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Miami's second line of Theodore Hoffman, Sheldon Juniper, and Peter Louis II had already been putting together one of their best games of an impressive post-season. With two minutes to go in Game 7, it got even better. The play began as Hulk Hogan Jr. intercepted a pass and immediately began the transition up ice. Theodore Hoffman hit Peter Louis II entering the offensive zone, where he took a shot that was blocked but bounced free to Martin Master at the point. Master delayed for a second, then hit Sheldon Juniper with a pass down low. As Juniper took the puck to the net, he was running out of space, defended well by Kasper Kankkunen, but he drew the puck back, aimed high on Drew Minott, and fired. Kankkunen and Juniper collided, a hush fell over the crowd, and the Marauders' bench exploded. With 1:37 left in game 7 of an absolutely thrilling series, Juniper snapped a three-game goal drought with his 8th of the playoffs and gave the Marauders a 4-3 lead. Hoffman's empty netter 1:17 later ensured the Marauders' Cinderella playoff run would continue into the Founders Cup finals. The Marauders played well in the second half of the VHLM season, but nobody envisioned this. A series against the 64-7-1 Halifax 21st should've been their undoing. The 21st lost eight games all regular season. They lost four of seven against Miami in the playoffs. When Miami made a statement by winning the first 3 games of their series against Las Vegas, they suddenly couldn't finish it off. They lost the next three, letting the Aces back into the series. The magic was gone. And then it wasn't, and Juniper's goal was yet another reminder of what the Marauders have consistently shown this post-season - that they aren't ever out of it. If the Marauders are to come away with the S74 Founders Cup, they will have to have beaten three teams that went a combined 168-39-9 over the course of the regular season with a waiver-claim-heavy roster that has only one player picked higher than 44th overall in the S74 VHLM Dispersal Draft remaining on its roster. Yet here they are... one seven-game series away. It's an underdog story written by GM Kris Rice, by veterans Theodore Hoffman and Eoin Byrne, by waiver pickups Rara Rasputin, Addison McLaren, Cabe McJake, Sheldon Juniper, Vivek Weiner, Martin Master, Hulk Hogan Jr, Nikolas DAndrea... and many more. Next week, the final chapter will be written against the Mississauga Hounds.

Honoured to have received a nomination from someone for this so early in my VHL career. Congrats to everyone who received a vote and good luck to everyone in a great group of finalists!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO @fyreflyyou're a monster let's go miami one more round!

@RedSusget your name in here

^ these guys

@PatrikLaine Addison McLaren - Left Winger - S75 prospect (VHLM Miami Marauders)

The Miami Marauders had an excellent second half to the VHLM season, ultimately grabbing the league's final playoff spot and earning themselves a series against the powerhouse Halifax 21st. The 21st finished the regular season with a stellar 64-7-1 record, a daunting opponent for a team that barely snuck into the playoffs regardless of how well they played in the second half, and the Marauders were written off by many before the series even started. However, they have looked up to the task and not just an easy out for the Halifax squad that has been referred to as a VHLM dream team. The Marauders set the tone by jumping out to a 3-1 lead in the first period of game 1 and ultimately winning 5-4 in OT on a goal by Peter Louis II. Halifax struck back with a 6-2 blowout win in game 2, and again outside observers figured the Marauders for dead, assuming game 1 was an anomaly. But this team hasn't gone away all year, and they continued to fight, rallying from multiple deficits in game 3 to take a 4-3 lead late in the second period. A Halifax goal with eight seconds left in the period swung the momentum, though, and Michael Hall scored the winner in the third period in a tight 5-4 game. Miami put forth their strongest effort of the playoff series in tying it at 2 games a piece, racing out to a 4-0 lead on goals by Addison McLaren, Cabe McJake, Vivek Weiner, and The Great. They would cruise to a 5-2 win and put the VHLM world on notice. Halifax turned the tables and flexed their offensive muscles in game 5, winning by the same 5-2 score. Joe Kelly broke a 2-2 tie in the second and the 21st never looked back, adding two more goals in the third. "Nobody expects us to win, and it's understandable when you're playing a team that won 64 games and lost 8, in the regular season," Miami forward Addison McLaren said to the media after the game-5 loss. "But we believe in ourselves and we're here to win. We aren't thinking about the run that got us into the playoffs right now, there's time to reflect on that in the off-season. Right now we're focused on putting forth our best effort in this series and surprising some people. This series isn't over until it's over and we're looking forward to getting out there in game 6. There's nobody on this team that's ready to have our season end just yet."

1) The job's only partly done... it was an exciting playoff push and really happy we made it in. I want to see what we can do in the playoffs though. We are obviously big-time underdogs against Halifax, but I want to win. We can look back on the playoff push when the season's over. 2) Obviously Halifax is a tough opponent to beat any time, but we've won two already, so why not? 3) Gotta go with Cabe McJake, leading our team in goals and points this post-season. Sheldon Juniper has been great too. 4) Miami in 7! I will believe in this team until it's over. 5) It's almost impossible for me to choose just one song, but I'll go with Zombie, by the Cranberries / covered by Bad Wolves 6) Minnesota (in character. Manitoba, though)

^^ this for sure, the main reason I came to post in this thread was to suggest something like this. There are a lot of games played every day and one per thread in a forum feels clunky. Keep in mind it isn't just a few extra clicks. It's scrolling down to the right games section, scrolling down again to find your games (with the order changing every time anyone posts in one), etc. There is a lot more... not sure the exact thing I'm trying to express here - vertical space per game, I guess? used up in the forum format than anywhere else you can get to games. Obviously these are really tiny things, hardly some kind of huge time sink, but together it all makes the games feel out of the way. I haven't even clicked on a forum game thread yet and it's got nothing to do with discord, I just find it easier to get to my team's schedule page on the STHS index and open a couple boxscores than to find my two games on the forum. I don't think this change is going to get the result you want - though certainly not saying it isn't worth a test run for 1 playoff. But... I think there are issues with accessing games on the forum, and even though you have the ability to force all games to be accessed through the forum, it is just kind of a pain in the butt, and making them easy access is more important than making people check there - and as probably one of the more active new guys here, I can't see myself looking at or posting more on game threads because the discord bot is off. I can almost guarantee I won't. HOWEVER... if you put the full day recap somewhere, now that's a one-stop place to find everything, more people have a reason to go there and there's more information in there to talk about - especially if there's some additional content as this comment mentions... plus you have some interaction with teams that aren't your own - that is definitely something that I'd check out every day. The "sim attendance" PT idea seems like it isn't being considered at all so I probably don't need to weigh in on that, but yeah I am glad you guys are looking for ideas to improve engagement that aren't just throwing TPE at people.

As the S74 VHLM season comes to a close, Miami Marauders forward Addison McLaren is just focused on his team's playoff race with the Philadelphia Reapers. But there's a lot at stake in another way for McLaren, too, as the S75 draft prospect has started to garner more attention and has seen his stock rise for the upcoming draft. McLaren jumped from 35 to 22 in the most recent ranking published by VHCS and is expected to make another leap in the next edition. For his part, McLaren admits he'd love to hear his name called in the first round. "I have a lot of confidence in myself, so if you ask me I'm obviously going to say I think I deserve to be there, and it's been a goal of mine, so yeah... it would mean a lot. But ultimately, it's something you can't control. It's a really deep draft with a lot of good names in it. I'll be happy wherever I go. But I've got other things on my mind right now, a great group of guys in Miami that we want to make a playoff push with." McLaren's impressed with his hard work and tenacity, though scouts (and McLaren himself) would love to see his offensive numbers tick up a bit. "I think I can do more, but I'm just focused on doing what I can to help this team win, and contributing in some way even if it isn't necessarily bringing the offense." He has 14 goals and 23 points in 37 games with Miami. McLaren is aware of interest from VHL teams already, and hopes to hear more as teams step up their scouting efforts as the draft approaches. "I'm not going to say who and I'm not going to say if I have any preferences or anything like that," he says. "Just looking forward to finishing this season up and hopefully making some noise in the playoffs with Miami, and we'll prepare for the draft after that."

Claiming for 3rd week out of 3 (previously claimed weeks of Oct. 11 and 18)

1) We got this. We've been playing great the last little while. 2) I have to think Halifax is the favourite right now, they are loaded. 3) Definitely team success. You play to win and in a team sport, personal success doesn't mean anything if it's not contributing to your team winning. 4) It'll be a disappointment for sure. But a failure, I dunno, it's a tad harsh. I don't think expectations were super high for this team but we've picked up a bunch of good players as the season has gone on. For me it's been a great experience, I've learned a lot and played with a great group. The run we've gone on has generated some excitement and it's been fun to be a part of. 5) I'll be sad about leaving Miami. Maybe it will somehow work out that I can stay here but if not, a team well set-up to go on a deep playoff run would be nice, maybe like a San Diego or Mexico that have a lot of picks. Even better if a few teammates from this group are there. 6) Pepperoni, bacon, cheddar cheese... also stuffed crust is nice.

Transaction ID: 8PN46857B8930230N 5 uncapped TPE doubles week

woo shout outs for my boy Cabe and I @RedSus nice job with this! was a good listen (well, only about halfway through, but so far so good lol) and yeah... I may have spent most of a work day looking at those old world cup stats instead of being productive before I wrote that media spot haha

Mexico won game 294 no? @Acydburn

Claiming for 2nd week out of 3 (first claim was for week ending Oct. 11)

I'll add my own perspective too as another new player.. - I don't have a better idea than the waiver system for new guys, I just don't love the idea of picking a team and then going into the VHLM draft and changing teams again. But I think a whole additional league that's nothing but waiver guys is extra work, probably would be quite boring to be a GM in, could be nothing but bots if there's a slow recruitment year, and besides that I find there's plenty of opportunity to play in the VHLM right away. You don't need to step in and be a star right away. I like that you can choose a team though - it lets you pick where you want to start off based on a preference for ice time, for winning, a mix of both, or whatever other factors. But this is also why I don't like the idea I've been reading about re-drafting every season - though I acknowledge it's got some built in benefits like weeding out inactives if you have to declare for the draft, etc... I don't want to be on a different team every single year. I also think that if the VHLM is sort of a place to get some GMing experience and maybe one day move up (maybe that isn't the case though, I'm not completely sure), it makes sense to have a lot of VHL GM-like elements to it. A league in which GMing is nothing but waiting on the forums to try to sign a new guy and then setting lines is all you really have to do with their success sounds pretty awful to be a GM in, though. I am a big fan of the idea of purging inactives on a season-to-season basis, and having a limit that you can't play in the VHLM past your, like, D+2 or D+3 season or something. Nobody really wants to play behind inactives that happened to disappear at 210 TPE so they can stick in the VHLM forever and tear the league up. - I like the idea of a tutorial teaching you the basics of earning TPE and stuff, but I don't think there needs to be TPE for it - teaching you how to earn the TPE regularly is the reward. I guess it might sound weird coming from a brand new player, but I'm already looking at the VHL, and I'm seeing it looks like there is already too much TPE floating around... you can relatively easily get into the mid-90s in most important stats a couple of seasons into your VHL career and a lot of good players are pretty well maxed in everything they want to be maxed in. Maybe I'm just speaking from my experience in GM leagues but I'm not a huge fan of over-inflated ratings. Sure everyone likes getting more points, but you've got to still have them mean something at the next level, and if every new player gets them anyway, it's not like they actually help set you apart. Besides that, it already strikes me as being fairly easy to earn TPE new in a player's career, especially with some of the first-gen bonuses. I'll take more if you're giving them out, but I see plenty of S74 picks with 90s already, plenty of S73 picks with 95s, the high TPE earners a few years into their careers are 99s across the board... And the more easy TPE you give out to new players, the less of an advantage can be gained by a new player that is heavily active relative to their peers (ie. 130 vs. 70 is a bigger difference than 180 vs. 120), and I think you want to give someone that is heavily active that greater opportunity to set themselves apart... But even if there's just a tutorial that helps new people, with the build guide that's pinned in the media spots forum, the earning TPE guide, a few helpful links for new players that is just staring you in the face once you sign up... that would probably help make things less confusing for new people.

1) We definitely can! We've been playing great as a team lately and a lot of the new acquisitions are putting in the effort and contributing. I think we're a team on the rise down the stretch! 2) We've brought in so many players over the last couple weeks that I'm sure to forget someone, but I think obviously Cabe McJake, and I have been impressed with the work put in by Vivek Weiner and Martin Master. And I think Nik DAndrea has been around the locker room a lot too. Obviously I believe that I have what it takes to be a great player at the VHL level too. So all around just a great group of guys we've brought in, I think, but McJake is definitely a guy setting himself apart so far. 3) I'd probably play a gritty shut-down defenseman. 4) It is a great team name and I wouldn't want to rebrand the team. I'm also not super creative when it comes to coming up with these things. I know there's a fair bit of rain/thunderstorms in Florida, so maybe something playing off of that. 5) Basketball's not really my thing. So many points are scored that it just doesn't feel like it matters until the last few minutes, and then they take so many timeouts that the last few minutes takes half an hour to actually play... In the NBA in particular, there are only a handful of teams contending every year and you can pretty much pick them out every time. I can see why people find it entertaining, though, it's just not for me. 6) I don't know quite how to answer it as I love them both, but I've been scared of dogs since pretty early on in life... I've been starting to get over it lately though. Both super cute. I don't have any pets myself right now.

The Miami Marauders have taken advantage of a softer portion of their schedule and the strong play of some new additions to make a serious run at a playoff berth. 11 points back of the Philadelphia Reapers at the halfway point of the season, the Marauders have taken a huge bite out of the deficit just a week later. They've gone 10-4-0 in their last 14 games, and even their four losses were close one-goal games that could have gone either way (including one against the powerhouse Halifax 21st). Unfortunately for Miami, it's been a tough loss in a key game against the Reapers themselves that currently holds the Marauders out of the post-season, but there's a long way to go. The Marauders have seen a huge influx of new talent over the last couple of weeks, and a number of them - Nikolas DAndrea, Sheldon Juniper, Wooshi Cat, Vivek Weiner, Martin Master, Mie Dickinson - have been putting in the effort on and off the ice, having a noticeable effect on the team. And of course, there's also a pair of hard working left wingers - Cabe McJake and Addison McLaren - signed just a couple of days apart who have made an impression early in their VHLM careers, rapidly ascending the Marauders' depth chart and putting in long hours in the training facilities. McJake has 5 goals and 12 points in 16 games, a good skater with a great shot, good hands and offensive instincts, yet still very reliable in his own end. McLaren, who has 9 goals and 15 points in 22 games, isn't quite as good in the offensive zone, but also has a great shot while bringing some grit to the table (83 hits) and is a good penalty killer. "I've put in as much work as I've been able to since I got to Miami... I've been constantly working on my game and looking for ways to improve myself... and it seems like at every corner, Cabe's there putting in work too, which is awesome. I think we're both really motivated to be great players and to help this team down the stretch, and he's definitely a guy I've enjoyed playing with," says McLaren. "Looking back on these first two weeks I think Miami was definitely the right choice for me. There's a lot of great guys in that locker room especially with the new signings we've made, and the playoff push is an exciting time for all of us. I'm happy to be here and excited to see what the rest of the season brings."

The VHL All-World Cup Team Since the inception of the VHL, the World Cup has been a place where the best players in the world compete on an international stage. While the format of the event has changed over time, the World Cup is now a place where the VHL's finest face-off every second season for some extra glory, a chance for many of them to play alongside some other greats that they haven't gotten the chance to share the ice with. Sometimes, a player makes even more a name for himself with sustained international success. Today, we take a look at the greatest players in the history of the World Cup, in the tournament's current 9F - 4D - 2G roster format. ** - It's entirely possible, probably even likely, that incomplete stats may have been used here, as some World Cup info, primarily from the early years is tough to find. Apologies for any omissions that may have resulted from that, and it is also likely why there is an S60-ish-onwards slant to the team I think FORWARDS Scotty Campbell - Switzerland S2, S4, S6 -- 18 GP, 21 G, 36 A, 57 P Scotty Campbell was an original VHL star, a player that people still talk about today 74 seasons into the history of the VHL. He represented Switzerland three times in VHL World Cups, and put up totals so staggering that his 13 points in 6 games in S6 looks like a disappointment, averaging 3 points per game overall. Only a handful of players have ever matched the 25 points Campbell scored in the first VHL World Cup in S2, and all of them had at least 10 games to Campbell's 6. It may have been a different time with less competition, but the raw numbers Campbell scored are so staggering you'd be insane to leave him off the team. Lars Berger - Scandinavia S18, S20, S22, S24 -- 48 GP, 45 G, 39 A, 83 P Berger is the all-time leader in World Cup goals and points. His best tournament was in S20 where he had 14 goals and 25 points in 12 games, but he was dominant in all four appearances, ending up very close to a goal-per-game average as an offensive force for Sweden and Team Scandinavia. Julian Borwinn - Canada S62, S64, S66, S68, S70 -- 58 GP, 27 G, 33 A, 60 P -- 327 S, 142 HIT, 48 PIM, 27 SB It's an incredibly rare feat to suit up in the World Cup five times over a VHL career - Borwinn is one of what we believe to be just five players to do so, and four of them will feature on this team. A youngster in S62, Borwinn suited up for the Mercenaries for his first appearance, then qualified for Team Canada the next four times out. He actually had his best tournament, points-wise, in his S62 debut where he picked up 19 points in 12 games, but was also a key contributor when Canada won the S66 gold medal. Borwinn's 60 career World Cup points leads all players post-S34. Jasper Canmore - Canada S60, S62, S64 -- 34 GP, 15 G, 34 A, 49 P -- 168 S, 44 HIT, 22 PIM, 13 SB Canmore suited up for three World Cups, all for Team Canada, and he was an impact player in all of them. S62 in particular was the pièce de resistance of Canmore's international career - in that tournament, he had 4 goals and 21 assists for 25 points in 12 games, one of the highest scoring single-tournament totals in recent memory, while Canada captured gold. Canmore was also a PPG-or-better player in his other two appearances. Matt Bailey - Switzerland S12, S14, S16, S18 -- 48 GP, 28 G, 51 A, 79 P Bailey is the World Cup's second-leading scorer of all-time, and its all-time leader in assists. Another International star produced by Switzerland, he also finished at a PPG-or-better rate every time he pulled on his country's uniform, with his best event coming when he put up 26 points in S14. Podrick Cast - Western Europe S60, S62, S64, S66, S68 -- 56 GP, 28 G, 25 A, 53 P -- 272 S, 50 HIT, 34 PIM, 25 SB Cast is another one of the impressive group that managed to suit up for five World Cups. Though his first trip to the tournament only yielded 2 goals in 12 games, Cast stepped it up in a big way every time he was called upon after that, scoring at least 6 goals in every tournament and producing 51 points in 44 games. He's second post-S40 in World Cup goals. Unfortunately for him, Cast never got to play in a gold medal game, with his best result coming when Western Europe captured Bronze with a 3-1 win over Canada in his final appearance - a game in which Cast scored the game-winning-goal. Beau Louth - Canada S62, S64, S66 -- 36 GP, 26 G, 20 A, 46 P -- 186 S, 45 HIT, 40 PIM, 11 SB Louth arrived on the world stage with a bang, scoring 13 goals and 22 points in the S62 World Cup and helping win a gold medal for Canada, who he then represented twice more during his international career. Louth had 15 points in the S64 World Cup and though he was nearing the end of his career in S66, stepped his game up in the medal round with 4 points in the last 3 games of the tournament in Canada's gold-medal win. Louth's 26 goals put him third among players who played in post-S40 World Cups, but the two ahead of him both played in five tournaments to Louth's three. Anatoli Zhumbayev - World S32, S34, S37 -- 24 GP, 26 G, 20 A, 46 PTS -- 166 S, 25 HIT, 33 PIM, 10 SB Zhumbayev had a somewhat quiet debut on the world stage when he had 5 goals and 10 points for Russia in S32, but he became downright feared by opponents when he returned in S34. There, he tallied 18 goals and 24 points in 12 games, an absurd scoring total that nobody has ever come close to (Berger, with 14 in S20, was the closest). In his third and final WC appearance in S37, Zhumbayev was again an offensive powerhouse, finishing with 22 points in 12 games. He is one of just three players to boast multiple 20-point World Cup tournaments. Matt Thompson - Canada S60, S62, S64, S66, S68 -- 58 GP, 30 G, 21 A, 51 P -- 314 S, 99 HIT, 84 PIM, 12 SB Thompson brought a different dimension than most of the forwards on this team, a good goal scorer who also brought some snarl, with 99 hits and 84 PIM in his WC career. Thompson is also the only player post-S40 to tally 30 goals in World Cup play. After playing for the Mercenaries and not making much of an impression in S60, he became a valued member of the next four Team Canada entries, and is one of several members of Canada's S62 and S66 gold-medal winners to be featured here. Just missed the cut: Edwin Preencarnacion - World, Grimm Jonsson - Sweden, David Smalling - United Kingdom DEFENSEMEN Ryan Kastelic - World S62, S64, S66, S68, S70 -- 62 GP, 13 G, 45 A, 58 P -- 164 S, 135 HIT, 78 PIM, 81 SB Kastelic appeared for Team World in five straight World Cups, and an argument could be made for him as the greatest International player of all-time. Kastelic debuted in S62 with a 6-point showing before establishing himself as a premier player in S64 with 11 points. He was flat-out dominant in S66 - 20 points in 12 games while playing more than 31 minutes per game - but the World team fell short in the S66 final and took silver. Kastelic moved up front in S68 and represented Team World as a forward in his last two appearances. Also capturing silver medals in S62 and S68, Team World finally broke through in S70 and Kastelic won a much-deserved gold medal. He is also second all-time in World Cup assists. Joseph McWolf - Western Europe S62, S64, S66, S68, S70 -- 56 GP, 10 G, 33 A, 43 P -- 122 S, 166 HIT, 110 PIM, 96 SB Playing five years for Western Europe, McWolf's was a two-way presence on the back end, solid offensively but also physical and willing to sacrifice his body, and hard to find room to get around on the ice defensively. He suffered from the same fate as Podrick Cast, a teammate on the S62-S68 teams, never playing on a team quite strong enough to make it to a gold medal game, but it wasn't for a lack of trying. His best single tournament was when he had 13 points and 33 hits in 11 games in S68. Colton Rayne - USA S60, S62, S64 -- 37 GP, 6 G, 35 A, 41 P -- 82 S, 91 HIT, 56 PIM, 77 SB Rayne's numbers are staggering for a defenseman who only played in three tournaments, second only to McWolf in scoring among players who only played as defensemen - 2 points behind with 19 fewer games played. A remarkably consistent contributor, Rayne had tournaments of 14, 14, and 13 points. In all three of his tournaments, he played in gold medal games, winning in S60 but losing to Canada in S62 and World in S64. Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen - USA S66, S68, S70, S72 -- 46 GP, 9 G, 30 A, 39 P -- 111 S, 125 HIT, 70 PIM, 78 SB Rayne's international career ended in S64 and Werbenjagermanjensen stepped right in as the #1 defenseman on the national team, with a 4-goal 9-point performance in his first WC appearance. He remained an effective player throughout his VHL and international career, with tournaments of 11, 9, and 10 points. Compared to Rayne, he didn't have quite the international offensive production, but he was a true shut-down player and big part of the USA's continued success internationally, including a return to the top when they captured the S68 gold medal. Just missed the cut: Alexander Valiq - Scandinavia, Tzuyu - World GOALIES Norris Stopko - Canada S60, S62, S64 -- 34 GP, 25-6-3 record, 2.30 GAA, 0.922 SV%, 2 SO Stopko is probably best-known internationally for his performance in the S62 World Cup gold medal game, helping Canada capture a gold medal as the cap to an absolutely brilliant tournament as a whole (he went 10-1-1 with a .933 save percentage). Stopko finished his international career with a sparkling 23-4-3 record in round robin play, but he did suffer losses, albeit not usually due to his own play, early in the medal rounds in S60 and S64. Kallis Kriketers - World S62, S64, S66, S68, S70 -- 55 GP, 31-21-3 record, 2.61 GAA, 0.918 SV%, 5 SO Kriketers was one of the best goalies in the VHL during his prime, and he did his best to make Team World a player on the international stage. Kriketers may not have quite been ready for the spotlight as part of a tandem in S62, but after proving to be World's best option in net in S64, they knocked off the USA to capture the S64 gold medal. In S68, Kriketers posted a .925 save percentage for World but a 3-4-1 record, before rebounding to carry the team into the gold medal game against USA; however, the Americans were too much this time around. Then, after not making team World in S70, Kriketers took the Mercenaries to the bronze medal game, but lost despite posting a .971 save percentage in the medal round. Just missed the cut: Tuomas Tukio - Scandinavia ---------------------------- 1900 words or so (it was 1896, but I changed a few sentences around before posting it)... will claim it for 3 weeks + for theme week this week

Addison McLaren +10

I had to get it in somewhere haha Thanks!

This was super fun to make, yes, the post-it notes cutting off some of a couple letters is intentional, you can figure out what they mean... text-only version is below if you want it. -- text only version -- Player Profile Height: 5-foot-7 Weight: 155 lbs. Jersey Number: 9 Born: Minneapolis, MN, USA Favourite Player: Theo Fleury VHLM Team: Miami Marauders Latest VHCS Ranking: 35 A 19-year-old left winger prospect with high upside. Not well known in VHL circles, but has impressed thus far in his career with his work ethic off the ice, and with his intensity and scoring ability on the ice. Not a particularly flashy player with the puck, but isn’t afraid to go to high traffic areas of the ice. High-end athleticism: a two-sport athlete, hockey and football, until choosing to focus on hockey after recovering from a torn ACL suffered in a high school football game. Played at Eden Prairie, four-year contributor on the hockey team and one of the team’s most relied upon players in his final two seasons. Lead the team to a State Championship and was runner-up for Minnesota High School Player of the Year in the 2018-19 season. McLaren committed to the University of Minnesota and played his way up to a bigger role with the team late in his freshman season, before leaving the team to declare himself eligible for the S75 VHL Draft. Has not looked out of place in a first-line role with the Marauders, displaying trademark physicality and skill, however his production has not been quite as expected. McLaren will look to remedy questions about long-term offensive upside in the second half of the VHLM season. A late addition to the draft class that comes to the VHL with some uncertainty. He’s not a known name and he played against pretty weak competition for a long time, though he did dominate that competition in his junior and senior seasons. Small, feisty, talented kid - someone we will have to keep an eye on leading up to the draft for sure. Strengths -- Kid’s got a lethal shot on him. Needs to work on finding open ice to unleash it, but that should come. Not hard to see him scoring 30, 40 goals in the VHL one day. -- Not afraid of anything. He protects himself and his teammates, he goes to dirty areas and he throws his weight around. -- Surprisingly reliable two-way player, given his size deficiency. Works hard backchecking, gets in guys’ faces, and can use his strong skating to regain positioning if he loses his man. Weaknesses -- 5’7 155 is tiny and for a guy who’s only played a season past the high school level, he’s going to face more size as he moves up. How will he fare against bigger opponents? Right now he’s a bit too easily knocked off the puck, and he’ll always have a small frame. -- No sugar-coating it, he’s dirty. He’ll hack and slash and get under an opponent’s skin but crosses the line sometimes, takes selfish penalties & spends a lot of time in the box. -- He gets tunnel vision sometimes and will work himself into tight situations without any real options and it leads to turnovers. Not a terribly effective passer at this stage of his career. - Brandon Janzen, VHL Scouting Service

Hopefully that's good, based it on some of the other ones posted in here. Let me know if anything needs fixing... Thanks to everyone who puts in the effort of keeping all those historical spreadsheets updated... they were a huge help. Being new here this took a considerable amount of research, but it was surprisingly easy to find everything I needed

Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen - Class of S73 Position: D Birthplace: United State of America Height: 6-ft-3 Weight: 200 lbs. Drafted: S65 - 2nd overall (HC Davos Dynamo) Username: @flyersfan1453 Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen was a consensus top-2 prospect all the way leading up to the S65 VHL Draft, and he more than lived up to the billing. Playing eight seasons in the VHL, Werbenjagermanjensen was a two-way force on the back end, and certainly ended up the best player from the S65 draft class. He was a big defenseman that wasn't afraid to use his body, was an effortless skater with a dangerous shot from the back end, and was a true shut-down defenseman to boot. Werbenjagermanjensen would go on to become one of just seven players to capture the Sterling Labatte Trophy on three or more occasions (at the time of winning his third, in S70, he was the first player in 30 seasons to do so), and is also one of just two multiple-time winners of the Alexander Valiq Trophy. He was an effective contributor from the moment he was drafted, jumping straight into the VHL in S65 and from his breakout year in S67 through to his retirement in S72, Smitty was perennially one of the VHL's best players. Career Awards S68 - Sterling Labatte Trophy (Top Defenseman) S68 - Alexander Valiq Trophy (Top Offensive Defenseman) S68 - All-VHL First Team S69 - Sterling Labatte Trophy (Top Defenseman) S69 - Jake Wylde Trophy (Top Defensive Defenseman) S69 - All-VHL First Team S70 - Sterling Labatte Trophy (Top Defenseman) S70 - Alexander Valiq Trophy (Top Offensive Defenseman) S70 - Brett Slobodzian Trophy (Most Outstanding Player) S70 - Continental Cup Champion (Moscow) S70 - Alexander Beketov Trophy (Most Assists) S70 - All-VHL First Team S63 (VHLM - Ottawa) 13 GP | 0 G - 3 A - 3 P | +4 | 16 PIM | 26 HIT | 9 SB Playoffs: 13 GP | 0 G - 4 A - 4 P | -2 | 14 PIM | 24 HIT | 10 SB Werbenjagermanjensen signed with the Ottawa Lynx to begin his VHLM career. A highly touted young prospect from the beginning, he still took some time to adapt to the league, putting up 3 points in 13 games. Featuring two of the VHLM's top three scorers in Elias Dahlberg and Chance Matthews, the Lynx were a high powered offense, but ended up falling in a six-game series with the Saskatoon Wild. Werbenjagermanjensen's production may not have jumped off the page during his 13-game VHLM trial, but his poise and puck moving ability did, prompting the Lynx to retain his rights and make him the 5th overall pick in the VHLM Draft. S64 (VHLM - Ottawa) 72 GP | 8 G - 60 A - 68 P | +5 | 140 PIM | 260 HIT | 98 SB Playoffs: 6 GP | 0 G - 10 A - 10 P | -2 | 30 PIM | 34 HIT | 12 SB Smitty helped make the Lynx' decision a good one. Alongside fellow top S65 propects Gritty and Carles Puigdemont (they'd go on to be three of the top four picks), he finished as the fourth highest scoring defenseman in the VHLM, while also racking up 260 hits. The Lynx finished third in the league, but not far behind Las Vegas and Halifax. Despite the best efforts of Werbenjagermanjensen, who had himself a dominant 6-game series with 10 points and 34 hits, the Lynx were unable to get past Halifax in the playoffs. S65 (VHL - Davos) 72 GP | 3 G - 44 A - 47 P | -1 | 164 PIM | 275 HIT | 131 SB Playoffs: Did Not Qualify Werbenjagermanjensen ended up the 2nd overall pick behind only VHLM teammate Puigdemot, going to the HC Davos Dynamo, where he'd play alongside former Lynx teammates Elias Dahlberg and Pat Svoboda. Jumping straight to the VHL after his draft year, Smitty's rookie season saw him tally 3 goals and 44 assists in 72 games, while also finishing 8th in the entire league with 275 hits. After a last-place finish in S64, Davos jumped up the standings, finishing with a 35-32-5 record this time around, but falling just short of the playoffs. S66 (VHL - Davos) 72 GP | 16 G - 32 A - 48 P | +23 | 124 PIM | 167 HIT | 137 SB Playoffs: 9 GP | 0 G - 3 A - 3 P | +3 | 14 PIM | 12 HIT | 16 SB Davos was an improved team again in S66, a squad with plenty of offensive talent. Werbenjagermanjensen's game showed growth. His point totals remained relatively the same, but he improved his defensive game and began evolving a lethal shot from the point that would be a key weapon in his arsenal going forward. Smitty's goal output improved from 3 goals to 16 and the Dynamo wound up with a playoff berth after a 37-27-8 season. They made surprisingly easy work of the favoured Riga Reign in the playoffs, outscoring them 12-4 in a 4-0 series sweep, but they were overmatched in the European Conference Finals against Helsinki and bowed out in 5 games. Werbenjagermanjensen tallied just 3 points in 9 playoff games with 12 hits and 16 blocked shots, but the playoff run gave the Dynamo some hope for the future. S67 (VHL - Davos) 72 GP | 19 G - 44 A - 63 P | +15 | 104 PIM | 133 HIT | 131 SB Playoffs: Did Not Qualify Unfortunately for Werbenjagermanjensen, Davos regressed in S67 after trading Dahlberg, Svoboda, and Rylan Peace for draft picks in the off-season, and they finished well behind Riga for the final playoff spot in the European Conference, despite Smitty himself taking a step forward in his third year. He established or matched career highs across the board offensively with 19 goals, 44 assists, and 63 points while posting a +15 rating on a losing team. S68 (VHL - Davos) 72 GP | 27 G - 59 A - 86 P | +36 | 104 PIM | 168 HIT | 118 SB Playoffs: 7 GP | 0 G - 4 A - 4 P | -1 | 14 PIM | 14 HIT | 21 SB Smitty truly arrived in S68, exploding for 27 goals, 59 assists, and 86 points. He finished 10 points ahead of the next highest-scoring defenseman in the league (9th in league scoring overall) and top-10 in the league in +/-, as well. For his efforts, Werbenjagermanjensen captured his first VHL hardware - a Sterling Labatte Trophy as Top Defenseman and an Alexander Valiq Trophy as Top Offensive Defenseman - as well as being named to the All-VHL First Team. The league had expanded to 12 teams and Davos claimed the fourth playoff spot in a tightly-contested European Conference, but they were eliminated in round one in a seven-game series against Malmo. With the Dynamo making minimal noise in the post-season and Smitty's contract up, he found himself testing Free Agency ahead of S69. S69 (VHL - Moscow) 72 GP | 17 G - 66 A - 83 P | +41 | 160 PIM | 264 HIT | 117 SB Playoffs: 11 GP | 2 G - 7 A - 9 P | -3 | 18 PIM | 17 HIT | 16 SB The Dynamo pursued bringing back Werbenjagermanjensen in Free Agency, while he also received interest from Moscow, Toronto, and Calgary. Ultimately, he chose to sign a two-year deal with the Moscow Menace, and his dominant play from the season prior carried over. Werbenjagermanjensen finished the season with 17 goals and 83 points while endearing himself to his new team by stepping his physical game up once again, delivering 264 hits, a total that would end up the second highest single-season of his career. He finished second in the league in defenseman scoring, two points back of Vancouver's Dilijodh Starload, and while he didn't defend his Valiq from S68, he instead captured the Jake Wylde Trophy as the league's best defensive defenseman, a second-straight spot on the All-VHL First Team, and a second-straight Labatte Trophy. In the playoffs, the Menace knocked off Helsinki in round one before losing in 5 games to Riga in the second round. Werbenjagermanjensen had 9 points in 11 games with a -3 rating and 17 hits, a solid performance, but perhaps a tad disappointing coming from the best defenseman in the VHL. S70 (VHL - Moscow) 72 GP | 18 G - 68 A - 86 P | +13 | 136 PIM | 194 HIT | 123 SB Playoffs: 15 GP | 5 G - 16 A - 21 P | +14 | 24 PIM | 34 HIT | 18 SB The core of the S69 Moscow Menace remained almost entirely intact for S70, and as the players developed, the Menace became a powerhouse, finishing with the league's best record at 50-17-5. Werbenjagermanjensen put together what may have been the finest season of his career, matching his career high with 86 points, racking up 194 hits and blocking 123 shots. He lead the league in assists and finished 4th in VHL scoring, easily tops among defensemen. He became the first player in 30 seasons to capture three Labatte Trophies, also earning a third-straight All-VHL First Team selection, the second Valiq Trophy of his career, and his first Brett Slobodzian Trophy as the league's Most Outstanding Player. And this year, that success would finally translate into the post-season. The Menace made quick work of Prague in the first round and Riga in the second, marching to the finals on an 8-1 record. They fell behind 1-0 and 2-1 in the Continental Cup Finals, before winning three straight to win the series in 6. Werbenjagermanjensen was finally a Continental Cup Champion. He finished tied for the playoff lead in scoring with 21 points in 15 games, and lead the post-season with his +14 rating. S71 (VHL - Moscow) 72 GP | 6 G - 51 A - 57 P | +5 | 126 PIM | 155 HIT | 140 SB Playoffs: 15 GP | 2 G - 15 A - 17 P | +2 | 34 PIM | 31 HIT | 27 SB Expectations were high for the defending champs in S71, but the Menace were not the dominant force they were a year prior, and some of the core was getting older, including Werbenjagermanjensen, whose offensive prodution dipped to 57 points. For the first time since S67, there were no new additions to the trophy case. But the Menace did finish atop a weak European Conference with a 37-27-8 record, and they began to flex their experience in the post-season. The Menace swept Malmo in the opening round and beat Riga in six games to advance to their second straight Continental Cup finals. However, the Seattle Bears proved to be too much, capturing the cup in a five-game series. It was still a strong post-season for Smitty, piling up 17 points in 15 games to go along with 31 hits and 27 blocked shots, but a repeat was not in the cards. S72 (VHL - Calgary) 72 GP | 13 G - 50 A - 63 P | +21 | 103 PIM | 115 HIT | 135 SB Playoffs: 19 GP | 0 G - 10 A - 10 P | -1 | 28 PIM | 38 HIT | 40 SB After not being re-signed by Moscow, Smitty tested Free Agency ahead of Free Agency, where he ended up with the Vancouver Wolves after considering offers from Toronto and Prague. The Wolves had the best record in the league in S71 and seemed poised to make another playoff run. After a slow start, however, the Wolves made an unexpected decision to enter a rebuild, starting with the trade of future Hall of Famer Julius Freeman to New York. The move caused some friction between Smitty and his new team after signing there expecting to contend, and he found himself traded to the Calgary Wranglers ahead of the trade deadline. Werbenjagermanjensen finished the season with a solid 63 points in 72 games, though his post-season production dipped to 10 points in 21 games (he did post strong defensive numbers with 38 hits and 40 blocked shots). In the playoffs, the Wranglers played tight seven-game series' against Toronto and then New York en route to the finals, but after winning game one against Riga, they lost the next four games, and the legendary career of Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen came to a close. Career Stats 576 GP | 119 G - 414 A - 533 P | + 153 | 1021 PIM | 1471 HIT | 1032 SB Playoffs: 76 GP | 9 G - 55 A - 64 P | +14 | 132 PIM | 146 HIT | 138 SB Although Werbenjagermanjensen retired falling short of capturing a second Continental Cup in S72, he retired a certain Hall of Famer, with career totals of 119 goals, 414 assists, and 533 points in 576 games. He was a positive +/- player in all but his rookie season (he was -1 that year), threw 1471 hits and blocked 1032 shots during his illustrious career, and he lined his trophy case with tons of year-end hardware. He may have been picked #2 in the S65 draft, but we all know that Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen was number one - and a well deserved first-ballot inductee into the VHL Hall of Fame.