Kyson Blake Rookie Profile

[TMI 20]

 

Age: 18
Position: LW
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 183 lbs.
Birthplace: Leavenworth, WA 
Team: Saskatoon Wild (VHLM)

 

Weaknesses 

 

Scoring
Kyson has always been a shoot first look to pass third type player and a lot of that comes from the fact that he developed a powerful shot from an early age.  Once his coaches started to notice that they basically told him to shoot whenever he even got near the net, even if there wasn't even an opening because who knows what could happen when the puck nears the net.  He took those words to heart and from then it's kind of been his main focus when on the ice.  Of course it also helped that he was able to regularly find the back of the net, validating his game play.  Sometimes he shrugs off his teammates pleas for the pass, but at the end of the day he figures as long as the puck reaches the back of the net he's going to do what he does.

 

Puck Handling
Once Blake figured out that he could get the puck into the back of the net with ease, the next facet of his game that he took major focus of was puck handling.  This was one thing that ended up taking his game to the next level as he now didn't actually need his teammates to pass him the puck, but rather he was able to skate in between defenders and create his own openings and scoring opportunities.  There have been times that Blake has actually taken the puck from his own net and skated all the way down the ice ignoring teammates along the way in what would be easy pass opportunities in order to make a difficult path to the net just to show how well he handles the puck.

 

Skating
So once he had his shot and his puck handling squared away there was only one logical thing to work on and that was his skating, because of course skating between defenders is fun, but other times he just wanted to blow right by them.  Blake got all the coaching tips he could from anyone he could, even the internet, in order to increase his skate speed and once he was able to start developing this it was then that other people outside of his city and state started to take notice of his game.  This is also where his background in soccer helped out a ton because of the strength already in his lower body..  This is probably the most raw of all his strengths, but it's the one that will end up helping him make the most strides.

 

Weaknesses 

Passing
As noted before, Blake is probably the worst passer anyone has ever seen, not only in his willingness to pass, but also his ability to pass the puck to his teammates.  For whatever reason despite having a powerful shot, the attempts he does attempt to make to teammates often are some of the weakest hit pucks that could be hit, probably as a result of him neglecting to spend any time trying to improve on this aspect of his game.  He figures why bother.

 

Discipline
This is also another aspect of Blake's game where he struggles mightily.  He's got a pretty short fuse and can seemingly go off the rail at the slightest thing and this often results in him seeing the penalty box.  If he feels like an opposing player has done him wrong he'll hunt that player down at every opportunity and he also isn't afraid to do the dirty work for his teammates.  Of course this basically eliminates every great aspect of his game when he does get taken off the ice because it does nothing for them and only hurts them

 

Fighting
So you'd probably figure a guy with a temper and likes to start crap with other players would actually be good at fighting right?  Well no, it's quite the opposite.  Most times Kyson tries to smother his teammate and just get them to the ground and lay on top of them and hope the refs break it up before the other guy actually gets too many punches on him.  It's quite comical really, but I guess it's that classic tough guy persona.  Definitely don't bet on Blake to win many if any fights throughout his career.