Claimed: VHL Top 3 (S55 Forwards)

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So we've tangled and fucked with the top 3 forwards, defence, goalies and badasses of the S55 season. As everyone knows, it can at times be a struggle to write on this site but with this saga of Top 3's, I've found it enjoyable to write as I reconnect with the league, it's players and can check on how everyones doing. In this episode, we're going to take a look at the 3 best forwards in this seasons playoffs with as much truthfulness and least amount of biased opinion possible. Who are the Top 3 forwards of this seasons playoffs as she dwindles down to the last game or two? Who has helped pushed their team to the glory land, or helped them make it as far as they did - whether it be for goals, assists, clutch games or other big plays. Shall we take a look?

 

3. Essian Ravenwing - NYA 

Really, win or loss, Essian played a huge part to New York's strong performance throughout the entire season leading up to their loss against the Quebec Meute in playoffs. In playoffs though, he really stepped it up for the team and tried to give them one more push into the finals before possible GM changes come about and potentially turn the route of the team and where they'll be heading. With 6 goals, 7 assists and 13 points through his 10 playoff games, his goal and points totals are still good enough to have him placed in second for both of those. Aside from those 3 big stats, he averaged 3.5 hits a game, over 31 minutes on ice each game and had 2 game winners for his boys. A mentionable stat was that he also finished with above 60% on the face-off circle. So, with a mixture of clutch, top performance and being one hell of a player, he finds himself 3rd on this weeks Forwards edition list.

 

2. Black Velvet - HSK 

It's his final season in the Victory Hockey League and during which, he decided that he was going to test the waters as a forward rather than his usual defensive positioning. Seemingly, it's turned out pretty successful for the old-timer as he's rolling through the playoffs and has helped largely carry the load on his back and eased the load for the Titans this year. Though their back is up against the wall, the pushed back last game to bring about a Game 7. For Velvet, he has double 6's for 12 points through 11 playoff games. His physical nature as a dman has carried over as he has 45 hits, all while naturally filling in the role of centre with an above 62% rate in that field. Topping that off with a similar clutch performance to Ravenwing, he has 3 game winners and if prevailing in Game 7, could be the reason the Titans went so far. 

1. John Locke - QUE 

Usually on a list such as this, you start at 3 and make your way downward, however, this one was an easy player to throw into the number 1 spot so he was the first one we marked down. Locke has strongly commanded the playoffs this season, having a 4 goal lead on 2nd place in that race and a 2 point lead over a player who is no longer playing in the playoffs for points. With 3 clutch game winners and logging in over 33 minutes a game, this guy has held an incredible amount of pressure on his back and has so far carried it extremely well. John Locke is easily the best player on the ice for Quebec at this time and win or loss, may end up being the top player. 

 

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