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Legion Seeking to Complete Historic Run When the Toronto Legion won the Continental Cup last season, it was the sixth time in VHL history that a team won consecutive championships. Most recently had been the Helsinki Titans in S45 and S46, and entering S47, they looked like a team that could perform the league's first three-peat. It was not meant to be for the young team, and they failed to reach the finals after losing to the Stockholm Vikings. They did at least make the playoffs, though; of the five teams prior to the current Toronto squad to win back-to-back Cups, only two of them made the playoffs in the following season. Neither of those teams that did so managed to make it to the finals. For Toronto to do that much would be history, but obviously they are looking for nothing less than a third championship. With half of the season gone by, the Legion are in a good spot. They have the best record in the league, seven points ahead of the second-place Express. It is largely on the back of Hans Wingate that they are doing this well. While their 96 goals is a respectable amount, it ranks them at just 4th in the VHL. Meanwhile, they've allowed just 58 goals in 36 games; this is 12 fewer than the Express and 21 fewer than the Meute, who have allowed the second and third fewest, respectively. Wingate, playing in his final season, is currently sporting a 0.940 save percentage. A season after Greg Clegane set a new single-season GAA record, Wingate is already looking to challenge it. The mark set last season was 1.57, besting a 22-year old record. Wingate's 1.47 puts him on track to take hold of the record. Hans Wingate is undoubtedly the top candidate for MVP thus far. This is just Wingate's third season with the team, so he hasn't yet experienced a losing season with the Legion. Max Molholt has been with the team since S45, so he has. Like Wingate, though, he has always been a fantastic player for the Legion. As a rookie, Molholt scored 52 goals and put up 101 points. He had a bit of a down year in S47 with just 89 points, but aside from that, he's had over 100 points every season of his career. This season, he's struggling again. He is on pace to finish the season with career lows in goals (40) and points (80). To highlight how much Wingate is carrying the team right now: Molholt's 20 goals and 40 points are leading the team. Zach Parechkin, who had 115 points last season, is under a point-per-game at the moment. If the Legion are going to complete the three-peat, they may need their offensive stars to get back on track. One thing is for sure, though: the Toronto Legion will make the playoffs, and that's a first step that not every back-to-back Cup winning teams can claim; and by the time the playoffs roll around, it's likely that the Legion roster will have brought in some offensive help. The team has $3,075,000 in cap space to work with, which gives them room to add to their roster. It is widely believed that the Legion and Americans have already agreed upon a trade that would send the current goal leader Edwin Reencarnacion to Toronto later in the season. The Legion have the cap space to do with without having to sacrifice any of their roster. Already in first place, a move like this would no doubt solidify Toronto as the post-season favorites. Barring what would potentially have to be a monumental upset, we may be witnessing league history in this already historic 50th season.

I'm fairly certain that we must be on a record-setting pace for fewest goals scored as a team. We barely even have over one per game.

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rip second VHL site? http://oldvhl.com/smf/index.php

Express Bears Legion Meute

Vikings 500 Reign -2

and then there are the honorable mentions as well definitely would be a better group of FAs than S47, which was one of the better seasons imo

damn fine FA class if these five guys are all available when the time comes

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5-4 Oslo No winners

Winning teams: Bern Moscow Yukon 1 TPE for: @jack

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rediscovering these internet gems recently

Predict the score! I dare you! 182 Bratislava Watchmen vs Moscow Red Wolves

Pick the winners, get a tepee 181 Ottawa Lynx vs Brampton Blades 183 Saskatoon Wild vs Oslo Storm 184 Yukon Rush vs Bern Royals

Valor is the literal worst

Looks fine to me. No need to add whatever text or game results you were planning to

Team Mystic ftw amirite?

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Help Is On the Way The Stockholm Vikings are not good. It's that plain and simple; In 18 games, they have just two wins. They've scored the fewest goals while allowing the most. Atticus Von Braxton IV is struggling, but he really doesn't have much help in front of him. Their two rookies, Diana Maxwell and Essian Ravenwing, are showing promise, but they won't be able to do it all themselves. *The VHL script calls for this franchise to win in S51, but that would require a huge turnaround from this S50 performance they are putting on. While it may be a little overzealous for them to aim for a Continental Cup as early as next season, help is on the way. *Vasteras won the Cup in S1, and not again until S26. Having not won since then, S51 is their next scheduled victory, now as Stockholm. D Nikki Kissanen The S48 draft was not necessarily a great one, and certainly not in terms of depth. Other than Titan Kronos, who wasn't even supposed to be in the draft and was later selected again in S49, no player past round one will likely make it to the VHL in their career. The ninth overall pick, Nikki Kissanen, is one of two first rounders who has not yet seen pro play, but that will change next season. Kissanen is not a workout fiend by any means, but he gets the job done, especially recently. Although Kissanen has been a bit of a project player, by next season, he will be better than any defenseman currently on the Stockholm roster. Down in the VHLM, Kissanen is looking to add a third Ryan Sullivan Trophy to his case; named the Top Defenseman in S48 and S49, Kissanen is the only player to have won the award twice and is currently the front-runner this season. LW Jack Kraken Like Kissanen, Jack Kraken has had some spells of limited effort and improvement. Lately, however, Kraken's motivation seems to have risen. Late last season, it seemed to be that he may have been a lost cause, but the renewed work ethic has him on track to join the Vikings next season. If he does make the team as early as then, his impact will not be immediate. He will add a solid offensive presence down the line in his career, but he won't be a rookie that the Vikings would rely heavily on. Down in the VHLM, he has 14 goals and 23 points in 18 games thus far, leading his team in both stats. He has helped the Blades to the second best record through a quarter of the season. D Elijah Dotran While Maxwell and Ravenwing were the star picks for the Vikings at the S50 draft, Elijah Dotran at sixth overall gives the team a defenseman they hope to be able to depend on for years to come. Dotran is a physical player, something that the Vikings are currently lacking. Although he has just ten points for the Oslo Storm, he has the second most hits in the VHLM with 91. His offensive numbers could pick up if he were to be traded to a competitive team, but he is primarily a defensive player; and defense is what the Vikings are going to need from him next season and in the future. D Misha Tobolsk At 12th overall, Misha Tobolsk was a very solid pick. It's not a certainty that he'll be in the VHL next season, but if the Vikings can actually manage to compete for a playoff spot, he could potentially be a deadline call-up to help them down the stretch. Currently playing alongside Kraken in Brampton, Tobolsk is a versatile defenseman. He likely won't even become a star or someone that a team is built around, but he has the potential to be a solid depth piece that teams need. Coming up with Kissanen and Dotran, the Vikings appear to be set as far as defensemen prospects go.

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