NHL returns with #NHLPick15 contest on Twitter

22 Oct, 2009 | by

National Hockey LeagueOn Saturday, October 24rd, the Los Angeles Kings will play the Phoenix Coyotes in Phoenix, Arizona. But, in unique fashion, Every NHL team will take the ice on Saturday.

To mark this event, the National Hockey League is bringing back a contest on Twitter they call the #NHLPick15. The rules are simple. First and foremost, you need to get an account on Twitter. Next, you need to predict the winning team in all 15 games played on Saturday, October 24. The one fan that picks all 15 games correctly will win 2 tickets to any NHL game in the country (excluding only the Winter Classic.) Do it!

To enter, send a message to @NHL, and pick the 15 teams you think will win using the three letter team code below. You must include the hashtag “#NHLPick15″ to be entered, you must answer the tiebreaker question, “What is the total, combined number of penalty minutes that all 30 NHL teams will have in the games played on October 24th?”

Here’s my entry into the contest:

@NHLPicks NYR WAS BOS VAN PHI SJ PIT TB DAL MIN CHI COL LA CAL ANA, 274 pims #NHLPick15

Here’s the match-ups for Saturday, October 24th:

NYR @ MON,   WAS @ NYI,   BOS @ OTT,   FLO @ PHI,   TOR @ VAN,   SJ @ ATL,   NJ @ PIT,   BUF @ TB,   DAL @ STL,   CAR @ MIN,   NAS @ CHI,   DET @ COL,   LA @ PHX,   EDM @ CAL,   CLM @ ANA

For more information (including all rules in English and French), visit NHL.com.

Don’t forget to friend KingsCast up on Twitter and Facebook. Good luck!

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