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The Crawford Struggles


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It was a long season for rookie goalie Solomon Crawford as he was thrust into different roles for the Prague Phantoms during Season 69. A team that got off to a nice start with starting goaltender Owen May trailed off a bit and they wanted to give their recent draftee, goalie of the future, Solomon Crawford some looks in the pros. Crawford was inserted as the team's starting goaltender and played in 24 games total during season 69.

 

Those games, for the most part, did not go well for the rookie as he compiled a record of 4-14-1 and had a poor save percentage of .878 and an unacceptable goals against average of 4.3 which means for every 60 minutes Crawford was on the ice, opposing teams put over 4 goals against him on average which is just too much especially for a young team like Prague. Crawford did have 2 shutouts though and his ability in those games was definitely on display. He is definitely not a lost cause but he still has a ton of room to grow to be the guy in Prague.

 

The team went out and traded for Brick Wahl of Calgary who is one of the best goaltenders in the VHL and under his leadership, Crawford should be able to grow and grow. The team definitely believes in the future of Solomon Crawford, voting him a team captain and going out and getting one of the best VHL goalies to work with Solomon and teach him to be a dominant professional goalie in the league. Time will tell but Crawford is set up well to take a good jump by stepping back a bit and learning from Wahl.

 

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