Ice Hockey World Championship Monster – €10k Prize pool

The ice hockey world championships have reached the quarterfinals stage and we are running a €10,000 contest as the championships now get down to the all-important last eight.

This special  Monster contest features two buy-ins, €50 & €4. The two prize pools have prizes totaling €10,000 and €1500 respectively depending on the buy-in of which contest you enter.

THE RULES

If this is your first time playing in a hockey Monster contest, let me break down some of the key details you need to know. This week’s contest features 4 matches, two games starting at 14:20 BST and the other two matches starting at 18:20 BST.

The rules for selecting your team are very simple to follow. You will be required to pick 8 players to fill out your roster whilst staying within a budget of €80m. No captains or vice-captains are needed, safety net is enabled though (only applies for goaltender)

You can select up to a maximum of 3 players from the same team. Your 8 players must consist of 4 forwards 3 defenders and one goaltender.No bench is needed.

Standard scoring applies to this contest ( please note no points are awarded for blocks and hits)

This contest can be multi-centered, with a maximum entry limit of 20 entries per user.

With the rules covered, let’s take a look at the 4 quarterfinals.

THE GAMES

Germany v Czech Republic

Germany finished second in Group A with 5 wins and scoring 26 goals in the process Daniel Fischbuch (9.0m) led team Germany with 4 goals on only eight shots he is not a high volume shooter but one who seems to have a knack for scoring. You may also want to consider Leonhard Pfoderi (10.8m) who had 3 goals and Matthias Plachta (9.6m) who also found the net three times as other choices but at slightly more expensive options.

The Czech Republic finished third in group B with 4 wins and only netting 19 goals in their seven matches. Matej Blumel (10.9m) comes into the quarterfinals in good form scoring 4 goals in the group stages and certainly warrants consideration. David Pastrnak (13.3m) has only played 4 games as was late arriving as he was involved with the Boston Bruins in the Stanley Cup playoffs, but with 3 goals and 18 shots, he is certainly a player to respect with multi-goal upside.

Sweden v Canada 

Certainly, the game of the tournament so far as these two heavyweights square off on Thursday afternoon. Both teams had 5 wins in the early rounds, with Canada edging the goals, leading 34-27. The top two goalscorers of the tournament will face off in this game Rasmus Asplund (11.5m) for Sweden and Pierre-Luc Dubois (13.2m) for Canada, so far the pair have scored 12 goals between them and will see plenty of power-play time both will certainly be in my player pool. If you need a cheaper option Adam Lowry (8.8m) is well worth a look having scored 3 times in his 7 games played.

Switzerland v USA

Switzerland has been the surprise team of the tournament so far winning group A with 6 regulation wins and winning the other game on penalties. Denis Malgin (11.1m) with 5 goals and Nico Hischier (11.8m) also with 5 goals are the two players to focus on here with both seeing valuable power-play time, any team Switzerland stacks should start with these two stars.

Team USA finished fourth in group B and it has certainly been a struggle with 3 wins and only scoring 18 goals in the 7 matches. Kieffer Bellows (9.5m) leads the Americans with 3 goals, others to consider would be Alex Galchenyuk (10.9m) and Seth Jones (11.9m) both are more than capable of finding the net.

Finland v Slovakia 

Finland topped group A with 25 goals scored and they only conceded 5 goals in the 7 group matches they have played. The hosts will be looking to advance to the semi-finals at the expense of Slovakia on Thursday evening. Mikael Granlund (12.1m) with 3 goals and Sakuri Manninen (12.6m) also with 3 goals and 4 assists look like the likely players to feature on a well-balanced team.

Slovakia has done well to reach the knockout phase but looks a little overmatched against the hosts. Tomas Tatar (10.7m) with 3 goals and 3 assists could surprise and at low ownership well worth a flier in a big tournament.

TEAM REVEAL

Here is an example of a build with some of the players I have mentioned of course in Ice hockey stacking is a valuable strategy to use and would recommend going with at least two players from the same team wherever possible.

Best of luck in the contest  I hope to see you on that leaderboard!

@smodfs (Twitter)

HOW TO GET INVOLVED

If you’re new to FanTeam then you’ll need to create a new account here – alternatively, head on over to fanteam.com and click the green ‘Register’ button in the top right corner.

Existing users can head straight over to the lobby to join the contest 

Best of luck