What a strange season. Daniil Nikiforov got the chance to finally skate on the top unit of his SHL team, the Baltimore Platoon. While his overall stats aren't super eye-popping, 44 points for a second year player is not bad in the SHL. Playing with Karl Krashwagen, the league leader in goals, definitely helped put those 34 assists on the board. Hopefully growth over the offseason will allow Nikiforov the ability to put up even better numbers with his great linemates Ethan Duncan and Karl Krashwagen. The most surprising thing for me is that Nikiforov produced better than Duncan in both the Shot Blocks and Hits category. Of course, Krashwagen was indeed the star of the line and made it go by more than doubling both of Nikiforov's totals, but Nik, as a young developing player, really pulled his own weight. The future for Baltimore and Daniil Nikiforov is bright. Hopefully as he grows he won't miss the net so much and will improve on his 6% shooting percentage to put up some really good goal totals!

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