The Columbus Aces: An Introduction

I’m going to just say it: the Olympic break, while fun…

…sucks. Yeah. It sucks. Hockey is on, sure, but once every day or so. (Even less if you’re just following one or two teams.) So I’d figure I’d help ease that lack of CBJ hockey with something pretty stupid: a bunch of 99 overall players with CBJ community members’ names in NHL 14. Along with the “Columbus Aces”  I created a “heel” team taking the place of the Penguins that’s filled with people at the lowest skill possible in every setting, named after our favorite people ever.

SO, WHAT’S GOING ON?

During the Olympic break, I will be playing an entire 82 game season (perhaps not physically playing each game, but an 82 game season still) with the Blue Jackets swapped out for my super team of players as well as switching out the Penguins for my super bad team of such Columbus heart-throbs like Bruce Garrioch and Tim Peel.

During each game I will be playing the part of the Columbus Aces’ beat writer, giving updates on the game and mock quotes/reports from the OFFICIAL Columbus Aces Twitter account. Along with that, I will be posting updates on The Union Blue every few days, usually for every couple weeks of time in the virtual season.

HOW CAN I FOLLOW ALONG?

Unfortunately I don’t have a capture card so I am unable to stream the games (in a decent quality). Feel free, however, to interact with the Aces through the Twitter account.

CAN I BE ON THE TEAM?

Initial rosters have been set, and the Aces are at 23 players total. If there is an injury though, or someone doesn’t perform….

…well, we’ll see if there’s an opening.

WHY THE HELL SHOULD I CARE?

I mean, you like fun, right? This isn’t supposed to be some life-saver to the 3 hour time gap left because of no CBJ hockey, but to have something OTHER than the slow crawl of tournament hockey to keep up with and laugh about. Sure it’s just a bunch of zeroes and ones, but however fake it may be, pictures like the one below are still entertaining.

Look for the Aces to start playing tonight!