CW TASK 9: (Graphic, 3 TPE)
Ooof, you thought it was buried deep in cyberspace but sadley that social media post you wrote has re-surfaced during championship week and its being shared across the net. you were young and dumb! you werent a professional hockey player when it was written!... yet here it is and its time to deal with it. Provide us with that post! graphic must be done with a social media background and include your players pick, name and the wording that got you in trouble!




CW TASK 10: (Written, 3 TPE)
CHALLENGE CUP HISTORY reports will be viewed instead of commericals for those watching the series online! pick any previous challenge cup finals from before your current player's time in the SHL and in 150+ words talk about the series including who won and in how many games, and who were some of the better players in that series. [include link to archives]

In season forty-one, the West Kendall Platoon beat the Los Angeles Panthers to win the Challenge Cup for the first time in thirty-six seasons.  Their last win previous to this was in season five and it was a hell of a triumph for the Platoon who had been feeling like they'd had all of the right pieces needed to win the cup for a while.  The Panthers pushed the Platoon to seven games, so it was a hard fought series.  Game seven was extremely close as well with the Platoon pulling ahead by one point in the middle of the third period resulting in a final score of 5-4.  Platoon's Mikko Linna had twenty-eight points in twenty games, though the Anton Razov Trophy that season went to Panthers player Maximilian Wächter.  (Side note, Linna was traded to the Calgary Dragons after this season and went on to win the Challenge Cup in season 42 with the Dragons.)   Either way, this was the season that ushered in a new era for the West Kendall Platoon, an era in which they've won the Challenge Cup three times in seven seasons.  

(link to the index is broken, so here’s a link to the archive)  http://simulationhockey.com/showthread.php?tid=86663



CW 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!

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CW TASK 3: (Written, 3 TPE)
For most of us S48 is over and now its time to sit down with your GM's for a season end review! talk to your GM's about what youve accomplished, what you are strong at, what you need to improve on and what would you like your role to be moving into S49. Task must be 150 words or more. (*Tag your GM’s)

This season has been a slight improvement in terms of performance for Leopold Lockhart.  After a weak rookie showing in season forty-seven, he was determined to make a bigger difference for the team in season forty-eight, and even though he still didn't make quite the splash he wanted, the season gave him a lot of hope for what's to come.  He improved from twelve points to nineteen points, which isn't that big of a difference, but in juniors, Lockhart did most of his scoring on the power play and he hasn't had any power play time with the Pride.  One of his personal goals is to work his way up to getting some power play time.  One of his biggest improvements this season over last season was plus/minus.  He was at a -4 in season forty-seven, and improved to a +2 in season forty-eight, which I think is a testament to his improved performance on the penalty kill.  Lockhart is excited to continue to improve and hopefully the team will also continue to improve right along with him.  @Grapehead @tweedledunn

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CW TASK 05: (Written, up to 4 TPE)
Pick up to 4 challenge cup related topics to write about! Each topic is worth '1' TPE. Each answer must be '50' words or more.

1. Put together a challenge cup fantasy team using the 2 teams in the finals as the player pool. This fantasy team must include at least 1 young player (S44 or higher) and in 50+ words discuss your choices.

C - Viktor Marius
W - Bobby Sharp ®
W -  Lil Manius
D - Alexis Metzler
D - Slip McScruff
G - Cedric Moreau

With a total of 23 points in 16 games and a faceoff percentage of over 56%, Marius is a clear choice to center the top line on any fantasy team.  Not to mention, he leads his team in hits.  
Bobby Sharp would be my rookie pick.  Also from Buffalo.  He's only got 9 points, but he's got a +10 plus/minus and hasn't taken any penalties at all so far in playoffs.  
Gonna put Lil Manius on here just because I've gotta pick a Jets player.  Manius isn't the highest scoring, but he's a hitter and we're trying to rake in those fantasy points, right?  
I just picked 2 defensemen tbh.
Chose Winnipeg's goalie because he's got a higher save percentage and a lower goals against average.  


2. This series boasts an interesting matchup at the blue line between star studded defenders! Which includes Troy McClure III, Gary Grease and Slip McScruff from Winnipeg.. & Buffalo's Tatu Makela, Connor Tanner and Charles Walker.. which group do you expect will outshine the other and why?

I'm gonna go ahead and give Winnipeg's defenders the slight edge here.  They're putting points on the board, they're throwing hits, and they're blocking more shots than the Buffalo defenders listed.  Though Buffalo has the advantage of having better forwards in front of them, I think Winnipeg has the advantage of having a slightly better goalie behind them.  I'm still not sure this is going to be enough to give the jets the win.  

4. Buffalo has made it to the finals in 2 of the last 3 seasons. Who or what has been a primary reason for the recent success of this franchise. (*tag anyone involved)

Any time a team does consistently well, I think you've got to give a lot of credit to the GMs of the team for setting that up.  They've done all of the drafting, they do all of the behind the scenes work making lines, etc, and they're fairly responsible for keeping their team alive in terms of activity.  So well done WBF and Tomen.  Are you guys getting sick and tired of being tagged yet?  @WannabeFinn @Tomen

5. Both franchises come into the series with a hot Cedric! Between Winnipegs Cedric Moreau and Buffallo's Cedric Robinson which emerging netminder has the advantage over the other in this series?

Just in terms of stats, I think the Jets goalie has the advantage.  His save percentage and his goals against average are better, however I do think the Buffalo goalie has a better overall team playing in front of him and I think the Jets goalie is gonna have to work harder because the Buffalo players aren't going to make it easy on him.