We've wrapped up the last games of the regular season. It's playoff time!

Written Task: How has your team prepared for the playoffs? (150 word min.) (if your team didn't make the playoffs: what is your player going to do with all their spare time?)
Graphic Task: Create a game day program for a playoff matchup involving your team. Must include 2 team logos and 1 render.

Reward
3 TPE for doing the thing. (Just one of the things, not both.)

Only S62 SMJHL Rookies (S63 SHL Draftees) are eligible for this PT.
Link PBE, WSBL or NSFL submissions here to get credit for affiliate claims.

Do not claim this TPE until a post is made in the claim thread.

Deadline: Sunday, December 12th @ 11:59pm EST

 

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

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Personal details

Hometown: Lausanne, Switzerland

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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Personal details

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

First of all, St.Louis just barely got into the playoffs as a lowly 12th seed. So it may not be something to completely celebrate but the team is still preparing for it. They have decided to work thier hardest on practice after a short break to rest up. Rolf in particular has been working hard to get better and has been working mostly on his blocks and defensive skills. Merca and Vincent have been working on snapshots and blocking snapshots respectively. Rolf knows that this may be the last season he plays with Merca, so he has been asking him for tips as well.

The team will be facing the Kelowna Kinghts in the first round, so they have been watching a lot of tape to examine their strengths and weaknesses. Whether they get destroyed or surprise the Kinghts, the team wants to know that they at the very least tried thier best. The best thing about being the lowest seed is that you are ether not surprised or very pleasantly surprised.

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Unfortunately Detroit is going to be catching the playoff games from the TV this post season. For anyone living under a rock for the past season, Detroit was only able to come up with 5 wins this season so it's pretty clear where we'd be at playoff time. While things look bleak, the Detroit team is looking to continue cranking out TPE and moving the needle in both offensive and defensive performance. Then we'll be working to pick up new recruits and hope to have a very active roster as we kick off the next season and will be able to start clawing our way back up the standings.

One of the best and worst parts of the SMJHL is the quick turn of teams so it's always a bit of a crap shoot to predict where things will land. Detroit's LR is active and the team is always willing to help new players so I am optimistic that there will be good progress as we look to Season 63.

 


Sig credit: Ragnar, Carpy48, High Stick King


Ivan Lacksamus || RW || Detroit Falcons
Number: 14
Height: 6ft 1in
Weight: 200 lbs
Birthplace: Switzerland

Well with the Outlaws just edging out REG for the playoff spot, we are going to take a second to catch out breath. Then we are going to celebrate. Having the year we did and the improvement from last year we really need to celebrate the accomplishments the Organization have done so far. The next thing on the agenda is prep for MET. This will be a tough matchup so we need to be level headed going into this series not to be over hyped. We all are pumped for this series and are hyping each other up in the locker room. We are not going to mess with any tactics or even mention any, we have total faith in our GM and coaches to make the best decisions, they got us this far. All in all, we just want to enjoy this feeling and really cherish the moments and accomplishments.

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Meo Vanbiesbrouck | G | Tampa Bay | Class of 74 | 1005 TPE
The Greatest Name Of All

the Detroit falcons didn't make the playoffs this year, so Sam Azjha is going to go home to Whitstable, England, in order to spend time with friends and family, even inviting some of his teammates to come visit and go windsurfing, he'll also work on becoming a better overall player, and watch the SMJHL playoffs he'll also go back to school at south Hampton university over the summer to put some more work into his marine biology degree, after doing all of this he'll head back to Detroit and spend time with his teammates and look for a new apartment he'll also learn to cook, and use the rest of his time to rest up for the upcoming preseason, and hopefully help the team to make the playoffs next year as opposed to just getting 5 wins

The Nevada Battleborn have prepared for the playoffs by undergoing a rigorous training regimen of skating really really fast and yelling "IT'S BEEN F'N PONTOS" at one another. Look, I know it sounds strange, but I swear it works. Sometimes. Except for the times when it doesn't. A few other things we have been doing to pump each other up is talking about Pokemon, eating a lot of hot sauce (maybe that's just me), celebrating all of our individual successes and every new personal and team best we have ever hit (did you know we hit a new franchise points high this season? we did!) We also like to bully Noka a lot, which is one of our key team bonding activities, and has definitely gotten us really pumped up to make a playoff run. We went on a bit of a winning streak at the end of the season, and we are now ready to take on the postseason.

Gunnar Söderberg || IIHF Fed Head - Sweden || Former GM - Nevada Battleborn
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Highlights:
S45 WJC | Sweden - Bronze
S46 SMJHL | Drafted 5th OA - Kelowna Knights
S47 SHL | Drafted 2nd OA - Tampa Bay
S47 SMJHL | Captain - Kelowna Knights
S48 SMJHL | Captain - Kelowna Knights
S48 IIHF | Gold - Sweden
S49 SHL All-Rookie Team
S52 IIHF | Silver - Sweden
S56 IIHF | Bronze - Sweden
S57 Challenge Cup - Chicago Syndicate
S57 Anton Razov Award (Playoffs MVP)
S60 IIHF | Bronze - Sweden
S60 SHL | Captain - Chicago Syndicate
S61 SHL | Captain - Chicago Syndicate
S62 SHL | Captain - Chicago Syndicate
S66 SMJHL | Nour Harrak Award (Best GM Duo)

Lias Ekholm-Gunnarsson || D || Los Angeles Panthers
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Highlights:
S62 SMJHL | Drafted 26 OA - Nevada Battleborn
S63 SHL | Drafted 1 OA - Winnipeg Aurora
S63 SMJHL | All-Star
S65 SMJHL | All-Star
S67 IIHF | Top Forward
S68 IIHF | Gold - Sweden
S69 IIHF | Silver - Sweden
S70 SHL | All-Star
S70 SHL | Aidan Richan Award
S70 IIHF | Silver - Sweden
S71 SHL | All-Star
S71 SHL | Sergei Karpotsov Trophy
S71 SHL | Jay McDonald Trophy
S71 SHL | Sarmad Khan Award
S72 SHL | Challenge Cup - Winnipeg Aurora
S72 SHL | All-Star
S72 IIHF | Bronze - Sweden
S72 SHL | Anton Razov Award
S73 IIHF | Gold - Sweden
S75 IIHF | Gold - Sweden
S78 SHL | Challenge Cup - Los Angeles Panthers




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The St Louis Scarecrows made the playoffs as the 12th seed. We prepared for the playoffs just like we would for any other regular season game. We know that our opponent will be heavily favored, so we are also going into the playoffs with one eye already on the future. I know that this is not the standard answer that a player gives the media, but it is an honest one.

One thing we did entering the playoffs was to juggle the lines. After playing left wing all season, I went back to my natural center position, now playing between two of our top wingers. Since line chemistry is an element of FHM, this appears to be a move to prepare for next season rather than a move designed for better results in the playoffs this season. I think it's a rational strategy from our management since we are totally outmatched. Our goal is just to steal a game and extend the series.

My one eye on the future has me involved in some of the discussions about how to improve the league. Those type of discussions can be traps that can harm a hockey career if one gets too wrapped up in them. In addition, as part of the SMJHL awards committee, we are already discussing who will soon be taking home trophies. The world junior championships are also approaching. It is a very busy part of the hockey season.

 
Player Render by Merica

ZERKS VS TREES

Need a sig :-/

Despite the team doing their best we didnt get to the playoffs. What we as a team are going to do now is just practice and practice until the next season starts. I think I speak for all of my teammates when I say that we are more motivated than ever after this blunder of a season and we are going to be ready for Season 63.

The falcons are probably one of the most rookie friendly teams and considering how active we rookies are we are going to keep building our players during the off season. Hopefully we will also pick up even more good active rookies and thus being better both with our offense and especially our defense since we got peppered with shots during the season.

All players will also take a smaller vacation to get back to their families with Evert flying back to sweden to catch up with his pears.

Playoff preparation began at the beginning of the season for the Berserkers. If we weren't playing playoff type hockey in the regular season then we had no reason to make it to the playoffs. In the locker room the leaders of the team, players who have been around for a while and even some alumni having been talking to the rookies to pump them up and give advice going into their first year of playoffs. the team's mentality is to put our best foot forward and show whoever we are facing that we are not here to mess around, but we're here for one thing and one thing only. The Four Star Cup. The Berserkers made it to the finals last year and we're hungry to get there again but this time with a different result that puts us on top of the league. Will it be easy? Probably not, but the Berserkers are prepared to go to war for the Cup.

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In spite of our best efforts the Regin Elk fell just short of making the playoffs. We are all obviously pretty upset about missing out on more games but it is no use crying over. With this extra time off I have two goals in mind. The first is to get back home to South Korea for a bit and take a little vacation. My rookie season in Regina was stressful. I pushed myself to my limit and I think I need to get my head back in the right place. Time with friends and family over delicious Korean food should do the trick. My second goal is to jump right back into training once my vacation is done. The WJC is right around the corner and the Young Guns team needs me at my best if we are to improve after our performance last year. Off ice training along with the WJC tournament will serve as a perfect lead in to the SHL draft and my sophomore season with the Elk.

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San-sam Emerson | Philadelphia Forge | LD | S63
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 200 lbs
Birthplace: Incheon, South Korea
Number: 88
S62 SMJHL 3OA Pick
S62 SMJHL All-Rookie Team
S63 SHL 6OA Pick
S64 Regina Elk Alternate Captain
S65 SHL All-Rookie Team
S69 Challenge Cup
S70 Second Team All-SHL
S71 First Team All-SHL
S72 Second Team All-SHL
S73 Second Team All-SHL
S74 First Team All-SHL

Nat Emerson | Baltimore Platoon | Team Latvia (RETIRED)
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 250 lbs
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts
Number: 34
S44 WJC Silver Medal
S46 IIHF Bronze Medal
S47 Challenge Cup
S55 IIHF Top Defenseman

My team the Detroit Falcons did not have the season we wanted to lol and ended up missing playoffs by quite a few this season ending the season 5-55-6. Despite not having the season we wanted to we are super excited for next season.  My player Bubba Tree during the off-season since we didn't make playoffs will just be chilling at his house in LA hanging out with his friends and surfing whenever he has the chance to. Also watching playoffs seeing what team will be crown champion this season.  But of course, while doing all that I'm going to be training super hard so I could be at the best possible shape I can be in for next season. Other then that me and my team are pumped for next season and we shouldn't be under looked going into this upcoming season. Goodluck to everyone who made playoffs.

The Newfoundland Berserkers have many rituals that build camaraderie from trust falls, drinking alcoholic beverages together and starving Sota. None however, is more sacred than the !chop. The chop is viewed by some as a simple activity, something perhaps done by laymen in days of yore. Their inability to understand the !chop may come from a lack of understanding, a lacking of doing the !chop. However, as every Berserker knows, the !chop is a way of life, it symbolizes our desire to perform to high level of excellence and dedicate ourselves to the pursuit of the Four Star Cup. The simple act of cutting timber down is something you do with your friends, strangers who eventually become your best allies in a war ahead. You have to communicate, or be crushed by the trees, and work together, letting each other know when you need a break and subbing for a shift change. !chop is a perfect metaphor and preparation for playoff hockey and, if anything Newfoundland's playoff success to date truly shows that.