2021-22 Fighting in the GHL

[Phil-Cornwall]

The year we upgrade the fighting a bit.

I think it's already kinda in the game, so I see the initial upgrade being mainly a start / implementation, with all the other nuances and touching other aspects of the game - morale, crowd noise ect ect being further down the line.

Another nice quick payback would be F points for the Top 5 fighters at the end of the year - maybe fighting wins.


I would keep your '3', '2' and '1' ratings for fighters just like agitation too. Simple smaller numbers, easy to work with.


We are blessed with hockeyfights.com for all our stat needs:

Brady Tkachuk
4 - away fights
3 - home fights
7 - total fights
Zack MacEwen
2
4
6
Austin Watson
3
3
6
Nicolas Deslauriers
2
3
5
Brenden Dillon
4
1
5
Marcus Foligno
2
3
5
John Hayden
3
2
5
Brendan Lemieux
2
3
5
Ryan Lomberg
0
5
5
Luke Schenn
5
0
5
Brendan Smith
3
2
5
Ben Chiarot
3
1
4
Kyle Clifford
2
2
4
Kurtis Gabriel
1
3
4
Barclay Goodrow
3
1
4
Radko Gudas
2
2
4
Jujhar Khaira
2
2
4
Keegan Kolesar
3
1
4
Milan Lucic
3
1
4
Kurtis MacDermid
3
1
4


I would make those top 3 guys with 5 or more fights a "3" - the highest score, then the next 8 guys a "2" and the next 14 guys a '1'.

simple numbers to start. Maybe a 10% increased chance of both starting a fight and winning one - so a top fighter for that year -a '3' would have a 30% increased chance of starting and winning a fight. Not a given, but enough of a percentage increase for better accuracy and realism.

I would not think we need to delve too deeply into stat categories like defense, glass jaw (Fedoruk), tie-up, jersey pulls ect. We only need good ole solid punching and winning percentages. An additional numeric upgrade may be given for huge size/weight - a '2' to a '3' possible.

this is a start, feel free to add opinions.

[Glenn-Philadelphia]

I envision the implementation as being more of ratings of the top fighters (skill wise) not just the number of fights. The number of fights is already factored in to their general fighting rating (current).

I think you have to identify the best fighters based on what has been observed. Does hockeyfights have an all time rating of won/lost fights? I know they used to have a poll for folks to vote on to determine who won an individual fight but being able to determine W/L across careers would be great.

When I think of fighters I put Reaves up near the top and he isn't even on the list below. Yeah Tkachuk throws a lot but he is a middle weight and not a heavy wight like Reaves is. I think weight class should be a factor/rating as well.

[Phil-Cornwall]

totally agree with ya.

I think fighting stats and designations can be much more easily compiled and tracked than any other hockey sim category.

And unless the fighter somehow 'retires' and stops fighting altogether or has a critical injury, his cat -3, 2 or 1 will remain somewhat stable, like you alluded to with Reaves.

I will find the career fighting records to include the hockeyfight.com 'wins' as they assign them, and compile them for more realism.

[Phil-Cornwall]

some bookmarks:

www.hockeyfights.com/stats

web.archive.org/web/20190120170139/http://dropyourgloves.com/fights/LeagueFighters.aspx?League=1

hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/most-career-nhl-fights.2797547/