Devise 4,475 Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 (edited) It is with great pleasure and honor that I welcome recently retired Cologne Express defender Ron World Peace as the second retired jersey to hang from our rafters. I could think of no better member to hang beside the great Kameron Taylor than World Peace, who was arguably one of the most underrated pieces to the success of the Express in this era. Through 504 regular season games Ron had 407 points, with an impressive 1287 hits and 900 shots blocked. He was also an underrated playoff contributor putting up 31 points in 56 games, with 148 hits and 85 shots blocked. More than that, World Peace was a locker room leader and motivator, even being dubbed "Mr. Cologne" in Season 42 when the Express won their first championship. For several seasons World Peace justly wore an assistant captains A on his jersey. His career loyalty with the Express, spending all 7 of his VHL seasons here, his contributions both on the ice, in the locker room, and in the community made this an easy decision. Congratulations to Ron World Peace and his Player Agent Stevo for his accomplishments. Also, huge thanks to Boom for doing up the banner for him and for doing it in such quick fashion! Praise that man for his work and dedication are amazing! Edited August 26, 2015 by Mr. Power diamond_ace, der meister, CowboyinAmerica and 5 others 8 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/23299-cologne-express-jersey-retirement/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Trifecta 1,899 Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Congrats RWP stevo 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/23299-cologne-express-jersey-retirement/#findComment-260993 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOOM 8,759 Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Congratulations Stevo, well deserved. Was a pleasure to be in the LR with you for a couple of seasons. stevo 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/23299-cologne-express-jersey-retirement/#findComment-261006 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Higgins 3,618 Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Congrats mate stevo 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/23299-cologne-express-jersey-retirement/#findComment-261008 Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevo 793 Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Oh no, you didn't :wub: Thanks guys. It was a pleasure to play for my real hometown in this league, and I never would have thought to get the 13 retired here. I've been here with a lot of quality guys, and I cannot credit enough people that kept me active. Great to see RWP taking home some of the franchise records as well. If I could as device, I would post more paragraphs here but for now, that's it because I still got an hour of work left. Devise and BOOM 2 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/23299-cologne-express-jersey-retirement/#findComment-261012 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toast 887 Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Congrats! It was great having you on team West Euro last off-season, and you definitely played a big role in getting us the gold. Very underrated guy throughout his career, so this is well deserved! BOOM and stevo 2 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/23299-cologne-express-jersey-retirement/#findComment-261028 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuffy 346 Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Thought this was going to be Zach cuff wow stevo 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/23299-cologne-express-jersey-retirement/#findComment-261030 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotAVHLM-GM 1,858 Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Wow, nice one and really deserved stevo 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/23299-cologne-express-jersey-retirement/#findComment-261048 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil 5,119 Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Congrats Stevo!! It was such fun playing with you in the World Cup (and I think we also play on a Super Cup team too!). I look forward to potentially playing with World B. Free but if not, there's always another World Cup Gold to be won. Cheers mate stevo 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/23299-cologne-express-jersey-retirement/#findComment-261071 Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevo 793 Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Muchas gracias amigos Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/23299-cologne-express-jersey-retirement/#findComment-261080 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanesEuntDomus 442 Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 So happy to see this, very well deserved stevo 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/23299-cologne-express-jersey-retirement/#findComment-261170 Share on other sites More sharing options...
boubabi 4,725 Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 hall of scrub amirite stevo 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/23299-cologne-express-jersey-retirement/#findComment-261171 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendrick 4,741 Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Hey Stevo, Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/23299-cologne-express-jersey-retirement/#findComment-261206 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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