We will start off with the always interesting GM ballot. Did anybody get a vote this season...?

Guessing no GMs

GoB's Writing Thread

No. No GMs got a vote this season.

Onto the players!

Michael Haan got snubbed. Dave Smith obv get in.

Thank you OrbitingDeath! <3

7 different players received at least one vote this year. The 7 are:

Alexey Kovalenko
Julien Marshall
Phil Schenn
Vladislav Smirnov
Dave Smith
Jermaine Tennyson
Chuck Winnifield

This means the following players will be removed from future ballots since they failed to receive any votes during their first four ballots:

James Blaine
Joey Langdon
Rayne Summers
Ammon Tutankamun

We will eliminate the 3 lowest vote-getters who are:

Julien Marshall - 7
Jermaine Tennyson - 7
Vladislav Smirnov - 4


This leaves:

Alexey Kovalenko
Phil Schenn
Dave Smith
Chuck Winnifield

Btw 2 players got in. We ALMOST had a 3rd.

THE FIRST MEMBER OF THE CLASS OF S26 IS...











































































































































































































































































































PHIL SCHENN!!!

Congrats philthethrill! With 97 votes, Schenn fell 3 votes short of being a unanimous selection.

Congrats!

Thank you OrbitingDeath! <3

The 4th highest vote-getter, and thus our next elimination, is Alexey Kovalenko with 9 votes.

This leaves the final spot in the class of S26 to Dave Smith or Chuck Winnifield. Who gets in?

DSmith

Thank you OrbitingDeath! <3

You need 35 votes to get in. 2nd place got 46. 3rd place got 31. With 46 votes and thus the second member of the class of s26....















































































































































































































...DAVE SMITH!!!

Congrats bigtittysmitty!

Here are the 10 ballots:

Originally posted by Ballot 1+--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1' id='QUOTE-WRAP'><tr><td>QUOTE (Ballot 1)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->1. Phil Schenn
2. Dave Smith
3. Alexey Kovalenko
4. Chuck Winnfield
5. Julien Marshall[/b]

[i]Originally posted by Ballot 2+--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1' id='QUOTE-WRAP'><tr><td>QUOTE (Ballot 2)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->1. Phil Schenn[/b]

Originally posted by Ballot 3<br />1. Phil Schenn
2. None
3. None
4. Chuck Winnfield
5. None

Originally posted by ballot 4<br />1. Dave Smith
2. Phil Schenn
3. Winnfield
4. Marshall
5. Kovalenko

Originally posted by ballot 5<br />1. Phil Schenn
2. Dave Smith
3. Chuck Winnfield
4. Julien Marshall
5. Alexey Kovalenko

Originally posted by ballot 6<br />1. Phil Schenn
2. Dave Smith
3. Chuck Winnfield
4. Vladislav Smirnov
5. Alexey Kovalenko

Originally posted by ballot 7<br />1. Phil Schenn

Originally posted by ballot 8<br />1. Phil Schenn
2. No One
3. Dave Smith
4. No One
5. Vlad Smirnov

<!--QuoteBegin-ballot 9@
1. Phil Schenn
2. Dave Smith
3. Chuck Winnfield
4. No one
5. No one[/quote]

<!--QuoteBegin-ballot 10[/i]
1. Phil Schenn
2. Jermaine Tennyson
3. Chuck Winnfield
4. Dave Smith
5. Alexey Kovalenko[/quote]

Congrats to Smitty and philthethrill, you both had great careers and definitely deserve this.

Woooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!! Smitty

Dusty Rhodes || LW #24 || S67 || New Orleans Spectres|| 1344TPE
Alias: The American Dream
Born: 11/4/2004
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 230 lbs
Number: 24
Birth Place: Austin TX USA
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SMJHL Regular Season Statistics:
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Transactions:
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S66 Drafted 4th Rd 44th Ova by Anchorage Armada

Awards:
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Kata Vilde || G #1 || S41 || Calgary Dragons || Retired Hall of Fame
Alias: The Madness
Born: 11/4/2000
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 215 lbs
Number: 1
Birth Place: Marstrand, Sweden
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SHL Regular Season Statistics:
S44| CAL| GP 33| W: 17| L: 13| OTL: 3| SV%: .916| GAA: 2.61| SO: 1
S45| CAL| GP 41| W: 17| L: 22| OTL: 2| SV%: .904| GAA: 2.98| SO: 3
S46| CAL| GP 44| W: 22| L: 18| OTL: 4| SV%: .914| GAA: 2.84| SO: 2
S47| CAL| GP 44| W: 24| L: 14| OTL: 6| SV%: .912| GAA: 2.79| SO: 1
S48| CAL| GP 44| W: 21| L: 17| OTL: 6| SV%: .907| GAA: 2.95| SO: 0
S49| CAL| GP 44| W: 31| L: 10| OTL: 3| SV%: .916| GAA: 2.63| SO: 3
S50| CAL| GP 44| W: 23| L: 18| OTL: 3| SV%: .904| GAA: 2.98| SO: 2
S51| CAL| GP 44| W: 25| L: 17| OTL: 2| SV%: .915| GAA: 2.78| SO: 3
S52| CAL| GP 44| W: 20| L: 20| OTL: 4| SV%: .900| GAA: 3.18| SO: 0
S53| CAL| GP 44| W: 27| L: 14| OTL: 2| SV%: .901| GAA: 2.66| SO: 4
S54| CAL| GP 44| W: 21| L: 19| OTL: 4| SV%: .890| GAA: 3.32| SO: 2
S55| CAL| GP 44| W: 26| L: 13| OTL: 5| SV%: .915| GAA: 2.53| SO: 4
S56| CAL| GP 44| W: 34| L: 6| OTL: 4| SV%: .936| GAA: 1.65| SO: 9
S57| CAL| GP 48| W: 29| L: 17| OTL: 2| SV%: .908| GAA: 2.69| SO: 8
S58| CAL| GP 49| W: 29| L: 17| OTL: 3| SV%: .910| GAA: 2.54| SO: 4
S59| CAL| GP 43| W: 24| L: 15| OTL: 3| SV%: .918| GAA: 2.66| SO: 3
S60| CAL| GP 39| W: 23| L: 11| OTL: 4| SV%: .923| GAA: 2.37| SO: 4

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SHL Playoff Statistics:
S44| CAL| GP 4| W: 1| L: 3| OTL: 0| SV%: .893| GAA: 3.26| SO: 0
S46| CAL| GP 10| W: 6| L: 4| OTL: 0| SV%: .913| GAA: 2.38| SO: 1
S47| CAL| GP 15| W: 8| L: 4| OTL: 3| SV%: .906| GAA: 3.07| SO: 1
S48| CAL| GP 11| W: 6| L: 4| OTL: 1| SV%: .916| GAA: 2.68| SO: 1
S49| CAL| GP 7| W: 3| L: 4| OTL: 0| SV%: .898| GAA: 3.57| SO:2
S50| CAL| GP 20| W: 16| L: 4| OTL: 0| SV%: .920| GAA: 2.39| SO:1
S51| CAL| GP 7| W: 3| L: 3| OTL: 1| SV%: .905| GAA: 3.48| SO:0
S52| CAL| GP 13| W: 6| L: 5| OTL: 2| SV%: .913| GAA: 2.60| SO:1
S53| CAL| GP 7| W: 3| L: 3| OTL: 1| SV%: .914| GAA: 2.90| SO:0
S54| CAL| GP 5| W: 1| L: 3| OTL: 1| SV%: .912| GAA: 2.61| SO:0
S55| CAL| GP 6| W: 2| L: 4| OTL: 0| SV%: .910| GAA: 3.65| SO:0
S56| CAL| GP 6| W: 2| L: 4| OTL: 0| SV%: .894| GAA: 4.25| SO:0
S57| CAL| GP 6| W: 2| L: 4| OTL: 0| SV%: .899| GAA: 3.26| SO:0
S58| CAL| GP 5| W: 1| L: 2| OTL: 2| SV%: .908| GAA: 3.86| SO:1
S59| CAL| GP 6| W: 2| L: 4| OTL: 0| SV%: .923| GAA: 3.19| SO:0
S60| CAL| GP 7| W: 5| L: 2| OTL: 0| SV%: .910| GAA: 2.72| SO:0
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SMJHL Regular Season Statistics:
S40| KEL| GP 10| W: 03| L: 03| OTL: 0| SV%: .871| GAA: 2.94| SO: 0
S41| KEL| GP 46| W: 23| L: 13| OTL: 7| SV%: .876| GAA: 2.79| SO: 3
S42| KEL| GP 40| W: 29| L: 08| OTL: 2| SV%: .892| GAA: 2.50| SO: 0
S43| HAL| GP 45| W: 17| L: 19| OTL: 8| SV%: .869| GAA: 3.19| SO: 3
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SMJHL Playoff Statistics:
S41| KEL| GP 15| W: 12| L: 03| OTL: 0| SV%: .882| GAA: 2.64| SO: 0
S42| KEL| GP 10| W: 08| L: 01| OTL: 1| SV%: .915| GAA: 1.71| SO: 1
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IIHF Round Robin Statistics:
S44| SWE| GP 8| W: 2| L: 6| OTL: 0| SV%: .882| GAA: 4.13| SO: 0
S45| SWE| GP 10| W: 4| L: 5| OTL: 1| SV%: .912| GAA: 3.23| SO: 0
S46| SWE| GP 12| W: 7| L: 4| OTL: 1| SV%: .896| GAA: 3.33| SO: 0
S47| SWE| GP 2| W: 1| L: 1| OTL: 0| SV%: .892| GAA: 4.51| SO: 0
S48| SWE| GP 4| W: 1| L: 2| OTL: 1| SV% .848| GAA: 5.01| SO: 0:
S49| SWE| GP 10| W: 6| L: 3| OTL: 0| SV% .926| GAA: 2.21| SO: 0:
S50| SWE| GP 8| W: 2| L: 5| OTL: 1| SV% .905| GAA: 3.34| SO: 0:
S51| SWE| GP 12| W: 6| L: 6| OTL: 0| SV% .906| GAA: 3.10| SO: 0:
S52| SWE| GP 12| W: 8| L: 3| OTL: 0| SV% .927| GAA: 2.56| SO: 1:
S53| SWE| GP 11| W: 6| L: 5| OTL: 0| SV% .923| GAA: 2.92| SO: 0:
S54| SWE| GP 12| W: 7| L: 3| OTL: 2| SV% .916| GAA: 2.80| SO: 1:
S55| SWE| GP 12| W: 7| L: 4| OTL: 1| SV% .910| GAA: 3.08| SO: 0:
S56| SWE| GP 6| W: 4| L: 2| OTL: 0| SV% .899| GAA: 2.67| SO: 0:
S57| SWE| GP 1| W: 0| L: 1| OTL: 0| SV% .788| GAA: 7.18| SO: 0:
S58| SWE| GP 2| W: 1| L: 1| OTL: 0| SV% .872| GAA: 3.00| SO: 0:
S59| LAT| GP 9| W: 2| L: 4| OTL: 2| SV% .913| GAA: 4.13| SO: 0:
S60| LAT| GP 4| W: 0| L: 3| OTL: 0| SV% .902| GAA: 4.27| SO: 0:
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IIHF Medal Round Statistics:
S46| SWE| GP 1| W: 0| L: 1| OTL: 0| SV%: .806| GAA: 7.12| SO: 0
S52| SWE| GP 3| W: 2| L: 1| OTL: 0| SV%: .933| GAA: 2.34| SO: 1
S53| SWE| GP 1| W: 0| L: 1| OTL: 0| SV%: .875| GAA: 5.00| SO: 0
S54| SWE| GP 1| W: 0| L: 1| OTL: 0| SV%: .907| GAA: 4.05| SO: 0
S55| SWE| GP 2| W: 1| L: 1| OTL: 0| SV%: .860| GAA: 5.31| SO: 0
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Transactions:
S40 Drafted 3rd Rd 24th Ova by Kelowna Knights
S41 Drafted 1st Rd 14th Ova by Calgary Dragons
S43 Traded from Kelowna Knights to Halifax Raiders for S43 Halifax 4th and S44 Halifax 2nd  
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Awards:
S40 SWE: WJC Cup
S40 Kel: 4 Star Cup
S41 Kel: 4 Star Cup
S42 Kel: 4 Star Cup
S42 Kel: SMJHL Top Goalie Nomination
S42 Kel: SMJHL Playoff MVP Nomination
S44 Cal: SHL All Rookie Team
S44 Cal: SHL ROY Nomination
S46 Cal: SHL McBride Nomination
S46 Cal: 3rd Team All Star
S47 Cal: SHL McBride Nomination
S48 SWE: Gold Medal
S49 SWE: IIHF best Goaltender
S49 Cal: 2nd Team All Star
S49 Cal: SHL McBride Nomination
S50 Cal: Challenge Cup
S50 Cal: Ratzov Trophy Nominee
S51 Cal: SHL McBride Nomination
S51 Cal: 2nd Team All Star
S52 SWE: IIHF best Goaltender
S53 SWE: IIHF best Goaltender
S56 Cal: 1st Team All Star
S56 Cal: McBride Nomination
S56 Cal: Mike Honcho Award
S60 Cal: 3rd Team All Star



Vladimir Lidstrom || D #5 || S23 || Texas Renegades/Impact || Retired Texas Hall of Fame
Alias: Vliddy
Born: 11/4/1993
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 190 lbs
Number: 5
Birth Place: Krylbo, Sweden
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SHL Regular Season Statistics:
S25| TEX| GP 50| G: 09| A: 23| P: 32|P/M : +14| PIM: 33| H: 66| SOG: 47 | SB: 68
S26| TEX| GP 50| G: 09| A: 21| P: 30|P/M : -04| PIM: 21| H: 66| SOG: 91 | SB: 81
S27| TEX| GP 50| G: 06| A: 24| P: 30|P/M : -02| PIM: 46| H: 47| SOG: 104 | SB: 75
S28| TEX| GP 50| G: 10| A: 25| P: 35|P/M : +10| PIM: 18| H: 54| SOG: 97 | SB: 59
S29| TEX| GP 50| G: 06| A: 25| P: 31|P/M : +08| PIM: 18| H: 55| SOG: 95 | SB: 67
S30| TEX| GP 50| G: 11| A: 45| P: 56|P/M : +00| PIM: 04| H: 21| SOG: 108 | SB: 74
S31| TEX| GP 50| G: 13| A: 37| P: 50|P/M : -10| PIM: 00| H: 05| SOG: 105 | SB: 78
S32| TEX| GP 50| G: 07| A: 38| P: 45|P/M : +03| PIM: 04| H: 23| SOG: 104 | SB: 67
S33| TEX| GP 50| G: 11| A: 26| P: 38|P/M : -20| PIM: 26| H: 81| SOG: 99 | SB: 73
S34| TEX| GP 50| G: 07| A: 35| P: 42|P/M : +04| PIM: 08| H: 04| SOG: 91 | SB: 81
S35| TEX| GP 50| G: 07| A: 19| P: 26|P/M : -03| PIM: 02| H: 04| SOG: 95 | SB: 55
S36| TEX| GP 50| G: 05| A: 12| P: 17|P/M : -08| PIM: 02| H: 05| SOG: 21 | SB: 38
S37| TEX| GP 50| G: 04| A: 11| P: 15|P/M : -07| PIM: 00| H: 08| SOG: 24 | SB: 42
S38| TEX| GP 50| G: 03| A: 25| P: 28|P/M : -04| PIM: 12| H: 46| SOG: 75 | SB: 73
S39| TEX| GP 50| G: 10| A: 25| P: 35|P/M : +17| PIM: 14| H: 62| SOG: 56 | SB: 73
S40| TEX| GP 50| G: 06| A: 22| P: 28|P/M : +01| PIM: 18| H: 39| SOG: 61 | SB: 79
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Career| TEX| GP 800| G: 125| A: 413| P: 538|P/M : -01| PIM: 260| H: 586| SOG: 1273 | SB: 1083
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SHL Playoff Statistics:
S26| TEX| GP 07| G: 04| A: 03| P: 07|P/M : -01| PIM: 02| H: 14| SOG: 13 | SB: 11
S27| TEX| GP 06| G:02| A: 01| P: 03|P/M : +04| PIM: 07| H: 04| SOG: 10 | SB: 11
S28| TEX| GP 05| G: 00| A: 03| P: 03|P/M : -02| PIM: 00| H: 06| SOG: 10 | SB: 09
S29| TEX| GP 06| G: 02| A: 02| P: 04|P/M : +01| PIM: 02| H: 06| SOG: 11 | SB: 08
S30| TEX| GP 06| G:00| A: 05| P: 05|P/M : +02| PIM: 00| H: 02| SOG: 11 | SB: 11
S31| TEX| GP 06| G:00| A: 03| P: 03|P/M : +00| PIM: 00| H: 02| SOG: 11 | SB: 10
S34| TEX| GP 13| G: 02| A: 06| P: 08|P/M : +03| PIM: 00| H: 01| SOG: 28 | SB: 20
S35| TEX| GP 06| G: 00| A: 05| P: 05|P/M : +01| PIM: 00| H: 00| SOG: 06 | SB: 10
S36| TEX| GP 16| G: 02| A: 04| P: 06|P/M : +07| PIM: 00| H: 02| SOG: 11 | SB: 16
S37| TEX| GP 04| G: 00| A: 00| P: 00|P/M : +00| PIM: 00| H: 00| SOG: 01 | SB: 03
S40| TEX| GP 05| G: 00| A: 02| P: 02|P/M : -03| PIM: 00| H: 02| SOG: 04 | SB: 10
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Career| TEX| GP77| G: 12| A: 34| P: 46|P/M : +12| PIM: 11| H: 39| SOG: 116 | SB: 119
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SMJHL Regular Season Statistics:
S22| MTL| GP 40| G:04| A: 19| P: 23|P/M : +04| PIM: 22| H: 42| SOG: 33 | SB: 45
S23| MTL| GP 40| G: 14| A: 23| P: 37|P/M : +03| PIM: 31| H: 43| SOG: 118 | SB: 27
S24| MTL| GP 52| G: 11| A: 29| P: 40|P/M : -02| PIM: 39| H: 32| SOG: 99 | SB: 60
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Career| MTL| GP 132| G: 29| A: 71| P: 100|P/M : +05| PIM: 92| H: 117| SOG: 250 | SB: 132
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SMJHL Playoff Statistics:
S22| MTL| GP 09| G: 00| A: 02| P: 02|P/M : -07| PIM: 20| H: 15| SOG: 02 | SB: 11
S23| MTL| GP 07| G: 03| A: 00| P: 03|P/M : +02| PIM: 02| H: 12| SOG: 29 | SB: 03
S24| MTL| GP 17| G: 02| A: 15| P: 17|P/M : +01| PIM: 18| H: 11| SOG: 32 | SB: 14
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Career| MTL| GP 33| G: 05| A: 17| P: 22|P/M : -04| PIM: 40| H: 38| SOG: 63 | SB: 28
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IIHF Statistics:
S24| SWE| GP 11| G: 00| A: 00| P: 00|P/M : -03| PIM: 00| H: 04| SOG: 05 | SB: 02
S25| SWE| GP 11| G: 00| A:01| P: 01|P/M : -04| PIM: 04| H: 03| SOG: 00 | SB: 09
S26| SWE| GP 12| G: 01| A: 04| P: 05|P/M : +03| PIM: 00| H: 00| SOG: 12 | SB: 16
S27| SWE| GP 13| G: 03| A: 07| P: 10|P/M : +04| PIM: 06| H: 04| SOG: 14 | SB: 14
S28| SWE| GP 13| G:02| A: 07| P: 09|P/M : +04| PIM: 04| H: 25| SOG: 22 | SB:17
S29| SWE| GP 13| G: 04| A: 05| P: 09|P/M : +00| PIM: 04| H: 21| SOG: 24 | SB: 21
S30| SWE| GP 10| G: 01| A: 08| P: 09|P/M : +03| PIM: 12| H: 11| SOG: 21 | SB: 12
S31| SWE| GP 12| G: 00| A: 08| P: 08|P/M : -01| PIM: 12| H: 03| SOG: 17 | SB: 12
S32| SWE| GP 11| G: 03| A: 02| P: 05|P/M : +01| PIM: 08| H: 06| SOG: 22 | SB: 06
S33| SWE| GP 10| G: 01| A: 03| P: 04|P/M : -08| PIM: 10| H: 24| SOG: 19 | SB: 23
S34| SWE| GP 12| G: 01| A: 07| P: 08|P/M : +04| PIM: 12| H: 14| SOG: 19 | SB: 16
S35| SWE| GP 13| G: 01| A: 06| P: 07|P/M : -03| PIM: 00| H: 04| SOG: 23 | SB: 12
S36| SWE| GP 10| G: 01| A: 05| P: 06|P/M : -04| PIM: 00| H: 01| SOG: 13 | SB: 14
S37| SWE| GP 11| G: 01| A: 07| P: 08|P/M : +02| PIM: 00| H: 02| SOG: 09 | SB: 08
S38| SWE| GP 10| G: 03| A: 02| P: 05|P/M : +02| PIM: 04| H: 00| SOG: 16 | SB: 12
S39| SWE| GP 11| G: 07| A: 00| P: 07|P/M : +02| PIM: 00| H: 06| SOG: 13 | SB: 11
S40| SWE| GP 10| G:00| A: 02| P: 02|P/M : -02| PIM: 02| H: 02| SOG: 08 | SB: 18
S41| SWE| GP 10| G:00| A: 05| P: 05|P/M : -01| PIM: 00| H: 01| SOG: 11 | SB: 13
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Career| SWE| GP 203| G: 29| A: 79| P: 108|P/M : -01| PIM: 78| H: 131| SOG: 268 | SB: 236
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Transactions:
S22 Drafted 4th Rd 20th Ova by Montreal Impact
S23 Drafted 1st Rd 9th Ova by Texas Renegades

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Awards:
S23 Mtl: Christopher Klose Award
S23 Mtl: Petr Klimek Award
S23 Mtl: Armin Brovalchuk Award
S23 Mtl: Kurtis Hunter Award
S24 Mtl: Alternate Captain
S24 Mtl: Darian Scherbluk Award
S25 Tex: SHL All Rookie Team
S26 Tex: Alternate Captain
S27 Tex: Alternate Captain
S28 Tex: Alternate Captain
S27 Swe: Silver Medal
S28 Swe: Gold Medal
S29 Mtl: Elected to Montreal Hall of Fame
S29 Tex: Alternate Captain
S29 Swe: Gold Medal
S30 Tex: Alternate Captain
S30 Tex: Stevens Award Finalist
S30 Tex: 2nd Team All Star
S31 Tex: Alternate Captain
S31 Tex: 2nd Team All Star
S32 Tex: 2nd Team All Star
S33 Tex: Captain
S34 Tex: 3rd Team All Star
S34 Tex: Captain
S35 Swe: Silver Medal
S36 Tex: Challenge Cup Winner
S39 Tex: Alternate Captain
S40 Tex: Alternate Captain