S71 Trivia Week 2 Answers

[Victor 10,937]

1. Which VHL franchise was the first to win back-to-back Continental Cups? (Credit and 1 uncapped TPE to @GRZ)

It didn't take long, it was Calgary in S2 and S3 and they really should have won in S1 as well. Since then there have been 10 other back-to-back champions, including the Toronto threepeat, despite a 20-season gap between Davos in S24-S25 and Helsinki in S45-S46. Every original VHL franchise other than Vasteras has managed the feat at least once, but no expansion franchise ever has.

 

The easiest place to find this information is probably the portal: https://vhlportal.com/hof/cupwinners/vhl

Although there are some handy spreadsheets on the forum here and here.

 

2. Of the five goalies picked first in the VHL's first 5 drafts (excluding S1 Supplementary), only one went on to be a Hall of Famer. (Credit and 1 uncapped TPE to @Big Mac)

A bit of a random and wordy one, but looks like it was reasonably straightforward. The following goalies were drafted first in the first 5 drafts:

S1 - Robert Sharpe, very famously first overall - make sure to ask @Beketov about it (or just read this solid article about it). He did not get into the HOF although the next 2 goalies drafted, Pogge and Desny, did.

S2 - Sexy McSexington, way down in the 3rd round - not a HOFer

S3 - Adrian McCreath, one of 3 Hall of Famers picked by Seattle that draft

S4 - Bob Toskala, not a HOFer

S5 - Greg Eagles, who had a decent career... perhaps @Greg_Di's current incarnation will have better luck. The great Alex Gegeny was only the 3rd goalie picked in this draft.

 

The place to go is definitely the drafts forum: https://vhlforum.com/forum/91-drafts/

 

 

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1 capped TPE goes to:

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[Gustav 6,405]

Just now, Victor said:

Robert Sharpe, very famously first overall - make sure to ask @Beketov about it

 

Hey @Beketov what happened in S1?

[Beketov 9,022]

12 minutes ago, GustavMattias said:

 

Hey @Beketov what happened in S1?

I was drafted ahead of Scotty because I was clearly superior, duh.

[solas 1,951]

Damn I misread Question 2, RIP

[Garsh 1,189]

54 minutes ago, Beketov said:

I was drafted ahead of Scotty because I was clearly superior, duh.

[Ricer13 2,796]

shit did I not submit answers? lol