First GMing experience

[AJW 2,156]

This past off-season I had the privilege of being apart of the WJC GM squad, taking control of Team USA. For a while now I have been wanting to try out GMing (last off-season I had a GM spot for ProAm but the league folded) so when this opportunity came I was super excited. As a Canadian, managing Team USA hurt a bit but having a job in the VHL was the bigger picture.

 

USA had a lack in centerman but every other position was solid. I feel as if I did my best picking a roster that could compete as well as have members behind their players who were active. Even though USA finished 4th out of the 5 teams, I still had a lot of fun being in control of a team - even if it was only for a couple days. 

 

This was also the first time I used STHS and made lines. In all honesty it came with ease as I already had the steps on how to submit lines from ProAm, and I had help to create lines and strategies from dlamb. Even though STHS is pretty basic it was super cool seeing what features it had and all the different lines you can make (not just forwards and defence but extras and shootout as well). It was even cooler seeing my lines being put to work and visible for the whole VHL community to see if they wanted on the portal. It was a really great experience and hopefully this along with my current AGM job with Warsaw can lead me to a GM job down the road with whatever league I can land.