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@ShawnGlade is skipped. @JB123 is on the clock.

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F - Vasile Lamb @Webberj

In the deep dark depths of a metal workshop sits an artist in leather with stained black hands, a charcoal pencil between his fingertips sliding against off-white paper. The outline of a statue comes into view in the glow of the forge and incandescent lighting. He grunts as the last strokes are made for a new statue in the works for the London United’s arena. One to be erected next to the already existing statue of Molly the Cat. Funded by the generous fans of Jesse Teno and their agent aimkin. Though this one of aimkin themselves, not of the goaltender. The fund was started by Chakravartin Dil of India @Dil, GM of the London United who is the acting president and founder of the aimkin fan club. The fan club was founded roughly five months ago, though there seemed to be little interest from the community and not much activity from the few existing members. All went quiet until early yesterday morning when Dil walked into the United’s locker room and announced that the fan club was looking for new members. Quite a surprise and not at the same time. Given the lack of interest, and Dil’s plans, he would need money from unsuspecting willing and happy fans and members. With a fee of only $1,739.00 a year, the membership would go towards paying for a giant aimkin statue outside of the arena. Why Dil chose the agent and not the player no one will ever know, as few seem brave enough to ever figure out why the pickle man says what he says half the time. Jesse Teno was also surprised to find out that the statue was going up seeing as they have only had one year in the league and has yet to make any significant impact. “I mean I guess? Not sure why my agent is getting a statue but if Dil says it’s happening, then I guess it’s happening.” Teno walked off with a shrug and headed to the ice after Dil's address to the team. After finding out about the announcement, aimkin commented on the generous gesture stating, “No promises that some of that won't go to line my pockets and eventually become a scandal that the VHL will cover up but then emails will come out and still nothing will happen despite public outrage.” We are sure that this quote is merely a joke and will not come up in a later report at all for any reason. Whatever Dil’s reasoning for the statue, we are sure that he has the best of intentions not only with the gesture of the statue but the money as well. Though it’s been rumored that the bank account for the fan club is a joint one with aimkin. Either way, we are hopeful that the membership numbers for the fan club will rise over the next season and that the statue will be unveiled sometime in the near future. We look forward to seeing what the artist has in store and just how giant Dil had in mind. 512 words for week ending 1/22/2023

The off season is coming to a close this week and Jesse Teno has returned to London. With a contract extension in hand, they are ready to start their first veteran season and to start their first official starting position in the VHL. “It’s a lot of pressure and it’s certainly going to mean a lot of the season will rely on me keeping it together. I just hope I don’t let the team down and that I can play well this season.” Jesse headed from the plane to the practice facility to start of their official pre-season training. Despite playing all off season in Vermont, going up against the local kids and beer leagues doesn’t really prepare a person for VHL caliber players. “Being home was nice, yea. Got to see the family and just play some hockey for fun. Also got to go skiing which I haven’t been able to do much of since I started playing professionally.” 160 words for week ending 1/22/2023

1. Quite often, actually. Especially the drama stirring ones lol 2. I don't believe I do. But I always forget where that list is. 3. Sadly, no. I was away visiting some friends this weekend. 4. I did! 5. VHLF! 6. Being the starter! Yes! My chance to shine.

@Otaznik you're on the clock! Happy drafting everyone!

1. @Otaznik F - Daniel Janser F - Saku Kotkakoivu F - Alexandre Leduc D - AirRig GoodBrandSun D - Tavish Degroot G - Brandt Fuhr 2. @Hoopydog F - Ronan Lavalle F - Nico Pearce F - The Board Game Clue On Skates D - Hammar Voss D - Hari Singh Nalwa G - Art Vendelay 3. @aimkin (GM) F - Vasile Lamb F - Landon Wolanin F - Scotty Sundin D - Jake Thunder D - Faith Hope Love G - Xavier Booberry 4. @Webberj F - Brendan Marner F - Girts Gavins F - James Teekirque D - Max Torq D - Biggie Cheese G - Cole Pearce 5. @ShawnGlade - DQ F - Perry Laperriere F - Igor Molotov F - Hulk Hogan 2 D - Mikhail Kovalchuk D - AK92 Wit da Hoodie G - Henry Tucker Jr 6. @JB123 F - Molly the Cat F - Zach Kisslinger F - Leandro Goncalves D - Bo Johansson D - Brian Payne G - Oskar Lindbergh

Knowing how the VHL works I doubt it would actually result in a paid job but I think if we could get enough people to help, it might not mean too much work for any one "mentor". I also don't foresee there being a flood of help requests so it might be easily manageable by a fair sized team.

I think that would be really cool. Definitely would encourage new people to write.

So I think I have seen it mentioned here and there that forum content has its highs and lows. Usually it goes up with new members or when big things happen like season endings, theme weeks, or holiday events. But I wonder if part of it is due to people not having confidence in their skills. For example, until I actually gave it a try, I thought that I would never be capable of producing any graphic works for the forum. And yet, I have gone on to create about half a dozen. Have I improved? Meh, a little bit from my first one for sure. But do I have the time and energy to figure out how to get better? Not really though I wish I did. I also think the same goes for writing. It could be because we have a fair amount of high school and college age members, or a high population of people whose first language isn’t English. This could cause them to struggle with an English-centered forum. But I think there are members who wish that they could produce content though worry about their writing skills or perhaps just don’t think they have anything to write about; especially to get to 500 words every week for a media spot. So I have a proposal with two options: I propose that the VHL creates either 1) a job or 2) a supervised volunteer position of members who are skilled at graphics and writing to help other members come up with ideas, beta read articles, and help edit them. I know that we have a review system based on the content and writing so I have a point to address that as well. 1. The VHL has a content problem most of the season in relation to how many members it has. I’m not assuming that every welfare + player is even interested in producing, but perhaps a few more might be interested in trying or go back to writing and graphics if they had someone who they could go to for advice or help. 2. The job or volunteer position could be a buddy system where the members get grouped up for an extended period of time, or it could be a dropbox situation where whoever is available at the time could work on it and leave feedback. 3. For graphics specifically, whoever holds the position would not only give feedback or advice, but could actively try and teach other members how to use specific features in whichever program is being used or even just give little art lessons to help someone understand composition and basic layouts. Obviously I’m not a big graphics person so I’m sure someone else could come up with a better system than I could. For writing, I don’t expect someone to fully edit a media spot or any other content. The editing and advice would be more suggestions and fixes of basic grammar. I also think that coming up with ideas is one of the hardest parts of writing long form content and I believe that that is where experienced VHL writers could really assist those who struggle. 4. In order to avoid any issues with the review system, no editing would be a full overhaul as stated above. For example; if I picked a ,com article to edit and I noticed a significant lack of punctuation, instead of going in and putting in every comma or period, I would suggest that the writer go back and put some in in order to make it a bit easier to read. I know that this is sometimes a point in reviews but I think it’s better to help someone improve than to give someone easy review fodder like lack of punctuation. Obviously this is my first proposal or anything of this nature so it’s possible that I just made myself look like an idiot and I’m sure that the idea of it being a job is going to get me laughed out of the building. But I do think that it’s something worth seeing if people would be interested in. I know I would happily lend a hand to anyone struggling to create content. 698 words for week ending 1/15/2023

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WEEEEEE ARE THE CHAMPIONS, MY FRIIEEEEEEENDS! 1. We are the S86 Founders Cup Winners! How the hell are you all feeling?? 2. How do you feel about your playoff performance? 3. If you're leaving us for the E, where are you going??? If you're not, are you excited to be sticking around??? 4. What is your favorite accomplishment from this season? 5. What are you working on during the off season? 6. If you could rename any VHLM team, who would it be and to what?

It’s officially the off season and Jesse Teno has been hard at work both training and enjoying the winter season. Though, skiing in Vermont has been terrible as of late with the warm weather and rain. They were able to get in a few days but for the most part Jesse has been seen shopping around town or hanging out at the Northshire Bookstore. For New Years, Jesse and their family went to a party at the Bromley Lounge to celebrate and ring in the year with the community. Jesse’s fiance failed to make them do karaoke but she serenaded the room herself. Otherwise, Jesse has been spotted at the local Riley Rink taking shots from anyone who was on the ice. Kids of all ages and even some beer leagues stopped by to hang out and play a few pick up games. Jesse also met with the office management to continue working on their foundation. 156 words for week ending 1/15/2023

As someone who has been creating pressers for the last 2 seasons, I'd say it's hard to keep making pressers especially when you're out of the playoffs or during the off season. Start and end of the season are the easiest and holidays or vhl events allow for the easy few here or there. But otherwise you're asking the same general questions every season. So I think a lack of creative juices for questions is definitely something that would turn a lot of people away from writing them.

Picked a book to start the year with: The X Ingredient by Roslyn Sinclair. Thought it was just lesbian fiction. Turns out it's Devil Wears Prada fan fic turned published work. I've read fan fic online and published but the fact that I didn't know is pretty funny.

It has been an honor to AGM this group of incredible players. Congrats to all the Marlins and to you, Jacob, for being an outstanding GM and leader!

It was a near miss meeting of goalies despite joining the VHL just over a month apart. One made the S84 draft while the other joined on waivers until drafted the following season. Now both have made their way through the minors, each only spending a single season in the M and the E. They are two of the fastest first-gens in recent history to 200 TPE. These two goalies will finally have a chance to see how they match up in the big leagues. Jesse Teno of the London United vs Lachlan Summers of HC Davos Dynamo. Let’s see how these two friends got to where they are now. Jesse Teno joined the league one week prior to the S84 draft and, having come into a draft with few goalies and a minor league that was desperate for them, Teno was in the best position possible to get a starting spot right out of the gate. They were heavily desired by the Las Vegas Aces but got scooped up by the Saskatoon Wild for 30th overall. As a rookie with no backup, Teno had the team on their back and finished with a miserable 22-47-2 record, 0.904 save percentage, and 3.2 goals against average with 5 shutouts. Lachlan Summers joined shortly after Teno, just missing the draft by a few weeks and was picked up off of waivers by the San Diego Marlins who already had their starter in Alexander Minion. As a backup, Summers only saw 8 games of ice time and struggled with a 2-5-0 record, 0.884 save percentage, and 3.46 goals against average. With his first full season in S85, Summers had a 34-30-8 record, 0.916 save percentage, 2.57 goals against average and 4 shutouts. It seemed that in the M, Lachlan would win the full year comparison between the two. Not surprisingly, with only a handful of games between Saskatoon and San Diego and with Lachlan Summers working as backup, the two only met on the ice in a single game. It was a 2-1 win for Saskatoon with shots faced almost even at 23-26 in favor of the Wild. Each kept a clear first period but also allowed in a single goal in the second. It was Astro Singh who scored the winning goal on Summers in the third period. Both goalies put up impressive numbers with Summers earning a 0.923 save percentage and Teno earning 0.957. Both Teno and Summers also managed to be perfect while facing penalty kills. The two friends did not meet in the VHLE as Lachlan spent S85 in the M while Teno moved up to play with the Cologne Express. Teno started as backup and later took on the starting role, finishing the season with a 29-12-5 record, 0.930 save percentage, 2.08 goals against average, and 4 shutouts. Summers’ VHLE season with the Stockholm Vikings during the most recent S86 saw him finish with 27-28-9 record, 0.922 save percentage, 2.74 goals against average, and 3 shutouts. Teno would take the win for the E record between the two. Upcoming, however, will be a new story. One that sees Lachlan Summers taking that well deserved shift up to the VHL to play with HC Davos Dynamo. With one season under their belt, Jesse Teno finished a backup year with London with a 7-3-1 record, 0.923 save percentage, 2.43 goals against average, and 1 shutout. Now it’s Lachlan’s turn to take his first season in the VHL and stamp his stats into the record. When S87 starts, Jesse Teno will be the starter for the London United and Lachlan Summers will be the backup to veteran Xavier Booberry on the Davos Dynamo. Who knows how many times these two friends will meet on the ice but something tells us that it will be a showdown each and every time. We only hope that no matter the record between them, they won’t let it get in the way of their friendship. “I’m really looking forward to finally playing against my friend again. It’s been too long and I miss seeing him on the ice. I know he’s been working hard in the M and the E and I’ve been keeping an eye on his game. Definitely worries me that he might actually be a threat. But that won’t get between us in the end. Friends are friends and this is just a job and sport we both love. I hope we can both do amazing but of course I’m going to be happy to kick his ass.” - Jesse Teno “Now that I’m finally moving up the VHL, I’m definitely looking forward to a lot of things and being able to face off against Jesse is one of them. We’ve been friends for a while now and to be able to play against them is an exciting feeling since we’ve never had this opportunity before in our careers. There’s definitely going to be some type of friendly rivalry between the two of us for years to come once I become the full-time starter in Davos like they have for London already! I can promise you anything that happens on the ice will stay on it, though. I don’t hold grudges and Jesse doesn’t either, I reckon. But these past few years have been amazing for young goaltenders and VHL fans should mark their calendars for future matchups between the United and Dynamo. They’re going to be good ones.” - Lachlan Summers 772 words for week ending 1/8/23 word count does not include quote from @kirbithan