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Oisin Fletcher & Piotr Czerkawski Journey
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(This post was last modified: 02-08-2020, 11:46 AM by majesiu.)

As you may or may have not noticed I changed the team this past offseason after some really great seasons with New Orleans Specters, which I'm very thankful to both teammates and General Managers. I always wanted to play for the San Francisco Pride, so I'm thankful for that opportunity too.

The main reason for a change though was that one of the SHL Legends Retired recently and S51 just didn't feel the same without playing together. I'm speaking of course about Oisin Fletcher, just to name S42 MVP winner and a ton of other individual accolades, but most importantly to me a player I spent my first 9 seasons in the league playing with. We never played against each other in SHL, though there were some IIHF rivalry if you can call Ireland winning it over and over again a rivalry. She was basically a reason I stayed active here throughout my career and was more than happy to follow the footsteps after being drafted to the Wolfpack back in S41. Somewhere along that journey I made a promise to only play with Fletcher while his career is still ongoing.
To preface the article further, it's focused on just the mentioned in the title players, but I made many more fantastic acquaintances through this SHL journey.

So let's go back on this journey to the first game we played together, which was during S42 Playoffs, when I debuted during S42 Challenge Cup vs Calgary DragonsWolfpack 1st Line LW Oisin Fletcher, 3rd Line RW Piotr Czerkawski
Wolfpack went two games up after heroics from Oisin:
New England Wolfpack , Xander Green 6 (Toivo Kosonen 6, Oisin Fletcher 5) at 19:14
New England Wolfpack , Oisin Fletcher 7 (Isaac Kaiser 6) at 11:37
Czerkawski tried his best during G3, while Fletcher was focused on other areas, but New England Wolfpack lost that game in 4th OT!
New England Wolfpack , Piotr Czerkawski 1 (Artemi Berezin 2, Patrick Brumm Jr. 3) at 4:04
New England Wolfpack , Dieter Dominique 3 (Oisin Fletcher 6, Mia Landvik 6) at 0:17
New England Wolfpack , Piotr Czerkawski 2 (Mainio Makinen 3, Artemi Berezin 3) at 3:49
New England Wolfpack , Toivo Kosonen 3 (Oisin Fletcher 7, Dieter Dominique 7) at 4:12 (PP)
It was the turning point of the series though since Calgary won the next three games and secured the title.
As you can see Oisin was already established 1st line star then that won MVP during the regular season that year, while Czerkawski was a newcomer from SMJHL scrapping to earn his minutes on 3rd line. We had to wait for their first shared point for a while.

SHL S43Wolfpack 1st Line LW Oisin Fletcher, 3rd Line RW Piotr Czerkawski
As it turned out it was the only full season we played together down in New England, that they were playing on different lines. Once more they haven't been able to score together, albeit it came down to minutes in second last game of that season:
6. New England Wolfpack , Piotr Czerkawski 8 (Jasper Clayton 14, Toivo Kosonen 27) at 14:10
7. New England Wolfpack , Oisin Fletcher 23 (Jasper Clayton 15, Toivo Kosonen 28) at 19:11
Wolfpack failed to qualify to the playoffs, 6th in their East Conference with a record of 21-25-4. Oisin Fletcher led the team with 23 goals and 24 assists, while Czerkawski had rather expected rookie season with 8 assists and 8 goals.

Offseason between S43 & S44 was quite tumultuous, but just let me say it ended up with us switching teams and taking our services to the Edmonton Blizzard, Western Conference powerhouse.
SHL S44 Blizzard 1st Line C Oisin Fletcher, 3rd Line LW Piotr Czerkawski
Turned out it was just what they needed to unlock the partnership, since the first goal for EDM that season during the first game of the season was made by those two, so after playing 56 games together it was finally a moment it clicked.
1. Edmonton Blizzard , Oisin Fletcher 1 (Piotr Czerkawski 1) at 7:48 vs: TEX
However, it was only such an event during S44, still, it was quite a successful season team-wise as EDM won the president's trophy and in the playoffs however the favored EDM team was upset by the Winnipeg team that won it all.
Oisin Fletcher had a fantastic campaign with 27 goals and 31 points, once again leading the team, while Piotr noticed an improvement to 9 goals scored while being far more proficient passer with 19 assists.

SHL S45 Blizzard 1st Line C Oisin Fletcher, 1st Line LW Piotr Czerkawski
S45 went down in history as one of the best in league history, both with an otherworldly record of 41-6-3 and winning the Challenge Cup later. It was really stacked teams and point totals of individual players kind of suffered because of that, but it was also the first season Oisin and Piotr were able to play together for an extended period of time:
2. Edmonton Blizzard , Oisin Fletcher 2 (Chippy Chiclets 1, Piotr Czerkawski 1) at 2:28 vs: CAL - also a first goal for Edmonton that season
4. Edmonton Blizzard , Piotr Czerkawski 1 (Oisin Fletcher 3, Chippy Chiclets 3) at 4:42 vs: TEX
3. Edmonton Blizzard , Piotr Czerkawski 3 (Oisin Fletcher 7) at 12:36 vs: TOR
2. Edmonton Blizzard , Oisin Fletcher 12 (Piotr Czerkawski 3, Teddy Cuddles 10) at 3:46 vs: LAP - first multi-point shared game between the two
6. Edmonton Blizzard , Piotr Czerkawski 6 (Teddy Cuddles 11, Oisin Fletcher 11) at 18:41 vs: LAP
4. Edmonton Blizzard , Oisin Fletcher 15 (Tor Tuck 23, Piotr Czerkawski 5) at 15:27 vs: WKP
3. Edmonton Blizzard , Piotr Czerkawski 8 (Oisin Fletcher 18, Teddy Cuddles 22) at 6:07 vs: HAM
4. Edmonton Blizzard , Teddy Cuddles 11 (Piotr Czerkawski 6, Oisin Fletcher 19) at 13:04 vs: WIN
Individually though it was tough, since Fletcher got only (for the standards we were accustomed to) 41 points, while Czerkawski regressed even worse, to below rookie numbers having just 8 goals and 6 assists.
Still, you can't call that season lost one if you win it altogether. Edmonton did that, dispatching Panthers in 4 games and then having series of maximum length vs both Renegades and West Kendall to secure the Challenge Cup, while actively helping that goal:
4. Edmonton Blizzard , Oisin Fletcher 2 (Piotr Czerkawski 1, Ensio Kalju 3) at 15:09 vs: LAP
6. Edmonton Blizzard , Piotr Czerkawski 1 (Teddy Cuddles 3, Oisin Fletcher 3) at 5:40 vs: TEX
6. Edmonton Blizzard , Oisin Fletcher 5 (Teddy Cuddles 6, Piotr Czerkawski 2) at 2:49 vs: WKP

S46 brought a big change to the SHL with two new teams joining the league in the most recent expansion. Chicago Syndicate and New Orleans Specters. The latter become a force in the SHL from the start, in part because they selected Oisin Fletcher in the expansion draft and were able to secure Czerkawski's services in the free agency, among other savvy moves to bring many SHL veterans on board.

SHL S46  Specters 2nd Line C Oisin Fletcher, 1st Line LW Piotr Czerkawski
For the better part of the season, they played together on the first line and only later the switch was made to split them up. The Specters in the inaugural season were quite successful, finishing with 58 points, good for 2nd place in stacked Western Conference. Individually though, neither eclipsed 40 points with Fletcher finishing with 39 (16 G + 23 A) and Piotr having still far better season than last year in EDM with 38 points, including 15 goals and 23 assists:
4. New Orleans Specters , Oisin Fletcher 1 (Clint Eastwood 1, Piotr Czerkawski 1) at 1:42 vs: TEX
3. New Orleans Specters , Roman Augustus 2 (Oisin Fletcher 4, Piotr Czerkawski 4) at 18:18 vs: SFP
2. New Orleans Specters , Piotr Czerkawski 1 (Oisin Fletcher 5, Richard Physt 3) at 5:33 vs: EDM
6. New Orleans Specters , Oisin Fletcher 2 (Roman Augustus 3, Piotr Czerkawski 7) at 8:12 vs: EDM
2. New Orleans Specters , Piotr Czerkawski 3 (Oisin Fletcher 9, Adam Kaiser 5) at 15:31 vs: TBB
6. New Orleans Specters , Piotr Czerkawski 4 (Oisin Fletcher 11, Sean Stevenson Jr. 6) at 6:46 vs: CAL
3. New Orleans Specters , Oisin Fletcher 8 (Piotr Czerkawski 12, Karl Hefeweizen 7) at 3:57 vs: MIN
1. New Orleans Specters , Richard Physt 3 (Piotr Czerkawski 14, Oisin Fletcher 17) at 0:16 vs: WKP
1. New Orleans Specters , Oisin Fletcher 11 (Adam Kaiser 15, Piotr Czerkawski 15) at 9:38 vs: BUF
4. New Orleans Specters , Oisin Fletcher 12 (Piotr Czerkawski 16) at 8:20 vs: MIN
8. New Orleans Specters , Oisin Fletcher 13 (Piotr Czerkawski 17, Richard Physt 20) at 2:17 vs: MIN
2. New Orleans Specters , Oisin Fletcher 14 (Roman Augustus 18, Piotr Czerkawski 18) at 2:14 vs: CHI

In the playoffs, Specters had fantastic run for new team and only Buffalo was able to stop them before winning the Cup in the first year of existence in 7 games effort.
6. New Orleans Specters , Oisin Fletcher 5 (Sean Stevenson Jr. 4, Piotr Czerkawski 4) at 4:26 vs: MIN
1. New Orleans Specters , Oisin Fletcher 6 (Piotr Czerkawski 5, Adam Kaiser 3) at 0:29 vs: MIN
1. New Orleans Specters , Oisin Fletcher 7 (Piotr Czerkawski 6) at 1:37 vs: MIN
4. New Orleans Specters , Piotr Czerkawski 3 (Oisin Fletcher 11, Nicholas Williams 4) at 10:56 vs: BUF

SHL S47  Specters 2nd Line C Oisin Fletcher, 1st Line RW Piotr Czerkawski
This was the breakout year for the Czerkawski with 58 points and his first SHL All-star nod, while playing alongside MVP DeMaricus Smyth. Fletcher, now in the regression, still was invaluable to the team success, with 45 points, good for 3rd place on the team that finished 1st in the Western Conference. However, due to playing different lines the whole year, there weren't any shared goals between the two.
Playoffs were a bit different story and despite Top seed in Divisional Service Texas Renegades won it in 7 games.

SHL S48  Specters 2nd Line C Oisin Fletcher, 1st Line LW Piotr Czerkawski
Once again S48 saw the specters at the top of the conference and this time fantastic 2nd line was carrying the team, with Fletcher having an outstanding +/- of +30 while scoring 45 points (21 G, 24 A). Piotr wasn't as successful that year as before, but still one of his good years with 44 points (21 G & 23 A). Just a single empty net opportunity between those two that season.
4. New Orleans Specters , DeMaricus Smyth 6 (Piotr Czerkawski 6, Oisin Fletcher 7) at 19:08 (Empty Net) vs: TBB
In the playoffs, it was Winnipeg Jets that stopped Piotr & Oisin once again, in 7 games during the Western Conference Championship series.

SHL S49  Specters 1st Line LW Oisin Fletcher, 1st Line C Piotr Czerkawski
For the 4th time in a row, New Orleans was able to secure the divisional title, tough in a bit different, more defensive focused this time around. Czerkawski was moved to the C in the offseason and was able to play on the same forward line for one final time while Fletcher returned to the original assignment as LW. Piotr finished with 40 points (15 G, 25 A) & Fletcher with 37 (21 G, 16 A) and the had record season together:
1. New Orleans Specters , Oisin Fletcher 1 (Piotr Czerkawski 1, Bob Bergen 1) at 0:34 vs: SFP
3. New Orleans Specters , Nicholas Williams 1 (Oisin Fletcher 1, Piotr Czerkawski 2) at 13:27 vs: SFP
1. New Orleans Specters , Oisin Fletcher 2 (Piotr Czerkawski 3, Clint Eastwood 2) at 14:59 vs: LAP
2. New Orleans Specters , Piotr Czerkawski 1 (Oisin Fletcher 2, Clint Eastwood 3) at 10:41 vs: TEX
3. New Orleans Specters , Oisin Fletcher 3 (Bob Bergen 2, Piotr Czerkawski 5) at 4:52 vs: TEX
1. New Orleans Specters , Piotr Czerkawski 4 (Oisin Fletcher 4, Nicholas Williams 4) at 15:34 vs: CAL
1. New Orleans Specters , Piotr Czerkawski 5 (Oisin Fletcher 5) at 0:10 vs: CAL
6. New Orleans Specters , Oisin Fletcher 5 (Bob Bergen 8, Piotr Czerkawski 9) at 7:55 vs: CAL
3. New Orleans Specters , Clint Eastwood 1 (Oisin Fletcher 7, Piotr Czerkawski 10) at 4:03 vs: CHI
6. New Orleans Specters , Oisin Fletcher 6 (Piotr Czerkawski 11) at 16:34 vs: HAM
3. New Orleans Specters , Nicholas Williams 8 (Piotr Czerkawski 13, Richard Physt 5) at 19:57 vs: MIN
4. New Orleans Specters , Piotr Czerkawski 8 (Oisin Fletcher 9, Nicholas Williams 7) at 6:14 vs: MIN
4. New Orleans Specters , Oisin Fletcher 9 (Piotr Czerkawski 15, Bob Bergen 15) at 17:06 vs: MAN
2. New Orleans Specters , Oisin Fletcher 12 (Piotr Czerkawski 16, Charlie Serpe 7) at 8:01 vs: TBB
1. New Orleans Specters , Lil Manius 13 (Oisin Fletcher 11, Piotr Czerkawski 17) at 10:07 vs: EDM
7. New Orleans Specters , Oisin Fletcher 14 (Piotr Czerkawski 18) at 17:52 vs: EDM
6. New Orleans Specters , Piotr Czerkawski 10 (Oisin Fletcher 12, Lil Manius 8) at 15:57 vs: SFP
10. New Orleans Specters , Bob Bergen 8 (Oisin Fletcher 13, Piotr Czerkawski 20) at 13:54 vs: SFP
1. New Orleans Specters , Piotr Czerkawski 12 (Bob Bergen 23, Oisin Fletcher 14) at 6:23 vs: TOR
4. New Orleans Specters , Oisin Fletcher 16 (Piotr Czerkawski 21) at 19:05 vs: TOR
4. New Orleans Specters , Oisin Fletcher 19 (Piotr Czerkawski 23) at 18:48 vs: WIN
4. New Orleans Specters , Oisin Fletcher 21 (Piotr Czerkawski 25, Lil Manius 14) at 5:12 vs: SFP
7. New Orleans Specters , Piotr Czerkawski 14 (Oisin Fletcher 15, Bob Bergen 30) at 12:09 vs: MIN
4. New Orleans Specters , Piotr Czerkawski 15 (Clint Eastwood 19, Oisin Fletcher 16) at 12:30 vs: SFP
Playoffs once again ended in the heartbreak with 2-4 loss to Edmonton once again in the Western Conference Championship series:
5. New Orleans Specters , Lil Manius 3 (Oisin Fletcher 1, Piotr Czerkawski 1) at 8:28 vs: WIN
8. New Orleans Specters , Piotr Czerkawski 2 (Charlie Serpe 2, Oisin Fletcher 3) at 15:21 vs: EDM
1. New Orleans Specters , Oisin Fletcher 1 (Piotr Czerkawski 3, Clint Eastwood 4) at 1:21 vs: EDM

SHL S50  Specters  2nd Defence Pairing Oisin Fletcher, 1st Line RW Piotr Czerkawski
The final season for the Oisin also was the first in which Specters didn't clinch the divisional win. They played quite a bit together, but in different roles, as Fletcher moved to the defense on the retirement tour. With fantastic passing for sure, as the 32 assists suggest, helped Czerkawski to propel him into MVP conversation with 57 points, including league-leading 27 goals alongside 30 assists:
2. New Orleans Specters , Piotr Czerkawski 1 (Oisin Fletcher 1) at 18:12 vs: LAP
6. New Orleans Specters , Oisin Fletcher 1 (Piotr Czerkawski 3, Jimmy Slothface 2) at 0:47 vs: LAP
5. New Orleans Specters , Piotr Czerkawski 5 (Oisin Fletcher 3, Lil Manius 3) at 19:12 (PP) vs: CAL
11. New Orleans Specters , Nicholas Williams 2 (Oisin Fletcher 5, Piotr Czerkawski 6) at 2:26 vs: CAL
10. New Orleans Specters , Piotr Czerkawski 8 (Oisin Fletcher 10, Richard Physt 6) at 13:56 vs: MIN
6. New Orleans Specters , Piotr Czerkawski 9 (Oisin Fletcher 12, Jimmy Slothface 7) at 9:41 vs: WIN
3. New Orleans Specters , Sean Stevenson Jr. 1 (Oisin Fletcher 13, Piotr Czerkawski 11) at 1:19 (SH) vs: TOR
3. New Orleans Specters , Piotr Czerkawski 10 (Sean Stevenson Jr. 12, Oisin Fletcher 15) at 1:11 (PP) vs: MIN
1. New Orleans Specters , Piotr Czerkawski 11 (Oisin Fletcher 16, Sean Stevenson Jr. 13) at 7:12 vs: CHI
6. New Orleans Specters , Piotr Czerkawski 12 (Jimmy Slothface 9, Oisin Fletcher 17) at 9:31 vs: CHI
7. New Orleans Specters , Nicholas Williams 18 (Piotr Czerkawski 27, Oisin Fletcher 27) at 5:00 vs: TEX
1. New Orleans Specters , Jimmy Slothface 19 (Piotr Czerkawski 28, Oisin Fletcher 28) at 2:49 vs: SFP
6. New Orleans Specters , Piotr Czerkawski 23 (Oisin Fletcher 29) at 0:48 vs: SFP
5. New Orleans Specters , Piotr Czerkawski 26 (Oisin Fletcher 32, Nicholas Williams 34) at 14:12 (PP) vs: EDM
In the playoffs, we got our revenge for a season before vs EDM, but we were unexpectedly swept during WCF vs Calgary:
8. New Orleans Specters , Oisin Fletcher 2 (Piotr Czerkawski 8) at 18:04 (PP) vs: EDM

And so with that series, the partnership that lasted 8 regular seasons ended (and the same amount of playoff runs) ended.
In 400 regular season games together they won 242 of them and had 30 OTL good for 64,25% percentage, of course, it was thanks to many other great players, GMs, etc., but shows it was quite a dominant run.
I listed all shared points between them, but just to summarize that too:
In Regular Season they scored 60 points together: 22 were Oisin goals, while 24 were scored by Czerkawski. They assisted together on 12 goals made by other teammates.
In the playoffs, there were 11 such occasions: 7 Fletcher goals, 3 by Czerkawski and 1 by Lil Manius.
The team they scored together versus the most were:
1. Chiefs 11
2. pride 9
3. Blizzard 8
4. Renegades 7 &Dragons 7
6. Panthers 6
7 syndicate4 & Stars4 & Jets 4
10. Barracuda 3 & Platoon 3
12. Stampede 2 & Steelhawks 2
14 Rage 1
The only team but the Specters missing from that list is the one other team we played together for - Wolfpack.
Data sheet for grading too.

Only left thing is to dedicate this article to @Evok , as she made this SHL journey so much more interesting and entertaining.


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