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In response to Chris's comment on the post below, I've bumped this nugget from July 13th up to today. Don't say that I've never done anything for you Chris :-).
The Challenge Cup Champion Highlanders will begin their defence of the Cup with a week one neutral site game against the Lost Boys. It is one of six games kicking off the 2007-2008 FunHL Challenge Cup schedule beginning Saturday September 29th. The first week of the season begins a few days earlier than the normal October 3rd start to accomodate the NHL's neutral site games in London England (imitation is the highest form of flattery) and will conclude on Sunday October 7th.
Weekly games will continue every Monday thru Sunday throughout the season. Every team will play a home and away against 9 of 11 other teams and one neutral site game (weeks 1 and 13) against each of the two remaining teams to make out a twenty game schedule. The FunHL will take a break from the Challenge Cup during the week of January 21st (week 17) where the first four days of NHL action will provide the fun for the FunHL's 2nd All-Star Game. The format will follow last season where players representing franchises in the Out of Calgary Conference (Highlanders, Severed Heads, Shadowmen, Lost Boys, Wolves and - new to the OCC - Knights Templar) will play representatives of the Calgary Conference.
The Challenge Cup playoffs begin February 25th with two best of three series, the winners going on to fight for the Cup in the final which will end no later than April 6th. Last season's finalists, the Highlanders and the Bladerunners, have their first meeting in week 3 when the Champs host the Bladerunners. Other games of note include week 11's game with the Shadowmen hosting the Personal Vendetta - the Vendetta sport a 6-0 record against the Shadowmen on thier ice. The Vendetta have an even more impressive 7-0 streak going aginst the Edge, again on their opponent's ice. That game won't be until the last game of the season, week 21. The Shadowmen also have a losing streak against the Bladerunners, sorry to keep picking on you Bob, with the Bladerunners holding a 7-0 record on home ice. That game won't be unti week 20.
If anyone wants a copy of the schedule, in excel format, or a copy of the cummulative Challenge Cup regular season records from 1998-2007, also in excel format, just let me know and I can e-mail it to you.
The season kicks off in only 11 more weeks...
6 comments:
Hi Doug - that would be great if you could email me a schedule! I always track my games during the season and sometimes other ones when it gets close to playoffs / during playoffs.
IMO, the H to H is 'almost' as exciting as the Predator Cup race.
Oh - and I say "NO" to any kind of tie format. If you lose, then you lose. But if hte majority wants ties, then so be it.
And hey - Doug and I await our cokes from Bob and Cam about how Bladerunners did in game 1 last season vs Lost Boys...;-)
Me and the rest of the tin-foil hat brigade would like to cast our votes at this time that we start recording ties and close-wins or such in this particular pursuit.
(I defer to my brigadier-general on this one, and I can't remember whether it's Dan or Brian.)
We actually already do record exact ties, but not close wins. My best suggestion to those who think they deserve a point for losing a game is - how about trying to win the game and get the 2 pts?? I know, that is deep.
no ties except mathematical...a shootoutwin if within 2 pts, winner gets 2pts and the loser gets 1 pt.
but otherwise please no ties
btw, the challenge cup is a mild distraction from race - the predator
further the shadowmen did beat the bladerunners at their home in game 1 of the playoffs last year
Making it to the playoffs must have woken the Shadowmen up a bit. Otherwise we own you Moriarty! he he he
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