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Calgary 4-2
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141 HC Davos Dynamo @ Moscow Menace
142 Toronto Legion @ Malmo Nighthawks
143 Seattle Bears @ Calgary Wranglers
145 Vancouver Wolves @ Helsinki Titans
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Ugh this was not good.
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Trade Rumours Swirling Around Hounds, Downey
Mississauga, ON – It is no secret that the Mississauga Hounds are at the bottom of the pole when it comes to the VHLM. Through 20 games this season they have accrued a total of six points with a record of 3-17-0. Many people aren’t really questioning why this is happening as it is clear that the team is rebuilding and has a lack of top end talent. Except for one player, their captain Jeff Downey. Downey is currently ranked at #5 in the International Scouting Service rankings for the upcoming draft.
There are now rumours swirling that Jeff Downey has demanded a trade from the team in hopes that he will be able to be on a contender. We reached out to Jeff for comment and he had the following to say:
‘These rumours could not be further from the truth. Sure we are struggling but this group of guys we have on the Hounds is great! I don’t know who started these rumours. I will happily play out this season on the team and would love to return given a chance next season.’
Although he seemed eager to strike down the rumours stranger things have happened in the past and where there is smoke there is usually fire.
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We got outshot horribly but at least we kept the score close.
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Not a great loss for us but also far from our worst.
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Outshot them by almost double and kept it within one. Things are maybe looking up for us?
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18 minutes ago, CowboyinAmerica said:
The mass of defensive talent is fun, should make for some fun battles as we all enter the VHL
Yeah it will be exciting for sure. Should be cool to see how many of the D actually end up going in the first round.
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On 7/21/2019 at 3:39 PM, berocka said:
- What superstitions does your player have?
I'm not sure when it started but I always have to put my right piece of equipment on before my left. Whether it is an elbow pad, shin pad or skate, that's just the way it is.
On 7/21/2019 at 3:39 PM, berocka said:- Have you spent much time around Mississauga, if so what do you think?
I am actually originally from about an hour away from the city. I've spent plenty of time in my life in and around the city and I love the area.
On 7/21/2019 at 3:39 PM, berocka said:- What is the weirdest thing you have seen from our team off the ice?
There is some weird fascination with a drunk bird that is fascinating.
On 7/21/2019 at 3:39 PM, berocka said:- What could be done to improve the locker room (ie. Discord or Forums)?
That is a good question. Overall activity seems pretty good. Morale seems pretty good especially for a team with so few wins. Maybe try and get the Oregon Trail going again?
On 7/21/2019 at 3:39 PM, berocka said:- For new players it is the job of Gustav and myself to sell the team to get others to join, what would be your sales pitch?
Well we have a ton of resources going forward and while we are not winning now we should in the future.
On 7/21/2019 at 3:39 PM, berocka said:- Have you talked to anyone in the league outside of our team?
I interact with plenty of people. I always attend the league wide meetings and have made friends from a bunch of teams. I've also gotten to know some guys from the VHL and they have been integral in helping me improve my game.
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S68 Draft Defensively Stacked – GMs Excited
Toronto, ON - There is a lot of great talent in next year’s S68 VHL entry draft and that may be no more apparent than on the defensive end of the game. The top of the draft class is full of great defensive prospects and many teams could pick up a future franchise cornerstone. Of the top 10 prospects in practice hours accrued half of them are defensemen and the top two, whom are far and away the best, play the position. This article will be going over the top defensive prospects and giving an overview of some of the top talent the VHLM has to offer.
Name: Condor Adrienne (@Green)
Height: 6’8”
Weight: 250 lbs.
Team: Philadelphia Reapers
TPE: 261
ISS Draft Ranking: 1
Key Attributes: 75 Skating | 75 Puck Handling | 75 Scoring | 75 Defense
Condor is an extremely well rounded defenseman who is tearing up the VHLM for the Philadelphia Reapers. The hulking brute is currently scoring at over a point per game pace and is clear and away the leader in practice hours in the draft class. It would be absolutely shocking if Adrienne wasn’t taken first overall in the draft. Coming in at an enormous 6’8” and 250 pounds any team that is looking to have a future franchise cornerstone on the defensive side would be crazy to not take him. His well-rounded game will allow him to develop into whatever type of player he wants to going into the VHL which adds to his value. There is no other player in this class that will hit the practice room as hard as Adrienne.
Name: Lance Flowers (@CowboyinAmerica)
Height: 6’7”
Weight: 244 lbs.
Team: Yukon Rush
TPE: 229
ISS Draft Ranking: 2
Key Attributes: 70 Skating | 70 Puck Handling | 75 Passing | 80 Defense
Lance is another enormous defensive prospect but he plays a different style than Condor Adrienne. Whereas Adrienne favours a more even style of game Lance Flowers is far more focused on the playmaking side and the defensive side of his game. Flowers is the best defensive defender in the draft class and also is a very astute playmaker. Some teams may be concerned with his complete lack of goal scoring ability as he has yet to score a goal this season in the VHLM. Despite that fact he is running at a point per game pace by putting up 20 assists in 20 games played. Teams looking for a franchise defender may want a guy with a more balanced offensive game but there is no doubt that he is one of the most dedicated practice players around.
Name: Luciano Valentino (@Kekzkrieg)
Height: 6’3”
Weight: 217 lbs.
Team: Halifax 21st
TPE: 167
ISS Draft Ranking: 7
Key Attributes: 64 Skating | 64 Puck Handling | 64 Passing | 64 Scoring | 75 Defense
The first of our more traditionally sized defenders is the Italian Luciano Valentino. Valentino was a late declaration for the VHLM season but has rocketed up the draft rankings with his insane work ethic and skill level. Although a one-way offensive game was listed as a downside of Lance Flowers game above it could actually be said that Luciano Valentino’s indecisiveness when it comes to shooting or passing the puck could be viewed as a downside as well. Although that may be an issue it is definitely something that can be remedied through training and should not be viewed as a problem. As of right now he may not be the highest ranked prospect but his work ethic is starting to get noticed around the league and he could begin moving up very quickly.
Name: Jeff Downey (@JeffD)
Height: 6’4”
Weight: 220 lbs.
Team: Mississauga Hounds
TPE: 160
ISS Draft Ranking: 8
Key Attributes: 70 Skating | 70 Strength | 70 Puck Handling | 70 Passing| 70 Defense
Speaking of well-rounded prospect we have Jeff Downey. Downey came onto the scene shortly before the S67 VHLM draft and was picked up by the Mississauga Hounds in the VHLM. Although Downey’s lack of a convincing stat line may look concerning from the outside it should be noted that he is playing on a squad that is fairly bereft of talent and is still managing to have a respectable year. Talent wise Downey doesn’t really have any standout attributes and could be referred to as a ‘jack of all trades, master of none’. On the offensive side of the puck he definitely favours the playmaking side of the game although he has managed to score three goals this year. One part of his game that differentiates him from the other prospects is his actual physical strength where he is by far the strongest of the bunch.
Name: Wolf Stansson Jr. (@Cornholio)
Height: 6’8”
Weight: 250 lbs.
Team: Yukon Rush
TPE: 154
ISS Draft Ranking: 9
Key Attributes: 75 Skating | 60 Passing | 75 Defense
Another hulking giant, Wolf Stansson Jr. hails from Iceland. Despite his enormous size Stansson is the smoothest skating of the draft class and also plays one of the more defensively sound games of the bunch. He has put up a very good 16 points with the Yukon Rush is 20 games with five of those being goals. Stansson has taken a different approach to training and is actually competent in many areas that the other prospects haven’t even begun to train. This may lead to Stansson lacking the top end attributes of some of the other players in the class but gives any team that drafts him a good base to work with to mold him into a great defender that any team would love to have on their roster.
Conclusion
As can be seen from the reports above there is a wide range of talent that is going to be available on the backend of the S68 draft. This article only covered the five defensemen that are within the top 10 of the International Scouting Services rankings. There is another group that includes Keven Foreskin, Andrej Petrovic, Ricky Johnson and Aamon Grim that fall within the top 20 and could all potentially end up being just as good as the guys listed above. It is very unlikely that all of the discussed players will end up as franchise altering defensemen but it certainly will not hurt to have options in what was viewed as a position of weakness across the league coming into this season.
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Top 5 baby LETS GO
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Some day I'll make my way to the big leagues and hostilely move a team to Oregon
- DollarAndADream, Berocka, omgitshim and 2 others
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11 hours ago, Matt_O said:
Honorable mention to Jeff Downey for being a huge bust as well.
Fite me
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1 hour ago, Banackock said:
Women announcers typically suck ass. Anyone listen to Cassie Campbell? 99% are shit lol
Plenty of male announcers suck as well.
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6 minutes ago, Beketov said:
FWIW I don’t like the SHL but I don’t much care for the fact that 75% of our activity has shifted to discord either.
I don't mind Discord for things like team discussion and the such but man does it suck for just normal topics. If you aren't looking at it all the time there is no going back to read about a topic. Oh well.
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2 minutes ago, TheFlash said:
There's a very strong divide between the leagues, I've noticed a lot of people have chosen a side and vehemently despise the other.
Oh I've noticed that big time. If I wasn't so tied to this league I'd probably create over there as well but I just don't have the time. I actually much prefer the forum dynamic to the discord one but that may just be me being an old person.
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10 minutes ago, TheFlash said:
I disagree, I think both leagues have members that are "toxic " and general assholes. VHL probably has more of the asshole variety. They have way more activity over there, the forum is much busier then our forum. Their discord is pretty dead, so most stuff is out in the open and right there for you to see. I've met a lot of people over there that are wicked dudes, probably more so than I have on here (not that I haven't met good people here, just not as much chatting goes on). They also have over double the membership we have, so the likelyhood of coming across someone who is a bit "toxic" as you say, is maybe higher.
There are a lot of things that the SHL does that the VHL could adopt to be a better place, no question IMO.
I've never been a member over there but I have browsed and I actually believe the last sentence is very true.
I also don't understand why people in each league hold an 'Us vs. Them' type attitude so strongly.
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Downey, Mississauga Hounds, Off to Slow Start
Mississauga, ON – It should come as no surprise to anyone at all but the Mississauga Hounds are off to a very bad start to the season.
Pre-season predictions had them likely finishing last in the league as they really have no top-end talent to speak of. Fourth round pick and rookie Jeff Downey has taken on a leadership role for the young squad after being given the captaincy coming into the season. Downey is currently leading the squad in scoring with two goals, six assists and eight points in 10 games played which is around where you’d expect him to be. The issue with his game has been on the defensive side where he hasn’t been putting up stats like it was thought he might.
‘It’s been tough so far. I think I’ve actually exceeded my expectations by a bit on the offensive side of the puck but defensively I have been struggling. I’ll continue to work on that side of my game in the training gym and I’m hoping we see some results soon.’ Jeff was quoted as saying.
As a team the Mississauga Hounds are off to a 2-8 start with a -23 goal differential. It looks as if this may be a season long trend as there isn’t much help coming on the horizon.
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F - River Ford
D - Dysen Tery
G - Jeffer Ship
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First multi point game
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Well one might say that 4 shots on goal won't win you very many games but I'd like to keep testing that strategy
Hiring S67 WJC GMs
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I’d love to apply for a spot. The only actual GM experience I have around here was back in S1/S2 so that really doesn’t mean anything but I have a ton of GM experience elsewhere.
Essentially I would love the opportunity to get my foot in the door and this seems like a great thing to get involved in.