A Game of Mystery to Me

by ALpocalypse

The NHL season starts up again and for the first time in my life I am participating in a fantasy hockey league. In the past, I have volunteered my knowledge to fantasy football, basketball, and baseball. Hell, I even joined a fantasy soccer team! Of course I had no idea what the heck I was doing so I got my ass kicked. Over the years, I have had some success winning a few leagues here and there with a decent track record of wins and losses. Now, I’ve attempted to learn a little about the sport by watching a game once and awhile. Although, it’s pretty damn tough when you don’t get the Versus network and they play one game a week on TV.

As it stands, my current knowledge of players consists of the obvious stars Alex Ovechkin, Sidney Crosby, and Malkin. However, the true test of my knowledge when it concerns hockey, goes back 14 years ago in a little known Super Nintendo game by the name of NHL 95’. I’ve played my fair share of the game and in college I would completely destroy my buddy 13-0 on multiple occasions. I’d beat him so bad that I would repeat the melody the game would play after each goal, this would occur about every 2 minutes. When I played the game I remembered some of the main players Messier, Sakic, Jagr, Hull, Graves, Lemieux, Modano and Wayne Gretzy or number 99. These guys were some of the best 95’ had to offer and I can only hope that they’re still around. However, I have my doubts so I guess I’ll have to invest in a new hockey game soon.