AlexanderRasputin

Congratulations to everyone on another brilliant GHL season! 
As usual, discussions AND ADDITIONAL TROPHIES are welcome.
You know the drill.
 
GOLDEN CUP CHAMPION: SLAUGHTERVILLE RED TIDE (Alexander Rasputin)
Conn Smythe Trophy (Playoff MVP):

ARTEM PSCHENICHNIKOV (Red Tide) - 23 points - (13GP - 9G/14A/+18)
An absolutely dominant performance from the sophomore offensive defenceman, involved in everything positive the team created, and putting up monster performances when it mattered, such as a 5-point game in the GHL cup final series. 
 
GHL East Champion: SLAUGHTERVILLE RED TIDE (Alexander Rasputin)        *NEW GHL POINTS RECORD (185)
GHL West Champion: SHEBANDOWAN NATIVES (Antti Aikko)
 
Managers of the Year: 
Mark Z (NEW CASTLE KNIGHTS) - West
Alexander Rasputin (SLAUGHTERVILLE RED TIDE) - East
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 
ART ROSS TROPHY (Most League Points)
JUBA DESSANE (Bangers) - 86 points      
 
OVECHKIN TROPHY (Top Goalscorer)
JERALD WHITELY (Trojans) - 38 goals              
 
 GRETZKY TROPHY (Best Playmaker) 
JUBA DESSANE (Bangers) - 63 assists         
 
VEZINA TROPHY (Best Goaltender)
SAGIV SCHUPPAN (Red Tide) / COLBY GLORIA (Stealheads)               *SHARE TITLE
  
ORR TROPHY (Best Offensive Defenceman)
ARTEM PSCHENICHNIKOV (Red Tide) - 85 points     *RETAINS TITLE                      
 
NORRIS TROPHY (Best Defensive Defenceman)
ARTEM PSCHENICHNIKOV (Red Tide)                    
  
ORR - Points leader among defencemen
NORRIS - Calculated with the following formula among D-men [BKS - GVA + TKA], PER also taken into consideration, removing +/- for more fairness 
 
SELKE TROPHY (Best Defensive Forward)
NICOLA MOUTON (Red Tide)                   
Calculated with the following formula among F: [PTS + BKS - GVA + TKA] Hits and +/- also relevant.
 
LADY BYNG TROPHY (Most Gentlemanly Player)
JEREMIE CLINE (Stealheads)               
Calculated with the following formula [PTS - PIM]
 
 HART TROPHY (League MVP)
 ARTEM PSCHENICHNIKOV (Red Tide)             *RETAINS TITLE
 
CALDER TROPHY (Best Rookie)
ANDREAS BARDET (Ghosts) - 58 points           
 
GOOD SAMARITAN AWARD (Most Giveaways)
MIROSLAV PAJTINKA (Plastic Attack) - 28 GVA
 
ROID RAGE TROPHY
PIERROT RIDDLE (Knights/Yale Men)            
(Most Hits + PIM + MP)
 
BEST BREAKOUT PLAYER AWARD
ZIKMUND KUPEC (Rage) - Doubled his points output since transfer to Rage, top 5 in league scoring with 76 points
 
LATE-BLOOMER AWARD
ZIKMUND KUPEC (Rage)
 
 
NOTABLE RETIREMENTS
Will update as they show.

Thanks to both of you - this has been reported as a bug to Anders and will be looked at ASAP.

Hah yeah, I definitely like how my fellow Russians look like Russians.

In my opinion, one interesting cosmetic feature GPHM is missing are player faces. Given how we as managers build relationships with our players and how player Traits play into developing that further, player faces are a logical next step. That said, this is a very challenging feature to integrate into the game, though I know Anders has thought about it.

In the meantime, having played with it in the past, I decided to create FIFA - style player cards to commemorate my current GHL champion Red Tide squad. Not all players will be included, but the key figures are there. 
The player attributes are lifted straight from GPHM. The player faces - the interesting part - are all generated through an AI algorithm called a GAN (generative adversarial network). In other words, none of these are real people, except in my (and now your) mind, when playing GPHM.
So rejoice - you now get to meet the players that you face on a weekly basis, in person. 
Images are attached - have fun. I certainly did, putting them together. If anyone wants to do something similar for their team, reach out - I'll see if I can help.
Cheers!
Alex

As of Day 6
 
EASTERN CONFERENCE

 
WESTERN CONFERENCE

 
Top 5 Offensive teams:
1. Red Tide
2. Dragons
3. Natives
4. Rage
5. Battlin Bears
 
Top 5 Defensive teams:
1. Natives
2. Dragons
3. Yale Men
4. Red Tide
5. Trojans
 
Top 5 Goalie tandems:
1. Pegasus
2. Bulldogs
3. Doom
4. Plastic Attack
5. Outlaws

Don't disagree with skater limit and salary increases.
But I think we are starting to veer off course. The intent of @zinnyzxx's original post was to highlight some examples of why teams promoting to GHL are currently f*cked when it comes to squad strength. Yes, the salaries are part of this, but there are two equally culpable elements:

1) Smart relegating managers trading away one-way assets ahead of time, preventing them from going to FA, and 2) Hoarding players. The former can't be fixed unless we do something with transfer windows. The latter - can. 
In the case of Fury above, the players aren't exactly GHL quality, and I have no problem with having a full AAHL-LEVEL team in the minors. Where I do completely support @zinnyzxx, is in the case of the other teams he mentioned, who have players in their minors who would walk into the top 6 of any recently promoted team. Yet, they are out of GHL rotation entirely, and the hoarding teams experience zero penalty, team confidence or otherwise, for keeping these players in AAHL - a league way below their level.
It would be less egregious if the managers in questions actually DID something with those players, but more likely than not, they just stay in the minors for a significant portion of their careers, and maybe a few eventually make their way out. This is damaging to the in-game economy. It's one of many elements that contribute to this damage, to be sure - not the only one - but it is the simplest to fix, in my opinion. So let's give @zinnyzxx some support and have Anders set a roster limit. 

Congratulations to everyone on an epic Season 7! 
As usual, discussions AND ADDITIONAL TROPHIES are welcome.
You know the drill.
 
GOLDEN CUP CHAMPION: SLAUGHTERVILLE RED TIDE (Alexander Rasputin)
Conn Smythe Trophy (Playoff MVP):

ROGER MULLER (Red Tide) - 18 points - (17GP - 9G/9A/+8)
Following his breakout regular season, Muller continued to be hot in the playoffs, centering the Tide's most effective line, and playing a key role on both the PP and the PK. He led the team with 11 TKA, and shared the lead with 2 PPG and most combined special teams time. 
 
GHL East Champion: BIG DELTA STEALHEADS (Paul T)        *NEW GHL POINTS RECORD (176)
GHL West Champion: PITTSBORO PLASTIC ATTACK (Makate Naekfor)
 
Managers of the Year: 
Makate Naekor (Plastic Attack) - West
Paul T (Stealheads) - East
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 
ART ROSS TROPHY (Most League Points)
ELOUAN SCOTT (Red Tide) - 97 points      *NEW GHL RECORD    *RETAINS TITLE
 
OVECHKIN TROPHY (Top Goalscorer)
RAPHAEL BOLDUC (Bad Apples) - 46 goals              
 
 GRETZKY TROPHY (Best Playmaker) 
KIERON MONTGOMERY (Bad Apples) - 57 assists           
 
VEZINA TROPHY (Best Goaltender)
JEAN-FRANCOIS SHORE (Rage)               
  
ORR TROPHY (Best Offensive Defenceman)
ARTEM PSCHENICHNIKOV (Red Tide) - 88 points     *NEW GHL RECORD                       
 
NORRIS TROPHY (Best Defensive Defenceman)
PIERROT RIDDLE (Goldville Knights)       *RETAINS TITLE                
  
ORR - Points leader among defencemen
NORRIS - Calculated with the following formula among D-men [BKS - GVA + TKA], PER also taken into consideration, removing +/- for more fairness 
 
SELKE TROPHY (Best Defensive Forward)
ELOUAN SCOTT (Red Tide)                   
Calculated with the following formula among F: [PTS + BKS - GVA + TKA] Hits and +/- also relevant.
 
LADY BYNG TROPHY (Most Gentlemanly Player)
LISAKKI JARVELA (Yale Men)               
Calculated with the following formula [PTS - PIM]
 
 HART TROPHY (League MVP)
 ARTEM PSCHENICHNIKOV (Red Tide)   
 
CALDER TROPHY (Best Rookie)
ARTEM PSCHENICHNIKOV (Red Tide) - 88 points           *NEW GHL RECORD
 
GOOD SAMARITAN AWARD (Most Giveaways)
AADEN BABIN (Ithaca Doom) - 32 GVA
 
ROID RAGE TROPHY
CECIL BRANCO (Shebandowan Natives/Bodmin Bangers)            *RETAINS TITLE
(Most Hits + PIM + MP)
 
BEST BREAKOUT PLAYER AWARD
JUBA DESSANE (Bodmin Bangers) - 93 points after never scoring above 63
 
LATE-BLOOMER AWARD
SEET ESKOLA (Eastern Outlaws)
 
 
NOTABLE RETIREMENTS
YAN SHARSHIN (Red Tide)
JOAQUIM HARTER (Rome Trojans)
 

I am in agreement with this.  I think everyone who has responded so far is showing @zinnyzxx support and agrees with the issue by providing multiple solutions.  It's a topic that has been discussed for the past 3 years that I continue to discuss because I think it would greatly improve the game.  Luckily, in a recent chat with Anders, it seems like roster limits, as well as a few other things mentioned here, are on his "to-do" list.  So that's good.
But to dive in a bit - say the roster limit is set at 30.  That is not going to solve the issue, specifically with the Hawks.  Their roster is 31players, so they can just drop the 79 overall and move on.  All the rest are still in the affiliate.  Which is why I agree with @rainsilent that salary demands also need to come up in order to fully solve this.  The higher salary players ask for, the less players teams can sign (or they can still choose to sign many players, but their top talent won't be as good, and I'm fine with that strategy aspect).  Also, players turning 21 won't sign for as cheap or if they are 85+ overall maybe they shouldn't accept 2-way deals.  The reset started off great in this regard, but something was changed around S4 (S8 in buzzer), which made it too easy to sign players.  Right now, the salary demands of 21 year olds are just ridiculously low.  Even 88 overalls are signing SHL level deals, which is crazy.
So again, I think my solutions to the following issue are:
1. Roster limit.  30 seems reasonable to me.
2. Salary demands should be higher.  I don't know what the fix is here or if it can even be fixed at this point, but it would help to solve the "hoarding" issue. 
3. Players getting frustrated or unhappy easier - and having a greater impact on performance, if they don't already.

Roster limits is legitimately the only sane  and easy solution to this and it should be implemented ASAP. 

These are super useful. Thanks for putting in all this work, the insight into the national teams is something that’s definitely missing in this game. Maybe Anders can look at this and finally implement national teams since you’ve done half the work here. May be worth asking him about it. Having a World Cup in the off-season would be extremely cool.

Congratulations to everyone on a brilliant Season 13! 
Here come the season awards! As always, feel free to discuss.
 
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
GOLDEN CUP CHAMPION: WINTERSVILLE LANCERS (Anders Granberg)
Conn Smythe Trophy (Playoff MVP):

Andreas Naf (Lancers) - 15GP / 6G / 13A / +4
 
GHL East Champion: VERMILION BLACK DEVILS (Alexander Rasputin)
GHL West Champion: WARMAN FIGHTERS (Wick Schozen)
Regular Season Champion: VERMILION BLACK DEVILS (Alexander Rasputin) - 185 points. * NEW GHL RECORD
Manager of the Year: Anders Granberg (Lancers) - Defeated top 3 regular season teams in Black Devils, Hawks, Fighters en route to the Cup
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 
ART ROSS TROPHY (Most League Points)
DIETER HAUK (Black Devils) - 102 points     *Retained
Cullen Jolly (Doom)
Dmitry Yakimov (Golden Flyers)
 
OVECHKIN TROPHY (Top Goalscorer)
DERRELL LAMPKIN (Outlaws) - 45 goals        
Sergey Parshivlyuk (Bandits)
Dieter Hauk (Black Devils)
 
GRETZKY TROPHY (Best Playmaker) 
SVEN KELLER (Black Devils) - 63 assists           
Simon Mineault (Outlaws)
Dieter Hauk (Black Devils)
 
VEZINA TROPHY (Best Goaltender)
NIKITA MINEYEV (Black Devils)   [51-10, 2.04 GAA, 92.8 SV%]            *3x in a row
Kajetan Krajci (Lancers)
Nicola Desroche (Razorbacks)
 
ORR TROPHY (Best Offensive Defenceman)
SVEN KELLER (Black Devils) - 86 points            *3x in a row    *NEW RECORD    
 
NORRIS TROPHY (Best Defensive Defenceman)
CEDRICK DIGNARD (Razorbacks)                       
  
ORR - Points leader among defencemen
NORRIS - Calculated with the following formula among D-men [+/- + BKS - GVA + TKA], PER also taken into consideration 
 
SELKE TROPHY (Best Defensive Forward)
CAMIL MCAULAY (Outlaws)                   
Calculated with the following formula among F: [PTS + BKS - GVA + TKA] Hits and +/- also relevant.
 
LADY BYNG TROPHY (Most Gentlemanly Player)
SERGEY PARSHIVLYUK (Bandits)     
Calculated with the following formula [PTS - PIM]
 
 HART TROPHY (League MVP)
 DIETER HAUK (Black Devils)        *Retained title
 
CALDER TROPHY (Best Rookie)
JANTZEN LORENZEN (Barbarians) - 68 points           
 
GOOD SAMARITAN AWARD (Most Giveaways)
FRANK WEICHERT (Lynx)  -  29 giveaways
 
NEWTON AWARD (Highest Plus/Minus)
YURY NIZAMUTDINOV (Vermilion Black Devils) + 71       *Retained title
 
ANTI-NEWTON AWARD (Lowest Plus/Minus)

IVO WEBER (Shadows) - -39
 
ROID RAGE TROPHY
ALEXANDRE MCGLASHAN (Nightmares)
(Most Hits + PIM + MP)
 
LATE-BLOOMER AWARD
YEGOR SIYANKOV (Black Devils) - 40/39/79 points
 
JOHN SCOTT AWARD
DMITRY YAKIMOV (Golden Flyers) - 87 points

No pattern or explanation that I've noticed aside from perhaps a Hard fairplay tactic or low physical ratings on your players.

As of Day 7.
EASTERN CONFERENCE

 
WESTERN CONFERENCE

 

Congratulations to everyone on a magnificent Season 12! 
Here come the season awards!
 
NOTE: I am making a judgement call on a couple of the awards and attempted to be transparent as to formulas - but feel free to discuss.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
GOLDEN CUP CHAMPION: PINEHURST RAZORBACKS (PhoenixTF)
Conn Smythe Trophy (Playoff MVP):

Dominik Oresnik (Razorbacks) - 16GP / 7G / 5A / +9
 
GHL East Champion: VERMILION BLACK DEVILS (Alexander Rasputin)
GHL West Champion: WARMAN FIGHTERS (Wick Schozen)
 
Manager of the Year: DR. WENDT (Tignish Animals) 
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 
ART ROSS TROPHY (Most League Points)
DIETER HAUK (Black Devils) - 107 points     *NEW RECORD
Cullen Jolly (Doom)
Simon Mineault (Outlaws)
 
OVECHKIN TROPHY (Top Goalscorer)
DIETER HAUK (Black Devils) - 49 goals        
Sylvain Monciau-Desormeaux (Frost Giants)
Pavel Statnik (Frost Giants)
 
GRETZKY TROPHY (Best Playmaker) 
DANIEL SILLE (Frost Giants) / SIMON MINEAULT (Outlaws) - 59 assists           
Dieter Hauk (Black Devils)
Jean-Felix Rainault-Blanchard (Buccaneers)
 
VEZINA TROPHY (Best Goaltender)
NIKITA MINEYEV (Black Devils)               *Retained Title
Austin Mathew (Golden Eagles/Lynx)
Haider Jannel (Hawks)
 
ORR TROPHY (Best Offensive Defenceman)
SVEN KELLER (Black Devils) - 79 points            *Retained title        
 
NORRIS TROPHY (Best Defensive Defenceman)
GABRYEL BELZILE-GAGNON (Razorbacks)                       
  
ORR - Points leader among defencemen
NORRIS - Calculated with the following formula among D-men [+/- + BKS - GVA + TKA], PER also taken into consideration 
 
SELKE TROPHY (Best Defensive Forward)
CLIFFORD SPIERS (Doom)                   
Calculated with the following formula among F: [PTS + BKS - GVA + TKA] Hits and +/- also relevant.
 
LADY BYNG TROPHY (Most Gentlemanly Player)
CLIFFORD SPIERS (Doom)     
 
Calculated with the following formula [PTS - PIM]
 
 HART TROPHY (League MVP)
 DIETER HAUK (Black Devils)   
 Clifford Spiers (Doom)
 Gabryel Belzile-Gagnon (Razorbacks)
 
CALDER TROPHY (Best Rookie)
JAZEPS PAEGLE (Tigers) - 73 points             *tied record
Thor Dam (Black Devils)
 
GOOD SAMARITAN AWARD (Most Giveaways)
MICHAEL MONROE (Animals) / RIKU JARVENPAA (Indians) -  33 giveaways
 
NEWTON AWARD (Highest Plus/Minus)
YURY NIZAMUTDINOV (Vermilion Black Devils) + 77       *New record.  *Retains title
 
ANTI-NEWTON AWARD (Lowest Plus/Minus)

DANIELS KANEPS (Indians) - -37
 
ROID RAGE TROPHY
MICHAEL BUXTON (Golden Eagles/Animals)
(Most Hits + PIM + MP)
 
LATE-BLOOMER AWARD
ANTON VERESCHAGIN (Frost Giants) - 83 points

Congratulations to everyone on yet another fantastic season! 
I am making a judgement call on a couple of the awards, but generally, there was clear consensus, and as usual, discussions AND ADDITIONAL TROPHIES are welcome.
You know the drill.
 
GOLDEN CUP CHAMPION: CEDAR RAPIDS MINUTEMEN (Richard Armour)
Conn Smythe Trophy (Playoff MVP):

Viteszlav Predajna (Minutemen) - 13 points - (14GP - 5G/8A/+1)
 
GHL East Champion: BIG DELTA STEALHEADS (Paul T)
GHL West Champion: ENIGMA RAGE (Wendel Clark)
 
Manager of the Year: Richard Armour (Minutemen)
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 
ART ROSS TROPHY (Most League Points)
ELOUAN SCOTT (Red Tide) / JEREMIE CLINE (Stealheads) - 84 points
 
OVECHKIN TROPHY (Top Goalscorer)
ELOUAN SCOTT (Red Tide) - 40 goals              
 
 GRETZKY TROPHY (Best Playmaker) 
PATRICK GORNELL (Red Tide) - 54 assists           
 
VEZINA TROPHY (Best Goaltender)
ZACH WOODLEY (Eastern Outlaws)               
  
ORR TROPHY (Best Offensive Defenceman)
GUSTAVS KUNDZINS (Bodmin Bangers)                        
 
NORRIS TROPHY (Best Defensive Defenceman)
PIERROT RIDDLE (Victoria Lions)                       
  
ORR - Points leader among defencemen
NORRIS - Calculated with the following formula among D-men [BKS - GVA + TKA], PER also taken into consideration, removing +/- for more fairness 
 
SELKE TROPHY (Best Defensive Forward)
RICHARDS AUNINS (Battlin Bears)                   
Calculated with the following formula among F: [PTS + BKS - GVA + TKA] Hits and +/- also relevant.
 
LADY BYNG TROPHY (Most Gentlemanly Player)
JOESPH RACKLEY (Enigma Rage)               
Calculated with the following formula [PTS - PIM]
 
 HART TROPHY (League MVP)
 ELOUAN SCOTT (Red Tide)   
 
CALDER TROPHY (Best Rookie)
DANICK GRAHAM (Marietta Sand Storm)
 
GOOD SAMARITAN AWARD (Most Giveaways)
COLE ADAMSON (Eastern Outlaws)   
 
ROID RAGE TROPHY
CECIL BRANCO (Shebandowan Natives)
(Most Hits + PIM + MP)
 
LATE-BLOOMER AWARD
BRENDAN ROWLETT (Enigma Rage)

Congratulations to everyone on yet another fantastic season! 
I am making a judgement call on a couple of the awards, but generally, there was clear consensus, and as usual, discussions AND ADDITIONAL TROPHIES are welcome.
You know the drill.
 
GOLDEN CUP CHAMPION: CEDAR RAPIDS MINUTEMEN (Richard Armour)
Conn Smythe Trophy (Playoff MVP):

Viteszlav Predajna (Minutemen) - 13 points - (14GP - 5G/8A/+1)
 
GHL East Champion: BIG DELTA STEALHEADS (Paul T)
GHL West Champion: ENIGMA RAGE (Wendel Clark)
 
Manager of the Year: Richard Armour (Minutemen)
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 
ART ROSS TROPHY (Most League Points)
ELOUAN SCOTT (Red Tide) / JEREMIE CLINE (Stealheads) - 84 points
 
OVECHKIN TROPHY (Top Goalscorer)
ELOUAN SCOTT (Red Tide) - 40 goals              
 
 GRETZKY TROPHY (Best Playmaker) 
PATRICK GORNELL (Red Tide) - 54 assists           
 
VEZINA TROPHY (Best Goaltender)
ZACH WOODLEY (Eastern Outlaws)               
  
ORR TROPHY (Best Offensive Defenceman)
GUSTAVS KUNDZINS (Bodmin Bangers)                        
 
NORRIS TROPHY (Best Defensive Defenceman)
PIERROT RIDDLE (Victoria Lions)                       
  
ORR - Points leader among defencemen
NORRIS - Calculated with the following formula among D-men [BKS - GVA + TKA], PER also taken into consideration, removing +/- for more fairness 
 
SELKE TROPHY (Best Defensive Forward)
RICHARDS AUNINS (Battlin Bears)                   
Calculated with the following formula among F: [PTS + BKS - GVA + TKA] Hits and +/- also relevant.
 
LADY BYNG TROPHY (Most Gentlemanly Player)
JOESPH RACKLEY (Enigma Rage)               
Calculated with the following formula [PTS - PIM]
 
 HART TROPHY (League MVP)
 ELOUAN SCOTT (Red Tide)   
 
CALDER TROPHY (Best Rookie)
DANICK GRAHAM (Marietta Sand Storm)
 
GOOD SAMARITAN AWARD (Most Giveaways)
COLE ADAMSON (Eastern Outlaws)   
 
ROID RAGE TROPHY
CECIL BRANCO (Shebandowan Natives)
(Most Hits + PIM + MP)
 
LATE-BLOOMER AWARD
BRENDAN ROWLETT (Enigma Rage)

Congratulations to everyone on yet another fantastic season! 
I am making a judgement call on a couple of the awards, but generally, there was clear consensus, and as usual, discussions AND ADDITIONAL TROPHIES are welcome.
You know the drill.
 
GOLDEN CUP CHAMPION: CEDAR RAPIDS MINUTEMEN (Richard Armour)
Conn Smythe Trophy (Playoff MVP):

Viteszlav Predajna (Minutemen) - 13 points - (14GP - 5G/8A/+1)
 
GHL East Champion: BIG DELTA STEALHEADS (Paul T)
GHL West Champion: ENIGMA RAGE (Wendel Clark)
 
Manager of the Year: Richard Armour (Minutemen)
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 
ART ROSS TROPHY (Most League Points)
ELOUAN SCOTT (Red Tide) / JEREMIE CLINE (Stealheads) - 84 points
 
OVECHKIN TROPHY (Top Goalscorer)
ELOUAN SCOTT (Red Tide) - 40 goals              
 
 GRETZKY TROPHY (Best Playmaker) 
PATRICK GORNELL (Red Tide) - 54 assists           
 
VEZINA TROPHY (Best Goaltender)
ZACH WOODLEY (Eastern Outlaws)               
  
ORR TROPHY (Best Offensive Defenceman)
GUSTAVS KUNDZINS (Bodmin Bangers)                        
 
NORRIS TROPHY (Best Defensive Defenceman)
PIERROT RIDDLE (Victoria Lions)                       
  
ORR - Points leader among defencemen
NORRIS - Calculated with the following formula among D-men [BKS - GVA + TKA], PER also taken into consideration, removing +/- for more fairness 
 
SELKE TROPHY (Best Defensive Forward)
RICHARDS AUNINS (Battlin Bears)                   
Calculated with the following formula among F: [PTS + BKS - GVA + TKA] Hits and +/- also relevant.
 
LADY BYNG TROPHY (Most Gentlemanly Player)
JOESPH RACKLEY (Enigma Rage)               
Calculated with the following formula [PTS - PIM]
 
 HART TROPHY (League MVP)
 ELOUAN SCOTT (Red Tide)   
 
CALDER TROPHY (Best Rookie)
DANICK GRAHAM (Marietta Sand Storm)
 
GOOD SAMARITAN AWARD (Most Giveaways)
COLE ADAMSON (Eastern Outlaws)   
 
ROID RAGE TROPHY
CECIL BRANCO (Shebandowan Natives)
(Most Hits + PIM + MP)
 
LATE-BLOOMER AWARD
BRENDAN ROWLETT (Enigma Rage)

These are super useful. Thanks for putting in all this work, the insight into the national teams is something that’s definitely missing in this game. Maybe Anders can look at this and finally implement national teams since you’ve done half the work here. May be worth asking him about it. Having a World Cup in the off-season would be extremely cool.

Congratulations to everyone on an epic Season 11! 
Here come the season awards!
 
NOTE: I am making a judgement call on a couple of the awards and attempted to be transparent as to formulas - but feel free to discuss.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
GOLDEN CUP CHAMPION: WARMAN FIGHTERS (Wick Schozen)
Conn Smythe Trophy (Playoff MVP):

Ulric Kristensen (Warman Fighters) - 14GP / 5G / 8A / +7
 
GHL East Champion: VERMILION BLACK DEVILS (Alexander Rasputin)
GHL West Champion: WARMAN FIGHTERS (Wick Schozen)
 
Manager of the Year: Alexander Rasputin (Black Devils) - Hate to do this, but my team did tie the all-time points record in GHL, and set the GF record
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 
ART ROSS TROPHY (Most League Points)
MATEI MITCHEL (Black Devils) - 95 points     *tied record (Kyrylo Voloshyn)
Ulrik Kristensen (Fighters)
Aaron Mallard (Fighters)
 
OVECHKIN TROPHY (Top Goalscorer)
Ulrik Kristensen (Fighters) - 47 goals        
Yego Siyankov (Black Devils)
Jindrich Kuhnsman (Buccaneers)
 
GRETZKY TROPHY (Best Playmaker) 
ANTON VERESCHAGIN (Frost Giants) - 63 assists      *New league record       
Sven Keller (Black Devils)
Kyrylo Voloshyn (Lynx)
 
VEZINA TROPHY (Best Goaltender)
NIKITA MINEYEV (Black Devils)               *New league record: 57 wins
Zikmund Bowman (Movement)
Ahto Knuutila (Fighters)
 
ORR TROPHY (Best Offensive Defenceman)
SVEN KELLER (Black Devils) - 81 points            *New league defenseman record             
 
NORRIS TROPHY (Best Defensive Defenceman)
YURY NIZAMUTDINOV (Black Devils) / JUAN FELIPE GODARD-LAPOINTE (Sea Warriors)                       
  
ORR - Points leader among defencemen
NORRIS - Calculated with the following formula among D-men [+/- + BKS - GVA + TKA], PER also taken into consideration 
 
SELKE TROPHY (Best Defensive Forward)
CLIFFORD SPIERS (Blazers/Doom)                   
Ulrik Kristensen (Fighters)
Matei Mitchel (Black Devils)
 
 
Calculated with the following formula among F: [PTS + BKS - GVA + TKA] Hits and +/- also relevant.
 
LADY BYNG TROPHY (Most Gentlemanly Player)
PAVEL STATNIK (Fairford Frost Giants) - 86 points / 2 PIM        *Retains trophy     
 
Calculated with the following formula [PTS - PIM]
 
 HART TROPHY (League MVP)
 MATEI MITCHEL (Black Devils)   
 Aaron Mallard (Fighters)
 Nikita Mineyev (Black Devils)
 
CALDER TROPHY (Best Rookie)
AMIR ASAY (Sea Warriors) - 52 points
Emilio Kain (Nightmares)
Paul Deane (Razorbacks)
 
GOOD SAMARITAN AWARD (Most Giveaways)
ROCCO PENNELLE (River Eagles) -  48 giveaways 
 
NEWTON AWARD (Highest Plus/Minus)
YURY NIZAMUTDINOV (Vermilion Black Devils) + 67       *New record
 
ANTI-NEWTON AWARD (Lowest Plus/Minus)

NIKOLAY NIKISHIN (River Eagles) - -90
 
ROID RAGE TROPHY
AMIT GOIN (River Eagles)
(Most Hits + PIM + MP)
 
LATE-BLOOMER AWARD
ZIKMUND BOWMAN (Mississauga Movement) - 41 years old, 45W, 2.74 GAA, 90.5 SV%          *Retained trophy

Congratulations to everyone on an epic Season 11! 
Here come the season awards!
 
NOTE: I am making a judgement call on a couple of the awards and attempted to be transparent as to formulas - but feel free to discuss.
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GOLDEN CUP CHAMPION: WARMAN FIGHTERS (Wick Schozen)
Conn Smythe Trophy (Playoff MVP):

Ulric Kristensen (Warman Fighters) - 14GP / 5G / 8A / +7
 
GHL East Champion: VERMILION BLACK DEVILS (Alexander Rasputin)
GHL West Champion: WARMAN FIGHTERS (Wick Schozen)
 
Manager of the Year: Alexander Rasputin (Black Devils) - Hate to do this, but my team did tie the all-time points record in GHL, and set the GF record
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ART ROSS TROPHY (Most League Points)
MATEI MITCHEL (Black Devils) - 95 points     *tied record (Kyrylo Voloshyn)
Ulrik Kristensen (Fighters)
Aaron Mallard (Fighters)
 
OVECHKIN TROPHY (Top Goalscorer)
Ulrik Kristensen (Fighters) - 47 goals        
Yego Siyankov (Black Devils)
Jindrich Kuhnsman (Buccaneers)
 
GRETZKY TROPHY (Best Playmaker) 
ANTON VERESCHAGIN (Frost Giants) - 63 assists      *New league record       
Sven Keller (Black Devils)
Kyrylo Voloshyn (Lynx)
 
VEZINA TROPHY (Best Goaltender)
NIKITA MINEYEV (Black Devils)               *New league record: 57 wins
Zikmund Bowman (Movement)
Ahto Knuutila (Fighters)
 
ORR TROPHY (Best Offensive Defenceman)
SVEN KELLER (Black Devils) - 81 points            *New league defenseman record             
 
NORRIS TROPHY (Best Defensive Defenceman)
YURY NIZAMUTDINOV (Black Devils) / JUAN FELIPE GODARD-LAPOINTE (Sea Warriors)                       
  
ORR - Points leader among defencemen
NORRIS - Calculated with the following formula among D-men [+/- + BKS - GVA + TKA], PER also taken into consideration 
 
SELKE TROPHY (Best Defensive Forward)
CLIFFORD SPIERS (Blazers/Doom)                   
Ulrik Kristensen (Fighters)
Matei Mitchel (Black Devils)
 
 
Calculated with the following formula among F: [PTS + BKS - GVA + TKA] Hits and +/- also relevant.
 
LADY BYNG TROPHY (Most Gentlemanly Player)
PAVEL STATNIK (Fairford Frost Giants) - 86 points / 2 PIM        *Retains trophy     
 
Calculated with the following formula [PTS - PIM]
 
 HART TROPHY (League MVP)
 MATEI MITCHEL (Black Devils)   
 Aaron Mallard (Fighters)
 Nikita Mineyev (Black Devils)
 
CALDER TROPHY (Best Rookie)
AMIR ASAY (Sea Warriors) - 52 points
Emilio Kain (Nightmares)
Paul Deane (Razorbacks)
 
GOOD SAMARITAN AWARD (Most Giveaways)
ROCCO PENNELLE (River Eagles) -  48 giveaways 
 
NEWTON AWARD (Highest Plus/Minus)
YURY NIZAMUTDINOV (Vermilion Black Devils) + 67       *New record
 
ANTI-NEWTON AWARD (Lowest Plus/Minus)

NIKOLAY NIKISHIN (River Eagles) - -90
 
ROID RAGE TROPHY
AMIT GOIN (River Eagles)
(Most Hits + PIM + MP)
 
LATE-BLOOMER AWARD
ZIKMUND BOWMAN (Mississauga Movement) - 41 years old, 45W, 2.74 GAA, 90.5 SV%          *Retained trophy

And finishing with some overall rankings, what power ranking are about. I did two different type of rankings.
One based on Paul's rankings, who I got the whole idea from: (Sum of top 4 centers + sum of top 8 forwards + sum of top 6 defensemen + sum of top 2 goalies)/20
The other is based on the positional rankings. I gave 1 point for the best team in every position, 2 for the second best, etc. then summed those.
Luckily there are no changes in the top 6, but later there are some, it looks quite interesting. Of course Canada is #1 in the power ranking, USA's consistency among positions earn them the #2 place, and Russia is #3. Interesting to see how high can go Norway with their goalies in the position based ranking, tied with Latvia from the 16th. position in the other.
 
 

And here it is the positional rankings. It was a long way to get here, but it feels amazing to look at the table
As it was predictable, Canada tops all rankings, second is USA almost everywhere, only the Russian goalie duo could leave their mark in the list, but their D-squad is only 7th on the list.. crazy. Behind the top 3 there is a tight race between Sweden, Finland and Czech Republic, so the top 6 really looks like top 6 here. Alsp at the bottom of the list: Italy, Belarus, Slovenia look like they are cemented there, and Norway is not far ahead of them. However the amazing Belarussian forwards or the heroic Norwegian goalies could pull one of them out of that lower table.
Some fun facts: Both Denmarks's centers (3rd place..) and goalies broke into the top 6, so they could do well, if their #13 defense is not letting them down in key situations. Also Switzerland has the 4th best D-squad, but who knows, maybe the mid-low centers and goalies could limit their potential.

Before the power rankings some average stats for age, height and weight of the squads.
Looks like the neighbor countries share the philosophies (Slovakia-Czech Rep. and Austria-Germany)  The latter 2 can cause some upsets with their young squad and surely physical play given their size advantage. Czechs and slovaks look like an experienced squad but they may need some refreshing in a few years. Finland and Canada looks like skill based on their lack of size. But without looking at ratings, this is rather some fun fact than a base of any analysis 

After going through the GHL rosters, I refreshed the squads with the missing people. Some of the biggest names, and some fun fact:
Both USA and Czech Republic have a new starting goalie: Austin Matthew and head coach could persuade legendary Zikmund Bowman for one more world championships!. Germany have 2 new goalies as well, and a first line defender Marcus Kaya. Canada finally had to cut Zion Senior to be able to add Bandits' Michael Rogers..Russia got two new centers: Tselner and Pribylov. Finland also added a star forward Janhunen from Notthingham. Sweden found a pair of top forwards in Wiktor Fogelberg and Jesper Berch, plus leading D-man Jerry Drougge. Czechia has a new first line D-man too, Pauliak from the Fighters, and added top talent Novysedlák to the squad. USA: I talked about their new goalie, but they have no less than 3 changes in their D-squad: Letson, Lucia and Edson are the new faces.  Belarus added defender Nikita Drozd (they have the exactly same named guy in the forwards.. awesome), and forward Stankiewicz, plus a few depth guys. Ukraine have 3 additions as well: Andrusiak and Yiranek to the offensive power and talented Minyaylyuk in goal.

I guess it's just minor bug, that a few players is hidden in the all players tab. I don't think it's an issue, because we use that tab rarely, and it's really just a few players. 
But the coaching staff decided to include Matei in the squad, because of that last minute change, Tino Willis got cut. To be honest, ratings wise I should have cut Zion Senior, but he is a living legend, while Tino is nervous and lazy. I hope you agree with going against my own rules on this  I also updated the roster picture with him