A. Schedule
All NHL games used in this league will be played from Monday to Friday. Players will choose their teams on the weekends for the workweek coming up. The start of the season will be in January. The regular season will end the last full week of February. The month of March is reserved for the playoffs.
B. Playoffs
The top 8 teams qualify for the playoffs. The teams are seeded based on total points scored.
C. How To Play
Each week, a player must select 2 NHL teams to represent him/her. The records of those two teams during that particular week of play are given to the player's overall record. Once a player selects a team, they cannot choose that team again for the regular season. On the main page is a listing of what NHL teams a player has not selected yet.
D. Forfeits
Since this is not a head-to-head league with a schedule, forfeits only affect the player(s) involved. That player simply gets 0 points for that week and can continue playing. If a player sends in picks with a team already chosen that season, he/she will simply forfeit that choice. The Commissioner will NOT contact a player if they send in such teams as their picks.
E. Playoff Season Play
Once the playoffs start, each postseason player's choices of NHL teams start over. All NHL teams will be allowed to choose from at that point. Once again, once a player selects an NHL team for the postseason, that team cannot be chosen again. Instead of the regular season rule of choosing 2 NHL teams per week, the playoff rounds will involve sets of 4 NHL teams each.
F. Home Ice Advantage
The player with the higher seeding will receive bonus points as part of being the "home team" for a given round in the playoffs. Bonus points awarded are based on the diffences between the seeds. For example, a #1 seed will get 7 bonus points over a #8 seed. A #4 seed will get one bonus point over a #5 seed. Higher seeds also own the tie-breaker, if needed.