Rasputin, #UnholyAlliance, and a Cup finals trivia tidbit

[Victor 10,940]

So that was quite an end to the VHLM season. What started off as a “let me sign with a team that's not dog shite and have a starter role and hope for the best” season was in fact that season for about 4 or 5 weeks. Rasputin was distinctly mediocre, Miami was too, and even the playoffs were far from guaranteed (if memory serves we were more than 10 points out one point).

 

Then the recruitment drive happened and.... nothing really changed immediately. Rasputin did start posting shutouts around the same time and we starting winning more than we lost, enough to push us into an actual playoff race. It was still tight. We made it and I was hoping to scare Halifax a bit – this was after all the team that offered me a backup spot “on the way to a cup”. Heh.

 

VHLM logic as I knew it is that big regular season teams win more often than in the VHL. This is slightly outdated but still supported by teams like Saskatoon, Ottawa, and Minnesota in recent seasons. When Miami won Game 1 I gleefully declared that it didn't matter what happened next as I got the scare I wanted. We then won 11 more games en route to the Founder's Cup. Now I'm no VHLM historian but I'm pretty sure that is unprecedented for an 8th seed.

 

So that was great. I'm still not convinced it happened. It also bodes well for the burgeoning #UnholyAlliance – I hope you're all ready for what else Beav and I have in store. @Beaviss

 

And finally, a VHL playoff tidbit. The Continental Cup finals between Helsinki and Vancouver are the sixth meeting between the two franchises – now the joint 3rd-most common intercontinental match-up. What makes that impressive is that Quebec/Vancouver has existed for 30 fewer seasons than everyone else on the list. The Wolves have also not faced any other European team in the playoffs since their relocation from Quebec – Helsinki won in S66 before Vancouver's revenge in S67 and now here we are.

[Beaviss 4,957]

[Victor 10,940]

37 minutes ago, Beaviss said:

MIAMI!

 

INDEPENDENCE!

 

DELETE VHLM!