Player Profile - Michael Johnson of the VHLM

[MacH 32]

Player Profile - Michael Johnson

 

 

In order to introduce myself to the league and media spot writing I decided to take a look at some of the VHLM players that are floating around the league and review their performance in earlier seasons.

 

To start with we have Michael Johnson, who started his VHL career in S67 a 6'3 goaltender weighing at 210lbs he began playing for Halifax of the VHLM, I did some digging around to see what I could find about the player and it seems he had a shaky start to his career stating himself that he needs to get into the game quicker and work on his nerves. It doesn't all seem to be bad news for Michael though scoring a shutout in a 1 goal win against the San Diego Marlins and ending the season with a solid 105 goals against and a decent save percentage of 0.880%, which might not seem like much but some of the leading goaltenders in the VHL had similar stats in their rookie year. After a total 42 games played ending in the greatest a count of 25 being wins could this be the beginning of a strong career for Michael?

 

With an promising start to his career Michael already has excellent ability in rebounds, giving him a much higher chance to hold onto the puck after making a decent save, this could prove vital along with his size allowing him to block the net from completely from view of a competing teams approaching forward. Clocking up plenty of time in the practice facility Johnson has spent considerable hours working on his style control which should give him a huge advantage in the VHL. other goaltenders in the league, including the current leading goaltender in terms of Save Percentage none other than Alexander Pepper of the Helsinki Titans, who after his similar on-paper start in the VHLM to Johnson, has racked up a total of 266 games played, with 153 wins at the time of writing. Despite his fairly solid season in S66, Michael still hasn't seen a playoff game could a chance to compete for the title in a playoff series be the inspiration that Michael needs to set his game on fire.

 

Now comes the all important question, what can Michael Johnson do to improve his hockey game and really push himself above and beyond his current level of play, by working on both his on and off ice training of course. I noticed his skating ability is a little lower than I was expecting and without a doubt could be improved over time, just to make sure he has that competitive edge over the other goalies that he will be facing in the upcoming seasons, followed swiftly by improvements to his current ability in rebound control and hand speed. 

 

I have high hopes for Michael Johnson, providing he keeps on top his training and gives his all in every game, he looks to be an impressive player setting himself up for an incredible career.

 

Edited June 27, 2019 by MacH

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@fonziGG just to make sure you see this  

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11 hours ago, Green said:

@fonziGG just to make sure you see this  

Haha just seen it! Thanks for the tag though.

 

Great work @MacH, I want to start off by saying I’m glad you chose me as your topic for your media spot. I’ll definitely be taking your advice on improving skating! Thank you!

[MacH 32]

9 hours ago, fonziGG said:

Haha just seen it! Thanks for the tag though.

 

Great work @MacH, I want to start off by saying I’m glad you chose me as your topic for your media spot. I’ll definitely be taking your advice on improving skating! Thank you!

No worries man! Glad you enjoyed the post.