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The graphic I made for my newest and future trio articles!

— (From L to R) Lachlan Summers, Sadie St-Louis, John Richards STOCKHOLM, SE — The three newest members to the Stockholm Vikings squad— John Richards, Sadie St-Louis, and Lachlan Summers— have found their footing with their new team and city. The trio have started the season off strong and hope to keep this momentum going as the Vikings face off against the other teams in a fiercely competitive VHLE. However, the spotlight hasn’t stopped them from enjoying their time off the ice, as well, as they were spotted at a high-end Stockholm restaurant. They were also dressed for the occasion, sporting sleek suits while they enjoyed their meals together. As they were leaving the restaurant, our reporters were able to get a few words on what the trio’s thoughts were about the VHLE and the city of Stockholm. “We definitely feel like celebrities. Right as we got here, the fans were waiting for us at the airport. Can’t say I’ve had that happen before!” Exclaimed Summers as he strolled through the heart of Stockholm with St-Louis and Richards by his side. It’s clear that this season is bound to be an amazing one for the three young stars. We hope to catch up with them soon.

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thank you sadie!! nic petan

I think I read somewhere that the name has Scottish origins as well, but I could be wrong! I wasn’t aware that it came from Irish Vikings, though, that is awesome and very fitting as you said! I believe it’s super common in Australia due to the Lachlan River which was named after a governor of NSW. Names are so interesting.

The question that nobody asked is, “Kirby, how did you come up with your player Lachlan Summers?” I’ll tell you anyway! Last year, I started a new Be a Pro career in NHL 22 and I wanted to make an Australian winger because I was inspired by Nathan Walker’s story as the first Aussie to play in the NHL. I chose the name Lachlan because I liked the way it sounded, and it was also the name of an Australian YouTuber I enjoyed watching, so I thought it was apt (very creative, I know). With some additional research, I found out that Lachlan was one of the most common boys’ names in Australia, which was super interesting considering you didn’t really see it often anywhere else. As for the last name, I just scrolled through the list of play-by-play surnames in Chel to find one that fit Lachlan, and thus, Lachlan Summers was born. “Wait, Kirby, Lachlan is a goaltender but you created a winger!” I know. It wasn’t until I wanted to make a new character for the fictional beer league team my friend and I had created that Lachlan switched from RW to goalie, purely because I thought Jordan Binnington’s face/vibe fit the character. Hence why I also use him as my render in GFX! His early life and personality are still relatively the same as VHL Lachlan, but this original rendition moved to the States to play collegiate hockey, only to be deemed not good enough for the NHL and was forced to stop pursuing that aspiration. Now he’s a graphic designer and peewee hockey coach for the LA Kings and of course, plays on the Sea Dragons beer league team. He’s still married to the lovely Frankie Ducharme— who’s also his teammate on the Sea Dragons— because of course he is. When it came to the VHL, I was already so enamored with this character that it was a no-brainer who I wanted to bring to the league despite the large volume of goaltenders. In this universe, Lachlan’s living out his dreams of playing professional hockey and I love that for him.

As a first-gen who joined back at the tailend of S84, I wasn’t sure what to expect when it came to be drafted in the VHL and E. Originally, I wasn’t planning to pump out so much content like I do now, but it’s become second nature and something I genuinely enjoy. Plus, I experimented with making graphics for the first time. One reason for my enthusiasm to earn TPE is because of how large the goaltender class was for S86. I had a reason to take as many opportunities as I could to further grow and improve my player knowing the friendly competition I was against, and it paid off. My content and activity caught the eye of many VHL members and GMs, which was my goal. Plus, I used some of my work to promote the legendary trio— which consists of myself, Sadie St-Louis, and John Richards. Almost everyone was aware that the three of us wanted to play together and that brings me to the actual review of what happened in the VHL and VHLE drafts. My player, Lachlan Summers, is the first S86 first-gen player to surpass 200 TPE, and I am confident he would’ve gone much higher in both drafts if he wasn’t a goalie. There’s no going back and changing things, though, but I don’t have regrets. I love Lachlan and I knew what I was signing up for when I chose to play the goalie position. First came the VHLE draft, and I wasn’t as nervous for this one as it was just a one season commitment. Of course, deep down, I wanted to stick together with my friends and that’s exactly what happened. Sadie was taken 5th overall by Stockholm, and we were weary that the Vikings weren’t in the right position to draft all three of us. When Lachlan was drafted by the Istanbul Red Wolves at 9th, I was happy with where he landed despite the fact that the trio would be separated, as he was the first goaltender off the board. However, Stockholm GM MubbleFubbles had some tricks up his sleeve and pulled off a few trades, moving up to the 10th pick to select John. Then, Mubbles traded Geoff Bezos to Istanbul in exchange for Lachlan, at the delight of myself and Sadie, who were watching the draft go down live. Thus, the trio were reunited like it was always meant to be. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case during the VHL draft, but our expectations of staying together were low going into it, given there were twice the amount of teams than there were in the E. Sadie was selected 4th overall by the Riga Reign this time around, which shattered our hopes of playing together in the big leagues— at least for now. It wasn’t until the 12th pick that Lachlan was drafted by HC Davos Dynamo, which was the perfect team for him to go to, in my opinion. With the legendary Xavier Booberry set to retire in a few seasons, it would put Lachlan in the perfect position to take over in net for Davos, despite my previous concerns of even finding a starting job in the VHL once he got there. There will be some big shoes to fill, but Lachlan is the perfect goaltender to do it. Davos’ GM Alex also made a trade to secure John at the 16th pick, as well, meaning all three members of the trio were drafted in the first round. It was a wild few months leading up to both of these drafts. I accomplished what I wanted to and I’m ultimately happy with where Lachlan landed in the VHL and E. I want him to have an illustrious career and with the talent Davos has brought in, it looks likely. Hopefully one day, he’ll be in the Hall of Fame and possibly appear in some trivia questions as an answer option.

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let’s go landon wolanin woo landon

We got an amazing leadership group! Cheers to a great season ahead.

Great listen as usual, Jardy! My username’s pronounced Kirbi-thun (like if you combined the names Kirby and Jonathan), but most people just call me Kirby.

I’ll make note of this for next time.

I second this! Amazing draft for the Vikings!!