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No way @MexicanCow123! I know you messed with Team Europe's medal round sims!
 

Round Robin Index
Medal Round Index
 
Its that time of the year, its World Cup time baby! Here is a wonderful surprise for all you GMs. The index is out 72 hours before sims!!!!! Please send your lines to MexicanCow123@gmail.com and include "WC" in the subject line. Take your time on these lines, but not too much time or I'll have to hunt you down. Lets have a fantastic tournament everyone! 
 
@BarzalGoat @InstantRockstar @Arce @Doomsday @Daniel Janser @hedgehog337

I leave for one week and now Hasbulla has lost his identity 😢

Round Robin Index
Medal Round Index
 
Its that time of the year, its World Cup time baby! Here is a wonderful surprise for all you GMs. The index is out 72 hours before sims!!!!! Please send your lines to MexicanCow123@gmail.com and include "WC" in the subject line. Take your time on these lines, but not too much time or I'll have to hunt you down. Lets have a fantastic tournament everyone! 
 
@BarzalGoat @InstantRockstar @Arce @Doomsday @Daniel Janser @hedgehog337

Round Robin Index
Medal Round Index
 
Its that time of the year, its World Cup time baby! Here is a wonderful surprise for all you GMs. The index is out 72 hours before sims!!!!! Please send your lines to MexicanCow123@gmail.com and include "WC" in the subject line. Take your time on these lines, but not too much time or I'll have to hunt you down. Lets have a fantastic tournament everyone! 
 
@BarzalGoat @InstantRockstar @Arce @Doomsday @Daniel Janser @hedgehog337

Yes, this.

Fuck Nyko man. We said we were a package Dil. Im just going to retire.

Vancouver receives:
S83 WAR 1st

Warsaw receives:
Hari Singh Nalwa
Omi Aberg


This trade has been accepted by all parties and is pending league approval.

Hahahah @Zetterberg

jeffrey pines memorial

17th Annual Unofficial VHL Regular Season Awards – S82
Another exciting regular season has come to a close. That means we can dole out some regular season awards! Welcome everyone to the 16th Annual Unofficial VHL Regular Season Awards honoring the highs and lows of S82! Thank you to everyone that reads this.
 
These awards have been created by me. There is no voting process and they are not officially recognized by the VHL Board of Governors. I wrote descriptions for most of these award names in the original award post.
 
For each award, I list the winners from the last 5 seasons. If you want to check out the award winners from every season, use this link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sAZtX3bxVpPTIsKe1rSRVOenH1-iyWzbQEdR9ZvYOdU/edit?usp=sharing
 
I also document the “all-time” record for each category. Of course, by that I mean all-time for the existence of these awards, not all-time, all-time. Clear? Ok, good. Let’s get things underway!
 
 
The Pylon Award (worst +/- rating) – creed @assassin6898
 
As the sim engine is getting stretched beyond its limits, we are seeing records just get completely shattered. Last season, chris foley shocked the world by destroying the all-time record for worst +/- by 19. That is absolutely nothing compared to what creed did this season. creed set a new all-time record with a -156! Let this be a warning to all lowercase-only named players.
 
Having done this for as long as I have, you see records come and go. Normally I’m hesitant to use absolute terms, but this case is extreme, so I’ll make this claim: We will not see this record broken, ever.
 
All-time record: S82 – creed -  -156
 
Last 5 Pylon Award Winners:
Season
Player
+ / -
S82
creed
-156
S81
chris foley
-96
S80
Nathan Steele
-77
S79
Jared Carter
-49
S78
David Tavau
-40
 
 
 
The Gandhi Award (least penalty minutes, min 1,000 minutes played) – Omi Aberg @osens 
 
For the first time in 5 seasons, there were no players with 0 PIM. Omi peacefully wins the award with 2 PIM in 2,132 minutes played. No tie-breaker needed as no one else had only 2 PIM.
 
All-time record: S81 - Brendan Telker - 0 PIM, 2211 Minutes Played
 
Last 5 Gandhi Award Winners:
Season
Player
PIM
Minutes Played
S82
Omi Aberg
2
2132
S81
Brendan Telker
0
2211
S80
Jakob Sosa
0
2052
S79
The Terrible Trivium
0
2084
S78
Sven Reikkinen
0
2007
 
 
 
The Major2 Award (most major penalties) - Owen Taylor @Owen Taylor 
 
Newcomer Owen Taylor showed they are not afraid of spending some time alone in the penalty box. They committed 12 major penalties for a total of 60 PIM from those majors. That is more PIM just in major penalties than Taylor had all of last season.
 
All-time Record: S77 – Randy Marsh - 14 Majors
 
Previous Major2 Award Winners:
Season
Player
Major Penalties
S82
Owen Taylor
12
S81
Magnus Verlander
9
S80
Julian Nousiainen
10
S79
Henry Tucker
11
S78
Bob Tristan
11
 
 
 
The Timex Award (received most hits) – Bogdan Trunov @qripll
 
Trunov learned first-hand what the cost of being great is. In their case, it’s getting hit. A lot. More than anyone has ever been hit before, in fact. Trunov got hit an all time high 408 times. That’s 65 more than the next closest player (Guy Lambert @Spartakiller2) and 115 more than 3rd place (Jonathan Ori @ROOKIE745). Amazing.
 
All-time Record: S82 – Bogdan Trunov - 408 Hits taken
 
Last 5 Timex Award Winners:
Season
Player
Hits Taken
S82
Bogdan Trunov
408
S81
Lester Green
381
S80
Asher Reinhart
360
S79
Dakota Lamb
310
S78
Aloe Dear
312
 
 
 
The John Wayne Award (most shots on goal) - Jerome Reinhart @MexicanCow123 
 
Back-to-back wins for Jerome and a three-peat for the Reinhart family. Jerome bested their all-time record from last season by 2 shots, totaling 713 shots on goal. Special recognition to runner-up Taylor Mourning @scoop, who recorded exactly 666 shots on goal.
 
All-time record: S82 – Jerome Reinhart - 713 Shots on goal
 
Last 5 John Wayne Award Winners:
Season
Player
Shots on Goal
S82
Jerome Reinhart
713
S81
Jerome Reinhart
711
S80
Asher Reinhart
637
S79
Gunnar Odinsson
614
S78
Muffbeav
531
 
 
 
The “Hit the Broadside of the Barn” Award (most own shots blocked) - Taylor Mourning @scoop 
 
Last season Jerome Reinhart dominated all three shot award categories, setting all-time records in each. They were expected to runaway with each award again this season. Taylor Mourning had different ideas. They had 195 of their own shots blocked to win this award. That’s 10 more than runner-up, Jerome Reinhart.
 
All-time record:  S81 – Jerome Reinhart - 204 Own shots blocked
 
Last 5 HtBotB Award Winners:
Season
Player
Own Shots Blocked
S82
Taylor Mourning
195
S81
Jerome Reinhart
204
S80
Asher Reinhart
169
S79
Groovy Dood
165
S78
Aloe Dear
161
 
 
 
The “Can’t Hit the Broadside of the Barn” Award (most own shots missed) – Jerome Reinhart @MexicanCow123 
 
Jerome wins 2 out of 3 shot awards claiming this one by missing the net with 489 shots this season.
 
All-time record: S81 – Jerome Reinhart - 532 Shots missed
 
Last 5 CHtBotB Award Winners:
Season
Player
Shots Missed
S82
Jerome Reinhart
489
S81
Jerome Reinhart
532
S80
Asher Reinhart
455
S79
Gunnar Odinsson
433
S78
Aloe Dear
407
 
 
 
The New Shin Pads Award (most blocked shots) – creed @assassin6898
 
creed did quite a number of the Pylon Award earlier, that is nothing compared to what they did with this category. Previous all-time high shots blocked was 242. creed blocked an inconceivable 460 shots! That is 218 more than the previous all-time high. That difference itself would have won the award for a handful of seasons. Unbelievable. I know I said this on the Pylon award, but I really mean it now. This record will never be broken.
 
All-time record: S82 – creed - 460 Shots blocked
 
Last 5 New Shin Pads Award Winners:
Season
Player
Shots Blocked
S82
creed
460
S81
Artair McCloud
237
S80
Chicken Wing
235
S79
Han Jae Kuk
242
S78
Robin Galante Nilsson
229
 
 
The Tired Legs Award (most minutes played) - Chicken Wing @chikn 
 
After missing out on the award last season, Chicken Wing, made it known how much they need to be on the ice. Maybe that’s because of food safety issues as well. I don’t know. Regardless, the Warsaw coaches listened and sent Chicken Wing out on the ice for an all-time high 2,511 minutes. An average of 34.89 minutes per game. In related news, Chicken Wing announced their retirement in the off-season.
 
All-time record: S82 – Chicken Wing – 2,512 Minutes played
 
Last 5 Tired Legs Award Winners:
Season
Player
Minutes Played
S82
Chicken Wing
2512
S81
Artair McCloud and Ryan Vidot
2469
S80
Chicken Wing
2333
S79
Han Jae Kuk
2343
S78
Robin Galante Nilsson
2398
 
 
 
The Snap! Award (most power play minutes) - Tyler Reinhart @Zetterberg 
 
Tyler spent 397 minutes on the powerplay, the exact same amount that won the award last season.
 
All-time record: S79 - Muffbeav - 454 power play minutes
 
Last 5 Snap! Award Winners:
Season
Player
PP Minutes
S82
Tyler Reinhart
397
S81
Bogdan Trunov
397
S80
Scotty Kaberle
391
S79
Muffbeav
454
S78
Muffbeav
412
 
 
 
The 1 vs. 100 Award (most time on penalty kill) - Hulk Hogan 2 @Hogan 
 
Hulk Hogan 2 must have been following their own advice about eating vitamins because they survived a whopping 359 minutes on the powerplay this season, Brother.
 
All-time record: S79 - Gustislav Nasherov - 447 penalty kill minutes
               
Last 5 1 vs. 100 Award Winners:
Season
Player
PK Minutes
S82
Hulk Hogan 2
359
S81
Sven Eightnine
319
S80
Sven Reikkinen
346
S79
Gustislav Nasherov
447
S78
Kevin Wu
368
 
 
 
The Sean Archer Award (highest face-off win %, min 1,000 faceoffs) – Pistil Stamen @DMaximus  
 
Pistil Stamen takes home the award for the 2nd time in their career by winning 62,10% of their 3,517 faceoffs. A strong showing for their final season in the league.
 
All-time record: S74 - Brock Louth - 63.72% face-offs won
               
Last 5 Sean Archer Award Winners:
Season
Player
Face Off Pct
S82
Pistil Stamen
62.10%
S81
Aloe Dear
60.70%
S80
Dakota Lamb
60.66%
S79
Pistil Stamen
59.00%
S78
Aloe Dear
57.89%
 
 
 
The Castor Troy Award (lowest face-off win %, min 1,000 faceoffs) - Eeli Rantanen @Jolline 
 
Eeli won one for the humans by beating out two of their bot teammates and only winning 30.47% of their 2,790 faceoffs taken.
 
All-time record: S79 - Gustislav Nasherov – 29.60% face-offs won.
               
Last 5 Castor Troy Award Winners:
Season
Player
Face Off Pct
S82
Eeli Rantanen
30.47%
S81
Otto Numminen
44.06%
S80
Frank Funk Jr
39.19%
S79
Gustislav Nasherov
29.60%
S78
Luc Tessier
42.80%
 
 
 
The Triple Deke Award (most penalty shot goals) - Baby Bob @Baby Boomer 
 
We had a four-way tie for this award. Baby Bob won the award on the tie-breaker of having less attempts. Here’s the rundown:
Baby Bob – 4 goals on 5 attempts.
Jon Webber ( @Webberj ) – 4 goals on 6 attempts.
Jerome Reinhart ( @MexicanCow123 )– 4 goals on 8 attempts.
Nathan Perry ( @tinafrombobsburgers) – 4 goals on 12 attempts.
 
All-time record: S67 - Veran Dragomir and S78 - Thomas Landry II - 8 penalty shot goals
               
Last 5 Triple Deke Award Winners:
Season
Player
Penalty Shot Goals
S82
Baby Bob
4
S81
Armani Calamari
5
S80
Calvin Hobbes
5
S79
Nathan Perry
5
S78
Thomas Landry II
8
 
 
 
The Rocky Award (most fights won) – Owen Taylor @Owen Taylor 
 
Owen won this award outright by winning 4 fights, earning a total record of 4-2-6. Shoutout to Henry Tucker @NSG who had the best undefeated record going 3-0-2 in fights this season.
 
All-time record: S77,S78 - Riley Knight Gee, S74 - Kristopher McDagg, and S67 ACL TEAR - 6 fights won
               
Last 5 Rocky Award Winners:
Season
Player
Fights Won
S82
Owen Taylor
4
S81
Pistil Stamen
3
S80
Jared Carter
4
S79
Calvin Hobbes
5
S78
Riley Knight Gee
6
 
 
 
 
The Glass Joe Award (most fights lost) – Vasile Lamb @dlamb 
 
There was a 7-way tie with players losing two fights. Vasile Lamb wins the tie-breaker because all they did was lose fights, going 0-2-0. Everyone else tied at least one fight.
 
All-time record: S74 - Lee Xin and S69 Rusty Shackleford - 5 fights lost
               
Last 5 Glass Joe Award Winners:
Season
Player
Fights Lost
S82
Vasile Lamb
2
S81
Magnus Verlander
3
S80
Magnus Verlander
3
S79
Rusty Knale
3
S78
Matt thunder
3
 
 
 
The Stars Award (most stars won) – Taylor Mourning @scoop 
 
Mourning had a fantastic year, leading the way with 33 total stars, one shy of the all-time mark. They also led the league with 17 first stars. Congratulations to Tobias Reinhart @Spaz for leading all goalies with 13 total stars.
 
All-time record: S76 - Mikko Lahtinen – 34 total stars
               
Last 5 Stars Award Winners:
Season
Player
Total Stars
S82
Taylor Mourning
33
S81
Justin Lose
28
S80
Duncan Idaho
28
S79
Gunnar Odinsson
32
S78
Robin Winter
26
 
 
 
The “Always a Bridesmaid” Award (most stars without winning 1st star) – Gustav Hjalmarsson @McLovin 
 
In their final season Gustav Hjalmarsson earned 9 total stars (2 2nd and 7 3rd) to win this award. That should give them ample time to look into the mirror and ask “why not me?”
 
All-time record: S72 - Lewis Dawson and S67 Dan Baillie - 13 stars
               
Last 5 Bridesmaid Award Winners:
Season
Player
Stars
S82
Gustav Hjalmarsson
9
S81
Donny Carter
8
S80
Mistxh J
12
S79
Tim Waters
11
S78
Jim Bob
8
 
 
The Biggest Backpack Award (player with the largest difference in points from the rest of their team) - Taro Tsujimoto @Gustav 
 
Taro ends his career leading a team harder than anyone else has led a team before. Taro scored 52 more points than their closest teammate, Sigard Petrenko @SlapshotDragon. That is the all-time record! This is Taro’s second time winning this award, making them the first repeat winner.
 
All-time record: S82 – Taro Tsujimoto - 52 points more than nearest teammate
           
Last 5 Backpack Award Winners:
Season
Player
Point Difference from nearest teammate
S82
Taro Tsujimoto
52
S81
Alex Johnston
32
S80
Nathan Perry and Julian Nousiainen
22
S79
Red Lite
40
S78
Taro Tsujimoto
22
 
 
 
The Anniversary Award (rank in total points matches season number) - Jakub Brozik @Viper 
 
This is season 82, so the award goes to the player in 82nd place in total points. Congratulations to Jakub Brozik! They recorded 71 points this season, good enough for 82nd place.
 
Last 5 Anniversary Award Winners:
Season
Player
Points
S82
Jakub Brozik
71
S81
AJ Williams
76
S80
Frank Funk Jr
71
S79
Tim Waters
64
S78
Erik Killinger
63
 
 
 
 
The Eggshell Award (goalie with most overtime losses) - Sirkants Klamasteris @hedgehog337 
 
Sirkants Klamasteris finished tied for this award last season, but lost on a tie-breaker. They left no doubt this season and won the award outright with 11 overtime losses. That ties them for the all-time record. No longer able to handle the pressure of overtime, Sirkants retired at the end of the season.
 
All-time record: S82 - Sirkants Klamasteris, S78 – Calvin Harvey, S75 - Doug Dimmadome, and S71 Jaxx Hextall - 11 OT games lost
 
Previous Eggshell Award Winners:
Season
Player
Overtime Games Lost
S82
Sirkants Klamasteris
11
S81
Papa Emeritus
9
S80
Aksu Maronen
10
S79
Kevin Malone
8
S78
Calvin Harvey
11
 
 
 
The Jason Voorhees Award (most PIM by a Goalie) - Thadius Sales @thadthrasher 
 
Thadius led all goalies with 18 PIM. No word on if the fear instilled by all these penalties helped them have a great season. Thadius Sales is riding out on the high note of this award, as their retirement was recently announced .
 
All-time record: S76 - Doug Dimmadome - 29 PIM
 
Previous Jason Voorhees Award Winners:
Season
Player
PIM
S82
Thadius Sales
18
S81
Barry Taffe
23
S80
Tater Tot
14
S79
Jean Pierre Camus
23
S78
Michael Olson
15
 
 
  
The Poke Check Award (highest % of penalty shots stopped, min 10 penalty shots against) - Tater Tot @Trunkxolotl 
 
Tater Tot showed they were the main course by backing up their amazing season last year with another fantastic season. They led the league stopping 88.2% of the 17 penalty shots they faced.
 
All-time record: S81 – Tater Tot – 100% penalty shots stopped (10 shots faced)
 
Previous Poke Check Award Winners:
Season
Player
Penalty Shots Stopped
S82
Tater Tot
88.2%
S81
Tater Tot
100.0%
S80
Kunibuni UnGuri
81.2%
S79
Zamboni Driver
85.7%
S78
Grekkark Gyrfalcon
78.3%
 
 
 
That wraps it up for this season! Another year, another successful award ceremony! Congratulations and/or condolences to all the winners! As always, please provide any suggestions, insights, or thoughts in the comments. Thank you all for reading and continuing to make this a successful column!
 
 
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I plan to start on Thursday, March 10th so you have 48h to get your lines in. Live streams will be at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnvyyltNdRxKljanSti1aZw/ as usual for me. Good luck!

I apply for either.

So if goalies, depreciation, and the update scale all remain the same and we have discussed and agreed on the attributes is there anything left to discuss here or should I draft up an announcement to look over?

more then i wanted to pay but the D market is ass 

Hello VHL'ers! It's theme week and we've been tasked with putting together VHL "dream teams". I'm sure everyone has their own personal preferences, but this is the lineup I am throwing out there. To me, these are some of the best players I've encountered since coming into the league in Season 74. Of course, I am biased and also throwing some friends of mine in here, but it's my list so frick off. Without further ado, let's get right to it!
 
Forwards
 
@Ricer13 Kris Rice (C)
504 GP- 237G, 306A, 543PTS
 
For my man on the dots, I went with none other than the current GM of the Calgary Wranglers, Ricer! Long before Ricer was promoted as the GM of Calgary, his first gen player Kris Rice was drafted there and went on to play his first four seasons there. Ricer enjoyed a solid seven-year career, but despite his impressive TPE earning, and being on some pretty good teams, he never was able to win the elusive Continental Cup. Just because he was cup-less though, does not take away from the fact he was an absolute beast out there on the ice. He was a high-caliber two-way player who consistently put up offense while also being a beast in the faceoff circle. On top of that, Ricer is one of the biggest class acts in the league and having him in the dressing room with the boys would definitely be a plus in my books!
 
@BOOM Gunnar Odinsson (W)
431 GP- 223G, 284A, 507PTS
 
Many of you may not know, but Gunnar Odinsson was originally a defenseman who eventually converted over to forward early in his career.  Unlike almost everyone else on this list, I actually played with Odinsson multiple times over the course of his career. We both played on the Marlins together in the VHLM and while we lit the league up that season, we couldn't capture that Founder's Cup unfortunately. From there, we both ended up on the Toronto Legion in what seemingly looked to be an incredible young core. Needless to say, that didn't exact pan out the way either of us had hoped. A few seasons later, fate would intervene and cross our players paths once more as Boom came over from Calgary to Malmo. Gunnar's two seasons in Malmo were the best of his career. Season 79 saw him and I capture the Continental Cup and it was also a season where Odinsson absolutely dominated. Aside from the team winning the Cup, he went on to win four personal trophies including playoff MVP.  Boom has always been an upstanding teammate and very kind to me. He would make a perfect addition to my dream team!
 
@Zetterberg Ray Sheilds (W)
432GP- 200G, 244A, 444PTS
 
A lot of you newer users may not recognize this user, but Z used to be a very active member of this community, and his first gen player Ray Sheilds (yes that's the way it's spelt, cringe I know) was a pretty good player all things considered. It's always funny to me reflecting back during this time. Z would always brag to me about how good his player was, and I would always troll him and tell him Sheilds was shit to get him wound up. But truth be told, Sheilds' six-year career was mostly impressive. Taking out his rookie season, and his final season in Riga that was a bit of an anomaly, Sheilds was a consistent producer and a fairly clutch performer as well. He strung together four straight seasons in which he put up a minimum of 80 points or more and even broke the 100 point plateau in Season 76. The peak of his career came in Season 75 when he was a crucial piece to Malmo capturing the Continental Cup. Those playoffs saw him put up 28 points in 19 games and he famously scored the game winning goal in the deciding game of the cup final.  I definitely wouldn't mind having a player of that ilk on my team. Also him and Boom can collab on some sick drip for my team! He traditionally played center, but like all good dream teams, centers are getting shifted to the wing, so deal with it Z!
 
Defense
 
@Juice Kristof Welch (D)
478GP- 139G, 402A, 541PTS 
 
For anyone that knows me, you knew this one was a layup. Kristof Welch is the only active player on my dream team. He is currently on his seventh season with one possible season remaining next season if he so chooses. What's not to like about Juice? He is a legend in the community thanks to his pie-in-the-face and karaoke highjinx, but he is also one of the best homies you could ever meet. I was lucky enough to stumble upon Juice when he first joined the league back in Season 75. I was a rookie AGM for Yukon and we signed Kristof Welch (a dlamb multi) off waivers. He immediately popped in Discord and was like a sponge, totally soaking in all the info we were giving him about how to run your player.  He was off to the races and has went on to be one of the most impressive first gens I've encountered during my time here in the VHL.  On the ice, he has been one of the most dominant and consistent d-men over the past handful of seasons. His last three seasons he has put up over 100 points and he is on pace to do so once again this year. He's one of the best playmaking blueliners in the current generation of VHL players. But aside from all that, he's my bud. We won a cup together in Yukon as management, we scavenged the lands of Tarkov together and he told me he liked the way I smell boi. He even told me about pretzal. Juice is love, Juice is life. Easiest dream team pick I ever made.
 
@Spartan Alex Letang (D)
504GP- 128G, 439A, 567PTS
 
The other defensemen on my team will be none other than Alex Letang. Spartan's player broke into the league in Season 73 and was truly a model of consistency for seven seasons. His career has a lot of parallels to Ricer's actually. He spent his first four seasons in Moscow, where he is now the general manager. Unfortunately, also like Ricer, he never was able to win that Continental Cup but that didn't take away from his ability to perform year after year. In addition to impressively being over a point per game as a defenseman in his career, during the latter half of his career he also developed a physical aspect of his game that saw him rack up a ton of hits, which made him a nightmare to match up against. His best season ironically came in Season 79, which was his final year. He popped off putting up 25 goals and 94 assists for 119 points for the LA Stars. That incredible season saw him rack up four individual trophies which is incredibly hard to do. When I was building Scotty Kaberle for my own player, Spartan's player was who I tried to model myself after. So who better to add to my dream team?
 
Goalie
 
@MexicanCow123 Jacob Tonn (G)
342GP 200-104-31, .918 SV%, 2,78 GAA
 
To round out my dream team, I needed a solid tender to man the crease. This one was an easy choice as well, as Cow is a friend of mine and someone I have been close with since joining the VHL.  Before becoming the VHL's most hated meta-player, Cow played under the guise of Jacob Tonn, an honest, hard working goalie who enjoyed a solid six-year career which included a Continental Cup which he earned in his rookie season as Seattle's backup goalie. He notably also won three straigh Clegane trophies, under two different teams which is pretty impressive. Tonn was one of the most steady goalies during that time and he would make a great choice for my dream team. Aside from the on-ice performance, Cow and I have been homies for quite some time and I would always roll with him. Whether it's my conquest to educate him as much as possible, or our time playing games together, or even just shooting the shit on Discord, Cow will always be one of my closest buds in VHL.
 
 
So there you have it! This is my hand-crafted team that I've chosen. Do you hate it? Probably! Let me know how much you hate it down below  While I have some personal friends on this list, all these players at one point or another were great players in the VHL. I think it would be boring to just go by the absolute best statistical players from a certain timeframe. Maybe when this theme week gets recycled in 10 seasons from now I will have a new dream team with players of the current generation of VHL, but for now this is the squad I'm rolling with!
 
 
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Congrats Sam! Well deserved

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all my homies hate Cow

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The Rise of Jerome Reinhart and the Fall of Postseason Records
 
What a season S81 turned out to be!
 
League offense, which had been on an upswing in recent seasons due to expansion and the retirement of much goaltending talent, perhaps hit the peak of the pendulum swing as the VHL saw Seattle’s Justin Lose post the first 70-goal, 140-point season since Podrick Cast’s historic campaign in the scoring explosion of S62 and Moscow’s blueliner Aurelien Moreau became only the sixth player in league history to dish out 100 assists - for the first time since Joel Jarvi did it in S53! The Vancouver Wolves played red-light roulette with the rest of the league as their historic offense produced the most goals (381), assists (668), points (1049) and shots (4146) since S20. The Malmo Nighthawks’ power play (33.3%) was the most efficient since S21. And, in an unsurprising correlation, London goalie Tater Tot faced the most shots (3992) of any netminder since S20.
 
However, the regular season was just an appetizer to the onslaught that the Wolves generated in the playoffs on route to their second-consecutive Continental Cup, both times at the expense of the also dangerous Moscow Menace.  
 
But before delving into this most recent postseason, a little history to set the stage:
 
During the three-season span of S32-S34, the VHL postseason record book was rewritten by a few stellar performers that set the new gold standard for playoff brilliance and that standard has stood the test of time for close to 50 seasons. Over the years, some have come close but the records have stood relatively unmatched and unbeaten.
 
Despite leading the VHL in offense, the S32 New York Americans ended up 5th in league standings causing them to start in the play-in round. The Americans’ offense stayed red hot as their stars outshone everyone else and set numerous playoff records after defeating Riga in seven games for the franchise’s second Continental Cup. New York right winger Troy Athera tied Scotty Campbell’s 27-season record for assists in a postseason with 20. Teammate Connor Evans led all playoff scores with 31 points which was one more than Campbell’s record of 30 also set in S5. Future Hall-of-Famer Tukka Reikkinen also broke a Campbell record as his 16 goals bested Campbell’s 13 set in S4. Perhaps the most impressive feat though came from New York’s Radislav Mjers who also tied Campbell’s 30 points as a defenseman which garnered him the Daisuke Kanou Trophy as playoff MVP. He broke the record of 25 that had been set the season before by former American Damon Wolfe, who had bested Alexander Sauve’s S18 record of 20 and set the new league mark of 6 power play goals. Mjers also set the record for goals by a defenseman in the postseason with 12 – a record that still stands today.
 
In S33, more records were meant to fall. After losing a heartbreaking Game 7 in the Finals the season before, the Riga Reign entered S33 hungry to avenge their loss although they did it the hard way. And no one was hungrier than Riga captain Elijah Incognito, the reigning Labatte Trophy winner. He was unstoppable in the playoffs, dishing out a VHL record 24 assists and 34 points. He also set new league marks scoring 9 of his 10 goals on the power play and garnering 16 power play points. Incognito won the Kanou Trophy for his brilliant performance. Teammate Thomas Corcoran also broke the previous VHL playoff assist record with the second-most in history with 22.
 

Elijah Incognito fends off a New York American
 
 
S34 was the year of Alexander Chershenko. Thought by many to be on the decline in his final season, Ukrainian center Chershenko cemented his place in the VHL archives by leading the league in goals and points in the regular season in spite of being traded twice. He then put on an offensive display for the ages in the playoffs. In the first two games against New York, he scored consecutive hat tricks, including the overtime goal in Game 1 and the game winner in Game 2 and had a total of 8 goals in the seven game series win. He willed Calgary through another seven-game series win against Quebec only to lose the Continental Cup in Game 7, 2-1 in overtime, to the Helsinki Titans, a game in which he scored the Wranglers only goal. He would finish his career setting new league postseason records with 18 goals and 36 points and tying Incognito’s 16 power play points. He added his second Kanou Trophy to his collection but missed out on a third Cup.
 
Now back to the present day…
 
In Vancouver’s first series against the Toronto Legion, the Wolves averaged an insane 7 goals per game and demolished the Legion 4-1 in five games. Third-year left winger, Jerome Reinhart, who led Vancouver in goals in the regular season with 61, good for fourth in the VHL, went ballistic and averaged 4 points-per-game in the series scoring two hat tricks including a four-goal game (and the series-winning goal) in Game 5. Reinhart was named one of the 3 Stars every game and was the 1st Star three times. He also had two game-winning goals to make his stat line of 13 goals and 20 points in five games absolutely incredible.
 
The Wolves would face a much tougher opponent in the second round in the Calgary Wranglers, who were the VHL’s hottest team heading into the playoffs riding an 11-game winning streak. The Wranglers would indeed slow down the Wolves, taking them to a full seven games, including three overtime thrillers, but Vancouver would prevail behind Reinhart’s second 5-point game and second series-winning goal of the playoffs. And that is just where the history begins.  
 
In Game 7, Reinhart opened the scoring at 10:03 with tying Chershenko with his 18th of the playoffs. Just over five minutes later, Reinhart scored again, this time on the power play to set the new VHL record at 19 goals – and he did it in nine fewer games than Chershenko. Then at 17:25 in the third period with the game well in hand, Reinhart chalked up an assist on Corey Kitson’s power play goal, his third helper and fifth point of the night to tie Chershenko for points with 36 – again in nine fewer games! And now Vancouver still had another wholes series to play. How far could Reinhart and the Wolves go?
 
Waiting for the Wolves were the menacing Moscow Menace who were led by defenseman Hard Markinson who was also playing at a historic pace and would end the playoffs with a couple of records of his own with 27 assists and 37 points to break Incognito’s marks of assists by a skater and points by a defenseman.
 
Game 1 saw Vancouver edge the Menace 5-3 in a back and forth battle. At 11:55 in the first period, Jerome garnered an assist when his brother, Tyler Reinhart, ripped a power play marker past Moscow goalie Papa Emeritus. That assist (his first of three on the night) earned Jerome Reinhart the record for points in a postseason with 37. And he was not done with the VHL record books yet. In Game 5, Rienhart would account for all of Vancouver’s offense as he scored his record third hat trick and add an assist in a 4-2 win to put the Wolves up 3-2 in the series. He would score two goals and an assist in the final game for his third straight multi-goal game to help Vancouver defeat Moscow for the Continental Cup for the second year in a row. It would be Vancouver’s fourth cup since becoming the Wolves and third in eight seasons. 
 
Jerome Reinhart scored 28 goals (10 more than the previous record) and 52 points (16 points more than the previous record) in three less games then Chershenko and set more records as well. His 13 power play assists were more than Chershenko’s 10 and his 21 power play points were more than the 16 shared by Chershenko and Incognito. Also, his 2.88 points-per-game bested Campbell’s previous mark of 2.73. Now Reinhart had a lot of help and many of his teammates also bettered some of the aforementioned records during the course of the Wolves’ Cup run – but none could better Reinhart.
 
Vancouver Wolves' GM @Nykonax had this to say about his star's performance: "Jerome specifically has really grown as a player during his time on the Wolves and was an integral piece in our second cup run. The coaching staff was definitely surprised by his offensive output, scoring almost a 3rd of our team's goals this playoffs is certainly impressive, as well as smashing playoff records that have stood for more than 40 seasons. He's a massive part of this team, both on and off the ice, and we are ecstatic to have him locked up for the prime years of his career."
 
When it was all said and done, Jerome Reinhart won his second consecutive Continental Cup, scored a point in every one of Vancouver’s 18 games and multiple points in 15 of those games on his way to setting no less than six VHL playoff records and treated the VHL faithful to a legendary performance that may never be duplicated. Reinhart received what most record-setters in the VHL playoffs earn – the Daisuke Kanou Trophy as postseason MVP. But he showed the VHL that he was much more than just the Most Valuable.
 
 
He was the Alpha Wolf.  
 

 
 
 
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