Announcing the X Hockey League (XHL) by SportsFormulator.com

The XHL has arrived! SporstFormulator.com is proud to bring hockey, albeit simulated, to North America! It won’t have the same bone crushing hits or fast pace back and forth of an actual hockey game but will give you hockey fans something to follow until the NHL returns which might not be for months. We won’t have nights off. You’ll see games scheduled and get results daily through the awarding of the Gretzky Trophy to our league champion.

League Set-up
Since this is a brand new league, we will be creating new franchises and conferences. We will have 20 teams total four divisions (East, Central, West and North) consisting of five teams each.

The league will hold a draft lottery on Monday, December 24, 2012 to determine draft order. Teams will then be selected on Wednesday, December 26, 2012.

Teams
East Division
Boston Jackals
New York Brigade
Pittsburgh Oxen
Philadelphia Marauders
Washington Bandits

Central Division
Chicago Towers
Detroit Fenders
Kansas City Rhinos
Minneapolis Moose
St. Louis Stag

West Division
Denver Bison
Las Vegas Barons
Los Angeles Quakes
Portland Lumberjacks
San Jose Toros

North Division
Calgary Pumas
Montreal Wolves
Ottawa Lynx
Toronto Foxes
Vancouver Bears

Season Schedule
The regular season will begin January 2, 2013 and each team will play 46 games through April 11, 2013. Each team will play its’ fellow division teams home and away twice. It will then play the rest of the league home and away one time.

Opening night is January 2, 2013 with the following games:
Boston Jackals at New York Brigade (7 ET)
Toronto Foxes at Montreal Wolves (7 ET)
St. Louis Stag at Kansas City Rhinos (8 ET)
Denver Bison at Las Vegas Barons (9 ET)

Playoffs
The playoffs will begin April 14, 2013 with two days of one game playoffs featuring the top 16 teams in the XHL. Teams will be seeded 1 through 16 based on final record with the division winners each receiving one of the top four seeds. The higher seed will have home ice. The champion will be awarded the Gretzky Trophy by May 11, 2013.

For more information contact matt@sportsformulator.com. Follow the XHL on www.SportsFormulator.com/xhl or www.twitter.com/xhockeyleague or www.facebook.com/xhl