Like clockwork, another Sunday, another session of hockey in Vancouver. The sun was not shining today, but nor was it raining, which made for favorable conditions for the 8 players who showed up for VRH today.

Once again we would see the rivalry of Dom vs. Sam in goal. Add to the mix the Koth-Kappus brothers, the Hajdu brothers, Andrew and Jordan Barlow and we had ourselves enough players to get some solid 3-on-3 action. Your not-so-humble Vancouver statistician was also there to cover the event. Like last week in Burton, a camera was setup for time lapse. However unlike last week, Stefan came ill-prepared with a battery that only had about ¼-left juice in it. Despite this, the first hour of the session was capture, and a video was produced.

As for the action, it was relatively well-balanced all day, despite a few anomalies. The first game of the day was an example of this. The game featured Andrew, Bernie, Rob and Dom up against Oliver, Jordan, Tony and Sam. Team Dom would win decisively 5-1 with Rob pointing out and Andrew coming 1 shy. Game 2 of the series saw team Dom win again, however this team by a much closer score of 5-4. Sam elevated his game, as did his players in front of him, but in the end it wasn't enough.

Teams were switched for game 3 giving us Bernie, Jordan, Tony and Dom up against Andrew, Oliver, Rob and Sam. The game was close and fierce, however, and would end with a golden goal scored by Team Dom. Game 4 wouldn't be so kind to Team Dom. While they were able to put up 3 goals in the loss, they were severely out shot, and by severely I am talking 69-20. Dom stood on his head doing everything he could besides score goals for his team. This game was a grind for both teams, and at this point, it was unsure if the session would carry on.

However, the series was not finished, so everyone rallied for Game 5 and the last game in the series. Team Dom came out shooting fast, and would quickly seal the series with a 5-3 victory. A difference in shots from the previous game as this one ended 19-13 in shots in favor of Team Sam.

The final series of the day would feature the Hajdus with Oliver and Sam against the rest. With the Hajdus united they came out strong and fierce scoring 2 goals apiece to put the game at a score of 4-1 and what seemed out of reach. Andrew didn't think so however, as he went on to point out and score 4 of the 5 goals to mount the epic comeback.

The last game of the day would feature these same two teams, however it was less of a equal affair. Jordan and Andrew started to get some chemistry, while Bernie showed off his passing skills in this 5-2 rout.

That was that. 7 games in the books, on a somewhat dreary day. Keep an eye out for the time lapse. There are some fun little sequences in there. As always there may be a few easter eggs for you to find as well!

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Thanks, Stef! A healthy stats padder for some of VRH’s leading as well as a phenomenal goaltending performance from the all-time save leader today resulted in some big numbers. Andy scored either four or five points in six of the seven games today en route to 28P (16G-12A) on 69 shots; an even 4.00 PPG. Rob was second at 24P (15G-9A) on a whopping 88 shots, followed by brother Tony at 20P (13G-7A) on 67 shots. It was classic Dom in goal, as he had one of his best performances with .876 on 162 saves (that’s a PPS of 1038), nearly doubling the save total of Sam (.727 on 88 saves).

Game Scores:
Bernie Andrew Rob Dom def. Oliver Jordan Tony Sam 5-1 5-4
Bernie Jordan Tony Dom def. Rob Andrew Oliver Sam 5-4 3-5 5-3
Bernie Andrew Jordan Dom def. Rob Tony Oliver Sam 5-4 5-2

Season Stats: Andrew smashes through the 400-point barrier on the year and holds a commanding 421-296 lead over Oliver... Tony (250) and Rob (236) both moves ahead of the absent Marcus (234) for third and fourth... Bernie leads Jordan for seventh, 176-172...Andrew needs eight goals for 200... Tony passes Marcus for second in goals, 144-133... Rob sits on 100 goals even... Jordan and Bernie pass Eric and Kyle to enter the top ten in goals... Tony leapfrogs Bernie and Marcus to move to fourth in assists... Andrew becomes the first player to scross the 1,000 shots-on-goal mark this year... Rob jumps past both Marcus and Oliver to move to third in shots on goal at 649... Dom passes Alex for the lead in saves and sits at 1,999 on the season... Sam passes Alex for second in games goaltended and needs six more for 100... Rob is just five three-star points behind Marcus for second, 95-90, with Tony at 85... Dom passes Alex for the lead in goalie star points, 180-170... Rob’s 88 shots today is the second-highest session total of the year... Dom’s PPS of 1039 is the fifth-best mark of the season.

SDF/GDF: Kyle Grenier continues to hold a massive SDF lead and ties Lee for the fourth-most rankings led all-time with 21... Andrew takes back the lead among VRH scorers ahead of Tony and moves back over a 120 rating... Fully recovered from his trip to Europe, Rob re-enters the top ten... Alex leads his record-tying 11th consecutive GDF; he’s led 27 in his career overall. Dom does take a massive chunk out of his lead with his great performance today.

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

On the All-Time Front: Oliver is nine points away from becoming the second player to score 2,500 points in Burton Hockey... Bernie is 21 points behind Seamus for fourth... Rob becomes the 1th player with 700 points... Tony passes Mitch Detta for 15th... Andrew becomes the 17th player with 600 points... Rob passes 300 goals and is one behind Sam for 15th... Jordan passes Ryno for 17th and needs 14 for 300... Andrew needs 26 for 300... Rob needs nine assists for 400; Jordan 19... Andrew becomes the 17th player with 1,500 shots on goal... Dom makes his 6,500th save... Dom passes Graeme for 12th in games played and needs ten for 500... Tony passes Chris for 21st in games played and needs one for 300... Sam becomes the 13th player to spend 100 games in net... Tony needs five three-star points for 200... Dom passes K.J. for eight in total star points, 535-530... Andrew and Rob remains tied for tenth in 15-pointers at 24 but are now just one behind Pat for eighth; Jordan is at 21 and Tony is at 20... Tony how has nine consecutive 15-pointers... Andrew has back-to-back 20-pointers...Tony becomes the ninth player with 15 ten-goal sessions... Can you believe that was only Rob’s second 15-goal session ever?... Andrew passes Lorne for sixth in ten-assisters with 18... Dom takes down another huge record with his 32nd career .800 session, passing both Seamus and Nathan for the all-time lead. Dom has six of them in a row (in fact, he has six .820s on a row, which is the second-longest streak ever)... Dom is two .810s behind Seamus for the all-time lead, 30-28... The race for the all-time .820 lead: Seamus 25; Dom 24; Alex 23... Dom passes Justin and Seamus for second in .830s with 18... Dom has back-to-back .840s and takes the all-time lead from Alex with 17... Dom becomes the fifth goalie with 10 .850s... Sam and Dom each have four straight 80-savers; Dom also has four straight 90s and back-to-back 120s... Dom retakes the lead in 100-savers from Alex, 31-30, and in 110-savers, 25-24... Dom ties Alex for the leads in 120-savers with 20 and 130-savers with 17... Sam plays his 14th consecutive session; Andrew his tenth; Dom his seventh; the Koth-Kappi their fifth... Dom’s 1,999 saves this season now place as the fourth-highest single-season total ever, as do his 118 games goaltended... Andrew’s 245 three-star points this year rank sixth-highest for a single year.