S81 VHLM Three Featured Games: Pre-Christmas, Post-Christmas, Post-New Years

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S81 VHLM Three Featured Games: Pre-Christmas, Post-Christmas, Post-New Years

 

With the end of the regular season in the VHLM for Season 81 and the soon to start of the Season 81 playoffs, let's take a look back at the past three weeks. We have three feature games in the last three weeks; a game from pre-Christmas, post-Christmas, and New Years.

 

The first featured game would be the first game past Season 81 Trade Deadline. This game saw the VHLM Las Vegas Aces add two new faces and clinched playoffs with a 3 - 0 Win. Let's have a look back at Game 274 in the VHLM. A game between the Mexico City Kings and Las Vegas Aces.

 

Game 274 of the VHLM, the 55th game for Las Vegas begins with Vegas out shooting Mexico City 11 to 5. Goaltender Boris Tsezar @comrade cat stood on his head as the game is kept even at 0 - 0. There were five penalties in the first period, ironically the Kings had three power plays oppose to the Aces' two power plays, but they were outshot in the period.

 

The second period was a much more eventful period for the Las Vegas Aces. In fact all of the game's goals occurred during the second period. The Aces' Patric Twist @Patty opened the scoring, and the eventual game winner, with the game's only power play goal at 2:40 into the second period. Mexico City's Luca Accardi @LRJAwas off for Holding. Las Vegas' power play lasted 19 seconds. On the side note, Alex TheGreat @Alex Thegreat notched his happy 69 assist on Patric Twist's power play goal. We don't see another goal until much later in the period. The second period found two power plays for each team, before Las Vegas scored their second goal with 2:25 left in the period. CDS Leb @CDS_Leb scored their 18th of the season with that goal. At 19:30, with thirty seconds left in the second, the now suspended Mollieraf Kendcruz scored their 15th, the last goal of the game. Las Vegas outshot Mexico City 14 to 9 in the period.

 

The third period may have been the most boring period of hockey in a very long time! Zero goals, five shots a piece. The Aces gave the Mexico City Kings all the chances to score and make a third period come back. The Vegas Aces took another three penalties in the third, however Mexico City finished 0 for 8 on the power play. Las Vegas Aces out shoots Mexico City Kings 30 to 19, Boris Tsezar stops 27 of 30 in the loss with Thomas Price @Thunderidge getting the shutout with 19 saves.

 

Three Stars of the Game:

1 - Thomas Price (LVA) - 19 for 19 saves for the shutout and win
2 - CDS Leb (LVA) - 1 goal, 5 shots, +1
3 - Alex TheGreat (LVA) - 2 assists, 5 shots, +1

 

Additional Notes:

First career VHLM games for Pete Mitchell @Crstats23 and AirRig GoodBrandSun @Rhynex Entertainment of the Las Vegas Aces.

Las Vegas Aces kill off 8 of 8 penalty kill.

 

 

 

Let's fast forward to after Christmas for our second featured game. Game 300 of the VHLM between Las Vegas Aces and the Saskatoon Wild. This is the 61st game for the Las Vegas Aces and also featured another Shutout win for Las Vegas' Thomas Price. First game after the Christmas break, Las Vegas crushes the Saskatoon Wild 5 - 0, no Christmas break rust for the Aces, but maybe you could not say the same for the Saskatoon Wild.

 

Las Vegas dominates Saskatoon in the first period, outshooting the Wild 15 to 8, and outscoring 3 - 0. Julien Bernier @Julien_Bernier scored their 31st goal of the season 1:19 into the period. AirRig GoodBrandSun notched his first career VHLM point with an assist on the goal. The Aces and Wild trade penalties, with each team killing off the power plays. And then the Wild shot themselves in the foot when they took back to back penalties at 13:25 and 15:09 of the first period. AirRig GoodBrandSun scores back to back power play goals for his 1st and 2nd career VHLM goals. Coincidentally, both goals were assisted by Girts Galvins @Girts (their 33rd and 34th assists of the season), and Alex TheGreat (76 and 77th assists). Thomas Price shuts the door on the other end for the Aces, as Vegas carelessly took two penalties of their own 18:00 and 18:28 of the first period, which gave the Wild a two man advantage for the rest of the first period.

 

The second period saw the Las Vegas Aces' continue their onslaught. Vegas Aces outshoot the Wild 18 to 4 in the period and extends their lead to five, although they don't do the scoring until late in the second period. Wild goaltender Dylan Dubnyk @ThatsGreissy gave it their all to keep the Wild in the game until 15:24 into the second period, where Saskatoon let's in their 3rd power play goal against of the night. Girts Galvin scores their 33rd on the power play. Julien Bernier follows up with their 32nd on the power play as well with 7 seconds left in the second period at 19:53. Las Vegas took one early penalty, followed by Saskatoon taking three penalties in the period.

 

We have an even more forgettable and yawn-fest third period than what we experienced in our first featured game. Saskatoon Wild actually out shot Las Vegas 5 to 3 in the third period, but both teams failed to score. Las Vegas' Bobby Rockwell @Kairi took an interesting penalty late into the third at 15:28, an interesting call for Diving. Las Vegas finished the game with 36 shots, Dylan Dubnyk saved 31 of those in the Loss. Thomas Price Wins with a 17 save shutout.

 

Three Stars of the Game:

1 - AirRig GoodBrandSun (LVA) - 2 goals, 1 assist, 4 shots, 3 hits, 6 block shots, and +1 (monstrous game)
2 - Julien Bernier (LVA) - 2 goals, 8 shots, +1
3 - Thomas Price (LVA) - 17 for 17 shutout win

 

Additional Notes:

Girts Galvins also had a monstrous game with 1 goal, 2 assists, 11 shots, 4 hits in the game.

Las Vegas Aces went 4 for 6 on the power play and killed off all 6 penalties.

AirRig GoodBrandSun scores first career VHLM goal and receives first career First Star of the Game honours.

 

 

 

Our final featured game was the final game of the regular season for the Las Vegas Aces in Season 81 of the VHLM. Game 355 of Season 81 in the VHLM between the Miami Marauders and the Las Vegas Aces. Now this game was definitely the most exciting game of the three. A high scoring thriller that involved a total of 12 goals! 15 players had points, 7 different goal scorers, and 11 players had multiple points in the game! It was not a very good outing for either goaltenders in this one!

 

While the final box score would seem that the Las Vegas Aces had full control of the game, that wasn't exactly the case. Although Las Vegas dominated the shots throughout the game, the Marauders were very resilient and fought back valiantly to stay in the game. Las Vegas' Adeline Delle Donne @Dtaylopened the scoring with their 41st goal of the season 7:11 into the first period. Vegas' lead did not last long as Girts Galvins infracted with a High sticking penalty 40 seconds later at 7:51. The Marauders' Charles Williams @Nosam_13 scored his 20th of the season on the power play (8:25) to tie the game at 1 - 1. Julien Bernier scores their 39th of the season to give Las Vegas the lead again at 15:34. The Aces lead the Marauders 2 - 1 after one period; shots were 11 to 5 in favours of the Aces, in the period. Vegas had the only two penalties in the period.

 

The second period was definitely the thriller period of the game! When the Las Vegas Aces seem to put the game away, the Miami Marauders turned on a gear and stormed their way back into the game, deeply surprising the Las Vegas Aces. Adeline Delle Donne makes it 3 - 1 with their 2nd goal (42nd of the season) of the night 1:43 into the second period, and quickly makes it 4 - 1 Vegas shortly after at 3:17 of the 2nd period, completing their natural Hat Trick (43rd of the season)! Las Vegas wasn't done yet, Girts Galvins added to the Vegas lead (5 - 1) with their 43rd of the season on the power play at 10:24, and two minutes and four seconds later Adeline Delle Donne makes it 6 - 1 for Vegas (12:28 into the second period) with their 44th goal and 4th of the game!

 

Most games would be long over by then, but not for the Marauders and their never give up attitude and philosophy. Hammer Voss @BOOM the fully raw defensive prospect scores their career's first goal on the power play at 15:42 of the second period to make a small dent in Las Vegas' lead (6 - 2 Vegas). Hammer Voss wasn't done there! Three minutes, three seconds later (18:45), Hammer Voss scores his second career goal and second of the night on the power play once more, cutting Vegas' lead in halve to 6 - 3. At 19:38, just moments before the end of the second period, the Marauders' Jeremy D @lioneatingsnail, who took a penalty that lead to Las Vegas' earlier power play goal, scores their 39th goal of the season to pull the Marauders within two (6 - 4 Vegas) and bringing the Marauders right back into the game! Las Vegas went 1 for 1 on the power play, and Miami scored on two of the three man advantages they received in the second period. Las Vegas outshot Miami 15 to 8 in the period, shot count is 26 to 13.

 

Las Vegas Aces' coach was clearly not happy in the team's effort in the second period, as Adeline Delle Donne comes out flying to score the Million Dollar goal, 45th of the season and 5th of the night, just 17 seconds into the third period (0:17) to restore Las Vegas' lead to three, making the game 7 - 4. And CDS Leb made it 8-4 with their 24th goal of the season at 9:20. However, Las Vegas kept Miami in the game with their undisciplined play, going to the box three straight times, including two penalties that coincidentally occurred right after they scored a goal. AirRig GoodBrandSun for Tripping at 0:25 and Calen McKay @Kendrick for Slashing at 9:56. Thanks to their tightened up defensive team play, and highly offensive zone time, the Las Vegas Aces held the Miami Marauders off the score sheet in the third period to take the game 8 - 4. It also did not help that the Marauders took two penalties later in the game that killed all their momentum and any hopes of coming back in the game. Las Vegas out shot Miami 21 to 10 in the third period, and 47 to 23 in the game. Miami Mauraders' goaltender Ben Dahl @Nothing but goals stopped 39 of 47 shots, while Las Vegas Aces' goaltender Travis Clark @ClarkClanT made 19 saves from 23 shots to win the game.

 

Three Stars of the Game:

1 - Adeline Delle Donne (LVA) - 5 goals, 11 shots, 4 hits, +4
2 - Girts Galvins (LVA) - 1 goal, 3 assists, 9 shots, 1 hit and blocked shot, +4
3 - Alex TheGreat (LVA) - 4 assists, 3 shots, 2 hits, 19 of 31 faceoff wins, +4

 

Additional Notes:

Hammer Voss (MIA) scores first career VHLM goal, finished the game with 2 goals on 2 shots, game high 8 hits, 1 blocked shot.

Both teams scored at over 33% efficiency on the power play.

John Doe from Las Vegas, Nevada won $1 Million from Safeway Score and Win after Adeline Delle Donne (LVA) scored 5 goals in the game.

Safeway's owner is very unhappy at Adeline Delle Donne's in-game production after the game.

 

 

 

What's next for the two teams? Miami Marauders are back to the drawing board. It looks to be a long offseason, but the good news is the upcoming VHLM draft appears to be very stacked with lots of high ended talent. Perhaps they may try take and steal one of, or perhaps all of, the three draft eligible players on the Las Vegas Aces? Las Vegas Aces are off to the VHLM playoffs. Las Vegas Aces are prime for a long playoff run, they finished second overall in the standings in the VHLM, only behind the Ottawa Lynx. Las Vegas Aces own the best record in the Western Conference and goes into the playoffs with the winner of the Season 81 Ethan Osborne Trophy and Vladimir Boomchenko Trophy in Alex TheGreat.

 

 

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[BOOM 8,435]

A 2 goal game surprised the hell out of me, considering my decision to not apply any tpe until I'm ready for the VHL. Default 40's baby! 

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3 minutes ago, BOOM said:

A 2 goal game surprised the hell out of me, considering my decision to not apply any tpe until I'm ready for the VHL. Default 40's baby! 

I know! That's why I wrote "the fully raw defensive prospect"

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