are facing a team that has become as hated as the Canadiens, Heat, and Yankees, the spineless Vancouver Canucks.

An important question has yet to be answered until now... what would the starting lineups look like if it were played on the greatest video game of all-time, NHL '95 for SEGA? Here it is: position - player - game rating.

VANCOUVER CANUCKS:

LW - Geoff Courtnall - 71
C - Cliff Ronning - 77
RW - Pavel Bure - 94

D - Jeff Brown - 74
D- Jykri Lumme - 64

G - Kirk McLean - 70

BOSTON BRUINS:

LW - Bryan Smolinski - 69
C - Adam Oates - 84
RW - Cam Neely - 76

D - Ray Bourque - 96
D - Al Iafrate - 77

G - Jon Casey - 63

Clearly the Bruins upgraded with Tim Thomas over the ever-popular Jon Casey, however Oates, Neely, and Bourque would be the 3 best players on today's Bruins.

Enjoy Game 7!

-Keefe

Bruins Advance to Conference Semis

The Bruins defeated the Buffalo Sabres in 6 games to move on to the 2nd round of the Eastern Conference playoffs. They will face either Philly or Pittsburgh. To help celebrate that feat, check out a highlight video from NHL '95 for SEGA. (1 of the 5 greatest video games of all time, fact.)