S57 Championship Week

S57 Championship Week

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01-24-2021, 03:48 PM (This post was last modified: 01-30-2021, 12:26 PM by The__Y-man__100.)

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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?

Father time cannot stop Boris during the regular season (but apparently he takes a bathroom break when Boris needs him the most in the playoffs). Finishing my first season with regression, somehow we had a career year. 52 points (23 goals, 29 assists) AND leading the entire league in hits as a forward with 220. If you were to tell me after deducting over 140 tpe from my build that i would have the year of my life I would have probably laughed. It is very sad that Boris was not nominated for the Dar, but hey other people had great years too and you know what, I can respect that. With regression getting worse I don't have too much time left, but I plan to keep the two way playmaker alive for as long as I can. Here's hoping in S58 we can get a Dar nomination, but it is a tough league out there.

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2. Written, 2 TPE (100 words min.)

Create a new skater or goalie role for FHM. In what scenarios is this new player role best utilized? What attributes are considered important attributes to this new role, and why? Which attribute is the key one?

Master chirper. To successfully play in this role a player must have fantastic puck handling skills to make his opponent fall to their feet and ask "how is the weather down there", great speed to call everyone around them a slow poke, great strength skill to flex on all the haters and last but not least the most important skill of all, screening. Why screening you ask? The longer you can stay infront of the goalie, the more you can chirp him to throw him off of his game! Imagine trying to make a save and hearing that your mom got plowed last night. It's harder then you think

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5. Written, 2 TPE (100 words min.)

Which SHL or SMJHL team was the best team to not make the finals this season and why?

As much as the league hates on Hamilton, I will say I for one can respect the success they've had. They studied every single team in this league and found out how to take advantage of each of them. While I know they did not win this year, I think it is fair to say according to the data posted by the pt team, they were the fan favorites. I mean Hamilton didn't even lose 10 games in the regular season and when you have a player finish with 90+ points I think it is very clear that you are the best

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6. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)

What's your prediction for this season's IIHF tournament? Which teams do you expect to do well (or not well)? Which players?

So I feel Latvia is still not quite there yet. While most of the players in the lineup are now active, they are still young (ranging around 750-950 tpe) and there is no way to significantly speed up the process besides by letting time do its thing. I predict we will win between 2-3 games this year with maybe one or two losses in OT/SO. Our biggest competition would be Norway and Ireland. Before we can think about beating the superpowers such can USA and GRB (i mean it was a very happy moment last year when Hronch straight up won us the game against the States) but we both know that doesn't happen on the regular. On an individual level, I want to see @Mack Mack Daddy have a breakout year in the S57 tournament. Boris is getting old and Latvia will soon need a new number one center and he is the answer! It is going to be exciting to continue watching his phenomenal growth and strength to take the pressure of the nation on his shoulders.

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12. 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.

a. The season series between these two teams was tied 3-3. Do you think either team has an advantage in this series or do you see it as a true toss up?

b. Each of these teams boasts a very strong first powerplay unit - which team has the special teams advantage in this series?

c. Which of these two teams' brandings do you prefer? Take into account colors, logo, name, location, and anything else you consider relevant.

d. Would you rather get a lap dance from Hugh Jazz, have a staring contest with Luke Atmey (velv's old player), reach for objects on high shelves with Dale Miller, or play League with Parker Smeb?

a. I feel while Hamilton is the fan favorite pick, Chicago has the pleasure of being the under dog and we all know with less pressure sometimes it can end up being the deciding factor in who can win those 4 games and that is exactly what they ended up doing

c. Being a Canadian boy naturally I have to root for the hometown team. Hamilton's branding is perfect as Hamilton is known for the steel industry and mixing in a fierce animal to strike fear in the opponents was brilliant. I know that a lot of people hate on Hamilton, but I respect the hustle they have to stay dominant

d. I mean you can't spell Jazz without that azz! ha ha, see what I did there. I think for comedic purposes I would take the dance from Jazz as being eliminated in the 1st round by Atlanta was sad and Boris needs to distract himself from the embarrassing series loss

3 tpe Trivia: yeet

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