GWJHL2 Week 4!

I have never actually felt bad about a win until last night. Coldforged outshot me 65 to 19! With that type of shot disparity, there is no way I should have won. None of the 5 goals scored were cheap. I scored on 2 nice one-timers and a wrap around that was pretty cool. ColdF - wait, that isn''t even a slam - wait - ColdA scored on two nice one-timers. Raycroft was superb in the net for me and absolutely robbed Coldie at least 3 or 4 times, maybe more.

Honestly, I''m starting to feel like I am cheating when I will games after getting outshot by an over 3-1 margin. Maybe I sdhould not play Raycroft? Is he really that good in RL?

BTW, it was a really fun game. I was shocked to be starting the 3rd up 2-0. When coldie scored < 2 minutes into the 3rd I knew it would be a rollercoaster ride.

I''ve won games I felt I deserved to lose and vice-versa. I think the skill of your team makes too much of a difference in this game. Playing with a poor team can be very frustrating, right Coldie?

Only 6 games left to suffer with the Habs and I really doubt I''ll make the playoffs. Can''t wait to play again with my buddies St-Louis, Lecavalier and Richards on season 3.

Competition aside, it''s a fun game to play online.

Demi and Marlin are planning to play tonight and I''m waiting for *Legion* to drop me a PM or post a message here. If we can get the game done we can roll on! Otherwise, deadline is two days away.

Re: Swamp/Cold
I would think the only way to make 60+ shots in 15 minutes of actual play is to just come straight in and shoot everytime. If that''s the case, and he''s not setting up decent shots or getting the goalie to move side to side or freeze up from a fake/rebound, then it''s his fault for not playing good hockey, not raycroft being amazing.

and while we''re on the subject, i picked up the Hockey Handbook from amazon a couple weeks ago it has improved my real game and my virtual
one. I HIGHLY recommend it to anyone who is interested in playing or coaching the sport. It''s basically the Bible of hockey.

Plus it''s cheap!
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...

Naw, that''s not it. CF does the dekes, sets up the slapshots looking for rebounds, the whole nut. He probably playes the most strategic game of hockey you are likely to see AAMOF. It''s likely more that the ''Canes suck. And Raycroft was amazing.

Edit: Being objective, he probably had only 3-5 ""dump off"" shots on goal the whole game. The rest were solid.

I <3 Swampy :).

Eh, there''s got to be some truth in Mix''s heartless deriding of my skills. The fact is I''m not scoring. Perhaps my problem is that I try to play too much like hockey. I really don''t take advantage of the inherent weaknesses of 2kx brand hockey... Idon''t take a lot of one-timers, which the 2Kx series'' goalies have traditionally had difficulty covering, I don''t do a lot of classic S-move shots even on breakaways which are similarly poorly defended by all goalies, preferring instead trying to utilize the puck movement deking to earn a real, pretty goal. I like to try to move the puck around, slap it from the point and earn some garbage goals in close. I like setting up real one-timer opportunities from behind the net with a streaking defenseman cheating in.

Therefore, I''m not going to lament losing a close, nail-biting, fun game like that and I certainly don''t think you should feel bad about anything, Swampy. I just need to get my defense to a point where I can cover all those damned one-timers -- I really thought I had you covered on that one in regulation, dammit -- and maybe I''ll have a chance.

Perhaps my problem is that I try to play too much like hockey. I really don''t take advantage of the inherent weaknesses of 2kx brand hockey... Idon''t take a lot of one-timers, which the 2Kx series'' goalies have traditionally had difficulty covering, I don''t do a lot of classic S-move shots even on breakaways which are similarly poorly defended by all goalies, preferring instead trying to utilize the puck movement deking to earn a real, pretty goal. I like to try to move the puck around, slap it from the point and earn some garbage goals in close. I like setting up real one-timer opportunities from behind the net with a streaking defenseman cheating in.

We could always up the difficulty for the next league, make those AI players smarter

I just need to get my defense to a point where I can cover all those damned one-timers

I''m a one-timer whore but usually because the other guy isn''t playing proper defense and I have another player wide-open because he decided to try and hit me instead. I find defending against the one-timer fairly easy once you figure that''s all a guy has going. Considering Swampy only had 19 shots I assume you pulled off a lot of steals and blocked shots. That''s fantastic defense, you just need a Goalie who can back it up

Yeah, I usually am goot for between 30 and 40 SOG a game. At least 25. CF''s defense is tenacious, he dogs you if you get the puck in YOUR defensive zone and doesn''t let up. He intercepted a ton of passes, which I cussed him out for plenty.

For the record, that regulation one timer was SAWEET. I passes back toward the blueline from the corner across the point to an open man (whom I did not see ), one of the few times CF did not have the point all blocked up like Green''s colon after a big plate of poutine.

Well Demi and his Red Wings brought the pain down on the Canucks. Yzerman owned the ice and all the Canucks were left with was a rotten taste in their mouth. On the plus side, Bertuzzi did let the air out of Curtis Joseph''s tires.

Great game Demi, a lot of fun. Good luck on your next game.

Just Legion and me left, we tried to play tonight but could not establish a connection no matter how hard we tried. I did manage to connect with Demi fine so I''m not sure what''s going on there. I''m hoping Legion and I can play later in the evening tomorrow to avoid peak time and get it done. We''ll see what he has to say!

Git ''er done!

Certis, could you enable the email league updates on the league options page?

League members should receive a league update email every day:

You mean this? Sounds like spam if someone has their email addy in the system but doesn''t want the updates.

Same thing as the football leagues. If you give them your email you get the league''s scores. I get that now. Let''s you know who played and how they did. NBD.

Then let it be so.

Picard? Daddy?

I play the last game of my real hockey''s men''s league season tonight at 930 EST. Should be an interesting game. We played the same team last night 10-5 and things started to get ugly at the end. It''s going to be fun. Playoffs start on sunday!

*Legion*, baby, I''ve sent you two PM''s, one while you were trying to hook up with that slut Warlock for a football game. I know you''ve gotten them baby, why won''t you respond to me? The clock is ticking, deadline is tomorrow night. Talk to me baby.

<singsong voice> War-Lock is a slu-ut, War-Lock is a slu-ut

He''s probably hoping for a coin toss.

He won''t get one

Mayeb you should do that Greenie. Ten you might get a ""W""

I''m waiting for our game for that

Not a peep from *Legion* since our botched attempt to play a few days ago. That makes him one game played out of four possible games. Legion, you''re on notice for being removed from the league if you miss the next one unless you feel like pleading your case. I will also note that you were playing a Football league game this evening with Neo. Choosing not to PM me or update the thread with a quick ""No time to play, sorry"" and holding up the week for two days flies right in the face of what we made clear when we started this league.

If you can''t play your games, don''t join. Week five will roll ahead now.