With one season already flying by, let's take a deep breath and step back for one second here.
Task: You just played out your very first season in the SMJHL to start a new chapter in your career. Overall, how would you say you performed in your rookie season? Did you meet expectations you set for yourself individually? What do you need to improve on for next season? Were there any glorious moments that will forever be enshrined in your memory? (150 words min.)
Finally, this will be the last regular SMJHL PT and starting from next season you will do tasks on SHL Player Progression forum instead, first one being mock draft for your SHL draft. But for next two weeks or so TPE checklist will also show you tasks you are not eligible yet, like Championship Week, IIHF Predictions and All-Star Week, you won’t get TPE even if you do them. Keep your eyes open for Post Season Bonanza on SMJHL Player Progression instead.
That said on behalf of the PT Team, I'd like to congratulate you all for completing the first season of hopefully many great ones. We wish you best of luck in your future careers!
You will receive 4 TPE for fulfilling all the requirements.
All responses are due on Sunday, September 22nd at 11:59 PST. NOTE: IF YOU SUBMIT/EDIT AFTER THE DEADLINE YOU WILL RECEIVE REDUCED/NO TPE.
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If you have any questions/concerns, please PM me. Tasks with malicious intent will not be graded. The graders reserve the right to determine malicious intent, after discussion with me. You will not be warned.
Only S78 SMJHL rookies (S79 SHL draftees) are eligible for this task. If your player is S80 (shown after name on portal), this is not for you.
For Dejana Kaptina, this season was about survival. Surviving in a new environment, on a new team, in a new country, and also surviving the absolutely brutal early season schedule where it felt like Quebec City was playing two back to backs every week and was exhausted as a result. Even moreso when you factor in her being thrown on PK1 immediately due to the team's overall lack of options there (though it did get better, at least on the back end). So for her to survive and play pretty well is a nice mark, and there were some great moments including her five point debut against the Detroit Falcons, and the two wins against Kelowna in the postseason. Kaptina will have to work on rounding out her offensive game further, cutting down on turnovers and trying to increase her point total, to take that next step. But she likes the environment she's in, and QCC has a young team growing together.
Kiwi dreamt she was up against Ottawa 3-1 in Round 1 of the playoffs, but it was just a dream turned nightmare as it was ripped away from her. But oh well, Kiwi did fine this season. It was certainly an adjustment playing more...organized hockey than what she had in New Zealand. Turns out you can't just hit people in the face all the time and not get in trouble. I'm disappointed that midway through the season Kiwi stopped fighting and became an actual good defensewoman and like got a bunch of a assists and fixed her plus minus. I have no clue how her hits and stuff rank when it comes to rookies. Its too hard to look up all that stuff, she was third on the team in blocks which is pretty dope (and painful). She lead the league in fights won and penalty minutes so there is that. Maybe she will win the unofficial and very coveted Juni Panda award in the SHL someday.
For Dominic, the first season is rather scary, playing with a team you haven't met or played with, but was jumped into the season, having missed the draft and being picked up off of free agency by the Whalers. Dominic did fairly well for his rookie season in the SMJHL, on the 3rd line he amassed 25 points in 58 games. Definitely not an amazing rookie season like some of the others in his year, but Dominic was glad to just be apart of the team and run for the cup, which they won last year. He and the team entered the playoffs with determination, winning three games in a row before having them taken back. Dominic's first season was ended abruptly as Great Falls came back after the re-sim to win 4-3 in game 7. His first season wasn't the greatest, but still fairly promising for the Whalers rookie, and he will try harder to make a place for himself on the team in the following year.
Chuck Stewart had a decent year. He didn't put up many points but his role on the team as a shutdown defenceman meant that wasn't required from him. As a rookie, Chuck was picked to be one of the Assistant Captains, which was a surprise. He also averaged the third most ice time on the team (second amongst rookies). Has the second lowest giveaways and blocked shots. Despite the Kraken struggling this year, Chuck has the best +/- on the team. These stats come from him playing against the top players on each team. All this to say, I think Chuck did pretty well in his first year. I expect him to continue to excel into one of the best shutdown defenseman there is. Personal stats are less important to Chuck as he just wants to be on a winning team and to be a leader on that team.
A few moments of the season stand out to me. Chuck's first goal, which came in a game he got two goals in. The goals didn't last long though as he finished the season with 3. Another moment that stands out is in the playoffs, Chuck was called out for a struggling performance. The following game he was on the ice for 7 of 9 goals.
Many haters say he's point production is a problem and going to keep him from going high in the coming draft. That's okay, scoring isn't his role on the team as he looks to improve and continue shutting down opponents.
Dieter Frühstück had simple expectations for his rookie season in the SMJHL. His goal was to have at least 100 hits, at least 200 blocked shots, and to score a bare minimum of 10 points. While 80 hits fell short of that goal, the rest of his season more than lived up to his preseason expectations. With 253 blocked shots, Frühstück finished second in the entire SMJHL in that category, and was leading the league in blocked shots for long stretches of the season (damn you boofa benson). He emerged as one of the league's premier shutdown defensemen as a rookie, which is someone most wouldn't expect. He also chipped in 26 points, 24 of which were assists. While that was last on the team out of players who played in every game, Dieter knew that his goal was not to score, so to be that productive was an added bonus.
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First season of the chaos complete. While the team may not have fared out as well as my attitude about it all did I think it was a great starting season of my career. Based on the fact that I came into it with alot of help from the mates and folks in the forums I was able to keep my chin up and train the way the team needed me to train. I landed the position I had aimed to land in when I was drafted which is a major bonus considering I had been told I'd be put in a defensive position instead. Moving forward I know that a job on the side may be an idea if only I trusted the pay would come in on time haha. I definitely tried my best to pull my own weight and seeing how far I've already come I know we can only keep doing better moving forward into future seasons.
I am more than happy with how my season went out this past season. I went in with modest expectations of how I would do; I thought my build looked good and I was on a contending team but I didn't want to get my hopes up too much but man to be this good last season was incredible to see. I notched over 50 points my rookie year and contributed lots of assists which was great cause points was one of my main goals with this new player. My offensive ratings was one of the highest on the team and my defense while it could have used some work still wasn't horrible for being a left-wing player. The moments I will always love are the time I got 2 goals in a game (hoping for that hat trick) and any time I get more than 2 assists; it feels good that I'm able to contribute to the team in a positive way.
For Nanashi Mumei, this season was a season of growing pains. The grizzlies finished ninth in the SMJHL standings despite starting the first half of the season in the basement of the league. Similarly, Mumei was placed initially on the third line, but would be promoted up to the second line alongside teammate Grindle Waters-Johnson. Mumei would put up 27 points in 66 games. She needs to improve on how to stay out of the penalty box, as she had 22 penalty minutes, which is too much. She also needs to be more clutch in the playoffs, as she only had 8 points and one goal in 14 playoff games this season.
One of the most glorious moments in her first flight in the J was scoring her first career goal against Newfoundland. The second moment was forming a partnership between herself and Waters-Johnson, including assisting and scoring goals off eachover with precision and a line chemistry not seen in the J in many seasons.
09-16-2024, 05:42 PM(This post was last modified: 09-16-2024, 05:46 PM by MrRuihu. Edited 1 time in total.)
The first season of Djoe Anderson is now under his belt, and it was quite a shocking one to be sure. We started as a line of rookies, all trying to make a name for ourselves, all vying for those top minutes (Kinda a given though) and we all played our hearts out. What can I say? this season was ELECTRIC. Every player on the mutes showed up in amazing form and fashion, playing their hearts out every single game and even starting the season with Ten wins in a row. (Or was it nine?) Either way, Djoe was a clear surprise, leading the rookie scoring race for half of the season, and even then continuing to be a force to be reckoned with for the remainder of the season. Djoe exceeded my expections tenfold, we really had no idea the magic that the rookies were going to pull off this season and it was a blast to experience it firsthand. Onward and Upwards, towards even more electric seasons for this young team.
Coming into this season, my expectations, for both my own player and my team, were fairly low. Since I'm building my player as a mobile two-way defender, I knew full well that I wouldn't stand out in the statistical department. I wouldn't get a lot of points, and I wouldn't get a lot of hits or blocked shots. Pretty much the only stat for which I might have decent results is plus/minus. Given that the Armada finished last season with only 22 wins, I somewhat dreaded to imagine what this season might look like.
I was quite wrong in my expectations. The Armada finished second overall this season with 39 wins. Though I did not in fact score many points, my plus/minus was in impressive +21, and only one player on the Armada had more ice time. Being a crucial part of such a successful season was a fantastic way to start my SHL career. It's hard to imagine a better start. I'm so determined to keep improving.
Honestly, Teddy Bloos' first season was much better than he expected. Sure, context matters, as the league is in a more high scoring environment than that of his idols. However, to eclipse his hero, Vaseline Podcalzone, in points quite easily, was something Teddy was quite proud of. Now, it's an apples to oranges situation here. The Walleye were a rebuilding team, and Teddy was still playing reasonable ice time compared to Podcalzone, who began as a fourth liner on a super stacked Newfoundland Berserkers squad.
Ultimately, Teddy found a lot of pride in advancing to the second round of the Four Star Cup playoffs. On a rebuilding team on the downswing of the SMJHL cycle, that's really something worth commending, cause that is by all means an unexpected upset. Teddy's goals heading into the off-season are to really continue toward his ultimate goals of being a top notch penalty killing specialist, while fleshing out his defensive game and ability to be a difficult checker and face-off expert
For Jacob Marsh, his rookie SMJHL season was about learning and development. With being a rookie he had to lean on the vets in the locker room to get his bearings, but once he found them he did find moderate success on the very young Newfoundland Berserkers squad.
Playing LW on the all rookie line with Hamper Linthome and Ima Noobie meant there would be some growing pains but in the end began to gel and found decent success with every linemate eclipsing the 40 point mark.
One of the individual goals set by Marsh was for the rookie to eclipse the 20 goal mark. As a big goal scoring winger this seemed like the most attainable goal especially with linemates who love dishing the puck around. It took nearly the entire season but Marsh succeeded with 21 goals on the season.
The highlight for Marsh came in a 7-3 win over Anchorage where the rookie netted his first SMJHL hat trick in the blowout win.
Looking forward to the draft where Marsh could end up being a late round steal. A gamble on this player in the 2nd or 3rd round could net the GM a potential 1st round talent at a bargain price. Future is also bright for Newfoundland as their youth continues to find their footing.
Abbe Wass took a great leap in his first season. The perfomance was rarely akward and not even once did he leave the skate protection on the skates when he entered the ice. And that was a real consern entering the season.
in other expectations he did well. A lot more ice time than anyone expected helped Abbe to end up in top 10 assist among every defender in the leauge. To the next season he will train his defensive skills more. A solid 18 on +/- is not good enough for Abbe, he has been on the ice on to many goals in the own goal. He just recently started a diet, that will make him heavier. Hopefully so heavy the ice will crack from onw zone to the other.
A moment that will forever be in his mind is the disapointment when after the first few games of playoffs, that did go very well, he woke up and the team lost 4 straight games. He will never forgett it and he has not forgiven the dream makers. and probably never will.
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