IMPORTANT: To join this tournament, you must have premium.
Also, this league will be a long one. You'll be playing an 82 game regular season schedule. Games are handed in blocks of 3 home games a week, meaning you may play between 3 and 9 games a week, for approximately 14 weeks.
IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO COMMIT FOR SUCH A LONG TIME, PLEASE DO NOT SIGN UP. All sign ups must be done in this thread.
TOURNAMENT SETTINGS
All games will be 1v1, sequential, flat rate spoils, chained forts, and sunny. Each player must pick a team to represent and a home map that uses standard gameplay only. No maps with gimmicks or complex/confusing gameplay will be allowed. I reserve the right to veto any map choices. Map and Team choices will be given in order that they arrive. Please look carefully to may sure don't select a team or map that is already taken. A list of approved maps is provided below.
[spoiler=Maps Approved for this Tournament]Classic Shapes, Classic Art, Africa, Alexander's Empire, American Civil War, Ancient Greece, Archipelago, Arctic, Asia, Australia, BeNeLux, Brazil, British Isles, Cairns Coral Coast, Cairns Metro, Canada, Caribbean Islands, CCU, Charleston, Chinese Checkers, Crossword, Discworld, Europa, Europe, Extreme Global Warming, France, France 1789, Germany, Great Lakes, Greater China, High Seas, Hong Kong, Iberia, Iceland, Indochina, Ireland, Italy, King of the Mountains, Malta, Middle East, Midgard, Midkemdil, Mongol Empire, Montreal, Netherlands, North America, NYC, Oceania, Philippines, Portugal, Puget Sound, San Francisco, Scotland, Siege!, South America, Soviet Union, Space, Sydney Metro, Tamriel, Texan Wars, Triple Alliance, USA, USA Great Lakes, USA New England, USA Rockies, USA Southeast, USA Southwest, U.S. Senate, WWII Australia, WWII Eastern Front, WWII Iwo Jima, 8 Thoughts[/spoiler]
REGULAR SEASON
The regular season will follow the 2008-2009 NHL schedule - meaning each player will play 82 regular season games.
PLAYOFFS
12 teams will make the playoffs from each Conference. The 3 division winners, and the fourth place team will each get a first round bye. The first round matchups will be 5-12, 6-11, 7-10, 8-9. In the second round, the #1 will play the lowest remaining seed, #2 plays the second lowest, and so on. All rounds will feature best-of-7 series, in the 2-2-1-1-1 format. Home ice advantage goes to the team with the better regular season record. In the event of ties, tiebreakers will be determined first via head-to-head, then by conference record.
STANDINGS
Standings will be updated weekly, or as often as I make a new batch of games. The standings will be posted at the bottom of this post.
THE TEAMS
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
New Jersey Devils - RedBaron0, South America
New York Islanders - SNARF17WD, Italy
New York Rangers - shoop76, USA Rockies
Philadelphia Flyers - nashlloyd, France
Pittsburgh Penguins - PabloDejaunopi, CCUNortheast Division
Boston Bruins - pzaviski2003, Middle East
Buffalo Sabres - skepticCS, WWII Eastern Front
Montreal Canadiens - ghirrindin, Montreal
Ottawa Senators - keiths31, Midgard
Toronto Maple Leafs - onu, Classic ShapesSoutheast Division
Atlanta Thrashers - Neoteny, Extreme Global Warming
Carolina Hurricanes - zips5000, Charleston
Florida Panthers - Tripitaka, Alexander's Empire
Tampa Bay Lightning - SuperWang, Classic Art
Washington Capitals - dtellis, USA Great LakesWestern Conference
Central Division
Chicago Blackhawks - jielking, Canada
Columbus Blue Jackets - mrbang, High Seas
Detroit Red Wings - Serbia, Puget Sound
Nashville Predators - Pixar, USA
St. Louis Blues - herus, Triple AllianceNorthwest Division
Calgary Flames - HighlanderAttack, Ireland
Colorado Avalanche - Big Jon, Soviet Union
Edmonton Oilers - JoJo123, Iberia
Minnesota Wild - vykingsfan64, Germany
Vancouver Canucks - King Tet, Caribbean IslandsPacific Division
Anaheim Ducks - Bones2484, Chinese Checkers
Dallas Stars - Kinnison, Texan Wars
Los Angeles Kings - unknownhero, British Isles
Phoenix Coyotes - amazzony, Crossword
San Jose Sharks - got tonkaed, BeNeLux[spoiler=Reserves][/spoiler]
STANDINGS
PLAYOFF STANDINGS
