Best VHL teams on home ice S58 to S72

[Jubis 1,282]

 

HOME ICE ADVANTAGE

The Calgary Wranglers went an astonishing 29-4-3 at home during the S72 regular season. After seeing this i wanted to see how they stack up against the other great teams who have performed well on home ice. I will look at the past 15 seasons and choose one team per season. Percentage of points won on home ice and home wins will carry weight towards ranking teams.

 

 

Season 72 Calgary Wranglers 

RANK 1 OF 15

Record: 49-16-7        Home: 29-4-3     Away: 20-12-4    (105 PTS)   Victory Cup: YES    Continental Cup: Unknown 

The Calgary Wranglers picked up 58.1% of their season points on home ice. Highest differential on this list. They lost only 11.11% of their home games in regulation. Tied for lowest on this list.

 

Season 71 Seattle Bears

RANK 15 OF 15

Record: 43-23-6    Home: 23-9-4     Away: 20-14-2    (92 PTS)   Victory Cup: NO   Continental Cup: YES

Seattle lost 25% of their home games in regulation and collected 54.35% of their points during home games.

 

Season 70 Moscow Menace 

RANK 7 OF 15

Record: 50-17-5    Home: 27-6-3     Away: 23-11-2    (105 PTS)      Victory Cup: YES   Continental Cup: YES

The last team to record a 50 win season. Moscow lost 16.67% of its home games in regulation and collected 54.29% of it points at home.

 

Season 69 Vancouver Wolves

RANK 13 OF 15

Record: 51-20-1    Home: 27-8-1     Away: 24-12-0    (103 PTS)    Victory Cup: YES   Continental Cup: NO

Surprised they only had one OTL all season. They lost 22.22% of their home games and picked up 53.4% of their 103 points at home.  

 

Season 68 Seattle Bears 

RANK 14 OF 15

Record: 49-16-7       Home: 25-11-0     Away: 18-13-5    (91 PTS)   Victory Cup: NO   Continental Cup: YES

Seattle makes the list twice already. They collected 54.95% of their points at home. The Bears also lost 30.55% of their games at home, the highest so far. 

 

Season 67 Toronto Legion

RANK 12 OF 15

Record: 53-12-7    Home: 27-6-3     Away: 26-6-4    (113 PTS)    Victory Cup: YES   Continental Cup: NO

53 wins woooo!  The Legion were almost identical home and away tho. 50.44% of their points came from home games. the lowest so far.

 

Season 66 Helsinki Titans

RANK 4 OF 15

Record: 55-14-3    Home: 30-4-2     Away:  25-10-1  (113 PTS)   Victory Cup: YES   Continental Cup: YES

Wow 55 wins and 30 home wins !  Helsinki lost only 11.11% of their games at home, The same as the s72 Wranglers.  The titans collected  54.87% of their 113 points at home.

 

Season 65 Toronto Legion 

RANK 11 OF 15

Record: 47-18-7    Home: 26-7-3     Away: 23-11-2    (101 PTS)      Victory Cup: NO   Continental Cup: YES

Starting to see a trend between being the best home team and winning the Continental cup.  Toronto lost 19.44% of its home games in regulation.  54.45% of their points grabbed at home.

 

Season 64 Riga Reign

RANK 10 OF 15

Record: 51-16-5    Home: 28-7-1     Away: 23-9-4    (107 PTS)    Victory Cup: NO  Continental Cup: NO

The only great home team to not win the Victory or Continental cup so far.  19.44%  games at home were regulation losses. 53.27% of points picked up at home.   

 

Season 63 Riga Reign 

RANK 9 OF 15

Record: 51-13-8    Home: 28-5-3     Away:  23-8-5    (110 PTS)      Victory Cup: YES    Continental Cup: YES

Lost only 13.89% of home games in regulation. 53.64% of their points won at home.

 

Season 62 Calgary Wranglers

RANK 6 OF 15

Record: 60-9-3    Home: 30-4-2     Away: 30-5-1    (123 PTS)    Victory Cup: YES  Continental Cup: YES

The most dominating team on the list but they were just as good away as home.  11.11% of games at home were regulation loses. 50.41% of points picked up at home. 

 

Season 61 Calgary Wranglers 

RANK 5 OF 15

Record: 54-17-1    Home: 29-6-1     Away:  25-11-0    (109 PTS)      Victory Cup: YES    Continental Cup: NO

Lost 16.67% of home games in regulation. The percentage of their points won at home is 54.13%.  Helsinki  was a close 2nd this season. 

 

Season 60 New York Americans 

RANK 2 OF 15

Record: 58-12-2    Home: 31-4-1     Away: 27-8-1    (118 PTS)    Victory Cup: YES  Continental Cup: NO

The most home wins in the last 15 seasons at 31. Tied with lowest percentage of home games being regulation losses. 53.39% of points collected at home.

 

Season 59 Toronto Legion 

RANK 3 OF 15

Record: 53-15-4    Home: 29-4-3     Away:  24-11-1    (110 PTS)     Victory Cup: YES    Continental Cup: NO

Lost only 11.11% of home games in regulation. 55.45% of points collected at home.( 2nd best )

 

Season 58 Toronto legion

RANK 8 OF 15

Record: 53-12-7    Home: 29-5-2     Away: 24-7-5    (113 PTS)    Victory Cup: NO  Continental Cup: NO

Another team that was almost equally good home and away. 53.1% of points collected were on home ice. 

 

 

- Best home team wins Victory Cup 10 out of the last 15 seasons or 66.67% of the time.

 

-The best home team wins the Continental Cup 50% of the time

 

Ultimately ranking these teams was difficult. I got the S72 Wranglers at number 1 because i am biased and honest it seems. At least honest about being biased.  Calgary's 58+ % of their points taken on home ice is the highest. So technically they were the best team on home ice vs being away.  Anyways i hope you enjoyed a glimpse into past seasons. 

 

JUBIS OUT !

 

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Edited July 1, 2020 by Jubis

[Victor 10,527]

Hmm I remember us being better than that in S70 at home.

 

Oh well, we lost 3 games all playoffs that season.  

[Jubis 1,282]

2 hours ago, Victor said:

Hmm I remember us being better than that in S70 at home.

 

Oh well, we lost 3 games all playoffs that season.  

I remember !  You guys were on a completely other level