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Sorry about that. F - Yaroslav Bogatyrev

G - Jesse Teno F - Larry Abass Jr @STZ

D - AK92 Wit da Hoodie F - Napoleon Dynamite @STZ

D - Ryuji Sakamoto F - John Jameson @STZ

F - Igor Molotov G - Clueless Wallob @Tetricide

F - The Board Game Clue On Skates D - Callum Murray opps, I picked a guy already selected, fixed that with an edit. @Tetricide

F - Leandro Goncalves D - Max Torq @Tetricide - back on the clock

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1. Are you shocked that Seattle Bears beat Vancouver Wolves? Not really. Seattle has the best GM of all-time, so you can never count them out. Vancouver was a really good team, so it is somewhat surprising. But not shocking. 2. What VHL playoff series has shocked you the most so far? I think the most shocking thing was our team not even making it into the playoffs. We were in the finals last season! Now not in the playoffs! 3. Did you join the Victory ProAM tournament? I did not. I need the time off to rest up for next season.

22nd Annual Unofficial VHL Regular Season Awards – S87 Another exciting regular season has come to a close. That means we can dole out some regular season awards! Welcome everyone to the 22nd Annual Unofficial VHL Regular Season Awards honoring the highs and lows of S87! 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. 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) – Reid Johnson @TopTiddee2 Helsinki claimed the top 6 spots in this category, but Reid Johnson led them all with a -49. Repeat winner Daniel Clarke @Danzoshowed some improvement, ending 33rd worst with a -16. All-time record: S82 – creed -156 Last 5 Pylon Award Winners: Season Player + / - S87 Reid Johnson -49 S86 Daniel Clarke -55 S85 Daniel Clarke -65 S84 Ryan Li -60 S83 Barron Kruulenstien -66 The Gandhi Award (least penalty minutes, min 1,000 minutes played) – Todd Cooke @KRZY Todd Cooke wins the award outright by being the only player to record the league low 2 PIM, while playing 2,138 minutes. After a couple of seasons of some higher PIM totals winning this award, it’s nice to get back to lower PIM. Here’s hoping for a 0 PIM next season. All-time record: S81 - Brendan Telker - 0 PIM, 2211 Minutes Played Last 5 Gandhi Award Winners: Season Player PIM Minutes Played S87 Todd Cooke 2 2138 S86 Mason Jones 6 2175 S85 Girts Galvins 6 2153 S84 Florida Man 2 1880 S83 Mason Jones 2 2146 The Major2 Award (most major penalties) - Zaza Colors @McWolf Zaza Colors went major penalty happy this season, recording more PIM in majors this season than their total PIM from any previous season. Their 10 major penalties is enough to claim this award. All-time Record: S77 – Randy Marsh - 14 Majors Previous Major2 Award Winners: Season Player Major Penalties S87 Zaza Colors 10 S86 Jared Carter the 2st 10 S85 Vinny Detroit 12 S84 Cadmael Ixazaluoh 9 S83 Brian Payne 11 The Timex Award (received most hits) – Leandro Goncalves @leandrofg Leandro Goncalves was hit exactly 300 times during the season. It seems like a lot of hits and I’m sure Leandro would agree, but it’s actually the lowest winning total since Anthony Matthews won with 274 hits received in S72. All-time Record: S82 – Bogdan Trunov - 408 Hits taken Last 5 Timex Award Winners: Season Player Hits Taken S87 Leandro Goncalves 300 S86 Perry Laperriere 337 S85 Perry Laperriere 339 S84 Duncan Idaho 316 S83 Saku Kotkakoivu 346 The John Wayne Award (most shots on goal) - Brendan Marner @MetalToday For the second straight season Brendan Marner wins this award by being the only player in the league to record over 600 shots. Their 622 shots are 40 more than the next closest player, Ronan Lavelle @Arce . All-time record: S82 – Jerome Reinhart - 713 Shots on goal Last 5 John Wayne Award Winners: Season Player Shots on Goal S87 Brendan Marner 622 S86 Brendan Marner 602 S85 Zaza Colors 566 S84 Duncan Idaho 621 S83 Saku Kotkakoivu 692 The “Hit the Broadside of the Barn” Award (most own shots blocked) - Ronan Lavelle @Arce Ronan may have finished 2nd in shots on goal, but they finished 1st in having their shots blocked with a total of 170 of their shots blocked. All-time record: S81 – Jerome Reinhart - 204 Own shots blocked Last 5 HtBotB Award Winners: Season Player Own Shots Blocked S87 Ronan Lavelle 170 S86 Landon Wolanin 171 S85 Alex Johnston 168 S84 Alex Johnston 187 S83 Saku Kotkakoivu 189 The “Can’t Hit the Broadside of the Barn” Award (most own shots missed) – Ronan Lavelle @Arce Lavelle wins this award with 450 shots missed, barely beating Brendan Marner in both this and the previous category. All-time record: S81 – Jerome Reinhart - 532 Shots missed Last 5 CHtBotB Award Winners: Season Player Shots Missed S87 Ronan Lavelle 450 S86 Brendan Marner 436 S85 Zaza Colors 406 S84 Baby Bob 415 S83 Saku Kotkakoivu 509 The New Shin Pads Award (most blocked shots) – Bo Johansson @Shindigs Bo knows blocking shots. As proved by their performance this season where they blocked 210 shots. All-time record: S82 – creed - 460 Shots blocked Last 5 New Shin Pads Award Winners: Season Player Shots Blocked S87 Bo Johansson 210 S86 James Marino 243 S85 Deron Nesbitt 222 S84 Jaromir Lemiuex 268 S83 Barron Kruulenstien 261 The Tired Legs Award (most minutes played) - Scoish Velociraptor Maloish @youloser1337 Scoish showed they are a different animal by playing 2,441 total minutes. All-time record: S82 – Chicken Wing – 2,512 Minutes played Last 5 Tired Legs Award Winners: Season Player Minutes Played S87 Scoish Velociraptor Maloish 2441 S86 James Marino 2422 S85 Florida Man 2221 S84 Jerome Reinhart 2400 S83 Rhys Trenton 2374 The Snap! Award (most power play minutes) - Brendan Marner @MetalToday Back-to-back wins for Brendan Marner. Maybe we’re discovering a secret to their success, powerplay minutes. They spent 404 minutes on the powerplay, where they recorded 39 points. All-time record: S79 - Muffbeav - 454 power play minutes Last 5 Snap! Award Winners: Season Player PP Minutes S87 Brendan Marner 404 S86 Brendan Marner 335 S85 Bo Johansson 344 S84 Napoleon Dynamite 369 S83 Battre Sandstrom 339 The 1 vs. 100 Award (most time on penalty kill) - Babushka @BrutalBoost Babushka and Biggie Cheese @a_Ferk both tied with 337 minutes on the penalty kill. Babushka wins the award based on the tiebreaker of playing less total minutes, meaning a larger percentage of their minutes on the ice were spent killing penalties. All-time record: S79 - Gustislav Nasherov - 447 penalty kill minutes Last 5 1 vs. 100 Award Winners: Season Player PK Minutes S87 Babushka 337 S86 Doug Matchett 336 S85 Hari Singh Nalwa 317 S84 Deron Nesbitt 335 S83 Zeedayno Chara 340 The Sean Archer Award (highest face-off win %, min 1,000 faceoffs) – Daniel Janser @Daniel Janser Daniel Janser wins this award for the second consecutive season. Their 60.34% face-off win percentage is a slight dip from the mark they set last season, but still a great total. All-time record: S74 - Brock Louth - 63.72% face-offs won Last 5 Sean Archer Award Winners: Season Player Face Off Pct S87 Daniel Janser 60.34% S86 Daniel Janser 62.90% S85 N/A S84 Paul Atreides 61.22% S83 Zeedayno Chara 63.17% The Castor Troy Award (lowest face-off win %, min 1,000 faceoffs) – Nic McMuffin @Ente2997 Nic McMuffin may need to change their breakfast strategy. The had a league worst 32.22 winning percentage on their faceoffs. All-time record: S79 - Gustislav Nasherov – 29.60% face-offs won. Last 5 Castor Troy Award Winners: Season Player Face Off Pct S87 Nic McMuffin 32.22% S86 William Futch 34.87% S85 N/A S84* Pistol Pete 43.73% S83 Gregory Bates 31.86% The Triple Deke Award (most penalty shot goals) - Daniel Weaver @ThePerfectNut Daniel Weaver won this award outright as they were the only player to score 6 penalty shot goals. All-time record: S86 – Daniel Janser - 9 penalty shot goals Last 5 Triple Deke Award Winners: Season Player Penalty Shot Goals S87 Daniel Weaver 6 S86 Daniel Janser 9 S85 Hammar Voss 6 S84 Zach Kisslinger II 7 S83 Zeedayno Chara 7 The Rocky Award (most fights won) – Ivan Retoslav @eagle_3450 Ivan Retoslav, Ronan Lavelle @Arce , and Zaza Colors @McWolf all tied with 4 fight wins. Retoslav wins it on their tie-breaker thanks to their 4-0-5 fight record, better than Lavelle (4-0-2) and Colors (4-1-5) All-time record: S83 Brian Payne – 7 fights won Last 5 Rocky Award Winners: Season Player Fights Won S87 Ivan Retoslav 4 S86 Jared Carter the 2st 5 S85 Vinny Detroit 5 S84 Paul Atreides 4 S83 Brian Payne 7 The Glass Joe Award (most fights lost) – Daniel Clarke @Danzo There was a 4-way tie for this award, all with 3 fights lost. Clarke gets the nod there thanks to their abysmal 0-3-1 fight record. All-time record: S86 – Jason Argos, S74 - Lee Xin, and S69 Rusty Shackleford - 5 fights lost Last 5 Glass Joe Award Winners: Season Player Fights Lost S87 Daniel Clarke 3 S86 Jason Argos 5 S85 Henri le Massif 3 S84 Deagun Rust 3 S83 Kyle Glass 3 The Stars Award (most stars won) – Daniel Janser @Daniel Janser Another back-to-back award win for Daniel Janser! This was a close one as both him and Vasile Lamb @dlamb had 26 total stars, but Janser had more 1st stars, so they win the award. Special recognition to Landon Wolanin @jacobcarson877who led the league with 12 first stars. And of course a shout out to Art Vandelay @Gustav for leading all goalies with 12 first stars and 22 total stars. All-time record: S76 - Mikko Lahtinen – 34 total stars Last 5 Stars Award Winners: Season Player Total Stars S87 Daniel Janser 26 S86 Daniel Janser 33 S85 Saku Kotkakoivu 28 S84 Duncan Idaho 33 S83 Zeedayno Chara 31 The “Always a Bridesmaid” Award (most stars without winning 1st star) – Brian Payne @Scurvy Brian Payne received 11 stars this season, none of them were first stars. All-time record: S85 – Hard Markinson - 16 stars Last 5 Bridesmaid Award Winners: Season Player Stars S87 Brian Payne 11 S86 The Frenchman 9 S85 Hard Markinson 16 S84 Asher Reinhart 13 S83 Tui Sova 12 The Biggest Backpack Award (player with the largest difference in points from the rest of their team) - Ryan Vidot @Enorama Vidot showed they have the physique to carry their team, as they scored 27 more points than the next closest player on the team. All-time record: S82 – Taro Tsujimoto - 52 points more than nearest teammate Last 5 Backpack Award Winners: Season Player Point Difference from nearest teammate S87 Ryan Vidot 27 S86 Daniel Janser 21 S85 Jerome Reinhart 20 S84 Nico Pearce 32 S83 Saku Kotkakoivu 23 The Anniversary Award (rank in total points matches season number) - Reid Johnson @TopTiddee2 This is season 87, so the award goes to the player in 87th place in total points. Congratulations to Reid Johnson! They recorded 51 points this season, good enough for 87th place. Last 5 Anniversary Award Winners: Season Player Points S87 Reid Johnson 51 S86 Callum Murray 49 S85 Sting Chameleon 51 S84 DB III 51 S83 Robert Wilk 54 The Eggshell Award (goalie with most overtime losses) - Xavier Booberry @CowboyinAmerica Sometimes the puck bounces your way, other times it doesn’t. The later appears to be the case for Xavier Booberry this season. They had 11 OT losses. Tied for the most all-time. All-time record: S87 - Xavier Booberry, 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 S87 Xavier Booberry 11 S86 Ben Dahl 10 S85 Boris Tsezar 8 S84 Cole Pearce 9 S83 David Davis 9 The Jason Voorhees Award (most PIM by a Goalie) - Henry Tucker Jr @NSG Tucker Jr may have taken some notes from his father’s playing days. Tucker Jr led all goalies with 12 PIM this season. All-time record: S76 - Doug Dimmadome - 29 PIM Previous Jason Voorhees Award Winners: Season Player PIM S87 Henry Tucker Jr 12 S86 Augustus Kennedy 16 S85 Oskar Lindbergh 12 S84 Oskar Lindbergh 16 S83 Ben Dahl 14 The Poke Check Award (highest % of penalty shots stopped, min 10 penalty shots against) - Joel Castle @animal74 Joel Castle rooked his opponents by stopping 88.5% of the 26 penalty shots he faced. A great showing for the goalie’s first season! All-time record: S86 – Matt Murdock – 100% penalty shots stopped (12 shots faced) Previous Poke Check Award Winners: Season Player Penalty Shots Stopped S87 Joel Castle 88.5% S86 Matt Murdock 100.0% S85 Oskar Lindbergh 88.5% S84 David Davis 80.0% S83 Dexter Vaughn 80.0% 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!