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Brief summary of last 13 guys to be 13^th in points on the VHL’s 13^th Birthday Year

 

Note: This article comes with zero research outside of who came 13^th so there will likely be inaccuracies in the descriptions

 

Season 60

LW – Rudolph Schmeckeldorf (HSK) - Corco – 90 Points

 

A then inactive Corco getting a good amount of points with a player who I remember only put up 9 points in his first VHL season.

 

Season 61

RW – Edwin Preencarnacion (RIG) – Tagger – 88 Points

 

Did not think I was going to be on this list when I first checked but the world is full of surprises. This was Preencarnacion’s rookie season and he was I believe only one vote away from a share of the ROTY trophy if not for that blasted Victor.

 

Season 62

D – Dragon McDragon (RIG) – Jardy – 100 Points

 

A sign of the lack of talent we had in the league at the time, 13^th place was held by Jardy who, while a HoF Builder, went inactive right at start of McDragon’s career and only had 180 odd TPE.

 

Season 63

C – Dan Montgomery (HSK) – BarzalGoat – 85 Points

 

The highest drafted first-gen of the Season 62 draft , Montgomery led his team in points in this season, the second professional one of his career in a season where Helsinki would ultimately miss playoffs

 

Season 64

RW – Roctrion King (NYA) – Romaris – 75 Points

 

Drafted in the second round of the same draft as Montgomery was in, King had a solid career as a depth guy. I don’t remember much about the member except for him being one of the inaugural Brand Executives

 

Season 65

RW - Edwin Preencarnacion (RIG) – Tagger – 90 Points

 

After three seasons in the top ten, this season saw me slip back down into 13^th place. This is also the first season I’ve covered where Riga didn’t have a player who was in the top ten in points (Podrick Cast was 11^th)

 

Season 66

C – Kronos Bailey (HSK) – Quik – 86 Points

 

Bailey had a pretty good sophomore season for the Victory Cup winning Titans, finishing fourth amongst his team in points

 

Season 67

C - Sebastien Ironside (CGY) – DollarAndADream - 77 Points

 

This was Ironside’s penultimate season in the VHL and it was a solid one, comfortably leading his Wranglers team in points.

 

Season 68

LW – Acyd Burn (SEA) – AcydBurn – 80 Points

 

First first-gen on this list since King, Burn comfortably led the Bears in points and his team would go on to win the Continental Cup.

 

Season 69

C – Aston Martin (HSK) – Sulvino – 73 Points

 

A high pick in the Season 67 draft, I believe Aston Martin was inactive at this point, but that didn’t stop him putting up some respectable numbers.

 

Season 70

D – Vladimir Pavlov (MOS) – Victor – 74 Points

 

Oddly, there are the same amount of Moscow players who scored more points than Pavlov than all of the other VHL teams combined. Guess it’s not a surprise they took home the Continental Cup that season.

 

Season 71

RW – Dalton Wilcox (NYA) – Dalton Wilcox (?) – 70 Points

 

New York missed the playoffs in Season 71, but that didn’t stop Wilcox putting up some solid numbers and placing second amongst his team in points.

 

Season 72

C – Hunter Hearst Helmsley (DAV) – Beaviss – 83 Points

 

This was quite a fall from Helmsley’s previous season where he’d led the VHL in points and the disappointing points tally was made even more disappointing by a very short playoff stint.

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Review

A simple but fun article. 13 is the special number right now after all. I enjoy your comments on each player, giving us a bit of insight from a veteran player like yourself and adding just a tad bit of personality into this post. The setup is nice, nothing is cluttered and it's all easy to read. My main problem would just be the lack of touch ups, I mean like making some text bold or italic, a picture would have been nice to, something to do with the number 13, like player who wares the number as well. Overall though, fun article, 7/10