In the SHL, the team with the biggest home advantage in New Orleans. New Orleans is clearly a party city and the people who live there and visit have also taken their fun to the arena which creates an incredible ambiance.

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I think Newfoundland has the biggest home advantage in the SMJHL solely because of their goal horn. Can you imagine around 20k people all screaming HAHA DING DONG simultaneously every time they score a goal? That has to affect the opposing team's morale big time.

DEMIR BELLONA | RD | OTTAWA HIGHLANDERS | MONTREAL PATRIOTES PROSPECT
Name: Demir Bellona
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 185 lbs
Number: 21

MATT KHOLIN | C | BUFFALO STAMPEDE | RETIRED 
Name: Matt Kholin
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 205 lbs
Number: 15
Peak TPE: 2069
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Achievements
Round 4 #35 overall S45 SMJHL by Halifax Raiders
Round 1 #14 overall S46 SMHL by Tampa Bay Barracuda
S45 WJC Team Canada Silver Medal Winner
S45 Nominated for the Esa Anrikkanen Award (Rookie of the Year)
S46 WJC Team Canada Bronze Medal Winner
S47 WJC Team Canada Gold Medal Winner
S47 Jared Hanson Award Winner (Most Points)
S47 Roberto Martucci Award Winner (Most Goals)
S47 Ideen Fallah Award Winner (Regular Season MVP)
S47 Brandon Holmes Award Winner (Top Defensive Forward)
S47 Ron Bolt Award Winner (Most Sportsmanlike Player)
S48 All Rookie Team
S50 IIHF Team Canada Bronze Medal Winner
S53 Damian Littleton Award Nominated (Most Dedicated)
S53 Elias Armia Award Winner
(The Commissioner's Award of Excellence)
S54 Traded at the Trade Deadline to Buffalo Stampede
S54 Damian Littleton Award Winner (Most Dedicated)
S54 Jeff Dar Award Nominated (Best Two-Way Forward)
S54 Aidan Richan Award Nominated (Most improved)
S54 All-Star 2nd Team
S54 IIHF Team Canada Gold Medal Winner
S55 IIHF Team Canada Bronze Medal Winner
S56 IIHF Team Canada Gold Medal Winner
S57 IIHF Team Canada Gold Medal Winner
S57 Damian Littleton Award Nominated (Most Dedicated)
S59 Damian Littleton Award Nominated (Most Dedicated)
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SHL Statistics
S48 TBB: GP: 50 G: 14 A: 19 P: 33
S49 TBB: GP: 50 G: 9 A: 20 P: 29
S50 TBB: GP: 50 G: 11 A: 22 P: 33
S51 TBB: GP: 50 G: 13 A: 16 P: 29
S52 TBB: GP: 50 G: 14 A: 28 P: 42
S53 TBB: GP: 50 G: 15 A: 24 P: 39
S54 BUF: GP: 50 G: 32 A: 40 P: 72
S55 BUF: GP: 50 G: 19 A: 35 P: 54
S56 BUF: GP: 50 G: 20 A: 33 P: 53
S57 BUF: GP: 66 G: 23 A: 46 P: 69
S58 BUF: GP: 66 G: 24 A: 43 P: 67
S59 BUF: GP: 66 G: 36 A: 45 P: 81
S60 BUF: GP: 66 G: 32 A: 51 P: 83
S61 BUF: GP: 66 G: 40 A: 28 P: 68
S62 BUF: GP: 66 G: 20 A: 36 P: 56
Career: GP: 846 G: 322 A: 486 P: 808
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SHL Playoffs Statistics
S48 TBB: GP: 7 G: 1 A: 2 P: 3
S49 TBB: GP: 12 G: 2 A: 8 P: 10
S50 TBB: GP: 19 G: 4 A: 8 P: 12
S51 TBB: GP: 4 G: 0 A: 2 P: 2
S52 TBB: Eliminated
S53 TBB: Eliminated
S54 BUF: GP: 13 G: 2 A: 8 P: 10
S55 BUF: GP: 17 G: 4 A: 11 P: 15
S56 BUF: GP: 23 G: 6 A: 11 P: 17
S57 BUF: GP: 17 G: 7 A: 9 P: 16
S58 BUF: GP: 21 G: 9 A: 4 P: 13
S59 BUF: GP: 19 G: 12 A: 9 P: 21
S60 BUF: GP: 22 G: 5 A: 15 P: 20
S61 BUF: GP: 9 G: 5 A: 0 P: 5
S62 BUF: GP: 9 G: 1 A: 5 P: 6
Career: GP: 192 G: 58 A: 92 P: 150
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International Statistics
S45 WJC CAN: GP: 22 G: 2 A: 5 P: 7
S46 WJC CAN: GP: 29 G: 7 A: 23 P: 30
S47 WJC CAN: GP: 28 G: 7 A: 21 P: 28
S47 IIHF CAN: GP: 12 G: 2 A: 2 P: 4
S48 IIHF CAN: GP: 13 G: 0 A: 2 P: 2
S49 IIHF CAN: GP: 13 G: 1 A: 4 P: 5
S50 IIHF CAN: GP 14: G: 0 A: 3 P: 3
S51 IIHF CAN: GP 13: G: 1 A: 4 P: 5
S52 IIHF CAN: GP 12: G: 7 A: 3 P: 10
S53 IIHF CAN: GP 14: G: 9 A: 9 P: 18
S54 IIHF CAN: GP 17: G: 10 A: 9 P: 19
S55 IIHF CAN: GP 14: G: 6 A: 8 P: 14
S56 IIHF CAN: GP 15: G: 3 A: 13 P: 16
S57 IIHF CAN: GP 15: G: 7 A: 5 P: 12
S58 IIHF CAN: GP 15: G: 3 A: 7 P: 10
S59 IIHF CAN: GP 12: G: 1 A: 5 P: 6
S60 IIHF CAN: GP 13: G: 3 A: 8 P: 11
S61 IIHF CAN: GP 15: G: 3 A: 6 P: 9
S62 IIHF CAN: GP 15: G: 1 A: 4 P: 5
Career: GP: 302 G: 70 A: 138 P: 208
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SMJHL Regular Season
S45 HAL: GP: 50 G: 15 A: 17 P: 32
S46 HAL: GP: 50 G: 10 A: 17 P: 27
S47 HAL: GP: 50 G: 24 A: 24 P: 48
Career: GP: 150 G: 49 A: 58 P: 107
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SMJHL Playoffs Statistics
S45 HAL: GP: 11 G: 4 A: 6 P: 10
S46 HAL: GP: 13 G: 3 A: 5 P: 8
S47 HAL: GP: 4 G: 0 A: 2 P: 2
Career: GP: 28 G: 7 A: 13 P: 20
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Hamilton has major home ice advantage that begins before the game even begins. As the other team begins traveling to the rink, fans begin clogging the right hand lane of all major roads in the city. Since passing of any kind is illegal in Hamilton, the away team is forced into major traffic delays and show up late for games, giving a major advantage to the Steelhawks.

By far the Kelowna Knights have the best home ice advantage in the SMJHL. Why? Well, the absence of an airport is a biggie, no railroad tracks have been laid there, a city wide bus ban in effect since 20 years and the surrounding terrain of mountains and forests are infested with bears, wolves and mountain lions. Most star player from opposing teams just wimp out and come down with some sort of illness we like to call the "wouldyadidya". God bless!

                 

Center || Daniel Laforest || Edmonton Blizzard || TPE: 1375
HT:6'4" WT: 220lbs SH: L  Born: Que, CAN
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SHL Season Career Stats

S56- Edmonton Blizzard | 50 GP |  03 G |  29A | 32 Pts | +29 | 16 Pim | 2 PPP | 1 SHP | 104 SOG | 70 H

S57- Edmonton Blizzard | 66 GP |  07 G |  25A | 32 Pts |  -05 | 20 Pim | 0 PPP | 0 SHP | 133 SOG | 103 H

S58- Edmonton Blizzard | 66 GP |  11 G |  23A | 34 Pts | +01 | 32 Pim | 0 PPP | 0 SHP | 143 SOG | 120 H

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SHL Post Season Career Stats

S56- Edmonton Blizzard | 19 GP |  5 G |  10A | 15 Pts | +7 | 6 Pim | 0 PPP | 0 SHP | 34 SOG | 31 H

S57- Edmonton Blizzard | 07 GP |  0 G |  04A | 04 Pts | -2 | 6 Pim | 0 PPP | 0 SHP | 17 SOG | 14 H

S58- Edmonton Blizzard | 12 GP |  3 G |  02A | 05 Pts | +2 | 2 Pim | 0 PPP | 0 SHP | 34 SOG | 26 H

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Career Achievements

-Drafted 9th overall S54 SHL by Edmonton Blizzard

Kelowna Knights || WJC Team Canada Gold Medalist & Silver Medalist (2x)
HT:6'4" WT: 220lbs SH: L  Born: Que, CAN

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SMJHL Season Career Stats

S53- Kelowna Knights | 49 GP |  5 G |  6A | 11 Pts | -9 | 10 Pim | 0 PPP | 0 SHP | 66 SOG | 12 H

S54- Kelowna Knights | 50 GP | 7 G | 15 A | 22 Pts | +6 | 24 Pim | 5 PPP | 0 SHP | 85 SOG | 70H

S55- Kelowna Knights| 50 GP | 14 G | 27 A | 41 Pts | +14 | 24 Pim | 16 PPP | 0 SHP | 140 SOG | 52H

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SMJHL Post Season Career Stats 

S53- Kelowna Knights | 15 GP | 2 G | 2 A | 4 Pts | +4 | 0 Pim | 0 PPP | 0 SHP | 19 SOG | 5 H 

S54- Kelowna Knights  |12 GP | 2 G | 3 A | 5 Pts | -3 | 0 Pim | 1 PPP | 0 SHP | 18 SOG | 10 H

S55- Kelowna Knights  |17 GP | 4 G | 12 A | 16 Pts | +6 | 0 Pim | 3 PPP | 0 SHP | 57 SOG | 29 H

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World Junior Career Stats

S53 WJC- Canada | 15 GP | 5 G | 6 A | 11 Pts | +3 | 4 Pim | 0 PPP | 1 SHP | 28 SOG | 17 H 

S54 WJC- Canada | 13 GP | 3 G | 9 A | 12 Pts | +5 | 4 Pim | 4 PPP | 0 SHP | 35 SOG | 10 H 

S55 WJC- Canada | 15 GP | 7 G | 5 A | 12 Pts | +0 | 8 Pim | 3 PPP | 1 SHP | 41 SOG | 19 H

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Career Achievements 

-Drafted 7th overall S53 SMJHL by Kelowna Knights 

-S52 WJC Canada GM- Silver Medal

-S53 SMJHL Western Conference Champs

-S53 WJC Canada GM/Player- Gold Medal

-S55 SMJHL Western All Star Team

-S55 WJC Canada- Silver Medal

Colorado has the best Home Advantage. If the visiting team gets too rowdy they let the raptors loose on the ice, and well all know how clever they are. Would you check a raptor? I wouldn't that's for sure.

Juni Panda | RW | #22 | Manhattan Rage | Retired
Birthplace: Skanör med Falsterbo, Sweden
Height: 6ft 1in Weight: 210lbs

Fight Record: 14 W/12 L

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SMJHL

  Season   Team    GP    G    A       P   +/-   PIM    Hits

       54   |  COL  |  19 | 01 | 01 | 02 | -7   |    2  |  2 

      55    |  COL  |  50 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 12  | 106  |  326 

      56    |  COL  |  50 | 13 | 09 | 22 |   9  |   61  |  148 

      57    |  COL  |  66 | 22 | 21 | 43 | 24  | 219  |  349 

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SHL 

  Season   Team    GP    G    A       P   +/-   PIM    Hits 

      58    |  TOR  | 04 | 00 |   01 |   01 |   5   |   007   |  007 

      59    |  MAN  | 22 | 02 |   04 |   06 | -13   |   039   |  048 

      60    |  MAN  | 66 | 11 |   19 |   30 | -35   |   178   |  525 

      61    |  MAN  | 66 | 07 |   12 |   19 | -55   |   226   |  515 

      62    |  MAN  | 66 | 08 |   13 |   21 | -68   |   201   |  384 

      63    |  MAN  | 66 | 10 |   11 |   21 | -50   |   156   |  335 

      64    |  MAN  | 66 | 04 |  10 |   14 | -51   |   32   |  156 

      65    |  NEW  | 66 | 06 |   13 |   19 | -66   |   30   |  142 

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Accomplishments

S55 SMJHL All-Star

S57 SMJHL All-Star

S60 SHL All-Star (Voted In)

S60 Turd Ferguson

S61 Turd Ferguson

S62 Turd Ferguson

S65 IIHF Silver (Sweden)

FHM6 Era Single Season Hits Leader

FHM6 Era Single Season PIM Leader

Sven Panda | RD | #22 | Hamilton Steelhawks
Birthplace: Gothenburg, Sweden
Height: 7'6" Weight: 300lbs

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SMJHL

  Season   Team    GP    G    A       P   +/-   PIM    Hits

Texas has the best home ice advantage in the SHL because they literally make the opposing team practice and pre-game skate on their outside practice arena (state of the art I may add), which causes a hell of a lot of heat stroke.

Newfoundland definitely has home ice advantage, due in large part to the 'zerker fans. Like a raucous longhouse, they drown out any chance the opposing team have of communication. The longer the game goes, the louder they get.

The Maine Timber have by far the best home ice advantage. They have without a doubt the best fan base in the SJMHL. The fans get rowdy and stay that way the entire game! It helps get the timber fired up and we are seeing the results of that already this season with winning both the homes game this year!

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Retired |  RD  | Nathan Thomas  | S55
Career J stats: |  MET  
197 GP | 24 G | 45 A | 69 PTS | 
Career stats: |  SFP/PHI  
660 GP | 102 G | 229 A | 331 PTS | 835 H | 1067 blk | 200 PIM 

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S68 |  4 Star Cup  

Baltimore is a tough arena to play in, often visiting teams get their gear stolen or assaulted by soft-shell maryland blue crabs which throw old-bay in the visitor's eyes.

Valentin Kalashnikov || D || Baltimore Platoon || 2106 TPE

6'3'' || 225 lbs || Grozny, Russian Federation

S52 SMJHL Entry Draft 5th Overall (Halifax Raiders)

S53 SHL Draft 12th Overall (Tampa Bay Barracuda)

S52 WJC IIHF Champion (UCORCAL)

S53 WJC IIHF Bronze (UCORCAL)

S55 WJC IIHF Champion (UCORCAL)

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SMJHL Season Stats

Szn || Team || GP ||  G||  A||  P|| +/- || HIT || SHB || TOI ||

S52 || HFX  || 50 ||  4|| 11|| 14 ||  -7 ||  85 ||  47 || 1093|| 

S53 || MET || 50 ||  9|| 14|| 23 ||  -13 ||  166 ||  85 || 23:20 ||

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Playoffs Stats

Szn || Team || GP  || G || A || P || +/- || HIT || SHB || TOI ||

S52 || HFX  || 6/6 || 0 || 4 || 4 ||  +2 ||  12 ||  5 || 127 ||

S53 || MET  || DNQ || 0 || 0 || 0 ||  0 ||  0 ||  0 || 0 ||

        

I think Maine has the best home ice advantage of any team. No one can figure out exactly where they are so the number of games they win by forfeit is pretty spectacular.

S77 - LiMu Emu - LD - Retired



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



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



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



S36 Cloud McCarthy - Halifax Raiders - Retired

Winnipeg's home advantage is that there's nothing to do in Winnipeg so the other team is just dulled into a state of boredom and malaise and lack of will to live.

      S76 SMJHL DRAFT 3RD OVERALL PICK     
                     IIHF TEAM NORWAY                      

I believe the two teams with most signifcant home ice are actually the two I play for.

Carolina Kraken and New Orleans Specters. Reason being not every team is used to coming into town and playing hockey in soupy ass weather. Those lungs will be working hard when they have to sift through the moisture in the air to find one gasp of oxygen.

Newfoundland have the greatest home field advantage in the J right now for one reason: their embracing of the masterpiece ‘Jaja Ding Dong’. The fans and players want to hear it so badly when they are at home that they work extra hard to get the goal necessary for it to play once again. And, as other teams view it negatively - seeing it as an annoying distraction - when it plays 7 times a night during our dominant performances it would only server to drive the advantage home even further.

PLAY JAJA DING DONG

         

Of course I have to go for the Anchorage Armada, I detailed out last year the miles traveled by the Armada when having to play the other teams in the league. Nothing has really changed, and probably even more miles added with the addition of Nevada and Quebec City to the league. Last year the Armada traveled 91,633 miles total. An average of over 1800 miles per trip to play an opponent, and the shortest flight is just around 1300 miles from Vancouver. That's 3 hours and 18 minutes if they fly direct, let alone if they need to take public and transfer, which adds on another 2 hours or so.

Which means, rough estimate, that most other teams in the Western Conference will have to travel at least 5 hours, if not 7-8 just to get up to Anchorage to play a game. And if you're coming from Nevada or Anaheim and aren't used to the subzero temperatures during the winter, it's a drastic change to acclimate to the surrounding area. With that extended travel, temperature shock, and die hard fans in Anchorage, it's no surprise that Anchorage has one of the toughest barns to play in for visiting teams.

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Igor Victory | LD | PHI | Tampere, Finland
Number: 11
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 228#
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Notables:
Drafted 48th by ANC in S54 SMJHL draft
S54 HoF Ceremony Host
S55 HoF Ceremony Host
Drafted 12th OA by TBB in S55 SHL draft
S55 Finland WJC GM - Bronze
S56 Finland WJC Co-GM
S56 SMJHL Intern
S57-S60- Anchorage Armada Co-GM
S57 4 Star Champion
S57 WJC Finland GM - Gold Medal
S60 Signed FA Contract with Philadelphia Forge
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SHL Stats:
S58 - TBB: GP:66 G:3 A:11 P:14 +/-:-12 PIM:4 H:63 SB:121 TOI:18:18
S59 - TBB: GP:66 G:3 A: 17 P:20 +/-:-11 PIM: 15 H:66 SB:115 TOI:18:39
S60 - PHI: GP: 66 G:11 A:24 P:35 +/-:18 PIM: 28 H:85 SB:104 TOI:19:26
S61 - PHI:

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SMJHL stats: All games played with ANC

S54- GP:50 G:4 A:7 P:11 +/-:-1 PIM:28 H:51 SB:30 DGR: 63 TOI: 18:20

S55- GP:50 G:5 A:7 P:12: +/-:7 PIM:4 H:59 SB:68 DGR:71 TOI:17:39

S56- GP:50 G:4 A:22 P:26 +/-:-4 PIM:15 H:60 SB:30 DGR: 75 TOI:20:42

S57- GP:55 G:13 A:20 P:33 +/-:39 PIM:29 H:116 SB:108 DGR:84 TOI:20:34

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SMJHL playoff stats

S54- GP:7 G:1 A:1 P:2 +/-:-2 PIM:9 H:9 SB:10 DGR:72 TOI:19:38

S55- GP:7 G:0 A:5 P:5 +/-: -3 PIM:2 H:14 SB:10 DGR:63 TOI:17:20

S56- GP:16 G:5 A:5 P:10 +/-:-1 PIM:2 H:19 SB:11 DGR:76 TOI:21:11

S57- GP: 16 G:2 A:3 P:5 +/-:8 PIM:10 H:21 SB:10 TOI:20:34

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International Representations

S54 WJC FIN - Bronze
S55 WJC FIN - Bronze
S56 WJC FIN
S57 WJC FIN - GOLD
S57 IIHF FIN
S58 IIHF FIN
S58 IIHF FIN

Edmonton has the largest home ice advantage. It is such a depressing city that no team enjoys going there. It sucks all will out of the visiting team, where they look forward to the bus ride back to the airport.