Task 3
I have been in the SMJHL for the past two seasons with the St. Louis Scarecrows, winning a 4 Stat Cup in Season 46 and coming up short, losing in seven games of the third round to the eventual champions in Season 47. I will miss my Crows teammates when I am called up to the Winnipeg Jets of the SHL but I am also excited to make my SHL debut and hopefully help the Jets win some Challenge Cups. St. Louis has been a very fun locker room to be a part of and I am glad that I decided to sign as a free agent there. There will a forever bond between myself and my Scarecrows teammates and I will miss being a part of their great franchise. I believe that my scoring, defense and skating attributes are already at an SHL ready level, while I will need to work a bit on my checking, passing, endurance and strength attributes before they are at acceptable SHL numbers.

Task 5
Which player in the finals should be considered their teams playoff MVP and which should be considered their teams unsung hero thus far and why?

Goaltender, Beaujeaux Biscuit of the West Kendall Platoon should definitely be considered as their playoff MVP as he has been lights out and nothing short of a brick wall all playoffs long. He has stopped over 95% of the 300+ shots faced heading into the finals, allowing just 1.45 goals per game and four shutouts. As for the Platoon’s unsung hero, I would go with young defenseman, Nat Emerson. Although he has failed to put a point on the scoresheet and came into the finals with a -2 rating, Emerson was not afraid to do the little things and do what it takes to help his team win. Emerson delivered 22 hits and blocked 10 shots, all while staying disciplined with only four penalty minutes.

Task 7
The national anthems have been a part of tradition prior to a hockey game being played for as long as I can remember. With that being said, the artist chosen to sing the national anthems during the Challenge Cup Finals in West Kendall and Calgary would be a very important decision. Given that task, for the West Kendall Platoon, I would choose Ariana Grande. Ariana is a native of Florida and one of the most recognizable faces and voices in the music industry all of the world. She always does her best to put on a great show and be the best at what she does and that is why I believe she personifies the West Kendall Platoon perfectly. As for the Calgary Dragons, I would choose hometown country music star, Paul Brandt. Calgary is known for country music and rodeo, especially when “The Greatest Outdoor Show On Earth”, the Calgary Stampede is going on. Paul Brandt has been a musician for a long time now and has some big hit songs, still enjoying his career and that is why I believe he would be the best choice for Calgary.

Task 9
I would consider the New Orleans Specters to be the biggest disappointment this season. In their inaugural season, last season they made it all the way to the Challenge Cup Finals, giving the Buffalo Stampede a run for their money and eventually bowing out in seven games. I expected more of the same or them to take it one step further and win the Challenge Cup this season. Unfortunately for the Specters, they were eliminated in the Conference Semifinals of the playoffs against a tough Texas Renegades team in another tough seven game series. One of the biggest reasons that I believe they were unable to advance past the second round of the playoffs was their penalty killing woes. New Orleans allowed 5 goals against while being shorthanded 18 times, for a 72.22% penalty killing percentage. Those kinds of numbers won’t help you win many games and was one of the biggest reasons the Specters were eliminated early in the playoffs.

Task 12
The West Kendall Platoon did not face that much adversity in the Season 47 Challenge Cup Playoffs, especially early on. During the first round, they sat back and watched to find out who their second round opponent would be as they had a first round bye. In the second round, the Platoon made it look easy, sweeping the Chicago Syndicate in four straight games. Although most of those four games were tightly contested, with only one being decided by more than two goals, West Kendall shut out Chicago in first two games and made quick work of them on their way to the Conference Finals. Those Conference Finals is where the adversity came into play for the Platoon, dropping the first two games of the series to the Buffalo Stampede at home. They picked up the win in game three but dropped game four to go down 3-1 in the series. That was the turning point for the Platoon who would go on to reel of seven straight wins to win that series in seven games as well as sweeping the Calgary Dragons to capture the Challenge Cup.

Task 13
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