Peace

HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA -- The newest VHLM team has conquered the regular season, earning a conference championship in the process, but the club is looking forward to a deep and meaningful playoff run; their season isn't complete and everyone is hungry for more. Unlike the Vegas Golden Knights - who made it all the way to the Stanley Cup Finals in 2018 to bow out in five games to the Washington Capitals - Halifax is going for gold, they are going for the VHLM championship and everyone is ready to go. Halifax has been a dominate force all season long, lead offensively by Karl von Moltke with a remarkable 124 points throughout 71 games; in that span the prospect has scored 45 goals and registered 79 helpers. More impressively, however, is how active Halifax's talented blue line truly is - out of the top five point leaders on the roster, three of them are members of Halifax's blue line: it's public information that Halifax's strongest asset is their top three defenders. Shawn Glade recorded 103 points through his 71 games so far, registering 48 goals (three more than KVM) and 55 assists; Tzuyu recorded an impressive 79 points while achieving a solid plus/minus rating of 30; finally, Dylan Nguyen rounds the bottom of the Halifax's top three defenders with 72 points in 71 games. Although Nguyen has only hit the twine 9 times, he lands second on his team in assists with 63. Halifax moves into the playoffs with a decent core of forwards beyond Karl von Moltke as well, lead by Anthony Dabarno and Ryuu Crimson at (or above) 60 points through 71 contests. Dabarno has potted 17 goals while registering 44 assists, meanwhile Crimson has recorded 32 goals and 28 assists. A formerly active (and hopefully returning) member of the Halifax roster is right wing Nikita Flipachyev, who scored 30 goals and 56 points during his season. Rounding out the top nine, you have Nathan MacKinnon (11-35-46), King Gow (10-16-26) and Lars Tommernes (5-8-13). Added depth in promising youngsters Kronos Bailey and Rylan Peace, who already have achieved more TPE than both Gow and Tommernes, give options for GM Glade to work with as playoff hockey looms in the distance. The young club is excited, and so are the fans. Oh, did you see their new logo? Historical salute, or... secret desires? Who knows, who knows.

I made another attempt at it. For some reason, when I make the Halifax logo 3D, it brightens up and goes gray instead of keeping the black and white settings I applied. I had to make two 3D smart objects just to get it to darken a bit. Still new to it all, lots to learn. I also made the logo bigger. EDIT: I've also noticed the jersey seems to be 'bleeding (I think that's the term)' a little. Color seems out of place all over the chest region.

Let me know what you guys think! First time trying to replace a logo entirely, so it might not be all that good. (I also enjoy black and white pictures, obviously. lol)

1) This week, we've had a Mid-Season PT Theme bonus, where you got 10 extra TPE for making a PT about another player in the league. What theme would you like to be used next season? Honestly not to sure, I think a VHL history theme'd PT would be pretty cool. Pick a season for a VHL team - former or current - and write about the season they had or something. 2) We've also re-launched the VHL's Twitter account, and you can get 3 TPE for following the account and retweeting the recruitment tweet. Which social media platform do you think VHL should cover next? Facebook maybe, but you'd have to have paid advertising to reach an audience large enough to even consider it. It's hard to promote text-based simulators. 3) Four of the five playoff places in the VHLM have been decided, the remaining teams to battle it out for the last place in the playoffs are the Rush and the Wild. The Rush are three points behind the Wild, but the Rush have a game more to play and the two teams play each other twice before the season's end. Who do you think will make the playoffs? It's almost certain that the Wild make the playoffs. 4) At the top of the table, it's a battle between the 21st and the Aces. The 21st are two points ahead of the Aces and the two teams play each other one more time before the end of the season. Who do you think will top the table come the end of the season? As a member of Halifax I am proud to announce... we've already clinched the division. 5) Speaking of the 21st, they revealed their logo yesterday, what do you think of it? I like the reference; it's a nice, clean logo. 6) Finally, I'll be doing another Mock Draft in my weekly Draftee Rankings tomorrow, fill in the template below with who you think will go where in the first four picks! 1 (Helsinki Titans) - Kastelic 2 (New York Americans) - Borwinn 3 (Toronto Legion) - Shawinganen 4 (Riga Reign) - McWolf

Rylan Peace Forward Goals Points

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I might be newer, but I'll apply as well.

HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA -- Is it surprising - after inking a one million dollar contract with Halifax - that Alberta born and raised Rylan Peace purchased a pick up truck from the Halifax Chrysler dealership this morning? We certainly weren't surprised, given that Alberta is just a small Texas - or if you prefer, the Texas of Canada. The eighteen year old prospect posed for a picture with the management group after purchasing a 2018 RAM 2500 Power Wagon equipped with the Cummins 6.7l Turbo Diesel, his smile as wide as the tires themselves, stretching from cheek to cheek. Although Rylan hasn't played a game with his new club, he was awarded the contract as a signing bonus... er, in a sense anyway. After spending some of the cash on improving his abilities on the ice, he dipped into his account and purchased a new vehicle for himself, a vehicle that 'he's always wanted' according to his latest tweet. I think most sensible individuals would buy a vehicle for themselves, perhaps a home to stay in as well, but the youngster is keeping firm staying at a Halifax hotel for now. "I think I bought my own truck based on my experiences with the brand, and the utility they offer is unbeatable. Back in Alberta my older brother drove his 1983 RAM everywhere, it was his pride and joy until a tree decided it was time to retire the classic truck... okay, he decided it was time to retire the truck and the tree was happy to oblige." Peace said of the purchase, laughing in our phone conversation. "Wasn't long after that he bought himself a RAM 1500, so I decided to follow his footsteps. I loved those trucks, but his latest RAM handled so easy with or without towing and was very comfortable to sit in for long periods." Peace said, "It is certainly better than my 2006 Dodge Van!" "Another reason I got a truck is to laugh at my teammates getting stuck in the snow with their fancy cars," Peace joked. "While I'm sitting there laughing at them on the way to the rink, they'll be giving me the finger as I pass them." I've seen trucks stuck before, sonny, don't get cocky on us now. "I might even pull them out, you know, if they're nice to me." He added. You've doomed yourself.

HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA -- The magical story from Halifax is one that rivals that of the Las Vegas Golden Knights in the 2017/2018 NHL season, and in my opinion, it should; it’s more impressive than the twilight story out of sin city actual, Halifax is a hockey club of young men and prospects with the pressure and expectations to succeed - and they are. Halifax has become the most competitive roster in the VHLM thanks to the marvellous efforts of player and GM Shawn Glade, but like the NHL club it had to start somewhere. Prior to the teams assembly, before a roster was iced and the season began, the Halifax club was just ink on likely long forgotten paper - so how did the GM develop such a dominant team in the clubs inaugural season? How did Vegas do it? GM Glade, a defensemen for his own club during game nights, opted to accelerate his roster through active trading rather than free-agent signings to acquire the core of his hockey club, although the young GM has signed some promising young players during his tenure as Halifax’s head honcho. Glade’s first impact deal introduced Halifax’s leading scorer, Karl von Moltke; if Halifax is popular for its beautiful landscape and oceanside vacations, Glade should be popular for perhaps the best trade of the VHLM’s season 62 - even though they gave up some decent players, Lavellee and B.B. Nat (both now members of Yukon), Moltke has developed into a player that will lead teams deep into playoff runs. Halifax - as it stands right now - the clear winner of that trade. Following the Moltke trade, GM Glade continued to aggressively shop for players in the trade market and found a willing partner with the Saskatoon GM. Glade sent three draft picks to Saskatoon; his first round pick in season 62, his second round draft pick in season 62 and his second round draft pick in season 63 - in return, Saskatoon sent back top prospects Ryuu Crimson and Dylan Nguyen. The improvements didn’t stop there: GM Glade was also able to secure defender (via draft) Tzuyu from the Ottawa Lynx club, and with that, he cemented the Halifax roster together. It was the beginning of what has turned out to be an amazing season for the newest VHLM club, but again… the transactions continued, the improvements never ceased and the determined player/GM proceeded to find ways to improve his hockey club. While GM Glade was wheeling and dealing with teams to improve his roster, he has also been actively signing talented and active prospects to contracts, using Halifax’s cinderella story as a point of interest from time to time. Some of those prospects include draft picks RW Nikita Flipachyev and C Nathan MacKinnon, who have each respectfully become key cogs in the Halifax’s dominating machine. The player/GM has also signed D Toby Fitzgerald, LW King Gow and recently RW Rylan Peace; additionally, he also traded for D Juri Rykonen. Did we mention he also managed to secure Cole Mertz, the best goaltender so far in the VHLM after making a deal involving draft picks and conditions before Halifax played its first game? All of those transactions - be it from a trade, a draft or free agent signing - have allowed the Halifax hockey club to become a competitive team in her inaugural season. The city is famous for its sprawling Citadel - the fortress of Halifax - and Glade has developed a core that is as strong as her walls. Halifax is lead by Glade himself, manning the defensive core and becoming perhaps the most effective defensemen in the VHLM this season, but he’s got some healthy competition from other talented individuals. I must say, a job very well done Glade, you’ve turned a team that was likely headed to the bottom of the standings and built a club that could win a championship.

I'll do a written PT for Shawn Glade.

1: Although I was unable to suit up for Canada, they have been absolutely destroying everyone. I'm very happy my home country is a power house at the world juniors! 2: I want to say myself, I'm determined to be an effectively player in the VHL; however, I would also choose Toby Fitzgerald. He seems to be actively collecting TPE and improving his player, so he could be an asset for any team that takes him later in the draft. 3: I don't think anyone is catching up to him this far into the season, but it'll be exciting to see. If any player had the ability, I'm going to reach deep down and pick Shawinganen. 4: I'm going to have to with Cole Mertz, his goals against average has been absolutely incredible! 5: Honestly, I'm pretty new to VHL, so I still have quite a bit to learn about records and the leagues history. 6: I haven't had the opportunity to use them yet, but I'm sure they'll be very helpful!

I’ll try it out.

Player Name: Rylan Peace VHL Team: Halifax 21 Cash you have: 1, 000, 000 Purchase Name: The First Generation Cost of Purchase: 500, 000 Cash Left: 500, 000

They fixed my, uh, amazing 14 one month trials loophole recently so I think my morals are already pretty low. lol!

I'm broke, so uh... embarrassingly... Paint 3D.

I was working on the animations earlier today, then decided to edit the original document to include my recent move to the Halifax 21 club. Let me know what you think.

Eager to get started, I'm going to accept Halifax's offer.

175 Americans @ Legion 176 Reign @ Titans 177 Bears @ Americans 178 Meute @ Wranglers

3-1 Wranglers

Done.

@Jubo07 Thank you, I'll add that one as soon as I can.

I was so tired when I wrote this... It's Rylan, but every time I put in Dylan I was actually talking to my friend Dylan on an Escape From Tarkov server I have so, yeah, my brain was like 'Oh yeah his name is Dylan now, not Rylan, you're tired and won't notice the difference'. I will correct immediately, thanks for noticing! As for Ryland the free agent page was mis-spelt, so I was going to change to Ryland, but I kinda like Rylan I was just too shy to say 'Hey that's wrong'. lol

Upbringing: Rylan Peace was born at the Cardston Chinook Health Center on September 6th at 1:01 AM; his parents, Brett and Anne Peace, were overdue three days eagerly waiting for their son to enter the world and were ecstatic when he arrived; however, the moment was short lived. Due to complications with the birth, Anne started to hemorrhage a concerning amount of blood. On September 7th, after hours of intensive care, Anne Peace died with her son nearby and her husband holding her hand. The only memory Rylan has of his mom is a picture taken after his successful delivery, much to Brett Peace's sadness. Due to his father being an owner-operator of his own trucking company, Rylan largely grew up with his grandma in the town of Cardston. He went to school like regular kids and started developing an interest in hockey after watching games on the television when his father was home during the evenings. At the age of five Rylan begun to take skating lessons - paid for by his father - while his grandmother took him to each and every lesson. Eventually, because of the lack of a initiate league in the town, Rylan and his father would move to a city closer to central Alberta - Calgary. Brett would put his son into an initiate league and his skills begun to develop at a high rate, higher than most children on the team. While Rylan was just out there having fun, Brett had already planned on his son becoming a trucker, hoping the hockey phase simply wore off. Rylan's father changed the name of his company to 'Peace and Son Trucking' before Rylan could accurately relay how he felt about it. Of course, being a child, he was happy just to be around his fathers big rigs at the shop. As his interest grew in the sport, so did his fathers participation, and eventually Brett was a full-time dad by the time Rylan was eight years old. Although Brett still owned the company, and was often busy in his office, he was always home to spend time with his son. By the time Rylan was in Pee-Wee, he was playing at a grade AAA level and needed more involvement from his busy father, so his grandma stepped up to the plate and started helping him out immensely. His father remained extremely supportive - even helping fund a team bus a few times, but his grandma was the true hero. She'd take him to every out of town game, car pool for the hockey club, make suppers to go and offer advice and support when Rylan was struggling - among other grandmotherly things. Academically, Rylan was more-or-less a grade average student. His report cards were neither impressive nor disappointing, although - like many students - Rylan accelerated in some classes while falling behind in others. Those classes he was strong in happened to be physical education, science and social studies. Meanwhile, on the other side of the spectrum, Rylan often struggled with math and literature. By the start of his high school years, Rylan was forced to relocate back to Cardston with his grandma as the economy forced his father to return to his company as an owner-operator instead of just managing the company from his home office. Although this entirely derailed Rylans chance at playing for Major Junior hockey clubs at an earlier age, Cardston was the home of a new AA high school team in competition with provincial rivals. Cardston Steelheads: Rylan's first year with the Cardston Steelheads saw the young prospect rally off an impressive 38 goals in just 41 games, but after suffering a leg injury his production dropped to just 7 goals in his last 19 games. Although still impressive, Rylan was playing in a competition bracket where he would be a more dominant player regardless of his opposition, and he expected better of himself and his teammates. Just because his location wouldn't allow him to play with a team in the CHL didn't mean he wouldn't try to make a case to the school board, and he certainly expected his teammates to try their hardest on and off the ice. Rylan lead the Cardston Steelheads to the playoffs, finishing the season with 45 goals and 28 assists for an impressive 73 points at the age of fifteen/sixteen. Although the high school club made the playoffs, they would be eliminated in four games to Winston Churchill High in Lethbridge. Rylan registered five goals and an assist in those four games, including tying up game four twice when Cardston was trailing 2-1 and 4-3 in the second and third periods, but his efforts weren't enough the his club was eliminated by a far more talented group of students. In his second year with Cardston, Rylan advanced even further offensively by scoring 49 goals in the 55 games he ended up playing for his high school; Rylan took a small break to attend a family memorial service in the United States and ended up missing five games entirely, including nearly two weeks of classes. Regardless Rylan had, once again, led Cardston to the playoffs to face a high school from Okotoks. Cardston won the first game through solid team play and determination - Rylan was able to score two assists in the 5-2 victory over Okotoks, but the Baby-Calgary club was able to apply the pressure in games two and three to take a series lead. Although Rylan had scored twice and assisted on another goal in those two games, his club was now trailing a series for the second year in a row. Game four Rylan exploded offensively, leading his team to a 5-1 victory with a hat trick in the third period. It was all for naught, though. Rylan scored the lone goal in their game five 3-1 defeat, and assisted in one of Cardston's two goals in their game six 6-2 defeat. The Steelheads were eliminated 4 games to 2 by Okokoks High. Lethbridge Hurricanes: Rylan was surprised by his grandma during the summer when she moved him and herself into a new home while Rylans father worked to pay the rent of the new building for his family. His grandma was positive Rylan could play at a higher level better than any kid he faced in the lower competition league and immediately enrolled him into Churchill High when registrations opened up. Although initially Rylan didn't fit in, mainly due to being a former player for the Cardston Steelhead's, he was able to quickly make friends with the current crop of WHL players attending the school. When tryouts for the Lethbridge Hurricanes started, Rylan earned a spot quickly and made the opening night roster for the Lethbridge Hurricanes. In his first season in the CHL - predictably - Rylan struggled both defensively and offensively for the first half of the season, although when he started to warm up goals came more naturally and stick checking became easier. He finished his first CHL season with 25 goals, 20 assists and 45 points in 68 games. The Hurricanes did exceptionally well in the first round, defeating the Red Deer Rebels 4 games to 1 and advancing to the conference semi-finals for the first time since Jordan Bellerive and Tyler Wong lead the club there in the past. Rylan suited up for all five games but only registered two assists in game three, a 5-4 OT victory. In the second round the Hurricanes were defeated by the Brandon Wheat Kings 4 games to 2, but Rylan was able to record a goal and two more assists in the six semi-final games. In his second season with the Lethbridge Hurricanes, Rylan would receive an 'A' on his jersey, and stepped up to the plate by potting 37 goals, scoring 29 assists and registering a total of 66 points during the regular season. Despite Rylan's offensive improvements, the club digressed in the standings and barely made it into the playoffs; however, having graduated from high school, Rylan was happy with how the year turned out. Academically average was okay with him, but his passion to be a better hockey player each and every day was his true motivation to continue playing as long as he could. The Hurricanes were eliminated in the first round four games to three by the Medicine Hat Tigers, however Rylan would manage to score six goals and acquired three helpers for a total of nine points during the post season. Although a disappointing end to a CHL career, Rylan is extremely happy to be a free agent for the Victory Hockey League now.