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Asked Madden · 05-18-2022, 05:47 AM

Friedensreich Hundertwasser had a number of sports he played as a kiddo growing up in Austria.
The main one was of course football (or soccer as a lot of you guys call it) however in Austria every man and his dog plays football so that was out of the running as a possible career.
He sampled the sport of rugby union which was right up his street. He was invited to play for the Austrian team but alas, rugby doesn't pay the bucks like hockey or soccer so unfortunately he had to jack that in and focus on becoming a demonic centre in the SHL.
Friedensreich Hundertwasser has a dad who was always his greatest fan. He would come to all practices and every game cheering from the front row. When he was asked when he realised his son was going to make it to the biggest of big leagues. Hundertwassers reply wast of course. He's my son

notoriousTRON · 05-18-2022, 09:08 AM

Rhys grew up in Wales, so his exposure to hockey was fairly low but he always loved sports. His mom forbid him from playing the country's national sport of Rugby because it was too dangerous, but Rhys wasn't that interested anyway. When he was 5 or 6 he played football (soccer) and was ok at it. His mom was always very encouraging of him but Rhys just wasn't that interested in the sport. Wanting to find her son a sport to play so he could bond with teammates and coaches, one day she took a flier for youth hockey from a grocery store in town and Rhys was immediately interested. The next day, he went to a rink and strapped on some skates for the first time and he was hooked. He was a natural skater and didn't take much coaching to get a feel for it. From his first season he was one of the better players on his team and by high school, many of his teammates and their parents knew that he was going to be playing at higher levels.

Sig Cred: Carpy, ML, RainDelay, Donini & Geekusoid

Dangles13 · 05-18-2022, 09:09 AM

Player Prompt

Why did I want to play hockey? I feel like I've always been playing it so I had to think for a bit before answering. I believe it started when I was 6, I was walking home from the store and I saw some kids flying around on the outdoor rink by our school. The kids were moving so fast that their jackets and hair were billowing in the wind and having a blast. I watched for about fifteen minutes before I went home and I asked my parents if I could get some skates. My birthday was right around the corner and I got my first pair of skates and a wooden stick when I turned 7. I went down to the outdoor rink bubbling with excitement. I wish I could say I was a natural and I didn't embarrass myself but it was horrible. It took me months to learn how to skate, day and night I worked at it; bruises and bloody ankles were all I had to show in the early going. The rest was history, I learned to skate and I learned how to play hockey and it's been my life since that day.

Bfine · 05-18-2022, 09:35 AM

Slavakov originally wanted to play hockey as he used to ice skate for survival, not for fun, while growing up in Siberia. Eventually he learned about hockey and from there he fell in love with the sport and wanted to play in North America. His main thing is he wanted a better life for himself. Slavakov grew up poor in the middle of Russia where his dad was a salt miner, and certainly did not live a life of luxury. To him, hockey was that opportunity for him to live the life he always wanted. He was certainly a bit disheartened at the start when he came over and played in equally barren lands called Newfoundland and Edmonton, but once he was given the chance to play for the Japanese national team and explore Japan, and now that he gets to live in San Francisco, Slavakov is seeing the fruits of his labors all pay off towards his life of luxury.

***bluesfan55*** · 05-18-2022, 11:24 AM

prompt 1

mitchell van der heijden is from the dutch city of alkmaar. growing up, he played field hockey, which is a huge deal in the netherlands. he enjoyed the sport, but he soon grew disillusioned of the sport and switched to soccer. he'd later play in the youth system for his hometown club az and could've turned pro, but he pivoted to ice hockey. at an away game in tilburg, the young dutch forward strapped on some skates at the rink where the tilburg trappers (a dutch ice team who play in the german third division) played. he soon fell in love with the sport, but he didn't know he was going to later become an shl mvp. he started playing because he wanted to have some fun away from his youth soccer team in alkmaar. and when he was released at the age of 14, he took up hockey full time. he moved to tilburg, eventually was scouted and signed with the zsc lions in switzerland, and the rest is history.

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Vulfzilla · 05-18-2022, 12:25 PM

Why did your player want to play hockey to begin with? What drew them to the game? Was it a supportive parent? A Hall of Fame hero? Maybe it's just the sound a skate makes when it cuts into the ice? What is it about hockey that's so special to your player? (150+ words)

Growing up, I played a lot of NHL 94 and 98 on my Sega Genesis. I loved playing with the Stars so I could have Modano, or the Red Wings so I could sing the Dino Cicarelli song (to the tune of we are siamese from lady and the tramp). But one day I realized, at least on NHL 98, that I could create my own player. I created a blue-line menace, and from there the dream was born. Ever since that moment I knew I wanted to be a star in a simulated sports league. I stuck with defense because I love the idea of the guy who is good at what he is supposed to do, but also adds something amazing that he's not expected to do. My idols were all the great offensive DMen the Stars have had over the years, starting, obviously with the greatest of them all Sergei Zubov. Since then, guys like Stephane Robidas, John Klingberg, and Miro Heiskanen have really been my idols and what I want Cup Noodle to be all about. So far its worked out pretty well and I hope that by the end of my run in this league I will be a household name like the rest of these guys.
WC :212

AW13 · 05-18-2022, 12:44 PM

PBE CW

tweedledunn · 05-18-2022, 02:28 PM

Creative Prompt-

Learning to play hockey is more than just learning a game. More than skating, passing, and stick-handling, hockey is about responsibility, respect, and teamwork. As children learn the skills needed to succeed on the ice, they also build and solidify important character traits needed to succeed off the ice. With that in mind, the Gonzo Gobbledygook Super Duper Awesome Hockey Funtimes initiative was developed jointly by the Simulation Hockey League and the SHL Players' Association to offer more families a chance to experience everything that makes youth hockey so rewarding. This program for children ages 5-9 provides six one-hour sessions of on-ice instruction and a full set of Future Stars Aurora-branded hockey equipment for a low cost and is open to Manitoba residents only. Children will also get to join Gonzo for pizza at the local Chuck E. Cheese! And since kids get All You Can Play arcade games for the duration of the party package, everybody will get a chance to put their athletic skills to the test.

***JKortesi81*** · 05-18-2022, 03:58 PM

Xavier Doom comes from the not so hockey rich nation of Iceland. You’d think in a country with “ice” in the name, it’d be chock full of ice rinks, but that’s not the case. It’s actually pretty green (Greenland, ironically, is mostly covered in ice) and there isn’t a ton there for hockey upstarts. If you’re good at hockey, you usually end up in Norway or Sweden. However, for one moment at the 1992 Junior Goodwill Games, Team Iceland, led by coach Wolf “The Dentist” Stanton were dominating the tourney, and interest in hockey was at its peak back home. The star of the team was Gunner Stahl, who would eventually go home, and father a child, young Xavier. While Xavier would change his name from the very famous “Stahl” to “Doom”, it wouldn’t change his love of the game and his desire to be better at the sport than his father. It was this drive that got him to the SHL, and hopefully, to some more achievements. Preferably a Challenge Cup. (172)

charlieconway · 05-18-2022, 06:12 PM

Quote:CREATIVE PROMPT- OK, that's a pretty sappy prompt. Maybe you want something a little more fun. Fine by me! Your player has gotten the opportunity to host a youth event at the start of this season to get the kids excited about the power of sport and the spirit of unity. Hurrah!

Written Task: What activities, sports, or games do you have prepared for your group of kids to teach them the values your player lives by? Are you trying to do meaningful team building exercises with lessons that last a lifetime, or something stupid like trying to sneak the kids into the back door of a casino? Your call. Go wild. (150+ words)

First, I get all the kids together on skates and on the ice. Then I dump as much mud and rocks and stones and muck as possible on one end and have different kids stand closer to the blueline than others. There’s no reason behind which kids start close and which start far. At the other end of the rink, I put a number of buckets with money in them. The number matches the number of kids divided by two. When I blow the whistle, the kids are to skate as best as they can through the mud to get the money in the buckets.

When the exercise is over, I imagine I get some questions.

“Why were some of us deeper in the mud than others?”
Because life’s not fair. Sometimes you’re going to have to work harder than the guy next to you for the same or even no reward.

“Why is there mud? Why not just make it a straight race?”
Because life’s not a cakewalk, and hockey’s no different. You’ll have obstacles that aren’t only in the way, but are determined to reach out and grasp your ankles and keep you where you are. You want to get to where you’re going? Scrape through the mud. Everyone in the stands thinks you can’t do it. It’s not going to be pretty. But when they see you at the end of that rink with a trail of mud behind you, they’ll know what kind of person you are.

"Why aren't there enough buckets for all of us?"
Because it just so happens you may crawl through that mud, make it to the ice, and then bust your ass to get to the other side just to see nothing there. If you aren't willing to be happy with your effort alone at the end of the day, then you should quit now while your jersey's clean.

***SchwarzNarr*** · 05-18-2022, 06:27 PM

Melvin first grew interested in hockey after experiencing the great moose migration in Sweden. He was visiting his cousins, wandering through the woods after trying to find himself a bit, and he started playing hockey with his cousins while they just relaxed and wanted to know more about each other. As he learned more about the sport, and began to hang around and look at other Swedish hockey players, Gunnar Söderberg especially grew his love of the sport. Gunnar's passion for hockey, and the way that he continued to be supportive and lead team Sweden during the IIHF tournaments kept Melvin's inspiration high. Without Gunnar, it is unclear how well the little moose would have done in the sport, and whether or not he would have stuck around for the long haul. It also helped that Melvin was able to have an accountabilibuddy with Adelie de Pengu throughout his start in the hockey world. Sometimes all you need is a little friend gakkering away to make it worthwhile.

*lmao* · 05-18-2022, 07:02 PM

Player Prompt

Shion Okamoto was born in Japan, which is definitely not known for being much of a hockey country. He did end up moving to Canada at a young age, which is where his discovery of the great game of hockey and his love of the game began. He had dreams of being able to represent his country of Japan in hockey at the olympics and in the IIHF, and to take Japan to a level that the world had never been seen before. He honestly had never really had dreamed of playing in the SHL, he knew it was a long shot. However, he set his sights high and ended up breaking into the juniors, and eventually for a decent career that is still continuing in the SHL today. But he owes his love of the game to all of the people that surrounded him when he moved to Canada, who showed him their love of the game and got him into things.

Gooney · 05-18-2022, 07:40 PM

wow i can not believe i have made it to the big bright lights of the simulation hockey league. tommy westbrook but this time i upd likes to think back and reflect on all the little things that brought him here. he goes through brain loops where he thinks of happy and honestly all feelings in the past. one that stands out was a fun little birthday party that steve was hosting for his 9th birthday. there was a clown and he was like growing balloons with his free time. and then he started blowing up a balloon and it was red. and he said come here little tommy, come here and get a grab of this red balloon. and so he did and he grabbed it. tommy has never lost this balloon and he now brings it to his games, its his good luck token and he reminisces of it forever. Nothing has inspired him more.

***Sburbine*** · 05-18-2022, 08:55 PM

Player Prompt:
Jay O'Neil first got into hockey when he was a wee lad, his dad was a huge fan of the New England Wolfpack so so was he. Jay grew up going to games and had so many posters and even the bed sheet set growing up. His hero was always the great Bubba Nuck and Jay always wanted to be just like him. Jay had his poster right next to his bed and would always look to it for inspiration. When Jay was twelve he finally got to meet his childhood hero and it's one of the happiest memories of his life, he's still got the signed stick framed on his wall. Bubba told him that if he trained hard enough maybe one day Jay would make it to the SHL and be someone else's inspiration to play hockey. Jay has finally got that chance this season and hopes to inspire many young defenseman in following in his footsteps one day like Jay followed Bubba's

vic03 · 05-18-2022, 10:50 PM

Prompt 1:

Denisova grew up in a poor family in Latvia, his father not supporting the family it was just him, his brother, and mother. Valters’ brother Arturs was a top prospect nearing the time where he would be drafted into the SMJHL, Valters wanting to follow in his footsteps would also play hockey and learn a lot of from his brother, but not getting much recognition for his skill outside of a little bit because his brother was so good. In Arturs final game before he would be drafted into the SMJHL for the next season, he suffered a brutal hit from behind into the boards, breaking parts of his spine and leaving Arturs mostly paralyzed from his waist down. At first Valters stopped playing hockey since he was young and didn’t want to suffer the same fate, but after a talk with his brother, he got back on the ice and started to grind harder than he ever had before, trying to get to where Arturs was before his injury, to make him and his mom proud.

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