VSN Presents: S91 VHL Awards

[Alex 3,244]

@v.2

 

Hey everyone, and welcome to the S91 VHL awards! I hope you’re all ready, I would like to just start off by congratulating all the nominees. We will be starting at 9 PM EST, hope you’re all ready to earn some prediction TPE!

[Tetricide 691]

34 minutes ago, Alex said:

hope you’re all ready to earn some prediction TPE!

Ah, beans. I knew I forgot to do something...

[Garsh 1,195]

[Alex 3,244]

Good evening and welcome to the season 91 Victory Hockey League Awards show! Over the course of the next hour we will reveal the winner of each and every VHL awards winner. This season saw several storylines come up, with Toronto’s remarkable Continental Cup run, Helsinki stunning everyone in the post-season, and Scotty Sundin dragging Chicago into the playoffs. 

 

Tonight we will celebrate and reflect on season 91, as we award the league's biggest hardware and players, they become recognized as S91 legends and a few may even build their case for The Hall of Fame. I hope you’re ready, Let’s get this thing started!

[Alex 3,244]

VICTORY CUP

 

Davos had a great S91 and was on a mission from the first puck drop, despite some lulls here and there including being out of a playoff spot early in the season, followed by a pair of 10+ game winning streaks. Davos put up a great 105 points with a 49-16-7 record to win their second consecutive Victory Cup!

 

[Alex 3,244]

CONTINENTAL CUP

 

The Toronto Legion were just built differently in the playoffs this season on route to their first Continental Cup since S65! After finishing the season with a 46-24-2 record, the 2nd place team in the North American conference faced a surprise Chicago team in the first round, taking on the 3rd place team, as they pulled out the brooms and swept the upstart Phoenix! In the second round D.C. came up against Los Angeles who was coming off of an interesting series against the D.C. Dragons, they made it past them in only 5 games. In the finals the Toronto Legion faced their biggest challenge in Helsinki, who after dropping the first 2 games, stormed back to win it all in game 6 overtime to capture their tenth Continental Cup in franchise history! Congratulations!

 

Edited January 3 by Alex

[Alex 3,244]

Each season the Alexander Beketov trophy is presented to the player who leads the league in assists, this award is commonly won by a defensemen and this is a bit different as Leonard Triller @Triller ran away with it! He was followed by Pierre Emile Bouchard @Gaikoku-hito, Sunglasses Joyo @JetsGoalie101, Jake Thunder @Thunder, and Skor McFleury @Alex. The winner of the season 91 Alexander Beketov Trophy is Leonard Triller with an impressive 79 assists!

 

[v.2 1,411]

2 minutes ago, Alex said:

CONNTINENTAL CUP

 

The Toronto Legion were just built differently in the playoffs this season on route to their first Continental Cup since S65! After finishing the season with a 46-24-2 record, the 2nd place team in the North American conference faced a surprise Chicago team in the first round, taking on the 3rd place team, as they pulled out the brooms and swept the upstart Phoenix! In the second round D.C. came up against Los Angeles who was coming off of an interesting series against the D.C. Dragons, they made it past them in only 5 games. In the finals the Toronto Legion faced their biggest challenge in Helsinki, who after dropping the first 2 games, stormed back to win it all in game 6 overtime to capture their tenth Continental Cup in franchise history! Congratulations!

 

 

[Alex 3,244]

The Kevin Brooks trophy is awarded to the player(s) who leads the league in scoring at the end of the regular season. This award came down to a very narrow margin. In the final sim of the season we saw 1 player edge out Landon Wolanin @jacobcarson877 by only two goals. The top 5 goal scorers this season are; Leandro Goncalves @leandrofg, Landon Wolanin, Molly the Cat @JCarson, AK92 Wit da Hoodie @hedgehog337, and Scotty Sundin @fromtheinside. The winner of the season 91 Kevin Brooks Trophy is… Leandro Goncalves with 55 goals!

 

[Alex 3,244]

The previous two awards covered assists and goals, the Mike Szatkowski Trophy is awarded to the player who leads the league in points at the end of the regular season. Scoring as a whole has continued to trend downward since the introduction of hybrid attributes, this season we had 10 players score over 100 points, the top 5 were; Leandro Goncalves @leandrofg, Scotty Sundin @fromtheinside, Molly the Cat @JCarson, Sunglasses Joyo @JetsGoalie101, and Jasper Davis @Josh. This season we saw something happen for the first time since S76 as two players would tie for the most points. The winners of the S91 Mike Szatkowski Trophy are Leandro Goncalves and Scotty Sundin with an amazing 112 points each!

 

[STZ 5,376]

5 minutes ago, Alex said:

CONNTINENTAL

 

[Alex 3,244]

Now how about them goalies? The Greg Clegane Trophy is presented to the goalie with the lowest GAA over the course of the season. This award came down to a very narrow margin of only 0.04 GAA. This was very close race especially as the season came to a close, between Jesse Teno @aimkin and Joel Castle @animal74 who had a 2.02 and 2.06 GAA respectively. Congratulations to Jesse Teno for winning the S91 Greg Clegane Trophy with an astounding 2.02 GAA!

 

[Alex 3,244]

Possibly the most important award we will discuss this evening, the Fredrik Elmebeck Memorial Trophy is sometimes referred to as the ‘top member award’ as it is awarded to the member that goes above and beyond each season to make the league a better place for everyone involved. This season we had 4 nominees;

 

@Gaikoku-hito - VSN, engagement with league, AGM, helpful and friendly

@Jason kranz - fantasy zone, active around various Discords, AGM, helpful and friendly

@Subject056 - face of recruitment, good work there

@Zetterberg - recruitment/retention efforts with individuals, GM

 

 

The winner of this season’s Fredrik Elmebeck Memorial Trophy is…

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@Gaikoku-hito!!

 

Gaikoku - 6, Subject - 3, Jason - 2, Zetterberg - 0

 

Edited January 3 by Alex

[Alex 3,244]

For the first time in a while we saw a rookie forward score over a point per game, they were Axle Gunner @Steve (32 G, 41 A, 73P), they were followed by Snubham Anand @Will3 (22 G, 38 A, 60P). The top scoring rookie defensemen this season was Simons Worst Nightmare @zepheter with 42 points (6 G, 36 A, 42 P). Lastly, in goal Ryan Artyomov @Enorama had a great season for Chicago, finishing with a 0.926 SV%.

 

The winner of the season 91 Christian Stolzschweiger Trophy is...

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Axle Gunner @Steve!

 

Gunner - 10, Artyomov - 1, Anand/Worst Nightmare - 0

[Alex 3,244]

The Dustin Funk is awarded to that season's most improved player, this season we had a lot of players take a huge step forward. For this award each VHL GM can nominate 1 player from their own team, this ensures that no player is overlooked in any way. This can lead to a crowded field and with that it was narrowed down to two finalists, who stood out above the rest. These were:

 

S90: Legacy Gaming @Gaming Ringleader (HSK) - 13G, 24A, 37P, 13, 11PIM, 33HIT, 15SB

S91: Legacy Gaming (CHI) - 39G, 47A, 86P, 5, 62PIM, 192HIT, 40SB

 

S90: Francesco Mancini @GioSivo (NYA) - 20G, 19A, 39P, -30, 38PIM, 131HIT, 33SB

S91: Francesco Mancini (NYA) - 47G, 54A, 101P, 3, 47PIM, 112HIT, 70SB

 

And the winner is…

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Francesco Mancini!!

 

Mancini - 10, Gaming - 1

[Alex 3,244]

The Scott Boulet Trophy is awarded to the two-way forward in the VHL each season. While we have seen some remarkable runs of consecutive Boulet wins, specifically with Duncan Idaho winning 5 straight. We have not seen a back-to-back winner since then and we won’t again this season as the nominees are; John Jameson @Frank (91 P, 336 Hits, 40 SB), Ak92 Wit da Hoodie @hedgehog337 (97 P, 304 Hits, 52 SB), and Larry Abass Jr @RileyL (101 P, 357 Hits, 37 SB). The winner of the Scott Boulet Trophy is…

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AK92 Wit da Hoodie!

 

AK92 - 9, Abass - 2, Jameson - 0

[Alex 3,244]

The Alexander Valiq Trophy is awarded to the VHL’s top offensive defenseman, this season we saw a considerable margin develop as Skor McFelury opened up a 3 point lead over Pierre Emile Bouchard. This season we have a total of 4 nominees for the Valiq and they are; Skor McFleury @Alex, who led the VHL in defensemen scoring with 22 goals, and 67 assists for a total of 89 points! Pierre Emile Bouchard @Gaikoku-hito, who came close to a career best season with 14 goals and 72 assists for a total of 86 points! Jake Thunder @Thunder, who had a very solid final season of their career with 16 goals and 68 assists for 84 points; and Kronchy Kardashian @Garsh who led defensemen in goal scoring with 31! Each of these players had a spectacular offensive season, but the Valiq Trophy can only go to one of them. The winner of the season 91 Alexander Valiq Trophy is…

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Kronchy Kardashian!

 

Kardashian - 8, McFleury - 3, Bouchard/Gregor - 0

[Alex 3,244]

The Jake Wylde Trophy, on the other hand, is an award recognizing the best defensive defenseman in the league, a role that is often overlooked and thankless. However we do have 4 finalists, first up we have Elias Lampi @Pifferfish who was a +28, had 215 hits, and 151 shots blocked. Womp Womp Womp Womp Womp Jr @AdamEss also had a remarkable defensive season as they were a -1, had 329 hits and 167 shots blocked. Additionally, Liv Slater @Subject056 carried the brunt of the defensive load for Vancouver last season and did a great job at that finishing the season with a -31, 238 hits, and 208 shots blocked. Our final nominee is Velociraptor Greg @samx who finished last season with a +33, 212 hits, and a solid amount of shots blocked with 158. Without further ado, our top defensive defensemen of season 91 is…

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Elias Lampi!

 

Lampi - 10, Womp - 1, Slater/Velociraptor - 0

[Alex 3,244]

One of the most prestigious awards in the VHL, the Sterling Labatte Trophy is awarded to each season's top defensemen. It can be very difficult to narrow down the nominees for this award and with that we have 4 nominees, they are; Skor McFleury @Alex who was a standout defensemen for Malmo this past season and carried them to the playoffs, this past season with 89 points, 224 hits, 142 shots blocked and was a +29. Jake Thunder @Thunder who continued to be one of the top defensemen in the league season and won this very award last season was solid again in this one with 84 points, 198 hits, 158 shots blocked, and was a +41. Kronchy Kardashian @Garsh, helped Helsinki squeak into the playoffs with their stellar play on both sides of the puck and finished the season with 76 points, 109 hits, 158 shots blocked, and was a +11. Lastly, Elias Lampi @Pifferfish had a breakout season for Los Angeles which saw them put up 82 points, 215 hits, 151 shots blocked, and a solid +28. The defensemen going home with the Sterling Labatte Trophy is…

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Elias Lampi!

 

Lampi - 7, Thunder - 2, McFleury - 1, Kardashian - 1

Edited January 3 by Alex

[Alex 3,244]

The Aiden Shaw Trophy is presented to the VHLs top goaltender each season. This past season goalies continued to steal the show. Among goalies 3 stood out above the rest this past season, they are; Lachlan Summers @kirbithan, who continues to amaze as a now veteran goaltender in the league, finishing the season with a 0.933 SV% and a 2.24 GAA. Jesse Teno @aimkin, leaped back to spectacular form and posted a 0.937 SV% and a 2.02 GAA! Lastly, Joel Castle @animal74 was a key part of Toronto’s success this season with a 0.938 SV% and a 2.06 GAA. The season 91 Aiden Shaw Trophy winner is…

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Jesse Teno!

 

Teno - 7, Castle - 4, Summers - 0

[Alex 3,244]

Now that we have most of the player awards done it is time to honour the people who make it all happen with the David Knight Trophy which will be awarded to the leagues top general manager. Let’s meet the finalists:

 

@hedgehog337 - While players left Riga in a series of massive trades, Riga got a way younger and built for the future. Even with selling, the team made a big jump in the standings and had an impressive season overall!

 

@Alex - Made considerable moves to improve the roster for a final push with their aging roster by bringing in both Dogwood Maple and Leandro Goncalves. Those moves helped Davos capture their second consecutive Victory Cup.

 

@KaleebtheMighty - Bolstered a young Malmo roster, by bringing in Skor McFleury, and steps from the existing roster players helped Malmo continue to progress towards success.

 

@Ricer13 - Bought aggressively to quickly improve the young roster, and make a push back into the playoff picture.

 

The bragging rights and the David Knight Trophy goes to…

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Alex!

 

Alex - 6, Zeptenbergs - 4, Grachev - 1, Rice - 0

[STZ 5,376]

Just now, Alex said:

Now that we have most of the player awards done it is time to honour the people who make it all happen with the David Knight Trophy which will be awarded to the leagues top general manager. Let’s meet the finalists:

 

@hedgehog337 - While players left Riga in a series of massive trades, Riga got a way younger and built for the future. Even with selling, the team made a big jump in the standings and had an impressive season overall!

 

@Alex - Made considerable moves to improve the roster for a final push with their aging roster by bringing in both Dogwood Maple and Leandro Goncalves. Those moves helped Davos capture their second consecutive Victory Cup.

 

@KaleebtheMighty - Bolstered a young Malmo roster, by bringing in Skor McFleury, and steps from the existing roster players helped Malmo continue to progress towards success.

 

@Ricer13 - Bought aggressively to quickly improve the young roster, and make a push back into the playoff picture.

 

The bragging rights and the David Knight Trophy goes to…

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Alex!

 

Alex - 6, Zeptenbergs - 4, Grachev - 1, Rice - 0

[samx 1,175]

1 minute ago, Alex said:

Now that we have most of the player awards done it is time to honour the people who make it all happen with the David Knight Trophy which will be awarded to the leagues top general manager. Let’s meet the finalists:

 

@hedgehog337 - While players left Riga in a series of massive trades, Riga got a way younger and built for the future. Even with selling, the team made a big jump in the standings and had an impressive season overall!

 

@Alex - Made considerable moves to improve the roster for a final push with their aging roster by bringing in both Dogwood Maple and Leandro Goncalves. Those moves helped Davos capture their second consecutive Victory Cup.

 

@KaleebtheMighty - Bolstered a young Malmo roster, by bringing in Skor McFleury, and steps from the existing roster players helped Malmo continue to progress towards success.

 

@Ricer13 - Bought aggressively to quickly improve the young roster, and make a push back into the playoff picture.

 

The bragging rights and the David Knight Trophy goes to…

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Alex!

 

Alex - 6, Zeptenbergs - 4, Grachev - 1, Rice - 0

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[Alex 3,244]

The lone playoff-related playoff award, the Daisuke Kanou Trophy recognises the playoff MVP. This season we saw a forward take the league by storm and guide Toronto to the finals and eventually a Cup! That forward was none other than Mac Atlas @v.2 , who led Toronto in points with 29, almost 2 points per game! The other player that made a huge impact on Toronto’s success was none other than Joel Castle @animal74 who posted a 0.939 SV% and a 2.02 GAA. It is also important to look at Tomas Sogaard @Brandon who had 12 goals and 22 points for Toronto. For Helsinki Fuuka Rask @Jubis made all the difference during their run with a 0.938 SV% and a 2.31 GAA. The winner of the Season 91 Daisuke Kanou Trophy is…

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Joel Castle!

 

Castle 8, Atlas 5, Sogaard/Rask 0

[Alex 3,244]

This next award is decided by the community! It’s time to present the Brett Slobodzian Trophy, recognizing the most outstanding player in the VHL, decided by the VHL community. The ballot for this one is huge as we have 4 nominees and 96 total votes!

 

Leandro Goncalves @leandrofg

Scotty Sundin @fromtheinside

Joel Castle @animal74

Jesse Teno @aimkin

 

The winner of the Brett Slobodzian Trophy is…

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Leandro Goncalves!

 

Goncalves 43, Teno 28, Castle 15, Sundin 10