Tauras Karazija is coming off a very hot start to his hockey career. S43 SMJHL season wrapped up with Vancouver Whalers winning the Four Star Cup and Tauras Karazija winning the Esa Anrikkanen award as a top SMJHL S43 rookie! but just after the finals series, Tauras Karazija went into the gym and started preparing for the upcoming season.

The draft passed by and I was drafted #3 to the Edmonton Blizzard, so i knew i had to work my butt off, cause i want to be called up to the big leagues as soon as possible. i really worked on my endurance and conditioning. i had some problems with tiring out at the end of the finals series. i really don't want that to happen again, when games are on the line i have to be prepared. next thing i really paid attention was my defensive positioning. i watched dozens of film to try and identify my weaknesses and try to understand why i made some lapses on defense and occasional blunders.

of course, i worked on my puck handling, cause i want to be able to get out of messy situations better.

and the last thing i really worked on is my passing ability. i made some terrible passes last season that got intercepted and transformed into opportunities for the rival teams, none of that next season.

i really want to build on last season success and put up elite point numbers which would translate into wins for my Whaleyboys