Kyle

That would be kickass.

You can’t get rid of me @Victor

You can’t get rid of me @Victor

You can’t get rid of me @Victor

Cheers to Calgary and good luck going forward. Excited to be playing for LA.

Cheers to Calgary and good luck going forward. Excited to be playing for LA.

Goes to his fav NHL team city.

Get analed DC

Get analed DC

Over 12 seasons on from announcing a VHL franchise would be coming to Moscow for the first time, GM Victor Alfredsson steps up the podium to thank all the players during his tenure....
 
Thank you to the OGs - not many expansion draftees made it particular far but Evgeni Komarov @Gooningitup was our 2nd captain, Paolo Nano @leafsman was our first great defenceman who sadly retired just before the cup, and Dan Baillie @wcats was and remains a Muscovite through and through and of course was there to lift the ultimate prize in S70.
 
Thank you to the captains - Komarov again, Mark Gebauer wherever you are, Jet Jaguar @gorlab, the franchise's first big hype man and the one that lifted the cup, Dean Clarke @Kyle, the ultimate steal who grew from dump-and-smash to one of our leaders, Nate Telker @Telkster, our other ultimate steal who became one of the best centers in the league, and Alex Letang @Spartan who has been my right-hand man in strategy and drafts for the past 3 or 4 seasons.
 
Thank you to all the individual stalwarts. I haven't counted it up, but I'm pretty confident that Moscow players won the most individual awards in the past 12 seasons. In addition to Jaguar, Raymond Bernard @Mr_Hatter became probably the best goalie of the generation here, Smitty @flyersfan1406 became the best defenceman in a generation, Roque Davis @Josh has taken a step towards becoming the same, Randoms @hedgehog337 became a two-way goal-scoring powerhouse, and Mikko Lahtinen @Beketov has swept home many awards for 3 seasons in a row.
 
And if I haven't mentioned you yet, don't worry, because I will now.
Mat Tocco @Matmenzinger your name is etched into VHL history as a cup winner and there won't be many forwards who outperform you in Moscow colours
Oskar Lagesson @fever95 unfortunately we couldn't get one last cup but you made the transition from S70 to now so much easier and are right up there with our best defencemen
Gritty @WentzKneeFan036 you and Smitty turned our fortunes around and the MOSCOW MOSCOW MOSCOW rallying cry may outlive us all
Vin Calia and Lucas Brandt @VinCal and @twists you may have not made it to the end but you were great sports when you were around. Same with Jorgon Weyed @Joubo from the previous generation.
@Will I think you're the only person who had 2 players pass through Moscow and you were here for the cup. My most loyal inactive servant x
Pietro Angellini and Cole Newhook @okifenoki and @GrittyIsKing09 - picking you two as late as I did in S72 is part of the reason I made it through 12 seasons and a big part of our continued success.
Ryo Yamazuki II @Donno100 we somehow had a patchy history because I barely missed out on Carison and then traded Yamazuki at no notice - hopefully no hard feelings though!
Fat palloon @UnkemptCL4PTP I think you story in Moscow is just starting to be written, I've greatly enjoyed watching you develop over the past few season
Killy Foilen @Aye my name jeff the unsung hero of S70 who also carried the discord LR with gorlab for many seasons
Remy Moreau @Da Trifecta it wasn't quite the Davos glory days but I'd like to think we got at least part of the way there.... thanks for your time
Aleelee Kiak @Grant I don't think you were the most active here but I was glad to see you got yourself a cup after leaving Moscow and then found a niche in Chicago - looking forward to your new player
Kris Rice, Jacob Tonn, Breeze Ladrian, Jay Jones, Ryan Schwarz @Ricer13 @MexicanCow123  @Kelsier @TTtheT @Enorama I may have only GMed you for one VHL season but what a season it was. Thanks for buying into the project and I'll see you around.
 

Happy to be mentioned! 

I got over halfway through writing this article in a cheesy third person way before thinking to myself, f*** it. Telker deserves to go out in first person. Once joining the league, I never thought I would get this far. I guess in the back of my head, I always saw it like a video game. Play it a couple months, then eventually it gets old. Boy was I wrong. I would like to thank @Victorfor believing me, and seeing my potential in what was a late draft pick when the league had just 12 teams. I would also like to congratulate @Mr_Hatter For the incredible career he had as the #1 goaler in Moscow. Me and Bernard got our cup in the past, so there’s nothing else we can say other then we left it all out on the ice! While there’s many great memories I’ve had over the past year or more (irl) with the Menace, it’s impossible to list every player I’ve crossed paths with. One day maybe I’ll go nuts on a media spot. Let me at least say thank you to everyone of the people I’m about to tag for making Moscow such an incredible journey. To everyone I’m about to miss now. Thank you for making this the best hockey career I’ve ever had😁
@GrittyIsKing09 @Beketov @okifenoki @Spartan @Josh @UnkemptCL4PTP @fever95 @Kyle @Donno100 @Liberty_Cabbage @gorlab @WentzKneeFan036 @Aye my name jeff@flyersfan1453@Matmenzinger @hedgehog337 @wcats
MOSCOW MOSCOW MOSCOW!!!!
 
 

@Kyle

1)how did you discover Hockey? 
Been part of my life since I was born.
2)what's your favorite team of any league? 
LA Kings, NHL.
3)do you have any game day rituals? 
I usually eat the same dinner on game days.
4)have you ever been to a live game? 
More than I can count.
5)do you collect jerseys /cards? 
I did as a kid, not anymore.
6)what's the weirdest memory you have related to hockey? 
Flipping off a coach.

You wanna join the Old Men Yell At Cloud podcast with @Victor  @gregreg and I ?

definitely new but improved?...

https://drive.google.com/file/d/13rf2kK_DEA0GlDIVCaRYWSEApH-c8Atl/view?usp=sharing
 
@Kyle

I can't believe I'm here doing another point task for the 3rd time in 4 weeks but that's the way she goes I suppose. Anyways, I'm here for theme week and one of the topics I'm going to cover here is my favorite players in VHL history and who out of them do I think would make the best possible dream team. So let's start with the forward lineup and we'll see where it goes from there.
 
Center - Anton Brekker (DAV) @DGFX.
 
Brekker was the captain of the team when I finally starting taking on responsibility as a larger member. He took a flyer on me with Volkov getting drafted in the late rounds and made the league really fun for me at a time where I needed it. His player was a certified stud and he made our rivalry with Helsinki at the time extremely fun because he wasn't afraid to shit talk. Brekker was an all around center, 3 time Continental Cup winner and not to mention an 800 point player in a shade over 500 games. He's very overlooked in VHL lore despite being a Hall of Famer.
 
Left Wing - Matt Bentz @Matt
 
Matt Bentz was the guy who originally recruited me back into the league all the way back in Season 6, so his player again has a big stamp on my VHL career so I figured I would have him here as he was the type of guy whose career I always followed pretty closely. Bentz is certainly on the lower end of the totem pole in terms of Hall of Fame players, but to me he could play both ends of the ice and was two way player that helped the Wranglers through some tough days. He was difficult to play against similar to Brekker, and I think they would fit perfectly.
 
Right Wing - Leeroy Jenkins @Squinty
 
One of the more personal ones to me on this list, Jenkins' agent Squinty was one of my best friends on this site and we still talk off the site to this day. At the time of his retirement Jenkins was considered one of the only players who could possibly compare to Scotty Campbell. Although he was a hitman for hire and often jumped teams, he was seemingly incapable of not winning a championship. And his physical play at the time was unprecedented as he finished his career leading the VHL all-time in hits. 
 
Defense - Alexander Valiq & Matt Bentley @Koradek @Victor
 
Two of the best defenseman of all-time and two of my favorite members of all time. This was an easy decision for me, both of these defenseman utterly dominated the VHL with Valiq even having a trophy named after himself after all this time. He was extremely prolific offensively and led the Quebec City Meute to their first title as an organization not long after they came about in expansion.
 
Bentley however was as prolific as a scorer as Koradek but also known for his two way play, managing to win 2 Labatte Trophies and smashing 100 points 3 times in his career. Again, a winner in every sense of the word Bentley nabbed 2 Continental Cups with the Davos Dynamo due to his ability to dish the puck all over the ice to his forwards. At the time of his retirement he was 4th all time in defenseman assists. 
 
Goalie - Alexander Labatte @sterling
 
Labatte was my goalie in Riga for our final season as he signed on with us to try and help me win one last title with one of my players and he will always be one of my favorites for that attempt, even if we fell short in the finals. He finished his career with 3 Aidan Shaw Trophies and 1 Continental Cup. His 3 year stretch of winning 3 Shaw Trophies straights is one of the best stretches of performance in VHL history. He was also extremely clutch in the playoffs despite not being able to capture multiple titles.

I can't believe I'm here doing another point task for the 3rd time in 4 weeks but that's the way she goes I suppose. Anyways, I'm here for theme week and one of the topics I'm going to cover here is my favorite players in VHL history and who out of them do I think would make the best possible dream team. So let's start with the forward lineup and we'll see where it goes from there.
 
Center - Anton Brekker (DAV) @DGFX.
 
Brekker was the captain of the team when I finally starting taking on responsibility as a larger member. He took a flyer on me with Volkov getting drafted in the late rounds and made the league really fun for me at a time where I needed it. His player was a certified stud and he made our rivalry with Helsinki at the time extremely fun because he wasn't afraid to shit talk. Brekker was an all around center, 3 time Continental Cup winner and not to mention an 800 point player in a shade over 500 games. He's very overlooked in VHL lore despite being a Hall of Famer.
 
Left Wing - Matt Bentz @Matt
 
Matt Bentz was the guy who originally recruited me back into the league all the way back in Season 6, so his player again has a big stamp on my VHL career so I figured I would have him here as he was the type of guy whose career I always followed pretty closely. Bentz is certainly on the lower end of the totem pole in terms of Hall of Fame players, but to me he could play both ends of the ice and was two way player that helped the Wranglers through some tough days. He was difficult to play against similar to Brekker, and I think they would fit perfectly.
 
Right Wing - Leeroy Jenkins @Squinty
 
One of the more personal ones to me on this list, Jenkins' agent Squinty was one of my best friends on this site and we still talk off the site to this day. At the time of his retirement Jenkins was considered one of the only players who could possibly compare to Scotty Campbell. Although he was a hitman for hire and often jumped teams, he was seemingly incapable of not winning a championship. And his physical play at the time was unprecedented as he finished his career leading the VHL all-time in hits. 
 
Defense - Alexander Valiq & Matt Bentley @Koradek @Victor
 
Two of the best defenseman of all-time and two of my favorite members of all time. This was an easy decision for me, both of these defenseman utterly dominated the VHL with Valiq even having a trophy named after himself after all this time. He was extremely prolific offensively and led the Quebec City Meute to their first title as an organization not long after they came about in expansion.
 
Bentley however was as prolific as a scorer as Koradek but also known for his two way play, managing to win 2 Labatte Trophies and smashing 100 points 3 times in his career. Again, a winner in every sense of the word Bentley nabbed 2 Continental Cups with the Davos Dynamo due to his ability to dish the puck all over the ice to his forwards. At the time of his retirement he was 4th all time in defenseman assists. 
 
Goalie - Alexander Labatte @sterling
 
Labatte was my goalie in Riga for our final season as he signed on with us to try and help me win one last title with one of my players and he will always be one of my favorites for that attempt, even if we fell short in the finals. He finished his career with 3 Aidan Shaw Trophies and 1 Continental Cup. His 3 year stretch of winning 3 Shaw Trophies straights is one of the best stretches of performance in VHL history. He was also extremely clutch in the playoffs despite not being able to capture multiple titles.

Stormsson Struggling to Find Game in Calgary
 
Jonas Stormsson made the decision to opt out of the VHLM this season, despite not quite being ready to make the leap in terms of his skills. Instead he specifically requested to Wranglers GM Ryan Jubis to let him play in the big club this year and let him build his game as the season progressed. Jubis agreed to the rookie's request and so far it hasn't exactly worked out for them. Stormsson has only managed 1 goal and 5 points in 30 games so far this season, and the Wranglers need their raw rookie to bring a lot more to the table than he already has if they want to make a run at the playoffs this season. 
 
Stormsson was known as a shooter in the VHLM and scouts agreed that when he develops he's going to be mainly a trigger man, shoot first type of player. But since getting to the Wranglers Stormsson has realized that with his developmental curve still having a long way to go that he needs to start working on the defensive side of his game if he is going to end up being valuable for the Wranglers going forward for the rest of the season. 
 
Calgary has had an up and down season so far, being only 1 win above .500 and playing down to teams below them and playing up to teams above them. It seems the Wranglers cannot quite find their identity this season and when we are approaching the halfway mark of the season, that's something that needs to be figured out sooner rather than later. With the veteran players on the Wranglers managing to carry the load for a team that's fairly young, the rookies Luke Thornton and Jonas Stormsson need to find a way to help contribute and lessen the burden for the Wrangler's bigger players.
 
We managed to catch up with the rookie Stormsson on what he thinks needs to happen to improve his perforamnce after their disappointing 3-2 loss against the Prague Phantoms, a team that the Wranglers feel like that they should be winning over in most of their meetings.
 
Calgary is hoping to finally make the turn on their season here coming up on the halfway point of the season, if they don't manage to stop playing down to their opponents it's hard to imagine them being in the playoffs as the season progresses.

Stormsson Struggling to Find Game in Calgary
 
Jonas Stormsson made the decision to opt out of the VHLM this season, despite not quite being ready to make the leap in terms of his skills. Instead he specifically requested to Wranglers GM Ryan Jubis to let him play in the big club this year and let him build his game as the season progressed. Jubis agreed to the rookie's request and so far it hasn't exactly worked out for them. Stormsson has only managed 1 goal and 5 points in 30 games so far this season, and the Wranglers need their raw rookie to bring a lot more to the table than he already has if they want to make a run at the playoffs this season. 
 
Stormsson was known as a shooter in the VHLM and scouts agreed that when he develops he's going to be mainly a trigger man, shoot first type of player. But since getting to the Wranglers Stormsson has realized that with his developmental curve still having a long way to go that he needs to start working on the defensive side of his game if he is going to end up being valuable for the Wranglers going forward for the rest of the season. 
 
Calgary has had an up and down season so far, being only 1 win above .500 and playing down to teams below them and playing up to teams above them. It seems the Wranglers cannot quite find their identity this season and when we are approaching the halfway mark of the season, that's something that needs to be figured out sooner rather than later. With the veteran players on the Wranglers managing to carry the load for a team that's fairly young, the rookies Luke Thornton and Jonas Stormsson need to find a way to help contribute and lessen the burden for the Wrangler's bigger players.
 
We managed to catch up with the rookie Stormsson on what he thinks needs to happen to improve his perforamnce after their disappointing 3-2 loss against the Prague Phantoms, a team that the Wranglers feel like that they should be winning over in most of their meetings.
 
Calgary is hoping to finally make the turn on their season here coming up on the halfway point of the season, if they don't manage to stop playing down to their opponents it's hard to imagine them being in the playoffs as the season progresses.

Wow Greener joined the league 7 years ago? Fuck that seems recent to me.