Ryuu's First Regular [1/2]

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RIGA — The Regular Season has ended and the playoffs are underway. Ryuu is one of the rookies who just finished their first Victory Hockey League regular season, so we decided to talk about it. Ryuu Crimson ended the Regular Season reaching the 20 goal plateau. We would mention all his other stats but for some reason we can't access them, we can only access his playoff information which has nothing written as of me writing this. We asked Ryuu how he thought his season went and he said, "Well, it was good and I'm glad I was top 10 on Rookie Point Scorers but I don't think I did as well as I wanted to. The beginning was great, and so was the end, but in between I wasn't as good. I hope to be more consistent in the future."

 

We also noticed he improved defensively compared to last season, when the young Left Wing was still in the Victory Hockey League Minors. Despite the lower numbers, we think that Ryuu's defensive growth has really helped him offensively. "You know, again, I gotta thank Eddie (Edwin Preencarnacion) and Dill Pickle (Dylan Nguyen) for helping me on my defensive play. I am really thankful."

Now, when it comes to him and the playoffs, let's recap his tournament and playoff experience.

 

His first playoff experience was back in Season 61, back in the Victory Hockey League Minors, when he and the Saskatoon Wild were in the first round. He scored 2 goals but that was it. Then, in his second and final season in the Minors, he and the Halifax 21st made it to the finals, where he got 2 goals and 8 assists, but they fell short, getting swept by the Ottawa Lynx. We can also go back to the Season 62 World Junior Championships, where he and a loaded Team Asia made it to the Gold Medal Round, but fell short to none other than Canada, good enough to give them a Silver Medal. To put more salt in the wound, Team Asia lost by one goal.

 

The Reign, who were first in the Regular Season, have been great and we think they have a good chance of making it to the Finals. Ryuu has come up short every championship opportunity he has come across, and boy does he want to win this one. "Sure, it isn't the finals but we're pretty close and have a good chance. But damn do I want to win this badly. I've been so close so many times but never won. I need to work twice as hard."

 

Ryuu isn't the only one who has come short of a championship in all of those experiences. Dylan was right by his side during all of those opportunities. "Yeah, I guess I can say the same for Dylan. I hope that we finally get to celebrate a championship. He knows just as much as I do the pain of coming so close but not winning."

 

Best of luck Ryuu, and good luck these playoffs.

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Review:

Crimson has been a killer.

He had a good rookie campaign and for sure he'll be a threat for many seasons. Great read.