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[FMecha]

Name: Tomasz Pulaski
Date of birth: 07/05/2000 (1980 for NHL 07 purposes)
Nationality: Poland (if unavailable, pick any closest country)
Jersey number: #34
Play-by-play name: Freight Train
Height: 1.85 cm
Weight: 92 kg

The looks
General idea of facial features: Like a stereotypical Polish guy
Skin color: light
Facial hair: none
Hair color: brown
Eye color: blue

Equipment (forwards and defensemen)
Helmet: Itech
Visor color: Orange
Stick: Reebok
Skates: Nike

Skills (forwards and defensemen)
Fighter: rarely
Position: left wing
Handedness: right

Stats:
Speed: 67
Checking: 56
Endurance: 56
Puck Control: 60
Passing: 70
Slapshot Power: 75
Slapshot Accuracy: 76
Wristshot Power: 75
Wristshot Accuracy: 73
Agility: 74
Toughness: 72
Acceleration: 71
Balance: 59
Intensity: 61
Potential: 55
Faceoffs: 63
Injury Resist: 52
Penalty Resist: 55
Deking: 56
Aggressiveness: 79 (was 90, nerfed per Nuppiz' request)

[Nuppiz]

FMecha, Pulaski is 11 points over the limit (actually 16, but I'm ignoring the points put into potential as it has no effect in exhibiton matches).

[FMecha]

FMecha, Pulaski is 11 points over the limit (actually 16, but I'm ignoring the points put into potential as it has no effect in exhibiton matches).

Aggressiveness nerfed.

[Salamander]

Here have some more hockey goons because why not

Name: Ryan McReynolds
Date of birth: 22/09/92
Nationality: Canada
Jersey number: #52
Play-by-play name: Sparky
Height: 1.92 cm
Weight: 80 kg

The looks
General idea of facial features: No preference
Skin color: light
Facial hair: none
Hair color: brown
Eye color: green

Equipment (forwards and defensemen)
Helmet: Itech
Visor color: Clear
Stick: Reebok
Skates: Nike

Skills (forwards and defensemen)
Fighter: Nope
Position: Right wing
Handedness: Right
Role: Sniper
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Name: Ryan Carlton
Date of birth: 8/7/97
Nationality: British
Jersey number: #22
Play-by-play name: Pokey
Height: 1.77 cm
Weight: 72 kg

The looks
General idea of facial features: No preference
Skin color: light
Facial hair: none
Hair color: Blond
Eye color: Brown

Equipment (forwards and defensemen)
Helmet: Itech
Visor color: Clear
Stick: Reebok
Skates: Nike

Skills (forwards and defensemen)
Fighter: Nope
Position: Left Defenceman
Handedness: Left
Role: Defensive Defensiveman
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Name: Pierre Deschenes
Date of birth: 18/10/87
Nationality: French
Jersey number: #97
Play-by-play name: Biff
Height: 1.79 cm
Weight: 79 kg

The looks
General idea of facial features: No preference
Skin color: Black
Facial hair: Sideburns
Hair color: Black
Eye color: Brown

Equipment (forwards and defensemen)
Helmet: Itech
Visor color: Clear
Stick: Reebok
Skates: Nike

Skills (forwards and defensemen)
Fighter: Nope
Position: Center
Handedness: Right
Role: Power forward

[Salamander]

Name: Jean-Francois Deschenes
Date of birth: 26/4/94
Nationality: French
Jersey number: #96
Play-by-play name: Bullseye
Height: 1.77 cm
Weight: 75 kg

The looks
General idea of facial features: No preference
Skin color: Black
Facial hair: None
Hair color: Black
Eye color: Blue

Equipment (forwards and defensemen)
Helmet: Itech
Visor color: Clear
Stick: Reebok
Skates: Nike

Skills (forwards and defensemen)
Fighter: Nope
Position: Left wing
Handedness: Left
Role: Sniper
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Name: Wiremu Tamati
Date of birth: 26/7/97
Nationality: New Zealander
Jersey number: #44
Play-by-play name: Misfit
Height: 1.88 cm
Weight: 79 kg

The looks
General idea of facial features: No preference
Skin color: Maori
Facial hair: Stubble (a pathetic attempt to grow a beard )
Hair color: Brown
Eye color: Green

Equipment (forwards and defensemen)
Helmet: Itech
Visor color: Clear
Stick: Reebok
Skates: Nike

Skills (forwards and defensemen)
Fighter: Yep
Position: Defenceman
Handedness: Right
Role: Defensive Defenceman
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Name: Gregg Donnelly
Date of birth: 22/8/98
Nationality: British
Jersey number: #4
Play-by-play name: Meatball
Height: 1.92 cm
Weight: 90 kg

The looks
General idea of facial features: Fairly fat, but not as much as his dad.
Skin color: White
Facial hair: Some sort of moustache
Hair color: Brown
Eye color: Brown

Equipment (forwards and defensemen)
Helmet: Itech
Visor color: Clear
Stick: Reebok
Skates: Nike

Skills (forwards and defensemen)
Fighter: Nope
Position: Right wing
Handedness: Right
Role: Playmaker

[AustralianStig]

Slightly off topic- Not sure if you're aware Nuppiz, but Sports Interactive (the guys behind Football Manager) have just revived Eastside Hockey Manager, an ice hockey management sim that was popular about 8 years ago.

[Nuppiz]

Slightly off topic- Not sure if you're aware Nuppiz, but Sports Interactive (the guys behind Football Manager) have just revived Eastside Hockey Manager, an ice hockey management sim that was popular about 8 years ago.

I did know about EHM, but wasn't aware of it being resurrected - while I do like the managerial modes in the hockey games I own (NHL 2K3's Franchise and NHL 07's Dynasty), I still like to occasionally hit the ice and play a proper game with the team I've spent a long time improving through trades, free agent signings, strategy calls etc. Being forced to watch the same team perform just as icons on a board just wouldn't cut it, even if the managerial stuff would be a lot deeper.

In other news, Salamander's latest batch of players has brought the total amount of players to 39, and I'll soon enter the last player myself. This means that signups are closed and the matches will be run soon, probably over this weekend. Unless there are any objections I'm appointing RealRacingRoots and Salamander as the team GMs.

[Nuppiz]

And here's the last player:
Name: Nikolai Nurmovich
Date of birth: 18th November 1966
City: Sortavala
Nationality: Russian
Jersey number: #66
Play-by-play name: Pops
Height: 1.8 m
Weight: 83 kg

The looks
General idea of facial features: typical Russian.
Skin color: White
Facial hair: Goatee
Hair color: Greyish
Eye color: Blue

Equipment (forwards and defensemen)
Helmet: Jofa
Visor color: Red
Stick: Koho
Skates: Mission

Skills (forwards and defensemen)
Fighter: Rarely
Position: Center
Handedness: Left
Role: Power forward

The player draft will be run tonight or tomorrow and the games on Sunday.

[Nuppiz]

Draft results:

C = captain
A = alternate captain

Players are listed in the starting lineup order (Line 1/2/3/4 for forwards, Defense Pair 1/2/3 for defensemen, starting goalie/reserve goalie). Goalie order will be switched up in Game 2.

Helsinki Thunder (RealRacingRoots)
Centers:
#9 Nicolas Steele (C)
#61 Smith Generic
#99 Shad Griffth
#1 Haílton Fidélis

Left wingers:
#77 Mirko Bosevic
#34 Tomasz Pulaski
#62 Egide Ngendandumwe
#2 Étienne Royer

Right wingers:
#67 Markus Jacobson (A)
#52 Ryan McReynolds
#4 Gregg Donnelly
#3 Ragnar Larsen

Defensemen:
#17 Jiri Komárek (A)
#75 Florian Grünewald (random number used due to clash with Bosevic)
#58 Rafael Martins
#22 Ryan Carlton
#72 Nathan Nurmester
#11 Salva Al-Bashir

Goalies:
#88 Li Qi
#32 Geoff Donnelly

Stockholm Vikings (Salamander)
Centers:
#14 Dave Cassidy (C)
#66 Nikolai Nurmovich
#19 Jari Lappalainen
#97 Pierre Deschenes (A)

Left wingers:
#6 Kay Lon
#96 Jean-Francois Deschenes
#27 Tõnu Pykälistö
#25 Eric Swerts

Right wingers:
#75 Kasey Nichols (random number used due to clash with Söderström)
#84 Calvin Brooks
#7 Ted Fast
#15 Miguel Rocha

Defensemen:
#98 Jonas Söderström
#10 Chris Winter
#51 Andraž Velikonja
#2 Markus-Petteri Pykälistö (A)
#12 Alberto Cara
#44 Wiremu Tamati

Goalies:
#31 Luc Pellerin
#95 T.K. Wolf

[Nuppiz]

Since I'm lazy I'm just posting the links to the match videos and writing the final scores below.

Stockholm Vikings (away) - Helsinki Thunder (home)
6-5 (overtime)

Helsinki Thunder (away) - Stockholm Vikings (home)
10-6

Helsinki Thunder wins the "tournament" with an overall score of 15-12.