In alternate reality A453, the SHL operates with a strict 5 successful passes before a shot can be taken. The Hamilton Steelhawks ended up being in complete shambles. They couldn’t even manage a single win against the Buffalo Stampede in a complete reversal of our reality. Naturally the Stampede went on to be a part of the SHL final thanks to having a player named Hippo Passamus. The alternate reality rules didn’t really affect the western conference. So we get a Buffalo Stampede versus Edmonton Blizzard final. It is a totally well balanced finals full passing and shooting with nary a questionable tactic to be seen. Of course what slipped everyone’s mind in this alternate reality is that in the finals the winner is ultimately chosen by the actual physical representations of the team names. The literal buffalos were able to weather the actual blizzard that blew into town from Edmonton to hoist the cup.
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In terms of public relations teams holding fundraisers for children always go over like gangbusters. Of course helping kids is great in and of itself but you can’t beat that photo op of your star player with some unfortunate kids. With that in mind both the Edmonton Blizzard and Hamilton Steelhawks have teamed up to help raise funds for the children’s hospitals in both cities. Fundraising events will take place in both cities, one before game one and one before game three. In the morning, players from both teams will visit the hometown hospital to give out some SHL merchandise, hangout with and take pictures with the kids. After that a luncheon fundraiser will be held with each team showing off their players’ favorite foods in a sort of bake sale set up. After the luncheon/bake sale there will be a carnival for fans to attend with games and prizes and such.
(153)


If the coaches of West Kendall are asking me to play out of position then we must be royally screwed in the depth charts. I’m a defense first defenseman so If the coaches were going to ask me to play out of position I’d imagine it would be in a third or fourth line grinder capacity. I’m an elite passer and defender and a fine skater that likes to take the body more often than not which would lend well to being put in a defend and grind kind of role. I don’t have much of a scorer’s so I don’t think they’d ever ask me to step up and take minutes on the first or second line. If they did most likely they would just tell me to stand in front of the net and bang bodies around looking for some trash goals and tips since I’m a pretty big guy.
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First and foremost the thing that I am looking forward to is spending time with the family. My son is growing like a weed and looks like he could be SHL bound when he is older. I’m looking forward to helping him with his game and just having some good relaxing times on the beach, too. I’ll be looking to head back over to Korea to visit my wife’s family and learn some more recipes for when we have to come back. Unfortunately I won’t have too much time for rest and relaxation. I’ll be back representing Latvia in the IIHF and really want to get back into a medal spot like we did a few seasons ago. More important than that I need to get into serious shape for the upcoming SHL season. We were an inch shy of making the playoffs this year and it tore me up. I’m looking to improve my offensive game as much as I can this off season since I admittedly have a total muffin of a shot. So, the basic plan is to rest and recover for a little bit in the beginning of the off season and then get back into top tier shape.
(203)


All is not well here
If Hamilton wins the cup
Prepare for mad salt


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