Uhtred looks to avoid dreaded sophomore slump.

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Uhtred now enters his second season in the VHL and will look to avoid the dreaded sophomore slump.  Its hard to prove that a sophomore slump is actually a thing as it depends on how successful a rookie campaign is.  If you have a mediocre rookie season it would not be as difficult to maintain that level of play.  If you have a player with a wildly successful first season then people will take notice of that and follow that player more closely next season.  If you rank high among the scoring leaders theres more room for a failure and when you do people will notice.  Many people usually remember the loses more than wins (especially when I gamble or play fantasy sports)  unless that win is a championship and same should apply to player performance

 

Even if Uhtred manages to avoid the sophomore slump it will be hard to top his rookie season in terms of team success.  Uhtred was a two time champion in his rookie campaign winning the Continental Cup with the Seattle Bears and the Gold Medal with Team Europe.  As Uhtred is no longer Junior eligible this season won’t be as successful as last season even if the bears defend their continental cup.   Last season Uhtred had 22 goals and 26 points as a rookie and will look to at least maintain that level of production this season.  So far this season he has 2 goals and 2 assists in 6 games.  Although its way to small of a sample size this puts him on pace for 24 goals and 24 points which would match last seasons point totals and avoid the sophomore slump.

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