All-Time IIHF Rosters: Canada - The Near-Misses

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Based on THIS roster

 

F - (S11) Carl Jacobs, TPE: 691: I don't know much about Jacob's career outside of what I can find on his HoF page, but he seemed like a very likeable player. He had an impressive career that spanned a full eight seasons, but not having enough individual awards kept him off my Team Canada.

 

F - (S31) Kameron Taylor, TPE: 1,303: Kameron Taylor just misses the cut here, despite having a higher career point total than two players selected to the team (Ethan Osborne and Zach Parechkin). Taylor will without a doubt be remembered for being the face of the now-defunct Cologne Express, bringing them into relevancy nearly all by himself. A lack of career hardware outside of two Jonsson trophies and a Kevin Brooks trophy hurt his chances of making my Team Canada. @Kendrick

 

F - (S16) Jardy Bunclewirth, TPE: 841: Perhaps one of the greatest 1st-generation players of all-time, Jardy Bunclewirth broke onto the scene in S18, winning RotY along with a Continental Cup with the Wranglers. Bunclewirth would go on to have an illustrious career, highlighted by a Scotty Campbell Trophy, Brett Slobodzian Trophy, two Lemieux trophies, and two more continental cups. He just missed the cut for my roster due to having less points than any of the other forwards on the roster. @JardyB10

 

F - (S1) Brett Slobodzian, TPE: 355: Perhaps one of the biggest "what-if's?" in VHL history is Brett Slobodzian. The Saskatoon native amassed a whopping 636 points in only 360 games; this amounted to a career points-per-game average of 1.77, 2nd only to the VHL god, Scotty Campbell. Had Slobodzian not retired early and kept up with his career PPG, he would have had a chance to be only the 2nd VHL player ever to reach the 1,000 point plateau.

 

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Name	Position	Draft Season	TPE	Games	Goals	Assists	Points	+/-	PIMs	Hits	Hit Tkn	Shots	SBs	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	EG	Hatties	Minutes	Pts/G
Zach Parechkin	F	46	1083	576	378	409	787	334	912	2769	1283	3766	303	63	4	82	17	1	20	16944	1.37
Unassisted	F	48	1249	576	402	484	886	530	448	958	1474	3388	276	50	2	84	13	2	18	14646	1.54
Matt Thompson	F	61	1571	576	422	403	825	214	769	1827		4339	446	81	13	74					1.43
Tom Lincoln	F	47	1004	576	385	439	824	411	109	253	1667	3964	239	62	8	63	25	0	19	17181	1.43
Josh Vestiquan	F	6	754	576	364	458	822	425	231	117	676	3984	209	85	9	61	5	4	17	14787	1.43
Ethan Osborne	F	30	1212	504	315	429	744	295	292	589	1868	3375	305	55	7	50	28	0	13	15138	1.48
Sterling Labatte	D	2	755	648	210	562	772	483	1181	776	252	1537	1070	35	0	34	3	0	5	16534	1.19
Black Velvet	D	48	1190	576	196	505	701	477	752	1379	714	1794	674	49	1	47	8	1	1	15206	1.22
Daniel Braxton	D	24	1122	576	181	485	666	181	1050	1572	943	2070	1035	95	1	40	15	3	3	17535	1.16
Elijah Incognito	D	27	956	576	142	511	653	309	634	939	916	1839	904	73	1	23	11	0	1	17608	1.13
Carl Jacobs	F	11	691	576	333	465	798	257	707	1165	941	3329	115	79	3	51	20	1	12	14847	1.39
Kameron Taylor	F	31	1303	576	361	429	790	199	546	1125	2311	3777	275	56	8	50	17	1	18	16871	1.37
Jardy Bunclewirth	F	16	841	432	291	398	689	144	610	1230	1009	2431	279	59	3	39	13	0	15	11789	1.59
Brett Slobodzian	F	1	355	360	305	331	636	335	232	139	552	2729	105	54	4	58	2	1	17	8142	1.77
				Games	Wins	Losses	OTL	Save %	GAA	Minutes	PIM	Shutouts	GA	SA
Rhett DeGrath	G	52	1286	494	302	153	37	0.925	2.03	29525	14	86	428	5151
Norris Stopko	G	57	1623	512	269	207	32	0.922	2.41	30630		49	1232	15853

 

Edited December 4, 2019 by Corco