Task #1

Siberia Sports Interview with Mika Kandinsky after Playoff Elimination: 

SS: Mika, the Scarecrows were just eliminated in seven games against the Anaheim Outlaws.  What's going through your mind?

Mika:  It's really disappointing for us to have been eliminated in the semi finals.  We really wanted to go the distance and take home a fourth championship in a row.  Everyone played hard and we had some good games.  We just didn't get the job done in the end.  

SS:  What was it like as a rookie to have such a deep playoff run?

Mika: I learned a lot about what it takes to play professional playoff hockey.  I scored a couple of goals which was nice for me, but I'm just sad we didn't make it to the finals.  I'm going to work real hard in the offseason and hopefully come back next season and have a bigger role on the team and hopefully help us make another deep run.

Task #2

Top 5 Scoring Players This Playoffs Who are in the Finals:

5.     Mark Hagan - 9 points, (5g 4a) Only two points scored on special teams!
4.     Jerry Mander - 11 points (3g 8a) Is a +8 and is a defenseman!
3.    Kristoffer Svensson - 13 points (4g 9a) Shooting a 12.12%, lowest in the top 10.
2.     Hiro Fujikawa - 13 points (5g 8a) Only 3 points on special teams!
1.     Oliver Klozoff - 15 points (4g 11a) Also has 22pims, the most in the top 60 scorers!

Task #3

Siberia Sports Big Play of the Game:
Game 2 of the finals between   and 

You need to rise to the occasion when your team faces adversity in the playoffs.  Sometimes, things just don't go your way and you need to dig deep and make things happen.  The Anaheim Outlaws can look at Chuck Goody III as a prime example of this philosophy.  After the Outlaws had a huge goal overturned for them in the second period, followed by a Militia goal, things were looking pretty bleak and the morale of the team could have taken a hard nose dive.  Instead of getting down, they got angry and inspired.  The team began to surge and were able to tie the game up in the third period.

That's what sets the stage for the heroics by Chuck Goody III for Anaheim.  Battling back from the two goal swing with the game tied, Goody found himself streaking down an open wing into the Militia zone in the dying minutes of regulation.  His linemate, Seemu Telanne was with the puck on the opposite wing also coming in with speed.  Telanne wires a pass through the defense to a very open Goody, who one-times a blast past the Militia goaltender to take the lead 4-3 late in regulation!  Goody completes the comeback and puts the Outlaws ahead and sets them up to win the game as the regulation clock dies out.  What a comeback and it's Siberia Sports Big Play of the Game!

Task #4

Siberia Sports Goal Recap:
 vs.    Game 6


1. St. Louis Scarecrows , Mattie Brunton 1 (Isaac Yamada 2, Michael Fox 4) at 1:18 (PP) - The first goal of the game is scored by St. Louis' Mattie Brunton on the power play!  A shot by Isaac Yamada just misses the net wide, Brunton picks it up behind the net, skates it out and shoots short side for the goal!


2. St. Louis Scarecrows , Nicolas Fleming 4 (Lyle Odelein III 1, Mattie Brunton 3) at 3:46 - The second goal of the game is scored by St. Louis' Nicolas Fleming at even strength. Tyler Tougard's shot bounces off the Falcon's goaltender and Fleming is there to snipe in the rebound top shelf!

3. St. Louis Scarecrows , Nicolas Fleming 5 (Tyler Tougard 4, Basil Magnicotta 3) at 8:53 - The third goal is scored by Nicolas Fleming for his second of the night!  Fleming fought his way to the front of the net and was able to tip a shot low by Tyler Tougard into the net past the Falcons' goalie!


4. St. Louis Scarecrows , Basil Magnicotta 2 (Tyler Tougard 5, Charlie Serpe 5) at 11:24 (PP) - The fourth goal is scored by Basil Magnicotta on the power play!  The Scarecrows goaltender Billy Sorokin started the breakout with a pass to Magnicotta who dished it to his partner on D, Charlie Serpe.  Serpe moved it to Tyler Tougard who winds his way around Detroit bodies and into the offensive zone where he passes the puck back to Magnicotta who takes a shot and rips one glove side for the goal!


5. Detroit Falcons , Travis Bitties 1 (Savoli Tankovic 3, Andrej Doskocil 4) at 3:59 - The fifth of the game and the Falcons' first goal is scored by rookie Travis Bitties!  Bitties gets to the high slot and deflects a shot by Savoli Tankovic past Sorokin to get Detroit on the board!

6. Detroit Falcons , Lex Peters 2 (Waffles Man 6, Aaron Freakin Rome 3) at 4:21 - The sixth goal of the game, scored by Lex Peters of Detroit comes just 22 seconds after Bitties put them on the board.  The Falcons gain the zone and do a few quick passes before the puck finds Peters and he buries it five hole on Sorokin to cut the lead to two.

7. St. Louis Scarecrows , Charlie Serpe 4 (Nicolas Fleming 4, Billy Sorokin) at 11:42 (PP) - The seventh goal of the game is scored by Charlie Serpe for the Scarecrows on the power play!  Charlie Serpe picks up a pass from Fleming in the neutral zone and makes his way across the blue line past the Falcons defense.  He's flying down the wing, makes a move to center and he shoots and scores!  Charlie Serpe with the laser to increase the Scarecrows lead to 3.

8. St. Louis Scarecrows , Tyler Tougard 3 (Basil Magnicotta 4) at 12:33 - The eighth goal of the game is scored by Tyler Tougard from the Scarecrows.  Tyler Tougard noticing the earlier goal by Serpe, picks up a pass in the neutral zone from Magnicotta, swerves into the offensive zone with speed and torches the Detroit defense.  Tougard winds up a slap shot, and he scores!  Tyler Tougard with a stick side blast for his third of the playoffs!

 9. St. Louis Scarecrows , Nicolas Fleming 6 (Charlie Serpe 6, Basil Magnicotta 5) at 17:51 (PP) - The ninth goal of the game is scored on the power play once again by Nicolas Fleming for the Scarecrows, his third of the game!  The faceoff is won by St. Louis on the power play.  The puck goes back to Magnicotta, then passes over to Serpe. Serpe fakes the shot, passes to Fleming, Fleming with the one timer and he scores!! A hat trick for Nicolas Fleming and the Scarecrows lead 7-2.

10. St. Louis Scarecrows , Gordie Boomhover 4 (Izem Abioye 3) at 18:19 - The tenth goal of the game is scored by Gordie Boomhover for the Scarecrows late in the second period!  Abioye is carrying the puck and he's hit hard.  He coughs it up, stays on it and wins the puck back.  Abioye passes over to Boomhover.  Boomhover makes a move to the outside and from down low he shoots and scores!  From an impossible angle, Boomhover makes it 8-2 St. Louis.

11. Detroit Falcons , Lex Peters 3 (Wibbly McButternutz 4) at 16:21 - The eleventh goal of the game is scored by Lex Peters for the Falcons.  Late in the third period, the game is near over and the Falcons' season is almost at an end.  Charlie Serpe has his pass picked off by Wibbly McButternutz, he passes up to Peters.  Peters takes a shot and he scores!  A shot finds it's way past Sorokin and Peters has his second of the night.  Too little too late for the Falcons.

Final score   8 - 3 

Task #5

Mika Kandinsky will be posting his off season training progress periodically throughout the off season.  Mika feels as though he can inspire other young athletes to work hard by posting his workouts and his progress as he trains and gets stronger in preparation for his next season in the SMJHL.  Mika wants to show how tough it is training in Siberia to the world so they can see where he came from and how he was raised to play hockey.  Mika feels it's important to be a good role model to younger players as he's seen what good role models has done for him at the professional level.  He wants to give back and inspire a younger generation as he starts his journey into professional hockey.  This is the inspirationion for him starting up an instagram to show his training techniques to help other young players get better and to learn the game further.