Can Anybody Stop the Houston Bulls?

[fromtheinside 1,289]

We are officially more than a quarter of the way into the VHLM season, and the Houston Bulls have been rampaging through the league as of late. The Bulls are currently on an eight-game winning streak and are clicking on all cylinders. Their offense is scoring, their defenders are defending, and their goaltending has been rock solid. Through 22 games, the Bulls are 18-4-0 and they hold a seven point lead on the Saskatoon Wild for first place in the Western Conference. While the Bulls do feature alot of high-end talent, what makes them dangerous is the fact they are getting production from multiple sources.

 

The Bulls currently have six players with at least 30 points or more. The Bulls' top line center Scotty Sundin leads his team in scoring with 21 goals and 17 assists for 37 points and currently leads the league in game-winning goals with six. Sundin's linemate Phoebe Bridgers has had an equally as impressive season thus far, totaling 33 points and five game-winning goals. While the production up front has been stellar, the Bulls' top pair on defense has been amongst the league's very best. Hammer Voss and AirRig GoodBrandSun have been nothing short of elite this season.  Both players have over thirty points, but on top of that, they both have over 30 blocks apiece. GoodBrandSon also has laid out 68 hits already this season. These two have shut down oppositions time after time, but the fact they can inject so much offense from the blueline is what makes them truly special players. In net, starting goaltender Ali Des Aves has been a brick wall. Des Aves sports a 13-2-0 record with a sparkling .914 save percentage and an impressive 2.37 goals against average with one shutout to date. The Bulls have only allowed 53 goals thus far, which is the lowest amount in the league, and a lot of that is because Des Aves has been on his A-game.

 

As for who could prove to be a challenge for Houston this season... there seems to be two main threats. First off, in their own conference is the Saskatoon Wild. While the Wild are seven points back, the are currently enjoying a nice six-game winning streak of their own right now and are definitely a tough matchup on any given night. The biggest challenge for the Bulls though unquestionably lays in the East where the Philadelphia Reapers have been destroying the competition in their conference. The Reapers are 19-2-1 and have an even more potent offense than Houston does. The two teams have yet to face-off against one another, but next week we will finally get to see how they fare against each other head-to-head. Until then though, the Bulls continue to wreak havoc in the Western Conference. Fans have been anticipating this matchup for weeks now, and potentially, this could be a future matchup in the finals of the VHLM playoffs this year. Both teams loaded up in the draft this past offseason, and both are reaping the benefits now. Only time will tell which team is the creame de la creame of the VHLM!

[BOOM 8,717]

0-2 since this article. Captains curse? 

[Shindigs 1,771]

13 hours ago, fromtheinside said:

The Bulls are currently on an eight-game winning streak and are clicking on all cylinders.

Wouldn't clicking on all cylinders mean your engine is about to explode though? Guess that explain the 0-2 after the article.

 

Either that or Simon was just disgusted that the hit count was 1 too low to be Nice?

[rory 1,899]

i can stop them

[adison 58]

4 Game losing streak since this article.  Seems like they can be stopped!

[eagle_3450 278]

On 2/12/2022 at 9:34 PM, adison said:

4 Game losing streak since this article.  Seems like they can be stopped!

3-0-1 since this reply was posted lol