13th Annual Unofficial VHL Regular Season Awards – S78

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13th Annual Unofficial VHL Regular Season Awards – S78

 

Another exciting regular season has come to a close. That means we can dole out some regular season awards! Welcome everyone to the 13^th Annual Unofficial VHL Regular Season Awards honoring the highs and lows of S78! Thank you to everyone that reads this.

 

These awards have been created by me. There is no voting process and they are not officially recognized by the VHL Board of Governors. I wrote descriptions for most of these award names in the original award post.

 

I’m reducing the list of the previous winners to the last 5 seasons. If you want to check out the award winners from every season, use this link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sAZtX3bxVpPTIsKe1rSRVOenH1-iyWzbQEdR9ZvYOdU/edit?usp=sharing

 

I also added the “all-time” record for each category. Of course by that I mean all-time for the existence of these awards, not all-time, all-time. Clear? Ok, good. Let’s get things underway!

 

 

The Pylon Award (worst +/- rating) – David Tavau @Ahma 

 

David Tavau grew up with a life-long dream to play for Davos. I doubt their dream included winning the Pylon award. They took home the award with a -40 this season

 

All-time record: S73 - Balentine Kidd -  -74

 

Last 5 Pylon Award Winners:

Season	Player	+ / -
S78	David Tavau	-40
S77	Ove Dyrdahl	-43
S76	Tyler Walker	-35
S75	Pistil Stamen	-35
S74	Jay Jones	-38

 

 

 

The Gandhi Award (least penalty minutes, min 1,000 minutes played) – Sven Reikkinen @Devise 

 

London must be teaching discipline because they take home this award for the second consecutive season. Reikkinen made a bold statement in their rookie season, their 0 PIM with 2,007 minutes played is the first 0 PIM 2,000 minutes played season since Diljodh Starload set the all-time record set in S67.

 

All-time record: S67 - Diljodh Starload - 0 PIM, 2091 Minutes Played

 

Last 5 Gandhi Award Winners:

Season	Player	PIM	Minutes Played
S78	Sven Reikkinen	0	2007
S77	The Terrible Trivium	4	2136
S76	John Brewitt	0	1320
S75	Jonas Stormsson	4	1700
S74	Uhtred	2	2132

 

 

The Major² Award (most major penalties) - Bob Tristan @N0HBDY

 

With 200+ PIM in each of their seasons, Tristan is one of the top penalty makers in the game today. They deserved this award by recording 11 major penalties.

 

All-time Record: S77 – Randy Marsh - 14 Majors

 

Previous Major² Award Winners:

Season	Player	Major Penalties
S78	Bob Tristan	11
S77	Randy Marsh	14
S76	Riley Knight Gee	9
S75	Gary Tarantino	12
S74	Gary Tarantino	10

 

 

 

The Timex Award (received most hits) – Aloe Dear @Renomitsu 

 

Fearless and well-moistured are two words that have been used to describe Aloe Dear. The fearless one comes into play here as they have proven they are willing to take a hit to make a play. Aloe led the league getting hit 312 times.

 

All-time Record: S69 - John Madden - 357 Hits taken

 

Last 5 Timex Award Winners:

Season	Player	Hits Taken
S78	Aloe Dear	312
S77	Taro Tsujimoto	307
S76	Thomas Landry II	329
S75	John Merrick	311
S74	Mikko Lahtinen	321

 

 

 

The John Wayne Award (most shots on goal) - Muffbeav @.sniffuM 

 

Muffbeav squirted shots all over the place this season. 531 of them to be precise. Those wondering about Lexi Glass’s @AW13 follow up to their record setting season, Glass ended up with a much lower 400 shots this season. That just shows what a difference a season makes.  

 

All-time record: S77 - Lexi Glass - 570 Shots on goal

 

Last 5 John Wayne Award Winners:

Season	Player	Shots on Goal
S78	Muffbeav	531
S77	Lexi Glass	570
S76	Andrew Su	483
S75	Mikko Lahtinen	510
S74	Patrik Tallinder	532

 

 

 

The “Hit the Broadside of the Barn” Award (most own shots blocked) - Aloe Dear @Renomitsu 

 

Dear was able to claim this award by having 161 of their own shots blocked.

 

All-time record:  S76 - Chris Hylands - 165 Own shots blocked

 

Last 5 HtBotB Award Winners:

Season	Player	Own Shots Blocked
S78	Aloe Dear	161
S77	Patrik Laine	150
S76	Chris Hylands	165
S75	Mikko Lahtinen	146
S74	Ray Sheilds	157

 

 

 

The “Can’t Hit the Broadside of the Barn” Award (most own shots missed) – Aloe Dear @Renomitsu 

 

It’s rare that someone wins the John Wayne award but doesn’t win either of the Barn awards. Credit to Muffbeav for that accomplishment. Aloe Dear won this award with 407 shots missed.

 

All-time record: S74 - Brock Louth - 429 Shots missed

 

Last 5 CHtBotB Award Winners:

Season	Player	Shots Missed
S78	Aloe Dear	407
S77	Lexi Glass	424
S76	Andrew Su	373
S75	Mikko Lahtinen	375
S74	Brock Louth	429

 

 

 

The New Shin Pads Award (most blocked shots) – Robin Galante Nilsson @RomanesEuntDomus

 

RGN played with reckless abandon, accumulating an all-time record 229 blocked shots this season! Viktor Alexei Kamenov @BigTittySmitty, who set the all-time mark last season, finished 2^nd with 209 shots blocked.

 

All-time record: S78 - Robin Galante Nilsson - 229 Shots blocked

 

Last 5 New Shin Pads Award Winners:

Season	Player	Shots Blocked
S78	Robin Galante Nilsson	229
S77	Viktor Alexei Kamenov	223
S76	Hulk Hogan Jr	188
S75	Fernando Jokinen	200
S74	Matty Socks	181

 

 

The Tired Legs Award (most minutes played) - Robin Galante Nilsson @RomanesEuntDomus

 

RGN winning another award with 2,398 minutes played. Just 3 minutes of the all-time record! This was 95 minutes more than 2^nd place, teammate Javad Kamkar @Parriyah9374.

 

All-time record: S73 - Alex Bridges - 2401 Minutes played

 

Last 5 Tired Legs Award Winners:

Season	Player	Minutes Played
S78	Robin Galante Nilsson	2398
S77	Andrew Su	2248
S76	Chicken Wing	2213
S75	Alek Andreshnikov	2303
S74	Guy Lesieur	2279

 

 

 

The Snap! Award (most power play minutes) - Muffbeav @.sniffuM 

 

Being on the ice with the man advantage helps create opportunities to take shots. John Wayne award winner, Muffbeav took full advantage of his league leading 412 minutes on the powerplay.

 

All-time record: S67 - Beau Louth - 437 power play minutes

 

Last 5 Snap! Award Winners:

Season	Player	PP Minutes
S78	Muffbeav	412
S77	Onde Sandstrom	422
S76	Alex Letang	351
S75	Micah Adrienne	414
S74	Micheal Gary Scott	378

 

 

 

The 1 vs. 100 Award (most time on penalty kill) - Kevin Wu @kevinscix 

 

A Malmo player wins this award for the second consecutive year. Things were a little more subdued in Malmo this season with Wu winning the award with 368 minutes on the PK. 50 less than the record setting mark from last season.

 

All-time record: S77 - Viktor Alexei Kamenov - 418 penalty kill minutes

               

Last 5 1 vs. 100 Award Winners:

Season	Player	PK Minutes
S78	Kevin Wu	368
S77	Viktor Alexei Kamenov	418
S76	Mikeal Keef	359
S75	Dakota Lamb	369
S74	Edwin THE Encarnacion	344

 

 

 

The Sean Archer Award (highest face-off win %, min 1,000 faceoffs) - Aloe Dear @Renomitsu 

 

I like it when all-time records are set. This category is trending in the opposite direction. The winning percentage has dropped each season since the high watermark of S74. Aloe Dear wins this season with the record low highest percentage of 57.89% of face-offs won.

 

All-time record: S74 - Brock Louth - 63.72% face-offs won

               

Last 5 Sean Archer Award Winners:

Season	Player	Face Off Pct
S78	Aloe Dear	57.89%
S77	Christian Mingle	58.42%
S76	Benny Graves	59.91%
S75	Benny Graves	60.14%
S74	Brock Louth	63.72%

 

 

 

The Castor Troy Award (lowest face-off win %, min 1,000 faceoffs) - Luc Tessier @KC15

 

Tessier learned that winning face-offs in the big leagues is different than the minors. They were a top 10 face-off winner last season in the VHLM, but dead last in their rookie season in the VHL, winning only 42.8% of their 2,311 face-offs.

 

All-time record: S66 - Bryce Zhields - 30% face-offs won.

               

Last 5 Castor Troy Award Winners:

Season	Player	Face Off Pct
S78	Luc Tessier	42.80%
S77	Pietro Angellini	44.71%
S76	Nero Endrizzi	43.87%
S75	Jeff Odinson	32.74%
S74	Kefka Palazzo	32.26%

 

 

 

The Triple Deke Award (most penalty shot goals) - Thomas Landry II @Doomsday

 

Landry’s penalty shot moves are the stuff of legend in Prague. Their talents were on full display this season, scoring an all-time high 8 penalty shot goals. What a great way to end a career for the Prague legend.

 

All-time record: S67 - Veran Dragomir and S78 - Thomas Landry II - 8 penalty shot goals

               

Last 5 Triple Deke Award Winners:

Season	Player	Penalty Shot Goals
S78	Thomas Landry II	8
S77	Arthur Dayne	5
S76	Kris Rice	5
S75	Ola Vikingstad	6
S74	Benny Graves	7

 

 

 

The Rocky Award (most fights won) – Riley Knight Gee @KnightRiley

 

Gee is building a very impressive resume with back-to-back seasons with an all-time record tying 6 fight wins. Their fight record was 6-2-2.

 

All-time record: S77,S78 - Riley Knight Gee, S74 - Kristopher McDagg, and S67 ACL TEAR - 6 fights won

               

Last 5 Rocky Award Winners:

Season	Player	Fights Won
S78	Riley Knight Gee	6
S77	Riley Knight Gee	6
S76	Cabe McJake and Randy Marsh	3
S75	Vin Calia	4
S74	Kristopher McDagg	6

 

 

 

The Glass Joe Award (most fights lost) – Matt thunder @Matt thunder

 

Matt tied Aloe Dear and Ove Dyrdahl @GRZ with 3 fights lost this season. thunder loses out because they won 0 fights (both Dear and Dyrdahl won 2 fights). Do people fight Matt because he didn’t uppercase his last name? We may never know.

 

All-time record: S74 - Lee Xin and S69 Rusty Shackleford - 5 fights lost

               

Last 5 Glass Joe Award Winners:

Season	Player	Fights Lost
S78	Matt thunder	3
S77	Randy Marsh	4
S76	Riley Knight Gee	4
S75	Jared Willis	3
S74	Lee Xin	5

 

 

 

The Stars Award (most stars won) – Robin Winter @Sonnet

 

Winter concluded their career with their best season. The 26 total stars they earned were well deserved.

 

All-time record: S76 - Mikko Lahtinen – 34 total stars

               

Last 5 Stars Award Winners:

Season	Player	Total Stars
S78	Robin Winter	26
S77	Jim Bob	26
S76	Mikko Lahtinen	34
S75	Mikko Lahtinen	24
S74	Mikko Lahtinen	32

 

 

 

The “Always a Bridesmaid” Award (most stars without winning 1^st star) – Jim Bob @jRuutu

 

Jim Bob went from winning the Stars award last season to this award. Some may consider that a fall from grace, but an award is an award in my book.

 

All-time record: S72 - Lewis Dawson and S67 Dan Baillie - 13 stars

               

Last 5 Bridesmaid Award Winners:

Season	Player	Stars
S78	Jim Bob	8
S77	Mikeal Keef	9
S76	Dan Baillie Jr	12
S75	Jacob Perry	7
S74	Richard Penisson	12

 

 

The Biggest Backpack Award (player with the largest difference in points from the rest of their team) - Taro Tsujimoto @GustavMattias

 

Taro scored 22 more points than their closest teammate, Reylynn Reinhart @Ricer13.

 

All-time record: S76 – Chris Hylands - 36 points more than next teammate

           

Last 5 Backpack Award Winners:

Season	Player	Point Difference from nearest teammate
S78	Taro Tsujimoto	22
S77	Groovy Dood	26
S76	Chris Hylands	36
S75	Dagmar Havlova	22
S74	Patrik Tallinder	27

 

 

 

The Anniversary Award (rank in total points matches season number) - Erik Killinger @Peace

 

This is season 78, so the award goes to the player in 78^th place in total points. Congratulations to the retiring Erik Killinger!

 

Last 5 Anniversary Award Winners:

Season	Player	Points
S78	Erik Killinger	63
S77	Vin Calia	62
S76	Jonas Stormsson	59
S75	Seabass Perrin	62
S74	Pengu	64

 

 

 

 

The Egghshell Award (goalie with most overtime losses) - Calvin Harvey @Mrpenguin30

 

Harvey ended their career with one of their best seasons. The only slip up was with overtime losses. They lost an all-time high tying 11 overtime games.

 

All-time record: S78 – Calvin Harvey, S75 - Doug Dimmadome, and S71 Jaxx Hextall - 11 OT games lost

 

Previous Eggshell Award Winners:

Season	Player	Overtime Games Lost
S78	Calvin Harvey	11
S77	Thadius Sales	7
S76	Doug Dimmadome	9
S75	Doug Dimmadome	11
S74	Greg Eagles	10

 

 

 

The Jason Voorhees Award (most PIM by a Goalie) - Michael Olson @MSO94

 

Olson pulled off the extremely impressive feat of winning this award while not being a starter. The entire league applauds your dedication to committing penalties!

 

All-time record: S76 - Doug Dimmadome - 29 PIM

 

Previous Jason Voorhees Award Winners:

Season	Player	PIM
S78	Michael Olson	15
S77	Rara Rasputin	10
S76	Doug Dimmadome	29
S75	Jaxx Hextall	12
S74	Ajay Krishna	21

 

 

The Poke Check Award (highest % of penalty shots stopped, min 10 penalty shots against) - Grekkark Gyrfalcon @Sharkstrong 

 

Grekkark Gyrfalcon cemented their status as the top penalty shot goalie in the league, taking home this award for the 3^rd time, with at 78.3% save percentage. Thadius Sales @thadthrasher had the exact same percentage saved, but Gyrfalcon won on a tie-breaker because they faced more penalty shots (46 to Sales’ 23)

 

All-time record: S75 - Grekkark Gyrfalcon – 88.9% penalty shots stopped.

 

Previous Poke Check Award Winners:

Season	Player	Penalty Shots Stopped
S78	Grekkark Gyrfalcon	78.3%
S77	Jacob Carson	80.0%
S76	Grekkark Gyrfalcon	79.5%
S75	Grekkark Gyrfalcon	88.9%
S74	Jacques Lafontaine	85.7%

 

 

 

That wraps it up for this season! Another year, another successful award ceremony! Congratulations and/or condolences to all the winners! As always, please provide any suggestions, insights, or thoughts in the comments. Thank you all for reading and continuing to make this a successful column!

 

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[Devise 4,475]

That Gandhi will be mine for 8 straight seasons as Sven records zero PIMs in his career. #Goals

[BigTittySmitty 172]

It an honour to be with such a great group of defencemen. In old age the body cannot take as much abuse as it did. We shall see what happens with the last chance to shine opportunity coming soon

[.sniffuM 1,741]

12 minutes ago, DMaximus said:

Muffbeav squirted

 

accurate

[bigAL 2,176]

The most awaited post of the season is finally here! Man Reno cleaned up this year eh?

[RomanesEuntDomus 442]

Damn I didn't even realize how great of a season getting shelled every night made me have

[Doomsday 4,034]

Love these, and honored to finally get one that wasn't a result of me being hit around!

[Prout 373]

Love this article series. I like the awards history from each season. Easy to follow along and enjoyable 9/10

[DMaximus 1,045]

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[KC15 340]

Review:  This is almost too easy to write.  This seasonal offering is always brilliant.  So much thought put into it from the names of the awards (c'mon "The Timex Award - takes a licking, but keeps on ticking, for the most hits received can't be beat) to the pouring over stats to find the right players.  Also, has Tessier embarrassed enough that he will be working on his Faceoff skill.  10/10

[RomanesEuntDomus 442]

Review

 

Great stuff, shame I missed these these past few seasons when I weren't in them myself . It's very cool to not just see people honored for this season but to also get some historical perspective and be able to compare yourself to the greats of the past. Formatting worked very well, maybe the article could've used a graphic or two to spice things up a little though.

 

10/10

[Blazzer 759]

Omg my player holds a record here?! This is better than the official vhl awards POG

[DMaximus 1,045]

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