/r/Hockey Resource Guide

If you have a resource you would like to add respond below or message the modmail.

Rules/Conduct Guidelines

• 2015-2016 Rules Refresher
• Rules Wiki Page
• Example of Low Content

Get Flair

• r/hockey/wiki/flair
• Please do not send your flair request to the modmail, all requests are sent to u/hockeylogos, instructions can be found in the link above.
• [See the flair distribution of r/hockey users, updated once daily](/r/hockey/wiki/flair/stats)

##Commonly Asked Questions

• What team should I root for?
• Is it too late to start playing?
• What twitter accounts should I follow?
• How should I stream the game?

##New to Hockey?

u/crazy_canucklehead has put together a great hockey primer

• Link to full primer
• Links to individual pages:
  • Breakouts
  • Contracts
  • Entry Draft
  • ELC Bonuses
  • Expansion Draft
  • Expansion Draft Part 2
  • Fancy Stats
  • Forechecking
  • Important Rules
  • JT Bournes Unique Traits
  • External Resources
  • On Ice Strategies
  • Penalty Kills
  • Podcasts
  • Power Plays
  • Salary Cap
  • Stanley Cup Facts
  • Team Formation
  • Watching the Game

##Prediction Competition

• r/hockey/wiki/guesses has a breakdown of all the predictions made at the beginning of the season for final standings, trophy/award winners and who will win the cup
• The post with all the results is here: r/hockey/comments/3q62p8/prediction_contest_raw_data_and_analysis/

Weekly Threads

• List of all recurring threads
• Link to most recently posted threads

##Watching the Game

We get a lot of posts asking for streaming options or comparatives between Game Center Live/Center Ice/Hockey Streams, here's a wiki that compares your options:

• Ways to stream games
• Watching the Game Wiki
• Subreddit dedicated to free-streams: r/NHLStreams
• Information on hockeystreams: r/hockey/wiki/hockeystreams

##Team Schedules

• Wiki with .ics files of every team's schedule: r/hockey/wiki/schedules

##Game Threads

• r/hockey/wiki/gamethreads
• We have dedicate GDT posters for game threads as well as a bot, if you would like to become a poster message u/Sentry07 or u/TeroTheTerror

Post Game Threads

Last season we experimented with PGTs during the playoffs and it went well. This year we will be having PGTs in r/hockey posted by a bot after every game.

##Game Recaps

We have a dedicated team of giffers that manage to collect almost every noteworthy play and combine them into threads, each game gets it's own thread.

• r/hockeygamegifs
• You can find most full game replay here: http:// livetv . sx/en/video (remove spaces)

##Fantasy Hockey

• Discuss everything fantasy hockey at: r/fantasyhockey

##Related Subreddits

• List found here - if you have a sub that is missing from the list, message the mods and we will add it

##Advanced Stats

• r/HockeyStats - sidebar has links to resources
• Fancy stats page from crazy_canucklehead's primer

##Want to share your blog/website?

• Here are the guidelines for posting your own content

##AMAs

Curious to see what hockey-related AMAs have occurred?

• Wiki page with links to all the threads

##Charity Drives

We've recently set up a charity committee to help handle all of the donations made here on r/hockey. If you have an idea for a charity drive please message u/rHockeyCharity

• Running totals of donations are tracked here

##User Creations

From off-season threads to interesting user-made projects:

• r/hockey/wiki/creative

##Hockey Documentaries

• r/hockey/wiki/documentaries

##Weekly Headers

• Instructions Wiki

##Team Subreddit Posts

• List of the top post in all 30 team subs ranked by score as a percentage of total subscribers