NYA making strides

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Not much was expected of the Americans this year but here they are at 17-31-6 for 40 points which is 2nd last in the VHL but their -46 goal differential is actually not too bad considering. The Americans are a very young team and that shows great signs for the team moving forward. Rookie Shawn Andrei Zyuzin has been pretty good coming in as a under developed rookie, scoring 4 goals and assisting on 12 goals for 16 points. He is -11 with 223 hits and 111 shots blocked showing some great signs as a young defenseman. Now sitting at 265 TPE, SAZ has reached the VHL at a level where most rookies tend to have a good floor to be a VHLer, however now in the coming seasons, SAZ should blow past that number and continue to become a cornerstone on the Americans blueline and establish himself as a solid defenseman going forward. His numbers back that up so far on the defensive side, it remains to be seen if the offensive side will pick up or if he will be a 20 point to 30 point defenseman at the VHL level. His 42 point output in his lone VHLM season could be a career high at any level of hockey for SAZ.