1. I was pretty disappointed in my personal season to be honest. I went from being THE guy in Hamilton to being the third or fourth guy. Nonetheless we won the cup so none of it really matters lol. Winning the cup is such a relief because now as I age, I'll never get to a point where I feel the need to hop around teams desperate to get one. Any more on top of this one will be nice, and I hope we win again next year and the year after that, but it isn't a thought that will consume me. Ideally, to round out the season, I get placed on at least the third team all-star. That will then be my second time being an all-star. It's going to be close though, and even though I will, I can't hate if I'm not selected. Hoping for another IIHF medal as well.

2. As an unbiased player, totally not on any of these teams, I would have to go ahead and select this years final as the most memorable. Is it because I play for Hamilton, and this was my first Cup win in both the junior and SHL? Yes, very much yes. This is my second trip to the finals, the first being S49 while playing in New England, and we got swept by Edmonton lol. Not more importantly, but adding on to why this is the most important, this is another step forward in solidifying the HAM Dynasty of the S50s. Yes, their first cup was illegitimate in my eyes, as it completely abused STHS, but the next two were legit, and if Hamilton manages to get another in the next 4 seasons, they will leave quite a mark on the record books. Other than a Hamilton team tho, I would give it to S50 when JSS got reverse swept lol.

6. The best team to not make the finals was, in my humble opinion, the Atlanta Inferno. This time was expected to get swept by us. They were expected to lose every single game in the series, not even coming close to winning a single one. And yet they won the second game of the series? Then they went and won the third? Gave us a real stressful time in the locker room, before we changed the strats a bit and won three in a row. Still. even though Edmonton took us to 7, Atlanta was always the greater threat. Imagine how embarrassing it would have been had we lost to them. Would not have been able to bear it to be honest.

7. Every season we say this, but every season it's still true. This is the best Canada IIHF squad we have had, and I am once again proud to be repping as an Alternate Captain. Barring some kind of unusual FHM fuckery, Canada can expect to medal once again, and hopefully luck is in our favour as we attempt to get our second gold medal in three seasons. I think it's reasonable to expect 3 of Canada, USA, Great Britain, and Czechia to medal, any team aside from those four would be surprising to me. Great Britain this time around, has 2 defence-men playing as forwards, which isn't even the first time it's happened. In fact, I remember glutes telling me about this at least 6 or 7 seasons ago. Comical in my opinion that still, even a full year later, their d-men are better playing forward then the available forwards they have on the team. But it seems to have worked out for them as I believe they have won gold at least 3? maybe even 4 times in the past 8 or so seasons.

14. Well, the finals are over. Big congrats to me and the rest of the Hamilton Steelhawks. I am very excited to finally not get swept in the finals like I did in S49 against Edmonton and wow victory is sweet. I don't think the league hates Hamilton as much as they did back when the cheathawks were breaking STHS so that is good, but wow the teams third cup in 5 seasons, that is quite the accomplishment. Our top performers are regressing at 10% and the rest of the team is only growing stronger, with our weakest positions this past season taking quite the step forward, so hopefully we can find ourselves back in the finals again next season.

16. Clapper