1. Not biased at all but I believe San Francisco and grapehead have the advantage. Why? Well simple, the username itself. Let's go back to the 14th century where the word 'grape' was created, shall we? Grape, 'a smooth-skinned juicy light green or deep red to purplish black berry eaten dried or fresh as a fruit or fermented to produce wine.' Deriving from an Old French word, 'graper' or from Germany meaning 'catch with a hook'. Wow. Now when you combine that with the word 'head' which was used firstly in the nautical sense back in Anglo-Saxon times referring to a ship's figurehead. So combining both of these words 'grapehead', is basically a fleet of ships containing wine and fruit which is not only a basic white girl dream but enough to demolish JayWhy and his team. 
2. STHS really takes into consideration the ratio in which coaches send their lines out shift by shift so let's start there. You want your best players on the ice more, no? As long as the players have the endurance to back them up, which all players of this caliber should have, then I believe San Fran's 40-40-15 is superior in this sense. I can understand JayWhy for being more passive and allowing his bottom forwards to see more ice team but this is the fucking cup yo. You got to leave it all on the ice and I would want my best players out there as much as possible to try and bring home a title. 
3. I do like both, the Pride logo and Manhattan logo but I am actually partial to the Blizzard logo as my favorite in the league. I know I know, why like the logo of such a crap organization, I know. And yes, it hurts me to say but the shading of those lighter/darker blues and the contrast of the yellow eyes frankly give me goosebumps. I am often unable to sleep at night thinking of what angel created this masterpiece for our great league. The wolf is also a top contender for my favorite animal so bonus points for that as well. The white on the snout, to the sea blue around the eyes, to the darker blue around the top of the head. Somebody stop me!   Look at it...look at it! Genius. 
4. Chris Partridge. They could make a movie about him.."The inactive goalie who somehow fights his way and leads his team to the Challenge Cup without a care in the world." That's the goalie I strive to be. Ha! I told you ma, laziest can pay off! When you hear the name partridge does it strike fear in your hearts!? Or does it, like me, make you think of that Christmas song, a partridge in a pear tree. Well for me it's the latter. Could it have been a better name, perhaps 'Tree Partridge' or even 'Pear Partridge'. Maybe. Could it have been 'Cillian Partridge'? Killer. But we have Chris. Boring ol' Chris Partridge. And that's how I think San Fran looks at this goalie. Not active, won't talk in the team discord, doesn't update, slowly regressing, boring old Chris Partridge. It's alright Chris..hopefully Cillian will relieve you of your duties soon enough.
5. Give me the grapes. A. I know how to use a chainsaw as my dad almost killed me trying to saw down a monster tree in our backyard when I was a kid. Told me to 'grip it and rip it' it get it going. I now live life in a similar fashion. B. Gritty, Gritty, Gritty. The viral mascot known for mischievousness and stupidity. Well I'm a Pens fan and if I see Gritty in a back alley it's bad news for Gritty. D. I am afraid to look at my internet history. Can't wait for my girlfriend to stumble upon my search history later when she goes onto our computer. 'sim hockey', 'grape meaning', 'Pornhub', 'word head derived from', 'Partriddge in a pear tree xmas song', 'Pornhub', 'Gritty'.


I work in the Marketing department of my company so I should be decent at this one. Ok hear me out...actual grapeheads for the San Francisco Pride. To look something like this:

This is just a rough draft. We outsource it to China, have these made super cheap. We use that cheap, hot, itchy material almost like that sweater your grandma gave you for Christmas when you were a kid. Charge maybe $7 with tax total and put them at all concession stands in the arena. Inside of the hat comes a box of grapehead candy which can be eaten as an in game snack or thrown at the opposing team. GM Grapehead will be available after the home games for autographs and pictures which we'll of course charge out the ass for. Proceeds will go directly to the team to increase funding for scouts, arena upgrades and overall marketing of the Pride. We'll make SportsCenter not top 10 for this awful product design and boom we've gone viral. Portnoy will be reaching out to us from BarstoolSports and just like that, SHL is on the map. The Pride will jump to being the most talked about California team going forward.


With most goalies it's all psychological. Cillian Kavanagh is no different. This offseason there's going to be alot of focus on shifting roles from a backup goalie to a starting goaltender in the SMJHL. The Knights had a 2nd round playoff exit that was disappointing for our organization. We're losing key players to the SHL but getting stronger with our depth guys. We have a great young defensive core that can help us win those close 1 goal games. For me personally, i'm going to take some time off in the earlier portion of the offseason focusing on my life away from hockey. The second half of the offseason i'll spend preparing myself mentally and physically for the upcoming, S53. I have a trip planned to Ireland to visit with family and enjoy the finer things in life before getting back to work. My girlfriend and I were thinking about doing a little traveling and seeing parts of the world we've never been to before. When I get back to work, I look forward to a clear head and a fully rested self. I think it'll be a smooth transition to a starting goaltender position as I have prepared for this role for 2 seasons now. Luca has taught me a great deal of what it takes to be a starter and I look forward to leading my team to a Four Star Cup in the upcoming season.


This is intriguing. It would be a great opportunity for the respective fan bases to show their support by traveling to a neutral arena to cheer on their team. However it would also make it difficult for many hometown fans having to pay travel fares and to take time off work perhaps to attend these games. I wouldn't be opposed to this idea for the SHL but perhaps we try it on a season by season basis. We would work to determine how many fans of each team were able to make it out and show support, what travel costs/room and board and if this is beneficial to continue. The arena would not be as loud and create a playoff atmosphere with more neutral fans from the stadium area attending. In turn however, this would level the playing field and would not give either team an edge depending on if they were home or away.


Glove, blocker and positioning are my top 3 that i'm going to focus the most on. I want to get those maxed out as soon as I can. The next most important attributes to me are reflexes, rebound and recovery. I'm going to prioritize these as 2nd most important tier of attributes which are going to be 1 or 2 points max, behind my first tier. I believe similar to STHS it's important to create a well balanced player and to not have any blatant weaknesses. We'll have to see how this plays out though. Looking forward to the change and hey, can't be much worse than the randomness of our current system!




5 + 3 + 3 + 2 + 2 + 3 = 18. 16 TPE