Hello SHL!

I come to you bearing very exciting tidings! This is going to be on the shorter side of recent SOTU addresses, but we hope the nature of the content will make up for the brevity.

HEAD OFFICE CHANGES & HIRING

I am pleased to announce that we will be removing the interim tag from @Frenchie. Frenchie was tasked with stepping up into a major role when we needed him to, and he has surpassed expectations. It’s been a rather smooth adjustment and Jess and I look forward to working with Frenchie for the foreseeable future.

Next, we have expanded our regular Head Office by one seat this season, and will expand our regular HO seats by another seat next season (in order to keep the hiring/term split even). Our new/returning HO members this season are: bbjygm, SDCore, Juosu, Rojjter, and Kahri. Our new interns will be noxu, dude_man, and TomServo.

This is a lot of HO, you might be thinking, and you’d be correct, but we are bringing on extra hands for a couple of reasons.


UPGRADE TO FHM10

We have been in discussion for a while regarding the pros and cons of moving to a new version of FHM. This is always a matter of balancing potential benefits vs asking our entire league of GMs, simmers, and fileworkers to purchase a new version of the game - we’re cognizant of the fact that this is a hobby, and not everyone has the funds to throw money into it every time the game gets upgraded. After examining the benefits of upgrading, we’ve elected to upgrade to FHM10, targeting S82 as our first season. If we determine that more time is needed, we reserve the right to push that back an additional season, but at the moment, S82 is our target date. This version of the game provides a number of improvements we think will benefit the league, and as it isn’t the most recent release, it will also be more affordable for the large number of people who will need to purchase it.

We are aware that this is the first time we’ve made a change of this magnitude since the ban on test simming was enacted, and for that reason, we are committed to being as transparent with you all as possible as we do the work to ensure this goes as smoothly as possible. It would be reckless to change engines without testing, but we will be attempting to share as much of the data from this testing as possible with the site in order to maintain the level of trust we hope to have with the GMs of this league.

SDCore (who has extensive experience in this area from serving as Commissioner during the initial switch from STHS to FHM6, as well as Sim team head of a number of seasons) will be spearheading this transition process, and overseeing the filework/testing aspects of the transition as well as personnel deployment. If there are any questions regarding any of it, though, any member of HO will be happy to answer, and we will provide more information as we proceed.

SHL EXPANSION

With the recent influx of users dating all the way back to S74, Head Office has been monitoring how the population numbers affect the SHL and discussing the possibility of expansion periodically, especially in a post-SMJHL expansion environment. With that in mind, and with the sustained rhythm of recruitment, the increased retention rates, the sustained increase in activity checks, Head Office has determined that there is a need to expand the league.

At this stage, we are confirming that the league will in fact expand by a minimum of two teams, but due diligence requires us to reflect some more on whether a 4 team expansion makes more sense, which we aren’t able to say just yet.

The expected timeline for expansion is starting play in S83, which will give us the necessary amount of time to discuss expansion rules and procedure, as well as receive apps, select the expansion GM’s and set everything up. This timeline isn’t set in stone, and we may change it if we find it necessary to do so. We’re getting this information out to you as early as possible, because we know some of you are noticing the current state of activity between both leagues and feeling its effects, and deem it responsible to advise you on where the league is headed. Once we’re able to confirm the specifics of expansion, we'll announce them.

We will also be posting a hiring thread for expansion GM applications very soon, and will update this post with the link to that when that happens.


CHIRPER THREAD GUIDELINES - CRACKING DOWN ON LOW EFFORT

While this is something we’d have liked to do before, the content of this SOTU should justify why it wasn’t prioritized. That being said, our previously explicit intent of cracking down on low effort submissions in the chirper thread stays true. This isn’t necessarily a change in policy, but moreso reaffirming that they won’t be accepted.

What constitutes a low effort chirp? It’ll always be a subjective thing, but a rule of thumb to apply should be that a single coherent sentence qualifies as a good chirp, and anything below that very accessible threshold should be considered as a low effort. Single word posts, or few word posts, i.e. ‘’Chirp 1’’ or ‘’chirp chirp’’ or ‘’chirping for money’’ type things will not be accepted moving forward. Furthermore, keyboard mashing/gibberish should be considered low effort as well.

Really, we trust everyone in this community to do right by this minimal standard, and while we won’t be able to police 100% of the time, when we do spot problematic chirps, we will be sure to A) contact the user about it, and B) delete them to prevent being rewarded for them.

But seriously, we’ve mentioned in the past that low-effort chirps won’t get paid out. This is your official notice that continual low-effort chirps may get you a chirper ban.


SIM TEAM PROGRESS

Head Office has been working closely with Jimmysmo27 and Wally to make sure that the state of the sim team is stable and well staffed over the past few seasons. Currently, the sim team is incredibly healthy with simmers, interns learning, and backups. We’ve awarded Jimmy and Wally the opportunity to run the team together from here on out, with whatever support they might need being provided from Head Office, especially as we transition to FHM10 and beyond. This brings us to the conclusion of the “SHL HO Sim Team Stewardship” era, and will allow us to fully shift our focus to the other two massive projects we’ve announced today.

We understand that there may be concerns with allowing GMs to serve fully in this role, but after extensive discussion in HO, we have come to the conclusion that the benefits of having the right people in the position outweigh any cons. If there are any questions or concerns about this, please direct them to any member of SHL HO.

OTHER CONGRATULATIONS

We’d also like to belatedly say congratulations to Reno for being elevated to SMJHL Co-Commissioner - Reno has been doing awesome work both in J HO and SHL HO for a couple of seasons now, and we can’t imagine a better person for the role.

In addition, as announced in the hiring thread for the position, we would like to congratulate Frith on becoming our new IIHF Commissioner. We’re excited to see what fresh ideas and enthusiasm he will bring to this role!


OFF-SEASON (IN-SEASON) SURVEY

The long-awaited long-overdue off-season survey will be up this week, and will include some questions regarding the engine upgrade and expansion, so we hope everyone will take the time to participate in that. We’re putting the finishing touches on that now, so you should see it here in the next day or two.

THANK YOU

Finally, we would like to thank everyone in this community of ours for your activity and contributions, which are enabling us to make big exciting announcements like engine upgrades and expansion! This is truly a group effort - from the work of the recruitment team to bring in new users, to the rookie mentors who help new users find their footing, the SMJHL GMs who give them their first homes here on the site, the developers who continue to come up with exciting new features and quality of life improvements, and everyone who takes time out of their real life to contribute to this site in some way, even if it’s just with your presence. The SHL is and will always be first and foremost about the people, and we appreciate all of you so much for enabling this place to keep going, to keep thriving, for as long as it has!

KARI KEKKONEN | D | RETIRED NAME: Kari Kekkonen BIRTHPLACE: Oulu, Finland HEIGHT: 6'1" WEIGHT: 185 lbs NUMBER: 33 ------------------------------------------------------------ SMJHL CAREER STATS S19 KEL: GP: 40, G: 10, A: 26, P: 36, +/-: 16, H: 42 SMJHL PLAYOFF STATS S19 KEL: GP: 6, G: 0, A: 6, P: 6, +/-: 0, H: 6 ------------------------------------------------------------
KAAPO KEKKONEN | C | RETIRED NAME: Kaapo Kekkonen BIRTHPLACE: Helsinki, Finland HEIGHT: 6'3" WEIGHT: 210 lbs NUMBER: 19 ------------------------------------------------------------ SHL CAREER STATS S25 LAP: GP: 50, G: 2, A: 3, P: 5, +/-: -4, H: 75 S26 LAP: GP: 50, G: 4, A: 5, P: 9, +/-: -13, H: 94 S27 LAP: GP: 50, G: 6, A: 9, P: 15, +/-: -2, H: 35 S28 LAP: GP: 50, G: 7, A: 10, P: 17, +/-: -2, H: 96 S29 LAP: GP: 50, G: 13, A: 21, P: 34, +/-: -15, H: 85 S30 LAP: GP: 50, G: 23, A: 22, P: 45, +/-: 4, H: 130 S31 LAP: GP: 50, G: 20, A: 18, P: 38, +/-: 5, H: 162 S32 LAP: GP: 50, G: 18, A: 28, P: 46, +/-: 27, H: 183 S33 LAP: GP: 50, G: 17, A: 22, P: 39, +/-: 20, H: 210 S34 LAP: GP: 50, G: 12, A: 25, P: 37, +/-: -2, H: 131 S35 LAP: GP: 50, G: 10, A: 22, P: 32, +/-: -3, H: 115 S36 LAP: GP: 50, G: 11, A: 20, P: 31, +/-: 10, H: 138 S37 LAP: GP: 36, G: 9, A: 17, P: 26, +/-: -1, H: 72 S37 WKP: GP: 14, G: 1, A: 0, P: 1, +/-: -4, H: 19 TOT : GP: 650, G: 153, A: 222, P: 375, +/-: 20, H: 1545 ------------------------------------------------------------ SHL PLAYOFF STATS S25 LAP: DNQ S26 LAP: DNQ S27 LAP: DNQ S28 LAP: DNQ S29 LAP: DNQ S30 LAP: DNQ S31 LAP: DNQ S32 LAP: GP: 5, G: 1, A: 3, P: 4, +/-: -2, H: 15 S33 LAP: GP: 12, G: 2, A: 3, P: 5, +/-: 0, H: 38 S34 LAP: GP: 7, G: 1, A: 3, P: 4, +/-: 3, H: 23 S35 LAP: GP: 5, G: 1, A: 1, P: 2, +/-: -4, H: 4 S36 LAP: DNQ S37 WKP: GP: 12, G: 0, A: 2, P: 2, +/-: -2, H: 35 TOT : GP: 41, G: 5, A: 12, P: 17, +/-: -5, H: 115 ------------------------------------------------------------
TATU MÄKELÄ | D | RETIRED NAME: Tatu Mäkelä BIRTHPLACE: Tampere, Finland HEIGHT: 5'11" WEIGHT: 180 lbs NUMBER: 65 ------------------------------------------------------------ SHL CAREER STATS S40 BUF: GP: 50, G: 5, A: 17, P: 22, +/-: -28, H: 14, SB: 86 S41 BUF: GP: 50, G: 10, A: 21, P: 31, +/-: -3, H: 9, SB: 78 S42 BUF: GP: 50, G: 9, A: 21, P: 30, +/-: 2, H: 13, SB: 65 S43 BUF: GP: 50, G: 6, A: 24, P: 30, +/-: 1, H: 8, SB: 51 S44 BUF: GP: 50, G: 6, A: 28, P: 34, +/-: -6, H: 10, SB: 63 S45 BUF: GP: 50, G: 4, A: 37, P: 41, +/-: 10, H: 130, SB: 71 S46 BUF: GP: 50, G: 6, A: 36, P: 42, +/-: 25, H: 139, SB: 73 S47 BUF: GP: 50, G: 5, A: 23, P: 28, +/-: -4, H: 137, SB: 76 S48 BUF: GP: 50, G: 7, A: 25, P: 32, +/-: 9, H: 151, SB: 70 S49 BUF: GP: 50, G: 6, A: 22, P: 28, +/-: 5, H: 159, SB: 66 S50 BUF: GP: 50, G: 6, A: 20, P: 26, +/-: 14, H: 152, SB: 72 S51 BUF: GP: 50, G: 3, A: 23, P: 26, +/-: 8, H: 143, SB: 50 S52 BUF: GP: 50, G: 9, A: 21, P: 30, +/-: -3, H: 141, SB: 71 S53 BUF: GP: 50, G: 5, A: 14, P: 19, +/-: 23, H: 50, SB: 98 TOT : GP: 700, G: 87, A: 332, P: 419, +/-: 53, H: 1256, SB: 990 ------------------------------------------------------------ SHL PLAYOFF STATS S40 BUF: DNQ S41 BUF: GP: 7, G: 3, A: 2, P: 5, +/-: -3, H: 0, SB: 10 S42 BUF: GP: 5, G: 0, A: 1, P: 1, +/-: -9, H: 2, SB: 10 S43 BUF: GP: 9, G: 0, A: 5, P: 5, +/-: -1, H: 1, SB: 8 S44 BUF: DNQ S45 BUF: DNQ S46 BUF: GP: 17, G: 0, A: 12, P: 12, +/-: 11, H: 59, SB: 28 S47 BUF: GP: 13, G: 0, A: 5, P: 5, +/-: 2, H: 32, SB: 18 S48 BUF: GP: 22, G: 2, A: 10, P: 12, +/-: 2, H: 64, SB: 32 S49 BUF: GP: 5, G: 0, A: 5, P: 5, +/-: 5, H: 15, SB: 8 S50 BUF: GP: 6, G: 0, A: 5, P: 5, +/-: -2, H: 18, SB: 12 S51 BUF: GP: 8, G: 2, A: 5, P: 7, +/-: -3, H: 15, SB: 11 S52 BUF: GP: 15, G: 4, A: 5, P: 9, +/-: 4, H: 47, SB: 26 S53 BUF: GP: 4, G: 0, A: 0, P: 0, +/-: 0, H: 6, SB: 13 TOT : GP: 111, G: 11, A: 55, P: 66, +/-: 6, H: 159, SB: 176 ------------------------------------------------------------
KOLJA KEKKONEN | D | RETIRED NAME: Kolja Kekkonen BIRTHPLACE: Lappeenranta, Finland HEIGHT: 6'3" WEIGHT: 225 lbs NUMBER: 8 ------------------------------------------------------------ SMJHL CAREER STATS S53 DET: GP: 3, G: 0, A: 1, P: 1, +/-: -1, H: 2, SB: 0 S54 DET: GP: 50, G: 2, A: 8, P: 10, +/-: -6, H: 15, SB: 37 S55 DET: GP: 50, G: 4, A: 12, P: 16, +/-: -24, H: 32, SB: 24 S56 DET: GP: 50, G: 4, A: 17, P: 21, +/-: -20, H: 52, SB: 71 S57 ANA: GP: 66, G: 6, A: 20, P: 26, +/-: 14, H: 52, SB: 70 TOT : GP: 219, G: 16, A: 58, P: 74, +/-: -37, H: 153, SB: 202 SMJHL PLAYOFF STATS S53 DET: DNP S54 DET: GP: 7, G: 0, A: 0, P: 0, +/-: 0, H: 2, SB: 3 S55 DET: GP: 4, G: 0, A: 1, P: 1, +/-: -2, H: 3, SB: 0 S56 DET: GP: 5, G: 2, A: 2, P: 4, +/-: 0, H: 3, SB: 7 S57 ANA: GP: 21, G: 2, A: 13, P: 15, +/-: 5, H: 13, SB: 34 TOT : GP: 37, G: 4, A: 16, P: 20, +/-: 3, H: 22, SB: 44 ------------------------------------------------------------
KEKW KEKKONEN | C | RETIRED NAME: Karl-Erik-Karl2-Wojtek Kekkonen BIRTHPLACE: Lohja, Finland HEIGHT: 6'4" WEIGHT: 220 lbs NUMBER: 69 ------------------------------------------------------------ SHL CAREER STATS S61 BUF: GP: 66, G: 10, A: 28, P: 38, +/-: 21, H: 59, SH: 134 S62 BUF: GP: 66, G: 19, A: 36, P: 55, +/-: 9, H: 84, SH: 194 S63 BUF: GP: 66, G: 17, A: 14, P: 31, +/-: -13, H: 91, SH: 148 S64 BUF: GP: 66, G: 16, A: 51, P: 67, +/-: 36, H: 82, SH: 212 S65 BUF: GP: 66, G: 25, A: 41, P: 66, +/-: 33, H: 136, SH: 230 S66 BUF: GP: 66, G: 38, A: 43, P: 81, +/-: 18, H: 64, SH: 222 S67 BUF: GP: 66, G: 40, A: 45, P: 85, +/-: -6, H: 76, SH: 224 S68 BUF: GP: 66, G: 47, A: 46, P: 93, +/-: 45, H: 51, SH: 326 S69 BUF: GP: 66, G: 35, A: 31, P: 66, +/-: 22, H: 43, SH: 269 S70 BUF: GP: 66, G: 33, A: 48, P: 81, +/-: 18, H: 66, SH: 297 S71 BUF: GP: 66, G: 36, A: 41, P: 77, +/-: 37, H: 55, SH: 257 S72 BUF: GP: 66, G: 25, A: 35, P: 60, +/-: -1, H: 58, SH: 281 S73 BUF: GP: 66, G: 31, A: 41, P: 72, +/-: 23, H: 48, SH: 305 S74 BUF/WPG: GP: 66, G: 17, A: 47, P: 64, +/-: 33, H: 101, SH: 164 TOT : GP: 924, G: 389, A: 547, P: 936, +/-: 275, H: 1014, SH: 3263 SHL PLAYOFF STATS S61 BUF: GP: 9, G: 2, A: 6, P: 8, +/-: 4, H: 11, SH: 24 S62 BUF: GP: 9, G: 3, A: 1, P: 4, +/-: 2, H: 5, SH: 25 S63 BUF: GP: 12, G: 1, A: 2, P: 3, +/-: -1, H: 32, SH: 33 S64 BUF: GP: 11, G: 2, A: 2, P: 4, +/-: -6, H: 12, SH: 41 S65 BUF: GP: 18, G: 4, A: 7, P: 11, +/-: 8, H: 34, SH: 62 S66 BUF: GP: 16, G: 11, A: 9, P: 20, +/-: 3, H: 13, SH: 49 S67 BUF: GP: 4, G: 2, A: 2, P: 4, +/-: -3, H: 3, SH: 20 S68 BUF: GP: 17, G: 6, A: 8, P: 14, +/-: -4, H: 11, SH: 75 S69 BUF: GP: 4, G: 1, A: 0, P: 1, +/-: -5, H: 2, SH: 13 S70 BUF: GP: 7, G: 1, A: 3, P: 4, +/-: -8, H: 2, SH: 25 S71 BUF: GP: 21, G: 12, A: 9, P: 21, +/-: 6, H: 24, SH: 97 S72 BUF: GP: 5, G: 0, A: 2, P: 2, +/-: -4, H: 7, SH: 25 S73 BUF: GP: 6, G: 3, A: 0, P: 3, +/-: -3, H: 11, SH: 33 S74 WPG: GP: 22, G: 3, A: 4, P: 7, +/-: -2, H: 15, SH: 37 TOT : GP: 161, G: 51, A: 55, P: 106, +/-: -11, H: 182, SH: 559 ------------------------------------------------------------
KAL ÅKAR KEKKONEN | D | SEATTLE ARGONAUTS NAME: Kal Åkar Kekkonen BIRTHPLACE: The Wilderness, Gielinor HEIGHT: 6'6" WEIGHT: 240 lbs NUMBER: 75 ------------------------------------------------------------ SMJHL CAREER STATS S74 DET: GP: 66, G: 6, A: 14, P: 20, +/-: 3, SH: 83, H: 76, SB: 29 S75 DET: GP: 66, G: 8, A: 22, P: 30, +/-: 31, SH: 129, H: 123, SB: 114 S76 DET: GP: 66, G: 17, A: 21, P: 38, +/-: -10, SH: 193, H: 74, SB: 130 SMJHL PLAYOFF STATS S74 DET: GP: 17, G: 3, A: 7, P: 10, +/-: 8, SH: 18, H: 16, SB: 5 S75 DET: GP: 14, G: 5, A: 6, P: 11, +/-: 2, SH: 40, H: 26, SB: 27 S76 DET: GP: 4, G: 1, A: 2, P: 3, +/-: -2, SH: 8, H: 8, SB: 8 ------------------------------------------------------------

HERE WE GO

Matsmith Soderberg-Tremblay || Left Wing/Center || #13 || Newfoundland Berserkers S65 Rookie

Corey Kennedy (RETIRED) || Defense || #13 || Chicago Syndicate/Newfoundland Berserkers - Chicago Syndicate GM || S47 || Age: 21 Birthplace: Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland Height: 6'4" Weight: 205 lbs __________________________________________________ SMJHL Career Statistics: Anaheim Outlaws S46 (Rookie): GP: 50, G: 6, A: 10, P: 16, +/-: -3, PIM: 24, SHT: 60, PPP: 7 Anaheim Outlaws S47: GP: 50, G: 7, A: 15, P: 22, +/-: -6, PIM: 10, SHT: 58, PPP: 4 SMJHL Playoff Career Statistics: Anaheim Outlaws S46: GP: 3, G: 2, A: 0, P: 2, +/-: -2, PIM: 0, SHT: 5, PPP: 1 Anaheim Outlaws S47: GP: 18, G: 7, A: 4, P: 11, +/-: -3, PIM: 10, SHT: 21, PPP: 3 __________________________________________________ Transactions & Accomplishments:  S46: Drafted 2nd overall by the Anaheim Outlaws S46 SMJHL All-Star S47 Four Star Cup Champion S47: Drafted 3rd overall by the Chicago Syndicate


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Mfs be like expansion ain't happening then it happens

Aleksandr Iskandrov || C || Hamilton Steelhawks || Vancouver Whalers || 806 TPE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SMJHL Career Stats S64: GP: 66 G: 6 A: 17 P: 23 S65: GP: 66 G: 11 A: 35 P: 46 S66: GP: 66 G: 37 A: 51 P: 88 S67: GP: 66 G: 35 A: 52 P: 87 TOTAL: GP: 264 G: 89 A: 155 P: 244 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SMJHL Playoff Stats S64: GP: 12 G: 2 A: 4 P: 6 S65: GP: 4 G: 0 A: 2 P: 2 S66: GP: 11 G: 3 A: 8 P: 11 S67: GP: 5 G: 3 A: 2 P: 5 TOTAL: GP: 32 G: 8 A: 16 P: 24 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SMJHL Achievements S67 Wollker Division Champion S66 Jared Hanson Trophy (Regular Season Points Leader) S66 Raymond Lindsay Trophy - Award Given to the Most Outstanding Player as Voted by the Players S66 Ideen Fallah Trophy - Award Given to the Most Outstanding Player as Voted by the Awards Committee S66 All Star Team S67 All Star Team ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WJC stats S64 ICE: GP: 12 G: 3 A: 4 P: 7 S65 RCL: GP: 12 G: 1 A: 3 P: 4 S66 RCL: GP: 12 G: 6 A: 3 P: 9 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IIHF stats S67 RUS: GP: 12 G: 1 A: 0 P: 1 S68 JPN: GP: 12 G: 2 A: 1 P: 3 S69 JPN: GP: 12 G: 2 A: 3 P: 5 S70 JPN: GP: 12 G: 4 A: 1 P: 5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IIHF Playoff stats S67 RUS: GP: 3 G: 0 A: 0 P: 0 S69 JPN: GP: 1 G: 0 A: 1 P: 5 S70 JPN: GP: 3 G: 4 A: 1 P: 5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IIHF Achievements S70 JPN: Bronze Medal (General Manager and Player) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SHL Statistics S68 HAM: GP: 66 G: 23 A: 30 P: 53 S69 HAM: GP: 66 G: 20 A: 30 P: 50 S70 HAM: GP: 66 G: 35 A: 46 P: 81 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SHL Achievements
Enlightened Centrist || C || Colorado Raptors ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SMJHL Career Stats S79: GP: 0 G: 0 A: 0 P: 0

THANK U DADDIES

 

somewhere ACap felt a shudder run down his spine at the mention of expansion

Willow Söderberg-Snooks || RD || Los Angeles Panthers || S69- Name: Willow Söderberg-Snooks  Birthplace: Östersund, Sweden Height: 5'7"  Weight: 150 Number: 97 ------------------------------------------------------------ Regular Season Stats S69 | REG | GP: 66 | G: 1 | A: 20 | PTS: 21 | BLK: 198 | +/-: -9  S70 | REG | GP: 66 | G: 4 | A: 12 | PTS: 16 | BLK: 247 | +/-: -10 S71 | REG | GP: 66 | G: 3 | A: 22 | PTS: 25 | BLK: 294 | +/-: 15  S72 | REG | GP: 66 | G: 4 | A: 12 | PTS: 16 | BLK: 247 | +/-: 10 S73 | SFP | GP: 66 | G: 10 | A: 32 | PTS: 42 | BLK: 137 | +/-: -24  S74 | SFP | GP: 66 | G: 18 | A: 45 | PTS: 63 | BLK: 137 | +/-: 2  S75 | SFP | GP: 66 | G: 21 | A: 29 | PTS: 50 | BLK: 105 | +/-: -6 S76 | SFP | GP: 66 | G: 12 | A: 53 | PTS: 65 | BLK: 127 | +/-: 52  S77 | SFP | GP: 66 | G: 14 | A: 43 | PTS: 57 | BLK: 115 | +/-: 44  ------------------------------------------------------------ Playoffs Stats S69 | REG | GP: 6 | G: 1 | A: 1 | PTS: 2 | BLK: 11 | +/-: -2 S71 | REG | GP: 11 | G: 1 | A: 6 | PTS: 7 | BLK: 45 | +/-: 6  S72 | REG | GP: 5 | G: 1 | A: 3 | PTS: 4 | BLK: 10 | +/-: 0 S73 | SFP | GP: 4 | G: 1 | A: 1 | PTS: 2 | BLK: 12 | +/-: -4  S74 | SFP | GP: 17 | G: 3 | A: 5 | PTS: 8 | BLK: 23 | +/-: 0  S74 | SFP | GP: 4 | G: 0 | A: 2 | PTS: 2 | BLK: 9 | +/-: -4 S76 | SFP | GP: 21 | G: 8 | A: 13 | PTS: 21 | BLK: 44 | +/-: 14  S77 | SFP | GP: 18 | G: 6 | A: 10 | PTS: 16 | BLK: 41 | +/-: 5  ------------------------------------------------------------ Achievements Drafted 24th OA by Regina Elk Drafted 7th OA by San Francisco Pride Won S76 Challenge Cup with San Francisco Pride Won S73, S75 IIHF Gold Medal with Sweden
Evgeni Petrov || G || Newfoundland Berserkers/Atlanta Inferno || S58-S69 Name: Evgeni Petrov Birthplace: Volgograd, Russia Height: 6'6'' Weight: 200 lbs Number: 97 ------------------------------------------------------------ Regular Season Stats S58 | NL | GP: 21 | W: 14 | L: 6 | OTL: 1 | GAA: 2.15 | SV%: 0.894 | SO: 5 S59 | NL | GP: 22 | W: 12 | L: 6 | OTL: 2 | GAA: 2.28 | SV%: 0.896 | SO: 3 S60 | NL | GP: 44 | W: 38 | L: 4 | OTL: 2 | GAA: 1.95 | SV%: 0.914 | SO: 3 S61 | NL | GP: 39 | W: 22 | L: 13 | OTL: 3 | GAA: 2.44 | SV%: 0.914 | SO: 3 S62 | ATL | GP: 22 | W: 9 | L: 8 | OTL: 3 | GAA: 3.20 | SV%: 0.908 | SO: 2 S63 | ATL | GP: 28 | W: 15 | L: 8 | OTL: 3 | GAA: 2.83 | SV%: 0.917 | SO: 1 S64 | ATL | GP: 52 | W: 31 | L: 15 | OTL: 2 | GAA: 2.75 | SV%: 0.915 | SO: 6 S65 | ATL | GP: 49 | W: 27 | L: 17 | OTL: 4 | GAA: 2.96 | SV%: 0.913 | SO: 3 S66 | ATL | GP: 49 | W: 36 | L: 11 | OTL: 2 | GAA: 2.52 | SV%: 0.905 | SO: 5 S67 | ATL | GP: 48 | W: 34 | L: 12 | OTL: 1 | GAA: 2.63 | SV%: 0.911 | SO: 6 S68 | ATL | GP: 48 | W: 36 | L: 11 | OTL: 1 | GAA: 2.51 | SV%: 0.919 | SO: 4 S69 | ATL | GP: 49 | W: 29 | L: 15 | OTL: 4 | GAA: 3.38 | SV%: 0.888 | SO: 1 ------------------------------------------------------------ Playoffs Stats S59 | NL | GP: 2 | W: 0 | L: 0 | OTL: 0 | GAA: 4.65 | SV%: 0.889 | SO: S60 | NL | GP: 14 | W: 10 | L: 3 | OTL: 1 | GAA: 1.71 | SV%: 0.923 | SO: 3 S61 | NL | GP: 14 | W: 8 | L: 5 | OTL: 1 | GAA: 2.54 | SV%: 0.919 | SO: 0 S63 | ATL | GP: 1 | W: 0 | L: 0 | OTL: 0 | GAA: 3.54 | SV%: 0.875 | SO: 0 S64 | ATL | GP: 21 | W: 13 | L: 7 | OTL: 0 | GAA: 2.94 | SV%: 0.928 | SO: 0 S65 | ATL | GP: 12 | W: 7 | L: 3 | OTL: 2 | GAA: 2.87 | SV%: 0.913 | SO: 0 S66 | ATL | GP: 21 | W: 16 | L: 5 | OTL: 0 | GAA: 2.86 | SV%: 0.889 | SO: 2 S67 | ATL | GP: 11 | W: 7 | L: 3 | OTL: 1 | GAA: 2.95 | SV%: 0.891 | SO: 0 S68 | ATL | GP: 12 | W: 7 | L: 4 | OTL: 1 | GAA: 2.92 | SV%: 0.889 | SO: 0 S69 | ATL | GP: 14 | W: 7 | L: 7 | OTL: 0 | GAA: 3.58 | SV%: 0.875 | SO: 1 ------------------------------------------------------------ Achievements Drafted 15th OA by Newfoundland Berserkers Drafted 34th OA by Atlanta Inferno All time Berserker of the Game Leader S60 Cedric Robinson Award Winner S60 Four Star Cup Champion S66 Challenge Cup Champion S67 John McBride Award Winner  S68 John McBride Award Winner

somewhere ACap felt a shudder run down his spine at the mention of expansion

@ACapitalChicago Remember when you officially instituted the vote and then retired.


I remember (and thank you for the trust you had in me)

Also this is great for the league and I'm so glad that we've been growing steadily enough for this.

S61 | Melvin Majestik-Moose | Defender | 2051 TPE Nevada Battleborn Captain and Assistant Captain Chicago Syndicate and Assistant Captain & Co-GM Jess's Favorite Battlebaby S61 1st Overall ------------------------------------------------------------- Career Stats: To Be Determined Probably Never

S79 | Jeremy Snugglemuffin III| Defender | 634 TPE

Huge updates here, SHL is growing like crazy, 4 expansion teams would be huge, FHM 10 upgrade :eyes:

Excited for the future!

Squidwardo Tentacles | Seattle Argonauts | Captain | 1900 TPE Birthplace: Riga, Latvia Position: Left Wing Number: 81] Current Team: Seattle Argonauts ----------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------- Transactions: SMJHL Draft - 22nd OVR to Yukon SHL Draft - 7th OVR to Seattle

Expansion and a new engine?!? Hell yeah

Thanks to @sulovilen, @the5urreal, and @sve7en for the sigs!

Johnny Wagner-Svenson || RW || Carolina Kraken || Tampa Bay Barracuda ------------------------------------------------------------ Transactions S68 - Drafted 2nd Overall by the Carolina Kraken S69 - Drafted 2nd Overall by the Tampa Bay Barracuda ------------------------------------------------------------ Awards ------------------------------------------------------------ Achievements S71 SMJHL All Star S72 SHL Rookie Team All-SHL ------------------------------------------------------------ SMJHL Season Stats S68: 66GP | 6G | 27A | 33P | +11 | 18 PIM | 5.3 SH% | 101 Hits | 33 SB | 66 GR S69: 66GP | 14G | 26A | 40P | +5 | 18 PIM | 9.0 SH% | 140 Hits | 39 SB | 77 GR S70: 66GP | 32G | 41A | 73P | +5 | 30 PIM | 17.0 SH% | 202 Hits | 26 SB | 84 GR S71: 66GP | 47G | 49A | 96P | +14 | 54 PIM | 17.7 SH% | 149 Hits | 22 SB | 77 GR SMJHL Career: 264 GP | 99G | 143A | 242P | +35 | 120 PIM | 12.3 SH% | 592 Hits | 120 SB | 76 GR ------------------------------------------------------------ SHL Season Stats S72: 66GP | 36G | 30A | 66P | -30 | 36 PIM | 13.1 SH% | 72 Hits | 21 SB | 73 GR S73: 66GP | 32G | 34A | 66P | -39 | 30 PIM | 11.1 SH% | 94 Hits | 30 SB | 72 GR S74: 66GP | 60G | 42A | 102P | +10 | 44 PIM | 17.4 SH% | 113 Hits | 37 SB | 77 GR S75: 66GP | 45G | 57A | 102P | +4 | 36 PIM | 15.6 SH% | 130 Hits | 57 SB | 78 GR

Rikard Bjerg - RETIRED - Hall of Fame || RD || Maine Timber || San Francisco Pride ------------------------------------------------------------ Transactions S54 - Drafted 2nd Overall by the Maine Timber S55 - Drafted 1st Overall by the San Francisco Pride ------------------------------------------------------------ Awards S54: Voted Maine Timber Best Rookie[/font][/size] S55: Zach Miller (Most Dedicated) Nomination S56: Zach Miller (Most Dedicated) Winner S56: Best Defensive Defenseman Nomination S57: Zach Miller (Most Dedicated) Winner ----------------------------------------------------------- S63: Bojo Biscuit Award (Best Defensive Defenseman) Winner S64: Bojo Biscuit Award (Best Defensive Defenseman) Nominee  S64: Scott Stevens Award (Best Defenseman) Nominee [/font][/size][/color] S65: Bojo Biscuit Award (Best Defensive Defenseman) Winner S65: Scott Stevens Award (Best Defenseman) Nominee S66: Bojo Biscuit Award (Best Defensive Defenseman) Nominee S66: Scott Stevens Award (Best Defenseman) Nominee ------------------------------------------------------------ Achievements S53: Silver Medal with Sweden WJC Team First SMJHL Goal: S54 Preseason Game vs Carolina Kraken - Breakaway Goal S56: Assistant Captain of the Maine Timber S57: Assistant Captain of the Maine Timber S57: Silver Medal with Sweden WJC Team ------------------------------------------------------------ SMJHL Season Stats S54: 48 GP | 3G | 8A | 11P | -15 | 23PIM | 74 Hits | 68 SB | 64 DGR S55: 50 GP | 5G | 9A | 14P | +2 | 12PIM | 65 Hits | 66 SB | 69 DGR S56: 50 GP | 5G | 15A | 20P | -5 | 21PIM | 96 Hits | 111 SB | 73 DGR S57: 66 GP | 8G | 18A | 26P | +9 | 54 PIM | 135 Hits | 118 SB | 64 DGR SMJHL Career: 214 GP | 21G | 50A | 71P | -9 | 110 PIM | 370 Hits | 363 SB | 67.5 DGR ------------------------------------------------------------ SHL Season Stats S58: 66GP | 2G | 14A | 16P | -33 | 34 PIM | 129 Hits | 143 SB | 62 DGR S59: 66GP | 7G | 14A | 21P | -27 | 22 PIM | 164 Hits | 186 SB | 66 DGR S60: 66GP | 7G | 12A | 19P | -21 | 18 PIM | 128 Hits | 178 SB | 63 DGR S61: 66GP | 6G | 23A | 29P | +4 | 17 PIM | 139 Hits | 123 SB | 65 DGR S62: 66GP | 6G | 11A | 17P | -20 | 25 PIM | 149 Hits | 143 SB | 64 DGR S63: 66GP | 7G | 31A | 38P | +13 | 27 PIM | 166 Hits | 172 SB | 69 DGR S64: 66GP | 11G | 30A | 41P | +8 | 23 PIM | 142 Hits | 144 SB | 68 DGR S65: 66GP | 12G | 44A | 56P | +30 | 24PIM | 146 Hits | 177 SB | 72 DGR S66: 66GP | 13G | 39A | 52P | +18 | 49PIM | 108 Hits | 92 SB | 77 DGR S67: 66GP | 6G | 23A | 29P | +25 | 28PIM | 59 Hits | 138 SB | 74 DGR SHL Career: 660GP | 77G | 241A | 318P | -3 | 267 PIM | 1330 Hits | 1496 SB | 68 DGR

Agent Smith || Former GM || San Francisco Pride ------------------------------------------------------------ Achievements S59: Lance Uppercut Award (Best GM) Nominee S63: Lance Uppercut Award (Best GM) Nominee ------------------------------------------------------------  Season Stats S56: 4 W | 42 L | 4 OTL | 12 Pts | 71 GF | 243 GA S57: 12 W | 53 L | 1 OTL | 25 Pts | 113 GF | 254 GA S58: 20 W | 40 L | 6 OTL | 46 Pts | 158 GF | 263 GA S59: 26 W | 35 L | 5 OTL | 57 Pts | 158 GF | 223 GA S60: 20 W | 41 L | 5 OTL | 45 Pts | 146 GF | 255 GA S61: 28 W | 31 L | 7 OTL | 63 Pts | 197 GF | 196 GA S62: 30 W | 32 L | 4 OTL | 64 Pts | 202 GF | 223 GA S63: 40 W | 21 L | 5 OTL | 85 Pts | 252 GF | 186 GA S64: 38 W | 23 L | 5 OTL | 81 Pts | 221 GF | 193 GA Career Totals: 218 W | 318 L | 42 OTL | 478 Pts | 1518 GF | 2036 GA

Wait, I have to do work as an intern now? Smh

Finally the Colorado Raptors 2 can come to the SHL praise be

sigs from @sulovilen @_Blitz_ @Ragnar @enigmatic @RainDelay

[S68] Erik Bergmark || RW || Colorado Raptors || Baltimore Platoon || Ireland || 2168 Peak TPE Height: 6'1 || Weight: 175 lbs || #73 ----------------------SMJHL Regular Season Stats----------------------  S67 - COL || 66 GP || 22 G || 15 A || 37 P || -13  || 18:11 ATOI   S68 - COL || 66 GP || 34 G || 26 A || 60 P || -16  || 19:57 ATOI  S69 - COL || 66 GP || 24 G || 44 A || 68 P || +3   || 20:07 ATOI   S70 - COL || 66 GP || 40 G || 53 A || 93 P || +26 || 20:11 ATOI   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------  CAREER || 264 GP || 120 G || 138 A || 258 P || +0 || 19:37 ATOI   ----------------------SMJHL Playoff Stats---------------------- S67 - COL || 7 GP || 2 G || 6 A || 8 P || +0 || 17:32 ATOI  S68 - COL || 6 GP || 0 G || 2 A || 2 P || -2 || 20:00 ATOI ----------------------WJC Round Robin Stats---------------------- S67 - FIN || 12 GP || 0 G || 2 A || 2 P || -4 || 15:31 ATOI  S68 - BI || 12 GP || 4 G || 0 A || 4 P || -7 || 15:04 ATOI S69 - BI || 12 GP || 1 G || 11 A || 12 P || +3 || 15:18 ATOI ----------------------WJC Playoff Stats---------------------- S68 - BI || 3 GP || 0 G || 0 A || 0 P || -2 || 16:46 ATOI S69 - BI || 2 GP || 2 G || 1 A || 3 P || -1 || 14:51 ATOI ----------------------IIHF Round Robin Stats---------------------- S68 - IRL || 12 GP || 4 G || 3 A || 7 P || -5 || 15:55 ATOI S68 - IRL || 12 GP || 4 G || 5 A || 9 P || -5 || 14:17 ATOI ----------------------------Transactions---------------------------- S67 - Drafted 12OA by Colorado Raptors S67 - Signed 1 x 5,000,000 contract with Colorado Raptors  S68 - Drafted 2OA by Baltimore Platoon S68 - Signed 1 x 3,000,000 contract with Baltimore Platoon ---------------------------------------------------------Highlights--------------------------------------------------------- S67 - SMJHL - Nominated for Vyacheslav Onoprienko Trophy for Most Underrated Player S67 - COL - Won Troy McClure III Trophy for leadership S67 - COL - Won Alexander Zajac Award for dedication S68 - Named Alternate Captain for Colorado Raptors S68 - SMJHL All-Star S68 - SMJHL - Nominated for Vyacheslav Onoprienko Trophy for Most Underrated Player S68 - COL - Won Troy McClure III Trophy for leadership S68 - COL - Won Alexander Zajac Award for dedication S68 - COL - Won Bo Kane Trophy for top offensive forward S68 - COL - Won Zinaida Titova Trophy for regular season MVP S68 - IRL - Won Collin Farrell Award for most improved player S69 - Named Captain for Colorado Raptors S69 - COL - Won Troy McClure III Trophy for leadership S69 - COL - Won Alexander Zajac Award for dedication S69 - COL - Won Nick Brain Trophy for top two-way forward S69 - BI - Won WJC Bronze Medal

@Gwdjohnson

Rotticus Scott||LW||4x Challenge Cup, 4-Star Cup, WJC and IIHF Gold||S54||2k+ TPE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SMJHL Career Stats SMJHL Career Regular Season G: 35, A: 81, P: 116 PPG: .59 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SMJHL Playoff Stats SMJHL Career Post-Season GP: 61 G: 17, A: 24, P: 38 PPG: .62 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SMJHL Achievements 3x Conference Champion. 2x President's Trophy Winner WJC 2x Gold, Silver medal 4-Star Cup Champion S56 Ronan O'Keefe award winner (Top Playoff Scorer) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SHL Statistics S57: G: 25 A: 34 P: 59 S58: G: 9 A: 26 P: 35 S59: G: 24 A: 40 P: 64 S60: G: 28 A: 41 P: *69* S61: G: 24 A: 40 P: 64 S62: G: 34 A: 49 P: 83 S63: G: 21 A: 42 P: 62 S64: G: 40 A: 26 P: 66 Totals: G:205 A: 297 P: 502 (.95 PPG) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SHL Achievements Ryan Jesster Rookie of the Year S57 President's Trophy S57. S60 Challenge Cup Winner S56, S58, S61, S63 IIHF Gold Medal S57 (as GM), S58 as player Quad Gold Club
  Tommi Koivu || LD || S66 || 3x IIHF Gold|| 1900+ TPE

So to clarify, will these expansion teams participate in the S82 draft?

I'm very excited about the fact that we are going to FM10. Does the league have a contact at OOTP that can help us with this process?

Why expand instead of normalizing the game and adding fourth lines?

@yosh lonzo ballis