Juddy

On 11/4/2019 at 12:50 PM, HenrikZoiderberg said:

Questions:

 

1. How do you feel about your GM @diamond_ace? Is he the best Rhinoscerous?  I feel good, I feel like he built a really good young team.

2. Same question about your AGM, Aleksei Sytsevich? What have your interactions with this man of mystery been? Have not had any interactions with him as of yet.

3. How many seasons before Prague makes the playoffs? 1 more year and we are in

4. Cardio or leg day, which is more important? Cardio

5. What was your favorite book as a child? Harry Potter

6. Will your children, if any, play hockey? Of course

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On 10/19/2019 at 12:42 PM, Matt_O said:

1. Who is the Aces MVP this year? 100% Tates and Graves co MVP

2. We face the Marlins in round one- do you like our chances? Yes

3. How has the season been for you? Have you enjoyed your time in Vegas? Yea Vegas is a great team too to bottom

4. Did your player satisfy your expectations? Or did they underperform? I had a good year I was hoping to do better but the team success is most important 

5. Most of you guys are going to the VHL next year. What team do you want to play for/are you excited to play for your VHL team if you were already drafted? I was drafted to Prague and hope I can stay there and play my career there

6. At the end of the year, we have a team awards show. Besides the obvious awards, what weird awards do you want to be given out? Best Gambler....we are in Vegas after all

In the season 66 draft the top 5 players selected were all forwards, the very first defensemen selected was Charlie Paddywagon at six overall to Davos. At 6’4” Charlie is a big body but also turned into a good skater and puck handler. His rookie season was a bit of a let down, with only 15 assists and a single goal and his defensive stats don’t really jump out either. Each year he has made steady improvements. In a re draft scenario he would’ve been selected third or fourth overall taking the place of Mars.

The next pick was the second defensemen taken in the draft. Jerry Garcia has turned into a really good two way defender who can bang in the corners but also quarterback the power play. His rookie season he has 27 assists and 31 points. He also had 119 hits and 145 shots blocked. He has improved in all those stats each year in the league. If we were to re draft he’d go third or fourth overall, and the team at 3 would have a hard choice between Paddywagon and Garcia, but would get a great player either way.

This Week with David Wallace: History Lesson

Like our article last week, this week we are moving our focus off of Las Vegas Aces player David Wallace, to focus on the history of the VHL. We will take a quik look into the Season 66 draft to see how some of these players faired and if they are even still around. 

First overall pick was Hunter Hearst Helmsley. He has totaled 956 TPE since his start in the league and has had a good career. He has played 214 games for two organizations and has put up 80 goals and 89 assists for 169 points. He’s played 16 playoff games with 5 goals and 5 assists.

Julius Freeman went 2nd overall and has played all of his games for the Vancouver franchise, with 216 games played putting up 82 goals and 99 assists for 181 points. He has also amassed 843 TPE in his career. Freeman has played 35 playoff games adding 13 goals and 13 assists to his career totals.

The third overall pick was a bit of a bust. In the minors Shane Mars put up some really good numbers, 76 games played over two seasons and had 62 goals and 57 assists for 119 points in the minors. His rookie year in the VHL also went well putting up 46 goals and 48 assists in 72 games. He then suffered the dreaded sophomore slump, only putting up 27 goals and 33 assists in his 72 games. Then in his third year in the league he dropped off the face of the earth. He played in every game but only put up 1 goal and 1 assist. All three seasons he played for Seattle and only has made 381 TPE, which isn’t horrible but comparing him to the 1st and 2nd overall it’s a huge let down.

The first two picks carved out good careers for themselves but Seattle must be regretting Mars at number 3 especially with Mikko Aaltonen going at number four with his 649 TPE. He has a slow start to his career but has picked up his game as he grew and developed. In 216 games he’s totaled 79 goals and 87 assists for 166 points. He only has 3 goals and 3 assists in 16 playoffs games. He seems to not like the bright lights of the playoffs.

The top 4 were all forwards and only one miss from the four selected. Mars might’ve have been the best of the four if he kept up with the TPE of the other players, but he was unable to do so and will be lucky to find a job in the coming seasons. Helmsley was the only player on the list to play To be traded, while Aaltonen being the only one to be selected by an expansion team in the most recent draft. The Dragons got a top notch player in the expansion draft giving them a piece to build around for the foreseeable future. This was a good top of the draft, outside of Mars, and the teams involved seemed to have selected the best players at the time and for the future. Drafts can be tricky, you never know if a player will pan out to his projections. The number one pick can be a generational talent or a mega bust. Mars was a bust at where he was selected but if he was selected later in the draft he would’ve been a solid player.

23 hours ago, Tbeez99 said:

1) How many goals do you think you will end the season with this year?

21 seems reasonable, maybe 25

2) How many assists do you predict to end the season with?

Would like to get to 50, but I’m thinking I’ll get like 44

3) Did you perform up to your expectations this regular season?

I put high expectations on myself and was hoping to be more than a point per game player, I’m just under a point per game but I feel like I had a good season.

4) What place will Las Vegas finish this year? (1st,2nd 3rd?) 

2nd place finish

5) What team do you see as the Dark Horse in this years upcoming playoffs in the VHLM?

Any of the bottom seeds could be good in the playoffs, I think we are good enough and deep enough to not have to worry.

6) How many times do you work out per week during the regular season? 

Everyday duh

This Week with the Las Vegas Aces

These articles usually center around VHLM forward David Wallace, but this week we decided to take a different route and examine his team the Las Vegas Aces. With 52 games played the Aces currently sit in third place with 33 wins 15 losses and 4 overtime losses for a total of 70 points. Minnesota sits 3 points ahead of the Aces and Houston is 7 points ahead.

Aces general manager @Matt_O made a lot of great moves last year to set the team up for this year. He acquired additionally draft picks, while still managing to make the playoffs last season, and with those draft picks acquiring some of the best young talent available in the VHLM draft pool.

With three first round picks, numbers 3,4, and 7, the aces selected George Washington, Benny Graves, and Cinnamon Block. That set the team up to be very deep at the center position while also giving them a defender to build their blue line around.

In the second round the Aces has two picks and used one on David Wallace and the other on Blacker Velvet. These moves gave the team a solid top pair and a winger for either line.

Selecting Bruce Grimaldi was @Matt_O only mistake made this draft, as Grimaldi went and played in the VHL for Prague.

Jeff Tates and Benny Graves currently lead to VHLM in scoring, Tates with 108 points and Graves with 107. They have been on a crazy pace and many thought this was just a short run but they both have sustained in all season, and their VHL are anticipating their arrival to help bolster their respective teams. Cinnamon Block lead the defense with 64 points 58 of which are assists. This silky puck moving defensemen will one day be an all star in the VHL.

Have all these players good season produced wins? Or has the depth of the Aces been the key factor to their winning? After the top 3 the Aces have two players with 52 points, and three players in the 40’s for points and one more at 39 points. Wallace has been hard on himself but it’s likely without his production the team would’ve suffered a few more losses. With out the Tates and Graves producing the way they have been, maybe someone like Wallace or Washington or Foilen could’ve stepped up and put up those numbers. This team has been as good as they are because they are a good team, on and off the ice. They go out as a group on off nights, they workout out together, and carpool together. They respect each other, motivate each other, and help each other out. Tates might be the leader on the score board most nights but he doesn’t act like a snobby superstar. Wallace and Washington May not put up as many points as they want to but they are not crying about lack of ice time or wanting more, they show up play their role and help the team get the win however they can. That’s why, even though they don’t lead the league in points, they will make a deep playoff run and should be considered one of the best teams in the VHLM.

3 hours ago, Jbeezy76 said:

1) What hockey style do you play ? Sniper, 2 way, grinder/enforcer, playmaker,etc etc. ? I’d say playmaker working My way  towards two way player

2) Did you model your created player resembling any NHL player? If so who? No, just decided to push harder into passing stats.

3) Do you think we should have an Alternate Jersey ? Yes, grey(Or silver) with purple lining.

4) What’s the latest you stay up during the week?  Midnight maybe a little later

5) How many assists will you end up with by years end? In VHLM for the Aces I’m hoping to get to 50.

6) We have 15 games left. How many games will we win in those final games? I think we win 3 to 5

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This Week with David Wallace

The Las Vegas Aces have been on fire the past few weeks and are on a six game winning streak. The team is being led by Benny Graves and Ben Tate, who are having two of the best seasons in the VHLM in recent history. They have 94 and 91 points in 42 games, and are not slowing down one bit. They are on the top line for the Aces, complimenting each other perfectly. That brings us to line two with David Wallace on the wing and only having 35 points in 42 games. After choosing the Aces as a free agent last year, Wallace was waiting to see who selected him and was glad to get back to the Aces especially with their extreme depth. He was poised to have a breakout year with a full training camp and an off season with a lot of training. This has yet to translate to points, he has not hurt his team with his lack of production yet. Wallace continues to improve his game each week and has impressed coaches and management with his dedication.

Wallace has been named captain of the Aces because of his work ethic and dedication to the team. He is also one of the longest tenured player the Aces have and is a great locker room guy.

I feel like I have been letting my team down with my play, I know I can produce more and doing my best to contribute anyway I can. Said Wallace after a recent win. I am just glad we are winning, I will get going soon enough, as long as we continue to win I’ll be happy. 

Those comments from Wallace show why he was chosen as captain for the Aces, he is all about the team. In other news with Wallace, he was selected to play for Team World in the upcoming World Junior Classic.

What an honor, I mean I’d love to be on an England team, but to be able to play in this tournament is huge. I will do everything I can to help push Team World to a gold medal finish. Said Wallace.

His agent Juddy had also applied to be a general manager for the World Junior Classic, and did not get the job. Juddy has been very active in trying to get a front office role and has yet to get a job. He has interview for several assistant jobs and did get an interview for the WJC general manager but was not selected. There were other more qualified options and Juddy understands why he was not selected. 

Wallace is a player on the rise though and even though he says he’s having a down year he still is almost at a point per game, and one hit streak will put him over that mark easily. His teammates have joked that he’s saving himself for the playoff where they’ll see him go off. Last year in play offs Wallace had 4 goals and an assist in five games, so when the light shine brightest he shows up. If he can do that in the playoffs this year he just may be the playoff MVP and the first the hoist the VHLM trophy.

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1 hour ago, Poptart said:

Questions for Las Vegas: 

1. Are there any songs/ or bands you would like to hear during warm ups? Any Fall Out Boy
2. Is there any particular player on our team that you think could go on to have the best VHL career? George Washington
3. If the dream of playing professional hockey for a living hadn’t worked out where do you think you’d be right now? Sports talk radio
4. National teams are in the process of being announced. Why do you think you should be named? I am good player on the rise and would help any team that picked me.
5. If you could close one fast food chain, due to disgusting food, what would you pick? Wendy’s 
6. Who do you look up in the VHL? No one, don’t pay much attention yet
7. Currently, Vegas is in 3rd place, only 5 points back of first place, Houston, will we catch them? Of course, our team gets better each day
8. Vegas has scored 15 goals more than any team in the league, will that be the same at the end of the season? No, we’ll be up 50 more than the next
9. What is one thing Vegas needs to improve on in order to win the Championship? Secondary scoring and improving goalie play
10. How do you like Vegas? Love it

14 hours ago, GustavMattias said:

Vancouver 3-2

15 hours ago, wcats said:

260 Vancouver Wolves @ Helsinki Titans

261 Moscow Menace @ New York Americans

262 Prague Phantoms @ Seattle Bears

263 Calgary Wranglers @ Toronto Legion 

I’ll apply, my player is from United Kingdom so not sure if that’s Tran world or Europe but I’ll apply for the team I’d have a chance to be on

3 minutes ago, Rayzor_7 said:

175 Vancouver Wolves @ Riga Reign

176 D.C. Dragons @ New York Americans

177 Toronto Legion @ Helsinki Titans

178 Prague Phantoms @ Malmo Nighthawks

4 minutes ago, Josh said:

175 Vancouver Wolves 3 @ Riga Reign 1

5 minutes ago, Poptart said:

Questions for Las Vegas: 

1. First off, if you picked Meet the Spartans, you are a liar. No one likes that movie. Mean Girls is way better. If we had a Mean Girls movie night, would you attend? Likely yes.
2. Who has been the MVP of the Aces this year so far? Simple, Jeff Tates 
3. Las Vegas has the top 2 players in the league in points (Tates and Graves), do you think they will end there when the season ends? Who has a shot at catching them? They will stay at the top, no one is catching them.
4. Las Vegas is currently 3rd in the league, only 4 points behind Minnesota, why are we better than Minnesota? We are more complete too to bottom, our only weakness is goalie but we just signed someone with slot of potential.
5. Have you seen any good movies lately? What would be your top recommendation? Welcome to Marwel was good, also saw Yesterday last night, had like no story but I liked it.
6. If you could ask a question for the team press conference, what would it be? If we were to relocate where and what would the team name be?
7. Do you think we could beat the DC Dragons? Yes
8. What is your favorite VHL team and why? Prague, they drafted me
9. Who do you secretly root for to lose badly? Calgary
10. If you had to choose one legend to play one game with, who would it be and why?
11. ray Bourque

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This Week with David Wallace

David Wallace started his journey to the VHL last season with the Las Vegas Aces of the VHLM. He had a few destinations available to him like Mexico City and Halifax, but after GM Matt’s pitch he decided that was the best place for him to start his career. As a free agent Wallace did well and helped push the Aces into a playoff spot to eventually lose in five games in the first round of the playoffs. Then came the draft where Wallace was selected by expansion team Prague Phantoms, and in the VHLM draft Matt brought Wallace back to Vegas with a second round pick. This year hasn’t been great for Wallace, in 15 games he has 3 goals and 9 assists, but he is a -7. That hasn’t hurt the team as Vegas is currently in second place if the VHLM with a 10-4-1 record.

The big news out of Vegas over the past few days is the naming of their captains, and Matt and Poptart shocked the VHLM world by naming Wallace to be their captain.

I’m honestly shocked, said Wallace, and continued its a huge honor, I was not expecting this especially with my play not being great, but they like the other things I bring to the team. It’s a great feeling, now I need to step up my game and prove that I can be a leader on the ice as well as off the ice.

Wallace is still a young player in this league but has been around the Vegas locker room for quite some time now. We will see how Wallace reacts to the new leadership role he was put in and see if he breaks under the new pressure or he rises to the occasion and becomes an even better player. 

The Aces are currently playing great hockey even with Wallace putting up great numbers. If he can find a way to improve his game this team should be the number one team in the VHLM and get home ice advantage through out the playoffs. They are currently the team to beat and are playing without a legit number one goalie. Matt just signed a waiver goalie and hopefully by the end of the year this new kid can be good enough to help push them to victory through out the playoffs.

The Aces are also toying with their line up, with their top two players carrying the team they are looking for ways to get Wallace and others more involved and boost their secondary scoring. This will only help the team in the long run as they find the right chemistry. They seem destined for the playoffs so they regular season is like a long practice to hone their skills build chemistry and find the right line ups where every player is contributing night in and night out. The team has also been building up confidence and that will only grow as they win more games and build better chemistry. Every player on this team has been at the rink way before they’re required and working out to get better and better. They all help and push each other to be better everyday. We expect great things out of this team.

16 hours ago, Bucky___lastard said:

Helsinki 5-3

17 hours ago, Kekzkrieg said:

100 Helsinki Titans @ Calgary Wranglers

101 Malmo Nighthawks @ Vancouver Wolves

102 HC Davos Dynamo @ Prague Phantoms

103 Riga Reign @ Toronto Legion 

24 minutes ago, Poptart said:

Questions for Las Vegas: 

1. Looking at the index, how has the season been so far for Las Vegas? Good, I think we could be better still, and we’ll continue to grow as the season goes on.
2. Any surprises on the index, or is that pretty much what you expected? I think we’d have a slightly better record but all in all everything looks good.
3. Name the weirdest song on your playlist before a game, why is it on there? Weirdo. Me! By Taylor Swift and the guy from Panic! at the disco. I like it but I admit it’s weird
4. What is your favorite activity to do during the fall? Other than hockey? Fantasy football
5. Who are you sitting next to in our locker room? (tell the fans) Why is that the case? I’m sitting near Jeff Tates, because I’m hoping he teach me his secret  to success.
6. How have you been playing in the early part of the season? Pretty good, I expect more of myself and have been working hard to get my game better for my future and our team.
7.  
8. Is Las Vegas really sin city? If so, what sins have you committed? Let’s just say I’d be getting fined and maybe suspended if I answered that honestly. 
9.  
10. What is your favorite game to play at the Casino, why? Texas hold ‘em, it’s still kick based but you need skill to win.
11. Choose one movie to watch: Mean Girls or Meet the Spartans. Which do you choose? Never seen either or heard of meet the Spartans, so I guess that one.

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