S79 Applied TPE                                      S78 Applied TPE

     1st Maine Timber: 6928                   1st Maine Timber: 7340

              2nd Quebec Citadelles: 6711             2nd Vancouver Whalers: 6265

        3rd Newfoundland Berserkers: 6389   3rd Detroit Falcons: 6041

                4th St. Louis Scarecrows: 6003          4th St. Louis Scarecrows: 6023

                  5th Thunder Bay Walleye: 5980         5th Quebec City Citadelles: 5782

                          6th Anchorage Armada: 5915             6th Colorado Raptors: 5657               

               7th Ottawa Highlanders: 5722            7th Ottawa Highlanders: 5627

              8th Detroit Falcons: 5700                   8th Great Falls Grizzles: 5613

                        9th Carolina Kraken: 5537                  9th Newfoundland Berserkers: 5496

             10th Colorado Raptors: 5251               10th Kelowna Knights: 5375

                11th Great Falls Grizzlies: 5160            11th Nevada Battleborn: 5368

             12th Yukon Malamutes: 5071               12th Carolina Kraken: 5210

                 13th Vancouver Whalers: 4914            13th Anchorage Armada: 5208

               14th Kelowna Knights: 4617                14th Yukon Malamutes: 4789

                    15th San Diego Tidal: 4599                 15th Thunder Bay Walleye: 4579

             16th Nevada Battleborn: 3678             16th San Diego Tidal: 4280

                                                                                                                                            Top Rising Teams                              Top Declining Teams

                                      Thunder Bay Walleye +1401               Nevada Battleborn - 1720                   

                                Quebec Citadelles +929                     Vancouver Whalers -1351             

               Anchorage Armada +708                    Kelowna Knights - 758

                      These results are quite interesting, and show obvious reasons for why the Maine Timber won the Four Star Cup so easily, and what happened to Vancouver and Nevada at the beginning of S79. There is still a fair amount of chance that dictates the results, but for the most part, these numbers agree with the standings. The bottom six teams in the standings are the bottom six on the real leader board, but the comparison falls apart at the top, with most of the top TPE teams being in the middle, with the exception of Maine. So it seems that if your bad you are really bad, and if you're anything else, you could end up anywhere. For example Anchorage has improved quite a bit, but are faring worse the the year before, even though last years teams were better. 

                    I made several predictions last year, most failed, but I did call Maine's easy Cup victory. This year I guess that Maine will pull a back to back, upsetting Newfoundland in the finals, and the Quebec Citadelles run is cut short by the Thunder Bay Walleye. The Vancouver Whalers finish with 7 total wins, and easily win the draft lottery, and snag a solid defenseman who carries the team in S80.

                  So in conclusion, I would say that TPE really only matters if you are really bad like Vancouver, or really good like Maine last year. (All the numbers were added up by me and are vulnerable to human error)

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Normand Marineau || C || #42 || Colorado Raptors || Team France || S79
Name: Normand Marineau
Age: 19
Birthplace: Saint Pierre et Miquelon, France
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 195 lbs
Number: 42
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Career Statistics:
SHL Regular Season:
TBD
SHL Playoffs:
TBD
SMJHL Regular Season:
S79 | 66 GP | 23 G | 21 A | 44 P | +8 | 1 PPP | 18 PIM | 122 SOG | 66 HIT | 40 SB | 54 TA | 54.9% FO
S78 | 66 GP | 18 G | 29 A | 47 P | +6 | 6 PPP | 24 PIM | 189 SOG | 45 HIT | 31 SB | 68 TA | 53.7% FO
SMJHL Playoffs:
S78 | 13 GP | 1 G | 4 A | 5 P | -9 | 0 PPP | 2 PIM | 27 SOG | 12 HIT | 5 SB | 4 TA | 42.4% FO
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International Career:
IIHF Round Robin:
TBD
IIHF Medal Round:
TBD
WJC Round Robin:
S78 | 12 GP | 1 G | 3 A | 4 P | +0 | 0 PPP | 2 PIM | 11 SOG | 6 HIT | 2 SB | 5 TA | 60.3% FO
WJC Medal Round:
S78 | 1 GP | 0 G | 0 A | 0 P | -1 | 0 PPP | 0 PIM | 0 SOG | 0 HIT | 1 SB | 1 TA | 44.4% FO
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Career Earnings and Draft Selections:
Signed a 1 year, $3,000,000 ELC Contract with the Minnesota Monarchs in S79
Drafted 1st Round, 14th Overall to the Minnesota Monarchs in the S79 SHL Entry Draft
Signed a 1 year, $5,000,000 Rookie Contract with the Colorado Raptors in S78
Drafted 2nd Round, 17th Overall to the Colorado Raptors in the S78 SMJHL Entry Draft
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Awards and Achievements:
Won the Colorado Raptors S78 Cassius Darrow Trophy for Most Outstanding Rookie