VSN Presents: S80 World Cup Roster Breakdown and Predictions

[Alex 2,876]

 

 

 Team Canada 

F	TPA	F	TPA	F	TPA		Total TPA
Groovy Dood	959	Brendan Telker	968	Dominic Gobeil	854	F	5432
Dakota Lamb	1057	Robert Bouchard	833	Nathan Perry	761	D	3629
D		D		G		G	1357
Jeffrey Pines	947	Aurelien Moreau	945	Jean Pierre Camus	782		10418
Scotty Kaberle	877	Matty Socks	860	Tater Tot	575

 

After a disappointing 3rd place finish in season 78 Canada will look to rebound in a big way with 6 returning players in Groovy Dood @bigAL, Dominic Gobeil @Domg5, Dakota Lamb @dlamb, Nathan Perry @tinafrombobsburgers, Jeffrey Pines @rory, and Matty Socks @fishy. Last time out Pines led the way with 13 points and Gobeil had 8 goals in 12 games played. In between the pipes it will be Jean Pierre Camus' @solas crease who will look to build on their 0.923 SV% and 3.06 GAA from last tournament with Team Mercenaries.

 

S78 World Cup: 3rd

S80 Projection: 2nd

 

 Team United States of America 

F	TPA	F	TPA	F	TPA		Total TPA
Justin Lose	865	Isabella Campbell	806	Muffbeav	756	F	4605
Jolly Greene Giant	740	John Merrick	720	Addison McLaren	718	D	2443
D		D		G		G	1370
Hard Markinson	800	Bob Tristan	643	Thadius Sales	797		8418
Erlantz Jokinen	570	Sportsboy57	430	Markus Emerson Jr	573

 

Coming off a World Cup win in season 78, Team USA has 6 returning players including the leading scorer from the previous tournament in John Merrick @Steve with 19 points. Also returning from the season 78 team is Isabella Campbell @Banackock, Justin Lose @youloser1337, Jolly Greene Giant @DoktorFunk, Bob Tristan @N0HBDY, and Thadius Sales @thadthrasher. In order for Team USA to have a chance at repeating Thadius Sales will need to be unbelievable, this past season Sales had a 0.910 SV% and 3.62 GAA in 64 games played. 

 

S78 World Cup: 1st

S80 Projection: 5th 

 

 Team Western Europe 

F	TPA	F	TPA	F	TPA		Total TPA
Cabe McJake	977	Phil The Rock Johnson	860	Druss Deathwalker	805	F	3978
Luc Tessier	616	Henri Le Massif	520	Daniel Janser	200	D	2026
D		D		G		G	652
Matt Thunder	625	David Tavau	526	Aike Van Giersbergen	473		6656
Hadrian	466	JaredN Jr	409	Tadhg Byrne	179

 

Team Western Europe looks to be in for a tough tournament and will struggle to make it out of the quarter-finals. This team will lean heavily on Cabe McJake @Red and Phil The Rock Johnson @Phil who will need to step up in a big way this tournament. Aike Van Giersbergen @enigmatic will also need to stand on their head this tournament for Team Western Europe to have any hope, in 8 games this past season Van Giersbergen had a 0.920 SV% and a 3.34 GAA. Daniel Janser @Daniel Janser and Tadhg Byrne @teknonym will also look to make a name for themselves as they are the only 2 VHLM players to make a World Cup team and are heading into the VHL and VHLE drafts this offseason.

 

S78 World Cup: 5th

S80 Projection: 6th

 

 Team Nordic 

F	TPA	F	TPA	F	TPA		Total TPA
Gunnar Odinsson	1038	Aloe Dear	971	Venus Thightrap	870	F	5230
Julian Nousiainen	789	Luke Thornton	788	Dan Dan	774	D	3446
D		D		G		G	1034
Kasper Kankkunen	925	Battre Sandstrom	1035	Papa Emeritus	595		9710
Linus Zetterstrom	786	Sven Reikkinen	700	Aksu Maronen	439

 

Team Nordic returns with a team that is centered around their offense with Gunnar Odinsson @BOOM and Aloe Dear @Renomitsu both of which will look to power their team through the round robin. Defensively  this team is nothing to laugh at with Kasper Kankkunen @16z and Battre Sandstrom @Acydburn who had 90 and 89 points last season respectively. The biggest question mark for this team is in goal with Papa Emeritus @Beketov who will look to prove that they are the goalie of not just Team Nordic’s future, but also Moscow’s, In the World Juniors last season Emeritus had a 0.939 SV% and 2.33 GAA in 6 round robin games.

 

S78 World Cup: 6th

S80 Projection: 4th

 

 Team World 

F	TPA	F	TPA	F	TPA		Total TPA
Duncan Idaho	1005	Taro Tsujimoto	995	Paul Atreides	992	F	5534
Asher Reinhart	950	Pistil Stamen	860	Lee Xin	732	D	3467
D		D		G		G	1699
Tom Eagles	905	Reylynn Reinhart	900	Doug Dimmadome	885		10700
Kristof Welch	857	Zeedayno Chara	805	Artem Tretiak	814

 

After falling just short in Season 78, Team World will look to build on their silver medals and take home gold. With returning members in Dimmadome @Esso2264 , Tsujimoto @GustavMattias, Stamen @DMaximus , and Xin @Blazzer this team is a force to be reckoned with. Additionally, Eagles @Greg_Di and Welch @Juice previously represented the Mercenaries in Season 78. Last time out Tsujimoto led the way with 7 goals and 17 points in 12 games. The biggest X-factor for this team comes in goal with Doug Dimmadome who will look to repeat his season 78 play which saw him record a 0.925 SV% and 2.69 GAA in 8 round robin games.

 

S78 World Cup: 2nd

S80 Projection: 1st

 

 Team Mercenaries 

F	TPA	F	TPA	F	TPA		Total TPA
Isau DaMoose	850	Alex Johnston	731	That Dude	719	F	4418
Phoenix Dawson	706	Lexi Glass	701	The Seabasstard	711	D	3077
D		D		G		G	1533
Jan Hlozek	784	Rolf Fizzlebeef Jr	780	Kunibuni UnGuri	795		9028
Tui Sova	775	Tyler Walker	738	Rara Rasputin	738

 

Team Mercenaries is almost an entirely new group from the last World Cup with Rara Rasputin @Victor being the lone returning player. Last Tournament Rasputin was solid in the round robin with a 0.910 SV% and 3.40 GAA in 4 round robin games. This team's offense is going to be led by That Dude @Cornholio and Phoenix Dawson @Toast who are both coming off of career high seasons with 106 and 96 points respectively. On the blue line every player had at least a point per game last season with Tyler Walker @Advantage leading the way with 77 points. 

 

S78 World Cup: 4th

S80 Projection: 3rd

 

 

GMs: @Banackock, @GustavMattias, @Laine, @Domg5, @thadthrasher, and @FrostBeard

[Ricer13 2,593]

#TeamWorld

[rory 1,759]

can i be traded from canada

[AJW 1,749]

[v.2 1,261]

[BOOM 8,426]

If Team Nordic finishes 4th, I shall enter Valhalla early. 

 

Still, a good read. 

[STZ 5,286]

lol Im returning for USA too

[tinafrombobsburgers 367]

CANADA!!!!

[BOOM 8,426]

On 11/15/2021 at 8:46 AM, BOOM said:

If Team Nordic finishes 4th, I shall enter Valhalla early. 

 

Still, a good read. 

 

Silver. Ha.