Fantasy hockey

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Fantasy hockey is a form of fantasy sport where fantasy owners build a team that competes against other fantasy owners based on the statistics generated by professional hockey players or teams. The majority of all fantasy hockey pools are based on the teams and players of the National Hockey League (NHL).

A typical Yahoo! fantasy hockey league (also called hockey pool) is established with 8 - 12 teams but can have as many as 20. Other types of pools may have a greater number of teams, which may dilute the average talent making it more or less fun depending on the league, but also represents more closely the actual NHL, which currently has 30 teams.

The NHL players or teams that comprise a fantasy team are usually distributed via a draft, either online or in person. A common format of a fantasy team is:

2 Centers
2 Left Wings
2 Right Wings
4 Defensemen
2 Goaltenders (or Goalies)
4 Bench Players

Common categories in which the fantasy owners collect points include:

Goals
Assists
Plus/Minus (+/-)
Penalty Minutes
Power Play Points
Game-Winning Goals
Faceoffs Won
Shots On Goal
Wins (Goalie)
Goals Against Average (Goalie)
Save Percentage (Goalie)
Shutouts (Goalie)

There are three common types of fantasy hockey leagues. A 'Head-to-Head' league is one where the fantasy owners are pitted in one on one duels each week. The owners attempt to win as many categories as possible per week, with their weekly scores to be added to their cumulative score. Another type of league is 'Points', in which point multipliers are assigned to certain categories and all owners try to accumulate points by scoring in these categories without the weekly competition. The final type is 'Rotisserie' in which teams are ranked in order of best to worst order in a certain category and receive a flat amount of points per category based on the place they finish (i.e. 10 points for #1 in a 10 team league, 9 points for #2).

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Fantasy hockey pools are common in the workplace (also called office pools), or among groups of friends.

Another type of Fantasy Hockey League is called a Simulation Hockey League. Using special software, a (General Manager) is able to submit, control and edit many of the aspects of their team. These aspects are submitted via internet to the Commissioner of the league, who in turn loads the lines and runs the program, simulating a game based on set attributes.