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Winterburnsilva · 05-01-2023, 01:35 PM

A Hockey Newbie's Journeyman Career

Long time Football Manager and OOTP player, I used to go and watch Ice Hockey way back when I was a kid. My grandad would take me to go and watch our local team, the Guildford Flames (in Surrey, England) regularly. I haven't been for years and slowly drifted away from the sport over time, however for some reason this year I stumbled across Great Britain playing in the 2023 IIHF World Championship Division 1 on the TV and have really gotten into it.

Having become bored with my long term saves in other games (a 23-season Woking FC save in Football Manager and a 10-season Minnesota Twins save in OOTP 23) I fancied giving FHM 9 a try. Although I regularly watched the sport as a kid, I would consider myself a total newbie at ice hockey and most of my time is no doubt going to be spent trying to wrap my head around the various rules and tactics etc. My favourite way to play any sports management game is the 'Journeyman' style, starting as an unemployed drifter and trying to work my way up to the top, so that's what I'm going to do for FHM 9, wish me luck!

In the Manager setup, I went with 'Balanced' for both GM/General and Head Coach Ratings, I was tempted to go with Offensive Tactician and Disciplinarian however I have no idea the effect such choices have on the game yet so left it as the default for now.

At the start of the game three teams wanted to talk to me about a coaching job- Yale Bulldogs & St. Lawrence Saints both in NCAA Division I and the Leeds Knights of the English National Ice Hockey League (The second tier of ice hockey in England). It seemed more realstic that a zero experience coach would start in his home country so I went with the offer from the Knights of £1,900 for a 3-season contract.

Up next, will be a more in-depth look at the Leeds Knights of the NIHL!

05-01-2023, 01:35 PM	#1
Winterburnsilva Minors (Double A) Join Date: Nov 2018 Posts: 103	A Hockey Newbie's Journeyman Career A Hockey Newbie's Journeyman Career Long time Football Manager and OOTP player, I used to go and watch Ice Hockey way back when I was a kid. My grandad would take me to go and watch our local team, the Guildford Flames (in Surrey, England) regularly. I haven't been for years and slowly drifted away from the sport over time, however for some reason this year I stumbled across Great Britain playing in the 2023 IIHF World Championship Division 1 on the TV and have really gotten into it. Having become bored with my long term saves in other games (a 23-season Woking FC save in Football Manager and a 10-season Minnesota Twins save in OOTP 23) I fancied giving FHM 9 a try. Although I regularly watched the sport as a kid, I would consider myself a total newbie at ice hockey and most of my time is no doubt going to be spent trying to wrap my head around the various rules and tactics etc. My favourite way to play any sports management game is the 'Journeyman' style, starting as an unemployed drifter and trying to work my way up to the top, so that's what I'm going to do for FHM 9, wish me luck! In the Manager setup, I went with 'Balanced' for both GM/General and Head Coach Ratings, I was tempted to go with Offensive Tactician and Disciplinarian however I have no idea the effect such choices have on the game yet so left it as the default for now. At the start of the game three teams wanted to talk to me about a coaching job- Yale Bulldogs & St. Lawrence Saints both in NCAA Division I and the Leeds Knights of the English National Ice Hockey League (The second tier of ice hockey in England). It seemed more realstic that a zero experience coach would start in his home country so I went with the offer from the Knights of £1,900 for a 3-season contract. Up next, will be a more in-depth look at the Leeds Knights of the NIHL!