Smarch

@chatfan036 look at those VHLM commishes not firing people for playing in-actives over actives in the VHLM. @flyersfan1453 wasn't the restrictions 2 picks in the 1st and 2 picks in the 2nd?

I meant Ryan Sullivan

That's a lot of shit on defense

I once made a player better than Victor. That's going on the old tombstone.

Dream Team When you bring this name up to most sports fans, the number one response you will likely get is the 1992 United States Men’s Olympic basketball team. Of course that roster consisted of legends like David Robinson, Michael Jordon, Karl Malone, Magic Johnson and the teams lowest point differential was against Puerto Rico, which was a thirty-eight-point victory for the United States. While that was a great roster with many great Hall of Famers on it, today we are going to dig deep into the VHL drafts and compile a list of our Victory Hockey League Dream team of players selected outside the first rounds of the VHL Entry Drafts prior to Season Twenty. Forwards: Right Winger: Terence Fong (Continental Cup Winner - S7, S10; Drafted Thirteenth Overall by Avangard in Season Five) Starting on right wing you will find Season Five VHL Draftee Terence Fong, who was drafted by the then Avangard Havoc, now HC Davos Dynamo. Fong enjoyed a six year VHL career from Season Five to his retirement at the end of Season Ten. Fong would play 434 games during that time, amassing 178 goals and 222 assists. With almost a point per game pace over his career and two Continental Cups in his career, one with Avangard in Season Seven, and the other with Riga in Season Ten, Fong was one of the better players of the first ten seasons of the VHL. Left Winger: Jardy Bunclewirth (Continental Cup Winner – S18, S19, S23; Drafted Eighteenth Overall by Calgary in Season Sixteen) Bunclewirth was quite a character during his time in the VHL, specifically in Calgary. Bunclewirth came to the Wranglers organization after being drafted by the franchise Eighteenth Overall in Season Sixteen, and little did they know at the time Calgary was drafted a future legend. Bunclewirth went on to win three championships with the Wranglers, including back to back wins in Season Eighteen and Nineteen. Bunclewirth played in 432 games in the VHL with the Wranglers, putting up 291 goals and 398 assists, all while on his drunken way to the Hall of Fame. Center: Alex McNeil (Continental Cup Winner – S4, S5; Drafted Thirtieth Overall by Helsinki in Season One) The only player on our dream team that saw the first VHL season ever, Alex McNeil was one of the many colorful characters that graced the league in its early conception. McNeil played in six VHL seasons after being drafted in the Season One VHL Dispersal Draft by the Helsinki Titans Thirtieth Overall. Like many players in the VHL early days, McNeil never put on a Titans jersey after they drafted him, after the Titans traded McNeil to the Toronto Legion shortly after the selection to Helsinki was announced by the VHL. McNeil would play for three VHL teams over his six VHL seasons, ending his career with the Avangard Havoc in Season Six, but not before he put up great offensive numbers with 238 goals and 396 assists in 428 VHL games. Defenseman: Defense: Markus Sedin (Continental Cup Winner – S9, S12, S13; Drafted Thirtieth Overall by Toronto in Season Seven) Markus Sedin was one of the best defenseman to ever grace the VHL. Sedin was drafted by the Toronto Legion in the Season Seven VHL Entry draft and became a mainstay on the Legions blue-line for many seasons to come. Sedin played in an era of the VHL that was purely built around offensive powerhouse teams, but Sedin brought his style of two-way defensive hockey to Toronto the minute he stepped floor on the Legion practice facility. Sedin still was also able to hold his own offensively as he posted 130 goals and 319 assist in his eight year VHL career. With three different Continental Cup wins with three different franchises, one can say that Sedin was a winner no matter where he laid his roots. Defense: Harvey Singh (Continental Cup Winner – S14, S16; Drafted Twenty-Third Overall by New York in Season Twelve) Harvey Singh is a very interesting VHL story. Singh was drafted by the New York Americans Twenty-Third Overall in the Season Twelve VHL Entry Draft. Singh spent two developmental years in the VHLM before finally making his first appearance in the VHL during Season Fourteen for the Americans. Singh played in only 288 games before announcing his retirement, but he still managed to win two Continental Cups in his three season VHL career. Singh was able to win a Cup in his rookie Season with the Americans in Season Fourteen, and was then able to win a championship as a forward with the one of the Americans biggest rival Riga Reign in Season Sixteen. During his 288 game VHL career, Singh put up 129 goals and 160 assists to end his career with a point per game pace. Goaltender: Goaltender: Aiden Shaw (Continental Cup Winner – S21; Drafted Tenth Overall by Toronto in Season Eighteen) With the nine most wins in VHL history, Aiden Shaw might be considered a steal considering he wasn’t drafted in the VHL Entry Draft First Round. Thankfully for Toronto Shaw would fall to the Legion at Tenth Overall, and that selection would do the franchise wonders for many future seasons. If there was any indication that Shaw was destined for great things before entering the VHL, all you would have to do is look to his one VHLM season with Brampton in Season Eighteen. Shaw posted a 65-5-0 record along with a .923 save percentage and 2.77 goals against average, an amazing stat line given the VHLMs history to have players consistently close in on the 200-point plateau in that era. Shaw entered the VHL in Season Nineteen and although he didn’t have immediate success posting on twenty-nine wins in his regular season, Shaw got his feet wet and positioned to start his HOF path. After seven successful seasons in Toronto that included one Continental Cup win, four Aidan Shaw wins (then Tretiak Trophy for top goaltender), one Howe Trophy(Playoff MVP) and a Hall of Fame induction in Season Twenty-Six, one would say Shaw would find himself in the best of all time conversation. For Weeks Oct 5-11; Oct 12-18

No Looking Back As the Victory Hockey League enters the second half of the Season Seventy-Four, we thought it would be fun to look back at some of the Season Seventy-Four draftees that now half some VHL time under their belts. For many of the clubs and draftees, their full potential has yet to blossom, but as you will see from the following list, some draftees have already hit their stride, while some are struggling to adjust to the professional level of hockey they are now experiencing. Aloe Dear (First Overall – Warsaw Predators): After a lot of speculation leading up to the draft on who would actually be taken in the top spot by Warsaw, the Predators selected Danish Native Aloe Dear. After a dominating season in the VHLM in Season Seventy-Three with the Houston Bulls, that saw Dear put up forty-six goals and forty-nine assists, many fans around the league wondered if Dear could continue the offensive output at the next level for a franchise in just their second year of existence. So far Dear has responded with a very enthusiastically yes. Dear has played in all thirty-seven games for Warsaw this season, putting up sixteen goals and thirteen assists in his first thirty-seven games. Although the twenty-nine points only sits him ninth in rookie scoring this season, Predator fans and management are extremely happy with the first year forwards progression so far. Christian Mingle (Second Overall- Chicago Phoenix): Mingle was a late comer to the league last season and missed being selected in the Season Seventy-Three VHLM Dispersal Draft, so when Chicago took the Israeli forward at number two, it was the first time being drafted for Mingle. Not many that follow the league picked Mingle to climb all the way to Second Overall in the Season Seventy-Four VHL Entry draft, but Chicago clearly saw potential and a very reputable agency that brought Mingle into the league as major upsides. Now with thirty-six games now under his belt for the Phoenix, Mingle hasn’t been able to get his footing quite underneath him just yet. Mingle currently sits tied for last place on Chicago’s roster with just six goals and eight assists in those thirty-six games. Thankfully for Mingle and the rest of the Phoenix roster, the franchise is already one win away from tying their eighteen-win season from their inaugural campaign, so Mingles performance is somewhat flying under the radar. Venus Thightrap (Third Overall – Vancouver Wolves): Thightrap was another top end prospects whose name was floating around the First Overall conversation leading up to draft day, but in the end Thightrap fell to Third Overall, right into a perfect situation. Thightrap was another member of the offensive powerhouse Season Seventy-Three Houston Bulls roster, where Thightrap put up eye-popping numbers, including fifty-two goals and seventy-three assists in seventy-two VHLM regular season games last season. Thightrap has continued that torrid offensive pace in the Wolves thirty-six games they played so far this season putting up eleven goals and twenty-three assists, numbers good enough to place Thightrap in sixth on the rookie scoring list. The perfect situation that we referred to earlier may have a lot to do with the high offensive production Thightrap is experiencing so early on, as Vancouver currently sits in the top spot in the North American Conference, which will help drive point totals up for most of the roster. No matter the reason that Thightrap is performing this season, I’m sure Wolves fans and management are wishing it to continue for this season and future seasons as well. Emi Rune (Fourth Overall – Vancouver Wolves): After picking up a superstar in the making with the selection of Thightrap Third Overall, the Wolves turned their attention to obtaining another superstar on the defense side of the ice. Emi Rune comes to the Wolves after spending just a little over a full-season with the Saskatoon Wild of the VHLM. After winning a Founders Cup with the Wild in Season Seventy-Two, the Wild brought back Rune with the Twenty-Four Overall pick in the Season Seventy-Three VHLM Dispersal Draft. Now with the body of work Rune has tallied up in the VHLM and through the first thirty-six games in the VHL this season, many have to wonder what those twenty-three selections before Rune looked like in the VHLM Dispersal Draft. Rune has started off in the VHL as strong as well, putting up three goals and twenty-four assists from the backend for the Wolves, which also ties Rune for second on the Wolves roster for defenseman scoring. Currently Rune sits just on the outside of top ten rookies in the VHL in points, but with a strong core around Rune and an amazing work ethic to match, Rune will likely show up on the leaderboard sooner than later. Dough Dimmadome (Fifth Overall – Los Angeles Stars): Dimmadome was the first goaltender to her their names called on draft night, although many didn’t expect a goalie to go in the top five, especially with not many clubs looking to shore up a netminder on draft night. While the selection of Dimmadome hasn’t paid off for the Stars as of yet in the standings, the fifty-year-old is standing on his head just to keep the Stars within striking distance each night. Currently after playing in thirty-five games for the Stars this season Dimmadome sits third in the league with a .918 save percentage. Dimmadome also finds himself second in the losses column for VHL goalies, but as clearly demonstrated by his .918 save percentage on 1328 shots, Dimmadome cannot be at fault for many of those nineteen losses. With what appears at this point to be the netminder of the future for the Stars roster, the club cannot turn to building a better roster in front of Dummadome to help him out. Onde Sandstrom (Sixth Overall – Vancouver Wolves): With their third selection in the first six choices in the VHL Entry Draft, the Wolves went back to the forward pool to help stock the cupboards. Vancouver ended up grabbing Swedish right-winger Onde Sandstorm, who was coming off a sixty-seven-point performance in Season Seventy-Three with the Las Vegas Aces of the VHLM. While Sandstorm hasn’t performed as well as the other Wolves draftees from the Season Seventy-Four VHL Entry Draft, his six goals and ten assists is not awful for a rookie straight out of the most recent draft. Sandstorm also brings a physical presence to the Wolves roster as well, with his seventy-four hits placing his tied for the fourth most hits on the Wolves roster. As Sandstorm closes in on 400 practice hours on his young career, Sandstorm and the Wolves are hoping for a little more output as the season winds down. Markus Schauer (Seventh Overall – New York Americans): The second defenseman off the board during the Season Seventy-Four VHL Entry Draft, Schauer and the Americans are not where they want to be at this point of the season. Schauer was selected by the Americans Seventh Overall after putting up an impressive twenty-four goals and eighty-five assists for the Houston Bulls last season in the VHLM. After putting up over one hundred points last season in the VHLM, the expectations were very high for Schauer, and those expectations hit the celling when the Americans came calling. Schauer joins a franchise that is looking to get back to their winning ways, as the team now enters their twenty-first consecutive VHL season without a championship. The Americans currently have only fifteen wins on the season, and Schauer is also experiencing an offensive power outage with eight goals and ten assists in his thirty-eight games played in his rookie season. When times are tough you need to look for the positives in what may feel like a black hole, and Schauer should be doing that with his shots blocked total. Schauers’ eight-five shots blocked currently lead the Americans and also places his ninth in the league in shots blocked. With very little time behind them, the good thing for Schauer and the Americans is, there is plenty of time moving forward to turn the ship around. John LeClair II (Eighth Overall- Prague Phantoms): Coming into the VHL draft, LeClair made it very clear to the VHL that he is very much like his namesake in the VHL, he is going to make you pay physically each and every shift. After being drafted by the San Diego Marlins, Ninth Overall in the Season Seventy-Three VHLM Dispersal Draft, LeClair was able to showcase his physical game, as the American power forward amassed 355 hits over seventy-two VHLM regular season games last year with the Marlins. LeClair was also able to show his offensive upside as well last season as he put up eighteen goals and sixteen assists as well in those seventy-two games. LeClair has continued that hitting pace through his first thirty-seven games with 153 hits throughout those games this season in the VHL, which is the seventh best total in the VHL as of writing this article. LeClair has chipped in slightly offensively too with his six goals and six assists, but if you ask LeClair, I’m sure he would be the first to admit he would certainly like more at the thirty-seven game mark. This won't be for this week with the announcement of the theme week while I was 1200 words into this. I will edit to post the dates in the near future. *For Weeks or Oct 19-25 Oct 26-Nov 1 Nov 2-8 Nov 9-15*

Hey a win!

That start of the third period, crazy

Damn, close one

Doug with a 0.923 save percentage and an assist. At least he showed up for us

Los Angeles Plays Itself Much like the movie, the Los Angeles Stars are playing themselves into the basement in the Seventy-Four VHL regular season. The Stars currently find themselves with just 8 wins and eighteen points after playing twenty-six games this season. Their eighteen points puts them only one ahead of fellow Season Seventy-Three VHL expansion team Warsaw Predators. While no one inside and outside the roster were expecting the Stars to make any noise in just their second year of existence in the VHL, after selecting twice in the First Round in the most recent draft, management and the fans were hoping for a better showing then their twenty-nine-win inaugural season. One thing that is obvious to the team and their fans, is the fact the Stars are taking way too many penalties and find themselves down a man many times throughout a game. The Stars have currently amassed 299 penalty minutes in their twenty-six games this season, that correlates to 11.5 penalty minutes, or almost 6 minor penalties a game. When you are giving quality hockey teams six changes each night on the power play, you are not going to be on the right side of many wins. While the team is currently playing below their skill level in my opinion, thankfully when you are at or near the bottom, you can only go up from here.

1. Not too long until we get to the TDL, who do you think makes the biggest moves? I believe Moscow will make a move or two. They have 1.75M in cap space to add to their roster. 2. Which team has the best logo? Best name? Prague Phantoms have the best logo in my opinion. I have always enjoyed the Calgary Wranglers as the best name in the VHL 3. Do you think anyone on this team is going to be the first member of the Stars HoF and get their jersey retired? Into the Stars HOF yes, VHL HOF no. I can see Pines in the HOF based on his production and I can see Jiggly Gumballs is he stays with the Stars 5-6 seasons as he is a LR leader too. 4. We're 2nd last place in the standings, how do we fix it? We are not fixing this roster this season, We don't want to fix ourselves at this point. We need another impact player, and a lottery pick will likely bring that along. 5. I think we can all agree that Chicago is overperforming, why do you think that is? The team has just gelled at the right time and found some chemistry. 6. Do you play hockey in real life? What position do you play or would you play? I did and played defense. I even put the skates on one more time for rec hockey this last winter and took a slapshot right off the toe of the skate. My ankle turned black and twice the size. No more semi or competitive hockey now.

Terrible 3rd let this one get away

Good win. Big game by Neal

Claim wk 4

Damn bad third period

Damn lose the game and a fight, bad day for LA

deal

After that pounding, i at least expect dinner or a movie

LA Rolling With Keef After spending just over two seasons in the VHLM, Los Angeles Defenseman Mikeal Keef finally made the jump to the big leagues, just one season after being drafted by the Stars Twenty-Third Overall in Season Seventy-Tree. We are not sure at this point if they extra time in the VHLM helped with this stat but Keef is currently leading the Stars with eleven assists on the season in the ten games played so far. The towering six foot four inches defenseman came into the league having put 123 assists in 164 VHLM games, so Keef has shown the ability to dish the puck to his team-mates, but it’s never an guarantee games will transition from the minors into the pros. Keef is currently just shy of the 300 practice hour mark as we enter the second week of the VHL season, if he continues to practice regularly over the season, the assists should continue to come. With three of the four defenseman on the Stars roster currently in their rookie seasons, Los Angeles fans and management are hoping that Keef will blossom into the star he is currently trending upwards to be.

1. Which team do you think won the draft? As much as this pains me to say this, but I think Vancouver won this past draft. Getting Thightrap and Rune at 3rd and 4th was a big pick up for the roster. Add in Sandstrom later in the first, and Couture early in the 2nd, that was a decent draft for them. 2. We're into the season a little bit now, what's you biggest takeaway from these early games? We are in a lot of games till they very end, we need to continue to grow and gain more conditioning to make those turn our way. 3. Which player do you think is taking the team scoring title (just on the Stars)? Kiak, especially if he continues to get 4 and 5 point games throughout the season 4. Doug posted a shutout against NY. Is he happy about that or sad? I mean he might not get too many more shutouts this season, so he should be happy even if he was the GM of the team lol 5. You get to pick any player in the league and add them to the Stars, who is it and why? I know he is nearing the end of his career, but Guy Sasakamoose, just because of the name. He's also a very good all around defenseman. 6. What should the name of the Stars arena be? Stardome.

Claim Wk 3

Good win

Damn

Another good game by @Esso2264