VRH was back at it on Sunday after a week off to help aching bodies and mentally fatigued fans heal. This day would be the day on which stars would align for a certain Filipino who would win every game he played.

So yes, Sunday saw Vincent Garcia play more than his usual 2-3 games and put up his highest session point total yet (I think?) getting either 4 or 5 points in 4 of the 5 games he played. Not to be lost in the shuffle was the return of Alex, and Jordan Barlow. Alex, who hadn't played in a while to spend time rebuilding his car, put up some solid numbers and got progressively better as the session continued. Jordan on return from Europe reminded us all what it meant to play against a man with a giant stick.

We started the session with the oft dangerous Oliver, Jordan B, Vincent combination with Dom in net, up against Jordan D, Bernie, Andrew. Sam and Alex. The chemistry was evident immediately for Team Dom, with beautiful tic-tac-toe passes on almost every goal. Despite Andrew’s best efforts in both games, the series was easily taken 2-0 by Team Dom.

Sticks in the middle produced Andrew, Sam, Vincent and Alex against the rest. Vincent was again on fire, this time connecting nicely with Andrew to blow out this series 2-0 as well. The second game of this series saw both Vincent and Andrew point out.

For the final game of the day, sticks were thrown and then were altered)to give us Andrew with the Jordans and Dom take on. Alex stood on his head stopping 38/41 shots to help his team go on to win 5-3. This was by far the worst game for Vincent with only 2 points, who up until this point was averaging 4.5 points per game. Luckily he didn't need to be on, as Sam and Oliver provided most of the offense in the game. Another fun sunny day at the beach. Let’s hope for more to come in the following weeks. Lastly, in the words of Vincent via Twitter: @BurtonHockey I'm Wayne Gretzky biatch.

Thanks, Stef (finally!). Wow. A massive break-out session for Vincent. To this point, his career-best session had been just 5 – yes, five - points, and had never placed higher than seventh in a single session (and that was in a session with seven skaters). He blew that out of the water today, average 4.00 PPG en route to 20 points (9G-11A) to take a heroic first star and show the world what he’s truly capable of. Oliver, Andy and Sam were battling for second all day; Andy would take it by a point with (7G-10A) over Oliver (9G-7A) and Sam (7G-9A), with Barlow not far behind at 14. In goal, Burton’s two most experienced goaltenders resumed their epic rivalry, with Alex in net for the first time since the Super Session. He was once again excellent at .850 ahead of Dom’s .825. It’s Alex’s record-tying tenth straight .800 session. Every single game today finished with a score of 5-3.

Here are the game scores:
Oliver Barlow Vincent Dom def. Bernie Downey Andrew Sam Alex 5-3 5-3
Andrew Sam Vincent Alex def. Oliver Barlow Jordan Bernie 5-3 5-3
Oliver Vincent Sam Bernie Alex def. Andrew Barlow Downey 5-3

And now, a big stats wrap-up following a BUSH/VRH doubleheader:

Season Stats: Smart’s lead remains sizeable over Oliver, 358-264... Lee makes a big move to within ten of the top five at 177... Barlow passes Ryno, Mitch Detta and Eric to enter the top ten in eighth at 139... K.J. enters the top 15, while James and Andrew Likness are now in the top 20... Oliver is within two goals of Marcus for fourth, 114-122; Lee passes Rob to enter the top five at 98... K.J. passes 50 goals for the fifth time in his career... Smart needs four assists for 200 on the year; Bernie passes Tony for fourth with 95; Lee passes Eric to move into eighth at 79... Oliver passes Rob and Marcus to move into third in shots on goal at 522; Lee moves into sixth... K.J. passes Marcus for fifth in shooting percentage... The battle for the lead in saves remains close as Alex leads Dom 1,742-1,708... Lee takes the BUSH games played lead from Mitchell Detta, 63-60... Carter moves into fifth in games goaltended at 16... Oliver and Lee move past Tony into fourth in three-star points with 70 each, five behind Marcus and ten behind Rob for second... Alex passes Dom for the lead in goalie star points, 155-150, and ties him for second in total star points at 155... K.J. jumps into fourth in PPG at 2.89; Lee is right behind at 2.87... Seamus debuts second on the APG list right behind Andy, 1.66-1.65... K.J. takes the shots-per-game lead from Tony with 7.93... Chris debuts fourth in saves-per-game with 14.88... K.J.’s 19 goals in the BUSH session rates second-highest this year... Seamus’ 18 assists in the same session ties for the top mark this season.

SDF/GDF: Kyle continues to lead the SDF, but K.J’s big win yesterday on a session where he comes back over the minimum session requirement shoots him very close to the top in second... Ryan and Lee take big hits; Ryan especially since he just falls under the minimum and he drops four to sixth... Marcus jumps up three spots to fourth; Seamus reenters the top ten in ninth... Vincent’s shocking win rockets him up 22 spots from 36th to 14th... Alex’s GDF rating of .8970 is the fourth-highest mark ever seen; he’s led eight in a row and 24 overall... Mitch Zorn enters the top five for the first time ever.

All-Time Records, Awards and Honours
All-Time Session Scoring Milestones & Streaks
All-Time Session Goaltending Milestones & Streaks

On the All-Time Front: Bernie makes his way past Lorne and reenters the top five in scoring for the first time in three years at 1,496; Lorne falls from the top five for the first time ever... Barlow is 15 points behind Rob for 15th... Sam is nine goals behind Joern for 14th... Andy needs seven goals for 250... Oliver needs four assists to become the first player with 1,500; he now has as many assists as his brother does points... Barlow passes Nathan for 12th in assists... Andy needs one assist for 300 and is two behind Pat for 15th... Lee needs 22 shots on goal to become the first player with 7,000; no one else is even at 5,000... Seamus passes Lorne for fifth in shots on goal; Sam enters the top 15... Barlow falls to a fourth-place tie with Jason Leung for fourth in shooting percentage... Chris is 112 saves behind Bron for fifth... Seamus is six games behind Stefan for fourth in games played... K.J. needs 14 games for 500; Chris needs seven games for 300; Andy needs ten games for 200... Chris passes Alex for third in games goaltended... Oliver passes Lorne for third in three-star points with 760, just five behind Kyle for second... K.J. ties Pat for eighth in three-star points at 395; Andy needs five for 300... Oliver passes Justin for fifth in total star points with 760... James and Vincent each record their first career 15-pointers, 20-pointers, and ten-assisters; James also notches his first ten-goal session... Lee is two 15-pointers away from 100; Oliver is next at 70; Seamus becomes the sixth player with 50; K.J. the seventh player with 40... Andrew ties Rob Hajdu for ninth in 15-pointers with 22... Andrew has three 15-pointers in a row... Seamus passes Pat for sixth in 20-pointers with 24; K.J. moves to 20... Seamus ties Stefan for fifth in 25-pointers with nine... Seamus ties Stefan for third in ten-assisters with 26; Andrew ties Barlow for seventh at 16... Alex ties Justin’s two-season-old record of ten straight .800s; Dom has four in a row... Dom trails Seamus and Nathan for the lead in .800s, 31-31-30; Alex is at 27... Carter picks up his first career .800 session; Mitch Zorn has two in a row... Alex ties Justin for fourth in .810s with 23; he’s got ten of those in a row, too... Dom has four straight .810s... Alex extends his record .820 streak to nine while Dom’s is at four... Alex becomes the first goalie with 20 .830s; he has nine in a row... Alex ties Dom for the all-time lead in .840s with 15 and sets a new Burton record with five in a row... Alex becomes the fourth goalie ever with three straight .850s after Shem (4), Justin and K.J.... Alex’s .870 streak ends at two... Chris moves into seventh in 80-savers with 22... Alex’s record 80-saver streak moves to 23; Dom has two... Alex has eleven straight 90-savers, one short of his own record... Alex ties Dom for the all-time lead in 100-savers with 29 and also has eleven in a row of those... Alex’s record 110-save and 120-save streak end at nine; his record 130-save streak ends at eight... Sam plays his eleventh consecutive session; Andy and James each play their seventh... Mitch Detta’s streak ends at eight... Dom’s 105 games goaltended this year is the fifth-highest total in a session ever, as is Alex’s 155 goalie star points.