PS3: Because red just means our system is off

not dead!

PS3: Division 1, WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Woke up this morning, checked our team as usual and was pleasantly surprised to see us in Division 1, ranked 98th. Things are looking up. Our current record is 262-273-21. Keep it up gentlemen.

EA SPORTS World: wrister goal

TOO MUCH MENN

EA SPORTS World: Menn for the win

EA SPORTS World: OT Winner

EA SPORTS World: OT Goal

PS3: Even more videos

EA SPORTS World: VIDEO1

Ajn24

EA SPORTS World: shootout

Jaos shootout goal/seizure

PS3: Stats / Video

We have entered a whole new level of suck, boys and girls...we are in an epic battle to stay in the top 100 in division 1.

Here's a site that was passed along by Samsara it's called Hockey 09 Training Camp http://www.sportsgamer.com/hockey_09/training_camp/

The stats included here are per game totals with a minimum of 30 games played. These are as of Saturday morning...

Points/gm
1.16 Polish
1.08 Avad
1.06 Kevbo
1.06 Heavensent
.98 PensCup

Goals/gm
.56 Kevbo
.56 Blackatom
.55 Avad
.52 Pittsmo
.52 Heavensent

Assists/gm
.71 Polish
.55 Heavensent
.53 PensCup
.52 Avad
.50 Kevbo

Hits/gm
14.43 Wildthing
14.43 Samsara
13.87 TJenk
13.50 Ajn24
12.71 Jaos

EDIT: Best +/- /gm
.031 Pittsmo
0.00 Wildthing
-.094 Cougar300
-.102 Blackatom
-.150 Avad

EDIT: Worst +/- /gm
-1.00 Samsara
-0.895 Jaos
-0.767 Myyrdin
-0.714 Nate8724
-0.571 Inept13

Most PIM/gm
4.07 Samsara
2.26 Inept13
2.11 Jaos
1.94 Ajn24
1.88 Nate8724

Least PIM/gm
.61 Blackatom
.67 Heavensent
.82 Arkham1212
.85 Avad
.87 Myyrdin

EA SPORTS World: shootout winner

Pittsmo Gamewinner

PS3: Gameday/Roster

Cannot wait to wear these for Team Pensblog

I'm bringing the Gameday thread back, some people are having problems getting games in, some are not(polish), if you don't like it, don't use it.

For those with limited schedules, post the time you'll be on for some team games tonight.

Here's the complete 50 man roster...... make sure to add these guys to your friends list...you can now have 100 friends on the PS3 so it shouldn't be too difficult to fit these guys in.

We are now 140 - 170 ranked 46th in the 1st division.

#,Pensblog Name,Pos,PS3 Gamertag,Created Player
0,Chris,RW,thejoker710,Jay Wong
1,poker guru,LW,cougar300,John Maleckar
4,wildthing202,RW,wildthing202,Chris Menn
5,xd9,D,XD_9,Caleb Wagner
8,ck3,D,CBear3,Chuck Kleinhagen
10,pens_mini66,D,ZJedi945,Zach Tyke
11,AJ,RW,ajn24,Alex Nemeth
12,Aron,C,avad,Aron Vad
13,Inept13astard,D,Inept13astard,Jimmy McGuire
15,Adam.Bertram,D,spudster105,Adam Bertram
16,Derek,RW,arkham1212,Derek Rocco
17,Joe,LW,umphrey1012,Joe Chin
19,drein2,D,darst5,David Reinhart
20,Jaos,D,jaos,Jason Woodward
21,,,deuce5189,Rick Miller
21,Dfw03,LW,DonMadden03,Don Walker
22,devilwoacause22,C,devilwoacause22,Brian Yeskey
23,ryan "cisco" franciscus,D,cisco729,Ryan Franciscus
26,jonathan,LW,jonarm5,Jon Armstrong
27,,RW,sixpack2777,Paul Rydberg
28,nate8724,C,nate8724,Nathan Keane
29,cdubbs29,D,cdubbs029,Ethan Spada
33,owen,LW,blackatom,Owen Jones
41,cracker,C,bigtourist,Chris Huie
45,James,C,RogueGames892,Ryan Alayon
51,,D,BUCKETCorey,Corey Clayton
55,nicholas,C,snoboardhero,Nicholas Kosanovich
67,Thefandangler,LW,kevbo67,Kevin Braun
71,msav71,LW,MSav71,Matt Savolskis
75,smo,C,pittsmo,Alan Smodic
77,Dan,D,HankScorpio77,Dan Komenda
77,Tom,LW,BlackFlag77,Tom Letterman
79,paul,D,Samsara,Paul Clemente
80,big red dog,C,Porschekid,Clifford Laschon
85,,D,PensCupChamps,Jim Kolovos
87,,C,BigBaadaBoom,Bob Burton
90,Zmijowski77,RW,PolishSteel77,Marc Zmijowski
92,,,rockin22,Matt Rydberg
93,randall,LW,heavensent,Randy Richter
94,eric,D,crayz94,Eric Rydberg
95,tjenk6687,D,TJenk6687,Todd Jenkins
,,,andrewhoward13,Andrew Howard
,eze3484,,eze4384,Eric Farrell
,,,kaynaan,Canaan Patragas
,myr,,myyrdin,Andy Harrell
,,,silentknight21,Sean Leahy
,,,Socket7,
,,,speedster18,Chris Altman
,,,TrevorFarwell,Tim Kelly
,,,zilla8180,Bob Catalano

PS3: Top 5 Leaders

Imported from the Nerd Dept (ext 3.14)

Games Played
89 - Polish
56 - Kevbo
49 - Myyrdin
48 - Pittsmo
46 - PensCup

Goals
43 - Polish
40 - Kevbo
29 - Pittsmo
21 - PensCup
20 - Nate

Assists
66 - Polish
33 - Kevbo
30 - PensCup
26 - Wildthing
24 - Pittsmo

Points
109 - Polish
73 - Kevbo
53 - Pittsmo
51 - PensCup
43 - Wildthing

Plus/Minus(min 20 GP)
+7 Pittsmo
-1 Eze
-1 Wildthing
-6 Avad
-10 TJenk

Penalty Minutes
100 - Samsara
84 - Polish
82 - Kevbo
72 - Wildthing
65 - Inept13

Goals Against Average(Goalies)
2.43 Mikemojo
2.54 Blackatom
3.05 TheJoker
4.14 Pittsmo
5.17 Samsara

EA SPORTS World: VIDEO1

Blackflag77 with the damage

PS3: We want your stats!

And your opinions as well...

Here's what the game captures, if you look at your Performance Tracker. Pretty sweet amount of detail. I was able to quickly check my numbers this morning and it really helps to see what i need to work on, and what i've been doing well.

To the stats:

GP=25
Offsides=23
Hits=236
Blocked Shots=20
Shots=143
Turnovers=239
Takeaways=171
Good Shots=125
Faceoffs=446
Faceoff W=244
PIM=26
W=12
L=13
Goals=15
Assists=13
Pts=28
plus/minus=-6
GWG=3
GPG=0.6
APG=0.52
PPG=1.12

The good: 1.12 points per game, about 1 penalty every 2 games with 9.4 hits per game, almost 55% faceoffs won, 5 good shots taken per game.

The bad: only 20 blocked shots, 12-13 record, plus/minus of -6

The ugly: a roethlisburgerian (i know he has no interceptions yet) 9.56 turnovers per game. This will definitely be worked on and improved. It's the reason why i'm getting a C+ in Team play and lowering my overall skater grade to a B-.

Take a look at your performance tracker, let us know how you're doing. Maybe we can highlight one or two players per day and break down their stats. For future stat posting purposes, we'll probably want to show the top 5 in goals, assists, points, PIM, +/-. If anyone would like to volunteer to gather this info, it would be most appreciated.

PS3: Let's play hockey eh?

To describe yesterday's games as enjoyable would be a huge mistake..

Personally i played like crap, couldn't win a faceoff, couldn't muster off a pass before getting leveled...it was an utter mess. To that end, i have to say, we need to start playing a more fun style of hockey. All we seemed to do yesterday was pass the puck once, take a crappy shot from the wing and with all players out of position, haul back as the other team was on a 3 on 0 break. It was a predictable mess and none of that was fun, at all. That's it i'm selling my PS3 to get an XBOX and join the ECHL level pensblog team. Can I be GM? EDIT: Sarcasm alert, threat level midnight.

even connie moreau (not pictured) had more hockey sense

PS3: Team Update

Due to underwhelming response, i'm scrapping the Gameday idea.
The roster i was working with, apparently was missing a lot of people that still have no idea this blog exists. If you see any information that is incorrect, please point it out (ie Jersey #) The roster has been given an overhaul...and as you'll see we have 35 spots locked in. 15 spots open, and so far 21 players to fill those 15 spots. I just got GM privilages last night, so i'll be sending invites to those 21 players...first 15 to respond make the team...it's that simple.

I will definitely be posting stats as soon as i find them for everyone....
EDIT: Record 25-33 Division 1 Rank 36

Warning: This is not NHL 09

(WOW take a moment and thank God for what you have waiting for you at home)

As i'm sure you can all attest to, the games are insanely fun...if anyone has any complaints/constructive criticisms and heck why not even some props...post them in the comments. I look forward to getting in some more games with all of you in the next few days.

To the roster:

On the team

#,Pensblog Name,Pos,PS3 Gamertag,Created Player
0,Chris,RW,thejoker710,Jay Wong
5,xd9,D,XD_9,Caleb Wagner
8,ck3,D,CBear3,Chuck Kleinhagen
9,Mike,G,mikemojo69,Michael Modzelewski
10,pens_mini66,D,ZJedi945,Zach Tyke
11,AJ,RW,ajn24,Alex Nemeth
12,Aron,C,avad,Aron Vad
16,Derek,RW,arkham1212,Derek Rocco
17,Joe,LW,umphrey1012,Joe Chin
20,Jaos,D,jaos,Jason Woodward
21,Dfw03,LW,DonMadden03,Don Walker
21,,,deuce5189,Rick Miller
22,devilwoacause22,C,devilwoacause22,Brian Yeskey
23,ryan "cisco" franciscus,D,cisco729,Ryan Franciscus
26,jonathan,LW,jonarm5,Jon Armstrong
28,nate8724,C,nate8724,Nathan Keane
29,cdubbs29,D,cdubbs029,Ethan Spada
33,owen,LW,blackatom,Owen Jones
51,,D,BUCKETCorey,Corey Clayton
67,Thefandangler,LW,kevbo67,Kevin Braun
71,msav71,LW,MSav71,Matt Savolskis
75,smo,C,pittsmo,Alan Smodic
77,Dan,D,HankScorpio77,Dan Komenda
78,Tom,LW,BlackFlag77,Tom Letterman
79,paul,D,Samsara,Paul Clemente
80,big red dog,C,Porschekid,Clifford Laschon
85,,D,PensCupChamps,Jim Kolovos
87,,C,BigBaadaBoom,Bob Burton
90,Zmijowski77,RW,PolishSteel77,Marc Zmijowski
92,,,rockin22,Matt Rydberg
94,eric,D,crayz94,Eric Rydberg
95,tjenk6687,D,TJenk6687,Todd Jenkins
,,,andrewhoward13,Andrew Howard
,,,myyrdin,Andy Harrell
,,,zilla8180,Bob Catalano

Not on the team yet, but have asked

#,Pensblog Name,Pos,PS3 Gamertag,Created Player
1,poker guru,LW,cougar300,John Maleckar
4,wildthing202,RW,wildthing202,Chris Menn
6,greg,RW,pitpanther01,
13,Inept13astard,D,Inept13astard,Jimmy McGuire
14,Max Power,G,max14,
15,Adam.Bertram,D,spudster105,Adam Bertram
18,CJ Altman,D,speedster18,C.J. Altman
19,drein2,D,darst5,David Reinhart
24,teambasf,D,ronnierjjr,
27,,RW,sixpack2777,Paul Rydberg
41,Justin W,RW,wardle,Justin Wardle
43,,RW,RobTheSlob,Rob Jablonowski
44,jagr686610,LW,jagr686610,Jeff Milano
45,James,C,roguesoldierb,
55,nicholas,C,snoboardhero,Nicholas Kosanovich
56,,G,Jferr55,Joe Ferraro
73,Michael,D,FJN1530,Michael Basista
76,karnage,C,Karnage420,
81,bgrec40s,C,Yinzer4Life,B. Greco
93,randall,LW,heavensent,Randy Richter
,zarley zalapski…,D,HoagieMan77,

PS3: Gameday 2

WOW...Kevin and Zach have taken this league by the balls
This thing ended up being more chaotic than the Federline & Spears marriage, thankfully no children were created.

Anyway, in the comments section please post when you are available to play today. Please post times in ET time zone. I will also try to update this post with the information gathered in the comments section.

Feel free to post impressions of Gameday 1, what went right, what went wrong, what can be improved and how?

EDIT: Linueps

5:30
C
LW
RW
D-adam.bertrand
D
G

6:30
C-aron
LW-jonathan
RW-Nate8724
D-Dan
D
G

7:00
C-big red dog
LW
RW
D
D
G

Updated Roster:


#,Pensblog Name,Pos,PS3 Gamertag,Created Player
0,Chris,RW,thejoker710,
4,wildthing202,RW,wildthing202,Chris Menn
5,xd9,D,XD_9,Caleb Wagner
6,greg,RW,pitpanther01,
8,ck3,D,CBear3,Chuck Kleinhagen
9,Mike,G,mikemojo69,Michael Modzelewski
10,pens_mini66,D,ZJedi945,Zach Tyke
11,AJ,RW,ajn24,Alex Nemeth
12,Aron,C,avad,Aron Vad
13,Inept13astard,D,Inept13astard,Jimmy McGuire
14,Max Power,G,max14,
15,Adam.Bertram,D,spudster105,
16,Derek,RW,arkham1212,Derek Rocco
17,Joe,LW,umphrey1012,Joe Flasher
18,CJ Altman,D,speedster18,C.J. Altman
20,Jaos,D,jaos,Jason Woodward
21,Dfw03,LW,DonMadden03,Don Walker
22,devilwoacause22,C,devilwoacause22,Brian Yeskey
23,ryan "cisco" franciscus,D,cisco729,Ryan Franciscus
24,teambasf,D,ronnierjjr,
26,jonathan,LW,jonarm5,Jon Arm
27,,RW,sixpack2777,Paul Rydberg
28,nate8724,C,nate8724,Nathan Keane
29,cdubbs29,D,cdubbs029,Ethan Spada
33,owen,LW,blackatom,Owen Jones
41,Justin W,RW,wardle,Justin Wardle
44,jagr686610,LW,jagr686610,Jeff Milano
45,James,C,roguesoldierb,
55,nicholas,C,snoboardhero,Nicholas Kosanovich
67,Thefandangler,LW,kevbo67,Kevin Braun
71,msav71,LW,MSav71,
73,Michael,D,FJN1530,Michael Basista
75,smo,C,pittsmo,Alan Smodic
76,karnage,C,Karnage420,
77,Dan,D,HankScorpio77,Dan Komenda
78,Tom,LW,BlackFlag77,
79,paul,D,Samsara,Paul Clemente
80,big red dog,C,Porschekid,Clifford Laschon
81,bgrec40s,C,Yinzer4Life,B. Greco
85,,D,PensCupChamps,Jim Kolovos
86,poker guru,D,cougar300,Vic Mackey
87,,C,BigBaadaBoom,Bob Burton
90,Zmijowski77,RW,PolishSteel77,Marc Zmijowski
92,,?,rockin22,Matt Rydberg
93,randall,LW,heavensent,Randy Richter
94,eric,D,crayz94,Eric Rydberg
95,tjenk6687,D,TJenk6687,Todd Jenkins
,zarley zalapski…,D,HoagieMan77,

NHL 09 discussion

UPDATE: Derek will create the PS3 team, do not try to create one...thanks!

Who's got it, who's played it? Not me, anyway i have lots of questions..and i'm sure most of you do as well, so lets talk about it.

From the EA boards.....

Littman said in the video, "You can have your own jerseys". "Own" is open to
interpretation. Shady...nicely done!

Apparenlty you cannot have a custom jersey...you can only use a jersey that is already in the game...so there goes the idea of having the awesome work of Stephen S. blazen across our chest. My guess is we can use any jersey in any of the leagues...so do we just want to use the Penguins...the WBS Penguins...some random KHL team?

Also i've noticed that as of last night at least 15 of you have yet to add me to your friends list...obviously that will have to change if we're going to make this work. I don't think there's any realistic way that we can have our team completely set up by tonight...so maybe we should concentrate on getting as many things ironed out as we can.

In the comments section please post your ideas, thoughts, impressions or whatev.

edit:

Here's the most up to date rosters for PS3 as well, please add these to your friends list if you haven't already.

PS3: Team Name?????

We should probably get a team name together that everyone likes or at the very least they can tolerate. My suggestion is the Pensblog Jobbers. Leave your suggestions in the comments section.

Only a few more days until it hits the stores.