RSHL News
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I know you've all been waiting with baited breath on how the conferences are going to look for the RSHL regular season. Well Icevulture dropped this bombshell on Center Ice:
Makes sense to me. Since everyone plays everyone else in RSHL conferences have never been that big a deal. The only time they really mattered was for the RSHL all-star game. No news yet on how that's going to be worked out this season. Maybe they can go the same route as the NHL and have a North American team vs a European team. Could be interesting, although most Hockey Zone Euros play in the MSHL. The first three weeks of the season have also been published. Here's how it looks:
Week 1:
Tues Sept. 5th at 9 PM - hmm @ MC
Tues Sept. 5th at 10 PM - PH @ BA
Wed Sept. 6th at 10 PM - RT @ CR
Thurs Sept. 7th at 8 PM - DT @ BL
Thurs Sept. 7th at 9 PM - JT @ DS
Thurs Sept. 7th at 10 PM - SL @ Exe
Week 2:
Sun Sept. 10th at 8 PM - BL @ MC
Sun Sept. 10th at 9 PM - Exe @ hmm
Sun Sept. 10th at 10 PM - CR @ JT
Mon Sept. 11th at 9 PM - DT @ RT
Tues Sept. 12th at 8 PM - hmm @ BL
Tues Sept. 12th at 10 PM - MC @ CR
Wed Sept. 13th at 10 PM - JT @ RT
Thurs Sept. 14th at 9 PM - DS @ PH
Thurs Sept. 14th at 10 PM - BA @ SL
Week 3:
Sun Sept. 17th at 9 PM - DT @ PH
Sun Sept. 17th at 10 PM - DS @ SL
Mon Sept. 18th at 9 PM - MC @ DT
Mon Sept. 18th at 10 PM - DS @ Exe
Tues Sept. 19th at 9 PM - hmm @ CR
Tues Sept. 19th at 10 PM - BL @ BA
Wed Sept. 20th at 9 PM - SL @ JT
Wed Sept. 20th at 10 PM - BA @ Exe
Thurs Sept. 21st at 10 PM - PH @ RT
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I know you've all been waiting with baited breath on how the conferences are going to look for the RSHL regular season. Well Icevulture dropped this bombshell on Center Ice:
After much discussion, the BOD has decided to abolish conferences this season by a 2-1 vote with 1 of the members being indifferent, and the other unable to vote due to being preoccupied in real life. The LC also supported no conferences, in case some of you were unaware.
Although the no-conference format will not generate the same type of rivalry that a conference based league could have, the fact that you guys change teams so much almost nullifies that. Although I should mention that some teams have a similar core each season, the effort of making the conferences as even as possible was far outweighing any gains from having them. Next season we will re-evaluate the league and determine if we will stick with no conferences, or move back into a 2 conference format (or even a 2 conference 4 division format if the leagues were able to successfully merge).
I've given Judge the green light to go ahead and create a schedule. He is working hard to try and put out a 2 week schedule tonight, just so you guys know who you're playing to start off the season (which begins Tuesday Sept. 5). After that he'll take a day to relax and then work on releasing a schedule to show teams the first 8 or so games that they're playing. After some discussion, it was decided that releasing a full and complete schedule was not a great idea, as teams tend to want to change availabilities at the midway point of a season (because their school schedule changes the next semester, or for whatever other reason).
Another important note is that the season length is now going to be 22 games (instead of the 21 that was previously being planned). Teams will play every other team twice during the regular season. The top 6 teams in the league will still be making the playoffs with the top 2 teams earning a bye. The playoff schedule will be much tighter this season, as teams won't be able to schedule their own games 2 weeks apart. We're going to be trying to avoid the whole "take 1 month to play a 3 game series" scenario that the league encountered last season, and seasons before that. More on that when the playoffs draw nearer.
Makes sense to me. Since everyone plays everyone else in RSHL conferences have never been that big a deal. The only time they really mattered was for the RSHL all-star game. No news yet on how that's going to be worked out this season. Maybe they can go the same route as the NHL and have a North American team vs a European team. Could be interesting, although most Hockey Zone Euros play in the MSHL. The first three weeks of the season have also been published. Here's how it looks:
Tues Sept. 5th at 9 PM - hmm @ MC
Tues Sept. 5th at 10 PM - PH @ BA
Wed Sept. 6th at 10 PM - RT @ CR
Thurs Sept. 7th at 8 PM - DT @ BL
Thurs Sept. 7th at 9 PM - JT @ DS
Thurs Sept. 7th at 10 PM - SL @ Exe
Week 2:
Sun Sept. 10th at 8 PM - BL @ MC
Sun Sept. 10th at 9 PM - Exe @ hmm
Sun Sept. 10th at 10 PM - CR @ JT
Mon Sept. 11th at 9 PM - DT @ RT
Tues Sept. 12th at 8 PM - hmm @ BL
Tues Sept. 12th at 10 PM - MC @ CR
Wed Sept. 13th at 10 PM - JT @ RT
Thurs Sept. 14th at 9 PM - DS @ PH
Thurs Sept. 14th at 10 PM - BA @ SL
Week 3:
Sun Sept. 17th at 9 PM - DT @ PH
Sun Sept. 17th at 10 PM - DS @ SL
Mon Sept. 18th at 9 PM - MC @ DT
Mon Sept. 18th at 10 PM - DS @ Exe
Tues Sept. 19th at 9 PM - hmm @ CR
Tues Sept. 19th at 10 PM - BL @ BA
Wed Sept. 20th at 9 PM - SL @ JT
Wed Sept. 20th at 10 PM - BA @ Exe
Thurs Sept. 21st at 10 PM - PH @ RT
Don't forget to check out Center Ice for all your internet spaceship hockey goodness.
