TASK ONE: Decorate your teammates car for the big game! Can be written or graphic. If written, tell us how you plan on "decorating" your teammates ride before leaving for the viewing party and must be 150 words.

There’s only one person’s car I’m going to decorate before the team gets together to watch the Challenge Cup finals, and that’s Esa Anrikkanen’s car. The old timer is a well known lover of chicken parm, so what better way to decorate it by turning it into a sandwich? I took 24 jars of marinara sauce and poured it all over the outside of the car! I even put two jars into the windshield washer fluid system so that when he goes to clean this off, more sauce shoots out! Haha! After that, I took 2,290 slices of mozzarella cheese and expertly laid them all over the car. WAIT THOUGH! I chopped 100 cloves of garlic and spread them on the inside of the car as well, to give that really nice smell he loves so much! I’m a good friend like that. Finally, with the help of Kevin Zaccs’ construction rental, I rented four massive heat lamps that perfectly melted the cheese all over the car, just the way Esa likes it. Enjoy! (174 words)

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!

Here are the four very special drinks that shall be served during this playoff series, first the Toronto drinks:

1. The Reed Laing – This is a knockout! It’s 16 oz of your favorite liquor, mixed with nothing. Its essentially a giant shot. While you’re drinking it though, our sexy bartenders punch you in the face. If you bleed, it costs double. If you mix it with your blood and drink it like a savage, its free. $5.00 (or $10.00. Or $0.00)
2. The Mark Harter – This chilled drink is part guiness, part blue vermouth, part goldschalger, part vodka. The Science behind this drink causes it to turn from Black/Gold to Blue/White as the ice melts. If you’re a Toronto fan and you’re caught with the drink when its Black/Gold, you have to give it to a Portland fan, and vice versa. $7.47

And for the Portland fans:

1. The Kyle Wahlgren – The drink you order doesn’t matter, its just imperative that you trade it to someone else for their drink as soon as possible. If you can’t find a trade, you have to chug your own drink. (Price varies on drink)
2. The Samee Iqbal – Its water. He can’t drink. (Free)
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TASK THREE: Write a script for the game day preview for Game One of the Finals. Must be at least 150 words.

As the Toronto North Stars and Portland Admirals meet for the S35 Challenge Cup, one of these tampering survivors will finally walk away with the franchise’s first ever championship. The North Stars have long been an SHL franchise, but they’ve never be able to experience the thrill of taking the Cup home to their fans. The Admirals were an expansion franchise that started off on the wrong foot. With tampering charges filed against them, they were given a bit of a death sentence, which lead to a lot of terrible years. However, these two teams now meet each other in quite a rare situation: the team that wins will be a first time champion. That’s awesome and unique. Two tortured fan bases, one moreso than the other, will have a shot at the gold. Will Portland show the world that Wally was right all along? Or will the North Stars break their curse and FINALLY capture the long awaited first Challenge Cup? (162 words)

TASK FOUR: Who is your choice for the S35 Playoff MVP to this point? Must be 150 words.
As we head into the Challenge Cup Finals, my current Playoff MVP is defenseman Andrey Barbashev of the Toronto North Stars. The old timer has announced his retirement from hockey after this playoff run, and yet he’s still playing like a much younger player. He leads all defenseman in playoff scoring, and is third overall in points. So far he’s netted 5 goals, and he’s second in the league in assists with 9. He’s averaging over 30 minutes a game, thanks to some overtime hockey. He’s been everywhere the North Stars have needed him to be, and he’s been everywhere other teams don’t want him to be. Barbashev has an astonishing 24 shot blocks in only 10 games so far this post-season. He’s also chipping in on the power play, as he’s scored or assisted on 4 Power play goals this playoff. This is one hell of a way to end a great career. Hopefully he keeps it up in the finals! (162)