I think it goes without saying that any team from the great lakes division is often looked at as a favorite to win the cup. Outside of those 4 teams, I think the next best team in the league is Texas in the West. They have been a dominant force on both ends of the ice and I think they could make it all the way this season and take home the cup. They have all but clinched their division and conference winner position as the NW is trading wins too frequently to match up at the moment.

That being said..... If Minny can make the playoffs I will call them my favorite since that is the spot they hold in my heart.

     

The Hamilton Steelhawks are probably going to win because they're big doo-doo heads that just win all the time. Seriously though I'm hoping to see someone different take it home, like Toronto maybe.

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Ayo fuck Hamilton. That play went out of style about 2 years ago. Hamilton is some pre-covid nonsense. I have no clue how but Winnipeg Aurora will win the cup, because fuck you that's why.

This answer might surprise you all, but the North Stars shall overcome all adversity and prove to you that we are the Superior Lake! We may be in fourth now, but when has being fourth in the entire league stopped us from winning the play-offs? Oh that is right, our insane play off system. I'm so upset I am going to spell playoffs three different ways.

North Stars for the cup!

I will go with Texas Renegades as favorites for the cup. They might not be best team in league by points but they have awesome goals for/against record and best defense and defense wins playoffs.

The favourite team to win the cup at the moment is of course Hamilton Steelhawks who lead the league with 81 points in 50 games. Second favourite must be Chicago with a record of 38-10-2.

Its hard to argue against anyone in this thread as the Hamilton Steelhawks project to be conference winners yet again with their dynasty scoring left and right on every shift

The nice thing and also strange thing about the SMJHL is that no matter how good or bad you are throughout the season you will still make it to playoffs. Every single team goes. So below I'll give a quick run down of the teams I believe should be in the running come playoff time:

Top Tier:
Kelowna, Detroit, Newfoundland
These three teams and you could probably successfully argue Anchorage as well have been absolutely dominant in the league so far in the regular season. If you were just to look at points alone Kelowna would be anyones top choice as the team to beat. These three teams lead their divisions and will all get a bye going into the playoffs giving them a guaranteed spot in the second round. You've got to assume the likelihood is one of these teams come away with the W.

Mid tier:
Anchorage, Quebec, Colorado, Carolina
These teams (with the exception of Anchorage who probably deserve to be with the above 4) have all been their or their abouts this season. With QCC COL and CAR all within 2 points of each other the end of season placing could go any way.
If I was to put money on one of those 3 teams making the leap it would be QCC. Why? You ask. They've done it before. If there was ever a team that knows how to successfully navigate playoffs its the citadelles.

Outsider: St Louis
What sort of a captain would I be if I didn't throw my own team into the mixer. This may look like a shallow attempt at building some locker room hope but you'd be wrong.
St Louis had a dismal first half of the season and no one from the team would argue that point, however, the second half of the season has seen them winning more than half of their games at that time. They have the Goalie with the most shut outs in net - the fearsome polar bear Ioreik Bearnson and they have just picked up an exciting free agent in Melvin Majestik-Moose.
So for those counting. Opposing teams will be up against a polar bear and a fucking moose in the playoffs. Just give us the trophy now

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I think the favorite to win the SHL Cup this season are the Hamilton Steelhawks. They lead the league in points percentage (.810%), goals for (229), and goals differential (+111). They've dominated whether they are at home or on the road. Doesn't make sense to back any other team at this point.

Vlastislav Malik || LW || NOLA
Name: Vlastislav Malik
Birthplace: Brno, Czech Republic
Transferred to: Ireland
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 227 lbs
Number: 9

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SMJHL - KEL:

Four Star Cups: S59

Reg Szn Stats:

S56 | 50GP | 4G | 8A | 12P | -17 | 0PPP | 6.7% | 90H | 54GR

S57 | 66GP | 14G | 19A | 33P | +8 | 7PPP | 11.1% | 87H | 61GR

S58 | 66GP | 24G | 27A | 51P | +25 | 9PPP | 15.1% | 109H | 64GR

S59 | 66GP | 20G | 34A | 54P | +32 | 17PPP | 11.2% | 119H | 65GR

Playoffs Stats:

S56 | 11GP | 1G | 1A | 2P | -10 | 0PPP | 7.1% | 12H | 57GR
S57 | 7GP | 0G | 2A | 2P | -1 | 0PPP | 0.0% | 9H | 61GR
S58 | 12GP | 3G | 3A | 6P | -2 | 0PPP | 11.5% | 18H | 62GR
S59 | 17GP | 8G | 10A | 18P | +15 | 2PPP | 14.3% | 32H | 67GR

  

I mean, I get the feeling a lot of people picked Hamilton or Buffalo and they are 100% correct. But I will say Texas or Toronto because weird things will happen in the playoffs this season I think! (I'm joking, we all know the 2 teams in the final.)

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Proud S67 - S69 Colorado Raptors Captain 
S57 Forward of the Season Award winner 
S79 Goalie of the Season Award winner in WJC

Now I am free <3

The regular season has seen Buffalo, Chicago and Hamilton taking a comfortable lead over the rest of the league, being closely followed by Toronto, despite the four of them not just being in the same conference, but even in the same division. So it's not going to surprise anyone that the expected cup winner will be one of the Great Lakes teams.

To see which one of these has the best shot at it, I have compared their intra-division results. So far, the four teams have played 28 games in their division.

Buffalo was involved in 14 games, and won 9 of them. Their remaining games are against Chicago and Toronto (2 each).
Hamilton was involved in 16 games, and won 7 of them. Their remaining games are against Chicago and Toronto (1 each).
Chicago was involved in 13 games, and won 7 of them. They have games remaining against all three other teams. Buffalo and Toronto 2 each, and 1 versus Hamilton.
Toronto was involved in 13 games, and won 5 of them. They have games remaining against all three other teams. Buffalo and Chicago 2 each, and 1 versus Hamilton.

Based on their wins so far, and games remaining, Buffalo seems to have the edge over the other 4 teams, with the best win record out of their played games against their divisional opponents. Of course, in the playoffs anything can happen, but the Stampede look up to the task and ready to win this cup.


Im rooting for Texas though. Would be nice if they could step it up a bit in the last stretch of the regular season and help me improve my fantasy score.

 

Cal Labovitch |'| RW #12 |'| Detroit Falcons |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| Switzerland

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Height: 6'1" |'| Weight: 202 lbs

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SHL STATISTICS

Regular season
S55 REG |'| Minnesota Chiefs      |'| GP: 50 |'| G:   12 |'| A: 15 |'| P: 27

S56 REG |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 50 |'| G:   21 |'| A: 12 |'| P: 33

S57 REG |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 66 |'| G:   31 |'| A: 20 |'| P: 51

S58 REG |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 66 |'| G:   19 |'| A: 34 |'| P: 53

S59 REG |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 66 |'| G:   23 |'| A: 39 |'| P: 62

S60 REG |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 66 |'| G:   24 |'| A: 31 |'| P: 55

S61 REG |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 66 |'| G:   42 |'| A: 30 |'| P: 72

S62 REG |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 66 |'| G:   27 |'| A: 33 |'| P: 60

S63 REG |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 66 |'| G:   18 |'| A: 35 |'| P: 53

S64 REG |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 66 |'| G:   28 |'| A: 25 |'| P: 53

S65 REG |'| Baltimore Platoon |'| GP: 66 |'| G:   23 |'| A: 33 |'| P: 56

Post Season
S55 PO |'| Minnesota Chiefs      |'| Did not make playoffs                 

S56 PO |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| Did not make playoffs                

S57 PO |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| Did not make playoffs                

S58 PO |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| Did not make playoffs                 

S59 PO |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| Did not make playoffs                

S60 PO |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 04 |'| G:  03 |'| A: 00 |'| P: 03

S61 PO |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 04 |'| G:  01 |'| A: 02 |'| P: 03

S62 PO |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 05 |'| G:  02 |'| A: 02 |'| P: 04

S63 PO |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| Did not make playoffs

S64 PO |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| Did not make playoffs

S65 PO |'| Baltimore Platoon |'| GP: 05 |'| G:  02 |'| A: 01 |'| P: 03

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SMJHL STATISTICS

Regular season

S51 REG |'| Detroit Falcons |'| GP: 50 |'| G:  07 |'| A: 24 |'| P: 31

S52 REG |'| Detroit Falcons |'| GP: 50 |'| G: 19 |'| A: 35 |'| P: 54

S53 REG |'| Detroit Falcons |'| GP: 50 |'| G: 16 |'| A: 25 |'| P: 41

S54 REG |'| Detroit Falcons |'| GP: 50 |'| G:  09 |'| A: 14 |'| P: 23

Post Season

S51 PO |'| Detroit Falcons |'| GP:  07 |'| G: 03 |'| A: 02 |'| P: 05
S52 PO |'| Detroit Falcons |'| GP: 10 |'| G: 05 |'| A: 01 |'| P: 06

S53 PO |'| Detroit Falcons |'| GP: 17 |'| G: 02 |'| A: 03 |'| P: 05

S54 PO |'| Detroit Falcons |'| GP:  07 |'| G: 01 |'| A: 03 |'| P: 04

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WJC STATISTICS

S50 WJC |'| Team Alpine |'| GP: 19 |'| G: 00 |'| A:  02   |'| P:  02

S51 WJC |'| Team DACH |'| GP: 21 |'| G: 04 |'| A: 10   |'| P: 14

S52 WJC |'| Team DACH |'| GP: 15 |'| G: 02 |'| A:  06   |'| P:  08

S53 WJC |'| Team DACH |'| GP: 13 |'| G: 01 |'| A: 12   |'| P: 13

S54 WJC |'| Team DACH |'| GP: 13 |'| G: 01 |'| A:  02   |'| P:  03

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IIHF STATISTICS

S51 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 15 |'| G: 00 |'| A: 00 |'| P: 00

S52 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 12 |'| G: 00 |'| A: 00 |'| P: 00

S53 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 12 |'| G: 02 |'| A: 03 |'| P: 05

S54 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 13 |'| G: 01 |'| A: 06 |'| P: 07

S55 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 12 |'| G: 04 |'| A: 02 |'| P: 06

S56 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 13 |'| G: 02 |'| A: 03 |'| P: 05

S57 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 12 |'| G: 03 |'| A: 05 |'| P: 08

S58 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 12 |'| G: 04 |'| A: 07 |'| P: 11

S59 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 13 |'| G: 06 |'| A: 07 |'| P: 13

S60 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 12 |'| G: 03 |'| A: 04 |'| P: 07

S61 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 13 |'| G: 03 |'| A:12 |'| P: 15

S62 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 13 |'| G: 03 |'| A: 03 |'| P: 06

S63 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 15 |'| G: 04 |'| A: 06 |'| P: 10

S64 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 13 |'| G: 06 |'| A: 05 |'| P: 11

S65 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 15 |'| G: 09 |'| A: 06 |'| P: 15

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Awards, Cups and Medals

S51 |'| Elias Armia Award (Commissioners' award of excellence)

S51 |'| IIHF (Switzerland NT) |'| Silver medal

S51 |'| WJC (Team DACH) |'| Co-GM

S51 |'| WJC (Team DACH) |'| Bronze medal

S52 |'| Detroit Falcons |'| Laurifer Trophy  

S52 |'| WJC (Team DACH) |'| Co-GM

S53 |'| Detroit Falcons |'| Laurifer Trophy 

S53 |'| Detroit Falcons |'| Oriens Trophy 

S53 |'| Detroit Falcons |'| Four Star Cup

S54 |'| WJC (Team DACH) |'| Co-GM

S55 |'| Minnesota Chiefs |'| Called up to SHL

S55 |'| Ryan Jesster Trophy (nominee)

S56 |'| Detroit Falcons |'| Co-GM

S59 |'| Detroit Falcons |'| GM

S61 |'| Jay McDonald Trophy

S61 |'| Ron Mexico Trophy (nominee)

S62 |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GM

S63 |'| IIHF (Switzerland NT) |'| Silver medal

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Draft position
SHL     |'| Draft S52 |'| Round 1 |'|   2OA
SMJHL |'| Draft S51 |'| Round 3 |'| 25OA

 

  

Julian Flörsch |'| LD #42 |'| Detroit Falcons |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| Switzerland

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Hometown: Geneva, Switzerland

Height: 6'0" |'| Weight: 200 lbs

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SHL STATISTICS

Regular season[/pbl]

S69 REG |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 66 |'| G:   08 |'| A: 23 |'| P: 31

S70 REG |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 66 |'| G:   11 |'| A: 24 |'| P: 35

S71 REG |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 66 |'| G:   10 |'| A: 18 |'| P: 28

S72 REG |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 66 |'| G:   09 |'| A: 27 |'| P: 36

S73 REG |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 66 |'| G:   08 |'| A: 25 |'| P: 33

S74 REG |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 66 |'| G:   06 |'| A: 27 |'| P: 33

S75 REG |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 66 |'| G:   23 |'| A: 39 |'| P: 62

S76 REG |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 66 |'| G:   28 |'| A: 31 |'| P: 59

S77 REG |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 66 |'| G:   35 |'| A: 50 |'| P: 85

Post Season
S69 PO |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 05 |'| G:  00 |'| A: 02 |'| P: 02
S70 PO |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 04 |'| G:  00 |'| A: 00 |'| P: 00
S73 PO |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 05 |'| G:  00 |'| A: 01 |'| P: 01
S74 PO |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 04 |'| G:  00 |'| A: 00 |'| P: 00
S75 PO |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 06 |'| G:  06 |'| A: 02 |'| P: 08
S76 PO |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 07 |'| G:  02 |'| A: 05 |'| P: 07
S77 PO |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 12 |'| G:  06 |'| A: 03 |'| P: 09
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SMJHL STATISTICS
Regular season
S65 REG |'| Detroit Falcons |'| GP: 66 |'| G:  07 |'| A: 15 |'| P: 22
S66 REG |'| Detroit Falcons |'| GP: 66 |'| G: 11 |'| A: 19 |'| P: 30
S67 REG |'| Detroit Falcons |'| GP: 66 |'| G: 16 |'| A: 36 |'| P: 52
S68 REG |'| Detroit Falcons |'| GP: 66 |'| G: 13 |'| A: 40 |'| P: 53
Post Season
S65 PO |'| Detroit Falcons |'| GP: 17 |'| G: 00 |'| A: 03 |'| P: 03
S66 PO |'| Detroit Falcons |'| GP: 00 |'| G: 00 |'| A: 00 |'| P: 00
S67 PO |'| Detroit Falcons |'| GP: 10 |'| G: 02 |'| A: 02 |'| P: 04

S68 PO |'| Detroit Falcons |'| GP: 18 |'| G: 05 |'| A: 08 |'| P:13
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WJC STATISTICS
S64 WJC |'| Team SWEDEN |'| GP: 13 |'| G: 01 |'| A:   01   |'| P:   02
S65 WJC |'| Team DACH |'| GP: 15 |'| G: 01 |'| A:  05   |'| P:  06
S66 WJC |'| Team DACH |'| GP: 15 |'| G: 01 |'| A:   06   |'| P:   07
S67 WJC |'| Team DACH |'| GP: 15 |'| G: 03 |'| A:   01   |'| P:   04
S68 WJC |'| Team DACH |'| GP: 15 |'| G: 01 |'| A:  04   |'| P:  05
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IIHF STATISTICS
S66 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 13 |'| G: 01 |'| A: 03 |'| P:  04
S67 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 13 |'| G: 00 |'| A: 01 |'| P:  01
S68 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 13 |'| G: 00 |'| A: 01 |'| P:  01
S69 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 12 |'| G: 00 |'| A: 00 |'| P:  00
S70 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 12 |'| G: 00 |'| A: 01 |'| P:  01
S71 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 15 |'| G: 02 |'| A: 03 |'| P:  05
S72 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 12 |'| G: 00 |'| A: 03 |'| P:  03
S73 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 12 |'| G: 01 |'| A: 02 |'| P:  03
S74 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 15 |'| G: 01 |'| A: 11 |'| P:  12
S75 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 12 |'| G: 02 |'| A: 01 |'| P:  03
S76 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 15 |'| G: 05 |'| A: 06 |'| P:  11
S77 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 12 |'| G: 04 |'| A: 05 |'| P:  09

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Awards, Cups and Medals

S65 |'| IIHF (Switzerland NT) |'| Gold medal

S65 |'| Detroit Falcons |'| Laurifer trophy

S65 |'| Detroit Falcons |'| Linna-Landvik trophy

S65 |'| Detroit Falcons |'| Four Star Cup
S65 |'| WJC (Team DACH) |'| Gold medal
S66 |'| WJC (Team DACH) |'| Gold medal
S67 |'| WJC (Team DACH) |'| Gold medal
S67 |'| Quilha Agante Trophy
S68 |'| WJC (Team DACH) |'| Gold medal
S68 |'| Detroit Falcons |'| Laurifer trophy
S68 |'| Detroit Falcons |'| Linna-Landvik trophy
S68 |'| Detroit Falcons |'| Four Star Cup
S68 |'| Quilha Agante Trophy (nominee)

S69 |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| Called up to SHL
S69 |'| Ryan Jesster Trophy (nominee)
S69 |'| Rookie All Star Team
S74 |'| IIHF (Switzerland NT) |'| Silver medal
S76 |'| IIHF (Switzerland NT) |'| Silver medal

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Draft position
SHL|'| Draft S66 |'| Autodrafted

SMJHL|'| Draft S65 |'| Round 1 |'|   11OA

 

  

 
Credit for the images goes to @Carpy48, @soulja, @fever95 and @Wasty

Shl? Probably Hamilton, because FHM. In the J? I'm going to be a Homer and put my money in the Carolina Kraken, because I'm gonna win the Cup. Not @micool132

I would love to see Texas win the cup. Texas has a very good team that can compete with the powerhouses in the Great Lakes. For the SMJHL, I am a homer and support Anchorage. The Armada have shown they can compete with the best of them and should be contending.

Luca Pane (Pa-nEh) || #20 || RW || 2048 TPE Peak ||  S68 -
S68 SMJHL 11th Overall - St Louis Scarecrows
Birthplace: Milan, Italy
Height: 5'-11"
Weight: 178 lbs
Shoots: Right
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Jean-Locke Zidane || #8 || D || 1393 TPE Peak || Retired || S57 - S68
S57 SMJHL 1st Overall - St Louis Scarecrows
S58 Traded to Anchorage Armada At Start of Season
S58 SHL 36th Overall - New Orleans Specters
Birthplace: Amiens, France
Height: 6'-4"
Weight: 227lbs
Shoots: Left
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Trophy Case
S58 SMJHL Alexis Metzler Nom

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Nicholas Williams || #73 || LW / C || 1839 TPE Peak || Retired  ||  S42 - S57
S42 SMJHL 41st Overall Pick - St. Louis Scarecrows
S43 SHL 22nd Overall Pick - Winnipeg Jets
Birthplace: Detroit, MI, USA
Height: 6'-2"
Weight: 207lbs
Shoots: Right
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Personal Milestones
First Career SMJHL Goal: S42 Game # 3 (First SMJHL Game)
First Career SMJHL Hat-Trick: S42 Game # 145
Named Co-GM of Team USA S42 WJC
Named to Team USA WJC Roster S42
Won Gold S42 WJC Team USA as Co-GM and Player
Named Captain of the St. Louis Scarecrows S43
S43 Led SMJHL Left Wingers in Scoring
S43 Led Scarecrows in Scoring
Named Co-GM of Team USA S43 WJC
Named Captain of Team USA S43 WJC
Won Silver with Team USA S43 WJC
S44 Four Star Cup Champion STL
S44 Challenge Cup Champion WIN
First Career SHL Goal: S44 Playoffs Finals Game #6 (First SHL Game)
S46 Signed as a Free Agent to New Orleans
S50 Won Gold With USA
S51 Won Gold With USA
S54 Challenge Cup NOLA

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Trophy Case


S43 Ronan O’Keefe Trophy (SMJHL)
S43 Brandon Holmes Trophy (SMJHL)
S43 Raymond Lindsay Trophy (SMJHL / shared)
S44 Ronan O'Keefe Trophy (SMJHL)
S44 Brodie Witzel Trophy (SMJHL)
S44 Challenge Cup - Winnipeg
S46 Cole Reinhart Trophy - New Orleans
S51 Presidents' Trophy - New Orleans
S51 Ron Mexico Nom
S54 Anton Razov Nom
S54 Cole Reinhart Trophy - New Orleans
S54 Challenge Cup - New Orleans
S55 Cole Reinhart Trophy - New Orleans

Team Awards

S42 Marian Potoczny Award - Best Two Way Forward (STL)
S43 Kanye Summers Award - Reg Season MVP (STL)
S43 Bradley Wiggles Award - Best Forward (STL)
S43 Jarkko Kallestrom Award - Playoff MVP (STL)
S44 Bradley Wiggles Award - Best Forward (STL)
S44 Michael Haan Award - Most Dedicated (STL)
S44 Kanye Summers Award - Reg Season MVP (STL)
S48 Lifeless Littleton Award - Most Dedicated (NOLA)

S49 Lifeless Littleton Award - Most Dedicated (NOLA)
S50 Lifeless Littleton Award - Most Dedicated (NOLA)
S57 Retired



RIP Dangel #AD26  |  RIP TDZ

I expect this will be another year of domination from the Great Lakes. I think it'll be between Buffalo or Hamilton. Hamilton always seem to edge everyone else out so I'll stick with my preseason pick!

Robin Nyckel || D || San Francisco Pride || TPE: 1000 
SMJHL Team: Colorado Raptors // St. Louis Scarecrows
SHL Team: San Francisco Pride
------------------------- SMJHL Regular Season Career Totals -------------------------
264 GP | 37 G | 92 A | 129 P | +33 | 178 PIM | 358 H | 423 SB
------------------------- SMJHL Playoff Career Totals -------------------------
31 GP | 5 G | 9 A | 14 P | +7 | 19 PIM | 35 H | 46 SB
------------------------- SHL Regular Season Career Totals -------------------------
198 GP | 13 G | 44 A | 57 P | -7 | 91 PIM | 127 H | 287 SB
------------------------- SHL Playoff Career Totals -------------------------
25 GP | 2 G | 6 A | 8 P | -17 | 12 PIM | 15 H | 47 SB
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S69 SMJHL Entry Draft, Drafted 6th OA by the Colorado Raptors
S70 SHL Entry Draft, Drafted 16th OA by the San Francisco Pride
S72 Four Star Cup
S76 Challenge Cup



Henrik Lekberg Osterman || W/C || Retired || Peak TPE: 2136
SMJHL Team: Colorado Raptors
SHL Team: San Francisco Pride
------------------------- SMJHL Regular Season Career Totals -------------------------
200 GP | 52 G | 76 A | 128 P | 0.64 PPG | -15 | 76 PIM | 235 H | 31 SB
------------------------- SMJHL Playoff Totals -------------------------
36 GP | 9 G | 13 A | 22 P | 0.61 PPG | +7 | 14 PIM | 50 H | 6 SB
------------------------- SHL Regular Season Career Totals -------------------------
1058 GP | 256 G | 504 A | 760 P | -174 | 436 PIM | 1439 H | 1259 SB
------------------------- SHL Playoffs Career Totals -------------------------
92 GP | 11 G | 29 A | 40 P | -17 | 12 PIM | 110 H | 79 SB
------------------------- Transactions -------------------------
S49 SMJHL Entry Draft, Drafted 52nd OA by the Colorado Raptors
S50 SHL Entry Draft, Drafted 3rd OA by the San Francisco Pride
------------------------- Awards & Honours -------------------------
S51 Vyacheslav Onoprienko Trophy Winner
S52 SMJHL All-Star Team
S58 Finalist for the Jeff Darr Award
S58 Finalist for the Aiden Richan Award
S59 3rd All-star Team
S59 Winner of the Jeff Darr Award
S60 Finalist for the Jeff Darr Award
S61 Finalist for the Jeff Darr Award
S73 Class Hall of Fame

It's almost impossible not to see one of the Great Lakes teams as a favorite for the title with all 4 teams having more points than any other team does.
With that, I don't think it's possible to define one of the 4 as a favorite as all 4 has the potential to win it.
I think the only safe bet is to say, the Great Lakes will win the Cup.

  

credit to amazing @Carpy48, @Ragnar @sköldpaddor, @the_paytonium & @sulovilen !