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Sabremike · 02-10-2021, 01:11 PM

Prior to gameday the team has a fun ritual we like to do. Since there are no fans we come into the arena a couple hours early and head up to the top section in the building. Once there we head to the section where the team keeps the cardboard cutouts that fans sent in to support the team virtually. There the team opens up a laptop full of fan sent zoom accounts and the players hangout and answer any and all questions the fans have for the players. Being in the SMJHL this can range between their current roster or their parent SHL team how that players team is doing and how they plan on utilizing that player in the future. This amps the team up to play as before this season their coaching staff was uneasy with this level of communication between players and fans but allow it to help keep fans loyal and coming to games later when they reopen the stadiums to the public. Hopefully connecting to the fans keeps all of us motivated to perform for them and hopefully bring Kelowna a championship this year!

3lewsers · 02-10-2021, 01:36 PM

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W19eaver · 02-10-2021, 02:20 PM

You know I probably shouldn't be telling you guys this but out in Tampa Bay, Florida there is something in the drinking water. Our GM's banned all bottled water from the arena and were only allowed to drink the tap water. My first practice with them I brought in my own bottled water and I swear to god they almost cut me from the team. I guess before every practice and before every game they line us up for the ole water fountain and we are supposed to take a good 3 - 5 second drink. Now I'm not sure what it is but sometime afterwards you really start feeling it. Teammates are hooting and hollering, punching eachothers in the shoulders and screaming things like LETS DO THIS. Honestly I don't think I could go back to bottled water, feels like whenever we have an off day I'm just itching to get back to the rink but not to play hockey but get some of that sweeet sweeet H2o.

***goldenglutes*** · 02-10-2021, 02:25 PM

for the fifty eighth season of the simulation hockey league, the atlanta inferno of the atlantic division in the eastern conference are using the lack of fans as an opportunity to try out new ways to hype up the team prior to the game, in the hopes that when fans do actually return, we can stack the new methods on top of having the crowd's energy and hopefully it'll just be additive and the team can come out looking like they're high off drinking ten shirley temples. we will be trying the following methods out with the scientific method in mind, with a proper control group and test groups (with stratified sampling based on past point totals and position so that there's no bias for different types of players). the first method is of course cocaine. the second method is drinking ten shirley temples. the third method is showing the boys milhouse memes. the fourth method is to gnome them with the face of @Gwdjohnson. we will see soon enough which method leads to the best results.

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*lmao* · 02-10-2021, 03:37 PM

It's all about those Dollarama energy drinks.

I plan on driving my car to Dollarama before every game and purchasing 120 $1 AMP Energy Drinks ™ . I plan on delivering these to the arena, pouring them into Gatorade coolers, and forcing the team to drink them in the locker room.

While this AMP Energy ritual is going on, the team will be forced to listen to Gasolina by Daddy Yankee on repeat.

Further, I plan on hiring George Canyon to sing the Canadian and American national anthems before games. After having to listen to George Canyon sing, this will ensure the players have a decent level of anger in their system, pumping them up and giving them adrenaline. The George Canyon effect will compound the more and more games that the players have to listen to him.

This is my foolproof 3 step plan for pumping up my teammates while fans can't attend games!

DApolloS · 02-10-2021, 04:19 PM

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*JURT* · 02-10-2021, 05:34 PM

"Nothing is ever truly empty, except for the void of space. At the same time, everything is made mostly of emptyness, on an atomic level. So what is emptyness, really?"

This is one of the ways the Syndicate gets pumped up without fans in the arena, when JURT is in charge of the pre-game ritual. Every player gets their turn, and JURT has recently discovered a very interesting new passion : physics. Whenever it's his turn to motivate the Chicago players, he starts giving them a physics lesson, sometimes bordering on philosophical metaphysical questions. Surprisingly, it works very well. Sure, it bores most of the team nearly to death, but that near-death experience makes the players quite efficient in the empty building, which now feels dead itself. The players have even asked the arena employees to be more careful about noise and to mute every ambiant sound during the game. They even asked for the referees to whisper their penalty announcements, to avoid breaking the eerie silence of the building.

**Rich** · 02-10-2021, 07:08 PM

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***mcgriddleluver*** · 02-10-2021, 07:43 PM

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mee · 02-10-2021, 08:51 PM

Empty crowds suck. That's all I have to say. The preseason has felt pretty normal so far, but the regular season just isn't going to be the same, there is no doubt about that. And if we make the playoffs? And fans still won't be allowed? I haven't been a part of any SHL playoffs yet as a rookie, but the SMJHL is lively. I can only imagine what a postseason game in Buffalo or Manhattan or Chicago or Hamilton would sound like. Now a game in Minnesota? Forget about it, it is for sure of the charts awesome.
Now the arena guys asked us what we'd like to see in the stadium? After a few, let's just say, more crude suggestions they didn't ask again.
So far they have the crowd noise, the goal horn, goal song. It isn't really a replacement.
As a team we really have to create our own energy. We started singing the goal song ourselves over the music. Not the same, but it's something.

*CptSquall* · 02-10-2021, 09:50 PM

As you all know, not having a crowd in the stands is a weird feeling when it comes to game time. The emotions from the fans bring a unique experience to this whole adventure regardless of weather they are cheering for us at home, or booing us while we travel. At the same time however, this has provided a chance for us to relax as a team and individually. After all the emotions and expectations as well as can put pressure on you. Toronto being the hot bed of hockey that it is demands more from its players than most cities so it is nice to have this chance to loosen up a bit.

For Zapo personally this has proved to be wonderful, with his newer grasp on English and always developing skills on the ice. The new faces coming up to the roster this season also provide an exciting atmosphere.

Roamus · 02-10-2021, 10:56 PM

Very tired of this pandemic, I JUST WANT TO PLAY HOCKEY DAMN IT! even though covid hit us pretty hard, we still have figured others ways to hype us before our game. For instance, last game we had @leafs1997 signing a song of his choice while doing push ups. Man did that look manly, the only problem is that he chose a Céline Dion's song. I can't wrap my head around a real tough guy singing ''POUR TOUT L'OR DU MONDE'' while doing push ups in the middle of the locker room. The game before that, we had @Titan singing some Molly Malone. I was pretty pumped about this one too, the guys is surely proud of his roots. The game before that, I asked @Jayrome to do a whole song while beating his chest for ''non fapping'' purpose. However, he seems to have gone missing and have yet to reappear (and do his TPE, while he is at it)

Velevra · 02-10-2021, 11:28 PM

The Chicago Syndicate are doing a few different things to try and get the team pumped up before games. The arena staff have taken the usual measures that other teams are doing as well such as playing crowd noises in the arena and having cardboard cutouts in the stands. The arena staff has also expirminted with some other tactics such as having popcorn and beer randomly thrown on to the ice and having random profanities directed at players from the stands. None of this has been particularly effective so the Syndicate players have tried some of their own measures. These have included pre-game turtle meditation sessions led by Gunnar Soderberg, motivational speeches between periods led by outstanding veteran Martijn Westbroek, and running chores after the game such as laundry for goalie Tibuk Soonika. For some reason all of these player led initiatives have really helped the team get their energy up and have a strong regular season.

teztify · 02-10-2021, 11:33 PM

With COVID-19 still running rampant in the United States (and around the world), the Chicago Syndicate faithful are sadly not allowed inside the Mad House on Madison to celebrate the franchise's historic first Challenge Cup victory. That does not mean, however, that the Syndicate players are lacking any energy or support. Rather than getting it from their fans, however, the Syndicate are getting it from within. After discovering his magnificent singing talents during their Challenge Cup celebrations, the Syndicate management has tasked young Ryuuji Minamino with singing the team's iconic goal song - "My Kind of Town (Chicago Is)" by Frank Sinatra - before, after, and sometimes even during (replacing the song being played for real after a goal) their games. Minamino's talents have really brought the room together and given them something to rally about, giving them an even greater desire to score - knowing that not only will it benefit the team, but they'll get to hear his voice once more.

Mr. Finland · 02-11-2021, 12:57 AM

COVID situation gives Detroit Falcons good change to try something new. When you can't take humans to the arena, we're bringing players own animals to watch the game and also visit in locker room. Players will get a lot of energy when they see cute dogs and cats and they will cheers us for sure, even we don't understand what they speak, they will bark for sure! They're also the most loyal fans of Detroit Falcons so in my personal opinion it's good time to offer they some special moments, including a lot of good treats.

Also how could you lose when you have so amazing fanbase and a lot of sounds at arena, even it's barking? At the end of the game, the animals can come to Detroit locker room to visit all players and play with these and enjoy time together! They will not never forget it, I hope so!

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