Mickey Dickson Awarded USA Juniors MVP

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In the spirit of Theme Week, I'd like to take a moment and praise a member that I don't know very well, but had the opportunity to coach in the WJC USA Juniors team this week - @Brewins15 and her player Mickey Dickson.

 

As you may already know, Brewin recently shared with the VHL her experience Being a Girl in the VHL. It was a great perspective piece that engaged the community to the tune of 3 pages of discussions. I appreciate the perspective she shared and the experience she has encountered during her time in this league, as it's a vastly difference experience than I had when I was a new member to the VHL and sim leagues in general. In her piece, she mentioned having to be aware whether or not she felt comfortable enough to tell people she was a female and asks that the community do our best not treating someone of the opposite sex differently. I was happy to see we all agree with that sentiment and I hope that her positive experience thus far continues. 

 

Last week, I was tasked with helping Team USA make a run at a Gold Medal in the S72 WJC Tournmanet. It was an easy choice to select Brewin's Right Winger Mickey Dickson. In route to a 6-0-2 tournament record, and an unfortunate Gold Medal Game loss to Europe on the final day, I had the chance to see a bit of Brewin in the locker room setting, as well as Dickson on the ice. Both were a pleasure to have involved. She was active, encouraging and happy to be there, despite a rather inactive Locker Room. Dickson, on the other hand, was lightning in a bottle. As one of the youngest players on the team, in under 13 minutes of ice time, Dickson tied teammate Jack Feriancek with 15 points for what was hands-down the most usage of ice time in the entire tournament. In the Medal Rounds, she added an additional 3 points in two games. It was for that performance that I voted for Dickson to be named to the All-Tournament team and am pleased to Announce Mickey Dickson is the S72 Team USA MVP!

 

With the WJC over, and Theme Week encouraging me to get out of my comfort zone and meet someone I don't really know, I'm happy to do so with Brewin. A quick search shows that she's been around since early January and has shown a very promising sign of consistency. As someone who doesn't have a background in sim leagues, I'm not sure she even knows the gravity of how good it is to be consistent for months. Never one to miss a week, even if it requires some Welfare posts, Brewin has stuck with it and that dedication is a major reason that Dickson is on the rise. In addition to being named Team USA MVP, she was also named to the S72 Future Watch team this week. She was a third round pick in last year's draft and likely one of Davos' premier future pieces. As evidence of her comfort level with us in sharing a bit about herself last week, and the nature of writing an article over claiming welfare, is evidence she's becoming more active and I - for one - am all for it.

 

Though our time in the same locker room was brief, Brewin, it was a pleasure and I'm happy to see you rising and having fun in this league. I'm thankful for the Theme Week to take a little deep dive on your experience so far and I hope to see you around for many more seasons!

 

[samx 1,183]

thank you so much for this!! I appreciate it so much!!