Task 1
Although Maui is Latvian by nationality, he spent the majority of his childhood in Hawaii. Recently, the entire state dedicated a day to celebrating the achievement in hockey by Maui. He was welcomed to the state at the Honolulu Airport by the Governor of Hawaii, David Ige. They then proceeded downtown via motorcade to the Hawaii Hockey Festival where Maui was the guest of honour. He was awarded with the key to Honolulu and they named a street after him. He then spent the rest of the day surfing with those that had made their way to the capital for the festivities. The night ended with a massive luau on the beach with fire dancers, live music and tons of free food. Overall, Maui felt extremely honoured to be given such recognition by the Hawaiian community. He is a figure of hope for all aspiring hockey players on the island.

Word Count: 150

Task 5
8. As the finals have already come to a close, it is easy to see that Beaujeaux Biscuit stole the show. Only losing 3 times in the entire playoffs, Biscuit posted an astonishing .941 save percentage and 1.83 goals against average. Those numbers are just nuts. There is no doubt that Biscuit was the driving force behind the Platoon’s playoff success.

Word Count: 60

Task 7
As the end of the season draws closer, many fans are simply wanting to watch hockey. There is no need to big spectacles just for the national anthem. So with my new responsibility of organizing the anthems for the finals, I have decided to go super simple. In West Kendall, the anthems will be sung by Texas born George Strait. He is a country music staple and best represents the West Kendall Platoon. He will be accompanied by a single banjo player, with both individuals wearing custom American flag button downs and jeans. In Calgary, the anthems will be sung by none other than Paul Brandt. Again, with the country vibe of the city of Calgary, it only make sense to call upon another country music icon to sing the anthems. Paul will wear a Canadian tuxedo and be accompanied by a local high band. Thus, nothing flashy for the anthems, just simple music and then hockey.

Word Count: 157

Task 9
The organization that didn’t make the finals that is the biggest disappointment is obviously the Tampa Bay Barracuda. The Cudas looked poised to turn around their recent misfortune after making the playoffs in their first season in Tampa Bay after leaving Seattle. That had seemed to be the sparked they needed to ignite a fire under the team. However, this season proved that all that hype was garbage. The Barracudas followed up their appearance in the playoffs by finishing DEAD LAST IN THE ENTIRE LEAGUE. I mean, some of those borderline teams can expect to miss the playoffs every now and then but to drop all the way to the bottom was well bad. Tampa Bay just simply forgot how to play defense. They allowed 193 goals against which was almost 30 more than the next closet team. That was almost 4 goals a game! When you only score 130 in the season, allowing almost 200 is a sure-fire way to suck. At least the Barracuda ended up with the first overall pick in the upcoming draft so maybe that will bring some good fortune to the team.

Word Count: 188

Task 11
The Calgary Dragons definitely needed some more fire power in the lineup come the Challenge Cup finals as Platoon goaltender Beaujeaux Biscuit (@.bojo) slammed the door on the Dragons. This potential twist to the playoff format would have allowed Calgary to pick up one of the Texas Renegades sharpshooters to help bolster their attack. My pick for who the Dragons would have grabbed would be Iam Essellemm (@iamslm22). Essellemm finished the playoffs as the top goal scorer even after being eliminated in the conference finals. He posted 10 goals while adding another 8 assists in 17 games played this post-season for Texas. Essellemm would slot in on the Dragons’ top line with Mike Izzy and Hunter Jones. This would push Shooter McGavin down to the second line and Bouchard to the third. By adding Essellemm, the Dragons would have then had 3 lines with high scoring capabilities which could have been the difference in the Challenge Cup finals.

Word Count: 156

Task 13
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