07-21-2024, 01:31 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-27-2024, 11:54 AM by CptSquall . Edited 1 time in total.)
Intro
I think that it goes without saying that in S77 The Maine Timber were the team to beat. In fact it really seemed like there was no one who was going to beat them. In 66 regular season games they had a winning percentage of .727. And that's without considering home ice advantage. At home this percentage goes up a bit to .757. How did Maine get this good? Well it certainly helps when you have two different players post more than 100 points for the season, which led to the team having a positive 126 goal differential. For perspective no other team was more than plus 70. With all these factors a team would certainly have to run the gauntlet to have a chance.
The Gauntlet
The Ottawa Highlanders had modest plus 29 goal differential. it was enough to make them a top 5 team in the SMJHL but it is frankly dwarfed by Maine's plus 126. Maine had 2 players with more than 100 points but Ottawa only had 3 point per game players on the roster. Surely if a team like Ottawa is going to win they needed as many chances as possible to beat Maine? Ottawa won in 6.
The Series
Things got weird immediately. Game 1 in Maine Ottawa would take the game 5-2. Despite the fact that Maine out shot Ottawa 38 to 18 on their own ice it wasn't enough. By the time it was 2 minutes into the second Ottawa was already up 2 goals to none which is a large mountain to overcome when Ottawa Goalie Bishop Van Apeldoorn is having such an amazing night.
Game 2 Maine again outshot Ottawa. This time 42 to 28. Despite this massive deficit Ottawa goalie Bishop Van Apeldoorn only allowed two goals the whole game. Things were getting dire. The series was heading to Ottawa and Maine was down 2 games and it was very clear that this series wasn't just against Ottawa, it was against a goalie standing on their head.
Game 3 was practically a must win game for Maine and it went down as a game for the ages. Edoaurd Lavoie posted 2 goals and an assist while Jean-Jacques Francois had a goal, an assist, and 4 hits, and 1 take away. This was enough to get Maine to 5 goals which was a welcome relief from the first two games but sadly Maine Goalie Shotty McStopper's trouble in net continued and Ottawa scored 5 goals. However just 17 seconds into overtime Kobe Frobe would score the game winning goal and get Maine on the board. The series was back on.
In Game 4 Maine would route Ottawa 5 to 1 and send the series back to Maine with Maine in the driver's seat. All appeared well.
Game 5 was a big dissapointment. Despite Maine putting 48 shots on goal they only managed to score 3 goals while Ottawa scored 4 on 27 shots. There was just this feeling in the building that Maine was giving 100% of what they had and it just didn't seem to be enough to get over the mountain.
Game 6 in Ottawa wasn't very special. Ottawa won 3-0 in a shut out. Maine was sloggy and slow on the ice and it just looked like they'd been expecting to lose. It was a crushing night for their fans and completely unexpected before the series had taken place.
Bás O'Bigbers [S57] || LW || Edmonton Blizzard || TPE:1633
Age: [S57]
Birthplace: Swords, Ireland
Height: 5'10
Weight: 170
Number: 9
Son of Guts O'Bigbers [S39]
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Transactions
Drafted in the 1st Round 9th OVA of the S56 SMJHL Draft by the Newfoundland Berserkers
Drafted in the 1st Round 16th OVA of the S57 SHL Draft by the New England Wolfpack
S63 Traded by the New England Wolfpack to the Winnipeg Aurora
S66 Traded by the Winnipeg Aurora to the Edmonton Blizzard
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SMJHL Stats
S56 || NL || GP: 50 || G: 9 || A: 13 || P: 22 || ATOI: 12:19 ||
S57 || NL || GP: 66 || G: 11 || A: 17 || P: 28 || ATOI: 17:44 ||
S58 || NL || GP: 66 || G: 21 || A: 32 || P: 53 || ATOI: 18:20 || "A" ||
S59 || NL || GP: 66 || G: 15 || A: 34 || P: 49 || ATOI: 16:09 || "C" ||
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SHL Stats
S60 || NEW || GP: 66 || G: 21 || A: 29 || P: 50 || ATOI: ||
S61 || NEW || GP: 66 || G: 24 || A: 22 || P: 46 || ATOI: ||
S62 || NEW || GP: 66 || G: 25 || A: 27 || P: 52 || ATOI: ||
S63 || NEW/WPG || GP: 63 || G: 17 || A: 29 || P: 46 || ATOI: ||
S64 || WPG || GP: 36 || G: 23 || A: 20 || P: 43 || ATOI: ||
S65 || WPG || GP: 36 || G: 23 || A: 20 || P: 43 || ATOI: ||
S66 || EDM || GP: 36 || G: 23 || A: 20 || P: 43 || ATOI: ||
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Trophy Case
Named Assistant Captain of the Newfoundland Berserkers S58
S58 SMJHL All Star
S58 SMJHL 2nd All Star Team
S58 Zack Miller Trophy Winner
Named Captain of the Newfoundland Berserkers S59
S60 Ryan Jesster Trophy Winner
S64 All Star
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Guinness O'Bigbers [S68] || LW || Former Terrible Player || TPE: Low, very low.
Age: [S68]
Birthplace: Swords, Ireland
Height: 5'11
Weight: 200
Number: 9
Son of Guts O'Bigbers [S39]
Brother of Bas O'Bigbers [S39]
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Transactions
Drafted ?
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SMJHL Stats
S56 || NL || GP: 50 || G: 9 || A: 13 || P: 22 || ATOI: 12:19 ||
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Bas O'Bigbers Jr. [S68] || C || Detroit Falcons || TPE: Low, very low.
Age: [S78]
Birthplace: Swords, Ireland
Height: 5'11
Weight: 200
Number: 9
Son of Bas O'Bigbers [S57]
Grandson of Guts O'Bigbers [S39]
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Transactions
Drafted ?
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SMJHL Stats
S56 || NL || GP: 50 || G: 9 || A: 13 || P: 22 || ATOI: 12:19 ||
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Brooklyn Physt || LD/RD || Colorado Raptors
Height: 5'11" || Weight: 162lbs
Number: 7
Birthplace: New Orleans, US of A
August Von Hecht || G || Tampa Bay Barracuda
Height: 5'8" || Weight: 179lbs
Number: 89
Birthplace: Frankfurt, Germany
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SMJHL Season Career Statistics
S66: ANC GP: 62 W: 29 L: 25 OTL: 5 SO: 1 GAA: 3.30 SV%: .895%
S67: ANC GP: 58 W: 29 L: 20 OTL: 7 SO: 3 GAA: 2.86 SV%: .902%
S68: ANC GP: 56 W: 30 L: 21 OTL: 5 SO: 4 GAA: 3.02 SV%: .893%
S69: ANC GP: 33 W: 14 L: 14 OTL: 1 SO: 4 GAA: 2.97 SV%: .884%
TOT: ANC GP: 209 W: 102 L: 80 OTL: 18 SO: 12 GAA: 3.05 SV%: .895%
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SMJHL Playoff Career Statistics
S66: ANC GP: 6 W: 2 L: 3 OTL: 1 SO: 0 GAA: 2.85 SV%: 0.906%
S67: ANC GP: 5 W: 1 L: 2 OTL: 1 SO: 0 GAA: 4.36 SV%: .863%
S68: ANC GP: 10 W: 5 L: 3 OTL: 2 SO: 0 GAA: 2.77 SV%: .884%
S69: ANC GP: 8 W: 3. L: 3 OTL: 2 SO: 1 GAA: 3.79 SV%: .873%
TOT: ANC GP: 29 W: 11 L: 11 OTL: 6 SO: 1 GAA: 3.33 SV%: .882%
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SMJHL Hardware
S67 Cedric Robinson Trophy Nominee
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SHL Season Career Statistics
S70: TBB GP: 57 W: 13 L: 39 OTL: 1 SO: 0 GAA: 4.87 SV%: .885%
S71: TBB GP: 58 W: 17 L: 29 OTL: 6 SO: 1 GAA: 4.14 SV%: .900%
TOT: TBB GP: 115 W: 30 L: 68 OTL: 7 SO: 1 GAA: 4..50 SV%: .893%
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SHL Playoff Career Statistics
S70: TBB GP: 0 W:0 L: 0 OTL: 0 SO: 0 GAA: 0.00 SV%: .000%
S71: TBB GP: 5 W:1 L: 4 OTL: 0 SO: 1 GAA: 4.41 SV%: .899%
TOT: TBB GP: 5 W:1 L: 4 OTL: 0 SO: 1 GAA: 4.41 SV%: .899%
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SHL Hardware
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Ruslan "Sparkplug" Zaporozhets || LW || Toronto/Calgary
Height: 6'1" || Weight: 200lbs
Number: 18
Birthplace: Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine
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SMJHL Season Career Statistics
S50: STL GP: 50 G: 15 A: 12 PTS: 27 +/-: -9 PIM: 20 SH: 114 SH%: 13.16% Hits: 33 SB: 8 Fighting: 0-0-0
S51: STL GP: 50 G: 19 A: 21 PTS: 40 +/-: +1 PIM: 21 SH: 122 SH%: 15.57% Hits: 50 SB: 6 Fighting: 0-0-1
S52: STL GP: 50 G: 16 A: 30 PTS: 46 +/-: +11 PIM: 12 SH: 149 SH%: 10.47% Hits: 71 SB: 9 Fighting: 0-0-0
S53: STL GP: 50 G: 17 A: 25 PTS: 42 +/-: -10 PIM: 20 SH: 161 SH%: 10.56% Hits: 47 SB: 34 Fighting: 0-0-0
Tot: STL GP: 200 G: 67 A: 88 PTS: 155 +/-: -7 PIM: 73 SH: 546 SH%: 8.15% Hits: 201 SB: 57 Fighting: 0-0-1
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SMJHL Playoff Career Statistics
S50: STL GP: 13 G: 4 A: 3 PTS: 7 +/-: -1 PIM: 0 SH: 24 SH%: 16.67% Hits: 11 SB: 1 Fighting: 0-0-0
S51: STL GP: 12 G: 4 A: 6 PTS: 10 +/-: 7 PIM: 6 SH: 34 SH%: 11.76% Hits: 14 SB: 2 Fighting: 0-0-0
S52: STL GP: 17 G: 3 A: 5 PTS: 8 +/-: -3 PIM: 6 SH: 56 SH%: 5.36% Hits: 16 SB: 6 Fighting: 0-0-0
S53: STL GP: 14 G: 5 A: 3 PTS: 8 +/-: 0 PIM: 2 SH: 47 SH%: 10.64% Hits: 19 SB: 5 Fighting: 0-0-0
Tot: STL GP: 42 G: 16 A: 17 PTS: 33 +/-: 3 PIM: 14 SH: 161 SH%: 10.06% Hits: 60 SB: 14 Fighting: 0-0-0
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SHL Season Career Statistics
S54: TOR GP: 50 G: 16 A: 22 PTS: 38 +/-: -20 PIM: 28 SH: 109 SH%: 14.68% Hits: 111 SB: 56 Fighting: 0-0
S55: TOR GP: 50 G: 6 A: 15 PTS: 21 +/-: -41 PIM: 41 SH: 102 SH%: 05.88% Hits: 136 SB: 58 Fighting: 0-1
S56: TOR GP: 50 G: 15 A: 21 PTS: 36 +/-: -20 PIM: 24 SH: 121 SH%: 12.40% Hits: 115 SB: 40 Fighting: 0-0
S57: TOR GP: 66 G: 17 A: 31 PTS: 48 +/-: 5 PIM: 35 SH: 212 SH%: 8.02% Hits: 126 SB: 36 Fighting: 2-1
S58: TOR GP: 66 G: 37 A: 34 PTS: 71 +/-: 33 PIM: 20 SH: 216 SH%: 17.13% Hits: 159 SB: 40 Fighting: 0-0
S59: TOR GP: 66 G: 24 A: 39 PTS: 63 +/-: 14 PIM: 44 SH: 194 SH%: 12.40% Hits: 152 SB: 33 Fighting: 0-2
S60: TOR GP: 66 G: 22 A: 30 PTS: 52 +/-: 20 PIM: 48 SH: 179 SH%: 12.30% Hits: 274 SB: 17 Fighting: 0-0
S61: TOR GP: 66 G: 20 A: 22 PTS: 42 +/-: 11 PIM: 12 SH: 172 SH%: 11.60% Hits: 148 SB: 22 Fighting: 0-0
S62: TOR GP: 66 G: 16 A: 25 PTS: 41 +/-: 3 PIM: 38 SH: 165 SH%: 9.7% Hits: 182 SB: 28 Fighting: 0-0
S63: CGY/TOR GP: 65 G: 18 A: 21 PTS: 39 +/-: 7 PIM: 65 SH: 145 SH%: 12.40% Hits: 210 SB: 14 Fighting: 1-0
S64: TOR GP: 66 G: 18 A: 26 PTS: 44 +/-: -14 PIM: 22 SH: 139 SH%: 12.90% Hits: 183 SB: 64 Fighting: 0-0
S65: TOR GP: 66 G: 11 A: 19 PTS: 30 +/-: -29 PIM: 8 SH: 139 SH%: 7.90% Hits: 106 SB: 45 Fighting: 0-0
S66: TOR GP: 66 G: 17 A: 30 PTS: 47 +/-: 6 PIM: 16 SH: 170 SH%: 10.00% Hits: 85 SB: 78 Fighting: 0-0
Tot: TOR/CGY GP: 809 G: 237 A: 335 PTS: 572 +/-: -25 PIM: 401 SH: 2063 SH%: 11.49% Hits: 1987 SB: 531 Fighting: 3-4
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SHL Playoff Career Statistics
S54: TOR Did not qualify
S55: TOR Did not qualify
S56: TOR Did not qualify
S57: TOR Did not qualify
S58: TOR GP: 19 G: 4 A: 7 PTS: 11 +/-: 5 PIM: 2 SH: 49 SH%: 8.16% Hits: 51 SB: 5 Fighting: 0-0-0
S59: TOR Did not qualify
S60: TOR GP: 4 G: 1 A: 0 PTS: 1 +/-: -3 PIM: 0 SH: 3 SH%: 33.33% Hits: 12 SB: 0 Fighting: 0-0-0
S61: TOR GP: 5 G: 0 A: 3 PTS: 3 +/-: 3 PIM: 0 SH: 6 SH%: 0.00% Hits: 8 SB: 4 Fighting: 0-0-0
S62: TOR GP: 4 G: 0 A: 2 PTS: 2 +/-: -7 PIM: 0 SH: 7 SH%: 0.00% Hits: 12 SB: 1 Fighting: 0-0-0
S63: TOR GP: 5 G: 2 A: 1 PTS: 3 +/-: 1 PIM: 4 SH: 11 SH%: 18.2% Hits: 21 SB: 2 Fighting: 0-0-0
S64: TOR GP: 5 G: 2 A: 0 PTS: 2 +/-: -3 PIM: 0 SH: 8 SH%: 25.0% Hits: 10 SB: 6 Fighting: 0-0-0
S65: TOR GP: 6 G: 1 A: 5 PTS: 6 +/-: 4 PIM: 0 SH: 15 SH%: 6.07% Hits: 9 SB: 4 Fighting: 0-0
S66: TOR GP: 6 G: 1 A: 5 PTS: 6 +/-: 4 PIM: 0 SH: 15 SH%: 6.07% Hits: 9 SB: 4 Fighting: 0-0
Tot: TOR GP: 48 G: 10 A: 18 PTS: 28 +/-: E PIM: 6 SH: 99 SH%: 10.10% Hits: 123 SB: 22 Fighting: 0-0-0
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SHL Hardware
S54 Ryan Jesster Nominee
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SMJHL Hardware
NOTHING
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IIHF Awards/Medals
S53 Won Silver with Czechia
S54 Won Bronze with Czechia
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Richard "Big Dick" Physt || RD/LD || Alumni of Kel/Tor/Nola || Retired/CoGM of Toronto
Height: 6'1" || Weight: 202lbs ||
Number: 62
Birthplace: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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SMJHL Season Career Statistics
S38 Kel GP:50, G:0, A:8 P:8, +/-:-1, PIMS:27, H:48, SB:32 fight rec: 0-0-1
S39 Kel GP:50, G:2, A:22, P:24, +/-10, PIMS:57, H:81, SB:39, fight rec: 0-0-1
S40 Kel GP:50, G:2, A:16, P:18, +/-14, PIMS:65, H:76, SB:48, fight rec: 0-0-5
SMJHL Season Career Totals: Teams: Kel GP:150, G:4, A:46, P:50, +/-:23, PIMS:149, H:205, SB:119, fight rec: 0-0-7
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SMJHL Playoff Career Statistics
S38 Kel GP:6, G:0, A:1 P:1, +/-:-0, PIMS:2, H:8, SB:7 fight rec: 0-0-0
S39 Kel GP:4, G:0, A:2, P:2, +/-0, PIMS:4, H:11, SB:1, fight rec: 0-0-0
S40 Kel GP:10, G:2, A:1, P:3, +/-3, PIMS:6, H:17, SB:14, fight rec: 0-0-0
SMJHL Playoff Career Totals: Teams: Kel GP:20, G:2, A:4, P:6, +/-:3, PIMS:12, H:36, SB:22, fight rec: 0-0-0
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SHL Season Career Statistics
S41 Tor GP:50, G:4, A:10, P:14, +/- -3, PIMS:120, H:83, SB:66, fight rec: 1-2-3
S42 Tor GP:50, G:2, A:14, P:16, +/- -9, PIMS:71, H:100, SB:82, fight rec: 1-0-2
S43 Tor GP:50, G:2, A:24, P:26, +/- 0, PIMS:44, H:109, SB:68, fight rec: 0-0-0
S44 Tor GP:50, G:6, A:10, P:16, +/- +10, PIMS:66, H:149, SB:76, fight rec: 1-0-1
S45 Tor GP:50, G:2, A:24, P:26, +/- +7, PIMS:44, H:123, SB:44, fight rec: 0-0-2
S46 Nola GP:50, G:4, A:28, P:32, +/- +27, PIMS:64, H:139, SB:54, fight rec: 1-0-1
S47 Nola GP:50, G:6, A:26, P:32, +/- +26, PIMS:67, H:119, SB:55, fight rec: 0-1-0
S48 Nola GP:50, G:6, A:29, P:35, +/- +14, PIMS:96, H:132, SB:62, fight rec: 1-1-1
S49 Nola GP:50, G:5, A:21, P:26, +/- -7, PIMS:59, H:101, SB:76, fight rec: 0-1-0
S50 Nola GP:50, G:4, A:29, P:33, +/- 14, PIMS:48, H:115, SB:74, fight rec: 0-0-0
SHL Season Totals: Teams: Tor/Nola GP:500, G:41, A:215, P:256, +/- +79, PIMS:679, H:1170, SB:657, fight rec: 5-5-10
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SHL Playoff Career Statistics
S41 Tor Did Not Qualify
S42 Tor Did Not Qualify
S43 Tor Did Not Qualify
S44 Tor GP:7, G:2, A:2, P:4, +/- 0, PIMS:8, H:25, SB:14, fight rec: 0-0-0, Finish: Semi Finals
S45 Tor GP:5, G:0, A:3, P:3, +/- 0, PIMS:6, H:16, SB:9, fight rec: 0-0-0, Finish: Semi Finals
S46 Nola GP:20, G:1, A:5, P:6, +/- -8, PIMS:32, H:55, SB:25, fight rec: 0-0-2, Finish: Cup Finals
S47 Nola GP:7, G:0, A:3, P:3, +/- 0, PIMS:15, H:20, SB:5, fight rec: 0-1-0, Finish: Semi Finals
S48 Nola GP:13, G:2, A:2, P:4, +/- 0, PIMS:30, H:29, SB:21, fight rec: 1-1-0, Finish: Conference Finals
S49 Nola GP:11, G:1, A:4, P:5, +/- -1, PIMS:8, H:19, SB:17, fight rec: 0-0-0, Finish: Conference Finals
SHL Playoff Totals: Teams: Tor/Nola GP:63, G:6, A:19, P:25, +/- -9, PIMS:99, H:164, SB:91, fight rec: 1-2-2
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GM Season Statistics
S61: Tor W: 33, L: 29, OTL: 4, Cups:0
S62: Tor W: 32, L: 29, OTL: 5, Cups:0
Total: Tor W: 65, L: 58, OTL: 9, Cups:0
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SHL Hardware
Turd Ferguson Trophy (S41)
Mathias Chouinard Trophy (Western Conference Champions) (S46)
Bojo Biscuit Award (Best Defensive Defenseman) Nominee (S47)
Bojo Biscuit Award (Best Defensive Defenseman) Nominee (S50)
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SMJHL Hardware
4 Star Cup (S40)
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IIHF Awards/Medals
S43 Won Bronze with Austria
S45 Won Bronze with Austria
S47 Won Bronze with Austria
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