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Vultr is experiencing an outage at the moment, please bear with us until these outages pass thank you ❤️

Just making an announcement about how we are testing a new puck feel for season 2 of PPHL in NA Official and NA PUG servers, nothing currently is finalized and these tests are being done in the first place to further find the right "feel" of the puck!

Please direct any feedback to @GudHart

Happy pugging! ❤️

The wait is over. The website signup portals are fully native, operational, and ready for action.
Whether you are looking to grind as a player or lead a squad as a captain, here is everything
you need to know about the format, timeline, rules, and expectations for the upcoming season.
To ensure a highly competitive, balanced, and stable environment for our staff and community,
Season 2 will feature a 100% uniform 5v5 format across all divisions.
While our ultimate goal remains transitioning to a 6v6 format to simulate real hockey, running
6v6 on the current under-scaled ice compromises competitive balance, clogs lanes, and relies
too heavily on chaotic bounces. The league will execute a full, league-wide transition to 6v6 in
the future once the larger ice mod is finalized and fully stable.
We are operating on a flexible, relative weekly structure to keep things running smoothly:
● Weeks 1-2: Registration forms are officially open to the community on the website.
Vetting of captain applicants begins.
● Week 3 (Mid-Week): The Combine player showcases go live in dedicated, staff-hosted
public lobbies.
● Week 3 (Weekend): Registration closes, final team counts are locked, and the Season 2
Draft execution begins.
● Weeks 4-8: The Regular Season official schedule goes live on a fixed weekly grid.
● Week 9+: Post-season tournament bracket kicks off based on final regular-season
standings.
To help you plan your availability, games will run on a fixed weekly grid from 7:00 PM to 9:00
PM EST. The division schedules are structured as follows and will be subject to change given
the amount of signups for Season 2:
● Challenger Division (Div 2): Matches will be played on Thursdays and Saturdays.
● Premier Division (Div 1): Matches will be played on Fridays and Sundays.
● Format: Regular season matches follow a Double Round-Robin structure where every
team plays each other exactly twice.
● Playoffs: Post-season matches will run a Best of 3 (Bo3) series for Quarter/Semifinals,
culminating in a Best of 5 (Bo5) Grand Finals series.
We have completely ditched external Google Forms. Signups are now entirely handled natively
on our website.
👉 Sign Up Here: https://poncepuck.net/pphl/signup/
1. Log in via Steam to sync your player metrics and verify roster eligibility.
2. Link your Discord account so captains and league staff can easily coordinate drafts
and match times.
3. Use the new form tabs to seamlessly switch between the Player Pool Sign-Up and the
Captain Application. You can resubmit at any time to dynamically update your position
or availability.
When submitting your application, you will choose how you want to market yourself to team
captains:
● Preferred Position: Select a specific primary role if you
want to anchor that spot. Captains will draft you with the expectation that you primarily
play that position on the ice.
● Signing Up as a Flex: Selecting a flex option (Any Skater or Any) signals that you are
a versatile utility asset. You are telling captains you will gladly slot in wherever the team
needs you on any given night to cover an absence, adjust to a line strategy, or maximize
your playtime.
We are still hunting for dedicated community members to help us scale league operations, spice
up broadcasts, and expand our media coverage. If you have experience or interest in league
administration, streaming, casting/commentary, or graphic design, please let us know! We are
looking for streamers in particular, if that interests you we encourage you to sign up!
👉 Volunteer Application: https://poncepuck.net/volunteer/
Get your signups in, make sure your Discord links are secure, and let's get ready for a massive
Season 2! @PPHL

We have now updated:
#🎨・roles

You can now get the EU PPHL role in there!
And get access to #📢・pphl-announcements where you can find the link for the actual season.

IF YOU ALREAD HAVE THE ROLE AND REACT, IT WILL BE REMOVED, JUST REACT TO IT AGAIN THEN!

Hey @PPHL,

We know everyone has been eagerly waiting for the Season 2 signup portals to open up today. However, due to some sudden, unforeseen circumstances behind the scenes, we need to delay the official release by just a bit.

The website sign-up forms will officially open tomorrow.

Please rest assured that the staff and development teams are actively working through everything right now. We want to ensure that the moment you log in with Steam, link your Discord, and submit your applications, the system handles the intake flawlessly.

We appreciate your patience and massive support as we sort through this final hurdle. We will drop a massive ping the exact second the signup tabs go live tomorrow.

Hold tight, get your player preferences sorted, and get ready!

Due to recent players leaving the EU PPHL league, I have decided to open up the league for a certain amount of time.
You can find the discord link under this message.
Once you join the league, you will have to wait to be roled.

Quick info:
7 Teams.
6 Advance to playoffs.
Regular Season: Play each team twice, 1 week to complete both matches.

https://discord.gg/gVEh8y9ba
@EU

Coming soon in a server close to you.

We will be releasing signups shortly, here is what you need to know!

1. The New Puck
Firstly we want to test out a different puck before the season starts, we will be having plenty of testers and testing done with players that have signed up and will play in the league to ensure this puck meets all of our expectations. Testing will not be done in combines, as combines will be used to showcase players skills and synergy on the expected build for the season.

2. Player Pool Eligibility & Character Standards
We are moving away from mandatory combine participation for eligibility, please be aware that the league retains the right to reject applications to the player pool. Participation in the PPHL is a privilege, and we prioritize members who are active participants within the PoncePuck community (servers, Discord, etc.). Furthermore, we evaluate every applicant based on judgment of character—ensuring a competitive and positive environment is our top priority. If you not an active member of the community in any way, your signup will more than likely be rejected.

3. Combines
As mentioned, combines are not required to be eligible for the draft. However, we strongly encourage everyone to participate in combines and PUGs. This is your best opportunity to get your name out there, showcase your skills to captains, and provide feedback on our new puck testing.

4. Mod List Freeze
To ensure a stable and consistent testing environment, please note that the server mod list will be officially frozen once combines begin. All testing and feedback should be prioritized before this cutoff to ensure the final build meets the league's standards.

5. Join the Team!
We are still looking for dedicated volunteers to help us scale the league. If you have experience in league staff, streaming, commentating, or graphic design, please fill out the form below.

👉 Volunteer Form: https://poncepuck.net/volunteer/

@PPHL

please use the https://discord.com/channels/796443532566069299/1509368657120198778 channel to post your clips if you want to have a chance for them to be featured on social media! 😄

If someone can quantize the difference (my dashes remove x% more stam!!), that would help me out alot.
DM me if possible.

Although most of you are probably aware, we wanted to share with those who may not be in other leagues/servers.

Gaf plans on pushing the long-awaited update tonight. This means puck will offline for a few hours while the migration takes place.

While we have had access to the various builds of this update to make sure our mods migrate with as few hiccups as possible, please be aware that they may take some time to fully integrate. We appreciate your patience during this process, and thank you to all of those who have helped and continued to make Ponce Puck possible!

Edit: my grammar sucks

@everyone

Hello ! I want to collect some data for our migration of our mods on the pre-release version of Puck.
If you are a Puck's Patreon donator, come by our testing server and play some games !

• All servers will be rebooted at 6PM EST for maintenance

Apologies for the inconvenience, it should not take long

We need all of your help cheering us on as we attempt to take a series lead on our home servers in this best of seven bout!

Watch live here at: Twitch.tv/poncepuck

# EU LEAGUE UPDATE!

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- The open registration for the EU league is closed.

If you signed up but were not added to the league, it means we were unable to find you using the information you provided.

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-# If you wish to attend the league make a ticket and ping me, then we can speak about it. Before 2026-05-10 21:59 UTC

This Tuesday, May 5th, at 8 pm est we will be having the first ever cross league game in NA puck history! We need your guys support as we take on the big PHL in our home servers here at Ponce! This will be a best of 7 format with each team getting 2 home games and the side scoring the most goals will get home ice for the remaining 3 games (if needed). We want all of you to help give us that extra boost tuesday as we look to take a series lead!

The lineup for your ponce admin team will be
@Razepage @Cavy
@Ami @Cookie
@Hecow

The lineup for the phl admins will be
@pretty @YODEADGUY
@Austin @Wren
@emma

Catch game one and two live here:
https://www.twitch.tv/poncepuck

Catch game three and four live here:
https://www.twitch.tv/puckhockeyleaguenetwork

We hope to see you all in the twitch chat!

@everyone

We are doing amazing so far!

Max of 1 submission per person

Password is: pnpk

https://bracketchallenge.nhl.com/en/leagues/51198

@everyone

Hello,

For quite some time, there has been strong interest in creating an EU league, similar to our NA league. The admin team has discussed this idea extensively, and we’ve decided to move forward and give it a try.

Before teams begin forming, we’d like to get an idea of how many players are interested in participating. If you’d like to be part of the league, please fill out the form linked below.

All details regarding the league, including rules, team structure, and other information, will be shared once registration has closed.

Registration ends:
2026-04-30 22:00 UTC

Form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfXF_vR4SA86FoO21cYN9XbjPr3z64wP1o_sdqdNkxjBQwjSw/viewform?usp=dialog

@EU

https://github.com/oomtm450/Ruleset_PuckMod/pull/243
Will be on restarted servers.

Possession system removed for further testing.
https://github.com/oomtm450/Ruleset_PuckMod/pull/242
Will be on restarted servers.

https://github.com/oomtm450/Ruleset_PuckMod/pull/241
Will be on restarted servers.

It has come to our attention one of the members in our puck community has been having health issues. I won’t be going over all of this as wren has more knowledge then me but please, if you were willing and able to provide any support feel free to reach out to @Wren

For those of you who have enjoyed our Pro Division stream this season will know who I am talking about and have heard his casting. To those who haven't, W1nters joined us at the beginning of the season to help cast some Pro Division Puck. He's a great guy with a great southern accent who has a passion for casting physics based hockey. HQM Guys have a long and storied history with W1nters and his TTS casting companion Ayla (IYKYK). He's a generous soul who agreed to come and do casting for us regardless of having no prior knowledge of Puck or ever have talked to myself before.

I know this is a sad sounding beginning to this announcement but don't worry for the worst W1nters is very much alive, but he does need our help.
W1nters had to cut his casting season short due to illness.

I'm not going to put all of his personal information on blast but he's recently come into some heart related issues leaving him unable to cast due to shortness of breath and cant get around very much right now due to fatigue.

Health care in the USA is not cheap and I feel awful knowing he will be taking on financial stress on top of health issues. For those who don't know, W1nters is a seasoned gentleman. He currently doesn't have employment (for privacy reasons I wont disclose the reasons why).

W1nters did NOT ask me to do this, and I'm not expecting all of you to give money you don't have. But, I would feel guilty having this platform and not trying to do something positive with it to help somebody in the community.

If you were willing to help out at all even just a dollar, please shoot me a message and I will give you his PayPal address, Cashapp, or Venmo. (I don't want to potentially expose him to spam, phishing attempts or anything else)

Thank you for reading this, take care and keep W1nters in your hearts ❤️

Testing on CHI testing right now :
Added penalty timers in the UI.
Testing delay of game not being called when the puck was touched too fast.
Added more server-sided logs to help with debugging.
If you have any problem with pak's dash (q and e), uninstall PakCompetitiveSkating and restart game.
If you can't see the penalty timers, uninstall TEST - Ruleset and restart game.

There is an issue with the NQ premium bot, it is not recognizing that it is in the server so it is not allowing me to make any changes.

I have the NeatQueue dev in here looking into it, and hopefully it will be fixed soon.

Testing on CHI testing right now :
Reinstated base game max speed.
Testing minor misc fixes.
Added more server-sided logs to help with debugging.
If you have any problem with pak's dash (q and e), uninstall PakCompetitiveSkating and restart game.
If you can't call when refereeing, uninstall TEST - Ruleset and restart game.