Hello forum, I’m new to the SHL and simulation-based leagues. I thought I could both learn some history of the league and make an article at the same time. Having been part of the 79th SMJHL draft, it was both a hectic and fun process. What I’ve noticed is that the scouts are ranking and drafting solely on personality and vibes, cause there is nothing else to go on. I “work” as a semi-pro hockey scout and am quite interested in drafts and how the picks develop over the seasons. What better way to study this than following the 1st overall picks from all the SMJHL drafts? I am limited to the stats available but I hope I’ve been able to follow the careers closely. I am following the player AND the team itself looking at how they do over the career of the player we’re following. I mean no disrespect to the users of the players. I am simply writing as an enthusiastic hockey writer would while looking back at the careers of the players themselves.

52nd SMJHL draft - Chris Cerullo,
The first overall pick in the 52nd SMJHL draft belonged to the Colorado Raptors. With their pick, they decided to grab Chris Cerullo, a two-way center. Cerullo was your default mold of a two-way player who could contribute on all ends of the ice. Joining COL as an average skilled player for the team, they brought good face-off skill in a package of above-average offense and defense. Their shortcoming was their physical prowess, only a bit faster than most but weaker, and got tired quickly. Whatever Colorado had planned for Cerullo it didn’t pan out at all. Finishing as one of the lowest-scoring forwards on Colorado in their rookie season, they saw a -12 +/- and only 12 minutes of ice time per game, with no powerplay and 2nd Penalty kill deployment. Colorado wasn’t happy with what they saw from the struggling center so they tried moving them to the wing for their 2nd season. Now at right wing, Cerullo scored more points and saw an increase to 17 minutes per game. They were still not selected for either power play unit but did get to play in the 1st penalty kill unit. This would mark the end of Cerullo’s time in Colorado. Their nonexistent progression didn’t give the team much faith that they could help them and was cut at the end of the 54th season. Cerullo’s story doesn’t end there as the Nevada Battle Born took a flyer on the former first-overall pick. Cerullo only played 10 games that season with Nevada but going into their final year in the SMHJL they played their best hockey. A career high of 19 points and a 10+  rating would let Cerullo go out on top when Nevada was bounced in the 2nd round by Anchorage. Cerullo was selected 43rd by the Buffalo Stampede in the 53rd SHL draft but they would never suit up and play a single SHL game in their career. Looking back with hindsight it’s clear Chris Cerullo was not close to first-overall material and Colorado would have been better off picking someone else.

53rd SMJHL draft - Mikkel Asmus Sondergard
The first overall pick in the 53rd SMJHL draft belonged to the Maine Timber. With their pick, they decided to grab Mikkel Asmus Sondergard, a smooth, playmaking left-side defenceman. Sondergard was dearly needed in Maine and was immediately thrust into both special teams' units and would play the most minutes of any player in the whole team. The Iron Lung defenceman racked up 3rd most points by any Maine defenseman with 14 and could done much better with more power play time. Maine was a struggling team this season and Sondergard’s -12 would be around average for their team. In their second year, Maine decided to try the defenseman on the right side. It was very much a deja vu season for Sondergard who put up near similar stats, however, their low Shooting % hinted at a player who was quite unlucky and should have had a few more goals. Main would not make the playoffs this year either. In their third year, everything would click for Sondergard and Maine overall. More than doubling their last season's point output, they improved in every single stat category. Even with a much-improved team, Maine still relied on Sondergard’s iron lungs to play the most of any player on the team for a third season in a row. Maine would go on a surprise run from the wildcard making it all the way to the finals with a few game 7 wins on the way. Maine ran into the #1 seeded Newfoundland who made no mistake, dispatching Maine in game 6 of the finals. This would mark the end of Sondergard’s SMJHL career. Sondergard was picked #1 in the 54th SHL draft by the Texas Renegades. Sondergard would play 14 seasons in the SHL for Texas and Los Angeles. They would win the Challenge Cup 2 times with Texas and 1 time with Los Angeles to finish their career with 3 rings.

54th SMJHL draft - Liam Slate
The first overall pick in the 54th SMJHL draft belonged to the Newfoundland Berserkers. With their pick, they decided to grab Liam Slate, an average if not seemingly underwhelming right-wing. Slate was not put in a great situation to start their career seeing less than 10 minutes of ice per game and no special teams whatsoever. After their first season, it would seem that Newfoundland misjudged when Slate only put in 16 points and was 2nd worst among forwards in points. At a glance, it looks quite bad but 16 points with horrible deployment and no special teams isn’t anything to scoff at. Instead, it would hint at something to come. Whatever the team saw when they picked Slate it wasn’t showing on the ice so far. Come Slate’s second season and they were ready to vindicate Newfoundland's pick. Doubling their point output they would rocket up to 7th in point and was only 4 points shy of 3rd best. Among the top 8 in points, Slate would average more than 4 minutes less TOI and was actually one of Newfoundland's most efficient players, point-wise. This season was not just an explosion in output by Slate, but the whole Newfoundland team. The team would finish top in the league in points and make their way to the finals, even if they needed game 7 in the semi-finals to get there. In a showdown against Maine, Slate would play against the #1 pick from the draft before them in Sondergard. The miracle run for Maine came to an end at Newfoundland’s feet and Slate had just won himself the Four Star Cup. For their third season, Slate became a critical player for the reigning champions getting close to averaging a point per game. Slate was finally getting proper deployment in the team and it shows. Newfoundland managed to get back to the finals to defend the title but would come up shot in game 6 losing to Vancouver. This is Slate’s best season on Newfoundland and while they got a total of 11 goals, it should likely have been over double as their Shooting % which has always been near 12% dipped to 6% this season. For their final SMHJL season, Slate was traded to Quebec to be part of a Four Star Cup push. Finishing the regular season with 52 points, Slate was part of a loaded roster that cruised their way to the semi-final. Unexpectedly Quebec got stopped by Anchorage who would go on to win the cup for themselves.  Slate had come a long way from their seemingly meager rookie season standing as one of the best players in the SMHJL and vindicating that first-overall pick so many seasons ago. Slate would go on to play 12 seasons in the SHL for; Toronto, Edmonton, Seattle, and San Francisco winning the Challenge Cup 2 times both with Seattle. Curiously Slate was a 13th forward in their days in the SHL. 

55th SMJHL draft -  Zdenko Beranek
The first overall pick in the 55th SMJHL draft belonged to the Quebec City Citadels. Quebec was one of two new expansion teams along with the Nevada Battleborn. With their pick, they decided to take Zdenko Beranek, an undersized two-way center. As a newly created expansion team, Quebec had a lacking roster which meant they needed Beranek to play as a wing. Beranek had only an average speed but their skill in the offensive zone let them contribute immediately. A very non-physical player, they preferred to be in the right spot and use their stick over challenging with their body. Beranek Came 3rd in points on the team while having quite poor +/-, -22. They were likely deployed against opposing top lines which isn’t an easy ask and dragged down the +/- which isn’t reflective of what they could have done on a non-expansion team. With slim special team deployments, Beranek and Quebec barely made it into the playoffs as a wildcard team and ran into the champion-bound Newfoundland who swept them. With a full season under their belt, Beranek hit the ground running (hit the ice skating?). They had improved in all facets of the offensive game and were back at their natural position in center they came a single point away from leading Quebec in points.  While Quebec made the wildcard proper this time instead of barely getting in, the result was the same as they got sent packing after game 6 versus Colorado. In their third season, Beranek was back in much better physical form and had evolved their defensive game more to become a true two-way center in the SMHJL. With a crazy +39 rating, Beranek managed 71 points leading Quebec to a dominant season winning the league table with over 80% of their games ending in points. This time Beranek and Quebec were waiting for revenge against Newfoundland who swept them two seasons ago. It went as planned sending Newfoundland home after 6 games. Anchorage was waiting In the semi-finals and it became a must-see series going down to game 7. Quebec couldn’t pull through and Anchorage went on to win the Four Star Cup easily running over Anaheim in the finals. Benak wasn’t slaking during the playoffs leading the team once again in points. Going into their final year with Quebec and in the SMJHL, Benak didn’t lose a single step improving their overall game further and once again leading Quebec to a 2nd place-table finish. In the Quarter-final colorado gave Quebec a scare forcing game 7 but Quebec managed to hold on this time. After a quick stomping in the semi-finals, it was time to face the team that sent them home last year, Anchorage. Quebec fueled by revenge ran over Anchorage in 5 games securing Beranek’s and Quebec first first-ever Four Star Cup! Beranek was drafted 18th by Seattle but ended up in Calgary once they got to the SHL. Playing for only 5 seasons, Beranek bounced around three teams as a backup before washing out after S66. They retired without winning the Challengers Cup, but will always be a Quebec legend as their first-ever pick and leading them to their first-ever Four Star Cup.

56th SMJHL draft - Arsene Leclerc
The first overall pick in the 56th SMJHL draft belonged to the Anaheim Outlaws. With their pick, they decided to pick Arsene Leclerc, a physically gifted left defenseman who could lock down opponents and isn’t a liability in the offense. Leclerc didn’t get a gradual easing in, they were sent to defend against top opposing lines, kill penalties, and be part of the power play immediately. Finishing 3rd among defensemen in points Leclerc had an impact on both sides of the ice. In defense, they used their physical gifts to stop opponents and at times a bit too much, racking up a lot of penalty minutes over the season. Anaheim secured a wildcard spot but lost in game 7 to Kelowna who in turn were swept by a champion-bound Vancouver. This was already Leclerc’s third season as he’d been an undrafted free agent previously and played for a season then been practically out of the league before making their comeback. In their 4th and final SMHJL season, Leclerc was underwhelmingly average scoring a solid amount of points, and was one of the few bright spots in defense for a middling Anaheim team. The team would get bounced once again in the Quarter-finals and Leclerc never got close to winning a cup with Anaheim. Drafted 2nd overall in the 57th SHL draft by Minnesota it would take Leclerc a few seasons before they made it onto the roster in Season 60. they played a handful of games per season over 3 years before washing out of the league. Surprisingly 4 years after they had done they got a 1-year deal with New Orleans to play as their 7th defenseman. They played a career-high of 9 games in Season 66 which would also mark their last season. Quite a wild career for Leclerc, going Undrafted, out of the league then making a comeback and being selected 1st overall. They used the momentum of their surprise pick to get a 2nd overall pick in the next year's SHL draft but that marks the high point of their career. Leclerc was never able to take the step into the SHL playing practically nothing in the SHL. Then 4 years later of all players they made a pro comeback which only lasted a year, but what a year that must have been.

57th SMJHL draft - Jean-Locke Zidane
The first overall pick in the 57th SMJHL draft belonged to the St. Louis Scarecrows. With their pick, they selected Jean-Locke Zidane, a physical right-side defenseman who specialized in defense but could move and pass the puck himself at a good level. Zidane joined a trainwreck situation in St. Louis. The team lacked in every aspect and finished second last for a reason. Zidane along with their defensive partner was given the hardest deployments and by far most of the TOI. Zidane had to do everything including over 4 minutes of power plays and 2 minutes of penalty kills per game. The team hemorrhaged goals and Zidane’s +/- was an atrocious -26. Missing the playoffs Zidane as one of the few bright spots on the team, was traded to Anchorage for a haul of picks. Joining a significantly better team in Anchorage, Zidane wasn’t asked to shoulder all of the special teams’ burden and could focus their energy on 5on5. Still finishing 3rd in points by an Anchorage defenceman. The change to playing on the left side didn’t seem to hinder Zidane who continued to grow their defensive skills. Anchorage was trying to repeat as champions and got their way to the finals easily,  never needing more than 5 games to win a series. In the finals, it was their turn to get sent home in 5 games by a red-hot Quebec team. In their third year, Zidane continued to improve but on an absolutely loaded Anghorage roster, they found himself with worse deployment than the season before. Zidane had become a defensive specialist who was called to shut down top opponents and play penalty kill. Now with their role clear Zidane and Anchorage headed back into the playoffs and again easily made their way to the finals even beating Quebec on the way in 6 games. Once again Zidane was on the cusp of winning a cup and once again it would be taken from them in only 5 games, now by Kelowna. Going into their final SMJHL season, Zidane doubled down on their role improving immensely as a lockdown defender. The 4-year SMJHL veteran was easily one of the single best shutdown defensemen in the entire league. Now as one of the best in their role, Zidane would dominate the +/- column and lead Anchorage to the playoffs again. A sweep in the wildcard and Semifianbls was a juxtaposition to a game 7 win in the quarter-finals. For the third time, Zidane was back in the finals, AND for a third time, it would be taken away from him. This time Newfoundland won in 6 games. Zidane made 3 straight finals and lost all 3. Zidane didn’t have time to be sad as their career in the SHL was starting. Zidane fell to the 36th pick of the 58th SHL draft and was picked by  New Orleans. Once again Zidane was drafted into a disaster situation. They spent their entire 8-year career with New Orleans never winning a single game in the second round. Zidane has to be one of the most unlucky SMJHL players as they got so close three separate times and all three they would lose. They were a respectable player in the SHL but never made it any further than a good player on a, at best, mid-team.

58th SMJHL draft - Aleksandrs Balcers
The first overall pick in the 58th SMJHL draft belonged to the Newfoundland Berserkers. With their pick, they took Aleksandrs Balcers, a massive, offensively gifted left-side defenseman. As a rookie on a very decent Newfoundland team, Balcer's deployment was limited but they did all they could with what they got. Getting lower TOI and negligent special temas deployment, they somehow were only 4 points behind the team-leading scoring defenseman and had a crazy +44 in +/-.  It was very evident early on that Balcers was a very skilled offensive threat. Defensively they weren’t great but they were good enough that their insane offense easily outweighed any defensive shortcomings. Newfoundland made the wildcard where they dispatched Maine, then they dispatched Nevada rather easily before running into an anchor in Anchorage. Balcers was their usual self in the playoffs, leading the team‘s defensive core in points and doing it with hardly any special teams time. In Balcers’ second year, they saw some overall improvements in their skills, it wasn’t enough to win a starting job on either power play and they played their entire second season like they had their first, balling out in 5on5 yet lacking the power play deployment which would have helped them be one of the top scoring defensemen in the entire league. The improved Newfoundland roster got a bye week for the wildcard and took on Maine in the quarter-finals. Newfoundland handled it in 6 games and over again went to the semi-finals. Once again they got sent packing, this time by the eventual champion Kelowna. Going onto Balcers third year they took massive steps in their overall game. They were not only an elite, two-way defensemen who could rack up points easily and stop opponents in their sleep. Newfoundland had no option but to grant Balcers the starting power play role and they took it and ran. They ran so far that they scored 60 goals leading the team in defensive scoring and helping Newfoundland complete one of the best regular seasons in the SMJHL ever. This season the goal was clear, Four-Star Cup or bust, nothing less would do. Newfoundland ran over Maine and Vancouver on the way to the finals. Facing Anchorage in the finals, Anchorage blinked first and Newfoundland along with Balcers took home the Four Star Cup. Once the partying was over Balcers was called up to Minnesota who had drafted them 27th in the 57th SHL draft. The team deemed Balcers good enough already to skip their 4th year and come help the main team. Balcers had a strange SHL career, they were called up early to be the #1 guy on the Minnesota power play. Yet once the season was over Balcers retired suddenly. He’d be out of hockey for 4 seasons until making their comeback with Minnesota. At this point, they had regressed as a player and weren’t able to recreate the magic they had down in the SMJHL. They remained for 3 seasons until calling it a career. Balcers was a truly dominant SMJHL player in their final year, yet due to off-ice issues, they missed several seasons in the SHL. Once they were back it was too late to recapture what once made them so dominant and they quickly washed out.

59th SMJHL draft - Stan Din'desque
The first overall pick in the 59th SMJHL draft belonged to the Anaheim Outlaws. With their pick, they selected  Stan Din'desque, a slightly undersized two-way center. Din'desque joined a midtable Anaheim team who didn’t require their services which relegated Din'desque to 4th line and penalty kill duties. Seeing under 10 minutes per game on the ice it’s not surprising that they only put up 11 points in 66 games. While Din'desque barely hung onto a roster spot, Anaheim made the wildcard round and got promptly beaten to a pulp by Maine in 4 games. A very weak season for the 1st overall pick, they went and trained during the off-season with a mission in mind, prove them all wrong. Din'desque returned a new player better in every way. Stronger, faster, better in defense, and suburb in offense. They made sure there was no doubt as to why they were selected #1 only a year ago. Anaheim took notice of the clear improvement in their overall game and promptly snubbed them for powerplay duties. Din'desque would make it look like a very poor choice when they came 2nd in points WITHOUT the power play, imagine what they could done with it then. While starting on the first line, Din'desque was left with the task of killing penalties. While they were very good at it it was a waste to not have them in the power play. Anaheim was back once again in the wildcard round and matched up against a familiar team in Maine. This time it would go to game 7 but Maine emerged victorious yet again. Din'desque still barely got any powerplay time in the playoffs. The vision Anaheim had for Din'desque didn’t match up with what they were as a player and they requested a trade. Soon the trade would be granted and Din'desque would end up on a very good Quebeck team. Quebec was the offensive value in Din'desque and immediately started them on the first power play unit. Din'desque would average over a point per game this season learning Quebec to a high-table finish. Cruising through the wildcard and quarter-finals in only 10 games, the challenge would come in the semi-finals. Din'desque kept up their dominant form scoring 15 points in 16 games but it wasn’t enough as Quebec lost in 6 games to Newfoundland and in turn, got swept in the finlas. Din'desque was a dominant two-way center in the SMJHL and that didn’t go unnoticed. Montreal would draft the center 1st overall in the 60th SHL draft. Din'desque skipped their 4th SMJHL year and joined a truly horrific Montreal team as a solid SHL starter already in their 4th year. They would go on to play for Winnipeg, Toronto, and Manhattan in their 9-year SHL career. While they never became elite they were in the conversation as a top player for several seasons with Winnipeg and Toronto. In their later days, they shifted to wing until they finally retired after season 70. Din'desque was never able to win any rings or silverware but they had a respectable career and skill that any team would like to have had on their team.

60th SMJHL draft - Konstantin Selich
The first overall pick in the 60th SMJHL draft belonged to the Quebec City Citadels. With their pick, they took Konstantin Selich, a big, two-way center who was skilled but a bit of a coward. Selich was drafted into an above-average team in Quebec and was given sheltered minutes and some powerplay time. Selich did well for himself in the limited time they had netting over half a point-per-game. The season was quite uneventful for Selich who just kept trucking along in their role. Then the playoffs hit and Selich decided it was time to light himself on fire, not literally. While they averaged just over half a point per game in the season, Selich would double it being just off-track from being a point-per-game player. Quebec would use Selich’s hot streak and cruise by the wildcard and quarterfinals until hitting a titan in Anchorage. The Cinderella run ended after only 4 games when Anchorage sent Quebec packing. The team was ecstatic at Selich’s growth during the playoffs and off-season as they came back a much better overall player next season. Due to the presence of some exceptionally gifted offensive players, Selich didn’t get much power play time. They continued where they left off scoring points in over 2/3s of Quebec's games helping the team finish near the top of the league table and comfortably cruise into the playoffs. Once again Quebec easily made the semi-finals running over the teams in their way. Selich was not playing like they did last playoffs only barely above half a point per game. Their lack of production would be sorely noticed as Quebec got bounded in 6 by Newfoundland. A disappointing end for Selich who once again came back to the next season in better overall shape than last. With the graduation of several power play specialists, Selich was able to grab a spot on the top unit and Quebec wouldn’t regret it. Selich would lead the team in points now being over a point-per-game and 13 points clear of 2nd best. While Selich was dominant, Quebec was only average and made it to the wildcard. They would be bounced in 6 games by Colorado and this would mark the end of Selich’s tenure in Quebec. Traded to Great Falls to help the team push for the Cup, Selich showed up to the team in the same shape as last season, not improving over the summer. They would play as a veteran leader for the team but a big reduction in power play time would bite into their production making them fall 18 points short of the last campaign. Great Falls made the wildcard where they got beat to a pulp by Nevada and ended Selich’s SMJHL career on a bitter loss. Off to Buffalo who had drafted them 40th overall in the 61st SHL draft, Selich would play a whopping 15 seasons for Buffalo and he’s still going. At the time of writing, he’s in their 16th season with Buffalo and has not yet retired. At their peak for Buffalo, Selich was an elite player who helped the team win the Challenge Cup in season 71. Now on the back end of their career, Selich remains a squad player who can still help the team but their glory days are long over. So far Selich has won 1 ring with Buffalo and their story isn’t over yet. They might be able to grab another one before they hang their skates up. Whether they do or not, Konstantin Selich will forever be one of the most legendary names for Buffalo fans.  

61th SMJHL draft - Jesper Aittokallio
The first overall pick in the 61st SMJHL draft belonged to the Maine Timber. With their pick, they chose Jesper Aittokallio, a big, playmaking dangler. Aittokallio joined Maine as one of their most skilled puckhandles from day one. Their blend of stickhandling, vision, and ability to get open made them an offensive threat instantly. Averaging over half a point per game in their rookie season with less than 16 minutes per game and Power play 2 deployments. Maine would finish the year 8th in the league table but not secure a wildcard spot and have to watch the playoffs from home. Aittokallio would return to their second year as a faster and stronger player in all aspects of the ice. While both Aittokallio and Maine improved, Aittokallio’s deployment mirrored last season, yet they still managed to put up more points than their rookie year. This season Maine secured a Pacific wildcard spot and made the playoffs, matching up against Anaheim. Maine dealt with Anaheim in 6 games and went onward to face Newfoundland. Not an ideal matchup for Maine as the eventual champion Newfoundland would sweep the series sending them home after only 4 games. Once again Aittokallio would take the off-season seriously and show up to camp even better than they had left. With several Maine veterans called up to the SHL this opened the door for Aittokallio to get power play 1 deployment. This season would be another step in the right direction for Aittokallio as they scored points in close to 80% of Maines games with only the power play time changing from previous years. This season Maine would finish 2nd in the table yet require 7 games to deal with the middling Quebec. Maybe a sign of what was to come, Maine once again ran into Newfoundland, who once again, swept the series. For a second straight season, Aittokallio was sent home after a 4 game series. Entering their finals season in the SMJHL, Aittokallio came back to camp in the same shape they left the season earlier. Maine was a much weaker team with many of their top players leaving. Finishing 6th this time, Aittokallio managed to put up their most productive season ever in the SMHJL with 63p in 66 games. Once again playoff-bound, Maine would be sent home immediately, by a much weaker Carolina team. This would mark the unceremonial end of Aittokallio’s time in the SMHJL. Drafted in the 4th round at pick 66 by the Manhattan Rage, Aittokallio would spend their entire professional career with the team. Lasting 10 seasons, Aittokallio became a solid starter for the team. Manhattan was never able to win any Challengers Cups and Aittokallio would retire without ever being able to win anything in their solid playing career.

62nd SMJHL draft - Ergo Nomic
The first overall pick in the 62nd SMJHL draft belonged to the Carolina Kraken  With their pick, they picked Ergo Nomic, An average-sized, mobile, right-side defenseman. Carolina was already one of the top teams in the SMJHL when Nomic joined. With an already stacked roster, Nomic wasn’t needed to carry big minutes and instead played as a 2nd pairing defense with very limited special teams deployments. A solid year for Nomic, they managed to establish themselves as a rookie with potential, netting 21 points during the season.  Carolina would sweep Kelowna in the 2nd round before running into a buzzsaw called Newfoundland. Back for their second season, Carolina decided to move Nomic to the left side, hoping that it could help their development. Nomic would almost double their point totals still with similar deployment. It Was likely a blend of that move to the left side and Nomic improving over the off-season that contributed to the breakout year. Carolina would slip it after losing a few players to the SHL and end midtable. Playing Detroit in the wildcard, Carolina was sent home after 6 games, likely taking solace in the fact Detori got smacked in the next round after only 5 games. Leading into season three, Carolina decided to try something rather unusual. They would play Nomic at wing instead. The move itself worked quite well with Nomic increasing in every relevant on-ice metric. Unfortunately, the team was not great and only managed to barely secure a wildcard spot. Matching up against a very solid Maine team, it looked rather lost for Carolina. To the shock of many and definitely Maine, Carolina would send Maine packing after only 6 games. Moving on to playing a dynasty Newfoundland team in the 2nd round. Carolina only managed to win a single game and avoid the pure sweep. Entering their finals season in the SMHJL, Nomic was once again moved. This time back to their original position in right-side defenseman. The move paid off immediately and Nomic recorded the 2nd most points in Carolina. 1st place was Nomic’s partner Forfeit. The dynamic duo were unable to help carry Carolina to a playoff spot and the team had to watch from home while Detroit won it all. Nomic’s SMHJL days were over but it was just the start of their SHL days. Drafted 5th by the Toronto North Stars, Nomic would be traded to the Baltimore Platoon before ever suiting up for Toronto. Minnesota was not a good team and Nomic only lasted a single season with the team. Cut going into S67, Nomic would spend the season without a team. For S68, Minnesota in dire need of anybody, would sign the former Kraken player to a one-year deal. Nomic only lasted a single season here too before calling it a career and retiring without any rings or silverware. 

63rd SMJHL draft - Mortiz Seider
The first overall pick in the 63rd SMJHL draft belonged to the Detroit Falcons. With their pick, they took Mortiz Seider, A big, mobile, all-around left-shot defenseman. Atlanta struggled in Seider’s rookie year and Seider’s stats reflected that quite well. A team worst -29 in +/-, Seider was asked to play against the top-six of the opponents while his team struggled to score much themselves. Seider’s all-around ability made them quite useful to fill needs after the team's opponents. Played a bit of PK and PP, and the much better defensive game rating makes sense as Seider isn’t good enough to be a primary creator for a team. Finishing 12th, Detroit still got a playoff spot and managed to upset their way to a 6-game win over Carolina. In round 2 Great Falls was waiting and it wasn’t much of a fight lasting only 5 games. In year 2 Seider and the whole Detroit squad came back much improved. Embracing a more offensive role in the team, Seider’s point totals would grow to 40p in 66g which is quite impressive for a player with under a minute of power play time and less than 20 minutes total per game. This year Detroit cruised into the playoffs running over Anchorage in 4 games in Round 1. Round 2 took until game 7 but Detroit got past Regina, barely. Off to the Semifinals, Quebec was waiting and they didn’t play around. A four-game series and Detroit was sent packing, they could at least take joy in the fact Quebec got equally as decimated in the finals by Newfoundland. In year 3 Detroit would complete one of the best seasons in the SMJHL’s history. A whopping .909 points % could easily get Detroit the 1st seed and an easy playoff route. Detroit made it on the back of their absurd offensive prowers, and leading the defensive core, it’s Seider. An all-star this year Seider was as complete of a two-way defenseman as you can find in the SMJHL. Only 4 points of a PPG pace, the 23+ TOI, and 3+ min Power play time would make Seider the most used player in Detroit. Seider still had secondary penalty kill duties too, they did it all. With a bye-week Detroit waiting for Youlon to make it to the 2nd round. A quick gentleman's sweep later it’s off to the 3rd round. Waiting was a familiar face, Quebec. Once again they were dispatched in only 5 games and Detroit had a date in the finals. Newfoundland made sure it was a memorable series but in game 7 Detroit called the game and Seider was part of a team that raised The Four Star Cup. This would be the end of Seider’s time in Detroit as he was off to Quebec. Used mostly as a backup and utility player in Detroit, Seider never came close to matching his season best in Detroit here. Seider was still part of the team and Quebec cruised to the 3rd round where a St. Louis team would take the to the brink. Just surviving in game 7, must have sapped all the energy cause Quebec then got swept by Nevada in the finals. Drated 3rd in the 64th SHL draft by the New England Wolfpack, Seider was off to New England. Seider would end up as a journeyman being part of 4 different SHL teams as a backup. Never managed to win a ring in the SHL, but Seider will always remember being core to the Detroit team that won it all S65.

64th SMJHL draft - Dan Baltisberger
The first overall pick in the 64th SMJHL draft belonged to the St. Louis Scarecrows and with their pick, they grabbed Dan Baltisberger, A two-way sniping left wing. Baltisberger joined a St. Louis team that had just completed what can only be described as a disaster. By far the worst defense, allowing so many goals I bet all other team’s offenses marked what day they got to play against St. Louis and awaited it like a holiday. Add on a very anemic offense and St. Louis was desperate for literally any help they could get, and help they got. Baltisberger came in and made an immediate impact on the team managing to lead the team in points as a rookie. Led by Baltisberger’s example, St. Louis managed to make a run to the playoffs. While the defense had tightened up, it was still leaking, a lot. Took Nevada 4 games to dispatch St. Louis but the team was making solid strides compared to where they were just one season ago. Back for season two, Baltisberger didn’t suffer any sophomore slump and kept going exactly where he left off. Once again leading the team in points, by a 20-point margin! Add the improved defense and an offense that was powered by more than just Baltisberger this time, St. Louis had become a formidable team. This time it was St. Louis's turn to seep someone in the 1st round sending Great Falls back home quickly. Waiting in the 2nd round was division rival Quebec. Quebec was the favorite and didn’t need more than 5 games to deal with St. Louis. Back to the drawing table for Baltisberger’s third season. The solution St. Louis found was simple, get better and more firepower. In Baltisberger’s third year, they didn’t lead the team in points. With ample support and in-team growth, Baltisberger no longer had to carry the team and could now focus on being part of a bigger system. With a solid regular season showing, St. Louis went straight to the 2nd round where they would have to fight tooth and nail to beat out Vancouver in 7 games. On to the 3rd round it was once again Quebec waiting. They put up a better fight this time around but once again Quebec came out as the winners after 7 games. At least Baltisberger and St. Louis could take solace that Quebec got swept in the finals by Nevada. Running it back for Baltisberger’s finals season. Another respectable finish to the regular season got St. Louis a date with Ancorahe in the 1st round. Done and dusted in five, one to the 2nd round where Regina was waiting. Some more struggle this time but again St. Louis went on after six. In the 3rd round, the final boss waited, Quebec. History is cruel to St. Louis as once again for the third year in a row they are sent home by Quebec, once again in game 7. Again they can take solace that Quebec lost the finals to Maine. That’s the end for Baltisberger’s days in the SMJHL but his days in the SHL were beginning. Drafted 4th by the Minnesota Monarchs in the 65th SHL draft. Once again becoming a top scorer in his rookie year, Baltisberger spent their whole career with Minnesota hanging it up after S75. Baltisberger never got to see anything more than the 1st round in the SHL, finishing his career never having been able to raise a cup. A solid and effective player, he stayed loyal his whole career even if his teams got stuck in the void known as low-to-mid. I respect that, cheers to Dan Baltisberger.

65th SMJHL draft - Oles Kobliska
The first overall pick in the 65th SMJHL draft belonged to the Yukon Malamutes. They selected Oles Kobliska with their pick, a big and fast two-way center. Kobliska joined a Yukon team that lacked any veteran presence and was running a very young team. Coming off a mediocre last season Yukon would end the regular season once again at literal mid. Kobliska logged less than 16 minutes per game and limited power play time, Yukon did not need them to come in and instantly perform. Going into the playoffs Yukon had to deal with Regina for the honor to see how would have to play the cup favorites in Detroit. It took to game 7 but Yukon stood victorious alone for the right to now get run over by Detroit. And run over they got, they managed to make it a gentlemen sweep at least. Going into the second year, Kobliska was one of the many Yukon players who took large steps in their game. Yukon was entering a title window and it started with a great regular season. Finishing 4th in the table and … also 4th in the conference (Atlantic conference was stacked S66). Matching up against a horrible Newfoundland in the 1st round, Yukon was setting their sights toward the 2nd round quickly. Probably should have taken said horrible team a bit more seriously as the 12th-placed Newfoundland managed to upset Yukon in 7 games sending Yukon home way too early. Going back into the 3rd year, Kobliska was now the clear best forward Yukon had after many veterans got their SHL call-up. This drain of talent was too much for our hero to handle alone and Yukon slipped back into mediocrity finishing 9th. 9th is good enough for a playoff spot and back for a third rodeo Kobliska went. Running into an equally mediocre Colorado team, it would take 7 games to decide who was the king of mid. The newly-crowned Yukon advanced after 7 games and ran into Quebec (does Quebec ever not make a deep run? They keep showing up as I write this article…). Playing the top-seeded team in the whole league, Yukon took them to the brink but in game 7 Quebec managed to avoid the upset. And just like that Kobliska was in their 4th and final season. A familiar story for Kobliska, Yukon was once again mediocre. As one of only 3 veterans on the team, it was up to Kobliska and the gang to try the impossible. Finishing 8th, they would match up against Colorado again and again sending them packing. Like last time it was to decide who got the honor to take on the cup favourites Detroit. This time Yukon could not even scratch out a win as Detroit went all the way to win the cup. Drafted 7th overall by the Edmonton Blizzard in the 66th SHL draft it was time for Kobliska to take their talents to the SHL. For the first time writing this whole article, I’ve come across a player who is still active. Currently playing their 11th season in the SHL now on Winnipeg, Kobliska has won a ring with Edmonton in season 73 during their prime and played a big part in winning the cup. Kobliska’s career is now on the backend but they are still giving value and a veteran presence to a rebuilding Winnipeg team. Looks unlikely Kobliska will get more rings but you never truly know.

66th SMJHL draft - D Jobin
The first overall pick in the 66th SMJHL draft belonged to the Anchorage Armada and with their pick they took D Jobin, (not to be confused with B Jobin, cause I know I was…). Jobin is an average-sized two-way right-shot defenseman, just don’t ask them to be in the correct defensive position. Drafted to an Anchorage team that was simply put, rubbish, expectations for Jobin would have to stay mild for their rookie year. And mild they stayed with a cold -33 +/- and that wasn’t even bottom 20 in the league (Kelowna was lowkey ass this season). Still, for a rookie getting 21 minutes of ice time doesn’t happen too often. Anchorage was prepared to rely on and invest in Jobin. Being bottom of the barrel in the SMJHL often means your defense is rather lacking and it’s no surprise that Anchorage would deploy Jobin to try and patch that up. Finishing 9th Anchorage barely scraped into the playoffs and managed to win more games against Maine than I think Maine was comfortable with. Being sent home after game 6 wasn’t all bad for Anchorage but some big steps were going to be needed from the whole team and Jobin for next year. And for the next season we got a lot of things, big steps from either Jobin or Anchorage were not any of them… Jobin barely improved over the off-season and neither did Anchorage. Unsurprisingly this led to a repeat of last season, finishing low-mid table and barely getting into the playoffs. At least Jobin was getting a solid 20 minutes of TOI still, yay. Matching up against St. Louis it only took 5 games this time and Anchorage was sent packing. THIS TIME Anchorage and Jobin would surely put in effort in the off-season and improve, and they did, one of them, not Jobin, oof. Jobin literally showed up as the same player this season again. Anchorage at least has been improving now finished 4th in the standings and actually has an outside shot at getting somewhere in the playoffs. Jobin was still here logging 20+ minutes but we focusing on Anchorage at this point. This time Anchorage was the one dispatching a team early in the 1st round sending Quebec back to French land in only 5 games. 2nd round was against a red-hot Maine team that showed they weren’t just a paper tiger. 5 games and Acnhorags' hopes were destroyed as they once again got sent packing home. Don’t ask me how but Jobin was drafted 25th overall by the Hamilton Steelhakws in the 67th SHL draft. Jobin’s SMJHL career ended here already after 3 seasons as they departed to help the big squad in the SHL. I’m being lenient in the word help here as Jobin was mostly a 3rd pairing defenseman or even 7th sometimes. Jobin would bounce around a few teams including Tampabay, Buffalo, and Baltimore, and be a depth piece for anyone who would take them.  Fun fact Jobin took only two faceoffs in their whole SHL career and won both, maybe their skills were misused:Crying_emoji: . No cups, rings, or silverware for Jobin as they retired after S76, and honestly that’s not a bad run for someone who only ever was a fringe depth piece.

67th SMJHL draft - John Brown
The first overall pick in the 67th SMJHL draft belonged to the Nevada Battleborn and they selected John Brown,  a very versatile right-shot defenseman who had quick hands and a quicker mind. Nevada with the shrewdest trading I've seen this side the Mississippi managed to acquire the first overall pick while also finishing #1 in the tale the season before. The #1 pick came courtesy of Yukon from some trade I can’t track down atm. Brown was immediately put in one of the best situations a draftee can find themselves in. Just because Nevada was stacked didn’t mean they couldn’t find some time and love for Brown who clocked a crazy 22:30 toi per game. Brown was not out of place with the large workload managing to clock a 63 average game rating in line with the whole defensive core of Nevada. The regular season was never going to be a challenge and Nevada rolled up to the playoffs with a bye-week and sat waiting in the 2nd round for a worthy challenge. Detroit answered the call but I’m not sure I’d call them worthy, not after getting thrown out in 5 games. Onwards Nevada went into the eventual cup winners in Maine, a bit of a spoiler, but Nevada managed to force a game 7, even if they would lose it. Not a bad first season for Brown and his new gang who came back the next season and significantly improved overall. Brown had worked a bit on everything was was already becoming a very formidable two-way defenseman. Another season and another easy cruise for Nevada. Nevada didn’t hold back giving Brown 25+ TOI per game, talk about trust (I took a look and that was indeed #1 most TOI of any player, in any team that season). We already know Nevada is going straight to the 2nd round again, but this time that was the end. A St. Louis team that just assassinated Vancouver managed to deal with Nevada in only 6 games. While Brown was off working hard in the offseason becoming the best version of himself that he could, I can’t say the same for Nevada. The mass exodus of their high-skill veterans left the team in a bit of a pickle. Brown once again led the team in TOI with 24+ and was seeing heavy deployment on both special teams units.  This season Nevada would finish 9th and get into the 1st round for the first time in Brown’s career. Would also become the first time Brown was eliminated from the playoffs in the 1st round when Anchorage sent them home with a gentleman's sweep. Now going on Brown’s last season Nevada’s team overall looked much improved. Back to where Brown was used to, at the top of the TOI leaderboards and top of the league table. Clearly Nevada's #1 workhorse, Brown was once again relied upon for a bit of everything. Finishing 4th Nevada once again got a bye-week and skipped the 1st round (can’t lose in the 1st if you ain’t there). A quick dispatching of Great Falls later and Brown was back to the previous top, 3rd round. This would be the best series of the whole playoffs as both teams would go all in forcing a game 7 to decide who gets to play for the cup. Unfortunately for our main protagonist, Nevada would lose the critical game 7 and watch as Newfoundland would raise the cup after sweeping Maine in the finals. Thus our hero’s SMJHL career came to an end but a new door was wide open, the SHL. Drafted 6th overall by Tampa Bay Barracuda in the 68th SHL draft. Brown is still there as I write this going on their 9th season on Tamba Bay. Just outside their peak Brown will continue to be core to Tampa Bay’s blueline for another few seasons, hoping to grab that elusive ring they have yet to win. 

68th SMJHL draft - Antoine Beauregard
The first overall pick in the 68th SMJHL draft belonged to the Newfoundland Berserkes. With the pick, they selected Antoine Beauregard, a giant 6’7 240 right-shot wing. Not every day you get to watch a tower on skates but here we are. Beauregard might be a giant but their speed is surprisingly adpet with offensive tools that leave the goalies sore for days after. Beauregard joined a Newfoundland team that desperately needed any form of help. Registering 39 points in their rookie season, Beauregard actually had the top point if we exclude the players on the main powerplay who were eating most of the minutes. The team finished 10th with improvements all around in the team, especially some heroic efforts from their starting goalie who likely got hazard pay for that job. Tiptoeing into the playoffs Newfoundland was not executed to do much, ripping off two games from Regina in the eventual six-game series was a respectable showing to build on for next year. There were some minor improvements for Beauregard but the big change was they learned how to use their stick and length in defense to make it hard for any attacking player. Led by their goalie core, Newfoundland managed to improve on their -45 goal difference from last season into a very solid +63, an over 100 +/- jump in a single season. Beauregard improved on the stat sheets as expected but i gotta point this one out. Playing over 66 minutes over the season on the power play, Beauregard got a single point…1 point in 66 PP minutes. Not sure I’ll ever see a stat like that one were they just there along for the ride or something?!? Anyway, Newfoundland grabbed a 5th place finish and a surprising bye week due to their division being buns. The first challenge was 3rd placed Kelowna and while it looked like a great match on paper, it lasted 4 games, and Newfoundland was the winner by ease. This leads to one of the most surprising semi-finals in the SMHJL at least dating back to S52. 6th placed Quebec vs 5th placed Newfoundland, someone was about to become part of history as one of the lowest seeds to make the playoffs in a long time. This series was as anticipated, close and requiring game 7. Late in the 3rd a Quebec goal would win the game for Quebec who went on to stomp the massive favorite and 1st-placed Detroit. Over the offseason, Newfoundland would improve once again and become a top team in the league. Beauregard for their part became an elite winger and was finally able to secure the lucrative power play spot with the first unit. After making it so close last year the goal for Newfoundland was rather clear, win the cup. With a great but not dominant season, some doubts probably could be heard. Once again with a bye week, they lay in wait for Detroit who had to quickly dispatch the reigning champions. A rather quick affair, Newfoundland had the dignity to let Detroit win one game at least before sending them home. Back to the 3rd round and once again we needed a game 7. Newfoundland almost slipped letting Nevada back from being down 3-1, but they would overcome themselves. Waiting in the finals was Maine who looked quite menacing. Turns out it was a paper tiger as Newfoundland didn’t let Maine even get the feeling of a single finals win. And just like that Beauregard is a Four Star Cup Champion. Going back for Beauregard’s final SMJHL season the goal was weather easy, win again. With no major departures that couldn’t be patched from within, Newfoundland had high hopes to try to run it back. A 4th place finish in the regular season wasn’t exactly what you hope for but Newfoundland has won and come far from here before. Once again with a bye week, this time it was Carloinas turn to get a gentleman’s sweep in the 2nd round. A rematch of last season in the 3rd round, Nevada vs Newfoundland. Just like last year we needed game 7 to decide who’s going onward and once again it’s Newfoundland. And again somehow like last season, it’s Maine in the finals. Whatever black magic Newfoundland used last finals, Maine had taken it for themselves sweeping Newfoundland straight back. 2 Finals runs and a ring was a good haul for Beauregard as they went on to the SHL. Drafted 8th by the Edmonton Blizzard, at some point when they were in the SMJHL they were traded to New England Wolfpack. Beauregard got to see their original team lift the Challenger Cup in S73,  but I don’t think they are so sad with 2 rings of their own now as New England won S74 and S77. You can still find Beauregard on the wings of New England as they continue to serve the team as a top wing to this day.

69th SMJHL draft - Sydney Shaw
The first overall pick in the 69th SMJHL draft belonged to the Yukon Malamutes who picked Sydney Shaw, a physically gifted two-way right-shot defenseman. Yukon was quite a mid-team the season before Shaw came in, they did not join at an ideal time. Yukon had a horrible season beaten only by the tank battalion from St. Louis. Shaw was pressganged into top minutes immediately averaging just under 23 minutes per game, with a healthy mix of PK1 and PP2 deployments. On a horrible squad, Shaw only managed to scrape together 13 points (shooting a chilling 3.9% isn’t helping). Due to how the playoff spots are seeded Yukon got an invitation to get spanked in the 1st round. Giving eventual cup winners Qubec a heart attack by forcing a game 6, Yukon did better than I think anyone expected. Over the offseason, Shaw put in clear work to their defensive skills and came back with a whole Yukon squad who looked much better than before (Not that hard when you are almost -100 in goal difference). Shaw actually clocked an SMJHL career low in ATOI at only 21:16, seeing less PK and more PP time, but not by much. Shooting gods were more generous letting Shaw shoot 7% at least this time. This season Yukon was to be taken a bit more seriously in the playoffs matching up against equally low-seeded Kelowna. The equally matched teams needed game 7 to decide a winner but Yukon got the privilege to play 2nd seeded Colorado and likely get a trashing. This is why you still have to play the games, Colorado got their asses swept by Yukon easily being the biggest upset in the playoffs this year. Just like that, we have a miracle run on our hands as Yukon heads on to play Maine in the 3rd round. And as quickly as the miracle started, it ended at game 6 as Maine decided to actually play hockey, unlike Colorado. Think once again anybody would call this little run from Yukon a success and something to build on. And build they did. Shaw was now an ideal two-way defenseman and Yukon boasted one of the most loaded rosters the league has to offer. With a roster like that, even their eventual 3rd place regular season finish feels a bit underwhelming. Shaw was taken off the power play but that didn’t stop them from putting up a career-high 41 points. Earning a bye-week, Yukon waited in the 2nd round for Regian to eventually show up. Yukon definitely remembers what Colorado did last season and made sure they didn’t make any mistakes ending the series in only 5 games. Once again in the 3rd round, once again against Maine, A heavy favorite to win the cup Maine. It proved too much for Yukon as they fell in 6 games to the eventual cup winners. With many of the best players leaving for the SHL, Yukon had a weaker roster to rely on. Shaw was now one of the best players and had to lead the roster from the blue line. Lead Shaw did, doubling their blocks and setting a career-high at 221. The mediocre finish at 8th wasn’t horrible but any grand ambitions to win a cup likely were gone. With a date versus equally matched Anchorage, Yukon needed 7 but just scraped by to play 2nd-seeded giants Vancouver. Vancouver must have not read what Yukon does as massive underdogs in the 2nd round, mimicking the series two seasons earlier against Colorado. Yukon advances to another 3rd round as massive underdogs, once again for a 3rd time into Maine. The story of Shaw’s career in Yukon is about 3rd round losses to Maine, and once again it happened here. And like that, Shaw’s SMJHL career is over as they head toward the SHL. Drafted 1st overall by the Winnipeg Aurora, Shaw joined at quite a good time. Winnipeg coming off winning their cup last season was attempting to run the gauntlet again. Managed to finish 5th seeded and advance to a familiar place for Shaw, the 3rd round. Equally familiar is losing to the eventual cup winners in the 3rd too. Shaw would only last one more season before moving to San Fransisco where they were part of lifting the cup in S76. You can still find Shaw with San Fransisco where they still are playing some of their best hockey, in the latter parts of their prime. Update: Shaw just now won another ring with San Fransisco!

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70th SMJHL draft - Bob Wehadababyitsaboy
The first overall pick in the 70th SMJHL draft belonged to the Vancouver Whalers. With their pick, they took Bob Wehadababyitsaboy (quite a mouth full), a two-way right-shot defenseman. Wehadababyitsaboy didn’t join the worst situation I’ve seen but it still wasn’t a good one as Vancouver where still in a rebuild. What better way to showcase your new shiny #1 pick than playing them for more than 23 minutes per game? Wehadababyitsaboy led the team in ATOI and saw time with the primary PK unit and the secondary PP unit. Vancouver as a team was quite mid as a few seasons of tanking had started to show some progress. Finishing 7th in the regular season, Vancouver headed to take on Carolina in the 1st round. While Carolina was 3 spots below in the standings, their +/- was actually +28 better than Vancouver. That probably explains how Vancouver found themselves packing their bags and going home after only 5 games. A rather brief stint for Vancouver but they would use this experience for the future as the team overall grew stronger. Wehadababyitsaboy put in work in all aspects of their game making sure to become a better two-way player than before. Wehadababyitsaboy was in for quite a ride this season as while it’s lost to history how long and for how much, but Wehadababyitsaboy played on the wing instead of defense. Being used as a shutdown wing, Wehadababyitsaboy could use what they knew from playing defense to become a very solid defensive wing with enough offensive instincts to not look lost out there. While there was a reduction in ATOI for Wehadababyitsaboy, they still clocked in over a minute more than any other forward in the whole team. Tallying 40 points over the year, not bad for someone out of position and asked to play a more defensive role. Vancouver would finish 5th and get a bye-week going straight to the 2nd round. Nevada came knocking and Vancouver was the clear underdog in the series. Vancouver played like it too, again going home after only 5 games. Next season, Wehadababyitsaboy was back on the blue line and was near becoming as complete of an SMJHL player as you can get. Speculation time, Wehadababyitsaboy took a solid 163 faceoffs, not something a defenseman tends to do. So I suspect for games for a part of the year they were actually playing on the wing again but I can’t know for sure. Either way, Wehadababyitsaboy saw the lowest ATOI in their career at only 19:32 yet clocked a career-high 42 points with virtually no power play time. Vancouver overall did fantastic finishing 2nd place in the season and once again laying in wait in the 2nd round for someone to come by. 8th seeded Yukon came walking by, and once again despite the overwhelming skill advantage, Vancouver was straight sent home in 5 games, again-again. And just like that it’s Wehadababyitsaboy's final SMJHL season. Vancouver was at their peak power winning the regular season table finish 1st. Wehadababyitsaboy was once again seeing the heavy minutes they were used to and no faceoffs this time, probably for the best that way. For the 3rd year in a row, Vancouver had a 1st round bye week and waited for whoever to roll up and challenge them. This time it’s Great Falls, and if you thought Vancouver would for a 4th year in a row lose immediately in the 2nd round, you are almost right. They didn’t lose but damn they got close, game 7 was all that kept Vancouver alive. Maybe not a shock then once Vancouver played the defending champions the series didn’t even go to game 5. Vancouver was sent home disgraced and that would also mark the end of Wehadababyitsaboy’s time in the SMJHL. Wehadababyitsaboy’ was drafted 33rd by the Calgary Dragons in the 71st SHL draft. But their time in the SHL never came as Wehadababyitsaboy would retire before ever playing a single SHL game. It’s been left to history as one of the bigger what-ifs.

71st SMJHL draft - Kazuchika Okada
The first overall pick in the 71st SMJHL draft belonged to the Anchorage Armada. With their first overall pick, they selected Kazuchika Okada, a physically gifted two-way left-shot defenseman. Okada was joining in on an Anchorage team who’s last season I’d best describe as fakking atrocious. With a steady -163 in +/-, I’m not sure how St. Louies managed to somehow finish worse than them. A team isn’t this bad without having a less-than-ideal roster so Okada came in on day 1 and could take on large responsibilities. Immediately thrust into PK1 and PP2 duties, Okada saw around 22 minutes per night. Okada along with the improved roster managed to make up over 140 in the +/- department leaving Anchorage at an ok -20, not great but considering last season… they’ll take it. Okada was tasked with defensive duties for the whole rookie season and their +/- and points show that they ain’t looking good. Anchorage sailed off to the playoffs to engage a Regina team who wasn’t much better than them sitting only 1 spot higher at 8th in the league table. Anchorage was sunk in 6 games and Regina wandered off to get slaughtered in the 2nd round. I'm not gonna lie, going into next season Anchorages' roster kinda remains at a similar level. Most of the growth was offset by graduating players but so be it. Our hero Okada was leaning into an offensive role more now than just plain two-way, still has great physicals so don’t worry they can do it all anyway. Okada was converted to play on the right now too. Despite playing on the right as the team asked and specializing on offense, Okada’s ATOI went down and they got like 0 PP time, 00:05 if you want to be exact but you barely got time to posses the puck before the PP is over now.  As alluded to, Anchorage ended the season literally in the same spot, with virtually the same stats. Back to sailing into the playoffs this time Yukon was waiting. A close series that last year but ultimately would end with Yukon moving on as Anchorage was left sinking. Now this time Anchorage and Okada got serious. Okada became a perfect offensively inclined two-way defenseman while the whole Anchorage squad grew leaps forming one of the best rosters around. So now that Okada is one of the best offensive blueliners around, surely their PP time must gotten a big boost . Well, it doubled, to 00:10 this time. Okada saw slashed PK time compensated with a bit more regular 5on5 time. Putting up around 30 points all at even strength isn’t bad at all for a blue liner but I wonder what Okada can do with actual PP time. Moving on, Anchorage was back in the playoffs ending the season at 3rd in the league table and ready for a real push to go deep. Due to divisions and stuff Anchorage needed to take a detour in the 1st round and absolutely stomp worst-placed Great Falls who were chilling with -90 +/- in the regular season. This is where they say, any given Sunday applies. Somehow, some way. 14th out of 14th placed Great Falls defeats 3rd placed Anchorage, torpedoing any hopes of a deep run before the run could even start. Great Falls almost took out 1st placed Vancouver too in the 2nd round, losing in 7. They better have tested them for PEDs after cause wtf? Absolutely humiliated Anchorage quietly lost some talent as they mothballed into the next season. Okada finally got a time to shine now with the player ahead of them gone. Almost 4 min on the PP per game easily let Okada shatter their previous best setting a new points record at 53. Finishing at literally mid at 7th, Anchorage and really Okada had one goal in mind, make it past the 1st round. In 3 seasons Okada has never won a playoff series, and i am happy to report that they finally got the experience of what winning feels like… for 1 round. And it wasn’t easy just that one round. Anchorage was 1 loss away from having never let Okada ever win a series, but they managed to pull through. A quick loss to Quebec followed but I’ll count it as a victory for Okada in my book. Our hero Okada was expected to head off North to play with Toronto in the SHL. Drafted 42nd overall by said Toronto, but the time never came. Okada never suited up for anyone in the big league leaving their tumultuous career at a rather disappointing conclusion. 

72nd SMJHL draft - Xavier Beausoleil
The first overall pick in the 72nd SMJHL draft belonged to the Colorado Raptors. Not their native pick, this was St. Louis's pick that had been acquired at some point. Wasn’t even a likely #1 pick but St. Louis won the lottery and just like that Colorado had a #1 pick.  With this first overall pick, they selected Xavier Beausoleil, a massive, physical, offensively inclined right-shot wing. While Colorado had gotten this pick from St. Louis, they were not in much better shape. Colorado wasn’t doing great and their only star just graduated to the SHL. With a roster void of stars, it gave each player a chance to get an expanded role early to really prove themselves. Beausoleil took no time to immediately land in the top line and main powerplay unit. As the leading line in a tank brigade effectively, Beausoleil racked up 73 points! While still going -30! I guess this is what they call a “fun tank”. Beausoleil finished with the best game rating of anyone on the team immediately proving to be worth that 1st pick. Colorado finished 12th but had the worst +/- of any team, and with almost 400 goals against, I think we found the leak. Getting into the playoffs, Colorado expected nothing so i’d say the only goal is to avoid a sweep. In that case mission was successful, Colorado went out in 5 against Carolina. Over the offseason, the entire roster got better along with the influx of more prospects. But don’t get me wrong the team was still not very good. Beausoleil kept grinding becoming better in like every single aspect of hockey. This season was deja vu not going to lie, Beausoleil is scoring like crazy on the first line and top powerplay but the team overall isn’t good. Goalies are still hot garbage but that’s still better than last season. Colorado still finished 12th again, but the +/- was half as bad as last time so progressed. This season Colorado straight-up didn’t make the playoffs, so next season we go ig. Colorado's young roster was quickly taking shape again and now Beausoleil was a leading star becoming a true offensive dynamo. Rebuilding goes quickly in the J, Colorado burst into the season as a clear front-runner team. Flipped their +/- from -60 to +60 this season and ended 2nd place, this time Colorado was serious. Beausoleil kept the same things going on that 1st line and top powerplay with a 3rd straight season of over a point-per-game. Colorado drew into Kelowna in the 1st round and with a respectable effort it took game 6 for Colorado to advance. 2nd round against Nevada was easier ending in only 5 games. Leads us to 3rd round and reigning champions Maine stood in the way. Another series that took 6 games and Colorado was now in the finals. League table winners Quebec had been bounced by Detroit in the 3rd round so we got a Colorado vs Detroit finals. This was as close as they get but unfortunately, Detroit won the critical game 7.  Getting so close, Colorado got ready to try again. The deep rebuild they had conducted gave Colorado a truly stacked roster to try again and they did. Cruised through the regular season like last year, Beausoleil once again held that top line and top power play. Beausoleil would end their career in the SMJHL with 318 points in 264 regular season games, that is damn good. The goal this season was to win that cup they so narrowly lost out on. With a 1st bye week, Caroline became the unlucky winner of getting run over by Colorado. In the 3rd round, Quebec who once again won the league table was waiting. Colorado didn’t blink and in 6 games once again were in the finals. Newfoundland was aiming for the cup and it was up to Colorado to take it for themselves. And take it they did, 5 games and it was over. Beausoleil would end their SMJHL career on top going out as a winner. Drafted 3rd by the Minnesota Monarchs it was time for Beausoleil to go play in the pros now. When Beausoleil got to Minnesota they were a mid-table team and managed to contribute decently. After a quick season with Montreal Beausoleil was traded to Montreal where you can find them playing to this day. Montreal is deep in a rebuild so once again Beausoleil is playing the top roles that they are used to. Montreal looks to be a solid 2-3 seasons out from being a real threat to win a cup so we’ll see what our hero can win in the future. 

73rd SMJHL draft - John Peanut
The first overall pick in the 73rd SMJHL draft belonged to the Great Falls Grizzlies. With their first overall pick, they selected John Peanut, the rare undersized defensive defenseman. To put it nicely, Peanut was not joining a mining situation. Great Falls had been dead last for 2 seasons in a row and while you think the prospects gained would have led them out, well not so far is the answer. Defense was a major area of weakness for Great Falls and Peanut was thrust into heavy minutes to shore up the defense at any given opportunity. With one of the best +/- of the team, and the lowest amount of goals, what to expect from Peanut was getting clear immediately. Great Falls was horrible and ended for the 3rd straight year at deadlast. Still, they got a playoff invite, and off they went to play 3rd placed Anchorage. So while everyone was expecting a slaught, what they got was a series that went to game 7. Great Falls would win that decisive game in what has to be one of the biggest upsets in SMJHL history. Onward Great Falls fell to go play top-ranked Vancouver. This one was surely going to be quick right? Nope, game 7 again. Vancouver managed to avoid utter humiliation and win that game 7 but damn someone checks the water supply in Great Falls what have they got going over there? Over the offseason Peanut worked on their physicals and playmaking becoming an acceptable option in attack, still not powerplay material though. This season saw much the same for Peanut, heavy minutes and a team that isn’t very good. At least Great Falls got out from deadlast and came in 3rd last =D. Back to the playoffs, the magic didn’t last long and Great Falls was sent packing in 5. This season Peanut came back as a brick wall in defense with some of the best physicals and defensive skills in the whole league. Great Falls was still, wait they were mid-year. Finishing mid-table, Great Falls actually didnät make the playoffs due to how the divisions were set up. At least Peanut was getting top power play time and penalty kill time, racking up over 23 minutes of TOI per game. And just like that we are at Peanut’s final season. This time it was pure deja vu, Peanut had insane TOI, PP1, PK1 and the team was still mid. With the expansion teams added every team always made the playoffs. Great Falls went up against Anchorage and once again Great Falls had no issue sinking them. Bear > Boat. Another familiar team was waiting, it was Newfoundland who similarly as last time sent Great Falls packing home in 6. Peanut graduated to the SHL to go play for Montal who had picked them 4th overall in the SHL 74th draft. You’ll find Peanut there to this day still as defensively sound as ever, and Montreal needs defense. 

74th SMJHL draft - Demir Bellona
The first overall pick in the 74th SMJHL draft belonged to the Quebec City Citadels. With their first overall pick, they selected Demir Bellona, an average-sized, two-way right-shot defenseman. The pick belonged to Carolina but through a trade now Quebec had it. Quebec finished last season above average so Bellona was joining a very good roster. Joining a good roster has its perks and drawbacks. Perk, the team is already very good. Drawback, you are the new face so you better like bottom deployment. Bellona saw limited PP usage and only 16 minutes per game. 31 points in the limited role was a good effort. Quebec overall was steamrolling the league, easily finishing 1st with a massive +/- gap to 2nd best. It was cup expectations already for Bellona. Quebec got the 1st round bye and waited for Anchorage to sail into the 2nd round. Anchorage managed to stave off the sweep and went down in 5. Quebec goes on to the 3rd round where Detroit was waiting. This one didn’t go the cup favorites' way, Detroit went to the final in 6 where they would win the cup. Bellona continued to work over the off-season improving their overall game and continuing to grow into a very solid two-way defenseman. Unfortunately, Quebec had one of the most stacked rosters I’ve ever seen which led to Bellona still not getting very many minutes or roles. With that said, 50 points is a great season for a defenseman. With an insane +170, Quebec got another 1st round bye and waited in the 2nd round. Nevada was the lucky recipient of a whopping and Quebec went on to the 3rd. Colorado was waiting, and Goliath met its’ David. Quebec was defeated in 6 as Colorado went on to win the cup. It’s here a twist happens in our story, Bellona was traded to Ottawa. With how stacked the roster was there were not enough spots for Bellona so they decided to ask out to get the chance to play in an expanded role. It makes sense, Bellona was now a prototypical star two-way defenseman. In the new role, Bellona got 25+ ATOI! PP1, PK1, and L1, Bellona was doing it all. Going from a Quebec team that ended 1st in the table both years to Ottowa who ended 14th this season must been quite something. Either way, Bellona led Ottawa into the playoffs where they matched up against Carolina. Carolina was just a much better team and nothing unexpected happened this series, Ottawa was sent home in 6. For Bellona’s last season, they were once again leaned upon heavily. Setting a career-high in points, Bellona led the way for a much improved Ottawa squad. Finishing 5th in the league table Ottawa had a shot at getting somewhere in the playoffs. Started off with a pure sweep of Colorado. Next up a gentleman's sweep off Carolina. 3rd round and it was Maine’s turn to go down in 6. Just like that Ottawa has made the finals. Vancouver came out of the other conference. It was a decently even series but Vancouver had the upper hand and ended it in 6. Bellona and Ottawa came so ever close but Bellona’s time was up. Off to play for Montreal who had drafted them #1 in the 75th SHl draft. It’s only been 2 seasons since Bellona joined MTL and you’ll find them there today still, keeping up the growth to becoming a dominant two-way defenseman.

75th SMJHL draft - Anna Skovgaard
The first overall pick in the 75th SMJHL draft belonged to the Quebec City Citadels (I assume they traded for it but it doesn't say that on the forum page). With their first overall pick, they selected Anna Skovgaard, A big, two-way forward. Skovgaard joined a stacked Quebec team managed to be 1st place the season and remained as the favourites to win this season. As a result, Skovgaard saw some of the lowest TOI and deployment of anyone on the team. Even with that very limited role, Skovgaard got 65 points, a single point away from being a point-per-game. Quebec easily made the playoffs as the 1st seed once again. With a 1st round bye, it was Nevada who managed to get the honor of a beatdown in the 2nd. Nevada managed to make it a 6 game series so good on them. Round 3 it was Colorado who was waiting. This is the Colorado team that lost game 7 last season in the finals, and they were hungry once again. The hunger was satisfied after 6 games once Colorado won and went on to smackdown Newfoundland in the Finals winning the cup. Over the offseason Quebec’s roster remained just as strong, just now Skovgaard was growing into a very solid two-way forward. I say forward cause Skovgaard was moved to left wing this season. While most things remained the same, including the lower TOI than most players of Skovgaard’s skills would get. Skovgaard did get to play on the first power play unit which helped them exceed last year's points totals and score 76 this time, 2nd best in the whole team. Expectations on Quebec and Skovgaard were quite clear from the onset of the season, win the cup. Finishing 1st again in the regular season table, Quebec wasted no time sweeping Kelowna and moving on to round 2. Vancouver was the next opponent and they got the Kelowna treatment, done in 4. Newfoundland was waiting in the 3rd round and this one was supposed to be a closer series. It was, by a single game, this time done in 5. And like that, Quebec is playing Maine for the cup. Quebec must been setting some speedrunning attempt here as this series also took 5 games. Took Quebec 14 games to win the cup! During the playoffs Skovgaard actually saw their roles reduced, judging by the outcome I’d think nobody was too mad about that. After the cup celebrations reality hit, most of the veterans were graduating to the SHL leaving the Quebec roster quite suddenly. Skovgaard who now was an ideal two-way wing would become the new star forward. Career high in minutes, PP1, PK1, and L1. Skovgaard tried their best to haul forward Quebec but the roster wasn’t good enough. Finishing mid-table, the defending champions managed to stave off Newfoundland in the 1st round but quickly got swept by the eventual cup winners in Vancouver. Quebec, who was staring down a deep rebuild decided to let Skovgaard try and play for something meaningful instead of whatever this season would be, sending them off to Maine for picks. And what a trade it was for Maine, Skovgaard clocked in a career-high 94 points easily helping Maine secure 1st place in the regular season. Having been part of super temas before, Skovgaard must been quite a help for Maine who now had their own super team. Maine gentleman swept round 1, round 2, and round 3 quickly landing in the finals. Waiting was Kelowna, and they would put up the best fight of anyone. Lasing 6 games, our hero Skovgaard was once again a cup winner. Two-time Four Star Cup champion Skovgaard was not heading to the SHL. Drafted 3rd overall by Calgary in the 76th SHL draft. You’ll find Skovgaard there today having just completed their first season with the team.

76th SMJHL draft - Gwendolyn Telenn
The first overall pick in the 76th SMJHL draft belonged to the Nevada Battleborn and with their first overall pick, they selected Gwendolyn Telenn, a physically gifted, offensively inclined center. Nevada was coming off being quite bad the last 2 seasons and had acquired quite enough prospects to start getting out of the basement. Telenn was given conservative minutes and some sparing penalty kill duties. Despite that, Telenn grabbed 38 points showcasing the offensive potential that was within. As for Nevda they finished mid-table and marched off to try a miracle run in the playoffs. After dealing with a very bad San Diego team, it was in the 2nd round that the machine called Maine made quick work out of the battleborn. An expected result and some good experience for the young Nevada team, off they went to train over the off-season. Train they did, whole roster looking significantly better, including Telenn. Telenn was now faster and even more lethal in attack. Even with all this Telenn still had to make do with PP2 and PK2 duties while seeing a little more TOI on average.  Nevada finished 2nd in the regular season table and matched up against 15th-placed St Louis. It was a quick series for Nevada as they, wait a minute. They were the team that got gentleman swept?!? Well ok, they, Nevada went out after all that in 5 games in the 1st round. Talk about a disappointing season, and with their window closing, Nevada traded Telenn to Quebec for something idk, assume picks. Telenn who now had become an elite offensive weapon found themselves on a bad Quebec team. Telenn stayed the season and while being one of the best players, saw surprisingly little TOI and deployment. Had the best +/- at least. Quebec was not expected to do much in the playoffs, and they didn’t losing in 6 to the eventual finalist Kelowna. This is where Telenn has an unusual trajectory, as we’ve seen in this article, few players only play 3 seasons in the SMJHL, and Telenn is now someone on that list. Drafted #1 by Edmonton in the 76th SHL draft, Telenn was off to the big league. You’ll find Telenn still with Edmonton today after completing their first season with the team. 

77th SMJHL draft - Ivan Godinez
The first overall pick in the 77th SMJHL draft belonged to the Kelowna Knights. With this pick, they selected Ivan Godinez, a physically gifted, two-way right-shot defenseman. Godinez joined a Kelowna squad that just got done at finishing bottom of the entire league. I’m looking at the roster and while it is not gonna win a cup, it’s not dead last bad. Godinez was immediately relied upon for top powerplay duties and a heavy workload, only a few seconds less on average than the one with the most minutes. Godinez's impact was immediate and noticeable, leading the blueliners in points and goals. With the addition of Godinez and the improved roster, Kelowna finished 10th with a positive +/-, one heck of a season-to-season turnaround. In the playoffs, Kelowna matched up against a similarly skilled Great Falls team. Took 6 games but Kelowna prevailed and rode on to the 2nd round against Regina. Unlike Great Falls, Regina had Cup ambitions and was expected to win the series. Win they did but not before Kelowna took them to the brink of forcing a game 7. All in all, a good season for Kelowna as they took the off-season to re-group and improve. Godinez came back and improved in every aspect of their game you could measure, now becoming a very solid two-way player. Godinez continued to be relied upon on the first power play unit and now led the whole team in minutes played. The growth was noticeable and rewarded Godinez with a career-high of 51 points. Finishing 5th this time, it was back to the playoffs, now with an outside shot at the cup. The first matchup was against a bad Quebec team that finished 13th in the standings. Perhaps took a game more than Kelowna would have liked but it was over in 6 and Kelowna went on. Next up was Thunder Bay, who had pulled off one of the all-time upsets sweeping Anchorage and finished 2nd while finishing 15th themselves. The magic didn’t last for this series as Kelowna was done with them in only 5 games. Next up was an ok Yukon team on a bit of a run. 6 games later and Kelowna was in the finals going against the cup favourites in Maine. Maine was a dominant team, Kelowna managed to take home 2 games but the series was over in 6. Kelowna took a deep look at their roster and decided it was not going to be good enough, trading the top players who didn’t graduate to the SHL. Godinez was still here, perhaps to lead the tank or perhaps cause as a player their progress started to stall. Godinez came back after the off-season in the same shape they left. Godinez saw increased penalty kill duties but they lost their main spot on the power play. Asked to play on the left this season, Godinez put up career lows in most areas. It resulted in Kelowna finishing 15th as they limped into the playoffs. Immediately playing Newfoundland, a cup contender in the 1st round. It took 4 games and Kelowna was packing. That marks the current end of this story. Godinez is still on the Kelowna roster ready to play their 4th season. Godinez was selected 9th overall by the Edmonton Blizzard in the 78th SHL draft.

78th SMJHL draft - Earl Biggins
The first overall pick in the 78th SMJHL draft belonged to the Yukon Malamutes. With this pick, they selected Earl Biggins, a large, physically gifted, two-way right-shot defenseman. Biggins joined a Yukon team that honestly wasn’t as bad as you’d think. Sure they finished 13th of 16 and won the lottery. But their -27 +/- isn’t at all very bad and the roster looks promising. Biggins immediately was given time on the first power play unit and played a solid 22 minutes per game. 36 points in 66 games isn’t bad while also putting up very good defensive stats. Yukon finished mid-table with their roster improvements drawing up against Newfoundland. Yukon finished the series in 6 and went on to match up against the equally skilled Great Falls. The skills were close and the series needed 7 games to decide a winner, but Yukon held on to make it to the 3rd round. Here Kelowna was waiting, for the remaining favorites to make it out of the northern conference. Yukon put up a good fight but it ended after 6 games with a Kelowna finals appearance. During the offseason, Biggins started to put in work to refine their offensive game. They were also asked to play on the left side this season. With the graduates from the Yukon roster, it was up to Biggins and the defense core to try and take the team as far as possible. Biggins continued to see heavy minutes, now with added penalty kill time on top of the power play. Biggins used the time to put up a so far career-best of 45 points in the 66-game season. Finishing 11th, Yukon went into round 1 playing against Thunder Bay. The teams were evenly matched on paper but Yukon didn’t hesitate and sent Thunder Bay home with a gentlemen's sweep. In the 2nd round, it was the cup favorites, Quebec. Quebec should have dominated but Yukon put up such a fight that they forced a decisive game 7. Quebec would win sending Biggins and Yukon home after getting the closest any team would get at defeating the eventual Four Star Cup winners. The 81st season has not started yet but Biggins has put in the work to become a true elite offensive-defenseman while not neglecting their defensive duties. Biggins was selected 20th by the Winnipeg Aurora in the 79th SHL draft.

79th SMJHL draft - Rodwin Dionico
The final pick of this article, the first overall pick in the 79th SMJHL draft belonged to the Quebec City Citadels. And their pick would become Rodwin Dionicio, your average mold, right-shot, two-way defenseman. Dionicio joined a Quebec squad that came 13th of 16 last season. While not great the +/- does indicate a team that is a least a bit better than that but not by too much. Dionicio was immediately thrust into playing the most minutes on the team including over 4 minutes of powerplay time with the top unit. With such heavy deployment it’s not a surprise Dionico racked up 48p in the 66-game season. Quebec had taken a significant leap from last season now ending the regular season on top the the league table. Drawing up against last-placed Vancouver in the 1st round, it only needed 4 games. In the 2nd round, Yukon was waiting, and while Quebec should won on paper, Yukon made it a close series needing 7 games to decide a winner. Quebec managed to advance, barely, and faced Anchorage in the 3rd round. Anchorage would sink after a gentleman's sweep and Quebec was off to the finals to play against Colorado for the Cup. Colorado managed to hold off the sweep but nothing more, ending the series in 5 games. Quebec had won the Four Star Cup. Dionicio is still in Quebec at the moment, a team that is loading up to try and repeat as cup winners. Dionicio has put in work over the offseason to keep growing as a two-way player, even if he is leaning a bit on offensive growth. Dionicio was drafted 13th by New Orleans in the 80th SHL draft.

That concludes this article, whatever I choose to call this. It was a lot of writing (more words than my bachelor's degree needed). It’s been fun deep-diving into the history of the SMJHL over the seasons since 52 seeing what names seem to always be competitive where whereas others seem to be stuck at midtable or worse. As I said in the intro this is meant to be from the perspective of a writer, writing about the players themselves with no knowledge or regard for the real people who control the players. As the project grew, i only intended to do the first 10 drafts, you’ll see that style of writing and length change. That is simply a result of writing on and off over several weeks. Some days I just seem to write longer and more stuff, other I am much more cut to the point.

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I love the dedication. Great job on the article!

A-level analysis. Kudos.

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Marcel Beck || #21 || D || Winnipeg Aurora || 801 TPE || 2078 Max TPE

Draft Class: S60
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 212 lbs
Number: 21
Nation: Switzerland
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----------SHL Stats----------
-----Regular Season-----
S63 | WPG -A-| 66 GP | 5 G | 25 A | 30 PTS | -54 | 106 S | 50 PIM | 107 H | 144 SB | 35 TkA | 22:53 TOI
S64 | WPG -A-| 66 GP | 9 G | 20 A | 29 PTS |  -9  | 170 S | 60 PIM | 100 H | 168 SB | 28 TkA | 22:48 TOI
S65 | WPG -A-| 66 GP | 6 G | 38 A | 44 PTS | +15| 204 S | 22 PIM | 127 H | 106 SB | 22 TkA | 22:02 TOI
S66 | WPG -A-| 66 GP | 9 G | 29 A | 38 PTS | +1  | 202 S | 46 PIM |  86 H  | 91 SB  | 65 TkA | 21:58 TOI
S67 | WPG -A-| 66 GP | 7 G | 30 A | 37 PTS | +43| 155 S | 27 PIM |  68 H  | 126 SB | 37 TkA | 21:17 TOI
S68 | WPG -A-| 66 GP |13 G |35 A | 48 PTS | +36 | 189 S | 45 PIM | 77 H  | 206 SB | 53 TkA | 22:19 TOI
S69 | WPG -A-| 66 GP |15 G |40 A | 55 PTS | +44 | 246 S | 49 PIM | 78 H  | 136 SB | 79 TkA | 23:17 TOI
S70 | WPG -A-| 66 GP | 6 G | 39 A | 45 PTS | +44 | 202 S | 36 PIM | 73 H  | 157 SB | 41 TkA | 20:45 TOI
S71 | WPG -A-| 66 GP | 3 G | 36 A | 39 PTS | +43 | 205 S | 48 PIM | 102 H  | 104 SB | 68 TkA | 21:07 TOI
S72 | WPG -A-| 66 GP| 11 G | 29 A | 40 PTS | +49 | 161 S | 42 PIM | 73 H  | 109 SB | 80 TkA | 22:14 TOI
S73 | WPG -A-| 66 GP| 11 G | 30 A | 41 PTS | +72 | 141 S | 54 PIM | 74 H  | 141 SB | 41 TkA | 20:39 TOI
S74 | WPG -A-| 66 GP| 9 G | 21 A | 30 PTS | +10 | 145 S | 22 PIM | 53 H  | 138 SB | 41 TkA | 20:14 TOI
S75 | WPG -A-| 66 GP| 6 G | 21 A | 27 PTS | +37 | 123 S | 30 PIM | 63 H  |  88 SB | 50 TkA | 20:32 TOI
S76 | WPG     | 66 GP| 5 G | 28 A | 33 PTS | +47 | 114 S | 20 PIM | 49 H  | 132 SB | 54 TkA | 21:07 TOI
S77 | WPG     | 66 GP| 15 G | 31 A | 46 PTS | -9 | 174 S | 43 PIM | 68 H  | 195 SB | 56 TkA | 22:22 TOI
S78 | WPG     | 66 GP| 3 G | 18 A | 21 PTS |  -1 | 135 S | 34 PIM | 65 H  | 185 SB | 44 TkA | 21:25 TOI 
S79 | WPG     | 66 GP| 6 G | 16 A | 22 PTS | -18 | 115 S | 20 PIM | 79 H  | 146 SB | 45 TkA | 21:25 TOI
S80 | WPG     | 
SHL Career | 1122 GP | 139 G | 486 A | 625 PTS | +350 | 2787 S | 648 PIM | 1342 H | 2372 SB | 839 TkA |

-----Playoffs-----
S63 | WPG -A-| Missed Playoffs
S64 | WPG -A-|   4 GP | 0 G |  0 A |  0 PTS  |  -2 |  9 S  |  0 PIM | 10 H |  8 SB | 0 TkA | 21:37 TOI
S65 | WPG -A-| 14 GP | 2 G |  7 A |  9 PTS  | +0 | 45 S | 0 PIM | 33 H | 31 SB |  7 TkA | 23:11 TOI
S66 | WPG -A-|   5 GP | 1 G |  4 A |  5 PTS  | +2 |  6 S  | 2 PIM |  9 H  |  7 SB | 5 TkA  | 21:12 TOI
S67 | WPG -A-| 15 GP | 1 G |  6 A |  7 PTS  | +5 | 25 S | 2 PIM |  8 H  | 42 SB | 12 TkA | 20:52 TOI
S68 | WPG -A-| 10 GP | 3 G |  2 A |  5 PTS  | +7 | 26 S | 2 PIM | 12 H | 31 SB |  6 TkA | 22:36 TOI
S69 | WPG -A-| 24 GP | 6 G | 10 A | 16 PTS | +7 | 59 S | 9 PIM | 39 H | 34 SB | 28 TkA | 23:22 TOI
S70 | WPG -A-| 22 GP | 1 G | 8 A  |  9 PTS  | +0 | 38 S | 8 PIM | 26 H | 50 SB | 23 TkA | 20:26 TOI
S71 | WPG -A-| 22 GP | 7 G | 15 A | 22 PTS | +5 | 50 S | 6 PIM | 30 H | 42 SB | 23 TkA | 21:47 TOI
S72 | WPG -A-| 19 GP | 4 G |  7 A | 11 PTS | +20 | 48 S | 12 PIM | 20 H | 45 SB | 12 TkA | 22:15 TOI
S73 | WPG -A-| 17 GP | 4 G |  5 A |  9 PTS  | +1  | 30 S | 8 PIM  | 11 H | 49 SB | 16 TkA | 20:46 TOI
S74 | WPG -A-| 22 GP | 2 G |  5 A |  7 PTS  | +5  | 41 S | 4 PIM  | 11 H | 43 SB | 23 TkA | 21:09 TOI
S75 | WPG -A-|  6 GP | 1 G |   0 A |  1 PTS  | -8  |  8 S |  0 PIM  |  6 H |  10 SB |  5 TkA | 21:27 TOI
S76 | WPG -A-| 15 GP | 1 G |  6 A |  7 PTS  | +3  | 29 S | 10 PIM | 9 H |  59 SB |  8 TkA | 20:44 TOI
S77 | WPG     | 5 GP  |  1 G |  0 A |  1 PTS  |  -5  | 11 S | 7 PIM |  5 H |  19 SB |  4 TkA | 22:22 TOI
S78 | WPG     | 4 GP  | 0 G |   0 A |  0 PTS  |  -6  | 2 S |  2 PIM |  5 H |  5 SB |  1 TkA | 22:13 TOI
S79 | WPG     | 4 GP  | 0 G |   0 A |  0 PTS  |  -4  | 5 S |  0 PIM |  2 H |  11 SB |  5 TkA | 22:26 TOI
SHL Career | 208 GP | 34 G | 75 A | 109 PTS | +30 | 432 S | 72 PIM | 236 H | 486 SB | 178 TkA |

----------SMJHL Stats----------
-----Regular Season-----
S58 | STL     | 24 GP |  1 G  |  5 A  |  6 PTS |  -5  |  23 S  |  8 PIM  |  24 H  |  13 SB  |  3 TkA  | 18:15 TOI
S59 | STL     | 66 GP |  5 G  | 11 A | 16 PTS | -31 |  73 S  | 12 PIM |  70 H  |  31 SB  | 30 TkA | 20:49 TOI
S60 | STL -A-| 66 GP |  7 G  | 24 A | 31 PTS |  -7  | 130 S | 16 PIM |  91 H  |  83 SB  | 40 TkA | 20:18 TOI
S61 | STL -C-| 66 GP |  5 G  | 17 A | 22 PTS | -8   | 101 S |  8 PIM  |   90 H | 111 SB | 30 TkA | 20:24 TOI
S62 | STL -C-| 66 GP | 11 G | 23 A | 34 PTS | -26  | 122 S | 71 PIM | 131 H | 125 SB | 32 TkA | 21:33 TOI
SMJHL Career | 288 GP | 29 G | 80 A | 109 PTS | -77 | 449 S | 115 PIM | 406 H | 363 SB | 135 TkA |

-----Playoffs-----
S58 | STL     |  6 GP  | 0 G | 1 A | 1 PTS |  -1 | 10 S | 2 PIM |  2 H |  9 SB  | 1 TkA | 17:13 TOI
S59 | STL     |  7 GP  | 0 G | 1 A | 1 PTS | +3 |   3 S | 0 PIM |  6 H |  6 SB  | 1 TkA | 18:58 TOI
S60 | STL -A-| 11 GP | 0 G | 4 A | 4 PTS | +2 | 19 S | 0 PIM | 22 H | 13 SB | 8 TkA | 20:11 TOI
S61 | STL -C-|  7 GP  | 2 G | 2 A | 4 PTS |  -2 | 14 S | 4 PIM | 16 H | 11 SB | 3 TkA | 19:56 TOI
S62 | STL -C-|  4 GP  | 0 G | 1 A | 1 PTS |  -4 |   1 S | 0 PIM |  5 H |  3 SB  | 3 TkA | 20:41 TOI
SMJHL Career | 35 GP | 2 G | 9 A | 11 PTS | -2 | 47 S | 6 PIM | 51 H | 42 SB | 16 TkA |

----------International Stats----------
-----IIHF-----
S62 | SWI | 13 GP | 2 G | 4 A | 6 PTS | +2 | 19 S | 4 PIM | 11 H | 28 SB | 2 TkA | 17:03 TOI
S63 | SWI | 15 GP | 1 G | 5 A | 6 PTS | +2 | 19 S | 7 PIM | 19 H | 19 SB | 4 TkA | 17:00 TOI
S64 | SWI | 13 GP | 0 G | 2 A | 2 PTS |  -3 |  9 S  | 6 PIM | 15 H | 11 SB | 6 TkA | 18:10 TOI
S65 | SWI | 15 GP | 1 G | 6 A | 7 PTS |  -3 | 22 S | 8 PIM | 25 H | 39 SB | 9 TkA | 20:45 TOI
S66 | SWI | 13 GP | 1 G | 1 A | 2 PTS |  -5 | 18 S | 13 PIM | 9 H | 36 SB | 12 TkA | 22:08 TOI
S67 | SWI | 13 GP | 2 G | 1 A | 3 PTS |  -3 | 15 S |  2 PIM | 6 H  | 31 SB | 8 TkA | 22:30 TOI
S68 | SWI | 13 GP | 0 G | 4 A | 4 PTS |  -3 | 18 S |  6 PIM | 7 H  | 33 SB | 7 TkA | 21:30 TOI
S69 | SWI | 12 GP | 2 G | 1 A | 3 PTS | +3 | 25 S |  0 PIM | 13 H | 31 SB | 11 TkA | 22:02 TOI
S70 | SWI | 12 GP | 2 G | 0 A | 2 PTS | -7  | 22 S |  4 PIM | 10 H | 36 SB | 3 TkA | 23:13 TOI
S71 | SWI | 15 GP | 2 G | 3 A | 5 PTS | +1 | 17 S |  8 PIM | 10 H | 50 SB | 7 TkA | 23:27 TOI
S72 | SWI | 12 GP | 2 G | 1 A | 3 PTS | -6  | 21 S |  5 PIM |  3 H | 42 SB | 4 TkA | 21:14 TOI
S73 | SWI | 12 GP | 0 G | 2 A | 2 PTS | -8  | 13 S |  6 PIM | 13 H | 36 SB | 6 TkA | 22:18 TOI
S74 | SWI | 15 GP | 1 G | 3 A | 4 PTS | +6  | 30 S | 12 PIM | 11 H | 15 SB | 12 TkA | 19:40 TOI
S75 | SWI | 12 GP | 2 G | 4 A | 6 PTS | +3  | 18 S | 12 PIM |  7 H | 19 SB |  6 TkA | 19:18 TOI
S76 | SWI | 15 GP | 1 G | 4 A | 5 PTS | +10 | 27 S | 6 PIM |  10 H | 24 SB | 14 TkA | 20:28 TOI
IIHF Career | 200 GP | 19 G | 41 A | 60 PTS | -11 | 294 S | 99 PIM | 169 H | 450 SB | 111 TkA |

-----WJC-----
S58 | CANW | 12 GP | 0 G | 5 A |  5 PTS  | +2 |  9 S |  4 PIM  | 16 H |  8 SB  | 5 TkA | 15:31 TOI
S59 |  DACH | 15 GP | 0 G | 8 A |  8 PTS  | +8 |  7 S |  0 PIM  | 12 H |  4 SB  | 2 TkA | 07:51 TOI
S60 |  DACH | 15 GP | 5 G | 5 A | 10 PTS | +8 | 26 S |  0 PIM | 11 H |  7 SB  | 9 TkA | 17:20 TOI
S61 |  DACH | 13 GP | 4 G | 4 A |  8 PTS  | +2 | 22 S |  7 PIM | 19 H | 12 SB | 3 TkA | 14:45 TOI
S62 |  DACH | 15 GP | 3 G | 5 A |  8 PTS  | +4 | 25 S | 11 PIM | 18 H | 18 SB | 4 TkA | 22:56 TOI
WJC Career | 70 GP | 12 G | 27 A | 39 PTS | +24 | 89 S | 22 PIM | 76 H | 49 SB | 23 TkA |

----------Transactions----------
S58 - Signed as DFA by St. Louis Scarecrows
S59 - SMJHL - Drafted 8th Overall by St. Louis Scarecrows
S60 - SHL - Drafted 6th Overall by Winnipeg Aurora
S63 - Called up to SHL by Winnipeg Aurora

----------Awards and Achievements----------
S59: WJC Gold Medal - DACH
S59: Zach Miller Trophy Nomination
S60: Zach Miller Trophy Nomination
S60: WJC Bronze Medal - DACH
S63: IIHF Silver Medal - Switzerland
S63: Ryan Jesster Trophy
S63: All-Star Selection
S65: All-Star Game
S65: IIHF Gold Medal - Switzerland
S68: All-Star Game
S68: Bojo Biscuit Trophy Nomination
S69: Bojo Biscuit Trophy Nomination
S69: Scott Stevens Trophy Nomination
S69: All-Star Game
S72: All-Star Game
S72: Challenge Cup
S74: IIHF Silver Medal - Switzerland
S76: IIHF Silver Medal - Switzerland
S77: All-Star Game

----------Peak TPE----------
S58: 177 TPE
S59: 303 TPE
S60: 511 TPE
S61: 728 TPE
S62: 939 TPE
S63: 1139 TPE
S64: 1298 TPE
S65: 1493 TPE
S66: 1676 TPE
S67: 1891 TPE
S68: 2061 TPE
S69: 2078 TPE
S70: 2007 TPE
S71: 1906 TPE
S72: 1813 TPE
S73: 1734 TPE
S74: 1612 TPE
S75: 1456 TPE
S76: 1352 TPE
S77: 1235 TPE
S78: 1112 TPE
S79: 1028 TPE
S80: 961 TPE

----------Career Contracts----------
S58: $1.0m STL
S59: $4.7m STL
S60: $2.5m WPG
S61: $2.5m WPG
S62: $2.5m WPG
S63: $3.0m WPG
S64: $3.0m WPG
S65: $3.0m WPG
S66: $4.0m WPG (HTD)
S67: $4.0m WPG (HTD)
S68: $4.0m WPG (HTD)
S69: $4.0m WPG (HTD)(NTC)
S70: $4.0m WPG (HTD)(NTC)
S71: $4.0m WPG (HTD)
S72: $4.0m WPG (HTD)
S73: $5.0m WPG
S74: $5.0m WPG
S75: $4.0m WPG
S76: $4.0m WPG
S77: $4.0m WPG
S78: $3.0m WPG (HTD)
S79: $3.0m WPG (HTD)
S80: $2.0m WPG (HTD)



GM: Mr. Beck
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SMJHL:
S64 Carolina Co-GM [GM: sve7en] - 11th place, Beat MET 1st Round 4-2, Lost to NL 2nd Round 0-4, (22-36-8)
S66 St. Louis Co-GM [GM: Sparky] - 7th place - BYE, Beat VAN 2nd Round 4-3, Lost to QCC in 3rd Round 3-4, (34-25-7)
S67 St. Louis Co-GM [GM: Sparky] - 6th Place - Beat ANC 1st Round 4-1, Beat REG 2nd Round 4-2, Lost to QCC in 3rd Round 3-4, (38-25-3)
S68 St. Louis Co-GM [GM: Sparky] - 6th Place - Beat VAN 1st Round 4-1, Beat NBB 2nd Round 4-2, (35-24-7)
S69 St. Louis Co-GM [GM: Sparky] - 14th Place, Lost to KEL 1st Round 4-2, (13-50-3)
S76 Winnipeg Co-GM [GM: Ace] - 8th Place, Beat NOLA 4-0 1st Round, Beat TEX 4-2 2nd Round, Lost to SFP 4-2 3rd Round, (36-27-3)
S77 Winnipeg Co-GM [GM: Ace] -
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International Clubs:
S58 WJC Co-GM Sweden [GM - Canadice] - 4th place (8-4-0)
S60 WJC GM North America [Co - Big Newff] - 8th place, Lost to Sweden 4-5 in 1st Round, (4-7-1)
S61 WJC GM North America - 9th Place, Missed Playoffs, (3-7-2)
S62 WJC GM North America - 7th place, Lost to BI 0-5 in 1st Round (5-5-2)
S63 WJC GM North America [Co - nhlbeastmode_7777] - 6th place, Lost to DACH 4-5 (OT) in 1st Round, (3-6-3)
S64 WJC GM North America [Co - dylanjj37] - 10th Place, Missed Playoffs, (2-9-1)
S65 WJC GM North America [Co - crazylemire] - 10th Place, Missed Playoffs, (0-12-0)
S66 WJC GM North America - 10th Place, Missed Playoffs, (1-10-1)
S74 IIHF Co-Head Switzerland [Head - Valpix] - 5th Place, Silver Medal (7-0-5-0)
S75 IIHF Co-Head Switzerland [Head - Valpix] - 9th Place, No Playoffs (5-0-6-1)
S76 IIHF Co-Head Switzerland [Head - Valpix] - 1st5th Place, Silver Medal (9-0-3-0)

Just a casual 15k article during 2x week.

Amazing work.

SIG LOADING


Apollo Seaborne #16 || D || Maine Timber
Position: D
Country: Canada
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SMJHL Career Statistics:
S79-S?? | GP: 77 | G: 06 | A: 29 | P: 35 | +/-: +10 | BS: 86 | H: 149
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SHL Career Statistics:
S?? | GP: 00 | G: 00 | A: 00 | P: 00 | +/-: 00 | S: 00 | H:00
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Career Playoff Statistics:
SHL | GP: 00 | G: 00 | A: 00 | P: 00 | +/-: 00 | S: 000
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Career IIHF Statistics:
CAN | GP: 00 | G: 00 | A: 00 | P:00 | +/-: 0 | S: 000
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Awards / Accomplishments:
Drafted 29th OA to Maine Timber (S80)
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LARGEST PUNISHMENT IN SHL HISTORY

Superb work!

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Ekaterina Valieva - Baltimore Platoon
GM - Maine Timber


Thanks @xjoverax for the sig!

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Leo Carlsson | C | Ottawa Highlanders

Name: Leo Carlsson

Age: 20

Height: 6'3

Weight: 200 lbs

Number: 91

Career Statistics:

SMJHL Regular Season:

S79 | 66 GP | 20 G | 21 A | 41 P | -7 |
S80 | 66 GP | 26 G | 59 A | 85 P | 17 |

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   LEETSSS GOOOOO DUUUUCKSSSS

Wow, props indeed for this. Dude just set himself up financially for life.

Barcus Juneau   |   RD   |   S79   |   Anchorage Armada
Height:      6'1"
Weight:     195 lbs
Number:    6
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Transactions:
S78: Drafted 19th overall in SMJHL Entry Draft by Anchorage Armada
S78: Signed 1-yr contract with Anchorage, $5M
S79: Drafted 12th overall in SHL Entry Draft by Philadelphia Forge
S79: Signed 1-yr contract with Philadelphia Forge, $3M
S80: Signed 2-yr contract with Philadelphia Forge, $2.5M x 2
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SMJHL Regular Season Statistics:
S78  |  Anchorage  |  GP: 66  |  G:   5  |  A: 22  |  P: 27  |  +/-:   +21  |  PIM: 16  |  S: 138
S79  |  Anchorage  |  GP: 66  |  G: 13  |  A: 33  |  P: 46  |  +/-:    +6  |  PIM: 46  |  S: 171
S80  |  Anchorage  |  GP: 66  |  G: 17  |  A: 40  |  P: 57  |  +/-:  +32  |  PIM: 40  |  S: 227
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SMJHL Playoff Statistics:
S77  |  St. Louis      |  GP:   9  |  G:   3  |  A:    2  |  P:   5  |  +/-:  -2  |  PIM:   2  |  S:   16
S78  |  Anchorage  |  GP:   4  |  G:   0  |  A:     1  |  P:   1  |  +/-:  -3  |  PIM:   4  |  S :    6
S79  |  Anchorage  |  GP:  16  |  G:   3  |  A:    7  |  P: 10  |  +/-:  -3  |  PIM: 12  |  S :  43
S80  |  Anchorage  |  GP:  16  |  G:   4  |  A:  10  |  P: 14  |  +/-:  +1  |  PIM:  6  |  S :  33

This is an amazing, well-researched article, I spent close to my first hour at work reading this. As someone who joined the league less than 10 seasons ago it was great to read about all the players' junior careers and learn more about the history of the league. Great job!

Squidwardo Tentacles | Seattle Argonauts | Captain | 1712 TPE

Birthplace: Riga, Latvia

Position: Left Wing

Number: 81]

Current Team: Seattle Argonauts

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SHL Career:

Seattle Argonauts:

Regular Season | 264 GP | 77 G | 167 A | 244 P | -84 | 149 PIM | 426 H
Playoffs | 9 GP | 3 G | 3 A | 6 P | -8 | 10 PIM | 14 H

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SMJHL Career:

Yukon Malamutes:

Regular Season | 264 GP | 77 G | 167 A | 247 P | +34 | 212 PIM | 664 H

Playoffs | 36 GP | 10 G | 18 A | 28 P | -9 | 12 PIM | 91 H

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Career Highlights:

S79 Silver Medal IIHF

S74 Bronze Medal WJC

S74 SMJHL All-Star

S76 SMJHL All-Star

5th All Time in Points for Yukon

5th All Time in Assists for Yukon

1st All Time in Penalty Minutes for Yukon

3rd All Time in Hits for Yukon

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Team Awards:

S73-S76 Dynamite Award - Led Team in Hits

S74+76 Swing Dog Award - Led Team in Assists

S75+76 Prospector Award - Led Team in PIMs
S76 Team Dog Award - Most Outstanding Forward 

S76 Gold Rush Award - Led Team in Points

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Transactions:

SMJHL Draft - 22nd OVR to Yukon

SHL Draft - 7th OVR to Seattle

“Hi, I’m new. $42 million please”

Very cool analysis

Great article!

Luca Pane (Pa-nEh) || #20 || RW || 2048 TPE Peak ||  S68 -
S68 SMJHL 11th Overall - St Louis Scarecrows
Birthplace: Milan, Italy
Height: 5'-11"
Weight: 178 lbs
Shoots: Right
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Trophy Case


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Jean-Locke Zidane || #8 || D || 1393 TPE Peak || Retired || S57 - S68
S57 SMJHL 1st Overall - St Louis Scarecrows
S58 Traded to Anchorage Armada At Start of Season
S58 SHL 36th Overall - New Orleans Specters
Birthplace: Amiens, France
Height: 6'-4"
Weight: 227lbs
Shoots: Left
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Trophy Case
S58 SMJHL Alexis Metzler Nom

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Nicholas Williams || #73 || LW / C || 1839 TPE Peak || Retired  ||  S42 - S57
S42 SMJHL 41st Overall Pick - St. Louis Scarecrows
S43 SHL 22nd Overall Pick - Winnipeg Jets
Birthplace: Detroit, MI, USA
Height: 6'-2"
Weight: 207lbs
Shoots: Right
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Personal Milestones
First Career SMJHL Goal: S42 Game # 3 (First SMJHL Game)
First Career SMJHL Hat-Trick: S42 Game # 145
Named Co-GM of Team USA S42 WJC
Named to Team USA WJC Roster S42
Won Gold S42 WJC Team USA as Co-GM and Player
Named Captain of the St. Louis Scarecrows S43
S43 Led SMJHL Left Wingers in Scoring
S43 Led Scarecrows in Scoring
Named Co-GM of Team USA S43 WJC
Named Captain of Team USA S43 WJC
Won Silver with Team USA S43 WJC
S44 Four Star Cup Champion STL
S44 Challenge Cup Champion WIN
First Career SHL Goal: S44 Playoffs Finals Game #6 (First SHL Game)
S46 Signed as a Free Agent to New Orleans
S50 Won Gold With USA
S51 Won Gold With USA
S54 Challenge Cup NOLA

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Trophy Case


S43 Ronan O’Keefe Trophy (SMJHL)
S43 Brandon Holmes Trophy (SMJHL)
S43 Raymond Lindsay Trophy (SMJHL / shared)
S44 Ronan O'Keefe Trophy (SMJHL)
S44 Brodie Witzel Trophy (SMJHL)
S44 Challenge Cup - Winnipeg
S46 Cole Reinhart Trophy - New Orleans
S51 Presidents' Trophy - New Orleans
S51 Ron Mexico Nom
S54 Anton Razov Nom
S54 Cole Reinhart Trophy - New Orleans
S54 Challenge Cup - New Orleans
S55 Cole Reinhart Trophy - New Orleans

Team Awards

S42 Marian Potoczny Award - Best Two Way Forward (STL)
S43 Kanye Summers Award - Reg Season MVP (STL)
S43 Bradley Wiggles Award - Best Forward (STL)
S43 Jarkko Kallestrom Award - Playoff MVP (STL)
S44 Bradley Wiggles Award - Best Forward (STL)
S44 Michael Haan Award - Most Dedicated (STL)
S44 Kanye Summers Award - Reg Season MVP (STL)
S48 Lifeless Littleton Award - Most Dedicated (NOLA)

S49 Lifeless Littleton Award - Most Dedicated (NOLA)
S50 Lifeless Littleton Award - Most Dedicated (NOLA)
S57 Retired



RIP Dangel #AD26  |  RIP TDZ

Amazing

Cristoforo Roccamontepiano | #10 | S78 | Citadelles | Whalers | Blizzard | Sweden

SMJHL Regular Season Stats:
S76 | VAN | GP: 08 | G: 00 | A: 01 | P: 001 | +/-: -7 | PIM: 02 | S: 014 | HIT: 008 | BLK: 00 | TOI: 16:04
S77 | QCC | GP: 66 | G: 20 | A: 23 | P: 043 | +/-: 14 | PIM: 16 | S: 155 | HIT: 057 | BLK: 07 | TOI: 16:51
S78 | QCC | GP: 66 | G: 33 | A: 43 | P: 076 | +/-: 00 | PIM: 32 | S: 232 | HIT: 077 | BLK: 16 | TOI: 19:19
S79 | QCC | GP: 66 | G: 52 | A: 66 | P: 118 | +/-: 39 | PIM: 40 | S: 305 | HIT: 123 | BLK: 38 | TOI: 21:07
S80 | QCC | GP: 66 | G: 46 | A: 77 | P: 123 | +/-: 49 | PIM: 52 | S: 231 | HIT: 111 | BLK: 27 | TOI: 19:15
TOT | TOT | GP: 272 | G: 151 | A: 210 | P: 361 | +/-: 095 | PIM: 142 | S: 937 | HIT: 376 | BLK: 88 | TOI: 19:02

SMJHL Playoff Stats:
S76 | VAN | GP: 11 | G: 01 | A: 03 | P: 04 | +/-: -3 | PIM: 2 | S: 12 | HIT: 11 | BLK: 04 | TOI: 16:31
S77 | QCC | GP: 09 | G: 00 | A: 05 | P: 05 | +/-: -6 | PIM: 0 | S: 05 | HIT: 07 | BLK: 02 | TOI: 17:55
S78 | QCC | GP: 06 | G: 03 | A: 04 | P: 07 | +/-: -1 | PIM: 0 | S: 10 | HIT: 07 | BLK: 02 | TOI: 21:00
S79 | QCC | GP: 21 | G: 10 | A: 14 | P: 24 | +/-: 09 | PIM: 8 | S: 74 | HIT: 30 | BLK: 11 | TOI: 22:11
S80 | QCC | GP: 23 | G: 15 | A: 20 | P: 35 | +/-: 24 | PIM: 8 | S: 72 | HIT: 28 | BLK: 08 | TOI: 20:19
TOT | TOT | GP: 70 | G: 29 | A: 46 | P: 75 | +/-: 23 | PIM: 18 | S: 173 | HIT: 83 | BLK: 27 | TOI: 20:02

Trophy Case:
S77: Named to All-Rookie Team (SMJHL)
S78: Gold Medal - Champions of the World Juniors (WOR - WJC)
S79: Laurifer Trophy - Best Regular Season Team Record (QCC - SMJHL)
S79: Four-Star Cup - Champions of the SMJHL (QCC - SMJHL)
S79: Jared Hanson Trophy - Regular Season Points Leader (SMJHL)
S79: Ideen Fallah Trophy - Most Valuable Player (SMJHL)
S79: Raymond Lindsay Trophy - Most Outstanding Player (SMJHL)
S79: Named to 1st All-Star Team (SMJHL)
S80: Laurifer Trophy - Best Regular Season Team Record (QCC - SMJHL)
S80: Four-Star Cup - Champions of the SMJHL (QCC - SMJHL)

S77: Drafted round 1, 16th overall by the Quebec City Citadelles (SMJHL)
S78: Drafted round 1, 1st overall by the Edmonton Blizzard (SHL)
Portal

Mat Smith | #10 | Goaltender | S56 | Syndicate | Citadelles | Finland | Long Live Drog

SHL Regular Season Stats:
S56 | CHI | GP: 03 | W: 02 | L: 00 | OTL: 1 | SV%: .951 | GAA: 0.65 | SO: 2
S57 | CHI | GP: 05 | W: 04 | L: 01 | OTL: 0 | SV%: .940 | GAA: 1.18 | SO: 2
S58 | CHI | GP: 09 | W: 07 | L: 02 | OTL: 0 | SV%: .902 | GAA: 1.67 | SO: 0
S59 | CHI | GP: 54 | W: 38 | L: 14 | OTL: 2 | SV%: .905 | GAA: 2.35 | SO: 3
S60 | CHI | GP: 54 | W: 36 | L: 16 | OTL: 2 | SV%: .919 | GAA: 2.52 | SO: 7
S61 | CHI | GP: 54 | W: 32 | L: 22 | OTL: 0 | SV%: .909 | GAA: 2.64 | SO: 2
S62 | CHI | GP: 54 | W: 46 | L: 03 | OTL: 5 | SV%: .930 | GAA: 2.07 | SO: 7
S63 | CHI | GP: 55 | W: 36 | L: 15 | OTL: 3 | SV%: .912 | GAA: 2.35 | SO: 5
S64 | CHI | GP: 54 | W: 41 | L: 13 | OTL: 0 | SV%: .932 | GAA: 2.16 | SO: 2
S65 | CHI | GP: 53 | W: 36 | L: 15 | OTL: 1 | SV%: .919 | GAA: 2.63 | SO: 8
S66 | CHI | GP: 54 | W: 35 | L: 14 | OTL: 4 | SV%: .898 | GAA: 2.98 | SO: 4
S67 | CHI | GP: 55 | W: 29 | L: 20 | OTL: 5 | SV%: .898 | GAA: 2.73 | SO: 6
S68 | CHI | GP: 54 | W: 34 | L: 17 | OTL: 3 | SV%: .891 | GAA: 2.89 | SO: 5
S69 | CHI | GP: 56 | W: 35 | L: 15 | OTL: 4 | SV%: .903 | GAA: 2.78 | SO: 4
S70 | CHI | GP: 54 | W: 29 | L: 21 | OTL: 4 | SV%: .889 | GAA: 3.39 | SO: 3
S71 | CHI | GP: 55 | W: 28 | L: 21 | OTL: 5 | SV%: .891 | GAA: 3.75 | SO: 1
S72 | CHI | GP: 49 | W: 31 | L: 14 | OTL: 1 | SV%: .902 | GAA: 3.19 | SO: 6
S73 | CHI | GP: 54 | W: 26 | L: 25 | OTL: 3 | SV%: .900 | GAA: 3.67 | SO: 0
S74 | CHI | GP: 46 | W: 29 | L: 11 | OTL: 2 | SV%: .908 | GAA: 3.40 | SO: 3
S75 | CHI | GP: 42 | W: 18 | L: 13 | OTL: 1 | SV%: .881 | GAA: 4.40 | SO: 0
S76 | CHI | GP: 37 | W: 11 | L: 13 | OTL: 4 | SV%: .902 | GAA: 4.40 | SO: 1
TOT | CHI | GP: 951 | W: 583 | L: 285 | OTL: 50 | SV%: .909 | GAA: 2.75 | SO: 71

SHL Playoff Stats:
S59 | CHI | GP: 16 | W: 09 | L: 06 | OTL: 1 | SV%: .907 | GAA: 2.67 | SO: 3
S60 | CHI | GP: 23 | W: 15 | L: 07 | OTL: 1 | SV%: .919 | GAA: 2.75 | SO: 1
S61 | CHI | GP: 11 | W: 07 | L: 04 | OTL: 0 | SV%: .907 | GAA: 2.65 | SO: 0
S62 | CHI | GP: 10 | W: 06 | L: 03 | OTL: 1 | SV%: .903 | GAA: 2.79 | SO: 1
S63 | CHI | GP: 14 | W: 09 | L: 04 | OTL: 1 | SV%: .940 | GAA: 1.66 | SO: 4
S64 | CHI | GP: 23 | W: 16 | L: 05 | OTL: 2 | SV%: .917 | GAA: 2.61 | SO: 1
S65 | CHI | GP: 17 | W: 10 | L: 07 | OTL: 0 | SV%: .927 | GAA: 2.52 | SO: 2
S66 | CHI | GP: 14 | W: 10 | L: 04 | OTL: 0 | SV%: .909 | GAA: 2.58 | SO: 0
S67 | CHI | GP: 07 | W: 03 | L: 03 | OTL: 1 | SV%: .902 | GAA: 2.79 | SO: 1
S68 | CHI | GP: 15 | W: 09 | L: 05 | OTL: 1 | SV%: .890 | GAA: 3.48 | SO: 1
S69 | CHI | GP: 07 | W: 03 | L: 04 | OTL: 0 | SV%: .878 | GAA: 3.42 | SO: 0
S70 | CHI | GP: 13 | W: 06 | L: 06 | OTL: 1 | SV%: .895 | GAA: 3.27 | SO: 0
S71 | CHI | GP: 12 | W: 07 | L: 05 | OTL: 0 | SV%: .908 | GAA: 2.95 | SO: 1
S72 | CHI | GP: 12 | W: 05 | L: 06 | OTL: 1 | SV%: .897 | GAA: 3.88 | SO: 1
S73 | CHI | GP: 11 | W: 06 | L: 04 | OTL: 0 | SV%: .897 | GAA: 3.83 | SO: 0
S74 | CHI | GP: 05 | W: 01 | L: 03 | OTL: 1 | SV%: .906 | GAA: 3.58 | SO: 0
S75 | CHI | GP: 01 | W: 00 | L: 00 | OTL: 0 | SV%: .943 | GAA: 2.70 | SO: 0
S76 | CHI | GP: 01 | W: 00 | L: 00 | OTL: 0 | SV%: .829 | GAA: 7.93 | SO: 0
TOT | CHI | GP: 212 | W: 122 | L: 76 | OTL: 11 | SV%: .904 | GAA: 3.23 | SO: 16

SMJHL Regular Season Stats:
S55 | QCC | GP: 23 | W: 06 | L: 13 | OTL: 0 | SV%: .905 | GAA: 3.91 | SO: 0
S56 | QCC | GP: 37 | W: 14 | L: 20 | OTL: 3 | SV%: .911 | GAA: 2.90 | SO: 5
S57 | QCC | GP: 41 | W: 31 | L: 05 | OTL: 5 | SV%: .920 | GAA: 2.38 | SO: 6
S58 | QCC | GP: 34 | W: 23 | L: 07 | OTL: 3 | SV%: .918 | GAA: 1.96 | SO: 6
TOT | QCC | GP: 135 | W: 74 | L: 45 | OTL: 11 | SV%: .914 | GAA: 2.66 | SO: 17

SMJHL Playoff Stats:
S55 | QCC | GP: 10 | W: 04 | L: 06 | OTL: 0 | SV%: .920 | GAA: 2.98 | SO: 0
S56 | QCC | GP: 06 | W: 02 | L: 04 | OTL: 0 | SV%: .907 | GAA: 3.02 | SO: 0
S57 | QCC | GP: 13 | W: 07 | L: 04 | OTL: 2 | SV%: .902 | GAA: 2.58 | SO: 0
S58 | QCC | GP: 17 | W: 12 | L: 04 | OTL: 1 | SV%: .939 | GAA: 1.47 | SO: 5
TOT | QCC | GP: 46 | W: 25 | L: 18 | OTL: 3 | SV%: .919 | GAA: 2.31 | SO: 5

Trophy Case:
S55: Vyacheslav Onoprienko Trophy - Most Underrated Player (SMJHL)
S57: Laurifer Trophy - Best Regular Season Team Record (QCC - SMJHL - Starter)
S57: Challenge Cup - Champions of the SHL (CHI - SHL - Backup)
S57: Gold Medal - Champions of the World Juniors (FIN - WJC - Starter)
S58: Four-Star Cup - Champions of the SMJHL (QCC - SMJHL - Starter)
S58: Gold Medal - Champions of the World Juniors (FIN - WJC - Backup)
S59: Named to All-Rookie Team (SHL)
S60: Named to 1st All-Star Team (SHL)
S62: President's Trophy - Best Regular Season Team Record (CHI - SHL - Starter)
S62: Mike Honcho Trophy - Least Regular Season Goals Against (SHL)
S62: Gold Medal - Champions of the IIHF (FIN - IIHF - Backup)
S62: Named to 1st All-Star Team (SHL)
S64: Highest TPE Goalie (SHL)
S64: President's Trophy - Best Regular Season Team Record (CHI - SHL - Starter)
S64: Challenge Cup - Champions of the SHL (CHI - SHL - Starter)
S64: Gold Medal - Champions of the IIHF (FIN - IIHF - Backup)
S64: John McBride Trophy - Best Goalie (SHL)
S64: Mike Honcho Trophy - Least Regular Season Goals Against (SHL)
S64: Named to 1st All-Star Team (SHL)
S65: Highest TPE Goalie (SHL)
S65: Mike Honcho Trophy - Least Regular Season Goals Against (SHL)
S66: Highest TPE Goalie (SHL)
S66: Gold Medal - Champions of the IIHF (FIN - IIHF - Starter)
S66: International Award - Best Goalie (IIHF)
S68: International Award - Best Goalie (IIHF)
S72: All-Time Leader in Goalie Wins (SHL)
S78: Hall of Fame - First Ballot Inductee (SHL)

S55: Signed as a free agent with the Quebec City Citadelles (SMJHL)
S56: Drafted round 2, 30th overall by the Chicago Syndicate (SHL)
S76: Retired as a member of the Chicago Syndicate
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Love the article.

Small note for funsies, Stan Din'desque was the half-brother of Ergo Nomic

Captain Obvious - LW - 384 TPE
Drafted 20th overall in the S80 SMJHL Draft
Drafted 9th Overall in the S81 SHL Draft



S77 - LiMu Emu - LD - Retired
Helped everyone customize and save




S71 - Bob Wehadababyitsaboy - LD - Retired
Selected First overall in the S70 SMJHL draft



S60 - Stan Din'desque - Center - Retired
First overall pick in S59 SMJHL Draft (Anaheim Outlaws)
First overall pick in S60 SHL Draft (Montreal Patriotes)
Traded to Quebec City from Anaheim after S60
Named Co-GM of the Montreal Patriots S61
Named GM of the Montreal Patriots S62-S63
Traded to the Winnipeg Aurora S64



S44 - Barret McCarthy - Defenseman - Retired
S43 Four Star Cup Champion (Vancouver Whalers)
S44 Quilha Agante Award winner for best SMJHL Defenseman
S46 Ryan Jesster Award winner for Rookie of the Year
S46 Rookie All-Star
S49 Scott Stevens Award nominee
S49 Aidan Richan Award nominee
S49 2nd Team All-Star
S50 Damian Littleton Award winner for Most Dedicated Member
S52 Challenge Cup Champion
S52 3rd Team All-Star
S53 Bojo Biscuit Award Winner
S55 3rd Team All-Star



Cloud McCarthy - Retired
Drafted 41st overall in the S35 SMJHL draft
Drafted 27th overall in the S36 SHL draft

You're rich!