S57 Championship Week

S57 Championship Week

Cyanide
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S11, S18 Challenge Cup Champion

#227

01-31-2021, 04:12 PM

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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?

Balzams came up this season and had a relatively good rookie season. With 3 goals and 9 assists for 12 points, Balzams had a decent offensive season. The minus 20 he rocked this season is something to forget. He was also quite disciplined with only 6PIM on the season. With 15 giveaways to 18 takeaways he also had a positive giveaways takeaway ratio. Overall Balzams had a decent season on a rebuilding New England team. The team managed to make the post season, where Balzams scored 2 goals in 5 games as the Wolfpack were eliminated by the Stampede in the first round. Next season, Balzams hopes to improve on his possession numbers, and his point totals. If both of these numbers can improve Balzams would have an excellent sophomore year if he got 5 goals and 15 assists for 20 points, with 20 takeaways to 15 giveaways. With more points hopefully New England will continue to make the playoffs.

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4. Written, 1 or 2 TPE

HAIKUS - write 2 SHL themed haikus for 1 TPE or 4 SHL themed haikus for 2 TPE.

SHL Latvian
How to say their names correct?
With lots of attempts

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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?

The Best SMJHL team to not make the final would be 100% the Nevada Battleborn. The team had lost only one player to call up, and had 5 of their 6 defensemen capped at 425. They had one of the strongest goalie tandems in Weaver and Wawazat, both of whom were capped at 425. Their offence was their Achilles heel, but even them it was still fundamentally solid with multiple players capped. However due to chronic underachieving, the team limped into the post season, and slowly died in the playoffs. Overall, Nevada will want a redo on the season, as they might have missed their best opportunity to win a 4 star cup for the foreseeable future.

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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?

My prediction for the IIHF tournament is simple. Latvia is going to win all their games without any problems. It does not matter that they still have players that are still capped in the SMJHL, the team now has actual players in its top 6, even solid players on the bottom 3. Its defense has quietly improve over the past few seasons. For teams that will do well this tournament, id say Canada has one of the most complete team, no surprise there. Team USA also has a solid team, an Team Germany as the potential to be a good Dark horse candidate for a deep run in the metal games. With Canada so stacked, its hard to pick anyone else who could possibly rival the might of the rebuilding Latvian squad who is just bound to make a deep run this season. Team Latvia is obviously the team to beat.

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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. With the season series being a toss up, I think the playoffs will also be a toss up. Both these teams are just too talented to truly pick one over the other objectively. Both have scary offenses and solid defensive cores. The Goalies have both been standing on their heads, so id just flip a coin.

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b. With the reigning MVP and soon to be MVP in both Theo Morgan and Michael Scarn, its hard not to pick the Hamilton power play unit. With studs such as Dick Clapper and Gabriel Johnson on that unit, its hard not to run with them. This is no disrespect to Chicago's powerplay, but I feel Hamilton's unit has the edge.

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c. I prefer the branding of the Chicago Hitmen. With the mobs being such a part of Chicago's history past and even present, it is a good call to the cities rough exterior. Also no professional team would ever dare to roll with this branding because of the backlash it would probably get, so it gets bonus points for originality.

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d. As someone who always needs to get a stool to get anything from a shelf, the power of Dale Miller is just too good to pass up. Just think about it, you can just grab whatever you need. The amount of time you save with this is incredible. Height has its advantages.

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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.

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