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**JamesT** · 11-07-2019, 04:37 PM

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1. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min)

VIP Status babyyyyyyyy - your player has been invited to attend one of the first homestands of the CC finals as a VIP guest - all expenses paid, front row seats, any hotel you want - and it's all on the Commissioner's dime! Are you going to Games 1 and 2 in Tampa or Games 3 and 4 in Calgary? Why are you picking there? And what are you going to do in that city to run up Eggy's tab?? (This is the same prompt as last year but we've got different cities! be creative! Don't re-use what was written last season)

Oh my another VIP event that I get to attend for the S50 Challenge Cup finals! Last year I was able to attend this event while playing in the CC finals themselves, so I wasn't entirely focused on enjoying my time as I needed to focus on winning the championship. However, this year our Edmonton Blizzard

got eliminated in the second round so I am looking to relieve some stress and have a party. I will be going for games 3 and 4 in Calgary as I want to experience the playoff atmosphere in the city of Calgary and see what all the fuss is about. Also, Calgary is close home to Edmonton so the travel towards there isn't as bad compared to going to Tampa.

The city of Calgary has plenty to offer so I will be looking to hit the local bars, enjoy the rodeo's and staying at the finest 5 star hotel in town to enjoy my time in Calgary.

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2. Written, 2 TPE (100 words min)

After a slow start to the regular season, the Dragons have surged of late and have rallied around the #CalgaWe notion of togetherness. On the other side, the Barracuda battled through a difficult East and are led by a very strong young core. Which team are you personally rooting for to take home the Challenge Cup and why?

I am personally rooting for the Calgary Dragons

as now that the Edmonton Blizzard

are eliminated from the playoffs, it would be awesome to see a team from the province of Alberta capture the Challenge Cup. Calgary has shown tremendous resilience after having a mediocre regular season and the fact that they are now competing for the Challenge Cup reminds me of the St. Louis Blues in the NHL. The Blues were last place at one point in regular season and wound up winning the Stanley Cup. The Calgary Dragons

will look to this as an example that as long as you make the playoffs, all bets are off as to who will be able to hoist the Challenge Cup when all is said and done.

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12. Written, up to 5 TPE Pick up to 5 Challenge Cup related topics to write about! Each topic is worth 1 TPE. Each answer must be 50+ words to qualify.

A. Each team enters these finals with a red hot superstar - longtime league legend Mike Izzy for Calgary and surprise breakout star Gunnar Soderberg for Tampa Bay. Which of these players will have a more dominant finals?

B. Kata Vilde and Benjamin Blue are two of the best goaltenders in the league - which team has the advantage in net?

C. Do you expect this to be a high-scoring series or a low-scoring series? A mix? Do you think it'll be competitive or will one team run away with it?

D. What's your favorite player NAME on either team? why? (note: not who's your favorite player. which player name)

E. If you could choose any one of the following four options, which would you pick? 1. A chicken parm sandwich from Esa 2. A tray of cookies from c00kies 3. A custom feet pic from JSS 4. An hour long stick and puck session with Jepox

A. Both Mike Izzy and Gunnar Soderberg have been dominant and important players for their respective teams in the S50 SHL playoffs. However, I believe that Mike Izzy from the Calgary Dragons

will be more dominant compared to Gunnar Soderberg from the Tampa Bay Barracuda

Mike Izzy has generated an impressive 13 goals and 10 assists in only 13 games which equals 23 points. He also has a +17 rating while averaging 24 minutes in the playoffs. Gunnar has produced 7 goals and 11 assists in 12 games as well which is impressive but compared to Mike it is hard to compare the two. My edge goes to Mike Izzy for being more dominant in this series.

B. Kata Vilde and Benjamin Blue are both walls for their teams and have been a while now in the SHL. Kata Vilde of the Dragons

has posted a 12-1 record with a .931% save percentage, a GAA of 2, one shutout and has allowed 27 goals so far in these playoffs. Benjamin Blue of the Barracuda

has posted a 8-3-1 record with a .922% save percentage, a GAA of 2.71, one shutout as well and has allowed 34 goals so far. Just looking at the statistics alone, the edge in goal will have to go to Kata Vilde of the Calgary Dragons

C. I expect the series between the Calgary Dragons

and the Tampa Bay Barracuda

to be a extremely close, but there will be games of high-scoring affair and low-scoring affairs. So a mixture of the two is what I see playing out in this series. I can see Tampa putting up a strong fight against the Dragons

but ultimately the Calgary Dragons

are so much more deep overall compared to the Barracuda

D. My favourite player name for the S50 SHL Challenge Cup finals would have to be Rainbow Dash from the Calgary Dragons

The name Rainbow Dash sounds like a racetrack in the game of Mario Kart, or could be the name of a horse in a track meet. This player name is the one that stands out to me as being the most unique and interesting from both teams in the S50 Challenge Cup finals.

E. Out of the four options presented to me, I will have to go with the "Chicken Parm Sandwich from Esa" Food is one of the best things about life and now that I am finished with the season in the SHL, I can enjoy more meals and I have heard legendary things from Esa's Chicken Parm Sandwiches and can't wait to get my hands on one.

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7. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min)

As competition ramps up for the playoffs, players (both those still in and those eliminated) work extra hard to improve areas of their game that are lacking. What one area of your game do you really needs to focus on improving and how will this benefit the team?

In these playoffs I played extremely poor, I had no points and went a -6 for the Edmonton Blizzard

Even though I have managed to get my defence to the max of 99, I still have a long ways to go to becoming a 200 foot player in the SHL. For S51 I am looking to work on my skating. It is currently sitting on a 85 rating and I hope to get it to 90 ASAP. I am not the biggest or most physical player so I need to rely on my skating to avoid body-checks and help get the puck out of the zone, or dish it to one of my teammates so they can take a shot at the opposing net. Skating is also one of my players strengths (my other two are defence and passing), once I get my strengths all the way to 99 I hope I can be a go to player in the SHL for many years to come. But for this upcoming season, skating is the one area I look to focus on and improve.

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15. Casual Member Special, 3 TPE max - 1 TPE for participation, 0.5 TPE for each correct answer - SEND ANSWER IN PM TO "PT DIRECTOR" (tagged below)

A. As defined by draft class, who is the oldest player in this series?

B. What is the name of the Calgary Dragons' Arena?

C. Name 3 previous names of the Tampa Bay Barracuda franchise

D. From these two teams, which player had the most PIMs in the S50 regular season? (Look, I'll even give you a link to the index right below this code box. When I posted the link directly, it auto-corrected the colon + slash into a partial frown face; it looks funny and the link still works so i'm leaving it)

**Important**: Send the answers to username "PT Director" with the subject of the message titled “S50 CW" - Do not send it to my personal account; those will not be graded. Do not post the answers in here; you will not get credit for the task.

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