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Picture this; the year is 2050, VHL members who used to have players on the VHL Welfare Pension Plan are now on their own real-life Pension; @Victor is still in power; all is well. By this point in time, the VHL will have matched the NHL in terms of worldwide cultural influence, and over the years has managed to successfully expand to 32 teams, equally spread out into two conferences with two divisions in each. These are those new teams.
 

 
Team Location: Beijing, China
Possible Team Name(s): Red Stars
Primary Color: Red
Secondary Color: Gold
Tertiary Color: Black
Much like the irl KHL before it, the VHL will expand to China, sometime around S150, thanks to a massive influx of Chinese members in the seasons preceding it. China’s current totalitarian regime has fallen by that point in time, and the new Chinese members enjoy the VHL site among others in their newfound internet freedom, uninhibited by past firewalls.
 

Team Location: Cairo, Egypt
Possible Team Name(s): Pharaohs, Mummies
Primary Color: Gold
Secondary Color: Brown
Tertiary Color: Silver
The VHL makes a very controversial move (get used to it for this media spot), expanding to a location that really has no business having a hockey team, in one of the final stages of expansion. Expanding to Cairo gives the VHL it’s first ever African franchise, and hopes that the Cairo franchise will be the start of successful hockey in Africa.
 

Team Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Possible Team Name(s): Sultans
Primary Color: Gold
Secondary Color: Silver
Tertiary Color: Red
Thanks to massive demand from the ruling House of Al Falasi, the VHL embarks on it’s first true Middle-Eastern location. Despite massive human rights protests, the league approves the construction of the first ever 100,000+ seat hockey arena, thanks largely in part due to the Royal Family paying off the VHL Board of Governors.
 

Team Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Possible Team Name(s): Waves
Primary Color: Green
Secondary Color: Purple
Tertiary Color: Yellow
The VHL’s expansion to Cairo also brings a team to a city of a similar latitude, but different hemisphere; Rio.The city has a long history of sport, but none in hockey; that changes now. I have a feeling that Rio would actually somehow become a popular destination for VHLers, despite having the odds stacked up against them.
 

Team Location: Seoul, South Korea
Possible Team Name(s): Metropolitans/Soul
Primary Color: Purple
Secondary Color: Magenta
Tertiary Color: Blue
Of all the possible expansion locations in this article, I think Seoul is actually decently realistic; you can go so many possible ways with logos/colors/etc., I think it would be a lot of fun. I have a feeling that Seoul would also become a marquee destination for free agents and draftees in the future.
 

Team Location: Sydney, Australia
Possible Team Name(s): Kangaroos, Roos
Primary Color: Brown
Secondary Color: Tan
Tertiary Color: Yellow
The VHL goes down under. Along with Seoul, I could also see this becoming a slightly realistic possible future expansion location for the VHL; I know we’ve actually had a few Australian members in the league (paging @BOOM™), so there could actually be something here.
 

Team Location: Tokyo, Japan
Possible Team Name(s): Samurai
Primary Color: Green
Secondary Color: Black
Tertiary Color: Silver
I think the VHL has been host to a multitude of members with asian descent other than tfong, but I could be wrong. Regardless, Japan is one of the more plausible locations in this media spot. I could totally see fong campaigning hard for it and getting a team in Tokyo before S125.
 

Team Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Possible Team Name(s): Minutemen 
Primary Color: Brown
Secondary Color: Navy Blue
Tertiary Color: Maroon
I’m actually a bit surprised to see that Boston has never had a VHL, or even VHLM team before; it’s the center of one of the largest hockey regions in the United States. I think we’d definitely see an expansion here if the VHL did somehow grow to 32 teams.
 

Team Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Possible Team Name(s): Skyliners
Primary Color: Gray
Secondary Color: Orange
Tertiary Color: Sky Blue
I could not for the life of me come up with a good name/colors for this team, but I knew that Chicago needed to have a team in the USA division. I know the VHL has tried to stray away from using cities that have real teams, but I don’t care, Chicago needs a team.
 

Team Location: Denver, Colorado, USA
Possible Team Name(s): Miners/Mountaineers 
Primary Color: Navy Blue
Secondary Color: Gold
Tertiary Color: Brown
To my knowledge, neither the VHL or VHLM has had a team in Colorado, but that will change when the league massively expands. I don’t really have much to say regarding the possible USA/Canada expansion locations, as most of them could actually be viable, and aren’t really interesting or humorous.
 

Team Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Possible Team Name(s): Mesas
Primary Color: Black
Secondary Color: Maroon
Tertiary Color: Gold
You could go a multitude of ways with the logo/coloring for a Los Angeles VHL team, and to be honest I’m not really satisfied with the ones I chose, but it is what it is. The VHLM has already hosted a team in Vegas, and if that was a success I don’t see how Los Angeles couldn’t be. 
 

Team Location: St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Possible Team Name(s): Lumberjacks
Primary Color: Forest Green
Secondary Color: Brown
Tertiary Color: Maroon
There may have been a past team in VHLM history, but I’m not 100% sure; I know Minot was close geographically, despite being in North Dakota, not Minnesota. Minnesota is one of the United States’ biggest hockey hotbeds, and the VHL would be remiss to not consider it as a location in a 32 team league.
 

Team Location: London, United Kingdom
Possible Team Name(s): Royals/Monarchs
Primary Color: Red
Secondary Color: Blue
Tertiary Color: Yellow
How Victor has not decreed a team to move or expand to the U.K. yet is beyond me. We have a handful of members actually from there, and there has always been an interest in creating players hailing from the U.K. There’s no doubt in my mind that a London team would be a successful VHL endeavor. This could easily happen before S100. Get to it league management.
 

Team Location: Paris, France 
Possible Team Name(s): Chevaliers
Primary Color: Silver
Secondary Color: Gold
Tertiary Color: Sky Blue
I have a feeling that the best part of this team would be the logos/coloring. I’m sensing a very Quebec Nordiques vibe for Paris, which would be pretty tight imo. I know we have a few French VHLers right now as well, but I could be wrong. This expansion happens pre-S110.
 

Team Location: Vasteras, Sweden
Possible Team Name(s): Iron Eagles
Primary Color: Gold
Secondary Color: Black
Tertiary Color: Silver
Did you really think I wasn’t going to include a comeback for the Iron Eagles in this article? There will always be VHL members who wish for Vasteras to return to the league; the controversy breeds discussion. Over time, the amount of members against Vasteras making a return dwindles, until the league announces that the Vasteras Iron Eagles will make a surprise return to the league for the leagues 100th season due to popular demand. And of course, in typical Vasteras fashion, the team will miraculously make a run to the cup in their 1st season back, only to lose in heartbreaking fashion, continuing what will still be the longest VHL cup-drought in history.
 

Team Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Possible Team Name(s): Prairie Dogs
Primary Color: Black
Secondary Color: Brown
Tertiary Color: Gold
Edmonton is one of the last Canadian teams to join the VHL fray, doing so just before the league adds Cairo and Rio. Albertan VHLers rejoice. Yeah, the possible team name I chose may suck, but who cares?
 

Team Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Possible Team Name(s): Whalers
Primary Color: Gray
Secondary Color: Turquoise
Tertiary Color: Tan
Halifax does actually scream “vintage VHL” to me in terms of location. It fits along with the VHL’s love of niche cities compared to main ones, but is still populous enough that it isn’t TOO niche. I could see Halifax joining the league pre-S90.
 

Team Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Possible Team Name(s): Admirals
Primary Color: Navy Blue
Secondary Color: Gold
Tertiary Color: Silver
Vasteras won’t be the only city getting its franchise back; Hamilton was the location of one of the first VHL cities, hosting the Hamilton Canucks. The franchise wasn’t too popular the first go-around, re-locating to become the current New York Americans, but I think Hamilton deserves a 2nd chance. They certainly can’t be called the Canucks again, as that franchise is currently New York, so I chose Admirals as a name; this would be extremely similar to the current situation regarding the Winnipeg Jets and Arizona Coyotes.
 

Team Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Possible Team Name(s): Musketeers
Primary Color: Indigo
Secondary Color: Yellow
Tertiary Color: Brown
I don’t think the Meute should have ever left Quebec City to be honest, everything about the franchise seemed to be crisp and cool. I wasn’t active at the time of it’s relocation though, so I don’t know what league-wide opinion was. Regardless, there should be a VHL franchise in Quebec.
 

Team Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Possible Team Name(s): Lakers
Primary Color: Blue
Secondary Color: Green
Tertiary Color: Yellow
There’s probably a better Canadian VHL location than Winnipeg, but idk, I think the Manitoba capital would be a decent choice. It may not be “niche” enough to be added, but I think it stands a decent chance, plus I think the color scheme is pretty tight.
 

VHL Award Tracker
S70 Midseason Edition
 
Hello everyone, and welcome to this season’s first edition of the VHL Award Tracker. At this moment, teams have played either 36 or 37 games, meaning that we are pretty much halfway through the season, which makes it a perfect time to assess the races for the different end of season trophies awards to the VHL’s best of the best. Without further ado, let’s kick it off with the Mike Szatkowski Trophy, given every year to the player that scored the most points.
 
 
Mike Szatkowski Trophy
 
The first award we are going to look at is one for which the race promises to be exciting until the very end of the season. In fact, there are currently three players tied at 48 points in 36 games atop the scoring leaderboard, making it a three-way tie when it comes to determining favourites for the Mike Szatkowski Trophy. Experts think the player who has the best shot to come on top in the second half of the season is Julian Borwinn, who already has two Szatkowski trophies to his name, but it doesn’t mean Hunter Hearst Helmsley and Jet Jaguar don’t have what it takes to finish the season with the most points scored. After all, the three of them are on a pace for a haul of 96 points.
 
 
Kevin Brooks Trophy
 
The lead in the Kevin Brooks Trophy is about as tight as the one for the Szatkowski, as two players have been taking the lead alternating fashion since the start of the season. Former Season 66 winner, Julian Borwinn of the Helsinki Titans, is currently a single goal ahead of his main rival, Jet Jaguar of the Moscow Menace. Their respective 25 and 24 goals put them at a safe distance from the third-best goalscorers so far, Mat Tocco and Matthew Materazo, who have both scored 20 goals in 36 games. It would take a massive collapse from both current favourites and a great second half for one of their rivals for the trophy to not be awarded to either Borwinn or Jaguar.
 
 
Alexander Beketov Trophy
 
We have witnessed a trend in the last couple of seasons, where forwards skillset makes them better shooters than ever before, leaving the primary quarterback and playmaker roles to the blueliners. It is once again the case this season, as three defensemen are tied at 31 assists in 36 games, creating a three-way tie in the race for the Alexander Beketov Trophy. Moscow’s blueliner Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen is only one year removed from a Beketov-winning campaign - before finishing a single assist behind Diljodh Starload last season - and once again finds himself near the top at this point of the season. He shares the lead with his Menace teammate Vladimir Pavlov and Riga Reign's phenom Apollo Hackett. Though it looks like defensemen lead the way once again, it would be surprising to see a forward come out on top for once, as both Hunter Hearst Helmsley and Ben Hafkey are only 2 assists behind the leading group.
 
 
Alexander Valiq Trophy
 
This recent trend of defensemen leading the league in playmakers made it so the favourites for the Alexander Valiq Trophy, awarded to the VHL’s best offensive blueliners, are often in contention for the Beketov Trophy as well. This season makes no exception as Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen, arguably the league’s best defenseman in the last couple of years seem to ahead in Valiq voting, thanks to a statline of 10 goals, 31 assists and 41 points. His closest rival in the Valiq race is his fellow Menace blueliner, Vladimir Pavlov, who only trails him by 3 goals. If not for them, Guillaume Fontenette of the Helsinki Titans could continue his rise to stardom and have a shot at the award, but he trails Pavlov by 3 points, putting him 6 behind Werbenjagermanjensen.
 
 
Jake Wylde Trophy
 
The Jake Wylde Trophy favourites are tough to determine because, unlike the other awards we talked about so far, it isn’t given to the leader of one particular statistic - the Valiq Trophy either, though it’s pretty much always given to the defenseman with the most points at the end of the season. For the Wylde, we must look at more than one statistic, without really knowing their specific impact in the race. It seems to me that the 4 players at the moment who could claim to be among the favourites for the award are Riga’s Apollo Hackett and Lincoln Tate, Helsinki’s Sidney Crosby and Toronto’s Rusty Shackleford. The Reign linemates both basically have the same skillset and showcase some good balance between their hits, shots blocked totals and their +/- - 91 hits, 73 shots blocked, +2 for Hackett, 97 hits, 70 shots blocked, -2 for Tate. Crosby could be compared easily to the both of them too, with a statline of 87 hits, 75 shots blocked and a -5. On the other hand, Shackleford is the kind of player that has gotten attention in Wylde voting in the past. He’s the only player to be in both the top 10 for hits and shots blocked - with 141 and 66, respectively - though he has an abysmal goal differential at -13 because he plays in a rebuilding team. So really, it depends what the voting committee is looking for, but I feel like these are the best options at the moment.
 
 
Sterling Labatte Trophy
 
The Sterling Labatte Trophy race can be brought down to pretty much only four players. First, we have Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen, who won the award in the last two seasons and now leads all defensemen in points, assists, while still accumulating strong defensive numbers - 94 hits, 54 shots blocked. Then, we have Werbenjagermanjensen’s partner with the Menace, Vladimir Pavlov, who trails him by 3 points but shares the league lead in assists with him. His defensive numbers might be even more impressive too, with 77 hits and 69 shots blocked that ranks him 6th in the whole league. Another player that should be considered for the Labatte is Apollo Hackett, who has been mentioned in the Beketov and Wylde races already, as he too shares the league lead with 31 assists, though he scored fewer goals than the previous two. His 91 hits and 73 shots blocked are among the league’s best defensive statline. Our last potential winner of the award is Guillaume Fontenette, who is currently 3rd in defenseman scoring with 35 points while leading the league in shots blocked with 79. The stat that might hurt him the most, however, is the hits column, since he has never been known as a heavy hitter and never finished with more than 40 hits.
 
 
Christian Stolzschweiger Trophy
 
If there’s one race that isn’t even a race already at the midseason point, it’s the one for the Christian Stolzschweiger Trophy, awarded annually to the league’s best performing rookie. In the first half of the season, Helsinki Titan Erik Summers has separated himself from the other first-year players’ thanks to a respectable production of 20 points as a defenseman. The rookies closest to him in the rookie scoring leaderboards - Kris Rice (16 points), Edu Stava (14 points) and Milos Slavik (13 points) - are all forwards, which means that they don’t have nearly as much of an impact as the blueliner in their own zone. In fact, Summers only trails Chad Magnum, Ben McGirr and Raleigh Ritchie in hits by a rookie, and he’s 3rd among rookies in shots blocked, behind only David OQuinn and Odin Omdahl. Unless he collapses, Summers should be named the Season 70 Rookie of the Year and lift the Christian Stolzschweiger Trophy.
 
 
Dustin Funk Trophy
 
If Season 70 was to finish right now, we might see a repeat of last season, when a young goaltender walked away from the Award Show with the Dustin Funk Trophy. In fact, A Red Guy went from 20 wins, a .906 save percentage and a 2.99 goals-against average in his rookie season to 32 wins, a .9.23 save percentage and a 2.15 goals-against average in his sophomore season, the same kind of exponential growth that Menace’s netminder, Raymond Bernard who, at the halfway of this season, bears a statline of 23W, .918SV%, 2.15GAA, compared to last season’s 22W, .903SV%, 2.15GAA. However, if Bernard can’t keep it up, I’d see one of Ben Hafkey or Mat Tocco swooping in to win the award, as both players have now scored 41 points, which puts them on a pace for 82 points, a lot more than the respective totals of 34 and 55 they amassed last season.
 
 
Scott Boulet Trophy
 
The Scott Boulet Trophy, given supposedly to the league’s best two-way forward or, as the engine has it, the league’s best power forward. After the first half of the season, it looks like the defending champion is leading the way and might win it again this year. In fact, Randoms’ 147 hits put him first in the league, while his 43 points have him in the top 10, which seems like a perfect balance for a great power forward. His most serious rivals for the title at this point in time would probably be leading scorer Julian Borwinn (48 points, 120 hits), and a trio of heavy hitters who all have recorded fewer hits and fewer points than Randoms, Ryan Kastelic (37 points, 140 hits), Tyler Barabash Jr (34 points, 131 hits) and Matthew Materazo (36 points, 128 hits). I’ll conclude this part by saying it’s pretty sad that the only thing that the engine allows us to use to compare defensive contribution from forwards is their relative number of hits and their seemingly random blocked shot totals.
 
 
Greg Clegane and Aidan Shaw Trophies
 
Last season, I bundled the Greg Clegane and the Aidan Shaw trophies together because, to me, it seems like the favourites for an award is inevitably a favourite for the other one as well. For instance, at this point, the leader in both races would be Seattle Bears’ Rayz Funk, whose 2.12 goals-against average and .929 save percentage rank him first among VHL goaltenders. His most serious competition would be Raymond Bernard, who leads the league in 23 wins, while only trailing Funk in the other two columns by a bit (2.15GAA, .928SV%). Next in line would probably be JB Rift (20W, 2.15GAA, .923SV%) and Greg Eagles (17W, 2.19GAA, .924SV%), though it’s safe to say Funk and Bernard are a step ahead of them.
 
 
Scotty Campbell and Brett Slobodzian Trophies
 
And here we go, another bundle of trophies to end this whole thing. I didn’t even speak about the Brett Slobodzian last season but, truth is, it’s really easy to pretend that I’m considering it in this paragraph because, really, the Campbell and the Slobodzian most of the time both go to the same players or at least it’s the same two or three players that appear to be seriously considered for both. It still applies this season though, I must admit, no player seems to have a statline warranting of the overwhelming favourite status, so we will just look at the favourites for other trophies, the best players at their respective positions, and work from there. Aidan Shaw and Greg Clegane trophies favourite Rayz Funk has easily been the most consistent goaltenders so far this season, giving the Seattle Bears a shot at a victory night in night out and could follow the way Kallis Kriketers paved last season, making it the second campaign in a row in which a goaltender goes all the way to be named most valuable and most outstanding player of the VHL. As far as defensemen go, Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen would be the only one with a distant shot at winning one of the two end-of-season awards, though his numbers are not as impressive as his numbers in other seasons, and he wasn’t considered in these other seasons, so I doubt this is the season we finally see a blueliner be named MVP again. Actually, I think the award is currently being disputed mostly between two forwards, the two players who are currently leading the league in points, who are within only a single goal from each other: Helsinki Titans’ Julian Borwinn and Moscow Menace’s Jet Jaguar. They are both on pace for 50-goal, 95-point seasons, which doesn’t seem that impressive until you realize scoring has been trending down in the last couple of seasons and only a handful of players even reach the 50-goal and 90-point marks every season now.
 
 
It will be interesting to see the way these races shape up during the second half of the season because, let’s be honest here, nothing is set in stone and the competition for these prestigious titles is as fierce as ever. I tried to talk about a couple of players for every award, but basically everyone - except maybe Erik Summers for the Stolzschweiger - is only one bad week of sims away to be dropped from contention altogether. Everything is still possible, both for players deemed as favourites at the halfway point of the season and for players who don’t appear to be considered for an award at the moment. Good luck to all!
     
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Vasteras are the Packers of the VHL. Shameful we let a team with such an amazing history leave. 

If we were to do 32, I'd be inclined to go 4 conferences; Canada by itself, USA by itself, Europe, and Asia/Oceania. 
 
8 Canadian and 8 American should be easy, and we're only 2 away from 8 Europe (Germany would be one, then maybe London if we're going recognizable or Bratislava or so if we're going more hockey related).
 
8 Asia/Oceania would be more of a task. Australia could have one, as could New Zealand, Japan, China, South Korea. Maybe an eastern Russian team. Maybe Singapore, or Dubai, or Kazakhstan.

Edmonton with this logo.

oh i WILL abuse the members tag

VASTERAS

Miami                                                             Munich                                                         Hawaii                                                                Hawaii

I'll just put these here and hide the other one I made until @Banackock approves relocation request
 
 

Knew this was a fantasy when I saw Vasteras.

Picture this; the year is 2050, VHL members who used to have players on the VHL Welfare Pension Plan are now on their own real-life Pension; @Victor is still in power; all is well. By this point in time, the VHL will have matched the NHL in terms of worldwide cultural influence, and over the years has managed to successfully expand to 32 teams, equally spread out into two conferences with two divisions in each. These are those new teams.
 

 
Team Location: Beijing, China
Possible Team Name(s): Red Stars
Primary Color: Red
Secondary Color: Gold
Tertiary Color: Black
Much like the irl KHL before it, the VHL will expand to China, sometime around S150, thanks to a massive influx of Chinese members in the seasons preceding it. China’s current totalitarian regime has fallen by that point in time, and the new Chinese members enjoy the VHL site among others in their newfound internet freedom, uninhibited by past firewalls.
 

Team Location: Cairo, Egypt
Possible Team Name(s): Pharaohs, Mummies
Primary Color: Gold
Secondary Color: Brown
Tertiary Color: Silver
The VHL makes a very controversial move (get used to it for this media spot), expanding to a location that really has no business having a hockey team, in one of the final stages of expansion. Expanding to Cairo gives the VHL it’s first ever African franchise, and hopes that the Cairo franchise will be the start of successful hockey in Africa.
 

Team Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Possible Team Name(s): Sultans
Primary Color: Gold
Secondary Color: Silver
Tertiary Color: Red
Thanks to massive demand from the ruling House of Al Falasi, the VHL embarks on it’s first true Middle-Eastern location. Despite massive human rights protests, the league approves the construction of the first ever 100,000+ seat hockey arena, thanks largely in part due to the Royal Family paying off the VHL Board of Governors.
 

Team Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Possible Team Name(s): Waves
Primary Color: Green
Secondary Color: Purple
Tertiary Color: Yellow
The VHL’s expansion to Cairo also brings a team to a city of a similar latitude, but different hemisphere; Rio.The city has a long history of sport, but none in hockey; that changes now. I have a feeling that Rio would actually somehow become a popular destination for VHLers, despite having the odds stacked up against them.
 

Team Location: Seoul, South Korea
Possible Team Name(s): Metropolitans/Soul
Primary Color: Purple
Secondary Color: Magenta
Tertiary Color: Blue
Of all the possible expansion locations in this article, I think Seoul is actually decently realistic; you can go so many possible ways with logos/colors/etc., I think it would be a lot of fun. I have a feeling that Seoul would also become a marquee destination for free agents and draftees in the future.
 

Team Location: Sydney, Australia
Possible Team Name(s): Kangaroos, Roos
Primary Color: Brown
Secondary Color: Tan
Tertiary Color: Yellow
The VHL goes down under. Along with Seoul, I could also see this becoming a slightly realistic possible future expansion location for the VHL; I know we’ve actually had a few Australian members in the league (paging @BOOM™), so there could actually be something here.
 

Team Location: Tokyo, Japan
Possible Team Name(s): Samurai
Primary Color: Green
Secondary Color: Black
Tertiary Color: Silver
I think the VHL has been host to a multitude of members with asian descent other than tfong, but I could be wrong. Regardless, Japan is one of the more plausible locations in this media spot. I could totally see fong campaigning hard for it and getting a team in Tokyo before S125.
 

Team Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Possible Team Name(s): Minutemen 
Primary Color: Brown
Secondary Color: Navy Blue
Tertiary Color: Maroon
I’m actually a bit surprised to see that Boston has never had a VHL, or even VHLM team before; it’s the center of one of the largest hockey regions in the United States. I think we’d definitely see an expansion here if the VHL did somehow grow to 32 teams.
 

Team Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Possible Team Name(s): Skyliners
Primary Color: Gray
Secondary Color: Orange
Tertiary Color: Sky Blue
I could not for the life of me come up with a good name/colors for this team, but I knew that Chicago needed to have a team in the USA division. I know the VHL has tried to stray away from using cities that have real teams, but I don’t care, Chicago needs a team.
 

Team Location: Denver, Colorado, USA
Possible Team Name(s): Miners/Mountaineers 
Primary Color: Navy Blue
Secondary Color: Gold
Tertiary Color: Brown
To my knowledge, neither the VHL or VHLM has had a team in Colorado, but that will change when the league massively expands. I don’t really have much to say regarding the possible USA/Canada expansion locations, as most of them could actually be viable, and aren’t really interesting or humorous.
 

Team Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Possible Team Name(s): Mesas
Primary Color: Black
Secondary Color: Maroon
Tertiary Color: Gold
You could go a multitude of ways with the logo/coloring for a Los Angeles VHL team, and to be honest I’m not really satisfied with the ones I chose, but it is what it is. The VHLM has already hosted a team in Vegas, and if that was a success I don’t see how Los Angeles couldn’t be. 
 

Team Location: St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Possible Team Name(s): Lumberjacks
Primary Color: Forest Green
Secondary Color: Brown
Tertiary Color: Maroon
There may have been a past team in VHLM history, but I’m not 100% sure; I know Minot was close geographically, despite being in North Dakota, not Minnesota. Minnesota is one of the United States’ biggest hockey hotbeds, and the VHL would be remiss to not consider it as a location in a 32 team league.
 

Team Location: London, United Kingdom
Possible Team Name(s): Royals/Monarchs
Primary Color: Red
Secondary Color: Blue
Tertiary Color: Yellow
How Victor has not decreed a team to move or expand to the U.K. yet is beyond me. We have a handful of members actually from there, and there has always been an interest in creating players hailing from the U.K. There’s no doubt in my mind that a London team would be a successful VHL endeavor. This could easily happen before S100. Get to it league management.
 

Team Location: Paris, France 
Possible Team Name(s): Chevaliers
Primary Color: Silver
Secondary Color: Gold
Tertiary Color: Sky Blue
I have a feeling that the best part of this team would be the logos/coloring. I’m sensing a very Quebec Nordiques vibe for Paris, which would be pretty tight imo. I know we have a few French VHLers right now as well, but I could be wrong. This expansion happens pre-S110.
 

Team Location: Vasteras, Sweden
Possible Team Name(s): Iron Eagles
Primary Color: Gold
Secondary Color: Black
Tertiary Color: Silver
Did you really think I wasn’t going to include a comeback for the Iron Eagles in this article? There will always be VHL members who wish for Vasteras to return to the league; the controversy breeds discussion. Over time, the amount of members against Vasteras making a return dwindles, until the league announces that the Vasteras Iron Eagles will make a surprise return to the league for the leagues 100th season due to popular demand. And of course, in typical Vasteras fashion, the team will miraculously make a run to the cup in their 1st season back, only to lose in heartbreaking fashion, continuing what will still be the longest VHL cup-drought in history.
 

Team Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Possible Team Name(s): Prairie Dogs
Primary Color: Black
Secondary Color: Brown
Tertiary Color: Gold
Edmonton is one of the last Canadian teams to join the VHL fray, doing so just before the league adds Cairo and Rio. Albertan VHLers rejoice. Yeah, the possible team name I chose may suck, but who cares?
 

Team Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Possible Team Name(s): Whalers
Primary Color: Gray
Secondary Color: Turquoise
Tertiary Color: Tan
Halifax does actually scream “vintage VHL” to me in terms of location. It fits along with the VHL’s love of niche cities compared to main ones, but is still populous enough that it isn’t TOO niche. I could see Halifax joining the league pre-S90.
 

Team Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Possible Team Name(s): Admirals
Primary Color: Navy Blue
Secondary Color: Gold
Tertiary Color: Silver
Vasteras won’t be the only city getting its franchise back; Hamilton was the location of one of the first VHL cities, hosting the Hamilton Canucks. The franchise wasn’t too popular the first go-around, re-locating to become the current New York Americans, but I think Hamilton deserves a 2nd chance. They certainly can’t be called the Canucks again, as that franchise is currently New York, so I chose Admirals as a name; this would be extremely similar to the current situation regarding the Winnipeg Jets and Arizona Coyotes.
 

Team Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Possible Team Name(s): Musketeers
Primary Color: Indigo
Secondary Color: Yellow
Tertiary Color: Brown
I don’t think the Meute should have ever left Quebec City to be honest, everything about the franchise seemed to be crisp and cool. I wasn’t active at the time of it’s relocation though, so I don’t know what league-wide opinion was. Regardless, there should be a VHL franchise in Quebec.
 

Team Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Possible Team Name(s): Lakers
Primary Color: Blue
Secondary Color: Green
Tertiary Color: Yellow
There’s probably a better Canadian VHL location than Winnipeg, but idk, I think the Manitoba capital would be a decent choice. It may not be “niche” enough to be added, but I think it stands a decent chance, plus I think the color scheme is pretty tight.
 

Picture this; the year is 2050, VHL members who used to have players on the VHL Welfare Pension Plan are now on their own real-life Pension; @Victor is still in power; all is well. By this point in time, the VHL will have matched the NHL in terms of worldwide cultural influence, and over the years has managed to successfully expand to 32 teams, equally spread out into two conferences with two divisions in each. These are those new teams.
 

 
Team Location: Beijing, China
Possible Team Name(s): Red Stars
Primary Color: Red
Secondary Color: Gold
Tertiary Color: Black
Much like the irl KHL before it, the VHL will expand to China, sometime around S150, thanks to a massive influx of Chinese members in the seasons preceding it. China’s current totalitarian regime has fallen by that point in time, and the new Chinese members enjoy the VHL site among others in their newfound internet freedom, uninhibited by past firewalls.
 

Team Location: Cairo, Egypt
Possible Team Name(s): Pharaohs, Mummies
Primary Color: Gold
Secondary Color: Brown
Tertiary Color: Silver
The VHL makes a very controversial move (get used to it for this media spot), expanding to a location that really has no business having a hockey team, in one of the final stages of expansion. Expanding to Cairo gives the VHL it’s first ever African franchise, and hopes that the Cairo franchise will be the start of successful hockey in Africa.
 

Team Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Possible Team Name(s): Sultans
Primary Color: Gold
Secondary Color: Silver
Tertiary Color: Red
Thanks to massive demand from the ruling House of Al Falasi, the VHL embarks on it’s first true Middle-Eastern location. Despite massive human rights protests, the league approves the construction of the first ever 100,000+ seat hockey arena, thanks largely in part due to the Royal Family paying off the VHL Board of Governors.
 

Team Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Possible Team Name(s): Waves
Primary Color: Green
Secondary Color: Purple
Tertiary Color: Yellow
The VHL’s expansion to Cairo also brings a team to a city of a similar latitude, but different hemisphere; Rio.The city has a long history of sport, but none in hockey; that changes now. I have a feeling that Rio would actually somehow become a popular destination for VHLers, despite having the odds stacked up against them.
 

Team Location: Seoul, South Korea
Possible Team Name(s): Metropolitans/Soul
Primary Color: Purple
Secondary Color: Magenta
Tertiary Color: Blue
Of all the possible expansion locations in this article, I think Seoul is actually decently realistic; you can go so many possible ways with logos/colors/etc., I think it would be a lot of fun. I have a feeling that Seoul would also become a marquee destination for free agents and draftees in the future.
 

Team Location: Sydney, Australia
Possible Team Name(s): Kangaroos, Roos
Primary Color: Brown
Secondary Color: Tan
Tertiary Color: Yellow
The VHL goes down under. Along with Seoul, I could also see this becoming a slightly realistic possible future expansion location for the VHL; I know we’ve actually had a few Australian members in the league (paging @BOOM™), so there could actually be something here.
 

Team Location: Tokyo, Japan
Possible Team Name(s): Samurai
Primary Color: Green
Secondary Color: Black
Tertiary Color: Silver
I think the VHL has been host to a multitude of members with asian descent other than tfong, but I could be wrong. Regardless, Japan is one of the more plausible locations in this media spot. I could totally see fong campaigning hard for it and getting a team in Tokyo before S125.
 

Team Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Possible Team Name(s): Minutemen 
Primary Color: Brown
Secondary Color: Navy Blue
Tertiary Color: Maroon
I’m actually a bit surprised to see that Boston has never had a VHL, or even VHLM team before; it’s the center of one of the largest hockey regions in the United States. I think we’d definitely see an expansion here if the VHL did somehow grow to 32 teams.
 

Team Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Possible Team Name(s): Skyliners
Primary Color: Gray
Secondary Color: Orange
Tertiary Color: Sky Blue
I could not for the life of me come up with a good name/colors for this team, but I knew that Chicago needed to have a team in the USA division. I know the VHL has tried to stray away from using cities that have real teams, but I don’t care, Chicago needs a team.
 

Team Location: Denver, Colorado, USA
Possible Team Name(s): Miners/Mountaineers 
Primary Color: Navy Blue
Secondary Color: Gold
Tertiary Color: Brown
To my knowledge, neither the VHL or VHLM has had a team in Colorado, but that will change when the league massively expands. I don’t really have much to say regarding the possible USA/Canada expansion locations, as most of them could actually be viable, and aren’t really interesting or humorous.
 

Team Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Possible Team Name(s): Mesas
Primary Color: Black
Secondary Color: Maroon
Tertiary Color: Gold
You could go a multitude of ways with the logo/coloring for a Los Angeles VHL team, and to be honest I’m not really satisfied with the ones I chose, but it is what it is. The VHLM has already hosted a team in Vegas, and if that was a success I don’t see how Los Angeles couldn’t be. 
 

Team Location: St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Possible Team Name(s): Lumberjacks
Primary Color: Forest Green
Secondary Color: Brown
Tertiary Color: Maroon
There may have been a past team in VHLM history, but I’m not 100% sure; I know Minot was close geographically, despite being in North Dakota, not Minnesota. Minnesota is one of the United States’ biggest hockey hotbeds, and the VHL would be remiss to not consider it as a location in a 32 team league.
 

Team Location: London, United Kingdom
Possible Team Name(s): Royals/Monarchs
Primary Color: Red
Secondary Color: Blue
Tertiary Color: Yellow
How Victor has not decreed a team to move or expand to the U.K. yet is beyond me. We have a handful of members actually from there, and there has always been an interest in creating players hailing from the U.K. There’s no doubt in my mind that a London team would be a successful VHL endeavor. This could easily happen before S100. Get to it league management.
 

Team Location: Paris, France 
Possible Team Name(s): Chevaliers
Primary Color: Silver
Secondary Color: Gold
Tertiary Color: Sky Blue
I have a feeling that the best part of this team would be the logos/coloring. I’m sensing a very Quebec Nordiques vibe for Paris, which would be pretty tight imo. I know we have a few French VHLers right now as well, but I could be wrong. This expansion happens pre-S110.
 

Team Location: Vasteras, Sweden
Possible Team Name(s): Iron Eagles
Primary Color: Gold
Secondary Color: Black
Tertiary Color: Silver
Did you really think I wasn’t going to include a comeback for the Iron Eagles in this article? There will always be VHL members who wish for Vasteras to return to the league; the controversy breeds discussion. Over time, the amount of members against Vasteras making a return dwindles, until the league announces that the Vasteras Iron Eagles will make a surprise return to the league for the leagues 100th season due to popular demand. And of course, in typical Vasteras fashion, the team will miraculously make a run to the cup in their 1st season back, only to lose in heartbreaking fashion, continuing what will still be the longest VHL cup-drought in history.
 

Team Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Possible Team Name(s): Prairie Dogs
Primary Color: Black
Secondary Color: Brown
Tertiary Color: Gold
Edmonton is one of the last Canadian teams to join the VHL fray, doing so just before the league adds Cairo and Rio. Albertan VHLers rejoice. Yeah, the possible team name I chose may suck, but who cares?
 

Team Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Possible Team Name(s): Whalers
Primary Color: Gray
Secondary Color: Turquoise
Tertiary Color: Tan
Halifax does actually scream “vintage VHL” to me in terms of location. It fits along with the VHL’s love of niche cities compared to main ones, but is still populous enough that it isn’t TOO niche. I could see Halifax joining the league pre-S90.
 

Team Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Possible Team Name(s): Admirals
Primary Color: Navy Blue
Secondary Color: Gold
Tertiary Color: Silver
Vasteras won’t be the only city getting its franchise back; Hamilton was the location of one of the first VHL cities, hosting the Hamilton Canucks. The franchise wasn’t too popular the first go-around, re-locating to become the current New York Americans, but I think Hamilton deserves a 2nd chance. They certainly can’t be called the Canucks again, as that franchise is currently New York, so I chose Admirals as a name; this would be extremely similar to the current situation regarding the Winnipeg Jets and Arizona Coyotes.
 

Team Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Possible Team Name(s): Musketeers
Primary Color: Indigo
Secondary Color: Yellow
Tertiary Color: Brown
I don’t think the Meute should have ever left Quebec City to be honest, everything about the franchise seemed to be crisp and cool. I wasn’t active at the time of it’s relocation though, so I don’t know what league-wide opinion was. Regardless, there should be a VHL franchise in Quebec.
 

Team Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Possible Team Name(s): Lakers
Primary Color: Blue
Secondary Color: Green
Tertiary Color: Yellow
There’s probably a better Canadian VHL location than Winnipeg, but idk, I think the Manitoba capital would be a decent choice. It may not be “niche” enough to be added, but I think it stands a decent chance, plus I think the color scheme is pretty tight.
 

Vancouver 4 - 3 Calgary

Wolves 5-3

lead us to the promised land King

"Frans was the son of Jan Jansz Cock, a local pharmacist in the Warmoesstraat and Lysbeth Frans (Banninck). He was baptized on 27 February 1605 in the nearby Old Church."

If the twat would just retire already, we would! He wants to play a hundred years. You should see him in the locker room, he's like Chuck Norris' hockey double. He steps onto the ice and the puck gets scared.

The Greatest CPUs of All Time
 

 
Bots are the most discriminated members in VHL history, as they are often neglected and overlooked, with not a single cpu player ever making it to the VHL hall of fame or being listed in Continental Cup team records. Cpu players have combined for 319,546 games played (meaning they played at least one second), 3,069 goals, 8,665 assists, 11,734 points, 87,396 hits, and 50,400 shots blocked, yet I bet you can't list a single cpu player who leads in any of these categories. This article will be shining the light on the greatest cpu players of all time, and making the case for why they belong in the VHL Hall of Fame. Lastly, note that at some point cpu players changed their name to have a B symbol in front of them, but I filtered that out so that B Dav C = Dav C if you catch my drift, as they are the same person. Also, this data only starts in S20, as sadly all stats before then are lost. 
 
Dav C
 
Despite VHL players being weaklings who only play 8 seasons before retiring, Dav C has 31 outstanding seasons of hockey on his resume.This grizzled veteran leads all cpu players in career points at 207 (78 goals and 129 assists). He is also a tank because he has taken 1,890 hits in his career along with blocking 274 shots, yet somehow his body is still intact. Dav C's best decade was clearly the S30s, as he produced his highest point total of 27 during S36, and his highest goals total of 9 during S30. Dav C also somehow qualified as a rookie during 4 of his seasons, with his best "rookie" season being S20, when he amassed 3 total points. Dav C really gets around, as he has played for nine teams during his VHL career, and despite his name has actually produced his greatest output with Riga, where he accumulated 52 points and 223 hits. Sadly, Dav C's career now appears to be over, as his last season came in S65, and it appears he has been replaced by Dav C1. Long may he reign. 
 
Tor D1
 
With all respect to CAL D2 who has slightly more points than him, Tor D1 is clearly the greatest cpu defensemen of all time. He has the 2nd most points of all defensemen with 24 goals and 107 assists, but more importantly he has blocked the most shots of all defensemen at 1,284, which puts him at the 3rd most shots blocked of all time VHL players (Edwin Encarnacion leads that category at 1,388). Additionally, Tor D1 has the 2nd most hits among cpus with 1,558, proving his ability as a stay at home defenseman. Tor D1 has an insanely long career of 48 seasons, and unlike Dav C he is a Toronto loyalist, playing his entire career with the team. Tor D1 has been the ultimate team player for Toronto, as his 1,284 shots blocked makes him Toronto's all-time leader in that category. I am calling for @Peace to immediately retire his number and place him into the Toronto Legion Hall of Fame like he deserves. 
 
What CPU Players lead in all-time categories among all VHL Players?
SEA LW1 has the worst +/- of all time, at -648. The nearest human player to touch this stat is Sam Pouza, at -345 NYA RW1 has an argument to be made that he is the greatest VHL player of all time, as he averages 11.19 points per 20 minutes played, making him the league leader,   
 
 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Banninck_Cocq
 
@Banackock is this where you got your username from?

Did somebody use my career stats sheet?? ?

Another week, another chart that nobody asked for. I considered approaching a different topic this time around, but then I saw some actually somewhat interesting movements in my dear ELO chart in the past week. Have a look:
 

 
Notice anything?
1. Yes Davos is that bad, no real surprises there, so that isn't the interesting thing.
2. Toronto looks to be competing with D.C. and New York, so maybe they aren't as bad as they were originally cracked out to be. That ain't the point that interested me either though.
3. Riga turned this shit around, but meh.
4. Helsinki is the team to beat, consistent wins as of right now, and when they lose, it's just barely. But nope, not too interested in them either.
5. That game. Yes, that game.  See those two violently clashing lines? That's the result of this game between Moscow and Seattle. That resulted in a shift even bigger than the 7-0 game that opened the season between Vancouver and D.C.. Since then , we see the two teams more or less continue their respective trajectories. Almost satisfying to see Moscow come crashing down to Earth after plateauing for so long, eh?
 
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