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I’ll vouch for this one. Usually don’t do this but have had lots of good convo’s with MF. They deserve a shot and eventually a VHLM role if they continue. Good luck to the rest applying. From running the tournament, bringing it back and GMing too many times to count, it’s a lot of fun. Make it active! Build the hype and have fun

Just a little VHL Xmas Charity History here :)

Christmas Charity: A Look Back and Forward 2023 Christmas Charity Announcement 2022 Christmas Charity Announcement 2021 Christmas Charity Announcement 2020 Christmas Charity Announcement 2019 Christmas Charity Announcement TOTAL DONATED: 2022 = $4,672.73 for SickKids and St. Jude 2021 = $3,650 for Red Cross (Canadian and American) 2020 = $3,800 for Food Banks Canada and Feeding America 2019 = $1,872 for the Make A Wish Foundation GRAND TOTAL: $13,994.73 It's my favourite time of year! The lights everywhere are absolutely beautiful, the Christmas music is screaming in every Canadian Tire and has been doing so since 12:01AM on November 1st, the trees are up and decorated and my house is protected by an estimated 20+ nutcrackers at this point. Despite the troubles in the world, the world feels happier. The surroundings feel, look, smell, seem to be happier. Everyone, mostly, seems to be cheary. People come together to do incredible things. In Edmonton, a local radio station every year does "Toy Mountain" which should be fairly self explanatory. There's so much good going around and 4 years ago, the Victory Hockey League decided to come together to do the same thing. We all have our differences. Some of us get along great - most of us get along, and others have our/their differences. However, even with these disagreements, rivalries and all the such, every year we come together for such amazing causes. We put it all aside. There's never been drama or bull shit during this time. Just playfulness. Silliness. Happiness. Community. I don't remember how exactly it got started and really it doesn't matter too much 100% on the details, but If I'm remembering correct, at the time I was a member of the Board of Governors for the VHL. Christmas time was coming up and I have never been shy to be charitable throughout the year. I do it to organizations and when I'm walking down the street and actually have cash on hand for a change. I pitched the idea one day in the BOG and it quickly gained tractions. I reached out to @gorlab to make a graphic and hell yeah, he made the amazing art we're used to seeing from him. The idea is incredible in so many ways. It brings everyone together. It has a lot of fun events and silly things going on. It's celebrates Christmas as a community. It gives us FREE STUFF and we all come together, no matter our walks of life, who we are as members or people, to do some good in the world together. Back in 2019, did I think it was going to gather almost $14,000 in this amount of time? Honestly? Probably not, but I am so very proud of myself for pitching this idea to the BOG and I'm so proud of the community for all we've done. It so incredible to think we've come together and raised the total we've done so far and I'm really excited to see what we can do. Last year we smashed our other previous highs. It's always okay if we don't, but it's always fun to see this community grow and see what it's truly capable of! This year, we're raising money for Doctors Without Borders. However, you can also donate privately as long as you come to the league with proof of donation. As with the other years, they're also taking blood donations as an acceptable form of donation and I dio believe just want a minor pitch of the arm or whatever the heck! They say they will take your word for it! I'm holding off for donating at the moment, but am excited for the Auctions to open up... at the moment, I will be tossing in a $20 "gift card" of your choice. It can be Steam, Xbox, Playstation, Nintendo, McDonalds or whatever within reasons, legalities and all of that. THEN, I am hopefully going to be allowed to do a COLD PLUNGE if we reach $250... and we'll see how that goes.. if it gains quickly and we smash the $250, I may have some milestones or fun ideas in store.. and please don't be afraid, when and if you auction/pitch in for the cold plunge, to pitch any ideas you may have!

S91 Seattle Bears Season Awards ALL PLAYERS Regular Season: Markus Strauss Award - Most Goals (34) Svatopluk Puk @Otaznik Hulk Hogan Award - Most Assists Rex Wolffe Gregor @oilmandan (57) Felix Peters Award - Most Points Award Rex Wolffe Gregor @oilmandan (79) Gabriel McMVP Award Rex Wolffe Gregor @oilmandan James Lefevre Award - Most Penalty Minutes Rex Wolffe Gregor @oilmandan (120) Karsten Olsen Award - Most Hits Rex Wolffe Gregor @oilmandan and Toby Kadachi @ROOKIE745 (165) Heavyweight Belt - Most Fights Rex Wolffe Gregor @oilmandan and Toby Kadachi @ROOKIE745 (4) Matt Thompson Award - Most Shots Blocked Simons Worst Nightmare @zepheter (265) Timothy Brown Award - Most Game Winning Goals Rex Wolffe Gregor @oilmandan (6) Vyacheslav Smirnov Award - Top Rookie Award Simons Worst Nightmare - @zepheter Playoffs: Rayz Funk Award - Top Playoff Performer DMEN Mitch Higgins Award - Top Overall D-man Rex Wolffe Gregor @oilmandan Maxim Kovalchuk Award - Top Offensive D-man Rex Wolffe Gregor @oilmandan Patrice Reynaud Award - Top Defensive D-man Simons Worst Nightmare @zepheter GOALIE Jakab Holik Award - Goalie Showcase Clueless Wallob @DMaximus 24-30-8 --.926SV% -- 2.94GAA -- 0SO BONUS Spirit Bear Award - @oilmandan The Spirit Bear award is chosen each off-season by the GM of the Bears. There could be a lot of reasons why a member might be chosen and each season an explanation will/might be given. It's a thank you. It's an appreciation of what you've done for Seattle or maybe through that the VHL. You're deserving! Maybe you've overcome something crazy in life or have kicked it up an extra notch in the VHL TPE earning department. It's a good award for good things that are good. So, what's the catch? The winner picks a charity of their choosing (I'd like to know why IF you're comfortable with sharing) and I will donate $10! I know it isn't much, but it's something.. and I mean, think of if I would have started this in Season 49. Rex Wolffe Gregor, who goes under the username @oilmandan, has been a Bear more times that I can remember. It all started back with Dan Willinsky and seems to be back with every single player. Before we dive any deeper, sorry about that, Dan, lol. When we traded for him all those seasons ago, he immediately made a huge impact on the team, locker room and behind the scenes. He was a tad more involved when it came to the daily locker room and helping out with the council, but from S69 and onward, his role with the team has never changed. He's collected cups with the team, tons of amazing seasons and has helped me out so much. I have a group of people on here who are the most important. I'm not saying others aren't important but there's just a group I hold dear. They're loyal. They're honest. They're amazing people who don't judge, are kind and just accept everyone for who they are. We've enjoyed hours and hours of talks and keep in touch on what's going on in life - even if we haven't been connected to teams in seasons or even sometimes - YEARS! Dan fits into this group. One of my favourite people on this league and one of the members I trust the most with all of my and Seattle's secrets. Amazing member and an even better person who I'm fortunate enough to have met and continue a VHL relationship with to this day! OMD, OMD, OMD! Thank you for all you've done for Seattle. I know you always chat and mention "this could be the last player" and all that shit, but I truly hope you keep coming back dude to whatever extent is comfortable for you. Age has no limits on these leagues no more. We've all grown with them. It's fantasy hockey and the league and my experience are certainly better with you part of it. CHEERS DUDE! With that being said, I asked, "What's a charity fund/organization that you would donate to if you could right now? and why?" and Danny boy said "I'm always a fan of the stollery or the Alberta cancer foundation. I give to both every year. If I had to pick one right now I'd go stollery. https://www.childrenshospital.ab.ca/

Congrats all. Despite the tough season, hope you all enjoyed!

Bana Blabs #98 Another Blab brought to you by Talk-to-Text, an easier way to do this. Thanks, Siri. Despite your many, often simple errors. I appreciate you. You have made this easier and I wish I would have given you a try all those seasons ago! Severus Targaryen Player Page (Bana's Player) Seattle Bears Team Page Bears Discord - General. Come join the fun! That's what the VHL is all about :) Hello, Hello. Tis the season, Christmas is almost upon us and that is very exciting. For the league, the annual VHL Christmas Charity got somewhat underway with the auction suggestions being discussed and as I was writing that last little part I seen they also just made the official post for the event! It's one of the events I'm most proud of. It doesn't matter if it's the VHL or out and about on the streets, the world for the most part just seems happier. It's beautiful. The trees! The lights! The good Ukrainian food and everything that comes with Christmas (even the music ). The VHL Christmas Charity is such an incredible event and it's brings together everyone. No drama, no nothing. We come together as a sim community and family for the greater good of the world.. it's awesome! As for the VHL, playoffs started and the first round, also known as the Wildcard round, has been complete. Things are moving along quickly as the Seattle Bears franchise sits on the side lines, trying to gain some off-season traction, and it putting on the greens awaiting their turn. BLAB TIME! My player did good this season overall. 58 points in 72 games on a bit of a weaker club. I'm a C, so I'm spending in FO too. I know come next season my player is going to be ready and I cannot wait to make an impact. Seattle is hiring an AGM. I'm serious about making Seattle booming again with activity, fun and hopefully cups... and a little bit of change, fresher eyes and new perspectives will be amazing for the team.. and let's face it, I'm not quite as young as I used to be. Maybe some "youth" to the leadership could also assist in righting the ship! The off-season door knocking has begun. I'm committed to one again building this team from the ground up. IDK how many times I've done this now, but if we have the right group of people, it won't be an issue. I'm hoping for some moves this off-season, maybe some FA persuasion too! Seattle has great foundations. Youth in every corner and we have both C's in myself and DR @Renomitsu locked down. Now let's feed the cub and see what kinda Bear we can turn into +2 TPE!

LETS GO!!!!