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?

This season was always gonna be a tougher one for Jonas as the Newfoundland berserkers were not the powerhouse team that they have been in previous seasons. Jonas was looked to a lot to carry the play and rive the offence from the back end which I think he did really well. Due to the greenness of the lineup, with a ton of rookies joining the team, the finishing of the chances Jonas created was not the greatest, as can be seen by the lower PDO of 97.7. With the new 66 game season Jonas finished with 17 goals and 28 assists for 45 points, which is a strong showing for a defenceman. He played a ton of minutes, averaging 24:15 minutes per game, which was I believe 2nd amongst all defencemen in the league only to his linemate Souppan. Getting stamina up to 14 definitely helped jonas this season with all the minutes he was playing. Next season if in the J, I hope Jonas can surpass 50 points with an even better team around him.

wc:179

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?

This is a new goalie role called the sweeper keeper. Those who watch a lot of soccer will be familiar with this term. The role basically describes a goalie who almost acts as a 3rd defenceman when it comes to playing the puck out of their zone, starting breakouts and recycling possession. Imagine Marty Brodeur but way more aggressive. The attributes that would be important for this role would be positioning, passing, puckhandling and skating. Positioning would help with being in position to play the puck from further out of the net. Passing is pretty obvious, puckhandling is definitely needed as you'll be controlling the puck a lot more, and skating to be able to skate around quickly to fetch pucks.

wc: 121

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?

I think for the SMJHL the obvious answer would have to be the Quebec City Citadelles. with 107 Points they dominated the regular season, finishing 15 points ahead of the next best team. They were the best team in the league for the regular season by a country mile. It was really surprising when they did not make the finals of the 4 star cup, instead being outed in the semi-finals by the eventual champions in Anchorage. Anchorage were in 2nd so it may not have seemed like as much of an upset but they were a fairly distant 2nd was the thing. Also It is pretty silly that 1st place in each division are meeting in the semi-finals but whatever!

wc: 121

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?



I think Hamilton would have had the advantage in the series knowing that they were the top team in the league during the regular season and also knowing that they are the defending champions. As well, Hamilton were a much more dominant side on their route to the finals than Chicago was. As we can see, all of that meant nothing as Hamilton got clapped in 5. (wc:67)



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



I think Hamilton has the higher skilled players for their powerplay. Scarn setting things up and players like Dick Clapper, Theo Morgan, Aaron Wilson and then Gabe Johnson at the point, it's gonna be tough to beat that lineup. As for the penalty kill I honestly don't know who would have the better unit, but since I think Hamilton has the better powerplay, I guess that means Chicago's will do worse. (wc:71)



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



I prefer the colours of Hamilton. I really like the combination of grey and blue, I think it looks pretty sick. Im not sure what a steelhawk is but that also sounds pretty good, and they are based in a gud canadian town so that is also a plus in my eyes. (wc:52)


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?



Well, I don't play league and im not very interested in playing it so probably not that. reaching for objects on high shelves sounds pretty boring. Hugh Jazz sounds like he would be good at dancing, and in extension good at lap dancing so we'll go with that first option for a good time. (wc:54)

13. Written, 2 TPE - The Procrastinator Special! (100 words min.)

Welp, you waited until the last day to grind out your CW and the CC finals are longggggggg over by now. congrats to [TEAM], woo! Reflecting back on the series, who gets your vote for series MVP? Make the case why this player deserves it over any other.

Welp I didn't wait till the very last day to grind out my CW and the finals only finished this morning. Chicago won and screwed me out of some tpe but I guess that's my fault for not picking them. I would have to say that the series MVP has gotta go to Connolly who led the Chicago Syndicate in points during the series. Honourable mention to the young Ryuuji Minamino who was able to produce well during the entire playoff run for such a young player, finishing 3rd on the team in goals for the playoffs. (wc:97)

15. CW TRIVIA, 3 TPE max - 1 TPE for participation, 0.5 TPE for each correct answer. This is 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.

VW: Wheeler