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#8 Minnesota Storm vs. #1 Philadelphia Reapers It seems that the first round is generally predictable this year with a wide disparity in talent amongst the championship contending teams and the playoff-fringe teams. These two teams shares some familiarity as apparently there were some fire sale trades between the two teams with the Reapers the beneficiary of rental talents for their championship push. Minnesota seems very confident that they can extend the series beyond the minimum four-game requirement while Philadelphia is looking to make quik work of their first round opponents so they can get down to business. Let's take a look at how the first two games on the Reapers' home rink played out. GAME 1 Philadelphia 4, Minnesota 1 The Reapers made quik work of the Storm in the first period. Three different Reapers scored goals in a span of approximately 11 minutes despite incurring four penalties. The shot disparity was in Philadelphia's favor, albeit in a reasonable way. Minnesota was able to respond back in the second period with a power-play goal of their own by a nice back-and-forth between their two defensemen Donat Szita and Wolf Stansson, Jr. to give some life to the Storm. However, they weren't able to get much going as Philadelphia would respond back with a goal of their own with less than four minutes remaining in the second period. Both teams incurred at least two penalties each, with Minnesota getting an extra one thanks to a certain Butthole. The shot disparity was absurd as Philadelphia outshot Minnesota by three times as much and this would continue on in a scoreless third period and a relatively clean period of play (other than a hooking penalty on Szita). GAME 2 Philadelphia 2, Minnesota 1 Undeterred by their dismal showing in Game 1, Minnesota vowed to come out stronger in Game 2 and push the game back against the Philadelphia's scythes and it worked out well. Minnesota was able to strike first within four minutes on a goal by Lexington Lewis. Philadelphia, scoreless through their first five power play opportunities, were able to strike pay dirt on their sixth opportunity with a power play goal by Dylan Doyle (2nd of the series). The Storm couldn't get a goal past the Reapers' defense with their final power play opportunity of the first period. Both teams recorded seven shot attempts, so this Game 2 was sure to be better than Game 1.The second period was scoreless, despite a 16-shot splurge by the Reapers' offensive attack and Minnesota's goaltender Wendy Kandee Cain played her heart out. Philadelphia would eventually finally push a goal past Cain for the second time, in the third period with approximately 9:30 remaining in the game. Despite Minnesota's valiant attempts, the Reapers' attack and all-around play was just too much as Philadelphia out-shot Minnesota 17-3 in the final period and Minnesota was often short-handed, fighting off the Reapers' power play opportunities. SUMMARY Judging by the first two games of this series alone, Philadelphia is definitely the class of the VHLM. They are taking the puck and opportunities away from Minnesota before anything can develop, and Philadelphia is taking advantage of their chances by testing Minnesota's goaltender frequently. Minnesota has been lucky enough to push a goal past Kolur Bjoernsson once in each game, but Bjoernsson has been tested very lightly, only handling 15 shots in each games. Will things change on Minnesota's home rink? It is highly doubtful as Philadelphia posted a league-best 26-6-4 mark on the road this season compared to a 14-21-1 home stand for Minnesota. We can only hope that Minnesota is able to push this game to at least five at the very least - otherwise, it looks like a clean sweep for Philadelphia and a date with the eventual victors of Saskatoon Wild-Mexico City Kings series.

1) All 3 expansion teams made the playoffs, does that surprise you? Why or Why not? That's really interesting. As there is no VHLM coverage in Iceland, I do not know who the expansion teams were this season. But congratulations to them I suppose. Not hard to make the playoffs when there's eight tickets for 11 teams if you know what I mean? 2) Do you think any upsets will occur in the first round? Who? It would be nice if we ended up pulling the rug out from underneath the Reapers. But i don't think that will happen though. Maybe one or two games for us, that'll be a moral victory. As for the other series - I hope there's an upset. Makes things exciting in the second round. 3) The Storm’s fans are excited about Minnesota making the playoffs. What are you going to do on the ice to get them to cheer for you? I'm going to do all I can on defense to help keep us in the game and the series. I will personally make it a goal of myself to check somebody through the walls. That would lit the fuck out of the fans. 4) Emotions can run high in a playoff series. How do you keep your emotions in check? My emotions do not run on the court. I just stay focused and make fundamentally sound plays on defense and help initiate our offense. If I do need to vent, I'll just slash or high-stick somebody and get away with it. 5) They say familiarity breeds contempt. Is there anyone on Philadelphia that you expect to clash with? I do not know anybody on Philadelphia. They did not even bother to recruit me when I declared my intentions for the VHLM. So they can count themselves out of having a chance at acquiring me ever. 6) Do you have any pregame rituals? I enjoy crushing inflatable beach balls. Nothing gets me going quite like deflating the air out of a ball, just like when you win in hockey. I also try to interrupt the other teams' skate around if word leaks out of their whereabouts.

The 16-year old 6'8 defensive freak, Wolf Stansson, made headlines in the quiet Icelandic capital town of Reykjavik when he signed a VHLM contract with the Minnesota Storm organization. This was the first time in a long time that one of their own had finally made the Viking pilgrimage from home toward America. A Viking was going to make the move and play hockey at the highest level of organized hockey. Through the last ten games of the regular season, Wolf Stansson saw plenty of playing time at just over 27 minutes/game and made some positive contributions in his time on the ice. During this final ten-game stretch, Minnesota went 6-4 - a nice consolation prize for a team that finished below .500 this season. Locked into the 8th seed, Minnesota will have a tall task ahead of them when they play the #1 seeded Philadelphia Reapers in the first round of the VHLM Playoffs. Wolf Stansson, Jr. was able to share a few words with the reporters following the conclusion of S66. "It was not a very easy move for me. Coming from a small pond in Iceland to a big pond in Minnesota... I think there's like at least 10,000 of them. That's a lot. But anyways I think I played pretty well through my shifts. There were a couple of opportunities that I could have capitalized on earlier, but it is what it is. Scoring a goal in my last game this season against Mississauga, on Rayz Funk, that was pretty nice and something that I'll remember for a long time. Who knows, I might not even be back here next season. For now, all I can really do is just embrace my time here in Minnesota with my teammates and try to play to the best of our abilities in the playoffs. Get a taste of what the real competition is like, so I know what areas to improve for next season." Wolf Stansson, Jr. S66 by the Numbers Games Played Goals Assists Points Plus/Minus Penalty Minutes Minutes Played Average Minutes Played per Game 10 1 1 2 -7 12 272 27.27 Major Penalty Minutes Hits Hits Received Shots Own Shots Block Own Shots Miss Shooting Percentage Shots Blocked 0 17 9 27 11 10 3.70% 17 Power Play Goals Power Play Assists Power Play Points Power Play Shots Power Play Minutes Played 1 0 1 22 45 Short Handed Goals Short Handed Assists Short Handed Points Short Handed Shots Short Handed Minutes Played 0 0 0 0 32

1. What VHLM Team has the best logo? I'd definitely have to say the Houston Bulls. That logo is ill -- you've got a well-detailed bull rocking that beard and he's on fire too. Very fierce and the colors are powerful. Definitely very unique to the franchise. The most bland logo I'd have to say the Ottawa Lynx... I feel like that's something you can find at any high school with similar mascots. 2. If you could pick any VHL team to play for, who would it be? I wish I could answer this question but I don't think I've even paid any attention to the VHL yet -- I'm still new and getting acclimated to the VHLM alone. But I wouldn't mind playing for one of the two new expansion teams (I think that's Malmo Nighthawks or Moscow Menace, right?). It'd be pretty cool to join an expansion team early on in their history so you know you're making team history as you go along. 3. Who has the best player name on the Storm? It's definitely got to be three players whose names make me chuckle and elicits some very vivid imagination from. The first, I'd say is Bobby Butthole. Makes you kind of look down at his butthole every time you go into the team showers, you know, just to see what's going on down there. The second would be Flash Lightning - the guy is probably the best skater on our team so yeah. The third I'd have to go with is Lexington Lewis - that sounds so much like a pornstar name. 4. You are hungry after a game where are you going? What did you Order? I'm from Iceland but I love me some spicy food. So I'd have to say Taco Bell is the place for me -- nothing like some fine Grade D meat to help kick-start your excretory system. Plus they've got very wonderful hours so I feel like I can go there anytime. 7. If you could live anywhere, where would it be? Reykjavik -- it's a beautiful city. The weather is really awesome in the summers and the snow packs on like crazy in the winter.... nothing like home. Minnesota is pretty close though, so I can't complain too much. Can't really imagine living anywhere in the deep South. 8. How do you relax after a hard days work? Ice baths is the way to go - you do those kind of things because it helps preserve your body so you can keep on doing the thing that you love -- playing professional hockey -- for as long as you want. Maybe when I'm 21 years old, I'll try that beer -- after we win a championship.

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THE STORY OF WOLF STANSSON, JR. THE BEGINNINGS Wolf Stansson Jr. was born in the suburbs of Reykjavik, Iceland, the capital city of Iceland. His parents were none other than the legendary ex-NHL player Wolf "The Dentist" Stansson and his lovely wife Maria. WSJ came into this world as a big baby indeed -- this would set the tone from Day 1 onwards as WSJ routinely found himself heads over everybody else in his grade class and a little heavier as he was fed very well. With a son of that statute, you can imagine Wolf Stansson was already salivating at the chance to mold his son into a finer hockey player than he ever was... you know how the story goes and how fathers can be like with their sons. Born into a rich hockey pedigree, you could say that WSJ was destined for success from the get-go. But it did not always come easy. Living up to the pressure and the family legacy in the sport of hockey, especially in the small nation of Iceland was something that WSJ did not always embrace at first. He was sort of a rebel and an aggressor around the household, routinely getting whatever he demanded -- play dates often did not go well as WSJ would get whatever he wanted even if it was at a friend's house. The Stansson family did everything they could to try to figure their child out - to redirect that aggression into something positive. One day - it just clicked. When you gave WSJ a book - it's like all of a sudden, everything went quiet and the world stopped spinning around for a bit. WSJ enjoyed reading. A gentle giant, one could say. It was not until he became 10 years old and started watching hockey games with his father, that WSJ started to enjoy the intricate of hockey. It wasn't just men skating around on ice chasing a round black puck... there were a lot of aspects of this game that WSJ enjoyed visualizing and then eventually imagining himself onto that rink, just like reading a book, and this did not go unnoticed by his father. STARTING OUT IN HOCKEY Starting a little later than the "typical hockey protege," WSJ had to get acclimated to actually being on the ice as opposed to watching from the stands. But WSJ had the advantage over some of his peers -- WSJ had the hockey pedigree and thus an advantage in terms of understanding offensive/defensive schemes and how to be "one or two steps ahead of everybody else." Like the hockey great Wayne Gretzky would always say, "I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been". WSJ embraced that quote and it helped him assimilate to the game at a rapid pace. Due to his immense size and statute over kids his age - WSJ was placed in an older age group and he fully embraced it, especially the physical nature of the game. On rides home from hockey practice/games, one could often see WSJ and his father chatting up everything that occurred in practice and how WSJ or his teammates could improve. That kind of extra time "outside the classroom" would continue to feed and cultivate WSJ's passion for the game of hockey. WSJ immediately rose up the Icelandic youth ranks with a strong reputation as a physical player who embraced that nature of the game as well as a knack for defending shots with either his body or his custom-designed long stick. The coaches knew that he was a natural fit on defense and assigned him to either defensemen positions full time and practically had to had him on the rink during penalty kill shifts. On the bench, WSJ would often be chatting it up with his fellow teammates, giving them tips and advice as if he was a coach. When asked to quiet down by the head coaches, WSJ simply ignored the coach and continued to act on his own accord as if he knew what he was doing. GETTING ATTENTION It wasn't until the Junior Goodwill Games (JGG), which was held in Los Angeles, that WSJ started to get attention as a respected hockey player and not just an Icelandic commodity. WSJ, along with rest of the Icelandic National Team, played a punishing style of play. This was reflected in Iceland' stunning 12-1 romp over United States early on in pool play. WSJ led his team as well as all JGG participants in hits as well as shots blocked. Iceland played outstanding on both sides of the ice rink and it was primarily WSJ who led the charge on defense and dictated the opposing teams' attacks more often than not. It was really during this tournament that several VHL officials and scouts started to speak his name in whispers -- "This Icelandic giant can play defense and he plays smart hockey.... Nothing like any other Icelandic before him... He could even make it over here in the VHL... On top of that, he's only 16 years old!" Iceland would continue to walk unscathed, blowing teams out early with a deadly scoring attack and a physical style of play, all the way to the championship game where they eventually met up with the United States once again. Iceland would jump out to an early lead, only to lose momentum to the United States team in the third period, sending the game to overtime and an eventual five-shot shootout. With pressure at an all-time high and anticipation as to which team or player would come up short -- WSJ did not disappoint for Iceland as he scored the second goal for his team. But it was all for naught as Team USA would come out victorious 4-3 on a miraculous stop by USA goaltender on the final attempt from Team Iceland. ENTERING THE VHL Here we are -- into the present day and we're no longer in Iceland... but over here in America where the VHL Offices are based. WSJ has just submitted his name into the Portal as an eligible 16-years old defenseman and his physical is on file. "Start out your career in the VHLM, and we'll see you in the S68 Draft," the VHL told WSJ. WSJ decided to open up his courtship to any and all VHLM teams, uncertain of how this journey would unfold -- especially for a first-generation player from Iceland... not exactly a hockey commodity. After a day, WSJ decided to sign with the Minnesota Storm with hopes of getting valuable playing time both in the regular and the postseason. Will Wolf Stansson Jr. become the first great Icelandic hockey player in the VHL, or will he end up just becoming another one of those good players, but not quite that good? Only time will tell.

Name: Wolf Stansson Jr. Position: D Height: 6'8 (78 in.) Weight: 250 lbs. Age: 16 Nationality: Iceland Wolf Stansson, Jr (WSJ) is the son of well-known former NHL player and Iceland's Junior Goodwill Games Head Coach Wolf "The Dentist" Stansson. WSJ is routinely recognized as the biggest fella on the ice rink and it comes as a no surprise that his speciality falls on defense. Taking a page out of revered European NHL player Zdeno Chara's book, WSJ is a menace to get around if you can even get to that point. WSJ played a significant role on his father's National Team on the first defensive pairing and all power plays/penalty killing units. But then again - when you think about it, the level of competition in Iceland is very different compared to the VHL where the best of the best play and those big fishes in small ponds become small fishes in big ponds. WSJ recently announced his signing with the Minnesota Storm of the VHLM to play out the remainder of this season (and hopefully the postseason as well) -- not only that but WSJ appears to be scheduled for the S68 VHL Draft. In order to better familiarize us with WSJ, here is a brief rookie profile which will detail his strengths and weaknesses as WSJ continues to groom himself in preparation for the big leagues. Pros 1.) Size This one is practically self-explanatory. 6'8, 250 lbs... jesus, who would want to get a full borne check from this guy? WSJ is blessed with very good genetics and a strong training/diet regimen conducted by his father seems to have paid dividends. There are speculations that WSJ may have also benefitted from questionable substances, but the testing in Iceland is very minuscule compared to America. But WSJ has been adamant that he is clean and a blessing from the Gods. This size is really nice especially on defense where WSJ's natural reach and stick size covers a lot more grounds compared to the typical average-sized defenseman. 2.) Defense Unlike his father, who was a proficient shooter and a notorious fighter, WSJ's game focuses more so on playing fundamentally sound hockey and seizing possessions away from opposing teams, whether it be though checks, blocking shots or snuffing out scoring opportunities before they even arise to become threats. WSJ isn't too big of a fan of flashy, quantitative-statistics-based hockey and prefers to do his own thing -- which is working behind the scenes to set up success and opportunities for others on his team - it's all about the team W's, right? 3.) Hockey IQ Some people are naturally gifted hockey players. WSJ is a little bit of that, but what really makes him valuable to his teams - his remarkably high hockey IQ, especially for a 16-years old kid. Those kind of hockey players who really make all of those little plays that you probably wouldn't think of, but those kind of actions ends up connecting to a positive win for the team. Intangibles... the kind you just cannot really measure by the numbers that appears on the box score, but you'd die to have those kind of players on your team because you know that they're going to make winning plays. Cons 1.) Puck Handling WSJ isn't the most savviest handler of the puck and shouldn't really be counted on to hold on the puck for very long. 5 seconds maximum really. He can steal the puck, kick it out, clear it out, receive passes, go around the goal posts, set up the attack. No problem. You want him to weave through traffic? Good luck with that, odds are WSJ is going to cough it up or lose track of the puck. That's one of the pitfalls of being 6'8 tall and a higher center of gravity. 2.) Scoring WSJ packs plenty of power and punch in his slap shot - which can be really deadly in the power play situation when he is given a wide-open look. But WSJ's accuracy isn't quite there yet. He's prone to slapping the puck completely off-target (there was a situation in Iceland where WSJ knocked the front four teeth out of a poor bystander who was sitting in the upper deck) - this technique of WSJ is something that definitely needs to be rectified and polished. 3.) Attitude While relatively young, WSJ seems to have caught some of the nasty streak traits from his father -- WSJ is smug, arrogant, and condensing to others whom he feels is not on his level in terms of playing ice hockey. This doesn't mean that WSJ is a coach-killer, but WSJ will give you a hard time if he feels that you don't really quite know what you're doing. WSJ has a documented history as a sore loser, which means he isn't quite the most approachable person in the locker room especially after losses - if placed on a losing team, this could be detrimental to the team's chemistry and long-term picture. It will be interesting to see WSJ develop through his tenure in the VHLM. He already seems to be at a disadvantage compared to one of his other S68 VHL Draft Classmates in terms of TPE/practice hours - but WSJ is ready to go and his VHL journey will start in Minnesota.

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The son of the heralded Wolf "The Dentist" Stansson who was a former NHL player and coach for the Iceland's Junior Goodwill National Team, Wolf Stansson Jr. has declared his intentions to advance his playing career to the VHLM. The towering 78", 250 lbs. defenseman will be a menace for opposing teams just based on his size alone - his skill, while very raw, leaves a lot of room for improvement and his upside is very bright. Wolf Stansson was a proficient shooter and a physical player -- WSJ projects to be another physical player, like his father -- but WSJ is more defensive-oriented compared to his father. WSJ has remarkable hockey IQ to go along with a rare blend of speed/strength, which plays very well to his ability to defend shots and regain possessions for his team. WSJ routinely led his team in hits and shots blocked growing up through the Iceland hockey ranks (to go along with a fair amount of points as needed) and he will look to continue that in the VHLM, and eventually the VHL. That can become really useful especially in PP and PK situations where you need the very best players on the ice in order to maintain momentum for your team. So far WSJ has gotten interest from two VHLM teams that are looking to upgrade for the stretch run. WSJ plans on giving everybody some time to see his declaration of intent and WSJ will make a decision tomorrow as to where he'll start out his VHLM career.

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Player Information Username: Cornholio Player Name: Wolf Stansson Jr Recruited From: SisterLeague Age: 16 Position: D Height: 80 in. Weight: 250 lbs. Birthplace: Iceland Player Page @VHLM GM

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