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Daring Do Scores First Career Hat Trick Daring Do scored all three Wild goals in a 4-3 Overtime Loss on Friday In her relatively short career, Daring Do's time in the VHLM has been full of ups and downs. While she's been more notable this season for her physical play than her goal scoring abilities, that hasn't stopped her from trying to work on her shot and improve in all areas of her game. The leading scorer among right-wings this season, she currently sits 16th among all skaters in scoring and 10th in goals. Her most notable accomplishment when it comes to scoring this season, however, came just last game when she scored all three of Saskatoon's goals in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Oslo Storm. Asked about her performance after the game, Daring Do commented that she was pleased with her first career hat trick, but that she still needed to be better for her teammates. "When it comes down to it, three goals wasn't enough. I needed to pick up one more goal somewhere in that game in order to give us the win. As nice as it was to put the team up 3-1 in the opening period, I can't stop scoring after the first 20 minutes are over. I had 40 more minutes plus overtime to pick up the one more goal we needed to go home with the W, and I just couldn't do it. Next time I pick up a hat trick hopefully it'll be leading Saskatoon to a championship victory." Overall the game was dominated by the Saskatoon right winger. She picked up 10 of the team's 26 shots, as well as leading the team with 5 hits on the night. With her 13.50% shooting percentage this season, Saskatoon will be looking for more efforts like this one from Daring Do as they finish out the season. While the team has scoring up and down the roster, and really isn't lacking in that department, they're going to be hopeful that this 10 shot, 3 goal effort is a sign of what they're going to be getting out of the young winger as she plays in what are likely to be the final games of her VHLM career. Saskatoon will be getting another crack at the Oslo Storm tonight as they look to exact their revenge for a game they believe they should have been able to win. In post-game comments, Daring Do commented that the Storm were a "soft" team, and shied away from playing a physical game. She added that she truly believes the last two games were Saskatoon's to win, and that she and the rest of the Wild will be coming out swinging when they hit the ice tonight in Oslo.

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Expansion Era Official IIHF VHL Rankings All of the countries in the world that had VHL and/or VHLM representation from S31-S47 This is a side project of my first IIHF VHL Rankings, found here, in case you haven't seen those. I did the same thing I did for those rankings here, however in these rankings I only included players of the expansion era, excluding players currently playing and players who are retired, but younger than S47. 1st. Finland 81 Points Overall (# of Players: 26 (6th) / Average TPE: 410 (12th) / Total TPE: 10,656 (3rd)) Finland is definitely a hockey country, that's a given, but being ranked 1st overall in these rankings from S31-S37 is arguably the biggest surprise of this list. Surpassing the typical hockey giants Canada and the United States is no small feat, but the Finns managed to squeak into first place in these rankings by one point over their friends across the Atlantic. The biggest reason for Finland being ranked this high is that they had a very large amount of highly successful players in this time with (compared to other countries) very few low-tpe VHLM fodder players. The country produced all tiers of players in this era; Hall-of-Famers (Tuomas Tukio), Superstars (Aleksi Koponen, Joel Järvi, Jorma Ruutu,etc.), Stars (Simon Valmount, Jarkko Olsen, Ville Sixten, etc.), Depth (Sami Kravinen, Kerkko Hyvärinen, Teuvo Ruutu, etc.), and VHLM Lifers (Hunter Backenbauer, Teuvo Rinne, DuJuan Cook, etc.). Of the 26 players Finland had in the era, only TEN never made it to the VHL, giving them a 62% rate of producing VHL level players, which what propels them to the top spot. 2nd. Canada 80 Points Overall (# of Players: 143 (1st) / Average TPE: 251 (20th) / Total TPE: 35,962 (1st)) Canada's usual #1 spot in international rankings is stolen from them here. Despite being ranking 1st overall in Total TPE count and number of players enrolled, the Canadians were undone by a very low average TPE figure, due to having a talent pool that is far too spread out and far too large. Not every player is going to be a star, and no country is arguably more negatively affected by this than the Great White North. Players like Kameron Taylor, Brick Wahl, Skylar Rift, and Zach Parechkin were all-time greats and deserving of all their glory, as well as the supporting players a step below them: Malcom Spud, Mike Szatkowski Jr., Jackson Miller, Sachimo Zoidberg, etc. The problem though, is that there simply aren't enough of players like the aforementioned. Canada's roster from the era is littered with VHLM-lifers/busts, the busts being guys such as Maxine Wright, Mathieu Baptiste, and Jon Panik, who all were represented by agencies known for creating successful players prior. The sheer amount of VHLM-fodder guys like Grady Simons, Lights Bokan, and TotallyNotABear are the reason for Canada's dethroning from the #1 spot. 3rd. United Kingdom 78 Points Overall (# of Players: 28 (5th) / Average TPE: 374 (15th) / Total TPE: 10,467 (4th)) The United Kingdom consists of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales; which is the main reason that they are ranked so high. Their overall rosters consists of players from all four locations, which when separated, would certainly not be ranked highly. However, they are all considered part of one overall country, and that means that the United Kingdom as a whole produced a staggering number of FIVE players (Matt Bentley, Brennan McQueen, Hans Wingate, Phil Hamilton, and Jeff Hamilton) who eclipsed 1,000 TPE; that means that nearly 1 in 5 players from the United Kingdom in this era were VHL megastars. Three others, Phil Villeneuve, Kurtis Hunter, and Martin Brookside, were all relatively close to the talent level of their countrymen, although in the end they settled for regular superstardom. These super and megastars are the biggest reason for the U.K. coming in 3rd in these rankings, the nation(s) lacked much depth after them; aside from Sean Blacker, David Hamilton, MC Hammer, and Ed Grr, all of the other registered players never made a big impact on the VHL. Despite ranking behind Canada, the U.K. is basically a smaller version, albeit more successful version of their former commonwealth colony. 4th. United States of America 77 Points Overall (# of Players: 130 (2nd) / Average TPE: 247 (21st) / Total TPE: 32,118 (2nd)) The United States finishes just mere inches behind Canada in player enrollment, average TPE, and total TPE, and this explains their numbers landing them just behind their neighbors to the north [and former mother country across the ocean]. They share the same symptoms of having too many 0 TPE VHLMers and not enough middle-level (350TPE-500TPE) players to compensate with the two nations directly above them in these rankings. The USA had a high number of HOFers (Bruno Wolf, Jake Wylde, Thomas O'Malley, Tom Slaughter, Mason Richardson and Conner Low), as well as those just a cut below them (James Faraday, Lennox Moher, Sebastian Ball Jr., Robin Gow, Jerrick Poole, etc.). Along with those players, the Americans loved their patriotic players Freedom McJustice, Thomas Landry, and Josh Merica more than anything else, even if the last was a bust. Speaking of busts, the USA had quite a few, such as Mikkel Boomgarden, Penis Anthony Hudson, Triton Jackson, and David Poulin. t5th. Germany 76 Points Overall (# of Players: 30 (3rd) / Average TPE: 268 (18th) / Total TPE: 8,038 (5th)) Thanks in part to the addition of the Cologne Express as a VHL team in S31, Germany shot up into the world hockey rankings. In these rankings, Deutschland sees themselves tied for 5th place with fellow European neighbors Norway and Denmark, which certainly gives the Germans a good sense of pride. Their main strength is having a large number of VHL players who certainly saw time as stars, but not maybe to the level of superstardom or Hall-of-Fame level. The nation's best offensive players were David Collier, Christoph Klose, Severin von Karma, Wolfgang Strauss, and last but not least, Shawn Muller, who is perhaps one of the most successful German-born VHLers of all time. On defense the Germans were stingy, having only one or two real stars on defense (World B. Free and Ron World Peace), but the rest of the defense corps (Till Lindemann, Mattis Trumbauer, and Tony Stark) were all seasoned players who patrolled the blueline faithfully. t5th. Norway 76 Points Overall (# of Players: 8 (11th) / Average TPE: 507 (6th) / Total TPE: 4,055 (9th)) Sadly, the Norwegians have no current representation in the VHL. However, that doesn't mean that they weren't well represented in the expansion era. Norway only produced 8 VHLers in the aforementioned era, but only three of those eight weren't star players. Bjorn Kobayashi, Kristian Stormborn, and Fernando Pergher are the only Norwegians from S31-S47 to NOT be star VHL players. All other players went on to achieve some level of stardom in the big leagues, and one even managed to reach the Hall of Fame (Odin Tordahl). The rest, Bernie Gow, Tim TebowGow, Slaeter Fjorsstrom, and Jakub Kjellberg were all bonafide VHL superstars for their respective teams, the latter being one of the faces of the Toronto Legion franchise for the time. What Norway lacks in quantity, they certainly make up for in quality. t5th. Denmark 76 Points Overall (# of Players: 9 (10th) / Average TPE: 473 (8th) / Total TPE: 4,259 (8th)) The last of the three tied for 5th place in these rankings, Denmark is very similar to their northern Scandinavian neighbors, Norway. The nation is largely led by a few superstars, those being HOFer Aksel Thomassen, Oskars Harumpf, Max Møholt, and Niels Skovsgaard. The rest of the roster is nothing really to write home about, as Andrew Erikson, Gunnar Skovsgard, and Jory Rose never really had a huge impact on the VHL, let alone one comparable to their countrymen. Thomassen was an elite point producer for the Meute and Reign in his career, scoring nearly 1.5 points per game over the course of his career. t6th. Somalia 72 Points Overall (# of Players: 2 (16th) / Average TPE: 1,036 (1st) / Total TPE: 2,072 (13th)) This has to easily be the next biggest surprise on this list. This country located on the western coast of Africa probably only has one ice rink in the entire country, but that didn't stop Prince Gigga-Bijou and Lord Karnage from reaching the VHL. Both were impact players at the VHL level and were heroes in their home country, although this sadly didn't inspire any youth in their homeland to take up the sport, as no Somalis have been in the VHL since these two. Prince Gigga-Bijou was a solid defender in his career, finishing 56th all-time in blocked shots, but Lord Karnage is the big reason for Somalia being ranked so high. The face of the Stockholm Vikings franchise for nearly all of his career, Karnage certainly more than earned his place in the pantheon of VHL greats; he won the Scott Boulet (Best Two-Way Forward) Trophy a staggering four seasons in a row from S44-S47, finished 22nd in VHL scoring all-time, and finished with the VHL record for most TPE earned with a single player. t6th. Russia 72 Points Overall (# of Players: 18 (7th) / Average TPE: 292 (16th) / Total TPE: 5,259 (7th)) This is about where you would expect the Russians to be ranked. They are a country known for their enigmatic superstars, and there certainly were some that fit this description in the VHL (Dynamic journeyman forward Sergey Brovalenko comes to mind). Russia certainly had more success churning out effective VHL players in the first half of the expansion era than the second half. The 1st half saw the former Soviet Union produce players like Evgeni Chekhov, Evgeny Namestnikov, Nikita Lebedev, Andrey Zadorov, and Konstantin Azhishchenkov, all of whom made a positive impact on their VHL teams. The second half (S38-S47) of the era saw the motherland only produce three VHL players, King Czar III, Vladimir Komarov, and Lucas Zhukenov, and of those three Komarov was the only to achieve a notable level of stardom. 7th. Ukraine 69 Points Overall (# of Players: 7 (12th) / Average TPE: 423 (10th) / Total TPE: 2,961 (11th)) The Ukrainians slide in at 7th thanks to having a ~70% success rate at sending their players to the VHL. Of the seven players they produced in the era, only Vladimir Bodnar and Vasily Miroshnychenko weren't VHL-worthy players. The other five players all made it to the VHL, although two stand out above the rest, Travis Boychuk and Jody 3 Moons. Both centers finished their careers in the top 100 all-time for VHL scoring, and both reached the 100-point plateau two or more times. The rest of Ukraine's talent pool (Fedir Okranitz, Wesley Babiy, and Arcturus Mengsk) were all serviceable VHL depth players, but none of them even sniffed the level that Boychuk and 3 Moons did. 8th. Sweden 68 Points Overall (# of Players: 29 (4th) / Average TPE: 225 (24th) / Total TPE: 6,531 (6th)) For the Swedes, S31-S47 was actually a bit of a lull in terms of producing elite VHL talent. Niklas Lindberg (as well as Niklas Valiq) is an exception, as he enjoyed a HOF career playing for the Toronto Legion, Vasteras Iron Eagles, and Riga Reign, finishing inside the top 50 all-time in scoring. Niklas Valiq enjoyed a successful career as well, although not as successful as Lindberg; Valiq finished his career at nearly a point per game, no small feat for a defenseman. But aside from those two, Sweden din't have much luck producing stars, Rami Jakobssen, Tomas Valiq, and Devin Sundberg were the next best players, and behind them came Jesper Hellqvist, Golden Jedtsson, Nicklas Karlsson, and Johan Hallstrom, who had decent careers as depth players but they weren't skilled or successful enough to push Sweden higher in these rankings. t9th. Dominican Republic 67 Points Overall (# of Players: 2 (16th) / Average TPE: 895 (3rd) / Total TPE: 1,789 (16th)) This Caribbean country is far more famous for producing baseball talent, rather than hockey players. So, it should be no surprise that their VHL talent is actually a baseball player, and that same baseball player re-incarnated to play for eight more seasons. Edwin Encarnacion proved to be one of the great two-sport athletes of his generation, making a smooth transition from the baseball diamond to the ice rink. The Dominican was a noted pugilist and feared competitor, as he finished 2nd all-time in penalty minutes and 6th in hits. After his retirement, he died and was re-incarnated as a forward, and he saw much more offensive success, closing out his career as the 60th all-time scorer in VHL history. Both players came from the same agency though, so it appears that despite Encarnacion's best efforts, the sport is finding it tough to market in his home country. t9th. France 67 Points Overall (# of Players: 8 (11th) / Average TPE: 384 (14th) / Total TPE: 3,071 (10th)) Despite many Canadian-born players having French ancestry, that doesn't mean that they are French. France currently doesn't have any representation in the VHL, but that doesn't mean they didn't have a decent amount in the expansion era. The French actually did quite well, with only two of their produced players not making it to the VHL (Emma Watson and Saoul Commeunebotte), the rest were quite respectable depth players, excluding one. That one exclusion is Hall-of-Fame goaltender Remy LeBeau; Lebeau collected numberous awards throughout his career, winning the Kanou, Shaw, and Marta trophies [some more than once]. The rest of the roster, Dupont, Delicious, Perron, St. Pierre, and Deschamps, all provided good depth to their respective clubs. 10th. Japan 66 Points Overall (# of Players: 6 (13th) / Average TPE: 419 (11th) / Total TPE: 2,514 (12th)) The Japanese were quite well-represented during this time, with only two players (Kai Randal and Kitsune Yamasaki) not making it to the VHL. The rest were all solid VHL players who you could argue were actually stars. Keiji Toriyama paved the way for the rest of his countrymen in this era, as he enjoyed scoring over a PPG in his career; Koji Yamazaki was next, and he was actually a very highly touted prospect who may have dipped below expectations a bit, but still enjoyed success in his career. Defenseman Biggu Kyanon was a noted powerplay specialist, as he finished 60th all-time in powerplay goals. Japan certainly misses these players in current time, as they truly lack any player who will make an impact in the VHL in the immediate future. t11th. China 63 Points Overall (# of Players: 2 (16th) / Average TPE: 664 (4th) / Total TPE: 1,327 (19th)) China's VHL representation in the expansion era is kind of the opposite of what you would expect. Instead of the usual quantity over quality, the Chinese went the opposite way. They only produced two players, one a HOFer, and the other a decent depth player. The depth player, AIM-11, was a robot produced by the top minds of China in an attempt to see if they could find success with it before mass-producing it in sweatshops. They didn't exactly succeed, but they didn't exactly fail either; many VHL GMs were hesitant about sending a robot onto the ice, and this was the reason that AIM-11 bounced around from team to team during it's career. The human player China produced though, Xin Xie Xiao, was a feared two-way player during his career, amassing points and hits by the plenty. t11th. Kazakhstan 63 Points Overall (# of Players: 3 (15th) / Average TPE: 503 (7th) / Total TPE: 1,510 (17th)) Kazakhstan has perhaps the best success rate for developing VHL-worthy players, even if their roster is only 3 players. Anatoli Zhumbayev was the crown jewel of the Kazakh hockey program, as he was wildly successful in his VHL career, scoring the cup winning goal for the Helsinki Titans in overtime of game 7 in S34. Evgeny Nezhmetdinov was much less successful offensively than Zhumbayev, although he did play over 300 games in the VHL, so he was at least able to hang around with the big boys. Lastly, Kazakhstan produced Artom Zhumbayev, the son of Anatoli. Artom never quite reached the superstar level of his father, as he bounced around from club to club as a journeyman netminder. t12th. South Africa 58 Points Overall (# of Players: 1 (17th) / Average TPE: 971 (2nd) / Total TPE: 971 (25th)) South Africa is the first country of only one player on this list. Bismarck Koenig was born in Bloemfontein, but was raised in Germany, giving him dual-citizenship for both countries, although he chose to play for Team Europe in international VHL tournaments due to South Africa's lack of a team. Koenig's career was short, but oh so sweet. He had FOUR seasons of over 100 points, as well as collecting an absurd amount of hardware: 2 World Cup Gold Medals, 2 Top World Cup Forward Awards, 1 World Cup MVP Award, 2 Virkkunen Trophies, 1 Dustin Funk Trophy, 1 Brooks Trophy, 1 Campbell Trophy, 1 Slobodzian Trophy, 1 Szatkowski Trophy, and 1 Beketov Trophy. I may be wrong, but Koenig may have the most hardware of any VHL player of all-time. t12th. Israel 58 Points Overall (# of Players: 3 (15th) / Average TPE: 429 (9th) / Total TPE: 1,287 (20th)) The Israeli's have star goaltender Ariel Weinstein to thank for this spot in the rankings. Without Weinstein, Israel would certainly plummet in this list. Le'Sean Coutzen played in the VHL for awhile, but he was never much of an impact player in the offensive zone, only scoring 97 points in around 300 games. Ariel Weinstein was a VHLM superstar, winning a Founders Cup, Skylar Rift Trophy (Playoff MVP), and Benoit Devereux (Top Goalie) Award in S44 with the Saskatoon Wild. Ariel would continue to find success in the VHL winning the Dustin Funk (Most Improved) Trophy in S47, as well as finishing inside the top 15 for all-time wins by a VHL goalie. 13th. The Netherlands 54 Points Overall (# of Players: 8 (11th) / Average TPE: 235 (23rd) / Total TPE: 1,877 (14th)) The Dutch just missed out on having possibly the greatest Dutch VHLer of all time (Ansgar Snijider) on this list due to forward being created too early for consideration on this ranking. Thus, their spot in the rankings suffered. The Netherlands only really sent two quality players to the VHL in the expansion era, Left Wing Willem Janssen and Center Thaddeus Humbert. Goaltender David Blind had great potential due to his agency, although he ultimately busted, negatively affecting his country's ranking in the process. Franz Monster, Casper Solomon, and Splorg Hansburgersteinewalden all did some damage at the VHLM level, but overall lacked the skill and drive required to reach the VHL. 14th. Spain 53 Points Overall (# of Players: 3 (15th) / Average TPE: 398 (13th) / Total TPE: 1,195 (21st)) Fun fact: Spain used to be home to a VHL franchise; the Madrid Thunder. Anyway, Spain ranks 14th on this list thanks to a duo of Centers, Felix Zamora and GIYGAS. The third member, Lucas Villa, sputtered out in the VHLM. Zamora finished his career just narrowly missing out on a point-per-game, with GIYGAS also falling short of the mark; that's not to say they didn't have successful careers though. Both players came from respected agencies who may have fallen off a bit in recent times, but are still very reputable overall. 15th. India 52 Points Overall (# of Players: 1 (17th) / Average TPE: 648 (5th) / Total TPE: 648 (28th)) Godavari Yumalatopinto was born in India, but raised in Ontario, thus giving him the full benefit of being raised in a hockey community where he could greatly improve his skills. India's ranking is what improves from this though, not Canada. India's ranking here is similar to South Africa's, in having just one player, but that player being a superstar; not nearly the level of Koenig, but a superstar no less. Godavari was a decent defender in his time, even if his career totals weren't exactly eye-popping. t16th. Latvia 48 Points Overall (# of Players: 14 (8th) / Average TPE: 128 (31st) / Total TPE: 1,794 (15th)) Latvia was just beginning to show it's influence in sim leagues during the start of the expansion era, although what they produced in that time was certainly more quantity than quality. Raphael Pettyfer, Lauris Prikulis, and Benjamin Zeptenbergs were the only three Latvians to reach the VHL in that time, and none were true superstars. Zeptenbergs was a key piece in two of Toronto's cup wins during the late S40's, although he finished his career with only 526 TPE. Meanwhile, Pettyfer played for Toronto, Riga, and Helsinki, but was mainly known as a complimentary forward during his five seasons with the Reign. t16. Austria 48 Points Overall (# of Players: 4 (14th) / Average TPE: 282 (17th) / Total TPE: 1,129 (23rd)) Despite sharing a language with two of its two neighbors, Germany and Switzerland, Austria does produce nearly as many hockey players as the two aforementioned countries. Austria exported four players to the VHL from S31-47, and two of them reached the VHL. Defender Thomas Duddy was a reliable two-way defender during his career, although he certainly wasn't flashy and wasn't the most memorable of players. The other Austrian to make it to the VHL, Eggly Bagelface, is a bit more memorable thanks to his name and skill level. Bagelface won a Shaw Trophy in his career, and is a big reason Austria is ranked inside the top 20, but he failed to win the elusive Continental Cup. 17th. Ireland 46 Points Overall (# of Players: 10 (9th) / Average TPE: 133 (29th) / Total TPE: 1,330 (18th)) Although not ranked nearly as high as their rivals, the United Kingdom, Ireland actually achieved a decent amount of VHL fame thanks to two players: Kez Kincaid and Greg Clegane. Kincaid, a forward, wasn't too flashy, but he did manage to have a career PPG rate of 0.70, which isn't too bad for a player of his caliber. Clegane on the other hand, was a VHL superstar, winning the ROTY Award (S45), MVP (S49), and the Shaw (S49). Clegane is the biggest reason for Ireland's rank here, as he put the country on his back to solidify their place on the VHL World Map. 18th. Italy 40 Points Overall (# of Players: 9 (10th) / Average TPE: 129 (30th) / Total TPE: 1,163 (22nd)) The Italians biggest star of this era was Mario de Rossi, who despite lacking the superstar-level talent his peers had, still found a way to rack up points for the four different VHL teams he played for. Fellow countrymen Matteo Gallo and Giovanni Reuel also made it to the VHL, although they weren't much more than depth players. Italy's biggest weakness is the lack of a superstar player to help boost them in these rankings. 19th. Switzerland 38 Points Overall (# of Players: 7 (12th) / Average TPE: 158 (28th) / Total TPE: 1,103 (24th)) Despite having the most players in the HOF other than Canada, Switzerland falls very far in these rankings due to terrible depth. The only player of note for the Swiss in this era was Sandro Clegane, superstar goaltender of Cologne, Davos, and Seattle. Despite always being in the shadow of his older brother, Greg, Sandro was easily one of the top goaltenders in the league during his prime. Despite Clegane's star power, the rest of the Swiss roster is putrid, with nobody else even eclipsing 100 TPE. 20th. Mexico 36 Points Overall (# of Players: 4 (14th) / Average TPE: 204 (26th) / Total TPE: 816 (26th)) At this point in the rankings, a lot of teams are reliant on one player to give them a boost. In Mexico's case, this player is Felipe Rodriguez, who managed to accumulate over 600 TPE during the course of his career. Rodriguez was a star in the VHL, and without him, Mexico's rank would be much lower, as they would be relying on Maximum Lock, Akila Beast, and notable bust Gunzerker Salvador. Should hockey continue it's southern expansion from the U.S.A.'s Sun Belt, Mexico should become a hockey country eventually. 21st. Slovakia 35 Points Overall (# of Players: 3 (15th) / Average TPE: 220 (25th) / Total TPE: 660 (27th)) Slovakia being ranked this low is a bit surprising, because I definitely see them as a "hockey country". They only produced three players in the expansion era, and winger Milos Denis was the only one who made an impact on the VHL. Denis scored over 200 goals and 300 assists in his career, and enjoying great success as a member of the New York Americans and Quebec City Meute. Overall though, I feel like Slovakia definitely should have produced more VHL players. t22nd. Bosnia and Herzegovina 34 Points Overall (# of Players: 2 (16th) / Average TPE: 239 (22nd) / Total TPE: 478 (30th)) Rift Pajodcast and Shawndre Bovic are the only two players from this war-torn nation to make it to the VHL (or the VHLM in Bovic's case). Pajodcast is notable for being the VHL's first 3-headed player, and was an integral part of the Seattle Bears improbable S43 Continental Cup run as a shutdown #2C. After that though, his interest in the VHL visibly waned, to the point where it was obvious that he was just mailing it in during his later years. t22nd. New Zealand 34 Points Overall (# of Players: 1 (17th) / Average TPE: 252 (19th) / Total TPE: 252 (32nd)) Widely regarded as a bust, Kiwi Olivia Diamond only played one season in the VHL after being drafted 8th overall by the New York Americans. Her stats were nothing to write home about, as she didn't even score 20 points her rookie year. Perhaps she was homesick? 23rd. Czech Republic 29 Points Overall (# of Players: 7 (12th) / Average TPE: 82 (32nd) / Total TPE: 572 (29th)) You have to expect the Czechs to be higher on this list, no? Perhaps if Vojczek Svoboda didn't bust as hard as he did, they would be higher; the Czech defender was signed to one of the most prestigious agencies in VHL history, but prompty retired extremely early in his career, leaving us only with a sense of wondering waht could have been. No other Czechs were anywhere close to Svoboda's level in this time, sadly. 24th. Greece 28 Points Overall (# of Players: 2 (16th) / Average TPE: 187 (27th) / Total TPE: 373 (31st)) Defenseman Dimothenis Vlasis' agency is known for being pretty hit or miss with superstar VHLers, and Vlasis was a bit of a miss. He wasn't a bad player by any means, but he certainly didn't pull you out of your seat with his play. Kontos is similar, but busted before he even left the VHLM. 25th. Belgium 20 Points Overall (# of Players: 2 (16th) / Average TPE: 60 (33rd) / Total TPE: 120 (33rd)) Both Soren Douffet and Gregory Fallum never made it out of the VHLM talent-wise. The Belgians aren't a huge hockey country though, so this is okay. 26th. Vatican City 18 Points Overall (# of Players: 2 (16th) / Average TPE: 56 (34th) / Total TPE: 112 (34th)) Stabby McFullO'Schmidt and Holy the Goalie. One of these players is not like the others; one is definitely more pious, fitting his home country far better than the other. Somehow though, McFullO'Schmidt was 10x more talented than Holy. Who knew? 27th. Liechtenstein 16 Points Overall (# of Players: 2 (16th) / Average TPE: 31 (35th) / Total TPE: 62 (35th)) This tiny European country provided the Backenbauers to the VHL, but they didn't really do much. Liechtenstein's size is relative to its impact on the VHL. 28th. Jamaica 13 Points Overall (# of Players: 2 (16th) / Average TPE: 27 (37th) / Total TPE: 53 (36th)) Super Cock really could have been a big deal in the VHL and I'm quite disappointed he wasn't. Also how tf did Jamaica manage to produce not one, but TWO VHLers? t29th. South Korea 10 Points Overall (# of Players: 3 (15th) / Average TPE: 15 (40th) / Total TPE: 46 (37th)) Stick to Kpop South Korea, hockey isn't working out for you. t29th. Iceland 10 Points Overall (# of Players: 1 (17th) / Average TPE: 30 (36th) / Total TPE: 30 (39th)) The North remembers. But Jonathan Stark forgets [to log in and update]. 30th. Bulgaria 9 Point Overall (# of Players: 2 (16th) / Average TPE: 19 (39th) / Total TPE: 38 (38th)) Aleksander Petrov updated a little bit, but nothing aside that from Bulgaria. Fun fact: they're the lowest ranked country with two players! 31st. Republic of Congo 7 Points Overall (# of Players: 1 (17th) / Average TPE: 26 (38th) / Total TPE: 26 (40th)) Ludovic Kabambi? Ludovic Kambambi. t32nd. Estonia 3 Points Overall (# of Players: 1 (17th) / Average TPE: 0 (41st) / Total TPE: 0 (41st)) See: Republic of Congo t32nd. Australia 3 Points Overall (# of Players: 1 (17th) / Average TPE: 0 (41st) / Total TPE: 0 (41st)) See: Estonia

Fuuuuuuuuuck yes

@Higgins

New York throwing in the towel, nothing makes me happier.

This is good shit. Would have been my drug about 2 years ago but still good shit.

Thanks for doing your best to help us win even if it didn't work out. It was nothing against you, you are a great GM to play for and I wish we could've done more. Hopefully now that you guys no longer have 2 defensive defenseman as your 1 and 2 you'll get more shots and goals.

Simulation league love story is about to come to it´s end, at least for now. New York Americans announced that they are looking for new GM and some of their players will be traded out of the way, so the potential new general manager has a clean table to work with. Fair to say that interesting times are coming up in New York and in VHL, who will be the new general manager and where do all of the players end up going? Today I would like to focus on the future from Quebecs point of view and think about what will happen in North-American division if and when New York will start their rebuild next off-season. First of all, it will more than likely mean there is nobody to stop the Quebec train in the near future, our younger players are about to get into full speed and when that day comes, North-American division will be black and white. New York has put up a good fight, but last season they finished second and now the same thing is about to happen again this year. If New York sells everybody, Calgary and Toronto are next in line in trying to stop the golden train, also known as Quebec Meute. Will some of the players from New York perhaps join Calgary and or Toronto? Nobody knows, but Quebec is looking like to be the number one team in Northern-American division. If making the playoffs is looking like a fairly sure thing, what New York going out of the picture actually mean for playoffs? Like mentioned, some of their players will be leaving and could just as well join our biggest rivals in the European division, I´m too lazy to do more research , but if you want to win as many games as possible, joining Stockholm and Helsinki more than likely makes the most sense, but then again, moving from New York to places like Stockholm and Helsinki? Tough decision really, sure you got a change to win a cup, but living in those kind of conditions might not be worth it. Early retirement would creep into my mind at least if the options are playing one or two more seasons, but you would have to play in Stockholm or Helsinki. At this point everything is pure speculation though, New York Americans could keep everybody together and put stop for the search of new GM. At the same time I have to say, now that my semi towards seeing New York down in the standings has gone away, it will be sad to see our little rivalry to come to it´s end for who knows how long. Starting from scratch is not a easy thing in VHL, the time when we see New York back on top might not come anytime soon or it can happen fairly shortly, nobody knows for sure. I would like to end this article by giving a warning to all the teams in North-American divison and at the same time to everybody in VHL, Quebec is coming after you, when we make it, the ride never ends. We are here to stay!

Do yourself a favor and learn how to GM

You sir can draft Ko Kane

And still 2 goals against, shame on you @STZ

hellll yeeeeeaaaaahhhhhh!!!!!! Coach!

FFS Smarch. You're a bad guy.

I was wondering how Riga put up 64 shots against me, then I realized it was actually Quebec and the title is just wrong.

Ran out of likes in the other thread

I made the VHL great again You're welcome

@MD9you know when you said I had a hat trick, I was thinking we won

WOW CLASSIC EAGLESFAN TOTALLY FUCKING KYLE OVER

lol The VHLM is a developmental league. This is exactly how it should work. And if you're really that concerned with Oslo winning, just abandon your team again.

Enjoy Kyle

Yup, Confirmed mad.

We want Victor.