Ben Laas in the JST

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Howdy Folks the offseason has been going well for Ben Laas as he has just been working on getting his game better. He's gotten a little help by playing in the Junior Showcase Tournament where he has been playing for the Brigade. They played 30 games through the season with The Brigade being last unfortunately and finishing with a record of 12-16-2 which got them last place just barely. Ben would finish the season with 
5 Goals, 25 Assists, 58 Hits, 72 shots blocked, and finished with a plus/minus of +2. This would be pretty successful in my eyes as Ben Isn't a scorer and is more defensive focused along with being a passer. So he accomplished getting assists and managed to try and stop the other teams from scoring. Obviously Viktor Jensen Had no problems scoring along with his pal Reginald The Dodo.

It was time for the wildcard as The Brigade would face Team Clue as day one they would go down 2-1 which in a best of 5 they felt the pressure after that. The Coaches woke up and day 2 saw the Brigade win Game 4 and 5 by 1 goal margins! Didn't matter how It got done, the Brigade were moving on! Now It was going to be the heavy favorites, the Steel looking to just take the championship easily, as the Brigade were just going to be an easy matchup as many thought. Game 1 and Game 2 would be upsets but game 3 and 4 the Steel reminded the league why they're the favorites. Series at 2-2. It was still in the minds of many in favor to the Steel. Game 5 would see the Brigade beat the Steel 4-2 as Fans couldn't believe the Steel were down for once. Game 6 was going to be crucial and many expected a matchup to be maybe more in favor of the Steel yet again, but fans would be left shell shocked as the Brigade would start off the 1st period up 3-0. Then as the game went on managed to put up 2 goals each period after the 1st which gave them their 7 goals and the Steel just couldn't find their skates as they would be eliminated!

We would see both of the lower seeds make the Finals! Warriors against the Brigade. Game 1 would be close, but we would see the Warriors take it in game 1 In OT. Game 2 would go into OT as well, but this time the Brigade found a way to come out on top. Game 3 the Brigade would be able to handle the warriors in regulation this time as they won 2-1. Then in game 4 we would see the Warriors not be able to score at all as they would fall 2-0. All the sudden the Brigade were up 3-1. The last seed was on top. Can they hold themselves? Game 5 would see the warriors show the Brigade up by scoring 3 goals in the 1st! It was 3-0 The Brigade were in a slump as no one scored in the 2nd. The 3rd would be huge, Ben would open up the scoring for the Brigade as Jeff would score their 2nd goal and Alex would score the one to tie it at 3-3! as OT came to start you could tell each team was scared to give up an inch. Warriors even more terrified as this was a win or go home for them. 

Normal Defense Lineup #1 - Fradin McGryer, Walter Fitzroy Jr are on ice for Warriors.

Aurora Skylight wins face-off versus Mikko Borisyuk in Brigade zone.
Pass to Eric Queefson. Pass to Ben Laas in neutral zone.
Ben Laas moves puck in Warriors zone. Pass by Ben Laas intercepted by Fradin McGryer. Ben felt terrible, but started getting back on defense as a Pass by Fradin McGryer was intercepted by Aurora Skylight in neutral zone.
Pass to Eric Queefson in Warriors zone. Pass to Jorji Costova. Shot by Jorji Costova. Goal by Jorji Costova!!!!!!! BRIGADE WIN!!!!


So Ben may have not won much in the VHLM, but he put his talents on display in the JST, maybe not the last part of the game here, but saved by Aurora Skylight to pass it up! Through 11 games played,
6 Goals, 8 Assists, 15 Hits, with 19 shots blocked. Wowzers as Thanks to them being in the tournament longer Ben actually lead the league in points somehow. Weird... Regardless

TEAM BRIGADE!!!

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