S72 Trivia Week 6 Answers

[Victor 10,946]

1. Who was the first defenceman to be crowned rookie of the year? (Inspired by and therefore 1 uncapped TPE to @Jtv123)

Two defencemen won the Bossy Trophy in its first four seasons of existence, with Hall of Famer Jochen Walser preceded by the lesser known of the Funk brothers in S3 - Raymond. Funk would later go on to found the VHL Magazine and be the agent of legendary goalie Aidan Shaw, earning a Builder induction alongside brother Dustin. I did do a double take when Rayz Funk joined the S67 VHL draft, some 30 seasons after we last saw Raymond.

 

As Funk did not make the HOF, there were a few ways to find out he was a defenceman (assuming that figuring out that S2 winner Stolzschweiger was not was relatively straightforward).

a) A search through Retired Players where he would come up with his position on Aidan Shaw's player page: https://vhlforum.com/forum/86-retired-players/

b) Looking him up in the all-time defencemen stats: https://vhlforum.com/topic/347-vhl-career-stats-updated-for-s71/ (Funk sits 112 in all-time points, right next to Ryan Kastelic before his move up front)

c) Searching for him in the draft forum: https://vhlforum.com/forum/91-drafts/

d) Potentially others.

 

2. How many times have the Yukon Rush won the Founder's Cup? (Credit and 1 uncapped TPE to @Jbeezy76)

The historic VHLM franchise has 5 Founder's Cups to its name. An expansion team alongside the VHL's Quebec in S31, the Rush burst out of the gates with a cup in their very first season and followed it up with 5 more finals and 3 more championships by S41, just 11 seasons into its existence. The cups have dried up since then though with only one more win coming in S59. They are a bit behind the other older VHLM franchises but also fellow S31 expansion team Bratislava, who have been defunct since S53. #BringBackBratislava

 

You could have found this on the portal page for Founder's Cups: https://vhlportal.com/hof/awards/history/21

or the handy spreadsheet for VHLM playoff history: https://vhlforum.com/topic/2941-vhlm-playoff-history-updated-for-s71/

 

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