[SJHN] Kelowna (1) vs Anchorage (4) series preview
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Knights – 32W|11L|7OTL|71P
Armada – 22W|23L|5OTL|49P
Head-to-Head
0 ANC @ KEL 1
3 KEL @ ANC 1
3 KEL @ ANC 0
7 KEL @ ANC 1
2 ANC @ KEL 3
3 ANC @ KEL 1
1 ANC @ KEL 4
1 KEL @ ANC 5
Kelowna wins the season series 6-2
Key Players
Knights
[LW] Jaska Seppala – 27G|22A|49P|+28
[C] Rocco Berni – 15G|32A|47P|+25
[D] Adam Scianna – 15G|15A|30P|+15
Armada
[C] Santuu Rasanen – 16G|25A|41P|-6
[RW] Chris de Siren – 15G|19A|34P|-6
[D] Matthew Sawful – 6G|21A|27P|+0
Goalies
Knights
Cillian Kavanagh – 22W|2.14GAA|0.915sv%|983 SHA
Armada
Scoochie Stratton – 14W|2.87GAA|0.907sv%|838 SHA
Goal Differential
Knights – (+66)
Armada – (-9)
Kelowna Knights Team Analysis: Kelowna is a team with a lethal top line of Seppala – Berni – Rotticus Scott. Their second line was a little less fruitful in terms of points, but they still got solid production. On the back end, 4th year players Luciano Vessot and Adam Scianna lead the way, and are a pair of 30 point defensemen who can take over games. Kelowna boasts depth all over their lineup, which will help with fatigue and allow them to match-up lines with their opponent. The crown jewel of Kelowna has been their goaltender Cillian Kavanagh, who is an early contender for goalie of the year. There are not really any weaknesses for the Knights, and they will be hard to stop on their march to the finals. Knights X-Factor: The Knights X-Factor is their star netminder Cillian Kavanagh. He was excellent in S54, posting a pristine GAA and sv% to lead the Knights to the top spot in the SMJHL. Anchorage has struggled to score all season, and if Kavanagh can churn out a few stellar games, the boats will not be able to get enough momentum to upset the Knights. Anchorage Armada Team Analysis: Anchorage was a much lower scoring team than Kelowna, and had their scoring spread across multiple lines. Santtu Rasanen and Chris de Siren were the only two players to crack 30 points, however they had 7 total over 20. On the defensive side, Anchorage boasts a large stable of producers, including standout Matthew Sawful. Alexei Petrikov, Pojo Biscuit and Bork Lazer are the other S54 defenders that round out an extremely solid top 4, and this could be one of their major strengths in the series. In Net, the Armada boast a goaltending tandem of Sergei Potvinov and Scoochie Stratton. The two split starts but had very similar numbers all season long. I would expect Stratton to get the playoff starts, as he had the slight edge in games played. Armada X-Factor: Aforementioned defender Bork Lazer is the X factor for the Armada. Easily the most physical player on the team, Lazer piled up 94 hits and 6 fights for the Armada. He also had a very good giveaway/takeaway ratio, with 8 more takeaways than giveaways – rare on a sub .500 team. There were only two other players on the Armada which were at least even in that category. Bork also proved he would lay his body on the line for the team with 120 shot blocks leading the boat gang. This checked in almost 50 SB ahead of anyone else on the team. If Bork continues to play a strong physical game, he will be the X-factor for the team. Prediction: With the benefit of having seen the shocking 6-2 upset by the Armada in Game 1, I think this series will be tighter than I had first thought while writing this article. I still think that it is the Knights series to lose, however Anchorage has already stolen home ice advantage, so this should be interesting to watch play out. I think in the end, Kelowna’s top end talent will be too much for the Armada, but they will not go down without a fight. Final Prediction: Kelowna 4, Anchorage:3 Thanks Wasty, Carpy, JSS, TurdFerguson, Geekusoid and Awesomecakes for the sigs!
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