Aberg's last VHLM season

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Omi Aberg's season has finally come to a close. He has been drafted by a VHL and a VHLM team this year, has been a part of 2 VHLM teams, and now he is officially Founder's cup champion as a part of the Miami Marauders team. This has been a huge year for Aberg personally and in team success.

 

He started his year together with Houston Bulls, but after an awful start with the team, general manager sacking, and financial troubles for the team, he was quickly traded to Miami Marauders - a team that was a contender for the Founder's cup. Aberg immediately opened up and stepped up to become one of the team's leaders. If in Houston Aberg picked up only 10 assists in 30 games and got unimpressive -21 plus-minus, then in Miami everything changed. Coach put more trust in Aberg's game and he prevailed. He picked up 27 goals, 42 assists, and +29 in just 43 games. He suddenly was the big star that everyone anticipated before the season.  One thing that was very noticeable was big leadership on the ice, where he was helping out in defense just as much as in offense and was showing how to do it for the rookies. If in Houston it was looking like he hasn't progressed much from the season with Ottawa, then in Miami he showed a VHL ready player. One team, that saw this potential last season was Vancouver and they drafted him with 12th overall in the first round, so the Wolves organization has to be feeling pretty well for their youngster that was one of the leaders of the VHLM Champion team. Playoffs were anticipated very much for Aberg fans, mostly because they didn't know what to expect. Aberg hasn't played in any playoffs and how all of you know - playoff hockey is a different animal. But he didn't do much worse than the regular season. In 18 games he picked up 8 goals, 17 assists, and 7 plus-minus while having 2nd most points in the team. It is one thing for sure - he was one of the main reasons why Marauders were that good as they were. But there are a lot of reasons and if a team wants to win the championship, then they need to have tons of keys, just like Marauders had.

Aberg on the bench.

It has been wonderful watching Aberg play in Miami, but what is next for him? It is time to relax and take a breather because this year Aberg doesn't have to stress about his future. Everything has been decided already, and he will no longer be able to play in VHLM. That leaves 2 options - either newly created VHLE or to go to the big league VHL and be a part of Vancouver Wolves. It is expected that he will attend Wolves pre-season training camp and then the choice will be made - if Aberg is good enough to make the senior VHL team or he will need to spend a season in VHLE playing with his level of players.

 

This has been a great season for Aberg and it will be interesting to see what Aberg can do next.

Edited September 12, 2021 by osens