With no fans in the stands, the energy to play on game-day has to come from plenty of loud music, a tiny amount of pumped-in crowd noise, and hyping teammates up based on social media. It’s tough not to play in front of the fans – especially because they’re a significant part of the reason we can get paid and half the reason that we play the game in the first place. But instead, we rely on team chants and plenty of pump-up songs – those like ‘Eye of the Tiger’ are pretty popular in the locker room, with some funny songs played when players first take the ice. As others have said, the time we’re most pumped up are rivalry games, like those against the Steelhawks and Syndicate; Emilia doesn’t really take part in the pre- and post-game ‘kush’ smoking, but is appreciative of Augustus Wang helping the team relieve their stress before and after games. Based on early results, Emilia’s teammates might be getting a little too relaxed with their rituals!