Hockey in SL? Why, yes, there is! Come visit GOHA!

Global Online Hockey Association is the sports league you've heard about in Second Life! GOHA is featured on SL's Showcase, SL6B Linden birthday celebration, TreetTV, CNN's website, and around the virtual worlds and internet. Come be a part of the fun!

**We have been thrilled to lately introduce special features that make it a snap for those with real life physical disabilities to be able to play this game with us. If you would like to experience simulated hockey but are hesitant due to real life problems with your hands or coordination or other issues, speak to myself or Dyz Warburton.**

Your equipment and participating in the league is FREE. Our league exists solely through the dedication and volunteer efforts of many long time players and we gladly welcome new folks into the fold. We all love the game of ice hockey as well as the longstanding friendships that have developed through this historic SL sporting group. Besides play the game we have many outside activities as a group, it's a great social setting if you're bored or lonely in SL. We are a full-fledged sporting community and love to welcome new people.

The league was born years ago after I came to SL in 2004 and discovered a beautiful outdoor rink (but no players, no teams) and worked hard with a group of folks to achieve our dream to bring hockey to Second Life. Since that time, the league has grown by leaps and bounds from 1 division and 2 teams, to 2 divisions and 10 teams.We are playing Season 9 which will end in November and planning is already in place for Season 10. We welcome you to jump into Season 9 or even just get trained for Season 10.

Our game script was created as a team with the league collaborating with the maker of Wastelands, NeoBokrug Elytis and our own longtime league member and professional scriptor Dyz Warburton of Dyzware. The game offers the most realistic hockey game you could imagine in SL. The game boasts life-like animations and game play and rules based on NHL play, with our own developed modifications to meet SL demands. You will see goalies making breathtaking glove saves, players hit hard enough to knock them facedown into the ice, and more. If you love hockey, it will take your breath away.

Our fantastic rink is built on two Class 5 sims. Spectators are on one side and players on the other. The rink is specifically built to maximize SL performance with minimal prims and rendering costs, along with freedom of movement, so that you can enjoy the game with minimal lag. It's the game that's important! You will love our long league history featured in the only hockey Hall of Fame in Second Life. Come check out our long and enjoyable history here inside SL.

On Sundays, our games are filmed by the famous TreetTV (formerly SLCN) and broadcast in and out of game. You'll love our announcers Zen Paine, Kert Upshaw and KingHenrik Lundquist as they provide professional live coverage of our games in an awesome studio on-site. You can contact Starr Sonic or Wiz Norberg for advertising information.

On our professional website, you can find a ton of information. The website includes forums, photo history, league rules, history pages, 8 seasons of awards, and much more. Also, unique to the sports world, we have a statistics engine created by Dyz Warburton that provides UP TO THE MINUTE game statistics, team and individual statistics. There's nothing like it anywhere else; you can even watch stats update LIVE as a game goes on.

Website:
http://www.globalonlinehockeyassociation.com
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Global-Online-Hockey-Association-GOHA/135425871455

Come on by the rink and pick up your free sticks and jerseys. We welcome anyone to get involved now and become a part of the action for Season 9 and 10. Talk to any GOHA member for information on getting started with us. We welcome anyone of any skill level and will help you train! Search hockey in Places or IM me in-game and I am glad to drop you a landmark and show you around personally.

Just announced today, we will be starting up again our rookie training games on Tuesdays, Thursdays at 5pm and Sundays at 9am. These events allow for you to learn the game at a slower-moving pace, with veterans on hand to assist you in the process.

Please contact Jack Belvedere or Katia Ixtab in-game, and we'll help you get started.