McWolf

70 shots. Ok.

26 shots against in 2 games. Defense is doing it!

I put up a freaking 20-point update and I still get overshadowed by @Enorama. I get it, yours is bigger. You win. Uh!

didn't have time to listen to it before, but that's a nice talk from you guys. Do moar

What a series this is so far!

You didn't notice that network guy holding a release form for you to sign amidst groupies wanting autographs on their body?

We look forward to deliver these earlier next season :')

This season marked the long-awaited return of the World Junior Championship. The commissioner team (@Banackock, @BarzalGoat and myself) would like to congratulate @Jubo07 on leading Team Canada to gold medal glory and every other General Managers @Dtayl, @ShawnGlade, @TheLastOlympian07, @Enorama, on being good leaders for their respective teams throughout the event. And now, without further ado, we are honoured to present to you your Season 62 World Junior Championship award recipients: Top Forward - Leph Twinger (CAN) @DollarAndADream A case could have been made for Jake Davis or Sergei Kovalev to win this award but, in the end, Leph Twinger was the most important offensive weapon for his team when it most counted and that's what makes him the most deserving of this award. Twinger led all Canadian players with 8 goals in the round robin, before exploding for 4 goals and 2 assists in 2 games in the medal round, including a 3-1-4 performance in the 6-5 win over Team Asia in the final of the tournament. Top Defenseman - Maxim Kovalchuk (ASA) @Banackock Maxim Kovalchuk paced all defensemen in the tournament with a total tally of 19 points in 10 games. He was also the defensemen that collected the most shots on goal, with 62. On top of being an extraordinary offensive defenseman, Kovalchuk proved to be an efficient defensive force, gathering 15 hits and 18 blocked shots, while playing over 26 minutes per game. His contribution to Team Asia's success is undeniable and is only tainted by their tough loss to Team Canada in the final. Top Goaltender - Ismond Kingfisher (USA) @Spade18 There were some heated discussions as to who should win this award. Granted, Kevin Weekes held the fort for Team Canada throughout the Championship, but this was more a team performance than a solo act. On the other side, Ismond Kingfisher gave a chance for Team USA to win every evening, even with their offensive woes. He is the only goaltender that received north of 300 shots during the 8-game round robin, but he somehow maintained a 0.937 save percentage, with the overall average being 0.903%. He had a rough showing in the semi-final and couldn't lead his team to a spot in the final, but he is definitely the number one reason why Team USA came out of these WJC with a bronze medal. MVP - Jake Davis (CAN) @Reives While Jake Davis wasn't even named the tournament's Top Forward, we couldn't just turn down his overall contribution to team Canada's success. He led Twinger by one point atop Canada's leaderboards, trailing Team Asia's Kovalev by 3, but he notched at least as many hits and shots blocked as both of them. He also led everyone not named Cayden Saint with a differential of +11. Just like Twinger, he capped off an incredible tournament with an incredible performance against Team Asia in the final, scoring 2 goals, including the gold medal-winning goal, and adding 2 assists along the way. Congratulations to everyone that won an award and thanks to everyone that participated in the event! Staff, GMs, players, you all helped making this first edition of the World Junior Championship since Season 55 a successful one! Hopefully this is merely the first of many successful WJCs.

Ottawa already has 6 defensemen, so we will have to pass, sadly. Like Trifecta said, however, we are in the first round of the playoffs, they should be done in about a week, then you'll get drafted to a team for sure.

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1a) I did the math the other day and I'm getting somewhere around 13 to 15, don't remember exactly. Hits are a huge part of this. I hope I would get more from +/- or shots blocked, but playing on Ottawa's first defenseman pair isn't all that easy, we're facing all the top lines around, all your Shawinganen-Borwinn-Revchenko, or your Crimson-Flipachyev with Tzuyu-Nguyen on defense. 2) I like that. VHLM is a development league meant to give everyone a good taste of the VHL, but also get them to enjoy the concept of the league. Wild Card round means one more team gets to enjoy the playoffs. 3) I applied for that job, but probably shot myself in the foot by telling everyone how I've been racking every job possible for the last month or so. Glad Trifecta got it, I'm sure he'll do great. If I'm not mistaken, it's not his first gig as GM so he'll be well placed to teach the ways of the VHL to newer players. I feel like I would have done a good job as well, but I may not be experienced enough to really father the rookies before their VHL careers really kick off. 4) Bit late for this one, but like I said earlier, I'm glad Trifecta got it, he deserves it! 5) I really really hope we can bury our rough regular season in the past and actually beat Vegas 4 times. And quickly. We've had trouble playing against them this year, but I think we can get through them and meet with Halifax in the finals (because this series is a given, right?) 6) I'm not going to say how I think the final result looks like, but I'll say writing stuff and discussing future article subjects with these guys has been a blast so far. Shoutout to the mag team!

Welcome aboard, @Cyberwolf32

We already got 6 defensemen in Ottawa, so I'm afraid we will have to pass. Hit me up if you got questions about the league, though.

You're always supposed to have a space before and after the following in French : ; ! ? Source: the internet, even I didn't know that.

I'd love to be a GM, obviously, but with the wave of jobs I recently got (VHLM Mag Writer, WJC Commish, Updater), I feel like I'm hogging them and should leave some for other new members. Still throwing my name in the hat, though, but I would not be mad if you pass on me.

You can go ahead and add @Enorama already.

Show's over lads.

I did. You ass.

Ideally an odd number

@ColeMrtz21 The logo looks awesome in there. GG Boom

@Elhandon

But there was no VHLM in S1. So yes, it's S62 but only the 61st season. Thanks, man!

answering late so I'll skip the 2 outdated questions 2. Ottawa is cute, it's like a mini-London, with a lot less rain though. But yeah, I've tried the make the most out of my passage in the VHLM. I tried to spend one free day in every city that we got to play in. I tried to stay calm in Vegas though, that could have turned ugly quick. 3. Well, season is pretty much over now, we're finishing in 3rd place, pretty much where we've been for the whole thing. That was to be expected, really. We started out slow and had to do some catching up with Halifax and Las Vegas ever since. I think we got what it takes to surprise a couple of teams in the playoffs though. "Surprise" probably isn't the best of choice of words here, actually, as I don't think anyone would really be surprised if any of Halifax, Las Vegas or Ottawa won the Founder's Cup. They'd be surprised if none of them won it, though. Personally, I'm just looking forward to be that same shutdown defenseman I've been all season long. That's what the team expects from me and that's what I'll do. 5. I've said it a couple times already, and now he doesn't even sleep like a sleeper pick anymore, but I love that Kisshan Shan kid. He's gonna do great things in the VHL, I'm sure of it. I also like how my Lynx teammate Jesse Wilson looks so far. He joined us late in the season but he already looks like a seasoned veteran. Same goes for Rylan Peace, I haven't seen him much, because he signed with Halifax so late, but he looks like he might steal the show in the playoffs and he might continue to that in the big leagues in a couple years.

With the 61st VHLM season pretty much in the books, Joseph McWolf takes some time to look back and reflect on what he accomplished in this past season. He knows this next game might be his last regular season game as a Lynx and he's feeling kind of nostalgic about it, already. The team that drafted him and gave him his first shot at playing professional hockey. He almost wishes he could stay with them one more season and help them be a competitive team again next season as well, but so is the life of a prospect. You got to be thankful for that chance they gave you, but then you got to move on and work on what's next; the VHL. McWolf doesn't know yet the colours he's going to wear next season, but he did spoke with a couple of general managers that showed some interest for him. Some of them talked about the impact he could have in the upcoming season, but they all seemed impressed mostly by the type of player he could potentially become down the road. The English defenseman is en route to finish 2nd in the VHLM in hits, as he delivered 234 in 71 games. He also currently sits on the 16th place in the blocked shots leaderboards with 74, effectively showing that he is a soul-crushing shutdown force to be recognized in the minor league. He is hopeful that this high-level of defensive abilities he's been showing all season long will translate well in the big leagues. He doesn't expect to finish his rookie season anywhere near the top 10 in either hits or blocked shots, but he might get up there at one point in his career. As for the offensive side of his game, there sadly isn't much to talk about. His 34 points ranked him 44th in the whole league, 21st among defensemen. McWolf lacked the powerplay time that his competitors had, only racking 4 points with the man advantage, while some others had upwards of 20 powerplay points. But, even with more powerplay time, he would never have caught up with top scoring defensemen like Shawn Glade or Lando Baxter. He's conscious that, at some point in his career, he's going to have to put some work on his finishing touch. Blocking shots and checking opponents only gets you so far if you can't score when given the opportunity. He wants to do what's best for his future team and he knows that might be to try and become more a two-way defenseman than a undimensional shutdown guy. That is hopefully something he'll get to discuss with his coach in the coming weeks. For now, though, Joseph has to focus. He gotta think about his short-term future. He gotta wear that Ottawa Lynx jersey one last time in the regular season and get his mind set on the upcoming playoffs.