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1. Which of these Davos players was not a recipient of the first four Brett Slobodzian Trophies (MVP as voted by the players) ever awarded? (Credit and 1 uncapped TPE to @animal74) Davos used to win a ton of trophies, team and individual, but despite being a Hall of Famer, goalies were just not respected enough in the olden days so Benoit Devereux did not get the Slobo in those first 4 seasons. Full list of Slobo winners here: https://vhlportal.com/hof/awards/history/6 2. Who was the first player to win 2 consecutive Matt Bentz Trophies? (Credit and 1 uncapped TPE to @UnkemptCL4PTP) This questions had to be reworded slightly because Jakub Vilhjalmsson was not the first player to win the Bentz Trophy twice (although he is since it was renamed the Bentz). Samuel Grabovski (S13, S19) and Evgeni Galchenyuk (S23, S29) did it first but at different ends of their careers - Vilhjalmsson did it back to back in S59 and S60. Good for him. Out of the single-time winners, there's actually a good amount of future VHL stars: https://vhlportal.com/hof/awards/history/31

So there have been some developments since we last spoke... After the GM announcement, we sent the GMs the logos that have been made for the VHLE to finalise those for each respective team. With some this was a straightforward process as the GMs selected pre-existing or slightly updated logos from the original VHL teams. Unfortunately, two VHLE franchises, the Berlin Steel and Paris Revolution, were brand new and not reusing past logos. Although Kaleeb made two fine logos for those, as we dug into the detail during the process, it came to our attention that there were some lookalike logos already existing in the internet. After a thorough review of Kaleeb's process, we have concluded there was no foul play intended, however in the interest of protecting the VHL from any copyright issues, we have decided to scale back the new teams in the VHLE. So Berlin and Paris are no more. Instead, they are being replaced by two other concepts that got significant support - the Rome Gladiators and Istanbul Red Wolves. Both of those are based on old VHLM logos (Minot and Moscow respectively) so after speaking with the affected GMs we decided this was the most effective resolution. I am pleased to lay out the final logos below and take this opportunity to thank everyone who contributed to the logo creation process, from the OGs to Z and Kaleeb, and to @Enorama for creating his classic banners to go along with them. But just before revealing the logos, a further announcement. Now with GMs and logos in place, we can announce that the inaugural, S80 VHLE draft will be a snake draft (i.e. 6th overall then goes again and picks 7th while 1st overall pick 12th, and everything in between). How will we decide the order of the 1st round though? A tournament! Everyone eligible to play in the VHLE right now, being in that sweet spot of 201-400 TPA, will be randomly allocated to one of the 6 VHLE teams, and it will be up to the 6 GMs to guide their teams to 1st place in a mini tournament. The prize for winning? The right to choose which draft position they want, from 1st to 6th. 2nd place gets 2nd choice and so on and so forth. We will announce rosters for the tournament at a later date - although in the meantime, get ready to get hype if you are on the eligible list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17CQa1SHTvLCvo65-yBhctaL_d8lyYgc3Bcpy3qhbHx4/edit?usp=sharing But for now, here are some exceptionally good looking logos! Vasteras Iron Eagles @rjfryman Cologne Express @Advantage Istanbul Red Wolves @KaleebtheMighty Stockholm Vikings @thadthrasher Rome Gladiators @InstantRockstar Bratislava Watchmen @FrostBeard

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@youloser1337 2 @M1nT 2 @McKelvie 2 @DoktorFunk 2 @Matt thunder 2 @IHateBobNutting 2 Agito#4842 2 @Vkobe-v 2 @Ahma 2 @Bojovnik 2 @Garsh 2 @MexicanCow123 2 Tipton 2 @Red 2 @N0HBDY 2 @Tate 2 @Rhynex Entertainment 2 @Jubis 2 @Webberj 2 @Seabass 2 @Mongoose87 2 @STZ 2 @jaredc7 2 @hockeyis66 2 @GustavMattias 2 @Ricer13 2 @Eso 2 @tinafrombobsburgers 2 @Brewins15 2 @Phil 2 @BOOM 2 @Ledge and Dairy 2 @Minion 2 @BarzalGoat 2 @TMGSosa 2 @fromtheinside 2 @FrostBeard 2 @KC15 2 @jared 2 @Birdman 2 @Domg5 2 @Darth Kaprizov 2 @Gaikoku-hito 2 @Joker_TM 2 @Acydburn 2 @WereBuzzing 2 @Spartakiller2 2 @CowboyinAmerica 2 @TheNeonShaman 2 @jRuutu 2

1. Which of these goalies has not been crowned playoff MVP in the last 10 seasons? (Credit and 1 uncapped TPE to @Red) All goalies to pick from have won the Kanou fairly recently, 4 times in Funk's case, but Pepper's win came in S66 - now over 10 seasons ago. It looks like it will remain Helsinki's most recent cup win for a few seasons, meaning their streak of winning a cup every decade comes to an end. Full list of Kanou winners: https://vhlportal.com/hof/awards/history/7 2. Who is the all-time leading scorer for the Philadelphia Reapers? (Credit and 1 uncapped TPE to @ryan lol - whoever that is) Philadelphia has been a fairly successful VHLM franchise since inception but that generally is reflected in players quickly moving into the VHL. Instead, Bud Knight stuck around for 6 seasons from S67 to S72, meaning his total of 564 points will be hard to beat (the next highest for the Reapers has 290). Ironically, Knight missed out on both the S66 and S75 Founder's Cup won by Philly making his existence even more futile. Info comes from the Reapers stats page: https://vhlportal.com/teams/16

ba da bing ba da boom and you're da new yawk gm

Week 2results are coming imminently. In the meantime... https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfT5j1NxxwoGAkASEyB0Jkl3JlbcMoAIEtvmPKabxryr3Sahw/viewform?usp=sf_link Each correct answer is worth 1 capped TPE at the end of the week. Don't reveal the answer in public, but if you're not sure, ask around, here, or in the special trivia Discord channel.

We will be waiting for you.

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@weekz 2 @Ahma 2 @AW13 2 @KC15 2 @73MPL4R 2 @Jubis 2 @BOOM 2 @JB123 1 @BarzalGoat 2 @a_Ferk 2 @Agito 2 @Midnite 2 @qripll 2 @Bojovnik 2 @MetalToday 1 @fromtheinside 2 @Matt thunder 2 @M1nT 2 @Vat 2 @jRuutu 2 @RomanesEuntDomus 2 @ajwllmsn 2 @bluesfan55 2 @TMGSosa 2 @Baby Boomer 2 @v.2 2 @Darth Kaprizov 2 @STZ 2 @Greg_Di 2 @SlapshotDragon 2 Shaggy Tipton 1 @bukss_a 2 @fonziGG 2 @IHateBobNutting 2 @BrutalBoost 2 @hockeyis66 2 @FBR 2 @DollarAndADream 2 @124715 2 @Red 2 @MrShark 2 @Big Dee 2 @jared 2 @TartarSauceSk8r 2 @Garsh 2 @Infernal 2 @Thunfish 2 @Jubo 2 @aksuko 2 @Greg Ernest 2

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1. In S50, the Toronto Legion completed an unprecedented threepeat in Game 7. Who was the GM of the team which was one win from stopping them? (Credit and 1 uncapped TPE to @Gooningitup) So the question tells you that S50 is the season you need, so all you need to find out is who did Toronto beat for their 3rd straight cup? That was Davos, and they were GMed by Vladamir Komarov, who also submitted this question. The bits you'd need for this are: The list of cup winners and finalists: https://vhlportal.com/hof/awards/history/1 (or the S50 playoff index but beware of those in terms of GM info - also you should never need to use those to answer a trivia q) The list of GMs (Davos' specifically): https://vhlforum.com/topic/1060-vhl-all-time-gms/ 2. With Canada winning bronze at the S78 World Cup, that means they have now gone 6 tournaments without gold, last winning in S66. Is that their longest drought without a gold medal? Not even close tbh. The number one resource for this is the World Cup medal tracker found here: https://vhlforum.com/topic/29475-world-cup-medals-by-team/ That shows that while Canada is on a fairly long streak given the size of the player pool, it's still a while before they match their worst - having gone on a drought of 8 tournaments during the Scandinavian dominance of S20-S34 (Canada got 3 silvers and 2 bronze in that period). Still time to stop the rot.

Week 1 results are coming imminently. In the meantime... https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScG7szV8wLon9TnPCppQtRkOK6aXj5gY51sfNlIeMrIupG89g/viewform?usp=sf_link Each correct answer is worth 1 capped TPE at the end of the week. Don't reveal the answer in public, but if you're not sure, ask around, here, or in the special trivia Discord channel.

Agreed. Relying on a scoring system I came up with in S36 or something might be outdated.

Think the other half of the GMs all wanted the jobs too. VHLE is the place to be.

Believe it or not, we are back. A bit later (maybe) than expected, but start of S79 @Members tag is here. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfbkwCJKo10RRultvmEwaj2_TbkV5QGfmNWUnBRKUOLVzqCMg/viewform?usp=sf_link Each correct answer is worth 1 capped TPE at the end of the week. Don't reveal the answer in public, but if you're not sure, ask around, here, or in the special trivia Discord channel.

tears in my eyes he's learned so fast

IR too actually!

Well it is time for another big VHLE announcement. We have the teams, we're gonna sort out the logos, but who are the 6 lovely folk who get to finalise those? It was an extremely tough and rigorous process, with I believe over 30 people who put their name forward and certainly over 20 who received and submitted Google forms to complete. There was a very solid set of answers there which Acyd and I took a few days mulling over and then came my least favourite part, having to PM everyone who didn't make the cut. But now onto the fun bit which makes up for it - the big reveal! Without further ado, it gives me great pleasure to announce the inaugural S80 VHLE General Managers: BERLIN STEEL: @KaleebtheMighty BRATISLAVA WATCHMEN: @FrostBeard COLOGNE EXPRESS: @Advantage PARIS REVOLUTION: @InstantRockstar STOCKHOLM VIKINGS: @thadthrasher VASTERAS IRON EAGLES: @rjfryman Congrats everyone and bring on the next phase of #hype

Getting hard carried by DA BEARZ

Did anyone end up doing Downey @Zetterberg?

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