Sixteen Are Registered

We already knew there were sixteen teams preparing for the opening round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs tomorrow, but The Hockey Show was busy last night getting sixteen people registered for Survivor: NHL Playoffs! If you called in, both Jason and I want to thank for registering for the contest. We filled all sixteen spots in approximately 40 minutes, so we had an incredible response to the contest being run this year. If you missed out on the opportunity, you'll unfortunately have to wait until next season for the contest to return, but that's what fourteen NHL teams are doing right now as they watch their peers compete for the hardest trophy to win in all of sports! Who got which team? Who is against whom in the opening round tomorrow? Let's find out!

We'll start in the Eastern Conference since they have the only games scheduled tomorrow as the New York Islanders and Carolina Hurricanes kick things off followed by the Original Six battle between Toronto and Boston. Here are the matchups for Round One!

It should be noted that last year's champion, Mike, and last year's finalist, Wayne, are both in the same conference this year. That means only one of them have a shot at one of the two grand prizes this year, so there's a little bit of a bonus for the other fourteen entrants! There should be some solid series in the East, and I'm already pumped for a few of them!

The Western Conference gets its side of the playoffs going on Sunday when the Winnipeg Jets host the Colorado Avalanche while Nashville Predators fans are going to have to stay up late to see them battle the Vancouver Canucks. Here are the matchups in the wild West!

Tom's a previous two-time winner of the contest, and he'll see his Kings having their hands full with Jared's Oilers. That dogfight in the Central Division featuring late entry Vegas will only see one of Dallas, Winnipeg, Colorado, or Vegas advance to the conference final as three of the heavyweights out west will be gone before the final. The West can literally be won by any of the eight teams, so get yourself settled in for what appears to be high drama in Western Conference!

As stated, sixteen people are now competing for the grand prizes in the Survivor: NHL Playoffs contest on UMFM, and we'll have updates on the show this week. The good news is that none of the series are scheduled to play Game Four before Thursday next week, so everyone has a week to relax before exit interviews start! Enjoy the hockey, folks, and good luck to the sixteen teams and the sixteen individuals looking for playoff success!

Until next time, keep your sticks on the ice!