VRH WRITEUP SIMULATOR SCALE

Glorious sunshine scale: 5/10 (luckily we had mostly shade)
Temperature scale: 3/10 (too hot!)
Perfect number of players scale: 8/10 (3-on-3 with one sub)
New players scale:6/10 (Derek Wiggins debut)
Return of long absent regulars scale: 6/10 (Griff)
Evenness of teams/series scale: 5/10
Session intensity scale: 7/10
Session openness / offensiveness scale: 5/10
Redemptions achieved scale: 4/10 (a bit of redemption in game 4 for Team Sam)
Exceptional goaltending performance scale: 6/10 (Sam in game 4)
Domination by one player scale: 3/10
Length of session scale: 7/10 (as much as we could in a weeknight)
Fun of session scale: 8/10
Chance of future sessions in coming weeks scale: 8/10 (if not weekends then likely weeknights)
First time having played a session on a weeknight in ages scale: 10/10
Murphy almost fucking us but not succeeding scale: 10/10 (late start + soccer players created doubt but hockey prevailed in the end)

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In a high-scoring session with plenty of points to be had, Rob took first star with 6G and a huge 12A. Derek grabbed second star in his rookie session with 7G-8A, and Darrel finished third with 9G-5A, besting Stefan by a point. Andrew led in assists with 10A but could only manage 2G. In goal, Bron’s five-save shutout in Game 5 helped him over the .800 mark yet again at .814. Sam was right with him all day, especially after his 35 saves in Game 4, but the Andy-Rob-Darrel line scored 5G on 9 shots in Game 5 to bring him down to .788. Sam did lead Bron handily in saves, 89-57.

Game Scores:
Derek Stefan Andrew Bron def. Darrel Griff Rob Bernie Sam 5-3 5-2
Darrel Rob Andrew Bron def. Stefan Griff Derek Sam 5-3 4-5 5-0

Elo Ratings
Andrew Smart 2213 (-51)
Rob Hajdu 2050 (+30)
Stefan Klopp 1972 (-11)
Darrel Voser 1895 (+15)
Griff Jones 1697 (-10)
Bernie Koth-Kappus 1549 (-12)

Provisional Elo Ratings
Derek Wiggins 1840 (n/a)

Season Stats: Stefan extends his season scoring lead over Ryno to 143-188, with Darrel passing Oliver for third, 109-107... Andy passes Lee for seventh, 85-74, and is three behind Kyle for sixth... Rob jumps from 14th to eighth at 79... Stefan retakes the goal-scoring lead from Ryno, 69-62, with Darrel at 58... Rob ties Lee for eighth at 36... Stefan extends his assist lead over Oliver to 74-63... Andy leads Darrel for fourth, 55-51... Bernie passes Kellan and Tony for eighth, 41-39-39... Stefan closes Ryno’s shot lead to 343-327.,. Bron is 65 saves behind Brodie for third... Bernie leads Stefan in games played, 66-61; Darrel jumps from11th to seventh at 47... Sam ties Brodie for third in games goaltended with 27; Bron sits sixth at 23... Bron becomes the fifth goalie this year with a shutout... Darrel ties Ryno for fourth in three-star points at 55; Rob is tied for sixth at 45... Rob takes the PPG lead from Tony at 2.96; Andrew falls behind Nick to fourth...Andrew takes the APG lead from Tony, 1.774-1.772... Rob falls behind Nick to third in shots-per-game while Andrew passes Tony to climb to fifth... Rob’s 12 assists rank fifth-best for a session this year.

SDF/GDF: The rankings for the week are now finalised... K.J. keeps a decent lead over second-place Nick, but Rob has almost caught Nick for second... Andrew and Stefan each lose a spot while Darrel gains one and Derek debuts in the top 25... The return of Bron and Sam puts them back over the session minimum, and Bron thus reclaims the top spot from Brodie after four sessions away. It’s his 12th career ranking led... Sam moves up two spots to 12th

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

On the All-Time Front: Stefan becomes the third player to pass the 1,800-point plateau and the first player to score 1,300 points in VRH (Stefan leads Oliver 1,307-1,290)... Rob becomes the 11th player with 850 points... Andrew is 21 points behind Pat for 12th all-time and five behind him for fifth in VRH... Bernie becomes the third player with 1,000 VRH points... Darrel needs four points for 200... Bernie needs 12 goals for 700... Rob passes Mitch Detta for 13th in goals and is 14 behind Tony for 12th at 400... Andrew is 11 goals behind Ryno for 15th... Darrel needs one goal for 100... Rob passes Graeme to become the first VRH original to enter the top ten in assists; Andrew is five behind Graeme... Darrel needs three assists for 100... Andrew becomes the 13th player with 2,000 shots on goal... Bron is 12 saves behind Laird for third all-time... Bron records his 17th career shutout... Bron passes Nathan for fourth in goalie star points, 385-380... Stefan becomes the fourth person to play 800 games... Darrel plays his 100th game... Bron passes Chris Jackins for fourth in games goaltended and is seven games behind Alex for third... Derek notches a 15-pointer in his first career session... Andrew ties Kyle for fifth in ten-assisters with 27; Rob ties Barlow and Lorne for seventh at 17... Bron passes Justin for fifth in .800s with 25; he’s got five in a row... Bron ties Justin for fifth in.810s with 23, including five in a row... Bron’s .820 streak ends at three and his .830 streak ends at two... Sam becomes the tenth goalie with 20 80-savers... Bron’s 100-saver streak ends at two... Darrel plays his ninth straight session.