TASK ONE

Chiefs against Wolfpack, game 2. The Chiefs are coming off a hard overtime loss, and start the game strong with goals from Chernika Banananov and Asbjorn Alexandersen midway through the first period. The Wolpack would score their own late in the first period from a Bennett Jones goal to make it 2-1 after one period. Minnesota would once again come at it with Michael Gerrard and Chernika Banananov scoring goals, but New England once again would score their own late from Jonathan Lundberg. After two periods, the score was 4-2 Minnesota. The Chiefs would add another one early in the third to make it 5-2 when Kian Hamilton scored, but the Wolfpack rallied back with two goals from Patriov Bure and a goal from Blake Sherrill to tie things up I nthe third period 5-5. Overtime did not last that long, as the Wolfpack got a goal midway in the overtime period from Raven Silverwing to take a 2-0 lead in the series.

TASK THREE

Jasper Clayton should be the MVP of the S30 playoffs. He has been about as good as you can be for them, scoring 3 goals and 16 points in 14 games. Nathan Russell had a great finals with 19 points, but Clayton was just overall the best in every aspect of the game. The biggest thing to point out for Jasper Clayton is the number of blocked shots he had with 24. That is an insane number for 14 games. Also keep in mind that he had the second most penalty kill minutes among Wolfpack players and was tied in the team lead in powerplay points. He did everything well except for Russell who only seemed to do offense well, which is why he deserves to be chosen as the MVP over him. The one thing that goes against him is hits and shooting percentage but I don’t think the voters are going to use that against him, personally.

TASK FIVE

The Minnesota Chiefs and the New England Wolfpack matched up in the first round, and many pegged the Wolfpack getting taken to pound town because of all the weapons that the Chiefs had at their disposal going into the series. The predictions were off the charts for the Chiefs, and really only the Wolfpack players believed in their team. What actually happened? The opposite happened. New England won three overtime games and won the fourth off a major blowout and took the Chiefs in a four game sweep. Wow. Who expected that to happen? Not really anyone, and it may go off as the greatest upset in SHL history if the Wolfpack don’t actually win it all, in which case it will be kind of an explanation as to why the Chiefs lost in that series. Either way, it shows that the Chiefs as they currently are only are pretenders and the Wolfpack despite the lack of talent are the real contenders in this league. Will Chiefs management actually make changes or will they keep with the status quo and not actually win playoff games in the future? Time will tell, but props to the Wolfpack for what they did in that series, it was amazing.

TASK EIGHT

The New England Wolfpack made the playoffs despite nobody thinking they could do so. How did they do it? One acquisition is all that matters. Jakob Tanner. Not only is Tanner one of the best and clutchest goaltenders to ever play in the SHL, the goaltender has a hand in the coaching staff and determining lines, which was a major factor in the Hamilton Steelhawks winning their two Challenge Cups. Tanner helped out with the lines towards the latter part of the season and the team never looked back. They dominated play and took the final playoff spot, and it was one of the greatest underdog stories going into the playoffs that we have ever seen. With that, the team continued to use their hot streak to their advantage, and going into the finals only lost two games, both of which to the same team. Is Jakob Tanner the greatest winner that ever has been or ever will be? Time will tell, but right now I think the answer is yes and it is not even close. Jakob Tanner will be the reason that the New England Wolfpack win the Challenge Cup if they end up finishing off the Edmonton Blizzard.

BONUS: Who scores the cup winning goal?
Tim Buckner. There was no deadline so fuck u