VSN Presents: The VHLE's All-Time Best Forwards

[Baby Boomer 813]

@ace_five_

Welcome everyone,

 

It is now the beginning of the third season since the VHLE was killed and I wanted to take another look at it. I remember when the commissioners announced the end of the VHLE, it got a lot of people talking. Some were really really happy to see it defunct, some were disappointed, but after the two-three weeks of hype, it has fallen in the oblivion. This is why I wanted to have a little bit of fun and tried to do a top 10 of the best forwards of the history of the VHLE. I hope I didn’t forget anyone, if I did let me know.

 

Honorable mention:

 

John Richards @John Cimarno: 360 GP, 135 G, 154 A, 289 P, Renaissance Cup S90, Aldwin Craig S89

Finn Davis @M1nT: 432 GP, 124 G, 238 A, 362 P

Jlloyoid Blloyoiderson @Cxsquared: 216 GP, 111 G, 148 A, 259 P

Matt Rooster @hcrooster96: 471 GP, 148 G, 245 A, 393 P

Ray withers @Ray Withers: 572 GP, 169 G, 255 A, 424 P, Renaissance Cup S84

 

#10 Tyrece the beast (COL) @beanhead420

 

To start the top 10 today, we have Tyrece the beast, a centerman who played his entire career with the Cologne Express between S92 and S95. In this period of time, the beast recorded 92 goals, 157 assists and 249 points in 274 games. He kept a differential of +77 and gave 468 hits. He also did really good in the playoffs as he accumulated 11 goals and 29 points in 38 games. On top of that, Tyrece the beast won the Renaissance Cup with the Cologne Express two times, in S94 and in S95. The Express was nothing less than a dynasty in the late 80's and the early 90's and Tyrece was a really important player for the time he played there.

 

#9 Lorenzo Cobberson (OSL, COL) @Hendrix Cobberson

 

For the second player of our top 10, we have another Cologne Express player. Cobberson started his VHLE's career in S85 with the Oslo Storm where he only scored 15 points in 72 games during the regular season. He however won his first Renaissance Cup this season. Lorenzo Cobberson then got traded to the Cologne Express and this is where his production exploded. Indeed, he recorded 254 points in 216 games while maintaining a +/- of 109. He also won a Cup with Cologne in S87 after scoring 9 points in 11 games.

 

#8 Alexander Stroheim (IST, OSL) @Stroheim

 

Alexander Stroheim is the only player in the top 10 who played only three seasons in the VHLE. He played a season and a half with the Istanbul Red Wolves and another season and a half with the Oslo Storm where he won a Renaissance Cup in S88. During these playoffs, Alexander Stroheim had 16 points in 13 games to help his team win. In 216 games with the two teams, Stroheim scored 114 goals and added 154 assists for a total of 268 points. He also had a differential of +41.

 

 

 

#7 Kobe Johnson (GEN, VAS) @Vkobe-v

 

Kobe Johnson was drafted by the Geneva Rush at the end of the second round, 15th overall in the S86 draft. He then started his career in S87 with Geneva where he played the next three seasons. Johnson finished his VHLE's career with the Vasteras Iron Eagles where he played two seasons, to make it five total. In 360 games in the VHLE, Kobe Johnson recorded 146 goals and 180 assists for a total in 326 points. He also kept a really impressive +112 while adding 506 hits and 80 shots blocked.

 

#6 Aldwin Craig (STO) @Eldredman

 

Aldwin Craig played the entirety of his career with the team that drafted him 6th overall in the first ever VHLE Entry Draft in S80, the Stockholm Vikings. He played five seasons with the team where he scored 99 goals, 221 assists and 320 points in 360 games. Craig won the Renaissance Cup with Stockholm in S81 and he scored 7 points in 9 games in these series. He also won the trophy of the best two-way forward of the VHLE in S81, that would later on be named after him, the Aldwin Craig Trophy.

 

#5 Maxwell Mathias (OSL, VAS, GEN, COL, ROM, BRA) @Underclass_Hero

 

We are now getting into the top 5 and the one that is starting it is the third forward with the most point in the history of the VHLE, Maxwell Mathias. During his career in the VHLE, Mathias played for six different teams and he made the Renaissance Cup final two times, in S84 and in S85, but he lost both times in six games. In 494 games, Maxwell Mathias scored 127 goals and added 320 assists for 447 points. To that, he added 872 hits and 724 shots blocked.

 

#4 Al Land (STO, COL) @Big Dee

 

Al Land started his career with the Stockholm Vikings in S85, but he only played one season there before going to Cologne where he played five seasons, in S86, S88, S89, S90 and S91. With the two teams, Land recorded 172 goals and 207 assists for a total of 379 points in 432 games. Al Land is also the forward with the most Renaissance Cup tied with BjorkaBjorn BjornaBjorkson. Indeed, he won three Renaissance Cup and what's even more impressive is that he won them back to back to back, in S89, S90 and S91.

 

#3 Adeline Delle Donne (BRA, COL, VAS, OSL) @Dtayl

 

Adeline Delle Donne is the second forward with the most points in the history of the VHLE and third all positions combined. She played for four different teams during her career and scored 194 goals, 296 assists and 490 points in 572 points. Delle Donne was also pretty good in the playoffs as she won two Renaissance Cup, the first one in S83 with the Bratislava Watchmen and the second one in S88 with the Oslo Storm. S87 was a good season for her as she won the Aldwin Craig Trophy.

 

#2 Sebastien dokis (GEN, STO, VAS, OSL) @Sebastien

 

Sebastien dokis is without a doubt a top 5 VHLE player of all-time all positions combined as he finished his career with 151 goals, 279 assists and 430 points in 418 games. S87 was by far dokis' best season as he finished with 48 goals and 115 points in 72 games and he also won the Ronan Lavelle Trophy awarded to the most valuable player during the regular season. Sebastien dokis won his only Renaissance Cup the season before in S86 with the Oslo Storm. 

 

#1 BjorkaBjorn BjornaBjorkson (COL, ROM, BRA) @JardyB10

 

I don't even think that this is a debate, but BjorkaBjorn BjornaBjorkson was and will always be the best player the VHLE ever saw. He is almost always 1st in every offensive categories. He is by far first in goals (303), second in assists (347), first in points (650), fourth in +/- (+108), by far first in shots (3678), first among the forwards in hits (1047), first in game winning goals (54), second in power play goals (70), second in short handed goals (4) and first in hat tricks (9). During his career, BjornaBjorkson won the Renaissance Cup three times, all with the Cologne Express, in S87, S94 and in S95. He also won the Florida Man Trophy in S88 with the Rome Gladiators.

 

 

That’s all for me, thanks everyone for reading. I wish you all a good end of the season and I'll see you in another VSN article soon!

[Triller 1,756]

The hell is the E?  All jokes aside, great article!  Definitive!

[v.2 1,463]

2 recognizable names on this entire list.  Says a lot about what the E did for the league

[Banackock 8,419]

12 hours ago, v.2 said:

2 recognizable names on this entire list.  Says a lot about what the E did for the league