The biggest surprise and the one I was most invested in during my time on the site has to be the S54 finals. A high powered Hamilton team, fresh off a S53 cup win, was looking to repeat. New Orleans was no slouch either, and had exercised the demon of game 7s in spectacular fashion thanks to third period heroics by Michael Fox. I think New Orleans had a decent chance to win, maybe in 6 or 7 games, but a SWEEP?! The tiniest miniscule chance of that happening was there, and yet it happened. Hamilton dominated the play and the shots but New Orleans' skaters just knew how to get pucks past Kryyst. It was an incredible show that ended in a 6-5 overtime thriller with the rookie Mitchel van der Heijden scoring the dagger to win New Orleans' first cup. I was riding a high for like three days after that moment, it was incredible.