TASK ONE

After missing the playoffs in S29, the New England Wolfpack were back again for the Challenge Cup race in S30. But it would be no easy come back for them, because in the first round they would met one of the most dominating teams recently - the Minnesota Chiefs. But they have been led by some of the older wolves like Tanner & Russell, they weren't an easy prey for the Chiefs. And game one showed everyone that the Wolfpack was ready for the fight. They defeated the Minnesota Chiefs in OT with a score of 3:2. In the first two periods nothing big happened, both teams played a solid but restrained game. The Chiefs have missed many power play opportunities in this periods, but with the beginning of the third they opened the scoring in this game with a power play goal by Lord Pretty Flacko. More than half way through the period they went up by two after a goal by Asbjørn Alexandersen. But the Wolfpack fought back and Jasper Clayton scored one for his colors. The clock was ticking down and Minnesota was hoping for the victory, but Blake Sherrill had something different on her mind when she scored the equalizer less than a minute in the game. Game went to overtime and in the second one Raven Silverwing scored for the Wolfpack and took home the victory.


TASK THREE

My candidate for playoff MVP this season is Jakob Tanner. His regular season stats aren't as good as last year with Hamilton, but they are still good. He is one of the best in the game and every team would be happy with him in net. He has so many finale appearances and cup wins that this experience is unaffordable. His stats in save pct have improved slightly compared to the regular season from a 0.910 to a 0.916. That's not a big jump, but it is a jump at the end of the day. His goal against average also increased a little bit. From a solid 2.48 to a still solid 2.63, but no goalie would like this increase. In the regular season he managed to get 3 shootouts, in the playoffs there is still a big zero. It's not only his goalie performance what makes him so great, it's his talent to lead the guys in front of him.


TASK FIVE

Game 4 of the Challenge Cup finals. Edmonton Blizzard versus the New England Wolfpack. The New England Wolfpack went into this game by a comfortable series lead of 3:0. This game was the first of three chances to win the championship for them. On the other hand, there are the Edmonton Blizzards, who hoped to create the turnabout and do what the Calgary Dragons have done a few years ago. Coming back from a 3-0 residue and win that cup. As we already know this kind of Cinderella story is something very rare and special and the Wolfpack showed them that dreams often remains as dreams. So what did happened.

Period one:
The Wolfpack dominated the first period and outshot the Blizzards with 13-7. From the above number of shots they could also do something countable. Tim Buckner scored at 14:09 and opened the score. Jasper Clayton and Mia Landvik with the helper.

Period two:
Everybody was expecting a firework from the Blizzards, but the Wolfpack continued to dominate the game. They had a phenomenal start in this period, scoring three more goals in the first 4 minutes. Tim Buckner with his second of the night, captain Nathan Russell and the finish flash Mainio Makinen scored goals.

Period three:
With a 4:0 lead after 40 min, the Wolfpack turned down a gear. But Edmonton wasn't able to make a profit out of them. The Wolfpack indeed scored one more goal in person of Jonathan Lundberg.



TASK EIGHT

Hockey is a team sport and it is very hard to say which signing, trade or performance, was the missing puzzle to capture a challenge cup. But we will try it. It starts with some amazing moves in the offseason, the Wolfspacks gm duo signed and traded for some great players, bringing in the veteran top goaltender Jakob Tanner and center Jonathan Lundberg to young and hungry team to strengthen it further. It goes on with finding the right chemistry in the team, the wolfpack had a rough start in the season and struggled a little bit. But they had a tremendous second half and captured the last playoff spot in the east. They have found their rhythm and they managed to take him into the playoffs. And of course, when your team is playing well, there are always players with an outstanding season performance. Nathan Russell, the New England Wolfpack's captain had another good season scoring 16 goals and 37 assist for a total of 53 points. Jakob Tanner with a S% 0,910 and a GAA 2,482 along with 3 SO. Or the performance of defender Jasper Clayton with his best season so far. But the most impact had Bure Patrikov with an outstanding season. He finished the season with 60 points and personal high in goals and assists.


BONUS: Who scores the cup winning goal?
Nathan Russell