This Week in the VHLM - Week 3

[dstevensonjr 395]

I don't have the time/energy this week to record the podcast, so the Week 3 edition of This Week in the VHLM will be in written form instead.

 

Welcome to the third edition of This Week in the VHLM, Season 89 edition. Thanks for checking in, and let’s get into Week 3!

 

Trades

 

After seeing 2 trades last week, we had just one this week. This weeks trade sees the Mississauga Hounds sending three players, Jarmo Ruutu, Mak Doyon, and TheParaKing to the Ottawa Lynx for Med, as well as Ottawa’s 2^nd Round pick in the S90 draft, and their 3^rd round pick in the S91 draft. The Hounds trade from their forward depth, as they had been running 8 forwards this season, in exchange for some draft capital. The trade came late in the week, so it’ll be another week before we see how well it pays off for the teams.

 

Standout Games This Week

 

Game 100 – Saskatoon 4-2 Mexico City – SSK was outshot 46-17 – Joseph Reed 44 SV

Game 111 – Miami 2-1 (OT) Houston – Gage Barclay 36 SV on 37 SHT, Oden Bell (waiver claim) GWG

Game 113 – Ottawa 3-2 (OT) Philadelphia – Celise Pereira OT winner

Game 115 – Mexico City 5-4 (OT) Houston – Foster Bedwyr OT winner 40 seconds in

Game 117 – Las Vegas 4-3 (SO) San Diego – Late 3^rd period PP equalizer

Game 123 – Mississauga 5-1 Halifax – Shots 44-20, Dominik Kopecky 1 G, 2 A, 10 SHT, 4 HIT

Game 127 – San Diego 4-3 (OT) Las Vegas – Savaisk Tzesar 2 G in third to tie, Baby Moo Moo OT winner

Game 133 – Halifax 6-2 Houston – Big win in battle of second place teams.

Game 138 – Houston 5-2 Saskatoon – SSK outshot 61-18

Game 149 – Philadelphia 1-0 San Diego – Philly beats their nemesis

 

 

Three Stars of the Week

 

1^st Star – Game 165 – Miroslav – Halifax 7-2 Miami – 3 G, 3 A, 14 SHT, 1 HIT

2^nd Star – Game 131 – Brad Marchand – San Diego 5-2 Ottawa – 4 G, 10 SHT, 2 HIT

3^rd Star – Game 101 – Gage Barclay – Miami 2-1 San Diego – 33 SV on 34 SHT, outshot 34-14

 

First Star of the Game Rankings

 

LeBen Aky – Philadelphia – 8

Karl Herzlich – Philadelphia – 6

Miroslav – Halifax – 6

Xiver Zilla – Houston – 6

Baby Moo Moo – San Diego – 5

Brad Marchand – San Diego – 5

Clark – San Diego – 5

Harry Callahan – Ottawa – 5

Tyler Swift – Philadelphia – 5

 

Hatty’s and Blanks

 

Hat tricks this week:

Game 103 – Houston 5-3 Mississauga – Kyle Toms 3 G on 9 SHT

Game 130 – Ottawa 3-4 Mexico City – Harry Callahan 3 G on 8 SHT

Game 131 – San Diego 5-2 Ottawa – Brad Marchand (2) 4 G on 10 SHT

Game 152 – Philadelphia 7-2 Halifax – LeBen Aky (2) 3 G on 6 SHT

Game 162 – Halifax 3-2 Miami – Mikko Borisyuk 3 G on 7 SHT

Game 165 – Halifax 7-2 Miami – Miroslav (2) 3 G on 14 SHT

 

Shutouts this week:

Game 124 – Miami 5-0 Ottawa – Gage Barclay 19 Saves

Game 129 – Halifax 1-0 Miami – Boolie Buchholz 21 Saves

Game 149 – Philadelphia 1-0 San Diego – Karl Herzlich 28 Saves

Game 170 – Philadelphia 2-0 Ottawa – Karl Herzlich 21 Saves

 

Hot and Cold

 

Philadelphia – 12-2-1 in sim, 25 of 30 possible points

San Diego – 10-2-2 in sim, 22 of 28 possible points

Saskatoon – 5-10-0 in sim, 10 of 30 possible points

Ottawa – 3-9-2 in sim, 8 of 28 possible points (9 gm losing streak)

 

Standings

 

East

Philadelphia – 30-3-2 – 62 points - +54 DIF

Halifax – 17-16-1 – 35 points - -1

Mississauga – 15-14-5 – 35 points - -1

Ottawa – 11-17-6 – 28 points - -28

Miami – 10-21-3 – 23 points - -42

 

West

San Diego – 22-8-4 – 48 points - +30 DIF

Houston – 19-10-5 – 43 points - +19

Mexico City – 18-11-5 – 41 points - -2

Las Vegas – 16-14-4 – 36 points - -9

Saskatoon – 13-19-3 – 29 points - -20

 

Statistics

 

Skaters

Points – LeBen Aky – Philadelphia – 58

Goals – LeBen Aky – Philadelphia – 30

Assists – Tyler Swift – Philadelphia – 41

Shots – Carson Walker Jr. – Mexico City – 213

Game Winners – Tyler Swift – Philadelphia, Baby Moo Moo – San Diego, Chris Sanzone – Mexico City – 6

 

Goalies

Wins – Karl Herzlich - 30

Save Percentage – Karl Herzlich - .921

Goals Against Average – Karl Herzlich – 2.20

Shutouts – Karl Herzlich - 5

 

Projections Comparison

 

West Projection          Standings

Houston                      San Diego

Mexico City                 Houston

Las Vegas                   Mexico City

San Diego                   Las Vegas

Saskatoon                  Saskatoon

 

East Projection           Standings

Philadelphia                Philadelphia

Mississauga                Halifax

Ottawa                        Mississauga

Halifax                         Ottawa

Miami                           Miami

 

That will do it for the Week 3 edition of This Week in the VHLM. Thank you for reading, and I’ll see you again next week!

[ShawnGlade 1,010]

I love reading these, however the Halifax disrespect is real. We won 8 of 9 last week, climbed into 2nd place, and we still don't end up on the hot list and we are projected to slip back to 4th place

[dstevensonjr 395]

36 minutes ago, ShawnGlade said:

I love reading these, however the Halifax disrespect is real. We won 8 of 9 last week, climbed into 2nd place, and we still don't end up on the hot list and we are projected to slip back to 4th place

Haha, sorry about that  I use the week sim stats for the hot/cold list, and you guys were 7-3-4 for the Monday-Sunday sims, so you just missed out.

 

Lots of other good Halifax content though with the first star of the week, hat tricks, and shutouts!

 

Just for clarification, the projections is a comparison to my start of season projections, not where you're currently projected. Just a way to see how the season is playing out compared to how I thought it would.

Edited July 4, 2023 by dstevensonjr
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