Admin Victor 10,992 Posted March 10, 2021 Admin Share Posted March 10, 2021 Would you look at the time, it's HOF induction time already! Warning: A lot of awards are about to be listed. D - Condor Adrienne, S68-S75 RS: 576 GP, 156 G, 442 A, 598 P, +74, 1,417 PIM, 1,936 HIT, 1,144 SB, 18 GW PO: 66 GP, 14 G, 55 A, 69 P, +18, 148 PIM, 232 HIT, 144 SB, 3 GW S70 Jake Wylde Trophy (Top Defensive Defenceman) S72 Brett Slobodzian Trophy (Most Outstanding) S72 Mike Szatkowski Trophy (Most Points) S72 Sterling Labatte Trophy (Top Defenceman) S72 Alexander Valiq Trophy (Top Offensive Defenceman) S73 Jake Wylde Trophy (Top Defensive Defenceman) S74 Sterling Labatte Trophy (Top Defenceman) S74 Alexander Valiq Trophy (Top Offensive Defenceman) S74 Jake Wylde Trophy (Top Defensive Defenceman) S75 Sterling Labatte Trophy (Top Defenceman) S75 Alexander Valiq Trophy (Top Offensive Defenceman) S75 Alexander Beketov Trophy (Most Assists) 3x All-VHL First Team (S72, S74, S75) 1x All-VHL Second Team (S73) One Continental Cup (S75) There was something inevitable about the consensus 1st overall pick Condor Adrienne in S68, as everyone could see it was back to @OrbitingDeath at his best. And yet, his ascent to greatness wasn't immediate. A surprise run to the finals in his rookie season, a Wylde Trophy in his 3rd, it wasn't quite a rapid start. But then, as Malmo went into a rebuild, Adrienne became their shining light. Even when he became the first defenceman to lead the league in scoring in nearly 60 seasons, his Hall of Fame case wasn't secure, but between then and winning the cup with Malmo in his last game, Adrienne dominated the defencemen field to such an extent that there remained no doubt. A selection of accolades reads as follows: Most Valiq Trophies Most Wylde Trophies 1st Player to win Labatte, Wylde, and Valiq in same season 2nd Defenceman to lead the VHL in scoring (1st since S14) He's the best defenceman we've seen in over 20 seasons, if not longer, and it will take a while for another to match him. Except, one didn't fall far behind even when competing against him.... D - Lincoln Tate, S67-S74 RS: 576 GP, 98 G, 410 A, 508 P, +125, 860 PIM, 1,314 HIT, 940 SB, 15 GW PO: 91 GP, 19 G, 59 A, 78 P, +16, 137 PIM, 208 HIT, 158 SB, 4 GW S71 Sterling Labatte Trophy (Top Defenceman) S71 Jake Wylde Trophy (Top Defensive Defenceman) S72 Alexander Beketov Trophy (Most Assists) S73 Sterling Labatte Trophy (Top Defenceman) S73 Alexander Beketov Trophy (Most Assists) S74 Jake Wylde Trophy (Top Defensive Defenceman) 3x All-VHL First Team (S71, S72, S73) 1x All-VHL Second Team (S74) One Continental Cup (S72) You're not going to look as good on the same page as Adrienne, but few players could rightly consider themselves pretty much equals as much as Lincoln Tate. There's a lot of similarities - fellow 1st overall picks, far from plain sailing at the start, one-team men. I was a bit surprised to see Riga go for @Tate after their big trade to get 1st overall and for a while, it seemed like a rare misfire for the GM. Not in terms of TPE, but in terms of performance Tate did not seem to stand out. Like Adrienne though, as soon as he crossed the halfway mark of his career, Tate transformed into one of the elite defencemen. Between S71 and S75, they took home all the Labatte Trophies. Tate also led his team to the cup as well, part of one of the all-time great defensive units in VHL history, having been an instrumental part of Riga's record-setting 13-season playoff streak (it ended immediately after Tate's retirement). It is fitting that the two defencemen that dominated their generation will forever be remembered together through this HOF induction. VOTE RESULTS Condor Adrienne - 12/12 Lincoln Tate - 8/12 --- Mike Szatkowski Jr. - 1/12 Raymond Bernard - 1/12 Hulk Hogan, Jeff Downey, Wesley Kellinger, Tyson Kohler, Jakab Holik, Alexander Pepper - 0/12 And as usual, we are not quite done here as we have a Builder to announce! This one I am particularly pleased to announce as I have been something of this man's cheerleader for half a decade now. As a little-known first-gen Shane Baker, I brought him to Davos and he formed a defensive partnership with my own player that went to 3 straight finals and won 2 cups. I have then continued to hype up his players of increasing quality - Severin von Karma, Hall of Fame goalie Apollo Skye, Veran Dragomir, and most recently Soren Jensen. But it's not just about players for @Velevra who over the course of these careers has earned an astronomical amount of TPE by being one of our most reliable updates, from manual labour to the present Portal-driven days. Even more importantly, prior to the implementation of the Portal and its connection to the sim, Velevra was the one who manually updated attributes for players in the sim which as you can imagine is a highly unpleasant task and took a massive workload off the simmers who previously did this themselves. Through it all, Velevra has maintained a quiet profile, happy to get on with his job with little to no recognition. Well now we are recognising him as best we can, immortalising Velevra as VHL Builder. Congratulations @OrbitingDeath @Tate and @Velevra ! gorlab, dlamb, Dom and 20 others 17 1 1 4 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/100521-s76-hall-of-fame-induction/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Ricer13 2,816 Posted March 10, 2021 Moderator Share Posted March 10, 2021 (edited) Congrats @OrbitingDeathand @Tate! Amazing careers. Congrats to @Velevra on the builder HOF Edited March 10, 2021 by Ricer13 OrbitingDeath 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/100521-s76-hall-of-fame-induction/#findComment-830492 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mediocrepony 1,216 Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 Congrats @OrbitingDeath , @Velevra and @Tate! Well deserved! next year get bernard in OrbitingDeath, Mr_Hatter and Spartan 1 1 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/100521-s76-hall-of-fame-induction/#findComment-830493 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrbitingDeath 3,226 Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 We did it @Tate, inducted together! Loved competing against you, no real rivalry but two players that loved seeing the other guy succeed while being teammates in a different league. Thanks all! Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/100521-s76-hall-of-fame-induction/#findComment-830494 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quik 4,113 Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 Congrats to @OrbitingDeath @Tate and @Velevra , all extremely well deserved entries to the Hall! OrbitingDeath 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/100521-s76-hall-of-fame-induction/#findComment-830495 Share on other sites More sharing options...
McWolf 3,115 Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 39 minutes ago, Sonnet said: Ah yes, purgatory at least you made it on the ballot after all these years Spade18 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/100521-s76-hall-of-fame-induction/#findComment-830497 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devise 4,475 Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 Congrats all around, good to see some defense domination this era. I'm not even gonna ask how you do it anymore @OrbitingDeath your ability to make quality players is equal to my ability to make scrubs. Also huge shout out to @Velevra for all the countless seasons doing those manual sim updates in the before portal times. It was tireless work but super vital, absolutely worthy of builder recognition. OrbitingDeath 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/100521-s76-hall-of-fame-induction/#findComment-830499 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank 5,244 Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 Congrats @Velevra Apollo Skye our lord and saviour. solas 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/100521-s76-hall-of-fame-induction/#findComment-830504 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrbitingDeath 3,226 Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 8 minutes ago, Devise said: Congrats all around, good to see some defense domination this era. I'm not even gonna ask how you do it anymore @OrbitingDeath your ability to make quality players is equal to my ability to make scrubs. You are the Yin to my Yang Ryan, our players keep the league in balance. Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/100521-s76-hall-of-fame-induction/#findComment-830505 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedgehog337 3,483 Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 - a VHL champ - 1st OV - the best Riga def in my tenure [not gonna sleep on Hackett and Kastelic either. but Tate prevails] and the legend in general - being a part of sleeping hedgehog meme @Tate has done it all! Congrats! Patrik Tallinder 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/100521-s76-hall-of-fame-induction/#findComment-830512 Share on other sites More sharing options...
McWolf 3,115 Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 1 minute ago, hedgehog337 said: the best Riga def in my tenure [not gonna sleep on Hackett and Kastelic either. but Tate prevails] and the legend in general ;-; Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/100521-s76-hall-of-fame-induction/#findComment-830513 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedgehog337 3,483 Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, McWolf said: ;-; I would've had to hold you until your retirement for that Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/100521-s76-hall-of-fame-induction/#findComment-830514 Share on other sites More sharing options...
solas 1,952 Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 Congrats @OrbitingDeath @Tate @Velevra ! Three very well-deserved inductions. OrbitingDeath 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/100521-s76-hall-of-fame-induction/#findComment-830516 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garsh 1,195 Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 Grats to all 3, very well deserved @OrbitingDeath if we ever run out of whatever material the VHL trophies are made of, I have a pretty good idea of whose house is getting raided. OrbitingDeath 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/100521-s76-hall-of-fame-induction/#findComment-830529 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorlab 4,321 Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 Long overdue for my guy @Velevra. Big congratulations and well deserved. Congrats to @OrbitingDeath and @Tate as well. One legendary career and one very very good career. Good job gentlemen. OrbitingDeath 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/100521-s76-hall-of-fame-induction/#findComment-830530 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jubis 1,350 Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 Amazing well deserved players in HOF @Velevra @OrbitingDeath and my favorite vhl member @Tate OrbitingDeath 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/100521-s76-hall-of-fame-induction/#findComment-830531 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomsday 4,142 Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 It's so fitting to see Condor Adrienne and Lincoln Tate go into the Hall of Fame together, as they're forever intertwined through their dominance in the early to mid 70s. Just like how they shared the Jake Wylde Trophy in Season 74 after Tate's final season, it's so cool for them both to once again share the biggest individual honor of all by achieving immortality as one. Congratulations to @OrbitingDeath and @Tate on outstanding careers, and to @Velevra for finally getting his due! OrbitingDeath 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/100521-s76-hall-of-fame-induction/#findComment-830533 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hogan 1,425 Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Theirs always next year DoktorFunk and Berocka 2 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/100521-s76-hall-of-fame-induction/#findComment-830548 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banackock 8,105 Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Congrats! Great people and well deserved. OrbitingDeath 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/100521-s76-hall-of-fame-induction/#findComment-830563 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOOM 8,807 Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Three great additions to the HOF. Congratulations. OrbitingDeath 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/100521-s76-hall-of-fame-induction/#findComment-830568 Share on other sites More sharing options...
animal74 1,855 Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Having played against Adrienne and Tate, you always knew you were going to get dominated. Congratulations, @OrbitingDeath and @Tate, you are legends of the VHL and I see a Top-100 in your future! Good luck with the next players. Thanks for all of your hard work, @Velevra ! Congrats and well deserved! OrbitingDeath 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/100521-s76-hall-of-fame-induction/#findComment-830580 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velevra 312 Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 Definitely did not see this coming. A huge thank you to everyone for their kind words and to the HOF committee for giving me this amazing honour! I'm taking a bit of a break after Jensen's retirement since real life is super busy at the moment but hope to potentially come back to this awesome community at some point in the future Victor, Devise, gorlab and 5 others 4 3 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/100521-s76-hall-of-fame-induction/#findComment-830891 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Hatter 1,608 Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 Congratulations to the winners! Well deserved And a big thanks to the cheeky vote someone sent my way Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/100521-s76-hall-of-fame-induction/#findComment-831004 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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