TASK 1:
For the Vancouver Whalers' first game of the play-offs, of which I'm sure we will have many some day believe me. Every fan in attendance will recieve a certified Vancouver Whalers Whale Tail Foam Flapper©. Each time your Whalers score you can flap your Whale Tail Foam Flapper© with pride!
Just remember to flap with care, be considerate of others around you. The Vancouver Whalers Hockey Association does not take any responsibility for injures which may occur while using your Whale Tail Foam Flapper©, including but not limited to: Foam rash, Flapper being used as a projectile in any way, small children consuming foam flapper. Any and all parties using the terms "Whale", "Tail", "Foam", or "Flapper" will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

TASK 2:
#8 Thomas Toothsome the rookie offensive defense man from Germany on the Prince George Firebirds is one to look out for in these play-offs. After completing a very solid season with 8 goals and 18 assists, Thomas and the Firebirds kicked off their series against the Colorado Mammoths with a 3-2 defeat. It was late in the first period of this game however that Thomas picked up an assist off of a relentless push on net leading inevitably to a beautiful goal by Dani Forsberg. Fast forward to game 4, another loss for Prince George but an incredible Penalty killing display of 6 for 6. To cap this off he made a brilliant goal via Caelan Fearghal across the net. That leaves us with the famous pivotal game 5 win. With pressure in this series mounting, Prince George sustained 5 penalties. The Mammoths however just couldn’t seem to make anything happen as the Firebird’s penalty kill machine was put into high gear yet again.
With game 5 in the bag and momentum on their side Prince George defeated Colorado 3-2 in overtime of game 6. Mr. Toothsome has picked up one more goal in round 2 against the St Louis Scarecrows, plus many more world class defensive plays. Thomas is a great well-rounded player who is not afraid to sacrifice his body to a few shots to get the job done, for this reason he is a break out defender and we hope to see much more of him in these playoffs and beyond.

TASK 3:
Round 2 of the play-offs saw the 2nd seed Montreal Militia take on the Detroit Falcons coming off of their game 6 victory over the Kelowna Knights. Through out the regular season Montreal have played a dominating role beating Detroit 6 of the 8 times these two teams have faced each other. Now, in the intensity which is play-off hockey, Detroit will get a crack at exacting revenge.
Game one.. After 10 minutes of feeling each other out, Detroit drew first blood thanks to a ringing slap shot from Detroit’s blue liner Otto Lahti. After twenty minutes we saw Montreal fight back with a quick goal off of a rebound by Luisa Koller, followed a minute later by another Detroit goal produced by the always dangerous Noro Wozy. Second period started with a Montreal face off win and an onslaught of shots blocked by Stephen Harris, the break out star of Detroit’s play-off run. Frustration started showing at eleven minutes in accumulating in a fight between the Militia’s Ted McDonald and the Falcon’s Yurily Starkonov. Tempers boiled over resulting in a game misconduct and ejection of Ted McDonald. In the third period Montreal turned the heat up resulting in a goal at Elias Lindstrom. With less than twenty seconds left in regulation time Detroit won a face off in the Montreal zone and the puck got scooped up by Roddy Hawkins but goes wide. Matthew Rossi is there to pick it up and wheel around the net. And with 15 seconds left in the third makes Detroit’s 3rd and game winning goal. This was an extremely intense game to watch and reflects how the rest of the series went.

TASK 4:
Always next year
Spitfire #Ponypower
Winteriscoming / Kaisonious #teamShakeandbakemanagement
Dandydoodle #TheHeroOfKathmandu

TASK 5:
For my top five list I decided to do top 5 fan bases

5. Halifax
If there's one thing Halifax is good for it's having an arena packed with half lit east coasters chanting undefined slogans and chirps. It would be an immense shame to not include any east coast teams onto this list.

4. Kelowna
Regardless of their first round elimination this year, Kelowna plays a tight ship and has always had a great arena atmosphere for families. If you're looking to have a greater rate than 5 beers per period (5bpp) you'll want to look elsewhere.

3. Detroit
Everybody remembers the nostalgia with this older arena and it is evident though out the wide-age range of the crowd. This doesn't stop everyone having a good old time getting pissed together, young and old, male and female, gay and straight, this is a model partying fan base and with Detroit doing so well in the play-offs this year it only gives these wild fans even more to drink about.

2. Colorado
The Mammoths have an incredible fan base. Definitely more toned down than Halifax and Detroit however their arena is situated right in the heart of a partying district which means top notch entertainment all night.

1. Vancouver
Completely unbiased home town pick. Vancouver has the perfect mix of everything that makes a fan base good, top notch, just brilliant stuff, that is all.