Phil

gg all

So we are two games into the Riga Reign / Helsinki Titans series for a chance at the Finals of the Continental Cup. Both games have ended in a 4-3 result and it has been a riveting start to the series. But the excitement around the series was never going to revolve around the quality of hockey. Everyone knew it would be a close, exciting one to follow. The big reason that it has the highest viewing of any Semi-Final in VHL history is due to the fact that the two new Commissioners are going head-to-head in a series to rig all series. Flyersfan, Riga Reign GM and long-time VHLm Commissioner, seems to have the upper hand so far, as his team heads into Game 3 up by 2, but we have seen many teams come back and win after being in an 0 and 2 deficit. This will be the first real test of the rigging skills of Draper. Does Draper have the rigging skills necessary to win? Will Flyersfan's shady dealings in the VHLm give him the upper hand? Time will tell and as long as Jardy or Higgins don't interfere, we will be closely following Rigging History being made in a series that could very well shape the discourse of the league.

Shreked.by Gows. Wrecked by Cows Decked Eyebrows Pecked by Vows okayenough. Just.. great game everyone

Sweeeet-ass win! Going to be a close series, dontcha know!

nice series folks.

Best of luck with your new player!

New York Riga New York Riga

Riga by a score of 4-3 (OT for bonus TPEPEEPPE)

YAY!

Hope you recreate

yea sry my bad, it was 2-1 at halftime... but they did blow the 2-0 lead

I'll apply as well. I was a long time updater of the Europe... looking to lose my updater virginity in North America now.

I'VE HAD THREE PLAYERS IN THE SHL AND 3 IN THE VHL AND THERE IS ONLY ONE CONCLUSION:

haha don't blame Bradford for Chelsea's inability to keep a 2-0 lead going into halftime at Standford Bridge Also, I believe it was Bradford who kicked Man U out of the FA Cup last year. They be the team for upsets.

goddamit old forum habits die hard: *

:ilike:

Some STUPIDLY AWESOME results in the FA Cup this weekend. And that's the magic of the cup! Man City Lose Chelsea Lose Man U draw Liverpool draw Arsenal struggled but at least won LOLOLOOLOL I love it all

I still think of you when I listen to this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiEobsgb7fY

"Harumpf" is what teams say when they have to play against him. Lots of butt-hurt. Gratz on the great season

I'll go where you go Higgy.

Hai svec!

Great work Damien!

Villeneuve's A Top Defenseman Rarely do I actually write a Media Spot that involves me talking about my own player. This is primarily because no one but me actually gives a hoot about what is going on in the life of Villeneuve and thus would be way less inclined to read it. I generally try to write about other players or a group of players. Does anyone remember my short series on entertaining team building activities that Riga players do? (Here they are for reference). However, today I would like to point out some things about the Riga lifer and bring it to the attention of... I suppose... the only person who'll end up reading this: the grader! Phil Villeneuve has been in the VHL for 6 seasons now. He was drafted by Riga and has stayed in Riga. Up until half way through his 5th season, I really was not very active. I would pop by every now and again and say 'hi' in the lockeroom, or post a random Media Spot here and there, but it was pretty clear (and I did say so myself) that Villeneuve was going to be a decent depth defenseman at best. I would be very surprised if I reached 500TPE with him. I will now support my argument as to why Villeneuve has transcended this. If you look at his first 5 seasons in the VHL (his first after he was drafted was spend in the minors) you would whole-heartedly again with my original statement about him being no more than a depth defenseman. Let's look at his Season 40 stats for instance: Had the second least points on the team, the third worst +/-, and spent the most time in the penalty box. That to me is looking pretty below-average. But what makes up for that is the fact the Villeneuve 50 more hits than any other defensemen on Riga and the second most shots blocked. He also had the best hits-to-hits taken ratio on Riga. This implies that he took the puck away more and gave the puck away less than any other Riga player - an important contribution for them to go on and win the Cup but by no means anywhere close to being considered for the Labatte Trophy. This Season, although he'll almost definitely not be considered for the Top Defenseman, he has proven to be a top-line pairing. Despite him playing the first 42 games of the season without being updated from the off-season, he managed to accumulate a career-high of 68 points. He had the best plus/minus on the team, the most hits by a defenseman with 185 and only 84 hits taken (the best by far from the top 5 Riga players) he also tied all-star Fjorsstrom for shots blocked with 121. Even though Fjorsstrom had 17 more points than Villeneuve, it is tough to say if he was the better defenseman this year for Riga. Villeneuve played 115 minutes less than him (that's 2 games on the bench) yet blocked just as many shots, had 80 more hits (takeaways), and most shockingly of all, had a plus/minus rating of +28 better than Fjorsstrom (+47 vs +19). Fjosstrom also took more penalties than Villeneuve this season (92 vs 78). Looking that this, I would say without bias that Phil Villeneuve has become Riga's most valuable defenseman. It would be interesting to see how much better Villeneuve's stats would be had he been updated at the start of the season and not almost half-way through it. It is unclear whether Villeneuve will be staying in Riga past this year but after 6 years he has finally shown the VHL that he can be a top defender and that, to me, is more than I ever expected out of Villeneuve.

The Season 41 playoffs are here already. Everyone is tingling in anticipation to see which teams will play Riga and New York for a spot in the Finals. In the European Conference we have Helsinki battling Cologne. Will odour win out against Helstinki? I, personally, am not sure. We are 2 games into the series and I have yet to look up what the scores were so If I had to guess, I'd say it's a 1-1 series tie with Cologne winning the second game, ...Well I checked and I was wrong. Helsinki take a 2-0 lead into Game 3, which should be happening tonight. Over in North America, however, I know for a fact that Calgary are down 2-0 to the Quebecois. ....hmm, okay I was wrong again. Apparently Calgary won Game 2. I guess what this article shows is two-fold: 1) I don't have a fucking clue what I'm talking about, and 2) I really suck at predictions, so never copy off me.