S93 Seattle Bears Season Awards
What a season! We started off being predicted 7th out of 8th in North America, largely missing the playoffs. We made huge signings and numerous massive trades that pushed us into 2nd in the entire VHL and 3 points away from the Victory Cup, awarded to the team finishing with the most points in the regular season. We entered playoffs and did not have an easy ride. New York. DC. London. 3 amazing teams this season and 3 very intense, fun and anxiety packed series. At the end of the day, we got the job done in so many ways. Eagles hit 100 points (which was one of their goals), @Ricer13, @ROOKIE745 won their first ever continental cups with players and we all got to celebrate a win together. Super special! Continuing the celebrations, congrats to the following members/players on the S93 Seattle Bears awards!
ALL PLAYERS
Regular Season:
Markus Strauss Award - Most Goals - 49
Severus Targaryen - @Banackock
Hulk Hogan Award - Most Assists - 62
Henry Eagles - @Greg_Di
Felix Peters Award - Most Points Award - 106
Severus Targaryen - @Banackock
Gabriel McMVP Award
Fuukka Rask - @Jubis
James Lefevre Award - Most Penalty Minutes - 181
Toby Kadachi - @ROOKIE745
Karsten Olsen Award - Most Hits - 273
Daryl Dixon - @Ricer13
Heavyweight Belt - Most Fights - 10
Toby Kadachi - @ROOKIE745
Odin Omdahl Award - Most Shots Blocked - 151
Mina - @Baozi
Timothy Brown Award - Most Game Winning Goals - 13
Daryl Dixon - @Ricer13
Vyacheslav Smirnov Award - Top Rookie Award
Giorgiy Costanzov - @Mongoose87
25-15-4-.907SV%-3.17GAA
Playoffs:
Rayz Funk Award - Top Playoff Performer
The Whole Team - @everyone
DMEN
Mitch Higgins Award - Top Overall D-man
Simons Worst Nightmare - @zepheter
Maxim Kovalchuk Award - Top Offensive D-man
Simons Worst Nightmare - @zepheter
Patrice Reynaud Award - Top Defensive D-man
Simons Worst Nightmare - @zepheter
GOALIE
Jakab Holik Award - Goalie Showcase
Fuukka Rask - @Jubis
34-20-3-.927SV%-2.53GAA (total)
21-2-3-.933%-2.21GAA (With Seattle)
Giorgiy Costanzov - @Mongoose87
25-15-4-.907SV%-3.17GAA
BONUS
Spirit Bear Award - @Mongoose87
Previous Winners and Charities Chosen:
S92 - Zepheter and HOPE Family Services
S91 - Oilmandan and Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation
S90 - AJW and Los Angeles Mission Homeless Shelter
S89 - Rory and Boyle Street
About the Award:
Giorgiy Costanzov, aka @Mongoose87, is a huge reason why we won the Continental Cup this season and if you took a look at the portal and the index, you'd kind of being scratching your head as to why? During the season, he held his own as a developing goalie for the Seattle Bears who has a lot of promise if the development continues. They could be a Bears legend.. and they started off their own personal story here with quite a bang. Good regular season record, but it wasn't so much their playing that got them the award and more so what they did for the team and locker room. As a GM, I'm always moving. I know some people think it's an easy job and very chill, but I don't know. Maybe for some. I'm always doing something, most days - if not every day. I made a lot of moves to help some cores pieces have as much success as possible. I knew if we were going to REALLY try and win, a 1,000 TPA goalie will get the job done better than a 500 TPA one.
I approached Mongoose and we had a chat. They were very opened to the idea, despite knowing that it likely will be challenging and quite boring to open up sims and once again not see yourself on them. They sacrificed a good chunk of playing time in the regular season, something they didn't have to do. They gave up all playing time in the playoffs. Something they didn't have to do. He's been awesome this entire time - having fun in the locker room, being active as all hell, supporting the team and sacrificing like so many on this team do for everyone else. It's a really cool team and culture we have in Seattle and Mongoose is an INCREDIBLE leader of it all. Thank you for all your efforts and time you put into the VHL and the Seattle Bears. I know it was boring sitting on the sidelines mostly but know that you're just as big of part of this win as everyone else, CHAMP!
With that being said, I asked @Mongoose87 the same question I've asked the other 4 Spirit Bear Award winners..