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1. Warsaw! 2. Definitely an all around improvement. 3. Denver Doodles of Nashville. Iykyk 4. Air conditioning! And late sundown. 5. Just keep working and earning to be as ready as possible for the VHLE. 6. Slam Ball! Most people haven't even heard of it but I just got word that it's making a comeback.

Hey @Elgyem, welcome to the VHL! The Junior Showcase Tournament is under way and is a great way to learn how the VHL works before your first draft into the VHLM! I’m the GM of the Steel and I would love to have you join us for the tournament! If you’re interested just reply with #BunsOfSteel and I’ll get you right into our locker room with the team. Glad to have you here and hope to hear from you!

Hey @Vkobe-v , welcome back to the VHL! The Junior Showcase Tournament is under way! I’m the GM of the Steel and I would love to have you join us for the tournament! If you’re interested just reply with #BunsOfSteel and I’ll get you right into our locker room with the team. Glad to have you here and hope to hear from you!

It’s locker clearing day here in Saskatoon and we’re catching up with Jesse Teno just before they head out. Jesse, sorry to see your season end like this. How are you feeling? Honestly? I’m okay. It wasn’t the season any of us wanted but I think it was great to make it to the playoffs and even better to get those two wins against Vegas. It wasn’t easy but it was fun. Do you think you’ll stick around Saskatoon or head into the VHLE draft? Oh I’m already in the draft. Saskatoon is a great place but I think it’s time for me to move onward and upward. Have any VHLE teams reached out and shown any interest? No, not yet at least. Hopefully someone will. But I have been contacted by a VHL team so we’ll see where that goes. Well, wherever you end up, know that you’ll always be welcome back here. Thanks. It’s going to be bittersweet leaving Saskatoon. But it’s the way this sport works. I’m just trying to look forward to the next part of my career. 182 words for week ending 8/21

1. We're a few games into the tournament. How are you feeling about your performance so far? 2. If you're new, what's one thing you're enjoying about the VHL? If you're a returning player, what's been your favorite moment over your tenure? 3. Do you play any sports for real? If not, what's one sport you wish you could play? 4. If you could rename any VHL/E/M team, which would you choose and what would the new name be? 5. What is your goal during the Junior Showcase? 6. Vegas just won the VHL Founder's Cup for a second year in a row and the VHL finals will be ending this week. How excited are you for the draft and which VHLM team are you hoping to be drafted by?

Thank you!!

Definitely plan on staying for the long term. This is just too much fun to give up.

A VHL Review - From a Noob Hello hello! I just wrapped up my very first season in the VHL and I want to write about it! I want to share my experience for entertainment, as maybe a guide for other newbies, and possibly as a way to express any issues I had during the last two months. I joined the VHL a week before the S84 draft and had quite the steep learning curve prior to the draft. It seems I came in at a time that was both hectic and opportune. Not only did I dive into something while everyone around me was scrambling, but I also unknowingly chose the one position that was in high demand; goalie. Now, I’m a goalie girl. Give me a goalie any day. My favorite player is Marc-Andre Fleury. I was mad when the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins (Pittsburgh’s farm team) traded goaltender John Curry because I truly believe that the trio of Fleury Curry and Murray could have been something amazing. But I digress if to only let you know that I chose to play a goalie for a reason. So luck had it that I chose to create my goalie Jesse Teno and I was thrown into a deep end so deep that I swear Nessi was lurking down there. Coming into the VHL with no one in real life to guide you or to explain how it works means learning a lot on the fly. Honestly I think if it hadn’t been for @Shindigs I think I would have been mediocre at best and inactive at worst. I know that the beginners guides are there but as someone who doesn’t usually do forum or site based activities like a simulation league, it is a serious learning curve. I was definitely lost and confused my first week and even to this day I still sometimes struggle to remember where to find things. But I suppose that’s part of the process, right? Sure. But I think the way newbies are taught could use a little tweaking. To continue that thought and one that comes to me as I’m writing is that I would have to assume that many members of the VHL do not have English as their first language. I am lucky in that it is for me. But I do think that certain things that I found confusing, must be even more so for non-English speakers. Now I won’t speak for others but for example, I think the one thing that maybe needs tweaking is the abbreviations. There are so many and it’s hard to always find where the dictionary for them is. Maybe if there was a dedicated dictionary somewhere to lay out all of the league, sim, site, and game abbreviations, that could help new players out even more. But to talk about the other side of that coin would be to hype up the incredible people in the discord servers. I’m not the most active but I do participate when I find a window of opportunity and I find myself able to ask questions and not feel like a moron. After I was drafted, I knew I wanted a cool signature like everyone else but I also knew that I had no artistic skills especially on a computer. So I asked in the Saskatoon discord and it was suggested that I just ask in the main server. I was so freaking nervous. I thought I was going to be told to go away, that I can’t just ask, or that I would even be ignored. But that’s not what happened and it honestly blew my mind. Out of nowhere, asking for nothing in return, was @Enorama offering to make me a sig and as you can see below, it’s incredible. I’ll be sad to see it go when I need an updated one after the upcoming draft. But all this to say that this has been one of the nicest communities I have ever participated in and I truly think that the kindness and willingness to help from veteran members is what makes the VHL so amazing. Take away the hockey and you still have a group of really good people. One thing that I have really enjoyed with the VHL is all the writing I have been doing. I used to write in high school and in college along with a lot of fanfiction. It’s been years since I have told a story but this sim league has given me a new perspective to write from. It’s been a seriously good exercise and because each week brings something new, I don’t feel like I run out of things to write about. I was concerned about the off season especially needing to hit five hundred words for a Media Spot but this thing just hit a thousand while I added this paragraph in so there we go, now I’m covered for this week and next! I had an incredible first season in the VHL and I have learned a lot and made a few friends over the last two months. It also blows my mind that it’s only been two months. It feels like so much longer than that. I want to thank everyone who has helped me along the way by just liking a post, answering my random questions on discord, or even posting words of encouragement when I was getting down at the beginning of the season in my writing. Also to those who have tagged me in posts and talked about my player, like most recently with @badcolethetitan. It seriously put such a smile on my face to read what you wrote about me; thank you. So if you’re new to the VHL and you find yourself lost or confused or both, my suggestion would be to take a deep breath, join the Discord, and just start asking questions. You’ll get some silly responses like a pickle gif or #BlameCole but you’ll learn to understand their weird ways and even come to enjoy them. And if you have any questions from a fellow newbie’s perspective, you can always reach out to me too. 1,022 words for weeks ending 8/14 and 8/21

Welcome to the team! I'll be sending over a waiver and an invite to the discord server soon. Keep an eye out!

Hey @MaterPawz , welcome to the VHL! The Junior Showcase Tournament is under way and is a great way to learn how the VHL works before your first draft into the VHLM! I’m the GM of the Steel and I would love to have you join us for the tournament! If you’re interested just reply with #BunsOfSteel and I’ll get you right into our locker room with the team. Glad to have you here and hope to hear from you!

Hey @TheBeardedCowboy , welcome to the VHL! The Junior Showcase Tournament is under way and is a great way to learn how the VHL works before your first draft into the VHLM! I’m the GM of the Steel and I would love to have you join us for the tournament! If you’re interested just reply with #BunsOfSteel and I’ll get you right into our locker room with the team. Glad to have you here and hope to hear from you!

Hey @Shmxcks , welcome to the VHL! The Junior Showcase Tournament is under way and is a great chance to learn how the VHL works and how to play! I’m the GM of the Steel and I would love to have you join us for the tournament! If you’re interested just reply with #BunsOfSteel and I’ll get you right into our locker room with the team. Glad to have you here and hope to hear from you!

1. Personally rooting for Vegas but it seems Halifax might be a serious upset. 2. Getting the experience with this league was great. Happy to have started my first gen career here. 3. New York Americans. They're my home team. I know they have struggles but hopefully they'll turn it around soon. 4. Can I opt for spring instead? lol 5. NY Style cheesecake 6. Probably something to do with teaching or nature conservation.

Thank you thank you for your kind words! I hope to keep it up and earn that ranking spot.

Applying!

Happy to apply then!

What kind of writing would it be?

We are inside the locker room after Game 5 between the Saskatoon Wild and Las Vegas Aces where goalie Jesse Teno has brought their team into an unimaginable situation. “Jesse, how are you feeling right now? Two wins in a row against the best team in the league.” “Honestly, I’m shocked. They’re still shooting like crazy but somehow, I’m managing to keep pucks out of the net. I really can’t explain it. Also the guys doing the scoring have finally found their footing right when we need it.” “The Ottawa Lynx have just moved to the next round, taking out the Hounds in a massive upset. Think there’s any room for a miracle in Saskatoon as well?” “I have no idea, but I guess it’s always possible. I suppose we’ll find out soon enough.” Jesse Teno and the Saskatoon Wild came into the playoffs with little more than pride that they even made it. Now there is a sliver of a chance that they might make it to the next round. 171 words for week ending 8/14

Let's do this!

SASKATOON

Sure thing! How do I do that?

1. Mostly looking forward to getting some extra ice time to build up my stats before the next draft. 2. With it being my first season, I'm taking away a lot of just new knowledge and I have an idea of how to tackle next season. 3. Raycons for sure. It's my go to earbud for work and home and I'm always having to replace them becsuee I wear them out lol. 4. Derry Girls. Anxiously waiting for season 4 to hit Netflix. 5. Marc-Andre Fleury. Has been since I first got into hockey. 6. Strawberries. Especially with a little whipped cream.

Thank you!