Hex Valentine Report [1/3]

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Hex Valentine is now 2 seasons into his VHLM career. He exploded during his rookie year where he could always be found practicing but during his 1st pro year (or sophomore year as it’s better known) Hex seemed to have just disappeared. Halifax Report actually got to have a sit down with him to talk about his Rookie Year, Sophomore Year (or lack thereof), and his future plans for his hockey Career. This is Tyler Smith and you’re reading the Halifax Report provided by the VHL and VHLM

ROOKIE YEAR

During the 70th Season for the VHLM Hex Valentine was drafted by Halifax 21st as the 50th pick. Although some were skeptical of his abilities because of his age Hex was sure to not go down without a fight.

“It was tough. One of the worst seasons I thought I’ve ever had.” Hex told VHL reporter Tyler. “I feel like I let the team down my rookie year. I wish I had performed harder.” He added.While it may be true that going 20-50-2 for your rookie year in net it can look like you did next to nothing. But if you dig deeper than that there’s more to be told than what lies on the surface.

Looking back at the league leaders for Goalers during the 70th season of the VHLM you can see where Hex’s stats rank with the other Goalers during that time frame:

Wins - 20 (7th place with 72 Games Played)
Losses - 50 (3rd place with 72 Games Played)
Save Percentage - 0.876 (7th place with 72 Games Played)
Shutouts - 0 (Tied 8th place with 72 Games Played)
Goals Against - 344 (2nd place with 72 Games Played)
Shots Against - 2,769 (1st place with 72 Games Played)
Assists - 3 (Tied 6th place with 72 Games Played)
Penalty Minutes - 6 (Tied 2nd place with 72 Games Played)

If you take a closer look you can see that Hex had faced the most shots during that season with 2,769 shots against him.

“I don’t really feel like shots against is a good enough excuse to blow 50 games. It doesn’t matter if you face 200 or 2,000 shots when you’re in net. You still have a job to do and I didn’t do it.” Hex told Tyler during the report. While yes you DO have a job to do in net, it’s indeed not an easy feat when you’ve faced the most shots in the season. While this isn’t the most shots a VHLM player has faced in a single season, that honor would go to Devin Fox, who in 72 games faced 4104 shots. But that does give Hex the 14th spot for most shots faced in a single season.

While not the worst start a goalie has had in a 72 game season Hex still thinks he could have played a much stronger game during that time. He still blames himself for how short they came up that season.

Thanks for reading part 1 of this interview with Hex Valentine. When we come back next week we’ll go over his Sophomore year, and why he seemed to have vanished just out of nowhere.

 

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Edited May 19, 2020 by SlapshotDragon