Hello hockey fans
This tourney will be a 1v1 epic season with each team playing a full 82-game schedule before a best-of-7 series Stanley Cup Playoffs for the 2015 Stanley Cup!
EVERY PLAYER MUST SELECT ONE OF THE 30 NHL CLUBS AND A HOME RINK (MAP) WITH THEIR OWN HOME GAME SETTINGS.
*doodle earth cannot be used as it is a tiebreaker map
Players are required to hold a 4.5 average rating and a 95% attendance (former players are grandfathered as long as I didn't give you Das Boot).
Structure:
Regular Season: Each team will play 82 games total. Each team will be assigned games on a weekly basis so on average that's about 3-4 games at a time. Teams will play one 1v1 game against each other. The round will advance once each team has played each assigned game.
Playoffs: Just as the actual NHL, according to the points system the top 3 teams in each division and two conference wild cards will make the Stanley Cup playoffs, making 16 teams total. Each team is seeded by conference 1-8 and highest seed will always play lowest seed. Each round will be a best-of-7 series but will be fragmented into stages. Stages 2-4 will only be played if necessary.
Stage 1: 4 games, 2 at each team's home rink.
Stage 2: 1 game at higher seeded team's home.
Stage 3: 1 game at lower seeded team's home.
Stage 4: repeat Stage 2.
Points System and Tiebreakers:
1) Each win is 2 points, an overtime loss is 1 point.
2) Overtime comes into play after the 10th round.
3) There is no overtime in the playoffs.
4) No ties. Ever.
Tiebreakers work much like the NHL system:
1) # wins not in OT
2) Head to head record (most points advances)
3) A three-game no ot doodle earth series, first to win 2 advances
Stephane Quintal's Disciplinary Measures:
-If a player misses the invites to all games for a round (without prior notice and/or legitimate reason i.e. death, medical procedure, illness, vacationing in an internet dead zone), he/she receives a season-long suspension that cannot be appealed and will be replaced by a reserve to play from that round on.
-If a player misses an invite to a playoff game, he/she will be re-invited to a new one. If still no response after 3 invites, that player automatically loses the series.
Game Settings:
-standard only
-automatic or manual
-sequential (no freestyle)
-choice of reinforcements
-choice of spoils
-sunny or fog
-blitz or trench
-24 hr rounds
Elastic Clause:
Commissioner myers33 has the final say on all issues and has the right to adjust any rule at any time if deemed necessary.
Premiums only.
If i gave you Das Boot last season don't bother signing up because I hate your guts.
Other than that, here's some basic rules on how to play hockey:
