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Finally we've reached the last part of our roster announcement; our brand-new Coal Miners. While recruiting players to your team, the importance of aquiring players that are a "good fit" for the teams style of play cannot be overstated. Unfortunately for the Coal Miners, we haven't quite figured out what our style of play is yet... so when recruiting players we had to do it the old-fashioned way: with the false promise of a lofty salary further down the line Here are the two insanely talented players we managed to lure to our squad using this devious tactic: Free Agency Signings @pentsaa (Player profile) Jersey #: 58 ECL season, FCM: 1st Career stats, ECL: 19 GP, 8 G, 20 A, 28 P, +31 Player type: Two-way defender/forward Information: Fresh off an eye-opening performance in the Summer Cup for eventual finalist 50 Shades of Blades, this young Finn probably had plenty of offers to choose from ahead of ECL 5. His soft hands on the ice and great mind for the game isn't even the greatest thing about this this defender/forward hybrid, its that he can curse at the rest of the team both in his native Finnish and Swedish! All kidding aside, pentsaa is poised for a breakout season and if his history with the Finnish Roosters and performance in the Summer Cup is any indication, he will make for an explosive addition to The Mine. Just, you know, hopefully not too explosive. Mines collapse. @minokin (Player profile) Jersey #: 15 ECL season, FCM: 1st Career stats, ECL: 58 GP, 12 G, 44 A, 56 P, -83 Player type: Two-way defender/forward, Butterfly goaltender Information: This veteran ECL:er brings a wealth of experience, poise and calm to a roster that seems better prepared than it ever has been for ECL competition. A match made in heaven it would seem and sometimes, things are just that - exactly what they seem. Outside of dazzling plays on the ice and solid defending, "mino" has the mind and voice of a storyteller. What might begin as a harmless story in a PSN party will easily transition into a riveting drama where axe-murdering women and car racing hockey players are front and center. Welcome to the Falun Coal Miners guys We hope you won't be running for the exists in a state of absolute panic until at least half the season is over! NEXT UP, Links to FCM social media!

It's called skill hockey. We fourthliners are not supposed to understand that kind of danglez & snipazz

Next up are The Prospects. While "prospects" is generally used as a term for young, up-and-coming players in real life hockey, the Falun Coal Miners version of virtual hockey "prospects" combines the traditional hockey concept with that of outlaw motorcycle gangs. Strange you say? Not so! Wikipedia has the following to say on prospects: "Some "biker" clubs employ a process whereby members must pass several stages such as "friend of the club", "hang-around", and "prospect", on their way to becoming full-patch members. In these clubs, some amount of hazing may occur during the early stages ranging from the mandatory performance of menial labor tasks for full patch members to sophomoric pranks, and, in rare cases with some outlaw motorcycle clubs, acts of violence" While we do not plan on forcing our dear prospects into performing any acts of violence, they might have to clean the locker room bathrooms and collect all the pucks after practice from time to time. Without further ado, here they are: Prospects @Sawardo (No player profile) Jersey #: 7 ECL season, FCM: 1st Career stats, FCM: N/A Player type: Two-way defender/forward Information: Imported from the TPS regions of Åbo, Finland, the skill of this 25-year old Finn was first discovered by Head Scout @LastMandalorian through the very inofficial VOCL (Viaplay Office Couch League). With a booming slapshot as his main weapon, this natural defenseman has signed a PTO (professional tryout contract) with FCM to "watch and learn" during his first ECL season. Has significant EASHL experience stretching back to 2010, but is completely untested in 6v6 tournament play. Counts Henrik Tallinder as his favorite player due to his dominating run as an assistant captain for TPS. @R00tster89 (Player profile) Jersey #: 89 (previously wore 15 but with a new Free Agency signing coming in, gracefully relinquished the number) ECL season, FCM: 3rd Career stats, FCM: 16 GP, 11 G, 12 A, 23 P, +4 Player type: Sniper Information: Arguably the most natural virtual hockey sniper in the entire Södertälje area, R00tster joins the Coal Miners for his third season as a prospect. Mainly known amongst his teammates for two things: playing with a left-handed stick on the left wing and being one of the only ECL players ever to use the "Sniper" player type (the small one). While still counted as a prospect, R00tster is not without experience as he has been playing EASHL with the FCM captaincy brothers since NHL 2012. Will probably not get alot of ice time in ECL due to more important obligations in life BUT will shoot the puck when you least expect it. NEXT UP, The Free Agency Signings

Still looking!

Freee again! So things didn't work out with Monarchs so we had to split up and find new teams. I've played RD with Monarchs and is capable of playing goalie too. If you're interested send me a msg here on NHL Gamer or to my psn Bortalaget 🙂 Speaks swedish and english!

To mix things up a little bit, the roster presentation for the Coal Miners will happen in three steps... but not the three steps you think While it is custom to introduce goaltenders, defenders and forwards separately, we decided to do things a little bit differently this time. Therefore, the three steps of our FCM player presentations will be called "The Prospects", "The Free Agency Signings" and "The Original Six". First out among these three categories are The Original Six; the six skaters who were there when the Falun Coal Miners first sprung into action in ECL 1. GOALTENDER @Onecorner95 (Player profile) Jersey #: 2 ECL season, FCM: 5th Career stats, FCM: 66 GP, 32 W, 28 L, 6 OTL, 76.36%, 2.87 GAA, 4 Shutouts Player type: Butterfly goaltender Information: The backbone of FCM for most of his career, this young goaltender has already amassed plenty of ECL experience and will be looking to have his best season yet statistically. Rock solid positioning, positive spirit and insane enthusiasm for big hits are among onecorner95s biggest strengths as a player. Probably the only Coal Miner who would know how to handle an actual pick axe! DEFENDERS @The_Alpha_Furyan [Captain] (Player profile) Jersey #: 77 ECL season, FCM: 4th Career stats, FCM: 76 GP, 34 G, 75 A, 109 P, -20 Player type: Puck Moving Defenseman Information: Team captain for 4 out of 5 seasons. Returns to FCM home arena "The Mine" after sessions in Sjukstugan and Dynasty. Dedicated to bring back the offensive blueline turnovers that FCM was sorely lacking last season @Meeertz [Assistant Captain] (Player profile) Jersey #: 14 ECL season, FCM: 5th Career stats, FCM: 73 GP, 10 G, 42 A, 52 P, -12 Player type: Two-Way Defenseman Information: Took over captaincy duties while brothers The_Alpha_Furyan and LastMandalorian set out on their Pokémon-catching adventures last season. Did an admirable job of keeping the ship afloat and almost managed to get FCM past their most famous nemesis: the 1st round of the ECL playoffs. As a player, Meeertz is a true two-way defender with a breakout pass to rival that of Hall of Fame defender Tom Linder. FORWARDS @PatzyDrake (Player profile) Jersey #: 54 ECL season, FCM: 5th Career stats, FCM: 87 GP, 96 G, 80 A, 176 P, -10 Player type: Powerforward Information: FCM team leader in every statistical category except Plus/Minus where The_Alpha_Furyan holds a comfortable (and embarrassing) -20 lead, PatzyDrake identifies as a pure goal scorer. He scores. A lot. If you know what I mean This hulking LW will undoubtedly hit goal #100 in an FCM jersey this season and if he puts his mind to it, quite possibly goal #200 too. @LastMandalorian [Assistant Captain] (Player profile) Jersey #: 17 ECL season, FCM: 4th Career stats, FCM: 48 GP, 23 G, 34 A, 57 P, -19 Player type: Two-Way Dangler Information: Flip-flops his preferences for player position more than Donald Trump on Twitter but seems to have decided to leave goaltender behind and make the Center position his own for the forseeable future. The Last of the Mandalorians models his game after Japanse wunderkid Aito Iguchi and goes to his happy place when the puck is on his stick gliding through the neutral zone. @iscojr94 (Player profile) Jersey #: 90 ECL season, FCM: 5th Career stats, FCM: 80 GP, 45 G, 92 A, 137 P, -5 Player type: Playmaker Information: Whenever FCM goes out clubbing after ECL victories (which, admittedly, is a quite rare occurence) iscojr94 is the squads only hope of getting into the VIP area. As smooth and elegant on the ice as he is in real life, this puck-saucing RW has found tremendous chemistry playing with Mandalorian and Drake. Look for Isco to score more points than he ever has before if his tiny playmaker can keep dodging hits from monstrous defenders. NEXT UP, The Prospects

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The Falun Coal Miners return for a fifth straight season of ECL, making the team one of less than 15 (!) teams to play in all ECL seasons thus far. As the Miners return we do so with a lot of familiar faces, a few new ones and most noticeably - a new logo, courtesy of NHLGamer logo master @cHIIMEERa: -------------------- CoalMinersTV -------------------- FalunCoalMiners --------------------

Hi, I'm looking for a club that needs backup players for position like RD & C. I'm GM for Nordic Nosebleed and have participated in this tournament several times. But this time we don't have enough active players. kind regards/ Mikael Wennerstrand PSN: Cherrykicks

@Kingbling could you create video 'how to play defensemen?'

Still taking offers

Goalie looking for team for the upcoming tournament. -Very active so can play every night if needed. -Speak swedish/finnish/english Found a team. Thank you for your interest.

LW/C/RW looking for a team for the upcoming season. Played with Monarchs since the summer cup. I'm a 23 year old swede looking for a new team. Monarchs was scheduled to start their first ever ecl season next week but because of various roster issues the remaining players decided to split up to get some ice time in ecl and get ready for ecl 6. Do you need a backup fw or a reliable role player on your team, hit me up. I'm open for try outs anywhere. Available almost every day of the week. Psn: Phillelindberg Swedish/English

LW/RW looking for ECL team. Im a 22 year old norwegian who has played the last couple of months with monarchs/ankeborg, and now im looking for a new team. -Active! Plays almost every night. -speaks english and swedish -Is willing to tryout. pm me at PSN - Panserhagen12

Now it is turn to introduce our fresh and new mascot. Why Rusty Blades? As a long-term unemployed hockey fan, I got a call from KELA and a nice old lady on the other end told me that there might be a job available in Loveland. I got really excited, mainly because i was about to lose my unemployment daily allowance because too many job offer rejects by me. So here i was, after 200 flew kilometers, one awkward job interview and shit load of sweat later, Tanski finally offered me a contract and lunch from ABC LOVELAND. Main goal as mascot? Obviously to cheer my buddys to victory, and of course try not to look like a fool out there. This isnt the job that I want to tell my friends or mother in law about. But this 9 euros per hour salary keeps me cheering there like a cocaine addict. There is no cheerleaders in EASHL-arenas. How do you feel about that? We live time of equality and its fine. And besides, i cant lose this job. Who the hell would look at me if theres a dozens of pretty ladies? I would be worthless. Also, cheerleaders would affect badly of teams performance, cause players wouldnt stop staring at them. Your twin cousin plays hockey in EASHL. How close you are with him? I know Andy Albatross well, he lives next to my hous... oh f*** it. I cant keep these secrets in my head anymore. I cant lie anymore. Lets just but it this way, After expensive divorce, few stupid consumer loans and too many hours spent playing kultajaska, im broke. I had to take 2 jobs. Ofc i asked raise from @vSilenttio but after my recent game performance, he said he should slap me in the face instead. So here I was, crawling back to Tanski asking any job he can offer. It has been very challenging to do 2 jobs at the same time. Like last time when SIKA was going to visit Rusty blades in Loveland. When we were packing the onnibus and everyone kept asking why i have two hockey bags. Well obviously my bird costume was in the other bag which i had to hide to penalty box. Oh boy i took alot of penalties during that game. It was the only way how i could play hockey and being mascot at the same time. Scary times.. You are a bird, Any comments on that? So i am a bird, big whoop, wanna fight about it? Your motto? life's too short to have boring hair Rusty Blades are not to be held at any responsibility over this weird bird or at anything he says. He is only a harmless and simple fan who lives at his own world. He is liked very much, but Rusty Blades officials deny any official contract between him and the team.

"How to play RD?" = Snapu highlights

I'm sorry if I'm missing something but how is being forthright about being banned a bad thing? Edit: Am gm

You 4 should start a new team and register, your welcome

C/RW looking for ECL team. Contact psn: nikopetteri