game.js

Games = new Meteor.Collection('games');
Games.allow({
  update: ownsDocument,
  remove: ownsDocument
});
Games.deny({
  update: function(userId, game, fieldNames) {
    // may only edit the following two fields:
    return (_.without(fieldNames, 'awayTeamName', 'homeTeamName').length > 0);
  }
});
Meteor.methods({
 game: function(gameAttributes) {
   var user = Meteor.user()
   
   if (!user)
     throw new Meteor.Error(401, "You need to login to create new games");

   if (!gameAttributes.awayTeamName)
     throw new Meteor.Error(422, 'Please fill in an away team');

   if (!gameAttributes.homeTeamName)
     throw new Meteor.Error(422, 'Please fill in an home team');

   // pick out the whitelisted keys
   var game = _.extend(_.pick(gameAttributes, 'awayTeamName', 'homeTeamName'), {
     userId: user._id, 
     author: user.username, 
     submitted: new Date().getTime(),
     currentFrame: 0
   });
   var gameId = Games.insert(game);
   
   var teamOneId = Teams.insert({
     gameId: gameId,
     name: gameAttributes.awayTeam,
     opponentName: gameAttributes.homeTeam,
     score: 0,
     stDev: 0,
     projectedTotal: 0
   });
   var teamTwoId = Teams.insert({
     gameId: gameId,
     name: gameAttributes.awayTeam,
     opponentId: teamOneId,
     opponentName: gameAttributes.homeTeam,
     score: 0,
     stDev: 0,
     projectedTotal: 0
   });

 

   return gameId;
 }
});

game_submit.js

Template.gameSubmit.events({
  'submit form': function(e) {
    e.preventDefault();

    var game = {
      awayTeamName: $(e.target).find('[name=awayTeamName]').val(),
      homeTeamName: $(e.target).find('[name=homeTeamName]').val()
    }

    Meteor.call('game', game, function(error, id) {
        if (error) {
        // display the error to the user
            throwError(error.reason);
            if (error.error === 302)
                Router.go('gamePage', {_id: error.details})
            } else {
                Router.go('gamePage', {_id: id});
        }
    });

  }
});