The Houston News - Week 1

[AJW 2,196]

Hello and welcome to the first week of "The Houston News"

 

Each week I will be writing some words to keep you lovely people up to date on what is happening around the Houston Bulls organization. Enough talk lets dive in.

 

 

 

The S86 Houston Bulls Roster

 

C - antonio marchand @Tapirman

C - Grunkle Stan-dingyouup @Big Newff

C - Sakari-Kari Erkkilaismakkyinen @Edustava

LW - Ray Alexander @TheRoyalEmpoleon

RW - Oliver @Oli

RW - Connor McLauglin @Connor Mclaughling

RW - Jussi Laitela @OsteriOssi

D - Justin Alla @Justin

G - Shadow Thompson @Kelsey

 

I am extremely excited to see this roster get put to work this season and compete in the VHLM. We have two familiar faces from S85, with antonio marchand and Shadow Thompson returning to the team as our two strongest players. Marchand and Thompson had to struggle through our rebuild in S85, but I am sure their TPE earning over the course of that season will pay off as they are the faces of Houston for S86. From the S85 draft, Houston only had two picks but we are proud of the two players we brought in. 36th overall Grunkle Stan-dingyouup and 40th overall Connor McLauglin will have a huge impact on our team this season, playing lots of minutes including special teams. Then from waivers you will find where the rest of the roster came from. Going from four players to nine after the draft was a huge blessing for us in Houston's management, and it gives us hope that this season will be a ton of fun and competitive. I am looking forward to our first game tonight where I can finally see all of our new players in action.

 

 

Week 1 Game Schedule

 

With there being approximately 10 games per sim, I can guess that there will be around 70 total games simmed this week in the VHLM. So here is a projected look at this week's schedule for the Houston Bulls:

 

Game 1: (H) vs. Mexico City Kings 

Game 2: (A) vs. Mexico City Kings 

Game 3: (H) vs. San Diego Marlins 

Game 4: (A) vs. Saskatoon Wild 

Game 5: (H) vs. Mississauga Hounds 

Game 6: (A) vs. Halifax 21st 

Game 7: (A) vs. Mexico City Kings 

Game 8: (H) vs. Las Vegas Aces

Game 9: (A) vs. San Diego Marlins 

Game 10: (H) vs. Mississauga Hounds 

Game 11: (H) vs. Mississauga Hounds 

Game 12: (A) vs. Ottawa Lynx 

Game 13: (H) vs. Halifax 21st 

Game 14: (A) vs. Saskatoon Wild 

 

Out of our projected 14 games this week, we will be matched up against our own Western Conference 8 times and matched against the Eastern Conference only 6 times. Home and away games are split down the middle with 7 each, and the teams we will see the most are Mississauga and Mexico City, 3 times each. Get ready Bulls fans! Game 1's puck drop is tonight!

 

 

Top TPE Earners - Week Ending November 13th

 

In the VHLM, the whole point of our league is to push our players into earning TPE and being able to move up in the leagues to eventually reach the VHL. So each week, I will be posting here the Top 5 TPE earners and shouting them out. I hope this results in VHLE and VHL GMs to take notice in who is putting in the extra work and wanting to be drafted into the next league. So here are the Houston Bulls' Top 5 TPE earners for Week Ending November 13th:

 

: antonio marchand @Tapirman 16 TPE

: Grunkle Stan-dingyouu @Big Newff 10 TPE

: Connor McLauglin @Connor Mclaughling 8 TPE

: Ray Alexander @TheRoyalEmpoleon 6 TPE

: Shadow Thompson @Kelsey 6 TPE

: Sakari-Kari Erikkilaismakkyinen @Edustava 6 TPE

 

Amazing work this week everyone! Let's stay focused and consistent each week this season to build strong players and an overall strong roster together!

 

 

Unfortunately that is it for this week's Houston News. Check in next week to see how our first week of the regular season went! I will be determined to post every Monday.

 

Edited November 14, 2022 by AJW

[Triller 1,688]

Love this amount of analysis!  Your players will appreciate this along with any scouts!

[AJW 2,196]

Forgot to add captains, will add that in next week's post!