1. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)
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 S53 playoffs have unfolded differently. What happened in that reality's playoffs and who's in the Challenge Cup over there?

In an alternate reality, San Francisco wins the President's cup (which we've done before in this reality), wins the Cole Reinhart Trophy (which we've also done before in this reality), and then wins the Challenge Cup (which we can't seem to do in this reality). In the alternate reality, we have a perfect playoff run. We sweep every series, and not only do we sweep, but every game is a shutout, the Pride take zero penalties, and every Pride player on the ice gets at least one point. It's an unprecidented amount of success, but the team stays humble. Who they face in the finals is unimportant since it's almost like the other team didn't show up anyway. And then, after their stunning victory, Leopold Lockhart retires at the top of his game (because in this reality he isn't a useless, sad excuse for a hockey player with a bunch of TPE and nothing to show for it). Wow, alternate realities are fun.

. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)
With new tools at our disposal in FHM, we may eventually see some new awards enter the fold. Create a suggestion for a new SHL award. What kind of achievement is the award given for? Who's the award named after? Who would've won the award this season?

We'll call this new award the Leopold Flophart Trophy. Get it? Flophart instead of Lockhart because...oh nevermind. Anyway, this award is named after Leopold Lockhart who is the first player to take the award home in season 53. This award is given to the player who was expected to be a great Fantasy pick and then ended up flopping so hard that literally everyone traded him away except for the player's owner (and even that was out of laziness, not loyalty). This player must have over 1700 TPE at the start of the season, must be a highly picked fantasy player, and then must be swapped over and over and over again for a player with less TPE. As the season goes on, this player's performance should only get worse and worse, leading the owner of the player to long for the glories of the past when their player didn't suck so bad using STHS.

6. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)
Come up with a program of intermission entertainment for one of the games of the finals. What's the between-period on-ice entertainment the fans will enjoy? The goofier the better, go crazy.

Intermission entertainment usually involves the mascot of the home team, but this year, both team's mascots will get in on the fun. That's right, the visiting team's mascot is traveling with the team this year and the first intermission will feature a mascot battle. The Steelhawk's big weird bird will face off against the Blizzard's dog/deer whatever it is in a game of donut hockey were they'll take turns shooting donuts at each other, only the defending mascot has to stop the donut puck with their big mascot mouth. Second intermission will be your typical grab a few members of the crowd and dress them up in sumo suits and make them play a quick game of ball hocky while the mascots try their best to knock them over. High jinks ensue. And then for final intermission, whatever loser got booted off of the voice at some early point in the live shows last year will come out and sing their latest single! No will know who they are. Perfect opportunity for a bathroom break!

8. Written/Graphic, 3 TPE (150 words min. for written option)
The arenas in Edmonton and Hamilton certainly don't need any gimmicks to get people into the stadium for the series, but the arenas want to make sure they're pulling out all the stops on the big stage. Help the concessions department of one of these two teams develop a new product, with marketing specifically pertaining to this finals series, to be sold at the arena during the finals. Describe the product and the marketing in 150 words or create a promotional poster showing the product, its name, the price, etc.

It's not the most original idea, in fact it's a complete Dairy Queen rip off and I wouldn't be surprised if they sue, but this year the Blizzard have decided create a Blue Line Blizzard, a delicious ice-cream treat chock full of Blizzard blue food coloring, marshmallows, little chocolate hockey pucks, and little blue sprinkles. The Blizzard's blizzard comes in a 16oz souvineer cup with a picture of the Blizzard's mascot on it and it costs a whopping $12. It's available at 3 of the concession stands located around the arena...you know the ones. The generic ones that serve gross domestic beer like bud light and food like nachos and popcorn and gross looking hotdogs for $8 a pop. The ad campaign promoting the treat is a big poster of the Blizzard's mascot holding one of the Blue Line Blizzards upside down. Not to fear, the concoction is thick enough that the ice cream stays put in the upside down cup! Come to think of it's that's a Dairy Queen rip off too...

13. 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 to qualify.
d. Blizzard... snow... ok debate time - do you like snow? yes or no? why or why not?

I'm pro snow! But then again, I live in Texas and have seen snow a grand total of four times in my whole life, so it's definitely a novelty for me. Usually when it snows here, a couple of inches might stick to the ground overnight so it's pretty to look at in the morning, but it all melts away by like 10am.

16. CW TRIVIA, 3 TPE max - 1 TPE for participation, 0.5 TPE for each correct answer. This is now completed through a Google form linked below. Make sure to spell your answers correctly or you will not get credit. Post your verification word in your CW post.

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