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S55 Championship Week
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LairdButlerRegistered Senior Member
1. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)
Reflection on your season - how did your player fare on the ice this season? Did you meet or surpass your individual player goals or did you come up short? Whether you excelled or disappointed - what can you attribute that to? What will you try to do better next season? Stan Hanson’s SHL Rookie Season was very interesting to say the least. Initially Hanson stepped onto the ice with the New England Wolfpack as a Third Line Center. Hanson, normally a Winger, struggled a bit at first in the unfamiliar position but soon found his groove. Thanks to some internal changes, Hanson found himself to be the Second Line Center come mid-season. All things considered; this has proven to be a good season for Hanson. New position aside, Hanson managed to post a total of 24 points split between 6 Goals and 18 assists while still posting a respectable 100 Hits. Hanson proved his worth to the Pack by scoring several last minute clutch goals throughout the season. One of which included a last second Game Winning Goal against one of the league’s heavyweights, The Hamilton Steelhawks. As things stand right now, the sky appears to be the limit for Stan Hanson next season. 154 Words 2. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.) This offseason will be extra exciting, as it features the rare expansion draft! Write about how you think the expansion draft will play out, either for one or both of the expansion teams or from an SHL team's perspective. As we move into the offseason, there has been much buzz about the upcoming expansion draft. The SHL is expanding with two new teams, the Seattle Argonauts and the Atlanta Inferno. Right now there are a lot of good players up for grabs in the expansion draft. Unfortunately there is a lot of trepidation around the league about the draft as well. Historically, neither Seattle nor Atlanta has a very good Hockey history, and this fact is leading more than a few players to be wary of the expansion team’s futures. Let’s look at Atlanta first, two major teams come and gone already. Can the city realistically support a third or is it only a matter of time before the Inferno fizzles out and packs its bags? Then we have Seattle, no major teams since 1924. Have things changed enough in 96 years to support a team? I guess only time will tell. Of course no one in the League is wanting to see these teams fail, but with the given history, one can’t help but worry. 177 Words 3. Written, 2 TPE (100 words min.) It's too late for this go-around of expansion, so hypothetically - should there be SHL franchises in other continents? I saw some interesting European proposals in the PT. Should these - or proposals for any other continent that's not North America - become a reality in the SHL? Absolutely, the SHL should franchise out into other countries. Hockey as a sport is beloved worldwide. Just look at the popularity of the IIHF. Why should we keep it just here in the United States and Canada? Can you just imagine some of the new teams to come out of International expansion? I can see it now, from Australia, the Canberra Kookaburras; from Germany, the Leipzig Leviathans; from Romania, the Bucharest Butchers; from Mother Russia, the Moscow Mules, or even from Jamaica, the Kingston Kush. The possibilities are endless. Can you just imagine the pride and joy that players would feel getting to step on the ice and actually represent teams from their homelands in something other than IIHC play? 120 Words 4. Written, 2 TPE (100 words min.) Which SHL or SMJHL team was the best team to not make the finals this season and why? Who was the best team to not make the finals this season and why? Now why does that question sound so familiar? Perhaps that’s because it seems eerily like a rehash of a recent mPT. But that’s alright by me. As previously stated in the mPT, I’m sticking to my guns about the New England Wolfpack being the best team to not make the finals. On points alone, the Pack was the leading team not to make the playoffs, much less the Finals. Not only that, for a team that is in a rebuilding phase, they are stacked with some of the best up and comers the league has to offer. New England Wolfpack, the best damn team not to make the finals. 123 Words 5. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.) What are your predictions for the upcoming IIHF or WJC tournament? What team do you think will win/surprise people/be bad/etc.? For this year’s IIHF, I am once again going bold with my prediction, and picking Team United States for the Gold. I know, I know, I’m kind of biased here. But I really do feel like this is going to be Team United States’ year. Especially when you consider that Team United States won the WJC Gold last year and several key members of that team will be moving up into the IIHF this year. Those guys are going to be hungry for more Gold and will be willing to do whatever it takes to get it. Now as far as the Silver medal is concerned, I do not know why but I am feeling Team Canada on this one. Call me crazy for it if you want, but them Canadians can play some Hockey. Then we come to the Bronze medal winners, Team Great Britain. Yes, they were the darlings of the last tournament and yes, they will still be riding high on that wave. However, I don’t think they will be riding it as high as everyone thinks. 180 Words 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. Meatloaf |
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