FrostBeard

Definitely interesting choice. It does seem a bit reckless to come here and post this info on media BEFORE you have informed your team about it. 8/10 Amazing writing and showing a great personality. 2/10 Life choices.

Awesome, so you having that classic Limbaži accent ha? And truly good too see another Latvian here.

Well, right now I am living in Riga, as I went to study and such, but previously lived in small town called Nereta.

Yup, born and raised and living right now

Name: John Frostbeard Nationality: Latvia Age: 19 Weight: 220 lbs Height: 6 feet 4 Inches Position: RW WHLM team: Pennsylvania Reapers John has shown great potential to be 20 goal scorer, 60 assist man on any team. His professional hockey career started when he was 17, just before turning to 18, that was when local Latvian Hockey championship team "Kurbads" offered him a tryout contract with them. As he joined mid season he didn't have a chance to play all 28 games in a season, but he managed to play 14 games that season and got 4 goals and 8 assists in that stretch. During his next season he played all 28 games, but his production slipped as he was moved to play on 4th line because of his height and weight that allowed him to take up a role of Power Forward and be more aggressive. Strenghts 1. Strong passing ability. Because of an amazing hand-eye coordination, John Frostbeard is able to provide his teammates with strong and precise passes. J.Frostbeard is not selfish, so you have to expect that his goal-scoring will suffer a bit. 2. 200ft game. John Frosbeard is active on defence and on offence. Because of his fairly good skating ability, John is able to move around the ice quickly. Defensively, John's greatest strength is his ability to use his body to gain pucks and make opposing players get turnovers. Offensively, his greatest strength is his passing ability and high IQ to come with it as that provides john with a possibility to be aggressive but dependable player. 3. Size. As John Frostbeard is 6.4 and 220, he can use his body well and be aggressive towards other players that are smaller and lighter. He can get at least 1 to 2 hits a game easily. Weaknesses 1. Fighting. He is a terrible fighter because he never had to fight in Latvian hockey as he was just a rookie there. Considering that many teams will be carrying aggressive players, he should learn how to do it, but not model his game around that. 2. Scoring. Because of his well known unselfish play style, he is not an amazing, grade A+ scorer that you might expect him when seeing how hard is his slap shot. Unfortunately, his wrist shot is terrible and he is avoiding it as much as he can. 3. Penalty shot. He is extremely weak 1 on 1 player and quite a weak player on shootouts. His Latvian hockey coach implied that :"John Frostbeard has all the potential in the world to be an amazing all around player, but for right now, he should stay away from 1 on 1 situations." John Frostbeard is quite similar to Eric Parker (New York Americans) , one of the leading players of VHL in season 64. Because of this everyone has to expect that he is gonna be a strong competitor. His style of play is a bit more aggressive and focused on using his body more. John should easily fit any VHLM teams top 6 and be one of the leading players in points after his first season in league.

Name: John Frostbeard VHLM Team: Philadelphia Reapers Cash you have: $1.5 Million Purchase Name: "The First Generation" Cost of Purchase: $500,000 Cash Left: $1 Million

Biography of John Frostbeard Early life of John Frostbeard, "The Beginning" John Frostbeard is a native Latvian, that was born in a beautiful countryside of Latvia, in a region called Sēlija, near the border of Lithuania. He was born into a family of farmers that were focusing their strengths into building up their business and making in a success. His early life was quite full of adventures as he spent most time outdoors with his friends and family. He was a kid his parents could be proud of as he never lied to them or broke any of the family rules, though his family really didn’t put any chains on what young John could or couldn’t do. He spent lots of evenings with his dad either fishing or watching something interesting on TV. His family always were quite big on almost any sport that you could watch. His dads favorite was basketball, his moms always was hockey. Start of school, "Helping as much as he could" John spent loads of time with his grandparents as their home was quite a lot closer to his primary school than his parents farm. He usually did stay with grandparents through weekdays and in weekends went back to help his family in farm. John never had any regrets of area where he was living or anything, he was truly grateful of everything his mother and father did for him. Next big step, "Moving away from his family" John Frostbeard very supportive for quite a long time, but as he was living in an area were there was only 9 grade school, after reaching the age of 15, he had to start looking for a secondary school. His family was very supportive and thought that having an education should always be a high priority for anyone, no matter what. John always had plans of returning to his home town, as he really didn’t think that there were any other options. Excitement and food, "Our favorite customer" First year of secondary school went by relatively quickly and soon it was the summer when he joyfully returned home to help his parents. He spent whole summer thinking what is really his calling in life and while browsing his school’s webpage, he saw a just posted message about after-class activities that will be offered to second year students at his school. And so there it was, a beautiful message saying that they have finally completed their sports facility that now will include a beautiful ice rink. As a child John always dreamed about learning to skate so he went to his mother and father with this brilliant idea of trying out skating next semester and something to fill up his time. Second year came with a huge excitement for John and he had not only an opportunity to learn to skate but to go back to his classmates as all them were quite good friends and texted each other throughout all summer. His marks in all his classes were great and he was one of the top students and as well as happy customer in cafeteria. This was the first time when he was gaining weight in all his life as he went from 6 feet, 150 lbs (1m82cm, 68kg) to 6 feet, 230 lbs (1m82cm, 104kg). This put him on the spot as he understood that he needs to push himself to do more sports and maybe even exercise more often. That semester he switched from going to ice rink 2 times a week, to everyday and that helped him to become an amazing skater. His life continued like for till 2nd semester came around and he had a chance to meet his school hockey basics teacher/coach. He praised the skating skill of John’s quite a lot and pushed him to try new and more things on ice like making tight turns and full stops, he even had a lesson on how to hit boards, when full stop is not possible. To be or not to be, "I want to be something more than..." As he did have quite a close relationship with most his teachers and mentors, he listened to all advice he could and so, when he was at the end of 2nd semester, grade 10, his hockey mentor asked him if John would be interested in trying out playing hockey with few local guys, oh whom John already quite a few. He agreed to try it out and so he informed his family of his decision and everyone was extremely supportive. John’s mentor together with John went to local town to be basic hockey equipment and so he started to train and became a better and better every week. Unfortunately, his excitement and dedication to hockey stopped when he received a call from his mother that his dad was involved in a horrible car crash that left John’s paralyzed in his left leg. That incident pushed his family into quite a few hard decisions as now that John was studying and his dad unable to really perform any work around the farm, family had to decide whether they keep the farm and John comes home or they sell it and move into village near their grandparents were mom was offered a job as a schools gardener. As his family was strongly supportive of an idea that a child must get an education, they agreed to selling their farm. This whole situation put John into a position were he always felt necessary to give back to his family after they made such a contribution to John’s future. After John’s family sold their farm, John decided that he will fully focus on becoming a household name in hockey in his home country of Latvia where such players as Sandis Ozoliņš, Kārlis Skrastiņš, Sergejs Žoltoks, Artūrs Irbe, Helmuts Balders and many more, have showed that they are capable to be players of highest quality. It was not only path John decided to take as he promised his family that even though we will pursue a career in hockey, he will put a huge effort into getting B.A. in Social sciences, Political science and so, even right now, after signing his first contract in VHLM, he is still studying in Pennsylvania State University to get his B.A. in Political science. Support of everyone, "People I love..." John’s Mother and Father, as well as his 4 grandparents and huge fans and supporters of him and so is his small hometown and school.

1.) What image do you see our team giving off considering we are called the Reapers? 2.) How does your player fir onto the team? 3.) what are your hope and goals now that you are here? 4.) Are you happy to be drafted to this team? 5.) Position and number 6.) would you like to be a Captain on an Assistant Captain? Why? 7.)Something funny I should know about you as a player as your new GM. 8.) how do you think we will finish in Season 65? 1 ) Wait, aren't we called Teddybears? But seriously, simple answer - we brake bones and send them to the hell called Doctor's office. 2 ) Well, I am 6.4 guy, so I think that means I can knock some stuff up and be as strong leader as I can, plus, I can score (Hopefully) 3 ) I want to help and bring our team to the promised land! 4 ) Well, Philly is known for a lot of things in hockey, so the least I can hope for is that our goalie will actually perform. But again, jokes aside, proud and honored for a given opportunity. 5 ) RW, 77 6 ) Well, even tho I am young and just starting off, I do believe I can provide for my team and have that leadership quality, maybe to Captain yet, but an assistant - for sure! 7 ) I have a pregame ritual that asks for everyone to give me a tribute of 3 hotdogs that has to be dressed in mayo and red onions.. If I don't get that, I usually fall asleep mid-2nd period. 8 ) Hoping for the best.

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I would be glad to accept you offer and join Philadelphia Reapers. I could even say that those who manages to snag up players deserve them more than others. Accepted. John Frostbeard

Player Information Username: FrostBeard Player Name: John Frostbeard Recruited From: YouTube Age: 19 Position: RW Height: 76 in. Weight: 220 lbs. Birthplace: Latvia Player Page @VHLM GM