Claimed: Yukon Last Line of Defense [1/2]

[Arthur 133]

Tristan Iseult came in the VHL red hot after Sir Galahad announced his retirement at the end of the season. The Rush, losing their goaltender, decided to acquire the young British goaltender for the few games remaining in the S58 season and they would figure out their goaltending situation when the draft would arrive.

During the remaining of the S58 season, Iseult posted 6 wins, 2 losses in 8 games. He had a .881 save percentage and 3.75 goals against average. Those were not amazing number for the few games he played, but it was decent enough to warm him up to the playoffs. In them, Iseult had 3 wins and 3 losses. Two of these victories were against the wild, which allowed the Rush to move to the second round. However, the Lynx were waiting for them and almost swiped them out. In the playoff, Iseult had a .878 save percentage and 2.84 goals against average.

The Rush season ended with this defeat versus the Lynx and Iseult packed his bags, not knowing if he would return to the Rush. He knew there was at least another goaltender in the draft, so the Rush could decide to pick Asipi Jr. instead of him. The Yukon Rush, however, ended up not making the decision on which goalie to select. They knew they wanted Roux with their first pick, which allowed the Ottawa Lynx, with the fifth overall, to select Asipi Jr.. This left only the British goaltender for the Rush, if they decided to select him. They ended up doing two rounds later and Iseult was selected twelfth overall, set to return to the Yukon.

We can say now that the Yukon Rush are making a wave in the VHLM. Through 50 games, they are sitting at the top of the league with seventeen more points than the second team, the Las Vegas Aces. With 38 victories, 10 losses and 2 overtime losses, they have 78 points to tower the league. They have the best goal difference in the league, with 66 (176 GF and 110 GA).

One of the main reason the Rush are able to perform so well during the season is because of the defense. They have a great defense in Fook, Lespinau Lebr, Roux and Pilgrim. This greatly help their goaltender, Iseult, to perform so well every day. This can be seen with the number of shots the Yukon Netminder faced. While being tied for the best save percentages at .903 and leading the goals against average category with 2.14, Iseult also only faced 1108 shots through 50 games. This is close to 400 less than the leading in shots faced, Koradek, who faced 1507. However, Iseult also have 4 shutouts during the season and only 10 losses in 50 games.

The season will close quickly for the young goaltender who do not know where he will be drafted. There is rumor of at least one team needing a goaltender, but Iseult was not in contact with them so far. With Asipi Jr. also in his draft class, he’ll have to fight in order to make sure he’s the first goalie off the board and will be able to work with his new team toward success.

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[HellBillyXIII 61]

Review: Word count is good. Good article, love reading about my team...Go Rush!