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Harumpf and Helsinki Fall Short of Making the Finals

 

5'5" Oskars Harumpf after the game 6 loss to Riga.

 

After beginning his career with 2 straight trips to the VHLM Finals and winning one championship, many thought Harumpf was destined to make it 3 straight trips to the Finals with an appearance in his first VHL Championship. He came close, but it was not meant to be as Helsinki fell just short of making the finals, losing to Riga in 6 games, the last 2 games being overtime losses. It doesn't get much closer than that and Helsinki played well but just couldn't get that crucial go ahead goal as all 6 games were 1 goal games.

 

Harumpf played decent in the playoffs with 5 points in 11 games, including 3 in 6 games against Riga, but he felt he could have done more to help this team when they needed it the most. He wasn't able to get them an OT winner or even set up the OT winner. Harumpf did not record a point on the powerplay throughout the playoffs which is something he is disappointed in. He expects more of himself especially on the man advantage. 39 powerplay minutes in the post season and no points is something that will motivate him going into next season. Also his face offs were not up to snuff, winning just 42.40% of his post-season draws. Not bad for a rookie, but not good enough for Harumpf. He demands more from himself and will not stop working until he is the greatest center the league has ever seen.

 

After the playoff loss, the first of his VHL career, Harumpf will be heading into the off-season with a renewed motivation. He never wants to lose a playoff series again and will do everything in his power to help make sure that happens. If it means 3 a day workouts, fine. If it means cutting back on the cookies, no problem. If it means putting Icy-Hot in all the Riga player's jock straps before the game, consider it done. Harumpf will do whatever it takes to win. He wants to bring a championship to Helsinki and will not rest until it is done.

 

In a related Story: Oskars Haurmpf's soiled hockey pants were so repulsive during the Riga series that VHL officials demanded he wash them or be suspended. The problem started when Riga goalie Mike Szatkowski passed out after Harumpf had been stationed just outside his crease on a powerplay. The goalie got a whiff of Harumpf and crumbled to the ice. Officials gave Harumpf a 2 minute penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct and reported him to the league commissioner. Harumpf had no choice but to wash his hockey pants after game 4. He was very disgruntled about this and without his superstition intact, Helsinki went on to lose game 5 and 6 in overtime. One has to think if Harumpf was not forced to wash his pants that Helsinki would have won at least one of those games. There is now a possible lawsuit pending. Stay tuned for more details.

 

 

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Media Spot for Week of 1/26-2/1

Edited February 1, 2015 by Harumpf

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Content: 3/3 - More than enough words. Nice little bit on Harumpf. Good luck to Helsinki in the future. Up until they face Quebec City in the finals at least.

Grammar: 2/2 - Not enough to bother with deductions.

 

"If it means 3 a day workouts" - seems worded oddly. Should be '3 workouts a day'

"In a related Story: Oskars Haurmpf's" - spelled your own player's last name wrong. Heh.

Appearance: 1/1 - Could use 2 pictures, but the 1 is fine and everything looks good.

Overall: 6/6

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