Games: 22-30

[VHL Games 1,161]

Game 22:

Mississauga Hounds vs. Las Vegas Aces

Game 23:

Philadelphia Reapers vs. Mexico City Kings

Game 24:

Miami Marauders vs. Halifax 21st

Game 25:

Saskatoon Wild vs. Houston Bulls

Game 26:

San Diego Marlins vs. Miami Marauders

Game 27:

Saskatoon Wild vs. Ottawa Lynx

Game 28:

Philadelphia Reapers vs. Mississauga Hounds

Game 29:

Houston Bulls vs. Las Vegas Aces

Game 30:

Mexico City Kings vs. Halifax 21st

Go to Standings

[JardyB10 4,834]

I think our goaltender is on a 3 game point streak…

 

jk, he only has 3 points in 4 games. Step it up Sam

Edited April 22, 2022 by JardyB10

[Otis Boudreaux Jr 214]

When the Numbers Tell the Whole Story

 

Hockey, is in my humble opinion, a game pf percentages. The chance of a "golden goal" is always there, that one shot that scores that one goal that wins the game. Yes, it happens, but it is rare and no one seems to believe it the story when we hear of it occurring. The toughest part of watching a sport where this can occur is how we deal with it when the opposite occurs? Where a team suffers such an onslaught of shots that the numbers eventually have to break against them. Yes, the exact same thing occurs, people do not believe that such an imbalance of shots can have actually occurred. 

 

The VHLM just witnessed that in a recent game between the Mexico City Kings and the Halifax 21st. Game 30 of the current VHLM season saw this oddity of oddities, a game with such distorted statistics that are so hard to believe. But yes, they are true.

 

The game saw Halifax come away with the victory with a convincing 5-0 score. The score doesn't look so bad, but the shot total shows the imbalance of this game. Halifax won the game convincingly, the shots for Mexico City: 9, for Halifax: 43, yes, that is correct, 43 shots. The worst period that Halifax had was the 2nd, 14 shots and no goals. The 1st period saw then take 10 shots and score 2 goals, while they had 19 shots in the 3rd and scored 3 goals. The numbers were on their side. Granted, their goalie helped by keeping out the 9 shots that Mexico City did take and that was enough to keep the shutout, but that was even less shots than Halifax had in their lowest period shot total. The Mexico City goalie also stopped 88% of the shots he faced, but that is where the percentages turned against them.

 

What can each team take from this game? Mexico City can be proud of the fact they stopped 88% of the shots they faced and even though they dealt with a 43 shot battering, they only gave up 5 goals. 

Halifax can enjoy the fact that the percentages were on their side, that they were able to score 5 goals, and thus win the game.

 

But who knows what the future holds? Maybe we will witness a "golden goal" or more than likely, more examples of how the percentages have such a huge impact on this game.

[badcolethetitan 801]

Game 22 Review:

 

This game was between the Mississauga Hounds and the Las Vegas Aces, two teams that are favorites to win the M in my eyes. The game started off with nothing happened in the first period, in fact, there was only 9 shots total in the first period. It seemed that we were in for a great game, as both these teams were playing great defensive hockey! However, that would soon be broken, as 7:28 into the second period, Rustyov Dusterov scored on the powerplay to give the Las Vegas Aces a 1-0 lead. A couple minutes later, Rustyov Dusterov would fire another one into the back of the net, giving the Aces a 2-0 lead. It seemed like the Aces had finally found a way to break through the Hounds defense, and that more scoring would come, however that was false. In the third period, despite there being 20 shots, there actually was no goals, giving the Las Vegas Aces a 2-0 win over the Hounds. The MVP for this game in my eyes was Rustyov Dusterov, who scored his 2nd and 3rd goal of the season, leading the Aces to a massive win over the Hounds!

[badcolethetitan 801]

Game 25 Review:

 

This game was between the Saskatoon Wild and the Houston Bulls. Personally, I feel like both these teams could be playoff teams, but with the Wild coming off a playoff finals win, they're going to need to find a way to get back, which will be difficult. This game started out all for the Bulls, as only 1:35 in, Connor Sills fired a shot into the back of the net to give the Bulls a 1-0 lead. 9 minutes later, Otis Boudreaux was able to snipe one home, and the Bulls had a 2-0 lead! This wasn't just it though, as Doug Britton 8 minutes later would find a goal, and it was 3-0 for the Bulls at the end of the first. However, the Wild in the second period were able to find 3 goals of their own, by a bot (lol), Jack The Ripper who scored his first goal this season, and Charlie Johnson. Heading into the third, it was anyone's game, as the score was tied at 3! The Wild would eventually break through 5 minutes in, with Boston scoring his 3rd goal of the season, and it would eventually lead to a 4-3 comeback win for the Saskatoon Wild! My MVP for this series was Boston, who ended up scoring the winning goal to help his team get a massive 4-3 win!