Admin Victor 10,525 Posted May 18, 2016 Admin Share Posted May 18, 2016 Welcome to the S48 VHL Hall of Fame Induction! As is the norm, we have two players and a Builder to induct today. ---------------------- First up, a living VHL legend. Some called Remy LeBeau "LeGod", but what does that make Thomas O'Malley? His trophy case is quite remarkable and he is for good reason considered by many as the first player to have a serious case to be the best forward in VHL history since Scotty Campbell. There are so many things to say here that it would be easiest to list them off in bullet point form: O'Malley played for 3 VHL teams - Cologne, Helsinki, and New York - winning at least one Continental Cup with each of them. Only two other players won four championships and only one (Leeroy Jenkins) won more with five He never missed the playoffs and only was eliminated before the finals twice - in his rookie (S40) and sophomore (S41) seasons. O'Malley was league MVP three times: a feat matched only by Scotty Campbell (retired in S8) and Grimm Jonsson (retired in S17) He was the first player to win the Brett Slobodzian Trophy 4 times. No one has won it more than twice before. O'Malley has won all 3 attacking trophies (top scorer, top goal-scorer, most assists) and even combined the three in S44, matching Campbell, Jonsson, Kevin Brooks' and Odin Tordahl's feats Only Campbell was top scorer more than O'Malley's four times Only Campbell, Alexander Chershenko, and Martin Brookside had previously been crowned VHL MVP both in the regular season and the playoffs, which O'Malley achieved in S45 and you might think that O'Malley did this because of a weaker playing field but no, the very opposite is true. Despite it being so much harder to be successful now than even 20 seasons ago, O'Malley became the first player since Brooks retired in S13 to reach the 900 points mark. Only Campbell, Mike Szatkowski, and Brooks had more points. C - Thomas O'Malley, S40-S47 576 GP, 381 G, 532 A, 913 P, +400, 82 PIM, 50 HIT, 233 SB, 70 GW, 63.80 FO% S40 Christian Stolzschweiger Trophy S41 Mikka Virkkunen Trophy S43 Brett Slobodzian Trophy S43 Mike Szatkowski Trophy S43 Kevin Brooks Trophy S44 Scotty Campbell Trophy S44 Brett Slobodzian Trophy S44 Mike Szatkowski Trophy S44 Kevin Brooks Trophy S44 Alexander Beketov Trophy S45 Scotty Campbell Trophy S45 Brett Slobodzian Trophy S45 Daisuke Kanou Trophy S45 Mike Szatkowski Trophy S46 Scotty Campbell Trophy S46 Brett Slobodzian Trophy S46 Mike Szatkowski Trophy Four Continental Cups (S42, S45, S46, S47) Congratulations @Green! ---------------------- It is hard to top O'Malley but @Advantage has done his best this season. First, it's been a longer wait than might have been expected but Brick Wahl has been inducted into the Hall of Fame! The New York Americans legend was a key player for the S38-S42 dynasty which won a record 4 straight Victory Cups and added 2 Continental Cups in the playoffs, where Wahl was twice crowned MVP. That's a difficult enough feat on its own - the only goalie to do it before Wahl was Daisuke Kanou with three, and the award is named after him for a reason. Hans Wingate has now matched Wahl's achievement so it remains quite stellar company for the Brick. He may not have won any regular season individual awards, but Wahl's stats match up nicely to earlier Hall of Fame goalies. Overall, he was a dependable goalie who probably sacrificed greater acclaim for the Americans' good. G - Brick Wahl, S36-S43 443 GP, 296 W, 120 L, 27 OTL, 2.18 GAA, .918%, 48 SO S39 Daisuke Kanou TrophyS41 Daisuke Kanou TrophyTwo Continental Cups (S39, S41) ---------------------- Player vote: Thomas O'Malley - 14/14 Brick Wahl - 7/14 Felix Peters - 3/14 Bismarck Koening - 1/14 ---------------------- But that's not the only good news for Advantage/Chris Miller, as he is being inducted into the Hall of Fame as Builder too! From humble beginnings as S18 draftee Michael Angelo, a dependable career Titans defenceman, Advantage has gone from strength to strength since. Ryan Sullivan and now Wahl has his Hall of Fame players, while his tenure as New York Americans GM (S33-S46), a period in which the Americans won two championships, four straight Victory Cups, and missed the playoffs just four times. Miller became the second GM ever to win 3 David Knight Trophies as the VHL's best GM. Aside from the STHS side of things, Advantage has been a key member of a Board of Governors for around 20 seasons, being a proponent of many of the major changes implemented in the VHL in that time. He's been an advocate of the VHLM and its reform, going back to his time as Kolari Panthers GM before joining New York and a constant source of ideas and discussion. In the public eye, Chris has always made his views interactive by being a constant feature on the VHL's podcasts, from the long-running Pajodcast series to solo entries. There will of course be other things I can't all mention here but you can read them in his Builder article. Congratulations Green and Advantage! Advantage, jRuutu, Devise and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotAVHLM-GM 1,858 Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Wow, I knew O'Malley's career was impressive, but reading it like this puts it in a whole different spotlight. Congrats Chris, both a player and builder in the same year, impressive feat! Advantage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kesler 1,514 Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 S40 Christian Stolzschweiger Trophy S41 Mikka Virkkunen Trophy S43 Brett Slobodzian Trophy S43 Mike Szatkowski Trophy S43 Kevin Brooks Trophy S44 Scotty Campbell Trophy S44 Brett Slobodzian Trophy S44 Mike Szatkowski Trophy S44 Kevin Brooks Trophy S44 Alexander Beketov Trophy S45 Scotty Campbell Trophy S45 Brett Slobodzian Trophy S45 Daisuke Kanou Trophy S45 Mike Szatkowski Trophy S46 Scotty Campbell Trophy S46 Brett Slobodzian Trophy S46 Mike Szatkowski Trophy Four Continental Cups (S42, S45, S46, S47) how NotAVHLM-GM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowboyinAmerica 2,705 Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Was looking at Wahl's playoff stats when finding out Wingate's and was confused how he wasn't in the HoF already. Most shutouts and best playoff GAA among goalies with a decent amount of games. Congrats to both! Advantage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Higgins 3,617 Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Congrats on the builder induction Chris, very deserving ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotAVHLM-GM 1,858 Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 11 minutes ago, brovy said: S40 Christian Stolzschweiger Trophy S41 Mikka Virkkunen Trophy S43 Brett Slobodzian Trophy S43 Mike Szatkowski Trophy S43 Kevin Brooks Trophy S44 Scotty Campbell Trophy S44 Brett Slobodzian Trophy S44 Mike Szatkowski Trophy S44 Kevin Brooks Trophy S44 Alexander Beketov Trophy S45 Scotty Campbell Trophy S45 Brett Slobodzian Trophy S45 Daisuke Kanou Trophy S45 Mike Szatkowski Trophy S46 Scotty Campbell Trophy S46 Brett Slobodzian Trophy S46 Mike Szatkowski Trophy Four Continental Cups (S42, S45, S46, S47) how Just cruisin' Da Trifecta 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregreg 930 Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Felix Peters has been sitting in that top 4 forever, poor guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil 5,009 Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Well done guys! Very deserved. NotAVHLM-GM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Trifecta 1,896 Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Great additions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advantage 2,769 Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Thanks everyone:) Congrats Green..easiest HOF vote I have ever casted. NotAVHLM-GM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Admin Will 4,602 Posted May 18, 2016 Senior Admin Share Posted May 18, 2016 o'malley was decent i guess congrats green/advantage NotAVHLM-GM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotAVHLM-GM 1,858 Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 5 minutes ago, Advantage said: Thanks everyone:) Congrats Green..easiest HOF vote I have ever casted. Fun fact: my goal with O'Malley was a Grimm Jonsson trophy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Victor 10,525 Posted May 18, 2016 Author Admin Share Posted May 18, 2016 1 minute ago, Green said: Fun fact: my goal with O'Malley was a Grimm Jonsson trophy what a failure NotAVHLM-GM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head Moderator Baozi 1,635 Posted May 18, 2016 Head Moderator Share Posted May 18, 2016 GG Peeps! XXX had fun playing with OMalley NotAVHLM-GM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kesler 1,514 Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 (edited) 2 hours ago, Green said: Just cruisin' I need to just cruise then too Edited May 18, 2016 by brovy NotAVHLM-GM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike 708 Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Makes sense I guess still sad though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Victor 10,525 Posted May 19, 2016 Author Admin Share Posted May 19, 2016 We were all pretty much in agreement it would have been ideal to be able to vote in both goalies but it doesn't look like there will ever be a season without an impressive skater too. Mike Jr. should get his chance soon though. Like Peters... Advantage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advantage 2,769 Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Yeah you will go in Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devise 4,475 Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 I still can't believe O'Malley had six straight Continental Cup final appearances. 4 wins, and even the losses went 7 games. He pretty much made the league his bitch when he was around. NotAVHLM-GM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devise 4,475 Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Also congratulations to everyone. I had unique experiences with all inducted. Was a genuine honour to GM Green with his legend of a player. Made my GM tenure with Cologne far easier than it could have been. Advantage finally gets Wahl in. In terms of builder it's about time! You were already ahead of Jericho and I when it came to VHLM GMing and have been a huge contributor overall in the league. Well deserved. NotAVHLM-GM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devise 4,475 Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 1 hour ago, Victor said: We were all pretty much in agreement it would have been ideal to be able to vote in both goalies but it doesn't look like there will ever be a season without an impressive skater too. Mike Jr. should get his chance soon though. Like Peters... Peter's man. I feel like we all say he should be in at some point in debates and then it just never ends up happening. One day, the shoe has to drop eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowboyinAmerica 2,705 Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Considering the S41-43 draft years were less than stellar, I'd imagine they're in sooner rather than later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molholt 2,183 Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Jarkkooooo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight 1,216 Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 O'Malley > Campbell. Did it without rigging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Victor 10,525 Posted May 19, 2016 Author Admin Share Posted May 19, 2016 1 hour ago, Knight said: O'Malley > Campbell. Did it without rigging. You clearly don't know Green. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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