Bone Crushers in VHL history

[Scurvy 1,116]

There are a lot of things to like about the VHL and the creative process you can take to make the player of your choosing.  Some go for that offensive defenseman or a speedy playmaking center. However, sometimes VHL members choose to make a gritty smashmouth killer that would hit his/her own grandmother on the ice.  And these are the players I love and will honor here today:

 

 

As I hunted through the forum of historical hitters it was pretty evident the early seasons were similar to the 70s-80s NHL.  Lots of points and lots of killers with hits and PIMS that will probably never be equaled by our modern VHL players.  I am going to highlight some of these players and just a note:  This is by no means a comprehensive list and if I missed someone or chose not to list them here it was simply for brevity.  

 

Looking for the single season hit record I saw it was held by Season 61 Davos’s Gabriel McAllister @CowboyinAmerica with 461 and he still had 99 points that same season.  That is a lot of damn hits.  The only modern player I could find that was close to this record was Malmo’s forward, Druss Deathwalker with 413 in S82 (good for 12^th all time) and 404 in S84.  No other modern player has amassed 400 hits.  Pretty impressive.  

 

Top 10 Hits in a Season:

#1- Gabriel McAllister 461 (S61)

#2- Simon Valmount 441 (S49)

#3- Zach Perechkin 434.   (S51)

#4- Tukka Reikkinen 430  (S30)

#5- Phil Shankly 426 (S57)

#6- David Smalling 423 (S23)

#7- Motherfucker Sharpe 421 (S57)

#8- Phil Marleau 418 (S74)

#9- Chad Magnum 415 (S75)

#10- Leeroy Jenkins 414 (S26)

#10- Edwin Encarnacion 414 (S42)

 

Now, for career hits that record his held by Vinny Detroit @dasboot with 3163.  He almost broke the 400 mark in S86 with Davos where he had 398 hits and he never had a season under 300. Detroit was a hitting machine and even won a Continental Cup in S83.  

 

Rounding out the top 5 career hits are:

 

#1- Vinny Detroit 3163

#2- Brennan McQueen 2889

#3-Druss Deathwalker 2882

#4-Vasile Lamb @dlamb 2877

#5-Duncan Idaho @OrbitingDeath 2734

 

I tried looking up if any of these top 30 or so hit leaders were defensemen but kept getting “Oops you went off side” when I clicked their names.  It’s harder to be the hit leader as a Defensive player but in looking at the current hit leaders in the VHL, there are two in the top 10 in Womp Womp Womp Womp Womp Jr @AdamEss with 158 (2^nd place) and Skor McFleury @AlexAlex with 139 (6^th).

 

Also, a huge shoutout to the always reliable stay at home dman in Calgary, Phil Strasmore @PhilPhil is set to pass 2000 hits this year which is a huge achievement. Added to the 1664 minutes in PIMS (good for 4^th all time currently) he for sure has been tough to play against.  Congrats Phil!!  

 

See ya next week

[Phil 5,017]

9 hours ago, Scurvy said:

 

Also, a huge shoutout to the always reliable stay at home dman in Calgary, Phil Strasmore @PhilPhil is set to pass 2000 hits this year which is a huge achievement. Added to the 1664 minutes in PIMS (good for 4^th all time currently) he for sure has been tough to play against.  Congrats Phil!!  

 

 

2 of Phil's past players also still rocking in  the top 10 of hits in a single season Guess which ones lmao. 

[Scurvy 1,116]

Haha.  Easy to pick!!   Congrats. You make beasts!!  

[Victor 10,550]

17 hours ago, Scurvy said:

I tried looking up if any of these top 30 or so hit leaders were defensemen but kept getting “Oops you went off side” when I clicked their names

There's a defencemen only list where you can see it split and can work that out: https://vhlforum.com/topic/347-vhl-career-stats-updated-for-s92/

 

 

I think Encarnacion is the only defenceman near the top in hits.

 

Alternatively any player with 1,000 or so blocked shots is going to be a dman.

[Scurvy 1,116]

3 hours ago, Victor said:

There's a defencemen only list where you can see it split and can work that out

Thank you!

[Daniel Janser 1,983]

On 4/6/2024 at 7:11 PM, Scurvy said:

#3-Druss Deathwalker 2882

@animal74

[Thunder 778]

On 4/6/2024 at 7:52 PM, Scurvy said:

Congrats. You make beasts!!  

Something you’ll never hear from @ScottyP

[Phil 5,017]

On 4/7/2024 at 6:26 AM, Victor said:

There's a defencemen only list where you can see it split and can work that out: https://vhlforum.com/topic/347-vhl-career-stats-updated-for-s92/

 

 

I think Encarnacion is the only defenceman near the top in hits.

 

Alternatively any player with 1,000 or so blocked shots is going to be a dman.

Sweet! Strasmore should be in the top 10 in hits when he retires!

[Daniel Janser 1,983]

On 4/7/2024 at 4:40 AM, Phil said:

 

2 of Phil's past players also still rocking in  the top 10 of hits in a single season Guess which ones lmao. 

Seems to be a family trait considering that Smalling @Knight is listed as well...

[Phil 5,017]

5 minutes ago, Daniel Janser said:

Seems to be a family trait considering that Smalling @Knight is listed as well...

That Smalling-Rafter combo is still one of the most legendary in VHL history. 

[Daniel Janser 1,983]

45 minutes ago, Phil said:

That Smalling-Rafter combo is still one of the most legendary in VHL history. 

There is a reason why their rags are both retired by Davos... 

[animal74 1,611]

On 4/6/2024 at 11:11 AM, Scurvy said:

Rounding out the top 5 career hits are:

 

#1- Vinny Detroit 3163

#2- Brennan McQueen 2889

#3-Druss Deathwalker 2882

#4-Vasile Lamb @dlamb 2877

#5-Duncan Idaho @OrbitingDeath 2734

Nice article, always nice to be mentioned. 

 

Couple of points, McQueen has 2518 hits and ranks 16th all-time. The only reason Detroit beat Deathwalker (yes, I'm biased) is because he played an extra season. Deathwalker still holds the unofficial hits per game record.