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POSTED 1-2-20
Dear Versus Leagues Owner,
DEADLINES
I am setting the season ending deadlines for the following leagues:
League 2 and 3 January 20th Monday 1159 PST 17 days
League 1 and 4 January 27th Monday 1159 PST 24 days
Alumni 1 and 2 February 10th Monday 1159 PST 38 days
Remember we are looking for 90% of your scheduled games minimum to be
completed, but expect everyone to complete their entire schedule.
I will be private messaging people that are way behind this weekend.
If I send you a message on Discord or the Play Station I expect an
immediate response.
Failure to do so could result in removal.
Please use the following link to send Friends Requests on the
playstation to everyone in your league.
LEAGUE OWNERS LIST
Trev
POSTED 12-20-19
Dear NHOL Team League Owner,
Please remember that your backup goalies must play a minimum of 420
combined minutes.
The Mid-Season Power Rankings are out FOR LEAGUES L1-L4, Alumni Leagues
Tuesday 12-24.
LEAGUE 1 POWER RANKINGS
LEAGUE 2 POWER RANKINGS
LEAGUE 3 POWER RANKINGS
LEAGUE 4 POWER RANKINGS
Please remember the rankings are un-scientific and just for fun, the
true rating is the NHOL Playoffs.
Trev
POSTED 12-13-19
Dear Versus Leagues Owner,
DEADLINES
I am setting the season ending deadlines for the following leagues:
League 2 and 3 January 20th Monday 1159 PST 37 days
League 1 and 4 January 27th Monday 1159 PST 44 days
Alumni 1 and 2 February 10th Monday 1159 PST 58 days
Any new owners please talk to me so we can target your specific target
games left.
RECRUITMENT
This is the last weekend I will be recruiting new people for any open
teams.
If you have friends it would be best to have them register on the
website asap.
Make sure you message me on Discord once their registration is
sent in.
LINK TO NHOL REGISTRATION
If they are not signed up and placed with a team by next Thursday any
open teams or replacement teams will be given to existing owners from
lower leagues, or a League owner may get a second team in another
conference. (No owners get second teams in L1, unless its Alumni
Leagues.)
Examples a L4 would get a L3 team, or the Wild in the west might get
Ottawa in the east as a second squad.
POWER RANKINGS
The latest edition of each leagues Power Rankings will be posted next
Thursday 12-19 get as many games in as you can before so the Power
Rankings are a clear picture of who is hot and who is not.
NHOL SURVEY
Recently, I asked people to fill out a survey for our group.
The NHOL being a part of the Leaguesonline.Net asked you to fill out a
survey for our other Groups.
The returns are not great. So if you haven't filled it one out in the
last 2 weeks please do.
I asked before now I am telling you to please fill it out.
Save me time from messaging you and fill it out it helps the league get
better.
LINK TO LEAGUESONLINE.NET SURVEY
VERSUS LEAGUE FRIENDS LIST
Here is the link to the list of Teams for every league.
Everyone's Play Station name, and a link to email them
I want you to Friend request everyone in your leagues list, put NHOL in
the message box.
if they do not accept over time tell me I will find out why.
NHOL TEAM LEAGUE OWNERS LIST LINK
BACKUP GOALIES
Remember you need to have backup Goalies totaling at least 420 minutes
for L1-L4.
This could be a combination added together if you have 3 or more
Goalies.
Ask questions if need be.
STREAM
If two players live in Canada or the States or if you have high speed
internet overseas there is no reason not to stream.
One person should do it and post it in the RRL, Versus, and Alumni
Chats.
If you need help learning how to stream just ask any admin or me.
People will watch!
ATTITUDE
Take your losses like a man, or woman.
Don't get frustrated.
Tell your opponent GL before, and GG after every game.
Folks, never ever quit a game early.
One fellow did it last Sunday, he was warned not to do it again. He did,
and will never be in the league again.
Many of you are new to the group, things get much more fun as you learn
the players tendencies.
Rivalries get built, competition gets great.
Many of you have never experienced the NHOL playoffs, they are fun and
exciting win or lose.
It makes you want come back for more action, and play better next
season.
My 6 years of experience tell me the following:
1-People play better as they have learned the games quirks as the year
goes on.
2-Every year after Xmas we begin our busiest time of the year with new
people coming into play.
Above all, what are we known for: GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP.
That's it for now kids,
Trev
POSTED 12-2-19
Dear Team Owners,
LEAGUE ACTIVITY
As the season progresses many of you are doing great getting games in.
The season is scheduled to end 2nd week in January an exact date will be
posted in near Xmas.
We have added many new people to the group this last week and they seem
to be adapting well to the NHOL.
I will now be posting in the newsletters exactly who needs to get
activity going each week for all the leagues,
there will be no warnings going forward in the future if your name is
listed below get playing.
If its listed again next week then we have a problem.
I am giving a pass to people who have recently joined the Group, but
monitor new people closely as far as activity getting games and in the
chat asking for games.
All existing people who were here to start or slightly after should be
approaching the halfway point or more in the season.
The following people are on notice that action could take place
unless activity increases immediately,
a review will take place next Monday.
L1-CJ-Dave J-Jack B-Josh L-Logan P -Maurice-Phil T-Sean-Teo-
When 30% of the league is not active it hurts a lot please get going.
L2-MattW2-MikeS
Today I removed Ottawa and Edmonton owners for inactivity, replacements
will come in this week.
L3-Jeremy-LoganH-MikeG3-RileyG-RobN-SamA
Lets go!
L4-MarkA-2 teams needs games-RandyB 1 game played in almost 9
weeks non existent in chat.
Most of the fellows that have 2 teams are in good shape, ChrisT2 could
use a few.
TEAM OWNERS LIST
I have updated the team owners list.
I suggest that you send a Playstation Friends request to everyone in
your league with a message in the optional message box that says NHOL
so they know that you are a NHOL League player and not some random person.
This will speed up game setting and speed things along.
NHOL LINK TO TEAM OWNERS
GAME STATS
Game stats must be posted within 24 hours of playing.
I have recently found people that have not inputted stats for weeks.
They have been warned.
NHOL SURVEY
This weekend I sent out a survey for all NHOL members to complete.
It is important and helps me to align people in certain modes or
leagues.
If you did not submit it yet, I will be chasing you down and not happy
that I have to take 3 minutes and fill it out!
NHOL LINK TO SURVEY
Thanks ladies and gents,
Trev
POSTED 11-20-19
Dear NHOL Versus 1 vs 1 Owners,
I would like to welcome all of the new people to the Team Leagues of the
NHOL. In their setups talking to them they seem to be a fun and
energetic group ready to battle in the NHOL.
I would like to update you on a few things.
1-The season will end mid January, an exact date will be posted
by the end of November.
This may seem like a lot of time, but with the US Thanksgiving, and
Christmas coming your days will get busy.
This leaves roughly 7-8 weeks to complete your season.
A couple of weeks ago I said to existing owners they need to average 4
games or so a week to complete the season.
Some of you have been playing beyond that pace which is great.
Some have not. I have sent emails out to people not playing, or not
coming into the chat and asking to play.
They have been warned and if they do not kick it into gear will
be replaced. There will be no further warnings you know who you are.
2-Under no circumstances will outbursts be allowed in the main
chat room against your opponent about game play.
It has not happened a lot but there have been a couple of situations
where it has happened.
If you have a problem message me or any Admin about the situation and we
will take care of it privately and discreetly.
3- The 5 goal Mercy Rule is always in effect. This is not an
option, it is a rule that was established years ago in the NHOL.
4-NHOL Hall of Fame and NHOL Record Book
Tonight at 930 EST the 2019 inductees will be enshrined into the NHOL
Hall of Fame.
Also the NHOL record Book needs your help. Please if you think you have
set a new record please update me so I can update the archives
5-Last weekends RRL Tournament was a lot of fun and each month 2
RRL Tournaments will take place.
Congratulations to the winners Nikolas and David J.
The next two will be Saturday December 9th one at 2 PM EST and another
at 9 PM EST.
For newcomers please click the following link so that you fully
understand how the RRL works.
RANDOM
RATED LEAGUE TUTORIAL.
The first semi annual RRL Tournament will take in mid January, the
second in mid June.
6-The Short Term Future of the Versus Leagues is as follows:
I have a backlog of registration forms, to process and sometimes it can
take a few weeks to get a person into the group, orientated about the
NHOL, and ready to play. The folks that have been coming into the NHOL
lately have been solid players, so much that L3 has really become a
L2.5.
That being said when Season 16 starts in January we will be expanding to
L5 and possibly a L6.
An additional Alumni League will be added also.
League 5 will be opened this next week for overflow of new people broken
up into 4 divisions based on ability, and a short schedule.
We are almost filled in all the leagues with only a spot or 2 open in
each, and maybe 1-2 people that could possibly get kicked for inactivity
in each.
7-Closing
You will be receiving a community wide email about upcoming things that
relate to the NHOL.
There will be specifics in regards to HUT and especially EASHL play.
The NHOL is part of the Leaguesonline.Net sports group.
Our goal has always been to cross over to other video game sports like
FIFA, Madden, MLB, and NBA.
We have just begun FIFA and have an ongoing MLB League for 2 years now.
More information will follow.
If you have any questions please ask.
Once again thank you for participating in the NHOL.
Trev
POSTED -11-7-19
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Opening
A few words to the Versus Group.
I want to welcome the many new people to the NHOL
that have recently joined our group.
Many new fine friends and really good guys.
Veterans please remember these folks are new to
the group and on a whole very talented, but will make mistakes in
gameplay.
It is important to just relax.
L1 ,L2, and L4 leagues are solid.
L3 is getting special attention to fill any
openings.
The talent level will rise there over the next few
weeks.
There maybe another hybrid L1/L2 opening soon for
new players also.
I have many many registration forms to process.
The NHOL is a becoming known as a great league.
Clarifications
I want to clarify a couple of things so
everyone is on the same page.
Replays
People have been complaining about people watching
replays of goals being scored.
I personally do not care as I am old and look
forward to any breaks in action I can get for my arthritic thumbs when
playing.
Some people take offense to it.
Any goal that is a refs decision I will watch if
its close, and any goal I score I may glance at part of it but not the
whole thing over and over again so I understand how people get
frustrated, especially when they just gave up a goal, or the game is
prolonged.
Let's find a happy medium but above all no
fighting in chat rooms about this silly issue.
5 Goal Mercy Rule
It is not an option the rule stays in place.
It was an experimental rule in one league last
year.
Entering a 8-0 game skews the stats and creates
bitter feelings.
In almost 35,000 games a player has come back to
win 3 times.
Game Play Activity
As stated in the last email we understand
if you need time off from playing.
We set some parameters up last week about 4 games
a week on average from now till the end of the projected season end
January 4th.
People were removed last week, mainly because
communications broke down, between the league and the individual.
About 25% of the new folks might lose 5 games in a
row and go into what we call Ghost Mode.
Our leagues are for people here for the long hall.
You can take seasons off, or weeks off but tell
us, and respond to communications.
Enough about this stuff.
Power Rankings
The first edition of the Power Rankings
for L1-L4 are posted on the stats website.
These are an unscientific, fun thing.
The real power ranking is the playoffs.
Here they are:
LEAGUE 1 POWER RANKING
LEAGUE 2 POWER RANKING
LEAGUE 3 POWER RANKING
LEAGUE 4 POWER RANKING
Alumni League Power Rankings will be
posted in a few weeks as their seasons have just begun.
Big Changes To Rated Random League
After 6 years of RRL we are going to be
changing it in the next few days to an even better type of
season.
Easier to set games and easier to record them, we
are getting rid of pesky Google Sheets.
More RRL tournaments and playoffs.
Addition of Alumni Teams
In the meantime keep playing the way we always
have you will be receiving information as soon as Web guru Wlado is
ready to roll it out.
Closing
Guys many new people will be joining us
over the next 2-3 months.
Remember its a game that's all about
sportsmanship, and to have fun.
Any questions feel free to message me on Discord.
Trev
POSTED 9-29-19
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Please read how to win a $50 PSN card
in the Rated Random League.
Winner of the tournament will
win a $50 PSN card, Runner up a $20, and third place a $20.
The 3rd place game will be a 1 game
event.
Season 4 of the Rated Random League is
in the books.
All 1276 games of the real NHL regular
season have been completed.
Now we go onto the playoffs and here is
how it works.
All those games played we put into the
NHL standings on the website.
16 teams just like the real NHL make
the RRL playoffs.
The top 12 players with most games
played get to choose one of the 16 teams and use it throughout
the RRL playoffs.
The other 4 teams get filled from play
in tournaments listed below.
Anyone in the NHOL Community is
eligible to try to play in.
There will be 4 play in tournaments for
the last 4 spots.
If you get eliminated in one of the
tournaments you can still qualify again in any of the others.
As example if I lose in tournament 1 I
can try to qualify in Tournament 2, 3, or 4.
Play in tournament schedule:
Friday Night October 4th 9 PM EST.
Saturday Afternoon October 5th 2 PM EST
Saturday Evening October 5th 930 PM EST
Sunday Evening October 6th 900 PM EST
Once the final 4 play ins pick a team
playoffs will begin.
All series are a best of 7 using the
2-2-1-1-1 format.
THE DRAFT BOARD IS AS FOLLOWS FOR TOP
12 GAMES PLAYED CHOICES:
DRAFT BOARD AND ELIGIBLE TEAMS CAN BE
VIEWED AT THE FOLLOWING LINK:
RATED RANDOM BRACKETS/DRAFT
Season 5 for RRL is now open also, so
play can begin there while Season 4 playoffs take place,
In the near future we are discarding
using Google sheets and everything will be based in the
randomizer and a form for game reports.
We will communicate instructions when
this takes place as soon as our WebGuru gets it done, for now
its same old way to record RRL.
That's it for now kids.
If you have any questions just ask.
Trev
POSTED 9-13-19
Guys and Samantha(Currently our only female who will kick your
butt),
DRAFT
Here is how the draft will proceed for Season 15 of the NHOL.
Each first season the league has a random lottery for your draft
pick #, meaning everyone has the chance to be anywhere from 1-31
in the draft order for teams.
This announcement will take place this Sunday night at 10 PM
EST.
The actual draft itself will take place Tuesday night beginning
at 930 PM EST.
You have two options to draft your team Tuesday night.
1- Be in the Team League Chatroom and private message me your
pick, or to send in a list with all the teams listed up to your
numbered selection.
Using This: The
Draft Form Link
Meaning if you draft # posted Sunday is 18
I need your list to be 18 teams deep, not a list with like
Tampa, Pittsburgh, and Calgary.
Please do not send in lists before Sunday night and the draft #s
are posted.
If you are not in the chatroom within 10 minutes of
being informed you are "On The Clock", and you do not send a
list in you will bypassed until you surface to the next
selection.
ADDITIONAL LEAGUE ALUMNI LEAGUE
In addition to L1 -L4 Leagues there
will be 2 addition Team Leagues, this year similar to what the
Hardcore Leagues were but slightly different.
They will be the Alumni League 1 and
the Alumni League 2.
It will work as follows:
IN NHL 22 this year EA has added Alumni
teams, adding some of the great or favorite players that are
retired NHL players to each of the 31 teams plus the Quebec
Nordiques, Hartford Whalers, and the Minnesota Stars.
Some players are on multiple teams.
Not all the great players are included
on each team due to an agreement with EA and the NHLPA, but many
great ones are.
Each league will operate in this manner
similar to how Hardcore was:
Alumni League 1 (A1) will consist of a
mixture of 30 teams of L1 and L2 players.
Alumni League 2 (A2) will consist of a
mixture of 30 L3 and L4 players.
The Schedule will be weighed where you
play your same Division more games than the other.
A separate chatroom for Alumni play
will be used so there is no confusion with regular Team Play.
The L2 players will have first choice
of teams in A1 and the L4 players will have first choice in A2.
I will post when sign ups are ready
about 2 weeks from today and a draft will take place.
Thats it for now folks. If you have any
questions please ask in Discord private message.
Trev
POSTED 9-7-19
Dear NHOL Community Member,
I know the excitement is growing as the NHL release date is only a
few days away.
I would like to go over a few things with everyone so we are all on
the same page going forward.
First of all it was a great year for the NHOL, our growth of
membership continues to surge with many great new members coming into
the community.
Our Versus Leagues grew to 5 last season,and we are looking at
anywhere from 6 to 7 in 2020.
The EASHL/World Of Chel players really worked out well, with many
people getting together, and forming teams and playing 3s and 6s mode.
This season we will have a great EASHL Team league, more information
to follow in the next day,team managers/captains will be needed.
HUT has always been desired by alot of the community members and
we are ready to roll it out in about a week.
In order to place everyone in the leagues they want to be in please
take the time to fill out the following survey so I can add people to
the proper chat rooms.
NHOL PLACEMENT SURVEY LINK PLEASE FILL OUT
The time frame is as follows:
Versus 1 vs 1 Leagues L1-L5
Versus Leagues 1-5 draft will take place on Tuesday 9-17-19 at 9 PM
EST.
The regular season will then open up on the following Sunday 9-19-19
at 1200 PM EST.
Each 1st season of the year there is a random lottery for your draft
number, each season after is based on your record the previous season.
The lottery results will be posted via email Monday night, along with
a link so that you can send a list of teams you would like to select in
the draft.
Versus 1 vs 1 Rated Random Leagues
There are roughly 80 some games left in the Regular season for RRL
Season 4.
These games should be played out very fast ionce the new game is
released, and the RRL Season 4 playoffs will begin immediately.
All NHOL Community Members are eligible for the RRL Playoffs, there
will be a special play in tournament held once the regular season is
completed for 4 available RRL teams.
Versus 1 vs 1 Euro Leagues
The web designer is working on a Versus 1 vs 1 League strictly for
our friends from Europe, using International Teams and a stats based
website.
It should be completed soon and once it is there will be a draft for
available teams.
HUT/EASHL World Of Chel
There will be separate emails sent tomorrow regarding HUT and EASHL
please check your email box tomorrow evening.
Other Versus 1vs 1 Information
For those of you that have missed it L1-L4 have awarded NHOL Cups to
all the winners congratulations to L1-AJ Colorado, L2-Jack B Detroit,
L3-Graham Tampa Bay, and L4-Sheppard Winnipeg. The Hardcore League only
has a game or 2 left in their finals and will be completed in the next
game or 2.
Awards for all league can be viewed in the NHOL Leagues Archives.
Your individual Members History can be viewed in the NHOL Members
History Link.
This season your names will have a different look to be more
streamlined.
In the past as example a name would look like this
L4--NSH--Psn--Trevipapp--Trev will now look like this
4-NSH-Trevipapp--Trev.
There will not have any funky team names such as Canucks of the West
or Nordiques, all names will contain a 3 letter abbreviation for the
team, a PSN and a first name and last initial.
Please read all emails, last season I saw many people just
deleting whatever that was sent out, and asking questions in the chat or
in private messages to me that were clearly spelled out in the email.
I do not have time to answer questions that are clearly
written.
All messages are posted in the News Link also on the website.
There will be much more information sent out in the next few days and
weeks regarding the leagues, and many new people joining our group that
will need assistance.
As usual some will not make the grade as far as attitude, or hitting
our easy deadlines.
In closing, there is much to do in the next few days and weeks and I
will be a busy beaver.
I will be promoting some new people to Admin rolls to help out this
next season.
If you have any questions just ask.
Trev
PS FILL OUT THE SURVEY ABOVE IT IS MANDATORY
POSTED 6-15-19
Guys,
Another great season for the NHOL.
So many great new members!!
We did slip a little with our games played % but we added many, many new
fine people to the group.
GAMES PLAYED
L1 512 Games Played of 713 72%
L2 553 Games Played of 713 78%
L3 626 Games Played of 713 88%
TL 1691 Of 2139 79%
Our usual games played rate has always been over 90% but I feel we had a
lot of veterans bail for whatever reason and in my opinion that is fine
I never want people in the group who do not want to be here. Once the
figures for L4 are added in the % will rise greatly as those guys are
warriors and almost all will play most of their games. Also the played
games total will go over 2500 games played which is fantastic, the most
ever for a NHOL season.
I want to welcome our new members who came in last minute and only had
the chance to play a few games in their first season.
I also want to thank some of the members who pulled double duty playing
with more than one team.
PLAYOFFS ATTITUDE
The playoffs are about having fun.
Remember this is not playing no names in Online Versus Play, you are
playing people in the NHOL, respect is a must win or lose.
Negative comments in the chat rooms will be shutdown immediately by
Admins so no hissy fits, or backhanded comments if you lose.
The competition in the past has usually brought out great play and
exciting games.
PLAYOFF GAME REPORTING PROCEDURES
We have a simple procedure for game play reporting for playoff games.
Winner reports game, immediately. If I have to chase people for
screenshots I will not be happy.
I also want a private message when the series is completed and what the
series outcome was.
We do not use the website for stats, please check out the following link
for information on how to report your games.
NHOL PLAYOFF GAME PLAY REPORTING PROCEDURE
Do not send me photos from your phone on Discord or messaged on
the Playstation.
Screenshots must be a Playstation screenshot messaged to PSN Trevipapp.
If you need help screenshot messaging the pics just ask.
PLAYOFF BRACKETS
The brackets for each league were calculated using the following
criteria:
Total points, if two teams were tied the person with more games played
gets the tie breaker.
Please check out the following link and scroll down to your league for
your playoff match up.
NHOL SEASON 14 PLAYOFF BRACKETS
TIME FRAME TO PLAY YOUR GAMES
Traditionally the 1st round even with a best of 5 takes a while as we
have 31 teams battling.
Already I know of 4 or 5 people that are traveling, a death in the
family, or have work related issues where they will not be available for
a few days.
I will contact each person whose opponent is unavailable and communicate
to them when the opponent will return.
I would like to see the first round completed by a week from Monday if
possible at the latest.
CLOSING
Each game someone should stream the game and post the link in the
chatroom.
Have fun guys.
If you have any questions do not hesitate to ask.
Trev
POSTED 6-12-19
Dear NHOL Team League Owner,
The season end this Friday Night at 1159 PST.
We have added 1 day due to the fact that the Raptors are in the NBA
finals Thursday and 60% of the league is from Canada, also the Game 7
with the Bruins and Blues is being played tonight.
The playoffs will begin Saturday night, or as soon as the playoff
brackets are posted.
Do the best you can getting your games in and playoff eligibility will
be reviewed on a case by case basis.
DO NOT HOLD ANY STATS THEY MUST BE INPUTTED NOW!!!!
I will be assisting people in getting their games so look for me to help
you find your opponents.
Thanks Trev
Dear Versus League Team Owner,
I am doing Power Rankings for each league tomorrow.
Please post any stats you maybe holding tonight so they will be included in the
stats.
END OF REGULAR SEASON
As you may have noticed we have removed people slow to play or non responsive to
communications.
We usually sub these teams in with players from lower leagues or allow some
players to have a team in each conference.
Currently, we only have one team in L1 open and that is the Rangers, it will be
filled in the next day or so.
Taking that in mind the final deadline to get your games in has been established
for each league it is as follows:
Leagues 1, 2, and 3 Thursday June 13th at 1159 PST.
League 4 Thursday June 20th at 1159 PST
Hardcore League Thursday June 27th at 1159 PST
The playoffs will begin the next day after the regular season ends.
Once the playoffs are underway we will take a 2 month hiatus till the new game
comes out in September for Leagues 1-4.
Anyone wishing to play Hardcore League over the summer is welcome and if a
second Hardcore needs to be set up we will do it.
In addition, we are nearing the 3/4 marl of the RRL season and everyone is
eligible to make the RRL playoffs.
Please read the attached RRL
Tutorial Link for further information, scroll down to the playoff
information.
Thats it for now guys L1-L4 you have 4 and a half weeks to finish the season
out. Get cracking!!
Trev
Gentlemen,
GOALIES
Backup Goalies must play 420 minutes per season otherwise you will be using your
backup goalies in the playoffs.
Please check the following link so you can make the adjustments to your teams:
BACKUP GOALIE MINUTES LIST
POWER RANKINGS
Each season we do 2 POWER RANKINGS for each league.
They are done purely for fun. The real Power Rankings are the playoffs.
Another will be done at the completion of the regular season.
So here they are:
LEAGUE 1 POWER RANKINGS
LEAGUE 2 POWER RANKINGS
LEAGUE 3 POWER RANKINGS
LEAGUE 4 POWER RANKINGS
LEAGUE HC POWER RANKINGS
Have fun and play nice kids,
Trev
Dear Versus League Team Owner,
I am doing Power Rankings for each league tomorrow.
Please post any stats you maybe holding tonight so they will be included in the
stats.
END OF REGULAR SEASON
As you may have noticed we have removed people slow to play or non responsive to
communications.
We usually sub these teams in with players from lower leagues or allow some
players to have a team in each conference.
Currently, we only have one team in L1 open and that is the Rangers, it will be
filled in the next day or so.
Taking that in mind the final deadline to get your games in has been established
for each league it is as follows:
Leagues 1, 2, and 3 Thursday June 13th at 1159 PST.
League 4 Thursday June 20th at 1159 PST
Hardcore League Thursday June 27th at 1159 PST
The playoffs will begin the next day after the regular season ends.
Once the playoffs are underway we will take a 2 month hiatus till the new game
comes out in September for Leagues 1-4.
Anyone wishing to play Hardcore League over the summer is welcome and if a
second Hardcore needs to be set up we will do it.
In addition, we are nearing the 3/4 marl of the RRL season and everyone is
eligible to make the RRL playoffs.
Please read the attached RRL
Tutorial Link for further information, scroll down to the playoff
information.
Thats it for now guys L1-L4 you have 4 and a half weeks to finish the season
out. Get cracking!!
Trev
Dear NHOL Team League Owner,
Congratulations to Jon Bens winner of the Season 13 L2 NHOL Cup with a 4 games
to 1 win over Chris K.
Capping a great season for both of these fellows.
I want to apologize for the delay it took for the web site redesign and
additions to it.
We had to wait almost a month longer than anticipated to start our recruitment
period.
The current recruitment period has been going very well adding many new quality
people to the Group.
Another recruitment period begins this weekend strictly targeting European and
French Canadian players from Canada, England, Finland, Germany, and Sweden for
the group.
Of course a small percentage of these additions will not make the grade long
term, thats part of life.
I still have quite a few registration forms to process, it takes time to
orientate new people and to set up times to do so.
Currently in all 4 leagues there are 10 teams available about 2-3 in each.
These teams should be filled by the end of the weekend.
At that point the first edition of the Season 14 power rankings for each league
will take place.
The results should be posted Monday night.
Each 2 week period we look at the total games played for individuals.
New additions are not included in this group and hopefully they will catch up
shortly.
Our goal at the end of the weekend should be near the 20 game mark as a target.
Again recent additions to the group are exempt from this number.
As usual if you feel this number will not be made by you, please talk to me so
we can give you additional time to get your games in.
There are 3 people that have been existing owners who have been told hit the
mark this week or else they face replacement.
One of the things that I have always abide by is people that sign on to play and
suddenly disappear, or tell me they are quitting in the middle of the season.
Everyone has 1 forgiveness, but if you sign on again and do it again, basically
your NHOL career is over for Versus League play.
We want people who are committed to the system.
I have included a link to our Versus
League Team Owners List. <-----LINK
On this list you will find every current Play Station Network name in your, and
all the leagues.
Please send friends requests to everyone with a small message in the optional
message box saying as example "This is L3 Trev Bruins Owner".
Also please accept the requests you receive because it will allow you to track
people currently not on Discord, and expedite game play invites instead of
searching for names.
People really enjoy streaming. If you know how to stream under a good connection
please do and post it in the chat people love watching NHOL players play.
If you do not know how the Admins can help you do so, just ask.
In conclusion the last issue I would like to talk about is the 5 Goal Rule.
I am getting complaints that it is not being adhered to.
The rule is that when up by 5 goals do not shoot at the opposing goalie.
Do not cycle the puck and do not attack the player with the puck in their
defensive zone.
Take the puck over center ice or up to his blue line dump it in and fall back
and play defense.
Yes its boring but we are not here to humiliate people.
That is it for now gentlemen. Play Nice and play often!
Sincerely Trev
Dear Versus Team League Owner,
Please read the following information and ask questions if needed.
SEASON 13 PLAYOFFS
Tremendous job getting the first round match ups completed.
Of 44 1st round series 43 have been completed and the last one will be completed
tomorrow.
There was a serious family medical issue with one of the participants that
delayed things.
In order for the continuing rounds to be completed it is up to you and your
opponent to contact each other via on both Discord private message and Play
Station Messaging. Keyword both.
REALIGNMENT
The Admins sat down and restructured some of the players due to the addition of
the L4 league to get a better grouping of players by ability.
Think of L1 as our top players, L2 a shade below that, and so on down the line.
There really is not much difference when you compare L1 to L2, L3 to L4 or L2 to
L3.
Anyone who wishes to be in a higher or lower league please contact Trev, and he
and the group will make the adjustments.
Players that are still alive playing we have to wait to see what the playoff
outcomes are in also judging what league you will be placed.
I will update the brackets as a couple of series have been played since this
writing.
Traditionally teams that win a league or finish in the top 4 or so get moved up.
SEASON 14 DRAFT
The Season 14 Draft is now open.
As rounds end in the playoffs eliminated teams will be added to it, the
tiebreaker is your regular season point total.
Also any new recruits will be added and I have a backlog new player
registrations forms to process.
The new recruits will be more extensively screened in RRL as far as game play
ability goes going forward, unless they are brought in by a current member
referral.
Please look over the current NHOL
SEASON 14 DRAFT BOARD.
If you wish to send in a list to speed things up use the
NHOL MY DRAFT PICKS LINK
SEASON 14 LEAGUES
Here is the Season 14 lineup of leagues available in Versus 1 vs 1 going
forward.
L1-L4 Leagues
We are forecasting a L5 and L6 next fall.
No one will be playing in more than one L1-L4 League (exception is the new
HardCore League listed below) as we begin.
New recruits will be added as we go.
Subs used down the line if needed.
The season for all 4 leagues will end on Wednesday April 10th at 1159 PST.
16 weeks.
During the 16 weeks players are expected, to stay at a pace of 4 games per week.
If someone hits more than 12 back of the pace they will be warned and could be
replaced.
As soon as the schedule for each league is uploaded on the website the leagues
are open for play.
Euro League
All of our European friends are still in L1-L4, and it i amazing how most of
them completed 95% of their scheduled games last season.
In addition, most of them came in midway in the season.
While they play we will begin a major expansion into the European League base
for Versus.
All of our Euro buddies are assisting in this, and I am emailing them to set up
a meeting time as their input will be greatly needed.
HardCore League
Many of the elite L1 players have made comments in past seasons, and the current
one that certain players play in a manner that is frowned upon in the NHL 22
community.
This is nothing new that I am hearing.
In the past we did not have people play with strict rules in the leagues.
We have the basic rules:
The 5 goal mercy rule.
No scratched players.
No diving in the offensive zone, and these rues are currently in effect and will
be the same next season in L1-L4.
We had these simple rules rather than fight about game play styles in chat
rooms.
The thought process was people will self govern themselves about unwritten
rules, and EA World Championships play rule less on a whole.
A group of Elite players are putting together the small list of rules they think
needs to be added to the Hardcore League.
These rules will only apply to the Hardcore League for Season 14.
Once I receive the rules and post them on the site the Hardcore League will open
for play with a draft.
My only rules that are mandatory to play in the Hardcore League are as follows:
You must have a stable connection to your play station either hardwired or the
new PS.
You must be able to stream your game, or learn how to copy the game file at the
end of the game to a USB.
With this in effect, the League Admins will then hear your complaints about game
play styles and warnings could go out.
Players from L1-L4 are welcome to play in the Hardcore League, as a second team
in Versus 1vs1 NHOL play.
If you wish to play in the HardCore League pleas email NationalHockeyOnlineLeagues@Gmail.Com and
state you want in.
FRIENDS
We all have friends that might like to play with our group. Some are great guys
like your selves some are goof offs.
It never falls on you if you refer a friend to the group and they just do not
live up to our character standards.
That being said any friends you have now is the time to get them orientated and
set up with a team we have limited open spots,
GENERAL NEWS
Last week the Power Rankings and Season 13 Awards were announced. If you missed
them check below.
Regular Season 13 Final Power Rankings
POWER RANKINGS LEAGUE 1
POWER RANKINGS LEAGUE 2
POWER RANKINGS LEAGUE 3
Season 13 Team and Player Awards
AWARDS LEAGUE 1
AWARDS LEAGUE 2
AWARDS LEAGUE 3
CLOSING
Things are going well, and I see great things for the Group as far as growth,
fun, and great rivalries starting.
What sets the NHOL apart from other leagues is we are made of character.
Sure you may see someone blow up in the chat, it can happen.
BUT IT NEVER HAPPENS TWICE
Have fun kids and good luck if your still alive in the playoffs or for Season
14.
Trev |
