A farewell to the Fizz

[Seabass 593]

A Farewell to the Fizz

 

Roll Fizzlebeef's retirement took place this week, the overall mood was good and there was party in Calgary to celebrate his career. Various faces showed up to the party from former coaches and GMs to former team mates from both his time in Calgary and in Prague. There was many beers had but still the moment still wasn't just right as Fizz's Phantom's Teammate, Seabass Perrin explains:

 

"The party was a blast but it wasn't perfect, ya know? It would've been way better if we could've gotten Fizz a championship during his tenure here in Prague or at the very least let him compete for it during his last season. But, we failed him as teammates by missing the playoffs and he deserved to compete for the damn trophy with how he played this year. He gave it his all and played his ass off for us out there, it's a shame we just couldn't do better for him. "

 

While Fizzlebeef hasn't won anything of note he still put up a good career for himself over the years. He spent his first 5 season playing for the Calgary Wranglers after first breaking into the league as a rookie in S65 with a 41 point season.  Team's quickly took notice of his intensity and physical play when he first broke into the league as he had an average of 200 hits a season in his first couple years. After having a little growing pains offensively after his rookie season, Fizz had his breakout season in S68 posting 66 points for the Wranglers, the first of his four straight 50+ point seasons. 

 

After two straight 30 goal campaigns Calgary traded Fizzlebeef to the Prague Phantoms in exchange for a first and a third rounder and Fizzlebeef quickly took over the Phantoms offense, leading the team in scoring two of the 3 seasons he spent there. His final season with the Phantoms was the best year of his career as he got a career high 76 points that year but it wasn't enough as the Phantoms still managed to miss the playoffs. 

 

In the end Fizzlebeef put up quite a respectable VHL career, he played 500 VHL games and scoring almost 200 goals and over 400 points. He could even be considered one if not the best forward the Phantoms have had so far in their short history.  Congratulations Fizzlebeef @TacticalHammer on your retirement!

 

Edited July 13, 2020 by Seabass

[TacticalHammer 95]

Totally missed this when it first posted. Thank you so much @Seabass! Prague was  ton of fun.