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Brigade Press ConferencesWeek Ending 10/23 (Answer 6 for 2 TPE.)1. We are about 13 games into the tournament, how do you feel about your performance so far? 2. How much attention have you personally paid to other team's performances? 3. What team and/or players feel like rivals to the Brigade in your eyes? 4. Who has been the roster's biggest surprise so far? 5. What area do you see the team needing to practice and improve the most? 6. What player do you model your game after, IRL or in the VHL? Thanks for your time.

Great article, love this shit... More please.

The Brigade of the JST would be happy to add you to our ranks. Quote this saying #forwardmarch and we can get you enlisted.

There are no S87 goalies... at least none that played enough Games to properly grade.

personally as a new member. i expected to have fun playing the game (not making friends) but you have to consider.... people here have lives outside the VHL, so when they spend VHL time what will they do with it? they can interact with their current teams and make their present locker room a better mini community... or they can clique up with their 4 friends outside their team and spend their bandwith on those same 4 people. i choose to be a person who puts himself into the current LR because i know i wont hold onto freindships. i like to think ive made good acquaintances like nurx and lemorse and shindigs and shawn and more. but i dont really expect myself to forever be their buddy. I wont always have to time for chit chat and will have to solely focus on my team or a select few. IDK maybe im rambling a bit but it seems you are putting more on people than is really fair.

i mean... If you are upset over the bans... ie the banning of your friend, then i think its totally fair to point out that you are possibly biased. If this is over Achilles... he broke rules, caught a ban. If its not about him, then the others broke rules, and caught a ban... not a single ban ive seen since ive been here was undeserved. i think there has been 5 total max. in a community of hundreds on the internet, its pretty lax... and these are rarely permanent bans... most communities just blast into the void forever in hopes of never seeing you again, at least here you get a chance to come back and correct the bannable behavior.... overall L comment on the situation

i hear the guy who wrote the first and third articles is very gross and ugly... 1 star.

Week of 10/23 Press Conferences! (Answer all 6 for 2 TPE.) 1. What was the feeling in the locker room and personally after falling down 3-0 to Ottawa? 2. After that, adjustments were made. How does it feel to come back with a reverse sweep to win it? 3. What player was the MVP of the series? 4. Was the conditioning training enforced by your new Head Coach a factor in your ability to keep up your energy into the latter games of the series? 5. Next you guys have the Miami Marauders. Who will need to step it up to get the win? 6. What player from Miami does your team have to key in on and neutralize most?

Brigade Press Conferences Week Ending 10/23 (Answer 6 for 2 TPE.) 1. How does it feel to finally know what team you will be representing in the JST? 2. What about this current Brigade roster and staff excites you most? 3. Recently, a team vote decided on Skor McFleury as the Captain. What qualities make him the ideal choice to be the on and off the ice leader of this squad? 4. What line do you think you should be placed on considering the rest of the team's talent? 5. Who do you think will be the team MVP by the end of the tournament? 6. What complaints if any do you have with the current management of the team? Thanks for your time.

The Brigade are please to announce the locker room has voted on who will be the team's Captains and Alternate Captains (or as we like to call them, Lieutenants!) Now for your S85 locker room leaders. For the first Alternate.... It's Jason Lajeunesse Jr!!! It wasn't the most expected choice but we certainly hope Jason will make a big impact on the team and do us proud on the ice and off it. Wearing the second Alternate patch, it's Adam Rage!! Rage was a major reason his Marlins took their first round series to 6 games and he was an immediate front runner in voting. Rage is sure to make his presence felt this tournament and his experience, being part of last year's JST, should be a huge asset for this team. And now.... The Captain of the Brigade.... Graphic Credit: @Masu Chan Skor McFleury has been once of the most successful members of the S87 class and is hoping to make his impact on the tournament felt immediately just like he was able to with the Mexico City Kings. This is an Offensive Defenseman through and through. The only thing broken with Skor around is the ankles of would be defenders. Thank you to all the Brigade players who participated in the vote, I appreciate the activity in the locker room immensely, going to be announcing some fun stuff here soon for us all to enjoy.

After a tough mini-camp and a couple practices, the Brigade are ready to release their final roster for the Junior Showcase Tournament. Forwards: C Wann Kerr (LVA) C Jose Silva (HFX) W Adam Rage (SDM) W Gio Naps (HOU) W Yaroslav Trunov (OTT) W Jason Lajeunesse Jr. (SSK) W Swinsola (MIA) W Braeden Panarella (PHI) W Bedirhan Paard (HFX) Defensemen: D Jens Lekman (LVA) D Skor McFleury (MEX) D Winston Dixon Jr. (MIA) D Flynn OSteel (FA) Goalies: G Matthew McCagg (OTT) G Justin Lion (MIA) Congratulations to every player selected this year. Let's have a fun tournament.

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Welcome back to the Ripple Effect with Todd Ripley! Today we are going to take a look at the now 3-2 series between the leading Lynx and the Reapers. After being down 3-0, Philadelphia has broken the chains holding them back and battled in a tough 2 wins. Here is what Head Coach, Woody Dickerson, has to say after the game 4 loss, "I'm not taking any questions, we just have to take better advantage of special team chances and not give so many to the opponents." While that hasn't totally changed since that game, the team has seemed to adapt and focus on a more defensive style 5 on 5. This has come at the cost of offensive chances as they only managed 17 shots in a close 2-1 victory tonight. Dickerson did take questions after the team's second win in the series. "We tried to limit their chances more and they may have racked up the shots on us, but the spots they were coming from gave Evan [Bihler] a better angle to make the saves. It showed on the stat sheet. It also helps when the PK shuts them out on 6 chances. Some guys you wouldn't expect to get us on the board struck. Overall, we need to still do better to avoid the penalty kill, our stars need to get onto the stat sheet under the G column, and we need to pepper Rask with shots." We are excited to see if the Philadelphia Reapers can make the appropriate adjustments and get this series to a game 7. week ending 10/16 263 words

@Matt_Oi forgot to mention you will likely get 1st or 2nd pairing time depending how we decide to split our defense up.

hi @Matt_O, I'm the GM for the Brigade in the Junior Showcase Tournament. We have one of the most diverse locker rooms in the tourney featuring at least a player from every VHLM team except the Hounds. We hope to compete but more importantly I want to reward our most active participants with playing time, no matter their TPE. If you are interested in joining a solid team with solid and supportive teammates, quote this and say #fowardmarch to enlist!

how did you even do this?

Man, what does a fan have to do for a cup holder. LOL jk... love this. Insane work my guy.

I think it can be simultaneously true that the questions are very imposing for a new player and that the solution shouldn't be giving them the answers directly. I can think of a few personal exceptions I would make but those are very niche and would always be accompanied by the path I took to the solution. To elaborate on my original point there, you join the server. Someone tells you trivia is an easy 2 TPE and you hop on the portal and start the trivia. Now you get a question about an award winner from the past, where is awards? Well on the portal there isn't an award tab. Because awards are buried under the HOF tab. Intuitively I wouldn't guess that. The only reason I personally figured that out was a lot of scrolling in a channel on the main VHL discord. Then you get to the ones where the answer is on the forum. Alot of people just simply aren't adept at navigating a forum like this or knowing how to find specific stuff. At what point is just giving an answer so much different than just linking someone the page it's on? That doesn't help them learn to navigate the portal or forum at all. Idk, maybe I have rambled a bit here but I think this highlights my general thought on this as someone who did join like a month ago.

@BlueEagleWelcome to the VHL, I'm Piffer - Assistant to the General Manager of the Philadelphia Reapers. We are currently an underdog looking to make an impact in the postseason after just clinching a berth recently. Currently we are unable to offer more than bottom 6 ice time, but the potential to earn special teams minutes exists. The GM and I are both pretty active. I personally am around a lot of the time and will generally be able to help you in any way you need to start your career. We are building a good locker room culture and getting newer players in and helping them grow is my top priority! If this appeals to you, quote this saying #fearthereaper and our wonderful GM @Lemorse7will get that contract drawn up ASAP! Good luck no matter where you choose to play.

Week of 10/16 Press Conferences!(Answer all 6 for 2 TPE.) 1. After no games in the previous sim, the team came out with great performances at both ends of the ice. How much does that extra rest help the team as far as fatigue and preparation? 2. The Reapers have officially clinched a playoff berth. How does that feel after a long season of hard work? 3. What playoff matchup would you like to see most in round 1? 4. Which team are you hoping to avoid? 5. How many wins do you think this team needs in the final 6 games to feel really good and confident heading into the postseason? 6. Who do you think will need to step up the most as an individual for the Reapers to make a deep run? Thanks for your time.