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Well, in spite of his best efforts, Mexico City Kings goalie Henry Tucker Jr. could not deliver enough victories as the Kings fell to the eventual champion Las Vegas Aces in the 2nd round. However, Tucker Jr. was stellar on the whole during the postseason, with a 5-4-1 record, a 2.26 GAA (2nd in the playoffs), and a .930 save percentage (1st of all playoff goalies), and very good in the regular season as well (26-13-8, 2.11 GAA, .906 SV%, 7 SO). The past is in the past, though, and it's now time to focus on what comes next for Tucker, whether that be the VHL or the VHLE season. I only say that because he is exceptionally close to the new 300 TPE minimum for being in the VHL, and it's very possible that a pro team would rather have him as a backup for a season than some random bot.

So far, 3 exceptionally super duper early mock drafts have come out, and all of them have projected Tucker Jr. at around 6th or 7th, which seems about right, since Murdock will definitely get drafted ahead of me and I'm decisively the 2nd best goalie in the mix. I remember cole, my GM, telling me that there were approx. 3 goalies that needed a goalie in the top 10 so it makes a lot of sense.

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Is it a coincidence that I got mocked to Malmo the day that I said that they had the best VHL branding?

3 hours ago, Brandon said:

 

1. That's actually a good question. I enjoyed Supremacy for a while, although most mini-games for me lose their fun factor after a while. Would be cool to have a VHL based online NHL GM sim league in FHL or something, although there aren't really enough teams for how much interest that would generate. Ideally it's a game that has not much barrier to enter, while also being great fun with lots of people. Minecraft was an excellent idea, even though I don't play it.

 

2. Being involved in Moscow's advisor team makes the off-season a lot more exciting. Helping scout draft picks, and think of ways to make the team better are what make the off-season fun for me. Also, grinding that sweet sweet TPE to make my player the best he can possibly be, always a good time.

 

3. Get super jacked and become IRL incredible Hulk. Create an Instagram and get famous for it. EZ money!

 

 

Q:

1. What's your favorite fast food restaurant, and do you have a go-to meal that you usually get every time when ordering? 

2. Do you have plans to create a player after your existing player? Do you have a position / name in mind already?

3. What is your favorite logo in the VHL / E / M?

1. It's a tough choice between Cookout and Culver's (which are right next to each other in my town) but I think I'd go with the former. My go-to is the Out West Burger combo with sides of a cajun chicken wrap, bacon wrap, and Cheerwine.

2. Honestly, we'll figure that out when I get to retirement, it depends on how much time I have at that point. If/when I do, though, Imma have a defenseman by the name of Henry Tucker III.

3. I think Malmo is my favorite in the VHL (the VHL has probably the weakest crop of logos), Rome is the best in the E (which has some awesome logos), and the Reapers take the W in the M. 

1. What's the most meaningful song lyric you've ever heard and why?

2. This year's MLB Draft was the last draft without a lottery (so the worst tea record-wise was guaranteed 1st), what are your thoughts about an MLB draft lotto?

3. Which VHL/M/E team has the most forgettable team name and why?

20 hours ago, KC15 said:

1. Hope so. A Devils fan, but live on the Island and friends would be happy.

2. I don’t really follow in the off-season.

3. D.C. Being my nation’s capital, just so much history to explore.

 

3 Qs

 

1. What NHL city would you most like to live in?

2. How many real life years have you spent in the VHL?

3. When is the last time you traveled by train?

1. That'd have to be Washington as I am a Caps fan.

2. 1.75 now, but we're getting very close to 2 now!

3. That'd be 5 years ago from Atlanta to Washington via Amtrak.

1. What's your least favorite fast food restaurant and why?

2. What made you stick around here in the VHL, or, if you're a newer member, what made you join?

3. What's the best dish you've ever had with chicken in it?

13 minutes ago, NSG said:

I can indeed be vocal

LIKE THIS

I can indeed be vocal

On 8/8/2022 at 9:57 AM, Thunder said:

Press Conference

Week ending 08/14/2022

(Answer Questions for 2 Capped TPE!)

 

1. Mexico City made it look easy getting past the first round of the playoffs.  What do you see next for the Kings and what challenges are coming up?

 

2.  What is your player doing differently in the playoffs?

 

3.  Having the best defense in the league is only part of our success.  What else do you see as having a major impact on the team?

 

4.  When you joined this team, did you expect to be surrounded by such talent and are you surprised to see Mexico City in the run for the cup?

 

5.  Do you have any words of wisdom for Tucker or Swayman?

 

6.  Do you prefer skiing or snowboarding?  Why?

1. Well the Aces are a big obstacle, but I think we can overcome them and move on.

2. Well I'm saving a lot more shots, which is good since I'm also facing a lot more shots.

3. Well we also aren't that bad at scoring goals and that is helping us win games.

4. I suspected mid-level playoff team but definitely nit Cup contender tbh.

5. To Swayman: Next season, wherever you go, that's your chance to shine. Take the spotlight and hold it.

6. I don't live anywhere near snow and have yet to do either.

3 minutes ago, NSG said:

Yeah ik

 

Everything comes back to Taylor Swift tho (at least for very big Taylor Swift fan me)

3 hours ago, Trunkxolotl said:

I don't know how to tell you this but "Hater's going to hate" was a saying LOOOOOOOOOOONG before TSwift

Yeah ik

Everything comes back to Taylor Swift tho

On 8/6/2022 at 12:36 PM, der meister said:

I don't listen to Taylor Swift - I'm not sure I've ever heard a single song - so I'll have to take NSG's word for it. 10/10

Yeah it's a reference to Shake It Off

This is why I follow people lol

Well, it's official: Henry Tucker Jr.'s only full season in the VHLM has concluded, and with stellar results. The Mexico City Kings goaltender and 1st overall pick of the VHLM Draft started 48 of the 72 games and went 26-13-8 with a .906 save percentage, 2.11 GAA and 7 shutouts, and after playing his first 2 playoff games, Tucker Jr. is 1-1 with an awesome .938 SV% and 2.01 GAA and the series is tied 1-1.

Honestly, I am gonna miss being a Kings player. The LR has been super awesome and time and time again I'm amazed by VHLM GMs, since even though they're pretty inexperienced and whatnot, they're almost always super fun, energetic and cool people, and Cole was no exception. The LR is almost always bustling with activity, the people are nice, and we're really good at counting. As I head into the VHLE and VHL Draft this year, I do kinda wonder how much longer karma will work in me and Tater Tottingham's favor. With our players (including first gens) having been teammates for parts of 6 seasons now, and having been drafted by the same team twice, you gotta wonder if this can last, but then again, I went into the M draft thinking, "Oh well, this is the end of the road, no way two solid earning RCs both get drafted by the same team" and look what happened. For now, though, the focus is on bringing Mexico City their 2nd ever Founders Cup!!!

On 7/31/2022 at 12:11 PM, Trunkxolotl said:

Tot: "Haters gonna hate, Potatoes gonna potate."

 Taylor Swift reference

Wow i did good

17 minutes ago, Vkobe-v said:

Did I win

You finished dead last overall but besides that you did great

9 hours ago, Thunder said:

 

Press Conference

Week ending 08/07/2022

(Answer Questions for 2 Capped TPE!)

 

 

1.  The season is almost over and Houston is on our tail.  What do we do to keep them from overtaking us and gaining second place?

 

2.  Are you happy with your player this season?

 

3.  Which VHLE team do you think is going to surprise everyone in the playoffs?

 

4.  What is your first memory of hockey?  Playing or otherwise?

 

5.  How far in the playoffs do you expect Mexico City to go and why?

 

6.  When was the last time you had a PBJ sandwich?

 

1. If we win more than them we'll probably be able to stay in 2nd place.

2. Yeah, very. Tucker Jr. continues to earn + play well and solidify himself as a top prospect.

3. I like an underdog, so Geneva will sneak in and then win it all.

4. Hockey isn't a thing down South, but I remember when my summer daycare took a trip to the nearest hockey rink, 1 hour away, and we all had to skate using these plastic walker things. It was bad.

5. I say we win a series and lose a series, just because this is such a weird sim engine.

6. I don't like them, so not since I was 4 lol

On 7/25/2022 at 10:11 AM, Thunder said:

Press Conference

Week ending 07/31/2022

(Answer Questions for 2 Capped TPE!)

 

1.  Last week we dominated the offense and goal scoring.  How confident are you that we will be able to bring this energy into the playoffs? Pretty confident tbh, just as long as we don't fall off a late-season cliff.

 

2.  So far this season, we’ve gone into overtime 10 games, losing 8 of those games.  Do you think doing more sand bags in training will help the endurance or should there be more focus on penalty shots? Uhh honestly we need to do both, since we've been doing very good at mixing it up in terms of how we get defeated, so let's focus on both and maybe we'll see some improvement.

 

3.  Team Captain Tater Tots, leads the team in points.  What do you say about his consistent stellar performance? Well obviously it's very consistent and stellar. 

 

4.  When Henry Tucker was selected #1 overall, some thought GM Cole was taking a big risk by selecting a goalie first.  Now that Tucker has brought the Kings up in the standings and has proven to be a top goalie and contributor to the team, do you have anything to say to those other GMs? Uh, yeah. To all y'all GMs: Sorry y'all missed out.

 

5.  We’re 52 games in and have separated from all teams except the Las Vegas Aces.  Should we push to try to pass them or be satisfied in second place going into the playoffs? Well, we should try to get into first, but 2nd is A-OK as long as we come through when it matters,

 

6.  What is the biggest mountain you have climbed, hiked, biked, or driven up, and why did you go up? That'd be Alabama's tallest mountain, Mount Cheaha, and it was so we could go camping up at the top

Game 288 Recap

It was a dark and stormy night when the cellar-dwelling Miami Marauders faced off against the surging Mexico City Kings, but since the hockey rink was inside, nobody really cared that it was a dark and stormy night, and to put it plainly, Miami got destroyed in the 1st period. Futch scored 20 seconds in, Stronheim followed 7 minutes later, and 9 and a half minutes in on a power play, goalie Henry Tucker Jr., who would face only 3 shots that period, got the puck to House, who passed it to Torbjorn, who promptly scored, giving Tucker Jr. his 3rd assist of the year. Stroheim would strike again near the end of the 1st, and Kauppi + Futch would strike in the 2nd, but it was over pretty quickly. Ultimately, the Kings scored 6 goals while Tucker Jr. faced 6 shots en route to a 6-0 stomping. Torbjorn (1 G, 3 A, 4 P, 2 H), Stronheim (2 G, 1 A, 3 P, 1 H, 1 SB, 11/14 FO) and Futch (2 G, 4 H, 16/26 FO) would get the stars as Mexico City outshot Miami 54-6 and won of 42 of 63 faceoffs.

Well, with the VHLM regular season getting dangerously close to finishing, it's definitely become clear that Henry Tucker Jr. is one of the best young goalies out there. Despite splitting time with Jeremy Swayman (who's also very good, it should be noted), Tucker Jr. is beginning to pull away from his fellow S85 goalies in TPA, leading the next closest by 19, 242-223, and he's also 4th in TPE amongst the S85 class, which isn't that bad. Additionally, he's also proving himself to be pretty good at building a goalie as well, and in 46 games so far, he's 26-11-8 with a .906 SV%, 2.09 GAA, and 7 shutouts. He ranks in the top 5 in all those categories except for SV% (cuz some dude with 8 games is beating him for 5th) and losses, and he continues to increase his lead in OTL, as he now leads by 3 over Cory Evans, additionally, his 3 assists are tied for 3rd in the M.

Going into the upcoming 2 drafts, it'll likely be a lot to handle, as I expect multiple teams from both leagues will be interested in my dude. I guess I'm gonna be one of those top picks? I don't know, it kinda depends on the goalie situations in those leagues, but I do lowkey think that I'm one of the best young goalies out there right now outside of Murdock, but Acyd just kinda does a lot and stuff. 

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@Shindigs look at the stats

Yessir @Gaikoku-hito!!! Best of luck with AGMing and I 100% believe in you  

BG kills GF szn

The time passes, but Henry Tucker Jr. continues to have a much better time in the VHLM than his father Whereas the elder Tucker, drafted 73rd in the VHLMM Draft, would score just 43 points in his first full year in the M after a 1-point rookie campaign, the younger one went 7-1-0 with a 1.61 GAA in his first year, got selected first, and is continuing his amazing goalie antics. He was mentioned as one of the goalies in the "Prospects All-Star Game," and is figuring to go off the board near the top yet again, and his stats are only helping his case. As he continues to take about 2/3-3/4 of the starts, with Jeremy Swayman getting the rest, Tucker Jr. is a stellar 22-8-7 in 38 games with a .909 save percentage, a 2.06 GAA, and 6 shutouts so far. Overtime losses seem to be his speciality, as he leads the minors in them despite playing a noticeably less amount of games than his counterparts. And now, because of our good friend @Shindigs, let's roll out the stats and see where Tucker Jr. is on the VHLM league leaders this season!

Wins: 22 (5th) -Well, the 4 dudes above him have all played at least 13 more games than him, and he only trails Cory Evans in this category by more than 14, so I don't think I'm doing too bad, honestly.

Losses: 8 (8th) - 8 losses is 8th lol, but seriously, this is one of the benefits of not playing all the damn time: You're pretty likely to slip down the list in losses!

Overtime Losses: 7 (1st) - How do I do this? I play far fewer games than my counterparts, but I still lead them handily in this particular category, but why? Nobody knows, but at least my resume will be able to likely include "Season 84 VHLM Overtime Losses Leader"

Save Percentage: .909 (5th) - I think I've been moving up, but this list mostly rewards the people who get shot at billions of times per game (looking at you, Alexander Minion). Props to Cory Evans and Geoff Bezos for actually being good, though.

GAA: 2.06 (3rd) - Trailing only the amazing Cory Evans and my backup Swayman, I'd say that I'm not doing too shabby, My defense helps me, but I also do hafta do some work to look as good as this.

Shutouts: 6 (1st) - I'm trailing Evans by 2, and I'm not really complaining, since he is a very, very worthy opponent and has also played 14 more games than me, so this is a pretty good spot to be in. It shows that when people only shoot 10 shots on me, I can almost always stop all 10!

Penalty Minutes: 2 (T-3rd) - Must. Cause. Trouble!!! Why is Tucker Jr. succeeding at everything except this? WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

All right, that's all you'll get today, see ya next week!

Game 225 (Aka 15 squared)

It was yet another game in the Season 84 VHLM season, as the surging Mexico City Kings faced off against the San Diego Marlins. The Kings trotted out their starting goalie, Henry Tucker Jr., who was seeking his 20th win of the season in just 32 starts, while the Marlins' goalie, Alexander Minion, was trying to gain some traction and avoid losing 8 of his first 10 games. Tragically for Minion, his losing continued. Halvar Torbjorn started off the action 8 minutes into the game with a goal assisted by Stroheim and Kauppi, and despite the Kings chucking shot after shot, only that one found the net in the opening period. The 2nd period was twice as nice, as Tottingham and Gonzalez scored within the first 8 minutes, and our residential fried potato secured a multi-point game by assisting Gonzalez's netfinding shot. With the score 3-0 heading into the final period, Mexico City did not ease up at all, with Tottingham scoring again just 14 seconds in and Kauppi finding the net after 3:14. The Kings finally took their foot off the gas and coasted to a 5-0 victory, but not before 5 of their players had a 2+ point game: Alexander Stroheim, Nikolas Kauppi, Tater Tottingham, Jason, and Doug Britton.

Game 199 (Aka the amount of TPE you hafta stop at to stay in the ECFA or SBDL)

It was just another night in the VHLM hockey season when the Ottawa Lynx faced off against the surging Mexico City Kings. Kings goalie Henry Tucker Jr. had just secured his 15th win of the season and was looking to add on to that while the Lynx were looking to help Cambrell bromslav to his 4th win of the season in 11 games. In the end, it turned out as expected: Mexico City completely outperformed Ottawa, blasting 54 shots onto the net (bromslav did his best, saving 50, but it is admittedly a challenge when people shoot that much at your face) while the Lynx got off just 6, all of which Tucker Jr. easily blocked for yet another shutout. Mexico City's scoring was highlighted by 2 goals from Halvar Torbjorn and 2 assists from Alexander Stromheim and Scottie House (both in the first period, and Stromheim + House were the two assisters for both of Torbjorn's goals), while captain nugget, who was Mexico City's only rule offender, getting sent to the box for high sticking just 23 seconds into the game, and William Futch scored the other 2 goals. Miguel Martinez Gonzalez, Doug Britton, and Tater Tottingham each chipped in an assist, and Mexico City took the game easily, 4-0.