Boheem Bismarck Rookie Profile [1/2]

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Boheem Bismarck | #69

D | 6' 5" | 230 lb. | Age: 25 | Halifax 21st

 

SUMMARY

Boheem Bismarck

Born: June 9, 1993

Birthplace: Potosi, Bolivia

Shoots: Right

Draft: Undrafted

 

 

STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES

 

Strengths

 

1. Defense

Defense has always been the area that Boheem Bismarck prides himself in the most. He can always be relied on to make a safe play in his own end or steal the puck away from an incoming opponent. He rarely coughs up the puck and will make amazing efforts to come back on defense, during an odd man rush. Never known to be the most heroic type, Bismarck rarely tires of playing defense. He is fine standing in his own zone whenever he is on the ice, game after game, and blocking shots. Bismarck believes that the reason defense is a position, is so that someone will spend time helping out their goalie, so that is what he does.

 

2. Puck Handling

Not only is Bismarck good at taking the puck away from people, he also has a knack for keeping it away from them. Year after year, he has one of the best takeaway to giveaway ratios in the league, often having 3 times as many takeaways. Admittedly, part of the credit for this goes to his defensive ability, but he wouldn't have the same result if it were not for his puck handling. The way Bismarck is able to keep the puck in his own end, for minutes at a time, often leaves opposing coaches scratching their heads. Often, Bismarck is able to kill off a whole penalty on his own, not because he can out skate the other team, but because he can out stick-handle them, while using his big body to keep them away as well. Bismarck's defense, combined with his puck control makes him a deadly penalty killer and a decent powerplay quarterback as well.

 

3. Checking

Bismarck is one of the better hitters on his team. Throughout his minor career, he has averaged over 3 hits per game. At 6'5, Bismarck is quite a big guy so getting nailed into the boards by him can be devastating for the opponent. Bismarck is also extremely good at the stick-checking aspect of his game. He has no trouble stripping the attacker of the puck, almost every time they enter his zone. Being hard-hitting and good with his stick makes Bismarck one of the top checkers in the VHLM and most opponents choose to steer well clear of him when they are on the ice with him. His physicality is a deadly combo with his puck handling and defensive ability, making him one of the toughest players to play against. Bismarck is a big, physical, intimidating presence and his style of play lets him perform even better in the playoffs. On Bismarcks highlight reel, you can see multiple occurrences of giving the body to the make a play as well as to protect his fellow teammates.

 

4. Skating

Bismarck is a great skating, going from end to end with ease. Coupled with his puck handling ability he is a great two way defenseman that can beat most players with ease. He is deadly on the breakout, being able to take the lane. His speed along with his size and weight, make him an unstoppable wrecking ball down the ice. Skating coupled with his ability to throw his body around, makes for some unbelievable hits on the ice.

 

 

Weaknesses

 

1. Discipline

Bismarck has a bad temper, which he quite often lets get the better of him, resulting in boatloads of penalty minutes. So far this season, he has received 54 PIM in only 33 games with Halifax. Some say Bismarck needs to get better at controlling his emotions, while others think that it is the emotions that fuel him to play such a tight-checking game year round, without ever getting tired. One thing that is clear is that his lack of discipline has costed his team more than once this season

 

2. Passing

Bismarck likes to take the glory when it comes to how he gets his points. He’s more of a scorer than a passer and likes to go from end to end on most of his plays. He seems to shoot the puck at the net from the blueline instead of passing it up to the forwards to crash the net. Even though he has a deadly shot on the PP there has been some concerns about his needing to spread the wealth.

 

3.) Penalty Shots

Bismarck does not see himself as much of a penalty shooter, he would rather take care of the game during regulation. He’s more of a distance shooter than playing some one on one with the goalie.

 

4.) Faceoffs

As a defenseman Bismarck does not take any faceoffs, this is something that is very foreign to him and rightfully so.

 

 

Bismarck (left) in the S66 season, laying a hit on Dan Gles of the Mississauga Hounds.

Edited June 4, 2019 by Boheem

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Review:

 

Great formatting here.

 

On 6/3/2019 at 9:41 PM, Boheem said:

#69

 

 

Looks like you don't have a summary or a conclusion here. Both would be helpful in fleshing out your player a bit. A summary should tell us the kind of player this is, and a conclusion should summarize the information you've presented.

 

Otherwise looks solid. Welcome to the M.