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Congrats everyone, we defended gold! Roctrion King with he huge OT winner to clinch it. Huge props to Asia and who should be the easy choice for tournament MVP; Alexander Pepper. Brick Wahl stops 21 of 22 shots in the victory. Canada remains on top of the hockey world!!! @Romaris @Cornflakers @oilmandan @Symmetrik @Quik @Peace @monkeywrench15 @LordTony @ChaceT @JohnnyT_77 @RyanZabby @Toast @joeyboucher1 @Lefty @BladeMaiden

Good show boys. Looks like Pepper stands between us and defending Gold.

Brick is a VHLM player though, who has jumped from 134 to 158 . Some players have stepped up their earning since the tourney began in order to strengthen their players potential for their nations. I kept a spreadsheet tracking my players (which I now learned was for nothing) so I could alter my lineup to reward players with more ice time. These sort of things need to be made public to players and GM's so we don't have a false sense of control/expectation. /rant

@Devise Why haven't TPE updates been pulled in since the tournament begun? For example; Brick Wahl, Dan Wilinsky, etc. have earned 20+ since the tourney even started.

The season 63 World Juniors got underway earlier this week. Each nation has played their eight matches resulting in playoff seeds set in stone. With the round robin completed, let's take a look at how the nations fared; Canada was unstoppable at home but was less than stellar on the road with losses to Asia and World. Europe sees themselves as the 2nd seed winning five matches.The surprising team of the tournament; Asia, finished as the 3rd seed and will look to earn their way into the gold medal game. Playoffs The first match of the playoff round will see Team USA face Team World. USA won both matches vs Team World during the round robin stage. The winner will be rewarded with a semi-final match-up against Team Canada. The other semi-final will pit Team Europe against Team Asia. Team Europe trumped Asia in both of their matches during the round robin. From the start of the tournament the expectation was to see Canada and Europe face off for gold. However, with Canada uncharacteristically losing two matches in the round robin the picture has become unclear. Canada has seen excellent goal tending from both Weekes and Wahl; with Weekes producing stronger stats in a smaller sample size. It will be an interesting story line as to who starts in goal for the remainder of their gold medal defending run. Tournament management @Banackock @McWolf @BladeMaiden have done an excellent job ensuring the tournament was run smoothly to this point. The playoffs should be no exception as the hype will continue to be built throughout the site and on the various discord channels.

@Goalieguy The Las Vegas Aces would like to acquire your services for the remainder of the season. $1.5million to start out on our 4th line with potential to move up based on your TPE earnings here on out. An offer will be sent to you through the player portal. Feel free to entertain other offers as other teams may also send offers your way.

The Las Vegas Aces would like to obtain your services for the remainder of the season. You would start on the 4th line but as you earn TPE you could move up the lineup. An offer will be sent to you through the player portal (1 year @ $1.5million). Other teams will likely also send you offers so there is no rush to accept if you want to consider your options.

Thanks @Tagger for helping me when I was getting started. Your dedication to new memers was second to none and I’m sad to see you go. Congrats @McWolf.

Quebec 5-2

200 Calgary Wranglers 201 Quebec City Meute 202 Seattle Bears 203 Riga Reign

@BladeMaiden

The comparison on paper between the season S62 and S63 Canadian WJC rosters will show come obvious improvements. Defensively, Canada had just one defender above 100 TPE. This season they enter the tournament with three including two at or above 200. Their cast of forwards and goaltending have also vastly improved. Canada will have two potential starting goalies in Kevin Weekes (gold medal returnee) and Brick Wahl; early edge to Brick who has caught the eye of anyone who follows the VHLM. On the offensive side, Canada's lowest TPE player has 156; compare that to 110 in S62. Eight players will return to the world juniors to assist Team Canada in their quest to defend the gold medal. Canada's GM is also a familiar face as he is contending for his 3rd straight gold medal as a GM for Hockey Canada. Returning to Defend Gold Roctrion King Scott Shawinganen Anthony Dabarno Dan Wilinsky Cayden Saint Toby Fitzgerald Burnt Toast Kevin Weekes The tournament gets underway this week. Canada will open vs Team Europe who enter as one of the favourites to dethrone Team Canada.

Nothing to do with our GM, in fact he made it an interactive decision and put it up to a team vote.

@Esso2264

@Will requesting trade to be approved portal side so assets switch hands. Thank you!

Crosby has a defensive partner!

144 Quebec City Meute 145 Toronto Legion 146 Calgary Wranglers 147 Helsinki Titans

3-1 CGY

I am at 20/20 on the portal with the addition of Mendes. There are players still on Vegas’ client file that were not removed from my previous releases. (Ho-Train and Drake).

With such a deep pool of prospects for most nations to choose from, there are always players who fail to catch the eye of their respective GM's. With the full roster of players now released for season 63's WJC, we can take a close look at the talent that did not make the final cuts. The following players were not selected by their nation and in most cases also missed the cut from making Team World. Nathan MacKinnon - Shockingly the VHLM's leading scorer will not represent Canada or Team World. MacKinnon has amassed 52 points in 29 games with Hallifax this season. Canada's forward depth was simply too deep for MacKinnon to make the cut despite his aw-inspiring season thus far. Johnny Havanek Carison - Perhaps the most surprising non home nation selection of the tournament. Carison will represent Team World after being the odd man out from Team USA's selections of Cole Mertz and Rhett Stoffiday. Team World should benefit well from this decision. Jagger Philliefan - A product of being the 5th dman on USA's depth chart; Jagger will not skate at the WJC. Andrew Taylor - Passed up by a currently inactive centre (Hunter Kidd); Taylor will also not appear in uniform at the WJC.

@Beketov Thanks in advance!

@Banackock

Replaced Kisshan with Zabby. Portal had me thinking Kisshan was Canadian.

Exception for a 5th dman perhaps