In order for the Syndicate to win, they'll have to call upon all sorts of unknown powers in order to find themselves with enough of an advantage to go all the way. First will be the prayers towards typical mainstream deities that many of the players on the team may or may not already practice their faith in. Then with those main areas covered, next would be the less known and common practices. Things like Satanism would fall under that category though it would be have to be kept from prying eyes.

Even with practices in the spiritual, hockey players always focusing on things that are within their control wouldn't put all of their eggs into the supernatural basket. There would be other things as well such as general hockey practices, good nutrition, a focus on sleep hygiene among other areas.

But it'll most likely be the voodoo curses on the rest of the league that will make most of the difference.