4. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)
If you're sitting at home watching the Finals: What do you plan on doing differently next season to help your team reach the promised land? If you're playing in the Finals: Is there anything different you plan on doing next season to continue your team's success?


This last season was my first season in the SHL proper and I don't think I did too badly all things considered. However, getting bounced in the first round sucks. A lot. And I want to do everything I can to prevent that and go deep in the play offs. So what will I be doing differently? Focusing more on my offence. Coming into the league as a highly touted offensive defender, I assumed I'd just be throw into prime minutes on the power play. Instead, I was told to work on my defensive game. It was a bit of a shock, given that I'd always been 'good enough' defensively in Juniors and unfortunately I feel like my game suffered as I worked to be more defensively minded. Though that adaptation and adding a stronger defensive element to my game means that I can go back on the offense and that is what I'll be doing this season to help.

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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?

I expect that, as always, Canada will do well, their continuous influx of talent makes them hard to bet against. Great Britain, the United States and Germany fill out that top four. Slight aside, I'll never not be amused that Great Britain does so well in our league. I think (hope) that Russia will surprise this season. We haven't been good as of late, or at all really. I think that'll change starting this season though. A few of us who have been on the team for a few seasons, playing both on Junior international teams and for team Russia have moved up from Juniors. Our newfound experience with SHL proper and all of the training that comes with us will be a really big boon. That fact alone will give us a much better team then we had last season and maybe give us the chance to surprise this season.

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8. Graphic, 3 TPE
Design a Challenge Cup championship t-shirt for one of the teams in the finals. (A four-star cup t-shirt for the SMJHL is ok as well.) Hey maybe if your design is good enough it'll make it to the merch store!



9. Graphic, 3 TPE
Create a magazine cover that highlights either a player in the finals or a standout player from the regular season.



10. Graphic, 3 TPE
Design a Challenge Cup/Four Star Cup Championship banner for one of the teams in the finals, like those which appear on the side of the site.



14. Graphic, 3 TPE - The Procrastinator Special!
Welp, you waited until the last day to grind out your CW and you also like doing graphics instead of writing. That's cool, too! Create a Series Recap broadcast graphic - the contents can be whatever you want, but your graphic must list both teams and at least 3 stats for each.



15. Milestones, up to 3 TPE
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