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Nico Pearce @DoktorFunk

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First off congratulations to the Warsaw Predators for being the first championship team from the European Conference in some time. The last team from the European Conference to win the cup was the S79 Malmo Nighthawks, 5 seasons ago. We kinda dug ourselves a hole against the Predators when we went down 3-1 in our series. Many thought we we're done right there but we did a great job in responding by coming back to even out the series. However we just couldn't make it happen in game 7. I had a feeling a European Conference team would hoist the cup this year with how competitive it was this season. We had 4 teams who hit 90 points this year compared to the two in North America. It was a fun year of hockey I gotta say. Now how do we move from our finals streak now that it's broken? I'm not so sure myself but we've always been able to figure out our issues, we just need some time. It'll be me and Markinson's last year in our respective careers, hopefully we can end up making one last push for the cup next year so we can retire with at least one finals win.

1. Dissapointed and a little frustrated. I have one more year to my career so my window to win the cup is ticking so this gets harder to accept every season. I'm still proud of this team and what we've been able to accomplish during my career is pretty amazing, even without winning the cup. 2. Well the finals streak is broken that's the main takaway here. 3. Training, as I get older I need to work harder in the gym just to keep up to the young guys. 4. Of course I can't imagine myself playing in any other jersey. 5. I haven't really been following this year's prospects I admit, I just hope whoever we draft turns out. 6. I could work on my shot a little more.

32B90746C0096564M 5 uncapped tpe free week

Well it doesn't look very good for the Moscow Menace right now as they dropped both their games over the weekend in Warsaw and are now down 3-1 in the European Conference Finals. This is not what most expected out of a team that swept away Davos in the first round and finished off the season with the Victory Cup for having the best regular season record in the VHL. The Menace were pretty heavily favored in this series as Moscow won 5 out of the 6 games played between the two teams in the regular season but now their whole quest for the Continental Cup might be in jeaperady as they face elimination and would have to win the next 3 straight games in order to survive against the Predators. Here are the top three problems plaguing the Menace this series 3. Goal Scoring This team relied a lot on scoring and lead the VHL in scoring during the regular season with an average 3.69 goals a game. Now in this series the Menace have scored 9 goals for a average of 2.25 goal a game. 2. The Seabasstard He and Massif tied for the team lead in goals (40) and he has only scored the lone goal so far these playoffs and has a shooting precentage of 3%, The Seabasstard has to get going already and recreate some of the magic he displayed in the regular season. 3. Special Teams The Predators having been killing the Menace when it comes to special teams. The Preds have scoring on 30% of the powerplays, the Menace? 11% Their special teams are gonna have to kick it up a notch or the Menace have got to just stay out of the box.

1.I felt like the odds of it happened were pretty high but no I expected Davos to put up more of a fight. 2. Well Papa Emeritus playing like he is now is defintely giving us the competitive advantage. He's been hot so far this playoffs. 3. I feel like there's a need for improvement on my part in order to succeed against warsaw I haven't really shown what i'm capable of yet. 4. Of course, your goalie always has to be better than the guy at the other end in order to win. He's done that now we just gotta repay him the favor by staying the fuck out of the box. 5. I took a canoe trip at the beggining of the month, that has so far been my highlight of the summer. 6. Damn thats a name I haven't heard in a while, I've recently just been looking into what I used to listen to in high school. Lots of Death Metal, i've definitely relaxed in my music taste over the years and it's interesting to see.

Congratulations on a great career. Deathwalker wrecked the VHL for years.

Well the Wildcard Round is now complete and we're about to finally see some Moscow Menace playoff hockey once again. I was hoping to see the Riga Reign come out of the wildcard round so we could both have another epic playoff battle but that's not the case as H.C Davos has come out the winner and will challenge the Menace in the first round of the VHL playoffs. It's been a good while since the Menace have ever lost in the opening round and with them winning the Victory Cup for the 2nd season in a row, they are obviously favored in this matchup versus Davos. But as we all know there's always room for a upset or two in the VHL playoffs. Davos is coming into the series with a really hot goaltender as David Davis just finished posting a save percentage of .950% in his wildcard round against the Reign. Zeedayno Chara of Davos had two game winners in their series against the Reign and has been really clutch and has posted a PPG(6pts in 5) so far in the playoffs. Moscow's duo, Hard Markinson and The Seabasstard are nearing their 75th career playoff game which i'm guessing leads the VHL, so Moscow definitely has experience on their side as they got them and have been to the finals the last four years. Fans are excited and tickets have already been sold out in anticipation for the series.

1. Our team always had that victory cup potential even with losing some key pieces. We were lucky enough to live up to that potential this year. I'm not surprised by where we are now going into the playoffs. 2. The team is too studded with star status where I think a player from another team will end up winning the mvp. My bet is that pierce the top scorer right now will win the mvp. 3.I feel like I had a good bounce back year and I feel good having contributed to our teams positioning in the vhl standings. 4.i wanna say Riga will win because somehow we always end up having to go through the reign to get to the finals. 5. I will typically throw it out if it's bad enough. I've had some pretty mean ketchup stains on some clothes in the past. That or grease. 6.i think your right I'm currently typing this presser out from a back country camping site by a fire. Gotta take advantage of the summer it's so short.

The Season is almost over and has about a little less than a week's worth of VHL sims left. Currently most teams are sitting at 64-62 games which leaves every team with about 8 games left to play. So far it looks like the Moscow Menace are a lock to win the Victory Cup for the 2nd time in a row with only the one team remaining that can statistically challenge them. The D.C Dragons who are sitting at 91 points can still catch up and grab the Victory Cup but it's currently unlikely as they are 11 points behind the Menace in the standings. It also looks like Nico Pearce of the Helsinki Titans is running away with the Kevin Brooks Trophy this year as he's currently got 53 goals and is 8 goals ahead of the next player, Duncan Idaho of the D.C. Dragons. However Idaho is only 4 points behind Pearce for the Mike Szatkowski Trophy race and can still get hot and take at least a trophy away from Pearce who looks like he might take multiple VHL awards home this year. Out of our defenders this year it seems like the Sterling Labatte Trophy will go to either Tui Sova of the D.C Dragons or Hard Markinson of the Moscow Menace. Both Defenders had a amazing campaigns so far in S84 and both look like they'll break the 100 point milestone for the year. That being done by a defender is remarkable and both players should get some credit for that. However only one can come out with the Labatte Trophy and this stretch at the end of the season might just decide who wins it. It's that close. Papa Emeritus seems to have the Aidan Shaw Trophy locked in. He's been consistently great for the Menace and it's not too often you see a goaltender with and over .940 Save Percentage. That's nuts.

This week, Moscow centerman, The Seabasstard managed to score his 30th goal of the season. That is a great accomplishment for him as he rebounds from last season where he didn't even eclipse the 30 mark. It looked as if age was finally setting in for The Seabasstard as he started to regress in S83 his 6th VHL season scoring 29 goals. This year it seems like the captaincy has sprung new life into him as he seems to be playing like the Seabasstard of old. He managed his 30th this year in only his 49th game of the year in Los Angeles as the Moscow Menace cruised to a 4-1 victory over the Stars. Considering he still has 20+ games to play hitting the 40 goal mark isn't out of the question if The Seabasstard manages to continue scoring at the same pace. " Well 30 isn't too big of a deal to me, 40 would be nice I'd much rather hit the 50 mark for the first time as I've missed the 50 mark by 1 goal twice now, I would just love to be able to say I've scored 50 in a season." I think 50 is out of reach but it isn't wrong to dream right?

Wow 15 years, that's a hell of a milestone guys. I was here in the early years and I got to say this league sure has grown since. If you would've asked me if I thought this league would've lasted 15 years during the early years I would've honestly told you no. We were all a bunch of savage immature kids back then and the drama that was going around here was pretty cringe worthy. I get we still have our fair share of petty drama but overall the league has definitely grown the fuck up and it's now more of a welcoming place that tries to include everyone. You guys should all be proud of what has already been accomplished here, a sim league typically doesn't usually tend to last more then 5, 15 years is a big deal and it rightfully should be celebrated. I remember when this was strictly a forum only based league, now with being able to have our own Discord Channel to use and all this place has really opened itself up for discussion. See I walked away from the VHL back in S9 or S10 due to me thinking everyone here was pretty idiotic which honestly I think that's pretty fair to say. I thought I had walked away from this league for good and over the years I had assumed this league drifted away into non-existence. I was surprised to find this league once again 12 years later and I didn't really believe it was still the same league until I got to see the familiar logos of the Calgary Wranglers and the Seattle Bears. I recognized the Riga Reign who drafted my first player in S7, I even remember experiencing the team transitioning from the Stockholm Rams into the Reign. I recognized H.C Davos, the team I quit on back in S9/S10 (haha, sorry guys) and I also managed to experience their transition from the Avangard Havoc(lol). I got to look at all the seasons that had come and gone and all the history I had missed. Hell, I was even surprised to find out that the player I abandoned 12 years ago went on to eventually win a Continental Cup as a member of the S11 H.C Davos Team. That cup in S11 that I won as an active is still the only time any of my players won the Continental Cup as I never won it since. It's my only cup and I didn't even get to experience it. Here I am in S84 still chasing my first REAL Continental Cup win after now losing in the 5 finals I've been in since. Who knows maybe i'm just cursed for leaving Davos out to dry those years ago. Well cheers to what I hope is going to be another 10 years of VHL Hockey. The community seems strong and if we've already lasted 15 years, what another ten to make it 25? Would be pretty damn cool to say we've lasted a quarter century amirght? Happy 15th Birthday VHL.

1. I predict that he won't even reach 40 goals, I just don't think his current pace is sustainable. 2. I'd say Hard Markinson as we've been teammates forever, and were both from the same draft class. 3. Moscow to win the cup. 4. Saku Kotkakoivu, want to draft Markinson but he got drafted the selection before. 5. Any game against the Vancouver Wolves is a game I look forward to, they still leave a foul taste in my mouth ya know? 6. Dryden, Ont. Had to stay there for work, that place sucks.

Over the weekend the Moscow Menace faced two good teams and contenders to take away the top spot in the league away from the Menace. They dropped two against the D.C Dragons, one in the shootout, one in regular time and they won in the shootout versus the Warsaw Predators. The Moscow Menace still managed to come out of the weekend holding the top spot in the VHL standings with 55 points. Both D.C and Warsaw are right behind them tied for 2nd in the league standings with 54 points, but Warsaw has one less game played so there's still lots of time for the standings to change that as we're only just over halfway through the season. The Menace coach however must be really happy with his team's play against Warsaw this season. The Menace have now collected 10 points in the standings out of a 12 possible points in their games played against the Predators having won 5 out of the 6 games played against the conference rival team. Not only that but they also managed to outscore the Predators 27 to 12 this season so far thanks to two shutouts by Menace goaltenders and two blowout games. The Menace really do seem to have the Predators number this year.

1. Well obviously what were doing right now is working, keeping a goal differential like what we got now is a great way to get him more wins. We got to keep up the pressure and not make it easy on other teams. 2. Well I think it's obvious to say that we've got Warsaw's number this year. D.D defintely gives us the bigger challenge. 3. @animal74has always been a good contributor, loved his work for VSN. 4. I desire a Continental Cup more than I do a jersey retirement, still I would be very honored to have my jersey raised up in Moscow. However everytime I would look at my jersey hanging there i'd be reminded of how I haven't been able to bring the cup here. 5. He's scoring again! He hasn't scored at this rate since the Meta years, I thought my 40 goal seasons were a thing of the past. 6. I'm contractually required to say Popeye's Chicken is the best.

happy birthday i remember when this was all just kids ripping on each other. We've come a long way. Now if only I can break this dam cup drought that goes back nearly as far back...

The news this morning mentioned that Moscow Menace's team captain, The Seabasstard has been arrested after a traffic stop revealed him driving a "hot boxed" car that was previously rolling under the speed limit on the highway. A search of the vehicle resulted in the find of 4 rolled marijuana cigarettes which is a criminal offense in Russia and can cost you up to 15 days of jail time. This is not the kind of headline a team would want to see out of their captain. Footage taken by a bystander's cell phone has been circling social media this morning. The footage shows The Seabasstard's M3 BMW being impounded on site and the player being lead into the back of a police cruiser in handcuffs. Rumour has it that once at the police station, the police found out who The Seabasstard was and they were all big fans and released him without charges after the player agreed to volunteer at a local policemen gala event.

The Moscow Menace are currently participating in a dogfight for the 1st place in the VHL Standings. The team is currently sitting with 34 points in the standings which is good for third in the VHL tied with D.C. Dragons and 1 point behind the Chicago Pheonix and Warsaw Predators who are both tied for the top spot at 35 points. The team has underwent a bit of a culture change the last couple of seasons, first starting with the trade of superstar Paul Atreides to Toronto two seasons ago and then last offseason with the trade of their longtime captain Duncan Idaho to the Dragons. Yet, every year somehow, Moscow still ends up being one of the most competitive teams in the VHL and has made the Continental Cup Finals the last 4 years. A lot of the success has to do with the General Manager of the team, Spartan who has made the right moves at the right time to keep us cap compliant and competitive. It's not easy leading the team to 4 straight cup finals but Spartan has made it look easy. He's still waiting for his first championship as a GM however and we're all eager to finally kill this finals curse and win it all. Today we're going to be talking about our new guys from this season. Yeah I know there's been a few new faces the past few years but I'll just be focusing on the guys who made their Menace debut in Season 84. Flynn Remy Remy is the only player to be featured in this article that isn't a rookie. He was acquired in the offseason from Helsinki in a trade that sent back our third round pick in the S85 draft. @jhatty8 has been around the VHL for a bit and from what I've seen he's pretty active guy and I've never played with him before so I was pretty happy to get to opportunity to know the guy. Remy had a pretty good rookie S82 rookie season in Helsinki, posting a career high of 44 points but seemed to have regressed offensively in his sophomore season reaching only 29 points. It was pretty surprising however to see a 5'8" defender putting up over a hundred hits in a season so there is a physical element to this player's game. We're about a quarter of the way into the season and Remy is already doing better playing in Moscow and is sitting with 18 points in 25 games. He's been defensively sound and has shown a lot of discipline out on the ice. He's only got the 11 PIM for the season and he's been a solid, low maintenance solution on the Menace's back end. Jason Argos The first rookie to be featured in this article is Jason Argos. I also believe this is @Insypher's first player, correct me if I'm wrong. Argos was drafted by Menace with the last selection of the third round of the S82 draft. He's had some pretty impressive numbers in the VHLM hitting 91 points in 72 games for the Mexico City Kings in S82 and getting 58 points in 72 games the next season with the Instanbul Red Wolves of the VHLE. He seems to be a player that also has a lot of grit to his his game as he's also got 100+ hits in his last few seasons in the VHLM/VHLE. On the Menace's 2nd line Argos has done well, putting up 10 points and going +11 in 25 games. He's already collected 81 hits and brought a lot of energy to his line and has been just as effective physically at the VHL level as he has been in the lesser leagues. He's been a solid contributor to this team and i'm looking forward to see how he progresses from here. Tomas Sogaard @Brandon Tomas Sogaard has some draft pedigree as he was drafted 8th overall in the S83 VHL Entry Draft. Last year he was playing on the same squad as Moscow's other rookie Argos for the Instanbul Red Wolves and even though Sogaard eclipsed Argos in TPE, the older player Argos posted the better offensive numbers. Sogaard finished his last season in the VHLE with 42 points in 72 games with the Red Wolves. This year the Menace gave him the opportunity to start the season playing on the team's first line. Sogaard took that opportunity and ran with it as he's collected 19 points in 25 games and has been on the VHL's rookie leader board since the season began. As of today he's the 7th best scoring rookie in the VHL and he's just 4 points away from tying the rookie scoring leader, James Teekirque of HC Davos. What a great start to the year this kid is having, he already looks like he belongs in the VHL.

1. We have the best fans behind us, pushing us to be very best. The atmosphere here in Moscow is great and were very motivated to bring our fans the best hockey we can. 2. It doesn't really matter as long as I get that sweet TPE. 3. Good question i'm not sure as I never imagined playing on another team else than the Menace. I'd probably be on a team I've played for before with my past players like Prague of Davos. 4. It's part of being a GM to be resilient to the criticism around the VHL. I wouldn't want to be a GM as it requires a shit ton of free time, which I don't have. Don't have the committment level to be a GM. 5. I'd bring it home to show my friends and family, but i'll definitely be sleeping with the cup and drink/eat out of it. Who knows maybe i'll even fill it with Popeye's Chicken. 6. Last time I was on youtube I was looking up how to fix my truck.

Congratulations to you both! It was an honor to be able to play with both of you and it was fun to share our consecutive trips to finals with you two. Too bad we couldn't get it done but we still had a blast. Well deserved guys

Well we're almost a week in to the season and the Moscow Menace haven't been as dominant in season's past. They currently sit 4th in the European Conference with 11 points in the standings with a goal differential of 11. Which isn't all that bad considering the team lost their superstar Duncan Idaho to a offseason trade and they're the only team to use up two backup goaltender games. The team is currently being lead in points by veteran defender Hard Markinson who has been a fire and is currently sitting third on the leagues top scoring list, 1st among the league's defenders. Henri Le Massif has also been great in Idaho's absence putting up 14 points in ten games and has fit on the team's top offensive line very well. Even though the team sits in 4th place, team captain The Seabasstard has plenty of faith in his team. "I think we're just about to heat up here honestly. I'm very confident in this group and most of our losses have been by just the one goal. We underwent some changes this offseason and I think we we're all just trying to establish some new line chemistry for a bit. Now that we've shaken the rust off a bit I think your about to see this team take off. We're only just finding our game and I think you'll see us closer to the top of the conference come the trade deadline. The young guys have also been phenomenal and I'm certain that even with Idaho here this year we're still going to be a damn good team."

1. I have no concern yet this team is fully capable of making the playoffs and yes we're in 4th place but all of our losses were mostly by one goal. We're not that far away from finding our groove. 2. Henri was also a talented player in his own regard, your just noticing him a lot more now that Idaho is gone. He's had a great start to this season and i'm happy for him. 3. Soogard has been a pleasant surprise he doesn't even look like a rookie out there he has transitioned to the VHL very well. I can see him ending the year being a PPG player. 4.The Americans having the one win. Didn't think they'd be that bad. 5. I'm just more busy in the summer time with my job and of course my hobbies, I'm still able to come on and update and chat with my teammates though so we're good, just busy. 6. I just came back from a camping trip with my homies. Went to do some offroading and fishing too. Fun stuff