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I had expressed that I wanted Waldron in for game 1 and Mikaelson in for Game 2 VS Canada just to get a feel for things. Mikaelson's stats are a little stronger than Waldron's, however, I made the mistake of thinking we only did one day sims. My bad! However, I do not believe we necessarily lost because of goaltending. 4 Goals on 21 shots isn't a good performance (so it definitely didn't help us any), but with 47 shots on net, you'd think the scores would have been swapped. Good game, Canada.

Fire Banack, tbh. (Like I said prior and will continue to state, I am the GM and I make the lines (and have good experience doing so) .. however, we're a TEAM. If any of you have suggestions, please do not hesitate to offer your suggestions to me. Different teams and different players run differently and I'm always open to other opinions and methods).

Ah shit. The sim was 2 days, rather than 1 (my bad). Niklaus was going to get the start VS Canada. ALTHOUGH... 47-21 shots for us VS Canada. Just a rough game. Onto the next!

Team USA lines sent in. Hungover as shit today.

O'Malley is our starter for game 1.

I will likely be taking a look at lines sometime tomorrow. If any of you on the roster have suggestions, I'd prefer if you PM me with them. I would like any and all if so who want to be apart of it, to be apart of it and the process which leads us to a championship. I have a plan in mind hopefully, but I am open to other options and will consider them once I finalize the lines and potentially make changes. Thanks in advanced, USA, USA, USA! "Great moments are born from great opportunities." -Herb Brooks

Not too long ago, an announcement was made for the World Championship of Hockey that the search was now on for Team GM's. Of the 6 teams, potentially the biggest powerhouse team, was in search of someone who can surely take them to the promise land. A few short days after the original announcement for hiring positions was made, the hiring selections had been completed and GM's were named for each team. For Team USA, they gave the reigns to Oslo Co-GM and VHLM magazine writer, Blake Campbell. Campbell is an up and coming general manager within the VHL community and has been working hard for quite sometime to establish himself as a vital, strong contributing member to the VHLM, VHL and within his LR's. The opportunity has finally come for him to show the league and those who are watching closely exactly what he can do. Obviously when I was approached by WCoH commissioners about the position, I was very excited, anxious and honored. I quickly sent in a resume and got a response back fairly immediately and had learned that I was a top candidate for the position. Honestly, to lead a VHL and VHLM team is one thing, but to take on the role as a national team GM, that's a huge part in my very young career as a GM. I have a large amount of experience in numerous other leagues, however, am a fresh face to the VHL community when it comes to being in a manager position. I look forward to showing them what I got. Campbell briefly touched up on his plans for Team USA, lines and what he believes is in store for Team USA and their opponents. The rosters were submitted and posted a day after I was hired into the position. I am very fortunate to have a group of elite players that gives me a lot of options to work with. Obviously, this means that the pressure is more on for me than a team that is potentially weaker because there's no reason as to why I should fail. Of course, things do happen and sometimes you lose, but that's not my game plan. Lines will not be posted until need be and no official word will be released anywhere, to anyone - not even members of the Team USa squad. We have the upper hand with a strong roster and I want to continue to play my cards right so that it stays that way. There's a few other good teams out there and they're gonna put on a hell of a show just like us. Am I nervous? Of course. Am I confident? Absolutely. I've recently sent a package of Maple syrup to the Canadians management personnel with an apology note saying "this is the only thing that's going to be sweet about the US this year, sincerely - Dick Cheney". Here we go, eh?

Bernie has an off night. Good job on game 3, Brampton! Good luck in next game Royals/Blades.

The excitement that goes along with this opportunity, being a new GM and all, is a great feeling. What makes it better is that we got all the other teams in our "roster section" and let me tell you, all I can smell is fear. They fear us boys! Oh, and this just happened. Banack's GM sig. Badass or Badass? MERICA!

TEAM USA Rosters Forwards Bruno Wolf Freedom McJustice James Faraday Thomas O'Malley Tom Slaughter Tyson Stokes Defense Jack Kowalski Jake Wylde Jerrick Poole Mason Richardson Goalies Brock Waldron Niklaus Mikaelson I'd like to congratulate each and everyone who was selected to represent Team USA at the World Championships. The task was not a simple one,as it's tough to leave a few active guys out but do not let this discourage you! Push forward my fellow Americans - your time will come soon enough! Once again, congratulations. Now let's go out there and get ready to show the other nations how to play hockey. You hear that Canada, eh? We're coming for you.

Rosters will be announced tonight at 10 PM EST. May be a tad later, BBQing and beers. Merica! STAY TUNED!

My fellow Americans, I welcome you to the S43 Team USA Discussion area. I'd like to firstly thank World Cup of Hockey commissioners Streetlight and YEAH! for the opportunity to potentially lead this great hockey nation through a successful campaign during the World Cup! Rosters will be announced eventually, as I am going to look over those who can and will likely be competing for Team USA this season. I hope you're all as excited as I am to begin what I believe is going to be a very successful campaign. LET THE DISCUSSIONS BEGIN! USA USA USA!

Congrats!

Pick the winner, all three correct will earn 1 TPE (N/A is an answer here) Game 5: @ - Seattle Game 6: @ - Cologne Game 7: @ - Seattle Predict the score, Correctly predict the score and winner for 3 TPE Game 5: @ - Seattle 4, Cologne 3 Predict the leading point earner of the series for 1 TPE James Faraday Predict the leading penalty minutes earner for 1 TPE Christoph Klose Predict the leading special teams goals earner for 1 TPE Jakub Rhinehart

Woo Brampton!

Congrats jala and best of luck!

Congrats, Express rivals. Best of luck the rest of the way! Great series - y'all deserved it.

#GiveCampbellAStart

Awesome.

Woooo!

The S43 regular season has now come to a finish and the playoffs have officially began. This means that young rookie goalie Blake Campbell has likely played the last game of his rookie season. During his first year though, we think it's safe to say he accomplished quite a bit for a young goalie in a league full of offensive threats and high scoring chances. Blake Campbell achieved an amazing record of 19-1-1, which I assume gives him the best winning percentage out of any goalie in the league. Along with that, he posted a save % of .930, GAA of 1.40 and came just show of double digit shutouts put together 8 on the season. That means, of his 23 games, he managed to shutout his opponents 34.78% of the time. With us now to briefly give a statement on his season and his plan pushing forward, Blake Campbell. All thanks to Stockholm management for giving me the opportunity to jump in, get a groove for the league and just play the game I love. I have still found fairly great consistent with my development and have made huge strides in my opinion since my junior days and I think I hopefully showed that to a lot of the players, managements and fans who got to watch me this season. I want to remain modest, but I did have a really strong year and that just excites me more for the future. I have a lot, and I mean a lot of work left in order to become the prime guy in Stockholm but hopefully next season I'm at the point where I'm able to at least play a good game for them. For now all I can do is continue on building myself up! I hopefully got a successful career ahead of me and I hope to spend it with the Vikings.

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