All 45 teams

Updated October 9, 2026

Brudvig Hockey has 45 teams, rated from 94 OVR (the Milwaukee Pucks) down to 66 (the California Gold). The rating changes how well the computer plays a team and how it does in simulated Challenge Cup games. Each team also has its own speed, hitting and size, a style of play, a roster and three jerseys. All of them are made up. None of them are affiliated with anyone.

The top six: 1. Milwaukee Pucks, 2. St Paul Norsemen, 3. American Eagles, 4. Canadian Greats, 5. Moscow Mules, 6. Norwegian Fjords. Everyone else sits in the middle, and the California Gold sit at the bottom by a comfortable margin.

Power rankings

Teams with the same OVR share a rank. Speed, hitting and size are out of 5.

What the numbers do

• OVR is overall quality. A better team's computer-controlled players read the play faster, finish better and skate a touch quicker, and in Challenge Cup simulations the better team wins more often: 94 against 66 is about 97%, equal ratings are a coin flip. The edge is gentle in a real game. The worst team still beats the best one now and then.
• Speed is top skating speed.
• Hitting is weight in collisions: who flies and who doesn't.
• Size is how big the players look, plus a little extra weight.
• Shooting is the same for every team. A goal is a goal.

Playing styles

Each team's computer players follow a style: how often they shoot, pass, cycle, forecheck, stretch the ice and hit.

• Shoot first. Every puck goes on net. Volume over beauty. Milwaukee Pucks, American Eagles, Canadian Greats, Edmonton Frostbite, Kazakh Nomads, Chicago Windbags, Seoul Searchers.
• Crash and bang. Dump it in, chase it, hit whoever has it. St Paul Norsemen, British Bulldogs, German Barbarians, Philadelphia Jawns, Mexican Mariachi, Boston Beans, Newark Layovers, Detroit Gearheads, Alaska Moose, Maine Lobstahs.
• The trap. They clog the middle and wait for you to make a mistake. Patience is their whole personality. Moscow Mules, Toronto Raccoons, Chinese Wall, Buffalo Lake Effect, Colorado Yetis, Swiss Cheese, Slovak Slowpokes.
• Patient cycle. Low to high, high to low, until somebody gets bored and leaves a lane open. Norwegian Fjords, Pittsburgh Pierogies, Swedish Sharks, African Elephants, Austrian Yodelers.
• Stretch passes and odd-man rushes. Long passes up the ice and odd-man rushes. Risky. Fun to watch. Jersey City Commuters, Texas Ice Bandits, Latvian Lynx, Florida Hockettes, Tokyo Cranes, Winnipeg Mosquitoes, Seattle Drizzle.
• Puck possession. Short passes and keep-away. Pretty when it works. Montreal Poutine, New York Noblemen, Finnish Fish, Czech Mates, Madison Squeakers, Danish Pastries, California Gold.
• Balanced. A bit of everything. The control group. Red, Blue.

Jerseys: Light, Dark and Alt

Every team has three jerseys. Light is the white one. Dark is the team color. Alt is a themed third jersey, like the gold one the Moscow Mules wear. Pick one in Choose teams or in the online lobby. If nobody picks, the home team wears Light and the away team wears Dark. If the two jerseys would look too alike on the ice, the away team switches automatically, so the teams always read apart. Goalies match their team.

Every team

Bonus teams

Eight more teams are in Choose teams, after the league: T. rexes, aliens, real moose, robots and more. Play them in any mode except the Challenge Cup. They aren't in the league, so they aren't in the rankings.

• The Titans 88
• The Dawgs 86
• The Rex 95
• The Aliens 91
• The Moose 85
• The Robots 50
• The Mushrooms 83
• The Trees 86