Smarch

1.The team has been hot and cold lately what are some ways that we can fix this? Nothng really. This is going to happen over the course of a VHL season. Second place right now is not a terrible place. 2. Who has the best hair on the team? HHH. When he grows out his hair and greases it up before games. 3.Who has the best suit game? Tzuyu. Has custome made suits arriving all the time. It’s got to be once a week his suits are showing up. 4.Who do you room with while on the road? i stay in a different hotel all together. I stay close to the team hotel but sometimes in a AirBnb or a hotel close by, it was part of my contact. 5.What team is the toughest rink to play in? Madison Square Gardens, New York. Both as a home and visitor team depending on how you are playing. 6.Who is the early season MVP for the Wolves? Not me that’s for fuck sure. I’m going with Eagles over the obvious HHH who has done what he was expected to. Eagles has kept us in a lot of games.

Why dis locked +5

You're not old, you look 15

I gamble everyday with my 300k mortgage and getting engaged in the same year

5

@gorlab when the fuck you make players that score goals?

Yeah like flyers said, call Robbie what you want but his career is legit

Brovy?

Have an exaggerated sense of self-importance React with rage or contempt and try to belittle the other person to make themselves appear superior

Very well though out and spoken.

Nice start to the season

Waiting for those drums at the 10 second mark is the excitement from Christmas morning as a kid

Hi buddy!

Free Agency For years in the Victory Hockey League, free agency was more of a joke in the off-season schedule more than anything. This season the free agent class seems decent, with fifty-five players available this off-season in the free agent pool. Out of those fifty-five players, thirty-three of those players are over 300 TPE. The biggest concern out there for free agent and VHL franchises is the fact the VHL salary cap hasn’t risen too much over the past decade, something that this season might hinder free agency. Currently of the twelve VHL teams seven of those twelve currently have cap space, but in all reality only four of those franchises, Riga, D.C, Seattle, and Toronto, have enough space to sign a player over 300 TPE. Of those above mentioned franchises, I don’t think many VHL fans or players would place those teams are strong contenders, but with the league loving the recent “parity”, maybe this is the season an underdog truly rises above and knocks off a legitimate playoff contender. With 10 players commanding a minimum salary of 3,500,000 and above, one has to really ponder where these free agents will end up once all the dust settles.

Working Man As we are in the midst of another Victory Hockey League off-season, it’s time for many franchises and players to reflect on the past season, while preparing for Season Seventy. In reviewing some of the statistics from Season Sixty-Nine, we wanted to bring some attention to the unsung heroes around the league. Today we’ll start by looking at some of the leaders from Season Sixty-Nine in shots blocked. Guillaume Fontenette – Helsinki The league leader in shots blocked last season, Fontenette took his defensive game to another level in his third year in the VHL. Fontenette took a bigger role on the Titans roster last season, so career highs in almost every category was no surprise. The biggest change of course came with his shots blocked growing from 108 to 166 from Season Sixty-Eight to Sixty-Nine. Fontenette grew into one of the top defensive defenseman in the game last season, and the Titans and the fans of the franchise are hoping that is just the start of the growth of the man drafted 30th overall in Season Sixty-Six. Seabass Perrin – Prague Last season’s leader in shots blocked came very close to leading the category for two straight seasons. Perrin has made quite the name for himself as a stay at home defenseman that past two seasons for Prague since being drafted to the club 17th Overall in the Season Sixty-Eight VHL Entry Draft. In just 144 VHL games Perrin has put up 354 hits, including the 147 he laid on his opponents in Season Sixty-Nine. With Prague expected to start taking steps forward, the question is with Perrin be able to continue his torrid shots blocked pace in Season Seventy. Guy LeGrande – New York/Seattle LeGrande is the third individual on the shots blocked list in Season Sixty-Nine. LeGrande found himself switching jerseys around the trade deadline, something that didn’t hurt his shots blocked per game, as LeGrande kept his 2 shots blocked per game pace after the trade. LeGrande saw his numbers across the board lower slightly and that include his shot blocked total, that decreased from 157 to 145 in Season Sixty-Nine. LeGrande will enter his second season with Seattle when Season Seventy begins, and hopefully for LeGrande and the Bears franchise his numbers across the board will return to his Season Sixty-Eight numbers. Cinnamon Block – Prague The former First Overall draft choice from the Season Sixty-Nine VHL Entry Draft, Cinnamon Block is the second member of the Prague Phantoms to appear on the shots blocked leaderboard. In just his first season in the league Block made quite the name for himself as a defenseman defenseman, posting 142 shots blocked to go along with 210 hits. With Prague just building up their roster since being awarded a franchise before the Season Sixty-Seven season, it was no surprise to see the Prague defenseman with high shots blocked totals, but 142 shots blocked is nothing to scoff at. With six defenseman on the roster currently heading into Season Seventy, one has to wonder in Block will get the ice-time to come close to his Season Sixty-Seven shot block total.

Not a lot of cap for FAs for majority of the teams from my quick review last night

Best wishes to you and your family!

1. After a hard-fought series, the Bears come out ahead in Game 7. How do we feel about the series? It is definitely weird watching a team you started the season with win in all while you sit at home after your current team was bounce by them in the playoffs. At the same time, the guys in that locker-room are world class and deserve the back to back championships they just pulled off. 2. With the season officially over, it's golf season. Who's the best golfer on the team? I will go out of my way and pat myself on the back here. In my younger days, I golfed 18 holes in the morning go home eat lunch and then played 18 holes in the afternoon. I have kept it up like that in the past few years, but with a little practice I would be back at that top end level. 3. Is it better to lose to the cup champs or watch the team that beat you also lose it all? Really depends in my opinion. I never want to see someone in the same conference of my team I play for or any team I cheer for lose to a team in their division or conference. If we can’t win it all, then I cheer for Europe. 4. What do you want to improve in the offseason? I want to make sure I continue to work on my skating and get stronger on my skates. I may not have any suitor this off-season so I may be working a long time. 5. What are you most excited about for S70? The unknown. I am excited to see how comes forward during free-agency as a possible suitor. 6. How was everyone's New Year's? It was nice and quiet, just the way I enjoy it. I was in bed at 12:05 and asleep by 12:30

Free Bird As the Continental Cup was paraded around the ice by the Seattle Bears, former Bear Kevin Low was busy packing things in his uptown Manhattan apartment. After an early season conversation with Bears General Manager Blake Campbell, Low had a pretty decent understanding he likely wouldn't finish the season as a member of the Bears. This was confirmed shortly before the trade deadline when Low was moved to the New York Americans for fellow defenseman Guy LeGrande, who was slightly further along in his development than Low. That conversation that led to the departure of Low again took place once Low arrived in New York, as Low made the Americans aware of his desire to test out free agency at the conclusion of Season Sixty-Nine. Low is holding steady on his desire to take his talents to free agency, although as we move further into the off-season and teams start to build their rosters for next season, Low and his agent father Connor are paying close attention to the trades around the league. New York made it clear before the season that they wished to sign Low to a contract extension, but now with the trades the Americans have made, Low might have no choice but to wear a different sweater in Season Seventy. Next week should bring more clarity to both Low and his camp as free agency officially opens at noon just under a week from today.

Say Goodnight to the Bad Guys With the off-season officially underway in the Victory Hockey League, we have once again the retirements that come each off-season. This year the draft class from Season Sixty-Two will be automatically retired, for those who have yet to hang up the skates. Today we want to take a quick look at some of those players drafted that off-season, specifically looking at some of the names that were taken off the board in the opening round. Rauno Palo: (577GP; 233G, 336A, 569Pts) @jRuutu Rauno Palo played for only two franchises in his eight year VHL career, six seasons with the Quebec/Vancouver franchise, and the last two seasons with Riga. Palo wasn’t a real household name in the VHL until his sixth season in the league, his first season his point total grew to over a point per game. Palo saw action in seventy-two games in Season Sixty-Six with Vancouver, posting forty-one goals and forty-two assists in those seventy-two games. Palo would then go on to post over 100 point seasons the next two years, putting up a career high 110 the following season and 105 in his first season with Riga. This past season saw a slight decrease in those point totals, something that can be expected for most VHL players in their eighth season. Palo still managed to put up a point per game in Season Sixty-Nine, posting thirty goals and forty-four assists. Palo then showed he still had some gas left in the tank, putting up ten goals and thirteen assists in the Reigns’ seventeen playoff games. Palo will now head into his retirement as a Continental Cup winner, winning it all back in Season Sixty-Seven with Vancouver, something that I’m sure Palo holds closer to him than any goals or assists over his eight-year career. Leph Twinger: (576GP; 234G, 289A, 523Pts) @DollarAndADream Twinger has a few more miles on him than Palo in terms of VHL franchises played for, as Twinger donned four different jerseys during his eight-year career. After being drafted by Riga First Overall and playing three seasons with the club, Twinger than moved over to the North American Conference where he played the next five seasons for three different clubs. Unfortunately for Twinger and the clubs he played for, he was never able to duplicate his amazing rookie season that saw him post 116 points. Although Twinger would only post one more point per game season in his first season with New York in Season Sixty-Five, Twinger was more than a serviceable forward in his eight-year career. Twinger will also be retiring on top the league as well, as Twinger finished his career with the Seattle Bears this past season who took home the Continental Cup. Although Twinger likely never lived up to the hype of a First Overall draft choice, Twinger enjoyed lots of success in the VHL and no one can take away his two Continental Cups. Maxim Kovalchuk: (576GP; 196G, 413A, 609Pts) @Banackock Kovalchuk was the Second Overall draft choice behind Twinger in the Season Sixty-Two VHL Entry Draft, and may be the best overall player to come out of the draft, Kovalchuk was drafted by Seattle in the draft and spent seven seasons with the Bears, and one season in Calgary with the Wranglers. Kovalchuk was another member of the Season Sixty-Two draft class that had an amazing over 100 points rookie season. Kovalchuk ended his rookie season with the highest point total of his career, putting up thirty goals and eight seven assists in seventy-two games with the Bears. Kovalchuk will be an interesting candidate when his time come for Hall of Fame discussion, as Kovalchuk has an interesting award cabinet that includes two Continental Cups, a Alexander Beketov trophyas the league leader in assists, two Jake Wylde trophy as the league’s top defensive defenseman, a Sterling Labatte trophy as the league’s top overall defenseman, a Alexander Valiq trophy as the league’s top offensive defenseman. Kovalchuk will head into retirement as a very decorated former VHL defenseman.

5

5

Thanks

Thanks

Thanks