I think this is the year the Las Vegas Golden Knights finally win the Cup. They look really strong this season, and it's clear that the expansion rules really helped them, and a lot of dumb GMs traded away good young players in order to protect older players, which ended up biting them in the ass (Looking at your Anaheim - trading away my beloved Shea Theodore), I think they will face the -- oh wait you wanted SHL Predictions? Something something LOLHAMILTONWINS is probably going to happen... again.

With their incredible goal differential and point total so far and without remembering much about the actual playoff structure these days I'm just gonna give the nod to Hamilton as they are dominating this regular season.

Is it terrible to say Hamilton? It's the safe bet, and this season has shown that even after they lost Michael Scarn, they are still the team to beat in the SHL.

The obvious answer is Hamilton, but I want to go with a different choice. I think Texas will win it all this season, they have the talent to pull it off and seeing a different winner other than the usual suspects would be great for the entire SHL.

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Hamilton Steelhawks are looking to go for a repeat cup win this season. They're by and far the best team in the league and have poised themselves to make a push into the playoffs long term.

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Igor Victory | LD | PHI | Tampere, Finland Number: 11 Height: 6'4" Weight: 228# ---------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Notables: Drafted 48th by ANC in S54 SMJHL draft S54 HoF Ceremony Host S55 HoF Ceremony Host Drafted 12th OA by TBB in S55 SHL draft S55 Finland WJC GM - Bronze S56 Finland WJC Co-GM S56 SMJHL Intern S57-S60- Anchorage Armada Co-GM S57 4 Star Champion S57 WJC Finland GM - Gold Medal S60 Signed FA Contract with Philadelphia Forge ---------------------------------------------------- SHL Stats: S58 - TBB: GP:66 G:3 A:11 P:14 +/-:-12 PIM:4 H:63 SB:121 TOI:18:18 S59 - TBB: GP:66 G:3 A: 17 P:20 +/-:-11 PIM: 15 H:66 SB:115 TOI:18:39 S60 - PHI: GP: 66 G:11 A:24 P:35 +/-:18 PIM: 28 H:85 SB:104 TOI:19:26 S61 - PHI: ---------------------------------------------------- SMJHL stats: All games played with ANC S54- GP:50 G:4 A:7 P:11 +/-:-1 PIM:28 H:51 SB:30 DGR: 63 TOI: 18:20 S55- GP:50 G:5 A:7 P:12: +/-:7 PIM:4 H:59 SB:68 DGR:71 TOI:17:39 S56- GP:50 G:4 A:22 P:26 +/-:-4 PIM:15 H:60 SB:30 DGR: 75 TOI:20:42 S57- GP:55 G:13 A:20 P:33 +/-:39 PIM:29 H:116 SB:108 DGR:84 TOI:20:34 ---------------------------------------------------- SMJHL playoff stats S54- GP:7 G:1 A:1 P:2 +/-:-2 PIM:9 H:9 SB:10 DGR:72 TOI:19:38 S55- GP:7 G:0 A:5 P:5 +/-: -3 PIM:2 H:14 SB:10 DGR:63 TOI:17:20 S56- GP:16 G:5 A:5 P:10 +/-:-1 PIM:2 H:19 SB:11 DGR:76 TOI:21:11 S57- GP: 16 G:2 A:3 P:5 +/-:8 PIM:10 H:21 SB:10 TOI:20:34 ---------------------------------------------------- International Representations S54 WJC FIN - Bronze S55 WJC FIN - Bronze S56 WJC FIN S57 WJC FIN - GOLD S57 IIHF FIN S58 IIHF FIN S58 IIHF FIN

We're nearing the end of the season, so let's get our prediction hats on! Based on what you've seen so far, but keeping in mind the playoffs are a whole different animal than the regular season: who do you think is the favorite to win the Cup?

The great lakes are an absolute dominant force right now. So it is hard to dismiss any of the teams in that division, as the four teams are also the top 4 in the league. Texas and Calgary are also knocking on the door chasing the great lakes. One of these teams will likely see the cup at the end of the tournament.

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Honza Havran || G || Kraken/Wolfpack || 410 TPE || Name: Honza Havran Age: 20 Height: 6'4" Weight: 215 lbs Number: 37 ----------------- Transactions: Drafted 24th overall in S80 SMJHL Draft by the Carolina Kraken Drafted 22th overall in S81 SHL Draft by the New England Wolfpack

Ryuuji Kawashima || C || Edmonton Blizzard || 2034 TPE || Empty Pockets Name: Ryuuji Kawashima Age: 20 Height: 6'4" Weight: 213 lbs Number: 26 ----------------- Transactions: Drafted 4th overall in S58 SMJHL Draft to the Anaheim Outlaws

Rafe Ulrich || LW || Montreal Militia || 1442 TPE || New England Wolfpack Name: Rafe Ulrich Age: 18 Height: 6'7" Weight: 250 lbs Number: 13 ----------------- Transactions: Drafted 3rd overall in S41 SMJHL Draft to the Montreal Militia Drafted 1st overall in S42 SHL Draft to the New England Wolfpack

Raven Silverwang || RW || Wolfpack || 1718 TPE || Triple Gold Champ Name: Raven Silverwing Age: 34 Height: 6'7" Weight: 220 lbs Number: 13 ----------------- SMJHL Regular Season Stats S26||MTL||GP: 50||G: 4||A: 1||P: 5||+/-: -6||PIM: 8||H: 33||SHT: 15||SB: 2 S27||MTL||GP: 50||G: 33||A: 29||P: 62||+/-: 19||PIM: 38||H: 44||SHT: 212||SB: 12 S28||MTL||GP: 50||G: 20||A: 33||P: 53||+/-: 22||PIM: 16||H: 48||SHT: 185||SB: 9 SMJHL Total Regular Season Stats: S26-28||MTL||GP: 150 || G: 57 || A: 63 || P: 120 || +/-: 35 || PIM: 62 || SHT: 412 ------------------------------------------------------------ SMJHL Play Off Statisticals S26||MTL||GP: 5||G: 0||A: 0||P: 0||+/-: -1||PIM: 2||H: 3||SHT: 4||SB: 0 S27||MTL||GP: 17||G: 12||A: 9||P: 21||+/-: -2||PIM: 0||H: 19||SHT: 68||SB: 4 S28||MTL||GP: 14||G: 6||A: 6||P: 12||+/-: 5||PIM: 8||H: 27||SHT: 59||SB: 4 ------------------------------------------------------------ SHL Regular Season Stats S29||NEW||GP: 50||G: 2||A: 5||P: 7||+/-: -9||PIM: 11||H: 38||SHT: 80||SB: 3||SHT%: 2.50% S30||NEW||GP: 50||G: 13||A: 18||P: 31||+/-: 9||PIM: 0||H: 10||SHT: 176||SB: 13||SHT%: 7.39% S31||NEW||GP: 50||G: 20||A: 27||P: 47||+/-: 15||PIM: 0||H: 4||SHT: 182||SB: 11||SHT%: 10.99% S32||NEW||GP: 50||G: 20||A: 19||P: 39||+/-: 20||PIM: 7||H: 8||SHT: 190||SB: 2||SHT%: 10.53% S33||NEW||GP: 50||G: 26||A: 24||P: 50||+/-: 14||PIM: 33||H: 16||SHT: 209||SB: 9||SHT%: 12.44% S34||NEW||GP: 50||G: 25||A: 25||P: 50||+/-: 17||PIM: 12||H: 10||SHT: 200||SB: 7||SHT%: 12.50% S35||NEW||GP: 50||G: 25||A: 21||P: 46||+/-: 11||PIM: 22||H: 25||SHT: 211||SB: 16||SHT%: 11.85% S36||NEW||GP: 50||G: 20||A: 28||P: 48||+/-: 12||PIM: 12||H: 70||SHT: 205||SB: 18||SHT%: 9.76%||FO%: 56.79%||FOT: 1141 S37||NEW||GP: 50||G: 21||A: 28||P: 49||+/-: 5||PIM: 19||H: 18||SHT: 198||SB: 16||SHT%: 10.61%||FO%: 55.90%||FOT: 1855 S38||NEW||GP: 50||G: 24||A: 29||P: 53||+/-: 4||PIM: 4||H: 19||SHT: 212||SB: 21||SHT%: 11.32%||FO%: 51.76%||FOT: 1735 <OPTION>SHL Regular Season Stats: S29-38||NEW||GP: 500||G: 196||A: 224||P: 420||+/-: 98||PIM: 110||H: 218||SHT: 1863||SB: 116||SHT%: 9.99%||FO%: 54.82% ||FOT: 4731 SHL Play Off Statisticals S29||NEW||DNQ S30||NEW||GP: 14||G: 6||A: 7||P: 13||+/-: 13||PIM: 0||H: 1||SHT: 47||SB: 4||SHT%: 12.77%  *CUP* S31||NEW||GP: 19||G: 8||A: 11||P: 19||+/-: 5||PIM:17||H: 2||SHT: 56||SB: 4||SHT%: 14.29% *CUP* S32||NEW||GP: 11||G: 2||A: 1||P: 3||+/-: 0||PIM: 0||H: 1|| SHT: 54||SB: 3|| SHT%: 3.70% S33||NEW||GP: 18||G: 9||A: 10||P: 19||+/-: 14||PIM: 21||H: 7||SHT: 72||SB: 2||SHT%: 12.50% S34||NEW||GP: 11||G: 5||A: 5||P: 10||+/-: -4||PIM: 0||H: 11||SHT: 40||SB: 1||SHT%: 12.50% S35||NEW||GP: 9||G: 1||A: 4||P: 5||+/-: -8||PIM: 19||H: 3||SHT: 34||SB: 4||SHT%: 2.94% S36||NEW||GP: 18||G: 10||A: 9||P: 19||+/-: 5||PIM: 5||H: 17||SHT: 87||SB: 6||SHT%: 11.49%||FO%: 52.77% (578) S37||NEW||DNQ S38||NEW||GP: 7||G: 2||A: 3||P: 5||+/-: 4||PIM: 0||H: 3||SHT: 29||SB: 2||SHT%: 6.90%||FO%: 50.20% (249) SHL Total Playoff Stats: S29-38||NEW||GP: 107||G: 43||A: 50||P: 93||+/-: 29||PIM: 62||H: 45||SHT: 419||SB: 26||SHT%: 9.64%||FO%: 51.49% (578) ------------------------------------------------------------- IIHF Round Robin Statistics S26||UK||GP: 10||G: 0||A: 0||P: 0||+/-: 2||PIM: 0||H: 7||SHT: 1|| SB: 0 S27||UK||GP: 10||G: 0||A: 0||P: 0||+/-: -4||PIM: 0||H: 3||SHT: 7|| SB: 1 S28||UK||GP: 10||G: 0||A: 2||P: 2||+/-: 2||PIM: 0||H: 1||SHT: 4|| SB: 2 S29||UK||GP: 10||G: 0||A: 1||P: 1||+/-: -5||PIM: 2||H: 9||SHT: 14|| SB: 1 S30||UK||GP: 10||G: 3||A: 3||P: 6||+/-: 2||PIM: 0||H: 5||SHT: 30||SB: 3||SHT%: 10.00%||FOT: 208||FO%: 40.38% S31||UK||GP: 10||G: 1||A: 4||P: 5||+/-: -7||PIM: 0||H: 3||SHT: 21||SB: 3||SHT%: 4.76%||FOT: 259||FO%: 43.24% ------------------------------------------------------------ IIHF Medal Round Statistics S26||UK||GP: 1||G: 0||A: 1||P: 0||+/-: 1||PIM: 0||H: 0||SHT: 0||SB: 0 S27 - Did not qualify- S28||UK||GP: 1||G: 0||A: 0||P: 0||+/-: -1||PIM: 0||H: 0||SHT: 0||SB: 1 S29 - Did not qualify- S30||UK||GP: 3||G: 2||A: 1||P: 3||+/-: 2||PIM: 0||H: 1||SHT: 8||SB: 0||SHT%: 25.00%||FOT:51||FO%: 43.14% S31||UK||GP: 1||G: 0||A: 1||P: 1||+/-: 1||PIM: 0||H: 0||SHT: 1||SB: 0||SHT%: 0%||FOT: 28||FO%: 35.71% ------------------------------------------------------------ Trophy Case S26 Laurifer Trophy - Montreal Impact S27 Laurifer Trophy - Montreal Impact S27 Zach Miller Trophy - (Most Dedicated Player) S27 Ideen Fallah Award - (MVP Voted by Awards Committee) S27 Jared Hanson Trophy - (Top in points) S27 Roberto Martucci - (Most Goals) S28 FOUR STAR CUP WINNER (MONTREAL IMPACT) S28 Damien Littleton Award - (Most dedicated SHLer) S28 Zach Miller Trophy - (Most Dedicated Player) S28 Elias Armia - (Commish MVP) S28 Jared Hansen - (Top Point-Scorer) S30 CHALLENGE CUP CHAMPIONS (NEW ENGLAND WOLFPACK) S30 IIHF SILVER MEDAL TEAM UK S31 CHALLENGE CUP CHAMPIONS (NEW ENGLAND WOLFPACK) S33 CHALLENGE CUP CHAMPIONS (NEW ENGLAND WOLFPACK) ------------------------------------------------------------ Transactions: Drafted 30sth overall in S26 SMJHL Draft by Montreal Impact Drafted 7th overall in S27 SHL Draft by New England Wolfpack ------------------------------------------------------------ Cool Stuff: Assigned Captian of the Montreal Impact S27 Assigned Captian of the Montreal Militia S28 Assigned Alternative Captian of the New England Wolfpack S30 (づ ﾟ□ ﾟ)づ(づ ﾟ□ ﾟ)づ(づ ﾟ□ ﾟ)づ(づ ﾟ□ ﾟ)づ(づ ﾟ□ ﾟ)づ(づ ﾟ□ ﾟ)づ(づ ﾟ□ ﾟ)づ

im gonna win the cup. Ask anyone from the micool fan club and they will tell you im gonna win the cup. Ragnar is a strong believer and his trust is not misplaced. The raptors are gonna win the cup, and the inferno too. they are good teams with lots of exceptional players.

Angus McFife XVIII RD  7th overall pick by Colorado Raptors S59 17th OA Pick by Atlanta Inferno Height: 6''4 Weight:222 lb Number:23 Nationality : Great Britain ------------------------------------------------------------ SMJHL Career   S|GP||G||A||P||HIT||PM S58|0||0||0||0||0||0 TBD   S|GP||G||A||P||HIT||PM S40|0||0||0||0||0||0 S0|0||0||0||0||0||0 --S59 WJC Bronze--

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Given that Hamilton has the leader in wins, the leader in goals, and the leader in points, I would assume that they would be the favorites to win the cup. However, there's always some randomness in sims, so it's never a sure shot for them to win.

Graj Virrok || D (S68/69), F (S70-current) || Philadelphia Forge ------------------------------------------------------------ SMJHL Stats S65: Goalkeeper S66 (KEL): 66GP | 1 G | 14A | 15P | -57  | 68 sog | 1.47 sh% | 2 ppp | 82 hits | 150blks | 32 pim S67 (KEL): 66GP | 4 G | 24A | 28P | -19  | 165sog | 2.42 sh% | 8 ppp | 71 hits | 120blks | 28 pim SMJHL Totals (KEL): 132 GP | 5 G | 38 A | 43 P | -76 | 233 sog | 2.15 sh% | 10 ppp | 153 hits | 270 blks | 60 pim ------------------------------------------------------------ SHL Stats: S68 (PHI): 66GP | 3 G | 33 A | 36 P | +45  | 119sog | 2.52 sh% | 0 ppp | 44 hits | 82 blks | 30 pim S69 (PHI): 66GP | 2 G | 32 A | 34 P | +55  | 146sog | 1.37 sh% | 0 ppp | 54 hits | 164 blks | 20 pim Defenseman Totals: 132 GP | 5 G | 65 A | 70 P | +100 | 265 sog | 1.89 sh% | 0 ppp | 98 hits | 246 blks | 50 PIM - S70 (PHI):  66 GP | 31 G | 49 A | 80 P | +54  | 208sog | 14.90sh% | 3 ppp | 155 hits | 34 blks | 50 pim S71 (PHI):  66 GP | 23 G | 48 A | 71 P | +17  | 208sog | 11.06sh% | 22 ppp | 167 hits | 49 blks | 50 pim S72 (PHI):  66 GP | 39 G | 52 A | 91 P | +42  | 277sog | 14.08sh% | 19 ppp | 71 hits | 64 blks | 65 pim S73 (PHI): 66 GP | 40 G | 69 A | 109 P | +53 | 272sog | 14.7sh% | 30 ppp | 74 hits | 54 blks | 40 pim S74 (PHI): 66 GP | 54 G | 53 A | 107 P | +46 | 312sog | 17.3sh% | 25 ppp | 83 hits | 58 blks | 44 pim S75 (PHI): 66 GP | 55 G | 57 A | 112 P | +51 | 349sog | 15.8sh% | 35 ppp | 63 hits | 62 blks | 52 pim S76 (PHI): 66 GP | 49 G | 51 A | 100 P | +12 | 309sog | 15.9sh% | 28 ppp | 70 hits | 54 blks | 27 pim S77 (PHI): 66 GP | 31 G | 62 A | 93 P | +19 | 248sog | 12.5sh% | 32 ppp | 139 hits | 38 blks | 40 pim S78 (PHI): 66 GP | 29 G | 42 A | 71 P |+20 | 256sog | 11.3sh% | 3 ppp | 99 hits | 47 blks | 32 pim S79 (PHI): 66 GP | 36 G | 45 A | 81 P | +37 | 214sog | 16.8sh% | 10 ppp | 93 hits | 42 blks | 44 pim S80 (PHI): 66 GP | 33 G | 32 A | 65 P | +1 | 264sog | 12.5sh% | 3 ppp | 106 hits | 37 blks | 68 pim Forward Totals: 726 GP | 420 G | 560 A | 980 P | +352  | 2917sog | 14.4sh% | 210 ppp | 1120 hits | 509 blks | 530 pim - Career Totals: 858 GP | 425 G | 625 A | 1050 P | +432 | 3182 sog | 13.4sh% | 210 ppp | 1218 hits | 785 blks | 580 PIM ------------------------------------------------------------ Achievements: Won Bronze in WJC with Sweden in S65 Made S68 All-Rookie team as Defenseman with Philadelphia Forge[/pbl [pbl]Won Silver in IIHF with Sweden in S69 S69 Challenge Cup Champion with the Philadelphia Forge Made S69 All-Star Game as Defenseman with Philadelphia Forge Won Silver in IIHF with Sweden in S70 Won Bronze in IIHF with Sweden in S72[/b] [pbl]Won the S72 Jeff Dar Award with the Philadelphia Forge Won Gold in IIHF with Sweden in S73 Won Gold in IIHF with Sweden in S75 Made S75 All-Star team as Forward with Philadelphia Forge Made S75 All-Star Game as Forward with Philadelphia Forge Nominated for S75 Jeff Dar award with Philadelphia Forge Nominated for S75 Sarmad Khan award with Philadelphia Forge Made S76 All-Star Game as Forward with Philadelphia Forge Recorded 4 consecutive 100-point seasons from S73-S76 with Philadelphia Forge Made S77 All-Star Game as Forward with Philadelphia Forge SHL Totals: All-Star teams: 2 | All-Star Games: 4+ | Awards: 1 | Award Nominations: 3 IIHF/WJC totals: 2 Gold | 2 Silver | 2 Bronze Transactions: S65: Drafted at Round 2, Pick 1 (15oa) by the Kelowna Knights Signed 1 year, $4,000,000 contract with the Kelowna Knights S66: Drafted at Round 1, Pick 18 (18oa) by the Philadeplhia Forge Signed 1 year, $3,000,000 contract with the Philadelphia Forge Awarded $500,000 for Bronze Medal in S66 WJC Signed 3 year, $9,000,000 ($3,000,000/yr) extension with the Philadelphia Forge Signed 2-year, $8,000,000 ($4,000,000/yr) contract with the Philadelphia Forge Career Earnings: $20,500,000


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There's first the obvious contenders that seem to go every season:  Buffalo and Hamilton.  However this time around, with Toronto having a solid run and Texas having their fantastic season, I can't help but feel that it will come down to one of these four choices instead of the usual two.  With that being said, I'm going to go with the underdog here and root for Toronto as the cup favorite.

The Kelowna Knights have to be the favorites for the four-star.  While not quite as good defensively as last season they've been absolutely dominant on offense scoring 4.17 g/gm.  For reference Anchorage is 2nd with 3.7 g/gm.  And they're still leading the J in GA btw.

Teddy Murphy 4 Teams S58-S70 | 6OA (BAP) --------------------------------------------------- Career Stats GP 858|G 125|A 273|P 398|+/- 29|ATOI 20:13|FW 3|GR 62 --------------------------------------------------- Accolades S59 All-Rookie Team (First ever Sophomore to make the team)
Teddy Park Kelowna Defenseman S54-57 | 29OA --------------------------------------------------- Career Stats GP 216|G 23|A 72|P 95|+/- 17|ATOI 21:32|FW 12|GR 66 --------------------------------------------------- Accolades [url=https://simulationhockey.com/showthread.php?tid=106300][/url]Captain S55-57 S57 All-Star

The favorite team to win the Cup should still be the team that went 19 and 0 at the beginning of the season. Despite a few struggles after that, a team that can manage that is the most likely to succeed in winnning another 16 games in a row to win the Cup.

I have to go with the North Stars here. Mika Kandinsky is playing some great hockey, and you can't count us out with Carpy in net. I think we're taking it down this season!

Mika Kandinsky  




[pbwpg]Mika Kandinsky || #77 || C || Toronto || 2,002 TPE ------------------------------------------------------------ ***Rookie Scoring Record Holder [62 Points]*** ***S50 Jesster Trophy Winner*** Career Statistics: SHL Regular Season: S50 | 50 GP | 26 G | 36 A | 62 P | +14 | 13 PPP | 2 PIM | 180 SHT SMJHL Regular Season: S47 | 50 GP |  3 G |  8 A | 11 P |  +3 |  0 PPP     |18 PIM   |   46 SHT S48 | 50 GP | 19 G | 40 A | 59 P | +29 | 17 PPP | 27 PIM | 150 SHT S49 | 50 GP | 16 G | 29 A | 45 P | +22 | 12 PPP | 34 PIM | 134 SHT SMJHL Post Season: S47 | 13 GP | 3 G | 1 A | 4 P | -5 | 0 PPP | 2 PIM | 21 SHT S48 | 5 GP | 1 G | 4 A | 5 P | +5 | 1 PPP | 0 PIM | 13 SHT S49 | 13 GP | 3 G | 6 A | 9 P | -3 | 1 PPP | 0 PIM | 35 SHT SMJHL Awards: S49 Brandon Holmes Trophy Winner   

Someone from the Great Lakes, probably either Hamilton or Buffalo because they are the most complete team at the moment. Remember when parity was a thing? I don't. Stop being good smh.

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Самат Бейбітжанов | G | Colorado | Atlanta  Name: Samat Beibitzhanov Age: 19 Birthplace: Karaganda, Kazakhstan Height: 5'11" Weight: 191 lbs Number: 12/20 Name Bodycount: IIIIIIII ------------------------------------------------------------ Career Statistics: SMJHL Regular Season:  S51 | COL | GP: 44 (20-22-2) | .889 SV% | 2.65 GAA | SO: 1 | 0 PIM S52 | COL | GP: 41 (22-13-5) | .892 SV% | 2.83 GAA | SO: 0 | 4 PIM S53 | COL | GP: 32 (11-18-2) | .910 SV% | 2.73 GAA | SO: 2 S54 | COL | GP: 30 (15-11-4) | .910 SV% | 2.27 GAA | SO: 2 SHL Regular Season:  S54 | MAN | GP: 5 (4-0-0) | .903 SV% | 1.45 GAA | SO: 1 S55 | MAN | GP: 10 (6-1-1) | .928 SV% | 1.70 GAA | SO: 1 S56 | ATL | GP: 44 (22-19-3) | .915 SV% | 3.12 GAA | SO: 3 S57 | ATL | GP: 51 (25-21-4) | .910 SV% | 2.89 GAA | SO: 4 S58 | ATL | GP: 51 (24-25-0) | .914 SV% | 3.19 GAA | SO: 3 IIHF Regular Season:  S53 | RUS | GP: 12 (4-8-0) | .912 SV% | 3.01 GAA | SO: 0 S54 | RUS | GP: 12 (3-9-0) | .917 SV% | 3.01 GAA | SO: 0  S55 | RUS | GP: 12 (4-8-0) | .903 SV% | 3.30 GAA | SO: 0  S56 | RUS | GP: 12 (2-10-0) | .879 SV% | 5.55 GAA | SO: 0 S57 | RUS | GP: 12 (4-8-0) | .905 SV% | 4.64 GAA | SO: 0  S58 | RUS | GP: 12 (7-3-2) | .926 SV% | 3.50 GAA | SO: 0 ------------------------------------------------------------ Clout Box: S50 WJC Gold Medal Team Russia S51 All-Rookie Team S51 Brutal SMJHL RoTY snub S52 Tom Corcoran Nomination S52 WJC Gold Medal Team UCORCAL Original Colorado Goal Horn Creator S53 WJC Bronze Medal 2x SMJHL All-Star

Мағжан Шаяхметов | Russia Co-Fed Head Name: Magzhan Shayakhmetov 2x WJC GM, 1x Gold Medal S52 UCORCAL S56-Present Russia Co-Fed Head S58 IIHF Semifinalist

GoalieScore Record Holders and Winners CHAMPION OF LIFE S53 - Luca Del Vecchio S54 - Harry Carpet S55 - Markus Tegernako S56 - Knox Booth S57 - Luca Del Vecchio S58 - Frans Eller S59 - Nicolae Antonescu S60 - Vincent Mietitore ----------------------------------- HISTORICAL CHAMPIONSHIP S53-54 - Luca Del Vecchio S54-55 - Harry Carpet S55-56 - Markus Tegernako S56-Present - Knox Booth

The Challenge Cup favorite this season to me has to be the Buffalo Stampede. They made a big trade which added to already talented group. I think they probably end up in the finals at minimum in my opinion.

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Jacob Mueller S5-S
Julien Dupont S6-S13
S9 Challenge Cup - Calgary Dragons
IIHF Gold - Germany
Rufus Reinhart S13-S24
S14 Challenge Cup - Texas Renegades
Christoffer Björnsson - S25-S35
S25 Four Stars Cup
S26 Tom Corcoran Trophy - SMJHL Top Goalie
Sami Owens - S36-S52
S38 IIHF Bronze - Canada
S39 IIHF Gold - Canada
S42 IIHF Silver - Canada
S51 Challenge Cup Champion - HAM
Liam Slate - S54-Present
S53 WJC Bronze - British Isles
S54 WJC Silver - British Isles
S55 Four Star Cup Champion - Newfoundland Berserkers
S57 IIHF Silver - Great Britain
S58 IIHF Silver - Great Britain
S60 IIHF Silver - Great Britain
S61 IIIHF Gold - Great Britain
S67 Challenge Cup Champion - Seattle Argonauts
S68 Challenge Cup Champion - Seattle Argonauts
Triple Gold Club
Sad Ketchup -Present
S76 Ryan Jesster Trophy Winner

I think Hamilton is sufficiently battle tested as far as roster quality and strategic acumen goes to be considered the odds on favourite for another Cup, but you can't sell the other Great Lakes contenders short. After all, Hamilton does lose random meme games, and the likes of Chicago/Buffalo/Toronto from whoever gets in will provide stern opposition.

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