Rookie Profile: Xander Hawley [1/2]

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Name: Xander "Sandy" Hawley

Age: 17

Height: 6'3''

Weight: 205 lb.

Hometown: Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Nationality: Bosnian/Canadian

 

Pros:

1: Scoring

Hawley can be talked about as a true goal scorer. That's not how it has always been. Hawley has a Canadian father, but was born in Trebinje, Bosnia and as he played hockey over there he had to pass alot more, because then the others would develope more aswell. He was a two-way for a long time over in Bosnia, before his family moved over to Canada when Hawley was 14 years old. Hawley has a really heavy slapshot aswell as a really heavy wristshot. His accuracy has been falling in the last few years. Hawley scored alot of goals in Bosnia and Canada. We'll see if he can translate this scoring ability at higher levels.

 

2: Skating

Hawley has always been good at skating. He was able to get past the other players in Bosnia with just a few moves of his feet. He could get to a breakaway from his own zone easily. Everything felt easy until he started to play in Canada. Over there he was still better at skating than the others, but he wasn't as good over there, than he was in Bosnia, as the players were better in Canada.

 

3: Strength

Hawley has alot of strength, though he doesn't use it very often. It isn't easy for people to get him to fall by hitting, and his hits are really hard, but he has space to improve as far as hitting goes. His strength is incredible and as a good skater he has to have that, to be fast and another thing you need strength for, is for really hard shots, and Hawley for sure has that aswell.

 

Cons: 

1: Fighting

Just because Hawley is willing to drop the gloves to defend himself or a teammate, doesn’t mean he’s good at fighting. Infact he sucks at fighting. He has a real big interest to actually fight, but he isn't good at it, so he doesn't drop the gloves as often as he wants to. He loves to play physical and fight, but he really needs to develope the skill of fighting and defending himself.

 

2: Injuries

Hawley has had a real problem with injuries in the past, as he was injured for and entire year (Mild concussion) at ages 13-14. His skills dropped at that point alot aswell, which obviously isn't good. He gets injured way too easily, and you definitely don't want to have that if you want to be a real professional hockey player. 

 

3: Leadership

Hawley has never really liked to be a leader or liked to be in the spotlight and he doesn't like to get interviewed either. So leadership is a skill Hawley is really lacking, and you don't want to see that. He really needs to get used to all of this, if he wants to really succeed.

 

Summary:

Hawley is a fast, offensive-minded forward who can be really physical at times and is willing to defend his teammates, even through the fact, that he's not good at fighting. He really needs to get better at his leadership abilities and he is very injury prone.

Edited May 13, 2019 by MrSharkFIN

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Review:

 

Let's get a picture up in this bad boy! Show us what you're all about!

 

Overall pretty bare bones. No starting summary, focuses on the base stats instead of what he brings to the table. 

On 5/12/2019 at 6:25 AM, MrSharkFIN said:

His accuracy has been falling in the last few years.

 

Then why is this a pro?

On 5/12/2019 at 6:25 AM, MrSharkFIN said:

Over there he was still better at skating than the others, but he wasn't as good over there, than he was in Bosnia, as the players were better in Canada.

 

I don't quite follow what this sentence is trying to say. Can you clarify a bit?

 

There's some grammar and spelling throughout that could use some work as well. I'd say give this a once-over and re-submit. Maybe run it through a spelling/grammar check. Tell us what he's all about as well, summaries and conclusions should be two different things.