S62 WJC Awards

[McWolf 3,115]

This season marked the long-awaited return of the World Junior Championship. The commissioner team (@Banackock, @BarzalGoat and myself) would like to congratulate @Jubo07 on leading Team Canada to gold medal glory and every other General Managers @Dtayl, @ShawnGlade, @TheLastOlympian07, @Enorama, on being good leaders for their respective teams throughout the event. And now, without further ado, we are honoured to present to you your Season 62 World Junior Championship award recipients:

 

Top Forward - Leph Twinger (CAN) @DollarAndADream

A case could have been made for Jake Davis or Sergei Kovalev to win this award but, in the end, Leph Twinger was the most important offensive weapon for his team when it most counted and that's what makes him the most deserving of this award. Twinger led all Canadian players with 8 goals in the round robin, before exploding for 4 goals and 2 assists in 2 games in the medal round, including a 3-1-4 performance in the 6-5 win over Team Asia in the final of the tournament.

 

Top Defenseman - Maxim Kovalchuk (ASA) @Banackock

Maxim Kovalchuk paced all defensemen in the tournament with a total tally of 19 points in 10 games. He was also the defensemen that collected the most shots on goal, with 62. On top of being an extraordinary offensive defenseman, Kovalchuk proved to be an efficient defensive force, gathering 15 hits and 18 blocked shots, while playing over 26 minutes per game. His contribution to Team Asia's success is undeniable and is only tainted by their tough loss to Team Canada in the final.

 

Top Goaltender - Ismond Kingfisher (USA) @Spade18

There were some heated discussions as to who should win this award. Granted, Kevin Weekes held the fort for Team Canada throughout the Championship, but this was more a team performance than a solo act. On the other side, Ismond Kingfisher gave a chance for Team USA to win every evening, even with their offensive woes. He is the only goaltender that received north of 300 shots during the 8-game round robin, but he somehow maintained a 0.937 save percentage, with the overall average being 0.903%. He had a rough showing in the semi-final and couldn't lead his team to a spot in the final, but he is definitely the number one reason why Team USA came out of these WJC with a bronze medal.

 

MVP - Jake Davis (CAN) @Reives

While Jake Davis wasn't even named the tournament's Top Forward, we couldn't just turn down his overall contribution to team Canada's success. He led Twinger by one point atop Canada's leaderboards, trailing Team Asia's Kovalev by 3, but he notched at least as many hits and shots blocked as both of them. He also led everyone not named Cayden Saint with a differential of +11. Just like Twinger, he capped off an incredible tournament with an incredible performance against Team Asia in the final, scoring 2 goals, including the gold medal-winning goal, and adding 2 assists along the way.

Congratulations to everyone that won an award and thanks to everyone that participated in the event! Staff, GMs, players, you all helped making this first edition of the World Junior Championship since Season 55 a successful one! Hopefully this is merely the first of many successful WJCs.

[Banackock 8,057]

Apologies for the tardiness. Busy boys and such!

 

Though, congrats to all. We look forward to continuing the enjoyment of the tournament and consistently making improvements to make it better.

 

 

[McWolf 3,115]

Just now, Banackock said:

Apologies for the tardiness. Busy boys and such!

 

Though, congrats to all. We look forward to continuing the enjoyment of the tournament and consistently making improvements to make it better.

 

 

 

We look forward to deliver these earlier next season :')

[DollarAndADream 3,356]

Awesome tournament, awesome young players, awesome write-up.

[Exlaxchronicles 415]

You definitely have a flair for writing McWolf! Keep it up.

[Spade18 1,305]

Yeet

[Quik 4,113]

Congrats to everyone! Looking forward for Kronos to be part of the Canadian B2B!