Happy Friday everyone.  As we now have hit the midway point of the season with, for most of us, 33 games played of the 66 game season it is time to check in on some of our J award progress to see who is in the running.

JARED HANSON AWARD
Points Leader

Shadow Fenix -  - 54 Points

Shadow is having a bit of a show this season with Colorado leading the way with 54 points, however that lead going into the halfway point is not very much as others are hot on their heels, namely...

Froya Solberg -  - 52 Points

and


Lily Jin Morrow -  - 51 Points

With only a two and three point lead, respectively over these two, it could really be a toss up through the second half of the season.   Other's to watch out for in the Hanson Award listing include...


Brandon Gilleyes -  - 49 Points

Ubba Lodbrok -  - 48 Points

and

Jussi Mutou -  - 48 Points

ROBERTO MARTUCCI AWARD

Goals Leader

Lily Jin Morrow -  - 31 Goals

A familiar face from the points race is Lily Jin Morrow from Vancouver.  I wish I could say that going into the halfway point their lead was surmountable but once again, it is a very tight race through the top five-ish players looking for this particular award.  Hot on Lily's heels this time is points frontrunner

Shadow Fenix -  - 28 Goals

Who is looking most likely to take ownership of both awards this coming season.  The closeness of leaders of course doesn't stop there.  Other notables in this race are as follows and also, based on their current production, have just as good a chance as any at taking the top Goals Leader award at the end of the season.

Betzee Nickelback -  - 26 Goals

Froya Solberg -  - 26 Goals

Gordon-William Gibbles -  - 22 Goals

Cal Juice -  - 22 Goals

Jesus Murphy -  - 22 Goals

Vyacheslav Shevchenko -  - 22 Goals

Brandon Gilleyes -  - 22 Goals

BRANDON HOLMES AWARD

Top Defensive Forward

While I personally have no idea, other than prior listed statistics, the awards team will go by on this...my thought is that since it is a Defensive Forward award, it should include forwards who's roles are tactically oriented more towards defense than offense, which includes two-way players.  As such then, I only included forwards in the following tactical roles: Two-Way Forward, Up and Down Winger, Grinder, Aggressive Forechecker, Backchecking Forward, Shadow.  I didn't include roles like Counter-Attacking forward and others as they are, I feel, more offensively oriented in their archetype.

With that being said, and utilizing specific statistics from prior award ceremonies, I took an account of top five-ish leaders in each category and then summed up how many categories that player is a leader in to come up with this list.  It is also the same method I used in Quilha Agante and Alexis Metzler below.

Roger Murdock -  - Leader in 3 Categories

20 P / 29 SB / 26 HIT / 13 GvA / 19 TkA / 1.46 GA/TA / 33.3 SA/60

Marek Carda -  - Leader in 3 Categories

40 P / 23 SB / 62 HIT / 18 GvA / 24 TkA / 1.33 GA/TA / 25.4 SA/60

Ryland Murphy -  - Leader in 3 Categories

42 P / 22 SB / 93 HIT / 50 GvA / 45 TkA / 0.90 GA/TA / 31.4 SA/60

Johnny Patey V2 -  - Leader in 3 Categories

33 P / 22 SB / 60 HIT / 14 GvA / 28 TkA / 2.0 GA/TA / 27.9 SA/60

Sonja Solberg -  - Leader in 3 Categories

47 P / 20 SB / 80 HIT / 36 GvA / 38 TkA / 1.06 GA/TA / 32.2 SA/60

Caper Poirot -  - Leader in 3 Categories

13 P / 27 SB / 71 HIT / 22 GvA / 14 TkA / 0.64 GA/TA / 47.2 SA/60

Other notables in this line with two category leads each includes:

Dag-Otto Bjorntjanst -  

Cob O'Corn -  

Entropy Sanchez -  

Nathan Abel -  

Bog Damsel -  

QUILHA AGANTE TROPHY

Top Defenseman

Eric Vanderberg Jr -  - Leader in 3 Categories

8 G / 25 A / 33 P / 4 GvA / 52 TkA / 13.00 GA-TA / 37 SB / 61 HIT

Chuck Chunky -  - Leader in 3 Categories

8G / 23 A / 31 P / 4 GvA / 38 TkA / 9.5 GA-TA / 46 SB / 75 HIT

Juan Tymer -  - Leader in 2 Categories

Groaty Bronson -  - Leader in 2 Categories

Olivija Agate -  - Leader in 2 Categories

Demir Bellona -  - Leader in 2 Categories

Its hard enough as a defenseman in most leagues to be a top 5 leader in one category, but when you are involved in two and three categories as a league leader, its time to pay attention.  In my own personal opinion, the race is between Vanderberg and Chunky in this one.  It is either of theirs to lose as the season goes into part two.  Based on team performance though, I wouldn't be surprised to see Tymer from Quebec jump up into three categories of lead, but only time will tell.

ALEXIS METZLER

Top Defensive Defenseman

Similar to the Defensive Forward award, there are tactical roles that by archetype are more defensive than others, even in the defenseman world.  Those included here for this award are:  Stay-At-Home Defenseman, Punishing Defenseman, Old-School Defenseman, Crease-Clearing Defenseman and Shutdown Defenseman.  These are the roles, by FHM definition are Defensive Defenseman.  From there, and from the categories listed in prior award ceremonies, the defenseman to watch are as follows:

Groaty Bronson -  - Leader in 4 Categories

58 P/ 115 SB / 58 HIT / 11 GvA / 40 TkA / 3.64 GA-TA / 5.2 GA/60 / 42.8 SA/60

Niclas Sundqvist -  - Leader in 3 Categories

67 P / 43 SB / 67 HIT / 9 GvA / 39 TkA / 4.33 GA-TA / 2.9 GA/60 / 26.8 SA/60

Sebastien Levesque -  - Leader in 3 Categories

80 P / 49 SB / 80 HIT / 9 GvA / 38 TkA / 4.22 GA-TA / 3.2 GA/60 / 25.2 SA/60

Eric Vanderberg Jr -  - Leader in 3 Categories

61 P / 37 SB / 61 HIT / 4 GvA / 52 TkA / 13.00 GA-TA / 2.2 GA/60 / 30.4 SA/60

Others to keep an eye on as they are all leaders in two categories each are as follows:

Jean-François Bokassa -  

Napoleon Dinklage -  

Josh Fewer -  

Valerija Serapin -  

Chuff D'Lee -  

Cracker Pizza -  

So while we relax this weekend and prepare for round two of the season, arguably the more important part of the season, we'll keep a close eye on these players and see where they end up by the time the final buzzer has sounded and we hop into the post-season.  

I'll also be curious to see where this stacks up vs the official mid-season watch list that should come out soon from the SMJHL Awards committee.

Seems realistic no Elk Players lol

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SMJHL:
S72: GP:66 G:14 A:31 PTS:45
S73: GP:66 G:17 A:36 PTS:53
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Awards:
S72 Brandon Holmes - Top Defensive Forward(SMJHL)
S73 All-Defensive Team (SMJHL)

Shadow Fenix my goat

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[S68] Erik Bergmark || RW || Colorado Raptors || Baltimore Platoon || 1205 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  
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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



  

John Peanut an amazing defensive defenseman bailing us rookie goalies out big time in Great Falls.

First SHL goal on first SHL shot in first SHL game.

                  Mack Daddy - Calgary Dragons - Forward
Signed DFA contract with Colorado Raptors to finish S53
Drafted by the Colorado Raptors in S54 Draft - Round 3, 24
Drafted by the Calgary Dragons in S55 Draft - Round 2, 30
S55 WJC Gold Medal Championship
S56 SMJHL All-Star Game Winner
Called up to the Calgary Dragons to start S57
Scored 1st SHL Goal On First SHL Shot in First SHL Game

Nice job Chevy. I love how you calculate the Brandon Holmes Award stats. SA/60 can be misleading though, as some good defense-oriented players are put in priority in your defensive zone or on PK, and they might/should get more shots against, compared to players put in the offensive zone or are on the PP.

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Nice job Chevy. I love how you calculate the Brandon Holmes Award stats.  SA/60 can be misleading though, as some good defense-oriented players are put in priority in your defensive zone or on PK, and they might/should get more shots against, compared to players put in the offensive zone or are on the PP.

I hadn't actually taken that into consideration.  Its good to keep mindful of though for sure.

@Chevy how did you find out what roles players used? Is there a place to see this?

Squidwardo Tentacles | LW | Yukon Malamutes | Seattle Argonauts

Name: Squidwardo Tentacles 

Birthplace: Riga, Latvia

Height: 6'4"

Weight: 185

Number: 81]

Current Team: Yukon Malamutes

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SMJHL Regular Season Stats:

S73 | 66 GP | 20 G | 35 A | 55 P | +0 | 154 S | 42 PIM | 163 H | 6 SB

S74 | 66 GP | 27 G | 48 A | 75 P | +17 | 175 S | 47 PIM | 187 H | 15 SB

S75 | 66 GP | 25 G | 37 A | 62 P | +17 | 212 S | 71 PIM | 162 H | 14 SB

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SMJHL Post Season Stats:

S73 |13 GP | 6 G | 3 A | 9 P | -6 | 39 S | 6 PIM | 31 H | 3 SB
S74 |11 GP | 0 G | 7 A | 7 P | -4 | 23 S | 0 PIM | 30 H | 2 SB

S75 |6 GP | 2 G | 3 A | 5 P | +1 | 15 S | 4 PIM | 19 H | 0 SB

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Awards:

S74 Bronze Medal WJC

S74 All-Star

Team Awards:

S73 Dynamite Award - 163 Hits
S74 Dynamite Award - 187 Hits

S74 Swing Dog Award - 48 Assists

S75 Dynamite Award - 162 Hits

S75 Prospector Award - 71 PIMs

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Transactions:

Drafted 22nd OVR Season 73 SMJHL to Yukon 

Drafted 7th OVR Season S74 SHL to Seattle

@Chevy  how did you find out what roles players used? Is there a place to see this?

I pulled the game file and manually looked at the roles assigned to the player on each team, then filtered to those specific players in my sheet queries.