qripll

You are a definition of loyalty and respect. Enjoy the retirement, goat

This duo is unstoppable

1. How badly are we going to BEAT the other teams in these playoffs? Well, it's 2-2 from now. And I can't say that we beat opponent . We dominate for sure but it was not enough to close the series fast. 2. How did you feel about your players performance this season? Tremendous start, awful mid-season and good finish of the regular season. Overall, it's just nice. No more, no less. 3. How did you feel about the team in general? Absolutely the same as me. We should've been better but hockey gods were not on our side sometimes. Thats ok, we'll succeed in playoffs 4. What is one thing you would change about this season? I'd make Trunov play like god and break league SV% and GAA records. It seemed possible after 20 games , but dreams kept being dreams 5. When do you think first real snowfall will happen? Or has it already? It's been snowing for the last two days and it's cool. I loge changes of scenery and winter vibe hit me already. 6. Whats your favourite season? Winter. New Year, my birthday. The coolest days of my life.

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1. Did you expect the team to make a trade? That was a rumor that I trusted. We are one of the best team in the league and chasing the cup obviously requires some moves to be better. 2. How do you think the acquisition of Sarkanis will affect the team? I witnessed his great VHLE debut season and I'm pretty happy we got him. He is awesome two-way winger and super effective along the ice. 3. How did your player welcome Sarkanis to the team? I bought him a ticket to the theatre. We are professionals and are lack of some cool and uncommon activities and hobbies. Hopefully, it will appeal to him and he'll buy a season pass in front of the stage. It is a great way to relax and wash your mind after tough loses. 4. Should the Ottawa Lynx get a mascot? What would we name it? I thought we already had one! Nevertheless, we are cool enough to have two! I'd create female mascot "Alena". 5. Whats a rule you wish you could add to the VHL? Delete restricted zone for goalies. Let them play everywhere. 6. How excited are you for us to get to playoffs in a few weeks? We are actually. But it is just a one step and we are going for the cup.

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1. How did your player celebrate Halloween? I practiced hard while everyone was celebrating. That's my kind of celebration. 2. Whats the best candy? Mom's cookies. Or something else that is sweet and made with all the love. 3. Grape offered you trick or treat and you chose trick. What did he do to/give you? Retire my jersey as I am already the greatest goalie who played for Ottawa! 4. What was the cause of the Lynx's cold streak? Actually, it was my fault. I feel that I underperformed last week and to be honest it is like an evil surprise to me as well. We'll be back soon 5. Are we back? Or are we going to struggle again? Not yet. Trust the process! As soon as Trunov hit 303 tpe, bet your house on Ottawa winning the playoffs this tear 6. Who are you voting for in the upcoming election? (Baozi vs Fresco 2) MY candidate is Rory! I don't see anyone but him

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Team World By the S94, it's been 24 seasons since Team World has won World Cup gold medals. Newly hired World Cup commissioner Rory was under the pressure as hockey community asked for drill, intrigue and emotions! Team World was incredibly successful in S60 - S70 span: 2 gold medals, 3 silver medals and one bronze medal. 6 straight semifinals. Always on the podium. But dark times have come. Since S72 they have made the finals once but lost it. And won bronze medals in S80. And we can't say Team World was just unlucky due to weak generation. Reylynn Reinhart, Asher Reinhart and Zeedayno Chara were VHL super stars but couldn't succeed with the team. And then Team World disappeared from contender list. Season 94 almost ended , international tournaments were about to start. Glorious General Manager qripll started his international GM career with Team Europe in S88. It is safe to say that it was a great team to start your path with. They won the WJC back-to-back in S85 and S86 and lost the finals in S87. Despite qripll had a great group of young and promising players, fans expectations were high because they wanted to step on the first place again and take the crown. He made his best to get the chemistry on high level. And built the system around key players. Hard pressure along the rink, high tempo, forecheck and full focus on attack. qripll won gold medals and was hired GM next season to repeat the success. He won back-to-back World Junior Championship (S88, S89). After that, he started looking for a new challenge. S94 GM selections One week before first games Rory announced International General Managers. Canada - Dadam30 USA - Spartan Western Europe - LucyXpher Eastern Europe - FrostBeard Nordic - doomsday World - qripll It wouldn't be exaggeration to say that qripll was in a tough spot. Team World were not considered contenders. And he had to handle with more experienced and skilled GMs. However, qripll made the roster that ideally fits his strategic and started working with it. Group stage results weren't that bad as critics expected. However, hockey fans all over the globe could see the definition and rise of qripll's hockey. In Round Robin , Team World faced the best team of the group — Team USA — and absolutely demolished them. USA goalie had to face 42 shots in the first periods! Team World players were incredibly fast and basically better at everything. That was the main reason why World had 14 power plays. Everyone knew - Team World was getting better with every game and by the finals they would be unstoppable. The question was — who could stop them? qripll and company finished 3rd in the group with 5 - 3 - 2 stats. They were going to face Team Eastern Europe in the quarter-finals. Long texts ahead. Yaroslav Trunov almost buried Team World dreams. Russian forward did his best to help his team and scored a hat trick. Unfortunately, it was not enough to beat Team World. 5-3. In the semifinals, Team Nordic was waiting for his opponent. They finished Round Robin 2nd with the best goals difference. However, Lachlan Summers had his own plans on this matchup. Team Nordic overplayed and Team World with 50 shotson goal. As a result, tremendous goalie performance from Captain Lachlan made the whole crown speechless. He ended the game with .98 SV% and only Jarmo Ruutu could score in the 3rd period. But it was too late. 4-1. The finals In the finals qripll had to fight with one of the best VHL general manager who was in the lead of Team USA — Spartan. New school vs old school. Fans were thrilled and hyped. For the first time in many years, Team World were so close to the World Cup. The game was chaotic and impressively active. Both teams put a lot of efforts in the offensive zones and USA scored first, but 8 minutes later Assistant Captain Grimgor Ironhide scored his 2nd goal in the playoffs. In the second period, USA took the lead after Rip Wheeler's goal and fans all over the world were wondering "Will qripll find right words in the locker room?", "what will he do to tie the game?". At 2:12 Axle Gunner scored beautiful one timer with the pass from Thor Reingaard. 2-2. Best players on the world were fighting for their names on the cup. Team World were extremely energised, but couldn't convert their efforts into a cup winning goal. One second before the whistle, Grimgor Ironhide had a shot attempt. Fans stood up but Olober Syko stopped the luck with a rebound. Regulars finished 2-2. Team World led in shots but it was just a result of their active and aggressive style. "It's coming globe!" The crowd's chanting. To be honest, USA deserved to win overtime. Due to high activity, Team World players were exhausted and it was not a good sign. USA finally took the advantage and started playing more aggressive in offensive zone and especially in front of the net. 12 shots against 5 ones from World in overtime. At 12:40 Walter Fitzroy Jr, the player who was in a shadow of his teammates, moved puck in Team USA zone and shot. The puck was stopped by Olober Syko but it was retrieved by Phillip Rave for Team World. Another shot by Phillip Rave. Deflect By Severus Targaryen. Severus Targaryen scores his the most significant goal. It's the moment, when fans all over the world came on the streets and celebrated the victory. Walter Fitzroy Jr, who had the least points along Team World roster started the attack that brought the team gold medals. qripll were confident about every player he invited and players were confident about his game style. They were not afraid of losing. After 24 seasons draught, Team World is World Cup Champions. This lore is not only about my success as a general manager. It is also about history I've made with this group of people. @rory, @kirbithan, @hylands , @Zetterberg, @Baozi, @Steve, @Moon, @N0HBDY, @Banackock, @Velevra, @FrostBeard, @tcookie. And as I caught a chance , I would love to thank everyone who is related to this unbelievable run. Everyone had a huge impact on the team and I wish everyone to feel the same emotions! And yes, so far I have had a 100% win rate on international tournaments. Would love to see whether anyone reached the same results as a GM with minimum 3 tournaments played. WJC S88 - WJC S89 - WC S94 -

1. Will Trunov become a VHLM legend and put up some of the best goalie stats ever? He will for sure. No matter what happens, Trunov is ahead of every goalie in the league. He has ebough games left to go above .933 and make the history. 2. Will the Lynx put up 120+ points. A rare feat in the VHLM. I strongly believe it is possible! We are on fire and if we keep the pace, we will make the dream come true. 3. Will Harrington and Petan Jr both stay at the top of their positions this season? We have such a great team and both Harrington and Petan are surrounded by great teammates. Chemistry is one another level, they feel each other with eyes closed on the ice. Poetry in motion! 4. How do you personally feel about your players performance? Should've been better! I wanna be the best at everything, still that's not enough. It's about being better than I was yesterday. That's how I am going to bring Ottawa the cup. 5. What is the next step in improving your player? Biography has came out, so now I have more spare time to practice on my agility and sizing. There is a plenty of work and I am into it as much as I can. 6. What do you consider a succes this season, personal or for the team. Trunov breaks the VHLM record for save percentage, Ottawa wins the cup. That's the only way I suppose the success is.

CHILDHOOD Vladimir Trunov was born in Kursk, Russia. He is the youngest brother of Trunov trio and since his first steps he has seemed to be pretty acrobatic and athletic. Growing up with the offensive minded brothers Vladimir liked to play in the net as he was not that good at stick handling and deking, nevertheless , he has been spending hours playing with brothers and using self-made pads made of moms ancient sofa pillows. He used old spare laces to tie pillows around his legs but it was not much of a help as his knees have been always having a huge pain after home games with brothers. During one of that games, Yaroslav Trunov in heat of a battle accidentally missed the ball and the stick hit Vladimir right into his head , close to his right eye. Since that time, there has always been a scar on his right eyelid. But that is just only a reminder to the opponents how fearless and brave this young man is. Playing with brothers was a great way to train his reflexes, more over coaches say that Trunov might be the definition of new game style that nobody has seen yet. It combines butterfly and hybrid style and it fits pretty well with aggression and passion Trunov has. It is complicated to play in front of the net, as Trunov is way too active with the stick and he is not afraid of playing far from the net and getting into the contact with an opponent. It was pretty obvious, that Vladimir will choose his brothers path and one day he will join the VHLM. During the offseasons, he joined russian hockey development program. Among former pro KHL goalies, Ryan Artyomov took part in the training process. It was implied, that the present star would give all his VHL experience to the future franchise player. It wouldn't be exaggeration to say that it was truly Vladimir's first on the ice friend. Vladimir has never lifted the cup. One of the best players of his generation barely made the finals with his team. Biggest sharks of russian hockey tried to acquire Vladimir and they were ready to give him the biggest contract in hockey history for player who is under 16. He rejected everything and stayed loyal to his club, The Nightingale Kursk. It was also noted as a fear of doing some significant changes. Staying in the hometown was one of the reason why Trunov was off the draft charts a year before the draft and only after his debut in VHLM scouts recognised his limitless potential. FIRST STEPS It was not a debatable thing what kind of sport Vladimir wanted to dedicate himself to. It has always been a hockey. He played for a local school team and junior club as well. When he grew up physically, at the age of 15, he was invited by seniors to take part in beer league. At this time, he was considered as the best goalie in the city. Also, he started playing against opponents that were older than him but it didn't bother Trunov's coaches. It is safe to say that Vladimir had no friendship with goalies among the clubs he played for. He has always been ahead of peers and they didn't like him for that. Always better, no matter what. Vladimir is not that educated as his older brother, Bogdan Trunov, he finished high school and entered the university but he has never shown interest to learning or reading. After finishing season 95 with 22 games played on loan in Halifax, Vladimir decided to come back home and continue studying. As soon as he was drafted, he left the city and bought a ticket to Ottawa without asking a piece of advice from parents. Bogdan Trunov, former Ottawa Lynx player and Continental Cup winner, was the only relative that knew everything. He helped his youngest brother to transfer the equipment and arranged the meeting with owner and general manager of Ottawa Lynx. It is hard to say , why Vladimir fell off on draft charts despite it is pretty clear from now he is the best player of this class. Some scouts suppose unfriendly behaviour and the lack of game experience in big junior leagues caused it. Vladimir had around 4-5 online interviews with VHLM teams and it was a shocking thing to see him being out of top-10, top-16, out of the second round, of the third one.... By that time, he had left the draft conference room. When Ottawa Lynx announced their 44th overall pick selection, Trunov was practicing alone at the ice rink. So you'll never find a photo with Trunov on the VHLM draft stage. FUTURE RECORD BREAKER Trunov's biggest goal is VHLM save percentage record. For a long time he was examining best VHLM goalies and especially ones who have set single season records. Statistics, metrics , schedule and play style. Everything matters when we talk about breaking the record. Pipo Poppa fairly holds the record for save percentage as a goalie with minimum 20 games played in a season. With .933 it seemed pretty untouchable goal, but not for Trunov. After 15 games, Vladimir had .951 but slowed down a bit and currently he has .927 which is pretty close and the whole community is wondering whether this young star can write down his name in the history. It would not be a surprise to see Xavier Boobery and Rayz Funk posters in Vladimir's childhood room. They are role models for every goalie and Vladimir might repeat their success in the near future. IT'S NOT ABOUT BEING BETTER THAN SOMEONE ELSE, IT'S ABOUT BEING BETTER THAN YOU WERE THE DAY BEFORE.