Reader question(s) of the week, plus preseason stats

Published 8:23 am Sunday, September 14, 2008

The Tips finished 4-3 in the preseason, probably a little better than people expected. I perused through the box scores to compile the individual scoring totals. I don’t know how many games each player played, but since the Tips cut down to pretty much their final team before the games began, I suspect everyone who wasn’t hurt, leave for an NHL camp or sent home played in five or six. Anyway, here’s the totals (goals-assists-points):

Harper 3-3-6

Dailey 1-5-6

Maxwell 3-2-5

Tochkin 3-2-5

Van de Velde 3-2-5

de la Lande 1-4-5

White 1-3-4

Beach 1-2-3

Kieffer 2-0-2

McDermott 0-2-2

Ellington 0-2-2

Stephen 0-2-2

Regier 0-2-2

Abney 1-0-1

McCrea 1-0-1

Alexander 0-1-1

Potuer 0-1-1

Ius 0-1-1

The scoring was pretty spread out, with a lot of new faces toward the top of the list.

So that brings me to my question(s). Last week people responded with predictions on how the team would do this season. This week I want predictions on individual accomplishments. Who’s going to be the team MVP? Who’s going to lead the team in scoring, goals, penalty minutes? Who’s going to have the greatest impact among the newcomers or rookies? Let me know what you think.