VSN Presents: S91 VHLE Playoff Preview

[Baby Boomer 753]

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Welcome everyone,

 

Another end to the regular season, another start of the playoffs and of course another VHLE playoff preview. Once again, the four teams that made the playoffs this season are all good teams and everyone single of them could win the Cup at the end of the current playoffs. So, let’s start with the predictions!

 

 

Semi-final #1 – Vasteras Iron Eagles (1)  vs Stockholm Vikings (4) 

 

Regular season series: STO wins 8-6-0

 

Exactly like last season, the Vasteras Iron Eagles finished the season first in the league and won the King’s Cup for the best regular season record with 94 points. The Iron Eagles are also the favorites to win the Renaissance Cup and with their disastrous playoffs last season, they have everything to prove this season. Led by Eno Velvson @Nykonax, Leif Reingaard @Zetterberg and Ellis Woolfenden @D3X, Vasteras finished with the second-best offense in the regular season. They also had the best defense in the league thanks to Callum Gary Yannick Janser @Daniel Janser, Winston Dixon Jr @Rjdixon01 and Karl Herzlich @LastGoon007 in the net. Even if the Vasteras Iron Eagles are a powerhouse, the Stockholm Vikings are not a bad team, and they are not to be neglected. Indeed, the Vikings sure can score, as Spanish Moon Moth @Renomitsu, Chris Sanzone @handfullofbubba and Grimgor Ironhide @FrostBeard finished second, third and fourth respectively in the league for the most points with 92, 86 and 82 points. They were also pretty good defensively, because of the help of Bryce tyrone Jonhson @BryceP, Celise Pereira @asteria and Olober Syko @Spartan in the net. When you look at it, Vasteras has the advantage, but Stockholm has the assets to cause a surprise, so this series is going to be an exciting one.

 

The predictions: Vasteras in 6 games

 

 

Semi-final #2 – Cologne Express (2)  vs Rome Gladiators (3) 

 

Regular season series: ROM wins 8-4-2

 

After an incredible final of the Renaissance Cup between the two teams last season and a heartbreaking defeat for the Rome Gladiators after leading the series 3-1, Rome will probably look to take their revenge and it promises to be a very interesting series. Cologne finished the regular season with the best offense of the league and Anthony Simmons @Starchychaff, Jordan Bennett @Plate and Joshua Schwarzer @Velevra were a big part of that achievement. On the other hand, Rome finished the regular season with the second-best defense and if we take away the games with their back-up, the Gladiators would probably have had the best defensive team in the league. Indeed, Rome can count on Sunset Moth @McWolf, Tyler Swift @lilchrist and Dalkr Vidarsson @KaleebtheMighty who probably was the best goalie during the regular season. Both teams are pretty even when you compare them on paper, so it’s all going to come down on the ice.

 

The predictions: Rome in 7 games.

 

 

Final – Vasteras Iron Eagles (1)  vs Rome Gladiators (3) 

 

Regular season series: VAS wins 7-5-2

 

As you can see with the regular season series, both teams won 7 games against the other one this season, so you can already tell that it is going to be a very tight series. On one hand, we have a really good offensive team in the Vasteras Iron Eagles that proved that they can easily score a lot of goals. On the other hand, we have a team that before their back-up’s games was the best defensive team in the league. Led by their goalie Dalkr Vidarsson who is leading the league in wins (39), save percentage (0.942%) and the average of goals against (2.09) among the starters. We are going to have a really competitive final, but I think Vasteras as a little advantage.

 

The predictions: Vasteras in 7 games

 

 

Thanks everyone for reading, I wish you all good luck in the playoffs, and see you in another VSN article.

[Mysterious_Fish 405]

Cologne will prove u wrong (I hope)

[Sjin 188]

On 12/9/2023 at 2:32 AM, Mysterious_Fish said:

Cologne will prove u wrong (I hope)

We did it last season!