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@jacobcarson877 going 2-0 to help Malmo squeak into first place! He's 7-0 for us this season!

Another great read, my friend. Good to catch up on what's happening with the team as I've had a busy week. The piece is brief but organized with a detailed break down of Malmo's season so far. The headings are Malmo's colors which is a nice touch. A bit more color or a pic would spruce is up even more. Review: 9.75/10

Thanks for the mention @Spartan!

Sorry guys, I crashed last night. Homer pick: F Taylor Mourning @nurx Last pick!

@Spartan Last tag didn't work. ^

Thanks for another chance to lead you, Nighthawks! It's a continued honor! Let's bring the Cup back home!

G Rara Rasputin @BOOM

Grekkark Gyrfalcon has retired. @Spartan

F Robert Bouchard @nurx

I still have all my old media spots and stats from Rorvik so I have some insider information!

In your signature tight yet informative style, you've caught us up to speed on a busy Malmo off-season. You've done a quick breakdown of the circumstantial and financial reasons why the trade were made plus your analysis on how both sides are affected. Nicely formatted as well! Review: 10/10

A Tale of Two Cups: S12 & S79 Over a decade ago, a young strapping Norwegian defenseman and I found our way to the VHL hitching a ride with the Toledo Scorpions near the end of S5 to help them win the franchise’s first Founder’s Cup. As Gunnar-Rune Rorvik, The Norwegian Nightmare, was looking to make a name for himself by preparing for S6 with Toledo, Josh Vestiquan, @v.2 a flashy Canadian kid, was preparing for his first VHL season after being taken 1st Overall in the draft by the Avagard Havoc. Both would play well in their rookie season in their respective leagues and the following off-season, Gunnar-Rune Rorvik was selected 6th Overall in the S7 Draft by the Seattle Bears. While Vestiquan helped lead Avangard and then Calgary to Continental Cups over the next few years, Rorvik was steadily making progress and becoming a leader on the blueline for the rebuilding Bears. Then, in S10, Vestiquan was moved to Seattle for Jonathan Matthias, who had been drafted just before Rorvik in S7. The move was good for the Bears and Vestiquan as he set career-highs in assists and points and led Seattle to their first playoff appearance in four seasons. Rorvik also set a career-high in goals and tied his career-high for points. With a loaded team entering S11, Seattle was one of the favorites to win the Continental Cup. And they came close but were stopped by the Matthias-led HC Davos Dynamo. Vestiquan would score six goals in the finals to tie Matthias for the playoff lead with eight goals but despite five one-goal games, Davos would defeat Seattle in six games to win the Cup. Due to a largely returning core, the Bears were once again front-runners to win a Championship in S12. Vestiquan was named captain and Rorvik was one of the alternates. During the season, a familiar face was brought back to the west coast – Jonathan Matthias. A terrific season saw Seattle in the playoffs again and eventually wound up facing the Victory Cup-winning Riga Reign for the Cup. It was a grinding series but Josh Vestiquan would be the difference as he scored the Cup-winning goal in overtime in Game 7 for his third championship, Matthias’ second of three consecutive Cups, and Rorvik would retire on top with his first Cup. Vestiquan would retire after S13 and be inducted into the VHL Hall of Fame in S15. Fast forward 12 years. Both @v.2 and I took an extended break from the VHL but found our way back. I re-entered in S67 with winger Ondrej Ohradka, he in S77 with defenseman Tui Sova. My next player, winger Druss Deathwalker was selected 11th overall by Malmo in the S77 draft. We were a rebuilding team and lost some key players during the season which led to the Nightahawks drafting Sova 7th overall in S78 with Deathwalker being named team captain. We surprised a lot of people by making the playoffs but lost in the play-in round. S79 would see an offensive boon fall into our laps as Gunnar Odinsson signed as a free agent and that season would go down in history. The Nighthawks would become one of the highest-scoring teams in VHL history winning the Victory Cup. We then fought our way through the playoffs to win the Continental Cup together again – 67 seasons later! In an astounding role-reversal, Deathwalker was the forward drafted the year before who captained the team to a Cup while Sova was the defenseman drafted the year after. As Sova has been traded to Los Angeles this off-season, our second time together as Cup-winning teammates has come to an end. This article was part reminisce, part ode to fate and friendship, and part farewell. @v.2, it was great playing with you again. Hopefully, we get to win another Cup together in the future – but not too far in the future!

Gah! Sorry. F Jivere Zolnek

F Tyler Reinhart D Aurelien Moreau @Daniel Janser

TEAM WE !!

Woot! Hat trick and 1st Star in Game 4! Go TEAM WE

Because it's unconventional.

It's not like they're trading Stojanov for Naslund.

You were a stud for us, @.sniffuM. 256 points in 216 games. 22 GWGs. The S79 Cup. You're a Malmo legend. Good luck the rest of the way!

Great article! Having played with EK on the S69 Founder's Cup Wild and having been on the Nighthawks team that kicked him out into retirement in S78, I have a bit more personal link to this article than some. This was the standard HOF article layout to a T. Great highlights of the scenarios around Killinger's career along with personal achievements. Aside from the lack of a Cup, who knows, he may have an outside chance of getting in the Hall with the great stats! Fantastic write-up @Spartan. A pleasure to read. Review: 10/10

This was about Malmo - 10/10! Seriously, you clearly laid out the deals and what it might mean for the Nighthawks along with your insider opinions and analysis. A title at the beginning and/or a graphic would help the aesthetics of the article but a good read nontheless! #NighthawksRising Review: 9.85/10

Let's Go Team WE!! Thanks for the inclusion!

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Welcome to the Nightshawks' front office @Alexandre!

Wow. What a way to cap a fantastic season! Congrats Vancouver! Enjoy the victory! 3rd Cup in 14 seasons second only to Seattle in that span.