Bernard Lodge would not have even sniffed playing at the SHL level if not for the legendary GM of the Maine Timber, Mr Southpaw himself. As a young player from the sticks of England, it was hard to make a name for himself in youth hockey. However, Southpaw noticed Lodge's efforts across the pond and invited him to join the S70 Timber as a UFA right before the playoffs. Lodge only got three regular season games to adjust himself to the SMJHL. The team went on to make it all the way to the finals, with Lodge playing five playoff games, shocking the world and winning four of them. Apparently that was all Southpaw needed to see, as he would go on to draft Lodge in the first round of the S71 SMJHL Draft and make him the team's starter with the previous legend aging out. His faith was rewarded as Lodge would start in forty-five games that season, winning thirty-four of them. In the playoffs, the Timber steamrolled to a championship, only losing two games. Lodge went 11-2 in those playoffs. For this miraculous season, Lodge won seven awards and would go on to be the only goalie drafted in the first round of the S72 SHL draft, where he has continued to provide solid goalie play to the New Orleans Specters.