Nykonax

Team Asia is one of the few regions of the world sending players to represent them in the S63 WJC. When the General Managers were announced for each team excitement rose. Later that day and through the next each team announced their roster one by one. As the fans looked at the roster's it was clear to see who were the favourites of the competition, and who weren't. GM's had a lot of choice in their players, and with some hard decisions during training camps on who to cut and who to keep we decided to interview the General Manager of team Asia on how his selection process worked, and why he picked who's on his team.
 
Who was the first immediate person you knew you were going to pick?
 
 
What were you looking for in the offense that you selected
 
 
You guys have a strong defensive core for the options available. What do you think of the defenseman you selected?
 
 
 
What do you think of your chances with this team?
 
 
 
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We had a team meeting yesterday, nothing dramatic, just something we do at least once a week here in Quebec. In the meetings, we usually go through the upcoming schedule and of course work on the tactical side by watching clips on something that happened in the previous games and try to see if we could learn anything. Anyways, when I was sitting in the meeting, I had few things on my mind the whole time, why don´t they show the cellys at all in these goal clips? To me, they are the most entertaining part and, what should I write about in my weekly blog?
 
Out of the blue it hit me, I´m going to involve both, my sponsor Haterade and VHL by talking about one player in each team that I would not want to play with! In pure Haterade way, I have done very little research and the reasons are silly:
 
Calgary: Keaton Louth
68 goals last year and 21 in 33 games this year, brag much? How about letting others score too? Can´t have someone stealing the sunshine like that, Keaton is out.
 
Davos:  Alvaro Jokinen
Plays the game on the edge, 6 penalty minutes and 13 hits show that he is a dangerous player, as a gentleman player, his over the top physical play is too much to handle.
 
Helsinki: Paolo Nano
We have weirdly similar names, Paolo Nano - Rauno Palo. If we are on the ice at the same time and then someone yells Paooolo, I could easily look there as well, that would be embarrassing. To make things even more awkward, we look almost identical if you look at us from distance.
 
New York: Ismond Kingfisher
Lastname is correct, nobody is better than Ismond in fishing the puck out of the net, but unfortunately the only time I have played against New York this year, Ismond was not playing, so I could not see it myself, but he did yell Paoooloo from the bench at me, that earned him a place on this list.
 
Riga: Jack Shephard
Played in Helsinki for multiple years, during his time with the Titans he was a vocal supporter of the movement that tried to get Helsinki as a city to separate from Finland and be its own country.
 
Seattle: Otto Axelsson
Openly Swedish center, one of us would need to switch the position if we played together, I would not understand a word he saying and then there is Finland vs Sweden aspect, not exactly match made in heaven.
 
Toronto: Tzuyu
Not only does his name sound like the noise you make when you sneeze, but he also has absolutely wild slapshot, miracle if it goes anywhere near the net, so if you are out there and he is about to shoot, I don´t know where you should go, down to the ice I guess.
 
Quebec: Too many to list
I´m not going to pick any names since I´m the captain of the team, but what I can say is that if I could play with myself on the ice as well, the league would not be the same anymore.
 
 

With the S63 WJC starting soon the 5 team's have annouced their competing rosters. Along with the roster annouces was Team Europe's who named many players including Karl von Moltke, Mikka Pajari and Lando Baxter to name a few. Dahlberg, who has been dominating the VHLM so far with 3rd in points will be closely watched by scouts attending the rookie showcase. Fellow friend and VHLM rival Joe Ylonen is also representing Team Europe. The WJC is the premier tournament for all rookies, and a good performance here is always important to climbing up the draft rankings.
 
Dahlberg on the WJC
 
 
@Esso2264

Thank you to @Banackock, @McWolfand @BladeMaiden for the opportunity to put together such a talented group of players to compete this year.
 
With no further ado, @Sova and I would like to introduce the S63 Team World All-Stars
 
Forwards
Dan Baillie @wcats
Gucci Garrop @JG10
Mark Gebauer @Sova
John Madden @Thranduil
Nathan MacKinnon @bagelbitesisbae
Connor McDavid @Rocketman04
Shawn Mendes @evrydayimbyfuglien
Nathan N @NathanN
Jorgon Weyed @Joubo
 
Defense 
Piotr Jerwa @majesiu
Lukas Novacek @Advantage
Jesper Stromberg @Tim
Mountain Thunderfist @AdamEss
 
Goalies
Johnny Havenk Carison @Donno100
Tyler Smith @DrHexDex
 

1) I'll be doing my first Mock Draft for the Season 64 Draft this coming week. Based on the VHL season so far, which team do you think will hold the first overall pick in that draft?
Probably Davos
 
2) There's been a lot of VHLM trades happening recently, are you surprised by how many trades there have been this early in the season?
Definitley, teams have been shaking up their roster after some games
 
3) About a third of the way through the season, who would you say has been the VHLM's MVP?
MacKinnon, guys been scoring left and right.
 
4) Which other VHLM player would you consider to be your closest rival?
Professional Bust and Bench Door Opener Joel Ylonen @Esso2264
 
5) Play the role of GM of your team, who is the one player on another VHLM franchise that you try to bring in?
Jorgon Weyed, we need some scoring and could definitley use him.
 
6) How do you feel about your current TPE levels?
 
Feel like their pretty good, I'll be over 130 by the end of the week, and hopefully over 160 by the end of the season

1. I think it's gonna be Davos, they're on the down side
2. I'm a bit surprised by the amount of trades this early. We usually see this later on the season
3. Mackinnon is rolling on everyone right now. If he keeps this up he'll probably win it.
4. Elias Dahlberg
5. Elias Dahlberg lol
6. going up slowly, going to be a 100 soon

I would like to thanks @Banackock @McWolf and @BladeMaiden for this opportunity!
 
Here's your S63 Team Europe Roster!
 
C- Oleksiy Revchenko
C- Mikka Pajari
C- Mikhail Vega
C- Joel Ylonen
LW- Karl von Moltke
LW- Randoms
LW- Elias Dahlberg
RW- Vaydar Odinsson
RW- Wlodzimierz Zajaczkowski
D- Jacob Smith
D- Lando Baxter
D- Lew Bronstein
D- Paolo Nano
G- Arvid Aamo
G- Finn Davison
 
Welcome to the team! I hope we do great things in the tournament!
 
@AndrewWarren13@Devise@iRockstar@alecbama@hedgehog337@Nykonax@BOOM™@nicolas01@jacobaa19@Elhandon@troy@leafsman@Daniel@Poptart
 

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our applicants the WJC GM Positions on behalf of Myself, @McWolf and @Banackock! 
 
The GM that have been hired are as follows:
 
World - @oilmandan & @Sova will be Tag teaming it!
Europe - @Esso2264
Asia - @Nykonax
USA- @ShawnGlade
Canada- @Jubo07

Here you go @Nykonax

Applying for team Europe so no one picks that bust Ylonen @Esso2264 And to win of course

Good one!

@BladeMaiden
My parting gift to you.

VHLM: Scoped 
October 22nd to 28th, 2018 - (edition 1)
Game #1 to #40
 
Commissioners Message
Hello to those involved within the VHLM (player, GM's, commissioners and such). Your friendly neighbourhood commissioner here! Within the green team, we've been hard at work trying to bring you the best possible experience when it comes to playing in our league, the VHLM. For seasons and as long as I can remember, people never fully enjoyed playing in the VHLM. They couldn't wait to get to the VHL when it really mattered. When you stop to think about it, in almost all cases (even in real life) a majority of players are like this. We want to change that. We want to bring to life the VHLM. Make it an awesome and enjoyable time. Somethings we've brought in our updated or changed rules, cleaning up the VHLM sections and adding in a really strong core of GM's. Another big success was the WJC which is coming to you once again this season. Lately, within the walls of the Banana and Muffins Cafe, I've tossed around some ideas and behold, a weekly media spot for you, the VHLM. Each week well discuss the biggest players, biggest games and even bigger wins. You got a milestone coming up - chances are we'll be posting some of those! Over time, this idea may evolve but until then, we hope you enjoy the first edition of VHLM: Scope. 
 
Milestone Watch
The VHLM always needs love too and while the statistics in the big leagues are always important, I think one of the things the league needs to implement is more stats and career stuff for the VHLM. It's the developmental league for the VHL and is the first place all new members from recruitment play. For "Milestone Watch", we'll be taking a look to see who is coming up on their VHLM milestones - whether it be 100 points, 100 assists, 100 goals or whatever it may be - chances are, you could find it here. If we missed you but you want to be mentioned, get at me!  
 
Rhett Stoffiday - G - @Stoffiday - 14 games away from 100th career VHLM game.  Greg Santos - G - 6 games away from  Trace Trepanier - LW - @ChaceT - Just got his 100th point and only took 85 games! Chance Matthews - C - @DaftRaincloud - 17 points away from 100th career point in the VHLM.  
Top  3 Games of the Week (GOTW)
Hello out there, we're on the air - it's hockey night TONIGHT! The last week has come and gone and we've watched one hell of a week of hockey. For us, there's always an apparent game that stands out to us and it's the highest scoring games. For this portion, weekly, we'll be going through the games and finding you what we feel to be the best 3 games of the week. Was it a game where tensions were flying? Where fights were going and the gloves were dropped? Was it a complete blow out game full of offence or a nail biting games where the defensive aspects of it trumped all else? Was it a goalie showdown or a good old, constant action game? Let's take a look!
 
1. PP happenings (sounds like a brazzers video title) 
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There were some other solid games that easily could have contended with some in our weekly top 3, but I don't think any of them would have contended with this one. For starters, the games final score was 6-1 for the Ottawa Lynx, as they managed to light up the Oslo net and send them into the locker rooms with a very poor message. There was 49 total shots, 7 goals, 44 hits and 13 power play opportunities. Crazy fact about one of those - 10 of the power plays belonged to Ottawa.. which explains the score. 5 power play goals in the game as they went 5/10 on the PP to eventually have the outcome marked at 6-1. Great specials game by Ottawa. Dominant performance and likely a fun one to be in the stands for. 
 
2. Mertz, Halifax shut down and out 
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Mertz played a solid game here this night and if not for him, may have been fairly different. To me, it looks like hard fought, solid game where the defence kicked in a little bit. Squeezing the win out out 1-0 against the Wild is a pretty solid victory in the books and it's one that clearly could have went either way. While goal scoring is what fans love to see, this one likely was an enjoyable one, especially in the 3rd period winding down. 
 
3. Stoffiday, Yukon shut down and shut out... wait.. what?
Game LINK

 
A goalie showdown, but more so throw down by Rhett Stoffiday. 28 solid saves is clearly the reason Yukon held out to such a strong victory. He very well is on his way to winning goalie of the year for basically every award. There's a great chance that it's going to be him and this game is only a clear reason why. Yukon manages to get 2 goals on 18 shots which is exceptional and unfortunate for the Wild, and their goalie plays a huge game. 
 
 
 
Top 3 Players of the Week (F, D, G)
 
Elias Dahlberg - Forward -  @Nykonax (13 GP - 12 G - 9 A - 21 PTS -- +/- -3 - 83 SHOTS - 27 HITS

 
I know we could argue here that there are some better and when you say this, you're absolutely right. Looking at the statistic page today you could argue that he's in the top 5 for biggest players right now, but for me, he's the biggest player. He hasn't been around as long as the guys he's competing against at the top of that points scoring leaders list, but behold, there's Elias Dahlberg. I'd say for being drafted with the S63 LVA 3rd pick to now being tied for 3rd in league scoring, as a rookie player, who has a good chunk less of TPE as some of them. Simply, good show by him. I went from not paying a whole lot of attention to him to him being the player I love watching the most right now develop through the VHLM. 
 
 
Gregor Rasputinov - Defense - @Joobles (13 GP 3 G - 15 A - 18 PTS -- +/- -2 - 26 SHOTS - 25 HITS

 
I think this one was a little easier than the last to pick out. This doesn't mean that the talent is weak in the VHLM right now for defensive talent because that wouldn't be true at all. Taking a quick look, you can notice in the league that a lot of our defenders are doing their jobs at an above average rate and this couldn't make things even better. The issue being for all those guys, is there's one guy possibly doing it a little better. His offensive side to it is a nice little jump above 2nd places 14 points. He's a stand out guy on the ice, clearly on the scores sheets and isn't legging behind in the defensive stats too much or at all mostly. This guy has potential to be a fairly good serviceable two-way defender - if only his effort and dedication to training were there. 
 
 
Rhett Stofiday - Goalie - @Stoffiday (14 GP - 9 W - 5 L - 0 OTL - 0.915 SV% - 1.85 GAA - 2 SP - 306 SA)

 
This one was somewhat difficult, but only between two guys. Recognition here for @ColeMrtz21, but Stoffiday slightly edges this one out. Mertz has the more appealing record of W v L when you look at his 10-4 compared to a 9-5, but the rest of the stats tell no lie either and Rhett easily takes those. 1.85 GAA  V 2.63 is the biggest one here, but he also takes the Save % by 4 (0.915 V 0.911). Put those together, with a still great record and an additional shut out and that's why Rhett takes the cake for this week. He's an exciting player to watch too and I'm excited to see how his VHL career unfolds and plays out. 
 
Power Rankings - The VHLM
How did the team do this week? Who held up the best? What are the stats? Did they rise or did they fall in the standings? Check it out here!
 
Last Week: 
COMING SOON
 
This Week:
Halifax 21st - 14 GP - 10 W - 4 L- 20 PTS - 43 GF/37 GA Yukon Rush - 14 GP - 9 W - 5 L - 0 OTL - 18 PTS - 29 GF/26 GA Saskatoon Wild - 13 GP - 6 W - 7 L - 0 OTL - 12 PTS30 GF/28 GA Ottawa Lynx - 13 GP - 6 W - 7 L - 0 OTL - 12 PTS -  42 GF/37 GA Las Vegas Aces - 13 GP - 5 W - 6 L - 2 OTL - 12 PTS - 37 GF/41 GA Oslo Storm - 13 GP - 4 W - 7 L - 2 OTL - 10 PTS - 32 GF/44 GA  
Standings:
Coming soon.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Ottawa, Canada -- The Ottawa Lynx have had a mediocre start to the season, 8 games in with a record that contains 4 wins and 4 losses the previous champions haven't had a start that they wished for, but haven't had one that is terrible. On the brighter side though even though Ottawa hasn't had a great start, their top rookie Elias Dahlberg has. With 14 points in only 8 games he is tied for the team lead in points, 2nd in goals with 8, the leading rookie on his team, and the 2nd most points by a rookie this season, only behind VHLM veteran and recent VHL draftee Nathan McKinnon. Dahlberg had an okay start to the season, putting up 4 points in 3 games but he and his team have really picked it up with back to back to back blowout wins against Oslo and Halifax, with a total of 15 goals for and only 4 against in those 3 games. The Matthews-Dahlberg line drove the offense along with defenseman Gregor Rasputinov. Matthews, Dahlberg, and Rasputinov have 23 points between them in the last 3 games. After Ottawa's rough start to the season it seems the General Manager Diamond_Ace clearly inspired them leading to this spike in offense, but the increased offense shouldn't overlook the great goaltending that Finn Davison has put up. After having a tough start he finally turned things around and is posting a 0.890 SV% and a 2.89 GAA. We asked Elias Dahlberg on his thoughts so far about his team, his hot start, his time in Ottawa, and his thoughts on the league.
 
"Well this is a couple of questions so I may forget, just remind me if I do haha. Uhh, but for your first question about my team I've really enjoyed them. It's a great locker room dynamic that we got here, when I first entered the room Matthews welcomed me, told me about the team, how to get started and all that. He really welcomed me and we clicked instantly. But of course all the guys are great, we got a great team here and I'm really happy here in Ottawa.
 
I definitely owe my hot start to Matthews. He's been in this league longer than me and he's taught me a lot but also set my up a lot. This is some tough competition in this league, a lot harder than Sweden. I've definitely wanted to prove myself against all the people who doubted me and passed on me in the draft, and the puck is now in their net. I've gotten some good chances and I hope I can keep this up and hopefully help out Ottawa.
 
Ottawa is a great city, its much bigger than where I grew up but I definitely enjoy the city. You can tell that this city has a great atmosphere and the fans here really support us. It was weird driving here since everyone is so nice and lets you go by first, whereas in Sweden it was a mess haha.
 
This is a great league to play in, they really support us and care about us the players. The players here are great too, I've made friends on the ice on different teams. Of course in game you hate each other but off the ice almost everyone is great friends. Speaking of great friends I've been talking with Joel Ylonen. He's been an amazing friend, also a fellow rookie we came into the league having no clue what to do but we've helped each other get through this, and we are looking forward to playing together in the Sponsors Shield and hopefully on the same team at the World Juniors."
 
 
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Ottawa, Canada -- The Ottawa Lynx have had a mediocre start to the season, 8 games in with a record that contains 4 wins and 4 losses the previous champions haven't had a start that they wished for, but haven't had one that is terrible. On the brighter side though even though Ottawa hasn't had a great start, their top rookie Elias Dahlberg has. With 14 points in only 8 games he is tied for the team lead in points, 2nd in goals with 8, the leading rookie on his team, and the 2nd most points by a rookie this season, only behind VHLM veteran and recent VHL draftee Nathan McKinnon. Dahlberg had an okay start to the season, putting up 4 points in 3 games but he and his team have really picked it up with back to back to back blowout wins against Oslo and Halifax, with a total of 15 goals for and only 4 against in those 3 games. The Matthews-Dahlberg line drove the offense along with defenseman Gregor Rasputinov. Matthews, Dahlberg, and Rasputinov have 23 points between them in the last 3 games. After Ottawa's rough start to the season it seems the General Manager Diamond_Ace clearly inspired them leading to this spike in offense, but the increased offense shouldn't overlook the great goaltending that Finn Davison has put up. After having a tough start he finally turned things around and is posting a 0.890 SV% and a 2.89 GAA. We asked Elias Dahlberg on his thoughts so far about his team, his hot start, his time in Ottawa, and his thoughts on the league.
 
"Well this is a couple of questions so I may forget, just remind me if I do haha. Uhh, but for your first question about my team I've really enjoyed them. It's a great locker room dynamic that we got here, when I first entered the room Matthews welcomed me, told me about the team, how to get started and all that. He really welcomed me and we clicked instantly. But of course all the guys are great, we got a great team here and I'm really happy here in Ottawa.
 
I definitely owe my hot start to Matthews. He's been in this league longer than me and he's taught me a lot but also set my up a lot. This is some tough competition in this league, a lot harder than Sweden. I've definitely wanted to prove myself against all the people who doubted me and passed on me in the draft, and the puck is now in their net. I've gotten some good chances and I hope I can keep this up and hopefully help out Ottawa.
 
Ottawa is a great city, its much bigger than where I grew up but I definitely enjoy the city. You can tell that this city has a great atmosphere and the fans here really support us. It was weird driving here since everyone is so nice and lets you go by first, whereas in Sweden it was a mess haha.
 
This is a great league to play in, they really support us and care about us the players. The players here are great too, I've made friends on the ice on different teams. Of course in game you hate each other but off the ice almost everyone is great friends. Speaking of great friends I've been talking with Joel Ylonen. He's been an amazing friend, also a fellow rookie we came into the league having no clue what to do but we've helped each other get through this, and we are looking forward to playing together in the Sponsors Shield and hopefully on the same team at the World Juniors."
 
 
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The rookie phenom and hyped S64 prospect Elias Dahlberg has come right out of the gate. In his first game against Halifax 21st he got an assist off of a nice powerplay goal by Iniquity. In the second period Dahlberg racked up another assist off of a goal by Robert Renner. In the third Dahlberg scored the game winning goal for his first in the VHLM off of a pass from Matthews. He had quite the shot and was able to put it past the Halifax goaltender. Dahlberg's 3 points along with Renner's 3 helped push the Lynx past Halifax 4-2. In the second game Dahlberg was held scoreless as Halifax came out hard and fast and blew out the Lynx 5-1. The only scorer for the Lynx in that game was Mark Gebauer on the PP in the 2nd. In Dahlberg's 3rd game he was able to get on the scoresheet on a 2nd period goal in the 5-3 loss to Oslo. Dahlberg has had a hot start with 4 points (2 goals and 2 assists) and is looking to rack up more in the next couple. 10th in the league for points and goals he is looking to improve on that and hopefully come in the top 3 at the end of the season.

Hi there and welcome to another edition of the VHLM Newsletter! There's a lot of people who will be getting tagged into a newsletter for the first time, so here's a quick breakdown of what we look to cover in each edition:
- Uncapped TPE Opportunities (None This Week)  - Any time there's a one-off or once-a-season point task available to enter, you'll find out about it in the early headlines of the article.
- League Recap - The middle of the Newsletter is generally based around keeping you up to speed with what's going on around the league, be that changes to how the league works, new features or how the current VHLM season is progressing.
- TPE Earning Guide - The bottom section of the Newsletter follows the same format each week. There, you will be provided with the links you need to get to the regular TPE earning activities. 
 
For those of you who saw last weeks, a lot of this will look familiar, but next week's will have a breakdown of the VHLM season to that point and, hopefully, we'll have an extra uncapped TPE opportunity to announce. 
 
As always, I’d like to kick things off by telling you all about the VHL Discord. A lot of you are already in this and can probably attest to how helpful it’s been, but if you aren’t in it already you should definitely give it a shot, especially if you have any questions about the league as that will be the quickest place to get them answered! Like the last VHLM Newsletter, some of this newsletter will re-tread on old ground as, with this being a VHLM newsletter, there will inevitably be new members reading this for the first time that won’t be aware of what was in previous newsletters. So what I’ll do is put a bold *NEW* next to any information specifically made for this newsletter so players who have read these before know where to go to find the new info!
 
What's Going On In The VHLM
 
VHLM Season *NEW*
 
Season 63 of the VHLM is finally underway! The index is HERE for anyone who would like to browse it, unfortunately it seems like the index is having a UI problem, so to check the stats for teams and players, you need to click on the Pro League tab at the top and then select the area you would like to see from there. Alternatively, you can click on the other links and change the "?Farm" section of the URL to "?Pro", or you can use the Portal with the button in the top left set to VHLM.
 
Even at this early stage of the season, the schedule has interestingly seen some teams play a couple more games than other teams in the league, but hasn't stopped the Yukon Rush from leading the league, despite playing two games less than some of their competitors! The Rush are currently the only team in the league that are unbeaten, although it hasn't exactly been plain sailing as all four of those victories were won by a one goal margin and three saw the winning goal scored in the last three minutes of the game. The key contributor for the skaters of the Rush has been Kronos Bailey, who currently joint leader in goals scored with six goals to his name. His best and most important game to date came against the Saskatoon Wild in their third game of the season where the Rush were down 2-0 heading into the third period, but Bailey scored a single-period hat-trick to win the game for the Rush 3-2 and was a no brainer for first-star honours in that game. Rhett Stoffiday has also been a very reliable presence in net, putting up a very strong .923% save percentage to this point of the season, with his best game coming against the Wild in their fourth game of the season where, despite the Rush being out-shot, Stoffiday was able to hold the Wild to just one goal with a .964% performance. With goalies like Mertz, Weekes and Stoffiday starting the season very close to or at the VHLM TPE cap, it's expected to be a very strong season for goalies in the VHLM and Stoffiday will have to be on his game to take home the Benoit Devereux Trophy.
 
Tied with the Rush on eight points are the Halifax 21st, however that comes with the caveat that the 21st have played two more games than the Rush to this point of the season. While they started off the season with two losses to the Las Vegas Aces and the Ottawa Lynx, the 21st bounced back with four straight victories to see them propel back towards where they were in Season 62. Two of their returning players are the biggest reason for their success this season. Cole Mertz, outside of one disappointing performance against the Lynx at the start of the season, has been in immense form for a VHLM goalie, recording save percentage totals over .900% in five of his six games played and is currently leading the league with a .926% save percentage. Mertz's play has helped give his skaters a chance of winning games even when they don't have the most chances, two good examples of this were his first and sixth games of the season where, despite the 21st having less than half the shots of the opposing team, Mertz's play gave them a chance of winning and, while they still fell just short in their first game against the Aces, he helped them beat the Wild in a big way. There's also been big performances from Nathan MacKinnon, who currently leads the league with 12 points and is tied with Kronos Bailey with six goals and is second to only teammate Jonathan Hill in assists with six.  His best performances came in games four and six against the Aces and the Wild, where he scored two goals in each in games they would go on to win by one goal. 
 
Third place is currently occupied by the Las Vegas Aces who have recorded two wins, two losses and one shootout loss in five games. Jorgon Weyed is currently the biggest producer out of the skaters on the team with five goals to his name, over double the amount of any of his teammates. His best game came in his fifth game which was against the Oslo Storm, where he scored two goals in a game the Aces would go on to win 4-2. Along with that, Brick Wahl has had a very strong start for a player who has only created within the last few weeks. He's had three games where has recorded over .900% save percentage and his standout game came in the same as Weyed's as Wahl's personal best performance of .944% saw the Aces beat the Storm despite the Aces having 17 less shots. 
 
Fourth place currently belongs to the Oslo Storm, although with the games in hand they have against the two teams above them, they could go on to rise up the standings. They currently stand on four points having won two games (one in a shootout) and lost two games. The biggest impact skater on the team has been Wlodzimierz Zajaczkowski who has thrived in his new role as first line winger having played very limited minutes for the Saskatoon Wild last season, and he's scored five goals in just four games (already only six short of his total goal tally last season). His standout games came in the Storm's second and third games of the season, where Wlodzimierz scored two goals in each that led the Storm on the road to victories in both. Defenseman Jesse Wilson is the only other player on the team to have chipped in with multiple goals to this point of the season, and his four assists have him currently second in points among defensemen, despite having played fewer games than many of his competing defensemen. The Storm have made a lot of trades and acquisitions lately, with arguably the biggest seeing center Anthony Dabarno moved to the Saskatoon Wild for multiple picks in next season's VHLM Draft, so it will be interesting to see how well the Storm do for the remainder of the season with there highest TPA forward now on the Wild's roster.
 
Fifth place currently belongs to the reigning champions, the Ottawa Lynx. A lot of the team's talent was promoted to the VHL following their successful Season 62 campaign, so this one was expected to start off more difficult than their last one, but despite only winning one game in four, they've still had some solid performances. Leading the team in points is Elias Dahlberg, who has recorded three assists and three goals, with his best performance coming in their win over the 21st where he contributed to three of the four goals scored by the Lynx with one goal and two assists. Mark Gebauer is currently the teams highest goal scorer and, while his two goals against the Oslo Storm in the Lynx's third game of the season wasn't enough to see the Lynx to victory, it was still a credible performance from the German forward. 
 
In last place right now is the Saskatoon Wild, who have one win in five games, although it would be very fair to say that, given they've played the Rush (the favourites heading into the season) three times in their opening five games, it would be fair to suggest that this standing doesn't necessarily reflect their play to this point of the season. Chace Trepanier and Rylan Peace were on opposing sides in the Season 62 Founders Cup final, however they're now teamed up on the Wild for Season 63 and they've been the teams biggest contributors in the goal department. With five goals to his name, Peace is the top goal scorer for the Wild and is only one of two players so far this season who has managed to score a hat-trick, doing so in the Wild's 4-1 win over the Aces. However, thanks to his four goals and five assists, Chace Trepanier is the team's leader in points and, had it not been for Kronos Bailey's ridiculous third-period hat-trick, would have been the hero of their 3-2 loss to the Rush as he had scored all of the Wild's goals in that game. Adding Dabarno to the team will give them one of the strongest first lines in the league and it will be interesting to see how they will bounce back after a tough opening schedule with their revamped forward core.  
 
VHL Brands 
 
New for Season 63 are VHL Brands, an opportunity that allows your player to earn some extra money by representing a brand! If you want to see the brands that are available to represent, which players currently represent them and who the brand executive of each brand is, you can find out HERE. If you have yet to be approached by a brand executive about representing a brand, you can send them a message to let them know of your interest in representing their brand, they are (usernames are clickable to go to their profile):
 
Haterade - majesiu
Jolt Juice - Stoffiday
NETFLEX - Romaris
True North Gear - AndrewWarren13
Ubuyalot Games - Joubo
VIKING - Tfong
 
Alternatively, you can post in this thread HERE to register your interest in finding a brand.
 
S64 VHL Draft Rankings *NEW*
 
If you are in the Season 64 Draft, you can keep track of how you are comparing in earning TPE in comparison to your fellow prospects by going HERE to the LIVE Season 64 Draft Rankings, which are updated as close to daily as possible. We also have released the second weekly draft rankings which focused on which players were getting the most capped TPE and what point tasks other members needed to do to reach the 12 capped TPE, you can find the article HERE.
 
TPE Opportunities
 
First Generation Bonus
-          Some of you will soon be reaching the point where you will surpass 100 TPE and to offer some thanks for sticking around with us for that long, we give you guys 10 Free TPE! If you are over 100 TPE or have an update that will take you over 100 TPE, you can claim your 10 Free TPE by going to the Player Management screen, going to Claim Other TPE and filling in the box that pops up as displayed in the image below using this link (https://vhlforum.com/topic/49868-first-generation-bonus/) in the link box.

 
Recruitment 
Recruiting new members to the league not only helps the league by filling out team’s rosters, but it also sets you up to earn some lucrative TPE! To find out more about the rewards for recruiting members, go HERE. On top of that, there is a 1 uncapped TPE reward for posting a VHL advert on another website that can be earned every week.
 
Weekly Capped Point Task Opportunities (You Can Earn Up To 12 TPE From The Following)
-          You can submit either a Media article of 500 words, a Graphic or a ten minute Podcast for 6 TPE. If you don’t have time to submit for any of these this week though, there is Welfare available to claim for at least 4 TPE.
-          You can submit either a 150 word article/Player Card for 2 TPE or you can submit a five minute Podcast for 3 TPE.
-          You can get a maximum of 2 TPE by answering and asking questions in the Press Conferences. If you are short of answers, you can answer questions in the VHLM Press Conference for 2 TPE.
-          You can receive a maximum of 2 TPE by reviewing other people’s Media/Graphics/Podcasts. Check out the guide to reviewing HERE.
-          It's not up yet this week, but once the season gets going, there will be weekly VHL Trivia where you will be asked two VHL-related questions, answer both correctly and you will earn 2 TPE for the week. In addition, players will be able to earn up to 6 uncapped TPE at the end of the season, 1 TPE for every week they submitted for trivia. 
 
Uncapped Point Task Opportunities
-          *NEW* There is 2 TPE to be earned from posting in this week’s Practice Facility
-          *NEW*  The VHLM Fantasy Zone is back! There is the VHLM Pickem and Predict The Score, if you correctly guess the results, you will earn uncapped TPE for your player!
-           The lottery allows you to enter the poll that gives you a chance of winning 3 uncapped TPE this week and enters you into a monthly draw for even bigger prizes!
-          You can submit a 500 word Rookie Profile for 8 TPE and a 1000 word Biography for 10 TPE. These two are one time only point tasks.
 
Video Tutorial
 
 
  
This is a video tutorial of how to improve your player through point tasks that I made about two months ago. The idea was that we were going to have this edited to a better standard before the Season 64 Draft, but that hasn't come to pass yet, so I'll just release the raw footage for now. If you need timestamps for something in particular, here they are:
Capped TPE
0:27 - Overview of Capped TPE
1:38 - Media Spots
2:39 - Graphics
4:16 - Podcast
5:09 - VHL.com/Player Cards/VHL Radio
7:06 - Press Conferences
9:00 - Trivia
11:59 - Reviewing
13:22 - Jobs
14:13 - Welfare
Uncapped TPE
16:14 - VHL/VHLM Fantasy Zone
17:08 - Practice Facility
17:44 - Yearly Award Predictions
18:35 - VHFL
19:33 - VHL Lottery
20:35 - Rookie Profile
21:21 - Biography
22:30 - Donations (Now out of date)
Adding TPE to your Player
24:00
 
 

3 pts in your debut @Nykonax, pretty solid!

Elias, Finn and Mark repping Ottawa up top!
Nice article, @Tagger

This is beautiful! Great job buddy!!

Calgary - JoltJuice is one of the biggest energy drink producers, and its no wonder why the decided to sponsor the VHL along with many other brands that include Viking, True North Gear, NETFLEX, and Haterade. Brands were rushing at the opportunity when the VHL announced they were finaly open to allowing sponsors. The VHL also went further to support sponsors by having the Sponsors Shield, a battle royale tournament alternating every year with the World Cup. The VHL announced they would only allow 6 brands, but many brands applied and the VHL left it to a fan vote. The 6 brands chosen were: Haterade, Jolt Juice, NETFLEX, True North Gear, Ubuyalot Games, and VIKING. These are some of the biggest hockey brands in the world, and as they recruited players some favourites emerged and some not so favourites emerged. With the rosters being finalised I've decided to do a personal breakdown of my personal favourite, Jolt Juice.
 
Jolt Juice, the most electrifying drink also brings one of the most electrifying teams. You know what they say, "defense wins championships", and Jolt Juice executive Rhett Stoffiday followed this method to a tee. Signing some of the top defense including first and second picks in the S63 VHL Entry Draft Kastelic and Wolf, and the 4th pick Sidney Crosby, there is no doubt this team is stacked on defense. Jolt Juice is also one of the youngest teams signing multiple rookies in the VHL and VHLM including Elias Dahlberg, Joel Ylonen, and Crosby, Wolf, and Kastelic. Even though the team is stacked on defense don't overlook their offense who includes Charm, Mulligan, Davis, and Pajari. Charm and Davis seem to be the two who will drive the offense, Charm putting up 90 points and Davis with 70 in the VHL. They are projected to play together but executive Stoffiday may scramble the lines a bit to spread out the offense. Some overlooked players who could be great together are Dahlberg and Ylonen. Two of the top 10 projected picks in S64 could both be on a line together and could be the dark horse of the Sponsors Shield. If the 2 prospects keep developing and training over the VHL season they could definitely help out a lot in Jolt Juice's Shield run. Backstopping the team are goaltenders Stoffiday and Pepper. Stoffiday the 22nd pick in the S63 draft is another VHL rookie on Jolt Juice, coming off a not so good season on the rebuilding Yukon Rush with 16 wins in 70 games, a 0.849 SV%, and a 3.60 GAA he is looking to improve these numbers next season. With multiple picks in the first 2 rounds of the VHLM draft Yukon looks to be a solid team and Stoffiday could improve those numbers with some hard training and a solid team in front of him. With the stacked defense Jolt Juice has Stoffiday could have an easier time in the Sponsors Shield then the VHLM, but he is facing the best of the best. Pepper is the second goalie and probably the starter for Jolt Juice, another rookie on the team he was picked 10th by Helsinki. Posting a solid 50 wins, a .896 SV%, a 1.99 GAA, and 10 shutouts he had an amazing season on the Aces. He is definitely the favourite starter for Jolt Juice, and playing in Helsinki this season he will get a taste of the tougher competition. Some tough training and practice in the VHL could really help him backstop Jolt Juice to the championship.
 
Jolt Juice has some good offense, great goaltending, and even better defense. They are definitely my favourite to win, followed by Haterade to win the Shield.
 
616 words, for week ending 21/10

Calgary - JoltJuice is one of the biggest energy drink producers, and its no wonder why the decided to sponsor the VHL along with many other brands that include Viking, True North Gear, NETFLEX, and Haterade. Brands were rushing at the opportunity when the VHL announced they were finaly open to allowing sponsors. The VHL also went further to support sponsors by having the Sponsors Shield, a battle royale tournament alternating every year with the World Cup. The VHL announced they would only allow 6 brands, but many brands applied and the VHL left it to a fan vote. The 6 brands chosen were: Haterade, Jolt Juice, NETFLEX, True North Gear, Ubuyalot Games, and VIKING. These are some of the biggest hockey brands in the world, and as they recruited players some favourites emerged and some not so favourites emerged. With the rosters being finalised I've decided to do a personal breakdown of my personal favourite, Jolt Juice.
 
Jolt Juice, the most electrifying drink also brings one of the most electrifying teams. You know what they say, "defense wins championships", and Jolt Juice executive Rhett Stoffiday followed this method to a tee. Signing some of the top defense including first and second picks in the S63 VHL Entry Draft Kastelic and Wolf, and the 4th pick Sidney Crosby, there is no doubt this team is stacked on defense. Jolt Juice is also one of the youngest teams signing multiple rookies in the VHL and VHLM including Elias Dahlberg, Joel Ylonen, and Crosby, Wolf, and Kastelic. Even though the team is stacked on defense don't overlook their offense who includes Charm, Mulligan, Davis, and Pajari. Charm and Davis seem to be the two who will drive the offense, Charm putting up 90 points and Davis with 70 in the VHL. They are projected to play together but executive Stoffiday may scramble the lines a bit to spread out the offense. Some overlooked players who could be great together are Dahlberg and Ylonen. Two of the top 10 projected picks in S64 could both be on a line together and could be the dark horse of the Sponsors Shield. If the 2 prospects keep developing and training over the VHL season they could definitely help out a lot in Jolt Juice's Shield run. Backstopping the team are goaltenders Stoffiday and Pepper. Stoffiday the 22nd pick in the S63 draft is another VHL rookie on Jolt Juice, coming off a not so good season on the rebuilding Yukon Rush with 16 wins in 70 games, a 0.849 SV%, and a 3.60 GAA he is looking to improve these numbers next season. With multiple picks in the first 2 rounds of the VHLM draft Yukon looks to be a solid team and Stoffiday could improve those numbers with some hard training and a solid team in front of him. With the stacked defense Jolt Juice has Stoffiday could have an easier time in the Sponsors Shield then the VHLM, but he is facing the best of the best. Pepper is the second goalie and probably the starter for Jolt Juice, another rookie on the team he was picked 10th by Helsinki. Posting a solid 50 wins, a .896 SV%, a 1.99 GAA, and 10 shutouts he had an amazing season on the Aces. He is definitely the favourite starter for Jolt Juice, and playing in Helsinki this season he will get a taste of the tougher competition. Some tough training and practice in the VHL could really help him backstop Jolt Juice to the championship.
 
Jolt Juice has some good offense, great goaltending, and even better defense. They are definitely my favourite to win, followed by Haterade to win the Shield.
 
616 words, for week ending 21/10

Calgary - JoltJuice is one of the biggest energy drink producers, and its no wonder why the decided to sponsor the VHL along with many other brands that include Viking, True North Gear, NETFLEX, and Haterade. Brands were rushing at the opportunity when the VHL announced they were finaly open to allowing sponsors. The VHL also went further to support sponsors by having the Sponsors Shield, a battle royale tournament alternating every year with the World Cup. The VHL announced they would only allow 6 brands, but many brands applied and the VHL left it to a fan vote. The 6 brands chosen were: Haterade, Jolt Juice, NETFLEX, True North Gear, Ubuyalot Games, and VIKING. These are some of the biggest hockey brands in the world, and as they recruited players some favourites emerged and some not so favourites emerged. With the rosters being finalised I've decided to do a personal breakdown of my personal favourite, Jolt Juice.
 
Jolt Juice, the most electrifying drink also brings one of the most electrifying teams. You know what they say, "defense wins championships", and Jolt Juice executive Rhett Stoffiday followed this method to a tee. Signing some of the top defense including first and second picks in the S63 VHL Entry Draft Kastelic and Wolf, and the 4th pick Sidney Crosby, there is no doubt this team is stacked on defense. Jolt Juice is also one of the youngest teams signing multiple rookies in the VHL and VHLM including Elias Dahlberg, Joel Ylonen, and Crosby, Wolf, and Kastelic. Even though the team is stacked on defense don't overlook their offense who includes Charm, Mulligan, Davis, and Pajari. Charm and Davis seem to be the two who will drive the offense, Charm putting up 90 points and Davis with 70 in the VHL. They are projected to play together but executive Stoffiday may scramble the lines a bit to spread out the offense. Some overlooked players who could be great together are Dahlberg and Ylonen. Two of the top 10 projected picks in S64 could both be on a line together and could be the dark horse of the Sponsors Shield. If the 2 prospects keep developing and training over the VHL season they could definitely help out a lot in Jolt Juice's Shield run. Backstopping the team are goaltenders Stoffiday and Pepper. Stoffiday the 22nd pick in the S63 draft is another VHL rookie on Jolt Juice, coming off a not so good season on the rebuilding Yukon Rush with 16 wins in 70 games, a 0.849 SV%, and a 3.60 GAA he is looking to improve these numbers next season. With multiple picks in the first 2 rounds of the VHLM draft Yukon looks to be a solid team and Stoffiday could improve those numbers with some hard training and a solid team in front of him. With the stacked defense Jolt Juice has Stoffiday could have an easier time in the Sponsors Shield then the VHLM, but he is facing the best of the best. Pepper is the second goalie and probably the starter for Jolt Juice, another rookie on the team he was picked 10th by Helsinki. Posting a solid 50 wins, a .896 SV%, a 1.99 GAA, and 10 shutouts he had an amazing season on the Aces. He is definitely the favourite starter for Jolt Juice, and playing in Helsinki this season he will get a taste of the tougher competition. Some tough training and practice in the VHL could really help him backstop Jolt Juice to the championship.
 
Jolt Juice has some good offense, great goaltending, and even better defense. They are definitely my favourite to win, followed by Haterade to win the Shield.
 
616 words, for week ending 21/10

One of the most highly touted S64 prospects and recent S63 VHLM draft pick Elias Dahlberg was just signed to a 3 year, 1.5 million net deal with Jolt Juice. The signing which was just announced recently was a huge one, as brands have started to notice the VHL and have offered sponsorships to the best players. Dahlberg joins other players who have also been snatched up like defenseman Joseph McWolf and other VHLM forward Joel Ylonen. Brands are looking to sign the best players in anticipation for the S63 Sponsors Shield, the bi-annual tournament where the players of each brand face off in a battle royale hockey tournament. We asked Elias for a statement and this is what he said