Quarter of a Century

[Banackock 8,143]

It's crazy to think that over 4 years ago I took the helm of the Seattle Bears and I'd imagine with the 5 seasons immediately behind that, it's been well over 5 years of consecutive GMing within the VHL and it's leagues. It's crazy to think that as of last month, I hit 1,500 straight days of being behind the Bears bench. With that start of the S73 regular season, it also marks the start of my 25th straight season with the organization. When this season concludes, I will nail 1,800 games GM'd with the team with the final game being the one that helps me hit the milestone. It's crazy to think, or to see when looking at the all-time GM stats, that for a majority of all statistics and records and what have you, I have to be somewhere near the top. I guess the tenure's longevity could also be to thank for that, lol.

 

I did a little bit of piling up of stats, going through World Cups and all of that to see what I have. Everything for the VHL and VHLM are correct, but I think I could be missing a season or so worth of GMing for the World Cup but couldn't find the GM lists. That aside, over 900 wins (for 2nd or 3rd all-time I believe), 1,700 Games GM'd, 4 Continental Championships, 2 Founders Cup (3 if you count the won I won for LaFlamme and Minnesota in whatever season I helped him out), 1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals. If you tallied up all the games (excluding the medal round games for tournaments) GM'd over the last 29 seasons, the total amounts more than 2,100 games in this role or some form of it. 

 

Kind of a cool vibe to be heading into the 25th season with the Bears. It's something not a lot will do and no others have done. The fact that it's a quarter of a VHL century, that's pretty damn cool. Over the 2,100 games, I have made some awesome league memories, pals and all of that. It continues to this day as a player, member and GM too.  Any who, that's enough tooting my own horn. 2 TPE.  

 

Blake Campbell GM Career Stats

VHL - Seattle Bears - 24 Seasons - 1,728 GAMES - 924 W - 670 L - 134 OTL - 4 CUP - 3 GMoTY 

VHLM - Bratislava Watchmen - 5 seasons - 174 W -- 153 L -- 34 OTL -- 2 Founders Cups, 3 Jack Reilly Trophies (GMoTY)

World Cup - 7 seasons - 1 Silver (USA S46), 1 GOLD (Scandinavia S48), 2 Bronze (Western Europe S70 & USA S72)

World Cup continued - Team Mercs (S68), Team USA (S66), Scandinavia (S50) 

World Juniors Hockey - coming soon

Edited July 23, 2020 by Banackock