1. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min)
VIP Status again 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! Eggy has complained to me the past two seasons about having to pay for this so I'm graciously volunteering SDCore to front the costs for this season's splurge! Are you going to Games 1 and 2 in Edmonton or Games 3 and 4 in Hamilton? Why are you picking there? And what are you going to do in that city to run up SD's tab?? (This is the same prompt as in the past but we've got different cities! be creative! Don't re-use what was written last season.)

I will definitely go to the beautiful city of Hamilton for the Game 3 of the Challenge Cup Finals. Even though Hamilton is quite often in the shadow of the biggest city in the greater Toronto area there are still quite a few things one can do here to have a great night out. These are the first Challenge Cup Finals since 22 years which means some players haven't even been born the last time the Steelhawks were in the finals or were even able to life the Challenge Cup. All these facts should help towards a great time in the Steelhawks arena with quite passionate fans even tho there are rumors circling around that the Hamilton players are under influence of a substance that is great enhancing their shooting offensive abilities. As for running up the tab I'll go to the Shaolin Underground bar in the center of Hamilton and get myself some drinks with the enthusiastic Hamilton fans and either drown their tears with some drinks or chime in the happy times of a win at their hometown in the Cup finals.

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2. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min)
Alternate Reality: Physicists and other smarties believe that this reality is just one of infinite realities existing alongside this one in parallel. Take us over to one of those realities in which everything is the same but these S51 playoffs have unfolded differently. What happened in that reality's playoffs and who's in the Challenge Cup over there?

In my alternate reality two teams that have been swept in the real Challenge Cup playoffs managed to barely win their respective series in OT of their game 7. Those two teams also managed to come out victorious in their conference battles against the Edmonton Blizzard and the Manhattan Rage by the skin of their skin. Both series were a hard fought game 7 win again due to the stellar performance of both S43 drafted goalies. Those goalies finally face each other again after countless battle in the SMJHL as well as the S46 Challenge Cup finals in which the Buffalo Stampede won in 7 games against the New Orleans Specters. Now we finally get to see the long awaited rematch of that final series. Buffalo struggles to get going and is down 0-2 in the series with the Spectres winning both games at home. Buffalo manages to come back in game 3 with a decisive 2 to 0 win lead by goal from Hippo Passamus as well as oldie Alexis Metzler. Game 4 and 5 also will be won by Buffalo who managed to turn the tides and be in the series lead for now but the Specters managed to force a game 7 which goes scoreless until Eric Vanderberg scored the game winning goal just 2 minutes before the start of OT.

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4. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min)
Pretend that your team has hit an injury bug - the roster is so depleted that your coach is asking you to play out of position. What position is your coach asking you to play and what about your player build will help you be successful in this new role?

Alexander was asked by the Buffalo Stampede Coach to help out on defense even though the Stampede are quite deep there. Due to his big frame tho with a height of 6 feet and 10 inches as well as his weight of 280 pounds one would think that Alexander could be quite the intimidating and punishing presence of the defensive side but in reality Alexander is quite the gentle giant and is mostly trying to disrupt the offense with his big reach and intercepting some passes. Due to his excellent defensive skills Alex shouldn't really be a liability in this emergency role some might even say he would even be a better Defender than Forward. Another one of Alex skills that makes this transition less painful is the fact of his excellent Puck Handling skills which should get him out of some quite sticky situations near the boards when a forechecking Forward is real close on him and trying to disrupt the breakout pass.

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5. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min)
The Most Generic Prompt of All Time - what is your player looking forward to in the offseason? What are they planning on doing? Training? Relaxing? Testing free agency? Whatever it is, let us know!

As every offseason Alex is looking to go back to the country he was born in as well as the country his family still calls home even after living already 21 years in North America. Alex is looking forward to reconnect with his extended family as well as attending the wedding of the daughter of his cousin which is actually a few years older than him. Who knows what happens but because Alex knows a few of the bridesmaids fairly well since they attended the same school together and went out clubbing the few times he was here over the summer, Alex will definitely shoot his shot since you miss 100% of the shots you don't take. He might get lucky and have a fun time with one of them. Other than this event he will visit the grave of his grandparents and spent some time in the mountains near his hometown to reconnect with the nature.

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9. Written, 1 TPE
Write a haiku about an SHL-related topic. Be sure to follow the 3 line, 5-7-5 syllable structure or Godzilla will stomp on your house/apartment while you sleep.
HAIKU: https://poets.org/glossary/haiku

This was quite the fun
but Hamilton disagreed
and ruined it all

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18. 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. In which season did the Hamilton Steelhawks last win the Challenge Cup?
B. Name a player who has won the Anton Razov trophy while playing for the Edmonton Blizzard
C. Which Edmonton Blizzard player famously has a cow as their player render?
D. Of the 18 skaters on Hamilton's playoff roster, how many of them have a Passing rating higher than their Scoring rating?

**Important**: Send the answers to username "PT Director" with the subject of the message titled “S51 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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