I can’t tell if my player over performed in his rookie season in the SMJHL but based off his rookie numbers it was pretty disappointing to see almost the exact same stats in year 2. With better attributes and being given some more ice time I almost expected to see some better production but what actually happened was a season where Sutton finished with a -28, good for second worst in the league. Sutton started out on the first line but after things weren’t working out, got bumped down to the second line.

If I had to attribute anything to the lack of success of my player, and our team in general was just a lack of stamina for the schedule that we had. Most of our top players were playing at nearly 0 fitness levels and you could see us getting blown out most of those games. Hopefully a friendlier schedule and some stamina training can help turn Sutton and Maine’s woes around. (164 words)

 
I love dynasties and repeat champions, and with a little bias I am going to predict another gold for Team Canada at the WJC. Pretty bold prediction since according to a media piece put out by wearingabear, Team Canada has the lowest TPE count by quite a bit, 1,188 to be exact. That makes it a bit of an uphill battle for us, but it wasn’t like Canada was expected to win last tournament either. We have a few returning players from that gold medal winning team including who I would call the top goaltending prospect, Frans Eller. They alone can dictate Canada’s success.

Outside of Canada, I know Alexander Roach is pretty excited about the team he put together in the British Isles, and Maine’s own captain Valentin Kalashnikov is confident in UCORCAL’s chances.

At the end of the tournament I wouldn’t be surprised to see Team Dach and Team Canada fighting for Gold with USA and World battling for Bronze. (162 words)


It gives me no joy to be standing here in front of you all today delivering this season end recap. Here in Maine we all believed in ourselves and this team, we could have and should have made the playoffs. Unfortunately that didn’t happen and instead are watching teams on their quest for the 4 Star Cup for the second season in a row. I am disappointed, management is disappointed, the players are disappointed, and the fans have every reason to be as well.

It isn’t all doom and gloom though. We need to see the forest for the trees. As big of a loss as it is having Roach going to Quebec in the expansion draft, he is the only player we are losing. Last season we saw a few of our seedlings grow into saplings and will be playing larger roles this upcoming season. Players already rooted with this team are only going to be better. The sky is the limit for us in S55, its time to chop the competition down bring home a championship. (178 words)


a. Honestly you’d expect a name like Geezus Kryyst to be the absolute best and be a lock as top goaltender in the series. However, on the other side you got Cain who you know is just going to kill it. Looking at their regular season and post season numbers, I’d have to give the advantage to Cain. (57 Words)

b. I’m going to have to give it to the bigger of the Johnsons (Gabriel). While I am sure both play important roles for their team, Gabriel is an absolute threat on the power play and was almost a ppg player in the regular season while still putting up as good or better defensive numbers. (54 words)

c. I based all my post season predictions based off regular season matchups and I got burned for it. In the case of NOLA vs Ham, despite the Specters winning the season series I don’t think anyone could have looked at that and predicted that they would sweep the Steelhawks. Sure the head to head can give you an idea of how it will go, but play-offs are a different species from the regular season. (74 words)

d. I’ve been to Hamilton already, so I will have to say that New Orleans is where I am headed. Id take in some of the more historical sites, visit some museums. It also wouldn’t be a trip to New Orleans if I didn’t do any ghost walks or visit the Saint Louis Cemetery. (53 words)


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