Quote:LIFE.... is full of unexpected surprises!
For this PT, choose one of the following prompts that relate to the unexpected:
(a) What is an unexpected event from SHL history? A trade, a signing, a playoff upset, a hiring, a draft pick - any surprise can fit the bill here.
(b) Describe an unexpected event that has happened in your player's life - anything, on ice or off, that surprised your player - and how they handled it.
Written Task: 150 words min. on one of the above.

When the S50 SHL draft rolled around, Adam Barron was expecting to go top five. He knew he was a player with high talent (tpe) and the ability to progress quickly (tpe earning rate), all while playing in a position that was coveted by SHL GMs (defense).
But the day before the draft, there was talk that Barron could go first overall. This was a lot of pressure for the young Halifax Raider, who decided to go drinking to try and alleviate some of the stress of those lofty expectations. After over a dozen cans of beer, he made his way to the nearest arena in Halifax and started to do some skating, which he liked to do when things were getting to him.
It was there that he met a new friend, a fourteen year old boy named Thomas, who was practicing his puck handling skills at the time. They decided to play a game of one-on-one hockey with the nets down on their faces. Thomas smoked Adam, who blamed the poor performance on the alcohol. After stumbling off the ice and out of the rink in a drunken stupor, Thomas decided that his claims of being a soon-pro hockey player were obviously lies, and that he should’ve gone easy on him.
Needless to say, he was shocked to read in the paper the next day that Adam Barron—the guy he skated circles around the night before—had gone first overall.