STZ

New York receives:
Jebediah Big Ol Doinks in Amish
S93 CGY 1st

Malmo receives:
S93 NYA 1st
S94 NYA 3rd
S95 NYA 3rd


This trade has been accepted by all parties and is pending league approval.

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Congratulations to the Bratislava Watchmen on being the Season 92 VHLE Champions!
 

 

 
 
 

D.C. Dragons, comrades, we did it!

@Beketov, @OrbitingDeath, @Jason kranz, @Keegan Gamble, @vincentlg2007, @woog, @emidas, @ThatCasual, @dustywilson22, @diamond_ace and @NSG - you are the reason why we got there in the end - what an amazing crew we have in D.C!

Be proud of yourselves, you had to defy a lot of odds, many believed we would not make it past 1st Round and here we are, S92 Champions! Amazing, unique and glorious Dragons! 2nd cup of our Franchise, for sure not the last! Cheers boys! Enjoy the Off-season!

London United - you are an amazing squad of players who deserve a ton of praise - congratulations on great series and you can for sure be proud of yourselves!

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It's an honor! Thank you, and I can't wait to get things started. 🫡 Let's get Prague some more Cups.
 

Evening!
 
So with myself stepping down,  we needed to replace the GM of Prague. With that said, please help me welcome
 
 

The Philadelphia Reapers are VHLM champs.

The VHLM playoffs concluded this week with the Philadelphia Reapers sweeping the Las Vegas Aces in the finals. A strong team performance in front of excellent goaltending was too much for Vegas to overcome, newcomer to Vegas Annie Oaks @Noodle Enjoyer was completely shutdown and didn't register a single point in the four game series. we were able to catch up to Annie while she was preparing for the JST and she had this to say: "I felt like I was getting shots on, but I have to give credit to Philly they shut us down. However I didn't start playing hockey with a founders cup as the end goal, I'll be starting from the bottom again next year in the VHLE and I'm never going to stop improving. I can't let this loss get me down, I'm going to get right back on the ice and do my best!" it's good to see that she is already looking forward to the next step, with the VHL and VHLE draft coming up and the JST currently ongoing there's no time to get depressed over the loss. There is a lot of excitement for this years draft with many great players set to hear their names called. Annie is one of those players as well as two of her opponents from the finals in Jorgen Lovstrom @Pifferfish and Yermolai Nabokov @fonziGG regardless of when or where these players end up we wish them all the best.
 
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As the VHL draft is slowly but surely approaching I have been watching my Houston Bulls player's TPE levels to predict where they get drafted this season. I'm really proud of this group and special shout outs to @LucyXpher @Schnee @Rhynex Entertainment @Crstats23 @jake (hope you're doing well buddy!) @Nathan_8 and @Mutti who have all passed the 200 TPE mark already! This means next season they will play in the VHLE and be on their next step to VHL glory! 2 of these members are recreates, and 5 of these members are first gens! @CowboyinAmerica You're also a stud by the way, thanks for hanging with us this playoff run and I'm cheering for you to go to Davos 1oa. This is all exciting but also it made me question something:
 
Can we do more ads?
 
With the last ad drop hitting YouTube we brought in a LARGE crowd of active members. This draft class is example as you could argue that we have a good two rounds of active VHL prospects. Argue that if you want, or don't, but this class is deep and it makes me really excited. If dropping that YouTube ad did so well then why isn't this a reoccurring event? Doing it every 2-3 seasons seems the most logical as doing it every season could get too much, too quickly. I don't know what the VHL budget is and that is something that higher ups would have to deal with, but if we can afford it with all our seasonal donations, why aren't we doing it?
 
We have been searching for more life and more talented members to help grow our forum. We have been looking for portal devs for example, one is sure to walk in, right? The 5 first generation members I mentioned above are killing it in their first season already and have so much more potential to come. Lucy is a wizard with a type writer and she reminds me of @Shindigs in the way that she already shines bright throughout our community in her short time being here, Nathan is one of the biggest reasons our locker room stays active daily and he is so easy to work with as my AGM in Houston, Schnee is becoming a really good friend of mine we talk daily and he's working on improving his graphics talents weekly, and Mutti is the best European bastard you could have... the guy makes podcasts fun to listen to and he can play along with any fun lore we create. Jake unfortunately went inactive but he was so much fun as our captain during his run, really hope he is doing alright and can pop in again soon. These members have all been a treat and I'm greedy, I want more!!
 
What do we think? Are more ads a possibility? Personally this was my favourite season GMing in the VHLM because of all the new faces who joined in. I feel like I can speak on behalf of the entire VHLM GM staff and say that we are always ready for new members to come in, we want them!

Well, it seems as though I should have done more research before just jumping in and going all "gung ho" with my player creation. I sort of based my player on how I'd create a player for EA Sports NHL. What a mistake that was. So, now I'm pining for the time when a reroll will be available. Perhaps a week after I write this? I can sort of see how some areas are slightly irrelevant and where I can improve. Although I'm not entirely certain which direction I'll be taking a fresh build. Playmaker, pure goal scorer, two-way forward? I'm still mulling it over. I'll continue to grind out the contributions for TPE because I feel quite invested in this league. So far it's been an all-around enjoyable experience. I've met some decent people here and in the locker rooms. It can be a little overwhelming trying to keep up in all of the different Discord servers/locker rooms I've been invited to, but once I'm settled on a team, I'll be fairly active in the chat/locker room. So, I'm open to any suggestions veterans or anyone may have. I have a general grasp of the formulas as far as what kind of results I'd like to achieve for my player build. Just like most people here, I'd like to be a contributor and an asset to any team I am on. 
I'm looking forward to the draft and excited for the upcoming season. Big thanks to everyone who has been helpful and supportive. Sometimes I have a tendency to ask a million questions.
 
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So this may come as a surprise to some and not to others. After the many seasons as being the GM of Prague I am stepping down. Life has become too hectic for me to handle everything at once so I am giving up my position as the GM of Prague. I will still be a commissioner though so I'm not leaving leaving. I wanted to thank everyone who has been/is on Prague. We were able to finally win a cup for the franchise!
 
So with that said we will be looking for someone to take over as the GM of Prague!
 
If you are interested in the opening, please post in this thread. Please do not contact the Commissioners outside of this thread, we will reach out to the chosen candidate privately.
 
***Please refrain from making comments regarding any candidates and their "worthiness" of being hired for this job, positive or negative. Any comment that is not an application will be removed to maintain a clean list of actual candidates, and (I hate that this actually needs to be said, but...) any member bashing will not be tolerated.***

I would like to apply (for Team USA if possible 🙏)

I apply

Game 4:
New York Americans vs. Toronto Legion
 
Game 8:
 
Prague Phantoms vs. London United
 
Game 12:
 
New York Americans vs. Toronto Legion
 
Game 16:
 
Prague Phantoms vs. London United
 
Go to Playoff Tree
 

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - 
 
Heads were turned in the hockey world yesterday as an old agency rumored to be defunct made the surprise announcement that they were taking on a new player. The Will Agency (WA), an old agency that represented previously a couple of high profile players before hitching their wagon to a series of relative failures, announced yesterday that they would be representing up-and-comer Tommy Shelby of Birmingham. 
 
In a statement to press, WA spokesperson Robert Roberts had this to say:
 
"We're pleased to make a return to the VHL landscape. On account of our disgust with the poor performance of our most recent client, we needed to take some time to regroup as an organization. We made the not so difficult decision to fire all of our scouts and spent the ensuing months investing heavily in AI and data analytics. Today we are confident that we are  the most cutting-edge and sophisticated agency in the market with 100% of our decisions being made by AI. We hope to make an impactful return to the league and our AI is confident that Tommy Shelby is the man to do it." 
 
While it remains to be seen what kind of an impact the 22 year-old Tommy Shelby will have, the performance of  WA's more recent clients casts significant doubt on the agencies judgement. Let's have a look at WA's previous clients. 
 
[The Original] Don Draper (S38) - A chronic underachiever that never won a cup and whose only real accomplishment was a couple of Top Leader awards, Don Draper was a stalwart force on the Helsinki blue line for a few competitive seasons. 
 
Aleksi Koponen (S45) - Aleksi Koponen was a tough 2-way forward who, unlike Draper, did manage to pick up some hardware. Koponen helped lead Helsink to back-to-back cups is Seasons 45 and 46. Later in his career, he led the league in points with Calgary in Season 51.
 
John Locke (S53) - Known for not spending much time training, John Locke somewhat ironically became WA's greatest success and racked up an impressive awards cabinet. In the VHLM he led the league in Goals, Assists and Points in a single season. He earned Top Rookie upon his entry to the VHL and went on to win 4 Continental Cups with Riga and Helsinki. He led the league in goals twice and took home an MVP and a playoff MVP. 
 
Ho Lee Fook (S54) - Ho Lee Fook had a long career, won a cup and put up some decent numbers....in the VHLM. He just never quite made it to the big leagues. 
 
Will Clarke (S69) - A low impact player, Clarke managed to ride the coat tails of better players to win 3 Continental Cups with 3 different teams but spent most of his time on the bench and contributed little.  
 
Commodus (S81)  - A total failure, Commodus played a season of VHLM in Yukon. During his time in the North, Commodus developed an irrational hatred of ice and determined he could never step foot in a rink again. 
 
In time, we'll find out if Tommy Shelby will be a John Locke or a Commodus. 
 

INDEX
 
@VHLGM my perms are messed up and it won't work. Blame Josh but here's Index.

graphic courtesy by Leandrofg
(stats for Janser, stats for Kagamine)
 
The regular season is finished and the Americans are still in the game. Thanks to a successfull second half of the season, New York could punch the ticket for the offseason. They will face now another Original Eight franchise in a fight for the playoffs. The Legion had the better overall record, whereas the team from the Big Apple won four of the six games against the 6ix squad. So the stage is set for a hopefully exciting series. For the end of the season we will summarize the two last games for your reading pleasure.
 

4-5 (OT)
In our first featured match, New York collected two points in a nail-biting contest against the Reign. The first period belonged to the Latvian Pride. It is noteworthy that with Justice, McGryer and Anand three former Wranglers netted for Riga. Italian Stallion 'French' Mancini was responsible for the sole New York marker. The second period came and went with no change on the score board. However, in the third frame, Mancini ignited the afterburner and scored a natural hattrick within ten and a half minutes. Kemp for the Reign managed to tie the game again. After less than three minutes into extra time, Swedish veteran Analfist scored the game winner. It should surprise absolutely no-one that Mancini (4g/0a) was declared first star of the game. He was joined by Anand (1g/2a) and Davis (0g/4a). It was not the best night for the netminders but 36xW (.897) kept the upper hand over Panda (.857). New York's powerplay was decent (1/4), their penalty kill adequate (4/5).
Rin left the ice with 0g, 0a, +0 and 4sb
CGY had a 0g, 0a, +0, 4 PIM (2x Hooking, no goals scored during his time riding the pine), 2 hits, 1sb record
 

1-3
In the last game of the regular season, the Americans met the Vancouver Wolves in a 1-3 defeat. The pups showed that despite a rebuilding season, their teeth are not pulled yet. Hoover and Sansoe scored in the first period, whereas New York stayed off the score sheet. During the second frame each team scored one goal. Analfist and Walker put the puck in the back of the net for their colours respectively. In the final lap, both teams neutralized the oppositions efforts and no further goals were scored. The three stars were awarded to Vidarsson (34 saves), Westwood (0g/2a) and Sansoe (1g/0a). In net, we witnessed a battle for the ages between the rookie goalkeepers 36xW (.923) and Vidarsson (.971), with the better end for the Greenlander. New York's powerplay was sub-par (1/6) whereas their box play was leaky (2/4). It is save to say that their weak special teams cost them the match.
Rin had 0g, 0a, and a -1 to her name
CGY ended the game with 0g, 0a, -1, 2 PIM (High Sticking, did not lead to a goal against), 3 hits and 4sb 
 
Here are the 'Beauty and the Beast's' final stats of their rookie season:
Kagamine: 72gp, 10g, 19a, 29pts, -6, 8 PIM, 12 hits, 115sb
Janser: 72gp, 6g, 49a, 55pts, -4, 191 PIM, 284 hits, 143sb, 2 First Star distinctions, 1-1-3 fighting record
 
We will revert with more news on our intrepid hockey export in due course.
 
https://vhlforum.com/topic/143134-the-cgy-janser-story-part-xiii-settling-in-in-new-york/
https://vhlforum.com/topic/143547-the-cgy-janser-story-part-xiv-another-title/
https://vhlforum.com/topic/144188-the-cgy-janser-story-part-xv-first-games-as-a-murican/
https://vhlforum.com/topic/144581-the-cgy-janser-story-part-xvi-one-third-in/
https://vhlforum.com/topic/145143-the-cgy-janser-story-part-xvii-a-seasons-review/
 
 

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Let's rewind time: It's the end of S91 and the Houston Bulls say goodbye to GM, @STZ, due to VHL GM promotion. Who will fill these Houston Bulls shoes? 
 
0. Hi: If you don't know me, Hi, my name is AJ and I was hired as GM of the Houston Bulls in the VHLM this season. I GM'd Houston from S84-S89, stepping down to focus on my schooling and football. Recently I had lost my VHL drive from being focused on my real life tomfoolery. But... with my football season ending the same time STZ stepped down, I threw my name in the hat. I didn't plan on applying for any GM jobs, I didn't even know STZ was going to get hired in New York. I just wanted Houston back, I missed it, and more importantly I missed the fire it used to bring me (more more importantly I have the time to do it again now). One problem I faced in the first week of this "new job" was the lack of an AGM, @Triller, to be specific. Triller and I worked together in Houston for 3 seasons before we both parted ways in S89. Triller did more than any AGM I have met, I even gave us both GM roles in the discord because that's how I viewed his role in our organization. He is incredibly talented and I honestly put a lot of the job's weight onto him because he just naturally was good at it, nothing was really a job for him. We worked so well together and now I'm stuck with just me, myself and I to start S92. This VHLM GMing stuff is time consuming, you need to work well with others, you need to be a teacher, a role model... I had no one by my side to help me start my return to Houston. With 6 seasons of experience I just had to lock in.
 
 
 
1. The Draft: Sitting at home, drunk on whatever night the draft was held, I got an invite to join the draft stream and have some fun. Good thing I was drunk because being on a stream and having to consistently say stuff to keep the viewers entertained ain't as easy as it seems. Anyways blah blah blah, the first round goes by in a flash and Houston still hasn't used their first pick yet. Houston's first pick was at 14th overall in the second round, from a trade that occurred a few days prior involving Miami. Miami gained a 3rd and a 4th round pick from Houston in return for the 2nd. 14th overall rolls around and Houston gets on the clock to SNIPE Chris Reynolds Jr @Crstats23. At the time of being drafted, Reynolds Jr was the only player on the Houston Bulls roster, lonely and needing someone to hold. 18th overall came quickly and Houston was on the clock again. To my absolute surprise (you can even watch the stream and hear the things I said because I don't remember) Trimiskez Artav @jake was my second SNIPE of the night. I would've taken Artav 14th, but I wanted Reynolds. I still to this day do not know how Artav fell that low, but also to this day I'm not questioning it. With two forwards out of the way, the next best possible thing to do is what? Correct. Draft another forward. 3rd round, 22nd overall Miner vHLer @Rhynex Entertainment SNIPED with the 40 TPA build. This was honestly without a doubt not a risky pick to me. I've GM'd and played with Rhynex before, I didn't care what their build was I just wanted them in my Locker Room especially after drafting Chris Reynolds Jr the round before (they know each other well). Last but not least, a goaltender was needed. At 25th overall, Herald Benson @Benson is my GEM SNIPE! Prior to the draft Benson was any average Joe, earning chill, nothing out of the ordinary kind of TPE. I chatted with Benson also prior to the draft and found out they were a 12 Affiliate earner from the SBA, just hadn't claimed any yet. Hence, GEM SNIPE! 
 
Roster after the draft: 3-0-1: (LW) Chris Reynolds Jr, (RW) Trimiskez Artav, (LW) Miner vHLer, (G) Herald Benson
 
 
2. Recruitment Waivers, assemble!: Once the draft was completed, waivers officially opened up. Still in my drunken state from the stream, a user who I had been talking to before the draft wanted to sign right away. Ondrej Vencko @Mutti wanted into Houston! Funnily enough I think he wanted to join because he knew I was drunk bastard, and Vencko lovessss getting silly. Mutti was very nice to chat with in all honesty and Houston's first waiver signing would cap out our goaltenders for the season. Now with 2 goalies, I needed the rest of the team that would skate in front of them! Little did I know how open the flood gates would really get in Houston. Nathan Schwartz @Njschwartz03, Nathan Ecker @Nathan_8, Dylan Boland @shadowbloxgame, Deez nutz @Shadowpac12, Cody Toland @ctoland102, Filip Zinek @FiZi, Charles Losfeld @losfail, and Lucy Leitner @LucyXpher joined within a day or two of the Recruitment Ad dropping. Not only did two centers join, but THREE defenders did too! I felt like a kid on Christmas. Luckily I had those couple days off since it was around holiday season. So I had the chance to actually reach out to my signings right away which I feel helped a lot in building the base foundation of this team, but also in building my individual relationship with each member. I was really thrilled to have the group I got! It seemed everyone was excited to learn and get started. Our discord locker room seemed to finally start showing some life again but I wasn't satisfied just yet, we were missing something.
 
Roster after waiver signings: 8-3-2: (G) Ondrej Vencko, (C) Nathan Schwartz, (RW) Nathan Ecker, (RW) Dylan Boland, (C) Deez nutz, (D) Cody Toland, (LW) Filip Zinek, (D) Charles Losfeld, (D) Lucy Leitner
 
 
3. Pre-Season Trade?: That's right! The Las Vegas Aces were looking to move a skilled forward at discounted price. Barry McOckiner @LanerDUST got swept off the streets of downtown Vegas for a 3rd round pick in the next season's draft. McOckiner had around 180 TPE when traded, this is considered a steal. A big steal to me though, McOckiner was a discounted trade due to inactivity problems. As someone who had seen LanerDUST active in the past, I messaged them and started chatting to find out that they are still a cool guy! Laner said he wanted to be more active and I was hyped for it. With all the recent waiver players signed I knew our depth was an investment to put my big bills on, I needed this almost capped winger for when my investment reaches its full potential (playoffs lol).
 
Roster after trade: 9-3-2: (RW) Barry McOckiner
 
 
How I felt entering the season after starting with no players on my roster
 
4. Start of Season: I promise I didn't share the same facial expressions as Drew, but the emotion was there! I was so happy and proud of myself for getting this squad together and ready for game 1. This obviously didn't all happen because of me, I have the Recruitment Team to thank for getting these lovely people to the forum. Houston started S92 with a daycare roster, basically everyone was under the age of 100 TPE. We surprisingly did pretty good though, a lot of 1-1 sims was something that I wasn't mad about. We were cruising and I really didn't think anymore waivers would fly in but they did. Benjamin Abenduct @Schnee, Jack Dickins @Mystery_boy98, and SID THE FREAKING KID GOAT CROSBY @Sidthekid_87 would join in on the Bulls fun. All three, just like the previous signings, were a pleasure to meet and started off really strong! We had a juiced roster in the making, the most waiver signings out of any team, we were looking great... but then it happened.
 
Roster after Start: 11-4-2: (D) Benjamin Abenduct, (RW) Jack Dickins, (C) THE FREAKING KID GOAT CROSBY
 
 
5. THE GREAT CENTER DEPRESSION: Oh my it hit us as if the economy crashed! One center retired, then another went IA, then another was a multi-user all in a week!! I couldn't hold onto my head, all 3 of the centers that I had just signed, gone in a flash! I didn't know what to do... until, an angel rained down on me as it parted through the clouds. 4 gifts is what he brought. In each gift birthed a new center, to replace the centers Houston had sacrificed before... plus one for good luck I guess. Someone take the horseshoe out of my arse because I kid you not, the day of releasing Houston's three centers I was able to sign Murray Connolly @Blakemac22 and Tyler Lawson @Nyx, then a day or two later Micah Cederbaum @MicahC and Bolor Khan @Bolor Khan would follow. Shocked, an understatement. I don't know what I did this season to get so lucky with all these signings, especially at the literal most perfect times when I needed them. I'll give full credit to the waiver pitch I wrote. After this point in the season Houston started to see some double dubs to catch up to the top of the league in standings!
 
Roster after Depression: 12-4-2: (C) Murray Connolly, (C) Tyler Lawson, (C) Micah Cederbaum, (C) Bolor Khan
 
 
6. Almost TDL, one more?: Approaching Trade Deadline I had no plans on buying or selling. I wanted to cruise into it after the recent waiver addition of defender Bufert T Smustice @Crummer77. We had basically a full roster of waiver players who were all earning really well, and Artav was our first player to reach 200 TPE before the trade deadline with many more to follow. So, what else was I supposed to do?? Make a trade?!
 
Roster heading into Trade Deadline: 12-5-2: (D) Bufert T Smustice
 

 
7. Trade Deadline: Yeah I made a trade. It's trade deadline come on! We have a really good roster and with this recruitment drive, so does every one else! Before I get into that, a silly member created one week early for the S94 draft class and had to get a 1 week TPE ban for their silliness. This new player was a 2nd generation player, of a 1st generation player from Houston... Toby Cook @KRZY didn't hesitate for a second to join Houston since they enjoyed their time the first lap around with Todd Cooke! I GM'd KRZY in my first season with Houston in S84, so it was a cool feeling to see them wanting to come back. Okay now onto the trade! I didn't LOVE the lack of depth our center core had with each and every one of them just recently joining. I made my decision on which center I wanted to let go of, which isn't always easy by the way, and traded for Antonia Bucatini @CowboyinAmerica from Halifax to center the first line of the Houston Bulls. In return Houston coughed up a 1st and 4th round pick plus center Bolor Khan, all for the S92 VHLM 1st overall pick, Bucatini. Some say the trade was under value, some say that Cowboy would have fun on a team like Houston because of our positive and fun atmosphere, not because of winning a cup. I say, you are all wrong haters.
 
Roster after Trade Deadline: 12-6-2: (C) Antonia Bucatini, (D) Toby Cook
 
8. Present Times: I feel like I can take a breath now. After quite a few weeks of chaos we now have a finalized and full roster. This is the best roster I have created in my 7 seasons of GMing and it is the first time I have created a full 12-6-2 roster! (S84 we had a 9-6-2 roster). I am so proud of the culture and community we have built this season and I have no one but my players to thank. These are very talented people all with the same love and drive for Houston as I do. With tonight being the last sim before playoffs, it's been a long journey this season already and I just want everyone to know that Houston is far from done yet. The Bulls enter the first round this season as which appears to be 6th place. We've been underdogs all season, this isn't anything new to us, Houston is Coming.
 

She's a beauty, eh? (Thanks @Triller for making this)