GAMESPEAK FHL NEWSLETTER

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1 September 5, 2016 Vol. 7, No. 1 Welcome to the September 5, 2016 Edition of Gamespeak - The FHL Pre-Season Edition P. 2 FHL Crystal Trophy unveiled Table of Contents: Join the Living FHL Experience and follow us on Twitter and Get Game updates P. 3 FHL new franchise Calgary Tigers (former Exton Igloos) By Robert Chisholm P. 4 FHL Final Draft Order (after GP penalties applied) By FHL Executive Group P. 6 FHL Encyclopedia By Chad Pridemore (Asst. Commissioner and League Historian) P. 13 FHL (Tentative) Schedule of Events and Due Dates By FHL Executive Group P. 14 From the Commissioner s Office 1

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3 FHL Exton Igloos comes under new ownership Please welcome new FHL owner Robert Chisholm who has bought the Exton Igloos and is relocating the franchise to Calgary, Alberta and renaming them the Calgary Tigers. Please see Robert s bio below. My favorite sports are hockey and soccer. As a youth I was able to see the Vancouver Canucks my favorite team join the NHL. I clearly recall that first game against Los Angeles watching Barry Wilkins score the 1st ever goal for the Canucks. We moved to Alberta in 72 and the Alberta Oilers became my favorite WHA team but just like the WHA teams continuously moved so did my favorite WHA team, Houston Aeros, Minnesota Fighting Saints, Calgary Cowboys and lastly the Cincinnati Stingers. Today the Canucks remain my favorite team but now living in Calgary I also cheer for the Calgary Flames and the Edmonton Oilers. Makes for some interesting conversations as there is a heated rivalry between the three cities and many fans view the other as the enemy. I had the honour of working closely with Jordan Eberle s Aunt and to a lesser extent his Dad. For baseball fans ex Phillies-Redlegs Glen Gorbous s son also worked there. Never met Glen or Jordan, nor my 3rd cousin Mike Byers who played for the LA Kings, New England Whalers and Cincinnati Stingers back in the 70s. Gaming started in with Negamco Hockey WHA. A few years ago I took up DKS Baseball and played in many KOD and KOD tourneys. I won the 68 Tourney with the 68 Mets. I competed in several football leagues some with your current Champion Doug Shirley. Now I focus on Hockey. I run two leagues. Route66 a retro league started in now heading into the season this fall and Avco_WHA heading into the season. Though I do miss those fight filled games I had with Doug when he was part of the league. We even had the backup goalies go at it one night during a bench clearing brawl. Maybe I ll send out some goons for old-time s sake when I head to Boston to meet (or should I say beat up on the Whalers). I also compete in Nacho with Luc and lastly LOTR an original 6 league. I look forward to competing this season with all of you though it won t be as the Exton Igloos as Pennsylvania is a long ways to travel and although Exton did have great local fan support, alas the temperature was just too warm and the Igloos ice continued to melt. I have decided to bring the team home as the Calgary Tigers in honour of the Calgary Tigers who lost to the Montreal Canadians in the Stanley Cup final. The Tigers are willing to discuss trade with any other club, though newly named team captain Jordan Eberle will remain a lifelong Calgary Tiger but all other players with the move to Calgary lost their no trade clauses. Robert Chisholm (owner/manager Calgary Tigers) - astrangerinthewind@shaw.ca 3

4 FHL Draft Order by FHL Exec Group: For details of GP Over usage for individual players please see Gamespeak Vol. 6, No. 4. P Columbia Lightning GP overage 40 games 2 nd round pick moved to end of round. 2. Detroit Bandits GP overage 3 games 4 th round pick moved back 5 spots. 3. Florida Everblades GP overage 6 games 4 th round pick moved back 9 spots. 4. Kansas City Ice Twisters GP overage 12 games 2 nd round pick moved back 6 spots. 4

5 FHL Draft order continued from P.4 5. McGregor Condors GP overage 3 games 4 th round pick moved to end of round and 6 th round pick moved to end of round. 6. Quebec Nordiques GP overage of 9 games 3 rd round pick moved to end of round. 7. Calgary Tigers (former Exton Igloos) GP Overage 2 games no penalty since new owner will not be penalized for sins of prior owner. 8. Cincinnati Swords GP overage 1 game no penalty. Please note that GP penalties are necessary to prevent over usage of players by teams to gain an unfair advantage during the regular season. Penalties were based on aggregate over usage, draft position, and prior history to name a few. FHL Encyclopedia By Chad Pridemore The FHL Encyclopedia has been updated to reflect last season. This is a nice synopsis of all the teams over the entire history of the FHL. This will also be posted to the FHL Webpage for review. It shows the rise and fall of teams; the owners through history; and the up and coming teams. As usual if there are any errors in this please let me know ASAP. I hope you enjoy this summary of the FHL. 5

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13 FHL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS AND DUE DATES September 8 Action PC! Hockey 2016 Game Available September 14 Trading and Off Season Starts September 26 Roster Cut Down (Trading Freeze) September 30 Draft Starts (Trading Resumes) October 18 Final Rosters Due; COA due; Salary Cap Deadline October 21 Season Starts, Block 1 November 13 Block 1 ends November 16 COAs due November 18 Block 2 starts December 11 Block 2 ends December 14 COAs due December 16 Block 3 starts January 15 Block 3 ends January 18 COAs due January 20 Block 4 starts February 12 Block 4 ends February 15 COAs due Please note: All Blocks end at 6 PM CST, 7 PM EST All COAs due 9 PM CST, 10 PM EST Trade Deadline 6 PM CST, 7 PM EST February 17 Block 5 starts March 12 Block 5 ends March 19 Trade Deadline March 22 COAs due March 24 Block 6 starts April 16 Block 6 ends, End of Regular Season April 21 Playoff Start 13

14 From the Commissioner s Office Long time no see (or has it been that long?)! We hope you had a terrific summer break. However summer for the FHL is coming to an end and it is time to get ready for an exciting upcoming season 7 of the FHL. Be sure to pre-order your Action PC! Hockey game ASAP. FHL Help Wanted We would like to make a plea again for recruits to help us run the FHL. Help desired in the FHL Draft, Gamespeak articles, tracking trades, FHL Facebook, etc... If interested, then please us. We will be reaching out to you too. Please carefully review the FHL Schedule of Events and Due dates on Page 13. This will give you important dates to keep track of for this upcoming season. Please note this schedule may be subject to change pending unforeseen delays at DKS release date, issues FHL Exec group, etc.. Please check the FHL Webpage for any new announcements regarding this. There are many new and exciting features in the new release of Action PC! Hockey For those pugilists among us there will be more detailed play by play leading up to and including fights on the ice; expanded injury system including temporary in game injuries, and improved COA options. But the most promising is the new player form usage tab which allows you to customize playing time for individual players based on specific game situations. This looks to correct some poor line management issues with certain players getting too much ice time and others not getting enough in the past. Again we would like to thank you for participating in year 7 in the FHL. The FHL is all about its members which are you. We appreciate you and look forward to this season. 14