S94 Toronto Legion Team Awards

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  S94 Toronto Legion Team Awards  

 

A disappointing first round exit in the S93 playoffs spurned the Legion to throw in all the chips to make one last run in goaltender Joel Castle’s final season. Cap issues led them to lose Morgan Rice to free agency and deal Steve Lattimer for defenseman Nils Andersson. They also traded for winger James MacAvoy and called up rookie blueliner Gul Dukat. The end result was the league’s highest-scoring offense and best record for the Legion’s first Victory Cup since S67! Toronto’s surge was led by more career years for the Legion’s top four scorers (Jimi Jaks, Diego Machado, Mac Atlas, Bobby Bob) as they became the first foursome to all score 100 or more points on the same team in 12 seasons. But the fun didn’t stop there. Mac Atlas and Jimi Jaks finished the season 3^rd and T-5^th all-time on the Legion’s career goal scoring list and 4^th and 5^th on the career points list respectively. Bobby Bob ended the season 7^th all-time in assists and 4^th all-time for career points by a defenseman. Goaltender Joel Castle finishes his regular season career as the Legion’s all-time leader in shots against and saves, 2^nd all-time in games played, wins, loses and OTLs.

 

Here are some of the individual highlights:

-        Jimi Jaks led the league in goals (62), points (131), plus/minus (55), game-winning goals (15) and hat tricks (T-1st with 4) and was 2^nd in shots (614) and 7^th in assists (69) all career-highs.

-        Diego Machado was 2^nd in the league in points (124), 4^th in assists (73), T-5^th in goals (51) and plus/minus (51), T-3^rd in power play goals (13), and T-4^th in hat tricks (3) all career-highs

-        Mac Atlas set career-highs with 54 goals (4^th in the VHL) and 112 points (6^th), 13 PPG (T-3^rd) while his 578 shots were 4th in the league and 8 GWG T-10th

-        Harry Callahan led the league in shots (634) and set a career-high with 39 goals

-        Bobby Bob’s 92 assists (T-2^nd highest total by a Legion defenseman) led the league and 111 points (4^th highest total) was T-7^th and led all defensemen. He aslo tied for the league-lead in power play assists (25)

-        Gul Dukat led all rookies in plus/minus (46 – 8^th in the league) and finished 7^th among rookie scoring (52 points - 2^nd among rookie defensemen)

-        Walter Fitzroy Jr was T-5^th in the league in plus/minus (51) and set career-highs in goals (14) and shots (174)

-        Joel Castle’s career-high 43 wins were T-2^nd in the league as were his 5 assists

 

Statistical Leaders:

 

 

 

Goals:	Jimi Jaks	62
Assists:	Bobby Bob	92
Points:	Jimi Jaks	131
+/-:	Jimi Jaks	55
PIM:	Gul Dukat	104
Hits:	Jimi Jaks, Mac Atlas	209
Shots:	Harry Callahan	634
Shots Blocked:	Bobby Bob	135
PPG:	Mac Atlas, Diego Machado	13
GWG:	Jimi Jaks	15
Fights:	Mac Atlas	3
Wins:	Joel Castle	43
GAA:	Toddly Bobbly	2.13
SV%:	Joel Castle	0.921
SO:	Joel Castle	3

 

Here are the S94 Team Awards as voted by the Toronto players and management:

 

Best Defenseman

Bobby Bob @Baby Boomer

What a season for Bobby Bob! The Canadian had one of the greatest seasons by a defenseman in Toronto history, leading the league in assists (92) and all defensemen in points (111), totals that hadn’t been seen since Aurelien Moreau’s similar numbers in S83. It was the fourth season in a row he led the Legion in assists, one of only a handful of players to do so. He also led the Legion in ice time, PPA, and PPP, and the team blueline in goals, shots, blocked shots, PPG, and GWG.

 

Rookie of the Year

Gul Dukat, D @MSouthworth

Despite being a rookie, Dukat’s impact was felt at both ends of the ice. They finished 2^nd among rookie defensemen scoring with 52 points (7^th in VHL rookie scoring), was 8^th in the league in plus/minus (46) and led the Legion in PIM (104) and was 2^nd in blocked shots (132). A great start to hopefully a long and successful career!

 

Unsung Hero

Diego Machado @Dadam30

It’s hard to be considered unsung when you are second in the league in scoring but perhaps it was because Machado wasn’t expected to so thoroughly smash his career numbers from S93. He was Top-5 in six VHL offensive categories and consistent all year.

 

Most Energetic

Harry Callahan @dstevensonjr

Callahan’s boundless energy and enthusiasm carries over from the ice to the locker room to his AGM duties. He led the team in shot (634) and was third in hits (175). This is his fourth consecutive Most Energetic Award.

 

Most Gentlemanly

Kobe Johnson @Vkobe-v

In his final season, Kobe Johnson continued his steady ways, being the least-penalized Legion player with only 6 PIM while scoring a career-high 15 goals and 3 GWG.

 

Most Valuable Player

Jimi Jaks @ke1vi

The league’s leading goal-scorer and point-getter on the highest-scoring team. Need we say more?

 

Legionary of the Year

Harry Callahan @dstevensonjr

Taking on the AGM role and being the life of the locker room with his stats-sharing and encouragement has Callahan earning his fourth consecutive Legionary of the Year Award.

 

3-Stars Award

Diego Machado @Dadam30

There were very few games in which Machado did not have a significant impact leading the Legion with 12 2^nd-Star selections and was one behind Jaks with 25 total selections. Machado beat out Jaks by only 10 points and Atlas by 20 (who was actually tied for first in the league with 15 1^st-Star selections)

 

Full 3-Star standings below:

 

Player	1st	2nd	3rd	Star Points	Total Stars
Diego Machado	10	12	3	570	25
Jimi Jaks	11	8	7	560	26
Mac Atlas	15	2	6	550	23
Harry Callahan	2	10	5	310	17
Bobby Bob	3	4	8	250	15
Joel Castle	3	5	4	230	12
Nils Andersson	2	1	1	90	4
Gul Dukat	1	1	3	80	5
Walter Fitzroy Jr	0	2	3	70	5
Toddly Bobbly	1	1	1	60	3
James MacAoy	0	2	1	50	3
Kobe Johnson	1	0	1	40	2

 

Congratulations to all the award winners!

 

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Other Mentions: @Enraged @v.2  @Viper @Moon @ToddlyBobbly