VSN Presents: Recapping an Era: Philadelphia

[McLovin 470]

Credit to  @kirbithan

VSN Presents: Recapping an Era: Philadelphia

 

Following the end of the S90 playoffs, we saw the end of one of the most successful GM careers in recent VHLM history, as @Pifferfishstepped down as the GM of the Philadelphia Reapers. In today’s special presentation of VSN, we’re going to recap the era of Reapers hockey that Pifferfish was instrumental in constructing, and the legacy that has been built and will be the standard of GMs for seasons to come.

 

Piffer’s M career started when he was brought into the Reapers organization as an AGM during S85. Assisting the Reapers management; the GM being @Lemorse7, with pressers and lineup assistance, he helped bring the team into the playoffs with the Reapers posting a 35-31-6 record. Despite their regular season performance, the Reapers went all the way to the Founders Cup Finals, in which they beat the Las Vegas Aces in 6 games to win the Founders Cup! Off to a strong start, Piffer carried the knowledge acquired from such a successful season into S86, continuing AGM duties and assisting in improving the Reapers regular season record to 45-22-5. On the back of Ryan Sullivan winning defenseman Elias Lampi, the Reapers advanced all the way to the Conference Finals where they were ousted in 7 games to the Ottawa Lynx. Having contributed to the success of the Reapers, helping them be only a game away from back to back finals appearances, and the resignation of the GM, Piffer learned enough to ascend to the position of full time General Manager for S87.

 

S87 was a rough one as Piffer inherited a rebuilding franchise as a rookie GM. The team itself went 22-44-6, and was not present in the S87 playoffs. The season definitely proved to be a trial by fire, but glimpses of brilliance were already shining through in some moves being made by Piffer. A trade made in the season to acquire a S88 4th & 5th from Mexico City for a S87 4th showed that Piffer had long term goals with the team, and intended to turn the Reapers into a powerhouse team in a few seasons. His handling of S87 would prove to be perfect for the franchise as they vastly improved upon their S88 showing. Almost doubling their wins from the previous season, the team went 43-26-3 in the regular season. Piffer would complete three trades in S88, biggest of them being the acquisitions of Trey Jones @Slick, Dank Turtle @DankTurtle & Zyn Westwood @Sullvino. In the playoffs, the Reapers would dominate the competition in clinching games, having won two game 7’s on their path to their second Founders Cup in 4 seasons.

 

S89 would easily prove to be Piffers best showing as GM of Philadelphia, as this was the season the Reapers absolutely dominated everything and everyone. 55-12-5 was their regular season record, which would be good enough for the Prime Minister’s Cup for most points in the regular season. Axle Gunner @Steve would go to win the Ethan Osborne, while Tyler Swift @lilchrist would win the Vladimir Boomchenko & Ryan Sullivan Awards & Karl Herzlich @LastGoon007 would go to win the Mitch Higgins. A near sweep of yearly awards would surely mean playoff success, which they found by advancing all the way to the Finals for the third time in 5 seasons. Unfortunately the dream of another Founders Cup was cut short by a dominating performance by San Diego, who ousted them in 5 games. Even more unfortunately, this would be Piffers last season as GM of the Reapers, as he decided to resign down into the AGM position he previously held before becoming GM. 

 

As of S90 Piffer had proven to be a great influence in management and remained as the AGM for the newly re-hired GM @Lemorse7, who he helped assist the team in maintaining competitiveness after the rebuild commenced. Despite entering a rebuild, the team remained very competitive, finishing the season with a commendable 30-34-8 record, allowing them to compete in the playoffs, though they were ousted in the first round. 

 

The career of Pifferfish in Philadelphia was one of great success, and brought multiple team and player awards to the team, including two Founders Cup Championships, a Prime Minister’s Cup, and 8 individual player awards over the span of 6 seasons. While he may not be GM anymore, it’s safe to say that the prestige and competitiveness he brought to Philadelphia is definitely worth notice from around the league, and should be the standard as to how to help an M team win. 

 

For this special presentation of VSN, this has been Marcus Svedberg, wishing you all a pleasant evening!

Edited October 23, 2023 by Alex
forgot to @ mentioned players LOL

[LastGoon007 66]

Proud to be an S89 Philly reaper!

[Pifferfish 596]

@McLovinjust seeing this lol. Good shit. Love puff pieces for me! Also in S85 I was only AGM for like a week before the end of the season and when we went down 3-0 to Ottawa I ask Lem if he minded me making lineups... We went on to complete a reverse sweep! So @Lemorse7is the biggest reason for the best era of Reapers hockey ever. Dude is the actual goat. He let a 1st gen who created a week before that seasons trade deadline try to shake things up for a struggling team and that's all she wrote.

[Mysterious_Fish 405]

4 hours ago, Pifferfish said:

@McLovinjust seeing this lol. Good shit. Love puff pieces for me! Also in S85 I was only AGM for like a week before the end of the season and when we went down 3-0 to Ottawa I ask Lem if he minded me making lineups... We went on to complete a reverse sweep! So @Lemorse7is the biggest reason for the best era of Reapers hockey ever. Dude is the actual goat. He let a 1st gen who created a week before that seasons trade deadline try to shake things up for a struggling team and that's all she wrote.

I call cap Lemorse isnt that nice