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21st Annual Unofficial VHL Regular Season Awards – S86

Another exciting regular season has come to a close. That means we can dole out some regular season awards! Welcome everyone to the 21st Annual Unofficial VHL Regular Season Awards honoring the highs and lows of S86! 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.

 

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)Daniel Clarke @Danzo :rig:

 

For the first time in the history of this award, we have a repeat winner! Daniel Clarke tied with teammate James Marino @Adrest245 with a -55 rating. Clarke takes home the award because they played less minutes than Marino.

 

All-time record: S82 – creed -156

 

Last 5 Pylon Award Winners:

 

Season

Player

+ / -

S86

Daniel Clarke

-55

S85

Daniel Clarke

-65

S84

Ryan Li

-60

S83

Barron Kruulenstien

-66

S82

creed

-156

 

 

 

The Gandhi Award (least penalty minutes, min 1,000 minutes played)Mason Jones @Masu Chan :dav:

 

Mason Jones wins the award for the 2nd time in their career. Thanks in part to what I assume is increased anger across all of the VHL, Jones is able to claim the award with 6 PIM. Johnny Xavier @Johnny_HX also recorded 6 PIM, but Mason Jones played more total minutes.

 

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

 

Last 5 Gandhi Award Winners:

Season

Player

PIM

Minutes Played

S86

Mason Jones

6

2175

S85

Girts Galvins

6

2153

S84

Florida Man

2

1880

S83

Mason Jones

2

2146

S82

Omi Aberg

2

2132

 

 

 

The Major2 Award (most major penalties) - Jared Carter the 2st @jaredc7 :nya:

 

Jared Carter the 2st showed the entire league they can successfully count to 10. Their 10 Major penalties was 1nd in the league.

 

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

 

Previous Major2 Award Winners:

Season

Player

Major Penalties

S86

Jared Carter the 2st

10

S85

Vinny Detroit

12

S84

Cadmael Ixazaluoh

9

S83

Brian Payne

11

S82

Owen Taylor

12

 

 

 

The Timex Award (received most hits) Perry Laperriere @KaleebtheMighty :prg:

 

Our first repeat winner since Hunter Hearst Helmsley repeated in S70+S71. Perry Laperriere may be made of water because they appear to flow with all these hits they get. The 337 hits they received led the league this year and were 2 shy of their previous season winning total.

 

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

 

Last 5 Timex Award Winners:

Season

Player

Hits Taken

S86

Perry Laperriere

337

S85

Perry Laperriere

339

S84

Duncan Idaho

316

S83

Saku Kotkakoivu

346

S82

Bogdan Trunov

408

 

 

 

The John Wayne Award (most shots on goal) - Brendan Marner @MetalToday :war:

 

Marner was the only player to record over 600 shots this season. They totaled 602 shots.

 

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

 

Last 5 John Wayne Award Winners:

Season

Player

Shots on Goal

S86

Brendan Marner

602

S85

Zaza Colors

566

S84

Duncan Idaho

621

S83

Saku Kotkakoivu

692

S82

Jerome Reinhart

713

 

 

 

The “Hit the Broadside of the Barn” Award (most own shots blocked) - Landon Wolanin @jacobcarson877 :cal:

 

Landon Wolanin fired a lot of shots this season, unfortunately for his opponents, many of those shots hit them. Wolanin led the league by having 171 of their shots blocked.

 

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

 

Last 5 HtBotB Award Winners:

Season

Player

Own Shots Blocked

S86

Landon Wolanin

171

S85

Alex Johnston

168

S84

Alex Johnston

187

S83

Saku Kotkakoivu

189

S82

Taylor Mourning

195

 

 

 

The “Can’t Hit the Broadside of the Barn” Award (most own shots missed) Brendan Marner @MetalToday :war:

 

It doesn’t happen every season, but it’s pretty standard fare for the John Wayne winner to win this award. It makes sense, they take a lot of shots, lots of those shots are going to miss. Marner claims this award with 436 shots missed.

 

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

 

Last 5 CHtBotB Award Winners:

Season

Player

Shots Missed

S86

Brendan Marner

436

S85

Zaza Colors

406

S84

Baby Bob

415

S83

Saku Kotkakoivu

509

S82

Jerome Reinhart

489

 

 

 

The New Shin Pads Award (most blocked shots)James Marino @Adrest245 :rig:

 

Congrats to James Marino for winning this award after losing the Pylon Award on a tiebreaker. No need for a tiebreaker here, Marino beat the next closet player, George Sanderson @SpicyGecko, by 29 shots blocked.

 

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

 

Last 5 New Shin Pads Award Winners:

Season

Player

Shots Blocked

S86

James Marino

243

S85

Deron Nesbitt

222

S84

Jaromir Lemiuex

268

S83

Barron Kruulenstien

261

S82

creed

460

 

 

The Tired Legs Award (most minutes played) - James Marino @Adrest245 :rig:

 

Back-to-back award wins for James Marino! Marino played 2,422 minutes, more than anyone else in the VHL.

 

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

 

Last 5 Tired Legs Award Winners:

Season

Player

Minutes Played

S86

James Marino

2422

S85

Florida Man

2221

S84

Jerome Reinhart

2400

S83

Rhys Trenton

2374

S82

Chicken Wing

2512

 

 

 

The Snap! Award (most power play minutes) - Brendan Marner @MetalToday :war:

 

Marner finished 1st in the league with 335 minutes on the powerplay. Their next closest teammate was Vasile Lamb @dlamb who finished 63rd in the league with 246 PP minutes. Did they lock the door to the bench and not allow Marner to get off the ice?

 

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

 

Last 5 Snap! Award Winners:

Season

Player

PP Minutes

S86

Brendan Marner

335

S85

Bo Johansson

344

S84

Napoleon Dynamite

369

S83

Battre Sandstrom

339

S82

Tyler Reinhart

397

 

 

 

The 1 vs. 100 Award (most time on penalty kill) - Doug Matchett @jacobaa19 :nya:

 

Matchett wins the award with a total of 336 minutes on the penalty kill.

 

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

              

Last 5 1 vs. 100 Award Winners:

Season

Player

PK Minutes

S86

Doug Matchett

336

S85

Hari Singh Nalwa

317

S84

Deron Nesbitt

335

S83

Zeedayno Chara

340

S82

Hulk Hogan 2

359

 

 

 

The Sean Archer Award (highest face-off win %, min 1,000 faceoffs) Daniel Janser @Daniel Janser :cal:

Whatever issues that existed with the Face Off statistics in the index appear to have corrected themselves (or someone did something to fix them, thank you to that person). Congratulations to Daniel Janser for winning this award with a fantastic 62.90% of their 3,342 face-offs won.

 

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

               

Last 5 Sean Archer Award Winners:

Season

Player

Face Off Pct

S86

Daniel Janser

62.90%

S85

N/A

 

S84

Paul Atreides

61.22%

S83

Zeedayno Chara

63.17%

S82

Pistil Stamen

62.10%

 

 

 

The Castor Troy Award (lowest face-off win %, min 1,000 faceoffs)William Futch @Futch :chi:

 

Futch had the rare honor of being traded twice in this season. Was it the poor face-off performance that led to the trades? Futch had a league-worst 34.87% face-off win percentage.

 

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

               

Last 5 Castor Troy Award Winners:

Season

Player

Face Off Pct

S86

William Futch

34.87%

S85

N/A

 

S84*

Pistol Pete

43.73%

S83

Gregory Bates

31.86%

S82

Eeli Rantanen

30.47%

 

 

The Triple Deke Award (most penalty shot goals) - Daniel Janser @Daniel Janser :cal:

 

Daniel Janser proved they are the most skilled player in the VHL multiple ways including dazzling penalty shot goals. Not only did Janser lead the league with 9 penalty shot goals this season, they set the all-time record for this award! Amazing!

 

All-time record: S86 – Daniel Janser - 9 penalty shot goals

              

Last 5 Triple Deke Award Winners:

Season

Player

Penalty Shot Goals

S86

Daniel Janser

9

S85

Hammar Voss

6

S84

Zach Kisslinger II

7

S83

Zeedayno Chara

7

S82

Baby Bob

4

 

 

 

The Rocky Award (most fights won) Jared Carter the 2st @jaredc7 :nya:

 

Jared Carter the 2st is really showing they are one of the top fighters in the league. They were runner-up for this award last season and come right back and win the award this season with 5 fights won.

 

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

              

Last 5 Rocky Award Winners:

Season

Player

Fights Won

S86

Jared Carter the 2st

5

S85

Vinny Detroit

5

S84

Paul Atreides

4

S83

Brian Payne

7

S82

Owen Taylor

4

 

 

 

 

The Glass Joe Award (most fights lost) Jason Argos @Insypher :la:

 

Jason Argos argot beat up a lot. They lost 5 fights on the season, which ties the all-time mark.

 

All-time record: S86 – Jason Argos, S74 - Lee Xin, and S69 Rusty Shackleford - 5 fights lost

              

Last 5 Glass Joe Award Winners:

Season

Player

Fights Lost

S86

Jason Argos

5

S85

Henri le Massif

3

S84

Deagun Rust

3

S83

Kyle Glass

3

S82

Vasile Lamb

2

 

 

 

The Stars Award (most stars won)Daniel Janser @Daniel Janser :cal:

 

No real surprise here as the top performer in the league also led the league in total number of stars. Janser’s 17 first stars also led the league, along with his award winning 33 total stars. Shoutout to Dusty Wilson @dustywilson22for leading all goalies with 24 total stars.

 

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

              

Last 5 Stars Award Winners:

Season

Player

Total Stars

S86

Daniel Janser

33

S85

Saku Kotkakoivu

28

S84

Duncan Idaho

33

S83

Zeedayno Chara

31

S82

Taylor Mourning

33

 

 

 

The “Always a Bridesmaid” Award (most stars without winning 1st star) The Frenchman @OrbitingDeath :rig:

 

The Frenchman beat Sock Monkey @chikn on the tiebreaker for this award. The Frenchman had 6 2nd starts, one more than Sock Monkey.

 

All-time record: S85 – Hard Markinson - 16 stars

              

Last 5 Bridesmaid Award Winners:

Season

Player

Stars

S86

The Frenchman

9

S85

Hard Markinson

16

S84

Asher Reinhart

13

S83

Tui Sova

12

S82

Gustav Hjalmarsson

9

 

 

The Biggest Backpack Award (player with the largest difference in points from the rest of their team) - Daniel Janser @Daniel Janser :cal:

 

Another award for Janser their 21 points more than their next teammate was larger than the difference on any other team. It’s tough for teammates to keep up with someone scoring 120 points in a season!

 

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

          

Last 5 Backpack Award Winners:

Season

Player

Point Difference from nearest teammate

S86

Daniel Janser

21

S85

Jerome Reinhart

20

S84

Nico Pearce

32

S83

Saku Kotkakoivu

23

S82

Taro Tsujimoto

52

 

 

 

The Anniversary Award (rank in total points matches season number) - Callum Murray @Berocka :la:

 

This is season 86, so the award goes to the player in 86th place in total points. Congratulations to Callum Murray! They recorded 49 points this season, good enough for 86th place.

 

Last 5 Anniversary Award Winners:

Season

Player

Points

S86

Callum Murray

49

S85

Sting Chameleon

51

S84

DB III

51

S83

Robert Wilk

54

S82

Jakub Brozik

71

 

 

 

 

The Eggshell Award (goalie with most overtime losses) - Ben Dahl @Ben :cal:

 

Ben Dahl may go on a ben der after winning this award. Their 10 OT losses was one away from the all time record.

 

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

S86

Ben Dahl

10

S85

Boris Tsezar

8

S84

Cole Pearce

9

S83

David Davis

9

S82

Sirkants Klamasteris

11

 

 

 

The Jason Voorhees Award (most PIM by a Goalie) - Augustus Kennedy @InstantRockstar :nya:

 

Augustus used his glove to slap the faces of many opponents. In total, they recorded a league high 16 PIM.

 

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

 

Previous Jason Voorhees Award Winners:

Season

Player

PIM

S86

Augustus Kennedy

16

S85

Oskar Lindbergh

12

S84

Oskar Lindbergh

16

S83

Ben Dahl

14

S82

Thadius Sales

18

 

 

 

The Poke Check Award (highest % of penalty shots stopped, min 10 penalty shots against) - Matt Murdock @Acydburn :mos:

 

I’m not sure how Murdock does it, but he seems to be completely in tune with the puck and everything around him. He stops penalty shots so well, he could probably do it blindfolded. Not only did Murdock pull off the amazing feat of stopping every penalty shot they faced this season, they also set the all-time record by facing more shots (12 in total) than the previous record of 10.

 

All-time record: S86 – Matt Murdock – 100% penalty shots stopped (12 shots faced)

 

Previous Poke Check Award Winners:

Season

Player

Penalty Shots Stopped

S86

Matt Murdock

100.0%

S85

Oskar Lindbergh

88.5%

S84

David Davis

80.0%

S83

Dexter Vaughn

80.0%

S82

Tater Tot

88.2%

 

 

 

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!

 

2 hours ago, DMaximus said:

Another award for Janser their 21 points more than their next teammate was larger than the difference on any other team. It’s tough for teammates to keep up with someone scoring 120 points in a season!

must you rub it in to @jacobcarson877 that he fell short of the 100 points? That is cruel. ;)

 

6 hours ago, Frank said:

@DMaximus please never stop posting these.

 

 

Thanks Frank! I'm not sure I can commit to forever, but I plan to keep making these as long as I'm around.

 

Week 2 Claim.

An article worth turning Light Mode on for! Look forward to these every season!

This is by far the best post of the season.  I look forward to it every off season!  Thanks for the hard work.  Although I'd love to Payne up there in majors again!! 

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