Admin Victor 10,992 Posted November 8, 2015 Admin Share Posted November 8, 2015 Hello all and welcome to the Season 45 VHL Hall of Fame Induction ceremony! Several worthy veterans had hopes of this being their year as there was only one new addition to the ballot – and he has now been swiftly removed from it as he was unanimously inducted straight away. Tom Slaughter joins the illustrious list of first-ballot Hall of Famers and it was of course a no-brainer, as he lived up to the VHLM success, the pre-draft hype, and top rookie season. Slaughter was the true first overall pick in Season 37 in all but name but was quite content with going third overall for various reasons, as he still ended up on the team where he would make his name: New York. Slaughter never had a bad season and strung together five straight 100-point campaigns to end his career, while being a key part of New York's record-breaking four Victory Cups and two championships. His late-career move to Stockholm saw more individual hardware and becoming a leader on a promising young team. C - Tom Slaughter, S37-S44 576 GP, 322G, 516A, 838P, +396, 129PIM, 194HIT, 190SB, 54GW, 63.93 FO% S37 Christian Stolzschweiger Trophy S39 Mikka Virkkunen Trophy S40 Mikka Virkkunen Trophy S43 Scotty Campbell Trophy Two Continental Cups (S39, S41) The Board of Governors could not decide on who else to induct alongside Slaughter and in the end chose to induct just one player this season. The vote was distributed as follows: Tom Slaughter 15/15 ---------------------------- Wesley Kellinger 4/15 Max Kroenenburg 2/15 Felix Peters 2/15 Mike Szatkowski Jr. 2/15 Brick Wahl 2/15 However, the BOG did decide to induct a new Builder into the Hall of Fame this season and that man is Phil Knight! A member who has avoided holding down roles of obvious responsibility, he has nonetheless performed many important duties for the league, including grading, updating, compilation of various statistics for the Hall of Fame, and enthusiastically running several edition of World and Super Cups. We can not quantify Phil's locker room impact but his Top Leader awards speak for themselves and a strong team spirit is often key to members' interest in the league. Congratulations to Phil and Sterling on your umpteenth inductions to the Hall of Fame! Will, Da Trifecta, Ahma and 3 others 6 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/25367-s45-hall-of-fame-induction/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Higgins 3,618 Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 Congrats Phil Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/25367-s45-hall-of-fame-induction/#findComment-284279 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Admin Will 4,662 Posted November 8, 2015 Senior Admin Share Posted November 8, 2015 Congrats Phil Congrats sterling (thought i'd do one on each account) eaglesfan036 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/25367-s45-hall-of-fame-induction/#findComment-284282 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendrick 4,741 Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 (edited) Yeah Sterling & Phil!!!! Edited November 8, 2015 by Kendrick Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/25367-s45-hall-of-fame-induction/#findComment-284296 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregreg 930 Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 Peters will get in some day... congrats Sterling I guess? Huge congrats to Phil!!! Phil 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/25367-s45-hall-of-fame-induction/#findComment-284300 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOOM 8,807 Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 Congrats to both of you. Good selections. Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/25367-s45-hall-of-fame-induction/#findComment-284301 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLastOlympian07 2,388 Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 Congrats @Phil on the builder induction. Quite an honour. and congrats Tom Slaughter! Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/25367-s45-hall-of-fame-induction/#findComment-284330 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Tortorella 2,653 Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 Congrats to Slaughter and Phil! Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/25367-s45-hall-of-fame-induction/#findComment-284334 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid1486 577 Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Max Kroenenburg still getting votes? Also, GG Sterling/Phil Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/25367-s45-hall-of-fame-induction/#findComment-284366 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Victor 10,992 Posted November 9, 2015 Author Admin Share Posted November 9, 2015 Max Kroenenburg still getting votes? Also, GG Sterling/Phil I'd remove him just because we can't write his HOF article without stats for S15-S17 but someone's voting for him. Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/25367-s45-hall-of-fame-induction/#findComment-284371 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight 1,290 Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 They'll induct just about anyone these days eh? Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/25367-s45-hall-of-fame-induction/#findComment-284424 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kesler 1,514 Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Next season... Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/25367-s45-hall-of-fame-induction/#findComment-284442 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil 5,129 Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 This is a huge honour. I feel really grateful. I know most of the stuff I do with this site flies under the radar so this is a fantastic achievement!! I am the slave of the VHL. I'll do the grinding dirty work. This is amazing :') Congrats Sterling on another player induction... though let's be honest, we all saw this coming. eaglesfan036 and Kendrick 2 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/25367-s45-hall-of-fame-induction/#findComment-284629 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smarch 3,185 Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Congrats everyone! Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/25367-s45-hall-of-fame-induction/#findComment-284636 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle 667 Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 They'll induct just about anyone these days eh? Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/25367-s45-hall-of-fame-induction/#findComment-284656 Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoop 3,443 Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Max Kroenenburg still getting votes? Also, GG Sterling/Phil I'd remove him just because we can't write his HOF article without stats for S15-S17 but someone's voting for him. lol Marek Van Urho for HoF Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/25367-s45-hall-of-fame-induction/#findComment-285174 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Baozi 1,660 Posted November 10, 2015 Moderator Share Posted November 10, 2015 Yay Philly and Sterling! Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/25367-s45-hall-of-fame-induction/#findComment-285182 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglesfan036 4,604 Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 hooray for everyone! Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/25367-s45-hall-of-fame-induction/#findComment-285185 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendrick 4,741 Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Hooray for Boobies! Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/25367-s45-hall-of-fame-induction/#findComment-285189 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Victor 10,992 Posted November 10, 2015 Author Admin Share Posted November 10, 2015 Hooray for Boobies! Banned Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/25367-s45-hall-of-fame-induction/#findComment-285457 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendrick 4,741 Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Hooray for Boobies! Banned I revolt! Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/25367-s45-hall-of-fame-induction/#findComment-285460 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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