HALIFAX RAIDERS VERSUS VANCOUVER WHALERS 

Overall, this season wasn't the greatest for the Raiders where we finished second last in the standings, this below average season was reflected when you compare our season statistics to our rival, the Vancouver Whalers. Below are some of our worst stats against the team that we will be working on in the off season and hopefully see improvement for Season 48.

The first area we need to improve upon against the Whalers' team is hits. Against Vancouver this season Halifax had a total of 74 hits to Vancouver's 91 against us. In relation to other teams Halifax had the second least amount of hits in games against the Whalers, the only other team we hit less was Detroit at 73 hits total. From Vancouver's perspective they hit us the 3rd most out of every other team. Vancouver was the bigger harder team this season and if we can punish them a bit better next season we may be able to improve our record against Vancouver.

The second area we need to improve on next season is on the power play, we just weren't able to figure out the Whalers while on the man advantage. This season our power player percentage against them was an absolutely atrocious 6.25%. It sounds bad but it was even our worst effort, this percentage is only second to our efforts against St. Louis where we were unable to score on the PP for a 0% record against them. Against us however Vancouver had a 21.05% success on the man advantage, which was their 3rd highest among all teams. The differential between the two power play units is way to high and will need work in the off season.

One of our worst stats against the Vancouver Whalers this season was our shots on goal. This season total, we put 99 pucks on the Whalers' net which was our lowest against any other team in the SMJHL this season. Vancouver however had 158 shots on our goal, a differential of 59 shots total and their 5th highest against all SMJHL teams. This off season putting shots toward the net will need to be a focus of team practices in order to compete against our rivals in Season 48.