-Glorious sunshine scale: 9/10 (couldn't have been much more gloriously sunny)
-Temperature scale: 5/10 (starting to get into the too hot range)
-Perfect number of players scale: 9/10 (one sub on each team for most of the session, and yes, Kyle, that is the ideal number for VRH) (Says you. -Ed.)
-New players scale: 0/10
-Return of long absent regulars scale: 8.5/10 (not regulars, but both Neil and Thom Gysler return)
-Evenness of teams/series scale: 8.7/10 (aside from the first game, teams as even as it gets)
-Session intensity scale: 8.5/10 (most intense grinding session of the year for sure exemplified by Game 3 which lasted well over an hour)
-Session openness / offensiveness scale: 4/10
-Domination by one player scale: 4.5/10 (pretty even today but newcomer Neil certainly made his presence felt)
-Redemptions Achieved Scale: 8.4/10 (huge comebacks for Team Dom in both game 2 & 3, then redemption for Team Stu by winning the final game)
-Epicness of Games Scale: 8.7/10 (Games 2, 3 & 4 all epic sudden death matches)
-Exceptional goaltending performance scale: 9/10 (54 saves by Dom and 37 by Stu in the same game... enough said)
-Length of session scale: 8/10 (only 4 games but they dragged on for over 3 hours and left everyone absolutely exhausted)
-Fun of session scale: 7/10 (another great day out at Ambleside)
-Chance of future sessions in coming weeks scale: 7/10 (despite the loss of a regular, numbers should be solid enough to sustain VRH for the foreseeable future)

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Thanks, Bern! What a huge day for Dom, as he crushed the shooters today with one of his greatest goaltending performances ever (which says a lot for Burton Hockey's all-time leading everything in net volume-wise). The Dominator posted a stunning .896 on 147 saves to finish with a 1043 PPS (the highest PPS posted in Burton Hockey since October 2011 and the highest in VRH since April 2011). Not faring too badly himself was Stuart, who was an outstanding .865 on 90 saves. Neil's return was triumphant indeed as he led the day with 7G-7A. Rob Hajdu and Tom Slivinski were joint second stars with 11P each.

Game Scores:
Rob Tom S Neil Stefan Stu def. Bernie Oliver Thom G Tony Dom 5-0
Bernie Oliver Neil Tom S Dom def. Rob Tony Stefan Thom G Ryan Stu 5-3
Rob Tony Ryan Stefan Stu vs. Bernie Oliver Neil Tom S Dom 4-5 5-4

Length of session: 3h 05 min

Elo Ratings
Stefan Klopp 2061 (-19)
Rob Hajdu 1948 (+28)
Tony Hajdu 1933 (-32)
Neil Spencer 1911 (+63)
Ryan Disterheft 1907 (-8)
Oliver Koth-Kappus 1861 (-35)
Thomas Slivinski 1861 (+47)
Bernie Koth-Kappus 1511 (-13)

Provisional Elo Ratings (fewer than three sessions played
Thom Gysler 1756 (-32)

Season Stats: With two of the leading scorers missing today's session, Stefan takes back the scoring lead from Darrel Voser, 61-55. Tom moves ahead of the absent Andrew Smart into third, 45-44. Tony, Rob, and Ryan complete the top seven... Darrel still holds a large lead in goalscoring, with Tom passing Stefan to move into second, 26-25... The brothers Hajdu are tied for fifth in goals... Stefan extends his assist lead over Andy to 36-28; Rob enters the top five at 13, knocking the long-absent Sam off the leaderboard... Stefan takes the shots-on-goal lead from Darrel, 154-152; Tom ties Andy for third at 137... Neil debuts second in shooting percentage behind Darrel... Dom passes Stu for the season goaltending lead, .851-.842, and for the saves lead, 458-433... With Andy and Darrel missing the session, that leaves Dom, Stefan, Bernie, and Stu as the last four players to have played every game of every session; Tom has also played in every session but has missed five games... Stu leads Dom in shutouts, 2-1... Tom ties Sam for fourth in three-star points with 20... Stu leads Dom in both goalie star points and total star points, 60-55... Neil debuts in the PPG lead at 3.50, dethroning Darrel... Neil debuts second in GPG behind Darrel, followed by Tom, Stefan, and Rob... Neil debuts in the APG lead ahead of Stefan, 1.75-1.71... Rob passes Andy for third in shots-per-game; there are six players averaging 8.00 or higher... Dom takes back the saves-per-game lead from Stuart with 21.81... Neil's 14 points ties for the fifth-highest scoring session of the year... Tom and Neil's seven goals tie for the fourth-highest goal totals of the year... Rob's 41 shots on goal rank third-best in sessions this year... Dom's .896 is easily tops so far this year; Stu's .865 places third... Dom's 147 saves blows the previous season best out of the water; Stu's 90 rank fifth... Dom's 1043 PPS is the best mark of the past four seasons; Stu's 955 is fourth-best this year.

SDF/GDF: As all of the BUSH players are now under the session minimum, this puts VRHers all alone at the top. Andrew narrowly regains the top spot for the 37th time in his career ahead of Darrel; one more ranking led ties Andy with Lorne Bilinski for second all-time. Tom and Stefan are close behind in third and fourth, respectively; Neil debuts in tenth... With Bron's final hurrah atop the GDF (enough to make him the all-time rankings leader with 37 rankings led, one more than Seamus), the battle is now on for Dom and Stu – the only two goalies who will be left eligible thanks to their monopolisation of the Burton nets – to lead the next ranking.

All-Time Session Milestones & Streaks

On the All-Time Front: Oliver is 47 points away from the magical 3,000... Stefan needs 21 for 2,100... In the battle for ninth all-time, Rob pulls his lead over the absent Andy Smart to 40... Tony passes Jordan Barlow for 14th and needs 19 for 900... Stefan needs two goals for 1,100... Ryan needs three goals for 500 and is eighth goals behind Andy for 13th... Oliver needs 19 assists for 1,800... Stefan needs 19 assists for 1,000... Rob is seven assists behind Kyle Grenier for seventh... Ryan ties Joern Hornhardt for 14th in assists... Oliver needs 80 shots on goal for 6,000... Tony becomes the 19th player to play 400 games... Stu records his eighth career shutout... Stu becomes the 11th goalie with 200 goalie star points... Stu closes in on Alex for vthe all-time VRH goaltending lead, .823-.820, while Dom trails Bron for third by just .811-.810... Stu becomes the eighth goalie with 20 .800 sessions; he has eight in a row... Stu has eight .810s in a row as well; the third-longest streak ever... Dom needs one more .820 for 50... Dom becomes the first goalie with 40 .830s... Dom has 15 .860s... This is Stu's second-ever .860... Dom moves into second .880s with six, two behind Seamus O'Connor... This is Dom's third career .890... Dom becomes the first goalie with 25 120-savers... Stu has seven consecutive 80-savers and three straight 90-savers... Dom's consecutive session streak goes to an epic 30, good enough for eighth-longest on the all-time list; Bernie streak goes to 22; Stu's streak enters double-digits; Stefan's goes to nine; Thomas has a streak of five; Darrel Voser's streak ends at 12 and Andrew Smart's ends at six.