I'd say the biggest surprise I've experienced is a two-parter. In Season 41, I was set up to be among the top draft picks, maybe going number one depending on who got their ball pulled. I'd end up going 5th and was later told by JayWhy he did not for a moment expect me to be available at that point, but since I was sitting there, he took me. Went and had a long, I'd say good career with Reginald MacIntyre. Maybe not HoF, but the Rage liked me and him enough to let him ride out his entire career in Manhattan and take the record for most regular season games in their uniform.
The second part is...going back to Manhattan on my second player, Robert E. O. Speedwagon, in a much different shakeout. While I wasn't expected to go first overall in the Season 59 Draft, there was some talk about whether I'd be going in round one and where. In the minutes leading up to closing time for mock drafts, we were debating who Manhattan would go for at 12th overall. We ended up guessing someone else would be taken there. We all spread the word that Pasta the Turtle was going 12th to the Rage and I'd end up going 13th to the Barracuda. The Rage wanted Pasta more, after all. He fit them better. Then, the draft starts. At the 10th overall pick, the Edmonton Blizzard swooped in with a trade and snapped up Pasta before he could fall to the Rage. And with the Wolfpack always having Matej Winters as their player...the Rage were on the clock and decided "well, he worked out once, let's take the best available."
And that's how I ended up drafted by the Manhattan Rage twice, 18 seasons apart, in different circumstances with different players playing different positions and games.
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Speedwagon | MAN | REG | GB | 7th SHL Season SHL Regular Season S62: 66 GP | 16 G, 26 A (42 P), 134 SOG | -53 | 24 PIM | 59 H, 107 SB S63: 66 GP | 8 G, 19 A (27 P), 121 SOG | -50 | 20 PIM | 13 H, 108 SB S64: 66 GP | 11 G, 28 A (29 P), 100 SOG | -50 | 36 PIM | 109 H, 114 SB S65: 66 GP | 21 G, 26 A (47 P), 156 SOG | -30 | 38 PIM | 88 H, 120 SB S66: 66 GP | 9 G, 47 A (56 P), 122 SOG | -9 | 18 PIM | 120 H, 59 SB S67: 66 GP | 16 G, 52 A (68 P), 54 SOG | +14 | 38 PIM | 139 H, 51 SB Career: 396 GP | 81 G, 188 A (269 P), 771 SOG | -178 | 174 PIM | 528 H, 559 SB ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- SHL Postseason S65: 5 GP | 3 G, 2 A (5 P), 7 SOG | -2 | 0 PIM | 5 H, 11 SB S66: 4 GP | 1 G, 4 A (5 P), 11 SOG | -7 | 0 PIM | 7 H, 5 SB S67: 27 GP | 6 G, 25 A (31 P), 58 SOG | +3 | 14 PIM | 61 H, 31 SB Career: 36 GP | 10 G, 31 A (41 P), 76 SOG | -6 | 14 PIM | 73 H, 77 SB ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- IIHF Championships S63: 12 GP | 1 G, 1 A (2 P), 9 SOG | +1 | 0 PIM | 8 H, 2 SB S64: 13 GP | 2 G, 5 A (7 P), 21 SOG | +2 | 20 PIM | 13 H, 8 SB S65: 13 GP | 4 G, 3 A (7 P), 30 SOG | +5 | 2 PIM | 9 H, 14 SB S66: 12 GP | 3 G, 4 A (7 P), 13 SOG | -2 | 6 PIM | 9 H, 10 SB Career 50 GP | 10 G, 13 A (23 P), 73 SOG | +6 | 28 PIM | 39 H, 34 SB ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- SMJHL Regular Season S57: 30 GP | 2 G, 5 A (7 P), 21 SOG | +3 | 2 PIM | 12 H, 12 SB S58: 66 GP | 4 G, 16 A (20 P), 88 SOG | +11 | 14 PIM | 52 H, 48 SB S59: 66 GP | 17 G, 12 A (29 P), 140 SOG | +14 | 16 PIM | 35 H, 75 SB S60: 66 GP | 18 G, 21 A (39 P), 146 SOG | +28 | 6 PIM | 38 H, 55 SB S61: 66 GP | 17 G, 27 A (44 P), 119 SOG | -7 | 29 PIM | 76 H, 139 SB Career: 294 GP | 58 G, 81 A (139 P), 514 SOG | +49 | 67 PIM | 213 H, 329 SB ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- SMJHL Postseason S57: 14 GP | 2 G, 1 A (3 P), 11 SOG | +1 | 2 PIM | 3 H, 15 SB S58: 15 GP | 3 G, 5 A (8 P), 23 SOG | +10 | 0 PIM | 18 H, 13 SB S59: 12 GP | 1 G, 7 A (8 P), 18 SOG | Ev | 0 PIM | 9 H, 16 SB S60: 16 GP | 0 G, 12 A (12 P), 32 SOG | +13 | 0 PIM | 7 H, 20 SB S61: 4 GP | 0 G, 3 A (3 P), 8 SOG | -1 | 0 PIM | 7 H, 11 SB Career: 61 GP | 6 G, 28 A (34 P), 92 SOG | +23 | 2 PIM | 44 H, 75 SB ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- World Junior Championship S57 (BRI): 12 GP | 0 G, 2 A (2 P), 5 SOG | Ev | 0 PIM | 5 H, 4 SB S58 (FIN): 15 GP | 4 G, 5 A (9 P), 21 SOG | +9 | 2 PIM | 17 H, 10 SB S59 (BRI): 13 GP | 2 G, 2 A (4 P), 15 SOG | -1 | 4 PIM | 6 H, 17 SB S60 (BRI): 15 GP | 1 G, 5 A (6 P), 30 SOG | -2 | 4 PIM | 12 H, 17 SB S61 (BRI): 12 GP | 1 G, 6 A (7 P), 32 SOG | Ev | 8 PIM | 7 H, 23 SB Career: 67 GP | 8 G, 20 A (28 P), 103 SOG | +6 | 18 PIM | 47 H, 71 SB ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transactions S57: Signed DFA contract with VAN S58: Drafted 13th overall to NLB S59: Drafted 12th overall to MAN S61: Drafted to REG in the Expansion Draft ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Awards and Honors 1x SHL Eastern Conference Champion - S67 1x SHL All-Rookie Forward - S62 1x Four Star Cup - S60 1x Laurifer Trophy - S60 2x WJC Gold Medal - S58, S60 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- #71 Reginald MacIntyre | MAN | GB | Retired (S42 - S57) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- SHL Regular Season S42: 50 GP | 3 G, 16 A (19 P) | -19 | 17 PIM | 32 H, 92 SB S43: 50 GP | 7 G, 26 A (33 P) | -13 | 38 PIM | 81 H, 74 SB S44: 50 GP | 3 G, 15 A (18 P) | -10 | 54 PIM | 133 H, 80 SB S45: 50 GP | 5 G, 19 A (24 P) | -18 | 82 PIM | 143 H, 69 SB S46: 50 GP | 3 G, 22 A (25 P) | -8 | 52 PIM | 133 H, 82 SB S47: 50 GP | 5 G, 15 A (20 P) | -24 | 32 PIM | 120 H, 82 SB S48: 50 GP | 2 G, 20 A (22 P) | -21 | 49 PIM | 109 H, 78 SB S49: 50 GP | 9 G, 29 A (38 P) | +17 | 48 PIM | 76 H, 88 SB S50: 50 GP | 4 G, 22 A (26 P) | +5 | 52 PIM | 98 H, 79 SB S51: 50 GP | 11 G, 24 A (35 P) | +18 | 12 PIM | 35 H, 59 SB S52: 50 GP | 11 G, 21 A (32 P) | +13 | 22 PIM | 15 H, 55 SB S53: 50 GP | 6 G, 18 A (24 P) | +22 | 49 PIM | 59 H, 49 SB S54: 50 GP | 8 G, 22 A (30 P) | +25 | 24 PIM | 119 H, 53 SB S55: 50 GP | 5 G, 7 A (12 P) | -3 | 12 PIM | 90 H, 41 SB S56: 50 GP | 4 G, 8 A (12 P) | +8 | 10 PIM | 55 H, 29 SB S57: 66 GP | 3 G, 20 A (23 P) | +18 | 2 PIM | 131 H, 70 SB Career: 816 GP | 89 G, 304 A (393 P) | +10 | 555 PIM | 1429 H, 1080 SB ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- SHL Postseason S46: 12 GP | 1 G, 8 A (9 P) | -1 | 24 PIM | 32 H, 15 SB S47: 05 GP | 0 G, 1 A (1 P) | -6 | 4 PIM | 11 H, 6 SB S49: 11 GP | 0 G, 11 A (11 P) | -2 | 10 PIM | 28 H, 24 SB S50: 06 GP | 0 G, 3 A (3 P) | +2 | 8 PIM | 18 H, 9 SB S51: 12 GP | 2 G, 2 A (4 P) | -9 | 4 PIM | 14 H, 10 SB S52: 19 GP | 3 G, 12 A (15 P) | +4 | 10 PIM | 15 H, 25 SB S53: 06 GP | 1 G, 1 A (2 P) | +4 | 0 PIM | 15 H, 7 SB S54: 04 GP | 0 G, 0 A (0 P) | -4 | 0 PIM | 14 H, 5 SB S55: 07 GP | 0 G, 0 A (0 P) | Ev | 10 PIM | 15 H, 7 SB S56: 06 GP | 1 G, 0 A (1 P) | -2 | 0 PIM | 8 H, 6 SB S57: 07 GP | 0 G, 1 A (1 P) | -1 | 0 PIM | 16 H, 2 SB Career: 95 GP | 8 G, 39 A (47 P) | -15 | 62 PIM | 186 H, 116 SB ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- IIHF Championship S40: 13 GP | 1 G, 2 A (3 P) | +5 | 2 PIM | 9 H, 8 SB S41: 13 GP | 0 G, 0 A (0 P) | -1 | 2 PIM | 5 H, 1 SB S42: 11 GP | 0 G, 3 A (3 P) | +2 | 0 PIM | 8 H, 8 SB S43: 10 GP | 0 G, 3 A (3 P) | +2 | 6 PIM | 14 H, 4 SB S44: 10 GP | 1 G, 1 A (2 P) | +2 | 0 PIM | 12 H, 17 SB S45: 11 GP | 0 G, 2 A (2 P) | -2 | 6 PIM | 25 H, 24 SB S46: 15 GP | 2 G, 2 A (4 P) | -10 | 10 PIM | 35 H, 22 SB S47: 15 GP | 4 G, 12 A (16 P) | +14 | 8 PIM | 37 H, 17 SB S48: 12 GP | 1 G, 5 A (6 P) | Ev | 6 PIM | 17 H, 10 SB S49: 15 GP | 2 G, 10 A (12 P) | Ev | 12 PIM | 22 H, 15 SB S50: 12 GP | 4 G, 7 A (11 P) | -1 | 8 PIM | 15 H, 11 SB S51: 12 GP | 0 G, 1 A (1 P) | -2 | 2 PIM | 8 H, 20 SB S52: 15 GP | 3 G, 4 A (7 P) | +4 | 0 PIM | 4 H, 16 SB S53: 14 GP | 0 G, 1 A (1 P) | +6 | 2 PIM | 8 H, 10 SB S54: 15 GP | 0 G, 3 A (3 P) | +1 | 18 PIM | 33 H, 12 SB S55: 15 GP | 1 G, 4 A (5 P) | +6 | 0 PIM | 20 H, 11 SB S56: 15 GP | 0 G, 2 A (2 P) | Ev | 4 PIM | 24 H, 6 SB S57: 15 GP | 1 G, 0 A (1 P) | -4 | 2 PIM | 18 H, 10 SB Career: 238 GP | 20 G, 62 A (82 P) | +23 | 88 PIM | 314 H, 222 SB ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- SMJHL Regular Season S40: 50 GP | 2 G, 12 A (14 P) | +5 | 10 PIM | 25 H, 42 SB S41: 49 GP | 4 G, 21 A (25 P) | -7 | 46 PIM | 81 H, 73 SB Career: 99 GP | 6 G, 33 A (39 P) | -2 | 56 PIM | 106 H, 115 SB ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- SMJHL Postseason S40: 05 GP | 0 G, 2 A (2 P) | -3 | 2 PIM | 8 H, 4 SB S41: 05 GP | 0 G, 1 A (1 P) | -2 | 4 PIM | 1 H, 3 SB Career: 10 GP | 0 G, 3 A (3 P) | -5 | 6 PIM | 9 H, 7 SB ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- World Junior Championship S39: 03 GP | 0 G, 1 A (1 P) | +1 | 0 PIM | 6 H, 0 SB S40: 09 GP | 0 G, 3 A (3 P) | Ev | 4 PIM | 5 H, 4 SB S41: 13 GP | 4 G, 5 A (9 P) | +2 | 6 PIM | 11 H, 22 SB Career: 25 GP | 4 G, 9 A (13 P) | +3 | 10 PIM | 22 H, 26 SB ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transactions S40: Drafted 9th by HAL, signed for 1 yr, $3M S41: Drafted 5th by MAN, signed for 3 yrs, $9M S41: Traded from HAL to VAN S43: Extended with MAN for 3 yrs, $9M S46: Extended with MAN for 5 yrs, $20M S51: Extended with MAN for 3 yrs, $12M S54: Extended with MAN for 3 yrs, $12M S57: Retired from the SHL ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Awards and Honors 1x SHL Challenge Cup Champion - S52 1x SHL Eastern Conference Champion - S52 7x SHL Divisional Champion - S46, S51, S52, S54, S55, S56, S57 4x IIHF Gold Medalist - S41, S47, S52, S55 6x IIHF Silver Medalist - S40, S46, S49, S54, S56, S57 1x IIHF Bronze Medalist - S53 3x MAN Captain - S47-S49 3x MAN Alternate Captain - S44-S46 1x HAL Alternate Captain - S41 1x SMJHL Laurifer Trophy - S41 1x Zach Miller Trophy - S41 1x Elias Armia Trophy - S41 1x WJC Silver Medal - S40 1x WJC Bronze Medal - S41 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unofficial Awards Protato (highest P/20 while holding the Hot Potato) - S49
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