VSN Presents: S95 VHL Awards

[Frank 5,259]

Way to go @KaleebtheMighty! 

[Pifferfish 597]

David Knight Trophy
VHL Best General Manager

Nominees:

Euron Leonidas @Spartan -
53-17-2 | 108 points | 275 GF | 175 GA | +100 Diff

 Leandro Goncalves @leandrofg -
36-27-9 | 81 points | 245 GF | 224 GA | +21 Diff

 Alexandre Leduc @Lemorse7 -
50-18-4 | 104 points | 254 GF | 187 GA | +67 Diff


It's easy to look at the records and decide which nominee deserves the award but let's also look at some moves made to set up these teams for success. The Menace started off the season by trading away players like Axle Gunner and Leif Reingaard. Then quickly Moscow began to add with the acquisitions of Oreo McFleury and Nils Andersson. At the deadline FISTED ANALLY BY A CIRCUS MONKEY Analfist was added by trading picks and Steve Lattimer. Riga started their year by moving Elf shoes for Carson Walker Jr. and (most importantly) by acquiring Axle Gunner from the Menace. They also dealt Oreo McFleury to Moscow a day later. Most of Calgary’s moves early on were acquiring players for picks like Keita Kourou, Adi Dassler, and Leif Reingaard. They also swapped Moritz Stauffer for Jack Jeckler and sent Kyle Toms packing for Toronto. These moves in their totality lead to a great regular season for Moscow and Riga but ultimately Riga hoisted the cup.

Your winner…

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 Euron Leonidas 
@Spartan
(Voting: Leonidas 13 | Leduc 1)

 

[Spartan 4,531]

4 minutes ago, Pifferfish said:

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 Euron Leonidas 
@Spartan
(Voting: Leonidas 13 | Leduc 1)

 

[Lemorse7 1,021]

Moscow and seasons awards

[Pifferfish 597]

Frederick Elmebeck Trophy
Best Community Contribution

Nominees:

@Banackock -
Seattle Bears GM and Recruitment Team

@AJW -
Former Fantasy Zone Manager and VHLM GM | Current VHLM AGM


@ace_five_ -
VSN Graphics Contributor and VHLM GM

This is in my opinion one of the most important awards in the league and probably the toughest to nominate and vote for. Many members contribute so much to this league and experience that I wish we could have five co-winners for this one.

Bana has done a great job as a General Manager but more importantly he has been hard at work on the VHL TikTok and with recruitment in general. This offseason we just saw a solid wave of first gens join up and old faces return thanks to their efforts.

AJW is just a solid guy, who’s past work in the fantasy zone set us all up for a massive playoff bracket TPE drop (thank you for the 13 TPE buddy). While he does not hold the role of FZ Manager or VHLM GM anymore, I know he is always active and willing to help out new members and is just present.

Ace as you saw in the opening post of this thread is the man. Great GM down in the M molding the experience and growth of our newest members while also being the top contributor of beautiful graphics for VSN (which I personally appreciate so damn much)
 

Your winner…

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@Banackock
(Voting: Banackock 8 | ace_five_ 5)

 

[Pifferfish 597]

Daisuke Kanou Trophy
VHL Playoff MVP

Nominees:

 W Shubham Anand @Will3 -
17 GP | 11 G | 16 A | 27 P | +8 | 3 GWG

 C Axle Gunner @Steve -
17 GP | 12 G | 17 A | 29 P | +12 | 85 HITS | 2 GWG

 D Skor McFleury @Alex -
17 GP | 7 G | 17 A | 24 P | +6 | 49 HITS | 38 SB

Riga reigned supreme this postseason but who will rightfully wear the playoff MVP’s crown? McFleury had quite the retirement tour, finishing a strong career with a cup win. But more importantly, he was a key contributor to that victory with over a point per game production on the blue line and solid defensive contributions. Gunner was not only a monster in the offensive end but also absolutely wreaked havoc on the opposition with his body being his weapon of choice. 85 hits in 17 games is lethal! Anand was the other offensive contributor for Riga but he also potted three game winners enroute to ultimate victory.

Your winner…

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 Axle Gunner 
@Steve
(Voting: Gunner 12 | McFleury 3)

 

[Lemorse7 1,021]

[Pifferfish 597]

Scotty Campbell Trophy
VHL Most Valuable Player

Nominees:

 W Shubham Anand @Will3 -
54 G | 53 A | 107 P | +31 | 14 GWG

 W David Rashford @Knight -
56 G | 71 A | 127 P | +67

 W Harry Callahan @dstevensonjr -
50 G | 55 A | 105 P | +26 | 171 HITS

 C Jarmo Ruutu @jRuutu -
42 G | 83 A | 125 P | +69 | 133 HITS

 G Dalkr Vidarsson @KaleebtheMighty -
65 GP | 42-18-4 | .928 SV% | 2.46 GAA | 5 SO

Now for the creme de la creme. The Scotty Campbell Trophy is the most sought award for any player at any position in the VHL. Rashford and Anand both had incredibly strong offensive campaigns. Callahan and Ruutu both also kept the scoring going but also threw the body around in the defensive end on the back check. Vidarsson played an amazing second half of the season as the Wolves started slow but slowly clawed back into the playoff hunt with this man at the center of that push. 

Your winner…

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 Dalkr Vidarsson 
@KaleebtheMighty
(Voting: Vidarsson 12 | Rashford 2)

 

[Pifferfish 597]

Brett Slobodzian Trophy
VHL Most Outstanding Player

 David Rashford 
@Knight

You all had the opportunity to vote on the outcome of this award but your votes decided the league most outstanding performance belonged to Rashford. He led the league in points and goals on the best team in the regular season. Maybe wasn’t the most impactful defensively but I personally think David just believes in the best defense being a strong offense. A career year and 4 individual awards under the belt for this great user and player. 

 

[Spartan 4,531]

46 minutes ago, Lemorse7 said:

Moscow and seasons awards

Bro wins one matchup series and forgets who they lost to in the playoffs every other season

[Pifferfish 597]

All-VHL First Team

David Rashford | Jarmo Ruutu | Randy Bobandy

Obuz Schneider Canet du Bocage | Jacob Stone

Dalkr Vidarsson

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All-VHL Second Team

Shubham Anand | Axle Gunner | Harry Callahan

YaBoi Oven | Lucy Leitner

Herald Benson

 
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All-VHL Rookie Team

Maverick Goncalves | Wally Lose | Alexandros Mograine

Felicia Hardy | Jillian Woods

Jorgen Lovstrom

 

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@Knight @jRuutu @AJW @Grape @scoop @KaleebtheMighty 
@Steve @Will3 @dstevensonjr @Doomsday @LucyXpher @Benson 
@leandrofg @youloser1337 @sliceruser @JCarson @jacobcarson877 @Pifferfish

 

[Pifferfish 597]

That concludes things, thank you all so much for reading these and bearing with me. I know it was a little slow, and I apologize. I spent the whole weekend typing all of these only to have the file get lost (family computer low on space, probably a sibling trying to make space or something idk). Either way I had to retype every entry and result manually so thank for the patience. Particular shoutout to @Spartan who I know has been here the entire time waiting for the next award to pop up. Love ya dawg. 

[dstevensonjr 445]

Pretty awesome to be nominated for MVP, and to be on the 2nd All-VHL Team!

 

Congrats to our new goalie Dalkr Vidarsson on his well earned MVP Award and 1st All-VHL Team nod!

[Grape 739]

12 hours ago, Pifferfish said:

Sterling Labatte Trophy
VHL Best Defenseman

Nominees:

 D Jacob Stone @scoop -
35 G | 60 A | 95 P | +44 | 194 HITS | 179 SB

 D Obuz Schneider Canet du Bocage @Grape -
30 G | 74 A | 104 P | +68 | 218 HITS | 150 SB

D YaBoi Oven @Doomsday -
23 G | 69 A | 92 P | +45 | 214 HITS | 137 SB

Now we will smash both of the previous awards together and find the overall best defenseman in the VHL. This award is arguably the most coveted for defensemen as it requires a duality of focus on the ice. You cannot let one part of your game create sacrifices in the other. These three candidates played a strong two way game better than the rest of the field this season and the stats show what appears to be a tight race. Bocage with triple digits in points, Stone leading in shot blocking and goals, and Oven with just good consistency across the board with a weaker supporting cast in Chicago.
 

Your winner…

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 Obuz Schneider Canet du Bocage 
@Grape
(Voting: Bocage 12 | Stone 2)

 

YEP