Victor

1. Who was the first defenceman to be crowned rookie of the year? (Inspired by and therefore 1 uncapped TPE to @Jtv123) Two defencemen won the Bossy Trophy in its first four seasons of existence, with Hall of Famer Jochen Walser preceded by the lesser known of the Funk brothers in S3 - Raymond. Funk would later go on to found the VHL Magazine and be the agent of legendary goalie Aidan Shaw, earning a Builder induction alongside brother Dustin. I did do a double take when Rayz Funk joined the S67 VHL draft, some 30 seasons after we last saw Raymond. As Funk did not make the HOF, there were a few ways to find out he was a defenceman (assuming that figuring out that S2 winner Stolzschweiger was not was relatively straightforward). a) A search through Retired Players where he would come up with his position on Aidan Shaw's player page: https://vhlforum.com/forum/86-retired-players/ b) Looking him up in the all-time defencemen stats: https://vhlforum.com/topic/347-vhl-career-stats-updated-for-s71/ (Funk sits 112 in all-time points, right next to Ryan Kastelic before his move up front) c) Searching for him in the draft forum: https://vhlforum.com/forum/91-drafts/ d) Potentially others. 2. How many times have the Yukon Rush won the Founder's Cup? (Credit and 1 uncapped TPE to @Jbeezy76) The historic VHLM franchise has 5 Founder's Cups to its name. An expansion team alongside the VHL's Quebec in S31, the Rush burst out of the gates with a cup in their very first season and followed it up with 5 more finals and 3 more championships by S41, just 11 seasons into its existence. The cups have dried up since then though with only one more win coming in S59. They are a bit behind the other older VHLM franchises but also fellow S31 expansion team Bratislava, who have been defunct since S53. #BringBackBratislava You could have found this on the portal page for Founder's Cups: https://vhlportal.com/hof/awards/history/21 or the handy spreadsheet for VHLM playoff history: https://vhlforum.com/topic/2941-vhlm-playoff-history-updated-for-s71/ @solas 2 @rory 2 @Tate 2 @Mrpenguin30 2 @GrittyIsKing09 1 @okifenoki 2 @JBrew42 2 @TTtheT 2 @dlamb 2 @AW13 2 @Corco 2 @Z16 2 @Ricer13 2 @osens 2 @Mongoose87 2 @Da_Berr 2 @Rocket 2 @Advantage 2 @Hylands33 2 @Infernal 2 @Big Dee 2 @Turner 2 @BigTittySmitty 2 @Steve 2 @rjfryman 2 @jared 2 @turkey2349 2 @TheFlash 2 @zepheter 2 @JamesBond007 2 @Doomsday 2 @BladeMaiden 2 @fonziGG 2 @fishy 2 @Jared Willis 2 @jpsd 2 @SweatyBeaver 2 @IamMOOSE 2 @Blazzer 2 @PatrikLaine 1 @Motzaburger 2 @twists 2 @Bacon 2 @Acydburn 2 @Kyle 2 @Pengu 2 @jacobaa19 2 @Snussu 2 @S. Kuchar 2 @Ahma 2 @Kachur 2@studentized 2@DMaximus 2@Philliefan 2@Jer_Lefebvre 2@Spartan 2@Big Bob 2@KaleebtheMighty 2@MexicanCow123 2@Spence King 2@Brewins15 2@bigAL 2@Mr_Hatter 2@UnkemptCL4PTP 2@Poptart 2@Kendrick 2@NathanN 2@Rayzor_7 2@RStar 2@fever95 2@jman9theman9 2@dariusmarimotoman 2@wcats 2@Jtv123 2@flatl99 2@Greg_Di 2@Smarch 2@Enorama 2@GRZ 2@Speed 2@Midnite 2@Kekzkrieg 2@Jubo07 2@enigmatic 2@BarzalGoat 2@okochastar 2@Jbeezy76 2@Erik Summers 2@Tbeez99 2@G_Rush 2@Spaz 2@jRuutu 2@MattyIce 2@Tagger 2@McLovin 2@Garsh 2@DarkSpyro 2@Severnnin 2@DoktorFunk 2@Crstats23 2 @TXC 2@STZ 2@Velevra 2@Hooperorama 2@gorlab 2@DollarAndADream 2@LatinViking 2@dasboot 2@Telkster 2@VinCal 2@Donno100 2@KC15 2@Tape-to-Tape 2@McWolf 2@Renomitsu 2@a_Ferk 2@SirRupertBarnes 2@Shaka 2@CowboyinAmerica 2@frescoelmo 2@GustavMattias 2@Jubis 2@SlapshotDragon 2@Alex Bridges 2@PadStack 2@Boragina 2@HearnNation67 2@Advantage 2@leafsman 2@Cusemode 2@flyersfan1453 2@JeffD 2

Keep pumping out centers until you get one you like is what worked for me. Don't make defencemen they are Satan's players. Make player names you want to see in the Hall of Fame. (very vague because what names DO you want to see in the HOF? Life is an unwritten book). #MidnightThoughts

Should rename it to The Red Number so people take it more seriously.

Thank you all for your nominations! I can now reveal the following members will be going on the ballot: @Banackock @DMaximus @Enorama @Jubis @PatrikLaine @Renomitsu @Ricer13 @rjfryman @Sonnet @FrostBeard @Doomsday The following members also received 1 vote each so congratulations to you too: @Beaviss @DarkSpyro @bigAL @der meister @diamond_ace @dlamb @DoktorFunk @Jericho @probably not noah @GustavMattias @Jubo07 @McWolf @Motzaburger @JigglyGumballs @Mr_Hatter @Patrik Tallinder @Quik @Tagger @twists @Zetterberg and me - aww thanks

The other spreadsheet should have everything, you just need to play around with it to get career numbers rather than season by season.

https://vhlforum.com/topic/347-vhl-career-stats-updated-for-s71/

spoiler alert

The ploy to let Riga into the finals has been successful!

Good list for the portal era, maybe not quite all time.

he won the cup did he not

Will is really punishing us here.

oof at those shot totals 1. Riga Reign , Will Clarke 1 (Pengu 2) at 9:56 forgot about this guy and the inevitability of a Riga championship

3 straight from S22 to S24 which seems to be more common.

RIP you beautiful bastards

Hmm I remember us being better than that in S70 at home. Oh well, we lost 3 games all playoffs that season.

Week 2 of 2

Ever since their very productive partnership together in Riga for 6 seasons, it looks like the Moscow and Riga GMs just can't get enough of each other. First, Podrick Cast was traded from Riga to Moscow and they promptly met in the Moscow's first playoff appearance in S67. Now, they're on a streak of 4 straight conference final appearances in a row. The Reign won in S69 before the Menace came up on top the past two seasons, including en route to the S70 Continental Cup. Moscow has never gone through a postseason without meeting Riga and fans are already booking tickets to Latvia for next season's playoffs. This has only ever happened twice before in VHL history, peculiarly in the same 4-season spell - New York and Calgary, and also Helsinki and Riga both met every season from S31 to S34. New York and Riga took the first 3 series, before Helsinki and Calgary avenged their losses en route to an enthralling 7-game finals in S34. However, only 3 of these 4-season streaks were conference finals: Riga beat Helsinki in the first round in S31, while Calgary's win over New York was also only in the first round in S31. Therefore, this is the first time ever that the exact same conference final has been played out for 4 seasons in a row. Are Riga and Moscow sick of each other? Will anyone stop them from going again in S73? And does either have a chance at the Continental Cup this season? I guess we'll have to wait and see.

Kyle ?

Classic Higgins shithousery

S30 Calgary when I think everyone on the team had some sort of league job - LR was lit.

Woo, onto yet another meeting with Riga lol. Good series Helsinki, we'll see you soon I'm sure.

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TORONTO DESERVED BETTER

not 3-2, does not compute

Two a peace surely