1. 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.

Penguin

4. Written, 3 TPE, Extinction Event (150 words min.)
Rumour has it that millions of years before the SHL began, there was a pre-historic “Dino Hockey League” that dominated the global sports market before a meteor wiped out most life on the planet. Describe that ancient league. Maybe name a couple of teams or players, tell me about how the Dino league’s rules differed from our current ones? This one is pretty loose, just have fun with it!

Back in the prehistoric days, Adelie's ancestors absolutely dominated the ice. You see back then, there were massive penguins known as Kumimanu Biceae. These massive penguins weighed over 220 pounds and stood to be over six foot tall. They were massively built winged figures of flubber and they were dominant. You see, Adelie is a pretty dominant player on the ice here in the SHL and he is significantly smaller than his ancient brothers. You see Adelie is barely more than two foot tall, so these guys were over three times as large if you can imagine it. Their grace and skill on the ice was absolutely unmatched and they could slide circles around the larger prehistoric creatures of the time. I say slide because they preferred to skate around on their bellies, much like their more current great grandbabies. Its a shame that the meteor took them out as it took centuries upon centuries before penguins returned to the ice.

6. Written, up to 4 TPE - Grab Bag: Pick up to 4 Challenge Cup related topics to write about! Each topic is worth 1 TPE. Each answer must be 50+ words.
a. Los Angeles has been riding their top players for almost a full minute more of ice time than Hamilton has theirs. If you were a coach, do you buy into this strategy? Do you let your top guys leave it all out there every night or aim for the most balanced attack possible?
b. Guy O'Shea and Evangelos Giannopoulos have been absolute block machines for Hamilton in the playoffs with 109 between them. If you’re looking for offense in this series, how do you get around these two defensemen?
c. Los Angeles’ defense, on the other hand, has not been afraid to join the play and put up points. How do you prepare for a five player offensive attack? How do you counter?
d. The starting goalies for these teams, Olof Karsikko and A Jobin have been nearly unbeatable up to this point with a 0.937 and a 0.927 SV% respectively. If you’re a player on the other team, how would you get inside their heads so that you can put the puck in the net?

a. It's the finals. I think you have to leave it all on the ice. This is absolutely no time to back off or to play it safe. You made it this far by riding your best players, so double down. If anything leave them on the ice even longer. They've played their hearts out, they've carried you. Rely on them.
b. I think to get past Hamilton's two elite defenders, you need to keep up a fast paced assault. High volume shots, stay on the offensive, force them to take breaks and get the second line on the ice more. If they're not on the ice, they can't defend. It turns out that with their defenders often on offense as well, Los Angeles might be well suited for this.
c, The only way you counter the prolific 5 man attack style of Los Angeles is to slow down the game. Use your elite defenders to keep possession of the puck as long as possible. Short passes, efficient shooting. Take control of the ice and reduce the number of chances Los Angeles has to stretch your team thin.
d. Of the two teams I think Los Angeles is best suited for this kind of play. Because their defense gets involved so much offensively, I think they can put up the volume of shots they need to in order to throw the opposing goalie off. The sheer volume of shooting could be enough to slide some by.

17. Graphic, 3 TPE, Clairvoyant
You have been granted the gift of seeing the future, but only a single future cup winner. Relay us with this info in the form of a cup banner for the winning team. Make sure to include the season they won, you can make up some player names if it's far out in the future. Have fun with it! It could be your team if you want, with you as the star! We won't know if you're lying until SXX anyway.

I think heading for S70 or so, you could see the Chicago Syndicate potentially win a title. Led by an awesome GM like SDCore, they've managed to combine together a couple fairly solid drafts including grabbing incredible people like Tesla on top of their players. On top of their drafts, I could see Chicago potentially grabbing a few young, key free agents in the future on the defensive side of things. Their GM is also on the verge of retiring and returning to team as another young player. As the seasons go on, I could see the youth this team has coming in really rounding out and becoming a true threat to the cup. They'll all be rounding out into their primes at about the same time and with some decent role players mixed in on the second and third rounds and this team could be down right scary and I'm excited to see how it plays out. I know they're led well and they have it in them to do great things.

12. Milestones, up to 3 TPE
Milestones are folded in with CW. So just link your Milestone claim as task 12 for up to 3 TPE towards your 16 total.

S63 SMJHL Milestones