At VPS' end of season banquet on Saturday, the club annoucned Tomer Chencinski as the club's Most Valuable Player and Player of the Year for the 2011 Season.  It has been a fantastic year for Tomer who helped the club avoid relegation and remain in the Finnish Veikkausliiga for 2012.  Tomer was named as one of the Top #2 GKs in Finland and alost one of the Top #5 "Biggest Surprises" from the season after he emerged as a starter after Round 6.  Tomer begain the season as the club's backup after he impressed VPS on trial who were looking for a #2 GK.  Right away, the club's head coach proclaimed that VPS had a luxury of "Two Number One GKs."  Before the close of the season, Tomer and VPS agreed to mutually extend the option on his contract where he will be in between the pipes for the 2012 season, that is, if another club doesn't buy Tomer.  There has been numerous clubs in recent weeks from Scandinavia expressing interest in the Canadian-Polish-Israeli netminder, and there are arrangements for Tomer to go on trial soon.

Here's Tomer with his 2011 VPS Player of the Year and MVP Awards: