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Final day.

For Logan Ninefingers, the end of Season 91 felt bitter despite having a career season offensively. The Philadelphia Reapers lost to a tough Saskatoon team 4 games to 1, thus ending NInefinger’s VHLM career. What hurts even more is that this is Logan’s second straight Founders Cup final he has lost. In a short season last year his Miami club lost in 7 games and now for a second straight year he failed to bring home the coveted cup. Ninefingers is preparing himself for the VHL and VHLE draft coming up and is excited to see where he ends up. When asked where he thought he’d go in the draft he responded, “I don’t really care what number pick I am. I just want a fun active locker room and to win some games.” Logan plans on spending a year in Europe to try to win a cup in the VHLE.

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100% stud. I'm trying hard to bring him back!

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Help is on the way

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awesome job Kiss. Best of luck

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It was a pleasure! Be well, and hope to see you again someday.

Been a fun time playing with both of ya. Let’s win this thing

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Gonna double up on @Thunder I’m working hard to bring him back.

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Crashing your Pc! 1. Small draft class but some good picks in first round. Obviously I’m bias so Ninefingers should be picked! 2. Tough one. John Jameson comes to mind. 3. bring back PEB! 4. Best D - Liv FISTED ANALLY BY A CIRCUS MONKEY most offensive awards, 5 FISTED ANALLY BY A CIRCUS MONKEY for sure. Great season 6 the letter n

It’s been a long week and I travel to Pittsburgh tomorrow and Nashville on Wednesday. And what makes it even worse is the Penguins and the Predators are both on road games during my brief stay in each city. I need to get my media spot done for this week and I am dragging. So, I apologize in advance if my Around the League in 500 words isn’t very good, but I’ll do my best. VHLE Playoffs: It seems like I don’t particularly pay attention to what’s happening in the VHLE sometimes unless my player is in the league. And it’s a shame too because there is some exciting hockey going on. My pick to win the cup is Vasteras and they are in a battle currently with a good Stockholm Vikings club. So far, the series has been a relatively low scoring affair with each team scoring 3 goals and allowing 3 goals. Grimgor Ironhide @FrostBeardhas notched two points for the Vikings and if he can get hot, there is no telling what the Vikings can do. I still predict Vasteras to pull through but it will make for an exciting playoff. In the other series, Cologne is curb stomping the Rome Gladiators. Pretty evenly matched during the regular season, the Express have come out hot defensively and in two games have not allowed a single goal, which is saying something considering the talent the Gladiators have. First Gen Goalie, Clark @cl4rk has stopped all 61 shots slung his way. Pretty impressive. On offense, the Express has spread the scoring a bit amongst the team making it that much harder to stop them. Jordan Bennett @Plate, Joseph Dubois @Dubois, and Lionel Collberg @Masu Chan, all defensemen, are leading the Express in scoring which is nice for the team. VHLM Playoffs As I sit here and patiently wait for tonight’s SIMS and clicking around the standings and stats I see Ottawa has come out swinging. Going up two games to none on a good Miami Marauder club and scoring 12 goals in two games while only allowing 4. George Richmond @badcolethetitan has tallied 5 goals and 1 assist in those two games probably making some teams wonder why they let him slide in the VHLM draft to the 11th spot, despite being the highest TPE earner at the time and a history of good players in the league. Ottawa has a lot of depth up front but a little light on Defense with only two, one of which being the first overall pick and 81 points scorer, Vlad Von Carstein @Dom. This lineup did see them win the eastern conference though, edging out the Philly Reapers by just a few points. It’s still early in the playoff and anything can happen but would love to see an eastern matchup between Ottawa and Philly. In the Western conference, it’s been a little more of a battle. Philly is up 2-0 on Las Vegas, Mississauga is 1-1 with Houston, and San Diego is 1-1 with a league’s best regular season team, Saskatoon. Toon had 56 wins and only 11 loses with an amazing 255 goals scored, second only to Philly. Exciting times and best of luck everyone. I have to go pack now, ugh.

The playoffs have begun in the VHL and my dark horse pick in the EU, Helsinki, are off to a great start. I was happy to see my old defense partner, Pierre Emile Bouchard @Gaikoku-hito is having a great season and came out firing in the first two games against Malmo. Since being traded from Vancouver, PEB has found his groove this season with 14g 72a 86pts with 177 hits and 133 blocked shots. 86 points is his second highest point total. PEB should be in the running for some trophies this season based on his play and ending #2 in total points for defensemen, 3 points behind Skor McFleury. PEB has been a great addition to this club and is always a great locker room leader. Helsinki has some great defense with PEB, Kronchy Kardashian, YaBoi Oven, and Tommy Sleeves. And they are going to need them to play lights out in the always tough EU Division. Best of luck!

Crashing your PC. 30. Trapped in space for three months. Yikes. I’d probably bring Rip Wheeler so I could smack his face each morning to start the day off right. 31. gonna take as much Apple iPhones , computers , etc. prob hit the food court and steal some taco time. 32. Logan Ninefingers was caught in a bar after curfew trying to fight Rip Wheeler 34. Xbox series X or PS 5 would be cool. 35. Ninefingers is tearing it up in Philly. Good line mates. 37. I would love to fight Jake Paul personally but if I had to nominate someone it would be Brian Payne. thanks!!

The VHLM Scoring race is pretty much a wrap. Amazingly since day 1 of the season, Philadelphia Reaper forward, Caring Bear @thecaringbear has been lights out and has never taking his foot of the gas. No stranger to scoring goals he had 51 last season for Philly and he’s fixing to crush that number this season. 59 goals and 86 assists (145pts) in 66 games he’s dominating the scoring race. His only competition is his teammate, Logan Ninefingers who has 135 points who really doesn’t have a shot to catch up. This 1-2 punch has been exciting to watch all season and hopefully they can continue their scoring streak into the playoffs and make Philly a miserable team to play against. Also, not sure what the post S84 (I think it was S84) hybrid attributes scoring record is but I’d be interested to see where Caring Bear measures up at the end of the season. Anyway. Great job and it’s been fun playing with you.

Christmas is right around the corner and the VHL/E/M are winding down to the playoffs. Teams are gearing up for a holiday playoff, scoring races are close, and a bunch of random stuff we can chat about for this week’s Around the League in 500 words. VHLM Heating up If you would have asked me at 20 games in who the favorite to get to a cup I would have said the Houston Bulls. Now at 66 games into the season I have no clue who I’d pick. Saskatoon has been on fire as of late, winning 9 straight. Led by Alexandros Mograine @sliceruser with 34g 53a 87pts, Jacob Smith Jr @jacobaa19 37g 54a 91 pts, and Adi Dassler @BOOM 35g 36a 71pts they are looking tough. Lack of depth on defense hasn’t seem to hurt them at all and the two defenders they do have are top notch. At 51w 10l 5OTL 107 points they look a lock to win the Western conference. In the east, Philadelphia and Ottawa are brawling for top spot. Phili has the two top scorers in the league, a stud defenseman in Kodie Curran @Battlepopcorn, a banging goalie in Amir Redzic, and the recent addition of Jean Pierre Devote @eagle_3450 and Antonia Bucatini @CowboyinAmerica, Philly looks poised to go for it all. VHLE update: The E is wrapping up nicely and my predicted cup winner Vasteras Iron Eagles are leading the league at 40-17-10. What makes this club so deadly is that not only can they score, leading the league with 216 goals for. But they stop them better than anyone, only allowing 156 goals. This team is stacked everywhere. On defense they have two rookies phenoms. Callum Gary Yannick @Daniel Janser comes from Hall of Fame lineage and is already doing amazing work for the club with 11g 34a 45 pts and a whopping 328 hits. Next to him is another E rookie Leif Reingaard @Zetterberg with 19g 50a 69 pts, #2 in total scoring for defenders. Up front they have Eno Velvson @Nykonaxwith 31g 48a 7pts and VHLE veteran Ellis Woolfenden @D3X with 33g 32a 65pts. In net they have two great options in Olivier Gauthier @fonzigg and Karl Herzlich @LastGoon007 which gives Vasteras a 1a and 1b option. They are going to be tough to beat in the playoffs. Just looking at the clubs I think the Cologne Express have the best chance at beating the Iron Eagles just based on personnel, but it will be a battle. VHL’s DAVOS STREAK As I surfed the stats today, I had completely not noticed the streak that Davos is currently on with 16 straight wins. Holy shit, great job. I root for Davos as my buddy Jake Thunder @Thunderis killing it still in his final season. Leandro Goncalves @leandrofg is destroying goalies with 53g 51a 104 points, one point ahead of veteran Chicago Phenom, Scotty Sundin. It's exciting to see how Davos remains tough year in and year out. Hoping my buddy Thunder gets one more chance for another title.

We have reached just past the mid-point of the season and there is a lot of cool stuff going on. So for this weeks Around the League in 500 words I figured I’d write about the dominant EU division in the VHL, happenings in the VHLM, and other random things to get me my TPE! VHL EU DIVISION As I browse the standings trying to gauge the top teams, I see that the NA has some teams who look solid in the standings. LA, Toronto, and Chicago are all sitting pretty with winning records. After that teams are under .500. In the EU it’s a much different story. Riga, Malmo, London, Davos, and Helsinki are all neck and neck so it’s anyone’s guess how the EU shakes. My picks right now are London and Toronto will go on a terror and win their divisions. VHLM CHAOS The VHLM this year seems a little light compared to my first-generation player. As we have all read in the last few weeks, teams in VHLM are low on players and all the recruitment/retention stuff the theme week addressed. The race to the top team is competitive with a few clubs so let’s chat about that. Las Vegas has come alive of late and passed Houston and Saskatoon for top spot in their division. In the East, Ottawa remains on top with a decent lead over Philadelphia, despite Philly having the two top leading scorers in the league. The true test will be the trade deadline acquisitions and the up-coming S83 retirees/re-creates that join the league. That could push some teams over the top but either way it’s going to be a fun playoff. Prediction - Philly wins the Founders Cup!! To add to the VHLM I’d like to highlight some stats showing some real talent in the league. In net there is one goalie I’d highlight that has an AMAZING 14 shutouts. Pipo Popa @npuBeTfrom the Houston Bulls 35-12-3 with a 1.47 GAA and .928 Save percentage. The 14 shutouts are insane, and he should be up for VHLM goalie of the year. TOUGH GUYS: Just an update on the fight card leaders in the VHL. I love the rough stuff and once again Davos’s Alfred Champagne take the top spot of most iced used on knuckles thus far in the season. Alfred Champagne (DAV)- 7 (2 WINS) John Jameson (PRG) 5 Ryuki Sakamoto (DCD) 5 Jarmo Ruutu (MOS). 4 Ivan Retoslav (LDN) 4 Victor Jensen (MAL) 4 Womp X5 Jr (NYA) 4 Scotty Sundin (CHI) 3 Daryl Dixon. (HSK) 3 Phil Strasmore (CGY) 3 Good work fellas…keep it up! RIP WHEELER UPDATE Ok so it’s been a minute since I’ve shamed my buddy Rip Wheeler @ScottyP. So here goes. A look in on his stats since his makeover TPE Recall. At 50 games he has 16g 22a 38pts all career highs. He is sporting only 26 PIMS and 68 hits so far (a far cry from his 325 last year). But hey, at least he’s contributing a bit. A quick look at his update log shows a lot of welfare and only practice facility this week. Hopefully he took advantage of the theme doubles week, but we will see. I am excited I am just 1 ½ seasons away from facing him.