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***Jumbo*** · 06-11-2020, 01:30 AM

S54 SMJHL Rookie League Leaders

The S54 rookie draft was a very big draft class. It has a lot of rookies that are showing great potential. Some of these rookies are well known. Others may be flying under the radar. So let’s highlight some of those players that will be a big impact for years to come. (Sorry if I have missed any rookies in this article).

Number of Rookies on each team

Anaheim

has 10 rookies.

Anchorage

has 6 rookies.

Carolina

has 4 rookies.

Colorado

has 9 rookies.

Detroit

has 5 rookies.

Kelowna

has 7 rookies

Maine

has 12 rookies

Newfoundland Berserkers

has only 1 rookie

St. Louis

has 8 rookies

Vancouver

has 8 rookies.

Top Rookie Goal Scorer

Juli Schneider (@RiderLAK) leads the rookie class with 9 goals. Schneider was drafted by St. Louis Scarecrows at pick 56 in the 6th round. The Crows got a steal of a pick with production like that.

Rank Team Player Goals

1 STL Juli Schneider 9

2 MET Jesse Seppanen 7

3 ANC TURG TURG 6

4 COL Ryan Rieley 6

5 COL Lord Raiden 6

6 ANC Taylor Gervais 5

7 ANC Sven Gunnar 5

8 COL Asclepius Perseus Flitter 5

9 MET Victor Ball 5

10 MET Alexander Oscarsson 5

11 STL Young Logo 4

12 KEL James Hagan 4

13 ANC Theo Kondos 4

14 VAN Jason Desrouleaux 4

15 MET Jax Gracie 4

Top Rookie Assist Leader
Knights

Chris Goodname (@kikish18) takes the top spot by assisting on 13 goals. Goodname was drafted 9th overall by the Kelowna Knights. The defenseman is showing exactly why the Knights were confident taking him in the 1st round.

Rank Team Player Assists

1 KEL Chris Goodname 13

2 NL Liam Slate 11

3 STL Pavel Kharlamov 10

4 STL Young Logo 10

5 ANA Juan Hunna-Pussent 9

6 MET Adrik Baranov 9

7 STL Colin Lambert 9

8 VAN Johnny Shuffleboard 9

9 ANA Ryu Jones 8

10 ANA Joorgustraad DuBolk 7

11 ANA Harry Walker 7

12 CAR Conner Hutton 7

13 COL Mack Daddy 7

14 MET Walton Stromberg 7

15 MET Nathan Thomas 7

16 MET Alexander Oscarsson 7

17 STL Brandt Underton 7

+/- Leaders

Newfoundland has been the best team in the SMJHL so far this season. And it is no surprise that the top rookie +/- guy is from that same team. Liam Slate (@Tylar) was the Berserkers’ only draft pick this year at the #1 overall pick. Slate is showing that he is up to the challenge by making smart choices and helping his team while on the ice. It is a little surprising Slate is so high while only averaging about 09:46 ice time.

Rank Team Player +/-

1 NL Liam Slate 17

2 STL Colin Lambert 17

3 STL Brandt Underton 16

4 KEL Teddy Park 10

5 KEL Chris Goodname 9

6 STL Young Logo 9

7 STL Pavel Kharlamov 7

8 STL Leonids Balzams 3

9 ANC TURG TURG 3

10 CAR Moritz Muller 3

11 ANA Harry Walker 3

12 COL Lord Raiden 3

13 COL Noah Johns II 3

14 MET Jesse Seppanen 3

Power Play Leaders
For any rookie to get time on the Power Play shows that the team thinks highly of them. Timber

Adrik Baranov (@Jorec) of the Maine Timber lead all rookies in Power Play points with 5. Maine also has 2 other rookies contributing on the Power Play. Given that Maine as 12 rookies they may not have much of a choice. Colorado and St. Louis each have 2 rookies contributing. Schneider, the top rookie goal scorer, also has the most Power Play goals with 3.

Rank Team Player Year PPG PPA PPP

1 MET Adrik Baranov 2020 1 4 5

2 STL Juli Schneider 2020 3 1 4

3 COL Mack Daddy 2020 1 3 4

4 COL Asclepius Perseus Flitter 2020 2 1 3

5 STL Colin Lambert 2020 1 1 2

6 VAN Domenic Alessandrini 2020 1 1 2

7 MET Victor Ball 2020 0 2 2

8 ANA Ryu Jones 2020 0 2 2

9 MET Alexander Oscarsson 2020 0 2 2

Penalty Killers
Whalers

Johnny Shuffleboard (@mee) of Vancouver was the 3rd overall pick. Shuffleboard’s rushing tatics proves to be effective on the penalty kill, as he has picked up a shorthanded goal and an assist as well. Penatly Killing is a tough assignment for any player but especially for a rookie. Players need awareness and defensive skills to kill or even counter the opposition’s Power Play. These players seem to be up to the task.

Rank Team Player SHG SHA SHP

1 VAN Johnny Shuffleboard 1 1 2

2 MET Hennesey-Gallchobhar O'Mc 1 1 2

3 STL Leonids Balzams 1 0 1

4 CAR Moritz Muller 1 0 1

5 COL Lord Raiden 1 0 1

6 ANC TURG TURG 0 1 1

7 MET Victor Ball 0 1 1

8 VAN Lonnie O'Donoghue 0 1 1

9 ANA Bud Light Lime Bud Light 0 1 1

PIMs Leaders
Whalers

Vancouver seems to like the tough hard-nosed players, as the top player for PIMs and Hits are both Whalers. Kyle Izzy (@"Samee") is a power forward that likes to play hard. He definitely doesn’t mind a battle of fisticuffs. The 7th round pick has 3 fights under his resume now. So it seems like Izzy’s role is an aggressive one maybe an Agitator.
An interesting note is that Anaheim has 5 rookies in the top 12. The Outlaws have done well so far so can’t say that its hurt them too much. But they do have the 2nd most goals against allowed and the most Power Play goals against.

Rank Team Player PIM

1 VAN Kyle Izzy 33

2 STL Leonids Balzams 27

3 ANA Juan Hunna-Pussent 24

4 ANA Harry Walker 24

5 ANC Igor Victory 22

6 STL Cody Spinka 21

7 DET Zakkira Diporov 20

8 VAN Johnny Shuffleboard 20

9 ANA Bud Light Lime Bud Light 18

10 ANA Ryu Jones 18

11 ANA Joorgustraad DuBolk 18

12 MET Rikard Bjerg 17

Hits

Once again the Vancouver Whalers like the physicality of their players. Johnny Shuffleboard leads all rookies with 57 hits. The defenseman brings a big physical game every night. Izzy sits at 7 with 37 hits.

Rank Team Player HIT

1 VAN Johnny Shuffleboard 57

2 DET Zakkira Diporov 50

3 ANA Harry Walker 48

4 STL Leonids Balzams 43

5 MET Rikard Bjerg 43

6 MET Jesse Seppanen 41

7 VAN Kyle Izzy 37

8 MET Alex Marshall 35

9 ANC Jonas Muller 34

10 CAR Axel Foley 33

11 ANA Joorgustraad DuBolk 33

12 KEL Teddy Park 30

13 STL Brandt Underton 30

Shots Blocked
Timber

Maine must be teaching rookies to perfect the art of shot blocking. The Timber have 5 rookies in the top 8. Alexander Oscarsson (@Zema) leads the team with 46. 11 better than the next player. The counterattacking forward thrives on getting in the shooting lane and giving up his body. With all the rookies blocking shots, Maine has still given up 1123 shots, which is tops so far this season.

Rank Team Player SB

1 MET Alexander Oscarsson 46

2 MET Rikard Bjerg 35

3 VAN Lonnie O'Donoghue 33

4 ANA Bud Light Lime Bud Light 32

5 MET Victor Ball 30

6 MET Walton Stromberg 29

7 NL Liam Slate 28

8 MET Bob Poppinfresh 26

9 ANA Hubert Andrews 25

10 CAR Conner Hutton 24

11 VAN Daniil Nikiforov 24

12 VAN Devin Basher 22

Shooting Percentage
These group of rookies make the most of every chance they get when shooting the puck. Raptors

Lord Raiden (@"Jumbobone19") leads all rookies with a shooting percentage of 20%. 6 goals on 30 shots is impressive in itself, but it’s even more impressive that Raiden has done it with an average TOI of 07:47.

Rank Team Player Goals SOG SH%

1 COL Lord Raiden 6 30 20.00%

2 ANC TURG TURG 6 32 18.75%

3 VAN Jason Desrouleaux 4 22 18.18%

4 MET William Reynolds 3 17 17.65%

5 STL Juli Schneider 9 52 17.31%

6 COL Ryan Rieley 6 35 17.14%

7 ANA Hubert Andrews 1 6 16.67%

8 STL Young Logo 4 26 15.38%

9 ANC Theo Kondos 4 27 14.81%

10 DET Sammy Blaze 2 14 14.29%

11 ANC Taylor Gervais 5 35 14.29%

12 MET Victor Ball 5 36 13.89%

13 MET Jax Gracie 4 29 13.79%

14 MET Jesse Seppanen 7 52 13.46%

15 DET Biggs Secksy 2 15 13.33%

Faceoffs

Colorado has 2 rookie centers that not only sit at the top of all rookies, but are also among the leaders in the entire league. Raiden and Mack Daddy (@Mack) can hold their own in the circle, and the team can count on them to win faceoffs when the really need them to. These rookies contribute to the Raptors have the 2nd best Faceoff Percentage behind Maine.

Rank Team Player FO FO W FO%

1 COL Lord Raiden 152 85 55.92%

2 COL Mack Daddy 269 149 55.39%

3 DET Sammy Blaze 155 82 52.90%

4 VAN Wile Coyote 219 115 52.51%

5 MET Bob Poppinfresh 267 139 52.06%

6 CAR Moritz Muller 214 107 50.00%

7 MET Walton Stromberg 185 92 49.73%

8 VAN Daniil Nikiforov 267 127 47.57%

9 STL Cody Spinka 217 102 47.00%

10 KEL Stan Q. Next 162 75 46.30%

11 ANC Jonas Muller 203 90 44.33%

Game Rating Leaders
Rookies are expected to play the game according to the tactics and roles the coaches have set. Some players take time to adapt to their role, and others thrive in their role by putting up numbers. Then there are some players that play their role exactly how it should be played. They may not get the “numbers” but they can be counted on each and every game to do their job. Scarecrows

Colin Lambert (@rum_ham) was drafted 7th overall by St. Louis for that reason. Lambert is an all-around great defenseman. He has 3 goals, 9 assists, +17. He plays on the Power Play and the the Penalty Kill. You can’t ask for much more from a rookie.

Rank Team Player GR

1 STL Colin Lambert 68

2 STL Brandt Underton 65

3 ANA Ryu Jones 62

4 MET Adrik Baranov 61

5 KEL Teddy Park 60

6 MET Alexander Oscarsson 59

7 CAR Axel Foley 59

8 ANA Joorgustraad DuBolk 59

9 COL Mack Daddy 58

10 NL Liam Slate 58

11 STL Young Logo 58

So there are the top rookies for each statiscal category. Each rookie's game is wildy different. Each player offers benefits over another it all depends on how they are used in their role. Each rookie still has the time to grow and learn in their career. This just is a small insight into what the future holds for this S54 rookie class.

Good luck to all rookies in the future.

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***ThisSeemsFishy*** · 06-11-2020, 02:10 AM

TURG is ready to be unleashed. TURG gonna have a strong back half mark my words.

Zema · 06-11-2020, 03:48 AM

A great read buddy. I've felt like it's been hard to gauge just how well the rookies have been doing this season as there aren't any stats outside of the game file for just that. It's nice to see that the 12 rookies from Maine has had some impact!

kikish18 · 06-11-2020, 04:15 AM

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