TASK TWO: Pre-Party! Create a drink menu for the arena to sell during the playoff series. Must have four drink specials named after two players each team and have a brief description of each drink! Must be at least 150 words total. If graphic, create a menu that contains four drinks, brief description and price!

Taylormade: vodka, coffee liquer, half and half and Galliano liquer. Just like when Cynthia Taylor is on the ice, you better keep your head up or else she is going to wake you up with a big hit just like the coffee and vodka mix in this drink. If you like your coffee black, the half and half is optional.

The Russian Rocket: Vodka and goldschlager. 2:1 ratio of vodka to goldschlager. A very simple drink like Barbashev’s game but just like he is playing right now, you will want to come back for more .

Malkinizer: equal parts of apple juice and bourbon poured over ice and stirred. Malkin can only drink the apple juice which comes in handy there at school while at home Vader had to throw back shots of bourbon since he is not in the finals, so why not combine the two into this tasty drink.

Banana Splits: for the retiring Banananov, you have to have a banana flavored liquor with coffee liquor, pineapple juice, cherries and half and half to create this sweet treat to honor one of the best goal scorers in recent seasons.

TASK THREE: Write a script for the game day preview for Game One of the Finals. Must be at least 150 words.

Announcer: We are here with Lord Vader of the Texas Renegades to get his take on game one of the Finals. What do you think will be the key to game 1?

Vader: Its going to be the high scoring offense of Toronto which is averaging about four goals a game vs the defense and goaltending of the Admirals. Wahlgren has been great in goal so far even though Portland is giving up about 35 shots per game.

Announcer: Who is going to win the special teams battle?

Vader: both team convert about 25% on the power play but the difference could be Portland is the better penalty killing team. Toronto doesn’t take a lot of penalties and neither does Portland so I expect game 1 to be a one or two goal game and if one team can sneak a goal through on the power play, it could be the difference in the game.

Announcer: What does each team need to do to win game 1?

Vader: Toronto needs to play physical and forecheck to create chances and shots against the Portland defense and force them into turnovers. Portland is going to need to take advantage on the power play and use their puck control to hold onto the puck in the Toronto zone.

TASK FOUR: Who is your choice for the S35 Playoff MVP to this point? Must be 150 words.

There are some good candidates on both sides for playoff MVP – Barbashev and Eriksson from Toronto and Sarantez and Brumm from Portland, but in looking at the goalies, I am going to vote for Wahlgren over Kirkstone by a hair. Wahlgren has won 8 out of his 12 games while Kirkstone has won 8 out of 10. But what seperates Wahlgren a little bit over Kirkstone is his GAA which is 2.47 vs Kirkstone’s 2.78. Wahlgren’s is first in the league so far in the playoffs. Also, Wahlgren has the best save percentage so far too at 92.6% versus Kirkstone’s 91.2%. Neither goalie has a shutout so far and both goalies have given up exactly 31 goals each, but Wahlgren has faced more shots and played in more minutes due to playing in a couple more games. Goaltending is the most important position in the playoffs and the Admirals would not have come back from a 3-2 defeict against the Dragons without the stellar play of my choice for playoff MVP in Wahlgren.

TASK FIVE: Media Day once again! Create three questions, one for three different players in the Challenge Cup and tag them! Playing in the Challenge Cup? Feel free to answer questions for your task or ask three of your own!

<a href='index.php?showuser=2378' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-66'>MWHazard</a> – The West has been super competitive the past couple of seasons and you have managed to represent them in back to back Cup finals. What do you think has been the biggest reason why Portland is in the finals again?

<a href='index.php?showuser=2103' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-3'>hockeyis87</a> – You were traded to Portland a couple of seasons ago. How does it feel to make back to back finals after being on three different occasions and being part of a stellar defense?

<a href='index.php?showuser=2236' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-13'>Wally</a> – Last year’s finals run had Harter there as the other goalie on the team? What did you learn from the veteran goaltender last season that you have applied to this season’s playoff run back to the finals again?