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Rodney Ravage

Can’t go until Feb 26! But her gift involves Australia!

VHL DECIDES!!!!

Edition #9: New Year, New Season, New Campbell's Corner (Again)! It feels like it’s been forever since I’ve actually sat down to take the time to write a proper media spot. Last week was the first significant writing I’ve done in the league since August of 2022 and while the break has felt like a nice vacation after years and years of activity, you can definitely feel a bit of the rust that has accumulated over the last half a year. As a lot of people already know from private talking, locker rooms or this article , I will be moving to Australia for about 10-12 months and our flight officially leaves on February 26th. I think, despite having a plan and a good bit of money hidden away, it’s still going to be quite the challenge and setting myself up for success in other areas before I go so they either don’t add to the stress or I can continue to use them for enjoyment is incredibly important. As I’ve found over my time with the Victory Hockey League, it’s almost easier to write week in and week out if you have some form of a template. Basically I’m saying league blabber for 500+ words and you’re good to go! If you’re constantly being creative every single week, the task becomes a bit daunting and sometimes can weigh on your shoulders as a job instead of a task. Fortunately for us, the league is always simulating, pumping out stats or has something go on and therefore we’re always blessed with content to blab about. I’m excited to be back in the writing action and this week I’m going to be having a little bit of fun. In my latest Bana Blab's #57, I did a small amount of hunting through the Bears records and all-time current player stats and found a few who were dialing in on some milestones. This week we’re all going to hop into our trusty VHL hot air balloon created by @iRockstar and go around the leagues to see what’s going on. With that being said, tie your shoes and take your vitamins because we’re turning the heat on and hopping in the balloon! Weeeeeooooo VHL S87 VHL Index TEAMS: The Wolves are back and they’re seemingly very hungry with a 14-2-1 record. LA and CGY are right behind them with 24 points each. Calgary isn’t a huge surprise for me. They have a lot of good pieces on that team and they’re led by a good GM. Both could be said for LA too in some sense, but also not with quite the same confidence. LA has good pieces and a great goalie, but they have holes in their defense. A literal log jam from 5th to 13th in the league, as all those teams are within 4 points. It was actually crazy but a lot of fun to see that. Tight competition between all these teams will make it a more fun situation while it lasts. Helsinki and Toronto are trying to out tank one another. Who wins? My bet is on Toronto! It’s awesome to see how Daniel Janser ( @Daniel Janser) has turned out in the VHL. Ever since they were a prospect entering the league, I had very good vibes when it came to this member and player. Taking a look at their career and this season - you’d be right. They lead the league with 27 points and are having a very dominant, MVP like season. Nezuko ( @Baozi) leads a tight race for the Kevin Brooks trophy https://vhlportal.com/hof/awards/history/9 with 13 goals to date. My very own player, Mikhail Kovalchuk with London, currently has 20 apples on the year to lead the VHL in assists. Biggie Cheese ( @a_Ferk) out here being a double predator as he’s the top Dman for points. Larry Abass Jr ( @RileyL) is the crown holder at the moment for rookie players with the most points. Jani Karppinen ( @ShawnGlade) is lethal at the most with a shooting average of 18.18%. It does help if you’ve only shot the puck 22 times in 17 games played. Callum Murray ( @Berocka) is playing, on average, 1.74 more minutes per game than the second highest average of 31.21. Both are LA Stars players. Brandt Fuhr ( @Tate) is one of those hungry wolves and leads the league for wins with 14 and a very solid 1.81 GAA. They also three-way share the shutout lead with Art Vandelay ( @Gustav) and Oskar Lindbergh ( @Doomsday) with 3. Henry Tucker Jr ( @NSG) has faced the most penalty shot attempts with 18 against them. VHLE S87 VHLE Index TEAMS: Over in everyone’s favorite league within our VHL world, the VHLE. One thing I will admit about the E is that maybe it’s not as turbulent when it comes to the difference from all teams, but then again, I think I’m also wrong because there’s less teams. Cologne leads the way in the VHLE with a 15-4-0 record. The next three in Oslo, Vasteras and Geneva are all within a 3 point, close battle. You love to see it! The next 3 are where things really start to fall off with Stockholm, Istanbul and Bratislava and then to terribly cap things off, we have last places Rome Gladiators with a 1-17-0 record. Adeline Delle Donne ( @Dtayl ) leads the way for goals (19) and points (37) and is a huge part to why Vasteras is in the mix. Sebastien Dokis ( @Sebastien) and Curtis Crumb ( @Crummer77) co-own the lead with 26 apples. Crumb also is the number one d-man when it comes to points so far this season. Womp Womp Womp Womp Womp Jr ( @AdamEss) is making me a huge fan because of their physical play out on the ice. 42 MORE hits than 2nd place (102 VS 60). Would it surprise you if we told you they also led the league with 64 penalty minutes? Justin Lion ( @Emperor_Fun) leads the E for W’s with a 13-3-0 record. They also have the most shutouts with 3 so far! Jean Mercier ( @Is_thatok) is a work horse as they’ve ironed out playing 1081 minutes. Has their coach ever let them take a break yet?? Istanbul’s CPU goalie is currently the “Bana Bad Pick” of the week for the VHLE with a record of 7-11-0 and a SV% of .859, GAA of 4.22 VHLM S87 VHLM Index TEAMS: It’s been a long time since I’ve paid attention to the VHM or anything like that. Of course I keep my eyes on players and their developments, but I’m not regularly looking at the index or their portal portions and seeing how the teams and players are doing overall. This season, it seems like the same old same old. Hot, hot, hot on top. Cold, cold, fucking ice cold on the bottom. Mexico City Kings are running away with things, having been undefeated in 16 games and outsourcing the second most team by 22 goals. Their goal differential is also 26 higher than the next team which sits at 16. After them, it’s a sharp drop off to San Diego and Houston for the next highest spots. Flip on over and the three top are a bit closer than the other conference. All within 6 points from 20-26. Saskatoon and Philadelphia combined for a total of 4 wins. Two teams with the lowest win totals combined together don’t even equal the next teams (Halifax with 5 –5-8-3) Captain Nugget ( @Captain nugget) leads the VHLM for points with 40, assists with 25 and co-shares the lead from goals with fellow teammate Grizz Tazzo ( @xslapxshotsx) with 15. Keita Kourou ( @woog) is firing anything they can on net as they lead the M with 128 shots and are having a career season so far for themselves in the M. Colton Heffelfinger ( @heffcolton) is having a very strong sophomore season in the M as he leads all D-men with 27 points. Mark Callaway ( @Beketov) is, at the moment, showing the M why Beketov players can be magic as he’s iced the cake in 7 games so far and leads for GWG. A dear old friend, @Zetterbergand his players Ross Glagau, lead the M for all goalies in the M with 16 DUBZ. Matthew ( @Jack kidd) McCagg leads for both SV% (.921) and GAA (1.99). Their numbers are just as strong as last season for their win-loss record and they’ve strongly improved their other stats too! Lastly, while things have been rough this season in Saskatoon, they have a lot to be happy for too. Stefan Norris ( @Elman Diablo) has been working their ass off! They currently lead the M for goalies with 580 shots against and have even had a bit of a naughty streak while leading for penalty minutes amongst goalies with 6. Congrats on recently hitting 200 TPE! Keep up the work and have fun. Point Task/Job Claim

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BANA BLABS #57 ANOTHER WEEK, ANOTHER BLAB. Seattle's hot start has started to slow down a little bit but the panic button isn't pushed quite yet. A few close games, one riddled by weaker goaltending and the next couple playing the undefeated in regulation Vancouver Wolves, there's still tons of positivity in the locker room and atmosphere. I'm excited for a fun week in the VHL and look forward to the rest of everyone else's activity. EH! Let's BLAB! Dusty Wilson recently played his 200th career game. Through 202 games he's posted a record of 111-76-14 with a GAA of 2.42 and a SV% of 927. So far this season he is 6-2-1, GAA of 1.95 and a SV% of .928. GO @dustywilson22 ! Deron Nesbitt is 3 assists away from their 100th of their career. They currently have 8 assists in 11 games played. With a point per game average at the moment of .72, they're on pace for 52 points this season - a career high! GO @AW13 Riga, Calgary and New York are up next for Seattle. 3 good teams, 3 good games! Tavish DeGroot's first game playing against Seattle since his off-season departure! Game is in Seattle. Congrats on 300 points @rory

Bana's S87 Quick Q's - #3 Press Conference Rules Seattle Bears Team Page S87 VHL Draft S87 VHL Index S87 VHLE Index S87 VHLM Index This season's PC's: #1 #2 #3 *Follow PC Rules. Each time PC is posted, there enough questions for you to answer for multiple weeks if there isn't for the following week. Old weeks/posts will be above as "S87PC - #X". You have to answer or ask 6 questions, in any combination. ANYONE is more than welcome to ask and answer questions. ENJOY! 27. Vancouver currently stands undefeated in regulation going 10-0-1. Who do you think they'll "lose" to first? 28. Sakamoto @der meister currently leads the team with 9 assists. What do they do to be so good at passing the puck? 29. Florida Man @zepheter was caught on a night out in Florida by TMZ doing some crazy shit. What were they doing? 30. Dusty Wilson @dustywilson22, at this time, has a 6-2-1 record, a .928 SV% and a GAA of 1.95. Some stay steroids, others say spending quality time with Bears in Russia have made him this good. What do YOU think his secret is? 31. Molly the Cat @JCarson currently leads the VHL with 10 goals in 11 games. How do you prepare to play against them on game days? 32. The CIA has confirmed a scandal about one of the leagues commissioners. Who was it and what did they do? 33. You have to come up with a new VHL holiday. What is it, why, etc? 34. Your player has been sponsored by a candy company to do a TV commercial. What is the candy, what is it's name and what did you do in the commercial?

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Bana Blabs #56 It's Saturday and it's time to finish off this weeks tasks. I feel like this is going to be the first week in a long ass time that I have earned 12/12 and it's a good week to do it too. I bought the full doubles week this week I spent a whole media spot basically talking about myself and catching the league up. Excited to spend a short while talking about the VHL side of things. Bears start 6-3-0. Fuck you, VSN. Anything can happen. Totally. We're only 9 games into the season, but you love to see it, hey? #CancelVSN "His build sucks" and yet @der meister is a point per game with 1 G, 9 A and 10 PTS. The rest of Seattle is doing decent but there's a few people I'd like to get going. VAN 7-0-1 and LA 7-1-0. IDK if this surprises me. I dont care as long as were doing good. @Dil has Kovalchuk started good with 0G, 11 A in 8 GP. You love to see it.

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Here’s to 10,000 more !

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BEARS N DUSTY

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Bana Blab #55 - BIG BANA BROADCASTING Hello, VHL community! Hope everyone is doing good and that they're all enjoying the VHL. Lots has been going on for me the last little while and I'm excited to finally share the news (both VHL and life!). I won't keep y'all reading this word count fluff, let's go! The last 2 years have been crazy for myself. My partner at the time was going through cancer and chemotherapy. It was a crazy different time with just that alone. Toss in a Pandemic to make things interesting. We beat cancer and made it through it all. All I can say is it's quite the experience. I quit smoking cigarettes. It's been 808 days since my last cigarette/nicotine or anything related to it.. It's still tough rarely, but all is going good. Happy days here. My partner and I of 6 and some years split in April of 2022. It had been coming for a little bit before that and that's okay. It was a very healthy, mature and respectful separation. It's weird to think it sometimes but breaking up was very easy in the sense that we did it in a way that wasn't messy or toxic. Obviously it wasn't the easiest at the start but so much good and improvement has come from this event in my life. I had my fun and then met someone new. We've been hanging out for some time and of course, have been dating too. Things are mostly good! Overall, very happy. We get along very well, have good things in common and are also different too. 5. On January 19th, I put my resignation in for my job and gave them notice for February 23rd being my last day. January 23rd, they sent me home on a "leave" and I'm collecting my normal salary until my resignation date. Happily making $46/HR right now catching you all up on myself. It's kind of scary considering I have been there almost 8 years and in my manager role for 3... but I'm excited for what is coming next.. It's crazy and all that.. but it's going to be the adventure of a life time! AND LASTLY... 6. BANA IS MOVING TO AUSTRALIA! It's been a nice ride Canada, but for about a year, I AM OUT OF HERE. It's pretty crazy to think I have never left Canada before and have been on a plane ride once in my life. That plane ride happened to be in October of 2022 flying from Edmonton to Vancouver, Van to Kelowna and then obviously the trip back home as well. I was approved a working holiday visa in November and have been planning small things with my partner since. We're both going. Our tickets are booked for February 26th and we're excited (and nervous - me) as the countdown is starting to feel much more real (and closer). Right now, we have it planned that we will be spending a week in Sydney to adventure before heading over to Perth where we will spend most of our trip living (if it all works out that way). At some point in the trip, we're going to head over to New Zealand and Indonesia also and then towards the end we want to check out the East coast of Australia! There's tons of shit I'm excited to do and I can't wait to share my adventures with all of you! 578 words, +6 uncapped also for the Store Purchase of a Full Doubles Week (12 uncapped)

Bana's S87 Quick Q's - #3 Press Conference Rules Seattle Bears Team Page S87 VHL Draft S87 VHL Index S87 VHLE Index S87 VHLM Index This season's PC's: #1 #2 *Follow PC Rules. Each time PC is posted, there enough questions for you to answer for multiple weeks if there isn't for the following week. Old weeks/posts will be above as "S87PC - #X". You have to answer or ask 6 questions, in any combination. ANYONE is more than welcome to ask and answer questions. ENJOY! 18. Where would you like to travel next? 19. Thoughts on how Seattle has started the season? 20. Thoughts on how you've started the season? 21. While it's still early, Dusty Wilson @dustywilson22 is ON FIRE. Fans have a chant for him when he makes a big save. What do they chant? 22. Randy Bobandy ( @AJW), Elias Lampi ( @Pifferfish) and Left Alone @okochastar all got their first points in the VHL as rookies. How did the team congratulate each of them? 23. Hogan leads the team with 8 points in 4 games played. Why do he no longer suck? 24. What are your plans for the upcoming weekend? 25. What's something good that has happened to you recently? 26. What are your plans for your players build in the next while?

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@badcolethetitan

Callum Murray - LAS - D

Awesome start, Bears.

VSN always out for lunch