Scott Hoefer

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.

Scott Hoefer
Regular Season Stats: 14 GP: 9 G, 15 A, 24 P
Post Season Stats: 4 GP: 0 G, 3 A, 3 P
(All stats per Hendricksmemoryability)

Scott Hoefer's personal stats this season were modest at best. Fans know he won't be providing the end to end rushes that his fellow defensemen Ben Breiterman, Ryan Odell, and Brad Lotocki can. But it wasn't his offensive skills that made Hoefer the Red Army Digest's pick for breakout player of the season. It was his defense, and the manner in which he threw himself in front of flying shots with reckless abandonment that made him such an easy selection for said title.

And the penalty kill? Hoefer's efforts while the team was a man down earned him the nickname the serial penalty killer. The Hoefer led penalty kill boasted the league's best percentage at 83%. Without it, the Comrades would still be without a banner to hang from the rafters of the Plex. In both playoff overtime games the Communists played in, they were whistled for penalties in the extra frame. Red Army teams of the past would have wilted, conceded a goal, and chalked up another season ending because of discipline problems. Not this team, and it is thanks in large part to Hoefer. The defenseman led the team in blocked shots, blocked passes, and bruises.

Walking with a limp never felt so good.

Regular Season: A+
Post Season Rounds 1&2: A+
Championship Series: A+