- On Tuesday, the New York Night placed LW Lee Fleming on the disabled list. Fleming went down awkwardly in the third period of the Night’s 3-2 win over Boston after taking a puck off of his right leg. He was later diagnosed with a lower-body injury and is expected to miss 3 to 4 weeks. To fill Fleming’s roster spot, New York promoted RW Mickey Simpson from their minor-league affiliate in Utah. Simpson was having a strong campaign with the Owls, putting up 15 points (4 goals, 11 assists) in 14 games.
- On Wednesday, the Washington Galaxy and Kansas City Smoke swapped minor leaguers. The Galaxy sent RW Brendan Bailey and a 3rd-round pick to the Smoke in exchange for F Jimmy Horton. The 23-year-old Bailey recorded a goal and a +1 rating in 11 games for Washington’s minor-league club in Baltimore. The 21-year-old Horton notched 2 assists and a +4 rating in 4 games with KC’s affiliate in Omaha. The primary purpose of the trade was to open up salary cap space for the Galaxy, who needed to sign an additional defenseman due to injuries in Baltimore. After making this deal, they inked free agent Zbynek Otradovec to a temporary 10-game contract.
- On Saturday, the Boston Badgers demoted F Liam Engstrom to their CHL affiliate in Hartford and promoted C Hollis Shivers to the majors. According to the Badgers front office, the move was made to give the 19-year-old Engstrom more ice time in order to foster his development. Engstrom had appeared in only 3 games for Boston this season, and had not recorded a point. The 22-year-old Shivers recorded 9 points (4 goals, 5 assists) in 16 games with Hartford.
- Also on Saturday, Kansas City shuffled their blueline corps yet again, demoting Scott Hexton to their farm club in Omaha and calling up Lowell Sharkey to the SHL. The 28-year-old Hexton signed with KC as a free agent this offseason. The front office hoped that he could provide some veteran stability to their young defensive group, but things didn’t work out as planned. In 9 games, Hexton put up a -9 rating and failed to record a point. The 19-year-old Sharkey was a 4th-round draft pick in 2018, and has impressed in Omaha. After putting up 36 points in his rookie season, Sharkey has already registered 17 points (2 goals, 15 assists) so far this year.
Month: January 2019
2019 SHL Week 4 Team Stats
Team Totals
==================================================== Team GP SH G A Pts PP% +/- ---------------------------------------------------- New York 16 640 62 112 174 32.4 0 Seattle 16 540 53 100 153 15.4 11 Anchorage 16 584 51 99 150 12.7 8 Hershey 16 585 52 95 147 25.0 -9 Saskatchewan 16 558 51 91 142 14.7 16 Hamilton 16 544 48 89 137 15.0 15 Quebec 16 481 45 86 131 16.7 3 Michigan 16 471 44 83 127 17.6 14 Kansas City 16 375 42 81 123 12.9 -18 Washington 16 554 41 75 116 21.7 -17 Boston 16 356 39 73 112 16.9 -7 Dakota 16 449 33 65 98 9.1 -16 ==================================================== ================================================================== Team GP W L T GAA SH SV SV% PK% PIM ------------------------------------------------------------------ Michigan 16 13 2 1 1.18 436 417 0.956 90.0 136 Anchorage 16 7 6 3 2.39 513 474 0.924 91.4 145 Saskatchewan 16 8 6 2 2.41 435 396 0.910 78.1 171 Hamilton 16 8 7 1 2.60 463 421 0.909 74.6 156 Quebec 16 6 8 2 2.60 490 448 0.914 83.3 167 Seattle 16 12 4 0 2.67 511 468 0.916 82.5 203 Boston 16 6 9 1 2.97 525 477 0.909 79.4 160 Hershey 16 11 5 0 3.03 492 443 0.900 86.4 132 New York 16 10 6 0 3.12 577 527 0.913 83.1 167 Dakota 16 2 13 1 3.47 519 463 0.892 85.7 215 Washington 16 4 12 0 4.05 607 542 0.893 70.6 136 Kansas City 16 3 12 1 4.29 569 500 0.879 81.8 196 ==================================================================
2019 SHL Week 4 League Leaders
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Points
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Winchester NY 31
Nelson NY 26
Beauchesne BOS 23
Manning NY 22
Frye HAM 21
Sanchez NY 21
Argent SEA 20
Kronstein MIC 19
Camernitz QUE 19
Mango SEA 19
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Goals
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Nelson NY 16
Valentine HSY 13
Manning NY 12
Frye HAM 11
Mango SEA 11
Thurman WSH 11
Merula KC 10
Oflyng SAS 10
Darnholm BOS 9
Bailes MIC 9
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Assists
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Winchester NY 27
Kronstein MIC 16
Sanchez NY 16
Beauchesne BOS 15
Ericsson ANC 13
Hart HSY 13
Rivera KC 13
Chouinard KC 13
Argent SEA 13
Lidjya SEA 13
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Penalty Minutes
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Gatecliff SEA 42
Trefilov DAK 38
Chouinard KC 34
Calligan ANC 31
Tollefson BOS 27
Workman QUE 27
Kucharov SAS 27
Cherner DAK 26
DeShantz DAK 26
O'Neill KC 26
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Plus/Minus
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Glasco HAM 15
Pomfret ANC 12
Frederick ANC 12
Oflyng SAS 11
Barnes SAS 11
Kronstein MIC 10
Poulin MIC 9
Chamberlain SAS 9
Karlsson SAS 9
Jabril SAS 9
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Goalie Wins
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Lundquist MIC 11
Colt HSY 9
Clarkson NY 8
Goldmire SEA 8
Koskinen HAM 6
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GAA
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Cowan MIC 0.00
Lundquist MIC 1.34
Worthington ANC 2.22
Stickel SAS 2.36
Goldmire SEA 2.38
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Save %
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Cowan MIC 1.000
Lundquist MIC 0.953
Worthington ANC 0.930
Goldmire SEA 0.927
Clarkson NY 0.923
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SHL Quote of the Week (Week 4)
“Hockey is a game of speed, skill, and grace. Unless you’re Michigan, in which case you just plow down the ice and bulldoze everybody out of the way.”
- Hershey Bliss C Justin Valentine
SHL Hockey 