22nd Annual Unofficial VHL Regular Season Awards – S87

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22nd Annual Unofficial VHL Regular Season Awards – S87

Another exciting regular season has come to a close. That means we can dole out some regular season awards! Welcome everyone to the 22nd Annual Unofficial VHL Regular Season Awards honoring the highs and lows of S87! 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) – Reid Johnson @TopTiddee2 

 

Helsinki claimed the top 6 spots in this category, but Reid Johnson led them all with a -49. Repeat winner Daniel Clarke @Danzoshowed some improvement, ending 33^rd worst with a -16.

 

All-time record: S82 – creed -156

 

Last 5 Pylon Award Winners:

 

Season	Player	+ / -
S87	Reid Johnson	-49
S86	Daniel Clarke	-55
S85	Daniel Clarke	-65
S84	Ryan Li	-60
S83	Barron Kruulenstien	-66

 

 

 

The Gandhi Award (least penalty minutes, min 1,000 minutes played) – Todd Cooke @KRZY 

 

Todd Cooke wins the award outright by being the only player to record the league low 2 PIM, while playing 2,138 minutes. After a couple of seasons of some higher PIM totals winning this award, it’s nice to get back to lower PIM. Here’s hoping for a 0 PIM next season.

 

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

 

Last 5 Gandhi Award Winners:

Season	Player	PIM	Minutes Played
S87	Todd Cooke	2	2138
S86	Mason Jones	6	2175
S85	Girts Galvins	6	2153
S84	Florida Man	2	1880
S83	Mason Jones	2	2146

 

 

 

The Major² Award (most major penalties) - Zaza Colors @McWolf 

 

Zaza Colors went major penalty happy this season, recording more PIM in majors this season than their total PIM from any previous season. Their 10 major penalties is enough to claim this award.

 

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

 

Previous Major2 Award Winners:

Season	Player	Major Penalties
S87	Zaza Colors	10
S86	Jared Carter the 2st	10
S85	Vinny Detroit	12
S84	Cadmael Ixazaluoh	9
S83	Brian Payne	11

 

 

 

The Timex Award (received most hits) – Leandro Goncalves @leandrofg 

 

Leandro Goncalves was hit exactly 300 times during the season. It seems like a lot of hits and I’m sure Leandro would agree, but it’s actually the lowest winning total since Anthony Matthews won with 274 hits received in S72.

 

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

 

Last 5 Timex Award Winners:

Season	Player	Hits Taken
S87	Leandro Goncalves	300
S86	Perry Laperriere	337
S85	Perry Laperriere	339
S84	Duncan Idaho	316
S83	Saku Kotkakoivu	346

 

 

 

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

 

For the second straight season Brendan Marner wins this award by being the only player in the league to record over 600 shots. Their 622 shots are 40 more than the next closest player, Ronan Lavelle @Arce .

 

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

 

Last 5 John Wayne Award Winners:

Season	Player	Shots on Goal
S87	Brendan Marner	622
S86	Brendan Marner	602
S85	Zaza Colors	566
S84	Duncan Idaho	621
S83	Saku Kotkakoivu	692

 

 

 

The “Hit the Broadside of the Barn” Award (most own shots blocked) - Ronan Lavelle @Arce  

 

Ronan may have finished 2^nd in shots on goal, but they finished 1^st in having their shots blocked with a total of 170 of their shots blocked.

 

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

 

Last 5 HtBotB Award Winners:

Season	Player	Own Shots Blocked
S87	Ronan Lavelle	170
S86	Landon Wolanin	171
S85	Alex Johnston	168
S84	Alex Johnston	187
S83	Saku Kotkakoivu	189

 

 

 

The “Can’t Hit the Broadside of the Barn” Award (most own shots missed) – Ronan Lavelle @Arce  

 

Lavelle wins this award with 450 shots missed, barely beating Brendan Marner in both this and the previous category.

 

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

 

Last 5 CHtBotB Award Winners:

Season	Player	Shots Missed
S87	Ronan Lavelle	450
S86	Brendan Marner	436
S85	Zaza Colors	406
S84	Baby Bob	415
S83	Saku Kotkakoivu	509

 

 

 

The New Shin Pads Award (most blocked shots) – Bo Johansson @Shindigs 

 

Bo knows blocking shots. As proved by their performance this season where they blocked 210 shots.

 

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

 

Last 5 New Shin Pads Award Winners:

Season	Player	Shots Blocked
S87	Bo Johansson	210
S86	James Marino	243
S85	Deron Nesbitt	222
S84	Jaromir Lemiuex	268
S83	Barron Kruulenstien	261

 

 

The Tired Legs Award (most minutes played) - Scoish Velociraptor Maloish @youloser1337 

 

Scoish showed they are a different animal by playing 2,441 total minutes.

 

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

 

Last 5 Tired Legs Award Winners:

Season	Player	Minutes Played
S87	Scoish Velociraptor Maloish	2441
S86	James Marino	2422
S85	Florida Man	2221
S84	Jerome Reinhart	2400
S83	Rhys Trenton	2374

 

 

 

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

 

Back-to-back wins for Brendan Marner. Maybe we’re discovering a secret to their success, powerplay minutes. They spent 404 minutes on the powerplay, where they recorded 39 points.

 

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

 

Last 5 Snap! Award Winners:

Season	Player	PP Minutes
S87	Brendan Marner	404
S86	Brendan Marner	335
S85	Bo Johansson	344
S84	Napoleon Dynamite	369
S83	Battre Sandstrom	339

 

 

 

The 1 vs. 100 Award (most time on penalty kill) - Babushka @BrutalBoost 

 

Babushka and Biggie Cheese @a_Ferk both tied with 337 minutes on the penalty kill. Babushka wins the award based on the tiebreaker of playing less total minutes, meaning a larger percentage of their minutes on the ice were spent killing penalties.

 

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

              

Last 5 1 vs. 100 Award Winners:

Season	Player	PK Minutes
S87	Babushka	337
S86	Doug Matchett	336
S85	Hari Singh Nalwa	317
S84	Deron Nesbitt	335
S83	Zeedayno Chara	340

 

 

 

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

 

Daniel Janser wins this award for the second consecutive season. Their 60.34% face-off win percentage is a slight dip from the mark they set last season, but still a great total.

 

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

               

Last 5 Sean Archer Award Winners:

Season	Player	Face Off Pct
S87	Daniel Janser	60.34%
S86	Daniel Janser	62.90%
S85	N/A
S84	Paul Atreides	61.22%
S83	Zeedayno Chara	63.17%

 

 

 

The Castor Troy Award (lowest face-off win %, min 1,000 faceoffs) – Nic McMuffin @Ente2997

 

Nic McMuffin may need to change their breakfast strategy. The had a league worst 32.22 winning percentage on their faceoffs.  

 

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

               

Last 5 Castor Troy Award Winners:

Season	Player	Face Off Pct
S87	Nic McMuffin	32.22%
S86	William Futch	34.87%
S85	N/A
S84*	Pistol Pete	43.73%
S83	Gregory Bates	31.86%

 

 

The Triple Deke Award (most penalty shot goals) - Daniel Weaver @ThePerfectNut

 

Daniel Weaver won this award outright as they were the only player to score 6 penalty shot goals.

 

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

              

Last 5 Triple Deke Award Winners:

Season	Player	Penalty Shot Goals
S87	Daniel Weaver	6
S86	Daniel Janser	9
S85	Hammar Voss	6
S84	Zach Kisslinger II	7
S83	Zeedayno Chara	7

 

 

 

The Rocky Award (most fights won) – Ivan Retoslav @eagle_3450 

 

Ivan Retoslav, Ronan Lavelle @Arce , and Zaza Colors @McWolf all tied with 4 fight wins. Retoslav wins it on their tie-breaker thanks to their 4-0-5 fight record, better than Lavelle (4-0-2) and Colors (4-1-5)

 

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

              

Last 5 Rocky Award Winners:

Season	Player	Fights Won
S87	Ivan Retoslav	4
S86	Jared Carter the 2st	5
S85	Vinny Detroit	5
S84	Paul Atreides	4
S83	Brian Payne	7

 

 

 

 

The Glass Joe Award (most fights lost) – Daniel Clarke @Danzo 

 

There was a 4-way tie for this award, all with 3 fights lost. Clarke gets the nod there thanks to their abysmal 0-3-1 fight record.

 

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
S87	Daniel Clarke	3
S86	Jason Argos	5
S85	Henri le Massif	3
S84	Deagun Rust	3
S83	Kyle Glass	3

 

 

 

The Stars Award (most stars won) – Daniel Janser @Daniel Janser 

 

Another back-to-back award win for Daniel Janser! This was a close one as both him and Vasile Lamb @dlamb had 26 total stars, but Janser had more 1^st stars, so they win the award. Special recognition to Landon Wolanin @jacobcarson877who led the league with 12 first stars. And of course a shout out to Art Vandelay @Gustav for leading all goalies with 12 first stars and 22 total stars.

 

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

              

Last 5 Stars Award Winners:

Season	Player	Total Stars
S87	Daniel Janser	26
S86	Daniel Janser	33
S85	Saku Kotkakoivu	28
S84	Duncan Idaho	33
S83	Zeedayno Chara	31

 

 

 

The “Always a Bridesmaid” Award (most stars without winning 1st star) – Brian Payne @Scurvy 

 

Brian Payne received 11 stars this season, none of them were first stars.

 

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

              

Last 5 Bridesmaid Award Winners:

Season	Player	Stars
S87	Brian Payne	11
S86	The Frenchman	9
S85	Hard Markinson	16
S84	Asher Reinhart	13
S83	Tui Sova	12

 

 

The Biggest Backpack Award (player with the largest difference in points from the rest of their team) - Ryan Vidot @Enorama

 

Vidot showed they have the physique to carry their team, as they scored 27 more points than the next closest player on the team.

 

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

          

Last 5 Backpack Award Winners:

Season	Player	Point Difference from nearest teammate
S87	Ryan Vidot	27
S86	Daniel Janser	21
S85	Jerome Reinhart	20
S84	Nico Pearce	32
S83	Saku Kotkakoivu	23

 

 

 

The Anniversary Award (rank in total points matches season number) - Reid Johnson @TopTiddee2 

 

This is season 87, so the award goes to the player in 87th place in total points. Congratulations to Reid Johnson! They recorded 51 points this season, good enough for 87th place.

 

Last 5 Anniversary Award Winners:

Season	Player	Points
S87	Reid Johnson	51
S86	Callum Murray	49
S85	Sting Chameleon	51
S84	DB III	51
S83	Robert Wilk	54

 

 

 

 

The Eggshell Award (goalie with most overtime losses) - Xavier Booberry @CowboyinAmerica 

 

Sometimes the puck bounces your way, other times it doesn’t. The later appears to be the case for Xavier Booberry this season. They had 11 OT losses. Tied for the most all-time.

 

All-time record: S87 - Xavier Booberry, 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
S87	Xavier Booberry	11
S86	Ben Dahl	10
S85	Boris Tsezar	8
S84	Cole Pearce	9
S83	David Davis	9

 

 

 

The Jason Voorhees Award (most PIM by a Goalie) - Henry Tucker Jr @NSG

 

Tucker Jr may have taken some notes from his father’s playing days. Tucker Jr led all goalies with 12 PIM this season.

 

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

 

Previous Jason Voorhees Award Winners:

Season	Player	PIM
S87	Henry Tucker Jr	12
S86	Augustus Kennedy	16
S85	Oskar Lindbergh	12
S84	Oskar Lindbergh	16
S83	Ben Dahl	14

 

 

 

The Poke Check Award (highest % of penalty shots stopped, min 10 penalty shots against) - Joel Castle @animal74

 

Joel Castle rooked his opponents by stopping 88.5% of the 26 penalty shots he faced. A great showing for the goalie’s first season!

 

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

 

Previous Poke Check Award Winners:

Season	Player	Penalty Shots Stopped
S87	Joel Castle	88.5%
S86	Matt Murdock	100.0%
S85	Oskar Lindbergh	88.5%
S84	David Davis	80.0%
S83	Dexter Vaughn	80.0%

 

 

 

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!

 

[Arce 755]

Want to say I have always been a huge fan of these awards, and I always look forward to this Media Spot. Making this list TWICE makes it all the more better! Mom, I finally made it!

[Spartan 4,402]

8 minutes ago, Arce said:

Want to say I have always been a huge fan of these awards, and I always look forward to this Media Spot. Making this list TWICE makes it all the more better! Mom, I finally made it!

Better not be in those categories next season or I'm shipping your ass out.

[KRZY 416]

I’ll take the Gandhi!! I’m actually proud of that !

[Arce 755]

3 hours ago, Spartan said:

Better not be in those categories next season or I'm shipping your ass out.

Hey, I was just happy to win something this season.

[animal74 1,808]

Proud to win the Poke Check Award! Thanks!

[youloser1337 1,106]

5 hours ago, DMaximus said:

The Tired Legs Award (most minutes played) - Scoish Velociraptor Maloish @youloser1337 

 

Scoish showed they are a different animal by playing 2,441 total minutes.

 

Omg I did it! I made it in the awards!

[TopTiddee2 186]

Idk if I should be happy or upset at these rewards...

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Wooo I'm a record setter?

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