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DUKs are added throughout the pool season. They are initiated by Poolies questions, comments and my own tidbits. Have a look… scroll about.

NOTE

A friendly reminder: The 'thenhljl' has been creating & managing hockey pools for ~30 years and have implemented numerous steps and processes to provide credible pools and maintain a reputation for fairness with each pool. Integrity has remained our highest priority from the very beginning.

Questions?       Ask!

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HNIC PGP always starts the first Saturday of November. If anyone misses out on this date they can still partake by entering on the second Saturday of November.

This is the “late-entry” date. See rules for the details.

1st Saturday in November

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PGP Card can be completed using your mobile browser. If things look a bit funny & crowded this can sometimes be improved by toggling back and forth with your browser mode; set to desktop vs mobile or vica versa.

Browser

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A Microsoft Excel spreadsheet is being used for all mathematical calculations, once the W/Ls are determined.

Calcs

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Quickly bookmark any PGP page using these two keys <CTRL><D>.

Bookmark

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Any Poolie who finds and reports qty 5 Ws/Ls errors in one season, will receive a $5 discount off the next season’s HNIC PGP pool-entry.

Find Errors

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Once thenhljl convert to using an updated CMS (web design software) in 2025-2026, a mobile version of the HNIC PGP will be made available.

Cell Phone

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To ensure you’re seeing the latest, PGP Card, Stats, Info, etc.,remember to refresh your browser &/or clear cache & cookies.

Refresh

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thenhljl encourage Poolies to make their own side bets. Wins and loses are confirmed and posted regardless, so why not take advantage and have your own side bets and use our results to confirm your side-bet winner.

Side Bet

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All Poolies are welcome to take screen shots, or save Poolies’ Picks pages. In the Google Chrome menu, click “Cast,save & share”, or keys <CTRL><S>.

Having your own local copy might be useful?

Poolies’ Picks

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The Standings: Saturday winners are hi-lited green, as are cash card Saturdays.

Green

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You can partake, pay entry fee and never complete a PGP Card and still win.

Each Card will be “auto-submitted” for you with the set defaults. These default values can win reg &/or cash Saturdays, and possibly the Pool.

Defaults

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Total Goals (tie-breaker) is often used in deciding winners. Therefore your Total Goals number, is significant. Replacing the default “40” is highly recommended.

Total-Goals and Tie-Breaker

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Multiple entries by one Poolie are accepted. For each additional entry the Poolie’s entry fee is $35/entry.

Entries

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PGP Card deadline is always 1:00 pm each Saturday, regardless any games’ start time. This is noted below every cards’ Submit Button.

Deadline

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When each Sat’s Ws/Ls are calculated, so are the previous Sat’s re-calculated.

A re-check is also done on Wednesdays, when the online PGP Card is switched-over to the next Sat.

If ever you see an error with anyone’s Ws/Ls, please report it immediately. Finding & correcting errors is best done sooner than later.

Mondays - Wednesdays

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See how Ws/Ls are confirmed… here

Ws/Ls

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At the bottom of the Standings’ page you’ll see “Virtual Poolies”. This table keeps count of home wins vs visitor wins. To satisfy my own curiosity and maybe yours.

Virtual Poolies

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The 2024-25 season, Home teams (odds) were surprisingly the better.

As of Jan 4/2025, if you had only picked home teams to win, every Saturday to date, you would have 72 Ws & 38 Ls.   But… see Virtual Poolies(3)below.

On Jan 4/25, this was the highest I’ve seen (Home over Visitor odds), over the past 6 years.

Virtual Poolies(2)

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You can make comment, suggestions, complaints by using the Comments Field (found with each online PGP Card). Anything included in this field will not be posted. Only thenhljl (& you) see your comments.

Comments can help everyone, and helps the HNIC PGP Pool itself.

Suggest / Complain

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You can ask for a PGP reminder. This is done via text message. You’ll need to provide your cell number. Each Saturday you’ll receive a text (between 9:30 am & 12:00 pm). Note: You are still responsible to remember on your own, if for any reason, you do not receive a reminder. As backup, you have the “default card”.

Reminders

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If a Poolie enters more than once, each additional entry is only $35.

Multiple Entries

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Previous standings now available. Follow the links. See where you were, at any previous Saturday in the standings’ ranks.

Previous Standings

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On Jan 11, 2024-25, Visitors surprised all by winning 11 of 15 games.

Yes you can win by not doing anything; letting the default PGP Card ride. However, this is not recommended as a strategy for all Saturdays thru the entire Pool season.

Virtual Poolies(3)

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It’s recommended you check your own wins & losses each Saturday and immediately report any error(s). Feel free to check others.

Do you, check your own wins & losses?

Do You Check

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You can use the comments field for suggestions, questions & new ideas? One Poolie wrote, can team names be used vs team cities’ names; or can you use both?  ie: Ottawa, Senators, Ottawa Senators. No other Poolies commented therefore team names remain as is.

Comments - Team Names

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Following the last PGP Saturday, winners are not made “official” until a double check of all wins & losses over the season. Therefore the official announcement is on the following Monday. This is approximately 24 hours after W’s & L’s are check Sunday morning.

Last Saturday

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The final Poolie #s will be confirmed on the first Saturday. While many Poolies inform me (in advance) they're participating, it’s very likely new entries are submitted on Saturday. As a result, the first Sat., tends to be busy busy. You can expect updates on the HNIC PGP Central Pages throughout the day, but the Poolies' Picks page is updated between 1:00 PM and ~1:15 PM. It includes all picks submitted from mid-week up until the 1:00 PM deadline. Pls remember, each Poolie submission includes a date/time stamp.

First Saturday - Busy Busy

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The final "Saturday winner" is determined in the same way as all other Saturday winners: by the most wins. In case of a tie, the total goals scored on that Saturday will be used as a tiebreaker. On Saturday, April 11/26, there were 6 participants tied. Since these 6 entries were auto-submits, the tiebreaker was not necessary (all had "40" goals). As a result, these 6 participants will share the $40 prize, which amounts to $6.00 each. This prize can be awarded in cash or applied as a discount toward any future thenhljl Pool. The winners were individually contacted on April 13/26.

The final "Pool winner" is determined by the overall number of wins during the Pool season. In the event of a tie, the total goals scored throughout the season will be used as a tiebreaker.

Final Saturday - Ties & Stuff