2018 SHL Week 11 Team Stats

Team Totals

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Team              GP    SH    G    A  Pts   PP%  +/-
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New York          52  2025  192  353  545  18.5   25
Hamilton          52  1724  180  334  514  23.0   48
Anchorage         52  1903  168  314  482  15.1   35
Washington        52  1740  168  306  474  22.2  -14
Seattle           52  1870  167  306  473  15.8  -22
Quebec            52  1476  163  298  461  15.0   55
Hershey           52  1891  157  300  457  16.1    3
Michigan          52  1576  154  278  432  11.7   54
Kansas City       52  1331  140  250  390  15.8  -58
Dakota            52  1635  133  242  375  17.8  -44
Saskatchewan      52  1686  127  233  360  13.3   -8
Boston            52  1054   99  187  286  19.1  -74
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Team              GP   W   L   T   GAA   SH   SV    SV%   PK%  PIM
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Michigan          52  37  11   4  1.79 1289 1195  0.927  87.3  514
Quebec            52  35  16   1  1.89 1402 1303  0.929  89.2  439
Hamilton          52  35  12   5  2.14 1479 1367  0.924  85.8  534
Anchorage         52  29  22   1  2.54 1595 1462  0.917  86.1  561
Saskatchewan      52  20  28   4  2.73 1602 1459  0.911  82.5  572
Hershey           52  22  28   2  3.09 1472 1310  0.890  84.3  568
Washington        52  26  25   1  3.16 1754 1589  0.906  83.7  492
New York          52  27  22   3  3.38 2004 1827  0.912  77.6  527
Dakota            52  17  34   1  3.46 1817 1636  0.900  78.8  530
Boston            52  13  38   1  3.50 1730 1547  0.894  76.9  541
Seattle           52  22  28   2  3.71 1927 1733  0.899  81.8  522
Kansas City       52  15  34   3  3.90 1840 1635  0.889  83.5  504
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2018 SHL Week 11 League Leaders

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         Points          
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McNeely        WSH     88
Lafayette      HAM     79
Frye           HAM     77
Thurman        WSH     74
Alexander      HAM     71
Costello       WSH     70
Winchester     NY      69
Camernitz      QUE     67
Ilyushin       QUE     59
Hart           HSY     58
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          Goals          
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McNeely        WSH     50
Alexander      HAM     46
Frye           HAM     36
Manning        NY      36
Frost          ANC     34
Bailes         MIC     30
Mirac          QUE     29
Nelson         NY      28
Thurman        WSH     27
Camernitz      QUE     26
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         Assists         
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Lafayette      HAM     63
Winchester     NY      58
Costello       WSH     54
Thurman        WSH     47
Smyth          HAM     42
Ericsson       ANC     41
Frye           HAM     41
Sanchez        NY      41
Camernitz      QUE     41
Ilyushin       QUE     41
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     Penalty Minutes     
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Duckworth      NY     102
McCallan       BOS     97
Mulligan       HAM     96
Trefilov       DAK     94
Nistrumov      SAS     89
Smyth          HAM     86
Baker          BOS     83
Meloche        HSY     79
Hogaboom       WSH     79
Gromov         HSY     77
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       Plus/Minus        
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Alexander      HAM     36
Frye           HAM     36
Lafayette      HAM     36
Kronstein      MIC     36
Beruschko      MIC     30
Madison        MIC     28
Frederick      ANC     25
Poulin         MIC     25
Marlow         MIC     24
Bailes         MIC     23
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       Goalie Wins       
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Lundquist      MIC     32
Tiktuunen      QUE     27
Koskinen       HAM     26
Worthington    ANC     23
Colt           HSY     19
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           GAA           
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Lundquist      MIC   1.62
Lattimore      QUE   1.80
Tiktuunen      QUE   1.92
Mason          HAM   1.98
Koskinen       HAM   2.18
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         Save %          
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Lundquist      MIC  0.936
Tiktuunen      QUE  0.934
Koskinen       HAM  0.929
Worthington    ANC  0.925
Clarkson       NY   0.921
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SHL Quote of the Week (Week 11)

“This is the time of the year when you’ve got to really sacrifice your body.  I’ve got so many bruises from blocked shots and hard checks, my body looks like an abstract painting.”

• Hamilton Pistols D Jack “Hercules” Mulligan

SHL Player of the Week – Week 11

Stephane Mirac

The SHL selected Quebec Tigres RW Stephane Mirac as its Player of the Week.  The Tigres had an exceptional week, going 4-0-1 to move within four points of Hamilton for the division lead.  And Mirac was the engine that drove the Tigres’ offensive success, scoring 14 points (8 goals, 6 assists).  Mirac now has 29 goals this season, which places him among the league’s top 10 in that category.

Quebec won both ends of a home-and-home with Washington this week, both by 5-2 scores.  On Sunday in DC, Mirac had 2 goals and an assists; then on Tuesday at Centre Citadelle, he notched a hat trick and added an assist.  Then on Wednesday, Mirac scored twice and assisted four times as the Tigres bombed Boston, 9-0.

“Stephane Miracle is back again,” said Tigres C Mikhail Ilyushin.  “He is an offensive force of nature.  Sometimes, I think he shoots so hard that he puts it through the goalie.”

2018 SHL Week 11 Standings

	East	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	Home	Away
	Hamilton Pistols	35	12	5	75	180	112	19-8-3	16-4-2
	Quebec Tigres	35	16	1	71	163	99	22-7-0	13-9-1
	New York Night	27	22	3	57	192	177	14-15-0	13-7-3
	Washington Galaxy	26	25	1	53	168	165	16-11-1	10-14-0
	Hershey Bliss	12	28	2	46	157	162	15-13-2	7-15-0
	Boston Badgers	13	38	1	27	99	183	11-14-1	2-19-0
	West	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	Home	Away
	x-Michigan Gray Wolves	37	11	4	78	154	94	19-3-1	18-8-3
	Anchorage Igloos	29	22	1	59	168	133	15-7-0	14-15-1
	Seattle Sailors	22	28	2	46	167	194	12-9-2	10-19-0
	Saskatchewan Shockers	20	28	4	33	127	143	11-10-2	9-18-2
	Dakota Jackalopes	17	34	1	35	133	181	9-15-0	8-19-1
	Kansas City Smoke	15	33	3	33	140	205	9-12-2	6-22-1

x-clinched playoff berth.

Interview of the Week: Napoleon Beasley

This week’s interview is with Saskatchewan Shockers C Napoleon Beasley.

SHL Digest: We’re here with a young star on a rising contender, Saskatchewan’s Napoleon Beasley.  Thanks for taking the time to speak with us, Napoleon.

Napoleon Beasley

Napoleon Beasley: You bet!  Glad to do it.

SHLD: Let’s get the elephant in the room out of the way first.

NB: Sure!  Always good to get rid of those pesky elephants.

SHLD: Last month, the Shockers fired their coach, who also happened to be your dad.  Was that a tough time for you?

NB: It wasn’t too tough, but it was a little awkward.  My dad’s a professional, and he knows that getting fired comes with the territory.  But I was basically hiding from the press, because I didn’t want to answer questions like ‘Did your dad deserve to get fired?’ or ‘Is the team going to get rid of you now that your dad’s gone?’  As if I was only on the team because my dad was the coach.

SHLD: Obviously not the case.  With production like yours, you could play with any team.

NB: Thanks!  I didn’t have any special insight on the situation just because he’s my dad, so I just didn’t talk about it.

SHLD: How did you find out your dad was fired?

NB: From him, actually.  Right after he got done talking to [GM Cooper] Matthews, he called me and said, “Well, your old dad got the ax.  See you at Easter!”  He took it pretty well, it seemed like.  I think he knew it might be coming.

SHLD: Obviously, one of the reasons your dad was let go was that the Shockers front office expects to contend for the playoffs.  Do you think you’re there yet, as a team?

NB: Obviously we’re not yet, based on the standings.  But I think it’s fair to have those expectations.  When we started out, we were the joke of the league, but we’ve grown and gotten better since that.  I think we should be striving for that next step of becoming contenders.

SHLD: You mention that “we” should be striving to contend.  Your contract is up at the end of the season.  Are you looking to re-sign with the Shockers, or will you plan to test free agency?

NB: Gosh, I don’t know yet.  We haven’t talked with the team about an extension yet, and I don’t even know if they’re interested.  But if they’re interested, I’d definitely want to have that conversation.  We’ve got a good group of young players and I think we’ve got a bright future.

SHLD: One more question: yet another Shockers promotional event went awry last week, with the blimp incident.  Do you think the Shockers will ever be able to have a promotion that doesn’t end in disaster?

NB: (laughs) Well, our promotions are always colorful, I’ll say that.  Doof [Heinz Doofenshmirtz] is a real hands-on owner, and he has a lot of creative ideas.  Some of those ideas might be a little better than others.  But there’s never a dull moment.

SHLD: Well, thanks for another fascinating interview.  Good luck with your next contract!

NB: Thanks!  I hope it’s a good one.

CHL Update: Omaha Superfan Stages Live-In For A Win

When the Omaha Ashcats switched parent clubs this offseason from the Seattle Sailors to the expansion Kansas City Smoke, most fans assumed that the team would take a step back in the standings.  For the first month of the season, the Ashcats defied expectations, posting a respectable 11-8-0 record.  Since then, though, gravity has reasserted itself: the team has gone 6-24-2 to sink into the Western division basement.

By and large, the fan base has accepted this decline with a shrug, as attendance in Omaha has remained strong all season.  One diehard Ashcats fan, however, is distressed by his team’s slide – and is going to great lengths to bring his team some good luck.

43-year-old Karl Loesser, known as “Krazy Karl” to the Omaha faithful, has proclaimed himself “the Ashcats’ biggest fan.”  He is a well-known and very vocal presence at the Switching Yard.  He comes to games with a railroad whistle, which he blows to fire up the crowd, and a seemingly endless supply of posters and banners – “I’ve got one for everyone on the team,” he told reporters.

“If someone claims they’re an Ashcats fan but they’ve never heard of Krazy Karl,” said Omaha GM Steve Galesko, “then they’re not really a fan.”

When the Ashcats went on a lengthy losing streak earlier this season, Krazy Karl made an “offering to the hockey gods” by burning a T-shirt with the logo of that night’s opponent in front of the arena.  But when the team hit the skids again after the trading deadline, he suspected that stronger measures might be needed.

As a result, Krazy Karl is now living inside the arena… and vows to keep doing so until the Ashcats win again.

“I’m offering myself up to the hockey gods this time,” Loesser said this week.  “I don’t know what we did to piss them off, but it must have been huge.”

Krazy Karl approached Galesko to request permission to stay in the arena, and the GM was hesitant at first.  “I love Krazy Karl, don’t get me wrong,” said Galesko, “but our security staff wasn’t wild about having a guy wandering around the arena in the middle of the night.”

But the GM worked out an arrangement with his superfan.  Loesser spends the nights on a couch in the Ashcats’ locker room and uses the team showers in the mornings.  He eats breakfasts and some lunches with team employees; during games, he has unlimited access to the concessions stands.  For exercise and to pass the time, he walks laps around the concourse.

“It’s not a bad life, to be honest,” said Krazy Karl.  “But I want the team to win so I can go home!”

Thus far, the Ashcats have not fulfilled his hopes.  On Friday, they blew a late lead against Colorado Springs and fell 3-2 for their ninth straight loss.  But Krazy Karl remains optimistic.  “The hockey gods will recognize my sacrifice and reward us with a win soon,” he said.  “It’s meant to be.”