The City of Goons

[AJW 2,190]

To start the S96 VHLM regular season Houston may sit at the bottom of the standings, but there is one statistic we lead so far, PIMs! Through 4 games played Houston has tallied up 52 PIMs, with 2nd highest being the Saskatoon Wild at 38. So far Houston hasn't even seen a major penalty:

 

Game 1: 5 minor penalties = 10 PIMs

Game 2: 6 minor penalties = 12 PIMs

Game 3: 8 minor penalties = 16 PIMs

Game 4: 9 minor penalties = 18 PIMs

 

(56 Total PIMs, 52 actual PIMs)

 

With Houston's penalty stock only increasing each game, maybe Houston Management will have to tell our skaters to start hitting the refs in order to send a clear message...

 

Either way, I feel like this isn't new for the Houston franchise, seeing the penalty box more than others, so I wanted to look back at the past 5 seasons and see where Houston ranked in penalty minutes amongst the rest of the VHLM.

 

S96: 52 PIMs; 1st

S95: 625 PIMs; 1st

S94: 716 PIMs; 1st

S93: 709 PIMs; 1st

S92: 806 PIMs; 2nd... MIS: 816

 

So there you have it, in the past 5 seasons the city of Houston has turned into the backstreet bullies, maybe not in the same sense as being fighters, but we definitely love to be a man down for 2 minutes. Is this the team becoming frustrated with no Founder's Cup win in 25+ seasons? Is this the Simon refs starting to pick their favourite team to punish? Who knows. All I know is I'm getting tired of all the penalties this team is taking, and hopefully a change can start to happen soon.

 

Edited October 18 by AJW

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@Fradin99 might have a new home

[LucyXpher 1,571]

3 hours ago, AJW said:

Is this the team becoming frustrated with no Founder's Cup win in 25+ seasons? Is this the Simon refs starting to pick their favourite team to punish? Who knows. 

With no cup in 33+ seasons Halifax would like a word! Also, nobody touches Boris Bone-Breaker @RileyL as the biggest goon in the M!   

Edited October 19 by LucyXpher