New York City Sucks Now - Foamy The Squirrel

[Spartan 4,531]

I usually don't write two VHL.com's in the same week. I also don't usually pick songs based on the topic of what I'm going to write about, but rather just a song I'm enjoying at the moment. But New York has managed to buck the expected trend themselves, meriting this article. I'm sorry @STZ .

 

One thing you might see when looking at today's VHL standings, is NYA's accomplishment of allowing the least Goals Against in the entire league. A lot of credit has to go to stellar defense led by veteran Malum Maellard @frescoelmo and rookie Callum Gary Yannick Janser @Daniel Janser, and also top rookie goaltender WxWhatever # that is @rory - who is not only a league favorite for RotY, but also very much in the hunt for VHL-wide hardware for goalie performance. However despite allowing the least goals against in the league, New York is sitting in 6th place in the NA - outside of a playoff spot, and 13th overall in the VHL. I was genuinely curious to see how many times this phenomenon has occurred in the VHL's history, so I did a little digging. Here are my results:

 

Season	Team	GA	Reg Season Standing
S92	NYA	100	13th
S91	TOR	161	6th
S90	DAV	165	1st
S89	MOS	172	1st
S88	CHI	172	4th
S87	CGY	180	2nd
S86	CHI	155	3rd
S85	VAN	179	3rd
S84	MOS	153	1st
S83	SEA	154	1st
S82	VAN/LAS	220	1st/2nd
S81	VAN	220	1st
S80	CHI	193	2nd
S79	CGY	209	6th
S78	LDN	223	4th
S77	LDN	203	2nd
S76	MOS	180	1st
S75	HSK	189	2nd
S74	MOS	194	1st
S73	CGY	184	4th
S72	CGY	179	1st
S71	VAN	159	1st
S70	VAN	163	2nd
S69	RIG	141	2nd
S68	DAV	173	5th
S67	TOR	180	1st
S66	HSK	176	1st
S65	RIG	174	2nd
S64	RIG	167	2nd
S63	QCM	160	4th
S62	CGY	141	1st
S61	CGY/NYA	128	1st/4th
S60	SEA	150	3rd

 

Beyond the interesting scoring differences across the eras, you might notice that not a single other team since at least S60 managed to lead the league in fewest goals against while missing the playoffs. In fact, it was much more common to lead your conference or the league in the standings by leading in least GA, let alone miss out on the playoffs. I honestly just got bored after hitting the early S60's with just 8 teams in the league where it was essentially impossible to miss the playoffs with a half decent defense. Fortunately for New York, they're on pace to make some history in a disappointing season otherwise. Perhaps just not the type they'd prefer to make. At least Rory should be able to win some hardware, right?

[rory 1,943]

I read this as we're winning the cup like Toronto did