Wendel Clark

Post game report for Tullahoma Tomcats 2-0 home shutout of the Deferiet Leopards.
 
The atmosphere is electric in Tullahoma today as they welcome the Leopards into town.  It could be a tough game today as Deferiet will be looking to bounce back after a rough game from the 3 million dollar man Lennart Kivinen.  For Tomcats they will want to build on their victory that some have dubbed as fortunate and keep pace with the lead. 
 
Early on in the 1st, Leopards continue with the physical play as Waller hits Alexandrov just as he touches the puck straight off the opening faceoff getting mixed up in it right away.  Between the two teams there were 5 hits in the opening minute so likely could see a very physical game.  Both teams earned a penalty first Defriet earning a 2 minute minor for tripping then immediately as that penalty ended Sparks picked up 2 for cross checking.  Neither led to more than 1 shot and it appeared to be a keepers duel with no goals in the first with Kivinen facing 12 shots to Stulreiter’s 7.
 
In the early parts of the 2nd Deferiet clearly looking to put the pressure on.  Big saves by Kivinen and Stulreiter at opposite ends of the ice Deferiet counters and Mulvill heads on what was questionably a breakaway!  Rehberg gets his stick in front of him and hooks him off the puck.  He was looking for a penalty shot but in the end only gave 2 minutes for hooking.  Deferiet held them in their end and managed 2 quality shots as Kivinen stoned Mulvihill first then Waller with the glove as he was going top shelf on the one timer.  While on the powerplay late in the period the rough stuff continued with Alexandrov clearly hitting Stalder in the numbers on the powerplay and being handed a 5 minute major for it.  Coach Paul was heard from the top of the bleachers questioning how that couldn’t be a game as well.  It fell on deaf ears though and the 5 was all that was given.  Deferiet dominated most of the period, outshooting Tomcats 17-6 in the period and more than doubling them 29-13 in the game.  In the end that isn’t where it matters though and the score remains 0-0.
 
You have to wonder what was said in the Deferiet locker room as early in the third Stalder found his opportunity to get back at him, and lifted an elbow to the helmet to earn 2 minutes. Less than a minute later Tornqvist while in on the forcheck drove the Tomcats player into the boards creating a scrum to the left of the goal.  In the end Tornqvist got a 5 minute major and the Tomcats were on the power play again, this time 5 on 3 for over a minute then 4 minutes after!  It wasn’t until 2 minutes after the minor penalty ended that Tomcats struck!  Sami Loignon was looking to move the powerplay forward from the defensive zone and took a hit from Braden Forest.  He may have been too aggressive despite the hit as Sparks picked up the puck and charged forward while he was caught back.  Sparks faked a pass infront of the net and moved it back to the trailing Loignon who snapped one stick side on Stulreiter and it was suddenly 1-0 for Tomcats.  Deferiet put the pressure on again shot after shot being turned aside by Kivinen and in the dying minutes Tomcats put it out of reach!  Hutchinson wins a timely faceoff in the Offensive end and the puck gets cycled around to Iriekpen who shoots along the ice and Hutchinson in front of goal gets a tip to lift it over Stulreiters left pad.  2-0 and out of reach now.
 
A stunning upset for Tomcats!  They were outshot 40-20 in this game but Kivinen was flawless, earning him the first star nod on the night.   Deferiet will be devastated to lose causing 10 turnovers and having a big amount of possession in the offensive zone tonight.  Their Power play let them down though, after having a good night yesterday they went 0/5 including one major penalty.  Tomcats will now face Muskateers at home in what will be the final for the Plate!  Leopards will now face Pittsboro for pride in what will be no more than a 3rd place game.  Disappointing for the highest seeded team in the competition!

Post game for the 4-2 Road victory of Minnedosa Musketeers over Pittsboro Plastic Attack.
 
People flooding in the stadium for a tie with the big boys from Minnedosa.  Pittsboro are coming off a rather unfortunate OT loss in which there was unsubstantiated rumors of coach Wendel using a laser pointer in the keepers eyes for the final goal.  We don’t like to speculate here butwe have heard that the referees in the game were given free eye tests at the local optometrist.  What a nice gesture!
 
To start the game former Musketeer Bohumir Kovar will take the opening faceoff against the man who took his job, Bryan Colombo!  They drop the puck and Colombo wins it giving Kovar a little nudge on the way by!.  This leads to Modest stepping up and hitting League on the puck after he passed it off to Calce and we can tell this one is going to be feisty!  Calce gets a shot off quickly saved by Tikhomirov, the newest signing for Pittsboro and Fiala chases it into the corner only to be hit hard from behind by Lehtonen.  Fiala regains his footing and looks straight to Lehtonen charging and giving him a cross check knocking him off the puck again.  I am not sure what the ref is watching but if this continues someone is going to get stretchered off. 
 
14 minutes into the second the home team draw first blood! Tikhomirov makes a casual save from a Gobern snap shot off the right circle and the rebound goes straight to Trnavsky who quickly turns and knocks it out to Olli who directs a pass across ice to a streaking Carron.  He carries it in and beats Friis stick side with a quick wrister and put them up 1-0.  Near the end of the period Minnedosa drew level though on a neutral ice pass from Camarillo hitting Fiala who splits the defense and goes to the backhand to slide it under a sprawling Tikhomirov.  The defense was so beaten Pittsboro called their timeout with 30 seconds left… in the first frame but in the end the period closed out 1-1.
 
Pittsboro wanted to make sure they got back in the lead right away to start the period and they did.  Olli went in on the forcheck and knocked down Taushev in the defensive zone.  Mikus picked the puck up the loose puck behind the goal and threw it into the slot where Germain made no mistake ringing the crossbar on the way into the goal to take the advantage back to 1.  That was short lived however as Hudspeth wins a faceoff in the offensive zone and Camarillo feeds it quickly across ice for a Fiala one timer into the open goal.  Second goal of the night for the Minnedosa sniper and brings them level again.  It took until 12 minutes but the visitors got their first lead of the night.  Marcheterre, holds the puck in at the blueline and sends it across to the other point where Compos lets it go padded away by Tikhomirov but the rebound is jumped on right away by Hudspeth and bats it in.  Scrappy goal but takes the lead none the less.  Less than 3 minutes until the end of the period and Minnedosa doubles their lead after Goddard makes a big hit on Mays in the offensive zone but the puck continues sliding out to Sonke Heyde at pace.  He carries it into the zone and circles the net missing the wraparound but the puck slides out to Bryan Colombo charging the net where he picks it up in the slot and shoots it hard glove side. 
 
Six minutes into the third there was a good chance for Pittsboro.  Yan Sakovich took a shot from the high slot which Hudspeth blocks but the puck goes to Giguere who gets tied up by Taushev but still manages to make Friis make an amazing glove save sliding across his net.  They kept the pressure on for over a minute until finally the Minnedosa player touched the puck to start their man advantage.  Minnedosa successfully killed off the penalty allowing no shots which is unusual for this team as their penalty killing was 4th worst in the league most of the season.  As the period wore down Pittsboro were putting the pressure on but thanks to timely blocks and some good saves the lead was preserved and the game ended as the 2nd period ended, 4-2 the final!
 
Once again, Minnedosa has been dominant in the faceoff circle with a 75% success rate and still hold a narrow lead in the tournament thus far with 6 points.  Pittsboro played safe with the puck, not giving the puck away once and forcing 7 takeaways along with not taking one penalty.  Their return of 1 point after 2 games lands them in 3rd place with one to play.

1. Deadwood Vandals (Kim "koekefix" Vandaele)
OFF: 91 DEF: 93 SG: 96 OVR: 92,3 (+0,9)
Age: 29,1
Best OVR skater: D Loick Bulloch, 32yo, 97 OVR.
 
2. West Chicago Protons (Richard "bouncer" Feynman)
OFF: 90 DEF: 94 SG: 97 OVR: 92,2 (+0,2)
Age: 30,7
Best OVR skater: D Adrien Berrouard, 32yo, 96 OVR.
 
3. St. Thomas Stray Cats (Erzac "Erzac" Ray)
OFF: 91 DEF: 93 SG: 93 OVR: 92,1 (+1,9)
Age: 29,2
Best OVR skater: F Valdemar Chovanec, 32yo, 96 OVR.
 
4. Portland Marauders (Xavier "xZhou" Zhou)
OFF: 90 DEF: 93 SG: 94 OVR: 91,9 (+0,8)
Age: 25,4
Best OVR skater: D Ghali Tadros, 38yo, 96 OVR.
 
5. Richford Rebels (Jusu "Jusu5" Manager)
OFF: 90 DEF: 92 SG: 95 OVR: 91,1 (+0,2)
Age: 28,6
Best OVR skater: D Nathaniel Poirier-Ladouceur, 23yo, 96 OVR.
 
6. Canmore Grizzlies (Matt "themattinthehat" Muffett)
OFF: 90 DEF: 92 SG: 92 OVR: 90,9 (+0,3)
Age: 28,9
Best OVR skater: D Oldřich Brož, 33yo, 95 OVR.
 
7. Thetford Mines Pegasus (Anthony "Pingu" Grauwels)
OFF: 90 DEF: 91 SG: 95 OVR: 90,9 (+1,1)
Age: 28,4
Best OVR skater: D Yan Palos-Sanschagrin, 23yo, 94 OVR.
 
8. Harrisonville Sabercats (Hurja "HurjaHerra" Herra)
OFF: 90 DEF: 90 SG: 96 OVR: 90,7 (+0,2)
Age: 29,0
Best OVR skater: D Nikolay Mandrykin, 30yo, 95 OVR.
 
9. Eldred Elite (Steven "Steve" Bennett)
OFF: 89 DEF: 92 SG: 91 OVR: 90,5 (+0,4)
Age: 28,4
Best OVR skater: D Zavon Mellor, 33yo, 95 OVR.
 
10. York Wolf Pack (Jiri "jiihee" Heikkala)
OFF: 89 DEF: 91 SG: 93 OVR: 90,4 (+0,7)
Age 31,0
Best OVR skater: D Jesse Fiore, 31yo, 95 OVR.
 
11. Buckingham Breakouts (Jussi "jusatin" Ahonen)
OFF: 89 DEF: 91 SG: 92 OVR: 90,3 (+1,1)
Age: 27,8
Best OVR skater: C Tjaž Avsenik, 21yo, 93 OVR.
 
12. Cedar Rapids Minutemen (Richard "rainsilent" Armour)
OFF: 89 DEF: 91 SG: 95 OVR: 90,2 (+0,2)
Age: 27,2
Best OVR skater: D Shane Helms, 23yo, 94 OVR.
 
13. Violet Volcano (Soupy Salez)
OFF: 88 DEF: 89 SG: 96 OVR: 89,2 (+0,1)
Age: 29,8
Best OVR skater: F Simon-Pier Byers, 24yo, 95 OVR.
 
14. Pinehurst Miners (Phoenix "phoenixtf" TF)
OFF: 87 DEF: 89 SG: 96 OVR: 88,3 (-0,2)
Age: 28,4
Best OVR skater: D Eliam Larochel, 21yo, 93 OVR.
 
15. *Sault Ste Marie Admirals (Jacques de Gatineau)
OFF: 87 DEF: 88 SG: 93 OVR: 87,9 (+2,6)
Age: 27,2
Best OVR skater: D Jakob Olsen, 20yo, 93 OVR.
 
16. *Horseheads North Thundering Herd (Bear Doggit)
OFF: 86 DEF: 89 SG: 88 OVR: 87,5 (+3,3)
Age: 31,9
Best OVR skater: D Alexey Filchenkov, 38yo, 91 OVR.
 
League AVG team OVR: 90,4 (Last season 90,0)
League AVG team age: 28,2 (Last season 28,6)
 
*=Team promoted from SHL
 
Edit: Change from last season in parenthesis.
 
 
Calculated on day 5 of S15, using:
 
Team OVR = (OFF + (DEF x 2) + (SG x 2))/26
 
where
OFF = Combined overall of 12 best centers/forwards
DEF = Combined overall of 6 best defenders
SG = Overall of starting goalie (best overall goalie in team)
 
In case of a tie for team best ovr skater, career performance rating for current league level was used as a tiebreaker. After that games played on current level, and then points.

Post game wrap up of Minnedosa Musketeers 5-3 win over the Deferiet Leopards!
 
Cold night in the great white north but a great matchup between two bitter rivals.  Minnedosa had dropped all of their last 4 meetings last season and are looking to prove themselves in this game!  If they want to do so they will have to beat new signing Štulreiter in goal. 
 
The opening faceoff is won by Colombo and the game is underway.  30 seconds in, a faceoff to the right of Štulreiter and Hudspeth wins the draw back to Taushev.  He quickly puts it across to the other circle where Camarillo wrists it on target and Hudspeth gets in front and tips it short side on Štulreiter.  What a nightmare start for him!  1 shot and 1 goal and the home team is up by 1.  The next 4 minutes was all Minnedosa with Štulreiter getting into the game making 3 top saves, finally Deferiet gets on the counter and forces Friis to make his first save, which he coughs up a rebound but Mays gets infront of Tornqvist’s shot to block it.  It bounces out to the blueline where Fiala picks it up for Minnedosa without a defender in sight… he is off to the races and the Musketeers leading scorer makes no mistake with a little move to the right and lifting it top corner over Štulreiter.  No chance for the keeper 2-0.  This is where the game began getting a little rough, Hocevar getting an elbow high on Strba, then Camarillo taking a stupid slashing penalty to even it up half way through the penalty.  Of the ensuing faceoff 4 on 4 Overall won the faceoff vs Mulvihill and Taushev picked it up behind the net knocking it around the boards and into the neutral zone picked up by Gobern.  He brought the puck in and plays it towards the goal where Overall has set up shot and bangs it in for a solid 3-0 lead!  You can hear coach Paul giving his guys an earful on the bench after that horrid defending.  After 3 more Minnedosa penalties in the period finally the breakthrough for Leopards.  With mere seconds left in the 4th PP attempt of the period Kizek lays a bit hit on Tornqvist in the defensive zone but then loses the puck on a poor cross ice pass to Bob Homes who lasers it past Friis to get the visitors on the board which is where the period ends.
 
2nd period starts uneventfull until Stalder lands a 2 handed slash on Hudspeth breaking his stick and the get another penalty making it 5 on 3 for Minnedosa for a whole minute.  They managed to only generate 2 shots and at the end of the powerplay Hudspeth runs through the keeper out of frustration drawing a penalty of his own and a crowd of Leopards around him.  Minnedosa would pay for that sloppiness as Overall pushes too far forward looking for a shorthanded goal and gets taken out hard by Tornqvist who turns it up ice quickly.  Tornquvist and Sayansky plays a give and go fooling the defense and puts it cross ice to Mulvihill who fires it under the glove making it a 1 goal game.  Two minutes later Minnedosa gives up the lead, Štulreiter making a big save off Gobern and choosing to play it out to Yurevich who carries it up the ice and into the offensive zone.  He drops it to Washam who puts a solid shot low saved off the pads by Friis but it lands on De-Boer’s stick and puts it into the open side quick and clean.  Of the ensuing faceoff though, Straba wins the draw back to Compos who puts it forward for Lopes.  Lopes holds off a check and throws it to the net where Brennan Slade gets a stick on it, putting it off of the chest of Štulreiter on the deflection but burying his own rebound underneath and renewing the lead.  That would be the end of Štulreiter’s night, the coach seeing enough and bringing Zhutov in.
 
In the 3rd Deferiet wanted to get on the front foot and level early, unfortunately while Lehoullier was carrying the puck in the neutral zone he took big open ice hit from Camarillo and turned it over to Fiala.  He passed it to Camarillo again heading over the line and circled behind the net.  Kizek pinched in from the point and got the pass to lift it over Zhutov from the top of the circle.  Off the restart Taushnev leaves his feet and labels Stewart in the neutral zone but there is no call.  Stalder too offense to this and after a stoppage speared Taushev right in the gut.  Minnedosa players charged in and there was a scrum, the ref mananged to pull Stalder off to the box but Pell and Mays got into it.  The two big men laid a few big hits but in the end Mays landed a big blow and took Pell to the ice.  Nothing eventful came from the powerplay and the game ended as it stood there 5-3 and a big win for Minnedosa. 
 
Minnedosa had a bit more possession 53-47 but the shots were fairly equal 31-26.  The Leopards special teams were on tonight, going 2/7 on the PP and 5/5 on the PK.  Minnedosa’s biggest advantage was their faceoffs, winning 63% of the draws which helped contribute to their possession numbers.  All 3 stars were Musketeers, Fiala the first with one goal and assist and a solid +3.  Camarillo picks up 2nd star with 2 assists +3 and 3 hits.  Taushnev got the nod for 3rd star with 2 assists, 2 hits and 2 blocks.

http://www.gameplanhockey.com/game?gpid=182358 
 
For if you prefer to look yourself
 
Post game wrap up of Tullahoma Tomcats 3-2 overtime win over the Plastic Attack from Pittsboro.
 
The first period got under way with a flurry and the Plastic Attack come on fast and hard with a quick rip from the top of the circle by Sahlberg.  If not for a quick glove by Kivinen the game could well have had its first goal right off the hop.  The action turned end to end with chances at both ends until Hutchinson caught Lehtonen in the hand as he was driving to the net.  After a bit of shoving Hutchinson gets dragged to the box for the first powerplay of the night.  Not even 30 seconds in Kovar ties up Hutka in the faceoff circle to the right of Kivinen and Germain pinches in to one time it across the slot where Sahlberg makes no mistake this time and it is quickly 1-0 for Pittsboro as coach Wendel throws his hands in the air at the obvious blunder.  The period continued with Pittsboro dominating, outshooting Tomcats 14-7 in the first frame but only having one goal to show for it! 
 
Sahlberg, who had 5 shots in the first frame; doubled the lead early in the second.  Off the opening faceoff Kovar wins it back to Casey Modest who threads a cross ice pass to a sprinting Sahlberg making a slick move to the backhand and lifting it over Kivinen.  2-0 and cruising at home but all that was about to change not even 2 minutes later, while under pressure in the zone Mikus tries to carry the puck along the boards and gets levelled by Sparks.  The Pittsboro fans were looking at the referee to put his arm up but play continued with Loignon grabbing the puck and banking it off the boards back to Sparks breaking away with Hutka 2 on 1.   Sparks fakes then lifts the pass over the defender and Hutka slides it under Teixeira to quickly make it a 1 goal game again which seemed to even up the momentum.  The game was back and forth again with very few stoppages.  17 minutes in the Tomcats levelled it!  Faceoff to the left of Teixeira won cleanly by Alexandrov and picked up by Macri pushing it in the corner and chased down by Bastarache who played it back to the point where Rehberg lets a laser of a one timer go handcuffing Teixeira on the blocker side and sending the one Tomcat fan in the crowd into hysterics! 
 
Third period started the same as the rest, Plastic Attack taking to the offensive and keeping the pressure on.  There were no goals in this period but there were some tense moments and the game was beginning to get a bit more physical.  Goddard on the fore check knocking Hutchinson off the puck and creating a quick chance that Teixeira saves quickly and comfortably.  The regulation ends 2-2 and we are headed to OT shots heavily favoring Pittsboro 41-27. 
 
We would have a winner in OT, but it might not be the team you think.  Against the run of play Teixeira holds on to a shot from Iriekpen for a faceoff deep in the Plastic Attack’s zone.  Plastic Attack sends out Kovar who has been excellent on the draw tonight but loses to Alexandrov on this one.  Lappi pinches in from the point and wires one off the post and in.  The visitors steal a game that some would argue could have gone the other way.  You would wonder why Kivinen wouldn’t get a star with 42 of 44 stops on the night for a .955 save percentage!  In the end Lappi gets first star for a solid defensive game and the game winning goal not to mention a +2 on the night.  2nd Star goes to Sahlberg who led plastic attack with 10 shots that game and 2 beautiful goals.  Kovar rounds out the stars with his 2 assists and 67% from the faceoff dot.
 
Will will head over to Minnedosa in a few moments to wrap up the 1st game between Minnedosa and Defeiret shortly....

Let's get this thread going.
 
For starters, I edited a brief video about one particular FA signing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElyPfax4Jt8
 
Guess there are other factors than just money...

Have you ever thought that Preseason has been a bit dull?  No pride or glory...... and certainly no fresh biscuits to eat!  Our world is clearly lacking in its namesake, so a group of us are having a pre-season friendly tournament to entertain us and thought we might as well drag you guys along for the ride as well. 
The teams involved this season are:
 
1. Pittsboro Plastic Attack - Long time BHL team freshly promoted from the 2nd spot, clearly threw the final games to get to 2nd and cover his mad ninja skills... . very sneaky!  We will have to keep an eye on him as it is rumored they use plastic swords to impale unsuspecting opponents during the game!  Watch those injuries!
 
2. Tullahoma Tomcats - Promoted in 1st at season's end and are letting everyone know it!  Coach Wendel thinks he is pretty awesome but he may have to keep that ego in check as he is up against some raw talent in this series.  His lads are clearly still in party mode and will need to ensure they get off the sauce if they want any chance of winning this prestigious piece of cra..... erm I mean this incredible trophy!  
 
3. Minnedosa Musketeers - SHL team for three seasons now and constantly riding Leopards coat tails.  It has driven them to depression where all manager Little signs are fat bastards that run over people and play for the garbage goals.  Some pundits give them a shot though, based solely on the fact there is biscuits involved and boy those boys love biscuits!  If they win good luck even making the locker room with them!
 
4. Deferiet Leopards - SHL team for three season and well established hard rockers!  When not on the ice you can catch them down at open mic night screeeeeeching on guitars and pretending they have vocal talent.  Probably the class of the tournament unless the hookers and blow get them.... ah the life of a celebrity!  
 
The rules for us are simple.... each team will play each other once in the pre season (I will do my best to keep an updated table in here.  Winner has the most points and if there happens to be teams level the tie breakers are results between teams level, goal difference and finally goals for.  If it is still tied after that I am going to set a poll up and we will all have a vote to see who wins!  We can't leave a tie at the top after all.... like any of us will play nice or share their biscuits!?!?!?!?
 
The draw is as follow first team is home:
 
Day 4 – 1 vs 2 (2-3 OT) and 3 vs 4 (5-3)
Day 5 – 1 vs 3 (2-4) and 2 vs 4 (2-0)
Day 6 – 4 vs 1 (3-4 SO) and 2 vs 3 (3-6)
 
In the event the home team doesn't send their game off..... please proceed to door number 3 where Olga the Norwegian Dom will whip you for your incompetence.  
 
That is all for now, if this goes off well I may look at ways to expand it for future seasons.  
 
 
Standings to date: pts - record - GF - GA
 
1. Minnedosa Musketeers - 9 - 3-0-0-0 - 15 - 8
2. Tullahoma Tomcats - 5 - 1-1-0-1 - 8 - 8
3. Pittsboro Plastic Attack - 3 - 0-1-1-1 - 8 - 10
4. Deferiet Leopards - 1 - 0-0-1-2 - 6 - 11

Not trying to throw shade here because I'm sure the manager was actively trying to accomplish this feat, but the Finnegan Beasts of the LIHL have successfully become the first team in Biscuit to finish 0-0-0-60.  After finishing 1-0-0-59 in three of the four previous seasons, the goal was finally accomplished.  I assume that is extremely hard to do, especially in LIHL.  Congratulations.
 
(I felt this needed some attention)

The season ended in the Iron Hockey League,
 
The standings:  1. Rushsylvania Stealers 141 pts
                          2. Mount Airy Gladiators 141 pts
                          3. Torrington Thunderbolts 141 pts
 
Congratulations for the other two managers, it was a crazy race! I hope next season we will going to compete against each other again in the Bronze League! Guys, it was a fantastic championship, and I think we had the smallest margin!
 
Balazs Szabo
Torrington Thunderbolts

Not a bad idea but imo it would be nice to have a second round also determined by standings, like the highest placed team faces the lowest placed team. That way, if 1st, 5th, 6th and 7th win, 1st will take on 7th and 5th will take 6th. I think it would be more representative of the work done in the season to be among the top 4 teams.

I agree with Wendel - as it was me being 4th last season. I won first round against 5th team (4 vs 5) then faced Wendel 8th team (Winner 1 vs 8). And in finals I faced Wild and I believe theey were 2nd after season. So if Hound Dogs - 1st got to finals they would face 2nd Wild I think.

This is definitely how it should be and I thought it was. I only have one plaoff season behind me, but at least last season in Dangles that also was how it happened.
 
I finished 8th but upset the regular season winner thus being the winner of series A. Next round I faced the winner of 4th vs. 5th series, and that's series D. And isn't it always a straight bracket or did my 8th seed change the matchup?

Currently in the GHL, the playoff structure looks like:
 
Series A: Rank 1 vs Rank 8
Series B: Rank 2 vs Rank 7
Series C: Rank 3 vs Rank 6
Series D: Rank 4 vs Rank 5
 
Series E: Winner A vs Winner B
Series F: Winner C vs Winner D
 
Final: Winner E vs Winner F
 
The current path ensures that there will never be the top 2 teams fighting it out in the finals. It also makes it so that the teams rank 4th and 5th have the highest chance at getting the easiest path to the cup. And since the 5th place team is also entered into a better playoff lottery compared to the top 4 teams, it makes it the ideal position from a purely playoffs and potential future success standpoint. My suggestion is to simply change the following series:
 
 
Series E: Winner A vs Winner D
Series F: Winner C vs Winner B

When I initially read this post almost a year ago I had no interest in a NA style world.  Now after having played the multi-league worlds with promotion relegation, I would actually prefer the NA style.  I dig the promotion/relegation aspect of the current worlds, but as Ineffable states above, the N/A style world would put everyone on a much more even playing field, there would be less inter-league trading (which some people are sour about) and there would be more emphasis on the draft and free agency (the way it should be).  It would also get rid of the hoarding complaints in terms of lower league teams being upset at upper league teams.  The more I think of it, I really like the idea of the NA style.

Draft picks will become more useful!!!
 
Everyone's on an even playing field!!!
 
I definitely support this, it would for sure be enjoyable. I think I may have suggested this myself before or supported it. Either way, it has been talked about by Anders and it would be great to see it implemented.
 
But I don't think divisions should be shuffled every season.
 
Divisions would probably be based on the city you choose.
 
Ex. If you choose Mississauga as your city you'll likely be in the Eastern Conference.
 
Divisions however could be slightly shuffled every few seasons, and everytime a new manager comes in and changes the city it could shift the conferences and divisions around.

Hiya guys,
 
I'm not sure if this has already been suggested...didn't really check through the threads.
 
Would it be possible to have a new World created that runs on the "North-American" type of Leagues? So, a World without the promotions/relegations, like the NHL? Not sure how much work would be required to make this happen, but it'd be pretty cool to start simultaneously with the affiliate teams update(NHL/AHL).
 
1 League -> 2 Conferences -> 4 divisions -> 30(or more) teams total?
 
You could even forget the whole Conference/Division thing at the beginning tbh...
 
What do you guys think?
 
I think it'd garner quite a bit of interest from the current GMs and any new guys coming in....I suppose one problem would be the World filling up quicker due to less teams?

70% scoring is probably way too much. Checking line is very difficult to get to work, and you only have 10% two-way line. Depending on what kind of players you have in your two-way line(s), two-way line is a good option for both preventing opponent goals (with defensive skilled players) and scoring some of your own (with offensive skilled players). You probably should either use some of your current players in two-way line(s) with more ice-time and/or get some more suitable players for this purpose. Every two-way line players should have decent DEF ability. I personally like them to have a green bar in two-way role even if they play playmaker/sniper/powerforward, if possible. I would try to balance the lines with 40-60% scoring and 40-60% two-way(/energy/checking) focuses.
 
You also might want to consider changing your defensive tactic. My advice would be to consider between spread, conservative trap and aggressive forecheck, depending on how you want to emphasize what your current players are good at, what kind of game you want to play and build the team that way and what kind of tactics your opponents use. All these tactics are quite good against three different offense tactics and have only one obvious weakness each.
 
Player should always fit into a role you want him to play. It does not necessarily need to be his best role bar (if it is, great), but preferably green bar nonetheless. Then the individual roles should fit into the line, so that the line has a good mix of different roles. And finally different lines should form a balanced whole.

70% scoring is probably way too much. Checking line is very difficult to get to work, and you only have 10% two-way line. Depending on what kind of players you have in your two-way line(s), two-way line is a good option for both preventing opponent goals (with defensive skilled players) and scoring some of your own (with offensive skilled players). You probably should either use some of your current players in two-way line(s) with more ice-time and/or get some more suitable players for this purpose. Every two-way line players should have decent DEF ability. I personally like them to have a green bar in two-way role even if they play playmaker/sniper/powerforward, if possible. I would try to balance the lines with 40-60% scoring and 40-60% two-way(/energy/checking) focuses.
 
You also might want to consider changing your defensive tactic. My advice would be to consider between spread, conservative trap and aggressive forecheck, depending on how you want to emphasize what your current players are good at, what kind of game you want to play and build the team that way and what kind of tactics your opponents use. All these tactics are quite good against three different offense tactics and have only one obvious weakness each.
 
Player should always fit into a role you want him to play. It does not necessarily need to be his best role bar (if it is, great), but preferably green bar nonetheless. Then the individual roles should fit into the line, so that the line has a good mix of different roles. And finally different lines should form a balanced whole.

70% scoring is probably way too much. Checking line is very difficult to get to work, and you only have 10% two-way line. Depending on what kind of players you have in your two-way line(s), two-way line is a good option for both preventing opponent goals (with defensive skilled players) and scoring some of your own (with offensive skilled players). You probably should either use some of your current players in two-way line(s) with more ice-time and/or get some more suitable players for this purpose. Every two-way line players should have decent DEF ability. I personally like them to have a green bar in two-way role even if they play playmaker/sniper/powerforward, if possible. I would try to balance the lines with 40-60% scoring and 40-60% two-way(/energy/checking) focuses.
 
You also might want to consider changing your defensive tactic. My advice would be to consider between spread, conservative trap and aggressive forecheck, depending on how you want to emphasize what your current players are good at, what kind of game you want to play and build the team that way and what kind of tactics your opponents use. All these tactics are quite good against three different offense tactics and have only one obvious weakness each.
 
Player should always fit into a role you want him to play. It does not necessarily need to be his best role bar (if it is, great), but preferably green bar nonetheless. Then the individual roles should fit into the line, so that the line has a good mix of different roles. And finally different lines should form a balanced whole.

We should be able to set the trade status of prospects just like we can with players. I think that its especially needed for AI teams because whenever an AI GHL team gets lucky and drafts an amazing player, human managers manage to acquire the prospect in a trade before he can be signed. The trade I just noticed went through that prompted this suggestion would have been autodeclined almost immediately were it sent to a human. I'm not going to call the person out, but the trade was a 35 year old player on an expiring deal + a ghl 1st from a team that just finished in a high spot+ 2 pieces that will never be GHL pieces for a freshly drafted 90 overall prospect. There also weren't many good free agents this season so that 18 year old prospect was the only real asset that the AI had. IMO, just like the AI getting improvements so that they had young stars to their "untouchables", fresh, good prospects should get that same status.
 
 
Also, AI should make more signings sooner and immediately sign any star prospects. The AI hasn't done major team building and its almost day 3. The AI already looks like a guaranteed to be relegating team.

Just noticed that those of us that have been in since the beginning and/or have a lot of playoff games are surpassing 1,000 games played! Hard to believe but shows the staying power of this game since each match is no more than once a day!?!? What have I been doing with my life?!?! Haha.

1. Wildwood Thunder Cats (Torbjörn Johansson)
OFF: 78.4 DEF: 80.5 SG: 78 OVR: 79.3
 
2. Pittsboro Plastic Attack (Makate Naekfor)
OFF: 78.8 DEF 77.7 SG: 79 OVR 78.3
 
3. Tullahoma Tomcats (Wendel Clark)
OFF: 78.5 DEF 77.7 SG: 80 OVR 78.2
 
4. New Richmond Patriots (T81 S18)
OFF: 76.8 DEF 78.2 SG: 80 OVR 77.7
 
5. Michigan Center Fury (Clayton Garnier)
OFF: 77.0 DEF 75.7 SG: 80 OVR 76.6
 
6. Quail Ridge Crusaders (David Schneider)
OFF 74.8 DEF: 76.5 SG: 84 OVR 76.3
 
7 (tied). South Dayton Owls (Jay Daley)
OFF 76.6 DEF 75.2 SG: 81 OVR: 76.3
 
7 (tied). Buena Park Skyhawks (John Lyons)
7FF: 76.9 DEF 74.7 SG 82 OVR: 76.3
 
9. Stony Brook Swords (Bill "bdrake79" Drake)
OFF 75.7 DEF 76.5 SG: 78 OVR 76.2
 
10. Goldville Groove (Mark "Mark Z" Ziegler)
OFF: 76.3 DEF: 74.8 SG: 75 OVR: 75.5
 
11. Silesia Templars (Derek Mayne)
OFF: 73.8 DEF: 76.2 SG: 78 OVR: 75.2
 
12. Valley Center Bears (Charles Brucia)
OFF: 75.5 DEF: 74.5 SG: 76 OVR: 75.1
 
13. New Haven Woodpeckers (Jon "wingedbeaver" Carignan)
OFF: 74.7 DEF: 74.2 SG: 79 OVR: 74.8
 
14. San Rafael Storm (Bob John)
OFF: 73.7 DEF: 74.8 SG: 74 OVR: 74.2
 
15. Medicine Hat Winterhawks (Nate Bickel)
OFF: 72.2 DEF 72.5 SG: 75 OVR: 72.5
 
16. North Las Vegas Pilots (Eric T)
*OFF: - *DEF: - SG: 81 *OVR: -
* Roster building in progress, has 10 C/F and 4 D at this moment.
 
I'm just expanding Erzac's tradition to BHL here following these guidelines:
 
Calculated on day 7 of S14, using:
 
Team OVR = (OFF + (DEF x 2) + (SG x 2))/26
 
where
OFF = Combined overall of 12 best centers/forwards
DEF = Combined overall of 6 best defenders
SG = Overall of starting goalie (best overall goalie in team)

1. Wildwood Thunder Cats (Torbjörn Johansson)
OFF: 78.4 DEF: 80.5 SG: 78 OVR: 79.3
 
2. Pittsboro Plastic Attack (Makate Naekfor)
OFF: 78.8 DEF 77.7 SG: 79 OVR 78.3
 
3. Tullahoma Tomcats (Wendel Clark)
OFF: 78.5 DEF 77.7 SG: 80 OVR 78.2
 
4. New Richmond Patriots (T81 S18)
OFF: 76.8 DEF 78.2 SG: 80 OVR 77.7
 
5. Michigan Center Fury (Clayton Garnier)
OFF: 77.0 DEF 75.7 SG: 80 OVR 76.6
 
6. Quail Ridge Crusaders (David Schneider)
OFF 74.8 DEF: 76.5 SG: 84 OVR 76.3
 
7 (tied). South Dayton Owls (Jay Daley)
OFF 76.6 DEF 75.2 SG: 81 OVR: 76.3
 
7 (tied). Buena Park Skyhawks (John Lyons)
7FF: 76.9 DEF 74.7 SG 82 OVR: 76.3
 
9. Stony Brook Swords (Bill "bdrake79" Drake)
OFF 75.7 DEF 76.5 SG: 78 OVR 76.2
 
10. Goldville Groove (Mark "Mark Z" Ziegler)
OFF: 76.3 DEF: 74.8 SG: 75 OVR: 75.5
 
11. Silesia Templars (Derek Mayne)
OFF: 73.8 DEF: 76.2 SG: 78 OVR: 75.2
 
12. Valley Center Bears (Charles Brucia)
OFF: 75.5 DEF: 74.5 SG: 76 OVR: 75.1
 
13. New Haven Woodpeckers (Jon "wingedbeaver" Carignan)
OFF: 74.7 DEF: 74.2 SG: 79 OVR: 74.8
 
14. San Rafael Storm (Bob John)
OFF: 73.7 DEF: 74.8 SG: 74 OVR: 74.2
 
15. Medicine Hat Winterhawks (Nate Bickel)
OFF: 72.2 DEF 72.5 SG: 75 OVR: 72.5
 
16. North Las Vegas Pilots (Eric T)
*OFF: - *DEF: - SG: 81 *OVR: -
* Roster building in progress, has 10 C/F and 4 D at this moment.
 
I'm just expanding Erzac's tradition to BHL here following these guidelines:
 
Calculated on day 7 of S14, using:
 
Team OVR = (OFF + (DEF x 2) + (SG x 2))/26
 
where
OFF = Combined overall of 12 best centers/forwards
DEF = Combined overall of 6 best defenders
SG = Overall of starting goalie (best overall goalie in team)

1. Wildwood Thunder Cats (Torbjörn Johansson)
OFF: 78.4 DEF: 80.5 SG: 78 OVR: 79.3
 
2. Pittsboro Plastic Attack (Makate Naekfor)
OFF: 78.8 DEF 77.7 SG: 79 OVR 78.3
 
3. Tullahoma Tomcats (Wendel Clark)
OFF: 78.5 DEF 77.7 SG: 80 OVR 78.2
 
4. New Richmond Patriots (T81 S18)
OFF: 76.8 DEF 78.2 SG: 80 OVR 77.7
 
5. Michigan Center Fury (Clayton Garnier)
OFF: 77.0 DEF 75.7 SG: 80 OVR 76.6
 
6. Quail Ridge Crusaders (David Schneider)
OFF 74.8 DEF: 76.5 SG: 84 OVR 76.3
 
7 (tied). South Dayton Owls (Jay Daley)
OFF 76.6 DEF 75.2 SG: 81 OVR: 76.3
 
7 (tied). Buena Park Skyhawks (John Lyons)
7FF: 76.9 DEF 74.7 SG 82 OVR: 76.3
 
9. Stony Brook Swords (Bill "bdrake79" Drake)
OFF 75.7 DEF 76.5 SG: 78 OVR 76.2
 
10. Goldville Groove (Mark "Mark Z" Ziegler)
OFF: 76.3 DEF: 74.8 SG: 75 OVR: 75.5
 
11. Silesia Templars (Derek Mayne)
OFF: 73.8 DEF: 76.2 SG: 78 OVR: 75.2
 
12. Valley Center Bears (Charles Brucia)
OFF: 75.5 DEF: 74.5 SG: 76 OVR: 75.1
 
13. New Haven Woodpeckers (Jon "wingedbeaver" Carignan)
OFF: 74.7 DEF: 74.2 SG: 79 OVR: 74.8
 
14. San Rafael Storm (Bob John)
OFF: 73.7 DEF: 74.8 SG: 74 OVR: 74.2
 
15. Medicine Hat Winterhawks (Nate Bickel)
OFF: 72.2 DEF 72.5 SG: 75 OVR: 72.5
 
16. North Las Vegas Pilots (Eric T)
*OFF: - *DEF: - SG: 81 *OVR: -
* Roster building in progress, has 10 C/F and 4 D at this moment.
 
I'm just expanding Erzac's tradition to BHL here following these guidelines:
 
Calculated on day 7 of S14, using:
 
Team OVR = (OFF + (DEF x 2) + (SG x 2))/26
 
where
OFF = Combined overall of 12 best centers/forwards
DEF = Combined overall of 6 best defenders
SG = Overall of starting goalie (best overall goalie in team)

1. Wildwood Thunder Cats (Torbjörn Johansson)
OFF: 78.4 DEF: 80.5 SG: 78 OVR: 79.3
 
2. Pittsboro Plastic Attack (Makate Naekfor)
OFF: 78.8 DEF 77.7 SG: 79 OVR 78.3
 
3. Tullahoma Tomcats (Wendel Clark)
OFF: 78.5 DEF 77.7 SG: 80 OVR 78.2
 
4. New Richmond Patriots (T81 S18)
OFF: 76.8 DEF 78.2 SG: 80 OVR 77.7
 
5. Michigan Center Fury (Clayton Garnier)
OFF: 77.0 DEF 75.7 SG: 80 OVR 76.6
 
6. Quail Ridge Crusaders (David Schneider)
OFF 74.8 DEF: 76.5 SG: 84 OVR 76.3
 
7 (tied). South Dayton Owls (Jay Daley)
OFF 76.6 DEF 75.2 SG: 81 OVR: 76.3
 
7 (tied). Buena Park Skyhawks (John Lyons)
7FF: 76.9 DEF 74.7 SG 82 OVR: 76.3
 
9. Stony Brook Swords (Bill "bdrake79" Drake)
OFF 75.7 DEF 76.5 SG: 78 OVR 76.2
 
10. Goldville Groove (Mark "Mark Z" Ziegler)
OFF: 76.3 DEF: 74.8 SG: 75 OVR: 75.5
 
11. Silesia Templars (Derek Mayne)
OFF: 73.8 DEF: 76.2 SG: 78 OVR: 75.2
 
12. Valley Center Bears (Charles Brucia)
OFF: 75.5 DEF: 74.5 SG: 76 OVR: 75.1
 
13. New Haven Woodpeckers (Jon "wingedbeaver" Carignan)
OFF: 74.7 DEF: 74.2 SG: 79 OVR: 74.8
 
14. San Rafael Storm (Bob John)
OFF: 73.7 DEF: 74.8 SG: 74 OVR: 74.2
 
15. Medicine Hat Winterhawks (Nate Bickel)
OFF: 72.2 DEF 72.5 SG: 75 OVR: 72.5
 
16. North Las Vegas Pilots (Eric T)
*OFF: - *DEF: - SG: 81 *OVR: -
* Roster building in progress, has 10 C/F and 4 D at this moment.
 
I'm just expanding Erzac's tradition to BHL here following these guidelines:
 
Calculated on day 7 of S14, using:
 
Team OVR = (OFF + (DEF x 2) + (SG x 2))/26
 
where
OFF = Combined overall of 12 best centers/forwards
DEF = Combined overall of 6 best defenders
SG = Overall of starting goalie (best overall goalie in team)