The Puck
Every goal is the Referee entering the net. Every shift is twelve skaters trying to control the authority figure. The Puck is at every game simultaneously—the same entity, or different shards of the same entity? Unknown.
What The Puck does
Section titled “What The Puck does”- Officiates every match by being present on the ice.
- Decides, through whatever mechanism it uses, the outcome of every contested event.
- Speaks once per season. Exactly once.
The annual sentence
Section titled “The annual sentence”After every Final, The Puck delivers a single sentence. What it says when it speaks has, historically, been, well, historical. Le Council advises paying attention when The Puck speaks. Le Council advises paying attention at all other times as well.
The community maintains an archive of every sentence The Puck has ever spoken. New sentences are parsed for weeks after they land.
Star players it likes
Section titled “Star players it likes”The Magnetic modifier says it outright: “The Puck finds them.” A Magnetic player is involved in more events than they should be. More shots, more hits, more penalties. Great for a star. Terrible for a liability.
Shards or singleton?
Section titled “Shards or singleton?”The Puck is simultaneously in use at all 10 concurrent matchday games. Either:
- There is one Puck, and it exists in ten places at once, or
- There are ten Pucks, and they are all the same Puck.
Le Council has investigated. The investigation is Glacified.
See also
Section titled “See also”- The Almighty Ice—the god the Puck may or may not serve.
- Match modifiers—several of which are triggered by The Puck’s mood.