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With the VHLM regular season coming to a close, we managed to sit down with Minnesota Storm goalie Woody McPine for a quick interview. The young stud has a 59-10-1 record through 70 games, with 9 shutouts. Q: Woody, you've had an incredible season so far. What do you attribute to your success? W: Well, I put in a lot of hard work at the tree farm in the offseason that made me stronger and faster. But ultimately, it comes down to my incredible teammates. We wouldn't be here without all of us working together. Q: Now, you've been pulled twice in the last five games, both against Saskatoon. Is that something you're concerned about with the playoffs coming up? W: No I don't think so. Everyone has tough games and I'll bounce back in time if we play them in playoffs. Just have to make sure I'm mentally prepared. Q: How do you mentally prepare yourself before each game? W: I like to get in the zone by listening to music and just being off in my own little world for a bit before we hit the ice. Q: How do you stay focused during the game? W: Everyone knows who the dangerous players are on each team, and which players specialize on getting under your skin. You have to try and ignore what they say and do, and shrug it off when they put a puck past you. It's easier said than done (chuckles). Q: Switching gears, you were once again selected to represent Team Canada at the World Junior Championships. How was the experience this year compared to last year? W: It was a little different since I didn't play as much this year. But it was still an honour to wear the Maple Leaf and come away with a bronze. Q: A huge honour for sure. Now back to the regular season. You got your 100th career win this season, any thoughts on that? W: Oh that was a huge thrill. We had a bit of a celebration afterwards with the team. I have the puck on my bookshelf at home. Q: What kind of books do you read? W: A little bit of everything really. But mostly biographies of musicians and athletes, or fantasy/sci-fi adventures. Q: This is likely your final season before moving up to the big leagues with Prague. Excited? W: Excited is an understatement (laughs). I never dreamed of this growing up, so I want to soak it all in and don't want to take anything for granted. Q: Have any predictions for the upcoming playoffs? W: It'll be tough, but if we can focus and play as a team, I think we can win it all. Last season we had home ice advantage in our first series against San Diego but still lost in 6 games. So we have a chip on our shoulders this year and want to prove any doubters out there. Q: Well Woody, thanks for siting down with us and good luck the rest of the way. W: Not a problem, thanks for having me. Word Count: 518

1. I think we'll get 123 2. All of us, once we win the 'ship ? 3. Playoffs, that's what really matters 4. I'd say defence. Can't lose if the other team can't score 5. Probably peppers or onions 6. Just try to get in the zone and listen to music. And getting dressed in the same order each game

The Minnesota Storm have been dominating teams all season long, out-shooting their opponents by a wide margin in many games. In their most recent meeting with the Mississauga Hounds, however, the script was reversed. The 6th place Hounds came out flying, with 14 shots compared to Minnesota's 2 in the first period. Goaltender Woody McPine held his own during the onslaught, and the period finished in a 1-1 tie with goals coming from McPine's world junior teammate JaredN for the Hounds, and another Canadian star Joe Exotic for the Storm, who beat another Team Canada alumni, Jacob Tonn. Danny DeYeeto had an assist on Exotic's goal, while Tonn and yet another Canadian Junior star Bo Burrows assisted on JaredN's. Period 2 was better for the Storm, as The Terrible Trivium, assisted by (another Canadian junior) Liam Flaten and Michael Keef, put a puck past Tonn less than 1 minute in. But it was all Mississauga after that, as they out-shot the Storm 12-5. But McPine was up to the task again and managed to stop all 12 shots. The Hounds started the 3rd period on fire, as Marshall James Frostbeard put one past McPine just over a minute in, tying the game at 2. That goal was assisted by, you guessed it, another Canadian Joseph Gainer, as well as Shawn Glade III. The Hounds went on to out-shoot the Storm 15-5 in the third. Overtime saw a back and forth battle, with both goalies shutting the door. The Storm finally edged out a shot advantage of 5-3, but neither team could put the puck in the back of the net. The shootout saw JaredN put another puck past McPine, but it wasn't enough as Ike Bennett and Mickey Dickson both beat Tonn to win the game for the Storm.

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1. I like the part where we beat every other team multiple times 2. It feels too easy sometimes because we're so great 3. Quite pleased, McPine is doing much better than I expected 4. It'll be hard to be better 5. I'm currently not working and I watch netflix, read, play video games, sometimes exercise, play music, and try to become woke 8. I have a chemistry degree but I think my favorite subject to learn about if I didn't have to do work for it would be history or anthropology

The winningest goalie in Minnesota Storm history reached another milestone this week. In just his 155th career game, Woody McPine recorded his 100th career VHLM win with 14 saves on 16 shots in a 5-2 victory over the San Diego Marlins. The first 7 of those came after he was signed by the Las Vegas Aces and the remaining (franchise leading) 93 came for the Storm. McPine sits 3rd in games played (and started) by a goalie in team history with 122 and also holds the franchise record for shutouts with 12, where he is closely followed by phenom Jaxx Hextall @ROOKIE745 who had 10 in just 72 games. When asked how it felt to get his 100th career win, McPine replied “Dang, that's a big number.” McPine has a career record of 100-41-5, and has a league leading record of 44-5-1 with 8 shutouts and 4 assists on the season. Word Count: 150

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1. Adam Syreck because a little extra firepower never hurts 2. I'm gonna say Houston 3. Yes, I don't know what the record is but Most losses in a season 4. I have not, and unsure of when I will 5. Yes it is 7. I've always wanted to go to Brazil

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It is a thrill and an honour to once again be donning the maple leaf for this season's world junior tournament. It is extra exciting to be out there with 3 of my Minnesota Storm teammates Squirrely Dan, Joe Exotic, and Liam Flaten. I am looking forward to bringing our magic from the VHLM regular season to the world stage. As well, I'd like to thank @bigAL for selecting me. I hope I can live up to my top goaltender status from season 71's tournament, and this time help bring home the gold. I'd also like to congratulate my teammates Michael Hall for making team World, and Mickey Dickson for making team USA. I can't wait to beat you both. This team is strong from the ground up with 2 of the top 3 goalies in the VHLM, myself (30-5-1), and Jacob Tonn (23-12-1) from the Mississauga Hounds. With save percentages of 0.902 and 0.899 respectively, we will be a tough duo for the other countries to put pucks in the net and I look forward to sharing the crease with him. Our d-core boasts 3 of the top 5 point getters among defensemen, and consists of Flaten (20G 40A), Tonn's Hounds teammate Bo Burrows (10G 19A), Tyler Walker of the Saskatoon Wild (12G 50A), and Alex Letang from the Las Vegas Aces (9G 50A) are rocking a combined +138 for the season. That, along with their combined 210 points, will be a huge help in bringing home the gold and are the backbone of the team. Our forwards are bolstered by 2 VHLers, Andrew Su, who plays for The Vancouver Wolves and has 4 goals and 3 assists , and rookie scoring leader and 1st overall draft pick SS Hornet, who has 12 goals and 13 assists for 25 points with the HC Davos Dynamo. Their experience in the big league will be invaluable for this tournament. They are joined by 3 more Hounds players, Joseph Gainer (19G 20A), Michael Mac (25G 52A), and JaredN (25G 43A). Dan (19G 35A), Exotic (22G 24A), Remy Moreau from the Aces (10G 12A), and Timothy Brown in Saskatoon (30G 28A) round out the forward group. The leadership, experience, and firepower of the skaters on this team give us a clear shot at the gold, and the top notch 1-2 punch in the crease should put us over the edge. But as we all know, anything can happen in these tournaments. Our first test is against a talented team Europe, who are eager to defend their gold medal win from last season's tournament. Will we get a high scoring affair? Or a goalie battle? Or will one team completely overwhelm the other and blow them out of the water? Only time will tell, but one thing is for sure, it'll be an exciting beginning to yet another tournament of the league's young stars. Go Canada Go! Let's go get'em boys, and bring back the gold medal that our Country has been waiting for for since season 64. Woody Word count: 505

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1. I like 2 sims a day 2. Pretty fuckin good, we're rollin 3. Probably Las Vegas or Saskatoon 5. I don't know anything about it but I'm always a fan of tv crossover episodes, so it should work out 6. African or European? 7. Just like, be nice to each other

The Minnesota Storm are ROLLING. The team has won 9 games in a row, several of them in dominant fashion. This includes 12-0 and 11-0 shellackings of the Houston Bulls and San Diego Marlins respectively. In an incredible team effort, they put up a total 161 shots and gave up just 12, in those 2 games. The sky, no, outer space, is the limit for this team at the quarter mark of the season. They sit tied for first place with the Las Vegas Aces at 30 points. The 2 teams have met just once so far this season. It was a very evenly matched game, Minnesota put up 31 shots, Las Vegas put up 30. And as it turned out, that one shot was the difference as the Storm came out on top 2-1. The teams don't meet again until game 209, and we can expect another tight battle as the players should be rounding into midseason form. Word Count: 159

The Minnesota Storm have been firing on all cylinders lately. After being shutout by the Ottawa Lynx in game 50, they rallied and are currently on a 5 game winning streak which has brought them within 2 points of 1st place in the VHLM. Over the course of the streak, they've outscored their opponents 32 – 12, including a 12- 0 thrashing of the Houston Bulls. That game saw all but 4 Storm skaters see the scoresheet and the defense, led by Danny DeYeeto @Cran and Liam Flaten @flatl99 (each with 6 points), hold the Bulls to a measly 9 shots. DeYeeto and Flaten have been studs on the back end during the streak, with a +/- of +15 and +11, respectively, over those 5 games. The 2 dmen aren't too shabby in the offensive zone either, as mentioned above. During the current win streak, DeYeeto has racked up 2 goals and 12 assists for 14 points, while Flaten has managed 5 goals and 8 assists for 13 points. Overall, DeYeeto sits 2nd in team scoring with 25 points, while Flaten is 4th with 21. DeYeeto, a career minor leaguer, seems to have found his form from 2 seasons ago when he returned to the Storm after a brief stint with the Saskatoon Wild and had 114 points in 72 games, a 1.58 ppg average. His 25 points is 14 games is 1.78 ppg. Flaten, who is in only his 1st full season in the league, was picked 13th overall by the Storm in the S72 draft after putting up 31 points in 61 games with the Philadelphia Reapers. His 1.5 ppg makes GM @Rayzor_7 look like a genius. The sky is the limit for the young defenseman. The rest of the Storm defensemen haven't been too shabby this season either. Hunter Harrison @I'll change this later is a reliable young defenseman, who is on his 3rd team in 3 years since being drafted by the Yukon Rush in S70. He has put up 3 goals and 3 assists and is +18 on the season, and is on pace to mathc his career high of 31 points he set last season with Philly. The d core is rounded out by 3 rookies, Han Jae Kuk @Dtayl (33rd overall), Mikael Keef @RStar (38th overall), and Jikim Connolly @Jikim (76th overall). HJK has had the most success so far in this young season, with 6 assists and a +1 rating in 14 games. Keef (2A, -3) and Connolly (1A, +1) both played partial seasons last year with the Mississauga Hounds. Keef put up 19 points (4 goals and 15 assists) and was +7 in 20 games, while Connolly had 3 goals and 3 assists and was -5 in 8 games. Should these young defensemen get the opportunity to get more ice time, its no doubt they will be able to reproduce these numbers, but with DeYeeto and Flaten leading the way, who knows when that will happen. The Storm also had defenseman Grant Thiel, another former Reaper, but he was released after just 2 games. Word Count:504

2. Woody is my first 3. Nah, it was an all around team effort. Proud of the boys 4. Top 3 in regular season, champs in the playoffs 5. I think Squirrely Dan is going to have a breakout season and rack up the most points 6. A little bit of everything. As long as it has energy and can amp me up, its on the playlist. In the words of Barney Stinson "Start high, get higher" 7. If we're talking team flights, then private. But of I'm just traveling on my own then I'll go public.

F - Henrik Zoiderberg man I struggled with this draft ?

F - Condor Adrienne @omgitshim

We're 6 games into season 72 and Woody McPine and the Minnesota Storm are on a roll. After losing their first game, McPine seems to have shaken off the rust and helped the Storm rattle off 5 straight wins to bring them into a 3 way tie for second place with Saskatoon and Philadelphia, with 10 points each. The goalie seems to be playing with a chip on his shoulder after last seasons disappointing first round exit to San Diego, a team with only 1 win on the season so far. Having just reached 250 TPE following the 6th game, McPine is at the top of his game and looks ready to lead Minnesota on a long playoff run should he remain win the VHLM for the entirety of the season. Given the Prague Phantoms (McPine pro team) occupation in the basement of the VHL, its possible that McPine will get the call before seasons end, and from there, the sky's the limit.

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McPine is back. After nearly 3 weeks of media silence, young goaltender Woody McPine has suddenly reappeared to the public eye shortly after the VHLM season began. Fans, players, and owners alike had all been wondering what caused his online disappearance, and we were lucky to sit him down for a few questions. Q: Woody, what was the reason for your prolonged absence? W: Well, after the disappointing end to our season I decided to take a week to reflect. I was moving into a new apartment and wasn't going to have internet for about a week so I decided to take time to be alone and away from the crowds for a bit. But there was a mixup with the local internet company and I just went with it. Q: There were rumours you were hurt, is there any truth to them? W: Haha, no. I'm as healthy as can be and ready to take on the league. Q: Going back to the end of last season, you guys were knocked out fairly quickly by San Diego. Can I get your thoughts on that? W: I wasn't at my best that series. It felt like I cracked under the pressure of the playoffs, which was why I wanted to take some time away and try to get stronger mentally. Q: Anything in particular you did in order to get your mind off the game? W: I started meditating in the mornings and at night. During the day I wandered around and explored my new neighbourhood. Its quite peaceful here. Lots of dogs and everyone is friendly. Q: Did anyone recognize you and question why you hadn't been heard from? W: No, but maybe if I had worn my mask! Q: How do you feel about yours and the Storm's start to season 72? W: 3-1 is a great start! We're clicking as a team, I still have some rust to shake off though. Q: Were you disappointed that you didn't make the VHL and have the chance to show your stuff for Prague? W: No, I feel like I still have some work to do on my game before I make the big league. But that being said, if they do call me up I won't be upset haha. Q: You guys have quite a few new teammates this year, how does that feel and what do you think they bring to the table that will help the Storm over the hump? W: They all bring something different. Extra character into the locker, scoring prowess, extra defense. Lots of potential from our rookie class. There's a couple former San Diego players as well, I might have to pick their brains on how to win a playoff series. All in all, GM @Rayzor_7 has done a great job this offseason. Q: How does it feel to be back in the locker room? W: Its great. As much as I needed time away, its great to be back with everyone. Q: Well Woody, thanks for sitting down with us and good luck on the upcoming season. W: Thank you and thanks so much for having me, it was my pleasure. Word count:529

1. Excited to see who the next superstars I'll be playing with. I'll be catching up. 2. I think we have a great shot at the title, it'll be tough but I think we can do it. 4. I like a good mix of both. 5. Never talk again 6. It wasn't even on my radar until I was a teenager. 7. Working on the family tree farm.

Goddam sorry y'all F- Mat Tocco D- Roque Davis @omgitshim

F- Boris the Forest D- Lincoln tate @omgitshim

I'm in if it's not too late

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