11th Annual Unofficial VHL Regular Season Awards – S76

[DMaximus 1,045]

11th Annual Unofficial VHL Regular Season Awards – S76

Another exciting regular season has come to a close. That means we can dole out some regular season awards! Welcome everyone to the 11^th Annual Unofficial VHL Regular Season Awards honoring the highs and lows of S76! Thank you to everyone that reads this.

 

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.

 

I’m reducing the list of the previous winners to the last 5 seasons. If you want to check out the award winners from every season, use this link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sAZtX3bxVpPTIsKe1rSRVOenH1-iyWzbQEdR9ZvYOdU/edit?usp=sharing

 

I also added the “all-time” record for each category. Of course by that I mean all-time for the existence of these awards, not all-time, all-time. Clear? Ok, good. Let’s get things underway!

 

 

The Pylon Award (worst +/- rating) – Tyler Walker @Advantage 

 

This award seems to be getting more competitive every season. This season there were 5 different teams represented in the top 10. Tyler took home the award with a -35, matching the winning total from last season.

 

All-time record: S73 - Balentine Kidd -  -74

Last 5 Pylon Award Winners:

Season	Player	+ / -
S75	Pistil Stamen	-35
S74	Jay Jones	-38
S73	Balentine Kidd	-74
S72	Jack Feriancek	-59
S71	John Madden	-43

 

 

 

The Gandhi Award (least penalty minutes, min 1,000 minutes played) – John Brewitt @JBrew42

 

For the first time since S68, we have a winner with 0 penalty minutes! John Brewitt showed the utmost discipline by committing no penalties the entire season, which is odd because their DI is 40. They played a total of 1,320 minutes.

 

All-time record: S67 - Diljodh Starload - 0 PIM, 2091 Minutes Played

Last 5 Gandhi Award Winners:

Season	Player	PIM	Minutes Played
S75	Jonas Stormsson	4	1700
S74	Uhtred	2	2132
S73	Joseph Gainer	2	2106
S72	Jared Spaz	2	1106
S71	Soren Jensen	4	2016

 

 

 

The Major² Award (most major penalties) - Riley Knight Gee @KnightRiley 

 

Riley must have had an axe to grind this season. They dominated the league by committing 9 major penalties, 2 more than the nearest competitors.

 

All-time Record: S75 - Gary Tarantino - 12 Majors

Previous Major² Award Winners:

Season	Player	Major Penalties
S75	Gary Tarantino	12
S74	Gary Tarantino	10
S73	Mickey Dickson	7
S72	Mikko Lahtinen	9

 

 

 

 

The Timex Award (received most hits) – Thomas Landry II @Doomsday

 

Prague racking up the awards. Landry II was the top target of opposing teams. He was hit a league leading 329 times.

 

All-time Record: S69 - John Madden - 357 Hits taken

Last 5 Timex Award Winners:

Season	Player	Hits Taken
S75	John Merrick	311
S74	Mikko Lahtinen	321
S73	Hunter Hearst Helmsley	310
S72	Anthony Matthews	274
S71	Hunter Hearst Helmsley	274

 

 

The John Wayne Award (most shots on goal) - Andrew Su @Da_Berr

 

Su and Mikko Lahtinen @Beketov battled all season for the point lead and ended up tying each other. Su snuck out this award with 483 shots, 2 more than the runner-up, Lahtinen.

 

All-time record: S66 - Shane Mars - 533 Shots on goal

Last 5 John Wayne Award Winners:

Season	Player	Shots on Goal
S75	Mikko Lahtinen	510
S74	Patrik Tallinder	532
S73	Sigard Gunnar	531
S72	Jet Jaguar	425
S71	Scott Greene	402

 

 

 

The “Hit the Broadside of the Barn” Award (most own shots blocked) - Chris Hylands @Hylands

 

Hylands had their shots blocked left and right this season. They prevented Su from winning all three shooting awards by having 16 more shots blocked than 2^nd place Su, Hylands’ 165 to Su’s 149.

 

All-time record:  S76 - Chris Hylands - 165 Own shots blocked

Last 5 HtBotB Award Winners:

Season	Player	Own Shots Blocked
S75	Mikko Lahtinen	146
S74	Ray Sheilds	157
S73	Brock Louth	164
S72	Henrik Zoiderberg	122
S71	Guy LeGrande	122

 

 

 

The “Can’t Hit the Broadside of the Barn” Award (most own shots missed) – Andrew Su @Da_Berr

 

Su paid Hylands back for the previous award. They won this category with 373 shots missed, beating Hylands’ 368 missed shots.

 

All-time record: S74 - Brock Louth - 429 Shots missed

Last 5 CHtBotB Award Winners:

Season	Player	Shots Missed
S75	Mikko Lahtinen	375
S74	Brock Louth	429
S73	Brock Louth	425
S72	RJ Jubis	299
S71	Guy LeGrande	299

 

 

 

The New Shin Pads Award (most blocked shots) – Hulk Hogan Jr @Beaviss 

 

Hogan Jr. was dropping the leg a lot this season. Their 188 blocked shots prevented the retiring Guy Sasakamoose @Cxsquared from winning in their final season.

 

All-time record: S68 - Seabass Perrin - 207 Shots blocked

Last 5 New Shin Pads Award Winners:

Season	Player	Shots Blocked
S75	Fernando Jokinen	200
S74	Matty Socks	181
S73	Alex Bridges	194
S72	Condor Adrienne	188
S71	Aron Nielsen	153

 

 

The Tired Legs Award (most minutes played) - Chicken Wing @chikn

 

Did Wing get too deep fried? They spent 2,213 minutes on the ice this season.

 

All-time record: S73 - Alex Bridges - 2401 Minutes played

Last 5 Tired Legs Award Winners:

Season	Player	Minutes Played
S75	Alek Andreshnikov	2303
S74	Guy Lesieur	2279
S73	Alex Bridges	2401
S72	Condor Adrienne and Zyrok12	2227
S71	Juilius Freeman	2189

 

 

 

The Snap! Award (most power play minutes) - Alex Letang @Spartan

 

A tight race this season between Letang and Jungkok @tfong . Letang claims the award with 351 minutes on the powerplay.

 

All-time record: S67 - Beau Louth - 437 power play minutes

Last 5 Snap! Award Winners:

Season	Player	PP Minutes
S75	Micah Adrienne	414
S74	Micheal Gary Scott	378
S73	Hulk Hogan	356
S72	Micheal Gary Scott	340
S71	Juilius Freeman	364

 

 

 

The 1 vs. 100 Award (most time on penalty kill) - Mikeal Keef @RStar 

 

Los Angeles players took up the top 3 spots on this list. Keef had the most with 359 minutes spent killing penalties.

 

All-time record: S73 - Tyler Walker - 390 penalty kill minutes

Last 5 1 vs. 100 Award Winners:

Season	Player	PK Minutes
S75	Dakota Lamb	369
S74	Edwin THE Encarnacion	344
S73	Tyler Walker	390
S72	Cody Smith	356
S71	Jacob Perry	344

 

 

 

The Sean Archer Award (highest face-off win %, min 1,000 faceoffs) - Benny Graves @STZ

 

Graves end his career on a high note, claiming this award in back-to-back seasons. They won this year with 59.91% of their 3,073 faceoffs taken.

 

All-time record: S74 - Brock Louth - 63.72% face-offs won

Last 5 Sean Archer Award Winners:

Season	Player	Face Off Pct
S75	Benny Graves	60.14%
S74	Brock Louth	63.72%
S73	Brock Louth	62.14%
S72	Hunter Hearst Helmsley	62.35%
S71	Jet Jaguar	61.84%

 

 

 

The Castor Troy Award (lowest face-off win %, min 1,000 faceoffs) - Nero Endrizzi @TurnDaddy  

 

Last year was a bit of a mess with a winger playing at center claiming this prize. Endrizzi made sure to make it known that a true center can claim this award. They won a strong, but still league low, 43.87% of their faceoffs. That is the highest % to ever win this award, so at least they have that going for them.

 

All-time record: S66 - Bryce Zhields - 30% face-offs won.

Last 5 Castor Troy Award Winners:

Season	Player	Face Off Pct
S75	Jeff Odinson	32.74%
S74	Kefka Palazzo	32.26%
S73	Thorny Underyew	35.48%
S72	Richard Penisson	38.13%
S71	Zeno Miniti	42.07%

 

 

 

The Triple Deke Award (most penalty shot goals) - Kris Rice @Ricer13

 

Rice won this award outright with 6 penalty shot goals. Special recognition to John LeClair II @flyersfan1406 who had 5 penalty shot goals on only 7 shots.

 

All-time record: S67 - Veran Dragomir - 8 penalty shot goals

Last 5 Triple Deke Award Winners:

Season	Player	Penalty Shot Goals
S75	Ola Vikingstad	6
S74	Benny Graves	7
S73	Codrick Past	5
S72	Sigard Gunnar	6
S71	Sigard Gunnar	6

 

 

 

The Rocky Award (most fights won) – Cabe McJake @RedSus and Randy Marsh @oilmandan

 

There were 4 people tied for this award with 3 fights won. Cabe McJake and Randy Marsh split the award because they both have a 3-0-3 fight record this season. Maybe they can fight over the award.

 

All-time record: S74 - Kristopher McDagg and S67 ACL TEAR - 6 fights won

Last 5 Rocky Award Winners:

Season	Player	Fights Won
S75	Vin Calia	4
S74	Kristopher McDagg	6
S73	Kristopher McDagg	4
S72	Kristopher McDagg	2
S71	Owen Nolan	3

 

 

 

The Glass Joe Award (most fights lost) – Riley Knight Gee  @KnightRiley 

 

Riley was one of the players tied for the Rocky Award, with 3 fights won. Unfortunately for them, they also had 4 fights lost, which wins them this award.

 

All-time record: S74 - Lee Xin and S69 Rusty Shackleford - 5 fights lost

Last 5 Glass Joe Award Winners:

Season	Player	Fights Lost
S75	Jared Willis	3
S74	Lee Xin	5
S73	Mickey Dickson	3
S72	Roll Fizzlebeef	3
S71	Benny Graves and John Madden	3

 

 

 

The Stars Award (most stars won) – Mikko Lahtinen @Beketov

 

Lahtinen must not have liked how close the award was last season, because they brought it this season, earning an all-time high 34 total stars this season! An amazing threepeat as well!

 Special shout out to Zamboni Driver @Tape-to-Tape for leading all goalies with 21 total stars this season.

 

All-time record: S76 - Mikko Lahtinen – 34 total stars          

Last 5 Stars Award Winners:

Season	Player	Total Stars
S75	Mikko Lahtinen	24
S74	Mikko Lahtinen	32
S73	Sigard Gunnar	30
S72	Julius Freeman	25
S71	Hunter Hearst Helmsley	28

 

 

 

The “Always a Bridesmaid” Award (most stars without winning 1^st star) – Dan Baillie Jr @wcats

 

Baille Jr is following in the footsteps of their father. Jr claimed 12 stars this season without being named the top star. That almost equaled the record setting performance by Dan Baille in season 67.

 

All-time record: S72 - Lewis Dawson and S67 Dan Baillie - 13 stars

Last 5 Bridesmaid Award Winners:

Season	Player	Stars
S75	Jacob Perry	7
S74	Richard Penisson	12
S73	Spencer Elsby	8
S72	Lewis Dawson	13
S71	Condor Adrienne	12

 

 

The Biggest Backpack Award (player with the largest difference in points from the rest of their team) - Chris Hylands @Hylands 

 

Out of all the awards, this is the most annoying one to figure out. I have to look at every team and keep track of the point difference. When I made it to Malmo, which is only like half way through, I said oh well that’s more than enough difference to win this award. Hylands demolished the previous record by scoring 36 more points than their next closest teammate. Turns out though this race was super close, Thomas Landry II @Doomsday  scored 34 more and Andrew Su @Da_Berr  scored 35 more. Definitely a record setting season for this award! Congrats to Hylands for beating those great challengers and setting the all-time mark!

 

All-time record: S76 – Chris Hylands - 36 points more than next teammate

Last 5 Backpack Award Winners:

Season	Player	Point Difference from nearest teammate
S75	Dagmar Havlova	22
S74	Patrik Tallinder	27
S73	Hunter Hearst Helmsley	27
S72	Benny Graves	13
S71	Roque Davis	20

 

 

 

The Anniversary Award (rank in total points matches season number) - Jonas Stormsson @Kyle

 

Stormsson ranked 76^th in total points with 59 points. Congrats!

 

Last 5 Anniversary Award Winners:

Season	Player	Points
S75	Seabass Perrin	62
S74	Pengu	64
S73	Charlie Paddywagon	63
S72	Ondrej Ohradka	51
S71	Elasmobranch Fish	46

 

 

 

 

The Egghshell Award (goalie with most overtime losses) - Doug Dimmadome @Esso2264 

 

Doug Dimmadome becomes the first repeat winner of this award. They lost 9 games in overtime this season.

 

All-time record: S75 - Doug Dimmadome and S71 Jaxx Hextall - 11 OT games lost

Previous Eggshell Award Winners:

Season	Player	Overtime Games Lost
S75	Doug Dimmadome	11
S74	Greg Eagles	10
S73	Raymond Bernard	9
S72	Michael Johnson	9
S71	Jaxx Hextall	11

 

 

 

The Jason Voorhees Award (most PIM by a Goalie) - Doug Dimmadome @Esso2264 

 

I wonder if those overtime losses upset Dimmadome. They set the all-time record with 29 PIM this season. Unsurprisingly, their biggest penalty, an attempt to injure, came in overtime.

 

All-time record: S76 - Doug Dimmadome - 29 PIM

Previous Jason Voorhees Award Winners:

Season	Player	PIM
S75	Jaxx Hextall	12
S74	Ajay Krishna	21
S73	Rayz Funk	27
S72	A Red Guy	12
S71	Greg Eagles	10

 

 

 

The Poke Check Award (highest % of penalty shots stopped, min 10 penalty shots against) - Grekkark Gyrfalcon @Sharkstrong 

 

Grekkark Gyrfalcon gets this award in consecutive season. It must have been a tough season for goalies, they won the award with only 79.5% penalty shot save pct.

 

Previous Poke Check Award Winners:

Season	Player	Penalty Shots Stopped
S75	Grekkark Gyrfalcon	88.9%
S74	Jacques Lafontaine	85.7%
S73	Stone Wolski	87.0%
S72	Virgil Ligriv	83.3%
S71	Greg Eagles	79.3%

 

 

 

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!

 

 

2,212 words. Will claim for 4 weeks.

[hylands 838]

Hylands with 2 awards and 2 all time records, nice!

[Beketov 8,795]

Honoured to three-peat the stars award. Now the question is whether I can finish up next season with a 4th straight.

[hedgehog337 3,480]

@RedSus

 

 

NUT

[oilmandan 686]

[Doomsday 4,074]

Love seeing these every season, and I finally got one, even if it was for getting hit.

[Fire Berhalter 3,107]

3 in a row major^2 awards for Prague

[DMaximus 1,045]

week 2 claim

[DMaximus 1,045]

Week 3 claim

[animal74 1,682]

These are always a great read! Thanks @DMaximus! 

[a_Ferk 762]

On 2/28/2021 at 8:52 AM, DMaximus said:

Did Wing get too deep fried?

I hate you for this lmao

[a_Ferk 762]

Also whoever came up with the Jason Vorhees award needs a pat on the back

[a_Ferk 762]

It's a cool name. That is all

[DMaximus 1,045]

On 3/9/2021 at 2:07 AM, a_Ferk said:

Also whoever came up with the Jason Vorhees award needs a pat on the back

 

Thanks to @gorlabfor that one!

[DMaximus 1,045]

Week 4 claim.