The annual ignore-it-if-you-want hockey post

 So this year I made a more determined effort both to keep track of our stats, as well as mine as far back as I could for records I had at least part of.  If you don't want to know what's going on, I understand.  If for some odd reason you do, for the last several years, our family has competed with our international hockey teams.  I don't adjust for relative strengths or different 'standings point' situations.  I just call a win a win and a loss a loss, and make up the standings baseball-style.  Everybody's equal in the Martin Hockey league. I have managed to gather our records as far back as the (2017-)2018 season, and our record holders are thus, along with this years' winners.

Mike Bossy Award (most goals, North America)

2018- Matthew Phillips, Victoria (WHL, Laurie), 55.  Matthew spent last season with Colorado of the AHL.

2019- Justin Brazeau, North Bay (OHL, KC), 62.  He spent this year in the NHL with Boston and Minnesota.

2020- Auston Matthews, Toronto (NHL, KC), 47.

2021- Matthews, 41.

2022- Matthews, 60.

2023- Matthew Maggio, Windsor (Chris, OHL), 54.  Apparently, your name has to have a 'matthew' in it.  This one spent the year at Bridgeport (AHL).

2024- Auston Matthews, 70 (we count playoffs).

2025- Nick Lardis, Brantford (OHL, Laurie), 82. Nick will be in the Chicago Blackhawks system next year.

The Ulf Nilsson Award (most goals, Europe)

2018- tie, Lasse Lassen, Herning (Denmark, Laurie) and Charles Bertrand, Karpat (Liiga, Laurie), 38.  Lassen played 2 more years for Herning; Bertrand spent last season in Germany, but will return to Finland next season.

2019- Tobias Lindstrom, Valerenga (Norway, Scrappy-now Misty), 53. Tobias is still in Norway with Frsk-Asker.

2020- Julius Nattinen, Jyvaskyla (Liiga, Chris), 33.  Julius is playing in Switzerland now.

2021- Brady Shaw, Esbjerg (Denmark, KC), 34.  We'll be seeing him again soon.

2022- JJ Pichinich, Belfast (EIHL, Laurie), 36.  JJ is still with the UK league's Giants.

2023- Scott Conway, Belfast, 39. He returned this year to the Giants after a year with my Slovak team, Dukla Trencin.

2024- Mattias From, Herning, 44.  Mattias remains a mainstay of the Blue Foxes.

2025- Brady Shaw, Angers (France, Misty), 47.  The ever moving Shaw will be going to Hungary next season.

Next up the leading point getters.  In North America, that is the Wayne Gretzky Award:

2018- Matthew Phillips, 131.

2019- Justin Brazeau, 113.

2020-Arthur Kaliyev, Hamilton (now Brantford), 98.  Arthur went to the Rangers after 3 seasons in LA.

2021- Brady Shaw, 72.

2022- Wyatt Johnston, Windsor, 124.  Wyatt is starring with the Dallas Stars- aka this year's last team standing.

2023- Matthew Maggio, 110.

2024- Anthony Romani, North Bay, 115.  Anthony will be playing College hockey at Michigan State next year. 

2025- Ilya Protas, Windsor, 124.  Ilya will be at least a step closer to joining his brother Alexei on the Washington capitals next year.

Now the goalies- in North America these are the Ken Dryden (save %) and Frankie Brimsek (shutuot) Awards:

2018- Antti Raanta (Arizona, NHL-Misty) and Samuel Hardy ((Rouyn-Noranda, QMJHL, also Misty), .930; Pekka Rinne, Nashville (NHL, Laurie), 8.

2019- Robin Lehner, NY Islanders (Chris, NHL), .930; Sergei Bobrovsky, Columbus (NHL, Kc's former team), 9.

2020- Shane Farkas, Victoria, ,929; Jiri Patera, Brandon (WHL, Chris) 5.  Shane has been last three years at Mount Royal Univ.; Jiri is in the Vancouver system.

2021- Alex Nedjelkovic, Carolina (Laurie, NHL) .932; Semyon Varlamov, NY Islanders, 7.

2022- Ilya Sorokin, NY Islanders, .925; Daniel Hauser, Winnipeg Ice (now Wenatchee Wild, Misty, WHL), 8.  Daniel will be plying his trade at Wisconsin next year.

2023-Nathan Darveau, Victoriaville (QMJHL, Shenan), .929; Sorokin, 6.  Nathan was at the U. of Moncton this year.

2024- William Rosseau, Rouyn-Noranda, .924; Rousseau, 8.  Most of William's year was at the ECHL level.

2025- Anthony Stollarz, Toronto, .926; Samuel Meloche, Rouyn-Noranda, 5.

On the European side, we have the Vladislav Tetriak, and  Henrik Lundqvist Awards:

2018- Pavel Francouz, Traktor (KHL, Laurie), .946; Ervins Mustukovs, Sheffield (EIHL, Chris), 9.  Francouz is the man for Colorado's Avalanche; Mustukovs is now in Estonia.

2019- Adam Vay, DVTK (Hungary, KC), .949; Leonardo Genoni, Bern (Swiss, Misty) and Ilya Konovalov, Lokomotiv (Chris, KHL), 10.  Vay is now with KC's Slovak team, Poprad; Genoni is with Laurie's Swiss team, Zug;  Konovalov is still in the KHL with Vladivostok.

2020- JP Lamoureaux, Salzburg (Austria, Misty), .946; Justus Annunen, Karpat, and Vasili Kosheckin, Magfnitogorsk (Misty, KHL), 6.  JP has moved to my Austrian boys, VSV; Annunen is the backup for Laurie's Nashville Predators; and Kosheckin is still with Magnita.

2021- Matija Pintaric, Rouen (France, Chris), .938; shutouts were a 7-way tie with 5.  Pintaric is now with rivals, Grenoble (KC).

2022- Sergei Bronnikov, Brest (Belarus, KC), .936; Mikhail Karnaukov, Molodechno (Belarus, Misty), 8.  Sergei remains with Brest; Mikhail moved over to Neman Grodno.

2023- Antti Karjalainen, Jesenice (Alps, Shenan), .946; Henrik Holm, Stavanger (Norway, Chris) 17.  Antti was with Laurie's French team, Gap, last year; Holm remains with the Oilers.

2024- Maxim, Malutin, Vitebsk (Shenan, Belarus), .935; Matthew Greenfield, Sheffield, 10.

2025- Henrik Ancs, Mogo (Misty, Latvia), .940; Roman Bobariko, Vitebsk, 12.

One more in the way of records I want to list before I do the top teams this year- the best record.  

2018- DVTK, 66-17

2019-Rouyn-Noranda, 79-14

2020- Sherbrooke (Chris, QMJHL) 51-12

2021- Zug, 50-15

2022- Hamilton, 68-23

2023- Winnipeg Ice, 70-17

2024- Sheffield, 59-9

2025- Storhamar (Shenan, Norway) 53-9

Now let's look at the crowns we won.  A Crown is a league regular season or playoff championship, a conference title, or a win in an out-of-league cup.  This year:

Laurie collected crowns from Herning (Danish Cup, league title), Brantford (Conference title), Traktor (Conference) Belfast (league title, Challenge Cup).

Chris won Lokomotiv (League title, playoff Champs), and Cortina (Serie A Cup).

Misty bagged Angers (French Cup), Mogo (League title and playoff Champs), Brasov-Romania (league title), Salzburg (playoff Champs), Odense (playoff Champs), and Kometa Brno (playoff Champs).

KC racked up crowns with Sparta Prague (league title), Grenoble (league title and playoff Champs), Fribourg (Spengler Cup).

Shenan captured for Tychy (League title, Polish Cup, playoff Champs), Gyergoi (playoff Champs, Romanian Cup), Lausanne (league title), Storhamar (league title, playoff Champs).

So how many playoff and cup champs do we total?  Let's see.  Laurie has: Lyon (French Cup 18), Belfast (Challenge cup 18,19,22, 23,25), Banska Bystrica (18,19), Karpat (18), Hamilton (18, 22)Frolunda (Champions League 19,20, league 19), Augsburger (Dolmitan Cup 19), Zug (21,22), St John (Memorial Cup 22), Zemgale (22), Zhlobin (22), Katowice (Polish Super Cup 23), Herning (Danish Cup 23,24), Pardubice (Dolmitan Cup 23, 24), for a total of 25.

Chris has: Jyvaskyla (Champions League 18), Rouen (18, 23, 24), MAC Budapest (18)Trinec (19, 21, 22,23,24), Sheffield (Challenge Cup 20, 24, league 24), Sonderjyske (Continental Cup 20, Danish Cup 24), DEAC (Hungarian Cup 21,22, Hungarian Super Cup 23), Stavanger (22), Servette (23, Champions League 24), Cortina (Serie A 24,25,  Italian Super Cup 24), Lokomotiv (25), for a total of 25.

Scrappy/Misty has: Rouyn-Noranda (Memorial Cup 19), Mogo (19, 24, 25), Bern (19), Asiago (Serie A Cup 20, 21, Italian Super Cup 21, Alps 22), Angers (French Cup 22), Salzburg (22, 23,24, 25), Munich (23), Magnitogorsk (24), Brasov-Hungary (24), Odense (25) for a total of 18.

KC has: DVTK (Hungarian Cup 18), Grenoble (19,22,25,  French Cup 23, 24), Krakow (Polish Cup 21, Continental Cup 22, league 23), Shawinigan(22), Fribourg (Spengler Cup 24), for a total of 11.

Shenan has: Asiago* (Italian Super Cup 23), Vitebsk (Belarussian Cup 23), Tychy (Polish Cup 23, 24, 25,  Polish Super Cup 24. League 25) Jesenice (23), Storhamar (24, 25), Gyergoi (Romanian Cup 25, League 25), for a total of 12.  *Shenan joined us in 2023; at that point Asiago had left the Alps League for the main Austrian league.  Misty took a new Alps team, and Shenan took Asiago in Austria.

And now, the top 20:

1- Storhamar, Shenan-Norway, 53-9

2- Grenoble, KC-France, 53-12

3- Lokomotiv, Chris-KHL 64-24

4- Mogo, Misty-Latvia 44-5

5- Angers, Misty-France 46-15

6- Tychy, Shenan-Poland 44-14

7- Salzburg, Misty-Austria 49-22

8- Traktor, Laurie-KHL 57-31

9- Herning, Laurie-Denmark 44-20

10- Windsor, Chris-OHL52-28

11- Zemgale, Laurie-Latvia 34-11

12- Vitebsk, Shenan-Belarus 51-28

13- Stavanger, Chris-Norway 40-18

14- Shawinigan, KC-QMJHL 47-25

15- Sparta Prague, KC-Czechia 49-27

16- tie Katowice, Laurie-Poland 39-18

      tie Belfast, Laurie-EIHL 39-18

18- Toronto, KC-NHL 56-35

19- Brasov- Romania, Misty- Romania 29-9

20- Jesenice, Shenan-Alps, 41-21

And last but least, the bottom ten:

1- Fife, KC-EIHL 5-47

2- Podhale, Misty-Poland 1-39

3- Lida, Chris-Belarus 18-40

4- Sanok, Chris-Poland 7-37

5- Victoriaville, Shenan-QMJHL 17-47

6-DAB, Laurie-Hungary 6-32

7- Asiago, Shenan-Austria 12-36

8- Wenatchee, Misty-WHL 23-45

9- St John, Laurie-QMJHL 21-43

10- Nashville, Laurie-NHL 30-52