Triplets Add Depth for Aces

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TRIPLETS PROVIDE DEPTH FOR ACES

By Raoul Duke

 

Beset by the startling reality that the Yukon Rush look like world-beaters, the Vegas Aces management made one late move on deadline day. So late, in fact, that they had to secure a favorable ruling from the league office in order to complete it. Sending out six players and two draft picks, Vegas acquired a brand new forward line to add to their lineup. The Vilhjálmsson triplets, as they are known, comprise of center Jóhannes and wingers Jakub and Jonas. They were certainly a bright spot for the last-place Ottawa Lynx in their first season in the league, but couldn't propel their previous squad up the standings. The triplets were a late addition to this season's roster, as they were signed after the VHLM Entry Draft.

 

Their performance in Vegas has been exactly what was asked. Provide depth scoring, and display that chemistry that has been a calling card in their young careers. In just ten games for the Aces, the triplets have combined for fifteen goals and twenty-six assists- that's forty-one points. It's been an impressive start in the desert for these three. There were some concerns when the trade was announced that Vegas would provide an unforgiving environment for three young men with known predilections for pubs and merriment. The trio are all nineteen years of age, meaning they were "of age" in Canada (and their native Iceland, though they were not of age to purchase in the latter). In Vegas, of course, the drinking age is 21. Nevertheless, the trio have kept their noses clean, and they've got the Aces thinking they might have something up their sleeve as we approach the playoffs.