I'd like to first of all thank me, myself and I for this honour. The hours and hours I've sunk into CHEL over the years has really only helped in the shoot out.
Then I guess I'll thank my parents, they did conceive me on top of a Zamboni.
3rd Annual Unofficial VHL Regular Season Awards – S68
Another regular season has come to a close. That means we can dole out some regular season awards! Welcome everyone to the 3rd Annual Unofficial VHL Regular Season Awards for S68.
Anyway, these awards have been created by me. There is no voting process and they are not officially recognized by the VHL Board of Governors. I wrote silly little descriptions for most of these award names in the original award post. This year I'm cutting down on that junk and getting straight to business. Without further ado, away we go:
The Pylon Award (worst +/- rating) – Sven Hitz @JayF D.C. Dragons
Not surprisingly the winner came from one of the expansion teams. Sven led the league with a -58. D.C. Dragons occupied the top 9 slots in worst +/-.
Previous Winners:
S67 - Piotr Jerwa and Nethila Dissanayake (-34)
S66 - Bryce Zhields (-49)
The Gandhi Award (least penalty minutes) – Jack Lynch @xsjack Malmo Nighthawks
Jack led the league with 0 PIM in 1473 Minutes Played.
The Timex Award (received most hits) – Mikko Aaltonen @GRZ D.C. Dragons
Mikko was hit 297 times this year. The previous winner, Rauno Palo fished in 2nd with 260 hits taken.
The John Wayne Award (most shots taken) - Rylan Peace @Peace Toronto Legion
Rylan took 466 shots this year.
Previous Winners:
S67 – Matt Thompson (495 shots)
S66 – Shane Mars (533 shots)
The “Hit the Broadside of the Barn” Award (most own shots blocked) - Rylan Peace @Peace Toronto Legion
Rylan had 144 of his shots blocked (14.98% of his total shots).
The “Can’t Hit the Broadside of the Barn” Award (most own shots missed) - Rylan Peace @Peace Toronto Legion
Rylan completed the sweep of the shots award with winning this award by totaling a league leading 351 missed shots this season.
The New Shin Pads Award (most blocked shots) – Seabass Perrin @Sebster03 Prague Phantoms
Seabass led the league with 207 blocked shots the year.
Previous Winners:
S67 - Piotr Jerwa (170 shots blocked)
S66 - Lando Baxter (189 shots blocked)
The Tired Legs Award (most minutes played) - Mikko Aaltonen @GRZ D.C. Dragons
Maybe this is why he was hit so much. Mikko led the league with 2,290 minutes played.
The Snap! Award (most power play minutes) - Joseph McWolf @McWolf Riga Reign
McWolf was on the power play for 351 minutes.
Previous Winners:
S67 - Beau Louth (437 power play minutes)
S66 - Jake Davis (412 power play minutes)
The 1 vs. 100 Award (most time on penalty kill) - Jack Lynch @xsjackMalmo Nighthawks
Jack Lynch must hate penalties not only did he get 0 penalties this year, he also spent the most time killing them. He spent 353 minutes killing penalties.
The Sean Archer Award (highest face-off win %) - Podrick Cast @Victor Moscow Menace
Podrick puts a stamp on the end of his career by winning 62.56% of his face-offs
The Triple Deke Award (most penalty shot goals) - Jorgon Weyed @Joubo Moscow Menace
Jorgon scored 6 penalty shot goals. The Malmo Nighthawks Trevor Van Lagen @VanCanWin also scored 6 penalty shot goals, but he loses the award because he had one more attempt than Jorgon.
The Rocky Award (most fights won) - Tyler Barabash Jr @Bushito Calgary Wranglers
In a very down year for fight Tyler took the award by winning only 2 fights. His record on the year was 2-1-2. There was only one other player that won 2 fights, New York Americans’ Nethila Dissanayake @nethi99. Nethila also won 2 fights, but lost the award because they had one more fight than Tyler.
The Glass Joe Award (most fights lost) – It’s a tie! Podrick Cast @Victor Moscow Menace and Jordan Tonn @MexicanCow123 Helsinki Titans
Both Podrick and Jordan lost 2 fights this season. The both engaged in fisticuffs the same amount of times, 5.
The Stars Award (most stars won) - Matt Thompson @Beketov Malmo Nighthawks
The league leader in points reclaimed this award with 32 total stars. Matt also led the league with 14 first stars!
Previous Winners:
S67 - Rauno Palo (25 total stars)
S66 - Matt Thompson (28 total stars)
The “Always a Bridesmaid” Award (most stars without winning 1st star) - Zeno Miniti @Zeno Prague Phantoms
Zeno won 9 stars without ever winning the 1st star!
The Biggest Backpack Award (player with the largest difference in points from the rest of their team) - Mikko Aaltonen @GRZ D.C. Dragons
While logging the most minutes and getting hit the most number of times, Mikko also scored the most points on his team, besting his teammate (Dan Gles @No_Dangles) by 28 points.
Previous Winners:
S67 - Podrick Cast (23 points more than teammate)
This concludes the unofficial award ceremony. Thank you to everyone reading. Congratulations and/or condolences to all the winners! Have a good night!
1,006 words will claim for weeks ending 10/27 and 11/3.
Also pointing out that going back on a perma ban status will weaken staff rulings as a whole. Not really scaring people if they know they can come back in a year.
Moscow is helping Malmo out in this playoff race. Why does Vancouver always underperform, this is the second year I predicted Louth to win MVP and he has failed me yet again