15th Annual Unofficial VHL Regular Season Awards – S80

[DMaximus 1,045]

15th Annual Unofficial VHL Regular Season Awards – S80

Another exciting regular season has come to a close. That means we can dole out some regular season awards! Welcome everyone to the 15^th Annual Unofficial VHL Regular Season Awards honoring the highs and lows of S80! 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.

 

For each award, I list the winners from 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 document 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) – Nathan Steele @73MPL4R

 

For the first time in a while bots got a lot of lot of ice time and they challenged for this category. Humans showed the bots whose boss and won this award in a spectacular fashion. Nathan Steele beat out teammate Lenny Sanderson @Gally by -1 to not only win the award but become the new all-time record holder with a -77 on the season!

 

All-time record: S80 - Nathan Steele -  -77

 

Last 5 Pylon Award Winners:

Season	Player	+ / -
S80	Nathan Steele	-77
S79	Jared Carter	-49
S78	David Tavau	-40
S77	Ove Dyrdahl	-43
S76	Tyler Walker	-35

 

 

 

The Gandhi Award (least penalty minutes, min 1,000 minutes played) – Jakob Sosa @TMGSosa 

 

For the first time in 3 seasons, someone not on London wins this award. Sosa had 0 PIM in 2,052 Minutes Played. London’s perennial favorite The Terrible Trivium @der meister ruined their chances at this award when they received a fighting major after being goaded into a kerfuffle. Presumably after being slapped by the opponent’s glove and challenged to a bout of fisticuffs. 

 

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

 

Last 5 Gandhi Award Winners:

Season	Player	PIM	Minutes Played
S80	Jakob Sosa	0	2052
S79	The Terrible Trivium	0	2084
S78	Sven Reikkinen	0	2007
S77	The Terrible Trivium	4	2136
S76	John Brewitt	0	1320

 

 

 

The Major² Award (most major penalties) - Julian Nousiainen @okochastar 

 

In what will likely be the most amazing stat line to ever win this award, Nousiainen had 50 PIM from 10 major penalties yet only had 1 minor penalty the entire season to end with 52 total PIM. Now that is someone committed to winning this award!

 

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

 

Previous Major² Award Winners:

Season	Player	Major Penalties
S80	Julian Nousiainen	10
S79	Henry Tucker	11
S78	Bob Tristan	11
S77	Randy Marsh	14
S76	Riley Knight Gee	9

 

 

 

 

The Timex Award (received most hits) – Asher Reinhart @rjfryman 

 

Reinhart took a beating this season, setting the all-time record by getting hit 360 times. Last season’s winner, Dakota Lamb @dlamb finished in a distant second place, receiving 59 fewer hits.

 

All-time Record: S80 - Asher Reinhart - 360 Hits taken

 

Last 5 Timex Award Winners:

Season	Player	Hits Taken
S80	Asher Reinhart	360
S79	Dakota Lamb	310
S78	Aloe Dear	312
S77	Taro Tsujimoto	307
S76	Thomas Landry II	329

 

 

 

The John Wayne Award (most shots on goal) - Asher Reinhart @rjfryman 

 

Gunnar Odinsson @BOOM destroyed the previous all-time record last season. Their reign was short lived as Asher came in this season and shot their little heart out. Asher set the new all-time record by taking 637 shots!

 

All-time record: S80 – Asher Reinhart - 637 Shots on goal

 

Last 5 John Wayne Award Winners:

Season	Player	Shots on Goal
S80	Asher Reinhart	637
S79	Gunnar Odinsson	614
S78	Muffbeav	531
S77	Lexi Glass	570
S76	Andrew Su	483

 

 

 

The “Hit the Broadside of the Barn” Award (most own shots blocked) - Asher Reinhart @rjfryman 

 

I don’t think it’s much of surprise that Asher took home this award and set the all-time record while doing so (169 own shots blocked). What is surprising is how close the second-place player was. That Dude @Cornholio was only 5 blocked shots behind, with 164 of their shots blocked.

 

All-time record:  S80 – Asher Reinhart - 169 Own shots blocked

 

Last 5 HtBotB Award Winners:

Season	Player	Own Shots Blocked
S80	Asher Reinhart	169
S79	Groovy Dood	165
S78	Aloe Dear	161
S77	Patrik Laine	150
S76	Chris Hylands	165

 

 

 

The “Can’t Hit the Broadside of the Barn” Award (most own shots missed) – Asher Reinhart @rjfryman 

 

Ho-hum, another award another all-time record set by Asher Reinhart. They set the mark with 455 own shots missed. Of special note, Asher beat out their brother(?) Tyler Reinhart @Zetterberg (428 shots missed).

A special congratulations to Asher Reinhart for winning all three “shot” awards, the first player to do so since Mikko Lahtinen (@beketov) accomplished the feat in S75.

 

All-time record: S80 – Asher Reinhart - 455 Shots missed

 

Last 5 CHtBotB Award Winners:

Season	Player	Shots Missed
S80	Asher Reinhart	455
S79	Gunnar Odinsson	433
S78	Aloe Dear	407
S77	Lexi Glass	424
S76	Andrew Su	373

 

 

 

The New Shin Pads Award (most blocked shots) – Chicken Wing @chikn 

 

Chicken Wing showing they have some meat on them bones by leading the league with 235 shots blocked. I’m not sure if it makes sense to give them the New Shin Pads award, maybe we’ll temporarily rename it to the New Wing Pads award.

 

All-time record: S79 – Han Jae Kuk - 242 Shots blocked

 

Last 5 New Shin Pads Award Winners:

Season	Player	Shots Blocked
S80	Chicken Wing	235
S79	Han Jae Kuk	242
S78	Robin Galante Nilsson	229
S77	Viktor Alexei Kamenov	223
S76	Hulk Hogan Jr	188

 

 

The Tired Legs Award (most minutes played) - Chicken Wing @chikn 

 

Three consecutive seasons of the Shin(Wing) Pads Award winner also picking up the Tired Legs Award, or should I say Tired Wings Award… ba dum tiss. Chicken Wing wins the award for the 2^nd time in their career with 2,333 minutes played, over 100 more than the last time they won the award.

 

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

 

Last 5 Tired Legs Award Winners:

Season	Player	Minutes Played
S80	Chicken Wing	2333
S79	Han Jae Kuk	2343
S78	Robin Galante Nilsson	2398
S77	Andrew Su	2248
S76	Chicken Wing	2213

 

 

 

The Snap! Award (most power play minutes) - Scotty Kaberle @fromtheinside

 

A Malmo player wins this award for the 3^rd consecutive season. Malmo players occupied the top 4 spots in this category. Kaberle take home the award with 391 minutes on the power play, barely beating the previous award holder, Muffbeav @.sniffuM by 3 minutes. 

 

All-time record: S79 - Muffbeav - 454 power play minutes

 

Last 5 Snap! Award Winners:

Season	Player	PP Minutes
S80	Scotty Kaberle	391
S79	Muffbeav	454
S78	Muffbeav	412
S77	Onde Sandstrom	422
S76	Alex Letang	351

 

 

 

The 1 vs. 100 Award (most time on penalty kill) - Sven Reikkinen @Devise 

 

It’s a little surprising to see a player from London win this award because London players are regularly in the hunt for the Ghandi award. But the numbers don’t lie, Reikkinen wins with 346 minutes killing penalties.

 

All-time record: S79 - Gustislav Nasherov - 447 penalty kill minutes

               

Last 5 1 vs. 100 Award Winners:

Season	Player	PK Minutes
S80	Sven Reikkinen	346
S79	Gustislav Nasherov	447
S78	Kevin Wu	368
S77	Viktor Alexei Kamenov	418
S76	Mikeal Keef	359

 

 

 

The Sean Archer Award (highest face-off win %, min 1,000 faceoffs) – Dakota Lamb @dlamb 

 

Lamb takes this award back into the 60%+ range by winning 60.66% of their 3,432 face-offs. Last season’s winner Pistil Stamen @DMaximus finished 2^nd with 59.42%.

 

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

               

Last 5 Sean Archer Award Winners:

Season	Player	Face Off Pct
S80	Dakota Lamb	60.66%
S79	Pistil Stamen	59.00%
S78	Aloe Dear	57.89%
S77	Christian Mingle	58.42%
S76	Benny Graves	59.91%

 

 

 

The Castor Troy Award (lowest face-off win %, min 1,000 faceoffs) - Frank Funk Jr @Rayzor_7 

 

Funk funked it up in the face-off circle with a league low 39.19 face-off winning percentage.

 

All-time record: S79 - Gustislav Nasherov – 29.60% face-offs won.

               

Last 5 Castor Troy Award Winners:

Season	Player	Face Off Pct
S80	Frank Funk Jr	39.19%
S79	Gustislav Nasherov	29.60%
S78	Luc Tessier	42.80%
S77	Pietro Angellini	44.71%
S76	Nero Endrizzi	43.87%

 

 

 

The Triple Deke Award (most penalty shot goals) - Calvin Hobbes @2hawk 

 

Hobbes tied with Christian Mingle @Quikwith 5 penalty shot goals scored. Hobbes wins the tiebreaker because their 5 goals came on 7 shots, compared to Mingle’s 8.

 

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
S80	Calvin Hobbes	5
S79	Nathan Perry	5
S78	Thomas Landry II	8
S77	Arthur Dayne	5
S76	Kris Rice	5

 

 

 

The Rocky Award (most fights won) – Jared Carter @jaredc7 

 

Carter won this award outright with 4 fight wins. Their fight record on the season was an undefeated 4-0-3.

 

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
S80	Jared Carter	4
S79	Calvin Hobbes	5
S78	Riley Knight Gee	6
S77	Riley Knight Gee	6
S76	Cabe McJake and Randy Marsh	3

 

 

 

 

The Glass Joe Award (most fights lost) – Magnus Verlander @Jbeezy76 

 

Verlander tied with our Major² winner, Julian Nousiainen with 3 fights lost. Verlander wins (or loses I guess) on the tiebreaker because they had 0 fights won with a record of 0-3-2, compared to Nousiainen’s somewhat more impressive record of 3-3-4.

 

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

               

Last 5 Glass Joe Award Winners:

Season	Player	Fights Lost
S80	Magnus Verlander	3
S79	Rusty Knale	3
S78	Matt thunder	3
S77	Randy Marsh	4
S76	Riley Knight Gee	4

 

 

 

The Stars Award (most stars won) – Duncan Idaho @OrbitingDeath  

 

Duncan served House Moscow well by winning a league leading 28 total stars. Special recognition to Jean Pierre Camus @solas for leading the goalies with 18 total stars.

 

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

               

Last 5 Stars Award Winners:

Season	Player	Total Stars
S80	Duncan Idaho	28
S79	Gunnar Odinsson	32
S78	Robin Winter	26
S77	Jim Bob	26
S76	Mikko Lahtinen	34

 

 

 

The “Always a Bridesmaid” Award (most stars without winning 1^st star) – Nicholas Mariani @Mistxh J 

 

Mariani won 12 stars this season without winning a single 1^st star. 8 2^nd stats and 4 3^rd stars.

 

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

               

Last 5 Bridesmaid Award Winners:

Season	Player	Stars
S80	Mistxh J	12
S79	Tim Waters	11
S78	Jim Bob	8
S77	Mikeal Keef	9
S76	Dan Baillie Jr	12

 

 

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

Nathan Perry @tinafrombobsburgers  AND  Julian Nousiainen @okochastar 

 

Both Perry and Nousiainen recorded 22 more points than their closest teammate. I couldn’t think of a good tiebreaker, so we have a tie. Sorry to everyone who hates ties. Also sorry to everyone who dislikes large columns in spreadsheets.

 

All-time record: S79 – Red Lite - 40 points more than nearest teammate

           

Last 5 Backpack Award Winners:

Season	Player	Point Difference from nearest teammate
S80	Nathan Perry and Julian Nousiainen	22
S79	Red Lite	40
S78	Taro Tsujimoto	22
S77	Groovy Dood	26
S76	Chris Hylands	36

 

 

 

The Anniversary Award (rank in total points matches season number) - Frank Funk Jr @Rayzor_7 

 

This is season 80, so the award goes to the player in 80^th place in total points. Congratulations to Frank Funk Jr. their 71 points is the most ever for an award winner.

 

Last 5 Anniversary Award Winners:

Season	Player	Points
S80	Frank Funk Jr	71
S79	Tim Waters	64
S78	Erik Killinger	63
S77	Vin Calia	62
S76	Jonas Stormsson	59

 

 

 

The Eggshell Award (goalie with most overtime losses) - Aksu Maronen @aksuko 

 

Aksu had a rough go at it with 10 Overtime losses this season.

 

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
S80	Aksu Maronen	10
S79	Kevin Malone	8
S78	Calvin Harvey	11
S77	Thadius Sales	7
S76	Doug Dimmadome	9

 

 

 

The Jason Voorhees Award (most PIM by a Goalie) - Tater Tot @Trunkxolotl 

 

Tater Tot burned some mouths, maybe even broke a ketchup packet or two with their 14 penalty minutes.

 

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

 

Previous Jason Voorhees Award Winners:

Season	Player	PIM
S80	Tater Tot	14
S79	Jean Pierre Camus	23
S78	Michael Olson	15
S77	Rara Rasputin	10
S76	Doug Dimmadome	29

 

 

 

The Poke Check Award (highest % of penalty shots stopped, min 10 penalty shots against) - Kunibuni UnGuri @Berocka 

 

Kunibuni won this award stopping 81.2% of the 16 penalty shots they faced. You do the math if you want to figure out how many stops that is.

 

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

 

Previous Poke Check Award Winners:

Season	Player	Penalty Shots Stopped
S80	Kunibuni UnGuri	81.2%
S79	Zamboni Driver	85.7%
S78	Grekkark Gyrfalcon	78.3%
S77	Jacob Carson	80.0%
S76	Grekkark Gyrfalcon	79.5%

 

 

 

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!

 

2,000+ words. Will claim for 4 weeks.

[der meister 2,910]

Well dammit. Was hoping for a third win.

[fromtheinside 1,278]

god bless hylands for giving me all the PP time

[73MPL4R 29]

Not the kind of all time record I would've wanted but I'll take it

[DMaximus 1,045]

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[Jbeezy76 396]

I finally win an award and it’s The Glass Joe Award  

[Beaviss 4,949]

Review: Love these articles and it really highlights some of the "unknown" heros of the league. I used to love reading to see if anyone has beaten my records and I hope you stick around and keep doing these forever. 

10/10 - perfect article. The first 10/10 ive given so enjoy  

[Trunkxolotl 150]

Moral of the story? Stay out of my crease.

[JeffD 648]

Craziest thing about Nous is that he only got his first minor penalty of the season in the last sim of the year.

[DMaximus 1,045]

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