Hey everyone! After missing last season, we’re back with our 5th State of the Union since I took over as SHL Commissioner. Writing this is always a big task every offseason and one that I have thus far found really worthy of the amount of effort that goes into creating it. It’s really our best way of getting in touch with you all and giving you updates that don’t need/aren’t necessarily ready for their own big post quite yet, and also lets us hear from the community as we gear up to make changes for the site. It’s also good for us as it allows us to make public a lot of what we’ve been working on, which really forces us to turn around new ideas faster once we see the site is in favour and wants to see what the future holds. If this is your first time seeing one of these, welcome! We value the opinions and thoughts of all our community members, so even if you’re new here don’t be shy to read through this and chuck your opinions in for discussion, we love hearing from you guys. If you HAVE seen one of these before, you know the drill. We’re gonna provide updates on past topics, pose some new questions/ideas, and ultimately keep you guys informed on everything Head Office as of right now. Let’s jump into it!

General League News

Condensing the Season
When we announced our new regression changes just a short while ago, a lot of people came to us with really valid comments regarding TPE inflation’s correlation with the length of the season, specifically the offseason, allowing users to accumulate more TPE from training and ACs in between seasons. We hear those complaints and we’re currently close to a final solution: a condensed, 8 week schedule that will follow an identical structure from season to season. This was an idea that originally started back when Luke was my Co-Commissioner, and we’re happy to announce that we’re very close to being able to implement this in a way that is fair and balanced between the time the SHL needs, as well as working with @BadWolf to make it fair to the SMJHLs needs as well. Below, you’ll see what the structure looks like:



Using this model, we’ll be able to plan multiple seasons, with draft dates and trade deadlines set months in advance, and keeping the season to the bare minimum number of days. In addition to tackling TPE inflation, this should also allow us to keep people’s interest more steadily, as we should experience much shorter lulls in the offseason, with something basically always going on. The only unfortunate news I bring with this update is that we won’t be able to implement it right away, mainly because the holiday season is the only time of year that maintaining this 8 week season becomes virtually impossible (ex. Juniors draft falling on Christmas Eve and New Years Eve if we were to follow the schedule right now, for example), but we’ve always taken a break around this time of year to allow people to spend time with family. We’re gonna be going full force into this new schedule in the new year, with really the only things left to finalize is how we’re going to keep the playoffs down to a semi predictable length of days every season, as well as how international sim hockey will fit into this. Regardless, we hope you guys look forward to this!

Appeals Committee
A lot of you pitched this idea, and we heard you loud and clear! The state of punishments is primarily a pretty okay one when the situations are cut and dry (cap overages, double traded picks, conduct punishments etc.), but SHL HO, and the Owners appeals process has obviously struggled when we’re presented with new situations that force us to move into uncharted territory discussion-wise. The reality of the current situation is that when dealing with situations where we have to create a new precedent, or explore an undiscussed topic, we’re not always going to get it right, and the site ownership takes a lot of the brunt of the site’s ire for coming out and making a ruling, when their numbers are very limited.

With all this said, we’re moving forward in the near future of implementing a team for managing appeals on both the SHL and SMJHL level. Right now, the appeals process is rather informal, basically seeing the punished party turning in a doc explaining why they feel their punishment is unfair, and the owners + commissioners discussing this new evidence, and ultimately turning in a decision on a majority rules voting system. While this system has not always been bad, in its current state we felt it makes the site feel a bit unheard and removed from the process. Our goal with the Appeals Committee is to assemble a team, overseen by both BadWolf and I, and headed by the owners, but also consisting of active, highly engaged users from a differents teams, divisions and conferences, to formalize the appeals process, ensure discussion of submitted appeals is thorough, and ultimately give some power back to the people to uphold (or amend) decisions in a way that they feel is fair. There’s still areas of this we need to figure out/finalize, such as payscale, term limits, the selection process, how to avoid cut and dry punishments finding their way into the appeals process, but this is a decision we’re confident will benefit the whole site and give you all a chance to be the change you want to see in the site. Keep your eyes peeled for a hiring post in the near future, and if this is a job on the site that interests you, don’t be afraid to reach out to any of us in HO.

The FHM Knowledge Gap/Parity Pt. 300
Yup, we’re visiting this topic again. As you are all aware given our recent regression changes, parity is still very much a topic on the mind of HO. We’ve seen the state of the league the last little while, and while we’ve taken our steps to improve it as much as we can through expansion, contract changes, regression changes, update scale changes, and more, we’re very aware that our work in this area is not finished, and we’re gonna have to put in a lot more legwork to see the changes we want to see in the site’s parity situation. We talked about condensing the schedule above to reduce the issues with TPE Inflation, but after having many conversations both in and out of Head Office, the number one issue that makes parity a lofty goal right now is the gap in knowledge about FHM amongst our GMs. It’s no secret that the SHL’s top franchises when it comes to in-sim success are able to succeed because of the strength of their front office’s knowledge about the sim and the way it works. STHS was a much simpler beast to understand, and that simplicity allowed users to enter GM jobs with a certain degree of confidence, even if it was their first time. Not so with FHM. FHM’s wealth of options has been a blessing in the ability to create team identity, but it can also be extremely daunting for new users to learn just what works and what doesn’t. We’ve seen this impact parity obviously, but it's also reduced the number of users who have taken interest in GM jobs, and left a lot of teams a step behind the competition, even when they do an excellent job in managing their resources and rebuilding.

This has been a topic of discussion since the very start of the S62 Season, and the reality is that there are so many avenues we can take to fix this, so we’re still in the process of figuring out what the best route is. We’ve talked limiting options available in FHM to make it feel less daunting, we’ve discussed reintroducing player archetypes (though admittedly this one is a bit of a longshot due to the list of complications it brings), and we’ve looked at educating and creating guides regarding FHM’s more complex areas to hopefully equip new GMs with some proper foundations before jumping in. We also have another announcement pending within the next few days that our testing and research has shown will be a massive step forward to fixing this problem, and though I can’t say too much right now, we’ll have some more answers very soon. The short answer is we don’t have a set in stone solution just yet, but we want you to know this is a topic that is actively and seriously in discussion, and we hope to provide you all with more information in the very near future.

The Offseason Poll is Back!
Lastly for general league news, this offseason we’re bringing back the offseason poll! In seasons past, the offseason poll has gifted us a lot of knowledge from you as a community that we otherwise don’t get very often, and really helps us put a lot of our ideas into perspective, and see where we can improve things, both within our team, and in other areas of the site that need our support. There’s not much else to say here beyond telling you all to keep your eyes peeled for that in the coming weeks! We’ll be discussing things like parity (duh), job pay scales, satisfaction with various departments, general philosophical questions about the league’s health and some of the problems it currently faces, as well as some more wacky and out there ideas like the thought process behind adding 4th lines. @Rangerjase is putting that together as you read this, so it should be up very soon!

GM-Related News

Draftee Rights No More/Hello Standardized ELCs!
After a few seasons of the current draftee rights system, initially put into place to make GMs more responsible for the players they draft, balance out the way top teams can hang onto prospects while fielding highly competitive rosters, and give draftees some autonomy, we’re moving forward with a new idea that we think is both much simpler and actually addresses the problem at hand much better. When the draftee rights system was initially introduced, it worked really well in a vacuum, but really started to show its cracks once put into practical usage, especially with how it interacted with more of the gray areas of the rulebook.

Because of this, we’re pleased to announce standardized ELCs as the newest plan to tackle this issue! Basically the rule will read as follows:

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Players who are drafted to the SHL will automatically be signed to a 1 year, $3,000,000 deal for their first contract in the SHL. This contract will take the player to RFA at its conclusion and will not count towards their team’s salary cap.

The problems we want to solve with this rule are many, but the gist of it is that we want to avoid the problem we’ve had of late where we see active players being left on the board, while also making teams more responsible for players they draft, as opposed to hoarding players from the draft just to keep them in their system without signing them. The 1 season deal not counting against the cap will help GMs feel more comfortable taking every player available on the draft board, but by making it so that they’re carried into RFA, with every contract from then on counting towards their cap, it also ensures that GMs are responsible for ensuring that they properly manage their budget as their draftees enter their second season and beyond. Taking them to RFA will also potentially see an uptick in offersheets, as well as GMs moving players (either prospects or players on the roster), to manage their budget ahead of the offseason. Obviously this change will make an impact on a few different systems on the site, so we’re looking into reworking a few of the rulebook’s areas to prepare for this change (ex. Tweaking the way offersheeting works, to prevent teams from getting free assets from other teams when losing a player they had no intention of signing to begin with). We think that as a whole this system will be much easier to follow than the draftee rights system, while also achieving the same goals it was initially supposed to.



And that wraps up this season’s State of the Union! Before we close, I just wanna take this time to thank everyone on the site who has been such a part of making this site as amazing of a place as it has always been. I’ve been dealing with some personal issues in my life that has made my time as SHL Commissioner the last little while a bit more difficult, and I’ve been very fortunate to be surrounded by a team of HO members who have been able to ease things when life gets hard. All that said, despite the IRL complications, I can feel things getting back on track, and the strength and passion of this community is what makes me want to get back to the level of excellence I’ve tried to hold myself to in HO. I don’t know if I’d still be in this job if not for wonderful people like you (the girl reading this ❤️). Thanks for being with us so far, we’re excited for the future, and we hope you’ll be there with us then too. We’ll be hosting an HO stream where we talk a bit more about this and field some questions in about a week’s time, but until then leave your thoughts and ideas below, and we’ll talk soon!

On behalf of the SHL Head Office
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Gabe-Gooney-Waters Harrak | RW | 231 TPE | Colorado Raptors
Name: Gabe-Gooney-Waters Harrak
Country: Canada
Age: 17
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 170 lbs
Number: 16
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Transactions:
S60 - Drafted 7th overall to the Colorado Raptors


Skao Anazibf | Retired | S48-S60
Name: Skao Anazibf
Country: Russia
Retired Age: 29
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 190 lbs
Number: 12
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SHL Regular Season Stats
HAM GP: 498 | G: 103 | A: 229 | P: 332 | +/-: 224
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SHL Playoff Stats
HAM GP: 135 | G: 20 | A: 43 | P: 63 | +/-: 9
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SMJHL Regular Season Stats
DET GP: 150 | G: 54 | A: 56 | P: 110 | +/-: 35
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SMJHL Playoff Stats
DET GP: 28 | G: 7 | A: 13 | P: 20 | +/-: 1
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IIHF Round Robin Stats
RUS GP: 144 | G: 19 | A: 40 | P: 59 | +/-: -17
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IIHF Medal Round Stats
RUS GP: 3 | G: 1 | A: 3 | P: 4 | +/-: 0
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Transactions:
S48 - Drafted 17th overall to the Detroit Falcons
S48 - Signed $3mil contract with the Detroit Falcons
S49 - Drafted 10th overall to the Hamilton Steelhawks
S49 - Signed $2mil contract with the Hamilton Steelhawks
S50 - Signed $2.5mil contract extension with the Hamilton Steelhawks
S51 - Signed $7mil contract extension with the Hamilton Steelhawks
S51 - Called up to the Hamilton Steelhawks
S52 - Signed $7mil contract extension with the Hamilton Steelhawks
S53 - Signed $4.9mil contract extension with the Hamilton Steelhawks
S54 - Signed $3mil contract extension with the Hamilton Steelhawks (S54-S55)
S56 - Signed $4mil contract extension with the Hamilton Steelhawks (S56-S58)
S59 - Signed $4mil contract extension with the Hamilton Steelhawks (S59)
S60 - Signed $7mil contract extension with the Hamilton Steelhawks (S60)
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Awards:
S51 - Challenge Cup Champion with the Hamilton Steelhawks (SHL)
S53 - Challenge Cup Champion with the Hamilton Steelhawks (SHL)
S55 - Damian Littleton Award for Most Dedicated Nominee (SHL)
S56 - Challenge Cup Champion with the Hamilton Steelhawks (SHL)
S58 - Challenge Cup Champion with the Hamilton Steelhawks (SHL)


Nour Harrak | Retired | S35 - S48
Name: Nour Harrak
Country: Canada
Retired Age: 30
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 180 lbs
Number: 48
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SHL Regular Season Stats
HAM GP: 550 | G: 97 | A: 195 | P: 292 | +/-: -5
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SHL Playoff Stats
HAM GP: 70 | G: 19 | A: 39 | P: 58 | +/-: 1
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IIHF Round Robin Stats
CAN GP: 72 | G: 10 | A: 21 | P: 31 | +/-: -9
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IIHF Medal Round Stats
CAN GP: 6 | G: 4 | A: 2 | P: 6 | +/-: 0
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SMJHL Regular Season Stats
KEL/STL GP: 150 | G: 34 | A: 44 | P: 78 | +/-: 2
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SMJHL Playoff Stats
KEL/STL GP: 21 | G: 7 | A: 9 | P: 16 | +/-: 9
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Transactions:
S35 - Drafted 14th overall to the Kelowna Knights
S35 - Signed $2mil contract with the Kelowna Knights
S36 - Drafted 2nd overall to the Hamilton Steelhawks
S36 - Signed $3mil contract with the Hamilton Steelhawks (S36-S38)
S37 - Traded to the St. Louis Scarecrows
S38 - Signed $3mil extension with the Hamilton Steelhawks (S39-S41)
S38 - Called up to the Hamilton Steelhawks
S41 - Signed $4mil extension with the Hamilton Steelhawks (S42)
S42 - Signed $4.5mil extension with the Hamilton Steelhawks (S43-S47)
S47 - Signed $4,000,001.84 extension with the Hamilton Steelhawks (S48)
S48 - Announced retirement (S35-S48)
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Awards:
S35 - Ron Bolt Award for Sportsmanship Winner (SMJHL)
S35 - Zach Miller Award for Dedication Winner (SMJHL)
S35 - John McBride Playoff MVP Award Winner (Kelowna)
S36 - Mikka Granlund Award for Leadership Winner (Kelowna)
S37 - Ron Bolt Award for Sportsmanship Winner (SMJHL)
S42 - Silver Medal with Team Canada (IIHF)


Joey Wheeler | GM | Retired
SMJHL Regular Season Stats
S37 - KEL GP: 50 | W: 17 | L: 25 | OTL: 8 | P: 42 (Finished 7th)
S38 - KEL GP: 50 | W: 27 | L: 16 | OTL: 7 | P: 61 (Finished 3rd)
S39 - KEL GP: 50 | W: 24 | L: 21 | OTL: 5 | P: 53 (Finished 6th)
S40 - KEL GP: 50 | W: 34 | L: 16 | OTL: 0 | P: 68 (Finished 1st)
S41 - KEL GP: 50 | W: 25 | L: 16 | OTL: 9 | P: 59 (Finished 4th)
S42 - KEL GP: 50 | W: 35 | L: 13 | OTL: 2 | P: 72 (Finished 2nd)
S43 - KEL GP: 50 | W: 26 | L: 21 | OTL: 3 | P: 55 (Finished 4th)
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S47 - DET GP: 50 | W: 22 | L: 24 | OTL: 4 | P: 48 (Finished 8th)
S48 - DET GP: 50 | W: 29 | L: 17 | OTL: 4 | P: 62 (Finished 3rd)
S48 - DET GP: 50 | W: 31 | L: 13 | OTL: 6 | P: 68 (Finished 1st)
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SMJHL Playoff History
Kelowna Knights
S37 - Missed Playoffs
S38 - Eliminated in the Quarterfinals by Montreal (2-4)
S39 - Eliminated in the Quarterfinals by Vancouver (0-4)
S40 - Four Star Cup Win against Detroit (4-0)
S41 - Four Star Cup Win against Montreal (4-3)
S42 - Four Star Cup Win against Vancouver (4-2)
S43 - Eliminated in the Quarterfinals by Detroit (2-4)
Detroit Falcons
S47 - Eliminated in the Quarterfinals by St. Louis (2-4)
S48 - Eliminated in the Quarterfinals by Anchorage (3-4)
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IIHF History
Team Canada
S39 - Gold Medal Win against Finland (6-5)
S40 - Eliminated in the Quarterfinals by Germany (2-3 L)
S41 - Eliminated in the Quarterfinals by United Kingdom (5-6 L)
S42 - Silver Medal against Ireland (2-3)
S43 - Eliminated in the Quarterfinals by Russia (1-2)
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Achievements:
S36 - Hired as Kelowna Knights co-GM (09/18/2017)
S38 - Hired as Kelowna Knights Head GM (01/12/2018)
S39 - Hired as Team Canada co-GM (02/27/2018)
S39 - IIHF Gold Medal as Team Canada GM (03/21/2018)
S40 - Hired as Team Canada Head GM (04/24/2018)
S40 - Laurifer Trophy Winner (04/19/2018)
S40 - Occasus Trophy Winner (04/28/2018)
S40 - SMJHL Four Star Cup Championship (05/02/2018)
S40 - Mathias Chouinard Winner (05/14/2018)
S41 - Occasus Trophy Winner (06/16/2018)
S41 - SMJHL Four Star Cup Championship (06/20/2018)
S41 - Mathias Chouinard Nominee (07/07/2018)
S42 - SMJHL Four Star Cup Championship (08/22/2018)
S42 - IIHF Silver Medal as Team Canada GM (09/02/2018)
S42 - Mathias Chouinard Nominee (09/07/2018)
S43 - Mathias Chouinard Nominee (10/29/2018)
S47 - Hired as Detroit Falcons co-GM (04/27/2019)
S47 - Hired as Team Canada Interim co-GM (05/29/2019)

**First GM in SMJHL history to win 3 Four Star Cups back-to-back-to-back**

Okay but why don't you care about the SHL?

Cal Juice
Tomas Zadina
Brady McIntyre

Okay but why don't you care about the SHL?

The what?

 

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Joe Kurczewski ll New Orleans Specters GM ll 1679 TPE

Drafted 12th overall by the Calgary Dragons in the S31 SHL Entry Draft
Drafted 22nd Overall to STL in the SMJHL S30 Entry Draft
Named Assistant Captain of the Scarecrows for S30
Named Captain of the Scarecrows for S31 and S32
Won the IIHF Gold Medal with Team USA in S31
Traded to Montreal at the S32 Trade Deadline
Named STL Scarecrows Co-GM
Won the S32 Challenge Cup with the Calgary Dragons
Won the IIHF Gold Medal with Team USA in S34
Won the S39 Four Star Cup as GM of the St. Louis Scarecrows
Won the S40 Challenge Cup with the Calgary Dragons
Won the S40 Ron Mexico Trophy (League MVP as voted by the awards committee)
Won the S40 Sarmad Khan Trophy (League MVP as voted by the players)
Won the IIHF Gold Medal with Team USA in S40.
Won the S42 Challenge Cup with the Calgary Dragons
Won the S42 Jeff Dar Trophy for Best Two-Way Forward
Won the S42 Anton Razov Trophy for Playoff MVP
Won the S44 Four Star Cup as GM of the St. Louis Scarecrows
Traded in the S44/S45 offseason to the Edmonton Blizzard for an S46 1st Round Pick
Won the S45 Challenge Cup with the Edmonton Blizzard
Won the S45 Four Star Cup as GM of the St. Louis Scarerows
Was awarded one of the two expansion franchises for S46 (New Orleans Specters)
 SHL STATS

Regular Season
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S33: 50 GP - 6 G - 9 A - 15 PTS
S34: 50 GP - 14 G - 14 A - 28 PTS
S35: 50 GP - 14 G - 12 A - 26 PTS
S36: 50 GP - 23 G - 29 A - 52 PTS
S37: 50 GP - 28 G - 29 A - 57 PTS
S38: 50 GP - 25 G - 21 A - 46 PTS
S39: 50 GP - 17 G - 30 A - 47 PTS
S40: 50 GP - 29 G - 37 A - 66 PTS
S41: 50 GP - 25 G - 38 A - 63 PTS
S42: 50 GP - 18 G - 35 A - 53 PTS
S43: 50 GP - 17 G - 35 A - 52 PTS
S44: 50 GP - 21 G - 24 A - 45 PTS
S45: 50 GP - 22 G - 37 A - 59 PTS
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Career: 650 GP - 259 G - 350 A - 609 PTS

Playoffs:
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S32: 2 GP - 0 G - 0 A - 0 PTS (Won Challenge Cup)
S33: 16 GP - 6 G - 3 A - 9 PTS (Lost in Cup Final to NEW 4-2)

S34: Did Not Qualify
S35: 13 GP - 7 G - 4 A - 11 PTS (Lost in 2nd Round to POR 4-3)
S36: 11 GP - 5 G - 7 A - 12 PTS (Lost in 2nd Round to TEX 4-0)
S37: 7 GP - 5 G - 8 A - 13 PTS (Lost in 1st Round to SEA 4-3)
S38: 17 GP - 10 G - 11 A - 21 PTS (Lost in Cup Final to MAN 4-2)
S39: 4 GP - 1 G  - 1 A - 2 PTS (Lost in 1st Round to LAP 4-0)
S40: 19 GP - 6 G - 18 A - 24 PTS (Won Challenge Cup)
S41: 6 GP - 3 G - 3 A - 6 PTS (Lost in 1st Round to WPG 4-2)
S42: 16 GP - 10 G - 15 A - 25 PTS (Won Challenge Cup)
S43: 6 GP - 5 G - 3 A - 8 PTS (Lost in 1st Round to WPG 4-2)
S44: 5 GP - 0 G - 2 A - 2 PTS (Lost in 1st Round to EDM 4-1)
S45: 18 GP - 9 G - 10 A - 19 PTS(Won Challenge Cup)
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Totals: 138 GP - 68 G - 84 A - 152 PTS

SMJHL STATS
Regular Season:

S30: 50 GP - 13 G - 13 A - 26 PTS 
S31: 50 GP - 17 G - 21 A - 38 PTS
S32: STL: 42 GP - 14 G - 7 A - 21 PTS
S32: MTL: 8 GP - 2 G - 2 A - 4 PTS 
S32: TOT: 50 GP - 16 G - 9 A - 25 PTS
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Playoffs: 
 
S30: 7GP - 3 G - 3 A - 6 PTS
S31: 4GP - 0 G - 0 A - 0 PTS
S32: 4GP - 3 G - 1 A - 4 PTS


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Teddy Cuddles  |  RW  | Edmonton Blizzard | Hall of Fame
Player Type : Two Way Forward
Height: 6'5" | Weight: 220 lbs | Age: 19
Number: 79
Birthplace: Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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Regular Season Stats :
S35 | STL | GP:28 | G:2 | A:1 | P:3 | PIMs:5 | HIT:7 | Shots:25 | +/-:-4
S36 | STL | GP:50 | G:10 | A:10 | P:20 | PIMs:5 | HIT:97 | Shots:88 | +/-:-1
S37 | STL | GP:50 | G:13 | A:27 | P:40 | PIMs:56 | HIT:120| Shots:146 | +/-:+10
S38 | EDM | GP:50 | G:6 | A:7 | P:13 | PIMs:62 | HIT:114 | Shots:83 | +/-:-18
S39 | EDM | GP:50 | G:7 | A:15 | P:22 | PIMs:36 | HIT:161 | Shots:78 | +/-:-10
S40 | EDM | GP:50 | G:13 | A:29 | P:42 | PIMs:46 | HIT:197 | Shots:109 | +/-:+7
S41 | EDM | GP:50 | G:17 | A:17 | P:34 | PIMs:49 | HIT:143 | Shots:121 | +/-:-4
S42 | EDM | GP:50 | G:17 | A:24 | P:41 | PIMs:52 | HIT:135 | Shots:132 | +/-:+9
S43 | EDM | GP:50 | G:14 | A:23 | P:37 | PIMs:24 | HIT:121 | Shots:121 | +/-:-2
S44 | EDM | GP:50 | G:21 | A:32 | P:53 | PIMs:28 | HIT:131 | Shots:214 | +/-:+19
S45 | EDM | GP:50 | G:13 | A:24 | P:37 | PIMs:51 | HIT:170 | Shots:185 | +/-:+9
S46 | EDM | GP:50 | G:29 | A:31 | P:60 | PIMs:53 | HIT:152 | Shots:195 | +/-:+9
S47 | EDM | GP:50 | G:17 | A:33 | P:50 | PIMs:46 | HIT:182 | Shots:199 | +/-:+8
S48 | EDM | GP:50 | G:22 | A:23 | P:45 | PIMs:26 | HIT:182 | Shots:210 | +/-:+7
S49 | EDM | GP:50 | G:20 | A:25 | P:45 | PIMs:36 | HIT:149 | Shots:208 | +/-:+1
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Post Season Stats :
S35 | STL | GP:7 | G:0 | A:0 | P:0 | PIMs:0 | HIT:2 | Shots:4 | +/-:+1
S36 | STL | GP:6 | G:1 | A:1 | P:2 | PIMs:7 | HIT:14 | Shots:12 | +/-:+3
S37 | STL | GP:13 | G:4 | A:5 | P:9 | PIMs:26 | HIT:26 | Shots:30 | +/-:+7
S38 | EDM | Did not qualify
S39 | EDM | GP:7 | G:3 | A:3 | P:6 | PIMs:4 | HIT:18 | Shots:10 | +/-:+1
S40 | EDM | GP:7 | G:1 | A:6 | P:7 | PIMs:4 | HIT:33 | Shots:15 | +/-:+2
S41 | EDM | GP:7 | G:2 | A:3 | P:5 | PIMs:12 | HIT:15 | Shots:15 | +/-:+1
S42 | EDM | GP:11 | G:5 | A:8 | P:13 | PIMs:10 | HIT:25 | Shots:38 | +/-:+1
S43 | EDM | Did not Qualify
S44 | EDM | GP:11 | G:4 | A:7 | P:11 | PIMs:12 | HIT:31 | Shots:42 | +/-:+3
S45 | EDM | GP:18 | G:7 | A:11 | P:18 | PIMs:24 | HIT:56 | Shots:68 | +/-:+8
S46 | EDM | GP:4 | G:0 | A:0 | P:0 | PIMs:2 | HIT:9 | Shots:11 | +/-:-5
S47 | EDM | GP:6 | G:3 | A:2 | P:5 | PIMs:6 | HIT:24 | Shots:25 | +/-:+2
S48 | EDM | GP:5 | G:2 | A:2 | P:4 | PIMs:0 | HIT:11 | Shots:19 | +/-:0
S49 | EDM | GP:23 | G:7 | A:17 | P:24 | PIMs:18 | HIT:76 | Shots:89 | +/-:-2
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Awards and Achievements:
S37 | STL Kanye Summers Award for Regular Season Team MVP
S37 | STL Bradley Wingels Award for Best Forward
S40 | Gold Medal Winner
S40 | Aidan Richan Trophy Winner
S44 | Became 4th player in Edmonton Blizzard History to reach 1000 Hits
S45 | Challenge Cup Champion
S45 | Anton Razov Trophy for Playoff MVP
S45 | Silver Medal Winner
S46 | 1st Team All Star
S46 | Sarmad Kahn Nominee
S46 | Jef Darr Nominee
S47 | Jef Darr Nominee
S49 | Challenge Cup Champion
S49 | Anton Razov Nominee
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Draft/Signing/Trade History:
S35 | Signed to STL
S36 | Drafted to Calgary 26th overall
S36 | Traded to Edmonton


Ambacas “Femboy Hooters” Cuddles | D | Tampa Bay Barracuda

Former USA Fed Head, Carolina Kraken Co-GM, Tampa Bay Barracuda GM

Draftee Rights No More/Hello Standardized ELCs!
After a few seasons of the current draftee rights system, initially put into place to make GMs more responsible for the players they draft, balance out the way top teams can hang onto prospects while fielding highly competitive rosters, and give draftees some autonomy, we’re moving forward with a new idea that we think is both much simpler and actually addresses the problem at hand much better. When the draftee rights system was initially introduced, it worked really well in a vacuum, but really started to show its cracks once put into practical usage, especially with how it interacted with more of the gray areas of the rulebook.

Because of this, we’re pleased to announce standardized ELCs as the newest plan to tackle this issue! Basically the rule will read as follows:

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Players who are drafted to the SHL will automatically be signed to a 1 year, $3,000,000 deal for their first contract in the SHL. This contract will take the player to RFA at its conclusion and will not count towards their team’s salary cap.

The problems we want to solve with this rule are many, but the gist of it is that we want to avoid the problem we’ve had of late where we see active players being left on the board, while also making teams more responsible for players they draft, as opposed to hoarding players from the draft just to keep them in their system without signing them. The 1 season deal not counting against the cap will help GMs feel more comfortable taking every player available on the draft board, but by making it so that they’re carried into RFA, with every contract from then on counting towards their cap, it also ensures that GMs are responsible for ensuring that they properly manage their budget as their draftees enter their second season and beyond. Taking them to RFA will also potentially see an uptick in offersheets, as well as GMs moving players (either prospects or players on the roster), to manage their budget ahead of the offseason. Obviously this change will make an impact on a few different systems on the site, so we’re looking into reworking a few of the rulebook’s areas to prepare for this change (ex. Tweaking the way offersheeting works, to prevent teams from getting free assets from other teams when losing a player they had no intention of signing to begin with). We think that as a whole this system will be much easier to follow than the draftee rights system, while also achieving the same goals it was initially supposed to.

Couple of questions on this change. While it may seem pointless, can players reject this contract or refuse this signing? In addition, doesn't this just kick the can down the road? Now the issue of people not being able to fit on a team's budget will happen after this new contract ends and teams release them, or am I misinterpreting this?

                    John Brown | RD | TBB
570 TPE, 6'3, 204 lbs.
S67 - Drafted 1OA by the Nevada Battleborn
S68 - SMJHL All-Star
S68 - Drafted 6OA by the Tampa Bay Barracuda
S69 - SMJHL All-Star
S69 - SMJHL All Defense Team
S69 - Alexis Metzler Award
S70 - SMJHL All-Star

S66 Damian Littleton

      Joseph Weston || Winger || Los Angeles Panthers        
Joseph Weston || Winger || Los Angeles Panthers        
                                  1885 Peak TPE, 6'1", 202 Lbs.
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Regular Season Stats:
S49 | MTL | GP: 50 | G: 08 | A: 03 | P: 11 | +/-: 03 | MP: 621
S50 | CAR | GP: 50 | G: 17 | A: 22 | P: 39 | +/-: 02 | MP: 766
S51 | CAR | GP: 50 | G: 20 | A: 28 | P: 48 | +/-: 25 | MP: 807
S52 | CAR | GP: 50 | G: 19 | A: 20 | P: 39 | +/-: 08 | MP: 957
S53 | CGY | GP: 50 | G: 10 | A: 19 | P: 29 | +/-: 11 | TOI: 17:06
S54 | CGY | GP: 50 | G: 06 | A: 14 | P: 20 | +/-: -6 | TOI: 17:17
S55 | CGY | GP: 50 | G: 12 | A: 17 | P: 29 | +/-: 15 | TOI: 16:57
S56 | CGY | GP: 50 | G: 17 | A: 29 | P: 46 | +/-: 44 | TOI: 18:33
S57 | CGY | GP: 66 | G: 28 | A: 27 | P: 55 | +/-: 33 | TOI: 18:57
S58 | CGY | GP: 66 | G: 28 | A: 28 | P: 56 | +/-: 31 | TOI: 20:19
S59 | CGY | GP: 66 | G: 31 | A: 42 | P: 73 | +/-: 31 | TOI: 22:15
S60 | CGY | GP: 66 | G: 28 | A: 31 | P: 59 | +/-: 27 | TOI: 22:09
S61 | CGY | GP: 66 | G: 36 | A: 35 | P: 71 | +/-: 13 | TOI: 21:45
S62 | CGY | GP: 66 | G: 25 | A: 44 | P: 69 | +/-: 12 | TOI: 21:19
S63 | TOR | GP: 66 | G: 11 | A: 27 | P: 38 | +/-: -15 | TOI: 19:40
S64 | LAP  | GP: 66 | G: 18 | A: 28 | P: 46 | +/-: 19 | TOI: 18:11
S65 | LAP  | GP: 66 | G: 14 | A: 24 | P: 38 | +/-: 21 | TOI: 17:53
S66 | LAP | GP: TBD | G: TBD | A: TBD | P: TBD | +/-: TBD | TOI: TBD
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Awards:
S49 Montreal Militia Four Star Cup Champions
S50 Carolina Kraken Four Star Cup Champions
S50 Zach Miller Trophy Nomination
S50 Vyacheslav Onoprienko Trophy
S50 WJC USA Bronze Medal
S50 & S51 Carolina Kraken Assistant Captain
S51 SMJHL All-Star
S51 Laurifer Trophy
S52 Carolina Kraken Captain
S52 WJC USA Captain
S53 SHL All-Rookie Team
S54 Calgary Dragons Assistant Captain
S56-S58 Calgary Dragons Assistant Captain
S59-S63 Calgary Dragons Captain
S59 SHL All-Star Game
S60 SHL All-Star Game
S61 SHL All-Star Game
S63 United States of America IIHF Gold Medal
S63 SHL All-Star Game
S65 Challenge Cup Champion


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i'm going to pretend i'm the girl reading this

Gunnar Söderberg || IIHF Fed Head - Sweden || GM - Nevada Battleborn
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Highlights:
S45 WJC | Sweden - Bronze
S46 SMJHL | Drafted 5th OA - Kelowna Knights
S47 SHL | Drafted 2nd OA - Tampa Bay
S47 SMJHL | Captain - Kelowna Knights
S48 SMJHL | Captain - Kelowna Knights
S48 IIHF | Gold - Sweden
S49 SHL All-Rookie Team
S52 IIHF | Silver - Sweden
S56 IIHF | Bronze - Sweden
S57 Challenge Cup - Chicago Syndicate
S57 Anton Razov Award (Playoffs MVP)
S60 IIHF | Bronze - Sweden
S60 SHL | Captain - Chicago Syndicate
S61 SHL | Captain - Chicago Syndicate
S62 SHL | Captain - Chicago Syndicate
S66 SMJHL | Nour Harrak Award (Best GM Duo)

Lias Ekholm-Gunnarsson || C || Winnipeg Aurora
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Highlights:
S62 SMJHL | Drafted 26 OA - Nevada Battleborn
S63 SHL | Drafted 1 OA - Winnipeg Aurora
S63 SMJHL | All-Star
S65 SMJHL | All-Star
S67 IIHF | Top Forward
S68 IIHF | Gold - Sweden
S69 IIHF | Silver - Sweden
S70 SHL | All-Star
S70 SHL | Aidan Richan Award
S70 IIHF | Silver - Sweden
S71 SHL | All-Star
S71 SHL | Sergei Karpotsov Trophy
S71 SHL | Jay McDonald Trophy
S71 SHL | Sarmad Khan Award
S72 SHL | Challenge Cup - Winnipeg Aurora
S72 SHL | All-Star
S72 IIHF | Bronze - Sweden
S72 SHL | Anton Razov Award
S73 IIHF | Gold - Sweden
S75 IIHF | Gold - Sweden




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too long, didn’t read.

I’m good how are you?

All of this is really good to read but this is by far the most exciting part to me

We also have another announcement pending within the next few days that our testing and research has shown will be a massive step forward to fixing this problem, and though I can’t say too much right now, we’ll have some more answers very soon. The short answer is we don’t have a set in stone solution just yet, but we want you to know this is a topic that is actively and seriously in discussion, and we hope to provide you all with more information in the very near future.

Looking forward to hearing what you guys have come up with!

Cal Juice
Tomas Zadina
Brady McIntyre

I hate the condensed season. The length of the season allows you to linger long enough to experience it. You will now be having it fly by.
Might just as well start a game of FHM and press go.

 
Player Render by Merica

When are we implementing promotion/relegation like the Premier League?

G | S62 | Brick Wall | Great Falls Grizzlies | Montreal Patriotes | Team Czechia

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Height: 5'8"

Weight: 175 lbs

Number: 35

Birthplace: Galway, Ireland

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Career Statistics

SMJHL Regular Season

S61 | 58 GP | 28 W | 1667 S | 3.28 GAA | 4 SO | 0.900 SV%

S62 | 51 GP | 27 W | 1428 S | 2.78 GAA | 5 SO | 0.910 SV%

S63 | 49 GP | 31 W | 1147 S | 2.56 GAA | 2 SO | 0.900 SV%

S64 | 37 GP | 15 W | 1223 S | 3.07 GAA | 2 SO | 0.915 SV%

Totals | 195 GP | 101 W | 2.93 GAA | 13 SO | .906 SV%



SMJHL Playoffs

S61 | 12 GP | 5 W | 357 S | 3.50 GAA | 1 SO | 0.895 SV%

S62 | 4 GP | 0 W | 138 S | 3.52 GAA | 0 SO | 0.908 SV%

S63 | 14 GP | 8 W | 312 S | 2.54 GAA | 1 SO | 0.894 SV%

Totals | 30 GP | 13 W | 3.05 GAA | 2 SO | .897 SV %



WJC Round Robin

S61 | British Isles | 8 GP | 2 W | 234 S | 2.94 GAA | 0 SO | 0.907 SV%

S62 | British Isles | 9 GP | 6 W | 177 S | 2.59 GAA | 0 SO | 0.881 SV%

S63 | British Isles | 12 GP | 3 W | 328 S | 3.97 GAA | 0 SO | 0.877 SV%

S64 | UCORCAL | 7 GP | 4 W | 216 S | 2.69 GAA | 2 SO | 0.919 SV%



WJC Knockout Rounds

S61 | British Isles | 1 GP | 0 W | 22 S | 1.62 GAA | 0 SO | 0.917 SV%

S62 | British Isles | 3 GP | 3 W | 76 S | 0.67 GAA | 1 SO | 0.974 SV%

S63 | British Isles | 1 GP | 0 W | 43 S | 4.00 GAA | 0 SO | 0.915 SV%

S64 | UCORCAL | 1 GP | 0 W | 32 S | 3.01 GAA | 0 SO | 0.914 SV%



SHL Regular Season

S64 | 13 GP | 6 W | 390 S | 2.82 GAA | 0 SO | 0.920 SV%

S65 | 47 GP | 14 W | 1700 S | 3.63 GAA | 2 SO | 0.914 SV%

S66 | 51 GP | 31 W | 1526 S | 3.09 GAA | 3 SO | 0.908 SV%

S67 | 52 GP | 28 W | 1326 S | 3.21 GAA | 5 SO | 0.896 SV%

S68 | 55 GP | 32 W | 1439 S | 2.93 GAA | 4 SO | 0.901 SV%

S69 | 54 GP | 40 W | 1438 S | 2.59 GAA | 6 SO | 0.911 SV%

S70 | 54 GP | 35 W | 1566 S | 3.02 GAA | 4 SO | 0.906 SV%

S71 | 54 GP | 38 W | 1586 S | 2.78 GAA | 5 SO | 0.914 SV%

S72 | 55 GP | 35 W | 1640 S | 2.96 GAA | 6 SO | 0.910 SV%

Totals | 435 GP | 259 W | 12,611 S | 3.00 GAA | 35 SO | 0.908 SV %



SHL Playoffs

S66 | 6 GP | 2 W | 188 S | 2.77 GAA | 0 SO | 0.913 SV%

S67 | 16 GP | 10 W | 542 S | 2.96 GAA | 1 SO | 0.920 SV%

S68 | 6 GP | 2 W | 209 S | 4.12 GAA | 0 SO | 0.886 SV%

S69 | 10 GP | 6 W | 278 S | 2.83 GAA | 0 SO | 0.911 SV%

S70 | 13 GP | 7 W | 388 S | 3.07 GAA | 0 SO | 0.904 SV%

S71 | 3 GP | 0 W | 100 S | 4.34 GAA | 0 SO | 0.885 SV%

S72 | 10 GP | 5 W | 343 S | 2.89 GAA | 0 SO | 0.920 SV%

Totals | 64 GP | 32 W | 2,048 S | 3.12 GAA | 1 SO | 0.910 SV%



IIHF Round Robin

S63 | Ireland | 3 GP | 2 W | 55 S | 1.86 GAA | 0 SO | 0.932 SV%

S64 | Czechia | 4 GP | 1 W | 125 S | 4.02 GAA | 0 SO | 0.887 SV%

S65 | Czechia | 12 GP | 7 W | 373 S | 4.10 GAA | 0 SO | 0.888 SV%

S66 | Czechia | 12 GP | 3 W | 360 S | 3.71 GAA | 0 SO | 0.889 SV%

S67 | Czechia | 12 GP | 5 W | 322 S | 2.54 GAA | 1 SO | 0.912 SV%

S68 | Czechia | 12 GP | 6 W | 319 S | 2.40 GAA | 1 SO | 0.917 SV%

S69 | Czechia | 12 GP | 6 W | 356 S | 3.34 GAA | 2 SO | 0.899 SV%

S70 | Czechia | 9 GP | 2 W | 194 S | 3.07 GAA | 1 SO | 0.882 SV%

S71 | Czechia |10 GP | 4 W | 254 S | 2.65 GAA | 0 SO | 0.904 SV%



IIHF Knockout Rounds

S65 | Czechia | 2 GP | 1 W | 80 S | 3.00 GAA | 0 SO | 0.930 SV%

S68 | Czechia | 1 GP | 0 W | 42 S | 2.64 GAA | 0 SO | 0.933 SV%

S69 | Czechia | 1 GP | 0 W | 16 S | 4.06 GAA | 0 SO | 0.800 SV%

S71 | Czechia | 1 GP | 0 W | 25 S | 3.04 GAA | 0 SO | 0.893 SV%



Awards

S62 | WJC Gold Medal - British Isles (player & GM)

S62 | SMJHL All-Star Game

S62 | Nominee - Zach Miller Trophy - Most Dedicated

S62 | Nominee - Vyacheslav Onoprienko Trophy - Most Underrated Player (nominated by Nevada)

S64 | Nominee - Cedric Robinson Trophy - Best Goalie

S66 | SHL All-Star Game

S66 | John McBride Trophy (Best Goaltender)

S66 | 1st Team All-SHL

S68 | 3rd Team All-SHL

S68 | SHL All-Star Game

S69 | John McBride Trophy (Best Goaltender)

S69 | Nominee - Ron Mexico Award (Most Valuable Player)

S69 | 1st Team All-SHL

S70 | Nominee - John McBride Trophy (Best Goaltender)

S70 | 2nd Team All-SHL

S71 | SHL All-Star Game

S71 | John McBride Trophy (Best Goaltender)

S71 | Mike Honcho Trophy (Fewest Goals Allowed)

S71 | 1st Team All-SHL

S72 | SHL All-Star Game

S72 | John McBride Trophy (Best Goaltender)

S72 | Mike Honcho Trophy (Fewest Goals Allowed)

S72 | 1st Team All-SHL



Team Awards

Great Falls Grizzlies

S61 | "Mama Bear" Award - Best Locker Room Leader

S61 | "Boo Boo" Award - Best Rookie

S62 | "Mama Bear" Award - Best Locker Room Leader

S63 | "Mama Bear" Award - Best Locker Room Leader

S63 | "Bear Necessities" Award - Best Media Piece - "S63 Parlay Watch"

S64 | "Mama Bear" Award - Best Locker Room Leader

S64 | "Bear Necessities" Award - Best Media Piece - "Pinch me, I'm no longer Irish"

Montreal Patriotes

S64 | Stan Din'desque Leadership Award

S64 | Rising Star Award

S65 | Stan Din'desque Leadership Award

S69 | Golden Poutine Team MVP

S70 | Stan Din'desque Leadership Award

S70 | Golden Poutine Team MVP



RD | S75 | Journey Man | KEL | VAN | SDT | MTL | International FA

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Height: 5'10"

Weight: 180 lbs

Number: 7

Birthplace: Sovereign Citizen, World

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Career Statistics

SMJHL Regular Season

S74 - KEL | 66 GP | 5 G | 15 A | 20 PTS | -26 +/- | 59 BLK | 67 H | 95.5 PDO

S75 - KEL | 4 GP | 1 G | 0 A | 1 PTS | -2 +/- | 11 BLK | 0 H | 99.3 PDO

S75 - VAN | 63 GP | 4 G | 9 A | 13 PTS | -59 +/- | 146 BLK | 99 H | 95.4 PDO

Totals | 133 GP | 10 G | 24 A | 34 PTS | -87 +/- | 216 BLK | 166 H



SMJHL Playoffs

S74 - KEL | 6 GP | 0 G | 2 A | 2 PTS | -4 +/- | 4 BLK | 6 H | 97.6 PDO

S75 - VAN | 7 GP | 4 G | 5 A | 9 PTS | +4 +/- | 7 BLK | 10 H | 107.0 PDO

Totals | 13 GP | 4 G | 7 A | 11 PTS | 0 +/- | 11 BLK | 16 H



WJC Round Robin

S73 | ICE | 12 GP | 0 G | 0 A | 0 PTS | -3 +/- | 11 BLK | 12 H | 97.7 PDO

S74 | WOR | 12 GP | 1 G | 8 A | 9 PTS | -7 +/- | 23 BLK | 18 H | 94.1 PDO

S75 | WOR | 12 GP | 0 G | 4 A | 4 PTS | +4 +/- | 34 BLK | 18 H | 98.0 PDO

Totals | 36 GP | 1 G | 12 A | 13 PTS | -6 +/- | 68 BLK | 48 H



WJC Knockout Rounds

S73 | ICE | 1 GP | 0 G | 0 A | 0 PTS | 1 +/- | 1 BLK | 2 H | 110.0 PDO

S75 | WOR | 3 GP | 1 G | 1 A | 2 PTS | 5 +/- | 1 BLK | 1 H | 111.6 PDO

Totals | 4 GP | 1 G | 1 A | 2 PTS | 6 +/- | 2 BLK | 3 H



Awards

S75 | WJC Silver Medal - World

S75 | Elias Armia Award: Commissioner Award



Team Awards

Kelowna Knights

S74 | Maxim Horvat Award - Top Rookie

I hate the condensed season. The length of the season allows you to linger long enough to experience it. You will now be having it fly by.
Might just as well start a game of FHM and press go.

I would like to mention in reality we only took 4 days out of our typical schedule to come up with this layout. This season has been longer due to the holidays. Hope this helps.

Can't wait to Pete Rose this stuff and get perma-banned from the HOF    j/k

How am I supposed to live laugh love in these conditions?

Kyle Sux Lmap