Welcome to the Fantasy Hockey Guide, brought to you by Mike Rogerson and Five Hole Fantasy Hockey. 

In this series, my goal is to provide you with everything you need to get set up and start playing Fantasy Hockey.  If you have any questions after the show, or anytime, follow Mike Rogerson on X and include #FantasyHockeyGuide in the tweet and your questions will be answered.

I am joined by Blake Creamer for the first episode of our Fantasy Hockey Resources series...

In this episode:

(3:17) Five Hole Fantasy Hockey

(6:20) Apples & Ginos

(11:32) Keeping Karlsson

(15:15) Daily Faceoff

(18:06) NHL.com / NHL Edge

(23:27) Yahoo!

(30:03) Fantrax

(36:49) Frozen Tools / Dobber Hockey

(40:01) Zero Games Above Replacement

(41:11) X

This podcast is Hosted and Produced by Mike Rogerson.

Welcome to the Fantasy Hockey Guide, brought to you by Mike Rogerson and Five Hole Fantasy Hockey. 

In this series, my goal is to provide you with everything you need to get set up and start playing Fantasy Hockey.  Whether you’ve dabbled in hockey pools in the past, or even if you’ve never played before, I’m going to start at the beginning and walk you through the basics.  If you have any questions after the show, or anytime, follow Mike Rogerson on X (the app formerly known as Twitter) and include #FantasyHockeyGuide in the tweet and your questions will be answered.

In this episode:

(0:51) You are a Fantasy Coach

(1:30) Free Agency and Waiver Claims

(2:10) Rolling Waiver Priority

(2:36) FAAB 

(4:00) Adding and Dropping Players (streaming)

(5:02) Maximizing Games Played

(5:50) 0 Games Above Replacement OffnightsTool 

(6:45) Time On Ice and Deployment

(7:43) Minimum Goalie Starts

(8:55) Dealing with Injuries 

(9:50) IR, IR+, NA

(10:50) Making Trades

(11:45) Resolving Trade Disputes 

Five Hole Fantasy Hockey Twitter

Five Hole Fantasy Hockey Discord

Yahoo!

Fantrax

Next Episode...

Episode 6: Fantasy Hockey Resources

This Podcast is hosted and produced by Mike Rogerson.

Welcome to the Fantasy Hockey Guide, brought to you by Mike Rogerson and Five Hole Fantasy Hockey. 

In this series, my goal is to provide you with everything you need to get set up and start playing Fantasy Hockey.  Whether you’ve dabbled in hockey pools in the past, or even if you’ve never played before, I’m going to start at the beginning and walk you through the basics.  If you have any questions after the show, or anytime, follow Mike Rogerson on X (the app formerly known as Twitter) and include #FantasyHockeyGuide in the tweet and your questions will be answered.

In this episode:

(1:37) Online vs Offline drafts

(2:00) Live Draft / Draft pick timer

(2:57) Pre-Ranking, Que and Auto Pick

(4:00) Yahoo vs Fantrax phone app

(4:30) Live Drafting on Zoom, Google and Discord

(5:20) Slow drafts

(6:45) Draft Order

(7:15) Snake Drafts

(8:16) Reverse-standings Draft Order

(9:00) Keeper Leagues

(9:37) Auction Drafts

(10:25) Mock Drafts

Five Hole Fantasy Hockey Twitter

Five Hole Fantasy Hockey Discord

Five Hole Taxi Squad Podcast

Apples & Ginos Twitter

Apples & Ginos Discord

Apples & Ginos Podcast

Keeping Karlssen Twitter

Keeping Karlssen Podcast

Keeping Karlssen KKUPFL

Yahoo!

Fantrax

Next Episode...

Episode 5: Managing your team from day to day

This Podcast was hosted and produced by Mike Rogerson.

Welcome to the Fantasy Hockey Guide, brought to you by Mike Rogerson and Five Hole Fantasy Hockey. 

In this series, my goal is to provide you with everything you need to get set up and start playing Fantasy Hockey.  Whether you’ve dabbled in hockey pools in the past, or even if you’ve never played before, I’m going to start at the beginning and walk you through the basics.  If you have any questions after the show, or anytime, follow Mike Rogerson on X (the app formerly known as Twitter) and include #FantasyHockeyGuide in the tweet and your questions will be answered.

In this episode:

(2:03) Points Leagues

(3:03) Yahoo default settings 

(4:10) Goals vs Assists balance

(5:45) +/- and PIM’s?

(8:03) Hits and Blocks

(8:30) Yahoo Goalie Scoring w/ example

(10:20) Keeping Karlssen KKUPFL points league settings

(11:10) Apples & Ginos ‘Experts League’ points league settings

(11:57) the ‘Smythe Division’ points league settings

(13:22) Categories Leagues

(13:58) Goalie vs Skater Category Balance

(14:35) ’Five Hole Fantasy Hockey’ categories league settings

(15:16) ’Great White North’ categories league settings

Five Hole Fantasy Hockey Twitter

Five Hole Fantasy Hockey Discord

Five Hole Taxi Squad Podcast

Apples & Ginos Twitter

Apples & Ginos Discord

Apples & Ginos Podcast

Keeping Karlssen Twitter

Keeping Karlssen Podcast

Keeping Karlssen KKUPFL

Next Episode...

Episode 4: the Draft.

This Podcast was hosted and produced by Mike Rogerson.

Welcome to the Fantasy Hockey Guide, brought to you by Mike Rogerson and Five Hole Fantasy Hockey. 

In this series, my goal is to provide you with everything you need to get set up and start playing Fantasy Hockey.  Whether you’ve dabbled in hockey pools in the past, or even if you’ve never played before, I’m going to start at the beginning and walk you through the basics.  If you have any questions after the show, or anytime, follow Mike Rogerson on X (the app formerly known as Twitter) and include #FantasyHockeyGuide in the tweet and your questions will be answered.

In this episode:

(1:30) Season Long Leagues vs Weekly Head to Head Leagues  

(4:15) Playoffs 

(6:00) Points Leagues vs Categories Leagues 

(9:25) What is a bangers league? 

(10:45) Keeper Leagues 

(12:45) Dynasty Leauges 

(14:10) Online League Hosting Platforms: Yahoo vs Fantrax 

Resources Mentioned: 

Five Hole Fantasy Hockey Twitter

Five Hole Fantasy Hockey Discord

Apples & GInos Twitter

Apples & Ginos Discord

Mike Rogerson Twitter

Keeping Karlsson KKUPFL league

Next Episode...

Episode 3: Keeping Score.

This Podcast was hosted and produced by Mike Rogerson.

Welcome to the Fantasy Hockey Guide, brought to you by Mike Rogerson and Five Hole Fantasy Hockey. 

In this series, my goal is to provide you with everything you need to get set up and start playing Fantasy Hockey.  Whether you’ve dabbled in hockey pools in the past, or even if you’ve never played before, I’m going to start at the beginning and walk you through the basics.  If you have any questions after the show, or anytime, follow Mike Rogerson on X (the app formerly known as Twitter) and include #FantasyHockeyGuide in the tweet and your questions will be answered.

Episode 1: Before You Start a League

In this episode, we discuss a few things to think about before you start or join a Fantasy Hockey league, as well as take an overview of whats to come in the series ahead.

This series is written, hosted and produced by Mike Rogerson.

Resources Mentioned: 

Five Hole Fantasy Hockey Twitter

Five Hole Fantasy Hockey Discord

Apples & GInos Twitter

Apples & Ginos Discord

Mike Rogerson Twitter

32 Thoughts Podcast

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Episode 2: Different Types of Leagues.