How many Malmo franchise records will Jacob Stone set?

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During Season 95, Jacob Stone set a new franchise career record in shots blocked (1270) and power play goals (77) for the Malmo Nighthawks. In addition to these overall records, Stone does top the team charts in a few positional stats. His 163 goals and 2182 shots are both franchise highs as a defender. When he plays his first game in Season 96, he will set a new franchise record in regular season games played, because he has something that many of the franchise greats before him did not. Stone has the opportunity to play a nine-season career, and when it comes to an end, he will have spent it all with the Nighthawks. That ninth season will allow Stone to set some more team records.

 

He will begin the season second in points, third in assists, and fourth in game-winning goals. These are the three stats that, in addition to games played, he could find himself on top. None of them are guaranteed, even with the extra season. For assists and points, he is chasing Condor Adrienne. Stone is 63 assists behind Adrienne. In three of his last four seasons, Stone has had at least 60 assists, but 63 would be a new career high. He is only 56 points behind Adrienne. Having averaged 85.5 points over his last four seasons, it would seem that Stone should be able to top Adrienne. In terms of game winners, Stone is five behind Brendan Telker's 37. He had nine and seven in the past two seasons, but the retirement of Randy Bobandy could mean the Nighthawks take a step back in the wins column.

 

The most interesting record of the three will be the points. While Stone seems like a lock to pass Adrienne (and Telker, before him) in points, he still may not set the record. Stone has 542 career points, and teammate Viktor Jensen is right behind at 533. Last season was the first time Season 89, Jensen's rookie season, that Stone had more points between the two of them. Stone had a career-high of 95 points while Jensen's 86 ended a streak of three seasons at 90+ points. It is very possible that Jensen will pass Adrienne before Stone ever does. With that in mind, it's also possible that Stone and Jensen end up going back-and-forth and that Stone does reach first at some point, but takes it from Jensen instead. Jensen is also going to be in contention for the most game winners, as he actually has one more than Stone right now.

 

Unlike Stone, Jensen is not playing in his final season. He will have one more season after this one, meaning that whoever ends up on top at the end of Season 96, Jensen will certainly have the record when his career is over, assuming he plays his final season with Malmo. Jensen also has a good shot at the assist record (currently third; 36 behind Stone). He could also have a chance at the goals record. He has been consistent, with somewhere from 32 to 35 goals in each of the past four seasons. At the moment, he is 67 goals behind Brendan Telker.