My favorite memory is likely the same as many of who won the 4 star cup in carolina in season 50. It was november 10th of last year, game 6 of a series between the Raptors and the Kraken. It was one of those moments that can only be owed to Simon and his bullshit, but for us it was good. The Kraken were fairly lacking depth, being pushed along by then-super stars Tedisko, Sarantez, Claude, and Morris IV. We had a strong core of sophmores in Ricky Bobby, Alexei Rykov, Joseph Weston, Phineas Gold, Bobby Lane, Zbigniew Pokrywka, Hans Schweinsteiger, Tom Fiddler, and Michael Fitted. The Raptors, by comparison, were a little more loaded, little more fit for the current meta. The Raptors had 14 players at or above 80 defense, the primary positioning stat and overall number one strategy for all teams, except those exploiting (if there were any at the time). The Kraken had half that, a regular underdog by most reckoning.

So, November 10th, game 6. It would initially be remembered for all the penalties taken. In the first period, Carolina had 4 penalties, Colorado had 1, yet the score was only 0-1 Raptors. We tied it up mid way through the 2nd, and then Michael Fitted uttered the famous words

Fuck the penaltys terry bradshaws ghost will lead us to da promised land

That was our new montra, and we channelled all of our energy into Lord Terry.

Fitted scored shortly after, giving us the 2-1 lead, and the discord erupted. Zbigniew Pokrywka saw his 3rd penalty of the game, then Rykov his 1st later, giving the Raptors the tie. But Rykov struck back with the go ahead goal shortly before the 3rd.

At this point, we had all experienced a crazy cup run. As rookies in S49, we were blessed to have been dealt the favor of Simon's bullshit and won the cup. We were so hungry for that back to back, especially with a new name.

The game would eventually end 5-3, giving Carolina it's first cup in history, in its first season. We all jumped into the discord voice and sang SWEEEEEETTT TERRY GUUUYYY over and over. It was a very exciting night and probably cemented my interest in the SHL, this league being the first of its kind I had ever done, and I think the same was true for many of us from the Reddit draft. Something so stupid as channeling Terry Bradshaw's ghost to win the cup and singing his praises physically with our voices...it seems so childish, but it was truly a moment filled to bursting with joy. Ill never forget it.