Claimed:VHLM Top Defensemen Pt. 2 of 2 [Reviewed]

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VHLM Top Defensemen Pt 2 of 2

Last week we took a look at fourth and third place in points for defensemen, Black Velvet of the Yukon Rush and Cian Mercer of the Ottawa Lynx.  This week we’ll take a look up the rankings to second and first place.  To keep things fair, we will be using statistics from the time the previous article was written.  I will close by showing the updated statistics for all four defensemen covered in these articles.

In second place in points is Tanner Hynes of the Moscow Red Wolves.  He is not leading defensemen in any category but he is close to the top in all statistics leading him to be second in total points.  Through his first 12 games, Tanner had tallied three goals and 18 assists good for 21 points which actually tied him with Cian Mercer.  Due to Tanner’s three goals to Cian’s two, we gave him the nod for second place.  Tanner appears to be absent from the training and weight room as of late so it is hard to say how he will progress the rest of the season, if at all. Tanner also has 19 blocked shots to go along with a 8.57% shooting percentage.

In first place in points for defensemen we have Felipe Rodriguez of the Saskatoon Wild.  He had five goals and 19 assists good for 24 points, just one point behind first overall David Hamilton.  He had been shooting at 11.90% and blocked a league-leading 35 shots through his first 12 games.  Lately he’s been seen in the weight room working on his strength as well as on the rink and film room working on his defensive positioning.  It has paid dividends as he continues to lead the league in blocked shots, something he has been saying he hoped to do when asked earlier in his career.  Despite Saskatoon’s struggles, he has managed a +1 rating but we wouldn’t expect that to keep up as Saskatoon might go into a rebuild mode.  He has been scoring at a decent rate so we would just expect him to maybe bulk up before hitting his training cap for the minors.

 

Since the first article was written, the standings for defensemen have changed a little.  Felipe Rodriguez took over first overall in points, Cian Mercer is now in second overall for points passing up Tanner Hynes in the defensemen standings, and Black Velvet is up to fifth overall and fourth in defensemen points.  Rodriguez has also extended his lead in blocked shots up to 69, 19 more than second place Tanner Hynes and Supa Hot Fire with 50 each.  Since last week, Black Velvet has been on a league leading 20 game point streak.  The current stat sheet for all four defensemen is as follows:

Player Name	GP	G	A	P	+/-	SHT %	SB
F.Rodriguez	24	12	29	41	6	12.24	69
C.Mercer	24	4	35	39	22	6.56	48
T. Hynes	24	6	32	38	18	10.00	50
B. Velvet	22	18	17	35	6	10.91	35

 

As you can see, Mercer is still shooting well below average but we still expect that to pick up and with that, his goal tally increase.  Black Velvet is still in the lead for defensemen goals and that is a stat that we expect him to lead in throughout the entirety of the season.  This is shaping up to be a great competition and the competition only benefits the teams these guys play for.

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Edited January 19, 2016 by evrydayimbyfuglien

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Feedback: interesting second part to the series, I was really not expecting the little box comparing al 4 of the defender's VHLM stats, so that was really cool. Would have liked to see TPE mentioned at some point, but its really not an issue. No grammatical errors I can see. Only real complaint is that you didn't update the article after the shift in points leaders, but I can let that slide.

 

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