19th Annual Unofficial VHL Regular Season Awards – S84

DMaximus · August 14, 2022

19th Annual Unofficial VHL Regular Season Awards – S84

Another exciting regular season has come to a close. That means we can dole out some regular season awards! Welcome everyone to the 19^th Annual Unofficial VHL Regular Season Awards honoring the highs and lows of S84! Thank you to everyone that reads this.

These awards have been created by me. There is no voting process and they are not officially recognized by the VHL Board of Governors. I wrote descriptions for most of these award names in the original award post.

For each award, I list the winners from the last 5 seasons. If you want to check out the award winners from every season, use this link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sAZtX3bxVpPTIsKe1rSRVOenH1-iyWzbQEdR9ZvYOdU/edit?usp=sharing

I also document the “all-time” record for each category. Of course, by that I mean all-time for the existence of these awards, not all-time, all-time. Clear? Ok, good. Let’s get things underway!

The Pylon Award (worst +/- rating) – Ryan Li @Ryan Li :que:

After coming close to winning the award with a -59 last season, Ryan Li was determined to win it this year. His determination paid off. He captures the award with a -60 this season.

All-time record: S82 – creed - -156

Last 5 Pylon Award Winners:

Season	Player	+ / -
S84	Ryan Li	-60
S83	Barron Kruulenstien	-66
S82	creed	-156
S81	chris foley	-96
S80	Nathan Steele	-77

The Gandhi Award (least penalty minutes, min 1,000 minutes played) – Florida Man @zepheter :hel:

In what is probably the least likely name-award combination, Florida Man wins the Gandhi award by having only 2 PIM in 1,880 minutes played.

All-time record: S81 - Brendan Telker - 0 PIM, 2211 Minutes Played

Last 5 Gandhi Award Winners:

Season	Player	PIM	Minutes Played
S84	Florida Man	2	1880
S83	Mason Jones	2	2146
S82	Omi Aberg	2	2132
S81	Brendan Telker	0	2211
S80	Jakob Sosa	0	2052

The Major² Award (most major penalties) - Cadmael Ixazaluoh @Vice :tor:

Cadmeal earned nine majors this season, all of the were fighting majors. They had a symmetric 3-3-3 fight record. Rumor has it that they were going to get in more fights, but didn’t want to mess up their even record.

All-time Record: S77 – Randy Marsh - 14 Majors

Previous Major² Award Winners:

Season	Player	Major Penalties
S84	Cadmael Ixazaluoh	9
S83	Brian Payne	11
S82	Owen Taylor	12
S81	Magnus Verlander	9
S80	Julian Nousiainen	10

The Timex Award (received most hits) – Duncan Idaho @OrbitingDeath :dcd:

The last couple of seasons, this award, the number of hits received directly lines up to the points leader. Duncan Idaho followed suit, they had the most points in the league and they received the most hits, with 316.

All-time Record: S82 – Bogdan Trunov - 408 Hits taken

Last 5 Timex Award Winners:

Season	Player	Hits Taken
S84	Duncan Idaho	316
S83	Saku Kotkakoivu	346
S82	Bogdan Trunov	408
S81	Lester Green	381
S80	Asher Reinhart	360

The John Wayne Award (most shots on goal) - Duncan Idaho @OrbitingDeath :dcd:

Duncan Idaho has always been a force on the ice. This season was no different. They led the league by taking 621 shots on goal.

All-time record: S82 – Jerome Reinhart - 713 Shots on goal

Last 5 John Wayne Award Winners:

Season	Player	Shots on Goal
S84	Duncan Idaho	621
S83	Saku Kotkakoivu	692
S82	Jerome Reinhart	713
S81	Jerome Reinhart	711
S80	Asher Reinhart	637

The “Hit the Broadside of the Barn” Award (most own shots blocked) - Alex Johnston @Alex :rig:

In a very tight race, Alex beat out Duncan Idaho by one blocked shot (187 to 186) to claim this award.

All-time record: S81 – Jerome Reinhart - 204 Own shots blocked

Last 5 HtBotB Award Winners:

Season	Player	Own Shots Blocked
S84	Alex Johnston	187
S83	Saku Kotkakoivu	189
S82	Taylor Mourning	195
S81	Jerome Reinhart	204
S80	Asher Reinhart	169

The “Can’t Hit the Broadside of the Barn” Award (most own shots missed) – Baby Bob @Baby Boomer :chi:

Baby Bob netted this award by missing the next a league high 415 times.

All-time record: S81 – Jerome Reinhart - 532 Shots missed

Last 5 CHtBotB Award Winners:

Season	Player	Shots Missed
S84	Baby Bob	415
S83	Saku Kotkakoivu	509
S82	Jerome Reinhart	489
S81	Jerome Reinhart	532
S80	Asher Reinhart	455

The New Shin Pads Award (most blocked shots) – Jaromir Lemiuex @hockeyis66 :que:

Jaromir Lemiuex used all sort of combinations to block more shots than anyone else in the league. 268 to be exact.

All-time record: S82 – creed - 460 Shots blocked

Last 5 New Shin Pads Award Winners:

Season	Player	Shots Blocked
S84	Jaromir Lemiuex	268
S83	Barron Kruulenstien	261
S82	creed	460
S81	Artair McCloud	237
S80	Chicken Wing	235

The Tired Legs Award (most minutes played) - Jerome Reinhart @MexicanCow123 :nya: :rig:

In an interesting twist, Jerome Reinhart was traded during the season, this led to them playing 74 games. Those two additional games gave them the extra time to win this award over normal 72 gamer, Igor Molotov @Dom. Jerome ended up with exactly 2400 minutes played.

All-time record: S82 – Chicken Wing – 2,512 Minutes played

Last 5 Tired Legs Award Winners:

Season	Player	Minutes Played
S84	Jerome Reinhart	2400
S83	Rhys Trenton	2374
S82	Chicken Wing	2512
S81	Artair McCloud and Ryan Vidot	2469
S80	Chicken Wing	2333

The Snap! Award (most power play minutes) - Napoleon Dynamite @thadthrasher :dav:

Napoleon Dynamite danced his way to this award, spending 369 minutes on the powerplay. One minute more than runner-up Hari Singh Nalwa @Dil.

All-time record: S79 - Muffbeav - 454 power play minutes

Last 5 Snap! Award Winners:

Season	Player	PP Minutes
S84	Napoleon Dynamite	369
S83	Battre Sandstrom	339
S82	Tyler Reinhart	397
S81	Bogdan Trunov	397
S80	Scotty Kaberle	391

The 1 vs. 100 Award (most time on penalty kill) - Deron Nesbitt @AW13 :hel:

Deron was on the ice, killing penalties for 335 minutes.

All-time record: S79 - Gustislav Nasherov - 447 penalty kill minutes

Last 5 1 vs. 100 Award Winners:

Season	Player	PK Minutes
S84	Deron Nesbitt	335
S83	Zeedayno Chara	340
S82	Hulk Hogan 2	359
S81	Sven Eightnine	319
S80	Sven Reikkinen	346

The Sean Archer Award (highest face-off win %, min 1,000 faceoffs) – Paul Atreides @Mr_Hatter :tor:

Apparently there is a big mess-up in the index for Faceoff stats.

Based on the index, the winner is Igor Molotov with 33.09% of 3,835 faceoffs taken. That number changes when you go to their individual page in the index, which shows 52.10% faceoffs won. That’s still nowhere near what the actual winner would have, so I had to dive a little deeper. The individual leaders page appears to have the actual values displayed. According to that, Paul Atreides gets the award by winning 61.22% of 3,040 faceoffs taken.

All-time record: S74 - Brock Louth - 63.72% face-offs won

Last 5 Sean Archer Award Winners:

Season	Player	Face Off Pct
S84	Paul Atreides	61.22%
S83	Zeedayno Chara	63.17%
S82	Pistil Stamen	62.10%
S81	Aloe Dear	60.70%
S80	Dakota Lamb	60.66%

The Castor Troy Award (lowest face-off win %, min 1,000 faceoffs) - Pistol Pete @PistolP :prg:

In the history of running these awards, there’s been situations with the stats where I had to decide a tie-breaker or figure out who to give an award to on the fly. I’ve never encountered a situation like this though. The results displaying in the index itself for FO% are inaccurate. That’s really making it difficult to figure out the actual winner. The only thing I can come up with is to use the dreaded asterisk. With the previous award, I was able to get the stats of the actual winner by going to the individual leaders page. Unfortunately for this award, that page only displays the best and not the worst. So, this one is kind of a guess.

Pistol Pete wins it with an inaccurate 25.12% of faceoffs won, on their player page it says they won 43.73% of their faceoffs, which probably has them in the running if the stats were accurate.

I’m not going through an looking at every single person’s page to figure it out. Maybe I’ll change this after the fact if someone can send me proof of the actual winner.

I really don’t understand how this happened, but the show must go on….

All-time record: S79 - Gustislav Nasherov – 29.60% face-offs won.

Last 5 Castor Troy Award Winners:

Season	Player	Face Off Pct
S84*	Pistol Pete	43.73%
S83	Gregory Bates	31.86%
S82	Eeli Rantanen	30.47%
S81	Otto Numminen	44.06%
S80	Frank Funk Jr	39.19%

The Triple Deke Award (most penalty shot goals) - Zach Kisslinger II @Kisslinger :war:

Zach Kisslinger II finishes in first place for this award by scoring 7 penalty shot goals. The next closest was 4 goals. Great job!

All-time record: S67 - Veran Dragomir and S78 - Thomas Landry II - 8 penalty shot goals

Last 5 Triple Deke Award Winners:

Season	Player	Penalty Shot Goals
S84	Zach Kisslinger II	7
S83	Zeedayno Chara	7
S82	Baby Bob	4
S81	Armani Calamari	5
S80	Calvin Hobbes	5

The Rocky Award (most fights won) – Paul Atreides @Mr_Hatter :tor:

Mr. Atreides brought down the house with a fantastic 4-0-2 fight record this season. The 4 wins nabbed him the award outright, but 0 losses means he would have likely won the tiebreaker if there were on anyway. For those interested in last year’s rookie sensation Brian Payne @Scurvy, they followed up their all-time great season with a much more average 2-3-1 fight record for this season. No one said winning fights is easy!

All-time record: S83 Brian Payne – 7 fights won

Last 5 Rocky Award Winners:

Season	Player	Fights Won
S84	Paul Atreides	4
S83	Brian Payne	7
S82	Owen Taylor	4
S81	Pistil Stamen	3
S80	Jared Carter	4

The Glass Joe Award (most fights lost) – Deagun Rust @Spade18 :la:

Deagun Rust may have needed some oil to help them out. Their fight record was a league worst 0-3-2. Their three fight losses tied them with Brian Payne @Scurvyand Cadmael Ixazaluoh @Vice, but Rust loses on the tie breaker.

All-time record: S74 - Lee Xin and S69 Rusty Shackleford - 5 fights lost

Last 5 Glass Joe Award Winners:

Season	Player	Fights Lost
S84	Deagun Rust	3
S83	Kyle Glass	3
S82	Vasile Lamb	2
S81	Magnus Verlander	3
S80	Magnus Verlander	3

The Stars Award (most stars won) – Duncan Idaho @OrbitingDeath :dcd:

Duncan Idaho claims this award for the second time in their career. They amassed a fantastic 33 total stars this season. A very even-keel 10 1^st stars, 10 2^nd stars, and 13 3^rd stars. Special recognition to both Nico Pearce @Spartan and Baby Bob @Baby Boomer who tied for the league lead with 15 first stars. Also shoutout to Papa Emeritus @Beketov, who led all goalies with 24 total stars.

All-time record: S76 - Mikko Lahtinen – 34 total stars

Last 5 Stars Award Winners:

Season	Player	Total Stars
S84	Duncan Idaho	33
S83	Zeedayno Chara	31
S82	Taylor Mourning	33
S81	Justin Lose	28
S80	Duncan Idaho	28

The “Always a Bridesmaid” Award (most stars without winning 1^st star) – Asher Reinhart @rjfryman

Asher was burned by never being given a first star. But they get to claim this award because of it, their 13 stars without a first start ties the all-time record and wins them the award for this season.

All-time record: S84 – Asher Reinhart, S72 - Lewis Dawson, and S67 Dan Baillie - 13 stars

Last 5 Bridesmaid Award Winners:

Season	Player	Stars
S84	Asher Reinhart	13
S83	Tui Sova	12
S82	Gustav Hjalmarsson	9
S81	Donny Carter	8
S80	Mistxh J	12

The Biggest Backpack Award (player with the largest difference in points from the rest of their team) - Nico Pearce @Spartan :hel:

Nico was the centerpiece of the Helsinki offense. They scored 32 more point than their next teammate, Nezuko @Baozi.

All-time record: S82 – Taro Tsujimoto - 52 points more than nearest teammate

Last 5 Backpack Award Winners:

Season	Player	Point Difference from nearest teammate
S84	Nico Pearce	32
S83	Saku Kotkakoivu	23
S82	Taro Tsujimoto	52
S81	Alex Johnston	32
S80	Nathan Perry and Julian Nousiainen	22

The Anniversary Award (rank in total points matches season number) - DB III @wcats :la:

This is season 84, so the award goes to the player in 84^th place in total points. Congratulations to DB III! They recorded 51 points this season, good enough for 84^th place.

Last 5 Anniversary Award Winners:

Season	Player	Points
S84	DB III	51
S83	Robert Wilk	54
S82	Jakub Brozik	71
S81	AJ Williams	76
S80	Frank Funk Jr	71

The Eggshell Award (goalie with most overtime losses) - Cole Pearce @N0HBDY :ldn:

Cole Pearce and Oskar Lindbergh @Doomsday tied with 9 OT losses. Pearce gets the award because they played in less games.

All-time record: S82 - Sirkants Klamasteris, S78 – Calvin Harvey, S75 - Doug Dimmadome, and S71 Jaxx Hextall - 11 OT games lost

Previous Eggshell Award Winners:

Season	Player	Overtime Games Lost
S84	Cole Pearce	9
S83	David Davis	9
S82	Sirkants Klamasteris	11
S81	Papa Emeritus	9
S80	Aksu Maronen	10

The Jason Voorhees Award (most PIM by a Goalie) - Oskar Lindbergh @Doomsday :tor:

Clearly being upset by the number of OT losses, Oskar Lindbergh committed 16 PIM, more than any other goalie this season.

All-time record: S76 - Doug Dimmadome - 29 PIM

Previous Jason Voorhees Award Winners:

Season	Player	PIM
S84	Oskar Lindbergh	16
S83	Ben Dahl	14
S82	Thadius Sales	18
S81	Barry Taffe	23
S80	Tater Tot	14

The Poke Check Award (highest % of penalty shots stopped, min 10 penalty shots against) - David Davis @Josh :dav:

David Davis saved saves 80% of the 25 penalty shots they faced. That’s enough to lead the league and win the award.

All-time record: S81 – Tater Tot – 100% penalty shots stopped (10 shots faced)

Previous Poke Check Award Winners:

Season	Player	Penalty Shots Stopped
S84	David Davis	80.0%
S83	Dexter Vaughn	80.0%
S82	Tater Tot	88.2%
S81	Tater Tot	100.0%
S80	Kunibuni UnGuri	81.2%

That wraps it up for this season! Another year, another successful award ceremony! Congratulations and/or condolences to all the winners! As always, please provide any suggestions, insights, or thoughts in the comments. Thank you all for reading and continuing to make this a successful column!

Over 2,000 words. Will claim for 4 weeks.

Scurvy · August 14, 2022

Love this post!! I'll do better with the fight records next year hopefully!!

Payne

OrbitingDeath · August 14, 2022

Proud to see @Mr_Hatterwin the fights award.

I've trained you well my duke.

/bows

Ricer13 · August 14, 2022

Love when you do these! Fun write up.

ROOKIE745 · August 15, 2022

From my own math Ori had a 60.05 winning percentage on the faceoffs, so close DX

Edited August 15, 2022 by ROOKIE745

DMaximus · August 15, 2022

week 2 claim

Spade18 · August 15, 2022

Deagun Rust will undoubtedly go down as the worst player I have ever created.

Worst ever in the VHL? Some may say!

DMaximus · August 22, 2022

week 3 claim

DMaximus · August 29, 2022

week 4 claim

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