As a token of appreciation to the players that laced them up for the Jenkins Cup Champion Red Army team this late fall and early winter, the blog will be highlighting each player's season and doing a brief recap of a few defining moments that the player made to help Mother Russia dance her way to greatness.
Neal Hendricks
Regular Season Stats: 2GP: 3 G, 2 A, 5 P
Post Season Stats: 1GP: 2G, 1 A, 3 P
(All stats per Hendricksmemoryability)
Neal Hendricks didn't skate very many shifts for Russia this season, but when he did, he made them count. Some would argue that without Neal in the lineup, the Soviets not only don't win the championship, they don't get past the second round. Yes, against the Cryptic Stench, Neal, put simply, was that good.
He scored the first goal of the playoffs on a neat tip out of midair. Then, outdoing himself, he took the entire defense of the Stench on, as well as the clock, and sniped a snap shot off the pipe and in as time expired later in that same period. In fifteen minutes, he had vaulted the Comrades to a commanding 3-0 lead (he assisted on Mark's tally as well, if my memory serves me right).
It's moments like that, whether those moments are as short as three seconds of stick handling or as long as an entire period of domination, that have many fans excited to see what Neal can do. Perhaps the Red Army has two sixty plus point scorers on their team?
Regular Season: B
Post Season Round 1: A++
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