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[Smarch 3,112]

Big three

Mike Szatkowski announcing Robin Gow second overall

 

Earlier this evening the Season thirty-six Victory Hockey League Entry Draft was held with Riga and New York holding a combined seven of the ten draft choices available in the first round alone. We’ll take a look at the some of the first round and how it shaped out after the five different General Managers stepped up to the podium to announce their future superstars.

 

1^st Overall: Godavari Yumalatopinto (Seattle Bears)

 

The defensemen hailing from Delhi, India comes to the Bears via the Oslo Storm last season, where he put up decent numbers in his first and likely only VHLM season. In his seventy-two games with the Storm this past season Yumalatopinto put up thirty-four goals and seventy-seven assists in the regular season. The Storm headed into the playoffs as the underdogs against the Vasteras club but surprised the J-20 club upsetting them in five games to head into the Founders Cup match-up against powerhouse Ottawa. Oslo would eventually fall at the hands of the Lynx in four straight games but Yumalatopinto made enough of an impression during his teams nine game playoffs run to spark interest for the Bears to pick him with the first overall selection. Yumalatopinto should be a cornerstone defenseman for the Bears for many seasons ad there already strong defense got even stronger.

 

 

2^nd Overall: Robin Gow (Riga Reign)

 

 

The son of Jim Gow came into the VHLM season after declaring himself eligible just a few days before the start of the draft, the Ottawa Lynx couldn’t have done better with their choice of drafting Robin 4^th overall. Robin led the entire VHLM in assists and was second on the Lynx roster in points behind VHLM journeyman Jeevan Samuelsson. Gow has been a powerhouse with his practice routine as of late getting in ample workouts on and off the ice leading up to the draft this evening, getting in well above 200 practice hours before the draft even started. The Reign are just few seasons into their rebuild and General Manager Mike Szatkowski might have went a bit of what many people believed to be the big two but he might have just found himself a future superstar.

 

3^rd Overall: Xin Xei Xao (New York Americans)

 

After the Regina selected Robin Gow with their first choice in the draft the Americans found themselves with a very difficult decision. The team found themselves trying to decide between two very similar forwards in Damon Tyrael and Xin Xei Xao. Xao was the management’s decision when they sent a representative to the podium to announce the third overall draft choice in this yeas draft. Xao was chosen because of his pure offensive skills he showed during his season with the Saskatoon        Wild of the VHLM. Xao had eighty-six goals and 128 points during his seventy-two games during the regular season with the Wild, but it was his playoff performance that really showed his true superstar potential the young forward possesses. Xao had twenty-two goals and thirty-three points in ten games for the Wild before they were ousted by the Lynx in the North American Conference finals. The Americans might not have expected to see Xao land in their lap when the draft lottery took place a few weeks ago, but management and current American roster players couldn’t be happier with the addition of Xao to the club’s re-build. 

 

The top three from S36

Edited December 24, 2013 by Smarch

[Baozi 1,658]

None of these guys look Asian:P

[NotAVHLM-GM 1,858]

None of these guys look Asian:P

 

Fixed:

 

[Baozi 1,658]

Much better

[Fire Tortorella 2,653]

Content: 3/3 - I'm really not sure why Robin's name wasn't included with XXX and Godavari when it came to franchise picks, but I don't think you could fault any team for picking any of these players in the top 3. This doesn't even include Bushito's player who'll likely be a great player as well. All in all, the top half of the S36 draft could end up being one of the best in a while.

 

Grammar: 1.5/2 - A good amount of mistakes that could have been caught with a spell check.

 

Season thirty-six = Season Thirty-Six

Founders Cup = Founder's Cup

ad = as

there already = their already

bit of what = bit off what

the Regina = the Reign

this yeas draft. = this years draft

 

Appearance: 1/1 - Solid.

 

Overall: 5.5/6

[AwfulHomesick 148]

Content: 3/3 - You could never go wrong with a draft recap. Their numbers don't lie and they have an illustrious VHL career waiting for each of them respectively.

 

Grammar: 1.5/2 - What flyersfan already caught.

defensemen - defenseman

re-build - rebuild

 

Appearance: 1/1- Looks good. Picture makes me laugh every time I look at it.

 

Overall: 5.5/6

 

Final: 6/6