12. Written, 50 to 200+ words. Is It Always The Same?


The IIHF has always been a quick little tournament thrown in between the end of the season and the draft for both the juniors and the seniors. It makes sense that there’s only twelve games, otherwise it would run for two weeks and that, though exciting would be a little too long in my opinion. I have always enjoyed the IIHF, its fun to play with players you don’t play with all the time. Some superstars that never cross your path or jut some really fun user who you never got to know very well.

This year is exciting for me because my player is in that rare position to be playing in both the WJC and the IIHF. Not on the same team mind you, but for the same nation and that should be fun as I get to follow the stats of two teams for the short while that the tournament gets played. This happens sometimes only once in a career so it would be so cool to win a medal in both. That will be hard because all the teams are balanced and there’s new players coming and going from both leagues, but its still rad to think of the best case scenario and that’s being successful in both.

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13. Written, 50 to 200+ words. Out With The Old, In With The New

Team Russia getting replaced by Team Quebec was a very good idea in my humble opinion. I know its just a simulation league, but the real life antics of the Russian Federation have been sketchy at best over the past few years. I like how we have chosen to remove them from our world tournament. Adding Quebec was brilliant for many reasons. There a lot of really talented players who come out of Quebec and Montreal has one of the most loyal fan bases in the NHL. While they are not an independent nation, this gives them the opportunity to be a hockey nation.

I, personally, have always joined the smaller nations in IIHF, mostly for the reason that I like to play and it’s easier to make the team. With like Canada, or the USA for example, you could be in your 5th or 6th season before you make the team. I like how in Juniors, the bigger nations are split up into separate teams, like Canada Red or USA blue just to make sure everyone has a roster spot. I wonder if this wouldn’t be a horrible idea for the IIHF too! So many players create from USA or Canada with their first player not knowing the challenge to get on an IIHF team. Perhaps a Canada West and East or go historical and have an Upper/Lower Canada team. I like how the HO has branched out to explore some other options and I’m proud of us, even though we’re Simulation, that we shun the Russian antics in the real world.

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