McWolf

Saskatoon sucks. If you wanna play 60+ minutes night in night out, join me. Else, let me know where you go, I might want to follow you, play with you for a change.

Hey @Matt_O - Feels good to see you back! I'm not gonna bother with a pitch for you to join the Saskatoon Wild. We are bad, got barely any active players. So I guess you'd rather join a team that's going take part in the playoffs. Unless you just want to have a good time with your former NYA LR bud in SSK, while padding stats as our best forward. If that's the case, let me know. If not, well good luck in the team search, and see you near the top of the S72 Draft! o/

I usually don't read rules in these trivia threads. After 18 months, I feel like I know the trivia rules. But today I felt like reading them. And I was not disappointed.

Steambot Simulacrum Hornet (better known as SS Hornet or simply Hornet) is a steambot built by Geronimo Mechaniko, a retired Royal Canadian Navy engineer, in a Halifax shipyard. The shipyard is on the location of the historical Pier 21, which lent its name to the Victory Hockey League Minors’ Halifax 21st. Mr Mechaniko made Hornet so that he could have a loyal companion that could help me with some maintenance around the shipyard. He used spare parts from old see-worthy steam ships now useless because of new technologies. To avoid it being seen and judged as a robot by shipyard visitors or guests because of his metallic exoskeleton, Mr Mechaniko wrapped it up in a silicon suit resembling human skin and molded its face into a very generic-looking one, to not draw attention to it too much. For 20 years, Hornet worked with Mechaniko on the yard. It would help repair ships, would ensure the yard was always clean and safe for its owner and the other workers. Being a steambot, it’s hard to say it actually had feelings about it, but it was a simple life and it seem to be content with it. The only other thing that seemed to spark some life into the anthropomorphic robot was looking at hockey games with its owner. It was strange to look at because, from a distance, it really didn’t show any emotion, as it actually looked pretty indifferent about it. But whenever Mechaniko would tune the TV to a game, Hornet was drawn to it. Like it understood what was happening and maybe even wanted to play itself. Fast forward 20 years; Geronimo Mechaniko was diagnosed with terminal-stage cancer at some point last year. Upon receiving this terrible news, he contacted members of the Halifax 21st management team, knowing fully well that they had ties with local satanic cults. Fact is, Mechaniko was thankful for everything Hornet had done for him over the 20 years he helped him in the old Pier 21, and he couldn't bear the thought of his proud and loyal creation spending eternity working there, probably ending up as a rusty piece of scrap itself. He knew the next shipyard owner wouldn’t treat it as well as he did and wanted it to avoid this otherwise unavoidable fate. Even if it was only made of steam ships spare parts, it was undeniable that over the years, they grew to become best friends. As a two-phase parting gift to Hornet, Mechaniko upgraded it by adding built-in skate blades to his feet, in case it ever wanted to try and play the sport that mysteriously spoke to it so much. He then sold his own soul to Satan, in exchange for Hornet becoming sentient upon his passing. That way, it wouldn’t need an owner to take care of his maintenance, it would be able to do it by itself, allowing it to find a new purpose in its life, maybe in the hockey world that seemed to have drawn even its lifeless version. At precisely 12:01 EST, on February 17th, 2020, Geronimo Mechaniko finally passed away. Satan came and collected his soul. Don’t feel too bad for him, he was a jerk when he was younger, so he was going to hell anyway, but at least he got a sweet deal out of it. And thus began the hockey journey of SS Hornet, the Satan-possessed steambot. It didn’t know where to start its new career yet, especially since it had never even tried its skates. It headed to the Halifax 21st arena, where the Season 71 VHLM Dispersal Draft Combine was held, hoping it could draw some VHLM team scouts attention. --- obligatory @GustavMattias tag.

Sir, no, sir!

Hey @dasboot - Welcome in the VHL. I am McWolf, the Saskatoon Wild's GM. Our team is just coming off a Founder's Cup winning campaign in Season 69 and, I won't lie, it hurt the future success of the team. That being said, the current season is soon to be over, so if what you are looking for is a place where your new player gets a lot of ice-time, with a dedicated GM ready to help you get going, hit me up. You'll be going through the dispersal draft next offseason anyway, so the decision you take now is only gonna affect where you play until the end of this season. Let me know what you think about this offer.

hey penny If you wanna be the only active forward on a bad team, hit me up. Else, tell me where you sign and S.S. Hornet might follow you.

I mean, I might ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Hey Tri! If you want to experience being pretty much the only active forward on a team, hit me up. Saskatoon is horrible at the moment.

1E058863XD516360S Double Week (Feb. 23rd) Double Week (Mar. 8th) 5 uncapped (Feb. 23rd) $1,000,000 (Feb. 23rd)

End of season press conferences. 1 Season is almost over and we haven't been too good. Are you disappointed in the team? 2 What about your individual performances, are you doing as good as you expected at this point? 3 We just traded Gary Tarantino to the Minnesota Storm. Are you going to miss his presence? 4 Who do you think will end up winning the Founder's Cup? 5 What are you going to work on this offseason? 6 What would be your early objective for next season?

ew no

Hello @McWolf - Welcome in the VHL. ngl, the Saskatoon Wild is pretty bad atm, but that means you'd have a chance to have first line minutes and score a lot. Let me know what you think.

Thought it would be EST for some reason.

Also, I should be S72. I waited until 12:01 to be sure ;-;

I know. Hornet is a Steambot made from Steam Ship spare parts. Hence the SS.

Player Information Username: McWolf Player Name: SS Hornet Recruited From: Reddit Age: 20 Position: C Height: 74 in. Weight: 210 lbs. Birthplace: Canada Player Page @VHLM GM

8 x 6 = 48 48 games is decent for a backup

Good luck with the search Dan. SSK sucks, I'm not even gonna bother with sending you an offer. Unless you want all the icetime ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@Beketov @Beaviss should be S72 now, no?

David Davos; the mascot we deserve

Yes. You got the full week to earn. Happy to compete with you, draft classmate

LA needs a team. London or Paris too. Or Hong Kong. Relocate D.C. there. H.K. Dragons

I'm still only in the minor league with both my players. Confirmed on the speed.