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Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - Following an exciting playoff series, the Saskatoon Wild have been eliminated from the VHLM playoffs. The underdogs against a 2nd place Yukon Rush team that featured 5th and 6th placed scorers Vin Calia and Alex Armstrong, as well as save percentage leader Nicolas Fomba, the Rush proved too much to handle. It was not without a good effort by the Wild, however, as they took the Rush to 6 games in a series that some predicted to be a sweep. In the final game Bobby Wyman performed admirably for Saskatoon, recording two assists and the 2nd star in the heartbreaking 3-2 loss. The Wild led the game 2-1 until 16:22 in the 3rd period, when Vin Calia tied it up. This would be the last goal of regulation, sending the game into overtime. At 8:11 in overtime, Gary Neal received a minor penalty for tripping, and with less than a minute left on the powerplay Jack John capitalized. John’s first goal of the playoffs sent the Rush to the second round. The Wild now have the offseason to look forward to. With so many first round picks and veterans Neal, Frence, Wyman, Alkamino, Komarov and Gardner returning to the team Saskatoon is projected to be a top team next year.

In Season 71 of the VHLM, the Saskatoon Wild surprised many by putting up a respectable 73 points, good for 7th place in the league. Here we will be taking a look at some of the players that made it possible. LW - Gary Neal: Every team has their star forward, and in Saskatoon’s case it was Gary Neal. Neal has both scoring potential and defensive awareness, making him an important special teams player for the Wild. His 116 points in the regular season put him at 14th in scoring, and his 461 shots on net were good for 4th in the league. Neal’s 59 goals put him in first for Saskatoon skaters, and 5th overall. Neal was known for having big games, with 6 hat tricks on the year. LW - Kazimir Komarov: The Russian winger arguably had a better season than leading scorer Gary Neal, as Komarov played for most of the season on the 2nd line. Kazimir was also a major threat on the powerplay, putting up 14 on the season. However, one of the best things about his game this year was his playmaking. He accounted for 63 assists, a team best. Komarov’s 112 points put him at 18th in scoring league wide. RW - Adam Frence: Team captain Adam Frence was best known for his goofy antics. In one particular instance, he mistakenly ordered 1000 cases of Authentic red wine from Paris. His wine helped the Wild to both celebrate wins, and cope with losing. Frence put up pretty good numbers this year, with 34 goals, 57 assists and 91 points. His 91 points put him at number 3 for team scoring. C - Cassius Gardner: Saskatoon’s weakest position at forward was centre, but Cassius stepped up and played reasonably well. Gardner was noted for having a strange fear of updating. In 72 games this season, he recorded 19 goals and 44 assists. This total of 63 points was 5th on the team and nearly good enough for a point per game. D - Bobby Wyman: Number one defenseman Bobby Wyman was an absolute goon for Saskatoon this season. His total of 278 hits on the season was good enough to tie for first. Meanwhile he had 141 blocked shots, displaying his defensive awareness. Bobby would also frequently appear on the scoresheet, with 15 goals and 53 points. One concern about his game was the amount of PIM he recorded with 138, placing him third in the league. C - Jay Jones: The number two centre for Saskatoon was Jay Jones, an undrafted S72 player. Playing the majority of the season on the second line, Jones’ point totals were less than half of his teammates Frence and Komarov. Regardless, Jay recorded 13 goals, 29 assists and 42 points, respectable numbers for a rookie skater. Jones was not particularly known for being a special teams player, but his 5 on 5 numbers were much better than other rookie teammates Brown and Krestanovich. RW - Keith Krestanovich: Keith started off the season pretty well and then fell off a bit in the later half. Despite this, he was a big part of Saskatoon’s powerplay due to his goal scoring abilities. Krestanoivch had 13 goals, of which 7 were on the powerplay. He also had 11 assists on the year, for a grand total of 24 points. The main concern about Krestanovich’s game was his 5 on 5 play, as his +/- at the end of the season was -18, which was the worst on the team. Players mentioned: @LittleRiDog @Gooningitup @Kachur @jhatty8 @Lefty_S @TTtheT @Boragina 581 words, using for week ending May 3rd

I knew Spartan wasn't Town, but I figured he was the Pestilence. I didn't suspect Berocka.

The Jailor is the most important town role. If someone claims jailor, all TP and lookouts should be on them.

Mike bamboozled all of us in his first ever game and almost won as the Werewolf. This is a poor defense. Also why wouldn't you protect the Jailor?

VOTE LASTONEUP

Seattle 3-2

17 Calgary Wranglers @ Vancouver Wolves 18 D.C. Dragons @ Seattle Bears 19 Malmo Nighthawks @ Moscow Menace 20 Riga Reign @ Prague Phantoms

vote joe exotic

I am in fact the doctor, but haven't been a very good one until last night. (Will) a_Ferk, the doctor that forgets to visit anyone on even nights N1 - Nyko N2 - Forgot ? N3 - Mike N4 - Forgot again ? N5 - Mike - Your target was attacked last night!

VOTE ENORAMA

Everyone stop being mean ?

It's ok buddy. You were just coming across kind of hostile. ?

Being a condescending jerk doesn't help anyone. Knock it off please.

UNVOTE RICER VOTE ALEX BRIDGES

Our strong point is our offense, so we need to outscore them. We can't rely on our defense or goaltending as much. We need to draw a lot of penalties and capitalize. One of the stronger points on the team has been the powerplay. We had that 6 game losing streak earlier in the season, so it's probably all gone. Shot clock in 3 on 3 overtime. Would make it more exciting. Cake, except if it's chocolate cake. That stuff is gross. Edmonton doesn't have a team and Calgary does. That would be a good rivalry.

VOTE RICER

VOTE BEROCKA

Also the 2x mafia visits last night concerns me, since the mafia likely knows my role. I can claim now if you want.

The hell did I do?

Just reveal. Saying that makes you a prime target for a janitor/forger.

Moscow 3-2

391 D.C. Dragons @ Helsinki Titans 392 New York Americans @ Riga Reign 393 Seattle Bears @ Moscow Menace 394 Toronto Legion @ Vancouver Wolves

Like many others have already stated this Theme Week, I think the issue with recruiting new users is keeping them here. As a relatively new member myself, the thing that kept me around was the community. I made some friends immediately in Saskatoon, as we have a really nice GM and AGM, and our captain is really cool. However, I think there are some things we could improve on to help improve the experience for new users. The main thing for retaining members is making them feel welcome immediately, in my eyes. Whenever Saskatoon signs a new player I make sure to reach out to them, either through personal messages in VHL or through discord. When I first joined my create a player page was buzzing. I had a bunch of people commenting, and offers from several different teams. This was the moment when I knew I would stick around for a good while. I sometimes see other users with barely any welcome messages or offers, and think that could be sort of discouraging for new users. Back in March when I first joined the VHL discord, I also noticed that I would frequently be talked over and ignored by some of the other members. Although I don’t know if this was because I was a noob, or if it was just because I’m annoying. One possible cause for the lack of interest in some of the new players is that there is an abundance of wingers in the VHLM. I remember that there was a warning for a large number of goalies when I first created my player, so I think that there should be some sort of warning for wingers when new users first create their player to combat this. During my player creation, wingers and centres showed up as the lowest population of players. This can be misleading though, since the needs of the VHLM and the VHL are very different. While the VHL has many good defensemen, and goalied the VHLM has a shortage. On the recruitment side of things I think that the reddit recruiting will always be effective to some degree. It’s not like we’ll ever run out of users to recruit, because new members do join the hockey subreddits and we may reach members who didn’t see the previous posts. I saw some users saying that the reddit method is kind of dying, but I think that we could reduce the amount we use reddit to fight it. If we only recruit every other week on reddit and alternate some other form of recruiting it could be more effective. A possible recruiting method I thought of is to use a site such as fiverr to get outside help to recruit. If you don’t know what fiverr is, it’s a website where you can hire freelance services to do pretty much anything you want them to do. Fox example, if we wanted to hire someone to make a VHL recruitment video professionally, we could do that. Heck, we could hire someone to stand on a street corner and hold up a sign. I hope my suggestions can be somewhat helpful for recruiting, to help more people find this great sim league and stick around. 540 words, using for week ending April 26 (Doubles Week)