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.
SummerKing

2. Written, 3 TPE, Back In My Day (150 words min.)
The SHL has been around for the sim-time equivalent of 63 years now! That’s a lot of time for things to change. What was the league like 62 years ago in season one? Did nobody wear helmets? Were players allowed to smoke on the ice? Plenty would have changed in over six decades!
62 years ago I was not born yet so for me it is just what I hear from older people around team, older fans or even my parents. I remember my dad said that when he was a kid his dad took him to the game and back then it was pretty brutal. Nowadays there are strict penalty calls but back then game was easier and more tougher. Players did not wear helmets and there were much more fights around the league. Even some goalies did not wear their helmets, they were pretty tough. My dad said it was much more fun to watch games back then because crowd waited for fights, for some action. Back then it was all around players skill to score but now it is skill, luck, gameplan etc. combained. Nowadays game is more tactical and not so violent. But I do not know if I would prefer more violent game, I think nowadays hockey suits me better and I enjoy it a lot. (168 words)


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?
I would let them play. If they feel ready to play more then sure. It is the end of the season so players need to give all they have and leaders need to step up and play more. Then again it all depends on how opponents respond to this kind tactic. At the end of the day it will be who has better tactic. (64 words)

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?
Those two guys get coaches think harder how to get positive result. There are some tactics to get those guys out of their comfort zone. High pace game would be one of those tactics, need to move puck faster around perimeter. Need to play one on one with them, it may help to free hands on other players. One player takes on one of them and two other have one guy to deal with. (74 words)

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?
Against five player attack need to play closer together. Need to play higher and set defence around blue line to get puck away from forwards then just get on attack while opposite defenders are deep in attacking territory. And if they get in zone just need to play closer to them so they mostly move puck around the board. (59 words)

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?

Need to stay in front of the net all the time, to get them out of their comfort zone, to block the sight. And with defender on my shoulders it will be even tougher for goalie to see what is happening. Few times get in his territory, it will get the offence away but it will be uncomfortable for goalie. (60 words)

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.
Milestones

13. Written, 3 TPE, Parody (150 words min.)
BWOMP BWOMP BWOMP PARITY ALERT PARITY ALERT- Well, a new team in the finals since the mid s50s, it only took ten seasons. Is parity solved? Will new teams make it in as the old guard becomes a forgotten waste of brain space? Don't forget, Hamilton is here AGAIN. Yes we have new teams... but what if it's TEX HAM again next season? Is that even likely?
It is normal that at some time there will be a surprises or there will be teams that just got better for that season. Overall I think the pattern will not change and next season we will see usual teams in finals again. It would be great if there would be more teams that could challenge for title but for now it is how it is. Of course today many hope that Hamilton will loose in finals and that would be great, maybe that would shake things up in Hamilton and in league overall. I have no real illusions about some massive changes in championship contender list, but this season shows that it can be done. Now just need other teams to wake up and get better and challenge Hamilton, Texas and other top teams. If next season it is Texas vs Hamilton? It is possible, but I hope that this season will be start for something fresh. (158 words)

21. Written, 2 TPE, No take backs 2 100 words min
Leviadan has made the grave mistake of becoming PT director. I'm already sapping his life source and joyful innocence (yum). How could you, as a user, also make his job unnecessarily difficult? Make media about his shit PT prompts? Write your submissions in Spanish?
My question is, why need to be disrespectful at all? We need to love and forgive. If guy made a mistake there is no point to laugh about it. We need to encourage him to learn from his mistakes. But if I would do something disrespectful I would write some media or some PT in my own language. If I make media to point out his mistakes I will try to not be disrespectful, but help to understand that it is ok to make mistakes and help him learn, help him grow. He will get better we just need to give him time for that. (105 words)



+16 TPE