Okay - Victoria and her canine friend requested this.

Here is a breakdown of all of your picks, done by team.


Team Rock Your Face Off

1 Ovechkin, Alex
2 Sedin, Henrik
3 Malkin, Evgeni
4 Heatley, Dany
5 Kesler, Ryan
6 Sedin, Daniel
7 Toews, Jonathan
8 Horcoff, Shawn
9 Luongo, Roberto
10 Quick, Jonathan
11 Hiller, Jonas
12 Schneider, Cory
13 Eberle, Jordan
14 Fowler, Cam
15 Doughty, Drew
16 Weber, Shea
17 Ruutu, Jarkko
18 Pitkanen, Joni
19 Gaborik, Marian
20 Ehrhoff, Christian
21 Staal, Jordan
22 Bolland, Dave
23 Burrows, Alexandre
24 Stortini, Zack
25 Morrison, Brendan




HERPDERP

1 Staal, Eric
2 Sedin, Henrik
3 Kovalchuk, Ilya
4 Kopitar, Anze
5 Gomez, Scott
6 Sedin, Daniel
7 Zajac, Travis
8 Paajarvi, Magnus
9 Luongo, Roberto
10 Fleury, Marc-Andre
11 Turco, Marty
12 Karlsson, Henrik
13 Ekman-Larsson, Oliver
14 Markov, Andrei
15 Visnovsky, Lubomir
16 Avery, Sean
17 Chara, Zdeno
18 Hejduk, Milan
19 Gonchar, Sergei
20 Gagner, Sam
21 Krejci, David
22 Ponikarovsky, Alexei
23 Stortini, Zack
24 Selanne, Teemu
25 Hall, Taylor




Tundra Vengeance

1 Crosby, Sidney
2 Thornton, Joe
3 Malkin, Evgeni
4 Heatley, Dany
5 Richards, Mike
6 Sedin, Daniel
7 Zajac, Travis
8 Horcoff, Shawn
9 Luongo, Roberto
10 Fleury, Marc-Andre
11 Kiprusoff, Miikka
12 Bernier, Jonathan
13 Ennis, Tyler
14 Subban, P.K.
15 Green, Mike
16 Lidstrom, Nicklas
17 Downie, Steve
18 Myers, Tyler
19 Elias, Patrik
20 Gonchar, Sergei
21 Giroux, Claude
22 Krejci, David
23 Tanguay, Alex
24 Boll, Jared
25 Whitney, Ray




Goose's Bowel Problem

1 Ovechkin, Alex
2 Sedin, Henrik
3 Kovalchuk, Ilya
4 Kopitar, Anze
5 Kessel, Phil
6 Sedin, Daniel
7 Toews, Jonathan
8 Penner, Dustin
9 Luongo, Roberto
10 Quick, Jonathan
11 Turco, Marty
12 Schneider, Cory
13 Eberle, Jordan
14 Fowler, Cam
15 Green, Mike
16 Kaberle, Tomas
17 Downie, Steve
18 Foster, Kurtis
19 Gaborik, Marian
20 Ehrhoff, Christian
21 Duchene, Matt
22 Bolland, Dave
23 Tanguay, Alex
24 Stortini, Zack
25 Selanne, Teemu



PHOENIX

1 Ovechkin, Alex
2 Thornton, Joe
3 Kovalchuk, Ilya
4 Zetterberg, Henrik
5 Alfredsson, Daniel
6 Sedin, Daniel
7 Toews, Jonathan
8 Paajarvi, Magnus
9 Rinne, Pekka
10 Miller, Ryan
11 Hiller, Jonas
12 Karlsson, Henrik
13 Eberle, Jordan
14 Subban, P.K.
15 Keith, Duncan
16 Weber, Shea
17 Hartnell, Scott
18 Suter, Ryan
19 Gaborik, Marian
20 Gonchar, Sergei
21 Gagner, Sam
22 Perron, David
23 Frolov, Alexander
24 Stortini, Zack
25 Selanne, Teemu



Mik's Team

1 Crosby, Sidney
2 Sedin, Henrik
3 Malkin, Evgeni
4 Heatley, Dany
5 Alfredsson, Daniel
6 Sedin, Daniel
7 Toews, Jonathan
8 Paajarvi, Magnus
9 Luongo, Roberto
10 Miller, Ryan
11 Kiprusoff, Miikka
12 Bernier, Jonathan
13 Hall, Taylor
14 Subban, P.K.
15 Green, Mike
16 Weber, Shea
17 Avery, Sean
18 Chara, Zdeno
19 Gaborik, Marian
20 Gonchar, Sergei
21 Duchene, Matt
22 Backes, David
23 Frolov, Alexander
24 Konopka, Zenon
25 Selanne, Teemu



Toothy Critters

1 Crosby, Sidney
2 Kane, Patrick
3 Malkin, Evgeni
4 Zetterberg, Henrik
5 Richards, Mike
6 Sedin, Henrik
7 Toews, Jonathan
8 Horcoff, Shawn
9 Luongo, Roberto
10 Ward, Cam
11 Turco, Marty
12 Schneider, Cory
13 Hall, Taylor
14 Ekman-Larsson, Oliver
15 Green, Mike
16 Weber, Shea
17 Avery, Sean
18 Myers, Tyler
19 Gagne, Simon
20 Spacek, Jaroslav
21 Staal, Jordan
22 Bolland, Dave
23 Kovalev, Alex
24 Stortini, Zack
25 Selanne, Teemu



The Pros


1 Ovechkin, Alex
2 Kane, Patrick
3 Semin, Alexander
4 Zetterberg, Henrik
5 Hemsky, Ales
6 Tavares, John
7 Toews, Jonathan
8 Horcoff, Shawn
9 Luongo, Roberto
10 Miller, Ryan
11 Hiller, Jonas
12 Crawford, Corey
13 Eberle, Jordan
14 Ekman-Larsson, Oliver
15 Doughty, Drew
16 Lidstrom, Nicklas
17 Hartnell, Scott
18 Foster, Kurtis
19 Franzen, Johan
20 Gilbert, Tom
21 Gagner, Sam
22 Bolland, Dave
23 Tanguay, Alex
24 Stortini, Zack
25 Selanne, Teemu



Chiefs

1 Ovechkin, Alex
2 Kane, Patrick
3 Semin, Alexander
4 Heatley, Dany
5 Richards, Mike
6 Antropov, Nik
7 Toews, Jonathan
8 Fraser, Colin
9 Rinne, Pekka
10 Miller, Ryan
11 Turco, Marty
12 Crawford, Corey
13 Ennis, Tyler
14 Fowler, Cam
15 Keith, Duncan
16 Visnovsky, Lubomir
17 Hartnell, Scott
18 Suter, Ryan
19 Bertuzzi, Todd
20 Gilbert, Tom
21 Giroux, Claude
22 Bolland, Dave
23 Ponikarovsky, Alexei
24 Konopka, Zenon
25 Morrison, Brendan



Sens Plus Some Douchebags

1 Ovechkin, Alex
2 Sedin, Henrik
3 Malkin, Evgeni
4 Spezza, Jason
5 Alfredsson, Daniel
6 Sedin, Daniel
7 Toews, Jonathan
8 Cogliano, Andrew
9 Luongo, Roberto
10 Miller, Ryan
11 Lundqvist, Henrik
12 Bernier, Jonathan
13 Seguin, Tyler
14 Subban, P.K.
15 Doughty, Drew
16 Karlsson, Erik
17 Ruutu, Jarkko
18 Myers, Tyler
19 Gaborik, Marian
20 Gonchar, Sergei
21 Regin, Peter
22 Krejci, David
23 Kovalev, Alex
24 Janssen, Cam
25 Selanne, Teemu




Doug Is Not Gonna Win

1 Ovechkin, Alex
2 Sedin, Henrik
3 Semin, Alexander
4 Heatley, Dany
5 Richards, Mike
6 Sedin, Daniel
7 Toews, Jonathan
8 Penner, Dustin
9 Howard, Jimmy
10 Miller, Ryan
11 Lundqvist, Henrik
12 Bernier, Jonathan
13 Seguin, Tyler
14 Subban, P.K.
15 Green, Mike
16 Visnovsky, Lubomir
17 Lucic, Milan
18 Chara, Zdeno
19 Gaborik, Marian
20 Gonchar, Sergei
21 Brassard, Derick
22 Krejci, David
23 Burrows, Alexandre
24 Orr, Colton
25 Selanne, Teemu



SLC Scorgasms

1 Crosby, Sidney
2 Kane, Patrick
3 Malkin, Evgeni
4 Carter, Jeff
5 Richards, Mike
6 Sedin, Daniel
7 Toews, Jonathan
8 Penner, Dustin
9 Halak, Jaroslav
10 Miller, Ryan
11 Kiprusoff, Miikka
12 Bernier, Jonathan
13 Backlund, Mikael
14 Subban, P.K.
15 Keith, Duncan
16 Kaberle, Tomas
17 Hartnell, Scott
18 Chara, Zdeno
19 Gaborik, Marian
20 Gonchar, Sergei
21 Giroux, Claude
22 Krejci, David
23 Kovalev, Alex
24 Orr, Colton
25 Selanne, Teemu



Woofers

1 Ovechkin, Alex
2 Iginla, Jarome
3 Malkin, Evgeni
4 Kopitar, Anze
5 Hemsky, Ales
6 Stastny, Paul
7 Toews, Jonathan
8 Horcoff, Shawn
9 Luongo, Roberto
10 Brodeur, Martin
11 Kiprusoff, Miikka
12 Crawford, Corey
13 Seguin, Tyler
14 Carlson, John
15 Boyle, Dan
16 Visnovsky, Lubomir
17 Avery, Sean
18 Pitkanen, Joni
19 Bertuzzi, Todd
20 Gonchar, Sergei
21 Staal, Jordan
22 Bolland, Dave
23 Kovalev, Alex
24 Janssen, Cam
25 Selanne, Teemu



Sydney's a Girls Name


1 Ovechkin, Alex
2 Sedin, Henrik
3 Malkin, Evgeni
4 Zetterberg, Henrik
5 Kesler, Ryan
6 Sedin, Daniel
7 Toews, Jonathan
8 Penner, Dustin
9 Howard, Jimmy
10 Miller, Ryan
11 Lundqvist, Henrik
12 Crawford, Corey
13 Ennis, Tyler
14 Subban, P.K.
15 Green, Mike
16 Visnovsky, Lubomir
17 Avery, Sean
18 Chara, Zdeno
19 Gaborik, Marian
20 Spacek, Jaroslav
21 Staal, Jordan
22 Bolland, Dave
23 Tanguay, Alex
24 Parros, George
25 Selanne, Teemu




The Panda Express

1 Parise, Zach
2 Getzlaf, Ryan
3 Malkin, Evgeni
4 Spezza, Jason
5 Hemsky, Ales
6 Tavares, John
7 Koivu, Mikko
8 Penner, Dustin
9 Howard, Jimmy
10 Miller, Ryan
11 Anderson, Craig
12 Neuvirth, Michal
13 Seguin, Tyler
14 Subban, P.K.
15 Boyle, Dan
16 Weber, Shea
17 Ruutu, Jarkko
18 Suter, Ryan
19 Franzen, Johan
20 Ehrhoff, Christian
21 Duchene, Matt
22 Bolland, Dave
23 Tanguay, Alex
24 Orr, Colton
25 Morrison, Brendan




Wait, it's a game on ICE??

1 Ovechkin, Alex
2 Iginla, Jarome
3 Kovalchuk, Ilya
4 Heatley, Dany
5 Alfredsson, Daniel
6 Stastny, Paul
7 Koivu, Mikko
8 Penner, Dustin
9 Bryzgalov, Ilya
10 Brodeur, Martin
11 Anderson, Craig
12 Neuvirth, Michal
13 Grabner, Michael
14 McBain, Jamie
15 Green, Mike
16 Lidstrom, Nicklas
17 Mcleod, Cody
18 Chara, Zdeno
19 Gaborik, Marian
20 Gonchar, Sergei
21 Giroux, Claude
22 Krejci, David
23 Burrows, Alexandre
24 Janssen, Cam
25 Modano, Mike



Merlin's Empire

1 Crosby, Sidney
2 Kane, Patrick
3 Semin, Alexander
4 Perry, Corey
5 Hemsky, Ales
6 Tavares, John
7 Toews, Jonathan
8 Penner, Dustin
9 Howard, Jimmy
10 Varlamov, Semyon
11 Turco, Marty
12 Bernier, Jonathan
13 Hall, Taylor
14 Carlson, John
15 Keith, Duncan
16 Lidstrom, Nicklas
17 Lucic, Milan
18 Chara, Zdeno
19 Gaborik, Marian
20 Spacek, Jaroslav
21 Staal, Jordan
22 Bolland, Dave
23 Tanguay, Alex
24 Konopka, Zenon
25 Whitney, Ray



So there you have it. That took me a long time to type out. *PHEW*
Tomorrow I will do an update with full points breakdowns as requested. I will do full breakdowns weekly.

Hockey Pool Standings - After 48 Hours.

These are the results up to the end of the day on OCTOBER 8th.

This weekend with more teams playing I suspect things will change drastically again.

Now, before I post this - let me warn you. It's a shocker.

Fucking Victoria and her God damn beginners luck. "I don't know who to pick or why I'm picking them" - MY ASS.

Rank Team Name
1 The Panda Express
2 Wait, it's a game on ICE?
3 The Pros
3 Tundra Vengeance
5 Goose's Bowel Problem
6 PHOENIX
7 Chiefs
7 Woofers
9 Sydney's a Girls Name
10 Doug Is Not Gonna Win
10 Team Rock Your Face Off
12 Merlin's Empire
12 Toothy Critters
14 SLC Scorgasms
15 HERPDURP
15 Mik's Team
17 Sens Plus Some Douchebags


FUCKING LOL @ COLIN. (As your wife I'm a little embarrassed :P)

I would now like to proposition that whoever is in last place at the end of the pool must buy a 10,000 view ad instead of a 5000. Is this agreed with you all?

Hockey Pool Standings - After Day One!

So these standings are up until Midnight PST on OCTOBER 7th. They do not include games which occurred today.

Rank Team Name
1 Goose's Bowel Problem
1 The Pros
1 Wait, it's a game on ICE?
4 Woofers
5 Team Rock Your Face Off
6 PHOENIX
6 The Panda Express
6 Tundra Vengeance
9 Chiefs
9 SLC Scorgasms
11 Toothy Critters
12 Mik's Team
13 Merlin's Empire
14 Doug Is Not Gonna Win
15 HERPDURP
15 Sens Plus Some Douchebags
15 Sydney's a Girls Name


So I am not sure how much detail you guys are looking for. Next update I will include point totals. Do you guys want to see breakdown by categories? What players are earning you points on any given night? How often to you want updates? I can do this every day if you all wish.

Like I said before... FEEDBACK!

LAST CALL FOR HOCKEY POOL TEAMS!

If you want in please refer to my previous blog post. I will be accepting entries until I go to bed tonight!

For those of you who have joined in - I am going to give you all a quick sneak peek at some of the team names:

Team Rock Your Face Off (obvious eh? I was thinking about going with "The Ginger Trifecta")
HERPDERP
Tundra Vengeance
Goose's Bowel Problem
PHOENIX
Mik's Team
Toothy Critters
The Pros
Chiefs
Sens Plus Some Douchebags
Doug Is Not Gonna Win
SLC Scorgasms
Woofers
Sydney's a Girls Name
The Panda Express
Wait, it's a team on ICE??
Merlin's Empire


So - the first official update will happen tomorrow night. I would like to know how many updates/what kind of updates you guys want to see. I have an idea but I want to make sure it's also in line with what you guys are wanting. So you all know, the playoffs will be in a separate pool and it will be much more intense than this first go around - so keep an eye out because this is going to become a long lived tradition and in the future I'm going to up the ante!

I'd love comments, feedback, suggestions, etc...

We did say no trades but I want to know what you guys all think. Should we allow late comers with penalties? Feedback people!!

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)

ALSO INCLUDE
Your Name:
Your Ticker:
Your “Team Name”:
Your E-mail Address:

So I've decided...

Not to share the full interview with you all until a later date as there is something else that will be done with it in the future. So until then, wait in eager excitement for all to be revealed!

Hahaha my interview on the Influencier.

Click here to lol

I'm sad he didn't use my comments regarding Dups, John Lithgow, and a bathtub full of blood. I laughed my ass off though. Well done Doug.