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ej27 · 10-27-2019, 07:10 PM

As a rookie, you have a lot to learn and a long way to go, and the veterans in the league are the ones who have already made it. But where were they when they were just like you? It's time to find out.

Pick a senddown on one of the leaderboards and compare their performance so far this season with their performance in their rookie season.

Graphic option: Must include a render and 4 stats.
Written option: Must include 150 words and 4 stats.

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4 TPE for doing the thing. (Just one of the options, not both.)

Only S50 SMJHL Rookies (S51 SHL Rookies) are eligible for this PT.

Do NOT claim TPE for this task until a post has been made in the claim thread.

Deadline Sunday 11/3 @ 10PM EST

*Zoone16* · 10-27-2019, 11:14 PM

Ryan Shepard is the epitome of how much a sophomore can improve from their rookie season in the SMJHL. Going from 11 points in his first season on the Kelowna Knights, Shepard exploded in his second season in the juniors, finishing the season with a massive 55 points. The young playmaking center took over the first line and fed his teammates with plenty of scoring opportunities this past season. His assists total jumped from a meagre 6 in S49 to a massive 38 in S50, and his goals total went from 5 to 17, being only 1 goal behind Tah Puchcheese for the team goal lead this past season. But what has been the main reason for his increase in scoring? Well looking at his stats, his shot total increased significantly. From 66 shots in S49 to 133 shots in S50, Shepard was able to create his own luck, and when he didn’t score, his teammates had his back, scoring off the rebounds.

It will be interesting to see if he can further develop in S51, where he should be in contention for the league scoring lead among many other stats.

(191 words) @Naosu

NJBadApple · 10-28-2019, 12:21 AM

A tumultuous journey to the SMJHL for Andrey Barbashev II, who took a lengthy hiatus from hockey before declaring his return almost two seasons ago. His rookie campaign saw him occupy the bottom six, registering just 11 points in the 50 game season, and placing him among the lowest scorers on the team (alongside now-captain Ryan Shepard). He was also a -2 for the season, and shot below 8%... falling far short of his expectations going into a return. However, Season 50 showed just how capable the forward can actually be, finally securing a spot in the top six. Playing on the second forward line, he showed up for 38 points, including 17 goals... good for second on the team. He was also among team-leaders in +/- finishing the season with a +13 rating. His shooting percentage was nearly 15%, over twice the amount it was in his rookie campaign. Returning to the Knight for Season 51, Barbashev looks to make the leap into PPG territory as his ice time will certainly not diminish, and may even increase with several players getting the call to the SHL.

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***bluesfan55*** · 10-28-2019, 07:45 AM

Jake Primeau just broke the Anchorage Armada record for most points in a season (congrats @rangersbruinslightning!) with 60 points in 50 games. It’s an insane leap up from his tally in S48, in which he only scored 12 points. Primeau quintupled his point total on the span of two years! In his rookie season, Primeau scored 7 goals and added 5 assists for a total of 12 points. Primeau also had 36 penalty minutes and a plus-minus of -4. Not exactly inspiring rookie stats. Jump forward two years later, and he’s blossomed into a top prospect with those 60 points. He scored 28 goals (4 times his rookie totals) and added 32 assists (more than 5 times his rookie numbers). Primeau also cut down on his penalty minutes (27 compared to 36, meaning he’s got more time on the ice) and now boasts a positive plus-minus of 14, showing that he’s put work in on his defense. Hard work on Jake Primeau’s part has lead him to a massive breakout season, and there’s definitely more to come.

ty to @High Stick King @EvilAllBran and @Ragnar for the sigs

soulja · 10-28-2019, 11:26 AM

If there is any veteran player in the league that I, Zlatan Ibrahimovic jr, would like to emulate, it would be none other than the Veteran, Simon Leblanc. Simon Leblanc has all the characteristics to be a top defender. He is a defensive defenseman but plays more like a two-way defender. He is top 10 in almost all important categories. He is offensive when it is needed, which is shown by his 35 assists making him 7th in the league and also tied for 6th in defenseman for points at 38. He is gritty and dirty when it matters, to be second in the league in PIM. He is top 10 in shots blocked, demonstrating that he does not shy away from taking pucks away from the goaltender thereby saving his team from conceding. He will also grind the opposition to tire them out by consistently laying heavy hits on them. He finished this season with 105 hits. He even acts as the enforcer when necessary to engage in fights, win them and give his team a motivation boost. He is basically the jack of all trades that every team needs by themselves. The player they can count on to do anything for them. With all said and done, Simon leblanc's rookie season wasn't all pretty like his veteran years. Being drafted in S47, leblanc played as 2nd pairing defenseman just like Zlatan did during the majority of his rookie season. Unfortunately for leblanc, his rookie season was actually quite disappointing. Leblanc only collected 7 points, although his defensive game was decent with 57 hits and 46 shot blocks. As you can see, Leblanc grew enormously in performance over the years. Thus, the future looks bright for Zlatan who did better in all categories compared to the veteran stud.

KC15 · 10-28-2019, 12:19 PM

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mxman991 · 10-28-2019, 02:34 PM

Karl Krashwagen is quickly becoming Al Kayhall's mentor and adviser. Kayhall, had a tough first season much like Krashwagen, who only recorded 4 points in his first 50 games. Many actually thought it would be the end of his young career and Coach Balls had potentially been drunk when he scouted Karl. In his second season however, Karl exploded for 21 goals, and 19 Assists. Making him one of the few among the coveted 40 point club. Additionally Karl's rough and tumble style netted him 89 hits through the season, and left him space to pot 15.5% of his shots on net. Al finished his first season with a respectable 15 points, 8 goals and 7 assists through his first 50 games, even with being benched for a short stint late in the season for a joke he pulled on Coach Balls. Kayhall is looking for much more though from his game, and working with Karl may just be what is needed to elevate his game.

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iOBESE · 10-29-2019, 12:20 PM

There are only handful of people who in the beginning of their careers are great in their rookie season and a lot of the times they make mistakes somewhere on the way. Some might ask why is it that most of the current league leaders were not even decent in their first season? The answer is simple - practice makes it perfect. On Kelowna Knights I would like to point out someone who is not only one of the defensive leaders of this team, but a definite leader in the whole league once moved to the big leagues. Yet again, not straight away as the big league is totally different beast. The player Im talking about is - Prince Devitt. You can easily tell how much this player has grown by simply looking at his rookie year statistics and the one that just finished. They are only 3 seasons apart. In his rookie year Prince had only 11 points, which was not that bad for a rookie, while gathering whole 35 points this season. The forst part of his rookie season was his piled up 60 minutes in the box and therefore earning him -13 overall +/- coefficient. Not that he has stopped on receivingthose minutes, no, this season he got 66 of them, but he has learned from his rookie season and actually made more plays benefiting his team and making his overall +/- coefficient zero. Increase in hits made and shots blocked, going from 66hits in his rookie season and 93 in this last season and going from 41 shots blocked in the rookie season and 56 shots blocked last season. When a player is growing and the statistics are showing that, there is no need to worry about what kind of player he will be, because he already proves that he is willing to work to be great.

@CFJ

FreakinAnime · 10-29-2019, 12:51 PM

This year Bo Kane was the leader on the team. He led the team with the most points, 44 points, he put a lot of pucks on net with 152 shots, he was good on the power play with 8 points, and he also added 65 hits. He wasn't embarrassing goalies like this in his rookie year though he only had 18 points so clearly he improved a lot since then. His hits were not that far down but were still down at 44, and he also shot a lot less which probably tied into lower points. Only 66 shots it's a miracle he scored as much as he did with that little shots. Actually his power play points were a lot the same with 7 points so basically what has transformed is he got more confident and didn't need the special teams to give him a boost, he became more solid at even strength and was able to convert and chip in from all situations. That's the veteran touch there and that's how he has grown as a player.

dankoa · 10-29-2019, 08:27 PM

Comparison of Jake Primeau to their rookie season (S48)

Assists: 32 vs 5

Jake was more of a shoot first player in his rookie season, far different to the playmaker supreme who has had a landmark season in S50. Tallying 32 assists this season compared to 5 in their rookie effort two years ago, Jake has quite clearly improved in this category immensely, honing his ability to pick out teammates and make plays happen.

Face off percentage: 48.15% vs 43.52%

The art of faceoffs is not Jake Primeau’s strongest it is fair to say. An exceptional offensive centre, Primeau isn’t someone known to focus too much of his time on his faceoff game, or to have incredible natural ability in the area, but he has however shown notable growth, increasing his success by 5% over a much larger sample serving as Anchorage’s main man in the don’t this season.

PIM: 27 vs 36

With the changing of Jake’s role from more of a bottom 6 grinder to a elite offensive forward, the amount of time he’s spent in the penalty box has decreased dramatically, despite the much larger amount ignored time he’s spent out on the ice. A lot of this will obviously be to do with the change in his role, but some can be attributed to an improvement in levels of maturity and decision making ability.

Hits: 76 vs 42

Finally, Primeau has recently developed physical edge to husband game that wasn’t a sport noticeable during his rookie season. A notable increase in hits against the opposition shows a real focus from Primeau on developing his two way game, effectively working his way through the zones and putting on successful body checks. A useful facet to the game of a quickly developing all round player.

MP7 · 10-31-2019, 03:59 PM

S50 SMJHL Carolina Krakens point leader is Alexei Rykov, the young sniper from Russia had a outstanding season. Rykov exploded in his sophomore season and showed everyone how fast it goes from being the 5th guy on ice to the guy that leads the way. He was one of the few rookies that already got playing time on the first line in S49 and he got it in S50 as well. While he scored 12 goals and 12 assists for a total of 24 points in S49. He went for 24 goals and 30 assists and 54 points in season 50. He doubled his goals and more than doubled his assists, for at total of 30 points more than last season. Every important stat he increased, his +/- went from +11 to +17, his hits went from 29 to 46. Very impressive is that he increased his shooting % as well, a 17,39% is very good but in season 50 it went up to 18,46%. Looking at this stats, it makes me feel very good at Wachters sophomore season.

libertines · 10-31-2019, 06:00 PM

Man... Myth... Legend... Markus Tegernako, Coming in as the backup goalie in Season 49, it only took until the midway point for Tegernako to take over the starting role. Markus was a beast in the 2nd half winning 14 of his 24 starts and then leading Lethbridge into the 2nd round of the playoffs. This year has been more of the same from Tegernako, with his teams 2nd highest Goals Against Average (wink, wink).
Let's take a look at the sophomore's 2 seasons

S49 - (24 GP - 14W - 8L - 1T)
3.01GAA - 0.896 SV% - 0 SO

S50 - (46GP - 23W-19L-2T)
2.83GAA - 0.885 SV% - 2 SO

It's been a bit of a sophomore slump for Markus, although the GAA has improved, his save percentage has actually gotten worse... his win percentage also decreased from 58% in S49 to 50% in S50... There will be some question marks going into the playoffs for the Lion's starter, with rookie goalie Vassallo nipping at his heels.

We look forward to seeing how this young goalie fares in the playoffs and into next season as his vies for a spot in the SHL.

Evok · 10-31-2019, 09:25 PM

Who is Emiko Spector? He’s most likely one of the best goalies currently in the SMJHL, leading the goaltender in save percentage this season with the Colorado Raptors. The first stats I can find for Emiko Spector was back in S48 when he played for the Detroit Falcons. He was already the starting goaltender for them, starting 41 games. He won 24 of them with a save percentage of 0.870 and a Goals against average of 3.07. In that season, he had 2 shutouts and one assist. He played a total of 2426 minutes and ended the season with a save percentage of 0.875 in the shootout. In the most recent season, Season 50, Emiko Spector played 44 games, winning 28 of them with a save percentage of 0.902. His goals against average was 2.34 and he had 2 shutout and 2 assists. He played a total of 2589 minutes on the ice for the Colorado Raptors this season. His save percentage in shootout was 0.941.

sailingdrumstick · 10-31-2019, 09:56 PM

Atlas Rush was a player that Thicc Cheezy really looked up to this year. With 41 points in S50 it was clear that's when Atlas spoke in the room he got respect and everyone listened. This year was a tough one for Thicc, as he came into the league with unreasonably high expectations for himself Which caused an immense amount of frustration and self doubt. Atlas was able to relate to these things as his first year was a slow one as well. With 1 goal and 3 assists in his rookie campaign it wasnt always sunshine and rainbows for Atlas, and this is something that Thicc and Atlas were able to bond over all year. Thicc is confident that he can explode onto the scene next year with the help of some very needed pep talks from Atlas. There is one stat Thicc does not want to replicate - the 41 PIMS Atlas received in his first season and the 46 in his second is something Thicc is very determined NOT to replicate!

Mook · 11-01-2019, 05:17 PM

The Lethbridge Lions had a fairly average season, sitting around middle of the pack in point totals at seasons end. Things may have been different if they didn't have Connor Tanner on their team. Since his rookie season, Connor Tanner has put in some work and improved several facets of his game, unfortunately currently playing on a team like Lethbridge isn't helping his stat totals. In his rookie season(S48), Connor Tanner put up 24 points, with 5 goals and 19 assists. In S50, Tanner put up similar numbers, almost duplicating his entire statline from his rookie season, his point totals improved slightly to 33 points, 6 goals and 27 assists. His discipline was the biggest difference in his play, only racking up 12 PIM compared to 30 in his rookie season. Tanner had 2 fights in his rookie season, so it looks like he calmed down on that front, not dropping the mitts at all in S50

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