03-20-2020, 09:58 AM
S52 Awards Ceremony
Date: Monday, March 23rd, 2020
Time: Between 6-8EST
Time: Between 6-8EST
Hi everyone! I'm jfisherr, captain of the Crows and I'll be back for the final time, co-hosting this year's S51 SMJHL Awards Show with fellow SHL member @DaftRaincloud.
Being awards host has been a fun and great opportunity but I will be stepping down after this ceremony and allowing some new blood to take over, sort of when I first took the job a few seasons ago.
Feel free to keep on reading for a refresher on how S52 of the SMJHL went! Hope you enjoy!
TEAM AWARDS
Quote:Four Star Cup Champions: Anaheim Outlaws
Oriens Trophy – Eastern Champs: St. Louis Scarecrows
Occasus Trophy – Western Champs: Anaheim Outlaws
Congratulations to Anaheim for winning the whole thing in dominant fashion, finishing the SMJHL Playoffs with a record of 12-3 and almost sweeping the final two rounds of the playoffs. Anaheim finished with elite numbers across the board, finishing the playoffs with a +21 goal differential, a 26.67% powerplay, and a 95.65% PK rate. Anaheim was a deserving champion even if it came against my beloved Scarecrows, so hats off to the Outlaw players, as well as the Outlaw management team. Regarding the rest of the playoffs, nothing too exciting happened. St. Louis made the finals as a 6th seed, but were one of the unluckiest teams in the regular season as they had elite Corsi numbers, and were one of the lowest teams in terms of PDO. Them making a run was not the biggest surprise. Anaheim vanquished Vancouver in the first round in 6 games, Carolina, aka the Cup favourite, in a sweep, and then beat St. Louis in 5.
Quote:Laurifer Trophy – Best Regular Season Record: Detroit Falcons - 61 points
The season before this saw the Carolina Kraken take home the Laurifer Trophy with 73 points, showing this season was much more balanced compared to last season. Detroit led the league with a record of 29-18-3, and led the league in goals scored with 179. This Goals For of 179 proved vitally important, as three teams finished tied with 61 points, Detroit, Carolina, and Colorado, however Detroit won the tiebreaker thanks to their Goals For. Again, it continues to be seen that winning the Laurifer Trophy is a curse, as Detroit was vanquished by rival St. Louis in the second round in 6 games, this is now a team that Detroit hasn't beaten in the playoffs since S40.... 13 seasons. Detroit still had a good season and are primed to continue winning more games as their huge crop of rookies continue to develop.
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Quote:Jared Hanson (Scoring Champ): @dankoa Kaarlo Kekkonen (DET) - 62 points :Falcons:2. Daniel Bischoff (ANC) - 55 points
3. Cal Labovitch (Det) - 54 points
425-capped goalies seems to have reduced the amount of scoring going on in the league, as after Fouquette led the league wiht 72 points a couple seasons back, 62 points has now won the Scoring Race in back to back seasons. Congrats dan for a great season!
Quote:Roberto Martucci (Goal Leader): @dankoa Kaarlo Kekkonen (DET) - 29 goalsT-2. Indigo Trevino (HFX) - 26 goals
T-2. James Ronlain (STL) - 26 goals
This is back to back seasons a Falcon has won the Martucci trophy, which should come as a shock to nobody this season, as the Falcons led the league in scoring, and had two of the top 3 scorers league-wide on their team. Again, congrats dankoa for another great season
Quote:Ronan O’Keefe (Playoff Scoring Champ): C.T. Carragher (ANA) - 19 points2. Kevin Robinson (ANA) - 18 points
3. Ivan Maximus (ANA) - 17 points
Another result that should have nobody shocked, Anaheim led the Playoffs in goals scored, and went on to have the top 6! playoff scorers, before JMac n Cheese of Detroit finished in 7th. Carragher edged out Outlaw teammates to be this year's Ronan O'Keefe Trophy winner!
Now onto the trophies with nominees:
Quote:Mathias Chouinard Award - Top GM Duo@BDonini @nykonax - Anaheim
@hhh81 @NONAME - Colorado
@notorioustig @nour - Detroit
Quote:Esa Anrikkanen Trophy - Top Rookie@Insayne Danny White (ANC)
@Aephino Edward Williams (DET)
@Paq Erben Kasius (STL)
Quote:Vyacheslav Onoprienko Trophy- Most Underrated Player@MP7 Alexander Wachter (CAR)
@Esso2264 Simothy Drunkebird (COL)
@JMacNCheese JMac N Cheese (DET)
@Capt_Blitzkrieg Danny Marston (STL)
Quote:Tom Corcoran Trophy - Best Goalie@Duff101 Samat Bebitzhanov (COL)
@Evok Elizabeth Doyle (STL)
@Jearim White Goodman (VAN)
Quote:Zach Miller Trophy - Most Dedicated Player@notoriousTRON Rhys Pritchard (ANA)
@Mutedfaith Cal Labovitch (DET)
@roastpuff Magnus Liljestrom (DET)
@RedCapeDiver Adam Scianna (KEL)
Quote:Quilha Agante Trophy - Best Defenseman@Ferda Augustus Wang (ANC)
@kuschy Daniel Kuster (COL)
@twerkin4jesus Flash Gordon (STL)
Quote:Ron Bolt Trophy - Most Sportsmanlike Player@dylanjj37 Daniel Bischoff (ANC)
@gurbs First-Name Last-Name (COL)
@Naosu Ryan Shepard (KEL)
Quote:Brodie Witzel Trophy - Playoffs MVP@traphag Alex Petrenko (ANA)
@RainDelay C.T. Carragher (ANA)
@Geekusoid Strom Chamberlain (ANA)
Quote:Brandon Holmes Trophy - Top Defensive Forward@thiefofcheese Ivan Maximus (ANA)
@bluesfan55 Mitchell Van Der Heijden (ANC)
@Mook Kenny Creller (CAR)
Quote:Elias Armia Award - The Commisioner's Award of Excellence@RedCapeDiver - Winner
@Smalinowski7
@Thecanadiancanuck
@suavemente
Quote:Raymond Lindsay - The Players MVP@dankoa Kaarlo Kekkonen (DET)
@Rankle James Ronlain (STL)
@Jearim White Goodman (VAN)
Quote:Ideen Fallah Trophy - Award Committee MVP@dylanjj37 Daniel Bischoff (ANC)
@dankoa Kaarlo Kekkonen (DET)
@Jearim White Goodman (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 and congrats again to Anaheim for winning the 4 Star Cup!