Fox has spent the previous three seasons with the St Louis Scarecrows, winning two Four Star Cups in that time. Fox spent the previous two seasons as a center for St Louis, but with his callup to New Orleans imminent, it looks like a move back to the wing is in store for the young star. When asked about whether he was ready for his callup, Fox had this to say: "I think I'm ready for the SHL. I've put in a lot of time working on different aspects of my game, and now after spending time as a center, I think I know what might be going through the mind of the center on my line, so that may end up helping my game as a winger. I think I've still got to work on my conditioning a bit but I don't think it will be too much of an issue to work on this offseason. I'm sad to leave behind the teammates I've spent seasons with and the rookies I bonded with this past season, but I'm excited to finally get to play with Jimmy Slothface and be reunited with Aleister Cain."


2. Before this series started, I would have given the managerial edge to Calgary (@Steelhead77 & @c00kies). These two have managed a highly respected organization in Calgary for many seasons, and managed to return Calgary to the Challenge Cup Finals after declaring a full rebuild in S45. Not many GMs in this league would be able to manage such a feat, and we should see Calgary reaffirm their position near the top of the standings as a team to be feared and respected in the upcoming seasons.

3. West Kendall's Beaujeaux @.bojo Biscuit was undoubtedly WKP's MVP both heading into the Challenge Cup and should be after the conclusion of the Challenge Cup. WKP's unsung hero, for me, was actually their leading scorer in the playoffs, Crossfit @CFJ Jesus. Biscuit ended the playoffs with a record of 12-2-1, .941 save pct, and a 1.83 GAA. The reason Crossfit is the "unsung hero" is because Biscuit stole the show with his play in net. Crossfit logged 16 points in 15 games and zero penalty minutes.

4. Looking back on a completed Challenge Cup Finals, the difference maker for me was yet again Beaujeaux Biscuit. Through the 4 games in the finals, Biscuit never had a save percentage below .911, facing a high volume of shots in each game of the series. Despite the team in front of him dropping the ball and allowing a high volume of shots, Biscuit was there to bail his team out of tough situations and was a key player in ensuring West Kendall swept Calgary.

5. "Mild surprise." Having sold the majority of their top end in S45, there shouldn't have been a way for Calgary to have made it back to the finals this soon. This resurgence is proof of two things: the strength of their managerial duo and the strength of their drafting. If it weren't for strong drafting, they wouldn't have had the pieces in place to step into the holes left by the players traded off. On the other hand, if it weren't for their general managers, they wouldn't have drafted as well or knew that they would still be okay if they declared a full rebuild.

6. Prior to this finals, my pick for young breakout players would have been Nicky Pedersen Jr (@mstuk41). Pedersen Jr. was a point-per-game player for Calgary in the playoffs heading into the finals, notching 5 goals and 6 assists in the 11 games prior to the Challenge Cup. In the finals, he managed another goal and 2 assists in 4 games. While Calgary didn't finish on top, they've got a bonafide star in the making in Pedersen Jr.

8. Even before the finals started I would have said Beaujeaux Biscuit would have been the pick to carry his team in the finals, and boy did he do just that. Like stated in one of the previous answers, Biscuit didn't have a game in the finals with a save percentage below .911 and faced a high volume of shots in each game. 


New Orleans had high expectations heading into the postseason after a stellar regular season that saw them win the western conference and finish second overall, only behind West Kendall. New Orleans ultimately fell to Texas, who made it back into the playoffs after missing out the previous season. New Orleans had a good mixture of veteran talent and young guns that rounded out their lineup, and with one of the better netminders in the league in Aleister Cain, New Orleans looked primed to take the Challenge Cup in only their second season of existence. In the playoffs, New Orleans lack of depth on defense ultimately led to their early exit. No matter how good of a goalie they have, if he's left out to dry, there's not much he can do to save New Orleans. If the Specters want a title anytime soon, they need more depth on defense, and fast.


There's really no question about what the answer should be here. West Kendall found themselves down 3 games to 1 to the defending Challenge Cup Champions Buffalo after sweeping Chicago. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, West Kendall rattled off 7 straight wins not only to beat Buffalo in 7, but to also sweep Calgary in the finals. In a battle of high powered offenses, the West Kendall-Buffalo series ultimately came down to goaltending, where Beaujeaux @.bojo Biscuit had a .978 save percentage in the final three games of the series, only allowing 2 goals on 92 shots. For an offense that averaged 4.18 goals per game in the regular season, they needed everything they got out of their netminder in the final three games of that series, managing wins of 2-1, 2-1, and 3-0 after only managing 6 goals in the first 4 games of the series. Luckily for West Kendall, their offense found their footing in the finals against Calgary where they managed to score 20 in the 4 games of that series. 

Task 13: PM'd