We've wrapped up the last games of the regular season. It's playoff time!

Written Task: How did your team prepare for the playoffs? (150 word min.) 

*If your team didn't make the playoffs: what is your player going to do with all their spare time?

Graphic Task: Create a game day program for a playoff matchup involving your team. Must include 2 team logos and 1 render.

Reward: 

3 TPE for doing the thing. (Just one of the things, not both.)

Only S75 SMJHL Rookies (S76 SHL Draftees) are eligible for this PT.

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Deadline: Tuesday, March 19th @ 11:59pm PST

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Westley Kirkpatrick || LD || Carolina Kraken || TPE: 348
Career Statistics:
SMJHL Regular Season:
S71 | CAR | 66 GP | 17 G | 35 A | 52 PTS | 75 TA | 15 GA
SMJHL Playoffs:
S71 | CAR | 9 GP | 2 G | 4 A | 6 PTS | 8 TA | 2 GA

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Deth Klaw || Defenseman || Anchorage Armada/Montreal Patriotes || 350 TPE




Miguel Hefeweizen || SPF/WPG (retired) || S58-75 || 2077 Peak TPE

It was an exciting season on the Kraken to say the least. We worked hard to make it to playoffs, and even harder to win an unlikely matchup against the Armada in round 1. Struggling in round 2, we will only continue to work on what we do best and play our hearts out as a team. I feel there is a lot more gas in the tank than we are showing, and taking the time and giving the effort to put our skills to the highest interest of the team is what we do best.

We have practiced nearly every day since regular season ended; exhausting ourselves and working on any and every aspect one could think of. Our teamplay has come a long way this year, and our scoring is just starting to heat up. I feel as if this team is capable of being a true Cinderella story and going the whole way, but it starts tonight as we need to come back in round 2.

The race to end the season and be first was so grueling that the Maine Timber needed time off to recoup for the first round of the playoffs. As a reward for all their hard work, the GM of the Timber collected the entire team and its coaching staff together and announced they would spend the 4 days off between the first round of the playoffs and the end of the regular season fishing in Hudson Bay Canada. This was a most welcome bit of respite among the players and staff as the season was a hard fought battle starting with game one. The team broke up in to teams of 4 and each was assigned a boat and a guide. They set up a fishing derby with prizes for the largest fish, the longest fish, the teams joint weight, teams total amount of fish and of course the ugliest fish. Besides the derby rules, the team had a small betting pool of $10,000 buy in to see who could catch the fattest fish. It was just what the team needed as they went on to sweep their 1st round opponents.

Will Nuck      ||      RD    ||       

Name: Will Nuck
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 225 lbs
Number: 48
TPE: 166

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SMJHL Career Statistics


Brock Nuck    ||   RW   ||   Retired

Name: Brock Nuck
Height: 6'8"
Weight: 260 lbs
Number: 46
TPE: 1068

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SMJHL Career Statistics
S43 GP ,  G ,  A ,  P ,  +/-  ,  HIT ,  SB ,  PIM , Tilts



Bubba Nuck    ||   D   ||    Retired

Name: Bubba Nuck
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 225 lbs
Number: 48
TPE: 1889

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SMJHL Career Statistics
S21 GP: 40,   G: 7,    A: 8,    P: 15,   +/-: -5,    HIT: 67,   SB: 2,  PIM: 32,   FO%: 49.51,    GW: 0
S22 GP 40,   G 23,   A 25,    P 48,   +/- 25,    HIT 77,   SB 10,  PIM 32,   FO% 55.44,   GW 6

SMJHL Career Playoff Statistics
S21 GP 10,  G 2,  A 2,  P 4,  +/- -5,  HIT 11,  SB 2,  PIM 8,  FO% 52.36
S22 GP 8,  G 3,  A 7,  P 10,  +/- 1,  HIT 19,  SB 0,  PIM 10,  FO% 55.41

SHL Career Statistics
S23 GP 52,  G 3,  A 11,  P 14,  +/- 14,  HIT 88,  SB 63,  PIM 59, Tilts 1, AMG 22.22
S24 GP 52,  G 7,  A 15,  P 22,  +/- -3,  HIT 116,  SB 57,  PIM 77, Tilts 1, AMG 23.26
S25 GP 50,  G 7,  A 27,  P 34,  +/- 2,  HIT 154,  SB 65,  PIM 84, Tilts 2, AMG 23.70
S26 GP 50,  G 10,  A 27,  P 37,  +/-  -6,  HIT 133,  SB 71,  PIM 76, Tilts 4, AMG 25.54
S27 GP 50,  G 10,  A 21,  P 31,  +/-  -8,  HIT 164,  SB 9,  PIM 80, Tilts 2, AMG 20.93 FO%: 52.48
S28 GP 50,  G 6,  A 15,  P 21,  +/-  -23,  HIT 122,  SB 10,  PIM 25, Tilts 1, AMG 20.97 FO%: 51.79
S29 GP 50,  G 10,  A 23,  P 33,  +/- 14,  HIT 86,  SB 61,  PIM 47, Tilts 1, AMG 22.58
S30 GP 50,  G 14,  A  47,  P 61,  +/- 35,  HIT 216,  SB 56,  PIM 103, Tilts 1 , AMG 27.81
S31 GP 50,  G 7,  A 17,  P 24,  +/- 17,  HIT 179,  SB 84,  PIM 88, Tilts 0, AMG 23.71
S32 GP 50,  G 4,  A 21,  P 25,  +/- -1,  HIT 147,  SB 60,  PIM 90, Tilts 0, AMG 24.07
S33 GP 50,  G 6,  A 33,  P 39,  +/- 19,  HIT 158,  SB 70,  PIM 94, Tilts 0, AMG 27.71
S34 GP 50,  G 11,  A 42,  P 53,  +/- 7,  HIT 105,  SB 81,  PIM 80, Tilts 0, AMG 28.48
S35 GP 50,  G 13,  A 25,  P 38,  +/- 22,  HIT 127,  SB 63,  PIM 48, Tilts 0, AMG 28.03
S36 GP 50,  G 9,  A 39,  P 48,  +/- 12,  HIT 163,  SB 105,  PIM 63, Tilts 1, AMG 28.00
S37 GP 50,  G 6,  A 30,  P 36,  +/- -1,  HIT 133,  SB 73,  PIM 78, Tilts 2, AMG 25.48
S38 GP 50,  G 10,  A 29,  P 39,  +/- +20,  HIT 115,  SB 74,  PIM 48, Tilts 0, AMG 22.72
S39 GP 50,  G 5,  A 20,  P 25,  +/--7,  HIT 41,  SB 61,  PIM 28, Tilts 0, AMG 22.17
S40 GP 50,  G 11,  A 27,  P 38,  +/- +6,  HIT 13,  SB 113,  PIM ,4 Tilts 0, AMG 25.13
S41 GP 50,  G 6,  A 13,  P 19,  +/- +9,  HIT 39,  SB ,  PIM 26, Tilts 0, AMG 17.26
S42 GP 50,  G 2,  A 17,  P 19,  +/- 0,  HIT 20,  SB 33,  PIM 6, Tilts 0, AMG 15.89

S GP 50,  G ,  A ,  P ,  +/- ,  HIT ,  SB ,  PIM , Tilts , AMG

SHL Playoff Career Statistics
S23 GP 07,  G 0,  A 00,  P 00,  +/- -3,  HIT 24,  SB 10,  PIM 08  Tilts 0,
S24 GP 18,  G 3,  A 05,  P 08,  +/-  1,  HIT 47,  SB 28,  PIM 35, Tilts 0,
S25 GP 05,  G 0,  A 02,  P 02,  +/- -4,  HIT 14,  SB 08,  PIM 10, Tilts 0,
S26 GP 15,  G 3,  A 12,  P 15,  +/-  0,  HIT 34,  SB 27,  PIM 14, Tilts 0,  
S27 MISSED
S28 GP 07,  G 2,  A 04,  P 06,  +/-  0,  HIT 12,  SB 01,  PIM 05  Tilts 1
S29 GP 19,  G 6,  A 11,  P 17,  +/- 17, HIT 40,  SB 16,  PIM 22, Tilts 0
S30 GP 12,  G 1,  A 07,  P 08,  +/-  2,  HIT 47,  SB 13,  PIM 20, Tilts 0
S31 GP 06,  G 0,  A 03,  P 06,  +/-  0,  HIT 16,  SB 07,  PIM 14, Tilts 0
S32 GP 16,  G 3,  A 08,  P 11,  +/-  8,  HIT 43,  SB 15,  PIM 20, Tilts 0
S33 GP 16,  G 3,  A 08,  P 11,  +/-  5,  HIT 50,  SB 17,  PIM 38, Tilts 0
S34 MISSED
S35 GP 13,  G 2,  A 09,  P 11,  +/-  8,  HIT 22,  SB 28,  PIM 14, Tilts 0
S36 MISSED
S37 MISSED
S38 GP 20,  G 2,  A 14,  P 16,  +/-  -1,  HIT 52,  SB 39,  PIM 32, Tilts 0
S39 MISSED
S40 MISSED
S41 GP 7,  G 2,  A 3,  P 5,  +/-  -1,  HIT 8,  SB 9,  PIM 0, Tilts 0
S42 MISSED

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SHL Top 100  Results
S24-98, S26-59, S28-51, S29-74, S30-63, S31-3, S32-40
S33-69, S34-73, S35-14, S36-10, S37-4, S38-14, S39-20
S40-87, S41-41. S42-88

Transactions:
6th overall pick S21 SMJHL Draft Detroit Falcons
4th overall pick S22 SHL Draft Hamilton Sreelhawks
S26 Traded to New England / reverted to Center from Defense
S29 Traded to Seattle
Traded to Calgary / reverted to Defense from Center
S36 Signed for $16,000,000 Traded to Manhattan for S38 3rd*
S41 Traded to Edmonton
S42 Signed for $3,000,000 as an inactive, by Seattle
S43 UFA

Personal Awards:

S21 Kevin Lebacon Award – Awarded to the player judged
to have exhibited the best type of leadership and sportsmanship
S21 Esa Anrikkanen Award – Awarded to the rookie who displayed the
hardest work ethic and earned the most tpe over the course of the season.
S22 First SHL goal on first SHL shot with only 30 seconds of ice time, 3 minutes total on the year.
S22 Sergey Kovalenko Award - Awarded to the player judged
to be most valuable to the team offensively.
S30 Aidan Richand Trophy (Breakout Star)
S30 Scott Stevens Trophy Best Defenseman
S30 Sarmad Khan Trophy (MVP as voted by players)
Ron Mexico Trophy (League MVP)
S30 Jesster Award " most valuable to the team by the GM(s) of Calgary "
S31 Turd Ferguson Trophy (Most PIMs) Tied Dean Colt
S34 Jesster Award " most valuable to the team by the GM(s) of Calgary "
S34 Scott Stevens Trophy Best Defenseman
S36 Scott Stevens Trophy Best Defenseman

Team Awards

S24 Challenge Cup Champions, Hamilton Steelhawks
S26 Challenge Cup Champions, Hamilton Steelhawks
S29 Challenge Cup Champions, Calgary Dragons
S32 Challenge Cup Champions, Calgary Dragons
S38 Challenge Cup Champions, Manhattan Rage

S26 IIHF Silver Medalist
S31 IIHF Silver
S32 IIHF Gold
S34 IIHF Silver
S36 IIHF Gold
S40 IIHF Bronze

Records

S22 4th All Time SMJHL +/- 25
S22 3rd All Time SMJHL Power-Play Goals in a Season 25
S30 5th all time +/- 35
S30 Tied 2nd all time, most assists in a season 47
S43 25th All Time Scoring Leader 672pts.
S43 3rd All Time Defense Scoring Leader 672 pt's.
S42 9th All Time PIM Leader
S38 1st Active Player to receive 5 Challenge Cup's, 2nd in history
S38 Cup as GM
S43 3rd Defenseman On Argbar's Made up List
S41 11th 319 All Time Hits
S42 2nd 1322 All Time Shot Blocks
S43 10th Career Fantasy Points Bubba Nuck - 5025
Only 10 players in the history of the SHL reached 5k Fantasy points in their career.
S40 Tied for 3rd, Most SB in a season 113






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Carter Stankoven || LW || Kelowna Knights || 350 TPE
Birthplace: Barre, VT, USA 
Age: 21
Height: 5'11 
Number: 22 

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S75 SMJHL Drafted 32nd Overall By The Kelowna Knights
S76 SHL Drafted 47th Overall By The Hamilton Steelhawks
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SMJHL STATS 
S75 l 13 G l 18 A l 31 PTS l 31 PIM 

S76 l 26 G l 20 A l 46 PTS l 20 PIM 
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 COMING SOON! 

 

  

I think 3WW Wingmate Roc prepares by going home to the blustery peaks of Tarkir, looking over the Sandsteppe in order to recharge. Of course, having seen all the news about the trades happening in the SHL, we would see Wingmate Roc need to get really into shape, to show what he can do. It was a very medium season for him, but this playoff push is how he can show that he's got the stuff to play on the top line next season, or closer to it. This season, and these playoffs, are all about learning about what to do, how to play to be a prospective pro. It's a blessing that Quebec City is so deep on the roster, it's a great learning experience for Wingmate Roc, but it does cut into his game time, which he is excited to earn and to show what he can do next season, and these playoffs are the perfect place to start!

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Vancouver's regular season was obviously not the most confident thing to build off of when preparing for a playoff push. Tallying 16 wins and 45 losses, achieving second last in the league, we didn't want that to represent how we think about the playoffs, a losing mindset results in losing. First step of the way was wipe our memory and start with a blank slate of how we need to play. Upping our compete levels was something that was important to the team, teams that don't work hard don't get anywhere, and our systems definitely needed a rework as we needed more defensive responsibility, not just pure offense. Second was, for lack of a better term, we needed to lock in and just focus on playing well. We needed everyone buying in and sticking to routines, if even one guy isn't buying in it could have thrown everyone off. With these in mind, our second-to-last team made it to game 7 of the first round before eventually losing in a heartbreaker for the underdogs. Better luck next year!

Caper Poirot || FW || San Diego Tidal
Name: Caper Poirot
Height: 6'2
Weight: 214
Number: #54
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SMJHL S75 Reg. Season (Vancouver Whalers):
GP: 66 || G: 4 || A: 21 || P: 25 || +/-: -66 || Shots: 82 || Hits: 115
SMJHL S75 Playoffs:
GP: 7 || G: 1 || A: 2 || P: 3 || +/-: -1 || Shots: 11 || Hits: 9

To prepare for the playoffs, the Maine Timber had a much different approach from many teams in the league. As my teammate and D-Partner Nuck mentioned in his post above, the Timber coach offered the players 4 days off in order to rest before the playoffs. However, many players on the Timber are hard workers and decided instead of taking any time off they would train harder than ever. Mia and Eduard Lavoie along with Kristians Mikelis decided to take to the forests of Maine and do some tree chopping to improve their conditioning. While they knew it would be important to at least get some rest before the grueling playoffs to come the Lavoie's and Mikelis spent 2 days and one night deep in the Maine forest with only enough food for the three of them. The one night they spent huddled up in a tent. At one point a bear passed by and took a few sniffs at the tent the Timber youngsters were staying in. Luckily everyone made it out unscathed (Besides the trees) and the young guns lived to chop another tree... And play another playoff series.

Detroit does what it always does before a game turn up we are the champions and shot pucks down the ice unlike no other team ever could. We allow fans inside during our training and bond with them over the best sport ever created. Although we made it to the play offs we did end up losing - this is not an action we take lightly but not everyone is subject to lose every once and awhile. We connect as a team and family both on and off the ice - we have taken trips together, donated money to charity, and participated in lots of activities with our fan base. Lots of training goes into the tone and pitch of how we SKREE to pass the puck to a teammate it can take multiple seasons to master our codes and become proficient in the art of the falcon. Detroit are nothing without you - we had a great run with the cup and have no doubt that we are going to keep on swinging next season. More to come Detroit everyone watch out   !

Hockey fan for life. I pack the heat and score the goals!  

 

Hattricked:

For Saint Louis, there was little rest going into the playoffs. We were already up against it, and we all knew it, so there was practice, practice, and more practice. Of course, there was also time to focus on recuperation, after a long season everyone picks up some soreness at best and some minor injuries are standard, but that didn't mean time to slack. Partly from Alexa's insistence, everyone got to watch tape, of themselves and of the team's first round opponents, the Maine Timber. The main goal of these were to identify focuses for practice, things that could be improved on in the short break before playoffs to maximum effect, but it was also to identify weaknesses in Maine's game.

However, not everything could be practice. It would have been reckless in the extreme to risk the player's health so much, and mentally draining to try and watch that much tape without some form of break, so team movie nights were held, The final movie watched was one specifically picked out to inspire the team- Miracle, about Team USA overcoming the Soviets in the Olympics despite having no right to.

Alexa Johansen | LW | St. Louis Scarecrows | USA | Season 75 - | 232 TPE

Height: 5'10"

Weight: 176 lbs

Number: 16

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(S75) J Draft- 2nd OA, St. Louis Scarecrows

(S76) SHL Draft- 2nd OA, Edmonton Blizzard

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Career Highlights

SEA|TEAM|GP|G|A|PTS|S%|+/-|HITS|PiM|

S75|STL|66|13|22|35|9.7%|-61|78|31|

With the Knights not making the playoffs, Jennifer had plenty of free time in the offseason. Most of her free time has been spent visiting SHL scouts. She has heard from 6 teams so far leading up to the SHL draft and has had amazing conversations with every team. She has no clue where she is going to do but is excited about every opportunity. She also took a trip to Prague in Czechia to meet with Troy McClure, the Federation Head for the Czechia IIHF team. Jennifer grew up playing for South Korea, who unfortunately does not have an IIHF team. Troy reached out with an opportunity to play for a highly regarded IIHF team, and Jennifer could not pass the opportunity up. She spent a lot of time in Prague, learning about Czech culture, meeting with her future WJC and IIHF teammates, and making the transfer official. Now she waits for the SHL draft to see where she ends up next.

Jennifer Huh | RW | KEL
Achievements
S74: Signed as a DFA with Regina
S75: Drafted 3 OA by Kelowna
S75: Named Assistant Captain of Kelowna
S76: Drafted 6 OA by Calgary
S76: Named Captain of Kelowna


Slavakov Vladimirashenko | RD | NL/EDM/SFP/CHI
Achievements
S58: Drafted 47OA to Newfoundland
S59: Drafted 16OA to Edmonton
S59: Named Assistant Captain of Newfoundland
S59: Elias Armia Award Winner
S59: Won Gold Medal with Japan
S60: Won Gold Medal with Japan
S60: Named Captain of Newfoundland
S60: Named to SMJHL All Star Game
S60: Won 4 Star Cup
S62: Called up to EDM
S64: Traded to SFP
S65: Awarded Pride of the Pride
S65: Named Assistant Captain of SFP
S68: Awarded Pride of the Pride
S68: Named Captain of SFP
S69: Traded to Chicago
S69: Traded to SFP; Named Ass Cap
S70: Awarded Pride of the Pride
S73: Signed with CHI in FA
S74: Retired





Thank you @xjoverax and @phoenix for the sigs!

Since the Malamutes had a bye for the first round of the playoffs, we had plenty of time to train and prepare for the start of round 2. We were initially given a few days of rest to recover from the regular season, but after that we had multiple practices to stay in shape while the other teams were competing in round 1. We also tried our best to study Maine's first round games as much as possible to try and gain the upper hand in terms of strategy, but that was difficult to convert into practices or tips on how to play against them since St. Louis is a very different opponent to us and there were only 4 games to study. None of those games led to a victory for the Scarecrows so it was difficult to learn from an example where a team didn't ever beat Maine's strategies. We just kept practicing and studying for the big match-up in the best ways we knew how to, which seemed to work well for games 1 and 2 in our series, but fell short for the next four games.

Thanks to @enigmatic, @Matteo, @sulovilen, @zeagle1, and @TheOPSquid for all the sigs!

S76 C || Ylib Kove || YUM || 350+ TPE
Seasons (Regular | Playoff | Playoff Round (Missed -> Cup Win))
YUM | S75-S75 | 66GP 13G 24A 37P | 6GP 2G 2A 4P | 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0
WOR | S75-S75 | 12GP 2G 5A 7P | 3GP 0G 0A 0P | 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0

History
S75 | YUM | Drafted 9th Overall
S75 | YUM | Pupper Award
S76 | MAN | Drafted 4th Overall

Portal Player ID: 1380
SMJHL Player ID: 2466
SHL Player ID: ----
WJC Player ID: 1566
IIHF Player ID: ----


S56 W || Kev Kevens || Retired S75 || 2075 Peak TPE
Seasons (Regular | Playoff | Playoff Round (Missed -> Cup Win))
QCC | S55-S58 | 232GP 43G 84A 127P | 46GP 9G 16A 25P | 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1
SFP | S59-S67 | 594GP 211G 272A 483P | 66GP 23G 24A 47P | 0, 7, 1, 1, 0, 0
CHI | S68-S75 | 528GP 211G 376A 587P | 79GP 26G 35A 61P | 0, 3, 4, 1, 0, 0
CAN | S56-S58 | 36GP 5G 13A 18P | 4GP 0G 1A 1P | 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1
CAN | S61-S74 | 168GP 40G 69A 109P | 23GP 3G 7A 10P | 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 1

History
S55 | QCC | Drafted 79th Overall
S56 | SFP | Drafted 46th Overall
S56 | QCC | Jack Cross Trophy Nominee
S56 | CAN | WJC Gold Medal
S57 | QCC | Laurifer Trophy | 107 points
S58 | QCC | Voted Alternate Captain
S58 | QCC | Four Star Cup
S60, S66 | SFP | SHL All-Star
S60, S65 | SFP | Pride of the Pride Award
S61, S64 | SFP | Geronimo Otto Award
S62, S64-65, S67 | SFP | Voted Alternate Captain
S64 | QCC | First player entry drafted by Quebec City to reach 2000 TPE
S66 | SFP | Voted Captain
S66 | SFP | 3rd Team All-Star
S66 | SFP | Kelly Rivet Award
S68 | SFP/CHI | Traded from San Francisco to Chicago
S69 | CAN | IIHF Gold Medal
S74 | CHI | 18th player in SHL history to reach 1000 points (1049GP, 400G, 600A)
S75 | CHI | 11th highest all-time points total at time of retirement (1070P)

Portal Player ID: 16
SMJHL Player ID: 572
SHL Player ID: 1464
WJC Player ID: 262
IIHF Player ID: 1353 & 191

With playoffs looming, the Newfoundland Berserkers hustled hard and dialed up their game for the ultimate showdown, the SMJHL playoffs. They went on a fantastic win streak to finish of the regular season. Nobody wanted to match up against them in the playoffs. In the locker room, the vibe was electric as we dissected opponents' strategies and pumped each other up. MattyJ soaked up advice like a sponge, eager to prove himself alongside the vets. As the playoffs got closer, practices got more intense and emotions got higher. Patty had the team skating suicides for three hours.

As playoffs kicked off, the Berserkers charged in, Sabage Cabage leading the charge with his amazing play. After winning their first series in 7 games, the team is ready for the next round. We will look past our woes and mistakes, and be ready to correct that in the next round. Newfoundland is ready to chop down the Timber.