Task 01: (Written, 3 TPE)

Trevor Wilson was born and raised in Kelowna, British Columbia and was lucky enough to play for his hometown team the Kelowna Knights during juniors. So he got to come back to town as an ex-fan favourite who has gone on to accomplish an outstanding career. To commemorate this career and his most recent cup victory, a ceremony was thrown for Wilson by the city. The event included a couple speeches and a minor parade with the Challenge Cup. Wilson used this opportunity to try and promote hockey even further in the already hockey obsessed Okanagan. It was also most likely one of Wilson’s last chances to address a crowd of this size as a current player. He said his good byes, hinting that retirement is coming and it’s just hard to finally call it quits. But, he thanked his hometown for all the support they have shown over the past 19 seasons.


TASK 5

4. Beauxjeaux Biscuit will be the difference maker in this series. He is looking like the best goalie in the league right now, and almost single handedly won West Kendall the series against Buffalo. If Biscuit continues to play as he has been there is absolutely no way that Calgary can win. Calgary could completely dominate the games but as long as Biscuit decides that he’s going to win there’s nothing Calgary can do.


TASK 9

The most disappointing team in the playoffs this season has got to be the New Orleans Spectors. They came into the finals as the best team in the West with 69 points and 2nd overall in the league. This clearly did not translate to the playoffs where they lost to Texas. Texas came in as a wildcard and had to start the playoffs with a series against San Francisco. Maybe this was the best thing for them as it kept them in top form. Regardless, the Specters will need to have a look inwards this offseason to see where things went wrong for them. Credit can be given that at least the series went to game 7, they didn’t completely keel over by being swept. But, a first round exit is still a first round exit. Will they come back better or will they come back as a middling team, only the Specters can figure that out.


TASK 11

Looking at West Kendall, their forward core is absolutely stacked so grabbing a forward from one of the teams they dispatched may not fit in as well. West Kendall would probably look at finding another depth defender. Taking Alexis Metzler, one of the best defensive dmen in the league, off the Stampede would be a huge add. Metzler provides just one more person on the back end who can help shut down Calgary’s offence coming into the finals. West Kendall doesn’t need a star who is going to lead them, they have plenty of those, but a steady calming personality always helps. Another key factor is that he is a veteran, he’s been there before and knows how to handle the adversity like most of the rest of West Kendall’s roster. He is from around the same time period as Light and Wilson so this should help him fit into the locker room too. Knowing some of the members of the team cannot be understated. I feel that this add would almost all but guarantee a Challenge Cup for West Kendall.


TASK 12

West Kendall Platoon had a very close call during the Eastern conference finals, going down 3-1 to the Stampede. I thought it was over and we were finishing the season disappointed again. The atmosphere in the LR after losing game 4 was demoralizing, it was basically over. But being the best team in the league during the regular season WKP was the best equipped to deal with this deficit. On the back of the best goalie in the league, we were miraculously able to squeak out 3 straight wins propelling us into the finals with even more confidence. Despite being a difficult time, I think this really helped to refocus the team and remind us just how strong of a team we are. It also made a statement to the Dragons that Bojo is going to be a problem for them this series. Bojo deserves playoff MVP just for the semi finals alone, not to mention all his other exceptional performances.

TASK 13

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