S85 Vancouver Wolves Awards

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S85 Season Awards

Last season was the first full season as the Vancouver Wolves AGM and as we start a new chapter, a new season we are here to recognize the greatness of some of the players from last season. While the season didn`t finish the way that we wanted the season to finish we can be proud of the steps that we took towards the ultima goal of the team lifting the cup at the end of the season. So tonight we honor the past and we also take our first steps into the future as the season also begins tonight with Games against Calgary & Malmo. Without much more ado lets get started:

  

 

Best defenseman:
At the mid-mark last season this was clearly a one-horse race lead by Nathan Powers but as the season progressed another player started to lead the team and this really started to show in the Three stars selection. Which has no weight in the decision on whom will be selected as the Vancouvers Wolves top defender of Season 85, Which is award to:

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Biggie Cheese @a_Ferk

At the end of the season Biggie Cheese ended tied on points with Nathan Powers but with two more goals (22) and impressive plus 28, while second in hits & PIM. Showed that they were the engine late in the season that was driving the defence. It was a very difficult decision but, in the end, well deserved by Biggie Cheese.  

 

 

Rookie of the Year:
Vancouver has been blessed with three talented rookies joining the team this season and all have played a huge role in the team’s success to date. Once again while it easy to look at the points total only, I like to see how has been contributing across the board in the end this race really tightened as all three improved through the season with only ten points between the three rookies at the end of the season. The early lead was enough to secure this award with 37 points, plus 11 and 6.99% shooting percentage & 20 blocked shots. The Rookie of the Year is:  

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Dogwood Maple @dogwoodmaple

Dogwood Maple had an extremely good start to last season but fell off slightly as the team started to struggle after the first ten games or so. But as the team rebounded so did the whole Rookie class with Maple being pushed by Eagles and Puk. As the new season starts Maple will be asked to do a little bit more as they are expected to replace the now retired Anze Miklavz. It will be a big jump and ask for the rookie to produce close to 80pts this season but I am sure he is looking forward to increasing his numbers from 37pts on the season.  

 

 

Unsung Hero
I don`t think anyone that has been following the Vancouver Wolves will be surprised by whom has been awarded with this award in the slightest as almost every one of his teams at some point stated that he was the Unsung Hero. While arguments could be made for other players, it was clear that the team went as this player went. The S85 Unsung Hero Award is none other than:  

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Brandt Fuhr  @Tate

Fuhr had a very impress season in the Vancouver net finishing runner up for the Greg Clegane Trophy to Augustus Kennedy @InstantRockstar with a impressive 2.36 GAA and how he wasn`t in the running for the Dustin Funk Trophy is beyond me as he improved from S84 from an 18-42-4 record and 3.54 GAA with a .926 sav% to that of 37-21-6 record and 2.36 GAA with .928 sav%. Either way Fuhr proved last season that he will hold down the fort for Vancouver and is the team Unsung Hero.  

 

 

Most Energetic
This award is usually for one of the most active members in the locker room and Vancouver has been blessed this season with a whole bunch of new players bring in great leadership, experience and energy to the locker room; which makes this award hard to award as three members have clearly been very positive impacts on the locker room this season. At the end of the day, it comes down to minor difference between these three players and through the long dark days two really stood out but the winner of the Most Energetic is

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Alexandre Leduc @Lemorse7

At the end of the day has a counting school named after him but is also one of the first to always comment about the team results in a positive manner and post links when the bot decided not to show up to work again. Positive influence for all members to look up to and this was most likely why this player was also named the team Captain last year. No Captain announced yet this season but I am more than sure that Leduc would lead regardless of if he had a letter on his chest.

 

 

Most Valuable player
Again, this award is usually award to the player that scores the most points on the team but again I tend to look at different aspect as to what makes the player the most valuable to the team being a good team leader, on and off the ice while contributing to make the team better. While Brandt Fuhr @Tate must be considered as he is our current Unsung Hero, I once again think one player has stood head and shoulders above everyone else this season. Our current MVP is:

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Nico Pearce @Spartan

Pearce had a very impressive season with 50 goals, 49 assist for 99pts season; sadly, also missing out on some of the league top hardware but what truly made Pearce the teams MVP was not only his on-ice performance but what he brought to the locker room off the ice. Always saying the right thing at the right moment and simply pushing the team as whole to be better. Taking on a role with the rookies of Maple & Eagles. He led the team in almost every category or at least was near the top of all categories. He was clearly the heart and the soul of last year’s team.   

 

 

Little Wolf Award (Most Hits)
At the halfway mark of last season I was surprised that this player was even close to the top of this category but after a full season, learning the character of player this won`t surprise that may to learn that our Little Wolf Award is awarded to

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Nico Pearce @Spartan with 284 hits

As mentioned above this player took a huge leadership role on the team last season when he took two of the three Rookies under his wing and lead them on and off the ice. How does one lead? Well, When it came to Nico last season he lead by showing that he was willing to do everything to win by laying his body on the line to create space and time from himself and his line mates. It will be interesting to see if he continues to lead the team in this category this season.  

 

 

Sniper Award (Shooting percentage)
This award shows which player is making the most of his opportunities around the net. At the halfway mark of the season, it was Anze Miklavz @kelvi leading the way with an impressive 9.88 shooting percentage but this number dropped to an 8.11% by the end of the season meaning that he was actually over taken by two players one being Biggie Cheese & not surprising Nico Pearce. The winner of the Sniper Award is:

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Nico Pearce @Spartan

While surprising in some way that other team left Pearce open as much as they did; I rather think this was more down to Pearce simply being a dominate force on the ice and simply not taking no for an answer as he ended up leading the Vancouver Wolves with 9.31%

 

 

  QB Award (PP Assists)
Every team requires a good power play if they are going to have success and this usually requires one individual to lead the power play aka the QB of the power play. While once gain this isn`t a debatable award and in the end one player really took over the leadership of the team power play. The QB Award for most power play assist is awarded to:

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Nathan Powers @JB123

Powers should great ability to find players last season assisting on 24 goals of the teams 63 goals scored on the power play while scoring 10 goals himself meaning he assisted on 80% of the team power play goals last season. With his retirement at the end of last season means the team will look for another player to QB the power-play this season.  

 

 

Tooth Fairy (PM Award)
Two players have really stood up this season for the younger wolves this season when teams have tried to take liberties. While most might think of players with the most penalty mintues as being goons or 4^th line players. These two players showed that even skilled players can play with an edge as the team was lead in PM by Nico Pearce and Anze Miklavz at the end it was a close race of 139PM to 158PM. The winner of the Tooth Fairy award is none other than:

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Nico Pearce @Spartan

Not keeping track of the PM from the first half of the season but the fact that both Pearce and Miklavz lead the team in scoring and PM shows how tough a team Vancouver was to play against last season. Nico Pearce did his work by simply being tough to play against as he only dropped the gloves twice last season; going 1-0-1 when he did drop the gloves also make other take step back when he was about to drop the mitts.  

 

 

Always responsible (Plus/Minus)
This award was very close at the halfway mark of last season with Pierre Emile Bouchard leading the way with a plus 16 but he wouldn`t be able to maintain this award but not of his own doing since he did improve to a season ending plus 22 but this would only be good enough and tied for second on the team with two other players in Svatopluk Puk @otaznik and Alexandre Leduc. The winner would finish with an impressive plus 28 and if you have been following a long you know that number belongs to none other than:

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Biggie Cheese @a_Ferk

Cheese really took over the back end for the Vancouver Wolves just after the halfway mark of the season as not only did, they end up tied in points amongst defender but clearly showed that they were responsible in their own end by finish with the plus 28 record. With Powers retirement it was nice to see Cheese really step up and claim the backend as their own. Hopefully once again will lead Vancouver in Season 86.

 

 

Oops Sorry Eh!! (Least hits)

On every team you will always have that one player that just seems to avoid all possible contact and only throw a hit if he accidentally ran into you in the corner, which I am assuming is followed with an "Oops sorry I didn`t see you there. I will try not to hit you next time", response. He was the leader at the halfway mark of last season and stayed very consistent as he threw 12 hits in the first half and only threw another 12 to finish with a massive 24 excuse me!! The Vancouver Wolves Oops Sorry Eh!! Award goes to none other than:

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Alexandre Leduc  @Lemorse7 or Lady Leduc (which still applies)

 

 

It wasn`t me(Least PM) While some players play rough and loose with their sticks making most scared to enter the corner with them for fear of accidentally being clipped by stick, elbow or glove. This player is on the other end of the spectrum and most likely took the fall for another player on the team. Our halfway mark leader had only 4PM but went on the rampage in the second part of the season finishing with a massive 34PM as they clearly didn`t want this award or had just as many accidents on the ice as he did off the ice last season. So we have a new leader at the end of the season and I am not sure if this player took a penalty in the second half or now since he finished with a very low 12PM. The Winner of the It wasn`t me Award is:

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Henry Eagles @Greg_Di

 

 

 Shoot the lights out (Most shots) To no one surprise this award should be as this player lead the team most of the season and was top in the league for a good part of the season. Sadly, he finished second in shots as well last season but still held an impressive record of 9.31% shooting meaning he wasn`t just shooting from everywhere. With 537 shots our Shoot the lights out Award is awarded to:

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Nico Pearce @Spartan

 

 

Work Horse Award (AMG) At the halfway mark of last season it was a bit of a surprise to see this player with more than 30.40 of ice time but this would slightly increase in the second half to 30.41 minutes per night.  So no one should be surprised that our Work Horse Award for the Most Minutes played is awarded to:

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Nathan Powers @JB123

 

 

Common Coach (Least played) With only 24.99 average ice time per game leading the way at the halfway mark of the season it was nice to see the least played player actually have a soild second half of the season and funny enough actually getting even less minutes of ice time as his ice team would drop to 24.76. Despite playing two minutes less then his fellow rookies, the simple fact that this player produced as much as he did with the limited ice time bodes well for the future. The winner of the Common Coach award is:

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  Henry Eagles @Greg_Di

 

 

Bruised & Battered Award (SB Award)

A defender or a forward willing to lay down the body in front of the net playing goaltender when the game is on the line like a unsung hero might actually not get recognized for the defensive efforts. Two player were tied with 87 Blocked shots at the halfway mark of the season but one more then other decided to lay his body on the line to help the team win with a final total of 158 12 more than the player he was tied with at the hallway mark. The Bruised & Battered Award goes to newly retired:

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Nathan Powers @JB123

 

 

Three Star Award

He had massive lead at the halfway mark of last season and only a huge run from another member of the team would have been enough to knock him off the top step of the Three Stars Award. While one player did make a small run no one had enough to knock off Nico Pearce from the top. Nico Pearce finished with 14 First stars; six more than any other Wolves player; Six second stars, Second only to Bouchards` seven and six third star selection; Third on the team. He was selected 26 times as Three star selection or 64% of the time. He finishes with 600pts to second place Anze Miklavz 380pts. This years Three star Award winner is:

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Nico Pearce @Spartan

 

	1ST Star	2nd Star	3rd star	Total	Points
Nico Pearce	14	6	6	26	600
Anze Miklavz	8	3	8	19	380
Brandt Fuhr	5	6	3	14	300
Biggie Cheese	6	2	6	14	280
Alexandre Leduc	1	5	11	17	240
Pierre Emile Bouchard	1	7		8	170
Nathan Powers	1	2	3	6	100
Dogwood Maple		4	2	6	100
Henry Eagles	2	1	1	4	90
Wattson Power	1	1	1	3	60
Svatopluk Puk		1		1	20
B-VAN C1			1	1	10

 

 

Top Prospect Award:

Part of the managing any team in the any of the three leagues is to continue to look to future while trying to be competitive today and a huge aspect of any team’s future is the teams prospects. We are very luck as we have three prospects that are still earning and looking to become future part of the Wolves with William Futch @Futch, Alex Bridges III  @Oatex and Jimmy MacElroy  @Xflexz all developing in the VHLE this season. This isn`t the readiest prospect but rather to highlight a rather impressive season that they are currently having while developing. William Futch led the prospect last season with 28pts at the halfway mark and would finish the season with 46pts for just over half a point per game. The big question is who finished on top by season end? The Top Prospect Award goes to:

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Jimmy MacElroy @Xflexzwith 50pts.

 

 

Final Thoughts:

It was a great and surprising season that see the team change from a bottom feeder to a top dog but this season is going to be even tougher as no one is going to take this team lightly. I am very proud of the team for what we accomplished but this season we want more. A full season of development growth on all the young prospects and veteran players returning means it is time to lift the cup. While I hate to label this a cup of bust season; This is one of our best chances so lets give it our best.

 

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Edited November 15, 2022 by Gaikoku-hito

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Amazing writeup, and I'm thrilled to have won the awards that I did! Hoping for another fantastic season with a great group of people, this time finishing the season as cup winners  

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