Scurvy

The Vancouver Wolves fab 5 rookies are putting up strong seasons as they try to push their team into the playoffs during the second half. Ninefingers, Martin, Gavilrovs, Von Carstein and DB IV are contributing well as their pro game continues to take shape this season. 
 
Riley Martin: The slick winger has stayed hot since our last check in with 26 points and 14 goals in 38 games. His game is rounding into form and opponents need to take notice of him every time he steps on the ice. 
 
Vlad Von Carstein: The offensive Dman continues to put up points at a great pace now with 22 in 38 games! His two-way game is developing well also with 82 blocks and 44 hits on the year. The young star can do it all out there. 
 
Logan Ninefingers: The big power winger has been on a torrid pace the last vaulting himself to 27 points in 38 games including 12 goals and 93 hits. Rumor has it he may be having a finger surgically re-attached so watch out in the second half! 
 
Guntis Gavilrovs: The behemoth defender continues to destroy people with 128 hits in 38 games but we speculate it's even more than that and sths couldn't keep up. He has 91 blocks and much like his junior career is posting strong offense from the blue line with 5 goals and 17 points so far! After recent rumors it will probably be a while until someone dares drop the gloves with Gavilrovs. 
 
DB IV: He's finding his way out there against top competition and has shown a solid defensive game when called upon with 41 blocks, 28 hits in about 15 minutes a game. He's even added some points too! Continued development should see him settle into a nice role in the pros. 
 
Strong seasons so far for all these guys in their respective positions and roles. If this group can keep up the current pace and even improve on it, we don't see why the Wolves can't get into the post season! 

Halfway through the season, the VHLE standings have split into half between the contenders and pretenders. After a lot of parity to begin the season and unexpected wins by the teams expected to struggle, notably defending champions Bratislava, three teams have managed to separate themselves from the pack and are in a close race for the top.
 
Cologne, off the back of four straight finals, looked to be running away with the regular season again but a surge by Vasteras puts them just five points behind. Oslo sits just three points behind Vasteras.
 
These three teams are also home to the six highest-scoring players in the league this season and most of the league's top goaltenders, with the exception of Stockholm's Kaskiniemi-Kekkonen. It seems clear that, barring a huge upset, the Renaissance Cup will be heading to one of these three cities at the end of the season but what impact will winning the King's Cup have? Will it increase the pressure or will it help having an easier first-round matchup in the playoffs? Lots of storylines still to unfold in the E.

Janser was jogging in the Central Park alongside his roomie, Rin Kagamine. As they were considering to take a swim afterwards, Callum had his backpack with him with the swim trunks and all the other necessities for such an endeavour. When the two Americans backs approached the final stretch, the hulking Swiss heard a cry of distress from a nearby path. From the sound of it, it appeared to be an elderly lady. So he swerved to his right to see what the ruckus was about. There was indeed an elderly lady staring up a tall tree. 
'You cried for help, ma'am. How can we be of assistance?'
'Oh finally someone coming to the rescue. What a fine young man you are. Clarice got scared by a big dog and climbed that tree. I cannot climb it, I am too frail to do so.'
'Not a problem, ma'am. Is Clarice your grand-daughter?'
'No, Clarice is my Maine-Coon kitten. We were taking a walk in the park. I had her on the leash but once she saw the Rottweiler, she wiggled out of her collar and raced up the tree.'
'I understand.' 
Callum but his backpack on the front so he could contain the kitten once he reached her. He climbed the tree with no apparent effort, being used to climb the Swiss mountains with little to no protrusion, climbing an elm tree was a walk in the park. He lured the kitten with some of the treats her owner provided him with and the scaredy kitty-cat approached him cautiously. Dangling from a branch on one arm, Janser snatched the fugitive and put her into his back pack, closing the zipper so only the head of the pet stuck out.
He descended like the seasoned climber that he is and brought the kitten back to the lady waiting impatiently.
'Oh thank you sir. How can I ever thank you for bringing her back to me.'
'Ma'am, no thanks are needed. It was a pleasure to climb again. Take care of your little rascal.'
'I will. Thanks again.'

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
 
 

Player Spotlight - Matteo Stefano
 
@mmrs617
 
The Canadian born winger joined the VHL earlier this month on April 2, 2024 and had jumped right into things in the league. Stefano was signed by the Mississauga Hounds right after joining the league has been played spectacular in his first eighteen VHLM games. So far in those eighteen games Stefano has put up seven goals and nine assists, which if projected over the Hounds full forty-nine games Stefano would be the second highest scorer on the team. 
 
Currently to date Stefano has earned 139 TPE I’m just ten days, which is an amazing number especially for a first generation player in the league. The 139 TPE puts him as the four highest TPE earner at forward on the Hounds roster as well as the second highest VHLM Dispersal Draft eligible player for the Season 94 VHLM draft. With a high end work ethic and brilliant one ice ability alot easy showcased in under two weeks in the league,  Stefano might challenge for the First Overall draft pick in the VHLM when the time comes

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
 
 

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” 

Nice article, always nice to be mentioned. 
 
Couple of points, McQueen has 2518 hits and ranks 16th all-time. The only reason Detroit beat Deathwalker (yes, I'm biased) is because he played an extra season. Deathwalker still holds the unofficial hits per game record.
 

That Smalling-Rafter combo is still one of the most legendary in VHL history. 

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

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” 

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 
 
 

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 
 
 

Half way through the VHL season, its time to take a look at Rip Wheeler and Logan Ninefingers again.  The disappointment of Wheeler, @ScottyP, has dissipated this season as he seems to be getting more involved and producing some team playing numbers.  And Logan Ninefingers, @Scurvy, the promising rookie started off the season incredibly slow, now appears to be adding some contribution to his team.  The contrast between the two players is incredible.
 
Starting with Rip Wheeler, his numbers are up, he’s hitting more, getting in the way of shots, and passing the puck to teammates to score.  Wheeler is surrounded by solid players, which could be the main factor in his success this season.  Off the ice, Wheeler is going through the motions with his improvement.  Barely adding to his TPE, Wheeler is not expected to step up to the next level anytime soon.
 
Logan Ninefingers, on the other hand, works his ass off every week off the ice, building TPE at max pace, and working on his skills to be the best player he can be.  Also surrounded by good players, Ninefingers is headed in the right direction in his hockey career.
 
Just like IRL, Rip Wheeler holds on to the coattails of others while Logan Ninefingers strives to excel and outperform.  No surprise there!
 
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Wow!!!  Thank you so much!  Great article.  Pumped that I found the VHL when I did.  Y'all are a great community. 

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

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

I can't comment on ripping off a Calgary player's appendage (for legal reasons) but I can say that I will do anything to help a teammate, I'm just happy that Logan's last name is Ninefingers instead of Nopenis. 

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's a defencemen only list where you can see it split and can work that out: https://vhlforum.com/topic/347-vhl-career-stats-updated-for-s92/
 
 
I think Encarnacion is the only defenceman near the top in hits.
 
Alternatively any player with 1,000 or so blocked shots is going to be a dman.

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

Another week without simming (well aside from that one day and I'm not gonna claim for that) means another week of needing to earn how the peasants regular members earn so time to spit out a bunch of random words and hope they make a coherent sentence: Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak! Thank you! Like the post if you got that reference 😉
 
ANYWAY if you haven't seen I have finally set a date for the zoo tycoon 2 stream. I've been avoiding doing it while the kids are around because their rooms are right above where my computer is now and they'd be in bed so I don't want to wake them up. Just so happens that I've been mostly the one travelling lately, not my wife and kids, so that timing hasn't come up. The wife is taking the kids up the Ottawa next week though so time for VHL members to become zoo animals again! Hopefully I can remember how to play again haha.
 
Kinda a rough week for Calaway and the Dragons. We have fallen out of first place in the league and I've dropped out of first in the assist and D scoring. We had to get our backup games in and oddly decided to do them when we had a lot of tough games so we'll see how it goes, hopefully things turn around. Still a great season all around, just a bit more of a dip than I would like.
 
Trivia was a bit trickier this week but I still got both answers right so clearly people continue to just complain for no reason: I continue to prove this as fact.

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”