r/hockey Survivor 2026: Introduction

Hello all and welcome to the Island! ^^not ^^the ^^NY ^^one

Once again, I'm quite a lot busier nowadays with work and life responsibilities than I've been in past years; as a result, the posting schedule may be somewhat inconsistent this year - polls may go up later than usual, and worst case, some rounds may last multiple days. We'll see what happens.

For anyone familiar with it, this is the tenth time this event’s been run on r/hockey, and the ninth time by me. 32 teams enter, one team wins. This year, we’ll be running it through August and September.

#Now, here's some ground rules:

-Keep all discussion within the r/hockey Survivor threads and approved threads on team subs. Don't pester the rest of the fanbase.

-Be respectful. Light-hearted banter and your standard trash talk is okay. Basically, just adhere to the first thing on the r/hockey sidebar.

-Don't complain to the r/hockey mods. This whole thing is my brainchild, not theirs. Any complaints should be directed to me.

#How it works:

Starting tomorrow, August 14, a thread will be posted every day between 11 AM and 4 PM EST with a poll asking users to vote out a team. The polls will close at roughly 9 AM-11 AM the day afterwards, approximately two to four hours before the next poll goes out.

Conference Immunity will be sticking around once again. As a refresher, when voting is concluded, the total votes from each conference's teams will be added up, and whichever conference has fewer votes will see their top vote-getter granted immunity from elimination, regardless of whether that vote-getter has the most individual votes. For example:

• Kings get 150 votes, the most of any West team. Penguins get 200, most of any team overall.

• Western Conference teams get 500 total votes. Eastern Conference teams get 450 total.

• Pens gain immunity, Kings are eliminated.

This will continue for an additional 19 rounds until round 20, when conference immunities will be removed and voting will proceed as normal. This will be followed by round 30, where users will vote for the winner of r/hockey Survivor among the three remaining teams.

Who will join the Winnipeg Jets, Vancouver Canucks, San Jose Sharks (x2), Ottawa Senators (x2), Columbus Blue Jackets (x2), and Seattle Kraken in the r/hockey Survivor Hall of Champions? Will we finally see a midwestern winner? Can we get a three-time champ? Will there be any deeply unexpected finalists? The first round begins tomorrow!