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Uhtred is not having a great sophomore season but his team is still winning games this year. Through 54 games this season he has scored 10 goals and 11 assists which is just under half his totals from a season ago. In order to match last year's totals he will have to score 12 goals and 16 assists in the final 18 games of the season which is gonna be nearly impossible. As the year is not over yet we will see what his production is like on a per game basis. Last season he scored 0.305 goals and 0.361 assists per game compared to 0.185 goals and 0.203 assist per game. At first glance we can see that this is a pretty big drop. We will look at three factors to see if we can figure out the possible reasons for his decreased production. We will examine his powerplay production, his shooting stats and his overall ice time. Powerplay When looking at his stats the biggest thing that jumps out at you is that his success season was a result of the powerplay. In his rookie campaign, Uhtred scored 7 times and had 14 assists for a 21 point total. This season Uhtred has no power play goals and 6 assists. One factor contributing to Uhtred's lack of success is that he is shooting the puck a lot less on the powerplay this season with 30 shots compared to 65 a season ago. The decrease in powerplay points is not a result of a lack of power play time as Uhtred is averaging 3.74 minutes per game this season while he was on the powerplay for 3.69 minutes per game last year. The bears' powerplay is even better than it was a season ago. The bears scored 61 goals on the powerplay last season with an 18.89% success rate. This season the Bears already have 57 goals with a 22.62% success rate. As the powerplay is still very successful for the bears, Uhtred must be doing something right that doesn't show up on the scoresheet. His 15 points less than a year ago this is a major part of his decreased production. Shooting The next area to examine is the frequency and accuracy of Uhtred's Shots. Last season Uhtred shot the puck 240 times which is about 3.3 per game and this season he has 137 shots which is about 2.5 shots per game. This is about a 25% decrease in shots and could be a big factor in his decreased production. When looking at shooting percentage Uhtred had a 9.17% rate last year while this year he is shooting a 7.3%. Ice TIme As we saw at the looks at his powerplay usage that has increased slightly over a season ago but its not much of a difference to prove anything. When we look at his overall ice time he is actually playing significant more this season. Last season Uhtred averaged 20.06 minutes per game while this year he has played 25.09 per game. With ice time going up we can rule this out as a reason for his decreased production From examining the stats we can conclude that the Uhtred’s drop in production is mainly a result of shooting the puck less and when he does shoot it is at a much lower success rate then last season. He is powerplay production is alot lower but the decreased shots is a major contributor. His overall ice time is up and his powerplay time is relatively the same as the year before. The bears powerplay is even better than last year so thats not a factor at all. If I were to pick on reason for his decreased production it would definitely be his shooting this season. Ofcourse Uhtred scores a powerplay goal after posting this

1. What are your thoughts on the Bears so far this season? This is only my second year so I don't know for sure but seems like last year. Slow start and then we hit our form and rise in the standings 2. What are your thoughts on the Bears winning last season? It was amazing way to start me bears career. Winning is everything so hope to get more cups in my career. The only downside of winning in the rookie season is that if we don't win every year it's a downfall lol. 4. Who is the Bears MVP so far? Ray funk he's been great back there and we can win every game thanks to him. When we suck he pulls us up 5. Who is the leagues MVP so far? Funk again. We are the defending Champs and we are having a great season so far and since he's our MVP he should he league MVP too. 6. Who will finish 1st in the league? Da bearz. We are playing great right now and I can't name another team unless as we had no shot at winning and since that's not the case Seattle baby.

As I thought about what to write about for the theme week I figured why not learn about some future teammate careers by seeing how some bears prospects are doing so far. With the major expansion needs next year who knows if Uhtred or any of these prospects will still be here next year but excited to get to know them if we are. The bears currently have 4 prospects listed on the roster. They are two season 71 prospects defensemen Bo Burrows and Erik Hjalmarsson. The two prospects from season 72 are forwards Conor tanner and Timothy brown. The two players with the brightest future are are brown and Burrows. Here is how the bears prospects rank. Timothy Brown RW Season 72 12th overall @a_Ferk Brown definitely tops the bears prospect pool and looks to have a bright future in Seattle. So far this season Brown has scored 39 goals and 39 assists in 46 games for the Saskatoon Wild. His phenomenonal play has pushed the wild into second in the VHLM. Brown is a feisty player who is not afraid to through his body around despite being on the smaller side at 5'11 and 165 pounds. Brown sits 4th in scoring but leafs the league in hits showing that he is not afraid of the physical side of the game. Brown has also accumulated a great deal of TPE which should allow him to have a successful transition into the VHL next season. He will add some extra depth and make up for whoever the bears may lose in this offseason expansion draft. The bears have had some good performances from rookies with Uhtred and Vikingstad last season and Randy marsh this year. With the retirement if guy Legrande there is at least his post open on the roster plus whatever happens in the expansion draft. Brown will be in the VHL next year. Bo Burrows D season 71 19th overall @Walter Fizz Bo Burrows is a hulking 6'5 225 lb defenseman who plays in Mississauga. Burrows has had a solid campaign this season scoring 12 goals and 23 assists. Burrows sits sixth in the league with 147 hits. The strength of Burrows game is his size and ability to defend. The bears currently have 4 dmen under contract next season and may only make an impact if one of them is traded or lost in the expansion draft in the offseason. He has slowed down in earning TPE lately but is still earning practice tpe the past few weeks. Connor Tanner C season 72 33 overall @Keygan Conor tanner is a giant center at 6'8 but is more like a genital giant. Tanner has just 66 hits despite his monstrous size and is the total opposite of brown in the physical aspect of the game. Tanner has posted 5 goals and 17 assists for Vegas this season. His strength of his game is his defense and he could become a good defensive forward if he can develop a bite to his game. At this time tanner looks to be a longshot to make the Bears as he hasn't earner much TPE lately and hasn't updated since mid may. Erik Hjalmarsson D season 71 45 overall @Erik Hjarmarlson is a teammate of Brown with the wild. Erik is 6'2 and has 14 assists this season. Hjalmarsson has an impressive plus 52 rating on the season. He hasn't developed enough so far in his shirt career and appears destined to be a career VHLM player. He has been getting practice level TPE but at his current rate he will not become a bear in the future. From the bears prospect pool I can see two players make the roster in the next season or two. Brown looks like he willbe an impact player for the bears while Burrows seems to have bottom pair potential at this stage of his career.

Uhtred finally ended his goal drought drought this past week scoring 3 after going blanking the week before. Uhtred now has 5 goals on the season which puts him on pass for 10 goals or about half the total in his rookie season. The season hasn't being going well for him personally but all he cares about is winning. "I wish I was scoring more but we are winning and that's what matters most." The bears have been playing well lately after their usual slow start out of the gate. For some reason the bears seem to take it easy the first week of Sims before ramping it up. The bears sit first in the VHL, one point ahead of division rival Calgary. The strength of the bears so far this season is thier special teams. They are leading the league in penalty kill and rank third in the powerplay. There is the old adage that your goaltender is your best penalty killer and the bears are no exception. Ray funk leads the league in save percentage when excluding guys who have played less than 10 games. The strength of the bears powerplay comes from the blue line as berocka sundqvist and hulk hogan have 6 goals each to go along with forward Scott Greene's 8th. The bears play of late has shown that they are a threat to defending thier title

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Last week I talked about the sophomore slump and if Uhtred has avoided it. What a difference a week makes. Last week it appeared that Uhtred was on track to eqeual last year's performance but a week later the slump appears to be real. There is the chance that he is getting unlucky with his shooting. Since the last article Uhtred has gone goaless and has manged just 4 assists in his past 12 games. He is now on pace for 8 goals and 24 assists which is about a third of his goal total last season with a similar assist total. I would say he is definitely in the midst of the dreaded sophome slump. One factor in his goal production being down is that he is taking half a shot less per game but that will only account for a portion of the decrease. The biggest factor is his large shooting percentage decrease. Last season he had about a 9 which is around league average. This season that has plummeted to 3.85% which indicates Uhtred is taking terrible low percentage shots or he is getting unlucky. If being unlucky is the reason he should see his goal totals increase start to rise soon as the luck should change over the long term. If he is taking to many low percentage shots than it probably won't rise that quickly. After another week of games we should have a better picture of his shooting percentage and the impact on the sophomore slump. Teammate Ola Vikingstad who is also a sophomore has the exact same shooting percentage as Uhtred which is rather strange. This makes you wonder if the sim wants there to be a sophomore slump.

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Uhtred now enters his second season in the VHL and will look to avoid the dreaded sophomore slump. Its hard to prove that a sophomore slump is actually a thing as it depends on how successful a rookie campaign is. If you have a mediocre rookie season it would not be as difficult to maintain that level of play. If you have a player with a wildly successful first season then people will take notice of that and follow that player more closely next season. If you rank high among the scoring leaders theres more room for a failure and when you do people will notice. Many people usually remember the loses more than wins (especially when I gamble or play fantasy sports) unless that win is a championship and same should apply to player performance Even if Uhtred manages to avoid the sophomore slump it will be hard to top his rookie season in terms of team success. Uhtred was a two time champion in his rookie campaign winning the Continental Cup with the Seattle Bears and the Gold Medal with Team Europe. As Uhtred is no longer Junior eligible this season won’t be as successful as last season even if the bears defend their continental cup. Last season Uhtred had 22 goals and 26 points as a rookie and will look to at least maintain that level of production this season. So far this season he has 2 goals and 2 assists in 6 games. Although its way to small of a sample size this puts him on pace for 24 goals and 24 points which would match last seasons point totals and avoid the sophomore slump.

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Uhtred ended his rookie campaign in fine fashion as the Bears won the continental cup over the defending champion Moscow Menace. As a rookie, Uhtred had a limited role in the cup run scoring a goal and 6 assists on route to the championship. Uhtred has shown a willingness to play any role asked of him in order to win a championship and a trend has emerged where championships come in his first season with a team. Uhtred won the Founders cup in his first season in the VHLM where he was a role player as he learned how to be a professional hockey player. In this continental cup Uhtred was again a role player, while learning how o play in the VHL. If Uhtred makes it to a World Cup roster one day, as a first timer he will likely have to be a role player again. Uhtred’s team will hope the trend of a championship in season one continues. This trend was somewhat broken with the World Juniors as Uhtred was unable to win a gold in his first chance with team world but he did win gold being a member of team Europe for the first time this season. The continental cup now gives Uhtred a chance at the triple gold club as he won the Founders cup with the Saskatoon Wild in his first season in the VHLM. A world cup gold medal is now what separates Uhtred from being a member of this exclusive club.

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The Continental cup final matchup was finalized when Moscow defeated Riga to setup a date with the Seattle Bears who defeated the Vancouver Wolves in 5 games. The series looks like it will be a great one as its the defending champs vs the bears who have no reached the final 3 times in the past 4 seasons. Both teams feature goaltenders who can win the game on their own. Bears’s Rayz Funk leads Raymond Bernard in save percentage by a miniscule .004 margin while the both earned 2 shutouts each on route to the final. That save percentage was even smaller during the regular season with Funk ahead of Bernard by just .001. The battle in net may play a large role in determining this year's winner. In the skater category both teams have a player tied for the playoff scoring title. Bears deadline acquisition Aleksander Rodriguez has been a huge addition to the bear squad as he is currently tied with Mat Tocco for the point lead. Rodriguez has also been scoring some clutch goals as he leads the playoffs in game winners with 3. A win by the bears should give Blake Campbell the David Knight Trophy as 3 wins in 4 seasons to go along with the key acquisition of Rodriguez should cement Blake’s status as the best GM this season. I predict the Bears will win the cup in 7 games.

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No I haven't watched in a couple seasons but have read almost all of the books except the latest one. I think that will be the next show I catchup on.

Uhtred just completed his rookie season and had a very successful rookie campaign with the Seattle Bears. Uhtred scored 22 goals and had 26 assists this season. These point totals surpassed the goals Uhtred had set in the pre season. At the beginning of the season Uhtred wanted to get 10 goals and 40 points and he achieved both targets and doubled his goal scoring target. He also shot the puck 240 times for just a hair under 3 shots per game which surpasses his 2 shots per game target. Uhtred will now look to build upon that regular season success as the Bears enter the playoffs. Uhtred has worked hard trying to increase his strength during the last half of the season in order to try to prepare himself for the physical grind that is the VHL playoffs. The last week of the season also saw Uhtred score his first career hat trick and that may give him a great confidence boost on the eve of the playoffs. Uhtred won a gold medal with Europe this season and if the bears can win the cup it will be the ultimate rookie campaign for Uhtred. The regular season may be over but there is still a ton of work ahead for Uhtred.

17 Calgary Wranglers @ Vancouver Wolves 18 D.C. Dragons @ Seattle Bears 19 Malmo Nighthawks @ Moscow Menace 20 Riga Reign @ Prague Phantoms