NHL 09 CAG Team - CAG Game Night - Fridays @ 10 PM EST

The 2010 versions, yeah, they might. But NHL 09 could have. They've given premium themes to games like Rock Band 2 which came out before the NXE.
 
Probably won't make it tonight...
But since quite a few are interested, I'll probably try to start one up some time soon. Is everyone available 1/2 hour before the usual Friday game time? I was thinking that would be best since most of us are on Friday night anyway. Or maybe we could take a break an hour into the night for matches. Otherwise, weekends? Let me know if anyone has objections. Or, if that fails, just leave it up to people to schedule their matches.
 
I've been doing Dynasty mode and I'm about 2 or 3 seasons in. I was just wondering how you guys go about resigning, getting free agents, and trading. My friend game me some pointers to how he goes about it, but I just wanted to know your strategy too. Thanks
 
[quote name='moojuice']Probably won't make it tonight...
But since quite a few are interested, I'll probably try to start one up some time soon. Is everyone available 1/2 hour before the usual Friday game time? I was thinking that would be best since most of us are on Friday night anyway. Or maybe we could take a break an hour into the night for matches. Otherwise, weekends? Let me know if anyone has objections. Or, if that fails, just leave it up to people to schedule their matches.[/quote]

I'd be fine getting on 30-45 minutes early on Friday to play league games. I'd honestly rather do that than break up the flow of the EASHL games. Sometimes, it's tough getting our groups synced up to begin with. So starting, stopping, and then trying to restart would probably be a PITA.

For those who can't play their game before 10 PM EST, I'd suggest doing it after 2 AM EST (when we're at least scheduled to stop, but never do, haha). Either that or a different night. In my opinion, the downfall of leagues isn't really finding the "right night". It's finding people who actually give a shit to contact their opponent and get their game played.
 
[quote name='Matt Young']I got an update today. Wonder if it fixes the 99 glitch?[/quote]

Well, I just checked the official NHL 09 forum and that doesn't seem to be it. I did see what AK posted though, about EA working on another patch, and I guess they are shooting for February. It sucks in the meantime, but I have to say, I'm really impressed with the way the NHL 09 team is standing behind their game.

They are actively monitoring the forums and taking in everybody's suggestions...and are actually working on them! How many games EVER do that? With this kind of attention, you'd think NHL was EA Sports top product, and not Madden. Who'da thunk it? :)
 
I'm not going to be able to make it on tonight.

Please put me down for the league as the Blackhawks. I'm not 100% sure I'll be able to play every Friday before the game night, but if we are allowed to play during the week I should be fine.
 
In the dressing room right now...and its pretty lonely...

I'm gonna play some Fallout and check back later. If some guys want to get on and play some games, just send me a message on live.
 
Ok, set up the league, but was a bit lazy in doing it...

I don't know how to invite as of yet, so search for a league named CAG. Abbreviation: CAG. Description:Hockey. Password: 123
 
I saw several people playing. After I got back, my friend hung out and we played Left 4 Dead, which is why I didn't join up.

At the Reign game, Zatkoff, who was just sent down from Manchester of the AHL, apparently got injured as he was pulled with a 3-2 lead in the 3rd. The Reign lost 4-3 to the Utah Grizzlies in overtime.

Tomorrow, there is a game between the Ontario firemen and the New York firemen before the Reign vs. Grizzlies game. That should be fun. Doubleheader!

I'm posting some pics. I won't be posting pics of all the ECHL games I go to, but I figured I'd share these:

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Free hat I got from a friend from the LetsGoKings forums:

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Unintentionally looking like a dumb wannabe wigger pimping the Matt Greene jersey and free hat after the game:

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Well, not a good night for the CAG hockey team last night. Somehow, in about 5 hours of play, we never managed to win a single game. We really caught a lot of tough breaks though and ran into some surprisingly stellar AI goaltending.

We consistently outshot our opponents almost all night long, but didn't get a cheap goal the entire time, and had several games where we didn't score at all until the final 2 minutes of the 3rd period. Many of the games, the opposing team's goalie was the #2 or #1 star, so that tells you something.

We did have a 6 man team going for much of the night though, and had various guys playing goalie. I thought everybody in net played well though, and I don't remember having a human goalie give up more than 3 goals (which is EASILY on par with the AI). I guess that's just how it goes sometimes. We'll get em next week!
 
That made me sad we didn't win at least one game. Moojuiced asked If I wanted to play again but I didn't think I could go through losing again. I was in the dumps to say lol. But It was still fun none the less, I'll take an assist anyday. Plus Before I joined back up, I bought Castle Crashers. I wanted to play that for awhile before I fell asleep.
 
After 5 weeks, I finally got the box back, and thank you guys for getting me into a game. Sorry I had to bail after it, the wife wanted to Talk?! See you next week.
 
[quote name='Captain OBVIOU5']After 5 weeks, I finally got the box back, and thank you guys for getting me into a game. Sorry I had to bail after it, the wife wanted to Talk?! See you next week.[/quote]

Hey, totally understandable man. I think most of us have been there before. Good to see you back on the team though!
 
Im gonna have to apologize for all the coughing I did, got some sort of thing going around. I don't know if the mic picks that up though.



Woulda been nice to win a game, but I still feel like we outplayed virtually every team we played.
 
[quote name='Flyersfan']Im gonna have to apologize for all the coughing I did, got some sort of thing going around. I don't know if the mic picks that up though.



Woulda been nice to win a game, but I still feel like we outplayed virtually every team we played.[/quote]


We honestly did, honestly. But yet not a single damn goal. Espically when we did a cross pass the goalie freaking saved everything. But of course when they did it to our goalie, they scored every time. I love this game but man does it piss me off so much. I hate to say it but, it honestly want's me to 99glitch just to be on par with alot of the other teams. But I'd be few of the people that would get banned or what ever they are gonna do. I say fix the glitch then reset the stats. End of discussion.
 
Anyone up for some games tonight? I may be playing Castle Crashers with Vulcan after the football games are over, but I want to get in on some team play, too.
 
I'll try to get on.

And a friendly reminder to everyone who wanted to join the league: Try to get in by Friday at the latest so we can get games going. I set the league so that everyone plays each other twice before playoffs, so we should be able to get through a "season" fairly quick.
 
[quote name='DestroVega']I wanna join the league, still time?[/quote]

There should be. When I joined on Saturday, there were only 2 other people signed up. Not sure how many moojuice is going for, but I think at least 8 would be a good number.
 
I'd still like to join too. I just got Live Gold, and I'm really itching for some people to play NHL 09 with.

I also saw that some people play castle crashers, and I'd love to get in on some of that.
 
How can you play EAHL with a Random team? I'd like to start building my guy up and practice before I skate with you guys.

I also second the idea of playing Castle Crashers...
 
I forgot to mention that I'm usually #2 (but don't really care about number) and I play right wing.

Also, I'm in for the league as the Canadiens.

Is there anything special I need to do to join the team/league other than sending a message to one of the managers?
 
[quote name='ChunkyB']I forgot to mention that I'm usually #2 (but don't really care about number) and I play right wing.

Also, I'm in for the league as the Canadiens.

Is there anything special I need to do to join the team/league other than sending a message to one of the managers?[/quote]

Hey man, I can add you to the team no problem. I got your friend request on Live, but I was thinking "Who the hell is ChunkyB?" haha. I thought maybe you were one of the randoms I was playing with. Anyway, the next time I hop on, I'll add you to the team (unless somebody beats me to it).

And as far as numbers and positions go, while technically, Gary (Vulcan2422) is #2, it's not anything that's strictly enforced. Same with position. We usually rotate and try to give everybody a chance to score. It also helps recognizing what you're good at. Look forward to seeing you out there! :)
 
[quote name='moojuice']Ok, set up the league, but was a bit lazy in doing it...

I don't know how to invite as of yet, so search for a league named CAG. Abbreviation: CAG. Description:Hockey. Password: 123[/quote]

Bumping that post for others. I've figured out how to invite, so if you cant find the league for whatever reason, let me know.

And in the interest of having some structure, I've been thinking about creating either a bracket or a group structure (ala World Cup qualifications) so that we don't have mass confusion of who will play who/finding an opponent. I am not sure how a free for all for finding an opponent will work out. Thoughts?

Also, now that I think about it, even with 12 of us, playing each other twice, with only one game required per week...it's going to take a long ass time to get through a "season". Do we want to commit to this? If not, we have several options:

1- We each play each other once rather than twice
2- We commit to playing several games per week
3- We can form smaller leagues, winners from those leagues play each other (like modern professional sports
4- ???

Personally, I still play this a lot, so I would be willing to commit to more games.
 
I say 12 teams, 2 games per, but make sure you set up double headers... therefore, you only have to schedule games 11 times and try to knock out 2 doubleheaders a week... we could be done in 6 weeks

I do want to say, you guys should really only sign up if you care to actually play... it was about 6 people in the other league that killed the whole thing. Some people played one damn game the whole league... why sign up?
 
[quote name='DestroVega']I say 12 teams, 2 games per, but make sure you set up double headers... therefore, you only have to schedule games 11 times and try to knock out 2 doubleheaders a week... we could be done in 6 weeks

I do want to say, you guys should really only sign up if you care to actually play... it was about 6 people in the other league that killed the whole thing. Some people played one damn game the whole league... why sign up?[/quote]

I pretty much agree with everything you said, especially that last sentiment. And playing doubleheaders is a great idea to get the games done in a timely manner. It really shouldn't be too complicated, but as with anything, communication is going to be key. Nobody should be signing up for this league simply because it's a "neat idea".

And moojuice shouldn't have to hunt people down and beg them to play their games. I can never understand why people sign up for stuff and then disappear. Considering most of us attend the weekly hockey nights, hopefully this won't be a problem. But others should realize that they'll be held to these same standards.

2 doubleheaders every week might be a bit much, but I definitely think striving for 3 double headers (ie 6 games total) over the span of 2 weeks should be doable. That would put the timeframe at about 8 weeks...which to me seems reasonable. Not quite as demanding as 6, but not as slow as 11 either. But ultimately, whatever you think will be best moojuice. Deciding how to run a league is always a double-edged sword. There's pros and cons to everything.
 
I know so far I'm in the lead Since I played two games against Azumiagaman(I forget the name) He is probably mad at me though cause I did the cross eyed pass a couple times. But 90% of my goals were legit! :D

Also, I told Matt this but, in the first 3 minutes of the game I caused two injuries to his team. Then another Injury in the second.
 
I'd be in for 3-4 games per week.

Also, sorry for my complete newbiness, but is there anything special I have to do to join the team play on friday nights? I accepted my invite to the league, so I'm in that now. Is that all I have to do? Again, sorry for being a total doofus when it comes to this stuff.
 
[quote name='ChunkyB']I'd be in for 3-4 games per week.

Also, sorry for my complete newbiness, but is there anything special I have to do to join the team play on friday nights? I accepted my invite to the league, so I'm in that now. Is that all I have to do? Again, sorry for being a total doofus when it comes to this stuff.[/quote]


It's all good. Nate should be able to set you up with getting you on the CAG Team. Then go to the dressing room or one of those and you'll see invites. Sorry for my incompleteness lol. I don't have the game on right now.

Also that LB glitch is complete bullshit. Hit a dude yesterday and within a instance he got right back up. This game keeps getting me more and more pist every time they find a new glitch.
 
[quote name='Vulcan2422']I know so far I'm in the lead Since I played two games against Azumiagaman(I forget the name) He is probably mad at me though cause I did the cross eyed pass a couple times. But 90% of my goals were legit! :D

Also, I told Matt this but, in the first 3 minutes of the game I caused two injuries to his team. Then another Injury in the second.[/quote]
Yeah, I'm not mad. I'm just horrible at the game and I can't shoot.
WTF was up with that? I've never seen so many injuries so fast.
Madness.

And why is Arnott #44 and Tootoo #55? Whats that about?
 
[quote name='ChunkyB']I'd be in for 3-4 games per week.

Also, sorry for my complete newbiness, but is there anything special I have to do to join the team play on friday nights? I accepted my invite to the league, so I'm in that now. Is that all I have to do? Again, sorry for being a total doofus when it comes to this stuff.[/quote]

Yeah, do what Gary (Vulcan) said. Search for the team (CAG), and then view the "team hub" or whatever it's called. Flip through the pages until you get to invites. You should see one there for you (I sent it out yesterday). I swear, when this game first came out, it used to send people messages on Live when they had a team invite. Not sure what caused that to stop.

Anyway, once you've accepted the invite, just show up in the dressing room at 10 PM on Friday nights. If you're late, and nobody's in there, we're probably already playing. Just hang out, or keep an eye on our game to know when to get back in there. Sometimes people have trouble linking up with us in the dressing room, but you gotta have patience. When I get on at 10, I usually wait about 5 minutes to start the first game (depending on how many people are already there). After that, it's a free for all. Bottom line is, if you're in the dressing room, you'll be in the game.
 
Nothing to do with the CAG NHL team but, my dad sent me an e-mail that my fav second player in NHL (my dad always thought he was my favorite so I will let him be! lol) Claude Lemieux is retunring to the Ice this Saturday for the San Jose Sharks. I'm probably gonna try to DVR the game. My dad's fav player just came back and scored a goal, Brendan Shanahan.It's nice when he keeps me up to date with the old players I remember. :D
 
Holy cow. Is Claude Lemieux like 45 now? I still remember that shot in the finals like 15 years ago when he totally smashed that dude's face in front of the bench. He's so fun to watch.

Haha. I just went and looked it up, and it looks like he turns 44 this year. That's crazy.
 
Wow, I just checked the first page of this thread for the first time in months, and noticed Apathy updated the roster to reflect my "active roster" list. That's awesome! I guess I should update it again since we've got new guys playing. Of course, I still can't remember everybody's numbers or preferred positions, so if there are ??? for any stat of yours, just chime in to let me know what I'm missing (don't worry about duplicate numbers).

CAG Hockey Team Active Roster
# 2 Vulcan2422 (Vulcan7905) - Right Defenseman
# 9 DestroVega (DestroVega) - Left Wing
#13 Pure Apathy (Pure Apathy) - Left Wing Dangler or Sniper
#14 SeanAmI (S3anAmI) - Right Defenseman
#16 Regian (Regian) - Right Defenseman
#17 lordwow (Wowous) - Right Defenseman
#18 cubs2321 (DarkTower80) - Right Defenseman
#19 AK85 (AK85) - Right Wing
#26 Mr_hockey66 (Mr hockey66) - Right Wing
#26 Wpark83 (Wpark83) - Center
#27 GLOCKGLOCK (DRUNKZ 27) - Left Defenseman
#28 emg28 (emg28) - Left Wing
#37 Matt Young (X Matt Young X) - Center
#39 n8rockerasu (n8rocker82) - Center
#51 fieldkillah (fieldkillah) - Right Defenseman
#88 moojuice (moojuiced) - Left Defenseman
#93 slickkill77 (NinjaPenguin777) - Goalie
#?? Azumangaman (Azumangaman) - ??
#?? Flyersfan (PsychedelicRock) - ??
#?? Captain OBVIOU5 (Captain OBVIOU5) - ??

I removed Gillums from the active roster because I haven't seen him play this game in months. I think he was there for the first CAG Hockey Night back in November, but not one since. And for the new guys, you'll be added to the active roster after you play your first game. Trying to keep this "active roster" as ACTIVE as possible. :)
 
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