Quote:Task 01: (Written, 3 TPE)

You are at the airport awaiting a flight to meet back up with your team after spending the day being honoured as a 'Hometown Hero' in the place where you grew up! Tell us about your day... what did they have planned for you? Who did you see there? What were you given? How did it turn out? ... In 150 words or more, tell us all about this big moment as hometown hero.

The Hometown Hero day was quite the ride for young New England Wolfpack defenseman Guy Zheng. As the winner of the previous season's Quilha Agante trophy(top SMJHL defenseman), Zheng was warmly welcomed by the whole town, though no one really dared to mention his season with New England. The schedule for the day was quite packed - first, he had to go back to his old high school to give a speech about how if you try hard enough and get incredibly lucky, everyone can be a young star athlete on a play pretend hockey team. Next, there was a city wide parade, complete with large floats and even a blimp with Zheng's face on it. After that, all of the local ice cream shops got together and had an ice cream competition with Guy as the judge. Lastly, Zheng was treated to an extravagant dinner with the mayor after a large ceremony where he was given the key to the city. All in all, it was quite a busy day for young superstar Guy Zheng, and it was definitely a day that he would not forget.

Quote:Task 09: (Written, 3 TPE)

Which organization that didnt make it to the finals would you consider to be the biggest disappointment? What do you think are the main reasons why they fell short this season? (Must be 150 words or more)

The biggest disappointment of the season in my opinion is the fact that the New England Wolfpack did not win the Challenge Cup. This is a travesty of the highest proportions as I expected nothing less for an organization filled with young and hungry players. In fact, I was doubley disappointed when I found out that not only had we not made the playoffs, but we also lost the draft lottery by one spot. In all seriousness, I think the New Orleans Specters take the cake for most disappointing playoff run, as I completely expected them to be in the finals against West Kendall. Their roster is stacked beyond belief, and they were the runners up of the last Challenge Cup finals, so there was no real reason to believe that they wouldn't be able to make the finals once again. However, not only did they get stopped short in the first round that they played in, they were beaten by a Texas team that didn't even manage to make it past the next round. This is definitely the most underwhelming playoff run for the New Orleans franchise so far, and I can't wait to see whether the team manages to bounce back from this devastating loss.

Quote:Task 11: (Written, 3 TPE)

Writers on the internet have jokingly tossed around the following playoff roster idea: "when a team eliminates another team, they get to claim a player from that eliminated team to join their roster" Pretend the SHL has adopted this rule this postseason. Pick one of the teams in the Challenge Cup final and pick any player from a team that they've eliminated to add to their roster for the finals. Why did they choose that player? How will this player help out? Where will they play in the lineup? (must be 150 words or more, *tag all players)

The Calgary Dragons definitely should have selected Karlstrabe Scholz from the Edmonton Blizzard. I understand this is an unorthodox choice, but @karlssens from the Blizzard (formerly their general manager) is someone who, as a person, is extremely experienced in the SHL and especially when it comes to finals. Even though his player is rather young and may not have as high a TPE count as the superstars of the SHL, what he lacks in skill he more than makes up for in boosting team morale and providing great advice and leadership within the locker room. Within the dragons, I would say Karlstrabe slots in well into the first pairing, and I believe he can leverage his experience from playing in the Four Star Cup finals to help push the Calgary Dragons over the edge and make them real contenders who can compete with WKP head to head. Also, now that I look at the Calgary roster, I am very surprised that they managed to make it this far with such little depth at defense. They seem to have a few promising defensemen though so I'm sure they're only going to get better.

Quote:TASK 13: (*CASUAL MEMBER SPECIAL* Send answer in PM, up to 3 TPE)
Its trivia time with 4 questions related to our Challenge Cup participants!

1. Who is the all time goals leader on the West Kendall Platoon?
2. Who won Calgary's Jesster Award (Team MVP) for season 46?
3. Who are the current 3 captains per there team info page (C, A and A) on the West Kendall Platoon?
4. What is the name of the stadium where the Calgary Dragons play there home games?

**Important**: Send the answers to username "PT Director" with the subject of the message titled “#Tigole-Trivia" do not send it to my personal account cause i will not look at it and you will not recieve credit for it. Do not post the answers in here cause you will not get credit for the task. [Grading: 1 TPE for participation, 0.5 TPE for each correct answer]

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Quote:Task 14: (Podtask, 3 or 4 TPE)
The SHL Network is excited to announce extended coverage of the S47 Playoffs through your speakers! From hit podcasts to fresh new voices.. submit your mini-pod and earn TPE! What you talk about is up to you, the only criteria this season is that all Mini-Pods should be post season related.

1 Man Mini-Pod: 3 TPE for 5 minutes or 4 TPE for 7 Minutes
2 Man Mini-Pod: 3 TPE for 6 Minutes or 4 TPE for 8 Minutes

*Post the link of your pod in this thread below*

CW Podcast Link w/ @5ympathies (9 minutes)