Vasile Lamb Junior Review

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Vasile Lamb, a somehow-related member of the Lamb clan popularized by longtime Warsaw Predator Dakota Lamb, has popped up recently on the radar of many VHLM GMs. Why, you ask? Well, we aren’t too sure.

 

V. Lamb was born in the Bukovina Region of Romania, to 2 farming parents who still to this day do not even know what the sport of hockey is. Being the first child of his generation, Vasile was spoiled by his family, and allowed to pursue whatever he wished. Well, that wish, was to follow his dreams of being a professional hockey player. While he is at the unusual age to start a career in hockey at 21, he is a quick learner who has spent his spare time practicing at the local roller rink as there is no ice hockey rinks within 50 miles of his home.

 

So, why is he being targeted by VHLM GMs now? Well, Lamb made the trip across the pond to North America, where he is staying with a billet family while he studies at university. After working up the courage, he tried out for the intramural field hockey team. He dominated opponents there, but admittedly, it wasn’t exactly the fiercest of competition. The next challenge was ball hockey, which he tried out for, only made his university team due to an injury to another right-winger and settled in a depth role with that team.

 

In ball hockey is where he developed his hands and shot, scoring 4 goals in his first 7 games with the team. He also finally got enough Romanian Leu wired over to him from his family to purchase a hockey net from a local yard sale, in which Lamb can be seen often in his billet family’s driveway shooting the 1 puck he could afford.

 

Lamb did try out for his university varsity hockey team, but unfortunately did not make the team. This is the answer to our question though, as this particular university has been a pipeline for VHL stars such as Lorgo Pompronkomishkonov, Germano Henchoz, and Kjell Nilsson, so there was a few VHLM Scouts in the crowd watching Lamb give his all. Apparently, they saw more in him than university coach Michael Babcock did, as right after the final cuts he was given a tryout to 10 VHLM teams, and now all he must choose is where he should go to one; play his first structured ice hockey game, and two; use as a steppingstone to become a professional hockey star – his ultimate goal.