Toast 887 Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 COVINGTON BENCHED FOR REMAINING HOME GAMES A frustrated and possibly even sadistic (just look at that smile) Steve Smeall, Riga general manager, speaks to press while announcing the team has benched star Sir William Covington from playoff home games for his comments. By Toast RIGA, LATVIA — Following the elimination of HC Davos from the playoffs, the European Conference Final is now confirmed. As many expected, the Riga Reign will be taking on the Cologne Express to see who will advance to the Continental Cup series. Throughout the season, both the Express and Reign have been dominate on the ice against both European and North American opponents. Many stories could be sent to press about the star players that either team have ready to go, but the first story to come from the series is not what fans were expecting. “Sir William Convington the third will not be playing any of the Riga home games throughout the playoffs,” announced Riga general manager Steve Smeall. Earlier in the week, Covington made it loud and clear through various interviews and his social media accounts that he regrets signing with the Reign and looks forward to finding a new team in the off-season. “The players seemingly think that this league is about them,” said Smeall. “Clearly, Convington is one of these men and chooses to make the playoffs about him rather than focusing on the team’s goal of bringing home a Continental Championship to the great country of Latvia, and the city of Riga.” “That is why he will no longer play in front of the home crowd in Riga. We have the talent on this team to take on both Cologne and whoever may represent the North American conference in the Final.” The announcement from the general manager has been met with confusion from league officials, and a mix of emotion from the team’s fan base. “I guess it makes sense,” said long-time Riga fan Brovy Kesler. “He is our most-talented scorer though. I would look the other way from the comments and just let him play.” Riga will most certainly be taking a hit with this decision as they will be without a player who put up 122 points and 40 goals through the regular season for the team. Covington found immediate chemistry with the rest of the team, specifically former Davos teammate, Shawn Muller. “People seem to forget that Muller led the team in goals this season and almost cracked the 50 mark,” said Smeall. “He can definitely lead our forwards when the team is at home, while Hamilton continues to set up plays and Clegane continues to shut the door. This is not a one-player team and we will be standing by this decision.” Many of Riga’s players had fantastic seasons, capped by Clegane’s shutout-record breaking season. Cologne will be looking to make Smeall regret the decision though. The Express, being led by Hamilton, will look to capitalize on their chances with Riga’s mouthpiece riding the pine for majoirty of the series. Along with players such as Lincoln and Skovgaard, Riga’s remaining team will have to deal with quite the challenge. “Covington will play the away games during the playoffs,” announced Smeall. “This is the team’s decision, and there are no sort of threats or social media posts that will help him now. He wants to go out there and say Riga can’t do it? F*** him, we’ll make him sit there and watch with the other doubters as we show them all what we’re made of.” --- For Grigory Da Trifecta and TheLastOlympian07 2 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/35165-smeall-covington-benched-reviewed/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluObieZ 1,125 Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 First off: there won't many home games to miss. We will beat Cologne cause we are way better then them. but Calgary will sweap us. so that's 4-5 homes games. 2ndly: is it possible to refuse to play in the playoffs. he is benching me cause I want to change teams. which is BS he shouldn't be allowed to bench me. but if it's allowed I should be allowed to bench myself and not play. I respect guys like muller and Jardy and the rest. but if he wants to go through with this I want to not play AT ALL this playoffs. You talk about teams are not about one person but you made it just that. you benching me screws everyone on the team. you will need me vs Calgary I promise you that. but benching me will screw the team. so you made it about you and your hurt feelings and not what's best for the team. Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/35165-smeall-covington-benched-reviewed/#findComment-384684 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLastOlympian07 2,388 Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 the love, I feel it. Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/35165-smeall-covington-benched-reviewed/#findComment-384691 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jericho 917 Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 3 hours ago, KingRobbie said: First off: there won't many home games to miss. We will beat Cologne cause we are way better then them. but Calgary will sweap us. so that's 4-5 homes games. 2ndly: is it possible to refuse to play in the playoffs. he is benching me cause I want to change teams. which is BS he shouldn't be allowed to bench me. but if it's allowed I should be allowed to bench myself and not play. I respect guys like muller and Jardy and the rest. but if he wants to go through with this I want to not play AT ALL this playoffs. You talk about teams are not about one person but you made it just that. you benching me screws everyone on the team. you will need me vs Calgary I promise you that. but benching me will screw the team. so you made it about you and your hurt feelings and not what's best for the team. If I remember correctly from the holdout debacle I don't think you can do that. I don't have the facts on hand but I think I remember that coming up somewhere. Either that or someone else tried to do it when they had a falling out with their GM and Jardy called them a twat or something. Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/35165-smeall-covington-benched-reviewed/#findComment-384725 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOOM 8,756 Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 "Riga fan, Brovy Kesler" Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/35165-smeall-covington-benched-reviewed/#findComment-384775 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Victor 10,943 Posted November 9, 2016 Admin Share Posted November 9, 2016 lol is this real Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/35165-smeall-covington-benched-reviewed/#findComment-384963 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluObieZ 1,125 Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 3 hours ago, Victor said: lol is this real 100% Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/35165-smeall-covington-benched-reviewed/#findComment-385040 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JardyB10 4,865 Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 I'm simming, of course not! Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/35165-smeall-covington-benched-reviewed/#findComment-385069 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluObieZ 1,125 Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 1 minute ago, JardyB10 said: I'm simming, of course not! I should have been benched Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/35165-smeall-covington-benched-reviewed/#findComment-385072 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jRuutu 2,464 Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 If Riga wants to win, Covington more than likely needs to be benched on the away games as well Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/35165-smeall-covington-benched-reviewed/#findComment-385132 Share on other sites More sharing options...
evrydayimbyfuglien 600 Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Review: Well written article, couldn't tell if this was legit or not though. Would have made for an interesting playoff series. Didn't see any grammar issues or spelling problems. Keep up the good work, @Toast Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/35165-smeall-covington-benched-reviewed/#findComment-385154 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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