01-16-2020, 07:40 PM
Date: January 20th, 2020
Time: 5-5:30 EST
Time: 5-5:30 EST
Hi everyone! I'm jfisherr, captain of the Crows and I'll be back co-hosting this year's S51 SMJHL Awards Show with fellow SHL member @DaftRaincloud. Sorry @cpetrella , we back.
With everybody a little touchy last offseason, this year will be more factual, less cringe-worthy inducing jokes, as we'll aim to celebrate those deemed worthy enough to win awards. Hopefully this one is received similar to the first and we can all celebrate and get along as friends.
Feel free to keep on reading for a refresher on how S51 of the SMJHL went! Hope you enjoy!
With everybody a little touchy last offseason, this year will be more factual, less cringe-worthy inducing jokes, as we'll aim to celebrate those deemed worthy enough to win awards. Hopefully this one is received similar to the first and we can all celebrate and get along as friends.
Feel free to keep on reading for a refresher on how S51 of the SMJHL went! Hope you enjoy!
TEAM AWARDS
Quote:Four Star Cup Champions: Anchorage Armada
Oriens Trophy – Eastern Champs: Kelowna Knights
Occasus Trophy – Western Champs: Anchorage Armada
Congratulations to both teams for making it as far as they did, going all the way to Game 7 of the Four Star Cup finals. Carolina, the heavy favorite heading into the playoffs as the number 1 overall seed, who were coming off of back to back Four Star Cup championships, were upset in the second round in 6 games to the 8th seeded Whalers. This, coupled with 3rd seeded Halifax, as well as 4th seeded Lethbridge being upset in 5 and 6 games to St. Louis and Kelowna respectively, left the 2-seeded Armada as the favorite for the remainder of the playoffs, and they managed to pull through. Congratulations Anchorage!
Quote:Laurifer Trophy – Best Regular Season Record: Carolina Kraken - 73 points
The season before this saw the Colorado Raptors take home the Laurifer Trophy with 62 points, showing Carolina Kraken's season was much more dominant compared to last season. In fact, this is the most dominant regular season a team has had in recent memory, as the Detroit Falcons in S44 were the last team to break 70 points, as they had exactly 70. (Note, these Falcons also lost in the second round, as they lost to the 5th seeded Colorado Raptors - Scottey Crawfling shoutout) For those that have not heard of Scottey Crawfling, in this series, Detroit outshot Colorado 204-132. That is not a typo, they outshot them by almost 10 shots a game. It appears as though breaking 70 points is somewhat of a curse, but still, congrats to Carolina for one helluva regular season.
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Quote:Jared Hanson (Scoring Champ): @dylanjj37 Daniel Bischoff (62 points)
- Daniel Bischoff (ANC) - 62 points
- Khabib Nurmagomedov (DET) - 57 points
- Bobby Bobcalf (VAN) - 54 points
With a few goalies reaching the 425 TPE cap, and a few more at the 350 cap, it seems scoring was down across the league, as after Fouquette led last season in scoring with 72 points, and three Scarecrows each break the 60 point mark, this season saw Bischoff lead the league in scoring with 62 points. Congrats on a great season!
Quote:Roberto Martucci (Goal Leader): @khabib Khabib Nurmagomedov (DET) - 31 goals
- Khabib Nurmagomedov (DET) - 31 goals
- James Ronlain (STL) - 26 goals (tie)
- Bobby Lane (CAR) - 26 goals (tie)
Congrats Khabib! You may have a career after UFC after all.
Quote:Ronan O’Keefe (Playoff Scoring Champ): @NJBadApple Luciano Vessot (KEL) - 24 points
- Luciano Vessot (KEL) - 24 points
- Daniel Bischoff (ANC) - 23 points
- Andrei Petrikov (ANC) - 22 points (tie)
- Augustus Wang (ANC) - 22 points (tie)
In a bit of a shocker, the Knights #1 defenceman Luciano Vessot edges out the fleet of Anchorage players to be the league's leading playoff scorer. With Wang making the top 3 as well, two of the league's leading playoff point getters were in fact defenceman.
Quote:Mathias Chouinard Award - Top GM Duo
- @Acsolap @artermis - Anchorage
- @FuzzSHL @cpetrella - Carolina
- @Flareon @Citizen of Adraa - Halifax
Quote:Esa Anrikkanen Trophy - Top Rookie
- @notoriousTRON Rhys Pritchard (ANA)
- @Mutedfaith Cal Labovitch (DET)
- @lukejm37 Luke McMaster (DET)
Quote:Vyacheslav Onoprienko Trophy- Most Underrated Player
- @PremierBromanov Tom Fiddler (CAR)
- @Thatguy91 Henrik Lekberg-Osterman (COL)
- @JuOSu Thomas Vanice (LET)
Quote:Tom Corcoran Trophy - Best Goalie
Quote:Zach Miller Trophy - Most Dedicated Player
- @thiefofcheese - Ivan Maximus (ANA)
- @artermis- Cyril Vyskoc (ANC)
- @CementHands - Karl Krashwagen (HFX)
Quote:Quilha Agante Trophy - Best Defenseman
- @Ferda Augustus Wang (ANC)
- @satf Haley Knight (HFX)
- @Massive Coiler Delver Fudgeson (LET)
Quote:Ron Bolt Trophy - Most Sportsmanlike Player
- @dylanjj37 Daniel Bischoff (ANC)
- @Velevra Akira Ren (LET)
- @Capt_Blitzkrieg Danny Marston (STL)
Quote:Brodie Witzel Trophy - Playoffs MVP
- @dylanjj37 Daniel Bischoff (ANC)
- @toirekari Ian Venables (ANC)
- @Ferda Augustus Wang (ANC)
- @NJBadApple Luciano Vessot (KEL)
Quote:Brandon Holmes Trophy - Top Defensive Forward
- @thiefofcheese Ivan Maximus (ANA)
- @PremierBromanov Tom Fiddler (CAR)
- @nubbedindaribs Bobby Bobcalf (VAN)
Quote:Elias Armia Award - The Commisioner's Award of Excellence
- @Geekusoid Strom Chamberlain (ANA)
- @Fitted2106 Michael Fitted (CAR)
- @Mutedfaith Cal Labovitch (DET)
- @kenvald Sven Yxskaft (VAN)
Quote:Raymond Lindsay - The Players MVP
- @dylanjj37 Daniel Bischoff (ANC)
- @RaginCajun Alexei Rykov (CAR)
- @Rankle James Ronlain (STL)
Quote:Ideen Fallah Trophy - Award Committee MVP
- @dylanjj37 Daniel Bischoff (ANC)
- @CementHands Karl Krashwagen (HFX)
- @nubbedindaribs Bobby Bobcalf (VAN)
The awards will be presented in the following order:
Quote:
- Mathias Chouinard Award - Top GM Duo
- Quilha Agante Trophy - Best Defenseman
- Vyacheslav Onoprienko Trophy - Most Underrated Player
- Tom Corcoran Trophy - Best Goalie
- Zach Miller Trophy - Most Dedicated Player
- Esa Anrikkanen Trophy - Top Rookie
- Ron Bolt Trophy - Most Sportsmanlike Player
- Brodie Witzel Trophy - Playoffs MVP
- Brandon Holmes Trophy - Top Defensive Forward
- Elias Armia Award - The Commisioner's Award of Excellence
- Raymond Lindsay - The Players MVP
- Ideen Fallah Trophy - Award Committee MVP
This marks the conclusion of this Awards Show Introduction! Thank you for giving it a read and good luck to all the nominees! See you Monday for the full reveal!