VHL Lore: The S77 Yukon/San Diego Rivalry! feat: pie

[Alex 3,198]

With the theme being VHL lore, I decided it would be a great time to re-visit my first VHLM tenure and continue on with the rivalry that I got introduced to because of it.

 

When I joined the league in S77, only 2 teams sent me waiver offers, Vegas and The Yukon Rush, I chose the latter strictly because it was in Canada and their message seemed more open to opportunity. Anyways, In S77 when Juice became the GM of the Rush, he made a deal with Thad, that whoever losses their season series would have to get pied. The teams would play 8 times that season, leaving the possibility for a tie open.

 

In the first game of the season, it was neck and neck as the shots were only 1 apart at the end of the third, however San Diego’s goaltender Anime Protagonist would post a 0.913 save percentage to steal the game with a final score of 4-2 (1-0 SDM).

 

Game #2 would occur 17 days later and would tell a different story as this time it was a great performance from Darcy Cat (Yukon’s goalie), who would answer right back with 34 saves on 36 shots as Yukon would tie the season series at 1 game a piece.

 

Game #3 would be the first of the season where one team would dominate as the San Diego Marlins didn’t hold back in a dominating 5-2 win in a real team effort which would give them an early lead in the season series at 2-1!

 

The 4th game of the series would take us to our mid-point of the season series and would be the first game to go to extra time! The Rush were lucky to take this one to overtime, after being heavily outshot 39 to 28. Despite this difference they would remain tied at 4 goals a piece, before a shootout winner for Yukon who would steal the game and tie the season series!

 

Game # 5 would be a identical to game number 3 as San Diego would answer right back after the disappointing end to game number 4 on the back of a great performance from Arvid Johansson who put up 2 goals and 3 points! Sean Diego re-takes the season series lead at 3-2!

 

Game 6 would be just a sheer show of dominance by San Diego as they would take a massive 7-4 win on the back of a real team effort as 6 different players, and 10 players would have points. This win would put San Diego up 4-2 in the season series which would mean one thing, San Diego was one win away from clinching the season series!

 

The penultimate game in the season series would follow a similar trend to the previous three games as the shot totals would be similar, but the difference in goaltending would give the San Diego Marlins the edge and they would cruise to another win with a final score of 5-3, taking a 5-2 lead in the season series, meaning that game 8 would have no impact on the winner of the season series!

 

With that being done, we would be left with Juice getting pied in the face!

 

 

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