Mistxh J

Gotta have some suspense lmao

Are you hype? BECAUSE I AM IN FACT HYPE. I was not only selected to be a GM for the WJC this season, but given Team Europe. All I can say now is that this is guaranteed. I've worked with the great designer @Zetterberg to create a logo for this absolute power house of a team. Now it may not beat other designs by zetterberg but why does it matter. Team Europe will beat your team regardless. Team Cana-duh, Team Freedom and Guns, Glorified practice squad team, and the team whos countries nobody plays for have no chance. We'll be seeing all you folks at home in the gold medal game whenever it's announced. But for now here is the Team Europe logo!
I would also like to add that Team Europe's AGM will be the one and only @Spartan. He is beyond hyped to be helping out and has winning in his blood. (Had to add more words to make it claimable)
 
There it is! Now lets go WJC HYPE! Rosters Coming soon! 
 
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Dear fellow WJC players and fans,
 
It is my pleasure to be the GM of such a great squad, although the rosters have yet to be confirmed the one thing that is set, is our new logo!
With a hard, disappointing year in the WJC last season I hope to bring Team USA back on the stage and the re-branding of the team's logo is only just the start!
 
So without further ado, Here is the new and improved Team USA!!
 
 
 
 

Dear fellow WJC players and fans,
 
It is my pleasure to be the GM of such a great squad, although the rosters have yet to be confirmed the one thing that is set, is our new logo!
With a hard, disappointing year in the WJC last season I hope to bring Team USA back on the stage and the re-branding of the team's logo is only just the start!
 
So without further ado, Here is the new and improved Team USA!!
 
 
 
 

Dear fellow WJC players and fans,
 
It is my pleasure to be the GM of such a great squad, although the rosters have yet to be confirmed the one thing that is set, is our new logo!
With a hard, disappointing year in the WJC last season I hope to bring Team USA back on the stage and the re-branding of the team's logo is only just the start!
 
So without further ado, Here is the new and improved Team USA!!
 
 
 
 

Dear fellow WJC players and fans,
 
It is my pleasure to be the GM of such a great squad, although the rosters have yet to be confirmed the one thing that is set, is our new logo!
With a hard, disappointing year in the WJC last season I hope to bring Team USA back on the stage and the re-branding of the team's logo is only just the start!
 
So without further ado, Here is the new and improved Team USA!!
 
 
 
 

LOVEE THIS 😂😂

The second 'D' is silent for Dad

@thadthrasher

The first round of the VHLM Playoffs have finally wound down and we had some high-level drama in the late stages of the Quarter-Finals. The fact that no series ended in a sweep really is a testament to the current state of the league and how much parity there is between the teams. While some teams performed as expected, other teams certainly went above and beyond and showed they belong in the postseason. The top seed and perennial favourite Mississauga Hounds faced off against the eighth seed Houston Bulls in a true David versus Goliath type series. Meanwhile the top team in the West was the Saskatoon Wild, and they squared off against their conference rivals, the Las Vegas Aces. The third seeded Miami Marauders drew the sixth seeded up-and-coming San Diego Marlins team that seemed poised and eager to prove themselves. Finally the Minnesota Storm would clash with the Halifax 21st in an all-East matchup to round out the first round. Without further ado, let's dive into it and see how it all went down!
 
 

(1) Mississauga Hounds vs (8) Houston Bulls
MIS wins in 5
 
The reigning  Prime Minister's Cup champs began their title hunt in a quarter-final matchup with the Houston Bulls. The series began in a raucous arena packed full of Hounds fans excited to see their team make another run at the Founder's Cup. Just a minute into the first game of the series the fans were sent into a frenzy as @jpach Johnny Pacheco would open the scoring. Before the period was over though the Bulls had answered with a tally of their own and the teams went into the first intermission tied. The rest of the game was a dogfight, back and forth the entire way. Many say this game was one of the most exciting of the series. Going into the third period the Hounds were down one, until the Bulls top line center @Senjo1706 Bradley Senjo potted a pair of goals to put the game out of reach and silence the crowd. When the buzzer sounded it was a 5-3 shocker that nobody saw coming. 
 
However, in the face of adversity the Hounds did not back down. In Game 2, they came out confident and made the necessary adjustments. @Spartakiller2 Guy Lambert opened the scoring halfway through the first and Hounds never looked back. They peppered Houston netminder @enigmatic Aike van Giersbergen with 48 shots in Game 2, and despite his best efforts, the Hounds came away with a very clean 4-2 win. With that the series would shift to Texas for two games south of the border. Despite the change in scenery, the results would remain the same as the story really started to become the Hounds' shut down defense. In Game 3 the Bulls were only able to muster 18 shots on goaltender @Lspinelli Luke Spinelli. Despite that, the game still was relatively close, but unfortunately for Houston fans the game ended by a score of 4-3 for the Hounds. In Game 4 things went from bad to worse as again, Houston was held to just 19 shots on goal. On top of that, Mississauga's lethal offense was beginning to click and they erupted for six goals. Leading the way were wingers @Pythonic Gaspar Yakrevsky and @Vat Gustislav Nasherov who tallied two goals apiece. With a stranglehold on the series, the scene shifted back to the GTA for Game 5. The theme of smothering defense continued in this contest where for the third consecutive game Houston was held to under 20 shots, and with their playoff lives on the line they only would come up with 16 shots on net. Just like in Game 3, Game 5 would end with Mississauga doubling up Houston 4-2 and thus elminating them in five games. Houston did well to make the playoffs, but it was known that it would take a Herculean effort to knock of the best team in the league. They will regroup and look to the offseason while Mississauga would enjoy a couple extra days rest and prepare for the semi-finals.
 
 

(2) Saskatoon Wild vs (7) Las Vegas Aces
LVA wins in 5
 
In a clash between two Western Conference rivals, the Sasky Bois drew the Las Vegas Aces first their first round opponents. The Wild enjoyed a very successful regular season campaign that saw them claim top spot in the West with an impressive 50 win season.  Fans of the franchise were getting flashbacks of their Season 68 and 69 glory days when the team was at it's all time best. Sadly though, the fan's optimism was quickly snuffed out when this series got underway.  The SaskTel Centre was rocking for Game 1 but just a minute and a half into the game, the Aces would open the scoring on a power play marker by @Giles Rigel Giles Sweeney. The American winger took cross-seam pass and blasted a one-timer top shelf from the half-boards to give  Las Vegas the lead. Two minutes later rookie sensation @Seabass The Seabasstard would even things up. The scoring kept coming though as the Aces would add two more power play goals back-to-back. When the dust cleared, the Aces came out of the first period with a 3-2 lead. They sealed the deal in the second period with yet another power play marker, giving them 4 power play goals total in the game. It was a balanced attack with 5 different players scoring goals, and what was even more impressive was the fact they held the Wild to just 14 shots the entire game! 
 
Game 2 the Wild came out with much more purpose and determination. In a high-scoring affair, young guns @Zakary Delisle and @124715 Duncan Montana both buried two goals each as Saskatoon managed to pull out a 6-4 victory. The Wild were happy to at least salvage a split during their home games 1-1 before heading to the Sin City for the next two tilts. In series shifted to Vegas for a pair of games in the desert. Game 3 would go down as the best game in the series, and perhaps one of the most memorable games of the entire VHLM playoffs. Going into the third period, the Wild trailed 2-1. After trading goals, and less than five minutes to play in regulation, Duncan Montana buried a wrist shot under the glove of @Erik Morgan Karlsson and tied the game. In overtime though Karlsson redeemed himself as the Wild would pour 11 shots on net but none would get by the keeper. The first overtime would solve nothing, so we were off to a second extra frame. Less than halfway through the second overtime, defenseman @TXC Tanky would take a high-sticking minor. And in what is undoubtedly the key trend of this series, the Aces capitalized on their power play opportunity.  The Aces maintained a relentless cycle and eventually d-man @Jakefufu hammered a seeing-eye slapshot from the point that the screened goaltender @BrutalBoost Andrew Bowman had no chance on. 
 
To me, Game 3 was the game that really decided the fate of this series. Losing in double overtime is a draining, demoralizing feeling and sometimes you can't bounce back from those kinds of games. Game 4 saw Vegas really assert their offensive will. Going into the playoffs, it was widely known that the Aces lacked some offensive punch. They went out and got one of the most prolific scorers our league has seen in recent memory by trading for @glass Kjell Nilsson. Game 4 saw that trade pay dividends as Nilsson connected on four scoring plays, posting a goal and three assists. Vegas scored two more goals on the man advantage this game, and with the 6-4 victory, they took a stranglehold on the series going back to Saskatoon. Back on Canadian soil, the Wild fed off their home crowd in Game 5, and for half the game they actually enjoyed the lead. But yet again, undisciplined penalties spelt their doom as Las Vegas would score all three of their tallies on the man advantage and take the game 3-2, thus eliminating the Wild from the playoffs. Saskatoon was a truculent and scrappy team to play against night in and night out, but perhaps in the end, that was what cost them the series as they had no answer for the blazing hot Aces power play. For the Wild management team it's back to the drawing board, while the Aces will look to double down in the Semi-Finals and keep their playoff dreams alive.
 

(3) Miami Marauders vs (6) San Diego Marlins
MIA wins in 7
 
Heading into the playoffs, the San Diego Marlins were the team nobody wanted to be matched up with in the first round. They ended the season red hot and they were finally enjoying some of the fruits of their labour as many of their young developing talent were starting to see results, and the top end players that were already developed were making a serious impact. While the Marauders were clicking at the right time and surging up the standings in the finals weeks of the season, the Marauders were in sort of a tough spot. They were basically locked in at number two in the Eastern Conference. They weren't going to overtake the Hounds for first, and they also had quite a cushion beneath them so they weren't likely to fall either. This is a dangerous place to be as it can be very easy to grow complacent when there is nothing to play for. 
 
The series opened in Miami for two games, the Marlins came flying out of the gates. In the opening frame of Game 1, center @KC15 Luc Tessier potted two quick goals and got the Marlins a 2-1 lead heading into the first intermission.  Miami would tie it up in the second, and despite both teams getting solid chances, the third period remained scoreless so it was off to overtime. Late in the frame, blueliner @Sportsboy57 took an undisciplined double minor for slashing.  On the man advantage, left winger @Lochlan Chisholm banged in a rebound in tight and won the game for the Marlins. Game 2 was a much different story as Miami came back much more focused and determined. The game started off as a back and forth affair. Tessier sniped his third goal of the series to open the scoring but @LilHCorny Trevor Wallace answered with his second to evaporate the San Diego lead. And that would be the last lead they had as Miami went on to score four more unanswered goals including a natural hat trick by journeyman center @Mashy Noah Mashford. The emphatic 5-1 victory helped regain morale for Miami as the series shifted to San Diego. 
 
After an off-day, the series shifted back to #MarlinsTerritory for Games 3 and 4. Unfortunately for the Marlins faithful, the Marauders had different plans as they promptly crashed the party with four unanswered goals in the first period, including two from @CptSquall Napoleon Dynamite. The capacity crowd was stunned as the skaters head off the ice after the first frame. However, despite digging themselves a massive hole, the Marlins never quit. After Russian forward @qripll Bogdan Trunov scored a pair to cut the deficit in half,  Luc Tessier notched a power play marker with just under eight minutes to play. Unfortunately it was too little, too late for San Diego as they fell 4-3, but the attempted comeback certainly did lift spirits going into Game 4. In a game that saw more swings then your neighborhood playground, the Marlins came out swinging in Game 4 and took a high scoring affair by a score of 6-4. The hero in Game 4 for the Marlins had to be @Mistxh J Nicky Mariani who exploded for two goals and two assists. With the series split two games apiece, it was back to Miami for Game 5.
 
The scene may have changed for Game 5, but the result did not as it was the Marauders coming out on the right side of a 6-4 win. Mashford got the ball rolling for Miami in the first period with goals six and seven of his playoffs. Carrying a 3-1 lead into the second, the Marauders never looked back. @MrShark Declan Wolf also added two goals of his own, including what would be the game winner and we would be remiss if we didn't mention Bonaparte finding his aforementioned teammates on most of these plays, as he earned himself a big four assist game. It was back to San Diego for a pivotal Game 6. With their backs up against the ropes, the Marlins came out swinging.  One of the teams main leaders, @Eldredman Aldwin Craig, came out flying to start the game and incredibly scored two goals within the first two minutes of the game! The fans were in a full blown frenzy as some faith had been restored in Marlins Territory.  San Diego added to their lead in the second with two more unanswered goals and from there on it was academic as they took the game by a score of 4-2. That set the stage for a winner-take-all Game 7 back in Miami. Game 7 was a back and forth affair, just as the whole series had been up to this point. The tension was palpable and this one went down to the wire. After the lead flip-flopped seven times, the game winner came in the dying minutes of the second period when none other than Noah Mashford buried his eigth goal of the series to put the Marauders up 4-3.  The third period saw the Marlins pour it on with everything they had. They outshot Miami 15-8, alas it was not enough. Goaltender @ClapbombsRus stood his ground and with that, the Marlins were off to the semi-finals, albeit by the skin of their teeth. This series was an absolute thriller and the Marlins should hold their heads high. They have a bright future ahead of them and will surely be a force next season.
 


(4) Minnesota Storm vs (5) Halifax 21st
HFX wins in 6
 
Finally, we have the classic 4vs5 matchup, which is traditionally the hardest one to prognosticate. This one was no exception as both teams were evenly matched throughout the season and only one point separated them in the standings at the end of the season. While Minnesota opted to stand pat and develop the talent they drafted at the start of the season, Halifax was fairly aggressive on the trade market, making numerous deals throughout the season to help fortify their team for the postseason. The series kicked off in Minneapolis, but sadly the Storm stumbled out the gate early and lost their home ice advantage. Halifax would lay a 5-1 shellacking on Minnesota in Game 1. After a goal in the first, the 21st followed it up with an four goal barrage in the second to go up 5-0. Though the Storm got one back, it was not nearly enough. Leading the charge in Game 1 was @GlowyGoat Baldur Poulsen and @Jake Sumner The Great, both of whom had 3 point nights. It should be noted both these players were brought in from aforementioned trades that manager @rory made throughout the season. From first glance, it seemed as though they trades were paying off.
 
Game 2 was a much closer affair, yet it was a similar result as the 21st would take a 2-0 stranglehold on the series. Poulsen maintained their hot hand and notched their third of the series as Halifax would win the game 3-2.  Riding a wave of momentum, the Boat Gang headed back home looking to sweep the series in four games. The momentum train kept on chugging along in Game 3 as Halifax would win 4-3. Poulsen opened the scoring in the first with their fourth goal in three games. Minnesota did manage to Storm back with two goals of their own in the second to tie the game. With less than a minute left in the second period, defenseman @KingMortie Big Mortie blasted a one-timer from the point to score a power play marker. This would end up being the game winner. Though it was a 4-3 win, the 21st really did dominate this game from start to finish. They doubled the Storm in shots 40-20 and looked in control the whole way through.
 
Game 4 Halifax had a chance to break out the brooms and win on home ice. This game was exciting all the way through. The Great would open the scoring for Halifax but the lead didn't last for long. Winger @Kyle01 Sean Ramirez would score two for the Storm in short succession, but Halifax simply would not go down. After clawing back, the 21st carried a 3-2 lead into the third frame. @tylerwest Tyler Steel padded their lead further with his second marker of the series to make it 4-2. Minnesota would get one back on the power play, cutting their deficit back down to one goal. With their backs up against the wall, winger @Gaudette Caleb Gaudette took a pass off the rush and tied the game with a hard wrister over the glove of Halifax netminder Johnathan Bustard. The period ended at a stalemate, so we went to overtime.  Just seven minutes into OT, it was none other than Gaudette coming up clutch yet again. He burred his second of the game and sent the series back to Minnesota for Game 5. The Storm would live to fight another day.
 
The series shifted back to Minnesota for a crucial game 5. This one was a low scoring affair all the way through. Credit to both goaltenders, especially Storm tender @Flames1Fan Dexter Vaughn who would make 39 saves on 40 shots to lead his team to a 2-1 overtime win. The teams traded goals in the second and the third period remained scoreless. Young rookie phenom @Patrik Tallinder Nils Tallinder scored his first career playoff goal 8 minutes and 26 seconds into OT.  For the second straight game, Minnesota refused to die and pulled off overtime magic. It was back to Nova Scotia for Game 6. The magic finally ran out when things came back out East. In another low-scoring game, Halifax really tightened up their defensive game, only allowing 19 shots on goal all game. All the scoring came in the opening period. The game winner ended up on the stick of veteran winger @MikkoKoskinensMistress Kikko Moskinen when he slipped one five-hold on Dexter Vaughan.  Down the stretch the 21st deployed the 2-1-2 neutral zone trap to perfection and the Storm were unable to respond. It's a tough loss for Minnesota but they did well to force the series to six games. Meanwhile the boys and girls in Halifax all went out for donairs after their big Game 6 victory at a local shop in Nova Scotia. 
 
What a fantastic first round we had this season! Even the 1 vs 8 matchup had a bit of intrigue to it, and the rest of the matchups were equally as fun to watch! With all the series decided, the semi-finals are as follows.  The first semi-finals features an all-Canadian matchup with the powerhouse Mississauga Hounds taking on the Halfifax 21st. Meanwhile south of the border, the high scoring Las Vegas Aces will look to go all in on their playoff hopes when they face the Miami Marauders! If the first round was any indication, we are in for some great hockey down the stretch here in the VHLM. Until next time, thanks for reading and take care!
 
 

@Renomitsu

12th Annual Unofficial VHL Regular Season Awards – S77
Another exciting regular season has come to a close. That means we can dole out some regular season awards! Welcome everyone to the 12th Annual Unofficial VHL Regular Season Awards honoring the highs and lows of S77! Thank you to everyone that reads this.
 
These awards have been created by me. There is no voting process and they are not officially recognized by the VHL Board of Governors. I wrote descriptions for most of these award names in the original award post.
 
I’m reducing the list of the previous winners to the last 5 seasons. If you want to check out the award winners from every season, use this link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sAZtX3bxVpPTIsKe1rSRVOenH1-iyWzbQEdR9ZvYOdU/edit?usp=sharing
 
I also added the “all-time” record for each category. Of course by that I mean all-time for the existence of these awards, not all-time, all-time. Clear? Ok, good. Let’s get things underway!
 
 
The Pylon Award (worst +/- rating) – Ove Dyrdahl @GRZ 
 
Despite Tyler Walker @Advantage and HC Davos’ best efforts (Davos had 7 of the top 10 players in this category), Ove was able to walk away with this award with a -43 on the season. Walker did his best to keep the streak of -35 being the winning total by getting that exact value for a 2nd straight season, but Ove had other plans.
 
All-time record: S73 - Balentine Kidd -  -74
 
Last 5 Pylon Award Winners:
Season
Player
+ / -
S76
Tyler Walker
-35
S75
Pistil Stamen
-35
S74
Jay Jones
-38
S73
Balentine Kidd
-74
S72
Jack Feriancek
-59
 
 
 
The Gandhi Award (least penalty minutes, min 1,000 minutes played) – The Terrible Trivium @der meister 
 
Last year’s winner, John Brewitt @JBrew42 had 0 PIM this season as well. Unfortunately, they didn’t qualify to win this award because they only had 918 minutes played. Part of me said “oh who cares about the rules for this award”, just give it to them. But the other part of me said “if these awards don’t follow the rules, then all integrity is lost. If integrity is lost, then what do you have? Nothing.” But then another part of me said “Hey DMax, you created these rules out of thin air and you run this whole thing. Do what you want.” But then another part of me said “I think we have too many conversations going on with ourself, let’s all quiet down.” That last part ended the self-conversation. The rule stays in place. Our winner, The Terrible Trivium, recorded 4 PIM in 2,136 minutes played. They won the award on a tie-breaker over Ziarie Anigbogu @ngine4 (4 PIM, 1,399 minutes played) and Paul Webber @WebberP (4 PIM, 1,274 minutes played). Special recognition to Isabella Campbell @Banackock who only recorded 1 penalty this season, it just happened to be a major penalty. That 5 PIM cost them this award.
 
All-time record: S67 - Diljodh Starload - 0 PIM, 2091 Minutes Played
 
Last 5 Gandhi Award Winners:
Season
Player
PIM
Minutes Played
S76
John Brewitt
0
1320
S75
Jonas Stormsson
4
1700
S74
Uhtred
2
2132
S73
Joseph Gainer
2
2106
S72
Jared Spaz
2
1106
 
 
 
The Major2 Award (most major penalties) - Randy Marsh @oilmandan
 
Randy Marsh winning this award seemed inevitable. Not only did he win, he set the all-time record with 14 major penalties this season. Amazingly enough for each one of those majors, Randy could be heard saying “Oh I’m sorry I thought this was America.” That may have worked while he was on Seattle, but clearly didn’t help him in Malmo, which, in fact, is not America.
 
All-time Record: S77 – Randy Marsh - 14 Majors
 
Previous Major2 Award Winners:
Season
Player
Major Penalties
S76
Riley Knight Gee
9
S75
Gary Tarantino
12
S74
Gary Tarantino
10
S73
Mickey Dickson
7
S72
Mikko Lahtinen
9
 
 
 
 
The Timex Award (received most hits) – Taro Tsujimoto @GustavMattias
 
Some question if Taro is even a real person, or if they were just made up as a joke. Taro winning this award should assure everyone that he is not only real, he gets hit a lot. Taro led the league in hits received with 307.
 
All-time Record: S69 - John Madden - 357 Hits taken
 
Last 5 Timex Award Winners:
Season
Player
Hits Taken
S76
Thomas Landry II
329
S75
John Merrick
311
S74
Mikko Lahtinen
321
S73
Hunter Hearst Helmsley
310
S72
Anthony Matthews
274
 
 
 
The John Wayne Award (most shots on goal) - Lexi Glass @AW13
 
Lexi came in and took this award to a whole new level. Their 570 shots on goal not only cleared the next closest player, teammate Aloe Dear @Renomitsu , by 49 shots, but they smashed the previous all-time record of 533 shots as well.
 
All-time record: S77 - Lexi Glass - 570 Shots on goal
 
Last 5 John Wayne Award Winners:
Season
Player
Shots on Goal
S76
Andrew Su
483
S75
Mikko Lahtinen
510
S74
Patrik Tallinder
532
S73
Sigard Gunnar
531
S72
Jet Jaguar
425
 
 
 
The “Hit the Broadside of the Barn” Award (most own shots blocked) - Patrik Laine @PatrikLaine 
 
If you would have told me at the beginning of the season that someone would smash the all-time shot record like Lexi did, I would have bet a lot of money they would sweep all the shot categories then. I’m glad that conversation did happen, because Patrik Laine put a cold stop to any change Lexi had of sweeping the shot categories. They won the award with 150 of their own shots blocked. For those wondering, Lexi finished 6th in this category with 141 OSB.
 
All-time record:  S76 - Chris Hylands - 165 Own shots blocked
 
Last 5 HtBotB Award Winners:
Season
Player
Own Shots Blocked
S76
Chris Hylands
165
S75
Mikko Lahtinen
146
S74
Ray Sheilds
157
S73
Brock Louth
164
S72
Henrik Zoiderberg
122
 
 
 
The “Can’t Hit the Broadside of the Barn” Award (most own shots missed) – Lexi Glass @AW13 
 
Glass owed this category even more than the shots on goal one. They missed 424 shots this season. Next closest player was again teammate Aloe Dear with 59 less missed shots.
 
All-time record: S74 - Brock Louth - 429 Shots missed
 
Last 5 CHtBotB Award Winners:
Season
Player
Shots Missed
S76
Andrew Su
373
S75
Mikko Lahtinen
375
S74
Brock Louth
429
S73
Brock Louth
425
S72
RJ Jubis
299
 
 
 
The New Shin Pads Award (most blocked shots) – Viktor Alexei Kamenov @BigTittySmitty 
 
If these awards are telling us anything, it’s that this was a fantastic season. Another all-time record falls in dramatic fashion! Kamenov’s 223 shots blocked soundly beat the previous all-time record of 207.
 
All-time record: S77 - Viktor Alexei Kamenov - 223 Shots blocked
 
Last 5 New Shin Pads Award Winners:
Season
Player
Shots Blocked
S76
Hulk Hogan Jr
188
S75
Fernando Jokinen
200
S74
Matty Socks
181
S73
Alex Bridges
194
S72
Condor Adrienne
188
 
 
The Tired Legs Award (most minutes played) - Andrew Su @Da_Berr 
 
It’s surprising this hall-of-famer hasn’t already won this award. Su adds to their collection of hardware by topping the league with 2,248 minutes played.
 
All-time record: S73 - Alex Bridges - 2401 Minutes played
 
Last 5 Tired Legs Award Winners:
Season
Player
Minutes Played
S76
Chicken Wing
2213
S75
Alek Andreshnikov
2303
S74
Guy Lesieur
2279
S73
Alex Bridges
2401
S72
Condor Adrienne and Zyrok12
2227
 
 
 
The Snap! Award (most power play minutes) - Onde Sandstrom @fonziGG
 
Sandstrom spent 422 minutes on the powerplay, besting 2nd place finisher and teammate Andrew Su by 29 minutes.
 
All-time record: S67 - Beau Louth - 437 power play minutes
 
Last 5 Snap! Award Winners:
Season
Player
PP Minutes
S76
Alex Letang
351
S75
Micah Adrienne
414
S74
Micheal Gary Scott
378
S73
Hulk Hogan
356
S72
Micheal Gary Scott
340
 
 
 
The 1 vs. 100 Award (most time on penalty kill) - Viktor Alexei Kamenov @BigTittySmitty 
 
Now it’s a little more clear how Kamenov smashed the all-time blocked shots record, they spent an all-time high 418 minutes killing penalties. The runner up this season had 67 less minutes killing penalties.
 
All-time record: S77 - Viktor Alexei Kamenov - 418 penalty kill minutes
               
Last 5 1 vs. 100 Award Winners:
Season
Player
PK Minutes
S76
Mikeal Keef
359
S75
Dakota Lamb
369
S74
Edwin THE Encarnacion
344
S73
Tyler Walker
390
S72
Cody Smith
356
 
 
 
The Sean Archer Award (highest face-off win %, min 1,000 faceoffs) - Christian Mingle @Quik
 
Rumor has it that Mingle learned how to take faceoffs by making sure there was at least a bible worth of space between him and the other player. It looks like it worked. Mingle led the league winning 58.42% of the 3,309 faceoffs they took. A down year for this award as that is the lowest percentage to ever win the award.
 
All-time record: S74 - Brock Louth - 63.72% face-offs won
               
Last 5 Sean Archer Award Winners:
Season
Player
Face Off Pct
S76
Benny Graves
59.91%
S75
Benny Graves
60.14%
S74
Brock Louth
63.72%
S73
Brock Louth
62.14%
S72
Hunter Hearst Helmsley
62.35%
 
 
 
The Castor Troy Award (lowest face-off win %, min 1,000 faceoffs) - Pietro Angellini @okifenoki
 
Look, this isn’t a good award to win. But at least Angellini won with award with the highest face-off win % of all-time. The won a not terrible, but still worst in the league, 44.71% of their face-offs.
 
All-time record: S66 - Bryce Zhields - 30% face-offs won.
               
Last 5 Castor Troy Award Winners:
Season
Player
Face Off Pct
S76
Nero Endrizzi
43.87%
S75
Jeff Odinson
32.74%
S74
Kefka Palazzo
32.26%
S73
Thorny Underyew
35.48%
S72
Richard Penisson
38.13%
 
 
 
The Triple Deke Award (most penalty shot goals) - Arthur Dayne @Infernal
 
Dayne tied Christian Mingle with 5 penalty shot goals but Dayne gets the award because they only took 6 penalty shots compared to Mingle’s 8.
 
All-time record: S67 - Veran Dragomir - 8 penalty shot goals
               
Last 5 Triple Deke Award Winners:
Season
Player
Penalty Shot Goals
S76
Kris Rice
5
S75
Ola Vikingstad
6
S74
Benny Graves
7
S73
Codrick Past
5
S72
Sigard Gunnar
6
 
 
 
The Rocky Award (most fights won) – Riley Knight Gee @KnightRiley
 
What a difference a year makes. Gee won the Glass Joe award last season. They got up off the ground, dusted themselves off, and came out swinging this season. Gee had a great fight record of 6-1-3. The 6 fight wins gets them this award and their name on the all-time list.
 
All-time record: S77 - Riley Knight Gee, S74 - Kristopher McDagg, and S67 ACL TEAR - 6 fights won
               
Last 5 Rocky Award Winners:
Season
Player
Fights Won
S76
Cabe McJake and Randy Marsh
3
S75
Vin Calia
4
S74
Kristopher McDagg
6
S73
Kristopher McDagg
4
S72
Kristopher McDagg
2
 
 
 
The Glass Joe Award (most fights lost) – Randy Marsh @oilmandan
 
Marsh likes to fight. We know this already. Apparently he doesn’t like to win those fights all that much. His fight record was 1-4-9 this season. The 4 fight loses wins him the glass joe award.
 
All-time record: S74 - Lee Xin and S69 Rusty Shackleford - 5 fights lost
               
Last 5 Glass Joe Award Winners:
Season
Player
Fights Lost
S76
Riley Knight Gee
4
S75
Jared Willis
3
S74
Lee Xin
5
S73
Mickey Dickson
3
S72
Roll Fizzlebeef
3
 
 
 
The Stars Award (most stars won) – Jim Bob @jRuutu
 
Jim Bob done won this here award with 26 total stars this season.
 
Honorable mention to Groovy Dood @bigAL who led the league with 14 first stars but fell 1 short of this award with 25 total stars.
 
All-time record: S76 - Mikko Lahtinen – 34 total stars
               
Last 5 Stars Award Winners:
Season
Player
Total Stars
S76
Mikko Lahtinen
34
S75
Mikko Lahtinen
24
S74
Mikko Lahtinen
32
S73
Sigard Gunnar
30
S72
Julius Freeman
25
 
 
 
The “Always a Bridesmaid” Award (most stars without winning 1st star) – Mikeal Keef @RStar 
 
Keef is the bouquet holder, winning this award with 9 stars, but no 1st stars. It’s ok, there’s a lot of stars in the sky. Your time will come. You have a great personality.
 
All-time record: S72 - Lewis Dawson and S67 Dan Baillie - 13 stars
               
Last 5 Bridesmaid Award Winners:
Season
Player
Stars
S76
Dan Baillie Jr
12
S75
Jacob Perry
7
S74
Richard Penisson
12
S73
Spencer Elsby
8
S72
Lewis Dawson
13
 
 
The Biggest Backpack Award (player with the largest difference in points from the rest of their team) - Groovy Dood @bigAL
 
Dood had a great year for D.C. with 106 points. The next closest teammate was Alex Letang @Spartan with 80 points. That 26 point difference was the largest in the league.
 
All-time record: S76 – Chris Hylands - 36 points more than next teammate
           
Last 5 Backpack Award Winners:
Season
Player
Point Difference from nearest teammate
S76
Chris Hylands
36
S75
Dagmar Havlova
22
S74
Patrik Tallinder
27
S73
Hunter Hearst Helmsley
27
S72
Benny Graves
13
 
 
 
The Anniversary Award (rank in total points matches season number) - Vin Calia @VinCal 
 
Vin wins with being 77th overall in points. Since this is the 77th season, you get the award. 62 points is a great total for this award. Congratulations!
 
Last 5 Anniversary Award Winners:
Season
Player
Points
S76
Jonas Stormsson
59
S75
Seabass Perrin
62
S74
Pengu
64
S73
Charlie Paddywagon
63
S72
Ondrej Ohradka
51
 
 
 
 
The Egghshell Award (goalie with most overtime losses) - Thadius Sales @thadthrasher
 
There were 3 goalies tied with 7 OTL. For the tie-breaker I went with the goalie who played the least number of games out of the 3, meaning their Overtime losses were a larger % of their total games. Sales wins it with 7 OTL in 59 games played.
 
All-time record: S75 - Doug Dimmadome and S71 Jaxx Hextall - 11 OT games lost
 
Previous Eggshell Award Winners:
Season
Player
Overtime Games Lost
S76
Doug Dimmadome
9
S75
Doug Dimmadome
11
S74
Greg Eagles
10
S73
Raymond Bernard
9
S72
Michael Johnson
9
 
 
 
The Jason Voorhees Award (most PIM by a Goalie) - Rara Rasputin @Victor
 
There was another tie for this award and I used the same criteria as above. Rasputin had 10 PIM in 68 games played compared to Stone Wolski @DollarAndADream 10 PIM in 70 games played.
 
All-time record: S76 - Doug Dimmadome - 29 PIM
 
Previous Jason Voorhees Award Winners:
Season
Player
PIM
S76
Doug Dimmadome
29
S75
Jaxx Hextall
12
S74
Ajay Krishna
21
S73
Rayz Funk
27
S72
A Red Guy
12
 
 
 
The Poke Check Award (highest % of penalty shots stopped, min 10 penalty shots against) - Jacob Carson @jacobcarson877
 
Carson stayed up late at night to work on their penalty shot game. They stopped a league high 80% of the penalty shots they faced.
 
All-time record: S75 - Grekkark Gyrfalcon – 88.9% penalty shots stopped.
 
Previous Poke Check Award Winners:
Season
Player
Penalty Shots Stopped
S76
Grekkark Gyrfalcon
79.5%
S75
Grekkark Gyrfalcon
88.9%
S74
Jacques Lafontaine
85.7%
S73
Stone Wolski
87.0%
S72
Virgil Ligriv
83.3%
 
 
 
That wraps it up for this season! Another year, another successful award ceremony! Congratulations and/or condolences to all the winners! As always, please provide any suggestions, insights, or thoughts in the comments. Thank you all for reading and continuing to make this a successful column!
 
Over 2,000 words. Will claim for 4 weeks.

Although Yukon put up a solid effort in a rebuilding season, the first official war versus San Diego in S77 was a decisive lost.
 
Thus, as many have seen, I had to get smacked in the face with a pie.
 

Please find here the end result of said video.
 
Now what I will say is a few things.
 
First and foremost, yes there was quite the mess to clean-up, so much so that we ended up using all the paper towel in my entire apartment and it ended up with me having to jump into the shower with all my clothes to get the damp, warm, and sticky whipped cream off me and my clothes.
 
Second, did you know whipped cream burns your eyes? And for at least an hour if not more it will continue to burn your eyes? I didn't know, and I wish I didn't know.
 
Lastly, this isn't the final war between the Rush and the Marlins. If anything, this is the dawn of the eternal war between these two teams and General Managers. Whether it's here or in the VHL one day, we will always battle, and next time I will be victorious.
 
The ball is now in @thadthrasher's court. The winner decides the next bet by the start of the next season, and I patiently await what you decide.
 
(225 words)

Loved helping to make that happen, but for sure, I'd play for this GM.  Awesome!
 

Welp, the season didn't end up how I thought it would go, thus what was mentioned here has happened as I lost the bet :https://vhlforum.com/topic/101415-yukon-declares-war-on-san-diego/ 
 
 
In short summary, both Yukon and San Diego had a bet on whoever lost the season series between eachother would have the GM get pied.
 
So with that being said, I present my end of the bargain:
 
 
 #feeltherush

Well time to claim the other half of this embarassment

Yo this is HELLAAA clean.. i like the vibe and effect you used

Amazing works as always !!

https://imgur.com/gallery/Lw19Hbp

The departure of Beaviss from the VHL means a lot of things for folks around.  The Vancouver Wolves lost their General Manager, the VHL lost one of its commissioners. More importantly, it means that we, as a community, lost the only member that kept track of the Unofficial VHL World Heavyweight Champions. As you can see from the original thread that goes for almost 2 complete pages, the VHL World Heavyweight Championship was a huge hit back in the late 60’s to early 70’s. With its biased set of rules and lack of updates, what was there not to like?
 
But Beaviss left the VHL altogether and he took what was left of the fist-fighting event with him. Fans were obviously angry, furious. Where will they go for updates on VHL fighting, on who is the current undisputed champion? Well, look no further! The VHL World Heavyweight Championship may be gone (RIP 2020-2020), but there’s a new player in the VHL pro boxing business: the Victory Fighting Federation. Sure, Continental Cups and other awards are important, but we know what the fans really want to see when they go check out a VHL game: they want to see two hombres strip down to the bare minimum and go mano-a-mano until one of them falls down and can’t get up. Or maybe they get back up but they’re all dizzy. That’s what gets the fans screaming, goals are secondary.
 
The VFF will work similarly to Beaviss' old project, with players fighting in the sim for the title of VFF champion. When a champion gets into a fight, the winner of that fight will become the new champion - meaning either the champion keeps their title by winning or drawing, or the challenger wins and snatches the title of VFF champion. I’ll try to make regular updates about champions defending their titles and challengers gearing up for their next bouts, maybe even set up interviews with the most promising challengers if players are into it. We can set a running thread with a list of past champions, how many times each of them successfully defended their titles, how many times some players failed to challenge for the title, and so on. We’re bringing glory back to the art of punching on skates.
 
 
The Rules
1. Anyone who defeats the current VFF champion in a fight in a VHL regular season or playoff game will become the new titleholder. Preseason and tournaments don’t count.
2. If the current champion fights to a draw, it will keep its title.
3. The title of VFF champion will be made vacant if the current champion isn’t on a team at the start of a season, either because it retired or is still a free agent.
4. The title of VFF champion will be made vacant if the current champion doesn’t get into a single fight for exactly 20 games. We want to keep it interesting. No one wants this to die again, and not having any update in multiple seasons in a row is a recipe for disaster.
5. If the title is vacant, the winner of the next fight will be the new champion.
 
 
The Victory Fighting Federation will start on the opening day of Season 78. Get ready to drop the gloves and snatch them belts. The winner of the first fight of the season will be crowned our first ever VFF undisputed champion.

Congrats everyone!!!