Draft day was tense for young Mitchell van der Heijden. The Anchorage Armada center was expecting to be a top 3 pick. "I thought everything was set for me to go top 3. I was looking forward to the draft." And then he started slipping. Hard. "Apparently GMs think I'm too young and immature for the big show, not to mention that they say I have some outbursts. Outbursts? Really? I try to stay as calm and composed as I can." The potential top 3 pick was now trying to stay within the top 10. "I was hoping that Toronto or Manhattan would take me. My agent has some history with the North Stars, and I've always admired the Rage. They both are teams on the up. Who wouldn't want to play with Luke Thomason or Mikhail Lokitonov?" But as the first ten picks came and went, Mitchell did not hear his name. "It was surprising. I was here thinking, 'Oh my god, I might go top 3', and it all came crashing down in a matter of minutes. I'm happy for the players that went, but I can't help but feel like I could've been a better selection."
However, picks 11 to 13 were held by teams he was interested in going to. "Buffalo were likely to take me if Elizabeth Doyle wasn't on the board. My agent spent a while in San Francisco, and I'd really wanted to play for them. New Orleans were one of the first teams to contact me, and my agent knew their GM as well from his time in the SMJHL with St. Louis." Buffalo did indeed take Doyle at 11, while San Francisco filled a need at defense with Alex Petrenko at 12. "With the 13th pick in the S51 SHL Entry Draft, the New Orleans Specters select Mitchell van der Heijden, center for the Anchorage Armada." The camera panned to a smiling van der Heijden, stifling tears. "It was always my dream to be selected in the SHL Draft. New Orleans taking me made it that much sweeter. I respect the organization, and they've been really successful over their short time in the league. I can't wait to play for them in the future."
When asked about his feeling on falling, Mitchell had this to say. "Oh, I'll make them regret it. To quote Filip Zadina, I'll fill their nets with pucks. I believe I was a top 10 prospect, so I was surprised that I fell. I'll make them all pay (except for Texas). Just you watch." Fighting words from the newest New Orleans prospect.
Sebastien Regazzoni || C || Hamilton Steelhawks || 1276 TPE Birthplace: Bern, Switzerland Height/Weight: 6'3", 200 lbs SHL Stats S71 || HAM || GP: 66 G: 17 A: 25 PTS: 42 PIMS: 32 +/-: -23 H: 75 S72 || HAM || GP: 66 G: 28 A: 31 PTS: 59 PIMS: 55 +/-: 7 H: 89 S73 || HAM || GP: 66 G: 24 A: 33 PTS: 57 PIMS: 34 +/-: -2 H: 81 S74 || HAM || GP: 66 G: 12 A: 37 PTS: 49 PIMS: 43 +/-: -8 H: 83 S75 || HAM || GP: 66 G: 11 A: 51 PTS: 62 PIMS: 39 +/-: 22 H: 66 S76 || HAM || GP: 66 G: 33 A: 60 PTS: 93 PIMS: 37 +/-: -18 H: 87 SHL Playoff Stats S71 || HAM || GP: 5 G: 2 A: 1 PTS: 3 +/-: -5 PIM: 2 H: 5 S72 || HAM || GP: 5 G: 1 A: 0 PTS: 0 +/-: -5 PIM: 0 H: 7 S73 || HAM || GP: 12 G: 4 A: 7 PTS: 11 +/-: 2 PIM: 10 H: 10 S74 || HAM || GP: 7 G: 2 A: 3 PTS: 5 +/-: -3 PIM: 0 H: 14 S75 || HAM || GP: 14 G: 3 A: 10 PTS: 13 +/-: -0 PIM: 2 H: 17 SMJHL Stats S67 || ANC || GP: 66 G: 25 A: 21 PTS: 46 +/-: -5 PIM: 6 H: 107 S68 || ANC || GP: 66 G: 20 A: 41 PTS: 61 +/-: 5 PIM: 30 H: 138 S69 || ANC || GP: 66 G: 20 A: 33 PTS: 53 +/-: -3 PIM: 18 H: 142 S70 || ANC || GP: 66 G: 12 A: 23 PTS: 35 +/-: -54 PIM: 28 H: 78 Career SMJHL Regular Season Stats GP: 264 G: 77 A: 118 PTS: 195 +/-: -57 PIM: 82 H: 465 SMJHL Playoff Stats S67 || ANC || GP: 5 G: 4 A: 1 PTS: 5 +/-: -2 PIM: 0 H: 11 S68 || ANC || GP: 10 G: 4 A: 3 PTS: 7 +/-: 7 PIM: 4 H: 24 Career Milestones Drafted 20th overall by Anchorage, S67 SMJHL Draft Drafted 4th overall by Hamilton, S68 SHL Draft Voted Anchorage Armada captain, S69
Mitchell van der Heijden || C || Philadelphia Forge || 925 TPE Birthplace: Alkmaar, Netherlands Height/Weight: 6'2", 205 lbs SHL Stats S54 | NOLA | GP: 50 G: 8 A: 10 PTS: 18 PIMS: 16 +/-: 0 H: 24 S55 | NEW | GP: 50 G: 15 A: 19 PTS: 34 PIMS: 14 +/-: 2 H: 70 S56 | NEW | GP: 50 G: 16 A: 11 PTS: 27 PIMS: 26 +/-: -17 H: 65 S57 | NEW | GP: 66 G: 20 A: 28 PTS: 48 PIMS: 10 +/-: -37 H: 62 S58 | HAM | GP: 66 G: 22 A: 38 PTS: 60 PIMS: 22 +/-: 25 H: 92 S59 | HAM | GP: 66 G: 21 A: 37 PTS: 58 PIMS: 29 +/-: 37 H: 101 S60 | HAM | GP: 66 G: 49 A: 50 P: 99 PIMS: 6 +/-: 14 H: 97 S61 | HAM | GP: 66 G: 30 A: 57 PTS: 87 PIMS: 10 +/-: 49 H: 122 S62 | HAM | GP: 66 G: 48 A: 38 PTS: 86 PIMS: 8 +/-: 32 H: 105 S63 | HAM | GP: 66 G: 30 A: 51 PTS: 81 PIMS: 18 +/-: 47 H: 103 S64 | HAM | GP: 66 G: 30 A: 43 PTS: 73 PIMS: 8 +/-: 9 H: 103 S65 | PHI | GP: 66 G: 13 A: 37 PTS: 50 PIMS: 20 +/-: 25 H: 134 S66 | PHI | GP: 66 G: 15 A: 24 PTS: 39 PIMS: 30 +/-: -19 H: 116 S67 | PHI | GP: 66 G: 8 A: 27 PTS: 35 PIMS: 20 +/-: 4 H: 140 Career Regular Season Stats GP: 876 G: 325 A: 470 PTS: 795 PIMS: 237 +/-: 172 H: 1338 SHL Playoff Stats S54 | NOLA | GP: 17 G: 7 A: 5 PTS: 12 PIMS: 4 +/-: 1 S56 | NEW | GP: 6 G: 0 A: 3 PTS: 3 PIMS: 4 +/-: -4 S57 | NEW | GP: 5 G: 1 A: 0 PTS: 1 PIMS: 2 +/-: 0 S58 | HAM | GP: 19 G: 3 A: 7 PTS: 10 PIMS: 2 +/-: 2 S59 | HAM | GP: 11 G: 2 A: 5 PTS: 7 PIMS: 0 +/-: 4 S60 | HAM | GP: 10 G: 2 A: 3 PTS: 5 S61 | HAM | GP: 19 G: 9 A: 16 PTS: 25 S62 | HAM | GP: 14 G: 7 A: 12 PTS: 19 S63 | HAM | GP: 25 G: 10 A: 12 PTS: 22 S64 | HAM | GP: 17 G: 7 A: 17 PTS: 24 S65 | PHI | GP: 7 G: 4 A: 5 PTS: 9 S66 | PHI | G: 7 G: 1 A: 2 PTS: 3 S67 | PHI | GP: 7 G: 0 A: 4 PTS: 4 Total SHL Playoff Stats GP: 172 G: 55 A: 93 PTS: 148 SMJHL Stats S50 | ANC | GP: 50 G: 14 A: 14 PTS: 28 PIMS: 6 +/-: -1 H: 21 S51 | ANC | GP: 50 G: 20 A: 27 PTS: 47 PIMS: 17 -/+: 11 H: 15 S52 | ANC | GP: 50 G: 25 A: 28 PTS: 53 PIMS: 29 +/-: 7 H: 62 S53 | ANC | GP: 50 G: 26 A: 26 PTS: 52 PIMS: 24 +/-: 12 H: 109 Total SMJHL Reg. Season Stats GP: 200 G: 85 A: 95 PTS: 180 PIMS: 79 +/-: 29 H: 207 SMJHL Playoff Stats S50 | ANC | GP: 11 G: 1 A: 4 PTS: 5 PIMS: 0 +/-: -6 S51 | ANC | GP: 12 G: 5 A: 7 PTS: 12 PIMS: 2 +/-: 7 S52 | ANC | GP: 6 G: 2 A: 2 PTS: 4 PIMS: 0 +/-: 1 S53 | ANC | GP: 7 G: 0 A: 3 PTS: 3 PIMS: 0 +/-: -1 Total SMJHL Playoff Stats GP: 41 G: 8 A: 16 PTS: 24 PIMS: 2 +/-: 1 Accolades Won S51 4 Star Cup with Anchorage Won Silver Medal with Switzerland, S51 IIHF named best forward, S51 WJC named to second team all SMJHL, S52 named Anchorage alternate captain, S51/S52 named Anchorage captain, S53 named first team all SMJHL, S53 won Ideen Fallah Award (SMJHL Awards Committee MVP), S53 named SMJHL All-Star, S51-S53 won S54 Challenge Cup with New Orleans scored Challenge Cup-winning goal, S54 named New England alternate captain, S55 #15 retired by the Anchorage Armada Challenge Cup winner with Hamilton, S58/S61/S63 SHL All-Star, S60-S63 Karpovtsov and McDonald winner, S60 Sarmad Khan winner, S60 Ron Mexico winner, S60 First Team All-SHL, S60 Gold medal winner with Switzerland, S65 Member of the Triple Gold Club SHL Hall of Famer Draft Things drafted 11th by Anchorage in S50 SMJHL Draft drafted 13th overall by New Orleans in S51 SHL Draft Joseph Lombardi || RW || Anchorage Armada co-GM || 969 TPE Name: Joseph Lombardi Position: Right Wing Birthplace: Voorhees, NJ, USA (transferred to Ireland) Height: very short (5'3") Weight: 145 lbs SHL Regular Season Stats S38 | SFP | GP: 50 G: 13 A: 9 PTS: 22 PIMS: 6 +/-: -10 S39 | SFP | GP: 50 G: 12 A: 8 PTS: 20 PIMS: 8 +/-: -10 S40 | SFP | GP: 50 G: 14 A: 15 PTS: 29 PIMS: 7 +/-: 9 S41 | MIN | GP: 50 G: 7 A: 6 PTS: 13 PIMS: 0 +/-: -3 S42 | MIN/SEA | GP: 47 G: 14 A: 20 PTS: 34 PIMS: 6 +/-: 4 S43 | SEA | GP: 50 G: 20 A: 26 PTS: 46 PIMS: 8 +/-: 5 S44 | SEA | GP: 50 G: 18 A: 17 PTS: 35 PIMS: 18 +/-: -16 S45 | SEA/TOR | GP: 50 G: 20 A: 20 PTS: 40 PIMS: 0 +/-: 1 S46 | TOR | GP: 50 G: 25 A: 23 PTS: 48 PIMS: 0 +/-: 0 S47 | EDM | GP: 50 G: 17 A: 23 PTS: 40 PIMS: 10 +/-: 26 S48 | SFP | GP: 50 G: 21 A: 17 PTS: 38 PIMS: 10 +/-: 5 S49 | SFP | GP: 50 G: 6 A: 20 PTS: 26 +/-: -8 PIMS: 13 S50 | SFP | GP: 50 G: 15 A: 11 PTS: 26 PIMS: 10 +/-: 15 Career Stats GP: 647 G: 202 A: 215 PTS: 417 PIMS: 96 +/-: 14 SHL Playoff Stats S38 | SFP | GP: 5 G: 1 A: 1 PTS: 2 PIMS: 6 +/-: -3 S39-S40 | SFP | Missed playoffs S41 | MIN | GP: 6 G: 1 A: 2 PTS: 3 PIMS: 0 +/-: 0 S42 | SEA | missed playoffs S43 | SEA | GP: 6 G: 0 A: 6 PTS: 6 PIMS: 0 +/-: 1 S44 | SEA | missed playoffs S45 | TOR | GP: 5 G: 2 A: 2 PTS: 4 PIMS: 0 +/-: 1 S46 | TOR | GP: 7 G: 2 A: 7 PTS: 9 PIMS: 0 +/-: -1 S47 | EDM | GP: 6 G: 1 A: 1 PTS: 2 PIMS: 0 +/-: -3 S48 | SFP | GP: 6 G: 0 A: 0 PTS: 0 PIMS: 0 +/-: -4 S49 | SFP | missed playoffs S50 | SFP | GP: 4 G: 0 A: 0 PTS: 0 PIMS: 0 +/-: 0 Career Playoff Stats all you need to know is that I was shit SMJHL Regular Season Stats S35 | STL | GP: 50 G: 1 A: 0 PTS: 1 PIMS: 2 +/-: -1 S36 | STL | GP: 50 G: 10 A: 7 PTS: 17 PIMS: 4 +/-: 0 S37 | STL | GP: 44 G: 16 A: 15 PTS: 31 PIMS: 8 +/-: -4 Total Stats: GP: 144 G: 27 A: 22 PTS: 49 PIMS: 14 +/-: -5 SMJHL Playoff Stats S35 | STL | GP: 7 G: 1 A: 0 PTS: 1 +/-: 1 S36 | STL | GP: 6 G: 2 A: 2 PTS: 4 +/-: -1 S37 | STL | GP: 13 G: 4 A: 10 PTS: 14 +/-: -3 Total Stats: GP: 26 G: 7 A: 12 PTS: 19 +/-: -3 Things I've Done Selected 40th overall in S35 SMJHL Draft by STL Selected 30th overall in S36 SHL Entry Draft by POR Won some team awards with the Crows, but no cup won Presidents Trophy with San Francisco in S38 won a silver medal with Ireland (S38) won two bronze medals with Ireland (S39, S41) won a shit ton of golds with Ireland (S42-47) was traded by San Francisco to Minnesota before S41 Traded to Seattle by Minnesota before S42 Trade Deadline traded to Toronto by Seattle before S45 trade deadline signed a one year, $6 million contract with Edmonton signed a one year, $4.5 million contract with San Fransisco named Pride alternate captain for S48 won president's trophy with SFP (s50) writes haters guides where I shit on every team
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