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Membership, Fees, Prizes

This section encompasses the basics for League Configuration, as well as the associated responsibilities with ownership of a PYFHL Team.

Membership and Status

Basic Membership Requirements for League Manager

All who are willing to play and uphold the competitive spirit that the commissioners have set forth are candidates for PYFHL.  Reasonable connection to other league members, as well as desire to compete and win are the primary and forthcoming requirements for league members (also known as Managers).

Changing membership

Given the status of this league as a Keeper league, managers are expected to compete for a multiple number of years, and a member is assumed to have a continued desire of continue their membership for the following season upon making a trade of any future draft pick to another team.

If a member decides to leave the league the following year, they are required to front next year’s league fees to either commissioner or co-commissioner, regardless of whether they plan on competing.  That said, exceptions can be made in cases where a hardship prevents the manager from competing, or if the manager agrees to pay a reduced fee in an effort to help attract a replacement manager.

Entry Fees

League fee is $50/manager/year (non-negotiable) and is due prior to draft.  It is preferred that managers proactively pay any commissioner prior to the draft without request to reduce the complexity of commissioners hounding managers for payments. Exceptions can be made if the manager has incurred an unforeseen hardship, as long as the request is brought to the commissioner as soon as it is known.

Managers can pay via the following Electronic Payment Methods:

Prizes

Cash Prizes are awarded in several different manners. 

Primary Prizes

Top three playoff finishers receive the following prizes:

Standing
Prize Amount

1st Place

$200

2nd Place

$130

3rd Place

$50

*These amounts were updated during post season, as the previous amounts were based on a 12 team league, however the league consisted of only 10 teams during the 2024-25 season.

Additional Prizes

Playoff Entry Prize

Each playoff team receives a prize of $10, regardless of standings, as long as the team qualifies for the playoffs.

Weekly Bonus Prize

Weekly Prizes are awarded typically during the middle of the season.  The prize amount is $5-10, depending on Prize and week of the season. Prize applies to the time period from the beginning of the last fantasy week up to the end of the just-ended fantasy week. Prize is randomly picked by a lottery drawn up by me on Monday Morning. You will receive your cash at the end of the year when the payouts are given.  Prizes are randomized on Picker Wheel 

Prize
Description

The Lazy Ass

Least Games Played

The Overdoer

Most Games Played

Beast Mode: Winner Edition

Highest scoring team of the week

The Limp Dick

Lowest scoring team of the week

The Arizona Coyotes Special

Team that surrendered the most goals against that week

The Biggest Blower

Largest Margin of Victory

The Narrow Escape 

Smallest margin of victory

Close is only for Horseshoes

Largest Margin of Defeat

Cutting it Close

Smallest Margin of Defeat

Beast Mode: Loser Edition 

Highest scoring team that lost their matchup

Use a Rubber 

Most Shots on Goal for the week

The Brick Wall 

Highest Scoring Goalies (All combined, including negative points)

The Ryan Reaves

Most hits for the week

The Kris Russel

Team with the most blocked shots for the week

The Ovech-trick

Team with the most goals for the week

The Wayne Gretzky

Team with the most assists for the week

The Misfit

Team with the most penalty minutes for the week

Goody two-shoes

Team with the least penalty minutes for the week

The Bullseye

Team closest to their projected point total (over OR under)

Hero to Zero 

Team with the biggest NEGATIVE team points differential from last week to this week

Zero to Hero 

Team with the biggest POSITIVE team points differential from last week to this week

No Goals for You 

Team with the most shutouts

You're a Sieve 

Team with the most goals against | Tie breaker least shots faced

Your pads are too big 

Team with the least goals against | Tie breaker is most shots faced

Shuffle the Deck 

Team who made the most trades for the week

52 Pickup 

Team with the most waiver wire moves for the week

Get at me (from the Back)

Team with the most points from Defensemen

Get at me (from the Front)

Team with the most points from Forwards

You just got Rear-Ended

Team with the most points from Goalies

Weekly Bonus Prize Non-Monetary Prize

Ocassionally, there are non-monetary prizes for league members to win.  These are given out at random, some maybe more than once

Prize
Description
No Hockey, just a beer Team manager wins a 6 pack of Geordon Homebrew
Nickname Master You get to set nicknames for the week.
Fuck that Team (Name) You get to rename someone's team
Calling about your car's warranty The league will be calling you all week for no reason at all, they might not even answer, but you have to answer the phone.

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