Hitting a new personal best always feels nice

[DarkSpyro 984]

I’ve written about how many goalies I’ve created and have spoken at great lengths about their accomplishments and records. Sometimes they are big records that have been long standing in the league, sometimes they are a bit more minuscule in their relevance but still have some meaning to myself. Reaching a new goal is never the finish line, but another bar to strive past- regardless of how much of an impact they have. As long as you keep setting goals, you’ll always keep climbing to the top.

 

Ricky is the 3rd goalie I’ve created and I have been fairly blessed so far with all 3 of them. My first goalie, Jimmy Spyro, set a personal record for “most shutouts in a single season” during his VHLM draft season (and first full season as a starting goalie) with 9 shutouts, plus 1 more shutout in the playoffs. He didn’t have any in his first season when I created him, so his total shutouts is 10 in the VHLM.

 

Ash Sparks never broke that record or really even came close in the VHLM. He had 4 shutouts in his VHLM draft season, and 2 shutouts prior to that in his first season within the 12 games he played when he signed as a waiver (or I guess the season he was created, whichever works) bringing his total VHLM shutouts up to 6. He did manage to tie my Personal Best for “most shutouts in a single season” in the VHL though, but just the regular season. He had 9 shutouts in the regular season (tied with Jimmy Spyro for my regular season PB) but didn’t appear in the playoffs, meaning the record for myself was still 10 on my first goalie.

 

This finally changed, and it happened last night when Ricky recorded his 10th regular season shutout in his 44th game, meaning there are still 28 more games left this season for him to possibly extend this PB even further. Ricky also had 8 shutouts last season, plus 1 more in the playoffs. He has been an absolute beast in net and most certainly has exceeded my expectations already. This is exciting for me, even if it has very little to do with any league records outside of holding the shutout record in San Diego. I’m eager to see how the rest of this season goes for Ricky, as he currently Captains this Marlins team to hopefully more success!
 

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[Banackock 8,199]

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