Legend of Andrew Su #13

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As I scour the VHL forum for a topic to choose for my Lore theme week TPE I ran across some retired jersey posts and decided I would do a talk about one of my beloved Vancouver Wolves who have had their jersey retired. I don’t think on this topic often but when someone posts a jersey retirement story, I find it cool as it rewards those hard earning players for the effort to keep grinding to make their players better for their teams.  

 

So here we go!  I want to introduce first a former centerman for Vancouver who played from S71 to S79, mostly for Vancouver but did play one season each for Vancouver’s hated rivals, Calgary and Seattle.  Number 13, Andrew Su @Da_Berr was a first gen at that time and was drafted 13^th overall by Vancouver in S72 after scoring 51 goals for Ottawa in the VHLM and won a Founder’s Cup that season. 

 

His first season in the VHL was not good for any stretch but considering he skipped the E (or it wasn’t around) he was learning the system.  Only 9 goals (19 points) that season he must have hit the weights and rink all off-season because in S73 he broke out of his shell netting 34 goals and 77 points.  Not bad for a sophomore season. 

 

Next season was no less amazing as Su found his stride on the eventual Cup winning Wolves where he netted 44 goals and 56 assists (100 points) to include 7 game winners. 

 

As S75 came and despite Su putting up even better numbers the Wolves wouldn’t hoist the Cup again during Su’s tenure.  However, even though he never hoisted the Continental cup again he did get his hands on a bit of hardware. Su continued being one of the best in the league stat wise as the next season stats are as followed: 

S75 43g 62a 106points

S76 47g 74a 121points

S77 47g 73a 120points

 

During these season Su also was winner of the Mike Szatkowski Trophy (S76), Scotty Campbell Trophy (S76), Brett Slobodzian Trophy (S77), Alexander Beketov Trophy (S77), Scotty Campbell Trophy (S77), and Mike Szatkoski Trophy (S77).  

 

Su also is #3 all time in goals for the Vancouver Wolves with 224 and played in less games than the players in the 1 and 2 spot.  He is #3 in all time points for Vancouver as well with 543 and again, played over 100 less games then the first two players. Su also sits in the #2 spot all-time in game winning goals at 33.  

 

This appears to be the only player this user ever created but a good one he did create.  The stats, awards, and play are the reasons that lucky number 13 is hung in the rafters for the team to see and so that the current players can dream to see their numbers up there someday. 

 

Congrats to Andrew Su that in 6 seasons with the Wolves you made such an impact that your name and number live on in our great city and league.