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No skull skulduggery on my behalf, RWD and no one edited your post. The team selection was randomized, as you can see with the order that was posted over a week ago in the first page of this topic. Sorry if you think this is in some way duplicitous, but I can't think of a better way to distribute teams. It's not a first come, first serve basis in case you missed that. Alright, puckhead8926 selects New York I. Remaining teams are: Hartford Philadelphia Toronto Winnipeg Vocally Caged to the podium.

Hulanov selects Quebec. puckhead8926 is on the clock.

I enjoyed reading that Mateo. Good stuff. And thanks for working some of my sprites in there Only thing left out was the part about Kiefer Sutherland saving the President by using Michel Goulet's moustache as a human shield.

I select Montreal 1. politelyerased - Boston 2. Freydey - Edmonton 3. sarcdoc23 - Calgary 4. habs - New Jersey 5. Wittgenstein - Minnesota 6. flamingpavelbure - Vancouver 7. kaberger8 - Pittsburgh 8. hokkee - Chicago 9. Matt Hurray - Los Angeles 10. XdeathsbloodX - St. Louis 11. smozoma - Buffalo 12. WagsTh - Washington 13 boknowsnhl94 - New York R. 14. clockwise - Montreal 15. Newjerseykiller - Detroit 16. Houlanov - Quebec 17. puckhead8926 - New York I. 18. Vocally Caged - Philadelphia 19. Iceguy94 - TBD 20. donnybrook94 - TBD 21. swos - TBD Remaining teams are: Hartford Toronto Winnipeg Newjerseykiller is next.

Give that boy a cigar.

Oh yeah, forgot about this. The answer is: Penalty Shot Taken From A Penalty Shot Circle 38 Feet In Front Of The Goal Since these polls are about as popular as baked beans on a bus trip they will be discontinued. Thanks to everyone who did vote.

Why you always Jokinen?!?

Could I be allotted a pardon here smo? I took command of a team that had logged a decent amount of games (15 or so if I recollect, wait maybe 10?). These games were wiped clean when I took the helm - not at my request I should add, and would of really helped me in the standings since my game hasn't completely thawed out yet. 17 games are filed away right now and I hope to surmount at least 20 by the end of Sunday, but I'm asking for some leeway here because it's unlikely that Quebec will meet that deadline. Thanks.

My apologies, RWD, your signup from the 18th is in my mail box. I inadvertently posted the wrong name when I pasted in the coaches. Must of gotten fowled up switching tabs. Got you up there, now.

This is amazing! How did you add a fourth line to the game? And the fans in the stands dance around when you score! The logos look like they have a broader palette too - making the uniforms very close to the real thing. Plus the organ music is different? Bravo man, bravo.

Quebec's Fan Depreciation Carnival couldn't come soon enough for fans as they lined the parking lot in French styled striped boating shirts and berets to exude their contempt for a team so sucky Oreck vacuum cleaners has filed a lawsuit against the team for copyright infringement. Kids drew chalk outlines of their favorite players they like to see face down on the ice in the asphalt as Pierre Turgeon collapsed into the dunk tank filled with piranhas. "Oh god the flesh, their eating it to the bone, it feels so good - sorta like it would if we ever win again". Chaos broke out among staff after a backfiring car was mistaken for a drive by shooting. Coaches and players dove for cover but fans stood proudly and waved their arms in hopes of sweet death. One fan with a bulls eye painted on his forehead responded to reporters in the aftermath: "I've eaten my last baguette , take me now lord! Pavel Bure was unable to attend the carnival for very long because he was shooting a Vodkaade power sports drink commercial. His only line in the commercial was: "Look at me, I go so fast.", as he roller skated in hot pants and chewed bubble gum. Rumors circulating around Rick Tocchet wagering bets against the team surfaced at the carnival after Tocchet began using hockey sticks made of 100 dollar bills several games ago. One reporter asked him to comment but he quickly blasted off in his gold plated jet pack. _______________________________________________________________ In other news the cash strapped franchise has been forced to sell all modes of transportation to keep the club afloat and will now travel to games in the trash compactor of a municipal garbage truck. The team has also sold naming rights for 1/2 a cent to Floyd's Compost and the stadium will now be named The Sh!tter. Coach Jesus was asked about his teams woes as he sat on a drum of explosives drinking turpentine and explained: "We got no food, we got no jobs, our pets heads are fall'n off!" Where exactly the next Nordiques game will take place is uncertain, but like feces, it will ultimately "take place".

Pretty much. I want to clarify something real quick: NHL'91 is NHL'94 with the insignia and teams from the 1990-1991, NHL campaign (more here). It's not EA Hockey or NHL Hockey. So, yes, there are one timers and there is no fighting. I thought this was made abundantly clear on the sites 'About' section but several people contacted me about this. Okay, here's the prospective list of coaches that were jumbled with my favorite randomizer. 1. politelyerased - Boston 2. Freydey - Edmonton 3. sarcdoc23 - Calgary 4. habs - New Jersey 5. Wittgenstein - Minnesota 6. flamingpavelbure - Vancouver 7. kaberger8 - Pittsburgh 8. hokkee - Chicago 9. Matt Hurray - Los Angeles 10. XdeathsbloodX - St. Louis 11. smozoma - Buffalo 12. WagsTh - Washington 13 boknowsnhl94 - New York R. 14. clockwise - Montreal 15. Newjerseykiller - Detroit 16. Houlanov - Quebec 17. puckhead8926 - TBD 18. Vocally Caged - TBD 19. Iceguy94 - TBD 20. donnybrook94 - TBD 21. swos - TBD Since smozoma had all of the teams he selected taken when his turn came around, I'm going to let the last eleven coaches hand pick their club, in order. Coaches are also permitted to swap teams, before the season commences. Anyone who hasn't registered is still welcome to sign up as a replacement.

I am.

GGS will be with you, always.

Don't be vexed. There's no yellow brick road to hex editing - though wboy has left plenty of bread crumbs along the trail... So everything relating to editing is at eye level - within arms reach on the forums if you use the search function. And having to resort to bookmarks is analogous eating with an automatic fork. I've cataloged the offsets for sprites in the stick tape | sprite edit patch thread if it's any consolation. There's a trapeziod patch that I created as well. If you haven't already made the trip to this link I'd suggest you go ahead and download the 30 Team Reference Screens. Lastly wboy did create this xml book mark file several years ago, however I'm not certain it's compatible with the 30 Team patch. Good luck with your project.

So.... This is your first time?

The graphics look so real

That's not the question (or the answer)

Forever maligned, the ice arbiters, or officials, have the ignominy of punishing players who commit infractions and are the sentinels who enforce the golden rules of hockey. Usually to the displeasure of patrons, rendering them as the ever yielding pin cushions of hockey. The job of recognizing and assessing penalties is often analogized to reading the text off the side of a speeding train from five feet away. And by large the profession has remained the same since hockey was in it's infancy. For the most part. Before officials ever wore stripes and since the first ice judges used cowbells to signify penalties and stoppages (whistles would freeze to the lips of early officials) penalties have been modified and molded countless times to fit the modern game. Perhaps Bill Chadwick is the most notable official to ever roam the ice. In the 1940's he began using hand signals and gestures to describe an infraction during play. He would mime a tomahawk like action with his hands to indicate a tripping foul, or illustrate a high stick minor by grasping the invisible shaft of a hockey stick. Many fans found this to be a grandstanding gimmick used to garner undue attention, but most fans thought this helped them understand the game better. By 1948 Mr. Chadwick's eccentric hand signals were accepted into law and have become an integral part of hockey and a prerequisite for officials. Back when a goal judge was a spectator forced to stand behind the net armed with a flag in hand to signify a goal, all minor penalties were five minutes in duration. By 1916 minor penalties were reduced to only three minutes - and the offender was sentenced for the entire length of the penalty. No matter how many times the opposition scored. And new types of penalties started being created out of necessity - much the way a "Caution Slippery When Wet" sign was invented after a customer lost their footing in the produce isle at a grocery store. During a contest between the Montreal Canadiens and the New York Rangers one night at the hallowed Forum in 1955 a fan found his way onto the catwalk of the rafters and dropped several pucks onto the ice during play, causing mass confusion for all present. Following that game the seldom called "Illegal Puck" rule was instated into the game of hockey. Another rare penalty now inked into the rule books regards the physical abuse of officials - created out of necessity as well. Prior to 1937 there was no rule in place to prevent players and even coaches from physically brutalizing officials. After Bruins captain Dit Clapper was given a high sticking minor in the quarter final series between the Bruins and Canadiens in 1937, Clapper proceeded to punch official Clarance Campbell right in the kisser. In the next NHL campaign legislation was enacted to give any player who physically or verbally abuses an official a mandatory 10 minute misconduct penalty. Few if any other penalties in the game of hockey are celebrated like the penalty shot. The nerve racking procedure captures every ones attention as the only two players on the ice face each other in what many consider to be the most exhilarating play in hockey. As the first original rule from 1934 states: "Any player obstructed from traversing to the goal from behind with no other members from the opposing team in front besides the goalie shall be awarded a penalty shot". And in fact, the offender was required to serve a minor penalty too, even if the shooter scored on his attempt. Many fans today are accustomed with the conventional protocol for a penalty shot: The official will have the public address announcer designate the player selected as the shooter, place a puck at the face off dot at center ice, and the shooter will skate into the attacking zone then attempt to score on the goalie without stopping. The goalie may not exit the goal crease until the player has control of the puck, and the skater is given one single shot to score. Not many fans know that Ralph Bowman of the St. Louis Eagles was the first player to score a penalty shot goal. But even fewer fans know the origins of the first type of penalty shot, and its protocol. So, the question is, venerable hockey fans, what is the *1st method or protocol for the penalty shot? The answer will be divulged one week from today.

And the answer is? *Drum roll* Fishermen of Halifax, Nova Scotia! You guys pegged this pretty good. The next one will be ratcheted up a bit.

Growing older is not so bad when you consider the alternatives. Plus Evan's still young enough to get away with acting his age. Here's to many more, and may you live to be 94!

Thanks for the kind words. At this juncture I'd say the site is about 1/2 way home, even with the league component completed. And a message for those who have signed the registration forum over the last week or so: My web host changed the mail comp to local host over the last month and never notified me. I simply switched the stmpServer to local host, fired off a test register form, and everything is orderly. So the issue has been resolved. All the forms submitted before this switch (before mid February) are accounted for, but coaches who have registered over the last week or so will need to sign up again. Sorry for the inconvenience.

That was filthy. There's a save state somewhere on my hard drive of my manual goalie getting deked out of his skivvies after the CPU did about 5 wiggles and tucked it home. Given time and space the AI can put on quite a clinic. But since they don't use the speed burst and haven't been programed with the patented scoring techniques they're rarely on display.

It breaks down like this: Joe Beninati does play by play for the Capitals, and for Versus - Americas sorry excuse for national broadcasts of NHL games. He's loquacious and uses some out there jargon. For instance, if a player is crashing the net he'll say something like "Ruuttu to the cooker!" or something crazy. And every time someone shoots he yells "Firesssss!". Yeah. I killed it.

Correct, as I articulated the origins of the hockey goal didn't have any mesh, or net. So it's still a pertinent point, I suppose maybe a somewhat ancillary one - as a concomitant. And Mr. Ross is credited with the first official goal with a net, at least the advertisements offering the product are the first circulated. Still many teams goals didn't have goals to the exact dimensions until the directive was issued to have all nets inspected league wide in 1961, after Jacques Plante noticed that the crossbar at the old Chicago Stadium touched his back at a different spot than the Montreal Forum. But no umbrage taken, however, there is documentation - from the literature before me, that indicates one of the aforementioned answers are correct as the first press clippings of a net being attached to a goal are credited to one of them. I'd say it's more than an inference, having two papers report the sight. I'll probably do a bunch of these quizzes. I think this place needs it right now.