[FlyingDonutz]

This is the official NHL 13 EASHL Club thread. Anyone who wants to join please post here with your gamertag, and position(s).

CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR PLAYERS WHO CAN PLAY ANY/ALL POSITIONS

Team Name: Calgary Puckers

Joining the Club
To join, simply post your GT here as I said, with your position. You can join at any time, starting September 7th (Season ticket guys get it then).

Per Position Requests

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Centre

Faceoff Ability
Winning faceoffs is key to winning a hockey game, us Flame's fans know that especially well. You'll need to win a good 50 percent of the draws to be successful on this team.

Playing Your Role
Don't call yourself a sniper and pass the puck to a grinder. Don't call yourself a grinder and go for breakout passes. Don't be a playmaker and never pass. It's about knowing who to look for to shoot. If we know you're gonna score, we're gonna look for you to pass. If we know you're gonna pass, we get in a passing lane. Don't put your teammates out of position, or yourself.

Offensive Ability
You are going to need to be able score. I'm not talking scoring 5000 points, like some of those guys do. 20 points won't cut it-either. We're looking to compete here, so if you can get 2-3 points a game, that's great.

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Wingers

Stay in Position
I don't want to see 2 wingers skating down the right wing. Or the left wing. This happens more than people realize, sometimes it happens without you noticing. Focus on playing your position. That little blue arrow, that helps sometimes.

Playing Your Role
Don't call yourself a sniper and pass the puck to a grinder. Don't call yourself a grinder and go for breakout passes. Don't be a playmaker and never pass. It's about knowing who to look for to shoot. If we know you're gonna score, we're gonna look for you to pass. If we know you're gonna pass, we get in a passing lane. Don't put your teammates out of position, or yourself.

Offensive Ability
You are going to need to be able score. I'm not talking scoring 5000 points, like some of those guys do. 20 points won't cut it-either. We're looking to compete here, so if you can get 2-3 points a game, that's great.

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Defense

Positioning is KEY
Play your role. PASS the puck. Start plays. Don't skate over the center line unless one of the forwards are out of position. Don't miss a hit. Stay in the passing lanes and shooting lanes. You can't take away a passing lane and give him a wide open shot. You can't give him a huge passing lane and take away his shot. This is why having chemistry and being able to work together with your D partner is completely imperative.

Don't play offense
When you see a puck behind the dots, don't go for it. That's the forward lines job. If they don't get it and you go for it, the other team gets it before you, that's almost an instant ? on 1 that can lead to a great scoring chance and a goal. If you KNOW you can get it and set up a play- take a chance. That's part of it. But if you're a stay at home D, don't try to take that chance very often.

Upgrade your Pro accordingly
If you want a good point shot, work on that. Don't work on your fighting ability if you aren't a grinder. Don't work on your speed if you're going to be a grinder. This all comes down to what you want to do for the team, and what the team wants you to do.

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Goalie

Play Smart
Make sure you observe all scoring threats. Point shots, obviously you want to be aggressive on those plays. Keep in mind that there could be someone on the left or right ready to eat up the rebound. In that case, stay lower, but still meet the threat.

Remember you have Defense
You have to count on your defense to neutralize threats when there's a one timer available or anything like that. It's not completely up to you to deal with those. Then again- don't complain about the defense, that doesn't help anyone.

If you feel you can meet up with these requirements, feel free to join!

Game setup/Communication
I would like to have everyone playing in the game join an Xbox Live Party, I'd like for everyone to have mics. This is obviously not as easy as it sounds. So anyone who has a mic and is comfortable talking, lets do so. If not- then we'll communicate via messages. I would rather, though, have you acquire a microphone


Strategies/Plays
This is where any of our plays go, you'll be notified of them and will be asked to review them.

Roster:
CP Username        Gamertag         Position
FlyingDonutz*      Flyindonutz      G/LD
HellFire*          Skreech357       C/RW/RD
Mitch              heyITSMEmitch    C/RW/LW/RD/LD
miraisoup          miraisoup        LD/RD/RW


*Club GM