This is something run over at /r/collegehockey by user sircaptainbighead, figured I'd cross post it over here.
Basically, every game/series is a battle over land. The initial land layout is based on the closest rink to the centerpoint of a specific county using the great-circle distance formula. The initial layout can be found here: https://i.imgur.com/BOi8RN1.jpg (there's a slight error on UConn's home county due to their unique situation; that is going to be fixed)
The rules:
-If a team plays a series during a weekend, the winner of the entire series takes the territory rather than just the most recent game. In the case of a split series, the tiebreaker is decided on goal differential.
-Teams that play different teams will still be treated normally, and can lose territory after a single game.
-Teams that tie (either for goal differential or just in a single game) will now have their combined territory split evenly, with each team getting an approximately equal number of counties. (So if, say, WMU and BGSU tie tonight, their territory will be combined and split 50/50.)
Here is the map after Week 1: https://i.imgur.com/lRu4rHn.jpg
How the map played out:
-Union defeats Army 4-1 to take over their territory
-Lake Superior sweeps Merrimack 5-4 and 1-0 to take over their single county
-Providence defeats AIC 3-1 to take their land
-Arizona State shuts out Alaska on both Saturday and Sunday to add North Alaska to their territory
-Miami sweeps Alabama-Huntsville to take over most of the Southeast
-Bowling Green defeats Mercyhurst 8-2, beginning its takeover of Lake Erie
-Colorado College and Alaska-Anchorage split their series, but Colorado College wins the goal differential by a whopping 13-6 score
-Minnesota ties Minnesota-Duluth on Saturday, but defeats them on Sunday to take over their territory
-Vermont upsets Michigan 5-2, and takes their land
Basically, every game/series is a battle over land. The initial land layout is based on the closest rink to the centerpoint of a specific county using the great-circle distance formula. The initial layout can be found here: https://i.imgur.com/BOi8RN1.jpg (there's a slight error on UConn's home county due to their unique situation; that is going to be fixed)
The rules:
-If a team plays a series during a weekend, the winner of the entire series takes the territory rather than just the most recent game. In the case of a split series, the tiebreaker is decided on goal differential.
-Teams that play different teams will still be treated normally, and can lose territory after a single game.
-Teams that tie (either for goal differential or just in a single game) will now have their combined territory split evenly, with each team getting an approximately equal number of counties. (So if, say, WMU and BGSU tie tonight, their territory will be combined and split 50/50.)
Here is the map after Week 1: https://i.imgur.com/lRu4rHn.jpg
How the map played out:
-Union defeats Army 4-1 to take over their territory
-Lake Superior sweeps Merrimack 5-4 and 1-0 to take over their single county
-Providence defeats AIC 3-1 to take their land
-Arizona State shuts out Alaska on both Saturday and Sunday to add North Alaska to their territory
-Miami sweeps Alabama-Huntsville to take over most of the Southeast
-Bowling Green defeats Mercyhurst 8-2, beginning its takeover of Lake Erie
-Colorado College and Alaska-Anchorage split their series, but Colorado College wins the goal differential by a whopping 13-6 score
-Minnesota ties Minnesota-Duluth on Saturday, but defeats them on Sunday to take over their territory
-Vermont upsets Michigan 5-2, and takes their land
Comment