Welcome to the Season Preview of the Borschland Hockey League. We'll give a short profile of each team and predict how they will finish. Note: Borschland Hockey isn't played the way the rest of the world plays it, with outdoor arenas, less penalties, a focus on technique along with premium skating, and traditional whale-bone and wool padding.
Te Staff: (Tuh Shtahff)- Located in Staff Borsch, the capital of Borschland, this team is a real juggernaut. These fans expect championships every year, and so far, Te Staff has won the most championships of all the teams, 29.
Tarlunz: (Tahr-luhnss)- The land of many lakes and home of the Lakers, hockey is played almost nonstop in this city, with many youth leagues as well as pickup games. They can't compete with their neighbors, Te Staff, though, only winning three championships in their history.
Mechen: (Me-khehn)- Located on the Upper Borschland River, this city has an excellent university squad which serves as almost a minor-league affiliate for the pro team. They have 8 championships and are always in the hunt.
Menesannë (Meh-neh-SAH-nuh): Also located on the Upper Borschland River, this city is known more for its seminary and stunning views of the Southern Mountains than its hockey. They are one of two teams with no championships to date.
Onatten (Oh-not-en): A port vital to the economy of Borschland, they process and export mainly wood pulp. A blue-collar city, they love hockey and their team, and the stands are always packed.
Bevinlunz (BEFF-in-luhnss): A port city that serves to export goods sent by rail from the Staff Borsch area, they are owned by Arjan Ackervoort, proprietor of the railroad. His pockets are deep, and so the team is stacked with talent and always contends, despite only having three championships.
Lojren (LOHY-ren): This city is a regional port for the Northern Borschic Peninsula, and calls their their team Te Lughaus, or "the lighthouse". They have one championship.
Sajbell (SAHY-bell): This is a summer beach resort, but gets strong Nor'westers in the winter, after which their team is named. They have just one championship.
Matexipar (Mah-TEG-sih-pahr): A working-class city with the largest population in Borschland. Their major industry is steel, but their team is ironically named the "Iron Sticks". Always a contender, they have eleven championships.
Wrischer (VRIH-shur): A small city made even smaller by its realtive proximity to Matexipar, it has a university and won its first championship the previous year.
Gottwrischer (GAHT-vrih-shur): Close to Wrischer, it has a seminary, like Menesannë, but unlike them, they have two championships.
Bjaward (Bee-YA-vahrt): Located on the southern plateau of Borschland, this is a major cattle and grain center. They have the best university team in the country and the pro team has ten championships.
Rijward (REEY-vahrt): Rivals of Bjaward, they are blue-collar people through and through. They have the largest stockyards in Borschland and also have three championships.
Atterische (Ah-TARE-ih-shuh): Important agricultural and peat-cutting center. Their biggest rival is Domatische, and they have two championships.
Domatische (Doh-MAH-tih-shuh): Located near the lower Borschland River, this city is a peat center. They have two championships and a chief rival in Atterische.
Sichebach (SIH-kheh-bahkh): Located on the Borschland River between Staff Borsch and Mechen, it is an important textile mill city. They are in constant competition with Menesannë, attempting to be the first to win a championship. It's anyone's guess as to who will win it first. It may never happen.
Holtzlund (“Timberland”): This city is located in the southwest of Borschland, in the heart of the logging industry area. They have only one championship, and rarely make any difference in the league, but their fans are nevertheless perhaps the most loyal fans in all of Borschland.
That's all for now. Stay tuned for predictions, and as always, do comment.
6 comments:
I would love to hear more about my favorite team from Onatten. There's nothing like the unified hollering from the section held by the stevedores and longshoremen when we score. Especially when we take on Te Staff at home. The streets will be deserted April 1, and the shout will go up all over town, much less in the stands, when we score on that day. And score we will.
Erki Turkommen - some Finns made it here, too.
Thanks for posting, Erki. Please post again. I'm considering some sort of special prize for being the first to post a comment. Please tell me if you have any ideas.
Well, my friends and I have had some ideas (since middle school) for cool designs for our favorite team. Maybe you could let us get something together and then post it here for us? Maybe the team would see it and who knows, they might adopt something from our work. That'd be cool.
We can't get to all the games, so we're hoping, too, that your blog can fill in some of the choice moments. Maybe our special prize could be some extra reporting focus for our team this year. That'd be cool, too. Might bring us luck.
Erki
I would most certianly love to put designs in this newspaper. Currently, we have no photographers on staff. If you're willing, then perhaps I could arrange for you to have a design or an artist's depiction every few days or so, if that's convenient for you. If it's too much work, let me know. We definitely need photos/artwork/designs in this newspaper.
I'll see what I can do, then, with pleasure. But I won't be able to be regular about it, since the fishing fleet takes us out for a week or more at a time during the peak season. Not that we go so far - wouldn't want to get lost beyond the phase line and unable to get home - but we stay on the banks for as long as the fish are coming or until the hold's full.
I'd be willing to work up some stuff for other teams, even, if you indicate some history, mascots, team nicknames, team colors, etc. in your posts. I may be strong for the home team, but I can give as good for teams besides Onatten for the good of the league and the sport. Even for Te Staff, though they don't need any breaks. As they say, "Pass the brandy and the puck!" - we can all get along around those two.
Erki
I think I'll be rooting for either Wrischer or Timberland. Being in a traveling dance troop, I have no particular loyalty to any city.
Eggnog
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