1. 3 TPE, PT Coupon for one CW Task
From reaching the $6000 goal for COTA Charity, write 3 words on why the SHL is the best

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2. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)
The Purge is a concept where typically illegal things (e.g., robbery, murder) are legalized for one day. In an SHL-purge, there's a game day where everything typically illegal to do on the ice is now legal. No rules for sticks or pads, no penalties, no icing, etc. What will your player do on the ice to make the most of this and gain a competitive advantage?

Water skiing. One of Yngve Simonsson's favourite offseason activities is waterskiing with his buddies at Lake Michigan (where Simonsson has his summer home due to his time playing with the Detroit Falcons). When waterskiing he has noticed the added advantages of being able to tow behind and pull himself along. The speed you can get holding on to something, or the ability to hold something back. If anything was legal, it wouldn't be worth it to try and knock guys out of games. Yngve isn't strong enough and doesn't want to kill anybody or ruin their lives because he isn't a sociopath. But grabbing onto players jerseys, hooking them and dragging himself along with them, would both slow down the opponent and give him added energy throughout the game not having to move his feet. You could also use it to get a tow and launch yourself like the slingshot effect off of players to get ahead of them on defense. But then again, does it matter if anyone can do anything? Nothings going in the net anyway while goalies are swinging sticks wildly at players Hextall style


4. Written, 3 TPE
Write a sonnet about an SHL-related topic. Be sure to follow the proper ABAB-CDCD-EFEF-GG rhyme structure or I'm gonna track you down and give you a failing grade.

Of all the players who are banned
Alex and Deener are two of the best
To this day people are fans
Because of their ability to jest

However, when they came back
They showed the effects of a bygone time
The league tried to cut them some slack
But the bells of justice began to chime

Their players and history were no more
No one cared about Fallah or Paltrow
Some people now call the league a bore
But I think those people should eat crow

For you can say whatever you want on Discord
If you're friends with the head office on this board


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?

It's Hamilton for sure, the fact that Texas dismantled them the way they did was insane. This team had the most dominant season since they bltantly effected the sim on the way to a challenge cup win and the league didn't do anything to stop it before it got out of hand, everyone remember that? Anyway. Hamilton had a great year, backed by some insane performances, but Texas got their goat. It was incredibly unexpected. So much so that this was the first year that I didn't put Texas in my finals prediction for 2 seasons. I thought they could do it the last two years when they fell short, but this year there was no way with how good Hamilton was. But they steamrolled them. It was very impressive


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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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.
b. This is Texas’s first cup appearance since winning it in S36, while Buffalo is recovering from 2 recent final losses to Hamilton. Which team will have a bigger chip on their shoulder entering the finals.

It will be Texas, but not because they haven't won a Cup since S36. It will be because of the Great Lakes dominance that has been running rampant in the league for the last few seasons that everyone is tired of. Texas wants to end that reign of terror from the likes of Hamilton, Buffalo, Chicago, and I guess Toronto (sorry Toronto). That is the chip they will bear going in

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

I have liked Buffalo's branding since they came into the league. We were expansion bros (as I took on Portland) and I really loved the green and yellow and the branding work Brandon did for the team. Texas I played for, and I love Texas. One of my fave teams I ever played for, winning the Cup in S36 is one of my fondest memories with Allen and Dan and Slowpoke etc. But Buffalo branding is on point