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Sorry guys! Sneaking in here... F Phil The Rock Johnson D Robin Galante Nilsson @der meister still up

Liked the setup! Nice to only have to fill out one form instead of three.

F Alex Johnston F Vinny Detroit @Baby Boomer back up

Although unknown at the time, S82 would be the last hurrah for the core group of Nighthawk veterans as many would leave in the off-season. Malmo still snuck into their sixth straight playoff berth under new offensive leadership, a patchwork defense and one last great goaltending performance from Nighthawk lifer, Artem Tretiak, only to lose in five games to rival and eventual Cup Finalist Moscow. Next season, a new generation of Nighthawks will have their names called, but for one last time, let’s honor those who led the way. Here are the Malmo Nighthawks S82 Team Awards as voted by players and management: Condor Adrienne Award (Best Defenseman) Addison McLaren @tcookie The diminutive American blueliner ended his career with a bang, setting career-highs in assists (61), points (85), plus/minus (47), penalty minutes (170) and shot blocks (204). He led the Nighthawks in plus/minus and shot blocks and also led Malmo defense in goals, points, and shots. Rookie of the Year Miroslav Tsarov @PadStack Although being Malmo’s only freshman skater in S82, the slick Ukrainian had one of the finer rookie campaigns in Nighthawk history. His 30 goals and 41 assists were both fifth on the team and he was tied for fourth in points (71) and plus/minus (44). He held a spot on the top line and will be relied on heavily next season. Unsung Hero Addison McLaren @tcookie, Taylor Mourning @scoop, Nathaniel Minion @Minion Perhaps at the expense of each other, the top three scorers for the Nighthawks tied in the vote for the Unsung Hero Award. Mourning and Minion exploded in the last half of the season with career-highs in goals, assists, and points to sneak in among the league’s top scorers while McLaren helped fuel the Malmo attack with career-highs in assists and points. Most Energetic Nathaniel Minion @Minion Minion’s engine never stops running and that propelled him to lead the Nighthawks in special team points (36 PPP, 2 SHP) and set franchise records for assists (88) and points (135). His enthusiasm is also contagious in the locker room. Most Gentlemanly Brendan Telker @Telkster One of six VHL players in S82 with over 70 points (71) and less than 10 PIM (7), Telker has always exuded a professional and chivalrous attitude that permeated the whole franchise. His calm demeanor and leadership will be missed. Most Valuable Player Taylor Mourning @scoop Mourning exploded for 59 goals in S82 which tied him for second in the league and was one off the team record. He also led the team in shots (666), power play goals (16) and game-winning goals (8). Nighthawk of the Year Druss Deathwalker @animal74 The team’s captain had a bit of a down year offensively but still scored over 30 goals for the second straight season, led the VHL in hits (413, team record) and penalty minutes (217) and picked up his play down the stretch to will the Nighthawks to their sixth consecutive playoff berth. He continues to be the team’s heart and soul and his presence is noticed on and off the ice. 3-Stars Award Taylor Mourning @scoop Not surprisingly, Mourning’s ability to light the lamp with regularity earned him the most 1st Star selections in the VHL with 17. This led him to running away with the Nighthawks’ 3-Stars Award with 770 points. Full 3-Star standings below: Player 1st 2nd 3rd Star Points Total Stars Taylor Mourning 17 10 6 770 33 Nathaniel Minion 7 10 10 510 27 Druss Deathwalker 2 6 7 250 15 Addison McLaren 1 3 11 200 15 Artem Tretiak 4 2 2 180 8 Miroslav Tsarov 2 2 4 140 8 Brendan Telker 1 3 4 130 8 Steve Eso 1 3 2 110 6 Sven Reikkinen 2 1 0 80 3 Poopy Peepants 0 1 2 40 3 Kaladin Kvothe 1 0 0 30 1 Congrats to the winners! Tag S82 Nighthawks: @Molholt @JardyB10 @Eso @Devise @DangerGolding @Dom @Lemorse7

D Hard Markinson Good luck, folks! @Baby Boomer

I'm in! Yes, didn't miss it this time!

Congrats to all the winners! Great job as MC @Alex!

Many thoughts going through my head tonight as I catch up on all the trade action like.... WHAT THE HECK IS HAPPENING???? Wow, so many crazy trades, not least of which the ones that have shipped Telker, Mourning, and Peepants from Malmo (being my team and all). I seriously had dreams of Telker and Deathwalker spending their whole careers together as Nighthawks and riding off into the frozen Malmo sunset together after S84 but alas, it was not to be. Good luck, my former mates. You will be missed. Many teams are loading up, risking a lot to gamble with the hybrid attributes, some are rebuilding, perhaps taking a wait-and-see approach so that they can draft better in the future. Speaking of the draft, this draft seems interesting. Not a load of top-end talent (no diss to those at the top!) but it's a relatively deep draft with lots of potential for late-round gems to be unearthed. Hopefully, Malmo can select a few gems with their three 3rd-rounders at 39th 40th, & 44th. I think I'm happy with my new hybrid build. Kudos to the BOG and listening to our concerns and tweaking the attributes even before the season begins. I'm keeping my checking and still going for the all-time record for career hits. Hopefully, I don't get in too many fights, haha. Anyway, thanks for reading for those who did. Good luck, this season! We may all need it. With love and hitz, Druss Deathwalker

Good luck @scoop. You're joining two of my former Hound mates in Johnson and Lambert.

Welcome to the VHL and don't be afraid to ask questions. Lots of long time members here and we love to help everyone get the best experience possible. Reminder: you can use your SBA articles for TPE here as well. I don't know exactly how that works but someone will.

@Minion is like that. That's why we love him! Look forward to playing another season with you, too!

Claim 2/2

Here the test spreadsheet link again: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oyj6T5O-bTH-CumYQR-Fe4oFz6cALWjWaRrGNBxNnrQ/edit?usp=sharing

Telker @Telkster, we've been joined at the hip since both being drafted in the first round in S77. One Cup, six consecutive playoff berths and a rewritten Nighthawks record book later and now it's the end of an era. Good luck in Riga, buddy, but remember, now you're fair game! I won't hurt you too bad. Gonna miss ya. @Masu Chan and @atw2592, welcome to the Nighthawks. You have big shoes to fill - you can each take one. #NighthawksRising

Greetings! And welcome to VSN! Be sure to check out the other fine content by our fantastic VSN contributors in the links below before or after you continue to our featured article, S83 Milestone Watch. VSN Podcast Ep. 3 | VHLM Illustrated 1st Edition | The Talents Behind The Trophies: The Aidan Shaw Trophy Riga Reign defenseman Battre Sandstrom One of the best things about the VHL is seeing players (maybe yours!) get better and better and fill the stats sheet every night. Each season has a group of almost retirees that have one more shot to climb the all-time leaderboards in various categories. Today, VSN has put together a list of these players who have a chance at reaching some pretty impressive regular season milestones next season along with a few players who will still have more time to immortalize themselves beyond this season. Now, with the new hybrid attribute changes being implemented for next season, reaching these milestone may be more difficult for some of these players, but no one really knows. The milestones covered in order are 1000 PIM, 1300 Shot Blocks, 75 & 90 PPG, 1500, 2000, & 2500 Hits, 500 Assists, 150 & 175 Goals (Defensemen), 250 & 300 Goals, and 600 Points. Of note, you will see that there are no goalies listed in this article due to the retirement of many of the league’s veteran starters. Thus none of the current young goaltenders are close to reaching any significant milestones as their careers are just beginning. We hope you enjoy the S83 Milestone Watch. 1000 PIM Tom Eagles @Greg_Di (S76, D) (922) Duncan Idaho @OrbitingDeath (S77, RW) (887) Phil The Rock Johnson @Phil (S76, RW) (878) Aurelien Moreau @Frank (S77, D) (876) While 1000 penalty minutes may seem like a relatively easy mark to reach, only 77 players in the history of the VHL have accumulated that amount which over eight seasons works out to 125 PIM per season. Calgary lifer Tom Eagles is the closest to 1000 to start S83, needing only 78 PIM and seeing as he’s recorded over 100 PIM in each of the last six seasons, he’s pretty much a lock. Eagles’ Wrangler teammate Johnson is also in his final season needing 122 PIM, a total he’s hit the last three seasons. Idaho and Moreau have an extra season to hit the milestone but seeing as they’ve each surpassed 115 PIM every season, there’s a good chance they’ll both reach 1000 by season’s end. Calgary's Tom Eagles is approaching 1000 PIM and 1300 SB 1300 Shot Blocks (Defensemen) Robin Galante Nilsson @RomanesEuntDomus (S76, D) (1185) Kristof Welch @Juice (S76, D) (1141) Tom Eagles (S76, D) (1125) Battre Sandstrom @Acydburn (S76, D) (1091) This milestone is a bit more prestigious. Before last season, only four defensemen in VHL history had recorded 1300 or more blocked shots. With the rise in shots over the last few seasons, the number of blocked shots also rose culminating in three more defensemen retiring after S82 with over 1300 blocked shots. L @gorlab, Chicken Wing @chikn, and R @Kylrad now sit fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively all-time on the career shots blocked list. The four names above have a very good chance at joining them in the Top-10 when S83 is finished with the outlier being Sandstrom who needs 209. He at least has a good shot to crack the Top-15 all-time. 75 PPG Battre Sandstrom (S76, D) (69) Brendan Telker @Telkster (S77, LW) (69) Less than 20 full-time defensemen and only 58 players have ever reached 75 career power play goals. Sandstrom has been a force with the man advantage his entire career, hitting 10 or more PPG four times and never scoring less than six, which added to 69 equals 75. Easy math. Despite a down year for Telker in S82, he has been one of the VHL’s most lethal power play specialists scoring 11 or more PPG in each of the last five seasons. We think he’ll be shooting for 90 in S84. 90 PPG Kristof Welch (S76, D) (80) Welch has been an offensive dynamo in the latter half of his career hitting over 100 points in each of the last four seasons with three different teams. He has a chance to join some elite company. He’s only the 12th full-time defenseman to reach 80 PPG and since he’s averaged over 14 PPG the last four seasons, he could become the 6th defenseman and 13th VHL player to reach 90 at the conclusion of his career. 1500 Hits Henry Tucker @NSG (S76, RW) (1471) Aurelien Moreau (S77, D) (1249) Tom Eagles (S76, D) (1249) Zeedayno Chara @Jubis (S77, D) (1211) The VHL has long been known as an offensive league but there has always been a place for the truculent types: the grinders, the muckers, and the bangers. The next few categories celebrate those who love the physical side of the game. Tucker should have no problem reaching 1500 hits as the current three-time Continental Cup Champion loves to hit more than he loves to win. Averaging 200+ hits over the last five seasons, he could reach 1700. Moreau and Eagles each need 251 hits, a total that only Moreau has previously hit but Eagles may get mad and go on a rampage. Chara had 270 hits last season and needs 289 but also has two seasons to reach the mark. 2000 Hits Phil The Rock Johnson (S76, RW) (1757) Johnson is well-known for being one of the premier power forwards of this era. He’s crashed over 250 hits each of the last five seasons including a career-high 403 in S80, one of only 19 players in VHL history to record 400 or more hits in a season. Reaching 2000 hits and a spot in the Top-35 seems merely a formality at this point. 2500 Hits Druss Deathwalker @animal74 (S77, RW) (2165) If you haven’t been on the wrong end of a Deathwalker hit, it’s probably because you haven’t played in the VHL yet. The league’s active leader in hits is currently 21st on the all-time list and has two seasons to lay more bodies in his wake. He needs 335 hits to reach 2500 and 13th place, a total he’s recorded four times in his career. 500 Assists Kristof Welch (S76, D) (436) Battre Sandstrom (S76, D) (432) Robin Galante Nilsson (S76, D) (428) Another milestone awaits these three defenders, who could very well all might receive calls from the Hall of Fame. Indeed, all of the eight defensemen who have reached 500 assists before them are enshrined in the Hall. Welch needs 64, Sandstrom needs 68 and Nilsson needs 72, numbers that all three have posted in each of the last three seasons. This milestone may be the one in the most jeopardy due to the new attributes but if anyone can dish out that many assists, these three stars can. 150 Goals (Defensemen) Battre Sandstrom (S76, D) (133) Sandstrom has scored 14 or more goals in every single season. He needs 13 to join Welch as the 40th defenseman to score 150 goals. 175 Goals (Defensemen) Kristof Welch (S76, D) (151) The S80 Alexander Valiq Trophy (Top Offensive Defenseman) has averaged over 27 goals over the last four seasons. Will he defy age and pot 19 more to become the 17th d-man to score 175 career goals? We think so. Vancouver teammates Jivere Zolnek, Henry Tucker, and Jerome Reinhart are looking for 250 goals. 250 Goals Paul Atreides @Mr_Hatter (S77, C) (220) Jivere Zolnek @Sixersfan594 (S76, C) (212) Henry Tucker (S76, RW) (211) Brian Moreau @weekz(S76, LW) (202) Jerome Reinhart @MexicanCow123 (S79, LW) (202) Even though 161 players have reached 250 goals, it is not an easy feat and requires consistent excellence throughout a career. These five players are at different stages but all have and equal shot at 250, the meta be damned. Atreides, the S77 1st overall pick doesn’t have any awards to his name aside from three straight Cup Finals appearances, but he’s be steady and reliable for a surging Moscow group. He only need 30 goals, a mark he’s reached in all but one season. Although known as a passer, Zolnek pots his fair share of pucks as well. He’s scored 38 or more goals in each of the last four seasons. Tucker has developed into quite the sniper for the Wolves and has averaged over 53 goals the last three seasons, well above the 39 he needs. Moreau and Reinhart, the third Vancouver player on this list both need 48 goals but Reinhart has much more time on his side. Moreau has potted 48 and 53 in the last two seasons while Reinhart has been just ahead of teammate Tucker, averaging over 55 goals the last three seasons. 300 Goals Duncan Idaho (S77, RW) (263) Brendan Telker (S77, LW) (257) Idaho and Telker, the 3rd and 5th overall picks in the S77 draft respectively have been neck-and-neck offensively throughout their whole careers. Idaho has had a bit more individual success while Telker won the coveted Continental Cup in S79. Both are approaching significant milestones in 300 goals and 600 points and both have a couple of seasons to pad those totals. Idaho is riding three consecutive 50-goal seasons and should easily hit the 37 he needs. Questions as to whether Telker has peaked after a 50-point drop last season will need to be answered if he is to score 43 goals this season, a total he’s hit in four of the past five campaigns. Write it down that they both finish their careers in the Top-50 all-time goal scorers. 600 Points Kristof Welch (S76, D) (587) Duncan Idaho (S77, RW) (566) Battre Sandstrom (S76, D) (565) Brendan Telker (S77, LW) (559) Robin Galante Nilsson (S76, D) (548) Jivere Zolnek (S76, C) (541) Paul Atreides (S77, C) (508) Jerome Reinhart (S79, LW) (459) 600 is a nice round number, just over a point-per-game for a career, an accomplishment achieved by only 171 players and 24 defensemen throughout the VHL’s history. Each of these players hit 100 points with seemingly regularity. In fact, they have 21 100-point seasons between them. The adjusted attributes shouldn’t rob the first six names of this milestone but Atreides and Reinhart may fall short but they have time on their side. Reinhart is on the list more due to the fun fact that if he duplicates his 141 points from last season, that will give him an even 600 with three more seasons to play. The players shooting for these milestones have delighted fans and impressed rivals throughout their careers. Their hard work and wizardry on the ice have put them in a position to rewrite the league’s history books, have their names in the annals of legend and perhaps hear their name called to the Hall of Fame someday. No matter where they find themselves on among the all-time greats, they represent what the VHL is all about: hard work, dedication, and achieving your dreams. And that is a milestone worth striving for.

It was a pleasure to share the ice with all three of you! @hylands, you set the example for the next generation of Nighthawks. @BigTittySmitty Kamenov was a warrior and it was an honor to be in the trenches with you. @Molholt Tretiak was the reason the Nighthawks won so many nights. Your consistency propelled the franchise to new heights. Congrats! #NighthawksJerseyRising

Congrats @Gaikoku-hito and @Dom! #Phamily

Malmo didn't exploit it. They have me (Deathwalker).

Late, but much respect @Peace. You've done a lot for the league and helped me a lot along the way. Thanks for everything! #SaskyBoys

Long overdue and well deserved. Congrats @InstantRockstar and @Doomsday! Good luck with the new teams!

Recreate as Artem Tretiak II.

But I'm a nice goon!

Don't forget McAllister also holds the single-season hits record with 461!

Fair enough. Thanks for taking the time and giving the explanation @Beketov