Turkey's Finest? Istanbul is Fed Up

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With only 11 wins this season, Istanbul’s Professional Hockey Club is Fed-Up 

 

Many players of the VHLE squad have come out and publicly stated that the 11-37-6 record is “not who we are… unacceptable.” 

 

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ISTANBUL, TURKEY (10/03/22) – Amidst a historically bad season for the Istanbul Red Wolves hockey club of the Victory Hockey League Europe (VHLE), during a recent press conference after the 8-1 loss to the Oslo Storm, the team expressed their displeasure with the team’s success. 

 

“Our team has done very little night in and night out to win,” Says the club head coach, “To be straight up with you…we suck, like really suck.” The coach had some choice words after his club only scored one goal against the Storm. “I mean damn it, we should’ve had that game,” He also stated. 

 

The Red Wolves have faced many challenges with their team’s success this season–low amounts of players, lack of talent–they’ve seen everything. They have a lot of players in the prospect pipeline that will be able to compete with the team next season. It gives fans something to look forward to, as they focus on the draft. 

 

Istanbul has six draft picks in this upcoming draft (S86), with two of them being first-round picks. One of those picks was acquired in a trade with the Geneva Rush giving their first-round pick to the Red Wolves in exchange for the Bratislava Watchmen’s first and second-round picks in the S86 draft. Geneva is amongst the bottom three in the standings–their record is 24-26-4, which makes their draft placement rather high.

 

The Wolves are in dire need of personnel for this upcoming season. Goaltender Lachlan Summers of the San Diego Marlins in the Victory Hockey League Minors (VHLM) is a great candidate for Istanbul to snag up with Geneva’s pick. The starter for the Marlins has an impressive stat line for this season, amassing a 25-21-6 record, 0.917 save percentage, and a 2.41 goals against average (GAA) between the pipes. Summers is looking like a great candidate for their starting role next year if they get drafted by the Wolves. 

 

When asked about the team’s success as of late, the fans share the same emotions expressed by the coach. “We suck, we can’t score, we’re awful,” One fan says to our crew in downtown Istanbul after the game, “But we can get better…we just need to put more effort on the ice night in and night out. Our scorers need to do their job, our goalie needs to make more clutch saves, and our defense has to shut down plays earlier.” 

 

The VHLE has only been a league for five seasons and played for four. The Wolves are on pace to only win roughly 15 games this season. That would make them one of the worst-performing teams in league history. You don’t ever want to be a part of that company. They have one thing to look forward to in the draft. Maybe then, these Wolves can fix their roster and try to compete for next season. They went far in the playoffs before, they can do it again. 

 

Other teams that are contending for a high pick in the draft would be the Rome Gladiators and would be the Geneva Rush, but they gave their pick to Istanbul in the trade mentioned above. All we can hope for is a better season next year, and for this one to end with at least 10 extra wins. No more being fed up. 

 

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