VHLM Stats 15 games into the year [1/2]

[Matt_O 896]

Every friday from now on, I will be looking at the top players in each category of scoring, and giving my own opinion on them. Lets start it off with the leaders in points.

 

1	Anton Edvin	16	30
2	Nathan N	16	28
3	Dan Baillie	16	28
4	Diljodh	16	28
5	Carles Puigdemont	16	27
6	Eric Parker	16	26
7	Bolt Vanderhuge	16	23
8	Jagger Philliefan	16	22
9	Curtis Gary	16	22
10	Burnt Toast	16	21

 

 

Anton Edvin is going crazy this year, which can be considered a surprise. Last season, he had 21 points in 46 games. He has already eclipsed that total with only a third of the games played. He also isn't one of those guys with or near 200 TPE, so his extreme point production is definitely a pleasant surprise. Of his 30 points, he has 17 goals and 13 assists. After that though, it is guys that you would have expected to see in the top five. Nathan N, Dan Baillie, and Dilijodh all have 28 points in sixteen games. All of these guys have more than 180 TPE, including Diljodh, who has 239 TPE (39 banked) We also have Carles Puigdemont, who was drafted first overall in the most recent VHLM draft, and clearly he is playing to what Oslo expected of him. He is one point behind the group, with 27 points of his own.

 

Eric Parker leads the way for defenseman with 26 points on the season so far, including 19 assists. Last year he had 60 points in 72 games for Las Vegas, and is leading the way on the Las Vegas blue line. He was drafted 13th overall in this past draft, and is outplaying his draft position for sure. Making a lot of teams regret passing on him. 

Bolt Vanderhuge is second on the defensive leaderboards, and this is very similar to Anton Edvin's story. Last year, Vanderhuge had only six points in 43 games. Now he has almost four times, in less than half of the games played. He also has only 118 TPE at the moment, and is a huge reason why Halifax is at the top of the standings in the VHLM. Jagger Philliefan is third in the defensive leaderboard for points, with 22 points. With those 22 points, 20 of them are assists. He also leads the assists leaderboard, but Burnt Toast and Eric Parker are only one behind him.

 

Now lets take a look at goaltenders. I'm not sure if this domes as a surprise or not, but not a single goalie has a save percentage above .900, as the goalie with the highest save percentage is Tyler Smith, at .897. He also leads all goalies in shutouts and is third in goals against, with two shutouts and a 2.61 GAA. The only other goalie to have a shutout this season is Divanni Sovha, who also has two shutouts. Kevin Weekes and Divanni Sovha are the only two goalies ahead of Smith in terms of GAA, with a 2.49 and 2.57 GAA, respectively.

 

The other various stats leader are:

Plus Minus

1	Carles Puigdemont	16	24
2	Diljodh	16	22
3	Jagger Philliefan	16	19
4	Juri Rykonen	16	12
5	Sven Hitz	16	11

 

 

Blocked Shots

1	Robert Renner	16	41
2	Evgeni Komarov	16	35
3	B.B. Nat	14	33
4	Burnt Toast	16	27
5	Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen	16	26

 

Hits

1	Evgeni Komarov	16	77
2	Bolt Vanderhuge	16	70
3	Viktor Kozlov	16	66
4	Sven Hitz	16	59
5	Jesse Sublime	16	57

 

Evgeni Komarov has a 75 in checking and 70 in strength, by the way. That's pretty wack.

 

[eaglesfan036 4,583]

Review:

 

A good summary of the VHLM action so far. The VHL usually gets much more coverage so it is fun to see what is going on in the minors. I bet @Gooningitup is happy to see he leads in hits. Also surprising to see Edvin in 1st for points.

[WhiteMocha 33]

No love for goalies, eh?