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The off-season has begun for me and the Vancouver Wolves and it's hard to be out of the mix in the playoffs, which is a fun time. While our future is looking super bright maintaining motivation during the dreaded off-season is tough. Added to this I missed both the damn trivia questions today!! I have been checking in on the VHLM,E, and VHL playoffs and it's been surprising. Ive been rooting for New York in the NA and Prague in the EU. New York mainly because since I have joined the franchise has struggled. It would be cool to see them get to the finals. In the M my buddy @Thunder has been playing well with a point per game average for Saskatoon, so I am rooting for them. It truly does suck missing the playoffs since it's an extra long off-season but I think Vancouver will be sitting pretty next season if we all keep earning. Anyway best of luck to the playoff teams especially Prague, Oslo, and Saskatoon. See ya next week.

1. Liv Slater for sure 2. Kaleeb for sure. He worked his ass off in net. 3. Guntis. Played a heavy game with little fanfare. 4. Liv Slater 5. Jake Wylde 6. need players to keep earning and we will be unstoppable

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1. I want them to lose. Better pick 2. Philly for sure. I was rooting for them and they blew it 3. yeah I am. I’m happy to be in VhL now so excited to see someone beat Seattle 4. @frank goes #1 overall to LA. they need a goalie for the future. 5. Yikes. Bad image. And No. men should not wear them 6. A feather

This season has been a little rough for Vancouver’s rookie winger, Logan Ninefingers. He has done some good things at times and abysmal at times. He has recently gotten into a physical role and had some good fights along the way. So today I’m going to take a deep look at Nine finger’s career fight card. VHLM S91 Game 304- vs Alexandros Mograine (Saskatoon) (fought to a draw) VHLE S92 Oslo/Bratislava Game 67- vs C1 (rome) Win- at least I can beat up a bot Game 78- vs Karol Lamb @dlamb(BRA) -- Loss--- Getting beat up by your GM really hurts. Game 114- vs S Winston Dixon jr @Rjdixon01 (VAS) Win Game 117- vs C1 (ROM) draw- me and this dude have beef for sure Game 21- playoffs vs Theo Allard @InstantRockstar (COL) Loss S92 Pro Am Fight vs Callum Gary Yanick Janser @Daniel JanserDaniel - LOSS S93 VHL Vancouver Game 195 vus Raimo Tuominen @SlapshotWrangler(CGY) Draw Game 298 vs Jarmo Ruutu @jRuutu (MOS) loss Game 306 vs Tommy Sleeves @dasboot(HSK) loss Conclusion, winning fights isn’t easy and apparenlty Logan needs to hit the weight room in the off season. Happy Friday everyone

The next two weeks are super busy for me so trying to do an extra long media spot to count for two weeks. I am off to Las Vegas for two weeks which is waaaay too long to be in the desert. So this weeks Around the League will cover a bunch of topics such as Bollos de Trueno potential draft spot, a look in on Rip Wheeler, the race to the playoffs, and maybe other random stuff to get me to 1000 words. BOLLOS de TRUENO A quick look in at the upcoming draft shows a pretty deep first round and truly a bunch of “can’t miss” draft pick for the first 10-15 picks. Lots of big names and huge earners litter the top spots and a large amount of these picks are defensive players. What does that mean for Trueno? Well lets look deeper at BDT. Without even looking at @Thunder current player in Trueno we have to think his draft stock is high simply because of his history. His first player, Jake Thunder was the type of defenseman that set the standard for modern era VHLers looking to make a Hall of Fame dman. Not knowing what type of build Trueno will be, it seems likely we will be looking at Jake Thunder 2.0 but maybe better since Thunder is passed the learning curve now and knows what to put his TPE into now. Currently, Bollos de Trueno plays for Saskatoon and is having a great season. In 61 games he has 12 goals 39 assists 51 points with 94 hits and 67 SB. 6 of his 12 goals are on the power play and he somehow snagged a shorthanded goal to show he is a threat in any circumstance. He currently sits #7 in overall TPE (3rd overall for defenders) for the upcoming draft class that shows 7 defensemen in the top 15. So where will he go? Based on the current standings it looks like LA will have #1 pick with Davos picking #2. LA’s needs could force them to take a sure pick goalie in Soju @Frank first overall and based on Franks past players could prove to be the smart choice. If Davos had the second pick they could go with #2 in overall TPE in Jillian Woods @jacobcarson877who is lighting it up in Ottawa (18-47-65) and another guaranteed winner of a pick. But could Davos draft Trueno at #2 since his former player was a Davos legend? Davos has some young forward talent but some needs all around so tough to say, only @AlexAlex knows. There is some amazing forward talent as well in Maverick Goncalves @leandrofg who skipped the M and is already playing well against better talent in the VHLE. Maverick is supreme talent and earner, and we can easily see him go #1 in this draft or any previous draft. If he falls to #2 will Davos pick him up to lead their club in the future? Other names like Felicia Hardy @JCarson, Pierre Mac Bouchard @Gaikoku-hito, The Phantom of the VHL @Hogan, Pombo @samx, Lazlo Holmes @Gustav , Maple Dogwood @dogwoodmaple, Erik Thorvaldsson @Tetricide, and Wally Lose @youloser1337 all complicate the matter too since they are all great talent with historically great players. My prediction for Bollos de Trueno’s draft spot is #2-#8 spot. My sincere hope is that he somehow falls to Vancouver’s draft selection so that I may play with my friend in real life. But it’s more likely he ends up somewhere else just based on pure statistics and, in that case, I hope to smash his face on the daily. LOL. Best of luck Trueno, either way I can’t wait for you to get to the VHL and make another Hall of Fame defenseman. RIP “Glass jaw” Wheeler To date, I have recruited four players to the VHL. Two shit the bed early and were useless. One made the hall of fame (Jake Thunder) and one recruit I like to consider an off and on disappointment in Rip Wheeler. Now, I know Rip in real life, and we work together. So, we often have conversations about Rip Wheeler @ScottyP and my player, Logan Ninefingers dropping the gloves and going at it. For example, he told me that he was, “going to make that rookie Ninefingers pay the price in the big leagues,” when my player got to the VHL. So recently when the Vancouver Wolves squared off against the Prague Phantoms in game 393 in Prague. So, in front of his sold-out hometown crowd Rip Wheeler tried to assault young Vancouver forward, Riley Martin @Smarch. At the 16:44 mark Rip embarrassed himself by challenging the youngster to a fight by slashing him up the ice over and over. What happened after will be shown on YouTube clips for ages as the rookie Martin served right hand after right hand into Wheeler’s mouth. Wheeler looked like a puppet on strings as Martin showed the veteran forward a little about pugilism on ice. To add fuel to the fire poor Wheeler was given a game misconduct for his antics and a guaranteed hearing with league officials over his behavior. However great the fight win was for Vancouver they ended up losing in a shootout to a goal by Skor McFluery. VHL Standings At the 60-game mark the Toronto Legion are currently the best team in the league with a 43-15-2 record. Malmo, Seattle, London, New York, Moscow, and Prague are all close and this off-season should be a fun one to watch. Seattle and Moscow made the most moves at the deadline to try and improve their clubs and I think both were successful and pose a real threat to other clubs come playoff time. Warsaw, defending champs DC, and Chicago also have their talents and are looking to wreck their pairings come playoffs. The current hot team in the league is Malmo with a 4-game win streak and is in a battle for top spot in the European division with London. It will be an exciting ending to the season to see where these clubs shake out. will claim for weeks 04/28 and 05/05

Review: What a great article and nice take on a the popular fantasy game/novels. It's always interesting to see how creative VHL people are and this article shows how much you know about the Warhammer universe. Now, I have never played the game nor read any of the main books (although they're in my TBR pile). That being said your article peaked my interest in the books. You included unique and complete details of each city, beasts, and details suited to each team. Now, playing in Vancouver I am not sure I want to move to Barak Varr and would much rather have the team name HellBlasters if such a move was to happen. Also, I loved the photographs, bolding, and lore included in this article and a very nice stray from the norm. 10/10

HAHAHAHA- best article in the history of VHL. Can't wait for Rip to read it

1. Moscow is already tough and now they are really going for it. I pick them as our rivals for years to come 2. Thought Helsinki could have gotten more for Fukka. But either way it makes Seattle better without having to give up too much. Which sucks! lol 3. I think we can, We are streaky for sure and just got punished today with lack of scoring. I think we will get hot though and squeak in. 4. It's been great for me. Happy to be in Vancouver and in VHL. We knew we were going to have a young club, still earning. The next few seasons we will grow and be super deadly. 5. I did not. I was off and hanging with family since weather was nice we've been outside mostly. 6. NO RAIN!!!!!!! Rains for like 9 months straight here so its nice for a break

1. Not sure there is much that can be done when re-building. I guess best thing is players do a few extra point tasks and earn a bit to improve chances of winning 2. yes for sure. The vhlm is a tough league to stay consistent on top. I expect Miami to be contenders next season. 3. I want Ninefingers to be a John Jameson type player. Hitter and scorer. 4. When I was in M for the first time I was happy with active leadership group in LR. Really helped me stay interested as I learned the difficulties in VHL 5. CCM. Only skates I ever truly liked 6. When I played I had to put my left sock and skate on first. Left glove first as well.

Enjoy Audiobooks more but started a podcast on Spotify called History on Fire. Some pretty cool history shit.

As we look in at what most likely is the leader in the Rookie of the year standings, Theo Allard @InstantRockstar there is more to his game than his over a point per game average. At the 50-game mark he has 21g 37a 58pts and 54 PIMS. Not overly imposing at 603 188lbs Allard is taking the rookie class by storm with his grit and scoring prowess. Now, he is on a stacked team with the defending champions and has some leadership to lean on but…he still must put the puck in and he’s doing it. What is more surprising is the young rookie has 8 fights this season already with low PIMS. Meaning he picks his spots well and fights strategically as not to hurt the club. It will be a good race to the finish for the coveted rookie of the year with some greats like MacAvoy and Richmond nipping at Allard’s heels. Best of luck!

Very true. Be an interesting mascot. lol

I am pretty happy to have Theme Week upon us again for that sweet sweet TPE. I just spent the week in Coeur D’Alene Idaho at a nice resort that sits on the massive Coeur D’Alene lake. The weather was nice, sun out, a much different environment than my home near Seattle Washington where it is chilly and take a guess? Yep, raining! Now, I have been told by my wife that the weather will be nice this weekend but I still don’t believe it. Therefore, for my re-branding the beloved Seattle Bears hockey club will be moved to Coeur D’Alene Idaho. To start the re-branding thought the team name and colors must be changed. I did some research into some current Idaho sports team names to get an idea. We have the Idaho Vandals, Broncos, Idaho Steelheads (minor hockey), the North Idaho College Cardinals, and some high school team names of Mushers, Wampus Cats, Maniacs, Cutthroat, and the Braves- recently changed to Brave. Some interesting names for sure but not something I had in mind for our new club. Named for Native American tribe it is known for its enormous 25 square mile lake, small but vibrant city, and two amazing golf courses. The City sits on the border of Washington State and is close to a major airport in Spokane, WA. Famous celebs that own homes in CDA are Wayne Gretzky, John Elway, and Tiger Woods. Although, despite hosting a hockey camp at the nearby rink the Great One and family are rarely seen in town. So enough of a history and whats what with the City lets choose some team colors. The identity of a team in Idaho must be one of ruggedness and grit. Winters are harsh Idaho and the people need a little bit of nastiness to get through. So that being said the colors for the new club with be a dark green with black lettering, outlined with silver border. These colors will match the evergreen mountains that span the Inland Empire. The team name was difficult. We could certainly keep the Bears team name since the brown and black bear populate the area heavily. Certainly the Coyote, Mountain lion, Badger, Eagles, Hawks, Sturgeon, and other wildlife could all fit as well. I picked a few names that I liked and they are: Maulers Outlaws Shadow Renegades Rampage Misfits Miners Bone Crushers – Only for the cool logo in my head It was hard and I went back and forth numerous times and changed the names numerous times. I almost kept the Bears team name as well to honor my home State. But I finally decided, and the new team’s name will be: The Coeur D’Alene Rampage So according to Marriam-Webster dictionary - Rampage: noun- : a course of violent, riotous, and reckless action or behavior. I can think of no better team identity than this name. I wish I was decent at graphics and I would have made a graphic but I am terrible at it so sorry. Hope all is well with everyone

Crashing your PC 1. def not creating something since I have zero clue how to do graphics. Do love the free TPE tho 2. not too bad. We’ve struggled in Vancouver er a bit as we’re still young. Ninefingers is starting to beat up a bit which is nice. 3. Jesse Teno for sure. Legend 4. I think so. Y’all are beasts. Just don’t beat Vancouver. 5. more fighting 6. my grandfather

Thank you!

Haha. Easy to pick!! Congrats. You make beasts!!

The Vancouver Wolves season has been rocky as far as standings go. However, after recent shootout loss to Calgary the Wolves highly touted rookie class has given GM @Frank another problem to worry about. Despite given a curfew by their GM, four rookies, Riley Martin @Smarch, Guntis Gavilrovs @Girts, Logan Ninefingers, and Vlad Von Carstein @Dom snuck out and hit the bars. While at a popular club known as the Roxy they were allegedly confronted by several Calgary fans who made the trek over to watch the game. Apparently the four rookies took offense to some of the comments about Vancouver’s play this season and the fists started flying. In the end, we saw nine Calgary fans transported to local hospitals and the four rookies sitting in the city jail. Rumor also has it that giant defensemen, Guntis Gavilrovs ripped a finger off one of the assailants to give it to Logan for a full set. But this can’t be confirmed. Upon their release the four had no comment as they were escorted to some cars to be whisked away. GM Frank Chadwick gave a press conference at noon today and gave the following statement: “Last night four of my players broke curfew and went out on the town. This is an internal matter that I will deal with, and they will not like the consequence for that. I feel a day of bag skating is in their near future. Furthermore, the issue with the fight last night I have no issue with how they handled themselves. Were a team, and in my opinion, they defended the team, and they will not be punished for that. I am proud that four of my youngest players stood together and battled as family. It's why I drafted them.” Reporter: “Can you confirm the rumor that Guntis Gavrilrovs tore someone’s finger off and kept it last night?” Frank: “No comment”

There are a lot of things to like about the VHL and the creative process you can take to make the player of your choosing. Some go for that offensive defenseman or a speedy playmaking center. However, sometimes VHL members choose to make a gritty smashmouth killer that would hit his/her own grandmother on the ice. And these are the players I love and will honor here today: As I hunted through the forum of historical hitters it was pretty evident the early seasons were similar to the 70s-80s NHL. Lots of points and lots of killers with hits and PIMS that will probably never be equaled by our modern VHL players. I am going to highlight some of these players and just a note: This is by no means a comprehensive list and if I missed someone or chose not to list them here it was simply for brevity. Looking for the single season hit record I saw it was held by Season 61 Davos’s Gabriel McAllister @CowboyinAmerica with 461 and he still had 99 points that same season. That is a lot of damn hits. The only modern player I could find that was close to this record was Malmo’s forward, Druss Deathwalker with 413 in S82 (good for 12th all time) and 404 in S84. No other modern player has amassed 400 hits. Pretty impressive. Top 10 Hits in a Season: #1- Gabriel McAllister 461 (S61) #2- Simon Valmount 441 (S49) #3- Zach Perechkin 434. (S51) #4- Tukka Reikkinen 430 (S30) #5- Phil Shankly 426 (S57) #6- David Smalling 423 (S23) #7- Motherfucker Sharpe 421 (S57) #8- Phil Marleau 418 (S74) #9- Chad Magnum 415 (S75) #10- Leeroy Jenkins 414 (S26) #10- Edwin Encarnacion 414 (S42) Now, for career hits that record his held by Vinny Detroit @dasboot with 3163. He almost broke the 400 mark in S86 with Davos where he had 398 hits and he never had a season under 300. Detroit was a hitting machine and even won a Continental Cup in S83. Rounding out the top 5 career hits are: #1- Vinny Detroit 3163 #2- Brennan McQueen 2889 #3-Druss Deathwalker 2882 #4-Vasile Lamb @dlamb 2877 #5-Duncan Idaho @OrbitingDeath 2734 I tried looking up if any of these top 30 or so hit leaders were defensemen but kept getting “Oops you went off side” when I clicked their names. It’s harder to be the hit leader as a Defensive player but in looking at the current hit leaders in the VHL, there are two in the top 10 in Womp Womp Womp Womp Womp Jr @AdamEss with 158 (2nd place) and Skor McFleury @AlexAlex with 139 (6th). Also, a huge shoutout to the always reliable stay at home dman in Calgary, Phil Strasmore @PhilPhil is set to pass 2000 hits this year which is a huge achievement. Added to the 1664 minutes in PIMS (good for 4th all time currently) he for sure has been tough to play against. Congrats Phil!! See ya next week

Wow!!! Thank you so much! Great article. Pumped that I found the VHL when I did. Y'all are a great community.

Great article. Looking forward for more

Congrats Pal!

Lets GO! You need to get past Wheeler first tho.

Another week into the season and there is plenty of happenings to chat about. First, its April Fools and I got GOT twice in 12 hours by the VHL. Great job! For this week I’d like to cover the current VHL standings, a look in at Saskatoon in the VHLM, and give a little “tough guy” tribute. VHL STANDINGS In the North American league the defending champs, DC Dragons are killing it. At 20-4 they have cruised out to first place with a tough Toronto club nipping at their heels. Led by The Frenchman @OrbitingDeath with 22g 26a= 48 pts and defenseman, Mark Calaway @Beketov 12g 26a= 38pt they are showing that they want to raise that Continental Cup again. They have great depth and are getting scoring and contributions from everyone on the roster. Added to this, they are nasty in net with Henry Tucker Jr @NSG who already has two shutouts. Prediction: Victory Cup In the EU, Moscow, Malmo, London, and Prague are all really close and I predict there will be many lead changes before the trade deadline. All these teams are crazy good but I want to look in on Prague today. Prague has scored the most goals in the league (100) but have allowed 78. If they are to compete for the cup I would think team defense would have to improve but their offense is impressive. Led by John Jameson @Frank 23-30-53pts (85 hits) and Nikolas Kauppi @Tetricide 25-27-52pts up front and all-star defenseman Skor McFleury @AlexAlex 9 -33-42pts in the back they have the tools to be competitive every night. They have some depth that can add points as well in Rip Wheeler, Spanish Moon, and Chris Sanzone and a great goalie in Matt Murdock. But if this team is to win the cup one of these depth pieces might have to go for some defensive help. If this team can bring down the goals against and maintain their offensive tempo, they will be a force come playoff time. SASKATOON In the VHLM there are some teams blowing away from the pack. Ottawa, Halifax, Vegas, and Houston are all single digits in losses. Saskatoon is just outside of these clubs and despite losing two in a row they have such a solid club I think they could go for it come playoff time. Offensivly they are led by Oliver Loo @Misty 18-16-34 pts and RW Leon Bruhmaninho @BigBruhman. But it’s their defense which is where Saskatoon really shines. Carson Tripp @Cartripp14, Bollos de Trueno @Thunder, and Lazlo Holmes @Gustav are all max or close to max and will definitely help play long minutes in crucial games. Sask is up there with goals scored (83) and are 2nd fewest in goals allowed in the league showing a team commitment to defense. In net, the team could use a few more weeks of TPE earning for both goalies. Both have winning records, but a few more allocated points could put them over the hump in games against elite talent. Best of luck Sask! Tough Guy Tribute This week’s tribute goes out to Prague’s center, John Jameson @Frank. As of this week he has 8 total fights in 25 games. The aging veteran is averaging over 2 points a game and is on a record pace for fighting majors in the modern era. Great job JJ.

I’m reading Empire of the Damned by Jay Kristoff (book 2 of Empire of Vampire). Pretty good book , very dark and violent but that’s right up my alley. also reading The Sentry by Robert Crais - mystery thriller about a private investigator in LA. Fun series