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Each week we take an in-depth look at young members of the organization while providing an overview of prospects playing at the Junior (OHL, WHL), and collegiate (NCAA) level.
The Everett Silvertips, Gianni Fairbrother’s team, is one of the most distinctive teams in Junior hockey. Defence is their identity. It’s not a unique strategy, coaches at every level of hockey put an emphasis on that aspect of that game, but the Silvertips take extra pride in it. Limiting goals is simply what they do; their formula for success.
Over the past six years, the team finished in the top two in goal prevention and they are once again on pace to finish at or near the top this season. Considering the cyclical nature of success in Junior hockey, as veteran players come and go and as teams move from rebuild to contention, this kind of long-term consistency is more than impressive.
Chicago Steel
Each week we take an in-depth look at young members of the organization while providing an overview of prospects playing at the Junior (OHL, WHL), and collegiate (NCAA) level.
Sean Farrell has been at the forefront of these prospect reports with his record-breaking season. In the month of April, he captured the title of best producer in the Chicago Steel’s history with his 83rd point, then followed it up by joining the very select USHL 100-point club. Unfortunately for Farell, he might find it hard to fit in at the next group meeting as the immense majority of its members played in the 1980s.