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Lord Raiden has been selected to be on an elite Up-and-Comers team made up of solely Season 55 players. (because S55 is the best and not quite at their peak). Raiden is joined by two of his BAP buddies, Daniil Nikiforov and Teddy Murphy. These guys are just monsters on the ice. Nikiforov is an offensively elite weapon while Murphy is a big physical shutdown defender. Joining the BAP trio is one of Raiden's good friends, Gudmundur Kristjansson. Kristjansson played with Raiden in Colorado in the SMJHL for 3 seasons before they both got called up. They always have kept in touch and have always looked forward to playing together again. Kristjansson is an elite playmaker on the ice. And the last player to join the squad is Axel Foley. Foley plays with Raiden on Team USA after transfering out of Canada. Foley is just an all around great defender. He does everything so well. He can play and adjust his game as needed. 

So the first day of getting this squad together goes very smoothly. Raiden knows them all and everyone has been around long enough to know each other. Raiden also just makes sure everyone is cool and comfortable. But its no surprise that when on the ice this squad just clicks right away. They are flying around practice just putting on a clinic. It is hard to imagine another Up-and-Comers team being able to compete with them. It will be interesting to see just how good this squad is. 

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S55 Elite Up-and-Comers is a serious squad, and they are ready to faceoff against the oldest Grizzled Vets.
The Vets start the game off with a lot of puck control. They are not pushing it and keeping the tempo real low. Their stamina is not what it used to be. But it doesn't take long before the young stars to take it over. Murphy and Raiden provide the much needed physical presence on the ice. They do a great job knocking the vets off the puck and the Vets struggle with the physicality of Murphy's play. The lone goal came on a beautiful sauce pass from Gudmundur Kristjansson that sprung Daniil Nikiforov on a breakaway. Nikiforov's elite skill was could not be matched by the Vets netminder as he easily puts it home.
2nd period begins. Lord Raiden wins the faceoff. Gets it back to Foley as he circles back into his defensive zone. Foley lays down a no look pass up the boards to Kristjansson. He carries it into the zone easily. He passes back to the point and Foley one times a slapper. As Raiden screens the goalie, the puck easily gets by him for the 2nd goal. After that the Vets try to turn up their play. But they just don't have enough. The shots they take are turned aside by Nicolae Antonescu. Antonescu is seeing the puck very well in this game even though he isnt tested much. When called upon, he stands tall.
3rd period starts and the momentum is all on the Up-and-Comers side. The Vets try to get hype back by starting a fight with Teddy Murphy. Wrong move. Murphy punishes the vet. A couple big rights and one uppercut and thats all she wrote. The last chance of hope just went out the door for the vets. As Murphy serves his sentence, Colin Lambert takes the ice. Lambert is an offensive presence from the blue line, and it doesnt take long to show. Lambert pushes the puck up ice and glides around the vets. Gets it down low. Passes to Kristjansson, who passes it right to Nikiforov sitting out in front of the net all alone. Nikiforov rips it top shelf for a 3-0 lead.
As time ticks off the vets pull their goalie for a man advantage desperation attempt. It doesnt pay off. Raiden checks the puck carrier at the blue line. Takes the puck and shots it down for the empty net goal.
Final Score 4-0. This team is just starting to warm up too.

3
The Elite Up-and-Comers just skated off the ice after a monumental beatdown. The Hall of Famers squad put on an absolute display of skill, precision, and amazing accuracy. Coming into this game both teams were undefeated. We as the younger squad thought we could just use our speed and skate right passed them with ease. We came in with huge heads. Well the HoFers sure put us back in our place after losing 7-1. We didn't even score until late in the 3rd period. I think it was a gift too. Like a "Hey here you go at least you tried" goal. It did not feel good. But obviously it gives us players from S55 a lot to look at in our game and work extra hard fixing. We still only have 1 loss so as long as we go back to our game and fix the little things we should still be a top team. We are trying to look at the positive side of this loss. They ARE Hall of Famers for a reason. They are the best of the best. So next time we will be ready and next time will be different

4
S55 Elite Up-and-Comers are set to take the ice. The tournament so far has been pretty smooth sailing. And now they are up against the Grizzled Vets who they already have played and destroyed 4-0. So going into this game, we are pretty confident in our ability to win. We have started to play extremely well with each other especially after the embarrassing loss to the Hall of Famers. We got our game fixed and now we are firing on all cylinders. We easily handled the Grizzled Vets winning 5-1. Not much to talk about besides just utter domination. We controlled the puck and controlled the game. The Grizzled Vets scored on 1 Power Play where Murphy blew a tire in the D zone and the odd man break got us. Other than that one mishap we had the game in hand. WE ARE HEADED TO THE FINALS! So tonight we are going to celebrate hard. We popping the bottles and spraying it all over the locker room. Nothing beats a team celebration. I think we are renting out a club for ourselves to go wild. It should be a good time. We better make it count because after we are back to the grind. Ready for our opponent.

5
So the final is here. The Superstars are waiting. They slept easy and well knowing their opponents are the Elite Up-and-Comers from S55. We (the Up-and-Comers) fought hard to get here. I think some teams overlooked us thinking we were just some young guns with undeveloped talent. But we proved ourselves the entire way. This final is going to be one for the ages. But we are ready. Main line players Raiden, Nikiforov, Kristjansson, Foley, Murphy are pumped in the locker room and start headed to the ice.

Period 1- Score 0-0

This period was kind of testing each other. Trying to feel them out. No one really took a risk. Both teams controlled the puck well. Not much on the physical side either. A couple big shots by Teddy Murphy.

Period 2 - Score 0-1 Superstars

The Superstars came out flying in the 2nd. Led by Aaron Wilson and Ryuuji Minamino, the Superstars capitalized on a Lord Raiden slashing penalty. Wilson took the puck deep into the offensive zone and had a beautiful sauce pass to Minamino right out front, and he buried it. Raiden was very upset about taking the penalty.

Period 3 - Score 1-1 1:37 left

The physicality has picked up tenfold. The Up-and-Comers are grinding and fighting for every puck. Nikiforov took a puck all the way up the ice faked a shot which fooled everyone because he has been pounding the shots at net all game. The fake shot ended up as a slap pass to Kristjansson who was all alone backdoor, and he slammed it home.
We know have a faceoff in the Superstars zone. Lord Raiden and Mitchell van der Heijden set to go at the dot. Raiden ties him up and gets the puck back to Foley. Foley unleashes a bomb from the blue line. Raiden deflects the puck and Elizabeth Doyle stops it but theres a huge rebound. Raiden corrals the puck, he gets checked in the back, and as he is falling he puts the puck past the goalie... The Up-and-Comers take the lead 2-1. An unbelievable celebration ensues.
The Superstars are stunned. They pull the goalie. so the last minute is an absolute firing range. But we are giving up our bodies and clearing pucks. We hold them off. The S55 Up-and-Comers do it. They win the Championship. Be on the lookout for these elite players ready to fill up the boxscores.