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Greeting readers and welcome to the final part of VHLM S70'S power rankings, we're down to the final three, each team here has a cup win as you might expect but each franchise also achieved 400 wins during the regular season, impressive considering the beast that the VHLM is. Each of these teams had at least six 40 win seasons, without any further delay, let's wrap up this series! Philadelphia Reapers Record: 400-274-46 Rank: 3rd with 976 points Goals for: x2 Conference finals: x1 Goals against: x4 Cup finals: x0 Goal differential: x3 Founders Cup: x1 Top Team: x0 Points: 846+130 Our third place team claiming bronze is the Philadelphia Reapers, a team that just barely hit the 400 win mark in the regular season. They began the decade on a winning note, going 49-20-3 and placing top three in goals against but their efforts in the playoffs proved fruitless. Next season the team took a small step up, going 50-17-5 and finishing top three in goals against and goal differential but again couldn't get anywhere in the postseason. Well third times the charm right? They'd post their best record of the decade going 53-14-5, this time finishing top three in goals for and differential, in the postseason they managed to get out of the first round, beating the Hounds in five before falling to the Wild in seven. After three great years of regular season success the team understandably needed to head into a rebuild. A record of 26-45-1 and 28-37-7 in seasons 73 and 74 respectively, as far as rebuilding seasons go they stayed respectable. Those two years of rebuilding would prove successful as the team in S75 went on to get a record 51-17-4, place top three in all goal categories and go all the way in the playoffs, sweeping the Rush, beating the Marlins in five and getting the win over the Kings in seven. For the Reapers this was their "magical" season as even with other good regular seasons they never found the same success in the playoffs. Season 76 saw the team drop to a record of 31-35-6 and that would be followed up with an even rougher performance in S77, the worst for the franchise during the S70's, 19-45-8. S78 they bounced back to a record of 44-24-4 and were top three in goals against, in the finale of the decade the team almost got back to 50 wins, going 49-20-3 yet despite the better record they were not the best in any goal category. The Reapers and the next team ahead of them are both interesting as they each only got out of the first round twice, neither finished top overall in the regular season, and each had exactly 130 bonus points, It's just bizarre to me. Saskatoon Wild Record: 405-269-46 Rank: 2nd with 986 points Goals for: x4 Conference finals: x1 Goals against: x2 Cup finals: x0 Goal differential: x3 Founders Cup: x1 Top Team: x0 Points: 856+130 Claiming second is the Saskatoon Wild, a team that has a lot in common with the Reapers, there's the three similarities I mentioned before but they each had 46 overtime or shootout losses and were top three in goal differential three times. The main differences here are that the Wild seemed to be a more offensively focused team being one of the top goals for teams four times where the Reapers did the same for the defensive aspect. That more offensive style captured them five more regular season wins to give them ten extra points and just eek out ahead of the Reapers. In contrast to the Reapers, the team started off the decade in a rebuild, 13-54-5 would be the bottom of the barrel for the team. In S71 they improved by 20 wins to go 33-32-7, they'd top that the next season jumping up by 21 wins to go 54-12-6, they placed top three in all goal categories and went all the way in the playoffs, beating Lynx in five, barely beating the Reapers in seven and topping the Kings in six. This was the high point for the franchise during the decade as they would have a hard time finding playoff success, much like the Reapers. S73 the team took a decent fall back going 42-24-6 but they still finished as one of the best goals scored teams. S74 the team gained a record of 45-23-4 and they liked it so much they repeated it the following season. After four seasons of 42 or more wins the team had to fall back and in S76 that happened, 29-39-4 was their record. They would bounce back to achieve 50 wins for a second time in the decade, 50-19-3 and top three in all goal categories, no postseason progress though. S78 they fell back a little going 43-25-4 before in the final season getting back over 50 wins for a third time, 51-18-3, they finished top three in goals for and differential and finally, after seven seasons managed to get out of the first round by beating 21st in five..... before the Marauders beat them in six. The Reapers and the Wild share much of the same story in so many regards, I won't repeat it here but I had to check the stats multiple times for each time because they really were walking down the same road. And I have to mention it, if the S69 season was in S70 instead, that'd be a lot of extra points for the franchise. Minnesota Storm Record: 423-260-37 Rank: 1st with 1,193 points Goals for: x5 Conference finals: x2 Goals against: x4 Cup finals: x1 Goal differential: x6 Founders Cup: x2 Top Team: x2 Points: 883+310 And our team claiming gold is none other than the Minnesota Storm, a team no longer in Minnesota which breaks my heart. I had the privilege of playing for the team twice, both in pretty good seasons. The Storm managed to rack up 423 regular season wins despite having three seasons under 20 wins, so when they were good, they were good. Unlike the Reapers and Wild though the Storm managed to find postseason success more regularly. The Storm started off the decade with their best regular season record that rewrote many franchise records, 61-8-3 is the third best record of the S70's, I think it goes without saying that they were the best of that season, the team was top three in all goal categories, and went on to win it all, they swept the Aces and Bulls in the first two rounds and in the finals beat the Lynx in six. I would like to note both losses came in overtime, so the Storm had no losses in regulation, that was a great team and a great season for my first player, Jaxx Hextall. The following season the team stayed above 50 wins, going 53-17-2 and placing top three in goal differential. You would think after two seasons above 50 wins the team would need to enter a rebuild but no, they'd improve. A second 60 win season, the only team to do so in the S70'S, 60-10-2 for the fifth best record of the decade, top team, top three in all goal categories but the playoffs would not be a repeat of two seasons prior. They beat the Marauders in seven before falling to the Kings in six. For a fourth season in a row the Storm stayed above 50 wins, they fell by eight from the previous season to go 52-18-2 but still finished top three in all goal categories, more importantly though they learned from last season, they beat Aces in six and the Bulls in five, the same two opponents as in S70, but in the finals it would be the Marauders, Storm won in five for their second cup in four seasons. Finally after four great seasons the Storm would need to enter a rebuild for two seasons, S74 they had a record of 15-52-5 and in S75 19-51-2. After these two years the Storm jumped back up for their fifth 50 win season, 50-14-8, top three in goals for and differential and in the playoffs they swept the Lynx before the Kings again denied them, sweeping the sweepers. In the next season they went 41-27-4 with no postseason luck, S78 would be an important one, not just for the team but for me, my second player Jonathan Ori who just recently retired would be drafted by the Storm. The team would go on to have their third best season of the decade and their sixth 50 win season, 53-14-5. Top three in all goal categories and a trip to the finals, much like S70 they would sweep the first two rounds over the Wild and Bulls but it would not be the story book ending players were hoping for, the Rush would beat them in six. I can’t help but note that each time the Storm went to the finals they beat the Bulls in round two. For the final season of the decade it would be a rough one to go out on, 19-49-4. The Storm are 207 points ahead of second place just to put in perspective of how much better they are, for as good as the Marauders were in the S70's they were still 121 wins behind them, so those two seasons would have had to be fantastic to catch up to the Storm. I can't finish this without a shout out to @Rayzor_7 and @Mr_Hatter who were the GM and AGM of the Storm for virtually all of the S70's, they clearly understood how to get the most out of a team and stayed hyper competitive for seven seasons. Congrats to both of you and thanks for some of my best memories I've had during my time in the VHL. I want to say thank you to everyone who read this series and to Alex for checking over my work, this will be my final post for some time in the VHL as Jonathan Ori is retired and I will be taking a step away from the VHL for a few seasons, I look forward to returning one day and maybe, just maybe doing this sort of power rankings for the S80's, ciao for now. 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I guess it isn't quite the end for Ori just yet haha

I joined the same year you did, just about 6 months later, I've only had two players with Ori's career just finishing this season and have been max capping for 2 plus years at least. The last two or three seasons I have been struggling to keep up motivation for it all and it is a relief to finally be done. I can say doing a third player already would not be good for my interest in the league and I'd probably just go IA so kudos to you for managing to get through three. That said I've been looking forward to having a break from the VHL, I'm doing 2 seasons minimum and I'd definitely recommend it for you too, take a break and who knows, something might reignite your interest in the league at some point.

Well it's been a little bit since DCD got eliminated from the playoffs which of course meant the end for my first forward player's career. It was definitely fun to be putting up tons of points this time around, I have to say anytime Ori was on a cold streak I didn't find it as frustrating as when I was a goalie, since usually if your having a bad game as goalie it's very possible your gonna loose the game, but at least as a forward (or blueliner) others can pick up your slack, if Ori wasn't scoring chances are others were. One of my goals with Ori was to test out the FA market and I did, it was definitely fun to be hearing from multiple GM's granted at the time I did this most were cap strapped so it wasn't the best timing but still fun. I got to play for one of the best GM's ever in @Banackockfor two seasons and I finally, finally got to play for the GM who brought me here, @Enorama.... only took 17 seasons haha. Career wise I'm pretty happy with where he ended up, 570 points in 576 games, 158 goals and 412 assists, that's pretty successful right? No player awards or championships but he was always brought value to the team, also good faceoff guy, usually sat around 60% if I recall right. Admittedly the only thing that is a bit of an eye sore to look at is his +\-, he ended is career as a -35 which I'm sure isn't the worst but as a top player it's not fun to see, part of it is the fact he joined a rebuilding team when he was still low TPE so ya he was gonna have a bad +\- but in the end he only had two seasons as a plus and one where he finished at a zero. He did get a lot of ice time as well so in some sense that doesn't help either but you can also make the argument the other way. Just one area where ya... I wish I put a bit more into defence but it's late now, career is done and I can bring that experience into my next player whenever I make 'em, thanks all for reading and see ya later. (word count 392)

1. I mean the obvious choice is Davos right? I guess you can say Wolves since they both have 88 points, regardless I'm going with Davos since it feels like they haven't done anything in the playoffs in bloody ages. 2. Small, about 2000 people live there, chainsaw carvings. 3. 20 minutes of running on ice, I can do it, and I'll take a few falls no problem.

claiming for second time Jan 8th

Claiming for doubles

Greeting readers and welcome to part three of who the most successful M teams were during the S70's. We're into the top half, all of the teams in this part that made it to the finals at least twice and have a cup win in their name. It's also a very tightly knit bunch with only three points separating the three teams. Without further delay, let's dive in and talk about each of them!! Yukon Rush Record: 341-324-55 Rank: 6th with 932 points Goals for: x3 Conference finals: x2 Goals against: x3 Cup finals: x1 Goal differential: x3 Founders Cup: x1 Top Team: x1 Points: 737+195 Our first team for today is one that has since moved, the team is now known as the Geneva Rush but back during the S70's they were one of the Canadian teams, located up in Yukon. The Rush were good at managing rebuilds, having three seasons above 50 wins and only one under 20. Rush entered the decade in a rebuild going 20-48-4, they'd more than double that next season with a record of 53-16-3, they were top three in goal categories and went to the cup finals, they beat the Wild 4-2 and did the same with the Marlins, the Lynx however swept them. The next two seasons would be focused on rebuilding, season 73 saw a record of 21-47-4 and the follow up was only worse, going 15-51-6. Season 74 saw them jump back up above 50 wins, 52-17-3, again top three in all goal categories but the playoffs proved tougher this time, beating the Lynx in a tough seven game series but falling to the Hounds in six. Entering the second half the Rush went into a retool as their record wasn't awful, 32-29-11, they managed it well and in S76 they went 43-21-8, were top three in goals against and got out of the first round, beating out the Marauders in six before getting swept by the Bulls in round two. The retool might have hurt them in the long run and this time they went full rebuild mode, 25-42-5, a record that is pretty respectable for a rebuilding team. This would lead to their best record of the decade next season, 57-11-4, they were top three in goals for and differential, they finished as the top team in the regular season and in the playoffs they finally got their due, beating the Kings in five, the Marlins in six, and topping my S78 Minnesota Storm in six. Finally the Rush had their cup, and it would prove to be their final Founder's Cup as they would move to the VHLE a few seasons later. It would be business as usual for the final season of the S70's, going back to the drawing board the team finished with a record of 23-42-7. We miss you in the VHLM Yukon. Mexico City Kings Record: 339-334-47 Rank: 5th with 935 points Goals for: x2 Conference finals: x1 Goals against: x4 Cup finals: x2 Goal differential: x2 Founders Cup: x1 Top Team: x1 Points: 725+210 The Mexico City Kings are our next team up to bat, and ones that finished just three points ahead of the Rush. Unlike the Rush who were mostly up one season and down the next, the first half of the decade was mostly a struggle for the Kings while the second half brought them much more success. Starting off they went 32-36-4, they would fully embrace tearing it down next season with a record of 12-56-4. This would bear fruit for them the following season, with a record of 47-20-5, finishing top three in goals against and getting out of the first and second round, outing the Aces and Storm in six respectively before the Wild beat them in the same number of games. This run was fairly unexpected but a pleasant one. The following two seasons would be tough however, dropping down to a 16-51-5 record and jumping up to a 32-32-8 record next season, the team like I said was pretty mediocre the first half but come the second half they saw a huge bump up. Season 75 the team jumped to a record of 54-13-5, the best the team achieved during the decade, they were top three in all goal categories, finished as the top team in the regular season went back to the finals, beating the 21st and Aces in five before the Reapers pushed them aside in six to win the Founders Cup. This wasn't the end though for this team as S76 their record didn't change much, 53-19-0, top three in all goal categories again though not the top team in terms of points. This was their post season however, they'd sweep the Aces and Storm in four before barely surviving against the Bulls in seven to win their first and only Founders Cup of the decade. What is it with the Kings and beating the first two rounds in the same number of games? The Kings would have to pay up for their two great seasons but seeing as they got the cup I imagine they'd do it again given the choice. S77 they had a 15-50-7 record followed by S78 which saw them double their wins, 30-40-2. In the final season of the decade the team went 48-17-7, were top three in goals against and got out of the first round one final time, sweeping the Reapers but losing in a close seven game series against the Hounds. With three trips to the final and one cup win, the Kings can feel pretty happy about the decade, they definitely weren't a push over in the playoffs. Miami Marauders Record: 302-243-31 Rank: 4th with 935 points Goals for: x2 Conference finals: x0 Goals against: x3 Cup finals: x1 Goal differential: x3 Founders Cup: x3 Top Team: x1 Points: 635+300 Our final team for part three is the Miami Marauders, a team that didn't exist at the beginning of the decade, instead they were an expansion team in season 72. You may have noticed they are tied with the Kings in terms of points, so why do I put them ahead or not have it say tied? There's two main reasons I will give here, one is because they managed to rack up the same amount of points in two less seasons but probably the bigger and more important one here is their three Founders Cup wins, that's why I deem them the more impressive team. Starting with their expansion, season 72, a record of 29-39-4, honestly for a first season it's not bad but it doesn't compare to their second season and how fast they turned it around. Going 56-14-2 they finished top three in goals against and differential and were the top team in the regular season. For their second time in the playoffs they would go very far, sweeping the Reapers and beating the Marlins in six, in the finals they would only manage to win one game against the Minnesota Storm. Season 74 has one of the craziest underdog stories of the decade and maybe ever in the M, the team had a record of 32-38-2, just 66 points but it was enough to get them in the playoffs that season, they weren't the best in any of the goal categories but what they did in the playoffs was just unbelievable, they would beat the Halifax 21st in a nail biting seven game series, Halifax was the first overall team with almost double the amount of points. In the second round they faced the Las Vegas Aces, second overall from the regular season, again a hard fought seven game series. In the finals they faced the fourth place Hounds, a team that was tied with third place Yukon Rush, they swept them.... ya just brushed them aside. Titans slayers doesn't do them justice, they were god slayers in the playoffs, three teams all over 100 points in the regular season, the first, second and fourth overall teams couldn't stop them, what a playoffs that was. Now with that crazy story out of the way we can continue, their record would get better next season, going up to a 40-29-3 but no such underdog run this time in the postseason. Season 76 was a small drop, 37-29-6 and again no progress in the playoffs. S77 saw the team return to dominate, going 48-19-5 and finishing top three in all goal categories, in the playoffs they beat the Marlins in seven, swept the Aces and did the same to the Hounds. It is worth noting that at this point they haven't missed the playoffs once and have gone to the finals three times in six seasons. S78 would be the first time they missed the postseason and their worst team record so far, 12-58-2. Seeing as S77 was such a success they did their best to mimic that season, going 48-17-7 and finishing top three in all goal categories. In the playoffs once again they wouldn't disappoint, surviving against the Aces in seven, Miami sure doesn't like to make the first round easy on themselves huh? beating the Wild in six and, you should already know whats coming next, beat the Hounds in five, again the Marauders were the Hounds kryptonite. I don't think I need to say that the Marauders were ran very well and winning three cups in eight seasons is very impressive, they came in two seasons late but won it more than any other team during the decade. Honestly if you want to make the argument that they were the best overall team of the S70's I can't stop you, but I have to follow my system here, had they played in those two seasons before had they could easily be second, even first if the seasons are good enough, but we don't live in that world so they will stay at fourth. (word count 1657)

Jonathan Ori Canada, British Columbia 6'2" 205 lb | Age 29 | Center VHL Drafted: 8th overall S78 | VHLM Drafted 9th overall S79 Jonathan Ori has come a long way since his humble beginnings, born in a small town in British Columbia his family would move to a city called Vernon when he was 12. He had already honed his skating and stick skills before the move, but while hockey is the pride of Canada the small town he was from had little in ways of hockey facilities. He had friends to play and practice with but his parents felt in order for him to take his game to the next level they must move to a city. It should be no surprise that Ori watched a lot of hockey, it was always his escape from everything else in life, he always enjoyed a good match or a good hockey movie. He watched a mix of NHL and VHL games and while a lot of his favorite players came from the NHL like Joe Thornton and Adam Oates, playing in the VHL was a thought that never left his mind. He made sure to make the most of his early years, learning to skate at four and trying out all positions in the game, the goaltender position was much fun but he wanted to be a play maker, he always did admire those players who made top notch passes. Ori struggled the most when playing on the blue line, even now playing defense seems to be the one skill he still struggles at. The move gave Ori the chance to further his skills, with new friends to make and better hockey lessons and more skilled opponents to play against. It took some time to adjust but once gain he would was playing beyond his age, his skill was more in line of those at 15 or 16, not at 12. He often got to play against the older kids and caught many off guard but he was the real deal. Through all of this Ori always remained humble, something his mother had drilled into him at young age, while he have occasionally boasted about his skills he never got carried away with it. Ori would eventually join the Vernon Vipers, putting up points totals in the low hundreds, it was around this time he made up his mind on heading towards the VHL first, due to the limited time career. Important to note that while Ori could have headed towards the VHL or NHL sooner he decided to take his time to hone his skill more and enjoy his time with the Vipers, he wasn't in a rush to leave. And that takes us to his time in the VHL, he joined the VHLM team Minnesota Storm, a franchise since relocated to Oslo. Ori's one season in the M saw him get 40 points, with 36 of them being assists, and in the playoffs a run all the way to the finals where they would fall just short. In his VHL draft Ori would be picked by the Helsinki Titans, a team the had recently been taken over by the same general manager that picked him in the M draft. While heading to the US to play for the Storm was something he was needed a bit of time to adjust too, his first time playing for a team not in his homeland and it was another thing entirely too leave North America to play in Finland. The Titans we're rebuilding and getting accustomed to his new surrounds took a lot of time. In the end Ori would spend five seasons with the Titans, playing 360 games for them and putting up 327 points. Hitting free agency Ori decided that heading back to North America felt right for him, he would join the Seattle Bears, a team that had reached out to him during the season 79 draft, Ori spent two seasons with the franchise, playing 144 games and putting up 157 points, most notable is the run to the finals they had but would come up just short, making it two times he fell just short. This takes up to the present, the regular season is finished and Jonathan Ori is playing his final playoff games in the VHL. He put up 86 points with his new team, the D.C Dragons, a team he admired once they joined the league. For him it feels like a dream come true, to end his time in the VHL as a Dragon, he is hoping to end his time here with a cup win. It's been a long journey for Ori and it isn't even the end, while his time in the VHL may be at an end we already know Ori intends to keep playing, his eyes sent on the NHL next. We look forward to seeing what new stories Ori will write in his career. (word count 826)

Welcome back readers and for one final time we will be looking how a player did in the final quarter of this season, for this one it's rather bitter sweat as it's the last time we will get to do this for Jonathan Ori. Thankfully the Dragons secured third spot in the North America conference so we still have time to see Ori work his magic on the ice in the VHL for one last time. Going back to the regular season Ori continued his strong run from the third quarter, he only missed scoring in 4 of the 18 games and had 12 points in the final 5 games, he was simply on fire heading into the playoffs. Overall he scored 25 points, just one less than the third quarter. Ori's nine goals this quarter got him to exactly 30, a career high for him and the only time he's hit 30 in his career. In terms of assists 16 total to bring him up 56 on the season, a number that ties last seasons total. Thanks to these efforts Ori passed some final milestones, 150 career goals, 400 assists and 550 points. Numbers not to scuff at. In the faceoff circle he won 421 out of 643 for a crazy high 65.47 winning percentage, while he took a notable amount of less faceoffs he still won the same amount as before. In total for faceoffs he took 2836 and won 1717 of them for a season ending 60.54 winning percentage. And with that we must bid farewell to the Canadian forward, may he find success wherever he goes next! (word count 271)

1. Not really, the team is rebuilding correct? I imagine they'll need to be improvements all around to get back in next season. 2. Better but probably still a little outside of playoffs? 3. Enjoy it every step of the way.

the finale day!

#Stud for Toronto, just like Hexy

Season 79? plz?

second final day

Day 10!!

Nine!!

You were my first GM in Halifax, was a very fun and exciting time to be playing for ya!!

Transaction ID 33928981CP242530X 15$ ^^

ahhhhh a week!!

It's that time again, seasons almost over and I need to talk about something to make sure I cap for the week, so close to the end but still got a little further to walk. Ori's career is almost at it's end and it's been one heck of a ride. From the drafts to free agency and for his last season finally being able to play with the person who brought me here three years ago, hard to believe it's been that long already eh? There's five games left in the regular season and at this point pretty good idea will Ori will finish in terms of career totals, Ori's hit 15 goals for a third time in his career, hoping he can score at least one ore to set a career high for himself in his final season, one assist away from hitting 50 for a sixth time in his career as well. He's already above a point per game for this season even if he fails to score in the last five games (please don't let that happen though). 80 points is possible so I hope he can at least make it there for one last time. Ori should finish in the 560 points range with 150+ goals and 400+ assists, I am sad he won't finish his career at or above a point per game, part of that is just jumping in early onto a rebuilding team, but the other part is probably not going with a meta build, still he did reach 92 points stayed above a point per game for six seasons so can't be to mad. Will be different when I do my next play. Anyway I think I've filled the word count and can claim this for my last update of the week, see you guys for playoffs!! (word count 305)

I've missed some days but got to day 6

Good ol day 4

Ori's on here for six of them and is top three for five of them ^^

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