Matt_O

God that logo is trash

1. Favorite Season/Episode of The Office? 2. Do you think Mexico City will make the playoffs? 3. What VHL team do you want/not want to go to? 4. Thoughts on the new expansions in the VHL/VHLM? 5. What are your life mottos?

After Hunter Hearst Helmsley made his transition from professional wrestling to professional hockey, WWE legend Hulk Hogan has tried his hand at it. Not only is Hogan way better at hockey than HHH, he’s a better player than the other S67 draftees. ACL Tear? Nice name but his user is Quik. Would you rather a penalty taking machine or a beast wrestler, like Hogan? For me, it’s Hogan. He also does graphics and hits the weekly cap, and could be a solid little player. He is a great locker room personality and you should read some of his articles. Hopefully he comes to Malmo. My personal favorite: Reasons why Hulk Hogan>HHH •Hulk Hogan was a better wrestler •HHH is complete garbage. I played with him during the sponsors shield tournament, god is he ever awful. I could see Hogan going in the first round if he stays active, which looks likely. Will he become the new Scotty Anderson for his clown antics? (If you know what I’m referencing you’re a VHL OG.)

@littleboi don't you pick twice and tag bana?

Legend

Wish I could have done something against NY. I laid an egg against my former team smh my player sims like garbage

Another invisible performance by me. I thought I would be better than this. Pathetic

Beau Louth -F @Banackock

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My first game against my old squad and I lay an egg. Darn

Moscow boutta go 0-71-1

epic dank meme ?

The day is May 14th, 2011. We are in Toronto, with game five of the finals tied at three. The Legion were up 3-1 in the series, on the verge of winning it all. But we find ourselves here, in overtime. Not the first overtime. Not the second overtime, but we are in triple overtime. How did we get here? How did the Legion get to the finals? How did Davos get here? Who has been the hero for the Legion and the Dynamo? This moment needs a deep rewind. Season 21 saw the Legion win the Victory cup, and finished 19-1 in their last twenty games. Right behind them were the Seattle Bears, with Markus Strauss, Cam Fowler, Joey Clarence, Phil Gerrard, Alex Stoyanovich, and Jordan Berglund, as the two teams were in the middle of their intense rivalry. The two teams met in the first round, where Toronto got the best of Seattle in a hard fought seven game series. Bears forward Markus Strauss had seven goals through the series, while Viottu Jannula shined for Toronto. Aiden Shaw did typical Aiden Shaw things and was a beast through the whole series as Toronto won games 6 and 7 3-1 en route to a series victory and berth in the Continental Cup finals, where they would face Davos, who were fresh off of a six game series against Riga After winning the cup in S20, the Dynamo decided to trade away their MVP Patrick Bergqvist, Jordan Berglund and Geno Esposito, all of which were key pieces to their championship. Of course, they still had Daisuke Kanou, who is all they needed. They also had Anton Brekker and David Vidal with over 100 points. They met a dangerous Riga team, who had also gotten worse since the season prior. In Season 20, the Reign had perhaps the most insane offense in VHL history, breaking all kinds of records. They ended up being eliminated in the semi finals vs Davos, and they had a chance at redemption in the S21 playoffs. Davos handled them in six games and we were bound for a rematch between the Legion and the Dynamo. Now we know how these two teams got here, but how does this stack up against other games? Sure this game was nuts, but other games have been insane as well. What about the S34 Cup Finals Game 7, where Helsinki won in overtime? That was pretty crazy. Perhaps even better, the S50 Game 7 that went to Double Overtime, and had the Legion's threepeat on the line, but Zach Parechkin came through and scored in double overtime to win it. We also have the S41 Game 7 where Tom Slaughter scored with under three minutes left to win the game for the Americans. Those are tremendous games, but none truly stack up to this one. The entire series has been a battle. Every game was a one goal game, and all were fairly low scoring. Game three went to overtime but the Legion won 2-1, off of Christopher Hawkins overtime winner. Davos had lost the last three, only winning game one. They had still been putting up a great fight in a series they were supposed to lose. As game five started, Davos struck quickly with a goal from Heinrich Olen two minutes in. Then three minutes later, DAV RW scored on the powerplay, and surely for the crowd in Toronto that was deflating. I mean, how do you let a garbage computer score in the cup finals. Anyhow, their two goal lead didn't last long. Just one minute later, Peyton Nydroj brought the Legion back to within one with his fifth of the postseason. We are six minutes in and have three goals. The Dynamo dominated play in the first, outshooting the Legion 15-7. Later in the period with five minutes left, Anton Brekker scored and the Dynamo were back up by two. Heading into the locker room after the first, Davos felt confident. The second period was the only part of this game that wasn't absolute nuts. It was a tight period with no goals put on the board, and a normal shot total. But we haven't got to the third period. This was the turning point of all turning points. Just four and a half minutes into the third, Peyton Nydroj scored again on the powerplay, to cut the Dynamo lead down to one for the second time that game.. Davos began to play sloppy, and took penalty after penalty in the third period. The Legion completely controlled the game this period, and it frustrated the Dynamo. It all boiled over with eight minutes left in the third, and the Dynamo still up by one. Anton Brekker, the Dynamos top scorer, gets a major and a game misconduct for a check from behind. JD Stormwall would score on their long powerplay, to tie the game at three a peice. Then with three minutes left, Viottu Jannula and Marek Mueller got into a fight which resulted in Jannula getting ejected. Two of the top players in this series were gone from the game. The third period ended tied. We were going to overtime. In the first overtime, it was absolute pandemonium. The Legion fired twenty pucks at Daisuke Kanou, and he stopped all twenty. Perhaps the best chance for the Legion was when Heinrich Olen took a roughing penalty, where Frans Spelman had a close in chance on Kanou, which Kanou stopped. Spelman grabbed his own rebound and fired another one to the net, which was also stopped. Spelman got his own rebound again, and Kanou made another spectacular save, this time without a rebound. Olen had six total penalties this game, four of which came in overtime. Now, we can head to double overtime. In this overtime, the Dynamo kept pace with the Legion, and the best chance of the period belonged to Gordon Shore for the Dynamo, who rang one of the post with nine minutes left in the period. The Dynamo had a lot of pressure this period, and had the majority of the shot attempts on the Legion. Another important moment in this period was regarding the Legion's David Walcott. He got ejected from the game and was given a major, giving the Dynamo a five minute powerplay in overtime. They could not score on the powerplay and this game was heading to a remarkable third overtime. To start the third overtime, it was clear that these teams were exhausted. It took on the feeling that no one would ever score. But four minutes into the third overtime, Heinrich Olen took his sixth penalty of the game. Just moments later, Chad Murphy took a penalty and the Legion would have nearly a minute of 5 on 3 play. JD Stormwall ripped off shots on Kanou, who kept his cool and was on fire, stopping shot after shot. After a faceoff win for the Legion, Peyton Nydroj's pass was stolen by Jonathan Slade, who brought the puck up the ice on a two on one break. He tried to feed it to Olen, who was coming out of the box, but that pass was intercepted by James Bencharski, who quickly fired it to Max Kroenenburg for a three on one with Berger, Kroenenburg and Nydroj. Nydroj and Kroenenburg exchanged passes before Kroenenburg passed one over to Berger, who found the back of the net. It was the 70th shot of the night for the Legion, and this one was the winner. The Legion had won the Continental Cup, and it capped off the craziest playoff game in VHL history. After this, the Legion would go on to make the finals in S22 with a dominant regular season, but lost to the Titans in an epic underdog win. In S24 they matched up against the Dynamo again in the finals, but Davos got the better of them. What moment in VHL History should we review next? Daisuke Kanou - @tfong Lars Berger - @Victor Peyton Nydroj - @Bushito Anton Brekker - @DGFX. JD Stormwall - @Zero Aiden Shaw - @Ree_21 David Walcott - @Knight Viottu Jannula - @McNeil

Rylan Peace- F @Poptart

I'm in

I hope I got all the tags right

I have a few Materazo Americans sigs but now I'm on Malmo. Could someone make me a signature using Mat Barzal in his Seattle Thunderbirds jersey? I don't know if you can control this but if you could try to make it under 50 Kb so I could use it as my profile pic? If you can't do that no worries

1. Are you excited about being on Malmo? 2. How well do you think the team will do this season? 3. Any personal goals for this year? 4. Did you think Riga got a good return for you when they traded you? (S67 third, S68 2nd and 4th) 5. What are your career goals? Any milestones you want to hit?

1. Why did you decide to sign with Malmo? 2. What are your goals for year one in Malmo? 3. Who was your favorite player that you ever had? 4. Is there a reason you post your iconic locker room thread? 5. Are you happy with the season you just had in New York?

Americans making a lot of moves

Should of came to Malmo, we could have made history. First ever expansion team to make the playoffs and win it all

This is nearly three months old and I'm not even on the Americans anymore but I am deeply offended by my exclusion from this list.

After last years continental cup victory for the Wranglers, we can come into Season 24 with a different look. Toronto is facing stiff competition, New York is on the rise, and Vasteras is looking poised to fight for a spot in the European Division. To try to help their playoff chances, they made a blockbuster of a trade during the offseason. The Legion had their second disappointing playoff defeat in as many years, and they snapped. They shipped off Lars Berger and James Bencharski to Vasteras in exchange for the S22 first overall pick Clint Guite, veteran defenseman Jordan Berglund and Regie Johnson. This was a move that Toronto hoped would changed their fortunes in this upcoming season, and Vasteras wanted to make the playoffs for the first time in a while. The Legion also had a few minor trades, such as acquiring everyones favorite player Robin Big Snake. It was a culture change in Toronto, one that they believed was necessary for playoff success. DRAFT This draft was littered with the Bears all over it, and they had 12 draft picks. Riga took Mathieu VanCoughnett with their first overall pick, followed by Carlos Vasquez by Seattle. The most notable name was Daniel Braxton, who would go on to have an illustrious career with the Americans after being drafted third overall. Generally, the team recap starts with the victory cup winners. This time, I needed to start with the Wranglers. They capped off a very bizarre season with a 20-47-5 record, just one year after winning it all. Basically they did what the Bears did after Season 21; they blew it up after a very successful year. They shipped off Mathias Chiounard for David Vidal and Davos' first, which put Davos in a position to seriously contend once again. They then traded away Jake Steen and Roman Andreev for two second round picks. After that, they still weren't done dealing, and they shipped off Joey Clarence and Dante Terragni for a second rounder and prospect Milos Langdon. This team was horrendous, by the way. The most notable thing about them was that one of their players was named CAL FUCK YEAH. He finished with 3 points and was -48. The Legion once again wrapped up another dominant season and were on top of the North American conference. Phil Gerrard and Peyton Nydroj were their superstars, both stacking up with 120 points. Clint Guite had a very solid sophomore season, and the legendary Robin Big Snake as well as Joe Nash were a fierce duo and would lay people out every game. Aidan Shaw, the ageless wonder, had one of his best seasons, with a 1.77 GAA and a .931 Save Percentage. The Legion looked good and were poised for a deep playoff run. Right behind Toronto was HC Davos, who were led by Anton Brekker, the duo of young studs with Leeroy Jenkins and Pavel Koradek, Japinder Singh manning the blue line, and of course Daisuke Kanou. On top of an already solid squad, they added Mathias Chiounard from a Calgary team that had started to blow things up, who finished with the most points on the team. This team, despite finishing with fewer points than Toronto, was probably better than them on paper. Now, we can look at Helsinki, a thorn in Davos' side. While Davos was better than them, both teams were capable of beating each other in a seven game series. Led by Cam Fowler, who was playing in his final year, alongside Tarik Saeijs and Ignatius Feltersnatch, they were the big three of Helsinki. They were helped by their goaltender Jakob Kjeldson, who had another stellar year. The Titans were peaking but still would have to get through the Dynamo in round one. A controversy in this season between the final spot in the playoffs took place. The Vasteras Iron Eagles had 93 points this season, compared to the Americans 76. However, since New York was in the North American Conference, they made it to the playoffs. It was an outrage, as the efforts of Lars Berger, James Bencharski, Andreas Bjorkman and Cam Merrill went without a reward, while New York had a below .500 season and still got in. Jukka Hakkinen finally made the playoffs after years of carrying the Americans, alongside Keon Anderson and Zach Gagnon. They also acquired Joey Clarence at the deadline. Rookie Daniel Braxton finished with 46 points in his first season with the Americans. Unfortunately for Vasteras they got screwed by the playoff system pretty badly. If you remember back to Season 23, during the offseason, the Titans acquired Tarik Saeijs in a trade centered around prospect Mitch Higgins. Higgins was later traded from Riga to Seattle during this season, in an exchange of prospects. Higgins lead the Bears with 60 points in his rookie year, and fellow rookie goaltender Carlos Vasquez had a very respectable season as well. Those two could not save the Bears from sucking though, as they ended they year with a pathetic nine wins. The Reign managed to sign Evgeni Fydorov in free agency, but he was the lone bright spot on Riga. Their first overall pick did not play for them this season. They finished with 24 wins in yet another tank year for them. As we have previously mentioned, there were various trade deadline deals this year, especially with Calgary. The only notable trade we did not talk about already was when the Reign acquired prospect Guy Finchley and a S35 Davos second rounder, for Sigmund Olofsson. This is only notable because of the strange draft pick, one that was eleven seasons from the current point in time. The player they picked would go inactive after 100 TPE. PLAYOFFS The matchups were set; A much hyped rematch of last year between the Titans and Dynamo, and then the not as exciting match between the Legion and the Americans. Lets go to North America first, where the Americans could prepared to be humbled by the Legion. In game one, the Americans actually controlled the tempo and the game in general, but Toronto won 2-0, as Aidan Shaw stopped 43 shots. Game two went New Yorks way, as Keon Henderson, Jukka Hakkinen and Zach Gagnon scored for New York in the 3-2 win. Game three was in New York, where the Americans once again outplayed Toronto, despite losing 3-0. They had 32 shots compared to the Legions 24, but Aidan Shaw was a brick wall in net once again. Game four was a similar story, as the Legion won 2-1 in game four as Shaw made 20 saves, and their two first period goals were to much for the Americans. With a 3-1 series lead, the Legion didn't look back, and they won game five 3-2. Joe Nash, a rookie on Toronto, scored two goals, his third and fourth of the postseason to send the Legion back to the finals. Now, the more exciting series. The Titans and Dynamo were setting up for an intense rivalry series. Game one went the distance, after Davos erased the Titans 3-1 lead in the third period. Kanou had 29 saves, while Kjeldson had 39 saves. In overtime, Anton Brekker scored and Davos won game one. Game two was a different story, as the Dynamo outclassed Helsinki. Leeroy Jenkins scored his first playoff goal, and the Dynamo won 4-1. Game three in Helsinki was shockingly the exact same script; Kanou played his best hockey, making 23 saves and winning game three 3-1. Game four was now a must win for Helsinki, who were locked in a battle in this game. It went to overtime scoreless, before Kevyn Hesje scored to win the game for the Titans. Kanou had 26 saves, while Kjeldson had 31 saves. Game five is where the Titans run would end, as the Dynamo won 3-0 as Brekker scored two goals in the third period and Kanou made 28 saves in the win. The Dynamo were heading back to the finals, while Cam Fowler would end his legendary career off with a bittersweet ending. The heavily hyped Continental Cup Finals between the Legion and the Dynamo was here. They met in back to back years in season 20 and 21, where Davos won in their first meeting and the Legion won the second meeting. Game one was in Toronto, where the Dynamo showed no fear. They won 2-1, and shut down the Legions offense. They only allowed 16 shots en route to the win in game one. Game two went back to Toronto, as they took a narrow 2-1 win in game two. Kanou had to make 41 saves in the loss for him. Game three, we headed to Europe, where the Dynamo would make no mistakes. They won 1-0 in game three off of Brekkers first period goal, and Kanou made 24 saves. Game four was another incredible defensive effort by Davos, who won 3-0 in game four. Kanou had 26 saves, and Mathias Chiounard had two goals in the win. Game five, with Toronto down 3-1, was a must win for them. They put up an incredible fight, allowing a mere 12 shots on goal. That being said, it was still a scoreless game after sixty minutes. We headed to overtime, where Phil Gerrard only needed a minute and a half to win the game for the Legion. Game six, back in HC Davos, would be seemingly a must win for both squads. If you're Toronto, you are down 3-2 in the series. If you're Davos, you don't want to go back to Toronto for game 7. Davos had a 2-0 lead early in the third, but David Walcott cut the lead in half. Just three minutes later, Adam Schultz would give Davos a two goal lead once again, and the Dynamo wouldn't look back. They allowed only 15 shots and had 43 shots on net, and the Dynamo won their fourth cup in franchise history. Daisuke Kanou was awarded as the playoff MVP, and rightfully so. He had a 0.98 GAA and a .962 save percentage in ten games. Phil Gerrard of the Legion would go on to win MVP, with 122 points leading the Legion. Mathias Chiounard won the Mike Szatkowski trophy, with 124 points for Davos. Peyton Nydroj scored 58 goals for Helsinki, to win the Kevin Brooks trophy. Dante Terragini, acquired in a deadline deal, won the Sterling Labatte trophy for best defenseman. Aidan Shaw and Daisuke Kanou shared the Top Goaltender award, and Mitch Higgins and Benjamin Glover shared the Rookie of the Year award. After the Dynamos continental cup win, are the Legion finally fading? Will the Americans take that next step forward in their rebuild? Will Vasteras finally make the playoffs? How will retirement and age affect the Titans? Can Davos repeat? Find out the answer to all these questions and much more next week in our review of Season 25. END CREDITS Peyton Nydroj- @Bushito Daisuke Kanou: @tfong Anton Brekker: @DGFX. Phil Gerrard: @Phil David Walcott: @Knight Lars Berger: @Victor Japinder Singh: @8Ovechkin8 Jukka Hakkinen: @James Mitch Higgins: @Higgins Tarik Saeijs: @frescoelmo Cam Fowler: @CoachReilly