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6th Annual Unofficial VHL Regular Season Awards – S71


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6th Annual Unofficial VHL Regular Season Awards – S71

Another exciting regular season has come to a close. That means we can dole out some regular season awards! Welcome everyone to the 6th Annual Unofficial VHL Regular Season Awards for S71. Thanks to a comment in last season’s post, I’m including some goalie awards this year! Please keep the award suggestions coming!

 

These awards have been created by me. There is no voting process and they are not officially recognized by the VHL Board of Governors. I wrote descriptions for most of these award names in the original award post. Let’s get things underway!

 

The Pylon Award (worst +/- rating) – John Madden @Thranduil :dav:

HC Davos claims this award for a 2nd straight season. They occupied the bottom 5 spots on this list. John Madden led the way with -43.

 

Previous Pylon Award Winners:

Season

Player

+ / -

S70

Bert Meyers

-45

S69

Basaraba Moose

-57

S68

Sven Hitz

-58

S67

Piotr Jerwa and Nethila Dissanayake

-34

S66

Bryce Zhields

-49

 

 

The Gandhi Award (least penalty minutes, min 1,000 minutes played) – Soren Jensen @Velevra:nya:

 

Jensen won this award with 4 PIM in 2,016 minutes played. Teemu Lehtinen Jr @Sixersfan549 :dcd: also had 4 PIM, but lost the tiebreaker with only 1,112 minutes played.

 

Previous Gandhi Award Winners:

Season

Player

PIM

Minutes Played

S70

Denver Wolfe

2

1988

S69

Hugh Chan

4

2050

S68

Jack Lynch

0

1473

S67

Diljodh Starload

0

2091

S66

Beau Buefordsson

0

1939

 

 

The Timex Award (received most hits) – Hunter Hearst Helmsley @Beaviss :que:

 

Claiming the award for the 2nd year in a row, HHH was hit 274 times the season. That’s 8 less than last season but still enough to claim the award.  

 

Previous Timex Award Winners:

Season

Player

Hits Taken

S70

Hunter Hearst Helmsley

282

S69

John Madden

357

S68

Mikko Aaltonen

297

S67

Rauno Palo

302

S66

Beau Louth

300

 

 

The John Wayne Award (most shots on goal) - Scott Greene @DoktorFunk  :sea:

 

Greene was the only player to break the 400-shot barrier this season. He led the league with 402 shots on frame.

 

Previous John Wayne Award Winners:

Season

Player

Shots Taken

S70

Juilius Freeman

453

S69

Juilius Freeman

452

S68

Rylan Peace

466

S67

Matt Thompson

495

S66

Shane Mars

533

 

 

The “Hit the Broadside of the Barn” Award (most own shots blocked) - Guy LeGrande @Steve  :sea:

 

LeGrande had a chance of winning the John Wayne Award, but it looks like he had too many shots blocked, He had a league-leading 122 shots blocked.

 

Previous HtBotB Award Winners:

Season

Player

Own Shots Blocked

S70

Shawnomir Jagr

129

S69

Julian Borwinn

136

S68

Rylan Peace

144

S67

Beau Louth

153

S66

Oyorra Arroyo

142

 

 

The “Can’t Hit the Broadside of the Barn” Award (most own shots missed) – Guy LeGrande @Steve :sea:

 

Or maybe it was the number of shots missed that kept him from winning the John Wayne Award. LeGrande missed 299 shots this season.

 

Previous CHtBotB Award Winners:

Player

Season

Shots Missed

S70

Juilius Freeman

343

S69

Elias Dahlberg

320

S68

Rylan Peace

351

S67

Beau Louth

364

S66

Roctrion King

372

 

 

The New Shin Pads Award (most blocked shots) – Aron Nielsen @solas   :tor:

 

Was Nielsen forced into early retirement because of all the shots he blocked this season? We may never know. He ends his career on a high note, leading the league with 153 shots blocked.

 

Previous New Shin Pads Award Winners:

Season

Player

Shots Blocked

S70

Guillaume Fontenette

145

S69

Guillaume Fontenette

166

S68

Seabass Perrin

207

S67

Piotr Jerwa

170

S66

Lando Baxter

189

 

The Tired Legs Award (most minutes played) - Julius Freeman @rjfryman :que:

 

Freeman takes home the award for a second straight season with 2,189 minutes played, an average of 30.41 minutes per game.

 

Previous Tired Legs Award Winners:

Season

Player

Minutes Played

S70

Juilius Freeman

2164

S69

John Madden

2259

S68

Mikko Aaltonen

2290

S67

Shawn Glade

2226

S66

Robert Malenko

2324

 

 

The Snap! Award (most power play minutes) - Julius Freeman @rjfryman  :que:

 

And he claims this award for the 2nd consecutive year as well with 364 minutes on the power play. Vancouver was the only team with players recording over 300 power play minutes.

 

Previous Snap! Award Winners:

Season

Player

PP Minutes

S70

Juilius Freeman

372

S69

Elias Dahlberg

368

S68

Joseph McWolf

351

S67

Beau Louth

437

S66

Jake Davis

412

 

The 1 vs. 100 Award (most time on penalty kill) - Jacob Perry @Liberty_Cabbage :PRA:

 

Perry wins this award for the 2nd year in a row. He bested 2 of his teammates the lead the league with 344 minutes on the ice killing penalties.

               

Previous 1 vs. 100 Award Winners:

Season

Player

PK Minutes

S70

Jacob Perry

380

S69

Wolf Stansson Jr

328

S68

Jack Lynch

353

S67

Aron Nielsen

374

S66

Lew Bronstein

352

 

 

The Sean Archer Award (highest face-off win %) - Jet Jaguar @gorlab :mos:

 

Jaguar won 61.84% of the 2,998 faceoffs he took. Last year’s winner, HHH, finished 2nd with 59.98%.

               

Previous Sean Archer Award Winners:

Season

Player

Face Off Pct

S70

Hunter Hearst Helmsley

60.78%

S69

Rauno Palo

59.45%

S68

Podrick Cast

62.56%

S67

Beau Louth

63.09%

S66

Rauno Palo

63.10%

 

 

The Castor Troy Award (lowest face-off win %, min 1,000 faceoffs) - Zeno Miniti @Zeno :tor:

 

Well we might have to rename this award at this point. Zeno takes it home again with a league low 42.07% on 2,337. Amazingly enough he got the exact same face off percentage in consecutive seasons.

               

Previous Castor Troy Award Winners:

Season

Player

Face Off Pct

S70

Zeno Miniti

42.07%

S69

Zeno Miniti

32.27%

S68

Gritty

36.31%

S67

Gucci Garrop

35.07%

S66

Bryce Zhields

30%

 

 

The Triple Deke Award (most penalty shot goals) - Sigard Gunnar @Big Mac :cal:

 

Gunnar scored an impressive 6 penalty shot goals on 9 attempts. Chad Magnum @Corco :tor: also scored 6 goals but on 16 attempts, so the award goes to Gunnar.

               

Previous Triple Deke Award Winners:

Season

Player

Penalty Shot Goals

S70

Owen Nolan

6

S69

Owen Nolan

6

S68

Jorgon Weyed

6

S67

Veran Dragomir

8

S66

Leph Twinger

5

 

 

The Rocky Award (most fights won) – Owen Nolan @studentized :nya:

 

Nolan went undefeated this season going 3-0-8. That’s enough to not only get him the Rocky award but also the VHL World Heavyweight Champion title belt.

               

Previous Rocky Award Winners:

Season

Player

Fights Won

S70

RJ Jubis and Ambrose Stark

2

S69

Edward Vigneault

4

S68

Tyler Barabash Jr

2

S67

ACL TEAR

6

S66

Ryuu Crimson

4

 

 

The Glass Joe Award (most fights lost) – 

We have a tie! Benny Graves @STZ :dcd: and John Madden @Thranduil :dav:

 

Both had an equally poor showing this season. Their records were both 0-3-3.

               

Previous Glass Joe Award Winners:

Season

Player

Fights Lost

S70

Walter Clements

3

S69

Rusty Shackleford

5

S68

Podrick Cast and Jordan Tonn

2

S67

Kronos Bailey and Hunter Hearst Helmsley

4

S66

Rauno Palo

3

 

The Stars Award (most stars won) – Hunter Hearst Helmsley @Beaviss  :que:

 

HHH lead the league in both 1st stars (13) and total stars (28). For the first time I also included goalies in this evaluation. Jaxx Hextall  @ROOKIE745 :tor: deserves special recognition for tying HHH with 13 first stars.

               

Previous Stars Award Winners:

Season

Player

Total Stars

S70

Randoms

25

S69

Julian Borwinn

27

S68

Matt Thompson

32

S67

Rauno Palo

25

S66

Matt Thompson

28

 

 

The “Always a Bridesmaid” Award (most stars without winning 1st star) – Condor Adrienne @OrbitingDeath :mal:

 

Condor had 12 stars this season without every winning the 1st star.

               

Previous Bridesmaid Award Winners:

Season

Player

Stars

S70

Luciano Valentino

6

S69

Tzuyu

12

S68

Zeno Miniti

9

S67

Dan Baillie

13

S66

Mikka Pajari

7

 

The Biggest Backpack Award (player with the largest difference in points from the rest of their team) - Roque Davis @Josh :dav:

What’s crazier? The fact that a rookie defenseman scored 20 more points than his next closest teammate or that the next highest point getter also on Davos was also a defenseman Andrej Petrovic @Tyler

           

Previous Backpack Award Winners:

Season

Player

Point Difference from nearest teammate

S70

Julian Borwinn

22

S69

John Madden

28

S68

Mikko Aaltonen

28

S67

Podrick Cast

23

 

 

 The Anniversary Award

 

This award goes to the player whose total points rank matches the season number. This season was season 71. That means this award goes to the player who finished 71st in total points. The winner of this year’s Anniversary Award is…

 

Elasmobranch Fish @Sharkstrong :dcd:

Fish ended his career with a 46 point season, placing him exactly in 71st spot in the league. That’s how you win this award.

 

Previous Anniversary Award Winners:

Season

Player

Points

S70

Orion Slade

44

 

 

Now for the much anticipated and long-awaited goalie awards!

 

The Egghshell Award

Overtime hockey is a pressure filled situation. You either stand up to the pressure or crack like an egg. The winner of the Eggshell Award is the goalie who lost the most number of overtime games.

 

The winner is:

Jaxx Hextall @ROOKIE745 :tor:

 

Jaxx lost a league worst 11 overtime games.

 

 

The <Insert best slasher movie of all time title> Award

Ok I’ll admit it. I don’t really like scary movies. All I know is that I wanted to name this award after the best slasher movie of all time and a quick google search yielded way too many results for me to figure it out. Can someone please suggest the proper movie title for this award? This award goes to the best “slasher”, I mean the goalie who had the most penalty minutes.

 

The winner is:

Greg Eagles @Greg_Di :rig:

 

Greg took home the award with 10 PIM.

 

 

The Poke Check Award

There might not be anything more beautiful than a well-timed poke check to stop a penalty shot. I like to think the winner of this award used a poke check to make a majority of their penalty shot saves. This award goes to the goalie who stopped the highest percentage of penalty shots (min 10 penalty shots against).

 

The winner is:

Jacques Lafontaine @SlapshotDragon :cal:

 

Jacques stopped 79.3% of the penalty shots taken against him. Some would argue that is an All-Star level performance.

 

 

Phew that is a lot of hardware! Thank you to everyone reading. Congratulations and/or condolences to all the winners! Have a good night!

 

 

 

1,700ish words. Will claim for 3 weeks.

 

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3 minutes ago, DMaximus said:

The winner is:

Jacques Lafontaine @SlapshotDragon :cal:

 

Jacques stopped 79.3% of the penalty shots taken against him. Some would argue that is an All-Star level performance.

 

 

Phew that is a lot of hardware! Thank you to everyone reading. Congratulations and/or condolences to all the winners! Have a good night!

 

Hehe @Rayzor_7

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You can look look at my OT losses and say I cracked under pressure but the way I look at is I dragged a pretty bad team to OT for at least 11 extra points.

 

So TBH i'm happy to win the eggshell award XD

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10 hours ago, DMaximus said:

The Anniversary Award

 

This award goes to the player whose total points rank matches the season number. This season was season 71. That means this award goes to the player who finished 71st in total points. The winner of this year’s Anniversary Award is…

 

Elasmobranch Fish @Sharkstrong :dcd:

Fish ended his career with a 46 point season, placing him exactly in 71st spot in the league.

GOAT

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