All good things must come to an end and the Wild halted at their 11-game win streak losing two in a row. Both losses this week were by 1 goal with a 3-2 loss to the Lagers and 5-4 loss to the Saw Blades. The defense and Karlsson came back down to Earth. An early goal in the third period by Wayman solidified the W for the Lagers as the offense couldn't solve Therrien even outshooting Milwaukee 13-6. The heartbreaker was the loss to Prince George as Ziemmer sealed the deal scoring a short-handed goal with 25 seconds left in the third. The team will get a two-day break before going on a 4-game road trip that starts in LA and then sees Carolina and Colorado in a back-to-back. 

Tendy Johannes Karlsson continue to burn the crease netting a shutout against the Avs and a 4-2 victory over the Panthers. The offense in front of him is living up to task scoring 6 in the shutout and 4 in the huge win over top rated Florida. The defense is showing signs of life too as the blueline continues to hold tough against its opponents and allowing Karlsson to get the W's when they need it most. Lipovsky is scoring like the job it is for him and veterans like Uusitalo are helping lead this team in the Central. They are 3 points up on the Jets and 6 points behind the Blues heading into this week where they will face the Lagers and Saw Blades.

The 2037-2038 PSHL regular season is coming to a close, with somewhere around fourteen games remaining for most teams. There's a few close battles for a playoff spot, but as mentioned in the stream yesterday, it is pretty clear cut this year on who will be joining the dance in the postseason. Last year, the Calgary Flames dominated the playoffs to claim the Shafer Cup. What makes a Shafer Cup Champion? Or even contender? Over the next seasons, the data from the years will be much clearer on if there is a trend or not, rather a blueprint to building a contending team. The Flames, despite holding an extremely impressive scoring ability, won the Cup with defense and the shutdown style en route to glory.

These stats and expected goals/against need to be taken with a grain of salt, it is FHM, some teams faced much tougher schedules, key players out for certain teams, it is a rough guide with what FHM gives. Last year, the Flames showed no weaknesses heading into the playoffs, holding top spots in statistical categories across the league.

Describing the graphs, it's based on expected goals for and expected goals against per game. Each team will be on the graph. If a team falls in the top right corner, they were able to post more expected goals per game than league average, and they were also able to suppress expected goals against per game better than league average. The bottom left corner is the opposite.





With the 2037 results above, we will dive right into 2038 and see what the February 1 - March 2 period gave us this season. According to the numbers, this year's Shafer Cup favorites include the San Jose Sharks, New York Rangers, Montreal Canadians, and Calgary Flames lead the way, dominating the time frame. Numerous other teams had great showings, and the images below include the 2038 team graph, the actual numbers and rank of each team this season, and each team's results from the tracking period from last year and this year.

As we gather more data through the years, these reports will be expanded (zones on graphs of contenders, playoff teams, etc. There's not enough information currently to come up with trends and consistent insights, but it will get there. If there's any questions just let me know.

While the rest of the league was head over heels for the frenzy of trade deadline, the Wild snuck into third place in the Central and continue with their 9-game win streak. This team continues to defy the odds as the lines seem to be clicking, the defense and goalies are holding their own to get some hardnosed wins. It has not been an easy stretch by any means of the imagination as the Wild have had to take on top teams most recently topping the Caps, Flyers and Sharks. And while Colton Reid may have scored his 50th goal in the game against the Sharks, our superstar Stanisov Lipovsky continues his form scoring his 41st in the huge win. March will be a test of endurance and willpower to get this team to the dance and it starts with a back to back against the Avs and Panthers. Lets Go Wild!

The 2038 PSHL Trade Deadline has come and passed with great interest and success. The deadline was an opportunity for the top teams to put themselves over the top while the teams lower in the standings built assets towards the future. This was a year unlike other deadlines due to the fact that only about 17 teams are left battling for the 16 playoff spots with the other 17 PSHL teams more than likely out of the playoff races.

This was also an interesting year due to being the 1st Live Stream Deadline Show. The show itself featured about 2 hours of Commissioner Scott Shafer rambling on about PSHL news and rumors. Fueling to this however, was the great deals being made and plenty of rumors around to be discussed. All in all, a total of 12 trades took place on deadline day with 23 players moving teams along with a total of 14 draft picks moving hands.

You can watch the stream replay on YouTube HERE.