VSN - Half Way There...

[Dil 1,750]

Now that we are more than halfway done the season, I think it would be a great time to reflect on how the season has gone so far for individual player's and teams. Since @Nykonax does VHLM Scoped every week (Which you should definitely check out), I thought I could reflect on the VHL alone. So here it is...

 

 

 

Standings

 

1. Riga Reign

2. Seattle Bears

3. Toronto Legion

4. Helsinki Titans

5. Quebec City Meute

6. Calgary Wranglers

7. New York Americans

8. HC Davos Dynamo

 

Riga is currently 4 points ahead of Seattle and 5 ahead of Toronto. It is a pretty close race between the top teams as  Helsinki and Quebec follow with 50 and 48 points each. Below that the rest of the teams are having a rough year. Calgary with only 32 points. That is a 16 point difference from the team ahead of them. New York is 3 points off of Calgary in the standings as both teams have struggled this year. Nothing like HC Davos though. Davos has only won 7 games this year and have a mere 18 points. With only 69 goals scored this season, they are on pace to have the least amount of goals scored in a single season (204 Goals was the previous record for least amount of goals scored). To put into perspective, Matt Thompson of Seattle has 34 goals. That is just a little less than half the goals HC Davos'  WHOLE TEAM has scored all year! On the opposite, Riga is having a great year. They have talented players on almost every line and it shows. They have a lot of good young player's who are just getting started. This team is going to tear up the league in the near future.

 

Player Stats

 

Points

1. Sebastian Ironside (39GP 69P) @DollarAndADream

2. Oyorra Arroyo (39GP 68P) @omgitshim

3. Robert Malenko (40GP 68P) @pennypenny

4. Matt Thompson (40GP 66P) @Beketov

5. Edwin Preencarnacion (40GP 55P) @Tagger

 

A ridiculously close point race. Sebastian Ironside is ahead by a mere 1 point. Arroyo and Malenko both tied for second trail him and are ready to take the lead at any moment. Below them Matt Thompson is also 2 points behind. 11 whole points behind is Preencarnacion. This is going to be very interesting to see who pulls through till the end of the season and wins the point race. Feel free to comment your pick for who will win it.

 

Goals

1. Oyorra Arroyo (39GP 34G) @omgitshim

2. Matt Thompson (40GP 34G) @Beketov

3. Podrick Cast  (40GP 26G) @Victor

4. Beau Louth (40GP 25G) @Beaviss

5. Edwin Preencarnacion (40GP 24G) @Tagger

 

Oyorra and Matt are both tied for the lead but Oyorra has played 1 less game. Still a very close matchup between the two players. Below them is Podrick Cast at 26 Goals. He is only 1 goal ahead of Beau Louth who is ALSO a goal ahead of Ewdin Preencarnacion. This is a very tight race aswell and will be interesting to see who comes out on top.

 

Assists

1. Robert Malenko (40GP 55A) @pennypenny

2. Sebastian Ironside (39GP 49A) @DollarAndADream

3. Joesph McWolf (39GP 35A) @McWolf

4. Oyorra Arroyo (39GP 34A) @omgitshim

5. Samuel Gate (40GP 32A) @street

 

Robert Malenko dominates this category with 55 apples in 40 games. This is where Malenko gets the majority of his point's as a D-Man. Below him is Sebastian Ironside who has been very dominant this year and has 49 Assist. Then there is young Defenceman Joseph McWolf with 35 assists. McWolf has been having a great second year in the league and will be a great player for years to come. An assist below that is Arroyo who is on all 3 stat leaderboards. Having an amazing year is on pace for 125 points which will be his best season yet. Samuel Gate makes his first appearance with 32 Assists for Quebec this year. In all honestly I think Malenko will still have the most assists when the season ends but Ironside will be pretty close behind him.

 

Goalie Stats (Minimum 20 Games Played) (Top 3 Only)

 

Save Percentage

1. Norris Stopko (34GP 0.930 sv%) @Bushito

2. Tristan Iseult (38GP 0.922 sv%) @Arthur

3. Finn Davison (27GP 0.920 sv%) @Poptart

 

Norris Stopko leading in save percentage as expected. 0.930% in his final year in the league is very good. He has been an amazing player through out his career and he is still showing it. Below him at 0.922%, Tristan Iseult is having a pretty good year. His 4th season in the league and he is still improving and is one of the best goalies in the league. Rookie goalie Finn Davison is showing that he has what it takes to play in the league. His save percentage is at 0.920%. No help from his teammates though since his team is absolutely horrible. He has faced 1000+ shots with a lot less games played than most starters. The kid has a bad team, but a bright future.

 

GAA

1. Tristan Iseult (38GP 2.25GAA) @Arthur

2. Kallis Kriketers (40GP 2.35GAA) @hedgehog337

3. Norris Stopko (34GP 2.47GAA) @Bushito

 

Tristan Iseult takes the lead in this category with a 2.25 Goals Against Average. Kallis Kriketers is putting up some great numbers for only his second year. Kallis is going to be a very good goalie in the near future. He has already shown he has what it takes. Norris Stopko takes #3 with his 2.47 GAA. Norris is a great goalie as I have said before and is showing it in this high scoring league.

 

Shutouts

1. Alexander Pepper (40GP 5SO) @Sonnet

2. Kallis Kriketers (40GP 5SO) @hedgehog337

3. Brick Wahl (29GP 3SO) @BladeMaiden

 

Alexander Pepper and Kallis Kriketers are both tied for shutouts at this point. 5 a piece with both of them at 40GP this is very even. Below them at 3 is Brick Wahl who is tied for the second place position with Ismond Kingfisher @Spade18. Calgary's rookie netminder has played 4 less games than Kingfisher though.

 

Rookie Stats

 

1. Ryan Zabby (39GP 12G 20A 32P) @RyanZabby

2. Joel Ylonen (39GP 11G 19A 30P) @Esso2264

3. Rylan Peace (40GP 14G 14A 28P) @Peace

4. Jorgon Weyed (40GP 11G 16A 27P) @Joubo

5. Elias Dahlberg (40GP 16G 10A 26P) @Nykonax

 

New York has some good rookies. Ryan Zabby and Joel Ylonen both from New York and only 2 points apart. Not only that New York also has young talent like Ryan Sullivan Jr. who was the first overall pick in the last VHL Draft. Bellow the two kids from New York this is Rylan Peace from Riga. 28 points in 40 GP he has had a good season so far. The 2 players behind him are Jorgon Weyed and Elias Dahlberg. Each 1 point behind each other in that order. Elias tore up the minors last year and at VSN we had expected him to do the same in the bigs. Unfortunately not. His recent drug addiction has made it difficult for him to compete with the other talent.

 

 

And that concludes this article. Half way through the season it is quite a close race in almost every category. It'll be fun to see which team and player's pull ahead in their respective categories as the season moves on.

 

 

 

 

1,165 words. Claiming this week and next week.

[Victor 10,614]

Feel like Wahl is Stolzy favourite without a standout skater.

[Nykonax 1,551]

1 hour ago, DilIsPickle said:

8. HC Davos Dynamo

can we get colour too as a consolation prize

 

1 hour ago, DilIsPickle said:

1. Alexander Pepper (40GP 5SO) @Sonnet

2. Kallis Kriketers (40GP 5SO) @hedgehog337

3. Brick Wahl (29GP 3SO) @BladeMaiden

can we get a "how many are against davos and thus dont count" stat to? cause shutouts this year are artificially inflated by how shitty we are.

Edited January 19, 2019 by Nykonax

[Nykonax 1,551]

1 hour ago, Sonnet said:

  

i literally dont care lol. its just we suck and you guys are getting free shutouts because our highest tpe player has like 500 lol