Over the summer, Oliver Cornwall went on a hockey pilgrimmage to become the best player in New England history. Embracing his new residency in the Boston area, Oliver did what every Boston player does. Go to Toronto and Montreal and be a general nuisance in the rink.
And that’s how Oliver took up residence in the rafters of Soctiabank Arena and Centre Bell. Oliver lived like a spider, dropping down on the heads of patrons of those facilities every now and then, whispering in their ears of how they will never win a meaningful championship, ultimately spawning rumours of the ghost of the arenas. Eventually though, the jig was up when he was discovered by a band of mystery solving teenagers.
In response to this grievous development, Oliver hunted down his frenemy @Popol Louis Belanger, heckling him every time he went to get a poutine to make sure the Quebecois winger actually did some training this summer
Option 1: First off, of course I'm calling the police. This dude basically just gave away his entire game plan and there are actual people's lives at risk. I'm going to pretend like I'm complying with him initially and then just let everyone know that this is going on. Maybe then I suggest that we try to like, host a game thats not the real game. So we play it out with the expected result, get everyone back from the kidnappers and then just replay the game fairly at a later date. There are obviously a lot of drawbacks, like the betting market gets all wonky and stats do too. But the alternative would be Cadmael not only playing along but maybe betting on the outcome of the game himself - would be a pretty decent chunk of change. Ultimately its just a weird situation to be put in, so I wouldnt expect much rational thinking to be happening.
Its 15 minutes before my preseason match kicks off, as I'm talking with Coach Weebs about this seasons tactics my phone buzzes. I ask him for a 5 minute pause so I can take this call, as he makes his way out of the office I answer. Before I can utter a initial greeting I'm spoken over, the voice is raspy and distorted. The voice tells me "Throw the game 6-5 in OT... It won't be bad for just you, your grandmothers cat as well as the keepers dog will... disappear. If either of you say anything to anyone they get it." ...click...
Normally I like to think that I'm calm under pressure but this gets to me and it's written all over my face. I do my best to hide that something happened but I'm no liar, Coach comes back into the room and can tell something is off, I don't dare say a word but my vibe must've been enough for him to catch on. I tell coach that I just received a concerning phone call in regards to today's match and that I believe that somebody is trying to blackmail me into throwing the match. Coach calmly responds and asks for the details to which I give the short story.
He advises me to call my grandmother to see if anything seems out of the norm, so I do.
The phone rings twice and my grandmother responds joyfully as she thought her Big-Time Grandson would be too busy to give her a call especially before a game. I ask her how Her and Gramps have been to which she places the call on videocall so we could chat more, when she turns the phone to gramps I see him sitting in his beat-up recliner with the game on the TV as well as their cat Carmel draped over the side of the chair.
Relief washes over my body as say goodbye to my grandparents and hang up. I look to coach and say "pre-season or not... lets tear these guys up."
Option 1: About 15 minutes before puck drop, Ebbe Björner got a call from an unknown number. A distorted voice told him: “Lose the game 6–5 in OT, or your grandma’s cat is gone. Don’t tell anyone.”
His heart sank. It sounded like a prank, but… what if it wasn’t?
Ebbe didn’t panic. He quietly told coach Fluw, who took it seriously. Security and police were alerted behind the scenes.
Then Ebbe played — focused, calm, determined. Yukon won.
The call turned out to be a sick joke. But for Ebbe, it was another test. After everything he’s been through — setbacks, mental struggles, fighting for a second chance — he knew what was at stake. This was about more than just a game. It was about proving who he is now, and who he’s becoming. A goaltender. A teammate. A fighter. And someone who won’t let fear control his future.
04-17-2025, 08:21 PM(This post was last modified: 04-17-2025, 08:21 PM by Vrain.)
Written option 1
When the phone rang with a muffled voice threatening violence against his grandma's cat if he didn't throw the game, Spaceman Spiff was already in the right frame of mind. Or rather, he's usually out of his own mind and lost in his imagination. But with his cat threatened Spiff channeled all his imaginary alter egos into action. Spiff joined Stupendous Man, Tracer Bullet, and a kid named Calvin to form the strangest Avengers knockoff in history. Together, they tracked down the caller and took him into custody, handing him over to the police before returning to the game and winning it with hat trick and a shutout. If only that were true. Since most of what happens to Spiff is in his imagination, and he has no real control over the outcome of a game, the game ended in a 6-2 win, with Spiff contributing nothing. It didn't really matter, since Spiff's grandma doesn't even own a cat anyway.
pinli is totally fine throwing a pre season game in order to (potentially) save the life of a couple of precious animals. at the end of the day that damn preseason doesn't even matter-- especially on day one! we're just here to get our legs moving and get a couple of shots off at game speed. if some psycho is going to kill or abduct a cat over the score of a meaningless hockey game then yes i'll happily throw in order to ensure the pets remain safe. even if it's just a prank i dont think it's worth risking the lives of the animals over a pointless game. really i'm finding it hard to come up with a reason NOT to throw the game. like am i supposed to be maintaining the integrity of a practice game in which no points are up for grabs? no. we take the loss, we throw the game, and we hope the pets are safe. if they were going to be safe anyway than boo hoo, we lost a preseason game. oh well.
Option 2: Since he felt like his hands were not quick enough last season, Nor choose to work on that skill this summer. It means that he needs to be more comfortable with his hockey gloves on. To accomplish this, Nor decided that he needed to wear his hockey gloves more often to do tasks that involved using his hand. He uses his hockey gloves to handle his paddle when does kayak. He also decided that he would prepare all his dinner using his hockey gloves. Cutting things like vegetables required finesse and Nor thought that it would help him get more comfortable subtle move which could help him throw opponents off when he is in control of the puck. The second thing he wanted to improve is his cardio. Nor decided that for the whole summer, if he had to go somewhere and the distance involved is less than 3 km, then he would have to run there and come back running.
04-18-2025, 05:08 AM(This post was last modified: 04-18-2025, 05:08 AM by Deli.)
Option 2
During the offseason players can do many things to sharpen their skills. What does a goalie do to practice their relevant net minding skills? Well, Tyler Bodega wasn't sure either, so he took all of his goalie equipment and geared up at a local batting cage and paid for countless hours to have pitching machines fire baseballs at him while he practiced his glove until his hand was sore, his blocker until it was a new color, and broke countless goalie sticks from the power of the impact of the baseball coming in hot. Tyler Bodega had his bell rung countless times as they clanged off of his helmet, and he was out there in the rain, in the sun, at night, in the cold, and in the heat, but he can say confidently that he has come out of his intense offseason camp feeling like a better goalie and in true Grizzly fashion is looking to come out of hibernation and dominate the food chain. Now just to fix all the dents in his facemask and the cave ins on his helmet..
Why would some random prank caller threatening my grandma's non-existent cat change the way I play? That'd make me all the more motivated to win -- and you know what? If they'd said that before a pre-season game I'd STILL go ahead and try to win just to spite them! Violet would go ahead and try her best to win regardless of the theoretical or threatened ramifications, because if someone's talking about how bad things will be if she wins, clearly it's someone who is invested in having her lose. And unless they control the global economy (we're screwed anyways) or a gang member (who can just continue making threats even if Violet loses a million games), why would that affect her decision making? Her winning or losing the game doesn't affect the caller's ability to pose a tangible threat to someone or something in her life and has given no proof as to whether it is tangible, so let's go.
As luck would have it, the expansion draft will be held smack dab right at the beginning of Seattle's contention window. The current core of players has been together since they were drafted and this will be the only season they will have a chance to bring home the cup before they lose at least a couple very good players. Rence Sykut, who is entering the back half of his prime hopes to stay in Seattle so he has been looking into any and all anti-aging strategies to make sure he is not expendable enough to be left unprotected. He has been moisturizing, intermittent fasting, and receiving plasma transfusions from local high school hockey players in exchange for one on one on-ice training in the offseason. Hopefully this will be enough to keep him looking young and fresh enough to stick around in Seattle for their contention window that is just now opening.
When Baku got this call, he laughed. The muffled caller had an American accent, which told Baku he was both unserious and unprepared to deal with Mimi Baba. Baku’s grandmother is a force of a woman, skilled in the kitchen and ruthless with a shoe. Baku learned very young, if you talk back to Mimi Baba, there will be consequences (and she has perfect aim.
Strangely enough, other players got similar calls that morning, so the team didn’t take anything seriously beyond some prankster who was dumb and got in too deep with sports gambling on a preseason SHL game. The coach was unwilling to mess around and did inform team management and the police. The team went on to play as they would, ignoring a demand to fix a preseason game.
Baku heard nothing until he was on a phone call with his parents the next week. They told a story of a foolish young man who tried to sneak in and take Mimi Baba’s chickens the week before. Mimi Baba was sleeping lightly, and sensed something was amiss. She sauntered to her kitchen and without looking threw a shoe out her window, hitting the sneak mid stride. He dropped the chicken, and then slipped on some mud, sliding face first through her back yard.
“You stupid thief! Be faster next time if you are going to do stupid things!”
Baku’s parents laughed as they told this story, though Baku saw it as more than mere coincidence. In the end, Mimi Baba can take care of herself, though Baku is even more disinclined toward sports gamblers.
Thank you karey, OrbitingDeath Ragnar, and sköldpaddor for sigs!
So here's the thing and I'm gonna tell you, my player is kinda like the mirror image of myself. All of my players are kinda like that to be honest. Davenport to Vandy Jr., all parts of my personality one way or another. Anyway, since both of my parents are deceased IRL I have to take artistic liberties with Vandy and Vandy Jr but also all of my grandparents are dead. I am telling you this because I am not adding a grandparent for this prompt haha so my player would be like welp this call was probably for one of my teammates and then just go out there and light the fuck out of the opposing goaltender so they lose their cat and not me or my teammates. Now I know the prompt said both would be punished but since I established this bit of lore, you can't go back and change it now. So RIP that cat.
Well… this just happens to be perfect for me. That cat and I have had many disagreements over the years. Many days have ended with me nursing scratches from that disaster. Today, I still have the scars from the devil spawn cat. THIS IS MY TIME. Boy karma is a bi*tch.
I will play THE BEST game I’ve ever played between the pipes, stopping shots left and right, aiming for ANYTHING that will get that cat gone! Even if it may be a prank!
I will also inform the other goalie of the matter, I will instruct him to call his cousin, get eyes on the dog, and make sure eyes STAY on the dog until the final buzzer of this hockey game. The other goalie did ask if I had been able to reach my grandma, I told him yes, although there wasn’t a hope in hell I was ever going to warn my grandma.
Written Option 2: At the end of the last season coach made a moving speech about the upcoming season that will be the last one before the expansion draft will break up the current group. So during their offseason training and training camp, what unusual methods does your player use to be the most hockey player that ever hockeyed? Wearing their gear all the time, expect maybe skates? Or maybe the other way around, rent a local rink and bring their furniture there so they can spend their summer with skates on? Learn to literally chew the puck? How much different it is compared to their earlier training? Or do they still keep it bit more grounded and take an extra jog here and there? And when season starts, does any of it actually help your player or the team?
Khalfani has upped his game going into his practices with the big leagues. To make sure that the Baltimore Platoon go out of their way to hold on to him he has gone out of his way to start wielding more and more sticks to practice. It's started with using one in each hand and now he has attempted to use more than one and strapping more to his back. Most would think this is ridiculous posturing but it is surprising to no one that Khalfani is making it an effective strategy in practice. His defensive stats have ballooned tremendously during this time as he has been using his size and strength to smack pucks all around him in a 360 degree pattern. As we ramp up into the season, Khalfani has begun to be reminded that using multiple sticks is actual against the rules and you have to go back to one. This has prompted Khalfani to figure out how to have mini sticks hidden in his clothes that could be hidden from refs
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