NationStates Jolt Archive

The new Nationstates International Hockey League invites all nationstates to propose any name(s) for our new championship trophy. All appropriate input is appreciated. If you are not currently a member of the NSIHL, enter the following information into this thread:

NATION:
TEAM NICKNAME:
HOME CITY:
HOME ARENA:
HEAD COACH:

(OC: This information will be put into a computer program, and the results of the games, as well as details about the games' highlights will be posted here regularly. Results will also be telegrammed to all participating nations. For an example, the Soviet Caribbean will post their team next.

Updates & other info is available at the following address:

www.expage.com/nationstateshockey

For each round of gameplay, each team will be ranked on their performance. The top two teams in each round will face off for the NSIHL championship trophy (which has yet to be named). Nations will be able to comment on their team's performance in the nationstates forums.)

[QUOTE=The Soviet Caribbean]

NATION:Armed Republic of Shinners
TEAM NICKNAME:"Blood-thirsty monsters of the IRA"
HOME CITY:Béal Feirste
HOME ARENA:G.P.O
HEAD COACH:Denis Donaldson

The trophy should be called "dikphace"
QUOTE]

NATION: Obsidianus
TEAM NICKNAME: Shaming Otters
HOME CITY: Obsidiaani
HOME ARENA: Vuoroveden Gardens
HEAD COACH: Helppo Jätkä


Trophy: Kraggveldt's Grail

I already noted my info earlier. In terms of trophy name how about:

WARRIORS CUP

The Silver Ravens suggest that the trophy be called the either the "NSIHL Platinum Cup" or simply "Something to pee in after the game."

The Lancers Propose the Gretzky Cup

NATION: United Socialist States of The Dugan
TEAM NICKNAME: Alligators
HOME CITY: Dugan City
HOME ARENA: Benjamin J. Dugan Arena
HEAD COACH: James Cookerland

So far here are the teams in the league

Soviet Carribean Drunk Parrots
Rexxaire Commies
Tonissia Hokies
TheSuncoastofFlorida Thunderbirds
Becquerelia Orange Knights
Ravea Silver Ravens
Ozymandium Vol Eaters
Southeast Antartica Monster Bears
Popular Freedom Nationals
Shinners Bloodthirsty mosters
Obsidianus Shaming Otters
Dugan Alligators

Name change out of ten!

I'll change my team's name to the 'Ravean Ravens,' if you please.

Teams have registered elsewhere, therefore, here is the complete list:

1.
NATION: The Soviet Caribbean
TEAM NICKNAME: The Drunken Parrots
HOME CITY: Havana
HOME ARENA: Winter Sports Center of the Tropics
HEAD COACH: Ivan Vasily Sanchez

2.
NATION: Rexxarae
TEAM NICKNAME: The Commies
HOME CITY: Altarch, Rexxarae
HOME ARENA: Rexxarae National Indoor Sports Center (RNISC)
HEAD COACH: Dr. Victor Deivanov

3.
NATION:Tonissia
TEAM NICKNAME: Hokies
HOME CITY: Chesterfield
HOME ARENA: Callaway Oil National Ice stadium
HEAD COACH: Robert Timmins

4.
NATION: TheSuncoastofFlorida
TEAM NICKNAME: Thunderbirds
HOME CITY: St Petersburg
HOME ARENA: Healthsouth Icearium
HEAD COACH: Wally Bundy Jr

5.
NATION: Becquerelia
TEAM NICKNAME: Orange Knights
HOME CITY: Roentgen
HOME ARENA: City Civic Arena
HEAD COACH: William Oller

6.
NATION:Ravea
TEAM NICKNAME: The Ravean Ravens
HOME CITY: Ravea City
HOME ARENA: Lynn-Boise Ice Stadium
HEAD COACH: Arthur Icarus

7.
NATION: Ozymandium
TEAM NICKNAME: Vol Eaters
HOME CITY: Mendota
HOME ARENA: Ed Gardner Memorial Coliseum
HEAD COACH: Hieronymous Pratt

8.
NATION: The Foylands
TEAM NICKNAME: Lancers
HOME CITY: St Foy City
HOME ARENA: The Dukes Dome
HEAD COACH: Lord William Durr

9.
Nation: Southeast Antarctica
Team name: Monster Bears
Home City: Iceville
Home Arena: Molson Centre
Head Coach: Napoleon Bonaparte

10.
NATION: Insane Power
TEAM NICKNAME: Power Hocklers
HOME CITY: Rome
HOME ARENA: IP Stadium
HEAD COACH: Farmer Giles

11.
NATION: Cathhyy
TEAM NICKNAME: Cathyyan Hopefuls
HOME CITY: Angelinna
HOME ARENA: The Pixiedance Globe
HEAD COACH: Mr Pompous

12.
NATION: Happycleanland
TEAM NICKNAME: The Haps
HOME CITY: Happycleanton
HOME ARENA: The Megahappycleandome
HEAD COACH: Happyclean Citizen 34AF-61FE-3248-3FFB-781F-0AFC-C59F-1C2B (jovial known as "The Haps Head Coach")

13.
Nation: Navarone
Team: The Guns Of Navarone
City: Avalon
Arena: Capital Dome
Coach: Davian Pryde

14.
NATION: PopularFreedom
TEAM NICKNAME: Nationals (the official national team of the nation)
HOME CITY: Workers Point
HOME ARENA: Workers Arena
HEAD COACH: Russell Brooks

15.
NATION: Super-Josh
TEAM NICKNAME: Comets
HOME CITY: Lansing
HOME ARENA: The Summit
HEAD COACH: Brian Clifford

16.
Nation: Shoeless Joe
Team Nickname: Skateless High-Stickers
Home City: Chicago
Home Arena: The Dome of Death
Head Coach: Captain Hook

17.
Nation: The Crazy Monkeymen
Team Nickname: Monkeys With Sticks
Home City: London
Home Arena: Monkey Stadium
Head Coach: Obla The Monkey

18.
NATION: Ober Ostland
TEAM NICKNAME: Teresenburg Thunder
HOME CITY: Teresenburg
HOME ARENA: Emperors Mega Dome (EMd for short)
HEAD COACH: Klaus `Zerstörer` von Shaussen

19.
NATION: Cartwrightia
TEAM NICKNAME: The Cartwheelers
HOME CITY: Bloomsbury
HOME ARENA: Coram Megadome
HEAD COACH: Cuthbert Shoeman

20.
NATION: Armed Republic of Shinners
TEAM NICKNAME: "Blood-thirsty monsters of the IRA"
HOME CITY: Béal Feirste
HOME ARENA: G.P.O
HEAD COACH: Denis Donaldson

21.
NATION: The Dictatorship of The New Chakovnia
TEAM NICKNAME: The Soviets
HOME CITY: Reichgrad
HOME ARENA: Reichgrad national Arena
HEAD COACH: Stolokoff Valokovich

22.
NATION: Obsidianus
TEAM NICKNAME: Shaming Otters
HOME CITY: Obsidiaani
HOME ARENA: Vuoroveden Gardens
HEAD COACH: Helppo Jätkä

+
23.
NATION: United Socialist States of The Dugan
TEAM NICKNAME: Alligators
HOME CITY: Dugan City
HOME ARENA: Benjamin J. Dugan Arena
HEAD COACH: James Cookerland
;)

As a name, may I suggest, "Half Full... o' hurt!"

Becquerelia endorses Obsidianus' proposal of Kraggveldt's Grail.

(OOC: Come on, it just sounds cool.)

Unless any better suggestions come along soon, it seems Kraggveldt's Grail will be the trophy. Does anyone have an idea for a story behind it?

bump

Tonissia Sugests the Inter-Nation Cup

Lorn Kraggsveldt was a self styled itinerant archaeologist who made a name for himself at the end of 19th century. In truth, his archaeological bonafides were bogus and he was nothing more than a fly by night pothunter who had the good luck to be both charming and a good liar.

In the course of his many escapades, Herr Kraggsveldt amassed quite a collection of cultural artifacts, many of which he used to decorate his estate. No attempt was made to retain any information as to what an item's provenance may have been. Usually if someone asked Kraggsveldt, he'd end up recounting some improbable account of derring-do and mention a kingdom or sultanate in passing. His more informed guests would often note that said domains were as often culled from popular works of fiction as there were from extant nations.

Once he had died*, Lorn's estate was bequeathed in its entirety to his only surviving son, Marl Kraggsveldt. Marl had no interest in his father's vast collection of stolen artifacts, nor much respect for his sire's international hijinks. The one thing Marl cared about and respected was hockey.

Marl played with a number of local clubs with great distinction, eventually moving on to coaching and finally forming his own professional league. The league did not survive for very long, but gained legendary status for starting the careers of famed players such as Ren Orlamppi and famed goalie Sven Tasker.

On the eve of the first championship game of the Inter-Caste Ice Hockey Fellowship, Marl was informed that the custom made loving cup solicited as the championship trophy had been lost in transit. In need of an impromptu replacement, the young Kraggsveldt ransacked the billiards room of his estate, eventually coming up with a large and thoroughly tarnished silver cup encrusted with what Marl assumed were faux gems. A little elbow grease applied to the cup soon did away with the tarnish and what came to be known as Kraggsveldt's Grail was ready to be awarded to the victors of the championship**.

The IIHF only lasted seven years, but since that time the Grail has continued to be bandied about by various hockey federations, gaining quite a name for itself. Claiming it for the new NIHL gives immediate cachet to the nascent league.

*by drowning in a bathtub after a laudanum bender

**The first team to win Kraggsveldt's Grail is not known. It was either the Tampere Red Flags or HC Åland.

Thanks Obsidianus.

The Kraggsveldt trophy it is!

NATION:East Tennesee Island
TEAM NICKNAME:IceBears
HOME CITY:PortChattanooga
HOME ARENA:ETIComm Forum
HEAD COACH:Bubba

Thanks East Tennesee Island. Just so you know, your team will appear in the 2nd round as that the first round has just ended.