Join our Olympic Hockey Bingo tournament for the Milan Games!!
No matter which nation you’re rooting for (or against), you can win and help out hundreds of community college students by joining our Olympic Hockey Bingo tournament.
Entry fee is $10 (one Bingo card) + $5 for each additional card. Every card you buy is applied to every hockey game. You can also access our live Bingo tracker which will automatically tell you whose cards are hitting the most squares. You won’t have to watch all the games or check ESPN every hour - we’ll take care of all that for you!
You can pay via Venmo here. Add the following information in your Venmo note:
"Olympic Hockey Bingo" with the number of cards you want to buy.
An email address where we can send your cards and your donation letter.
$10 buys one Bingo card that is used for every hockey game until the gold medal is awarded on February 22. You don't need to do anything! I track the stats and will post regular Bingo updates. Add more Bingo cards for $5 each. These will also be in play for every hockey game during the Olympics.
Proceeds benefit the L.A.S.E.R. Fund at Chabot College, which provides student scholarships and other support for the Language Arts division. You can read about the L.A.S.E.R. fund at this link. We’ve had an incredibly successful year. Highlights include:
Hosting conferences for faculty across the state - both CATESOL (ESL/ELD) and FLANC (World Languages) provided great professional development by and for instructors from around the state, from elementary school to university.
Our English department was recognized as a 2025 Pathway Champion for having one of the highest student success rates in the state!
Feel free to send any questions to me at coach.pinza@gmail.com or via Instagram @misterpinza. This can include alternate ways to pay - I'm pretty flexible there.
How the game works:
Every Olympic Hockey Bingo card will be scored across a series of six to eight games. Each card gets scored for each series independently; the card is considered "wiped clean" after each series. Both Women’s and Men’s games count on the same Bingo card.
Every square on your Bingo card represents a different incident that may occur during the series. The square will also list a group - A, B, or C - that corresponds to a handful of participating nations. See below for how nations are grouped for this game (based mainly on how the men’s teams are grouped):
A nation can “hit” a Bingo square if their women’s or men’s team performs the incident listed within a given series.
There will be a total of nine series - nine chances to win - for the Olympics. Prizes for the top Bingo card in each series will be based on the number of players in the game.
Series schedule and prize amounts as of the current blog date.
February 5 & 6: 6 games, Women’s group play. { $2 prize }
February 7 & 8: 6 games, Women’s group play. { $2 prize }
February 9 & 10: 8 games, Women’s group play. { $2 prize }
February 11 & 12: 6 games, Men’s group play. { $2 prize }
February 13: 8 games, Men’s group play + Women’s Quarterfinals. { $3 prize }
February 14: 6 games, Men’s group play + Women’s Quarterfinals. { $3 prize }
February 15 & 16: 6 games, Men’s group play + Women’s Semifinals. { $5 prize }
February 17 & 18: 8 games, Men’s playoffs + Quarterfinals. { $5 prize }
February 19-22: 6 games, Men’s Semifinals + All medal games. { $6 prize }
Scoring
Each square gets marked off as the incident occurs (see below for a complete list of all the possible squares and their definition.) If an incident occurs multiple times in the same game, you earn a point for each of these occurrences.
The official International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) report for each game will be used as the source for which incidents occurred and how many times. I use the Wikipedia articles for the women’s and men’s hockey tournaments to find these game reports.
You earn "BINGO" on your card by marking off five squares in a row - horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
Rankings
The top-scoring card for every series will earn a prize for its owner: an offer of a "refund" of part or all of your total donation. The number of players determines the size and quantity of the prizes. Keep checking the top of this blog entry to see how the prize pool develops.
The top-scoring card for each game will be based on:
a) Total number of five-in-a-row Bingo's. If these are tied,
b) Total number of unique squares marked on the card. If these are also tied,
c) Total number of points earned across all squares. (The example above would score 21 points.)
d) If still tied, the player who has won the fewest Bingo games thus far will be awarded the prize.
If all of these are tied, then multiple winners will be declared for that game, and they would split the available prize pool for that game evenly.
Incidents and Definitions
Here are all the possible incidents and their precise definitions. Again, the official IIHF game reports will be the source for which incidents occurred and how many times. I use the Wikipedia articles for the women’s and men’s hockey tournaments to find these game reports. There are a total of thirty-nine different unique incidents; twenty-five will appear on each Bingo card.
[A], [B], and [C] refer to the groups of nations below. One of the nations listed in the group must perform the incident - either the women’s or the men’s team - in order to mark that square.
Incidents
Game Results
Win a game: A nation from the listed group [A] or [B] or [C] wins a game in the series.
Interm lead: A nation from the listed group is leading at the first or second intermission of any game. (Hockey games are three periods with two intermissions in between.)
Game tied @ interm: At either the first or second intermission of any game, the score is tied. If nations from two different groups are playing, both will mark this square.
Overtime game: Any game in the series goes into overtime. If nations from two different groups are playing, both will mark this square.
Scoreless period: A nation from the listed group scores no goals during a period in any game in the series.
Team and Individual Statistics
1st goal in game: A nation from the listed group scores the first goal in any game in the series.
SH goal: A nation from the listed group scores a goal while short-handed in any game in the series. This includes situations where the team is killing a penalty; it does not include when both teams skate four players to a side (4 v 4).
Player 2G in game: A player from a nation in the listed group scores two goals in the same game.
Player 3 pts (g): A player from a nation in the listed group scores three points in the same game. (Points are the total of goals plus assists.)
Dman 2pts (g): A defenseman from a nation in the listed group scores two points in the same game. (Points are the total of goals plus assists.)
10+ PIM in game: A nation from the listed group accrues ten minutes or more in total penalties in any game in the series.
Goalie 30 saves (g): A goalie from a nation in the listed group records thirty or more saves in any game in the series.
Goalie SO/pt/pen: A goalie from a nation in the listed group records any of the following in any game in the series: a shutout, a goal, an assist, or a penalty of any kind.
Donation receipt letters
I will send every player a letter for their donation next week. The amount listed in the letter will deduct the amount you've won from whatever you initially paid. (If you paid $30 and won $5, the letter will show a $25 donation.)
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