VHLM East/West ALL Star Selection

[Gaikoku-hito 2,287]

 

With half the season coming up during the week I wanted to take as strong look at who are the best twenty players in the VHLM by conference this season so far and would most likely be selected to an All star team of the mid season break. So I decided to keep this as simple as I could so I went with the standard East versus West All star team selection system with one player selected from at least each team.

 

So here are the rules that I created when selecting my All stars for Eastern and Western teams in the VHLM this season:

• 12 forwards – 6 defence and 2 goalies (All team must be represented by at least one player)
• Western Conference (Mexico City Kings, San Diego Marlins, Saskatoon Wild, Las Vegas Aces, Yukon Rush and Huston Bulls)
• Eastern Conference (Philadelphia Reapers, Miami Marauders, Halifax 21^st, Mississauga Hounds, Minnesota Storm and Ottawa Lynx)

 

So without dragging this out any longer here is selection for the Eastern Conference All star team:

 

 

Eastern Conference All Stars Season Seventy Five

 

 

 

Goaltenders:

Team	Name	GP	Wins	Loses	Ties	Save%	GAA	SO
Philadelphia	(74) G - Jacob Carson	24	19	4	1	0.903	2.44	2
Halifax	(75) G - Mike Sterling	22	10	10	2	0.885	2.98	5

Comments:

 

This was one of the hardest selection to be made while going through two different teams as Thadius Sales was more then deserving for the one of the two positions with 23GP 12 wins 11 loses 0 ties 0.897 save% and 2.86 GAA with 1 shutout but Halifax Mike Sterling is playing on a team that is rebuilding and has posted an impressive five shutouts this season. Jacob Carson was consensus selection as he leads the league in most of the categories at the time of selection process.

 

Defence:

Team	Name	GP	G	A	Pts	Plus/Minus	PIM
Philadelphia	(75) D - Jolly Greene Giant	27	9	21	30	29	28
Halifax	(75) D - Clinton Giftopoulos	28	12	17	29	-13	38
Minnesota	(76) D - Ron World Peace III	26	10	19	29	-7	50
Mississauga	(75) D - Gustav Hjalmarsson	27	4	23	27	0	4
Philadelphia	(76) D - Tom Eagles	27	6	21	27	18	30
Philadelphia	(76) D - Robin Galante Nilsson	27	2	24	26	16	32

 

Comments:

 

Again this was a hard selection to make as majority of the players have very little between them through the top nine defenders in the Eastern Conference with Halifax Rick Osman, Miami Chicken Wing and Mississauga Feenixx Rising just missing the selection list. Tom Eagles and Robin Galante Nilsson are both draft eligible this season making that much more impressive that they are having impact seasons.

 

Forwards:

 

Team	Name	GP	G	A	Pts	Plus/Minus	PIM
Philadelphia	(75) LW - Addison McLaren	27	23	26	49	24	48
Halifax	(75) LW - Dolant Fertitta	28	25	23	48	15	14
Philadelphia	(75) C - Robert Bouchard	27	17	30	47	27	0
Philadelphia	(74) RW - Darius Marimoto	27	13	30	43	23	2
Minnesota	(76) C - Joseph Sharkton	24	14	22	36	-8	18
Miami	(75) LW - Cabe McJake	27	19	16	35	12	10
Halifax	(73) RW - Theodore James St Louis	28	15	18	33	10	22
Miami	(74) RW - Peter Louis II	27	13	19	32	19	16
Mississauga	(76) LW - Eeli Rantanen	27	16	16	32	-15	12
Mississauga	(75) C - Jordan Tate	27	14	17	31	2	24
Mississauga	(75) RW - Dan Dan	27	19	11	30	0	24
Ottawa	(74) LW - Maksim Yakolevsky	27	15	11	26	-13	12

 

Comments:

Two really standout selection in the process are that of Joseph Sharkton of Minnesota Storm and Mississauga Hounds Eeli Rantanen as they both are draft eligible at the end of the season as the Eastern All stars are lead by the three powerhouse forwards from the Philadelphia Reapers in Addison McLaren, Robert Bouchard and Darius Marimoto but more impressive is the stat line of Dolant Fertitta among the Reapers players. Simply solid.

 

 

 

Western Conference All Stars Season Seventy Five

 

 

 

Goaltenders:

Team	Name	GP	Wins	Loses	Ties	Save%	GAA	SO
Mexico	(74) G - Markus Emerson Jr	26	20	3	3	0.906	2.35	1
San Diego	(74) G - Michael Olson	27	18	8	1	0.896	2.61	2

 

Comments: Two veteran goaltenders in the VHLM that are clearly leading the way for their teams in the Eastern conference with Markus Emerson Jr also leading the league in GAA at the time of the selection. While San Diego's’ Michael Olson has been solid with 2.61 GAA.

 

Defence:

 

Team	Name	GP	G	A	Pts	Plus/Minus	PIM
San Diego	(75) D - Cowboy Prout	27	10	24	34	12	43
Mexico	(69) D - King Kruul	28	6	26	32	14	57
Mexico	(75) D - Kevin Wu	28	10	21	31	12	30
San Diego	(75) D - Scotty Kaberle	27	10	21	31	-3	22
Yukon	(74) D - Tee Pee E II	27	3	23	26	2	26
Saskatoon	(76) D - Battre Sandstrom	27	10	14	24	12	30

 

Comments: Notable selection are King Kruul as the veteran presence on the Mexico City Kings and now the Western All Stars, while Battre Sandstrom shows his draft potential by being selected for the All star team.

 

Forwards:

 

Team	Name	GP	G	A	Pts	Plus/Minus	PIM
Saskatoon	(73) LW - Florent Vericel	27	12	28	40	11	12
Mexico	(75) RW - RJ Thatcher	28	17	20	37	14	6
San Diego	(75) C - Nero Endrizzi	27	11	24	35	12	12
San Diego	(76) RW - Red Lite	27	18	17	35	11	12
Saskatoon	(75) C - Steve Eso	27	13	22	35	8	18
Huston	(75) LW - Dominic Gobeil	28	17	16	33	-2	18
Las Vegas	(74) LW - Angel Wachiure	27	15	17	32	5	8
Mexico	(76) LW - Magnus Verlander	28	12	20	32	10	12
Mexico	(75) RW - Justin Lose	28	15	16	31	9	24
Yukon	(75) LW - Vick Fairchild	27	11	20	31	-8	20

 

Comments: Youth being severed in the West as the forwards are selected with Red Lite and Magnus Verlander being selected to represent the Western All stars. While another Veteran in Florent Vericel also leads the way for the West. Very balanced scoring throughout the Western All Stars as majority are all within a few points of each other at the time of selection.

 

Thank you if you have read this far and I hope that everyone takes the time to recognize all the players that have been listed above as they are more then deserving of being selected. (1043 words)

Edited December 6, 2020 by Gaikoku-hito

[Dom 1,447]

Great article man, I really wish there was actually an all star game sim with these rosters.

[RomanesEuntDomus 442]

Review

 

Love this not just because my name was mentioned, but thanks for including me! Well written and very nice formatting while explaining your selections ind a short and concise manner plus some nice graphics, this one looked and felted really good. It was engaging for the players involved and also included some statistical work, so good job on that front! Only thing that was slightly off was the spacing at the start of the article, plus it could have used a bit more written out text in general when it came to the actual selections.

 

Rating: 8.5/10

Edited December 6, 2020 by RomanesEuntDomus

[Callahan 39]

Review:

 

I thought this was a great read. As a teammate & linemate (MEX) of Justin Lose, I absolutely agree with this decision for him being on there. The dude has got game. Regarding the media spot; it was excellently written, the graphics were amazing, and I love the stats you threw in there. I'd love to keep reading these as it comes down to the end of the season! My only suggestion would maybe give a little bit of insight on some of the players. Just a quick sentence or two and that would really put it over the top!
 

9/10