Edmonton's first round opponent is the fading dynasty Chicago Syndicate. Chicago is an excellent team, probably favored to sweep the lowly Blizzard and move on easily to the second round. Edmonton, however, has a slightly silly number of rookies on their team, and as such are a much better team now than we were at the start of the season. To start off this Cinderella run, we squeak past the Syndicate in a game seven overtime. Just as the SHL threatens to make Chicago's epic chokejob against a terrible eighth seed the league's freshest meme, the Blizzard put everyone on notice. Texas took this one a little too lightly. Maybe they didn't bother doing their full prep for the meme team, maybe they spent too much time looking ahead to whichever of Calgary or Los Angeles they'd meet in the conference final. Whatever the reason might have been, the Renegades got punched in the mouth by a scrappy little Blizzard team and blew it in five. In the WCF, who should face the Blizzard but their archrivals down south, the Calgary Dragons. The Battle of Alberta commences, and the stakes could not legally be higher. Winner gets a shot at the Cup, loser goes home. Edmonton gets a shot at the Cup, Calgary goes home, after six hard fought games. The Buffalo Stampede came out of the gauntlet that is the Eastern Conference, looking for more glory to add to their recently extensive list. Unfortunately for them, multiple consecutive Finals runs and a brutal playoff schedule took their toll on the Stampede in a way the fresh-faced Blizzard couldn't yet even understand. Edmonton tires out and defeats the Stampede in six games. The Edmonton Blizzard are your Season 62 champions.

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