PBE PT

SMJHL Milestones

To my Petrov brothers, most specifically @Muford @ckroyal92 and @"Panda" I was not sure I was going to create again in SHL after an interesting career with my first player, Leitner but bringing the Petrovs back here was something that I thought would bring some fun into things. Was awesome being able to recreate with friends and have some players to play alongside. I would not say this career so far is going swimmingly so far but I believe all yours are so that is great! Hopefully we can play together one day as Petrov brothers!


a. Points are not always the most important thing and it can just be that the team just went on a bad run at some point in the season and considering 13 points is just about a 6 win difference it is not like that is what separates the pretenders versus the contenders. Buffalo just needs to use their momentum they have going and continue to play their game and they can contend with Hamilton any day of the week.

b. That is definitely an age old question and typically in most sports defense winning championships is what it comes down to however in a way it seems to be shifting course just a little over time and offense is becoming more important but not sure if it is the most important. In the SHL I believe good offense and good goaltending play is going to be key in this one and defense while important won't matter as much. Give me the offense here and who can have the best quality shots versus quantity.

c. They are both pretty solid and historic SHL franchises but in terms of the overall feel of the branding I would have to go with Hamilton on this one. The steel color and Steelhawks branding is much cooler I believe while Stampede is probably more common and the green and gold reminds me of a knockoff North Dakota State University branding. The NDSU comparison has me jumping to Hamilton and while I am not Canadian and I have no idea anything about Hamilton, Buffalo kind of seems like a boring city with awful winters.

d. The first players here have to be the de-facto stars of each team and the points leader for each in Bobby Sharp of Buffalo who has an MVP case this season and Michael Scarn of Hamilton who has consistently been a top player in the league. Next I am going down to wingers in Monkey Luffy and Theo Morgan and adding their goal scoring and point getting ability as well to this. For goalie I am taking Buffalo's Elizabeth Doyle as she has consistently been one of the best goalies in the whole league and can win games virtually by herself.


This one is an interesting one because this entire season I had been playing for the Vancouver Whalers and while the season did not go super great we did win a playoff series and took top team Kelowna to 7 games as well so it was pretty successful. Rikki Petrov overall was a pretty successful player and finished as one of the top point getters and assist men in the league and was one of the best players in the playoffs before the Whalers were knocked out of the playoffs. Rikki spent the entire season in the farm of the Minnesota Monarchs who were not a great team but not the worst as well and it is a team that definitely seems to be growing their core and being able to do some things in the future. It remains to be seen whether or not Rikki will be making his way to the Monarchs' roster next season with not being under contract next year but there is speculation that Minnesota may be offering an extension offer but the young forward may be headed to free agency again before deciding on it but the off-season for Petrov is still young.