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Predicting the S49 SMJHL Playoffs...with Coin Flips - Gwdjohnson - 09-01-2019
So last season I decided to start a seasonal pair of articles where I simulate the entire playoffs of the SHL and SMJHL by flipping a coin. For the SHL it ended up being entirely wrong in like every way, but for the SMJHL it ended up very surprisingly predicting both finalists completely correctly, although the Outlaws won in 6 via flip, while the Whalers won in 7 in the real thing. This time, we go again with the same format, and will see what the coin says for this coin flip of a league.
Here is the coin for this season's edition. As far as I know this isn't the same quarter as the one I used last time, so we'll see what this one can conjure up!
Same rules as last time, higher ranked team wins when the coin comes up heads, underdog takes it when it's tails.
ROUND ONE:
(7) Colorado Raptors
VS (10) Anchorage Armada 
Game 1: Heads,
win (1-0)Game 2: Tails,
win (1-1)Game 3: Heads,
win (2-1)Game 4: Tails,
win (2-2)Game 5: Heads,
win (3-2)Game 6: Tails,
win (3-3)Game 7: Tails,
win (4-3) ELIMINATE IN 7 GAMES 
(8) St. Louis Scarecrows
VS (9) Anaheim Outlaws 
Game 1: Tails,
win (1-0)Game 2: Tails,
win (2-0)Game 3: Tails,
win (3-0)Game 4: Heads,
win (3-1)Game 5: Heads,
win (3-2)Game 6: Tails,
win (4-2) ELIMINATE IN 6 GAMESRound One Summary: This coin embraces the chaos. In both series', we see the underdog take it, with Anchorage coming out on top of a back-and-forth series with Colorado. Meanwhile, the tanking Outlaws get a 6-game series win over the Crows, who will be surprised that they even had to play in the first round to begin with. Crazy scenes so far, onto round 2!
ROUND TWO:
(1) Detroit Falcons
VS (10) Anchorage Armada Game 1: Heads,
win (1-0)Game 2: Heads,
win (2-0)Game 3: Tails,
win (2-1)Game 4: Heads,
win (3-1)Game 5: Tails,
win (3-2)Game 6: Heads,
win (4-2) ELIMINATE IN 6 GAMES(2) Kelowna Knights
VS (9) Anaheim Outlaws Game 1: Heads,
win (1-0)Game 2: Tails,
win (1-1)Game 3: Heads,
win (2-1)Game 4: Heads,
win (3-1)Game 5: Heads,
win (4-1) ELIMINATE IN 5 GAMES(3) Halifax Raiders
VS (6) Montreal Militia 
Game 1: Heads,
win (1-0)Game 2: Heads,
win (2-0)Game 3: Tails,
win (2-1)Game 4: Tails,
win (2-2)Game 5: Heads,
win (3-2)Game 6: Heads,
win (4-2) ELIMINATE IN 6 GAMES(4) Vancouver Whalers
VS (5) Lethbridge Lions 
Game 1: Heads,
win (1-0)Game 2: Heads,
win (2-0)Game 3: Heads,
win (3-0)Game 4: Heads,
win (4-0) ELIMINATE IN 4 GAMESRound Two Summary: Well I guess I spoke too soon when I said this coin embraces chaos, because in round two all of the favourite won their series'. The falcons exacted revenge on the Armada for last season's series between the two, while the Knights, heroic semifinalists of last coin flip tournament, got an easy series win against the Outlaws, who won the S48 coin flip. Halifax ousted the Militia in 6 in the battle of the deadline buyers, while Vancouver managed an impressive sweep of the Lions. Only teams 1-4 remain!
SEMIFINALS:
(1) Detroit Falcons
VS (4) Vancouver Whalers Game 1: Heads,
win (1-0)Game 2: Heads,
win (2-0)Game 3: Heads,
win (3-0)Game 4: Heads,
win (4-0) ELIMINATE IN 4 GAMES(2) Kelowna Knights
VS (3) Halifax Raiders Game 1: Heads,
win (1-0)Game 2: Heads,
win (2-0)Game 3: Tails,
win (2-1)Game 4: Heads,
win (3-1)Game 5: Tails,
win (3-2)Game 6: Tails,
win (3-3)Game 7: Heads,
win (4-3) ELIMINATE IN 7 GAMESSemifinals Summary: And the complete rejection of chaos continues into the semifinals, where both 1st seeded Detroit and 2nd seeded Kelowna win their respective series'. Detroit cruised through by landing four heads' in a row over the Whalers, while it wasn't easy for the Knights, who after blowing a 3-1 lead, managed to see game 7 through to make the finals. Now, who will we see take home this entirely meaningless final?
FOUR-STAR CUP FINALS:
(1) Detroit Falcons
VS (2) Kelowna Knights Game 1: Heads,
win (1-0) Game 2: Tails,
win (1-1)Game 3: Heads,
win (2-1)Game 4: Heads,
win (3-1)Game 5: Tails,
win (3-2)Game 6: Heads,
win (4-2) ELIMINATE IN 6 GAMESTHE CHAMPIONS OF THE S49 COIN FLIP FOUR-STAR CUP ARE
THE DETROIT FALCONS!!!!!! Finals Summary: And it is the Detroit Falcons who are champions of this season's edition, as they meet expectations in this universe and rather comfortably take home the prize they earned with their regular season performance. Overall, the coin seemed to pander a lot to expectations, with the favourites for each series after the first round winning.
That will do it for this year's edition, congrats @notorioustig and @nour for the achievement, and hopefully it'll ease some of the pain of going out immediately in the real thing!
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Ready for grading, roughly 1k words totalRE: Predicting the S49 SMJHL Playoffs...with Coin Flips - Waters - 09-01-2019
You did shl media instead of getting drunk with me at your house
RE: Predicting the S49 SMJHL Playoffs...with Coin Flips - Gwdjohnson - 09-01-2019
09-01-2019, 07:18 PMWaters Wrote: You did shl media instead of getting drunk with me at your house
I started this this morning and wanted to get it done before my friend came over ok
RE: Predicting the S49 SMJHL Playoffs...with Coin Flips - Waters - 09-01-2019
09-01-2019, 07:19 PMGwdjohnson Wrote:09-01-2019, 07:18 PMWaters Wrote: You did shl media instead of getting drunk with me at your house
I started this this morning and wanted to get it done before my friend came over ok
Messed up
RE: Predicting the S49 SMJHL Playoffs...with Coin Flips - diacope - 09-01-2019
Thinking outside the box I see, wicked idea. We had the coin securely in our hands but dropped and lost it in the second series
RE: Predicting the S49 SMJHL Playoffs...with Coin Flips - Gwdjohnson - 09-02-2019
09-01-2019, 07:30 PMdiacope Wrote: Thinking outside the box I see, wicked idea. We had the coin securely in our hands but dropped and lost it in the second series
Coin clearly doesn't like the Whalers. When I did it last season they lost in the finals lmao.
RE: Predicting the S49 SMJHL Playoffs...with Coin Flips - ProjectSaint - 09-02-2019
The coin is a lie, @Gwdjohnson
RE: Predicting the S49 SMJHL Playoffs...with Coin Flips - Gwdjohnson - 09-02-2019
09-02-2019, 03:57 PMProjectSaint Wrote: The coin is a lie, @Gwdjohnson
WRONG, coin don't lie.