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[Smarch 3,194]

Veteran Corner

As we enter the holiday season in the Victory Hockey League, the hockey action has entered the stretch run. With each team playing thirty-eight games at the time of writing, the playoff picture is still as clear as mud in the North American Conference. In this week’s edition of Veteran Corner, we’ll throw a bit of holiday cheer into our article and look at the naughty and nice list of veterans around the league.

Arcturus Mengsk (Naughty):

Coming off an eight-eight point performance in Season Fifty-One with the Express, Mengsk was re-signed to a one year contract during the off-season. Mengsk hasn’t been able to duplicate the numbers from last-season on a very lonely roster, putting up a team low twenty-three points in the teams’ thirty-eight games. Mengsk first entered the league back in Season Forty-Five with the Seattle Bears, so he will need to make the most of the next thirty plus games, as they will be the last regular seasons games he ever plays in the league. The Express are currently sitting in second place in the VHLs’ European Conference, sitting only eight points out of first place at the moment, so any extra points Mengsk can pull out of his bag of tricks will help the German club.

Maxime Deschamps (Naughty):

Another member of the Season Forty-Five draft class, Deschamps hasn’t put up the numbers that Seattle hoped for when they first drafted him Eleventh Overall in the Season Forty-Five VHL Entry Draft. Setting a career high in points last season with forty-one points in Quebec’s seventy-two games, Deschamps hoped to match or even improve on those career highs in his last season in the VHL. Fast forward to the thirty-eight game mark in Season Fifty-Two and Deschamps has only managed eleven points in those thirty-eight games. With Quebec on the outside looking in for the playoffs, Deschamps will likely play out his career in the Canadian capital in the next few weeks.

Niels Skovgaard (Nice):

Coming off a huge break-out season in Season Fifty-Two, which saw Skovgaard put up career highs in goals (49), assists (60), and points (109), Skovgaard jumped right back into the scoring mold this season. Skovgaard signed a one year extension during the season last year and Skovgaard has been repaying the team ever since, as he appears to be playing at a level that will see him surpass most if not all the career highs he set last season. In thirty-eight games this season Skovgaard has put up twenty-nine goals and forty-four assists, which is good enough to tie him for first in the entire VHL. Cologne will need Skovgaard to lead the way offensively for the remainder of the season, as they will be seeing playoff hockey for sure in the upcoming weeks in Cologne. 

Jeff Hamilton (Nice):

Hamilton has been having a good season in Toronto, after signing in the Ontario capital during free agency this season. Playing on an extremely veteran roster, Jeff and his brother Phil were brought into Toronto to anchor the blue-line. Jeff has had the slight upper hand in the race between the brothers for points, with Jeff putting up fifty-three points in the Legions thirty-eight games played so far. With Hamilton currently leading the points race for defenseman at this point in the season, Legion fans are talking about the possibility of Hamilton taking home the second Labatte trophy of his career. With the Legion sitting four points behind the Americans in the race for the final playoff position in the North American Conference, Hamilton will need to continue to produce the points as he currently is.

No Mag this week, so posting this here for TPEZ

[Phil 5,129]

Always a fun read!

[Smarch 3,194]

1 minute ago, Phil said:

Always a fun read!

thanks Phil!

[DollarAndADream 3,357]

Review:

Hopefully we on the Legion can make the playoffs. The Hamiltons deserve that spot with the way they have been playing!

Nice read!