ISFL Affiliate PT (3 TPE)

1. Trivia (3 TPE)
Verification word: pokepoke

4. Biopic (3 TPE)
While the only person who wants to watch an epic sports movie about Miguel Hefeweizen is probably his mother and that’s about it, the studio thinks it can make money on it so why not?. Miguel’s story would obviously start with his childhood. Viewers should find the young Austrian-Mexican player’s childhood working hard in the family restaurant while spending all of his free time playing hockey endearing. Next, the movie will move on to his later years where he spends his time working hard to reach his goal of playing in the SHL. Of course, viewers won’t want to miss the excitement as he is drafted by the Maine Timber with the 5th overall pick of the SMJHL draft. They’ll watch young Miguel struggle to find his identity on a rebuilding team, then more excitement when he’s drafted 7th overall to the San Francisco Pride. Then the movie will move on to when he’s traded to the St. Louis Scarecrows. After a disappointing juniors career, moviegoers will watch as Miguel struggles to fit in and finally finds a bit of a groove in at the SHL level. Of course the movie will end then as the studio plans to milk the story for everything its worth in a series of sequels. (211 words)


12. Milestones (1 TPE)
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13. Parity (3 TPE)
Parity. We hear this word a lot, but as someone relatively new to the league I don’t see it much. Sure, down in the SMJHL there is actually quite a bit of parity, but players are limited to 5 seasons at most there so that greatly limits the building of super teams. Up in the bigs, it just isn’t really there. Sure you see some teams rise and fall, but there’s just a small handful of teams that seem to stay competitive, year in and year out. Are they just lucky? Are there GMs just so awesome they can field a great team every season? One hears rumors of certain kinds of computer testing, which is necessarily against the rules, but seems against the spirit of the league. If it's true, of course. Now, there are folks that I’d consider to be friends on these teams, and I don’t hold any specific ill will against them or their team, but it sure is frustrating when it seems like the chance at a cup will only ever be in reach for a few teams. (183 words)

14. Upswing (3 TPE)
Maybe I’m a bit biased, but I’m very optimistic about the team and locker room that we are building in San Francisco. Now, it's been a few seasons since the Pride posted a winning record (Not going to depress myself by looking!) but there are quite a few reasons for positivity about the future here in San Francisco. While the Pride were 28-31-7 this season, we posted a +1 differential. A huge improvement over the terrible -109 differential from the previous season. We have a strong core of veteran leaders, but also a young group of up and coming youngsters who are ready to take the SHL by surprise. To make me even more confident in the future of the Pride, we have a few young prospects that are earning well and doing well down in the juniors ready to step up as the old guys retire. I am confident that we can post a winning record next season. Can we just not have Texas as our 1st round opponent? (170 words)

16 total TPE