This Week in the VHLM - Week 5

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Welcome to the fifth edition of This Week in the VHLM, Season 89 edition. Thanks for checking in, and let’s get into Week 5!

 

Trades

 

Surprisingly, only 1 trade made this week at the trade deadline, this time between Las Vegas and Halifax. Here are the details:

 

Las Vegas gets:

 

LW Quinndillus Whopper (S88)

Halifax 3rd Round Pick (S91)

 

Halifax gets:

 

C Jeid Rohnson (S90)

RW Maxim Anisimov (S90)

 

Standout Games This Week

 

Halifax - Game 256 – Halifax 4-3 Mississauga – 21st with 3 straight third period goals to complete comeback – Boolie Buchholz 32 SV on 35 SHT in win

Houston - Game 253 - Houston 5-3 Halifax - Bulls come back from down 3-1 in the first - HOU PK started 0/3, killed off 5 straight to finish 5/8. 

Las Vegas - Game 274 - Las Vegas 3-1 Mississauga - Jeffrey Blake 48 saves on 49 shots - Stinky with 2 G on 7 SHT, 2 HIT, and 3 SB

Mexico City - Game 240 - Mexico City 3-2 San Diego - 3 straight goals, including 2 PPG - Jose Avocado with 33 saves on 35 shots

Miami - Game 301 - Miami 6-4 Philadelphia - Marauders with 6 straight goals - Miami 3rd win in sim over top ranked Philadelphia

Mississauga - Game 280 - Mississauga 4-3 (OT) San Diego - Robert Boldy OT Winner 3:10 into overtime - Davis McLirath with 1 G, 2 A, 9 SHT, 1 HIT

Ottawa - Game 275 - Ottawa 2-1 Miami - Lynx win in the battle for the final playoff spot in the East - Shinoa Hiiragi with 1 G, 1 A, 4 SHT, 2 HIT

Philadelphia - Game 307 - Philadelphia 7-3 Miami - Reapers get pay back on their sim rivals - Axle Gunner continues dominance with 2 G, 2 A, 9 SHT, 1 SB

San Diego - Game 298 - San Diego 3-2 (SO) Houston - Marlins come back from down 2-0 in first in big Conference win - Baby Moo Moo with tying goal in third, SO winner

Saskatoon - Game 264 - Saskatoon 2-1 (OT) Ottawa - Ontario Leblanc Jr. OT winner at 4:00 - Joseph Reed with 28 saves on 29 shots, stealing a win

 

Three Stars of the Week

 

1^st Star – Game 259 – Brad Marchand – San Diego 7-1 Mississauga – 2 G, 3 A, 6 SHT, 2 HIT, 2 SB

2^nd Star – Game 286 – Amir Redzic – Miami 2-1 Philadelphia – 33 Saves on 34 Shots

3^rd Star – Game 302 – Kyle Toms – Houston 6-2 Halifax – 2 G, 2 A, 5 SHT, 2 HIT

 

First Star of the Game Rankings

 

1st - Xiver Zilla – Houston – 11

 

2nd - Brad Marchand – San Diego – 10

 

t-3rd - Carson Walker Jr. - Houston - 9

t-3rd - LeBen Aky – Philadelphia – 9

 

t-5th - Harry Callahan – Ottawa – 8

t-5th - Maxim Anisimov - Las Vegas - 8

 

Hatty’s and Blanks

 

Hat tricks this week

Game 263 - Houston 4-3 Mexico City – Carson Walker Jr. (1) 3 G on 6 SHT

 

Shutouts this week

Game 243 – Philadelphia 4-0 Saskatoon – Karl "The Lich King" Herzlich (6) 13 Saves

Game 244 - Halifax 1-0 Ottawa - Boolie Buchholz (3) 27 Saves

Game 255 - Mexico City 1-0 (SO) San Diego - Jose Avocado (3) 24 Saves

Game 255 - San Diego 0-1 (SO) Mexico City - Clark (4) 25 Saves

Game 300 - Las Vegas 1-0 Ottawa - Jeffrey Blake (1) 23 Saves

 

Hot and Cold

 

Houston – 13-0-1 in sim, 27 of 28 possible points, .964 pts %

San Diego – 9-2-3 in sim, 21 of 28 possible points, .750 pts %

 

Mississauga – 4-8-2 in sim, 10 of 28 possible points, .357 pts %

Saskatoon – 5-9-0 in sim, 10 of 28 possible points, .357 pts %

Las Vegas – 4-11-0 in sim, 8 of 30 possible points, .267 pts %

 

Standings

 

East

Philadelphia – 48-10-4 – 100 points - +75 DIF

Mississauga – 29-24-8 – 66 points - -1

Halifax – 28-32-2 – 58 points - -20

Ottawa – 20-28-14 – 54 points - -33

Miami – 23-31-7 – 53 points - -51

 

West

Houston – 42-12-9 – 93 points - +60

San Diego – 40-15-7 – 87 points - +52 DIF

Mexico City – 33-24-5 – 71 points - -4

Las Vegas – 24-35-4 – 52 points - -43

Saskatoon – 23-36-3 – 49 points - -35

 

Statistical Leaders

 

Skaters

Points – Axle Gunner – Philadelphia – 94

Goals – Axle Gunner – Philadelphia, Brad Marchand - San Diego  – 41

Assists – Simons Worst Nightmare – Houston – 55

Shots – Carson Walker Jr. – Mexico City – 371

Game Winners – Axle Gunner – Philadelphia – 11

 

Goalies

Wins – Karl Herzlich - 47

Save Percentage – Karl Herzlich - .918

Goals Against Average – Karl Herzlich – 2.23

Shutouts – Karl Herzlich - 6

 

Projections Comparison

 

West Projection          Standings

Houston                       Houston

Mexico City                San Diego

Las Vegas                   Mexico City

San Diego                   Las Vegas

Saskatoon                  Saskatoon

 

East Projection           Standings

Philadelphia                Philadelphia

Mississauga                Mississauga

Ottawa                        Halifax

Halifax                         Ottawa

Miami                           Miami

 

That will do it for the Week 5 edition of This Week in the VHLM. Thank you for reading, and I’ll see you again next week for the last week of the regular season and the start of the playoffs!

 

Mentions:

 

Spoiler

Quinndillus Whopper @Max77

Jeid Rohnson @TopTiddee2

Maxim Anisimov @McLovin

Boolie Buchholz @Jacob buchholz

Jeffrey Blake @ElementStyx9

Stinky @taylorherd

Jose Avocado @Bobo

Robert Boldy @The Goblin

Davis McLirath @Try_Me678

Shinoa Hiiragi @shinoa

Axle Gunner @Steve

Baby Moo Moo @Elvis

Ontario Leblanc Jr. @Psanchez55

Joseph Reed @BrutalBoost

Brad Marchand @McGriddy10

Amir Redzic @Slav_Sloth

Kyle Toms @Ktoms22

Xiver Zilla @jhatty8

Carson Walker Jr. @Cwalker

LeBen Aky @Ben_Reformed

Harry Callahan @dstevensonjr

Karl "The Lich King" Herzlich @LastGoon007

Clark @cl4rk

Simons Worst Nightmare @zepheter

 

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