8th Annual Unofficial VHL Regular Season Awards – S73

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8th Annual Unofficial VHL Regular Season Awards – S73

Another exciting regular season has come to a close. That means we can dole out some regular season awards! Welcome everyone to the 8^th Annual Unofficial VHL Regular Season Awards honoring S73! Thank you to everyone that reads this. I’m always looking for new award ideas. Please keep the award suggestions coming!

 

These awards have been created by me. There is no voting process and they are not officially recognized by the VHL Board of Governors. I wrote descriptions for most of these award names in the original award post. Let’s get things underway!

 

 

The Pylon Award (worst +/- rating) – Balentine Kidd @TukTukTheGreat  

 

Oh dear. There was a recent trend where the winning minus amount kept getting better and better. Thanks to expansion, we had a complete reset this season. Kidd took home the award and set the all-time low mark for this award with a -74. There were 6 players from London and Chicago at -60 or worse.

 

Previous Pylon Award Winners:

Season	Player	+ / -
S72	Jack Feriancek	-59
S71	John Madden	-43
S70	Bert Meyers	-45
S69	Basaraba Moose	-57
S68	Sven Hitz	-58
S67	Piotr Jerwa and Nethila Dissanayake	-34
S66	Bryce Zhields	-49

 

 

 

The Gandhi Award (least penalty minutes, min 1,000 minutes played) – Joseph Gainer @joeg 

 

A really tight race this season. Gainer won the award on a tiebreaker. Both him and Uhtred @leafsman  had 2 PIM but Gainer won the tiebreaker with 14 more minutes played. Gainer played 2,106 minutes compared to Uhtred’s 2,092 minutes.

 

Previous Gandhi Award Winners:

Season	Player	PIM	Minutes Played
S71	Soren Jensen	4	2016
S70	Denver Wolfe	2	1988
S69	Hugh Chan	4	2050
S68	Jack Lynch	0	1473
S67	Diljodh Starload	0	2091
S66	Beau Buefordsson	0	1939

 

 

The Major² Award (most major penalties) - Mickey Dickson @Brewins15

 

Mickey led the league with 7 major penalties. The 7 major penalties accounted for almost 60% of Dickson’s total time in the box.

 

Previous Major² Award Winners:

Season	Player	Major Penalties
S72	Mikko Lahtinen	9

 

 

 

The Timex Award (received most hits) – Hunter Hearst Helmsley @Beaviss

 

HHH knew he needed to take some additional chair shots this season to reclaim his title. He did exactly that, getting hit 310 times. 10 more than runner up Brock Louth. It’s clear @beaviss loves this award.

 

Previous Timex Award Winners:

Season	Player	Hits Taken
S72	Anthony Matthews	274
S71	Hunter Hearst Helmsley	274
S70	Hunter Hearst Helmsley	282
S69	John Madden	357
S68	Mikko Aaltonen	297
S67	Rauno Palo	302
S66	Beau Louth	300

 

 

The John Wayne Award (most shots on goal) - Sigard Gunnar @Big Mac

 

Gunnar gunned a league-high 531 shots this season, eeking out a win over Patrik Tallinder @Patrik Tallinder  by 3 shots.

 

Previous John Wayne Award Winners:

Season	Player	Shots Taken
S72	Jet Jaguar	425
S71	Scott Greene	402
S70	Juilius Freeman	453
S69	Juilius Freeman	452
S68	Rylan Peace	466
S67	Matt Thompson	495
S66	Shane Mars	533

 

 

 

The “Hit the Broadside of the Barn” Award (most own shots blocked) - Brock Louth @Beaviss 

 

Brock had 164 of his shot blocked, setting a new high water mark for this award.

 

Previous HtBotB Award Winners:

Season	Player	Own Shots Blocked
S72	Henrik Zoiderberg	122
S71	Guy LeGrande	122
S70	Shawnomir Jagr	129
S69	Julian Borwinn	136
S68	Rylan Peace	144
S67	Beau Louth	153
S66	Oyorra Arroyo	142

 

 

 

The “Can’t Hit the Broadside of the Barn” Award (most own shots missed) – Brock Louth @Beaviss 

 

Brock completes the “Barn double” by missing 425 shots, shattering the previous record. That’s over 50 more than the next closest player, HHH.

 

Previous CHtBotB Award Winners:

Player	Season	Shots Missed
S72	RJ Jubis	299
S71	Guy LeGrande	299
S70	Juilius Freeman	343
S69	Elias Dahlberg	320
S68	Rylan Peace	351
S67	Beau Louth	364
S66	Roctrion King	372

 

 

 

The New Shin Pads Award (most blocked shots) – Alex Bridges  @Alex Bridges 

 

Alex raised up and blocked 194 shots from going over him.

 

Previous New Shin Pads Award Winners:

Season	Player	Shots Blocked
S72	Condor Adrienne	188
S71	Aron Nielsen	153
S70	Guillaume Fontenette	145
S69	Guillaume Fontenette	166
S68	Seabass Perrin	207
S67	Piotr Jerwa	170
S66	Lando Baxter	189

 

 

The Tired Legs Award (most minutes played) - Alex Bridges @Alex Bridges 

 

Not only do his legs hurt from blocking shots, but they’re super tired from the award record 2,401 minutes played. That’s an average of 33.36 minutes per game!

 

Previous Tired Legs Award Winners:

Season	Player	Minutes Played
S72	Condor Adrienne and Zyrok12	2227
S71	Juilius Freeman	2189
S70	Juilius Freeman	2164
S69	John Madden	2259
S68	Mikko Aaltonen	2290
S67	Shawn Glade	2226
S66	Robert Malenko	2324

 

 

 

The Snap! Award (most power play minutes) - Hulk Hogan @TXC 

 

Hulk Hogan couldn’t get enough of the crowd cheering him on during the power play. He spent 356 minutes on the power play. Shout out to London who has 3 players in the top 5 of power play minutes.

 

Previous Snap! Award Winners:

Season	Player	PP Minutes
S72	Micheal Gary Scott	340
S71	Juilius Freeman	364
S70	Juilius Freeman	372
S69	Elias Dahlberg	368
S68	Joseph McWolf	351
S67	Beau Louth	437
S66	Jake Davis	412

 

 

 

The 1 vs. 100 Award (most time on penalty kill) - Tyler Walker @Advantage 

 

Normally this award is pretty close and teammates are stacked together in the rankings. This year is not normal. Tyler spent an award record 390 minutes killing penalties. Which is 80 minutes more than the next closest player and over 100 minutes more than the next closest Nighthawks player.

               

Previous 1 vs. 100 Award Winners:

Season	Player	PK Minutes
S72	Cody Smith	356
S71	Jacob Perry	344
S70	Jacob Perry	380
S69	Wolf Stansson Jr	328
S68	Jack Lynch	353
S67	Aron Nielsen	374
S66	Lew Bronstein	352

 

 

 

The Sean Archer Award (highest face-off win %) - Brock Louth @Beaviss 

 

@Beaviss adds to his hardware by winning this award with Brock winning 62.14% of this 3,312 faceoffs.

               

Previous Sean Archer Award Winners:

Season	Player	Face Off Pct
S72	Hunter Hearst Helmsley	62.35%
S71	Jet Jaguar	61.84%
S70	Hunter Hearst Helmsley	60.78%
S69	Rauno Palo	59.45%
S68	Podrick Cast	62.56%
S67	Beau Louth	63.09%
S66	Rauno Palo	63.10%

 

 

The Castor Troy Award (lowest face-off win %, min 1,000 faceoffs) - Thorny Underyew @jack 

 

Thorny had a rough go of it in the faceoff circle this season. They only won 35.48% of their 2,776 faceoffs.

               

Previous Castor Troy Award Winners:

 

Season	Player	Face Off Pct
S72	Richard Penisson	38.13%
S71	Zeno Miniti	42.07%
S70	Zeno Miniti	42.07%
S69	Zeno Miniti	32.27%
S68	Gritty	36.31%
S67	Gucci Garrop	35.07%
S66	Bryce Zhields	30%

 

 

 

The Triple Deke Award (most penalty shot goals) - Codrick Past @Kylrad 

 

Three players were tied at the top with 5 penalty shot goals. Codrick bested Jared Spaz @Spaz  and Jerry Garcia @GustavMattias . Codrick wins the award because he went 5 of 6. Both Garcia and Spaz went 5 of 10.

               

Previous Triple Deke Award Winners:

 

Season	Player	Penalty Shot Goals
S72	Sigard Gunnar	6
S71	Sigard Gunnar	6
S70	Owen Nolan	6
S69	Owen Nolan	6
S68	Jorgon Weyed	6
S67	Veran Dragomir	8
S66	Leph Twinger	5

 

 

 

The Rocky Award (most fights won) – Kristopher McDagg @Viperxhawks19 

 

Last year saw 10 people tied for the lead, with McDagg taking home the award on tiebreakers. McDagg left no doubt this season going 4-0-1 in fights this season.

               

Previous Rocky Award Winners:

Season	Player	Fights Won
S72	Kristopher McDagg	2
S71	Owen Nolan	3
S70	RJ Jubis and Ambrose Stark	2
S69	Edward Vigneault	4
S68	Tyler Barabash Jr	2
S67	ACL TEAR	6
S66	Ryuu Crimson	4

 

 

 

The Glass Joe Award (most fights lost) – Mickey Dickson @Brewins15 

 

Mickey went 0-3-4 when they dropped the gloves this season. The 3 lost fights nets them this award.

               

Previous Glass Joe Award Winners:

 

Season	Player	Fights Lost
S72	Roll Fizzlebeef	3
S71	Benny Graves and John Madden	3
S70	Walter Clements	3
S69	Rusty Shackleford	5
S68	Podrick Cast and Jordan Tonn	2
S67	Kronos Bailey and Hunter Hearst Helmsley	4
S66	Rauno Palo	3

 

 

 

The Stars Award (most stars won) – Sigard Gunnar @Big Mac 

 

Sigard took home 30 totals stars this season, including 12 first stars. Special recognition to Benny Graves @STZ  who led the league with 16 1^st stars.

   

Previous Stars Award Winners:

 

Season	Player	Total Stars
S72	Julius Freeman	25
S71	Hunter Hearst Helmsley	28
S70	Randoms	25
S69	Julian Borwinn	27
S68	Matt Thompson	32
S67	Rauno Palo	25
S66	Matt Thompson	28

 

 

 

The “Always a Bridesmaid” Award (most stars without winning 1^st star) – Spencer Elsby @Spence King 

 

Spencer won 8 stars without ever winning the top honor.

               

Previous Bridesmaid Award Winners:

 

Season	Player	Stars
S72	Lewis Dawson	13
S71	Condor Adrienne	12
S70	Luciano Valentino	6
S69	Tzuyu	12
S68	Zeno Miniti	9
S67	Dan Baillie	13
S66	Mikka Pajari	7

 

 

The Biggest Backpack Award (player with the largest difference in points from the rest of their team) - Hunter Hearst Helmsley @Beaviss 

 

HHH went to Warsaw and absolutely dominated. He scored 27 points more than his closest teammate, winning him the backpack award.

           

Previous Backpack Award Winners:

 

Season	Player	Point Difference from nearest teammate
S72	Benny Graves	13
S71	Roque Davis	20
S70	Julian Borwinn	22
S69	John Madden	28
S68	Mikko Aaltonen	28
S67	Podrick Cast	23

 

 

 

The Anniversary Award (rank in total points matches season number) - Charlie Paddywagon @DMaximus 

 

Woah what?!? What an honor! Paddywagon’s 63 points landed him 73^rd overall. He wins the award because it’s the 73^rd season and he’s 73^rd in total points.

 

Previous Anniversary Award Winners:

 

Season	Player	Points
S72	Ondrej Ohradka	51
S71	Elasmobranch Fish	46
S70	Orion Slade	44

 

 

 

 

The Egghshell Award (goalie with most overtime losses) - Raymond Bernard @Mr_Hatter 

 

Raymond lost a league high 9 overtime games.

 

Previous Eggshell Award Winners:

 

Season	Player	Overtime Games Lost
S72	Michael Johnson	9
S71	Jaxx Hextall	11

 

 

The Jason Voorhees Award (most PIM by a Goalie) - Rayz Funk @Rayzor_7 

 

Thanks to @gorlab for the perfect suggestion on the title!

 

Rayz put the rest of the league to shame by winning this award with 27 PIM. It looks like the majority of Rayz’s PIM came from the Abuse of Officials penalty in this game, https://vhlportal.com/VHL/73/VHL73-93.html. Maybe that doesn’t live up to the name of the award, but nowhere in the award rules does it say that you have to murder someone to be eligible to win. Rayz’s PIM total more than doubles the previous top amount. He can feel pretty good about his place in the history of this award.

 

Previous Jason Voorhees Award Winners:

Season	Player	PIM
S72	A Red Guy	12
S71	Greg Eagles	10

 

 

The Poke Check Award (highest % of penalty shots stopped, min 10 penalty shots against) - Stone Wolski @DollarAndADream 

 

Stone stoned 87.00% of the stoners who tried to slip a stone past him. Great job!

 

Previous Poke Check Award Winners:

Season	Player	Penalty Shots Stopped
S72	Virgil Ligriv	83.30%
S71	Greg Eagles	79.30%

 

 

 

That wraps it up for this season! Another year, another successful award ceremony! Congratulations and/or condolences to all the winners! As always, please provide any suggestions, insights, or thoughts in the comments. Thank you all for reading and continuing to make this a successful column!

 

 

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[Beaviss 4,949]

If these awards counted id be in the HoF with every player....

[DollarAndADream 3,356]

Didn't realize Stone held that stat this season. Awesome.

[Victor 10,527]

Beav loves getting hit, the slut

[Mr_Hatter 1,603]

Mama I made it!!! Finally

Suggestion for another award: most penalty shots faced!

[Hogan 1,323]

No most powerplay points award smh

[Spence King 387]

what an honor to be on this list !!  Thanks to everyone thats helped me get here !! Im fine being a bridesmaid as a rookie next season is my time do be the bride  

 

[Spaz 296]

I call these rigged 

 

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[Gooningitup 1,290]

10/10

 

Good content, big break downs of the awards and who could win. Very pretty looking, and well organized

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