Team Manitoba: An NHL 24 “IIHF” League

[patstew19]

I’ll be doing an “IIHF” League with 24 teams. I’ll use the 22 countries in NHL 24, along with a created Team Russia and a created Team Manitoba(Manitoba decided to separate from Canada, why not?).

List of teams in the league:




Season schedule:
1 game against each team(23 games total each team)
Games will be played/simmed in playoff mode on NHL 24

Standings:
3 point system; 3 points for Regulation Win, 2 points for Overtime Win, 1 point for Overtime Loss, 0 points for Regulation Loss

Playoffs:
Top 16 teams make playoffs, single game elimination each round

Game Rules:
No touch icing
Continuous OT for every game
No Injuries(don’t think I can do injuries in playoff mode)

This league will have future tournament qualifying implications as well:

4Nations Faceoff 2025:
The 4 teams in the semi finals will qualify for 4Nations(to be played on NHL 25)

Olympics 2026 Qualifying:
Italy automatically qualifies as host, the 8 teams in the quarterfinals will also automatically qualify for the Olympics*(to be played on NHL 26)
The next best 12 teams will play a qualifying tournament, 3 groups of 4^(to be played on NHL 25). The winner of each group qualifies for the Olympics
*If Italy is one of the 8 teams in the quarterfinals, the highest ranked Round of 16 loser will automatically qualify
^If Italy is one of the next best 12 teams, the team ranked 21st in the league standings will take their place


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[patstew19]

Manitoba Jerseys and Lineup:


*I see they got Stone as Captain, I’ll be switching that and giving it to Toews, Stone as an Assistant Captain.

With a team rating of 85 OVR, that has Manitoba sitting with the 7th highest rating of all the teams. Making quarterfinals is a reasonable goal, the top 4 teams (USA, Sweden, Canada, Russia) are all 97 OVR or higher, so that’ll be a struggle beating those teams


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[patstew19]

Week 1: vs Ukraine



Manitoba opened up the game with a bang, scoring 2 goals in the first 90 seconds, putting in 6 goals all together in the 1st period, as Manitoba cruises to an 8-3 win

Other Week 1 scores:



Standings:

[johnstone1987]

Manitoba be like "Nah **** Canada! We're on our own Baby!"

I'm digging this Tournament thing you got going on man!

[SENS_AK27]

Quote: Originally Posted by johnstone1987

Manitoba be like "Nah **** Canada! We're on our own Baby!" I'm digging this Tournament thing you got going on man!

Same here!!! I'm sure you are a native Manitobian so that makes sense, but would have loved to see a Team Canada West, Team Ontario, Team Quebec, and Team Atlantic.

[patstew19]

Quote: Originally Posted by SENS_AK27

Same here!!! I'm sure you are a native Manitobian so that makes sense, but would have loved to see a Team Canada West, Team Ontario, Team Quebec, and Team Atlantic.

Yep, Winnipeg native(Go Jets!). I did a tournament a few years back creating teams for all the provinces (maritime provinces I combined to one team). This time around, just did Manitoba, partly lack of time and partly laziness

[patstew19]

Week 2: @ Korea



Domi started the scoring in the first period, Korea tied it at 1 early in the 2nd, before Domi took over and scored 4 unanswered, as Manitoba wins 6-1.

Other Week 2 scores:



Standings:

[SENS_AK27]

Quote: Originally Posted by patstew19

Yep, Winnipeg native(Go Jets!). I did a tournament a few years back creating teams for all the provinces (maritime provinces I combined to one team). This time around, just did Manitoba, partly lack of time and partly laziness

No worries brother, we appreciate the fresh take on a Franchise.