One week into the season and I feel that Patrick Shepherd's play this year has been decent. Patrick started off hot and came out of the gate scoring like crazy along with the rest of the Philadelphia Forge offense. Patrick came out of the gate screaming with multiple goal games and multi assist games. Unfortunately in the last couple of sims, things have really slowed down for the Forge. There have been a lot more losses than wins and even less points for Patrick Shepherd. This mid season slump has been tough but Patrick and the Forge will get it all hammered out and return their usual level of play as the season progresses. With new offensive talent on the Forge top line it's only a matter of time until the scoring returns and the high quality play goes back to being the norm. It's a tough division still, but Forge look to be in the fight and definite favorites to lock up a playoff spot by season end.