Fletcher to Play in SWHL During Break

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After a tough year in San Diego, Michael Fletcher will spend his offseason in SWHL as a member of the Bakersfield Barons. He officially signed on and will play in likely a starting role with the squad as they look to bounce back from a tough season as well. The second-year league will play forty games and will conclude with a eight team playoff featuring the top four teams from each conference.

 

            “It felt right to me. I spoke a lot with him [Moose] about it and he thought it would be a good way to shake off the stink from this season. There’s plenty of offseason project leagues that guys in the VHL go to when they have time and I figured I’d find mine as well. This just felt like the right move and we’ll see where it goes. I know the draft is coming and I’ll be watching what these guys do in the postseason but right now I’ve gotta be better so I can avoid a repeat of what’s happened this year.”

 

            Fletcher finished the VHLM season with only nine wins and was third worst in goals against average. He played a on a very talent deprived Marlins squad this season, being left to die on many occasions but still picked up some quality wins and three shutouts on the year. His play was visibly better towards the end of the season as a more functioning team was put around him, though they were unable to do much to climb out of the hole the season brought. Fletcher had this to say about his time in San Diego and a possible return in the Dispersal Draft,

 

            “I’d love to come back. Moose and I have been friends for twenty years or so and I’d love to come back and give him a chance to win if he’d have me. I know this was a bad year and he told me as much before I signed in San Diego so I knew a little bit of what to expect. Admittedly I thought more would come during the season but I’m just chilling, it doesn’t bother me. I honestly don’t know where I’d go if not San Diego. No one knows me and I don’t use discord enough. So I worry I won’t get to play.”

 

            Fletcher and the Bakersfield Barons will begin their regular season on Friday and will matchup with defending champions in Glendale first. They will have a roster of fifteen. Fletcher when asked about winning a championship in the SWHL had this to say,

 

            “It’d be cool. It’s a small league but anytime you win it’s nice. I just want to get better. I know it’s not the most fun answer but I’d like to get better so I’m a bigger threat in the pipes for the VHLM next season. So I’m just finding ways to do that. I know that the league is different and more unofficial but it’s content for me to deliver and get more out of my player.”

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Review

 

I am slightly confused about whether this is an actual like or not but I assume the latter . Nice read overall, good formatting and that purple color didn't bother me as much as I thought it would. Hope you'll get to make some more connections to people around the league and have them notice you as your career progresses so that you don't have to feel as if people in San Diego are the only ones who know you and care about your player. Overall I really liked the formatting and spacing of the article and the story you told!

 

8/10

Edited October 26, 2020 by RomanesEuntDomus