Finn Petter Alm

Bio
Nationality: Swedish

Finn Petter Alm took over for Znojmo in Season V after a difficult start to the season. As the director of the club from Season I to the day he was hired as manager, he had assembled what he believed to be the perfect squad. Wilhelm Strauss, the long time coach relieved by FPA, didn't feel confident that his system was being matched by the squad that FPA and his staff were supplying him. With this, his termination was as much as a "stepping down" as an actual sacking.

FPA won the league in his first ever season, Znojmo's 3rd consecutive, and also the first ever Community Shield. Despite the early woes, the season ended up being historic as the team beat goal-scoring and point-total records.

System
Finn Petter Alm plays a system that is well suited for physical players with elite technical talent. This system presses very high up the ice and should dominate possession and shot numbers in a game because of this. His first line is typically 3 of his most all-around gifted power forwards who can just dominate an opposition down low. Every forward line typically has at least one player that can use exceptional pace to open up space. Defensive contributions from forward players are less so coached and more-so sought after in player acquisition. This means that forwards are expected to play terrific defense in a system that focuses solely on attack.

Defensemen in this system are expected to play a similar role to the forwards. Defensemen are expected to already come to the team gifted with the ability to play elite positional defense in their own end and have elite puck acquiring skills. Because this system often has the Center playing in front of the opposition net, there is typically one elite shooter on each defensive pairing, though elite puck handling and passing are the key characteristics of a Defenseman in this system.

Forecheck: 2-3

Neutral Zone: 1-4

Trap/Forecheck(0-6 Scale): 6

Offensive Pressure: Aggresive

Defensive Pressure: Contain Puck

Defensive Strategy: Staggered

Penalty Kill: Passive Box

Powerplay: Shooting

PP Carry/Dump(0-10 Scale): 0

Control Breakout: Three High

Powerplay Breakout: Single Swing

Quick Breakout: Leave Zone Early

Line 1: Crash the Net
Carry/Dump(0-10 Scale): 1

Cycle/Shoot(0-10 Scale): 5

Efficiency/Energy(0-10 Scale): 4

Don't Block/Block(0-10 Scale): 5

Line 2: Overload
Carry/Dump(0-10 Scale): 0

Cycle/Shoot(0-10 Scale): 3

Efficiency/Energy(0-10 Scale): 3

Don't Block/Block(0-10 Scale): 6

Line 3: Crash the Net
Carry/Dump(0-10 Scale): 5

Cycle/Shoot(0-10 Scale): 5

Efficiency/Energy(0-10 Scale): 5

Don't Block/Block(0-10 Scale): 7

Line 4: Crash the Net
Carry/Dump(0-10 Scale): 5

Cycle/Shoot(0-10 Scale): 8

Efficiency/Energy(0-10 Scale): 10

Don't Block/Block(0-10 Scale): 10

Defense 1:
Hold Line/Pinch(0-10 Scale): 8

Cycle/Shoot(0/10 Scale): 7

Defense 2:
Hold Line/Pinch(0-10 Scale): 3

Cycle/Shoot(0/10 Scale): 3

Defense 3:
Hold Line/Pinch(0-10 Scale): 2

Cycle/Shoot(0/10 Scale): 8