Cornflakers

Scott Shawinganen - Through the Years, Early Life of a Farmer

 

Chapter 1: A Star is Born

November 26, 1999, Scott Shawinganen was welcomed to a cold winters eve with the love of his parents William and Florence. Scott was a first born child, he was the prize of his mother’s eye. She babied him for sure, until she became pregnant not shortly after his 2nd birthday. Scott had a busy upbringing, he started Kindergarten late, so he was a bit bigger than the other kids his age. He had a loving personality and wasn’t afraid to make new friends. He was the social butterfly of the family, a real ‘ham’ as they would say. Growing up on a family farm, Scott idealized the hard work of his parents. In the summers they would work long and hard hours, and in the winter, they would maintain, but also follow along with local sports, curling, hockey, skating, skiing, and other outdoor winter activities. The Shawinganen’s liked to stay active. The Shawinganen’s followed the Ottawa pro team quite closely, although they never had enough money to attend a game, or register to play themselves. William took his son out frequently to community events, or even just out on the canal, to teach his son how to skate from a young age. Scott hadn’t intended on pursuing this as a childhood dream per say, it was more of a past time that came naturally. One thing his mother noted, is that Scott would sit in the backseat of the car and sing along to the radio wherever they went. If he was out on the tractor with Dad, or in the hay barn, Scott could be heard humming a tune from the young age of only 4. Some of her girlfriends would joke and say they had a musical star amongst the family.

 

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Chapter 2: Some Things You Just Can’t Learn

As years went on, Scott attended a small elementary school, and the way the rural town was setup, attended middle school at grade 6. He was still quite imposing compared to his peers. His teacher, Mr. Reinstdat, approached him in late October and suggested he try out for the Varsity team. He said the previous year, the team was mostly seniors who moved on, and citing a personal essay Scott submitted, stating his skating experience with his Dad, thought Scott could be a good fit to fill some holes. Mr. Reinstdat was floored when Scott hit the ice. He has such grace and poise with the puck. He wasn’t flashy, or overly fast at first, but he was smooth and didn’t have to look at his feet. He helped some of the other students with their skates, and would help the goalie warm up as well by firing a few shots, he’d usually miss. He worked on his game and genuinely enjoyed himself. Scott would start playing pickup hockey with some of his new friends. He became popular. Scott overheard Mr. Reinstdat talking to his folks saying that “some things you just can’t learn, this kid has IT”. From that moment, Scott had a fuzzy feeling, he didn’t know if Mr. Reinstdat was talking about his prose, or his aptitude on the ice. Scott loved to write poetry, and write music. It was a huge passion for him.

 

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Chapter 3: Success Comes at a Cost

Through grades 6-10, Scott played for the middle school team, it was an odd setup, but in grade 11 and 12, the students went to the High School in the City of Ottawa. Scott showed such great promise that he was approached by multiple boarding schools asking him if he’d consider playing for them. Scott had to turn the offers down. He was needed by his family. He needed to stay close. He had to help out on the farm, and with his younger siblings. He didn’t mind this, hockey was just a fun pastime for him. Mr. Reinstdat told him, if he didn’t play with a high calibre squad, he could regress and could risk his chance of “making it big”. Mr. Reinstdat laid down the law during one Parent/Teacher interview and told the Shawinganens that success comes at a cost. Scott didn’t know it at the time, but Mr. Reinstdat was right. Although Scott didn’t end up playing for any for the three boarding schools who approached him, his parents enrolled him in a Hockey focused High School in Ottawa’s West End, Kanata. Although there was no tuition fee or boarding fee, William had to drive his son across the city every day, and on Saturdays for practice, before regular school hours. William stepped back from helping out with coaching and his son took this on full time on his own. His parents respected this decision and hired a few farm hands to help with the work while Scott could enjoy his senior years. At this point, Scott had quite a few younger siblings, he still lived at home, and was exhausted almost all the time. Eventually he built up quite the stamina, to help his father with a few chores, brace the cold weather trek across the city in the families old Dodge pickup, a full day of school, practice, and then coming home to help milk the cows or clean the coops. Scott was willing to put in the work. He watched his parents do this his whole life. It was his normal.

 

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Chapter 4: Junior Hockey at a Young Age

In his senior year, although not drafted into the O, Scott and his family were approached by scouting staff from the Ottawa 67s. Scott had played substitute for the Ottawa Jr. Senators, a local league, as well as the schools Senior team. He was exposed to long schedules, multiple games, and limited rest periods. He had a work ethic unknown to people at his age. He had an opportunity to try out for the 67s, and during his senior year, he finished out the season with the team, and he played the next year full time for the squad, making it to the Memorial Cup finals, but losing to the powerhouse Acadie-Bathurst Titan of the QMJHL. Scott put up some serious numbers in his years with the 67s. Playing junior hockey at a young age was great for Scotts development. The teams he played on, they were never the league's best teams on paper, but it was something indescribable about his performance that tied everyone on the team together. He finished his second season with the 67s with 38 goals, 81 assists and a +/- of 74. He was electric to watch, and made everyone around him better. He made defencemen join the rush, he helped out his goalie with back checking, and he wsan’t afraid to take charge during intense situations, including a comeback win from behind when trailing Acadie-Bathurst in one game to the tune of 6-3, winning, and Scott scoring the over-time winner, 8-7, on home ice.

 

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Chapter 5: Boston College

After his success with the 67s, some of the core team moved on and was drafted into the VHL, some of his friends were offered contracts with a few teams in the VHLM, and some of them went to play in Europe or NCAA. Scott had a long chat with his friends and family, and he had an offer on the table from multiple well accredited Colleges in the States. He wanted to study Bioinformatics, and Agriculture. He wasn’t yet convinced that he could take his game to the next level. He thought maybe with some development, if he got lucky, and with some more hard work, he could get a degree, and still maintain his level of play, and perhaps, if things still didn’t work out, he could find a job in a field he, and his family, had literal roots in. He decided to commit to Boston College, or at least joined a few Facebook groups for the upcoming 2018 frosh week. But life had other plans. He was approached by the assistant GM of the VHLM Aces, a formidable team out on the West Coast. They were looking to rebuild, and had a successful draft, they were looking for help at C, and as news spread about this, other teams started looking into the backstory of Scott, and realized he could be a huge star with some development. He appreciated the offers, but ended up heading to the Desert State for a change of scenery. He told us that half of the money went straight to his family, his parents are getting quite old now, and can’t keep up as much as they used to. He was very happy that he was able to help them out and provide for them for a change. Even though he only knows how to microwave his Mother’s leftovers Assistant GM Jubo07 assured the Shawinganens that he’d be taken care of. Now it’s time for the next chapter, for Scott to write himself, on the ice, with the Las Vegas Aces.

 

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I really like this format, if it's ok, I want to do my BIO in this homage.

 

Review -

The word count is a smidge over minimum, it is well written, interesting, without tangents.

I'd like to see some graphics perhaps salted in there.

And as per guidelines perhaps a defined title?

 

Other than that super well done mate.

 

What’s the criteria here? Only VHL players or?

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OTTAWA CITIZEN PRESS, AUG 13, 2018

 

SCOTT SHAWINGANEN TO CENTRE 2ND LINE IN VEGAS

 

“It all happened so fast…” Scott Shawinganen, the newest member of the Las Vegas Aces, said. “[The guys] have been great so far, I am excited for sure, can’t wait to get going”.

 

Jubo07, assistant GM of the Aces, told journalists earlier that Shawinganen could be centering the 2nd line, with recent draftee Borwinn lining up on his left. This comes moments after Scott accepted the highest offer, despite rumours that other GMs were offering 1st line minutes.

 

“We talked at length with the GM, assistant, and other management, and we are going to push for Scott to get as much ice time as he can, whether that be on special teams, or an extra shift here or there … ultimately we will leave those decisions to the coach” said Scott’s agent and elementary school teacher Mr. Reinstadt.

 

Reinstadt was the one who got Scott into hockey in grade six, he played varsity and was a natural, he was quickly scouted to play for the Jr. Senators and found his way into a tryout for the 67s where he was eventually signed.

 

Reinstadt coaches the Jr. Senators in his free time, and runs his agent business for local athletes in the summer months. Retiring soon, Reinstadt says he will stick with Scott until he transitions to “the next level” and can be taken care of by another agent.

 

Scott’s other linemates for the upcoming season are as follows: Centre - Scott Shawinganen, Left Wing - Julian Borwinn, Right Wing - Patrick Stucky, Defender(s) - Raul Saint.

 

“I’m looking forward to building chemistry with these guys, we are a bit of a rag tag team, but we have a lot of heart and I think we can make a real run for our money, we are certainly going to be fun to watch, and I think that’s something fans are going to notice, I hope it helps come next offseason as a fan favourite to get drafted.” Scott added.

 

In a small scrimmage game, set just off the Vegas strip st a practice facility, Scott landed early in the morning and headed straight to the rink. He warmed up and they had a quick 3 on 3 with Von Moltke, Revchenko, Boucher potted 3 goals, while Shawinganen, Borwinn, Stucky potted 2. Defenders were of note, and Alex Peppers stood on his head to keep the score close. “Peps was insane, he’s in great shape and his level of compete is nothing like I’ve ever seen” Scott told citizen reports over Skype.

 

“It’s warm here, I miss my folks a bit, it’s more of a dry heat, so it’s not as humid as back home, it helps with my breathing, there are a ton of cool places to eat. Coach won’t let us party on the strip, which you’d think would be a bummer, but I’m more so focused on getting in shape and ready to start the season”. He added.

 

We have yet to get a copy of the upcoming schedule, but look for Shawinganen and the second line to provide some consistent supporting cast to what could become a very entertaining Vegas team.

 

Jill Fontaine, OTTAWA CITIZEN PRESS, Aug 13, 2018

1. What position would you play, if not your natural position.

 

2. What number did you wear in Junior, do you think you’ll have it in the pros.

 

3. What sport would you be playing if it wasn’t hockey?

 

4. What’s your go to pump up song, provide a link to us (YouTube)

 

5. Tell us about the longest road trip you travelled to a tournament for in your pre VHL career.

+2

3 hours ago, Spade18 said:

So help me god if 11 doesnt win.

 

I can't tell if there is sarcasm here or not LOL

On 6/23/2018 at 9:19 AM, Will said:

FREE TPE:

 

Can I still hop on this

When/where is voting going to happen?

Put a message bubble around the Logo, or like a Mail envelop transparent over the VHL ico.

 

 

 

 

 

Hey VHL fam,

 

Newbie here, I was setting up my bookmarks and such for this awesomesauce league and noticed when I pin tabs, both the VHL Portal and the VHL Forums site have the same favicon.

 

 

I'm not 100% sure how your backend is structured, and/or if you're looking for folks who can do web-dev, but I think it would be sweet chili heat if we could have two different favicons ... just my two UX cents.

 

Best,

1) Since it's not been too long since you've joined the league, what are thoughts on the league so far as a whole?

The league is extremely active, I was going to play NCAA in Boston, but am looking forward to what the GM in Vegas is doing. I am looking to prove my skills from the O last year and see if I can push for a high draft slot in the upcoming Draft.

 

2) Are there any areas in the league that you would like to see a change/improvement? 

The league has a fantastic presence, the forum is a bit clunky for my young (18 year old) self, I guess once one knows the in's and outs of things, it'll be easy to move forward, I just need to get my footing!

 

3) The VHLM Newsletter launched earlier this week, did you read it and was it helpful to you?

I read the news letter, aside from formatting, the content was very helpful, some of the links were dead via my mobile, but I got the jist of things for sure.

 

4) What are your aims this season in the VHLM?

I want to finish with a strong season and be drafted mid 1st round, I'd like to make the postseason with my club and grow my skills as centermen.

 

5) With the teams starting to take shape, who do you consider to be the favourite for the VHLM Founders Cup?

I really like what we have going on in Vegas, if we can find a RW to play along side our top line, I think we really have a chance, I have faith in our goal tending, coach, and management, and of course my self.

 

6a) Is there any player on your VHL team that you're particularly looking forward to playing with when you make the VHL? (For players who were also in the VHL Draft)

-Julian Borwinn, Alex Peppers, and the rest of the rookies on the squad.

 

 

+3 Done

From his World Juniors Appearance, Scott Shawinganen (C)

My favourite memory is when the Las Vegas Aces snapchatted me a copy of the contract with an eggplant emoji twirrling on the sign here section.

+2 Scott Shawinganen (VHLM)

OTTAWA CITIZEN PRESS, AUG 2018

Canadian Phenom Set to Head West

Young centerman, Scott Shawinganen, has made news recently in his hometown of Ottawa, Ontario. Shawinganen posted to Twitter late yesterday evening that he was seriously considering an offer to play for the VHLM Las Vegas Aces. This comes as a shock to those following his career as he seemed a shoe-in for centering the top-line at Boston College for the next four years.

Scott Shawinganen played his junior career for the Ottawa 67s of the OHL, where he put up impressive numbers. He was always known as more of a playmaker than the guy who pots the goals. His teammates loved his relaxed energy and his confidence in the face off dot. Coaches throughout his junior career have commented on his defensive ability, reliability, and hard-worksmanship.

 

 

As a young teen, Shawinganen was raised on a rural farm just east of the Ottawa City Centre, in Clarence-Rockland. He hit his growth spurt early in elementary school, and it was to the suggestion of his 6th grade teacher Mr. Reinstadt, that he try out for the schools varsity squad.

 

At that point, Mr. Reinstadt knew that Scott was a natural. As a Canadian living near the National Capital Region, Scott knew how to skate at a young age, citing evenings in the winter doing laps of Dows Lake, along the Rideau Canal.

 

During the non-winter months, which were few and far between, Shawinganen found himself helping out on the family farm. Waking up early to feed the livestock, clean the hay barn, and help his father with the steer. It was here the Shawinganen would develop his upper body and core strength, his hard work, and determination for which he has become known for.

 

He is the oldest son of Mr and Mrs Shawinganen, Scott (18), has siblings Melissa (16), Haylee (15), twins Nicholas (13) and Rhys (13), and Sebastian (7).

 

Scott’s playing style from his time with the 67s in the O is that of a pass-first, head up, dig deep character player. His imposing frame intimidates opponents, and his reach was unparalleled amongst his peers. He is quick and agile, and just has a sense for where his teammates are on the ice. It’s something that you can’t quantify on a stat sheet, but when you watch him play, there is such a sense of leadership and charisma that he just oozes.

 

Due to mainly putting up points in the A category, he was overlooked in the recent draft, and his parents had talked with him about his plans after the O. They both agreed that pursuing a college education, while still staying active in a sport he loved, were priorities for the family.

 

Shawinganen was going to enroll in Bioinformatics, Chemistry and Agriculture at Boston College this coming fall semester and had met with various scouts in the NCAA.

 

With Scott set to embark on a new journey to the west coast, his family supports him fully, but will not be relocating the family farm.

 

Rodney Albort, Ottawa Citizen Press, August 12, 2018.

 

I accept the Vegas offer 

Thanks for the welcome commish

Thank you very much for the welcome. 

Player Information

Username: Cornflakers

Player Name: Scott Shawinganen

Recruited By: Jubo07

Age: 18

Position: C

Height: 77 in.

Weight: 186 lbs.

Birthplace: Ottawa

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