EHM 2005: AAL4 Ithaca Blizzard (2005 - )

sabotai · 05-04-2006, 03:47 PM

And I start up a new dynasty now that I've patched the game and my old saved game won't load.

I now take over the Ithaca Blizzard of the AAL4. My short term goal is this: Get out of Ithaca. I want to get into any other league (other than AAL3. Not much of a jump there). Mostly aiming for a job in the ECHL or the CHL (WHL, OHL or QMJHL).

Long term goal is to get a job in the NHL, of course.

And so, the journey begins...

The Ithaca board told me that all they expect is for me to improve the roster. In other words, they have no expectations. Sweet.

I look over the roster and personnel. As far as personnel goes....yeah, I need many of everything. No scouts, no assistant coaches, no head coach, and no assistant GM. I hope the board doesn't get pissed when I spend a ton of money filling out the personnel jobs.

I have plenty of time to get things in order, though. It's August 4, 2005. My first game is on october 21st, 2005. So I have 2 and a half months to get everythign straightened out.

sabotai · 05-04-2006, 04:33 PM

August 16, 2005

My personnel is ready.

Asst. GM Anika McEvans
Judging Ability: 13, Judging Potential: 15

Head Coach Bernie Cassell
Adaptability 17, Determination 12, Discipline 8, Man Management 13, Motivating 13, Working With Youngsters 15, Goalies 8, Defensemen 11, Forwards 15, Ability 11, Potential 10, Tactics 15

Head Scout Jeff Gaulrapp
Judging Ability 15, Potential 18

I also have 3 assistant coaches, all have a 15+ in one of the coaching attributes, with 10+ in the other two at least. I have 3 scouts, with 14+ in both Ability and Potential. I made the scout with the best Judging Potential since I'll be relying on scouting reports mostly for the young players.

samifan24 · 05-04-2006, 04:37 PM

What league are you playing?

sabotai · 05-04-2006, 07:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by samifan24

What league are you playing?

AAL4 (edited first post and subject. Forgot to mention this)

mooreadamc · 05-05-2006, 12:14 PM

Looking forward to this, good luck!

Blade6119 · 05-05-2006, 06:47 PM

What is the AAL4? Midget in canada?

sabotai · 05-05-2006, 07:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blade6119

What is the AAL4? Midget in canada?

I wish!!

Blade6119 · 05-05-2006, 07:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sabotai

I wish!!

Ok, so what is it? Ive never heared of it(remember, i live in the desert)

sabotai · 05-05-2006, 07:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blade6119

Ok, so what is it? Ive never heared of it(remember, i live in the desert)

American league. It basically goes NHL -> AHL -> ECHL -> AAL3 -> AAL4. A league where players who aren't good enough to be in even the ECHL go.

sabotai · 05-05-2006, 08:43 PM

2005-2006 Ithaca Blizzard

Goalies

Starter: Kyle Sertich - 25 years old
Good goalie. Technicals are 10-12, and he's agile (13)

Backup: Cody Kennedy - 24 years old
Technically ok (9-10). Ok agility (12), Mentals are mostly not good.

Defensemen

Line 1 (LD - RD)

RD/LD Tom Moore - 31 years old
Average, all around defensmen. Not great at any one thing, but he doesn't have a weakness.

RD Tyler Picard - 26 years old
Little below average, but he is strong (13) and he can hit (14)

Line 2 (LD - RD)

LD Quinn Fair - 32 years old
Decent skater, mentally there but technically a bit below average

RD Brandon Leahy - 28 years old
Ok all around. Technically below average

Line 3 (LD - RD)

LD Doug Whitehead - 21 years old
Not good at all.

RD Rick Hill - 25 years old
Below average

Backups

None right now, but I just made a contract offer to a defenseman that will probably bump one of these players off the starting squad

Forwards

Because of roster limits, I only have 3 lines

Line 1 (LW - C - RW)

LW Shawn Adams - 35 years old
Good skater, but weak (Strength 5), mentally and technically sound. Has a mean slapshot (16).

C Craig Nelson - 33 years old
Another good skater, but weak (Strength 5), mentally very good and will be my Captain (influence 13, Teamwork 15), technically decent. Good on the faceoff (15)

RW/C Dan Murray - 22 years old
I signed him a month ago from Northeastern college. Decent skater with good stamina (16). Hard working (15) and determined (15). Technically averaeg (8-12)

Line 2 (LW - C - RW)

LW/C Sean Turner - 23 years old
Decent skater. Mentally lacking, technically below average. Can deke well (14) and has a good wristshot (14)

C Bryan Clarke - 22 years old
Good skater, Mentally good. Technically below average.

RW/C Josh Petersen - 21 years old
Ok skater with good stamina (16). Creative (15) and very good passing (18). Hopefully he will generate some nice scoring chances with his creative passing.

Line 3 (LW - C - RW)

LW Travis Kauffeldt - 20 years old
Decent skater with good stamina (16). Hard working (15) and aggressive (14). Technically average

C Bobby Price - 31 years old
Good skater, good mentals, technically good (7-12)

RW Brandon Talbot - 29 years old
Average all around

Back ups

C Rob Kuntz - 22 years old
Currently injured and will compete for a starting job when he gets back in about 2 weeks. Good skater, mentally very good, technically average

C/LW/RW John Lundbohm - 22 years old
Good skater but lacking mentally. Average technically

C/LW Joe Stephens - 22 years old
Good skating, good mentals. Technically lacking a bit.

sabotai · 05-06-2006, 10:41 PM

Preseason Media Hype

Madison, Urbana and Grosse Point were said to be the 3 best teams in the AAL4. Ithaca placed 9 (out of 14). Team MVP: G Kyle Sertich, Key New Face: RW/C Dan Murray

Positional Rankings
G Kyle Sertich: #2 Goalie
LW Shawn Adams: #4 Left Wing
C Bobby Price: #8 Center
RW/C Dan Murray: #3 Right Wing
RW/C Josh Peterson: #4 Right Wing

The Bobby Price ranking took me a bit by surprise. Looking over my centers again, I guess I value certain attributes more highly than the game does.

sabotai · 05-06-2006, 11:08 PM

Beginning November 2005

A lot of movement early.

I signed a hard hitting defenseman named Louis Robitaille. I put him on my 2nd line at LD, moved Fair down to 3rd line and Whitehead is now on the bench as a backup.

Bobby Price suffered a dislocated shoulder and will be out for 2 months.

We had a nice start, winning our first two games of the season. Kyle Sertich was a wall as we won both by shutout (45 for 45 saves combined in those two games). But then we stumbled and lost 2, ending the opening month with an even record.

Standings

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Eastern Division

Pos     Team                     GP     W      L      SOW    SOL    Pct     GF   GA   Pts  
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1st     Salem                    5      5      0      0      0       1.000   21   6    10   
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2nd     Urbana                   5      5      0      0      0       1.000   22   9    10   
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3rd     Roanoke                  5      3      2      0      0       0.600   14   11   6    
4th     Ithaca                   4      2      2      0      0       0.500   9    6    4    
5th     Schenectady              5      0      5      0      0       0.000   6    24   0

Results

Code:

10-21-05  Kansas      H W 5-0
10-22-05  Minnesota   H W 2-0
10-28-05  Urbana      H L 2-4
10-29-05  Roanoke     A L 0-2

Stats

Goals
Josh Peterson - 4
Dan Murray - 3

Assists
Craig Nelson - 4
Quinn Fair - 2

Points
Josh Peterson - 5
Dan Murray - 4
Craig Nelson - 4

Average Rating
Kyle Sertich - 8.75
Louis Robitaille - 9.00
Tom Moore - 7.75
Josh peterson - 7.75

Goalie Stats
Kyle Sertich (2-2-0) - GAA: 1.50; SV%: 0.953, SO: 2; AvR: 8.75

MizzouRah · 05-06-2006, 11:19 PM

I'll be reading along as well!!

CraigSca · 05-06-2006, 11:21 PM

Me too - I've always thought about giving EHM a try, as I know hockey much better than soccer. However, I've always heard about it being a bit buggy and nowhere near as solid as FM. Are you a big fan of the game, sabotai?

st.cronin · 05-06-2006, 11:29 PM

Ehm is quite a lot of fun if you're a hockey fan.

sabotai · 05-07-2006, 07:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CraigSca

Me too - I've always thought about giving EHM a try, as I know hockey much better than soccer. However, I've always heard about it being a bit buggy and nowhere near as solid as FM. Are you a big fan of the game, sabotai?

Yup, I'm a big fan of the game.

It's no more or less buggy than FM is. The one thing I don't like about EHM is that it's basically on par with last verion's FM. Meaning that you fire up the latest FM, see all of these neat, cool things. But then fire up EHM, and it just feels 2 years old (since it is impossible to not compare it to FM). That might be where you get the "not as solid as FM".

That said, I play EHM a lot and barely play FM at all right now. One of the reasons is that I can just have my head coach control the games in EHM. In FM, you have to coach every game yourself. So it makes playing through a season in EHM much faster. (You can still set lines and tactics and tell your coach to use them during the game. That's how I play). Not that I mind taking awhile to go through a season, but in FM, I just don't feel like I know what I'm doing, and it's not possible to ease yourself into it like it is in EHM.

Blade6119 · 05-07-2006, 07:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sabotai

Yup, I'm a big fan of the game.

It's no more or less buggy than FM is. The one thing I don't like about EHM is that it's basically on par with last verion's FM. Meaning that you fire up the latest FM, see all of these neat, cool things. But then fire up EHM, and it just feels 2 years old (since it is impossible to not compare it to FM). That might be where you get the "not as solid as FM".

That said, I play EHM a lot and barely play FM at all right now. One of the reasons is that I can just have my head coach control the games in EHM. In FM, you have to coach every game yourself. So it makes playing through a season in EHM much faster. (You can still set lines and tactics and tell your coach to use them during the game. That's how I play). Not that I mind taking awhile to go through a season, but in FM, I just don't feel like I know what I'm doing, and it's not possible to ease yourself into it like it is in EHM.

I agree...while i love the in-game stuff in FM, i wish there was an option to simulate games other then going on a 1 day vacation

CraigSca · 05-07-2006, 09:21 PM

How quickly do the games sim? Is it like FM where you just kind of sit there for a few minutes wondering what's going on?

Blade6119 · 05-07-2006, 09:25 PM

No, it goes real fast...give the demo a try, as in season it flies

sabotai · 05-07-2006, 09:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CraigSca

How quickly do the games sim? Is it like FM where you just kind of sit there for a few minutes wondering what's going on?

I have every single league set to "enhanced", so occasionly, when there are a TON of games to sim, it takes up to 20 seconds or so. Most of the time, it only takes a couple of seconds. I'd imagine if you only had just the US and Canada leagues on, it'd always take a couple of seconds.

CraigSca · 05-07-2006, 10:10 PM

Thanks guys - I'm going to give the demo a try. Sorry to derail your dynasty...

sabotai · 05-11-2006, 07:42 PM

Beginning of December 2005

Standings

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Eastern Division

Pos     Team                     GP     W      L      SOW    SOL    Pct     GF   GA   Pts  
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1st     Salem                    20     12     5      3      0       0.750   71   47   30   
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2nd     Urbana                   17     11     2      2      2       0.824   59   39   28   
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3rd     Ithaca                   19     10     8      0      1       0.553   45   39   21   
4th     Roanoke                  18     10     8      0      0       0.556   45   41   20   
5th     Schenectady              21     2      19     0      0       0.095   38   82   4

Results

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11-2-05   Schenectady A W 3-1
11-4-05   Salem       H L 2-4
11-5-05   Iowa        A W 3-1
11-6-05   Iowa        A W 2-1
11-9-05   Roanoke     H W 3-1
11-11-05  Schenectady A L 1-3
11-12-05  Schenectady A W 5-4
11-13-05  Roanoke     H L 0-1
11-18-05  Urbana      H L 1-2
11-19-05  Schenectady H W 2-1
11-20-05  Schenectady H W 3-1
11-23-05  Roanoke     H L 2-4
11-25-05  Roanoke     A W 3-0
11-26-05  Madison     A L 2-4
11-27-05  Salem       H T 4-4

Stats

Goals
Josh Peterson - 9
Shawn Adams - 8
John Lundbohm - 7
Dan Murray - 7

Assists
Dan Murray - 10
Josh Peterson - 9
John Lundbohm - 8
Craig Nelson - 8

Points
Josh Peterson - 18
Dan Murray - 17
Shawn Adams - 15
John Lundbohm - 15

Average Rating
G Kyle Sertich - 7.89
Dan Murray - 7.42
Josh Peterson - 7.42

Goalie Stats
Kyle Sertich (10-7-1) - GAA: 1.95; SV%: 0.942; AvR: 7.89
Cody Kennedy (0-1-0) - GAA: 3.00; SV%: 0.917; AvR: 8.00

sabotai · 05-22-2006, 11:04 PM

Start of January 2006

We've hit kind of a streak of mediocrity. I lose a player here and there to injury and it's become rare that I put my full team of best players on the ice. It's also becoming clear that a few players on my team just can't cut it. I'm looking for replacements constantly (and not finding many).

On a big plus, my goalie, Kyle Sertich, was named Goalie Of The Month for December.

Standings

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Eastern Division

Pos     Team                     GP     W      L      SOW    SOL    Pct     GF   GA   Pts  
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1st     Urbana                   31     18     6      5      2       0.774   108  79   48   
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2nd     Salem                    32     17     8      6      1       0.734   110  79   47   
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3rd     Ithaca                   32     13     15     2      2       0.500   78   86   32   
4th     Roanoke                  31     13     14     1      3       0.500   75   76   31   
5th     Schenectady              34     5      27     0      2       0.176   77   132  12

Results
12-2-05 Port Huron A L 2-4
12-3-05 Schenectady H L 1-3
12-7-05 Omaha A L 0-4
12-9-05 Schenectady H W 4-3
12-10-05 Roanoke H W 3-1
12-11-05 Schenectady H T 5-5
12-16-05 Madison H L 0-3
12-17-05 Grosse Point H W 5-4
12-21-05 Schenectady H L 0-2
12-23-05 Urbana A L 3-7
12-26-05 Schenectady A T 4-4
12-30-05 Salem A T 2-2
12-31-05 Salem H L 2-4[/code]

Stats

Goals
Dan Murray - 15
John Lundbohm - 13
Josh Peterson - 13

Assists
John Lundbohm - 17
Dan Murray - 14

Points
John Lundbohm - 30
Dan Murray - 29
Josh Peterson - 26

Average Ratings
Kyle Sertich - 7.83
Dan Murray - 7.33
Tom Moore - 7.31

Goalie Stats
Kyle Sertich (13-13-4) - GAA:2.47; SV%:0.930; SO: 3; AvR: 7.83
Cody Kennedy (0-2-0) - GAA:5.00; SV%:0.882; SO: 0; SvR: 7.00

sabotai · 05-22-2006, 11:10 PM

Russian Four Nations U-20 Tournament

Code:

================================================================================================
 2006-07 Table
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Pos     Team                     GP     W      L      T      Pct     GF   GA   Pts  
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1st     Russia                   3      3      0      0      1.000   17   3    6    
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2nd     Sweden                   3      2      1      0      0.667   6    7    4    
3rd     Finland                  3      1      2      0      0.333   8    11   2    
4th     Czech Republic           3      0      3      0      0.000   6    16   0

Slovak Cup

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Pos     Team                     GP     W      L      O-SW   O-SL   Pct     GF   GA   Pts  
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1st     Switzerland              3      3      0      0      0       1.000   14   7    9    
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2nd     Canada                   3      1      2      0      0       0.333   9    8    3    
3rd     Slovakia                 3      1      2      0      0       0.333   5    6    3    
4th     Austria                  3      1      2      0      0       0.333   4    11   3

European Hockey Tour - Baltic Cup

(Previous Standings as well since I just started reporting what's happening internationally)

Code:

Czech Cup

Pos     Team                     GP     W      L      O-SW   O-SL   Pct     GF   GA   Pts  
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1st     Sweden                   3      3      0      0      0       1.000   10   2    9    
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2nd     Czech Republic           3      2      1      0      0       0.667   9    9    6    
3rd     Russia                   3      1      2      0      0       0.333   6    7    3    
4th     Finland                  3      0      3      0      0       0.000   4    11   0    


Finland Games

Pos     Team                     GP     W      L      O-SW   O-SL   Pct     GF   GA   Pts  
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1st     Czech Republic           3      1      0      1      1       0.667   10   7    6    
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2nd     Finland                  3      2      1      0      0       0.667   6    7    6    
3rd     Sweden                   3      1      1      1      0       0.667   11   6    5    
4th     Russia                   3      0      2      0      1       0.000   5    12   1    


Baltic Cup

Pos     Team                     GP     W      L      O-SW   O-SL   Pct     GF   GA   Pts  
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1st     Sweden                   3      3      0      0      0       1.000   13   8    9    
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2nd     Czech Republic           3      1      1      0      1       0.333   8    7    4    
3rd     Russia                   3      1      2      0      0       0.333   9    12   3    
4th     Finland                  3      0      2      1      0       0.000   7    10   2

sabotai · 05-22-2006, 11:12 PM

World Junior Championships U-20 Div I

Groups A and B

Code:

Group A

Pos     Team                     GP     W      L      T      Pct     GF   GA   Pts  
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1st   P Kazakhstan               5      5      0      0      1.000   15   4    10   
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2nd     Austria                  5      3      2      0      0.600   10   6    6    
3rd     Germany                  5      3      2      0      0.600   14   13   6    
4th     France                   5      2      3      0      0.400   12   11   4    
5th     Italy                    5      1      4      0      0.200   6    14   2    
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6th   R Hungary                  5      1      4      0      0.200   6    15   2    


Group B

Pos     Team                     GP     W      L      T      Pct     GF   GA   Pts  
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1st   P Slovenia                 5      5      0      0      1.000   29   4    10   
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2nd     Poland                   5      2      2      1      0.400   10   11   5    
3rd     Belarus                  5      1      1      3      0.200   11   15   5    
4th     Ukraine                  5      2      3      0      0.400   7    14   4    
5th     Japan                    5      1      3      1      0.200   9    16   3    
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6th   R Denmark                  5      1      3      1      0.200   11   17   3

05-05-2006, 06:47 PM	#6
Blade6119 Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Scottsdale, Arizona	What is the AAL4? Midget in canada? __________________ *Underachievement* The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the lawnmower. *Despair* It's always darkest just before it goes pitch black. *Demotivation* Sometimes the best solution to morale problems is just to fire all of the unhappy people. http://www.despair.com/viewall.html

05-06-2006, 11:08 PM	#12
sabotai General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Satellite of Love	Beginning November 2005 A lot of movement early. I signed a hard hitting defenseman named Louis Robitaille. I put him on my 2nd line at LD, moved Fair down to 3rd line and Whitehead is now on the bench as a backup. Bobby Price suffered a dislocated shoulder and will be out for 2 months. We had a nice start, winning our first two games of the season. Kyle Sertich was a wall as we won both by shutout (45 for 45 saves combined in those two games). But then we stumbled and lost 2, ending the opening month with an even record. Standings Code: Eastern Division Pos Team GP W L SOW SOL Pct GF GA Pts ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Salem 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 21 6 10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Urbana 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 22 9 10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Roanoke 5 3 2 0 0 0.600 14 11 6 4th Ithaca 4 2 2 0 0 0.500 9 6 4 5th Schenectady 5 0 5 0 0 0.000 6 24 0 Results Code: 10-21-05 Kansas H W 5-0 10-22-05 Minnesota H W 2-0 10-28-05 Urbana H L 2-4 10-29-05 Roanoke A L 0-2 Stats Goals Josh Peterson - 4 Dan Murray - 3 Assists Craig Nelson - 4 Quinn Fair - 2 Points Josh Peterson - 5 Dan Murray - 4 Craig Nelson - 4 Average Rating Kyle Sertich - 8.75 Louis Robitaille - 9.00 Tom Moore - 7.75 Josh peterson - 7.75 Goalie Stats Kyle Sertich (2-2-0) - GAA: 1.50; SV%: 0.953, SO: 2; AvR: 8.75

05-06-2006, 11:21 PM	#14
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	Me too - I've always thought about giving EHM a try, as I know hockey much better than soccer. However, I've always heard about it being a bit buggy and nowhere near as solid as FM. Are you a big fan of the game, sabotai? __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

05-06-2006, 11:29 PM	#15
st.cronin General Manager Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: New Mexico	Ehm is quite a lot of fun if you're a hockey fan. __________________ co-commish: bb-bbcf.net knives out

05-07-2006, 09:21 PM	#18
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	How quickly do the games sim? Is it like FM where you just kind of sit there for a few minutes wondering what's going on? __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

05-04-2006, 04:33 PM	#2
sabotai General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Satellite of Love	August 16, 2005 My personnel is ready. Asst. GM Anika McEvans Judging Ability: 13, Judging Potential: 15 Head Coach Bernie Cassell Adaptability 17, Determination 12, Discipline 8, Man Management 13, Motivating 13, Working With Youngsters 15, Goalies 8, Defensemen 11, Forwards 15, Ability 11, Potential 10, Tactics 15 Head Scout Jeff Gaulrapp Judging Ability 15, Potential 18 I also have 3 assistant coaches, all have a 15+ in one of the coaching attributes, with 10+ in the other two at least. I have 3 scouts, with 14+ in both Ability and Potential. I made the scout with the best Judging Potential since I'll be relying on scouting reports mostly for the young players.

05-04-2006, 04:37 PM	#3
samifan24 Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: NC	What league are you playing? __________________ "You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball...and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time." -Jim Bouton

05-05-2006, 12:14 PM	#5
mooreadamc Mascot Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Canada	Looking forward to this, good luck!

05-05-2006, 08:43 PM	#10
sabotai General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Satellite of Love	2005-2006 Ithaca Blizzard Goalies Starter: Kyle Sertich - 25 years old Good goalie. Technicals are 10-12, and he's agile (13) Backup: Cody Kennedy - 24 years old Technically ok (9-10). Ok agility (12), Mentals are mostly not good. Defensemen Line 1 (LD - RD) RD/LD Tom Moore - 31 years old Average, all around defensmen. Not great at any one thing, but he doesn't have a weakness. RD Tyler Picard - 26 years old Little below average, but he is strong (13) and he can hit (14) Line 2 (LD - RD) LD Quinn Fair - 32 years old Decent skater, mentally there but technically a bit below average RD Brandon Leahy - 28 years old Ok all around. Technically below average Line 3 (LD - RD) LD Doug Whitehead - 21 years old Not good at all. RD Rick Hill - 25 years old Below average Backups None right now, but I just made a contract offer to a defenseman that will probably bump one of these players off the starting squad Forwards Because of roster limits, I only have 3 lines Line 1 (LW - C - RW) LW Shawn Adams - 35 years old Good skater, but weak (Strength 5), mentally and technically sound. Has a mean slapshot (16). C Craig Nelson - 33 years old Another good skater, but weak (Strength 5), mentally very good and will be my Captain (influence 13, Teamwork 15), technically decent. Good on the faceoff (15) RW/C Dan Murray - 22 years old I signed him a month ago from Northeastern college. Decent skater with good stamina (16). Hard working (15) and determined (15). Technically averaeg (8-12) Line 2 (LW - C - RW) LW/C Sean Turner - 23 years old Decent skater. Mentally lacking, technically below average. Can deke well (14) and has a good wristshot (14) C Bryan Clarke - 22 years old Good skater, Mentally good. Technically below average. RW/C Josh Petersen - 21 years old Ok skater with good stamina (16). Creative (15) and very good passing (18). Hopefully he will generate some nice scoring chances with his creative passing. Line 3 (LW - C - RW) LW Travis Kauffeldt - 20 years old Decent skater with good stamina (16). Hard working (15) and aggressive (14). Technically average C Bobby Price - 31 years old Good skater, good mentals, technically good (7-12) RW Brandon Talbot - 29 years old Average all around Back ups C Rob Kuntz - 22 years old Currently injured and will compete for a starting job when he gets back in about 2 weeks. Good skater, mentally very good, technically average C/LW/RW John Lundbohm - 22 years old Good skater but lacking mentally. Average technically C/LW Joe Stephens - 22 years old Good skating, good mentals. Technically lacking a bit.

05-06-2006, 10:41 PM	#11
sabotai General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Satellite of Love	Preseason Media Hype Madison, Urbana and Grosse Point were said to be the 3 best teams in the AAL4. Ithaca placed 9 (out of 14). Team MVP: G Kyle Sertich, Key New Face: RW/C Dan Murray Positional Rankings G Kyle Sertich: #2 Goalie LW Shawn Adams: #4 Left Wing C Bobby Price: #8 Center RW/C Dan Murray: #3 Right Wing RW/C Josh Peterson: #4 Right Wing The Bobby Price ranking took me a bit by surprise. Looking over my centers again, I guess I value certain attributes more highly than the game does.

05-06-2006, 11:19 PM	#13
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	I'll be reading along as well!!

05-07-2006, 09:25 PM	#19
Blade6119 Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Scottsdale, Arizona	No, it goes real fast...give the demo a try, as in season it flies __________________ *Underachievement* The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the lawnmower. *Despair* It's always darkest just before it goes pitch black. *Demotivation* Sometimes the best solution to morale problems is just to fire all of the unhappy people. http://www.despair.com/viewall.html

05-07-2006, 10:10 PM	#21
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	Thanks guys - I'm going to give the demo a try. Sorry to derail your dynasty... __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

05-22-2006, 11:04 PM	#23
sabotai General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Satellite of Love	Start of January 2006 We've hit kind of a streak of mediocrity. I lose a player here and there to injury and it's become rare that I put my full team of best players on the ice. It's also becoming clear that a few players on my team just can't cut it. I'm looking for replacements constantly (and not finding many). On a big plus, my goalie, Kyle Sertich, was named Goalie Of The Month for December. Standings Code: Eastern Division Pos Team GP W L SOW SOL Pct GF GA Pts ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Urbana 31 18 6 5 2 0.774 108 79 48 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Salem 32 17 8 6 1 0.734 110 79 47 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Ithaca 32 13 15 2 2 0.500 78 86 32 4th Roanoke 31 13 14 1 3 0.500 75 76 31 5th Schenectady 34 5 27 0 2 0.176 77 132 12 Results 12-2-05 Port Huron A L 2-4 12-3-05 Schenectady H L 1-3 12-7-05 Omaha A L 0-4 12-9-05 Schenectady H W 4-3 12-10-05 Roanoke H W 3-1 12-11-05 Schenectady H T 5-5 12-16-05 Madison H L 0-3 12-17-05 Grosse Point H W 5-4 12-21-05 Schenectady H L 0-2 12-23-05 Urbana A L 3-7 12-26-05 Schenectady A T 4-4 12-30-05 Salem A T 2-2 12-31-05 Salem H L 2-4[/code] Stats Goals Dan Murray - 15 John Lundbohm - 13 Josh Peterson - 13 Assists John Lundbohm - 17 Dan Murray - 14 Points John Lundbohm - 30 Dan Murray - 29 Josh Peterson - 26 Average Ratings Kyle Sertich - 7.83 Dan Murray - 7.33 Tom Moore - 7.31 Goalie Stats Kyle Sertich (13-13-4) - GAA:2.47; SV%:0.930; SO: 3; AvR: 7.83 Cody Kennedy (0-2-0) - GAA:5.00; SV%:0.882; SO: 0; SvR: 7.00

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