TASK ONE: Pick either of the teams currently in the finals. Which player had to overcome the most adversity to get where they are at now? What did they have to endure before finally getting their crack at the Cup? Must be 150 words and include two specific situations that player experienced en-route to the Cup finals, whether this season or at some point during their career.

This is a story about Winston Windsor. A man who went through many miserable years with the Edmonton Blizzard. One day he was suddenly traded to the Texas Renegades. This situation brought him happiness as he finally found a winning team to be on and he made good friends. Being with Texas, he had won that first cup in 8 years, but he had also found his first love. His lover being Beau Bent, the offensive black hole for the Renegades. Winston finally found his happiness being with Bent. But that happiness ended a year after the cup victory. Believing he found a home in Texas, the tampering situation regarding GM Conklin Owen had happened. Due to the harsh penalties levied upon the Renegades, Owen was forced to trade Windsor to the Manhattan Rage. Windsor who was much saddened due to leaving the place he considered home, and being separated from the love of his life. Due to this adversity, Winston felt it was his duty for the last season of his career to win one more cup for the state of Texas, and for the love of his life Beau Bent. Winston had done that and proposed to Bent where they will make glorious love for the rest of their days.
TASK TWO: Who is your choice for the unsung hero of the S38 playoffs up to this point? Must be at least 150 words and include at least two statistics in support.

The unsung hero of the S38 playoffs has to be Winston Windsor. The former Texas Renegades defenseman had to endure a tampering scandal with the Texas based club. As a result he was traded to the Manhattan Rage. Due to the trade and it being his last season, he was not expected to have a great season. But he proved all of them wrong. In the Rage's cup winning campaign, he was tied for the Rage's scoring lead with 18 points. He was also a force on the Powerplay for the Rage scoring 3 PP goals, 3 PP assists, for a total of 6 PP points. Windsor also had taken 7 faceoffs with a winning percentage of 43% which is extremely impressive considering he is a defenseman. He is a player that can do it all and one can argue that Windsor's versatility is what led the Manhattan Rage to the S38 Challenge Cup.

TASK FOUR: What rookies or young players are looking to make a name for themselves during the Finals? How have they contributed to the team on the way to the Finals? Must be at least 150 words, and include two statistics.

A young player that had name a name for himself is Paddy Kane-Rielly. The young Firebirds star made a huge contribution towards breaking the Firebirds 30 season cup drought. During the playoffs he had 6 goals and 8 assists in 14 games while also having shooting percentage of 14.6%. It was in the finals where he really showed up. In game two he was the driving force of the 6-0 Firebirds win where he had 2 goals and an assist in the blowout win. He as also the first star in a 5-2 Firebirds win where he assisted on a Blåbär Bananerström that had given the Firebirds the lead and later he had scored the goal that cemented the victory for the Firebirds. Finally in Game 7, he had made an important interception of a Viktor Kolesnikovs pass which led to the game winning goal by Dionýz Vyskoč. Paddy Kane-Rielly made a name for himself in the most important way possible. If you look back at the S38 Firebirds playoff run, you gotta think of what Paddy Kane-Rielly's contribution was.

TASK SIX: You’re the coach of a team in the finals. What changes would you make to the roster, lines or strategies of the team to give the team a better chance at winning the series? Must be at least 150 words.

If I were the coach of the Calgary Dragons for Game 6, I would've made these changes which I feel would've helped Calgary win game 6 and force a game 7

Center Left Wing Right Wing
1 Joe Kurczewski Nicholas Pedersen Randy Randleman
2 Shane Gagner Esa Anrikkanen Dani Forsberg
3 Alex Mack Mike Izzy Schnitinfritz Jagr
4 Randy Randleman Shane Gagner Joe Kurczewski

5 vs 5 Defense
Defense Defense
1 Michael Boychuk Connor O'Reilly
2 Roman Augustus Pierre-Luc Laflamme
3 Casey Creller Chuck Goody Jr.

The only changes here is that I would switch what lines players Schnitinfritz Jagr and Esa Anrikkanen play. Esa Anrikkanen despite his age is a player that can definitely play and still be able to be able to produce on a 3rd line with Mike Izzy and Alex Mack. Meanwhile, Jagr is not able to find chemistry with forwards Shane Gagner and Dani Forsberg. I think that 2nd line is one that needs a lot of chemistry and experience. I think putting Esa on a 2nd line would reunite him with a familiar line mate in Gagner and I think it would fix Gagner's own scoring woes during the playoffs. And for Jagr, playing on the 3rd line would put him up with Alex Mack who has been carrying his line all playoffs and bringing the best out of his line mates. I think if this change was done, the Dragons would've forced Game 7 and perhaps even win the Challenge Cup.