Season Ninety-Three Vancouver Wolves

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Season Ninety-Three Vancouver Wolves

After struggling though the last two seasons, the Vancouver Wolves will hopefully be turning the corner in Season Ninety-Three. While seven players from last season are scheduled to return to the club for the upcoming season, the team will also see seven new faces donning the Black and White for Season Ninety-Three. Today we will look at the roster for the upcoming season, a season which General Manager Frank Chadwick and Assistant General Manager Gaikoku-hito hope the team can bounce back and be a VHL playoff team already next season.

Forwards:

Left Alone (S86-LW):

Alone joins the Wolves after a trade that brought him to the club after he finished his fifth season with the Moscow Menace. A veteran presence on a very young Wolves roster, Alone will hopefully continue on his recent offensive tear, which saw him put up ninety-three and ninety-four points the last two seasons in Moscow. Drafted Third Overall in the Season Eighty-Six VHL Entry Draft by the Seattle Bears, Alone was dealt after his rookie season in Seattle to Moscow, where he grew into a point per game player over the last three seasons. The only thing that might hamper Alone this season is the fact he only has 30 TPE banked heading into depreciation, something that might hinder his ability to be a point per game player as he enters his seventh VHL season. Regardless the Wolves fans, management and locker-room is ecstatic at the fact they have an elite forward on the roster as they head into a new season.  

Logan Ninefingers (S92-RW):

Coming off a season that saw Ninefingers get traded, then win the Renaissance Cup with his new VHLE team, Ninefingers is looking to bring his winning ways with him to Vancouver. After being drafted by the Wolves First Overall in the Season Ninety-Two VHL Entry Draft, Ninefingers spent a season honing his craft in the VHLE. After being selected Sixth Overall in the VHLE Entry Draft, by the Oslo storm, the youngster from America was dealt to the Vasteras Iron Eagles, a trade that was quickly vetoed due to a change in management. While Ninefingers was rightfully upset at the vetoed trade, it worked out wonderful in the end for the winger. Later in the season, Ninefingers was traded to the Bratislava Watchmen, who would go onto upset the defending VHLE champion Cologne Express, allowing Ninefingers to get his first taste of a championship in his young VHL career. Now Ninefingers heads to Vancouver as the likely top candidate for the Christian Stolzschweiger trophy as the leagues top rookie.

 

Nick Sansoe (S87-C):

Sansoe is the first member of the Wolves roster we will touch upon in his article that is expected to return to the club after toughing it out in Van City last season. Sanose is coming off an amazing season last year with the Wolves, which was only his second season in the VHL after his rookie season with London back in Season Ninety. Sanose was the team leader for Vancouver in assists (56) and points (88), one ahead of powerhouse defenseman Liv Slater. Sansoe signed as a free agent with the Wolves last season after spending Season Ninety-One as a member of the Rome Gladiators in the VHLE. Sanose was drafted by the London United way back in the Season Eighty-Seven VHL Entry draft, but never really panned out for the United as they would have hoped, but after last season with the Wolves the towering 6’8 forward from the United States showed that good things do really come to those who wait. With what should be an improved roster heading up to the Wolves in Season Ninety-Three, one will have to wonder if Sanose will be able to continue his offensive ways in the upcoming season.

 

Ben Dover (S86-RW):

Another member of the Wolves roster that is expected to return this season, Ben Dover was another Wolve that saw his point production increase on a relatively bad team last season. Dover had a good rookie season in Season Ninety-One with the Wolves putting up fifty-three points in his seventy-two games played but rose to a point per game player for the franchise in Season Ninety-Two, putting up thirty-six goals and thirty-seven assists, good enough for seventy-three points which was third on the entire team. Now as Dover heads into his third season in the VHL and with the Wolves, after signing a contract extension for Season Ninety-Two Dover will hopefully show the Wolves management team he belongs, or at the very worst showcases his talent for another VHL team if the Wolves decide to go other route at the conclusion of the upcoming season.

 

Mikko Borisyuk (S89-C):

Borisyuk is one of the new faces that will be joining the Wolves in the upcoming season, after spending the last three seasons since his draft year with the Bratislava Watchmen. Borisyuk is another member of the Wolves roster that got his first taste of championship hockey, as a part of the Watchmens Renaissance winning team in Season Ninety-two, but now a much harder task is on the horizon for Borisyuk. Borisyuk is currently the second centerman on the Wolves roster, which means there will be a bit more pressure on the youngster, as he’ll likely be playing on the second line behind Sansoe right from the get-go, something that a lot of rookies don’t experience right away. Borisyuk has put up back-to-back thirty goal seasons in the VHLE, something that Borisyuk and the Wolves management will continue when he enters the big league. With a young roster around him, hopefully the first-gen player can come into his own as one of the older rookies on the roster.

Carson Walker Jr (S89-RW):

Walker Jr enjoyed a very good rookie season with the Wolves in Season Ninety-Two, as he was able to put up thirty-two goals and twenty-nine assists in the Wolves seventy-two games played. The sixty-one points that Walker Jr put up last season put him in third place in the rookie scoring race, behind names with much more fanfare in Grimgor Ironside and Leif Reingaard, which puts Walker Jr in very good company. Prior to putting on the Wolves jersey last season, Walker Jr was another member of the franchise that spent time in the VHLE with Bratislava. In 144 games played in the VHLE with Bratislava, Walker Jr put up fifty-four goals and fifty-six assists, showing he is a balanced forward that can bury the rubber or help set up his teammates. Now entering his fifth of nine eligible seasons in the VHL, Walker Jr will look to make a bigger impact as on of the older forwards on the Wolves roster, this time with hopefully a much better core around him. Only time will tell is Walker Jr can improve on his sixty-one-point rookie season in Season Ninety-Two.

 

Zyn Westwood (S89-RW):

Westwood is coming back to the Vancouver Wolves from the New York Americans after being traded a few weeks into Season Ninety-Two. Entering his fifth VHL season, Westwood will be entering his second season with the Wolves after playing the final forty-four games with the Americans last season, a team where he also spent Season Ninety and Ninety-One with. Westwood was selected Fifth Overall back in Season Eighty-Nine by the New York Americans but hasn’t really been able to live up to the normal hype one would expect from a top five pick in the VHL Entry Draft. So far in 217 VHL games played Westwood has put up thirty-five goals and forty-four assists however, Westwood to his credit has played on some of the worst VHL teams in those four VHL seasons, with only the Season Ninety-Two New York team making the playoffs. Hopefully after being left off the only playoff roster, he could have appear on last season with New York will light a fire under the right winger this season for Vancouver.

 

Mclean Hoover II (S87-RW):

Hoover II is another member of the Wolves roster that played last season with Vancouver in his rookie season. Hoover II was drafted back in the Season Eighty-Seven VHL Entry Draft, where he went thirty-third overall to the Riga Reign. Hoover never played a game for his draft team, instead Hoover II spent two seasons with the Mississauga Hounds in the VHLM (S87, S88) and three seasons with the Rome Gladiators in the VHLE (S89, S90, S91). When free agency hit for Season Ninety-Two Hoover II was offered a one year $1,500,000 contract with Vancouver, where he impressed the management team enough to be offered the same one-year contract heading into Season Ninety-Two. As he enters his second season in Vancouver and second VHL season, the Wolves hope that Hoover II can improve on his thirty-four-point performance in Season Ninety-Two.

 

Defense:

Liv Slater (S88-D):

The man, they myth the Wolves legend, Liv Slater put the VHL on notice with her offensive production in Season Ninety-Two. Slater is entering her fifth season in the VHL and fourth on the Wolves roster, after spending her rookie season with the team that drafted her Seventh Overall in Season Nighty-Eight, the Chicago Wolves. Heading into Season Ninety-Two, Slater has 135 points in 216 games, then she exploded off the charts with a eighty-seven point performance last season. Slater put up thirty-six goals and fifty-one assists in seventy-two games which was good enough for third place in the defenseman scoring race behind Mark Calaway and Pierre Emile Bouchard. Slater was the talk of the town in Vancouver last season as her offensive performance seemed to come out of nowhere, including her hybrid record breaking thirty-six goal season which is the best goal output since Season Eighty-three. Now with a much-improved roster around her as we enter Season Ninety-Three, one question on everyone’s mind in Vancouver is, what will she do next?

 

DB IV (S92-D):

 

A member of the three-headed rookie monster on defense that will be joining the Wolves next season, DB IV hopes his losing finals ways is behind him as he leaves the Cologne Express of the VHLE. DB IVs VHL career started on the highest of highs as he was a member of the Season Ninety Founders Cup winning Mississauga Hounds roster, but over the last two years his luck has appeared to run out as a member of the Houston Bulls and Colone Express. Now as DB IV is ready to enter the VHL, he is hoping to go back to those winning ways he experienced in Season Ninety with the Hounds. Last season DB IV helped the Express back to the Renaissance up finals, as he put up a respectable 8 goals and twenty-five assists in seventy-two games played with Cologne. DB IV also appeared in all nine playoff games with the Express, where he was only able to put up one assist in the team’s nine games. DB IV is eligible to return back to the VHLE next season, but it appears the Wolves management have him slotted in as the fourth defenseman on the roster which will hopefully pay off huge for both the Wolves teams and DB IV himself.

Guntis Gavilrovs (S92-D):

Gavilrovs is another member of the three headed rookie class that will be joining the Wolves on defense this upcoming season. Gavilrovs spent last season with the Stockholm Vikings in the VHLE where he went off offensively, putting up seventeen goals and a league leading sixty-one assists. Gavilrovs was a huge part of the reason that Stockholm was able to hang onto third place in the VHLE standings, however he alone couldn’t lead the Vikings past the eventual Cup winning Watchmen in the first round of the VHLE playoffs. After a very good regular season, Gavilrovs did keep up that offensive pace in the post-season against Bratislava as he put up four assists in the Vikings eventually five game loss of the Watchmen. Now as he enters his rookie VHL season Gavilrovs hopes he can continue putting up a point per game in the VHL.

 

Vlad Von Carstein (S92-D):

The last member of the rookie crew that is joining the Wolves on defense this season, Vlad Von Carstein is the last member of the roster to also bringing a winning pedigree to the VHL this season. Carstein saw action in all seventy-two games for the Watchmen last season, putting up fourteen goals and fifty-seven assists, which was just one point under a point per game for the German defender. Carstein upped his game come playoff time for the eventual Renaissance winning Watchmen, where he put up four goals and five assists in the teams nine playoff games. Now Carstein will join the Wolves roster as the number two defenseman on the club and can hopefully keep up the offensive production in Season Ninety-Three and beyond.

Goalie:

Dalkr Vidarsson (S91-G):

The lone goaltender on the Wovles roster, Dalkr Vidarsson is coming off his rookie VHL season that saw him face the second most shots in the entire VHL. Vidarsson saw action in sixty-four games last season for the Wolves and had himself a very good season all things considered. Vidarsson put finished the season with a record of 26-32-6 to go along with a .925 save percentage and 3.09 goals against average. Vidarsson also had five shutouts on the season, which tied him with Fuukka Rask for third place in the entire VH, trailing only Joel Castle and Merome Dilson by one shutout for the league lead. Vidarsson played behind a roster that did not have many quality defenseman besides Slater, so as we head in to Season Ninety-Three Vidarsson must be excited as he’ll see time behind a much improved roster, including a much improved defense. Hopefully this is the season we see Vidarsson on the right side of the wins/loss column.  

 

 

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