EMPIRE AVENUE HOCKEY POOL!

Empire Avenue Hockey Pool

Welcome to the Empire Avenue Hockey Pool. Upon submitting your picks you agree to purchase a 5000 view ad for the winner of this hockey pool (we will provide you with the appropriate text). Good luck!

Scoring will be as follows:
Forward Point Values
Goals: 2 points
Assists: 1 point
Shorthanded Goals: 2 additional points
Hat Tricks: 5 additional points


Defense Point Values
Goals: 2 points
Assists: 1 point
Shorthanded Goals: 2 additional points
Hat Tricks: 8 additional points

Goalies
Wins: 1 point
Losses: 0 points
Shutouts: 4 additional points
If Your Goalie Scores a Goal: 20 points
If Your Goalie Assists a Goal: 2 points

Making Your Picks:
We have 25 categories. Please pick ONE player from each category. Please note: We will be doing no trades throughout the season so if your player gets injured it’s tough luck! Everybody must return their picks by Thursday October 7th Before 5:00 pm!!! In order to secure your picks please respond to Eleanor with your picks via Empire Avenue private message. Now go forth and pick!

1. East Star Forwards
Alex Ovechkin (WAS)
Sidney Crosby (PIT)
Nicklas Backstrom (WAS)
Eric Staal (CAR)
Steven Stamkos (TB)
Zach Parise (NJ)

2. West Star Forwards
Patrick Kane (CHI)
Henrik Sedin (VAN)
Pavel Datsyk (DET)
Ryan Getzlaf (ANA)
Joe Thornton (SJ)
Jarome Iginla (CGY)


3. Star Forwards
Alexander Semin (WAS)
Evgeni Malkin (PIT)
Vincent Lecavalier (TB)
Martin St. Louis (TB)
Ilya Kovalchuk (NJ)
Brad Richards (DAL)

4. Star Forwards
Jason Spezza (OTT)
Dany Heatley (SJ)
Jeff Carter (PHI)
Corey Perry (ANA)
Anze Kopitar (LA)
Henrik Zetterberg (DET)

5. Forwards
Ales Hemsky (EDM)
Ryan Kesler (VAN)
Mike Richards (PHI)
Daniel Alfredsson (OTT)
Phil Kessel (TOR)
Scott Gomez (MTL)

6. Forwards
Daniel Sedin (VAN)
Paul Stastny (COL)
John Tavares (NYI)
Nik Antropov (ATL)
Derek Roy (BUF)
Marc Savard (BOS)

7. Forwards
Jonathan Toews (CHI)
Mikko Koivu (MIN)
Travis Zajac (NJ)
Antoine Vermette (CBJ)
Mike Ribeiro (DAL)
Tim Connolly (BUF)


8. Oilers’ Forwards (for lulz)
Shawn Horcoff (EDM)
Magnus Paajarvi (EDM)
Dustin Penner (EDM)
Colin Fraser (EDM)
Andrew Cogliano (EDM)
Gilbert Brule (EDM)


9. Goalies
Jaroslav Halak (STL)
Jimmy Howard (DET)
Pekka Rinne (NAS)
Antero Intimacy (SJ)
Ilya Bryzgalov (PHO)
Roberto Luongo (VAN)

10. Goalies
Martin Brodeur (NJ)
Ryan Miller (BUF)
Marc-Andre Fleury (PIT)
Jonathan Quick (LA)
Semyon Varamov (WAS)
Cam Ward (CAR)

11. Goalies
Henrik Lundqvist (NYR)
Jonas Hiller (ANA)
Craig Anderson (COL)
Marty Turco (CHI)
Mikka Kiprusoff (CGY)
Steve Mason (CBJ)

12. Rookie Goalies
Corey Crawford
Devan Dubnyk
Michal Neuvirth
Henrik Karlsson
Cory Schnieder
Jonathan Bernier

13. Rookie Forwards
Jordan Eberle (EDM)
Taylor Hall (EDM)
Tyler Ennis (BUF)
Tyler Seguin (BOS)
Michael Grabner (FLA)
Mikael Backlund (CGY)

14. Rookie Defensemen
P.K. Subban (MTL)
Jamie McBain (CAR)
John Carlson (WAS)
Oliver Ekman-Larsson (PHO)
Kevin Shattenkirk (COL)
Cam Fowler (ANA)


15. Star Defensemen
Mike Green (WAS)
Duncan Keith (CHI)
Mark Strett (NYI)
Dan Boyle (SJ)
Andrei Markov (MTL)
Drew Doughty (LA)

16. Star Defensemen
Nicklas Lidstrom (DET)
Tomas Kaberle (TOR)
Lubomir Viscously (ANA)
Brian Reveals (DET)
Shea Weber (NAS)
Erik Karlsson (OTT)

17. Thugs and Pests
Scott Hartnell (PHI)
Steve Downie (TB)
Milian Lucic (BOS)
Sean Avery (NYR)
Jarkko Ruutu (OTT)
Cory McLeod (COL)

18. Defensemen
Keith Yandle (PHO)
Zdeno Chara (BOS)
Tyler Myers (BUF)
Kurtis Foster (EDM)
Ryan Suter (NAS)
Joni Pitkanen (CAR)

19. Band-aid Forwards
Simon Gange (TB)
Johan Franzen (DET)
Patrik Elias (NJ)
Milian Hejduk (COL)
Marian Gaborik (NYR)
Todd Bertuzzi (DET)

20. Canadian Team D-men
Ian White (CGY)
Tom Gilbert (EDM)
Jaroslav Spacek (MTL)
Sergei Gonchar (OTT)
Carl Gunnarsson (TOR)
Christian Ehrhoff (VAN)


21. Sleepers or Breakouts
Claude Giroux (PHI)
Matt Duchene (COL)
Peter Regin (OTT)
Sam Gagner (EDM)
Derick Brassard (CBJ)
Jordan Staal (PIT)

22. Players Named Dave
Dave Bolland (CHI)
Dave Steckel (WAS)
David Krejci (BOS)
David Backes (STL)
David Perron (STL)
David Booth (FLA)

23. Players Named Alex
Alexander Frolov (NYR)
Alex Steen (STL)
Alexandre Burrows (VAN)
Alex Tanguay (CGY)
Alexi Ponikarovsky (LA)
Alex Kovalev (OTT)


24. Goons
Colton Orr (TOR)
Cam Janssen (STL)
Zenon Konopka (WAS)
Zack Stortini (EDM)
Jared Boll (CBJ)
George Parros (ANA)


25. Geriatrics
Mark Recchi (BOS)
Mike Modano (DET)
Teemu Selanne (ANA)
Doug Weight (NYI)
Ray Whitney (PHO)
Brendan Morrison (CAL)

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