What kept you motivated this whole time?

The committment to the people on my teams, mostly. Of course there are many things that make this league great fun, I found the actual in-sim aspect to hold up really well for a long time actually, there really wasn't a lot of burnout for the actual gameplay of the SHL for a long time. But ultimately, when it comes to grinding it our for over a real-life decade, you don't just do it for yourself, you also do it to not let the people down who drafted you and to help make things fun for everyone in the locker room by doing your best to make the team successful in the sim.

Have there ever been times where you wanted to quit and then didn't? Why not?

There actually weren't. I had a rather brief period of time with my second player where I went through some difficult things in my life and weren't super active, but I can honestly say that I never really thought about quitting until now. Basically, once the thought of quitting actually started to enter my head, I knew that it was finally time.

Do you think the league will still be around in 10 years?

I'm very confident of it. The people here are great and we have strong leadership that I have a lot of trust in. The league has already withstood a lot of challenges both internally as well as in regards to changing external circumstances, which makes me confident that it can continue to do so in the future.

Evan Winter
Edmonton Blizzard
Player Page - Update Page

Why Hradecky is the best keeper in the Bundesliga?

May I offer you a slightly used Robin Zentner instead?

How much you have earned money or TPE for being my recruiter?

Not as much as you probably think because if I remember correctly, I missed one the deadlines to claim part of it early on in your career and missed out on a good bit of my reward as a result.

Your most unforgettable goal in the SHL?

Hmmm that's interesting because I don't really remember that one goal that stands out. With the way this league works and especially as an offensive forward, you have so many games and also goals, that specific ones don't have a ton of impact. I also rarely watch games live and just looking at the boxscore afterwards just doesn't have the same feel to it as being there for the goal itself does.

Evan Winter
Edmonton Blizzard
Player Page - Update Page

Don't know if I have any questions, just wanna say that I'll miss you

Nawww, I will miss you and a hell lot of other people as well!

If RED is German feels like were bleeding Germans right now.

We are required to have a quota.

Damn. who else has been leaving?

How have you been?

I'm very well actually, life has just become so busy that it has become tougher and tougher to stay engaged here. It is not so much a time thing, you really don't need that much time each week to keep up in the SHL, but more of a mental load thing. I've been cleaning up a few things in recent months that I used to enjoy or actually do enjoy, but which just take up too much mental bandwith when combined together. But overall, everything is good and I am mostly kept busy by positive things .

Evan Winter
Edmonton Blizzard
Player Page - Update Page

good luck RED! i know we had some clashes back in the day when i was younger and more foolish but always respected what you've brought to the league. felt like having a lil breather from the league did a lot for me and hopefully a few months away gets you refreshed and motivated to be coming back more excited than ever!

EMIL KARLSSON | C | MONTREAL PATRIOTES | 1404 TPE
NAME: Emil Karlsson
BIRTHPLACE: Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
HEIGHT: 6'3"
WEIGHT: 230 lbs
NUMBER: 28
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SHL CAREER STATS
S76 MTL: GP: 66, G: 18, A: 29, P: 47, +/-: -90, H: 71
S77 MTL: GP: 66, G: 19, A: 31, P: 50, +/-: -73, H: 70
S78 MTL: GP: 66, G: 26, A: 42, P: 68, +/-: -44, H: 78
S79 MTL: GP: 66, G: 29, A: 34, P: 63, +/-: -13, H: 64
S80 MTL: GP: , G: , A: , P: , +/-: , H:
TOT: GP: 264, G: 92, A: 136, P: 228, +/-: -220, H: 283
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SHL PLAYOFF STATS
S76 MTL: DNQ
S77 MTL: DNQ
S78 MTL: DNQ
S79 MTL: DNQ
S80 MTL:
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SMJHL CAREER STATS
S72 DET: GP: 8, G: 0, A: 0, P: 0, +/-: -8, H: 9
S73 DET: GP: 66, G: 18, A: 23, P: 41, +/-: -3, H: 73
S74 DET: GP: 66, G: 9, A: 24, P: 33, +/-: -7, H: 59
S75 DET: GP: 66, G: 17, A: 38, P: 55, +/-: 9, H: 90
TOT: GP: 206, G: 44, A: 85, P: 129, +/-: -9, H: 231
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SMJHL PLAYOFF STATS
S72 DET: DNQ
S73 DET: GP: 9, G: 1, A: 5, P: 6, +/-: -7, H: 9
S74 DET: GP: 17, G: 1, A: 7, P: 8, +/-: 4, H: 12
S75 DET: GP: 14, G: 5, A: 6, P: 11, +/-: -8, H: 15
TOT: GP: 40, G: 7, A: 18, P: 25, +/-: -11, H: 36
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IIHF CAREER STATS
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AWARDS/HONOURS:
S74: Four Star Cup champion (Detroit Falcons)
S74: WJC Gold Medal (Team Norden)
S75: WJC Gold Medal (Team Norden)
S78: SHL All Star
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TRANSACTIONS:
S72: Signed as UDFA with Detroit Falcons
S73: Drafted 16th overall by Detroit Falcons
S74: Drafted 6th overall by Montreal Patriotes
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ISAK SOGARD | D | RETIRED
NAME: Isak Sogard
BIRTHPLACE: Bergen, Norway
HEIGHT: 6'2"
WEIGHT: 220 lbs
NUMBER: 4
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SHL CAREER STATS
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SHL PLAYOFF STATS
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SMJHL CAREER STATS
S68 STL: GP: 7, G: 0, A: 3, P: 3, +/-: 1, H: 16
S69 KEL: GP: 0, G: 0, A: 0, P: 0, +/-: 0, H: 0
TOT: GP: 7, G: 0, A: 3, P: 3, +/-: 1, H: 16
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SMJHL PLAYOFF STATS
S68 STL: GP: 16, G: 0, A: 9, P: 9, +/-: 10, H: 16
S69 KEL: GP: 0, G: 0, A: 0, P: 0, +/-: 0, H: 0
TOT: GP: 16, G: 0, A: 9, P: 9, +/-: 10, H: 16
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IIHF CAREER STATS
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AWARDS/HONOURS:
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TRANSACTIONS:
S68: Signed as UDFA with St. Louis Scarecrows
S69: Drafted 2nd overall by Kelowna Knights
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KAARLO KEKKONEN | LW | RETIRED
NAME: Kaarlo Kekkonen
BIRTHPLACE: Akaa, Finland
HEIGHT: 6'4"
WEIGHT: 220 lbs
NUMBER: 82
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SHL CAREER STATS
S54 TEX: GP: 50, G: 5, A: 13, P: 18, +/-: -5, H: 12
S55 TEX: GP: 50, G: 10, A: 16, P: 26, +/-: -11, H: 19
S56 TEX: GP: 50, G: 21, A: 23, P: 44, +/-: 4, H: 23
S57 TEX: GP: 66, G: 26, A: 40, P: 66, +/-: 37, H: 23
S58 TEX: GP: 66, G: 28, A: 47, P: 75, +/-: 37, H: 15
S59 TEX: GP: 66, G: 31, A: 39, P: 70, +/-: 34, H: 27
S60 MTL: GP: 66, G: 29, A: 37, P: 66, +/-: -21, H: 55
S61 MTL: GP: 66, G: 30, A: 30, P: 60, +/-: -13, H: 89
S62 PHI: GP: 66, G: 40, A: 51, P: 91, +/-: 18, H: 47
S63 PHI: GP: 66, G: 21, A: 50, P: 71, +/-: 23, H: 58
S64 PHI: GP: 66, G: 35, A: 32, P: 67, +/-: 36, H: 51
S65 PHI: GP: 66, G: 21, A: 37, P: 58, +/-: 18, H: 57
S66 PHI: GP: 66, G: 18, A: 24, P: 42, +/-: -21, H: 142
S67 BUF: GP: 66, G: 20, A: 30, P: 50, +/-: -8, H: 69
S68 BUF: GP: 66, G: 17, A: 17, P: 34, +/-: -4, H: 117
TOT: GP: 942, G: 352, A: 486, P: 838, +/-: 124, H: 804
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SHL PLAYOFF STATS
S54 TEX: DNQ
S55 TEX: GP: 4, G: 2, A: 0, P: 2, +/-: -2, H: 2
S56 TEX: GP: 4, G: 0, A: 0, P: 0, +/-: -6 , H: 1
S57 TEX: GP: 5, G: 1, A: 1, P: 2, +/-: -3, H: 1
S58 TEX: GP: 12, G: 3, A: 6, P: 9, +/-: 2, H: 6
S59 TEX: GP: 16, G: 4, A: 7, P: 11, +/-: 3, H: 10
S60 MTL: DNQ
S61 MTL: DNQ
S62 PHI: GP: 6, G: 3, A: 4, P: 7, +/-: 5, H: 8
S63 PHI: GP: 6, G: 0, A: 0, P: 0, +/-: -1, H: 6
S64 PHI: GP: 4, G: 1, A: 0, P: 1, +/-: -7, H: 3
S65 PHI: GP: 7, G: 4, A: 3, P: 7, +/-: 4, H: 6
S66 PHI: GP: 7, G: 2, A: 4, P: 6, +/-: 1, H: 10
S67 BUF: GP: 4, G: 0, A: 1, P: 1, +/-: -2, H: 3
S68 BUF: GP: 17, G: 9, A: 4, P: 13, +/-: -6, H: 34
TOT: GP: 92, G: 29, A: 30, P: 59, +/-: -10, H: 87
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SMJHL CAREER STATS
S49 DET: GP:5, G: 0, A: 1, P: 1, +/-: -1, H: 0
S50 DET: GP: 50, G: 9, A: 12, P: 21, +/-: -6, H: 47
S51 DET: GP: 50, G: 16, A: 22, P: 38, +/-: 8, H: 42
S52 DET: GP: 50, G: 29, A: 33, P: 62, +/-: 19, H: 58
S53 DET: GP: 50, G: 19, A: 31, P: 50, +/-: 25 H: 5
TOT: GP: 205, G: 73, A: 99, P: 172, +/-: 45, H: 152
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SMJHL PLAYOFF STATS
S50 DET: GP: 10, G: 2, A: 3, P: 5, +/-: 1, H: 10
S51 DET: GP: 7, G: 2, A: 4, P: 6, +/-: -4, H: 8
S52 DET: GP: 10, G: 6, A: 3, P: 9, +/-: 6, H: 10
S53 DET: GP: 17, G: 3, A: 4, P: 7, +/-: 0, H: 7
TOT: GP: 44, G: 10, A: 10, P: 27, +/-: 3, H: 35
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IIHF CAREER STATS
S50 FIN: GP: 12, G: 3, A: 1, P: 4, +/-: -4, H: 1
S51 FIN: GP: 12, G: 0, A: 2, P: 2, +/-: -2, H: 5
S52 FIN: GP: 12, G: 1, A: 0, P: 1, +/-: -3, H: 3
S53 FIN: GP: 12, G: 1, A: 1, P: 2, +/-: -8, H: 1
S54 FIN: GP: 12, G: 3, A: 2, P: 5, +/-: -3, H: 0
S55 FIN: GP: 12, G: 1, A: 5, P: 6, +/-: -5, H: 2
S56 FIN: GP: 12, G: 0, A: 3, P: 3, +/-: -2, H: 0
S57 FIN: GP: 12, G: 5, A: 4, P: 9, +/-: -6, H: 0
S58 FIN: GP: 12, G: 5, A: 8, P: 13, +/-: -6, H: 4
S59 FIN: GP: 12, G: 3, A: 3, P: 6, +/-: -3, H: 12
S60 FIN: GP: 12, G: 11, A: 4, P: 15, +/-: 12, H: 12
S61 FIN: GP: 14, G: 7, A: 10, P: 17, +/-: 10, H: 12
S62 FIN: GP: 15, G: 6, A: 8, P: 14, +/-: 8, H: 8
S63 FIN: GP: 13, G: 4, A: 4, P: 8, +/-: 6, H: 6
TOT: GP: 174, G: 50, A: 55, P: 105, +/-: -6, H: 66
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AWARDS/HONOURS:
S52: 1st Team All SMJHL
S52: Jared Hanson Trophy (SMJHL Points Leader)
S52: Roberto Martucci Trophy (SMJHL Goals Leader)
S52: Raymond Lindsay Trophy (SMJHL Players MVP)
S52: Ideen Fallah Trophy (SMJHL Awards Committee MVP)
S53: 1st Team All SMJHL
S53: Ron Bolt Trophy (SMJHL Most Sportsmanlike)
S53: Four Star Cup champion (Detroit Falcons)
S59: Challenge Cup champion (Texas Renegades)
S60: Jeff Dar Trophy Nominee
S60: All SHL 3rd Team
S60: SHL All-Star
S61: IIHF Bronze Medal (Finland)
S61: SHL All-Star
S62: Ron Mexico (MVP) Nominee
S62: All SHL 2nd Team
S62: IIHF Gold Medal (Finland)
S62: SHL All-Star
S63: SHL All-Star
S64: SHL All-Star
S64: IIHF Gold Medal (Finland)
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TRANSACTIONS:
S50: Drafted 8th overall by Detroit Falcons
S51: Drafted 31st overall by Texas Renegades (GM Pick)
S51: Signed ELC with Texas, 3 seasons @ 8 mil
S54: Signed extension with Texas, 3 seasons @ 9 mil
S57: Signed extension with Texas, 3 seasons @ 12 mil
S60: Signed extension with Montreal, 2 seasons @ 8 mil
S62: Signed extension with Montreal, 1 season @ 4 mil
S62: Traded to Philadelphia Forge
S63: Signed extension with Philadelphia, 1 season @ 6 mil
S64: Signed extension with Philadelphia, 1 season @ 5 mil
S65: Signed extension with Philadelphia, 1 season @ 5 mil
S66: Signed extension with Philadelphia, 1 season @ 4 mil
S67: Signed as Free Agent with Buffalo, 2 seasons @ 8 mil
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DANIEL KARLSSON | RETIRED
NAME: Daniel Karlsson
BIRTHPLACE: Los Angeles, California
HEIGHT: 6'2"
WEIGHT: 210 lbsNUMBER: 7
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SHL CAREER STATS
S42 TEX: GP: 1, G: 0, A: 0, P: 0, +/-: 0, H: 0
S43 TEX: GP: 50, G: 4, A: 22, P: 26, +/-: -11, H: 73
S44 TEX: GP: 50, G: 8, A: 24, P: 32, +/-: 4, H: 64
S45 TEX: GP: 50, G: 6, A: 32, P: 38, +/-: 8, H: 60
S46 TEX: GP: 50, G: 5, A: 19, P: 24, +/-: -9, H: 55
S47 TEX: GP: 50, G: 9, A: 29, P: 38, +/-: -7, H: 117
S48 TEX: GP: 50, G: 17, A: 32, P: 49, +/-: 1, H: 41
S49 TEX: GP: 19, G: 7, A: 8, P: 15, +/-: 0, H: 17
S49 SFP: GP: 31, G: 6, A: 20, P: 26, +/-: 6, H: 93
TOT: GP: 351, G: 62, A: 186, P: 248, +/-: -8, H: 520
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SHL PLAYOFF STATS
S43 TEX: GP: 0, G: 0, A: 0, P: 0, +/-: 0, H: 0
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SMJHL CAREER STATS
S40 STL: GP: 50, G: 3, A: 12, P: 15, +/-: 2, H: 58
S41 STL: GP: 50, G: 4, A: 31, P: 35, +/-: 7, H: 53
S42 STL: GP: 50, G: 1, A: 26, P: 27, +/-: -9, H: 59
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SMJHL PLAYOFF STATS
S40 STL: GP: 5, G: 1, A: 2, P: 3, +/-: 0, H: 4
S41 STL: GP: 4 G: 0, A: 1, P: 1, +/-: -1, H: 3
S42 STL: DNQ
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IIHF CAREER STATS
S41 USA: GP: 10, G: 0, A: 1, P: 1, +/-: 1, H: 0
S42 USA: GP: 10, G: 0, A: 0, P: 0, +/-: -1, H: 12
S43 USA: GP: 10, G: 0, A: 0, P: 0, +/-: 0, H: 0
S44 USA: GP: 10, G: 1, A: 5, P: 6, +/-: 6, H: 7
S45 USA: GP: 10, G: 1, A: 6, P: 7, +/-: 7, H: 17
S46 USA: GP: 12, G: 1, A: 4, P: 5, +/-: 8, H: 12
S47 USA: GP: 12, G: 1, A: 4, P: 5, +/-: 5, H: 26
S48 USA: GP: 12, G: 0, A: 0, P: 0, +/-: 1, H: 18
TOT: GP: 86, G: 4, A: 20, P: 24, +/-: 27, H: 92

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AWARDS/HONOURS:
S43: Named to SHL All-Rookie Team
S44: Ranked #74 on Top 100 SHL Players Of Today list
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TRANSACTIONS:
S40: Drafted 1st overall by St. Louis Scarecrows
S41: Drafted by Texas Renegades (GM Rule)
S41: Signed ELC with Texas Renegades, 3 years @ 1.5 mil
S44: Signed extension with Texas Renegades, 3 years @ 9 mil
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SVEN KARLSSON | C | RETIRED
NAME: Sven Karlsson
BIRTHPLACE: Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
HEIGHT: 6'3"
WEIGHT: 210 lbs
NUMBER: 28
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SHL CAREER STATS
S26 POR: GP: 50, G: 9, A: 16, P: 25, +/-: -1, H: 6
S27 POR: GP: 50, G: 11, A: 15, P: 26, +/-: -20, H: 13
S28 LAP: GP: 50, G: 7, A: 25, P: 32, +/-: 6, H: 43
S29 LAP: GP: 50, G: 16, A: 27, P: 43, +/-: -4, H: 3
S30 LAP: GP: 50, G: 15, A: 20, P: 35, +/-: -12, H: 5
S31 LAP: GP: 49, G: 11, A: 21, P: 32, +/-: -3, H: 42
S32 TOR: GP: 51, G: 16, A: 24, P: 40, +/-: 10, H: 32
S33 TOR: GP: 50, G: 14, A: 13, P: 27, +/-: 7, H: 13
S34 TOR: GP: 50, G: 15, A: 29, P: 44, +/-: 6, H: 42,
S35 TEX: GP: 50, G: 13, A: 29, P: 42, +/-: 9, H: 48,
S36 TEX: GP: 50, G: 11, A: 35, P: 46, +/-: 5, H: 28,
S37 TEX: GP: 50, G: 16, A: 21, P: 37, +/-: 2, H: 28,
S38 TEX: GP: 50, G: 19, A: 25, P: 44, +/-: 13, H: 18,
S39 TEX: GP: 50, G: 15, A: 36, P: 51, +/-: 17, H: 36,
S40 TEX: GP: 50, G: 22, A: 26, P: 48, +/-: 12, H: 13,
TOT : GP: 750, G: 210, A: 362, P: 572, +/-: 35, H: 358
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SHL PLAYOFF STATS
S26 POR: DNQ
S27 POR: DNQ
S28 LAP: DNQ
S29 LAP: DNQ
S30 LAP:  DNQ
S31 LAP: DNQ
S32 TOR: DNQ
S33 TOR: GP: 11, G: 4, A: 7, P: 11, +/-: 4, H: 7
S34 TOR: GP: 7, G: 1, A:5, P: 6, +/-: 2, H: 13,
S35 TEX: GP: 6, G: 2, A: 1, P: 3, +/-: -7, H: 2,
S36 TEX: GP: 16, G: 4, A: 9, P: 13, +/-: -1, H: 8,
S37 TEX: GP: 4, G: 0, A: 2, P: 2, +/-: -4, H: 4,:
S38 TEX: DNQ
S39 TEX: DNQ
S40 TEX: GP: 0, G: 0, A: 0, P: 0, +/-: 0, H: 0
TOT : GP: 44, G: 11, A: 24, P: 35, +/-: -6, H: 34
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SMJHL CAREER STATS
S25 DET: GP: 32, G: 5, A: 8, P: 13, +/-: -11, H: 14
TOT : GP: 32, G: 5, A: 8, P: 13, +/-: -11, H: 14
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SMJHL PLAYOFF STATS
S25 DET: GP: 5, G: 0, A: 1, P: 1, +/-: -3, H: 2
TOT: GP: 5, G: 0, A: 1, P: 1, +/-: -3, H: 2
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IIHF CAREER STATS

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AWARDS/HONOURS:
S26: Made SHL Debut for Portland Admirals
S26: Made IIHF Debut for Team Sweden
S27: Named as alternate captain of Portland Admirals
S27: Won IIHF Silver Medal
S28: Won IIHF Gold Medal
S28: Ranked #85 on Top 100 SHL Players Of Today list
S29: Named as alternate captain of Los Angeles Panthers
S29: Won IIHF Gold Medal
S29: Ranked #64 on Top 100 SHL Players Of Today list
S30: Ranked #78 on Top 100 SHL Players Of Today list
S31: Stripped of LAP alt. captaincy
S31: Suspsended for a game for unsportsmanlike conduct
S31: Ranked #74 on Top 100 SHL Players Of Today list
S32: Ranked #46 on Top 100 SHL Players Of Today list
S33: Ranked #90 on Top 100 SHL Players Of Today list
S34: Named as alternate captain of Toronto North Stars
S34: Ranked #63 on Top 100 SHL Players Of Today list
S35: Won IIHF Silver Medal
S35: Ranked #56 on Top 100 SHL Players Of Today list
S36: Challenge Cup champion (Texas Renegades)
S36: Ranked #60 on Top 100 SHL Players Of Today list
S37: Ranked #46 on Top 100 SHL Players Of Today list
S38: Ranked #52 on Top 100 SHL Players Of Today list
S39: Ranked #20 on Top 100 SHL Players Of Today list
S40: Named Head GM of Texas Renegades
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GM AWARDS/HONOURS
S41: Won Lance Uppercut Award (Best GM)
S41: Won Joe McKeil Award (Best Coach)
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TRANSACTIONS:
S25: Signed by Detroit Falcons as UDFA
S26: Drafted 15th overall by Portland Admirals
S26: Signed ELC with Portland Admirals, 3 years @ 9 mil
S28: Traded from Portland Admirals to Los Angeles Panthers
S28: Signed extension with Los Angeles Panthers, 5 years @ 17.5 mil
S32: Traded from Los Angeles Panthers to Toronto North Stars
S33: Signed extension with Toronto North Stars, 2 years @ 15 mil
S35: Traded from Toronto North Stars to Texas Renegades
S35: Signed extension with Texas Renegades, 3 years @ 15 mil
S38: Signed extension with Texas Renegades, 3 years @ 18 mil
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You introduced me to Werewolf.  Thank you for that and thank you for your commitment to the community.

What was your favorite job on the site?

Instinctively, the first ones that come to mind are my time on the Awards and HOF Committees. I really enjoyed being able to help improve the processes that are here to give recognition to the players and members that deserve them. There were good people in there to bounce ideas of and have controversial yet fact-based discussions and I think we did a lot of good work for a bunch of years there.

Will you still be around the site/community?

Not around the site, at least for now. But I am still on Discord so people who want to reach out to me can still do that, and I will probably still be active on the occasional server that has some other SHL members on it as well, like our F1 and Gaming Server.

What is the story behind your name? How fast did people shorten it to RED

It's a quote from "Life of Brian", it's basically fake/wrong Latin writes on a wall to send a message to the Romans. I'm not quite sure when the whole RED thing started, I think it was a few years in but it stuck and quite quickly though, because nobody wanted to deal with that mess that was my full nickname I assume.

Is there anyone or any team you wish you could have played with?

Clichee answer, but there are so many that it would probably be unfair to name specific players or teams. One of the downsides of trying to stay loyal to your teams throughout your career is that you don't get to experience that many different franchises and therefore miss out on sharing spaces with a lot of people. Although a good thing about the modern SHL and Discord is that you get to know and hang out with people to various servers even if they aren't your teammates. I think that has actually changed the dynamic quite a bit, these days you can feel very close to people that you never shared a locker room with, whereas in the past there were a lot of people that you thought seemed nice from a distance, but that you never really had any direct interactions with because you didn't share a space outside of this forum.

How does it feel?

This feels like the Shawshank Redemption, but this time RED gets out first.

It has not fully settled in yet to be quite honest. Right now I am neither relieved or sad really, there is a certain melancholy for sure but I am also looking forward to the break. What does make me happy are the circumstances under which I get to leave. I spent such a long timeframe in this league hunting for another Cup after my first one early on, so to go out with a Challenge Cup win for a franchise that I have so much history with is just all I could have hoped for for my fairytale ending.

Evan Winter
Edmonton Blizzard
Player Page - Update Page

Don't really have any questions, but I just want to say thank you so much for bringing me into this league not so long ago. 

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Haha thank you and you are welcome, I am very happy you have this a shot and stuck around after a not so easy start!

Now you have more free time freeing up with quitting the SHL, will you finally visit me and Greebsie? I think we invited you and Joe over a decade ago :D

You know what, I think I might finally take you guys up on that offer soon! Just need to let me know where about I would have to go so I can calculate the drive :D. How is Sarah doing by the way, I hope everything is well?

good luck RED! i know we had some clashes back in the day when i was younger and more foolish but always respected what you've brought to the league. felt like having a lil breather from the league did a lot for me and hopefully a few months away gets you refreshed and motivated to be coming back more excited than ever!

Haha yeah we sure did, but this all seems so long ago at this point, it feels like we mended those bridges a long time ago and I am very happy about that, had a lot pleasant interactions with you since then .

You introduced me to Werewolf.  Thank you for that and thank you for your commitment to the community.

Oh wow, I did? I sure enjoyed the hell out of those games but it didn't feel like I was a driving factor behind them, seemed like it was mostly other people organizing them. Great to hear that I managed to still make a difference though!

Evan Winter
Edmonton Blizzard
Player Page - Update Page

I think these are all the questions for now, I think I'm gonna wait another day to see if there are any follow-ups and to give people the chance to point out if I missed something, then close this up

Evan Winter
Edmonton Blizzard
Player Page - Update Page

Ready for grading 

Evan Winter
Edmonton Blizzard
Player Page - Update Page