What are Fantasy Games? Fantasy games are a way for individuals to compete against each other to see who has the best managing skills in any given sport. Although Fantasy Football is traditionally considered the most popular of all fantasy games, followed closely by Fantasy Baseball, Fantasy Hockey has developed a very dedicated, passionate following, with thousands of users discovering the thrill and excitement of the game each year.
The first order of business in creating any fantasy league is collecting its members. As "team owners," these individuals draft real-life, professional players to be members of their respective teams. The statistics these players generate in their real games are collected, and fantasy points are awarded based on these numbers -- the better a player performs, the more fantasy points he accrues for his owner's team. In fantasy hockey, these points determine a winner in either a rotisserie or weekly Head-to-Head match-up of two of the league's teams. The team that accumulates the most points or victories over the course of the season -- and in the case of Head-to-Head, prevails in the postseason -- is declared the League Winner.
What is Fantasy Hockey 2002? ESPN.com's Fantasy Hockey 2002 (FHL '02) is the closest thing you can find to buying your own franchise and becoming the team's manager, owner, and president all in one. All decisions are yours to make. Each team owner is supplied with all of the tools -- multiple draft methods, unlimited waivers and trades, free agency, an all-empowering commissioner, chat rooms, league bulletin boards, player statistics, etc. -- everything needed to build a team in the best manner possible.
Statistical reports, expert analysis, and up-to-date feature articles from ESPN.com editors are readily available to keep owners informed. Armed with this information, owners are free to create the team of their dreams. To win, an owner has to be crafty, as each team competes directly with nine other owners who are equally determined to come out on top. Owners can choose who they compete against and are free to join a league at their own level of competition.
Like the race for the final NHL playoff spot, in rotisserie hockey the league champ could be determined on the very last day of the season. For Head-to-Head scoring, the top four teams in each ten-team league will play each other in the playoffs, while the remaining six teams compete in the consolation bracket tournament. Regardless of your regular season record, your team is guaranteed to play in every week of the NHL season.
