VSN Presents: TPE Max Earners #20-22

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Welcome back once more for another installment in my series of looking at players who passed the 1500 TPE milestone! I would like to acknowledge that Duncan Idaho has passed 1500 TPE and by the time I get to the next part he will have moved above top 20, if not even higher. Now let's move forward with our player at spot 20!

 

20: Jerry Garcia (Gustav) 1541 TPE

Staying in the S60's,@Gustav's player Jerry Garcia is the subject of our next conversation. A low pick in the VHLM draft, which is honestly refreshing to see, Garcia was taken in the 5th round at pick 36th in season 65 by the Houston Bulls. He did play that season with them, all 72 games, earning 28 assists and 33 points. In the postseason he had just 1 assist in 7 games. For his VHL draft he was selected 7th overall by the Malmo Nighthawks in season 66 and would spend most of his career with his draft team. In the WC his most standout performance was S70 where he had 9 assists and 10 points in 10 games. 

Entering the top tier of ice hockey play, Jerry Garcia only had two seasonsato ro above a point per game, that's among the lowest yet. He was above a 0.5 points per game in seven of his eight seasons at least, with the best two seasons of his career actually coming once he left Malmo after six seasons with the team. Those final two seasons in Davos saw his points and goal jump up significantly. Season 72 he had 39 goals, a career high, along with 45 assists for 84 points, a career high yet again, in his final season he had 32 goals, 40 assists for 72 points. Really it is shocking to see as his whole time with Malmo his best season goal wise was just 11, although his career high in assists was with the Nighthawks as season 68 saw him get 50 helpers and 60 points, his best with the team. His regular season totals are as follows: 576 games played, 123 goals, 297 assists for 420 points (if only I typed this up two days earlier). Garcia made the postseason a total of five times, three times with Malmo, twice with Davos, and his first time in the playoffs was probably his best; it was the only deep run he had during his career. 16 games, 3 goals, 11 assists for 14 points. This isn't to say his other playoff performances were bad, but they usually went between 4-6 games with him sitting anywhere from 1 to 4 points. All in all, he played 35 postseason games, scoring 7 goals, 18 assists for 25 points.

Garcia..... well he has no personal awards as one could have guessed, but he was part of the Victory Cup winning Malmo Nighthawks in season 68! Most TPE in a week is 48, which he managed twice.

Small tangent time: From 13th to 20th there's a drop of 5-7 TPE between each player, you already have four players that have a drop of six between each of them, with minor edits of subtracting or adding one TPE you could have eight players in a row where there's a drop of six TPE per player, what could have been.

 

 

21: Thomas Landry ll (Doomsday) 1527 TPE

Our first "big" drop off in some time, Landry ll sits 14 TPE back of Garcia. @Doomsday should still be proud with this player though as he achieved a lot; just goes to show, TPE isn't everything. Drafted 9th overall by the San Diego Marlins in season 70 in the VHLM, he had played 20 games with Hextall in Halifax the season prior, putting up 7 points and in the playoffs managing 6 points as the 21st went 11 games deep. In San Diego the next season he put up 145 points split between 60 goals and 85 assists in 72 games. In the playoffs the Marlins were somewhat upset by the Ottawa Lynx who had 3 less points than them in the regular season; in those 10 games Landry ll put up 7 goals, 8 assists for 15 points. In the VHL he was drafted 5th overall by the Prague Phantoms, a team he would spend his whole career with. In the WC he was very consistent, above a point per game all 3 times, in 30 games he had 16 goals, 19 assists for 35 points.

Joining the Phantoms now Landry ll achieved a point per game pace in half of the season of career and almost hit it a fifth time in S74 with 71 points, he did reach 100 points once in his career. That 105 point season in S76 also had 67 assists, both career bests, and his 38 goals was his second most in a season. For his career high there next season is where you look, 45 goals, 50 assists for 95 points. He reached 30 goals six times during his career and 40 assists five times, overall in 576 games played he scored 265 goals, had 335 apples for exactly 600 points, nice round number there. The Phantoms reached the playoffs five times while Thomas Landry ll was with the team, S76 and S78 being their best runs where both times they played 11 games, in the former season he had 6 goals and 9 assists for 15 points, and for the latter season 4 goals and 8 assists for 12 points. All together he played 39 games in the post season, netted 14 goals, had 26 helpers for exactly 40 points, again another nice round number.

Unlike Garcia, Landry ll does have a personal award from the VHLM, the Matt Bentz Trophy, which I think may be my first time mentioning it in this series. Most TPE in a week 40.

 

 

22: Taro Tsujimoto (Gustav) 1522 TPE 

Somehow when I'm only doing three players per post now Gustav gets on here twice, lucky guy. @Gustav's player Tsujimoto sits 19 TPE back of his other player on here and is also our youngest player so far. Drafted 4th overall in the VHLM by the Mississauga Hounds in season 74, he played a total of 91 games in the M split between the Hounds and Lynx, 50 goals, 69 assists for 119 points with his drafted team and 3 points in season 73. In 20 playoff games he has 4 goals, 10 assists for 14 points, I would be remiss not to mention that all of those points came in 15 games played with the Hounds. In his VHL draft he was selected 9th overall in season 75 by the HC Davos Dynamo. All of his WC performances were great and again I feel I should mention them all, in 30 games he's scored 16 goals, 29 assists, for 45 points, even better than Landry ll's WC showings.

Tsujimoto would spend seven of his eight seasons with his draft team before heading to Seattle for the final season of his career. Taro reached the point per game mark six times during his career and reached 100 points twice, his final season in Seattle in S82 was indeed a swan song for the ages, 139 points, 53 goals, 86 assists, all career highs for him. Wouldn't be much fun to leave it at that though so let's look at some of his other seasons, S80 Taro got 114 points with 46 in the back of the net and 68 apples, S81 he reached 50 goals for the first time in his career and had 98 points and in S77 he got 44 goals and 92 points. His regular season career totals are: 576 games played, 312 goals, 412 assists for 724 points. In the playoffs he only got there four times but was a point per game or more every time, his first appearance was his best with 21 points in just 10 games, 11 of goals and 10 assists, his last go around was great in Seattle, 7 goals, 8 assists for 15 points. In total he netted 26 goals, 22 assists for 48 points in just 29 games!

Although his trophy case may be lacking in minor awards, the two Scotty Campbell awards in season 80 and 82 are hallmarks of an elite player, as the majority of players never get any MVP recognition, let alone in the VHL. Most TPE in a week 39.

With this part concluding, Benny Graves, Rayz Funk, Dakota Lamb, Hulk Hogan and the previously mentioned Duncan Idaho are the current remaining players to cover. At the time of writing Battre Sandstorm sits 40 TPE away from 1500, if he reaches the milestone that’s six more players to cover; until next time readers!

 

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Edited May 7, 2022 by ROOKIE745

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